Fate is easy to tie, not easy to solve

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In other words, the crown prince Chu Hong went south to attend the funeral of his grandfather Liang Shimin, and made friends with Hua Jiuliang at the first seven banquets.The next day, when he was going back to the imperial city, his uncle Liang Shan came in and told him that Liu Zhifu had sent a post to invite them to the palace for a banquet.Chu Hong wondered, he had very little friendship with Liu Zhifu, so why would he post a post to invite him?Although I thought so in my heart, it was worth delaying for another day.

When they came to the government office, Liu Zhifu, Hua Jiuliang and a few others were waiting at the door.Chu Hong and Wu Mu stepped forward, and the prefect Liu was obviously very happy, and he was busy bowing down when he saw him. "I pay my respects..." Chu Hong supported him, "Liu Zhifu doesn't need to salute like this." He looked at Hua Jiuliang at the side, did he tell Liu Fugui?Hua Jiuliang met his gaze, raised the corners of his mouth, as a tacit consent.There were two young boys standing beside him. The older boy looked at him and grinned, "Brother-in-law of the prince!".Chu Hong didn't know him, so the boy said again: "Brother-in-law, I am Ban Xinyu, and my sister is the Crown Princess Ban Yulan!".

Chu Hong understood that it was Ban Shi's youngest son, "Why are you here if you're not in the imperial city?".Ban Xinyu put away the smile on his face, and said aggrievedly: "My father drove me out and told me to go back after I have learned a lot.".

Chu Hong smiled faintly, "Then you should work hard and don't disappoint your father's hard work." Ban Xinyu was discouraged, thinking that the crown prince could take him back!Chu Hong's eyes fell on the younger boy, and that boy looked at him with eyes dodging as if he was afraid?

"Let's go in." Hua Jiuliang said, and everyone entered the mansion.When eating, there were only Liu Fugui, Hua Jiuliang and Chu Hong on the table.Hua Jiuliang raised his wine glass, "There are two meanings in inviting the prince over today."

Chu Hongjing listened to him, "First, Fugui was very happy to learn that the savior last time was the prince he admired and admired. I must thank you very much. Second, Hua has something to tell the prince. It may be helpful to the prince, and it is right to repay the prince for saving Fugui's life."Chu Hong also raised his wine glass and drank it together, Xin Dao Hua Jiuliang's words were interesting.

Liu Fugui also wanted to toast and drink, but was blocked by Hua Jiuliang next to him, "You are not in good health and should not drink, I will respect the prince for you.".Liu Fugui blushed slightly, Hua Jiuliang looked at Chu Hong, and said, "Fugui can't drink, the prince doesn't mind?"Chu Hong smiled lightly, "Of course not, Liu Zhifu's health is important."Liu Fugui was even more moved and almost burst into tears.

After dinner, Hua Jiuliang invited Chu Hong to the study alone, and said straight to the point: "What is the relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince?".Chu Hong didn't know what it meant, and he didn't know if he was from Chu An, so naturally he couldn't talk nonsense, "The second emperor's younger brother has been away for many years, and I miss him very much when he rarely sees each other."

Hua Jiuliang laughed softly, "The prince is worrying too much, I am not a member of Prince An, the prince does not need to be on guard."Chu Hong looked at him and said nothing, Hua Jiuliang said again: "The crown prince and Lord An haven't seen each other for many years and I don't know about his situation. It just so happens that a little prince in our mansion once stayed in Jialing City for a day and saw something. .” As he spoke, he opened the door, and a boy came in, who was the one he saw at the door.

"His name is Su Cai. Xiao Su, don't worry, tell the prince that what you saw that day is all right."Su Cai still didn't dare to look at Chu Hong, and lowered his head slightly. The more he talked, the more dignified Chu Hong's face became.After Su Cai finished speaking, she left, and the study was eerily quiet for a while.

After a long time, Chu Hong finally said, "What is the purpose of the landlord Hua telling me about this?" She looked at Hua Jiuliang with deep eyes.Hua Jiuliang's face was also very serious, "Based on Su Cai's experience, the prince is not curious why Prince An built that huge courtyard that is half a street long and heavily guarded by soldiers, and what is it for?".

Chu Hong didn't speak, he continued: "And why when Su Cai was about to tell the story of the plague, he was chased and killed to kill him. And why Su Cai fled to the junction of Jialing and Wuling, but the pursuers stopped chasing him?" Come? Isn't the prince curious about all these signs?"Chu Hong looked at him, his eyes were dark and he couldn't see anything, "He said just now that between Jialing and Wuling, there is a section of road overgrown with weeds, and the pursuers came here, and they didn't come forward?".Hua Jiuliang nodded, and a picture flashed in Chu Hong's mind.When he came back from Wuling last year, at the fork in the road, he saw that the road leading to Jialing was overgrown with weeds, and there were few traces of people walking around.In other words, as long as there is a certain distance ahead, it is the main road leading to Jialing!

