Chapter 9

After King Ning's team arrived in Yangxin, Lin Jian led his troops from Chongzhou one day later.

From Chongzhou to Muyang to take the post road nearly 800 miles, Jiangning Left Army Boat Division Foot Battalion traveled 90 miles a day, Lin Jian and Liu Zhi arrived in Muyang on the eighth day of December, but it was not until the 22nd that the team of King Ning, who went south to take up the domain, slowly traveled to Yancheng County in the south of Shandong.

It is only 700 miles from Yangxin to Yancheng by post road, counting the time for Shandong officials to meet, Lin Jian thought that King Ning would not drag on the 12th to the junction of Jiangdong and Shandong at the latest, but he didn't expect to wait for ten more days in Muyang.

Even Yue Lengqiu, who had always been cautious and preserved his strength, led the Changhuai army into the central Henan region, and fought with the Liumin army of Chen Hansan and Liu Miaozhen on both sides of the Yingshui River more than twice, and it took 25 days for King Ning to cross the Shandong Peninsula when he went south.

During this period, Chen Zhihu was trapped in Datong and had been besieging the Dongyu infantry for two months, while the Jiangxi soldiers and Yu Wangao's Jian'an army had thousands of corpses under Shanguan, and the luxury flying bear captured Quzhou in eastern Zhejiang.

Most of the western part of Zhejiang fell, the extravagant flying bear soldiers came to Xinzhou, Jiangxi, and the southern part of Jiangning Mansion was also at risk of being attacked, Jiangxi, Liangzhejiang, and Jiangdong were helpless, and they were all waiting for King Ning to come to Jiangning to take up the domain.

Lin Jian thought that he would have to escort King Ning to Jiangning, afraid that he would have to delay his return to Chongzhou after a year, and he would have already King Ning's mother in his stomach.

No matter how disappointed he was with King Ning in his heart, Lin Jian still led Changshan Buying and Liu Zhi to go north to Yancheng County to meet him, and the officials accompanying him in Shandong were Tang Haoxin's confidants in Shandong, Chen / Yuan Liang was the leader, Chen / Yuan Liang was transferred to Shandong with Moling Zhixian County, and served as the left political adviser of Shandong Xuanfu and the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture, which was Tang Haoxin's right-hand man in Shandong.

The palace guard camp and the Shandong escort team camped outside the city, and King Ning, his entourage, and servants all lived in the Yancheng Post House.

After Lin Jian arrived in the city, he made Ao Canghai lead the Changshan infantry battalion to wait outside the city, he led Zhao Hu and dozens of guards, first met with Chen/Yuan Liang, and did not have time to talk in detail, so they went to the city with Liu Zhi to see King Ning.

In front of the Yancheng Post House, Lin Jian and Chen/Yuanliang ate closed-door soup, and the doorman said that King Ning was unwell and could not see guests, and he did not report it, so he directly blocked Lin Lian and Chen/Yuanliang back.

Liu Zhi is a regular attendant in King Ning's Mansion and a military envoy in the palace guard camp, and when he meets King Ning's team here, he will be considered officially in office, and the officials of King Ning's Mansion and the servants of the inner house will be under his control, but no one dares to stop him from entering.

It is said that Zhang Yan is by King Ning's side, and he should not refuse Lin Lian and Chen/Yuanliang's meeting, Liu Zhi couldn't figure out the situation in the post house for a while, and he didn't dare to take Lin Lian and Chen/Yuanliang in, so he arched his hand apologetically, and said: "Maybe the prince has a long journey, and it should be fine today after resting......"

Lin Jian also had to pretend to be generous and motioned to Liu Zhi to go to Jin first, he looked up at the sun that had just fallen in the west, and secretly said that he would be delayed in Yancheng for one more day, and he couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes when he saw Chen/Yuan Liang, thinking that he accompanied King Ning to cross the border and finally couldn't even visit Jinjian, and he was also holding back the fire in his belly.

"Brother Yuanliang, after Jiang Ning's farewell, we haven't seen each other for many years, let's find a wine shop and sit down to have a good chat." Lin Jian said.

