Fenghou

This reason is not bad, Wang Bo is not that stupid, Qin Hui's expression softened a little and he said: "You continue to investigate, it is best to go to Uncle Wei Guo, and ask him to help you with the investigation, he must be very willing to help you."

"Nephew understands!"

Wang Bo bowed and saluted, and hurried away.

Wang asked puzzledly: "After such a long time, why are you still checking the newspaper?"

Qin Hui sighed, "I don't know who stabbed this newspaper in front of the officials. The officials were furious and called me over to scold me, saying that Chen Qing's propaganda had gotten under his nose, and we all ate it." cooking."

"What did the master say?"

"What can I say, I just say that this newspaper also has a positive side. If it hadn't published this news, we would never have known that Chen Qing had come to protect the late emperor, otherwise we would not have been prepared at all."

Mrs. Wang nodded, "That makes sense! What do you mean by official?"

"The officials said that I was fooling him, shirk responsibility for myself, and ordered me to destroy the opponent's lair within three days!"

Speaking of this, Qin Hui gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "I want to investigate carefully, which bastard stabbed the newspaper in front of the official's house, I will make him eat it and walk around!"

"I want to find out who is tripping up the master, but just now the master said to ask Bo Er to find Uncle Wei Guo, why?"

Qin Hui sneered and said: "Uncle Wei recently suffered a big loss on Sichuan Road. It is said that he lost tens of millions of pennies. He hated Chen Qing to the bone. Boer asked him to check Chen Qing's newspaper. He will definitely do his best to check it. .”

"Losing tens of millions of coins, how come?" Wang was really surprised.

"Before, I thought that Li Jinxiao and the others were instigated by me to raise troops. Later, I realized that it had nothing to do with me. Those people had long been manipulated by Uncle Wei Guo to buy armor and recruit troops. In order to get the Queen Mother's support, these people used A large amount of wealth was deposited with Uncle Wei Guo as collateral, but in the end it was wiped out by Chen Qing. Li Jinxiao and Uncle Wei Guo’s people were all ruined, and all the wealth was taken away by Chen Qing. Decades of collection! That’s not right Surely?"

"It means that the master was also set up by Uncle Wei Guo?"

Qin Hui nodded, "To be precise, she was set up by the Queen Mother. I didn't know that she had penetrated so deeply into Sichuan Road. Thirty percent of the state officials belonged to her. Madam and the Queen Mother have a good relationship. You should have heard of it! "

Mrs. Wang also sighed, "She never said anything about it, and I found that she was getting more and more negative, and her influence in Sichuan was uprooted. She didn't reveal anything about such a big matter in front of me."

Qin Hui said helplessly: "This time when Chen Qing comes to An'an, it is estimated that there will be another bloody storm. I am going to recommend Zhu Shengfei's reunification. On the one hand, it is to make friends with the Queen Mother. On the other hand, let Zhu Shengfei deal with Chen Qing at this critical moment. I'm going to step back a little bit."

"The key is whether the officials agree or not?"

Qin Hui sneered and said: "Yesterday and today, he praised Zhu Sheng for not caring about the overall situation. I guess it must be the Queen Mother who is crying behind her back. The officials want to compensate the Queen Mother for her loss on Sichuan Road. I am an idiot if I still don't understand such an obvious hint." .”

Chapter 848 Newspaper

Sure enough, Wang Bo found his uncle Wei Tong for help. Wei Tong heard that he was investigating the "Beijing News"'s lair in Lin'an. The place where the newspaper was printed.

In the lobby, Wei Tong spittled and said to Wang Bo: "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. I don't believe that these ordinary people can withstand the temptation of money?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Uncle Guo's words are wise and famous!"

Wang Bo flattered with a smile all over his face and said, "Thanks to Uncle Guo for his generosity. I believe that with Uncle Guo's help, the "Beijing News"'s nest in Lin'an will soon be wiped out."

Wei Tong twirled a few rat whiskers and asked triumphantly: "The key is whether my reward has been made known to the people, and it will be effective if they know it."