It was already dark, the lights were lit in the room, and the two of them had been sitting in the room for a long time.Under the lights, Chu Hong's face was half in the dark and half in the light.Hua Jiuliang stared at him, this is the legendary God of War!Being younger than him, and getting this title, it is conceivable that the horror of the battle back then was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"Swallow Tower, the largest intelligence network in Jianghu, must know a lot of information. Whether Louzhu Hua is willing to help is worthless!" Chu Hong said.Hua Jiuliang raised the corners of his mouth, "The prince also said that we are just an organization in the rivers and lakes. How can the rivers and lakes and the imperial court be mixed into one pool? Compared with the rivers and lakes, the water in the imperial court is not shallow!"

"What does Louzhu Hua mean, that he doesn't want to cooperate with me?"

"Forgive me! Hua does not represent me alone, I think the prince can understand."

Chu Hong raised the corner of her mouth, "Naturally, but I'd still like to thank Master Hua for telling me about this." Hua Jiuliang smiled indifferently, if it wasn't for the sake of wealth, he wouldn't bother with this matter.

It was already midnight when he came back from the government office, and when he entered Liang's mansion, Liang Shan sat in the hall with a serious expression on his face.Chu Hong stepped forward, "Uncle, what happened in the house?".Liang Shan shook his head, watching him hesitate to speak.Chu Hong sat down next to him, Liang Shan's expression told him that it must be something serious, but he was hesitating whether to tell him, Liang Shan didn't know what the consequences would be after telling him, after all, others knew about this nephew Not only a nephew, but also a prince! "It's good that uncle has nothing to do. If something happens, you can tell me. Maybe there is something I can help."

Liang Shan was silent for a while, and then said, "I have been doing business all year round, and I have met many friends, including some from other races and gangs." He glanced at him, seeing that Chu Hong didn't respond, and continued: "Just now The son of a friend came to me and asked me to help him. His father had been imprisoned in the Wulingguan military camp for five days. He had nowhere to go, so he had to come to find me.”After hearing what he said, Chu Hong thought about why this friend from Liangshan was imprisoned, and he used the word "Jinguan", so it can be seen that that friend is not from Chu.If Liang Shan wants to ask him for help, he can't speak hastily.

There was a little silence, "Is the friend's son that uncle said is in our house?".Liang Shan nodded, "I met his father when I was doing business in Zhao Guo, and he is a nice guy. This time his son came in with great difficulty, so I will let him come here."

After a while, a young boy came in from the outside, looking about seventeen or eighteen years old.He looked at Liang Shan, and Liang Shan said to him: "This is a powerful minister of our country. If you have anything to say, tell him.".

The man nodded, put his right hand on his left shoulder, and bowed. "Minister of Chu State, my father is a serious businessman, but he was arrested by you people for not being honest. I hope you can save my father. My clan must be very grateful."

Chu Hong could tell from the way he saluted that he was from the tribe in the south, but how could they get in touch with the Wuling barracks. "Please explain clearly why they arrested your father. Could it be that your father broke into the territory of Chu State without permission?".

The man was not happy when he heard this, "How could it be! We have only had business dealings with Zhao Guo and other tribes. Even this time, we are serious about the horse transaction. The horses are all excellent horses. You took the horses but didn't Pay the price agreed in advance. Dad just argued with you, and he was caught!".

Chu Hong narrowed his eyes, and heard correctly, he said horse trading! "You said, Chu State traded horses with you?" "That's right, this is a document, written in black and white!" He took out a piece of paper, Chu Hong took it over and looked at it, his eyes gradually turned cold.On a certain day in a certain year, Mao San and Haraihe bought a thousand horses, paid 3 taels of silver in advance, and paid another [-] silver when the horses arrived.Sure enough, it was the private seal of Mao San in the Wuling Military Camp!

"It's true, sir, please save my father. We just don't want the [-] silver, and we won't be able to cooperate with your country in the future!".

Chu Hong was expressionless, and returned the paper to him, "Don't worry, your father will be fine, you go back first. If you are found in our country, you will not even be able to get out by yourself."He looked hesitantly at Chu Hongyou, and then at Liang Shan. Liang Shan nodded before he left.

There was silence in the room, and Liang Shan inexplicably felt chilly. "Uncle, do you know that the Nan tribes had business dealings with our country?".

Liang Shan shook his head, "It's a national rule that Chu doesn't cooperate with scattered ethnic groups outside the country, and they know it. Haraihe didn't tell me about this."

In other words, this business cooperation is based on the premise of confidentiality. Whether it is the intention of the court or a private transaction is still unknown.Also, why is Mao San's private seal on the written receipt?If the court prefers to use Mao San, the official seal of this great general is the one. If it is said that Mao San bought horses for other private purposes, he really does not believe that Mao San has the guts!But people always change, is Mao San still the same as Mao San many years ago? !

The next day, Chu Hong went back as planned.No matter how many things were going on here, since Wuling was so close, he could even go there and question Mao San himself, but he couldn't.He has been out for many days, and it is already too late to go back.

Chu Hong and Wu Mu headed north from Zhuzhou. They didn't know that a rare golden pigeon was released in Jialing City, thousands of miles away, and that was also the direction they were heading north.

The invisible net is spreading out, and clues can be found gradually.

It's really late, what a dream