Chapter 555: Murderous intent in Jimingyi

Jiming Post is the only place that Xuanfu must pass when entering Beijing. Compared with other post stations on thoroughfares, it is more prosperous. After the large-scale construction and renovation in the 18th year of Yongle, not only the post office, post warehouse, but also the general

The office, mansion, and horse stables are all available, and temples and theaters have also been built. In order to provide accommodation for business travelers coming and going, some smart locals bribed the post officials and bosses who were stationed here, and built a building next to the mansion.

I opened an inn in the city and made a lot of money in just one year. With this example, although there is no city wall here, a new inn was opened at the beginning of the year, and various kinds of food were even sold in the lobby.

liquor.

Since it is the first post station in Xuandong, Wang Yicheng's life is naturally harder than that of ordinary postmen who are welcomed and sent to. However, there are many business travelers coming and going, and the oil and water are quite abundant. In addition to sharing the profits with the nobles,

As the backstage manager, Mr. Mao would give some oil and water from his fingers to the postmen below, and the rest could be put into his own pocket. Therefore, the new inn next to the postmaster's office was a place he often visited.

, whenever he has free time, he will order a bottle of wine in the lobby on the ground floor, and enjoy the food and wine comfortably.

It was noon now. Since the capital was not transporting food to the north, and there happened to be no military reports to be delivered, he sat at the counter on the ground floor, drinking a small drink comfortably. It was already getting cooler at the end of July in the north.

It was thick, and it was the right time for business travelers to rush to do things. The lobby was full of people. Seeing that the people around him spoke in lower voices, he thought that others were afraid of him, the current manager of the Yi Cheng, so he was naturally very happy.

Just when he was sitting cross-legged and pouring himself a drink, a postman suddenly stumbled in and shouted out of breath before he even had time to run to Wang Yicheng's table: "Master, Xuanfu

Dozens of people came from the official road over there, all wearing red military robes, as if they were sent by the army, not ordinary officials passing through the border!"

Wang Yichen, who was holding the small wine glass, was slightly tipsy at first, but when he heard these words, his drunkenness immediately turned into cold sweat. Putting down the wine glass, he stood up and asked: "Have you ever sent someone to know?

Do you know Mr. Mao?"

"We've sent people there, but I just heard that Mr. Mao's brother-in-law is celebrating his birthday today. Even if we look for him, we probably can't find him... Oops, the people over there are already here. Master, hurry up!"

Seeing the postman running out quickly, Wang Yicheng hurriedly tidied up his clothes and hurried out of the lobby without even saying hello to the shopkeeper to pay. A young couple at a table near the door looked at the two.

After the two people left, the woman dressed as a young woman asked in a low voice: "Third Sister, when will we take action?"

"What action? Zhu Zhantan is dead, Zhu Zhanqi is imprisoned, and the King of Han is left with a group of useless sons. But that Fang Rui still wants me to fulfill my original promise. What a joke, I don't keep my promise.

Gentleman! I was just perfunctory with that prince. He probably never dreamed that his illness was obviously cured, but he died so quickly, right? It’s rare for us to take a leisurely trip, so we just treat it as a sightseeing tour and see them by the way.

Just act in a big show, why bother with the busy work?"

Three years have not left any traces of weather on Tang Saier's face, but her eyes are now less sharp and more rounded. She poured a glass of wine into her mouth and said casually.

: "In the past, I only knew about force. After walking among the powerful for these years, I finally understood what planning is. To assassinate Zhang Yue, you can't really kill people. Gee, they are good at planning, but it's a pity that I don't want to follow their plan.

Think about acting!"

Since the death of Yue Changtian, Tang Qingshuang has changed into a woman's dress. Now there is only a thorn hairpin stuck in her smooth black hair, and she looks like an ordinary folk woman. When she heard this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

: "Could it be that Third Sister is waiting for an opportunity to kill him?"

"Although he is always surrounded by many people, if I really want to kill him, why should I wait until today? For the sake of the close relationship between him and my master, I will leave the first account for now and take care of it later. However,

, If I don’t take action, others will naturally do it.”

"Huh?"

Tang Qingshuang was surprised when she heard this. When she was about to ask again, she only saw her smart and clear third sister pouring wine into her mouth. She couldn't help but feel depressed. She was blind and saw the wrong person. In the end, although she was

After killing that guy, I never want to mess with anyone again in my life.

What a man; the third sister had a great time, but she never moved her heart after her brother-in-law was forced to death by the government. Although she now has no worries about food and clothing, she still has extra money to send back to help those lonely believers.

But is this the day they want?