"You all know that we not only put up a list and offered rewards, but also used various channels to spread the news. Every beggar and every gangster in Lin'an knows about it. They are the most active."

At this moment, the butler ran over and said, "My lord, a gangster came outside and said he knew where the "Beijing News" lair was?"

Wang Bo was overwhelmed with surprise, and stood up abruptly. Wei Tong raised his head and laughed loudly, "I'll just say it! Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, and there will never be mistakes."

"The humble official will go back to the county government and lead someone to arrest him."

Wei Tong said with a murderous look on his face: "I will also send warriors to assist you, and I must catch these sons of bitches."

……

The rogue who reported the report, surnamed Bao, lived in Wenjia Village outside the city, about ten miles away from Lin'an City. He said to Wang Bo: "I got up last night to go to the hut, and found that the room diagonally opposite was brightly lit. I sneaked through the crack of the door. When I saw that there were many people printing newspapers, I knew that this must be the newspaper that the county offered a reward for.”

Wang Bo laughed and said, "Hurry up and lead the way, there will be a big reward."

The scoundrel salivated again and said with a smile: "I heard that there is a reward of one thousand strings!"

Wang Bo's face darkened, and when he was about to explode, his staff member Jia Yingfang gently pulled him to remind Wang Bo that it was not time to turn his face.

Wang Bo could only hold back his breath and said, "As long as the report is true, you will definitely be rewarded."

A group of more than two hundred people marched to Wenjia Village in a mighty manner. The rascal pointed to a large courtyard at the east end of the village, "That is the courtyard, and there is a big house inside."

Wang Bo nodded. The compound is close to the small river, and the waterways extend in all directions. It is indeed an ideal place for printing newspapers.

He waved his hand, "Surround the compound!"

More than 100 archers and more than 100 warriors outflanked it from left and right. The courtyard wall was very low. They climbed over the courtyard wall and rushed in. After a while, the gate opened, and the archers headed Ma Song and walked out quickly, bowing and saying: "Qibao County Jun, it is indeed a printing house, but there is no one in it, and it has run away."

Wang Bo frowned, but there was no one there, so he waved his hand, "Go ahead and have a look!"

Archers surrounded Wang Bo and walked into the compound. When he entered the big room, he saw that he had put in a mess and visited countless printing utensils. Dozens of newspapers that failed to print and scattered wooden characters were scattered on the ground. It is ink, and there is a thick stack of white paper in the corner. Wang Bo nodded and said: "It seems that this is indeed the old nest of the printing office of "Beijing News". Take all the things back, this is the evidence we found."

The staff member Jia Yingfang went around, and he soon found out that something was wrong. The printing equipment was broken, and it had been broken for a long time, so it could not be printed at all. The newspapers that failed to print were scattered on the ground a long time ago. Yes, but they were at least a few months ago.

He immediately found the whistleblower and asked him, "To be honest, how did you find out about this printing house?"

"I didn't mean, I woke up last night..."

"Fart! Surrounded by courtyard walls, you can see a ghost. If you don't tell the truth, you will never get a penny."

The rascal had no choice but to stammer: "Actually, a person told me that this is the printing office of the "Beijing News".

"What kind of person?"

"I don't know him, but he has the door key. He took me to the window of the room to look. I saw a lot of printing tools, so I believed it. Then I rushed to the county."

Jia Yingfang immediately understood that they had been fooled, and that the other party had deliberately prepared to fool them.

"Who is the owner of this house?"

The rascal said with a mournful face, "It's my old house, I rented it out."

"Who are you renting the house to?"

"I don't know each other. The other party gave me three pennies, and I rented it to him for a month, but I never saw the other party again."

"Is it the man who showed you the printing press yesterday?"

The rascal shook his head, "It's not the same person, I don't even know him."

Jia Yingfang was furious after asking three questions. This guy is a fool. He thought for a while and said, "Don't tell the county king what we said just now, otherwise you won't get any reward."

The rascal nodded in panic, "I know! I know! I'm not a fool. If I tell the county magistrate the truth, there must be no reward!"