"It's fine." Chen/Yuan Liang waved the sleeves of his wide official robe, dismissed the accompanying officials, and brought two attendants with him. Recalling that when they parted in Jiangning last year, Lin Jian led a group of miscellaneous troops composed of people and homeless people to go north to King Qin. Who would have thought that only a little more than a year had passed, and Lin Lian's status was no longer below him? With the Jiangning Left Participation Regime knowing the affairs of Chongzhou County, and the Jinghai Metropolitan Supervisor, holding the Jiangdong Left Army and the Jinghai Sea Battalion, the two strong armies, are really a hero, Chen \ / Yuan Liang is also full of emotion when he thinks of this, fortunately they stand in the same camp with each other, because of the deep contact, they can understand more and more the power of Lin Bin.

To spend the night in the city, Lin Jian asked Zhao Hu to send someone to inform Ao Canghai to set up camp in the south of the city, and he and Chen \/Yuan Liang found a spacious and bright restaurant on Chengxi Street and walked in to sit down and talk.

King Ning crossed, the small town of Yancheng County was also very noisy, a restaurant walked in at the same time two officials in scarlet robes, the owner of the shop was also sincerely afraid, personally sorted out the private room, and invited Lin Jian and Chen / Yuan Liang to enter.

Lin Jian found a table next to the window facing the street, sat down with Chen/Yuan Liang, drank and talked, and could also see the appearance of the people's livelihood in the city of Yanxian County, and asked Zhao Hu to sit with him, and the other guards sat at the next table to eat, and did not let the owner of the store drive the other guests away from the second floor.

"Is Tang Gong in good health?" Lin Jian sat down and asked Chen/Yuan Liang this question, and he was most concerned about whether Tang Haoxin's body over seventy-two years old could hold up.

"Alas, King Ning has been dragging on in Shandong for these days, and the problem is here," Chen \/Yuan Liang sighed, "I was going to write a letter to tell you that Tang Gong insisted on not letting it, and Zhang Xitong and Zhang Yan were vicious with their intentions!" ”

Shi Zhang Xitong, the governor of King Ning's Mansion, is not an outsider, but the son of Zhang Xie, who is known as the little minister.

The emperor had a good calculation, he thought that as long as Zhang Xie was in Beijing, Zhang Xitong would serve as the governor of King Ning's mansion and accompany him to Jiangning to become a vassal, and it would be impossible for King Ning to win him over.

Chen/Yuan Liang said thoroughly, Lin Lian's heart suddenly brightened, and he asked, "Will Zhang Yanyan conspire with Zhang Xitong?" ”

"It should be the meaning of the above...... "Chen/Yuan Liang pointed his finger at the ceiling, bitter in his heart, and a helpless face.

Lin Lian knew that what Chen \/Yuan Liang said was reasonable, and it was not difficult to understand that Zhang Xie wanted to put Tang Haoxin to death, but Zhang Yan had no grudges with them, and he was quite courted by him at the end of the war in Chongzhou, as far as Zhang Yan was concerned, there was no need to conspire with Zhang Xitong to poison Tang Haoxin, and only the emperor Lao'er didn't want Tang Haoxin to live too long.

At present, only the current emperor can instruct Zhang Yan to move.

Lin Lian's hatred grew in his heart, but he didn't know how to vent it.

Chen/Yuan Liang suppressed his voice and told Lin Jian in detail what had happened in Shandong for most of the past half a month: "...... First of all, he asked us to run back and forth, and when we arrived in Yangxin, King Ning left without saying a word, and chased until Linzi did not meet, and tossed on the road for two or three days. In Linzi, in the name of asking about politics, Zhang Xitong and Zhang Yanlun went into battle, dragging Tang Gong for a day and a night without rest, and Tang Gong fell ill the next day. After resting for only three or four hours, Zhang Xitong sent someone in the name of King Ning to invite. On the third day, Zhang Jinxian couldn't look past it and kicked the wine table on the spot. Tang Gong took into account the overall situation, scolded Zhang Jinxian back to Qingzhou on the spot, and stayed with him in Linzi for five days. Du Juefu felt that it was not a matter to drag it out, and asked Tang Gong to spit out a mouthful of blood at the banquet, or King Ning insisted on leaving, so they let Tang Gong go back to Qingzhou, but Tang Gong really vomited a bowl of blood at night...... "Speaking of which, Chen \/Yuan Liang also wants to cry without tears, putting aside personal feelings, Tang Haoxin is also their backbone in Shandong, and no one wants the backbone to fall down."