Even though she felt sorry for herself, when she saw people on three tables not far away getting up to check out and leaving the lobby, she immediately felt it. She remembered clearly that from the time she and Tang Saier sat in the lobby

, everyone at these tables is already drinking. Out of force

As was the habit of walkers, she glanced at their feet almost subconsciously, and saw that although their faces were all red and seemed to be drunk, their steps only looked skewed on the surface, but in fact they were extremely steady. She immediately woke up and couldn't help but turn her head.

He glanced at Tang Saier.

"The King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, only sent his confidant Mei Qing to the capital. That guy's brains are not as good as those of the self-righteous Fang Rui. Naturally, it is impossible for him to send extra people here. Not to mention King Zhao, he is currently under a ban.

That’s only half the answer. Men in this world are not as paranoid as women. For them, it’s fine if someone is willing to stand up, and they don’t care about anything else.”

Here Tang Qingshuang just understood the implication. Over there, Zhang Yue, who stopped his horse in front of the horse horn, faced Wang Yicheng who came up and directly stated his request to change his mount. Although he was walking slowly all the way, he

, but after all, it is no better than traveling around the mountains and rivers, so

The horse power consumption was huge. I originally thought that I should be able to persist to the capital, but more than 20 miles away from Xuanfu, the mount that had been fed enough fodder began to lose its energy. Although he had doubts, unless he was prepared to scrap it,

There are more than 40 horses, otherwise you can only change your legs.

Although Zhang Yue did not have the postman's fire-seal wooden plaque, he had something more useful, which was the seal of the Ministry of War. Therefore, Wang Yicheng was in a dilemma, but he still had to try his best to arrange it. However, this chicken

Although Mingyi is a big

There are more than fifty horses in the post, but the horse number is to deal with emergency military reports. The only ones that can be used now are about forty. If they are mobilized by Zhang Yuequan, and there are emergency military reports,

What does he do to deal with it?

He explained the difficulties with a smile on his face, and Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel troubled as well. The cavalry accompanying him were specially allocated to him by the eunuch Liu Yongcheng. They were more brave and brave than the elites of the previous Beijing camp. They might have been commissioned by other cavalrymen.

Order, he couldn't leave them behind. And

It is completely reasonable for Yi Cheng to say that he should leave enough horses for replacements for the post messengers who deliver mails. The question is, does he have to return to Jimingyi, which is less than fifty miles away from Xuanfu?

Take a night's rest and build up some steam?

This place is too close to the capital. He told everyone that he came back to collect military supplies. Those censors who were watching him closely would never think that he was following the order and watching the wind along the way!

"Then how many stagecoaches can you spread here?"

Wang Yicheng, who had a "sharp eye", just took the opportunity to check out the mounts and successfully found the brands on the horses' butts. The brands on the horses' buttocks made him feel in awe, so he was even more cautious when facing Zhang Yue.

Somewhat respectful and polite:

"Sir, it's okay to borrow horses from officials along the way, but I have to keep half of them for delivering emergency military reports. I can only exchange them for twenty horses at most. However, here are all merchants delivering goods to Beijing.

We can requisition some."

From Peking to Beijing and then to the capital, it has experienced such a triple jump in just twenty years. Today, the capital of the Ming Dynasty naturally still has some inherent shortcomings. Compared with the wealth of Southern Zhili, the capital relies on the Grand Canal for everything from food to commodities.

In addition, Xuandong was also an important trade route, especially with many merchants from Shanxi. Therefore, as soon as Wang Yicheng said it, Zhang Yue felt that this was also a way.

Since Zhang Yue agreed, Wang Yicheng immediately agreed, turned around and ran away to make arrangements. On the way, he met a few half-drunk businessmen, and he mentioned it casually. Who knew that the other party heard that it was an official who wanted to make arrangements?

Requisition your own horse and feel happy immediately

The land agreed, and soon you and I recognized the number of three horses, and soon we had more than twenty horses. Wang Yicheng, who had accomplished the task, was overjoyed, because these businessmen said they wanted to meet with the businessman.

My lord, he took them to see someone without even thinking.

Since the first trip to lure the snake out of the cave almost turned into a real assassination, Peng Shisan has been extremely careful about safety issues. In addition, Xiang Long and Liu Bao have already rushed back to the capital.

He never left Zhang Yue's side and taught Niu Gan and Zhang Bu words and deeds whenever he had time.

