Bright Spring

Ping An came back to Yunnan Mansion for the first time, and was not familiar with this city.I don't know where I went, the chariots and horses stopped on the side of the street.Chen Dachui, who was riding a horse, got off his horse and stood beside the horse.

After waiting for a long time, a man quickly walked towards Chen Dachui. The man came to Chen Dachui's side, bowed his head and whispered something, and then left.

Chen Dachui then walked to the side of the carriage, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the man is here."

Zhu Gaoxu looked up at Ping'an, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Ping'an got out of the carriage now, and led Chen Dachui's horse to go north to the first intersection; then go to the right, and after walking one street, there is a rice shop at the intersection, Ping'an At this time, brother, go to the shop and wait. Our carriage will detour, and when we reach the gate of the rice shop, Brother Pingan will get in the car. How about it?"

Ping An was stunned for a moment, after he came to Yunnan Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu was afraid that he would be seen by others, so today he wanted to walk three streets swaggeringly on the street?

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were piercing, he looked at Ping An sincerely and did not speak again.Pingan had no choice but to cup his fists and said, "According to the words of the King of Han, I will get off the carriage right now!"

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and took off the big hat on Ping An's head.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 2 Thirty

Pingan led his horse and walked down the street. He felt slightly delusional, as if he was not in Yunnan, but walking in an ordinary city in the inland.

There are almost no pedestrians on the street, and occasionally one or two people pass by, and their clothes are similar to those of the Han people in the capital and other places.

At this moment, a well-dressed young man walked across the street, heading towards Ping An in the opposite direction.The two of them were separated by a not-so-spacious street, and Ping An found that the young man was looking sideways at him, and he also turned his head to look at the young man.

But after seeing him, he grew up with delicate features, very young and handsome.Ping An felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.Ping An immediately turned his face away, and continued to walk forward with a sullen head.

Walking to the first intersection, Pingan turned to the right according to King Han's intention. At this time, he took the opportunity to glance behind, and a figure immediately hid behind the door next to him.

Ping An frowned, thinking about it and still walking forward.He walked through a street, and sure enough, he saw a shop with the word "rice" hanging on the intersection, and there was only one rice shop.He walked past the door calmly, turned around suddenly, only to see that young man still following behind.

Pingan tied the horse to the stake nearby, and immediately walked into the rice shop.There was a man inside who was "slapping" his abacus, but he didn't pay attention to him at all.

After waiting for a while, Zhu Gaoxu's carriage rushed to the door.Ping An took a look, there were still a few steps between the door and the carriage, separated by a eaves and gutter.

A corner of the car curtain was lifted, and Zhu Gaoxu's face appeared in the car window.Ping An reached out and pointed in the direction he came from, and made a gesture.Zhu Gaoxu nodded, then waved his hand.

Ping An had no choice but to bite the bullet, walked into the young man's sight, and quickly got on the carriage.

After getting into the carriage, there was a "crack" of the whip immediately outside.Ping An said: "Someone is following."

"I know." Zhu Gaoxu said lightly.

Ping An didn't ask any more questions, and sat in the carriage full of doubts.

The carriage drove very slowly, and after a while, Zhu Gaoxu pointed to a noble-looking man wearing a blue silk robe beside him and said, "His name is Zhao Ping, and he is from a hundred households in the Palace of the King of Han."

Hearing this, Ping An took another look at Zhao Ping's attire, and faintly felt a hint of conspiracy and fraud.

Zhao Ping sat beside him, cupping his fists and saluting Ping An.Ping An also returned the salute slightly: "It's a pleasure to meet Zhao Baihu."

Zhu Gaoxu's voice said again: "After parking the car, Brother Ping'an and Zhao Ping walked side by side, and entered the door next to the carriage. Brother Ping'an, remember to look back to see if the person who followed you just now is still there.

After entering the door, Brother Pingan didn't need to say anything, just followed Chen Dachui and Zhao Ping, they knew what to do. "

Ping An nodded calmly and said, "Okay."

After a while, the carriage stopped as expected.Zhao Ping sat without moving, and Ping An also remained calm.Chen Dachui, who was dressed in a green cloth robe and combed his hair in a bun, got out of the carriage, opened the curtain, and stood beside him bent over.

Zhao Ping got out of the carriage, but with his back turned to the back, he walked straight towards the door diagonally.Pingan also hurriedly got out of the carriage, and looked back according to Yan. This is a dank street, with many big banyan trees on both sides, covering the sky. The whole street seems to be a corridor of the city gate.

A person hid behind a banyan tree, poked out his face, then shrank back, but was still discovered by Ping An.Pingan followed Zhao Ping and walked towards a courtyard gate.Chen Dachui followed and closed the courtyard door.

From the door of the room in the courtyard, two people came out, a grey-haired lame man, and a half-aged lady who still had a charm.Ping An really couldn't see any relationship between the two men and women.