"Smack!" Lin Lian almost smashed the camphor wood table with one palm, Huo Ran stood up and said to Zhao Hu, "Send someone to inform Ao Canghai, let's go back, this is not welcome." ”

The guards on the table next to him couldn't hear the details, and when they saw that Lin Lian Huo Ran was furious, they also picked up their knives and stood up and walked towards Lin Lian. These guards are all carefully selected people, loyal, strong, strong in martial arts, after a long time of killing without breaking, more than a dozen people Huo Ran stood up, in the wine hall on the second floor, it was murderous in an instant.

"Please sit down," Chen \/Yuan Liang pulled Lin Lian's sleeve and said in a suppressed voice, "Tang Gong asked me to come over because he was afraid that others would not be able to persuade you." Tang Gong originally asked me to tell the details after you met King Ning - I can't see King Ning today, I'm afraid that you will hear the news from others, so I will tell you first, you can't help but welcome this car! ”

"What are you driving, am I going to pull out a knife and kill Zhang Xitong and that little brute? It's okay if you don't do it! Lin Jian hated the qidao.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and Lin Lian didn't know what other people were thinking, but Tang Haoxin was loyal to the court and had no second thoughts. At the time of the Gyeonggi grain shortage, Tang Haoxin did not stick to his identity, went to Jinhai to coordinate all parties, prepared to build the Jinhai grain road, and reluctantly sat in Shandong with his old age and sick and weak body. The Tianyuan rebel army was made by Chen Zhongnian by repairing the embankment of the Yellow River, but the entire Ludong region under Tang Haoxin's control was not chaotic at all, so that the Jinhai grain road extended from the Jiaolai River to the south to connect the grain of the southeastern counties, and raised money and grain to support the construction of the Dengzhou town army.

Lin Lian couldn't swallow this breath in his heart!

"You guys go down first...... Chen/Yuan Liang instructed Zhao Hu to take the guards downstairs, and by the way, drive away all the diners on the second floor, some words are in big trouble when they get out, he just clings to Lin Tie's sleeves and doesn't let him go.

When the people on the second floor dispersed, Chen/Yuan Liang said: "We are also resentful, Tang Gong said that the emperor was deceived by traitors, and he became murderous after listening to slanderous rumors, if you don't meet it, and don't you fall for someone else's tricks?" Before King Lining, the palace had secretly sent an envoy to Qingzhou to ask for advice. This matter was originally top secret, and I didn't know about it in Qingzhou, and I only told it when I said goodbye to Tang Gong in Linzi. Tang Gong opposed King Lining, entrusted the secretary to return to Beijing, and suggested setting up the governor of the four southern counties, and I am afraid that the disaster will come out here! ”

Gu Wuchen said in Jiangning that Tang Haoxin would resolutely oppose King Lining, but he didn't think that this was the case, Tang Haoxin wrote to suggest that the governor of the four southern counties should be set up, and he was also a loyal minister.

Tang Haoxin is seventy-two years old, and he is about to rot wood, what can he have different intentions? Tang Haoxin is really greedy for power, and he will not give up his phase to Zhang Xie at the beginning.

Now the emperor and Zhang Xie want to put Tang Haoxin to death, which is more important than asking about political poison schemes.

Lin Jian had been with Tang Haoxin in Jinhai and Qingzhou for several months, and he really felt that it was not worth it for him.

Chen/Yuan Liang saw that Lin Lian's face was gloomy and he would have a seizure at any time, and said: "Tang Gong guesses that you are unwilling to give in, saying that you can not welcome the driver, but if you want to go to Jimo before returning to Chongzhou, he will wait for you in Jimo......"