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"what!"

Zhang Shi was taken aback and said in a panic, "How do you leave?"

"Father has already entrusted someone to help, and will contact us soon, let us clean up our belongings first."

"I still have to tell your grandmother."

Zhang Ziren quickly waved his hand, "Don't tell grandma yet, we'll talk when it's time to leave, mother must get ready first."

Zhang Shi nodded, "Okay! Let me tidy up briefly first."

……

Zhang Ziren returned to his room. At this moment, Li Huan, the second housekeeper, said at the door, "Xiao Ya Nei, two of your classmates from the Tai Xue came to see you."

Zhang Ziren was taken aback, a classmate of the Taixue, who could this be?He nodded and said with a smile: "It's an appointment, please wait in the guest room, we will come right away."

Li Huan gave Zhang Ziren a meaningful look, then turned and left.

Zhang Ziren stared at Li Huan's back with extreme hatred. He knew that this Li Huan was sent by the court to monitor them, and their every move was monitored by this Li Huan.

Zhang Ziren rushed to the living room, and heard someone laughing from afar: "Brother Fox has missed the appointment, today we are here to denounce it!"

Zhang Ziren’s nickname in Taixue was Fox, and his close friends would call him Mr. Fox, but this voice was very unfamiliar. Zhang Ziren hurried to the living room, and saw two young scholars sitting in the living room, accompanied by the second housekeeper Li Huan. Talk to them.

These two people are very strange, Zhang Ziren has never met before, where is his classmate?

"You two, I, Zhang Ziren, didn't offend you, did I! You actually called me by my nickname when you came to my house?"

Zhang Ziren walked up with a smile. He was afraid that the other party would not recognize him, so he simply reported his door number first.

A classmate stood up and said with a smile, "My dear brother, how are you doing today?"

Hearing the word 'An', Zhang Ziren suddenly thought of Uncle An, and his heart jumped. He said to the second butler Li Huan: "This is my guest, you go!"

Li Huan hurriedly saluted and left. The leading scholar looked at Li Huan's back and said indifferently: "This housekeeper is really lenient, asking questions and making indirect remarks."

"He's not the butler, he's..."

Zhang Ziren stopped talking suddenly, and asked with a smile: "May I ask who you two are..."

One of the scholars took out a brand, Zhang Ziren recognized it at a glance, it was Uncle An's brand.

Zhang Ziren nodded and said: "The man just now was sent by the imperial court to monitor us, and so are the two maids in the inner house."

The scholar nodded, "I'm Wei Yanzong, I'm responsible for taking you out. The situation is urgent, and you are leaving tonight."

"But I can't leave the city at night."

"I'm not going out of the city for the time being, and I'll go out in a few days. I'll put you somewhere else first."

"I see, then what?"

Wei Yanzong lowered his voice and said: "At two o'clock tonight, take a boat from the back house and leave. I will come to pick you up, Young Master."

Zhang Ziren felt relieved, the boat ride was good, "I know!"

……

In the middle of the night, Li Huan was in a hurry, and just about to get up in a daze, when suddenly a sword was placed across his neck, which made him startled and stammered, "Who is it?"

"Apart from you, who else in the mansion is an undercover agent sent by the court?" A man beside him asked coldly.

"The inner house's... Chun Tao... Chun Xing too!"

"anything else?"

"No, just the three of us."

As soon as Li Huan finished speaking, he was punched hard on the temple, and he fainted immediately.

Not long after, the two servant girls Chun Tao and Chun Xing in the inner house were also knocked out, gagged and tied up.

When it was two o'clock, a family of four came out of a room.

Wei Yanzong stepped forward to support the old lady, and whispered to the crowd: "The boat is ready, let's go to another house to settle down for a few days, and it won't be too late to leave the city."

The four members of the family nodded, and followed Wei Yanzong out of the back gate tremblingly.

There is a small river outside the gate of the back house, and a painting boat is moored on the pier.

The first thousand 220 chapters and five sticks

At dawn the next day, the gates of the water city opened, led by a large passenger ship with the flag of Prince Qinghe on board, Zhang An held a sign and shouted: "The family of Prince Qinghe is leaving the city!"

The leading general cupped his hands and said: "The government has an order to cancel all privileges of going out of the city, and they must be inspected."

Zhang An said angrily: "There are female relatives on board, do you want to search too?"

"Just take a look, don't search!"

The leading general waved his hand, several soldiers jumped on the boat to check, probed their heads to look, and vaguely saw a few dark shadows of female relatives, they didn't dare to search, so they had to turn around and say: "There is nothing unusual!"

"Let's go!"

The chief general gave an order, and the passenger ship sailed out of the city...

At the same time as the passenger ship sailed out of the city, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Huan led several of his men to gallop into the city on horseback, towards Qin Hui's Xiangguo Mansion.

……

It was bright day, and the Qinghe Prince's Mansion found that the master was gone, and he was shocked. The first housekeeper Liu Tao stomped his feet anxiously. He suddenly thought of someone, and hurriedly brought several servants to the second housekeeper Li Huan's room.

After knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered, the butler kicked the door open, only to see Li Huan lying on the ground with his hands tied behind his back, his mouth was gagged, and he was so anxious that he went 'Woo!Woo! ' Shouted.

……

Outside the Ziwei Hall, Qin Hui brought Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Huan to the imperial study room. After a while, the eunuch came out and led them into the imperial study room.

In the imperial study room, Yan Xin and Xu Xiantu, the commanders of the internal guards in front of the palace, were reporting something to the emperor. The emperor Zhao Gou said to Yan Xinling with a dark face: "Immediately follow the canal to chase them. I will catch up!"

"The humble minister obeys the order!"

Yan Xin saluted and left, Qin Hui felt a little strange, how could Xu Xiantu be with him?

The inner guard army in front of the palace was established following the example of the Western Army. It mainly catches the spies of the Jin Kingdom and the Western Army, and is also responsible for monitoring the ministers. All control.

But the control of the inner guard has nothing to do with Xu Xiantu, why is he here?The emperor will not hand over the internal guards to Xu Xiantu's jurisdiction!

Qin Hui was thinking wildly, at this time Xu Xiantu persuaded again: "Your Majesty, since you want Zhang Jun's family members to leave, then let them go. Detaining them will cause distrust between the monarch and his ministers, and will worsen the situation. After all, With 20 soldiers in hand!"

Qin Hui suddenly understood that the people the officials wanted to chase must be Zhang Jun's family members. Could it be that his family members have escaped?

Qin Hui felt anxious and couldn't help interjecting to ask: "Your Majesty, have Zhang Jun's family members escaped?"

Zhao Gou glanced at him and said, "At dawn today, a large passenger ship belonging to Zhang Jun sailed out of the city. According to the city gate army's report, there were Zhang Jun's family members inside."

"But... why did the city gate army let them go?" Qin Hui was really dissatisfied.

Xu Xiantu was a little annoyed by Qin Hui's attitude, and said coldly: "Mr. Qin, the court has never stipulated that the family members of ministers must be hostages, and the city gate army doesn't know who can leave and who can't understand. This is not their responsibility. .”

Qin Hui also realized that he was a little anxious, and his tone and attitude were disrespectful to the emperor. He quickly said: "Mr. Xu, please calm down. There is really urgent information to report to the emperor, which concerns Zhang Jun."

When Zhao Gou saw Wang Huan, he frowned and said, "Did Wang Yushi discover anything?"

Wang Huan took a step forward and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have just returned from Dangtu County and just entered the city. I dare not delay to report to Mr. Qin. The situation is very serious, completely beyond our imagination."

"How serious is the situation?" Zhao Gou asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the garrison in Dangtu County is actually the Western Army."

"nonsense!"

Xu Xiantu was a little dissatisfied and said: "Dangtu's garrison is the Zhang Jun Shatian Army. Zhang Jun raises the military expenses himself, but it is definitely not the Western Army!"

Qin Hui immediately said urgently: "Xu Xianggong, please let Wang Zhongcheng finish speaking, the situation is urgent, Wang Zhongcheng has evidence!"

Zhao Gou gave Xu Xiantu a wink, telling him not to object for the time being. Xu Xiantu remained silent. Qin Hui saw it, but felt very uncomfortable. Xu Xiantu and the emperor could actually communicate with each other with eyes. This kind of tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers has never happened before. No wonder Xu Xiantu always failed to bring him down. I am afraid that in the heart of the emperor, Xu Xiantu is much more important than himself.

Qin Hui sighed in his heart, and said to Wang Huan: "Continue to report to His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I stayed in Dangtu for five days and visited a large number of merchants and ports. I know that the tens of thousands of Western troops who seized Donghai Island before disembarked and rested in Dangtu County. They all lived with the local garrison. , Your Majesty, if it is the imperial army, will you allow the Western Army to disembark and rest for a whole day?"

Anger began to appear in Zhao Gou's eyes, he gritted his teeth and asked, "And then?"

"Then I continued to look for evidence from the humble position. Later I heard that the county magistrate was actually a civil servant of the Western Army. It was recommended by Zhang Jun. This situation is just a rumor and there is no evidence. In Jingzhao, his wife and daughter came to visit relatives from Jingzhao and lived in the inn where Weichen lived. The innkeeper told Weichen that Wang Qing's wife was quite complaining. Mu official house, their family is still a three-mu official house, and the cotton is a few catties less than others in winter, and one sheep is less, Your Majesty, this is not conclusive evidence!"

"boom!"

Zhao Gou couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Zhang Jun, I have treated him so kindly and made him the county king. I have tolerated how much land he has embezzled and how much military salary he has embezzled. If he still dares to collude with Chen Qing and betray me, does he think I'm so easy to bully?"

Qin Hui looked at Xu Xiantu triumphantly. He saw that Xu Xiantu was a little embarrassed, which made him feel very happy. He didn't say a word, and it was up to Xu Xiantu to justify his conclusion, "How could the Shaking Army be the Western Army?" '

Xu Xiantu was indeed a little embarrassed. He was full of words just now, but he didn't expect Zhang Jun to collude with Chen Qing so brazenly. It has been several years since Dangtu County expanded its port!Has it always been Chen Qing's foundation?