He is said to be stupid, but he is very smart when it comes to money. I don't know who is stupid?

Jia Yingfang didn't want to expose the matter, so she got up and left. He knew in his heart that if it was just the county lord, it would be fine to talk about it by himself, but when it came to Uncle Wei, to be honest, Uncle Wei was afraid that he would be in trouble when he became angry.

At this time, beside a forest in the distance, several men were watching the situation in the Dongtou compound. When Wang Bo, the magistrate of the county, brought all the things in the house out, they turned around and disappeared into the forest.

……

Wang Bo and his party returned to the county seat, but saw several vegetable farmers come back in a panic, shouting: "The city gate is closed, don't go back to the city, go home quickly!"

Wang Bo was a little strange, it was just after noon, how could the city gate be closed, he quickly asked the capital Ma Song to understand the situation.

Not long after, Ma Song galloped back on horseback and shouted: "Master, the city gate is indeed closed, it seems to be some kind of emergency situation!"

Wang Bo was a little dumbfounded, the emergency military situation, he is still outside the city magistrate magistrate!

Jia Yingfang said in a low voice: "The county lord might as well go and call the door, Uncle Wei's people are here too!"

Wang Bo suddenly realized that the other party did not give him face, but Wei Guo must give face.

A group of people rushed to the bottom of the city and shouted at the door. The soldiers at the top of the city heard that they were under the magistrate and Uncle Wei Guo, so they didn't dare to neglect and rushed to report.

Uncle Wei Guo was really good at it, the gatekeeper didn't dare to offend, so he had to order the door to be opened to let people in.

After entering the city, Wang Bo hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "General, what happened to close the city gate?"

"I heard that Chen Qing's tens of thousands of cavalry have arrived and have already reached Huzhou. All the higher-ups urgently ordered the city gates to be closed."

Wang Bo was taken aback. Chen Qing's tens of thousands of cavalry had reached Huzhou. Wouldn't it be possible to reach Lin'an at night?My God, is this a rebellion?

At this moment, Wang Bo suddenly felt that it was meaningless for him to search the "Beijing News" lair.

Once Chen Qing's cavalry entered the city, would he still be able to save his life?

Worried about gains and losses, Wang Bo ordered his subordinates to return to the county government office, while he rushed to his uncle's house alone...

Chapter 849 Nostalgia

Today, two major events happened in the imperial court. One is that Zhu Shengfei was reunited as Prime Minister of Zuo Xiangguo. Zhu Shengfei’s prime minister’s hat hadn’t been warmed up yet. The second news suddenly came that a cavalry of tens of thousands of people appeared in Huzhou. It was not Jurchen cavalry, but It is Chen Qing's Western Army cavalry.

This news really scared the emperor Zhao Gou's face to pale. He urgently ordered the Privy Council to command Liu Kai and Du Commander Tian Shizhong to lead [-] troops to station in Deqing County and Wukang County to prevent Chen Qing's cavalry from continuing to go south.

Zhao Gou immediately ordered Yang Yizhong, the deputy commander of the front of the palace, to serve as the defense envoy of the Nine Gates, leading [-] troops to guard the defense of Lin'an City.

In the imperial study room, Deputy Prime Minister Li Guangzou said: "Your Majesty, don't be nervous. Chen Qing's army must have come from Sichuan. There was no report from the states along the way, which means that it is not a rebellion. Moreover, the humble officials read the report from Huzhou. They went to Huzhou the day before yesterday. It means that they stopped in Huzhou, Weichen believes that there should be no malicious intentions."

Qin Hui snorted, "Leading an army to Lai'an without an order, what's the difference between that and Dong Zhuo's going to Beijing?"

"Qin Xianggong is a bit alarmist. In fact, Chen Qing was ordered to come to Lin'an. Didn't His Majesty order him to discuss in Lai'an before?"

Qin Hui said, "What's the point of bringing an army here under the imperial edict?"

"Qin Xianggong!"

