Chapter 35 General Discord (Part 2)
When the housekeeper heard the movement, he hurried out to check it out. Seeing that it was the British Duke who had someone surrounded the house, he hurriedly stepped forward to sue for inquiries.
"Let Old Man Fang get out for me. Although I, Zhang Weixian, have not killed anyone for many years, really think that my Duke's Mansion in England is a piece of mud?" Zhang Weixian shouted loudly without looking at the butler.
"Where is this? Why did you get so angry?" The butler saw Zhang Weixian's glaring look and his heart was thrust. He knew what was going on. Fang Congzhe was in the mansion earlier. After hearing other people's reports, he had already gone out to hide in the cabinet's duty room. At this time, the butler could only bite the bullet and resist.
"You are worthy of asking me about anything? Let Old Man Fang get out quickly and I won't give me a satisfactory reply. I'll burn your Fang Mansion today."
"Duke up, my master went to the cabinet's office earlier. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back today. I can tell the villain that he has affairs. I will report to the master when the master comes back."
"Are you not here? Okay, come here, go in and look for it. When you see that old guy, you will ask me out."
Zhang Yong hurriedly took people in and searched.
"Slowly, Duke, although you are a royal relative, this is also the residence of the Prime Minister. I'm afraid you are not suitable for doing this?" As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official of the Prime Minister is now at the height of Fang Congzhe, and the butler is also a little confident in his heart.
After hearing the butler's words, Zhang Weixian was already angry and felt even more provoked. He snatched the spear from Zhang Yong's hand next to him, turned the spear head, and used the wax pole of the spear to suck it hard on the neck of the butler Fang's house. He almost pulled the butler to death. "Search it for me, if someone dares to stop it, you will beat me, as long as you don't beat it to death, I will take care of everything."
The housekeeper was hit for a moment, and simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dizzy. Even if he didn't pretend, he couldn't get up now when he remembered it.
In less than a moment, people who went in to search came out one after another.
"No."
"No.
“Not found.”
People who went in to search reported it.
Until several teams came out, Zhang Yong reported to Zhang Weixian, "Shoushou Fang is probably not in the mansion."
Zhang Weixian hesitated for a moment and decided to withdraw. Fang Congzhe must have hid in the cabinet's duty room if he was not in the mansion. The cabinet's duty room was in the palace. If he led people to surround Fang's mansion, he would only be scolded for a few words, but he had no courage to surround the palace and pulled Fang Congzhe out of the duty room, which would be no different from treason.
"You take people back first. I'll go to the Prince's Mansion. Xiao Luo should still be in my mansion. If you ask him to go back and pass the message to Luo Sigong, it's time to make a decision." Zhang Weixian whispered to Zhang Yong, and after that, he rode his horse to the Prince's Mansion.
When Zhang Yong returned to the Duke's Mansion, Luo Yangxing and others stayed in the Duke's Mansion. Zhang Zhiji closed the door and sat on the ground with Furong in his arms. He didn't move. The few of them were sitting or standing outside the door.
Zhang Yong told Luo Yangxing the words of the British Duke. Luo Yangxing said to several people and rode away.
In the prince's mansion, the prince Zhu Changluo ordered the people in the mansion not to approach the study room, and then talked to the British public relations door.
Zhang Weixian has always been a member of the prince. After entering the study, he told the prince about what happened at night, including the incident of bringing people around the Fang Mansion and searching for people.
"Your Highness, the situation has been settled, and it is time to make a decision. Fang Congzhe, an old man, is just a fence-in-law. He is said to be loyal to the emperor, not to offend both sides. Even if the situation is clear now, Fang Congzhe is facing the prince on the surface, but he still sends gifts to Prince Fu's mansion every year, and he still has letters there."
"The Duke's affairs tonight were fine. Fang's mansion surrounded him, but he could not be moved at the moment. Now the Qi Party in the court is in great power. Although the war in Liaodong last year was not effective and Fang Congzhe lost a lot of prestige, but now there is a shortage of staff in the court, and secondly, he is the only one in the cabinet. If he wants to move him at this time, it will not work if his father is afraid of it."
Zhang Weixian also understood that Fang Congzhe was not anxious. He just wanted to fight tonight and was scolded to teach Fang Congzhe a lesson and vent his anger for his son. However, after today, he wanted to find Fang Congzhe's bad luck, so he had to pat his thigh helplessly and sighed, "I really don't know what Ziyu will become in the future after this incident."
"Tiyu still needs you to comfort me. Don't be stupid because of impulse. I will put pressure on the Sansi side, but the final decision will depend on my father. I am afraid that the old fox Fang Congzhe will ask his father to apologize tomorrow morning. If he insists on protecting Fang Shihong, his assistant will be over. If he resigns for his crime, the prince glanced at Zhang Weixian and continued, "The father will protect Fang Shihong."
"Hmph, let this old guy be proud for a few more days."
"Tu Tu" At this moment, a knock on the door came from outside the door.
"Who? Haven't I told anyone not to get close?"
"Crown Prince, Xiang Hong, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, asked for a meeting." At this time, an eunuch outside the door replied.
Xiang Hong was one of the thirteen capable generals under Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei. These thirteen people were uncertain and each had their own abilities. They were called the Thirteen Gatemen. Because Xiang Hong was quite strategic and vicious, he was ranked first among the Thirteen Gatemen and was nicknamed Poisonous Snake.
The prince in the room asked in confusion, "What are he here to do?"
"Luo Sigong's son Luo Yangxing has a deep relationship with the fifth son and Ziyu. He is also in the Duke's Mansion tonight, so I asked him to go back and pass on a few words to Luo Sigong. At this time, Luo Sigong must have made a decision."
After hearing Zhang Weixian's words, the prince understood in his heart, "Let him come in."
The door of the study was pushed open, and a person came in. The person wearing a black hat and a soapy tights. When he entered, the man took off his hat and saluted the prince, "See the prince."
"No gift."
Xiang Hong, the person who came, had only his narrow and dull eyes and wrinkled face. He looked at him and felt that he was an ordinary person who was tortured by life. Most of the opponents who had this feeling died under his embroidered spring knife.
Without any extra greetings, Xiang Hong took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to the prince and said, "The adoptive father asked me to hand this over to the prince. He is not inconvenient to come yet, so I will ask me to accuse the prince for him."
The prince took the envelope and took out the things inside and looked at it. He was shocked. Then he stood up and walked to a palace lantern and picked up the lampshade to burn the letter paper. "Go back and tell Commander Luo that I know his intention."
When Luo Yangxing returned home, he told Luo Sigong what happened to the evening and passed on the words of the British Duke. Luo Sigong thought for a long time before making a decision. At this time, the prince was attracted to him. If he did not follow, the prince would be purged in the future.
Because of the special nature of the Jinyiwei, the commander's position is only the emperor's guard, eyes and minions at any time, and must be trusted.
So Luo Sigong called Xiang Hong and handed over the list and deployment of all the secret guards of the Jinyiwei to the prince.
Chapter completed!