What Wang Huan said could not be made up, it is indeed conclusive evidence.

Xu Xiantu sighed and said to Zhao Gou: "It is really hateful for Zhang Jun to fail His Majesty so much, but I still want to persuade Your Majesty to calm down. Although Zhang Jun's actions have lost his principles, he still only communicated with Chen Qing in secret, and brought Chen Qing up. He is far from surrendering to Chen Qing by providing convenience for profit. After all, Chen Qing is also a minister of the Song Dynasty. There is no legal problem with Zhang Jun's private dealings with him. If His Majesty wants to severely punish Zhang Jun in anger, I'm afraid Instead, it will force him to Chen Qing's side, and even more dire consequences will occur."

"What more terrible consequences?" Zhao Gou asked angrily.

Xu Xiantu hesitated, and said cautiously: "Does your majesty still remember the change of Hou Jing in history?"

The change of Hou Jing was a famous event in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which led to the demise of the Liang Dynasty. Hou Jing was originally a warlord of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and ruled Henan. He was dissatisfied with the new emperor Gao Cheng of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and turned to the Liang Dynasty.

Because of Hou Jing's surrender, war broke out between the Liang Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty. As a result, the Liang army was defeated and the leader Xiao Yuanming was captured. Xiao Yuanming was a nobleman of the Liang Dynasty. Exchange Hou Jing for Xiao Yuanming.

Emperor Liang Wu foolishly agreed to hand over Hou Jing to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Hou Jing suddenly became furious and led an army of 20 to attack the Liang Dynasty, killing the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The people of Chengjiankang were almost slaughtered, countless women were turned into military rations, and the Liang Dynasty perished.

Xu Xiantu's comparison of Zhao Gou to Emperor Wu of Liang is a bit inappropriate, but his meaning is very clear. Zhang Jun has an army of 20. If he is pushed into a hurry, once he rebels and kills him in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty will be wiped out. , or even perish.

Zhao Gou seemed to be woken up by a stick. He sat down slowly. After a long time, he waved his hands and said, "You all step back! I need to calm down and think about it."

Qin Hui wanted to comfort the emperor that Zhang Jun's army might not follow him to rebel, but Zhao Gou was not in the mood to listen to any explanation at this time, so he had to retreat angrily.

Chapter 220 Six Compromise

On the canal, a large passenger ship was slowly heading north. Zhang Anqi and a group of his men followed on horseback on the bank, turning their heads to look south from time to time.

His deputy was Dong Shun, a warrior leader, who followed Zhang An to Lin'an with a dozen warriors.

"Uncle An, in fact, we can rescue the old lady and his wife and son, why should we ask the Western Army for help?" Dong Shun asked really puzzled.

Zhang An glared at him, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said slowly: "The commander-in-chief is leaving a way out for himself, do you understand?"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they were no longer in doubt.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, and a warrior shouted, "The pursuers are coming!"

Looking back, Zhang An saw hundreds of cavalry chasing after them, and Zhang An was waiting for them!He immediately ordered: "Retreat!"

He led his men and galloped on the horse, and gradually ran away. After a while, hundreds of cavalry rushed to the passenger ship, and Yan Xin shouted: "Dock! Dock!"

The large passenger ship slowly docked, Yan Xin shouted sharply: "Go and search!"

Dozens of soldiers jumped onto the boat to search, and after a while, the soldiers reported, "Qi Dutong, there is no one in the boat!"

Yan Xin was furious, jumped into the boat and grabbed the boatman by the neck, and asked viciously, "Where are the family members on the boat?"

The boatman was frightened and said tremblingly: "Not long after leaving the city, they went ashore. There are old people, young people, and female relatives. There are seven or eight people."

Yan Xin suddenly realized that he had already escaped with the golden cicada's trick, and he chased him for a long time, and he was fooled.

He kicked the boatman into the water hard and shouted, "Kill me too!"

……

There is a relatively deep alley near the third bridge, and the innermost one is a single courtyard covering an area of ​​two acres, which is very clean, backed by a small river, and has a small pier.

Zhang An deceived Yan Xin with a set of tricks that made it difficult to distinguish the truth from the truth, making the court think that Zhang Jun's family members had fled out of the city.

In fact, Zhang Jun's family members were still in the city, and Hu Yun placed them in this single courtyard. After a few days, after the limelight passed, Hu Yun sent someone to send them to Huaixi.

At this time, Zhang An hurried back again. Of course, he could not completely hand over the lord's family to the Western Army. He greeted the old lady and his wife.

Zhang Jun's family members knew Zhang An very well, and they immediately felt at ease. The old lady asked, "What happened to make us escape in the middle of the night?"

Zhang An hurriedly said: "Reporting to the old lady, someone slandered the officials, saying that the master is going to rebel. The officials listened to the slander and began to investigate the master. The master was afraid that they would put his family in prison, so he transferred everyone overnight."

The old lady sighed and said: "I told him long ago that too much military power is not a good thing. If he doesn't listen, now the consequences will come."

"Madam, don't worry, the master will let go, and everything will be fine."

"Zhang An, when are we leaving the city?" Mrs. Zhang asked next to her.