At this moment, he accompanied Zhang Yue to pick out twenty stage horses. As soon as the horses were called, he saw Wang Yicheng leading six or seven people over. He instinctively looked at the people up and down, and when he noticed

Those people were wearing boots and their steps were a bit wrong. He immediately raised his eyebrows at Niu Gan and Zhang Bu, and then hooked his hands at the other two guards with a gesture that was difficult for others to detect.

"Sir, these businessmen said they are willing to give the horse to you!" Wang Yicheng saw a large group of soldiers scattered on both sides, watching eagerly, and he felt more and more that the unknown young man in front of him must be a noble empress of some family. If he

That's it

Some wealthy businessmen were willing to exchange a few horses for some goodwill. Taking a peek at Zhang Yue's face, he smiled and said, "These are all businessmen from Luzhou Prefecture, and they just happened to be delivering goods to the capital."

This year’s latest satin style.”

Lu silk in Luzhou Prefecture, Shanxi Province is famous all over the world, and almost half of the Zhang family's household goods are made of Lu silk. Therefore, Zhang Yue was not suspicious at first after hearing this. Just as he was about to say that he was just borrowing a horse, he felt someone gently scratching his back.

After a few clicks, I couldn’t help but be startled.

He was stunned, and while he was stunned, the businessmen behind Wang Yichen took a few steps forward. At this moment, he suddenly woke up, and he was about to shout loudly. At this moment, Peng

Thirteen suddenly rushed in front of him.

Soon enough, Niu Gan and Zhang Bu rushed forward without hesitation, and the other two guards followed quickly. Wang Yicheng was stunned by this sudden turn of events, until

Seeing those businessmen who were talking respectfully just now,

The man yelled a few words loudly, and then one by one he produced sharp blades from nowhere and started fighting with the guards. He was so frightened that he trembled all over and sat down on the ground without realizing it. When he reacted, he

He rolled and crawled to the side to hide.

Zhang Yue was blocked in front of him by Peng Shisan. He could only hear the clanging sounds. He saw that many soldiers on both sides had rushed forward to help, but he had no way of knowing the chaotic fighting.

What did he look like? At that time, he felt very vigilant in his heart. You must know that although he was walking slowly on this journey, he had to be prepared to intercept and kill him here. There should be someone who knew about his journey.

His own life is definitely not worthy of others going to war at this time. I'm afraid he has some ulterior motives.

The crowd bullied the widowed, and they used waist knives against daggers. If the guards and soldiers hadn't been anxious to catch them alive, a group of assassins dressed as businessmen would have been chopped to pieces with knives. Seeing that there was no danger, Peng Shisan retreated.

Next to Zhang Yue. At this time, he found that the assassins were already running around but were stretched thin. Zhang Yue's eyelids twitched and he suddenly shouted: "Don't hold back. These assassins will be a disaster if they stay. Kill them without mercy!"

Faced with this order, Niu Gan, Zhang Bu and the four others obeyed the order without saying a word, but the movements of the imperial guards were half a beat slower. If the assassin was not left alive, how would he know who sent him afterwards?

?But since it was Zhang Yue who had spoken, they quickly reacted, and even two assassins were killed. At this moment, the remaining few who fought hard finally couldn't bear it anymore. One of them was wearing a blue thick shirt.

The man shouted at the top of his voice: "As long as you let us go, we are willing to surrender..."

Before even the word surrender was uttered, Zhang Yue shouted angrily without thinking: "Kill them all, leave no one behind!"

As soon as these words came out, the voices begging for mercy suddenly stopped. When the guards dispersed, there were only large pools of blood and seven or eight corpses left on the ground. Seeing this scene, Zhang Yueshen

Peng Shisan, who was standing next to him, drew out his sword and stepped forward, stabbing everyone with a deadpan expression. Then he turned back and reported: "They are all dead."

"Come here, search them!"

Seeing that two Royal Horse Guards soldiers came forward and searched the dead body, but found nothing but daggers and a small amount of property, Zhang Yue sent more than a dozen soldiers to search the inn where they were staying. After they went there,

He glanced at Wang Yicheng, who was sitting on the ground shivering, and simply ordered someone to carry him over.

After a few cross-examinations, he found that the man was stunned and seemed to know nothing. He simply scolded him and then said sternly: "What happened today is because you just made an oversight, so I will

I won’t pursue your involvement anymore. If the court sends someone to investigate in the future, you should know how to report it."

"Yes, yes." Knowing that he had been spared from the disaster, Wang Yichen was simply grateful. After nodding and bowing his head and agreeing, he suddenly remembered something and asked cautiously, "But I only know that you are from the Ministry of War.

Shangguan, I still don’t know your name..."

"Zhang Yue, the doctor in the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War!"
Chapter completed!