Li Guang suddenly became angry, "Now is the time to solve the problem, not only to complain, but to sneer, and only to expand the situation, and finally make troubles that cannot be resolved."

Zhao Gou gave Qin Hui a dissatisfied look, and Qin Hui had no choice but to remain silent.

Zhao Gou asked: "Then what should we do now between Mr. Li and Xianggong?"

"It's very simple, to get in touch, to communicate, to understand what the other party means, and then we can formulate countermeasures."

Privy Councilor Xu Xiantu also said: "My minister also agrees with Li Xianggong's suggestion, contact first. If Chen Qing comes to An'an, he will definitely not come alone. We must be mentally prepared for him to lead troops."

Xu Xiantu's last words made Zhao Gou feel relieved a little, he nodded and said, "Just according to Li Aiqing's words, order Taichang Shaoqing Huang Guinian to contact him first."

……

Chen Qing's fleet sailed out of the Yangtze River, entered the East China Sea, and headed south along the coastline. This area is also called Suzhou Ocean. There are many islands guarding the periphery, and the sea is calm and calm.

It was Chen Qing's first time to go out to sea. Although the water surface was slightly undulating, it was not as scary as he thought. None of the other maids, including Zhao Yingluo, were seasick. Seabirds were flying in the sea, white clouds were blooming in the distance, and the sea and sky were the same color. Everyone stood on the side of the boat and watched happily.

"I found that my husband is very interested in the sea?" Zhao Yingluo put a cup of tea in front of Chen Qing and asked with a smile while sitting opposite him.

Chen Qing took a sip of tea and said with a slight smile, "Do you see the black spots in the distance?"

Zhao Yingluo turned her head to look, and there were indeed many black spots in the distance, "What are those?" Zhao Yingluo asked puzzled.

"It's an island. It's a big island. It has fresh water and can garrison troops. But there are only fishing villages on the island."

"Does your husband want to station troops on the island?"

Zhao Yingluo was extremely intelligent and immediately understood what her husband meant.

Chen Qing shook his head, "Although it is an island, it is still too small for me. I want to go to the big island of Penghu in the south, but it is still a bit troublesome to supply, so I can only think about it first."

……

On the deck of another big ship, Chao Qing asked with a smile: "Brother Kun, are you always this comfortable when you go out to sea?"

Chao Kun rolled his eyes at him, and said coldly: "This is the first time for me to go out to sea. It's not called going out to sea. It's just to stand on the sea and have a look."

"Then what is the most serious situation?"

Chao Kun thought for a while and said: "It was noon that day, and in an instant, the sky suddenly turned into night, the sea water was as black as ink, and the huge waves were as high as mountains pressing down on the ships. Like an ant, I watched a large ship in front of me being swallowed by huge waves, hundreds of people! None of them survived, I hugged the mast and cried and swore that if God let me survive, I would never go to sea again. "

"But you still have to go to sea, you still want to go to Japan and Korea, right?"

Chao Kun sighed, "I broke my oath, and I knew that sooner or later, I would die in the sea."

Chong Huan smiled and said, "It's not bad to die in the sea, and become fish food!"

Chao Kun rolled his eyes at him, "It's better than being eaten by earthworms!"

"You two... Hey, stop bickering!"

Chao Qing said from the side: "This time the county king asked Sanlang to go eastward, I think it's a bit strange, can Sanlang guess the reason?"

Chao Kun lowered his head in thought for a moment and said, "I guess it has something to do with Penghu."

……

Zhou Kuan followed Huang Guinian to Lin'an. He was in contact with the imperial court on behalf of Chen Qinglai. Huang Guinian arranged Zhou Kuan to live in a VIP post in the suburbs, and hurried to report to the imperial court.

Along with Zhou Kuan, there were [-] cavalry guards who also lived in the guard yard of the post station.

In the afternoon, Zhou Kuan took a carriage and was escorted by more than a dozen cavalrymen to the Lu Mansion. He came to visit his old boss, Lu Yihao. Back then, Lu Yihao was appointed as the transfer envoy of Hebei. .