The lame man was wearing an old cloth, although he could not be judged by his appearance, but the lame man rubbed his hands in a look of bewilderment, he didn't seem to be faking it, he didn't seem to be a person of status at first sight; while the woman next to him behaved calmly ...It would be very similar if the lame man was a woman's servant, but the lame man walked ahead, showing no respect to the woman at all.

"That...I..." The lame man hesitated and couldn't say a word clearly.

The woman said: "This is the brother of the concubine's first husband."

Zhao Ping took a look at the lame man, cupped his fists and said, "Are you brother Yang Sheng? I'm really rude..." He turned around, took a box from Chen Dachui, and handed it over, "A little courtesy is no respect. Brother Yang, please accept it with a smile."

"What an embarrassment..." the lame man said, "Please come in and sit inside."

Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said, "Thank you." Then he followed the lame man and the woman to the main room.

Chen Dachui took a look at Ping An, and the two stood together at the door and did not go in. They were like servants, not even qualified to enter the house.But Zhao Ping is actually the lowest of the three men.

The people in the main room chatted for a while, but Ping An struggled to listen, feeling that they barely spoke a few words clearly.Zhao Ping was articulate, saying that there are some fertile fields next to the Erhai Lake in Dali, most of which are properties left by his ancestors, and they can only be given to Brother Yang with tens of acres.

Then the five of us quickly left the yard.There was another carriage outside the courtyard, and Ping An followed him into the big carriage, but the King of Han was no longer in the carriage.

The carriage first went to the courtyard of Chen Dachui's house, and Pingan, Zhao Ping, and Chen Dachui all got out of the carriage.The lame man and the woman were still in the carriage, and then they left in the carriage driven by Wang Gui.

Ping An returned to the square inch of the other courtyard, he was at a loss, and hadn't figured out what happened.

……

Ping'an's figure and appearance are peculiar, and he did not escape the court's eyes and ears.

At this time, the magistrates of Yicheng County in Guizhou, Yunnan and other places reported to Beijing one after another, and successively found people who were suspected to be safe generals passing by.The government's report was sent to the imperial city through the Tongzheng Envoy, so many ministers knew about it.

The next day, the emperor summoned all ministers and newly appointed cabinet officials to Dongnuange to discuss matters.The place to meet the saint is not in the court hall, Zhu Di seems to just want to ask the minister's opinion.

Zhu Di asked: "Yesterday, a local official wrote a letter saying that Ping'an had gone to Yunnan. Should the court convict Ping'an?"

For a while, many people were silent, only Lu Zhen stood up, and he said: "I think that no matter whether Ping An did something illegal before he left Beijing, we should find a way to arrest him now and ask him clearly. reason."

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Lu Zhen's words still carry a lot of weight. Lu Zhen took the initiative to vote when Zhu Di had just raised his army.He assisted the son of King Yan in Beiping all the year round, and made great contributions in guarding the city of Beiping many times.Although Lu Zhen is not an old official of the Yan Palace, he is more trusted than the general ministers in the court.

Lu Zhen had no intention of retreating, bowed and said again: "When I was in Beijing, I heard that Qu Neng and his son might not be dead. Later, Sheng Yong resigned and did not return to his hometown, but ran away halfway. These missing people People, like Ping An's identity, are both old generals... I dare to speculate that maybe they are being protected by the same person!

Qu Neng, Sheng Yong, and the treacherous official Qi Tai have all disappeared, only Ping An's whereabouts can be traced.Just hold on to the peace, or more people can be found. "

After Lu Zhen finished speaking, he said: "Please make a clear judgment, Your Majesty."

"Hmm..." Zhu Di made an unintelligible voice.Lu Zhen bowed and returned to his seat.

What the emperor asked today was whether to convict Ping'an, not whether to arrest Ping'an and bring him back... Does the emperor need to ask the minister what he meant by such a matter?If you can catch it, you will definitely catch it back!Hu Wei and some Jinyiwei sent by the emperor to Yunnan can do this; even the counselors of the original Yan Palace may have kept some unknown spies.

What Lu Zhen said was like saying nothing.But the strange thing is that Lu Zhen shouldn't talk nonsense in front of the emperor. Before he defected to Yan Wang's mansion, he was a member of the official circle, and he was quite thoughtful.

At this moment, Xie Jin, a scholar in the Imperial Academy and a new Wenyuan Pavilion scholar, stood up and said: "My lord, I heard that there were reports from various places, and I went to Yunnan safely. There are only two people in Yunnan who can protect Ping An, the King of Han and Xiping Hou! Your Majesty can just ask them for someone. The Marquis of Xiping is currently being watched by the King of Han, and I think that only the King of Han would dare to do such a thing!"

Zhu Di frowned.

Xie Jin continued to talk eloquently: "Lv Shaoqing said just now that Qi Tai, Qu Neng, and Sheng Yong were all protected by one person, so who can do it among the Marquis of Xiping and the King of Han? The Mu family is far away in Yunnan, and there is only the King of Han! King of Han Taking credit and pride, and relying on the favor of the Holy One to be arrogant, always disrespecting etiquette and acting boldly, the Holy One must not ignore it."