"Does this mean that the secret tunnels they dug are unimpeded among several houses?" Ling Yunsu asked.

"My guess is this. They will not let the Tatar prince and the Japanese prince leave their house, and Mrs. Jiang Shoufu's house is the most likely. Of course, these shops are not ruled out, but I think the possibility is extremely small."

"What you said makes sense, I'll go down and make arrangements right away."

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, Brother Ling."

"This is what I should do."

After Xiao Yichen went down to court, he received the news from Shen Jiarang Xiaobai, corrected most of the memorial in the imperial study, had lunch with the emperor, and then slipped out of the palace.

Shen Jia had been waiting for news from Ling Yunsu today, so she didn't take a lunch break. She sat in the hexagonal pavilion in the garden and played chess with herself.

He didn't even raise his head when he heard the footsteps, "Did you sneak out again today?"

Xiao Yichen sat opposite her: "I am doing things openly and honestly."

Shen Jia sneered: "You and Grandpa Huang are the only people in the world who talk about absenteeism in such a high-sounding way."

Although Xiao Yichen didn't understand the meaning of absenteeism, the connected meaning couldn't be more obvious.

He said nonsensically in a serious manner: "What we call work-rest, not absenteeism."

Shen Jia Ni glanced at him, "I really want the people outside to see how careless their respected grandson is."

"Just watch it! I don't care."

The two were bickering and playing chess.

Time passed quickly, and Ling Yunsu didn't come back until sunset.

"Boss, the Japanese prince really came out of Mrs. Jiang Shoufu's house." A rare expression of surprise appeared on Ling Yunsu's Bingcube face.

With a smile on her lips, Shen Jia poured him a cup of tea: "Have a cup of tea and speak slowly."

It turned out that Ling Yunsu and several people from Tianji Pavilion were guarding outside the house. From now on, carriages were driving out of the house one after another. Ling Yunsu sent people to follow them, and saw that all the people he brought were sent away. , he quickly called people from other places to come over, and he himself followed one of the green carriages.

The green carriage drove out of the house, went around to the west of the city, then went out of the city gate to the suburbs, then to the east of the city and then to the post house. The person who got off the carriage was none other than the prince of Japan.

The carriage followed by others circled the capital and then returned.

After hearing this, Shen Jia sighed: "If it weren't for Brother Ling's great martial arts and lightness kung fu, he would have been thrown away by the carriage a long time ago. This shows that this coachman is not an ordinary person."

An idea flashed in Xiao Yichen's mind, "Jiang Shoufu is a very smart, smooth and resourceful person. Could it be that he has secretly raised many capable people like the former martial arts leader? Master Xiao, what are the capable people and strangers in the world?" people?"

The rivers and lakes and the imperial court have always had nothing to do with each other, and the waters in the well do not interfere with the river. Moreover, although most people in the Jianghu act secretly, they stick to the bottom line and will not endanger the country and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the court will not deliberately investigate them.

The emperor had been on the throne for more than twenty years, and he had only wiped out a few notorious martial arts sects. Shen Jia and Ling Yunsu had also wiped out three major evil sects, but everything else was calm.

Ling Yunsu glanced at Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen helplessly, feeling that he couldn't keep up with their brain circuits. Why did the discussion suddenly come to the topic of talented people and strangers?

But seeing them all looking at him eagerly, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he said: "There are many capable people and strangers in the world. There are people who are proficient in disguise, there are people who are proficient in mechanism formations, there are people who are good at poison and poison. There are people who..."

Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia were silent for a long time after listening.

"Achen, are King Jin and Jiang Shoufu the same as usual during the morning court?" Shen Jia asked.

"I have carefully observed that there is no difference between them except that their eyes are slightly red and their energy is a little lower than before." Shen Jia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Ling Yunsu is also an extremely smart person, so he naturally heard the implication of Shen Jia's words, "The person who was proficient in the art of disguise in the world disappeared ten years ago. There are rumors that he died in Tianshan, but it is difficult to tell whether it is true or not. In short, No one has seen him in ten years."

"I hope I'm worrying too much." Shen Jia smiled.

Xiao Yichen didn't want to see a trace of sadness on her face, so he changed the subject: "Now we can basically confirm that Mrs. Jiang Shoufu's dowry house is the contact point between Jiang Shoufu and Prince Jin. After the Longevity Festival is over, we will go and investigate in person. Ichiban…”

"Well! The Prince of Tartar, the Prince of Japan, and King Jin have reached a consensus. After the envoys from various countries leave, we must take action immediately to catch them off guard."

……

During this period, things were calm on the surface in Beijing, but things were turbulent secretly.

Especially after the emperor openly and honestly appointed Zhou Rui as the third-grade governor of Kyushu, King Jin's faction in the court worked hard every day to find a sense of presence, or to find reasons to praise King Jin, or to intervene in the mistakes of the imperial party. Unfortunately, their attempts to break the law were in vain.

Because good news came from Jiangnan and Lingnan about bumper harvests of sweet potatoes, corn and other crops in spring and autumn. The high-yielding grains grown in Jizhou were all harvested a few days ago, and the yield is actually slightly higher than that in Lingnan. By next year, high-yielding grains will be blooming everywhere in Dazhou.

Just one day before the emperor's birthday, the news reached Shen Jia's ears that a Tatar princess and a wealthy businessman were in love. Shen Jia, who had always been calm, was so shocked that she almost spit out tea when she heard the news.

Later, after Ling Yunsu's investigation, he learned that this so-called wealthy businessman was the number one in a men's house and was more beautiful than a woman. Under the deliberate arrangement of King Jin's people, he became a wealthy businessman.

The Tatar princess was already greedy for beauty, coupled with his diligent service, and being a person with a very eye-catching mouth and a good tongue, the Tatar princess was quickly coaxed to her heart by him, and she was completely smitten.

The so-called wealthy businessman also said to the Tatar princess affectionately: "I don't want the princess to marry in a foreign country and suffer from homesickness. I am willing to go back to Tatar with the princess and marry the princess in Tatar."

When the Tartar princess heard this, she realized that this was just what she wanted! There are hundreds of Tatar warriors waiting for her to come! Anyway, her royal brother had reached an agreement with Prince Jin, and he didn't care about the issue of marriage or not.

After listening to Ling Yunsu's report, Shen Jia couldn't help but admire King Jin and Jiang Shoufu's methods, they were doing everything possible.

Taking advantage of the lustful Tatar princess, he successfully placed people in the Tatar royal family.

This is a really good move.

……

Concubine Shu was grounded by the emperor's order after hearing about the wedding banquet.

King Jin and Jiang Shoufu used the Wanshou Festival to plead with the emperor, and the emperor had no choice but to lift her confinement.

Wanshou Festival is one of the most important festivals in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The imperial wives of the third-rank officials and above must enter the palace to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

The banquet was held in Wende Hall.

As the drums sounded, all the civil and military officials were dressed in court uniforms with solemn dignity, the ladies were wearing makeup, and the foreign envoys were dressed in the attire of various countries, and entered the hall one after another.

After the emperor sat down, all the civil and military officials attending the birthday banquet, as well as the wives of domestic and foreign ministers, all came out one after another and shouted long live: "I wish the emperor to be as blessed as the East Sea! Live as long as the Southern Mountains! Long live, long live, long live!" The voice resounded throughout the earth.

The emperor looked at the crowd of people kneeling in the darkness below, and listened to the roar of the mountains and the tsunami of shouts of long live, and his heart was filled with joy, "My dear friends, I am safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Foreign envoys also smiled and politely offered congratulations. (End of chapter)

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