allendalepharm Chapter 432: Divorce plan
Chapter 432: Divorce plan
Cao Yanhua woke up from a burst of severe pain. He felt a tearing pain in his chest.
The memory came back quickly, and he remembered that he was shot through the heart by the assassin's arrow. Is he not dead yet?
"you're awake."
Suddenly hearing someone speaking, Cao Yanhua immediately looked over.
"You are?"
His eyes fell on Jiang Ci's face. He had no impression of the young man in front of him and was sure that he had never met him before.
"It was my master who saved you." Wu Ming said behind him.
"Thank you... Thank you so much, sir, for saving my life. Excuse me... where is this place? Are my family members... here?"
"This is my house. When we arrived at Cao's house, all your family members had been killed."
Cao Yanhua felt his brain roar, and his eyes were filled with grief and anger.
His parents, wife and children were all killed, so what was the point of his life?
When he agreed to cooperate with the third prince, he was because he was the son of the queen. If he could submit to the third prince now and wait for him to become a great treasure, he would be able to rise through the ranks by virtue of his military service. For this reason, he chose to betray the Marquis.
But he didn't expect that the third prince would kill him when the matter was revealed, and even his family members would not be spared.
Seeing his eyes full of hatred, Jiang Ci said in a deep voice: "In addition to the people who are secretly chasing you, there are also people from the Yongding Marquis Mansion who are searching the city for your whereabouts. Mr. Cao originally wanted to find a bigger backer, but now But you end up with both sides wanting your life, no matter whose hands you fall into, you will eventually die."
Cao Yanhua felt remorse in his heart. He was really blinded by power at the beginning. In order to gain fame and fortune, he thought of taking a desperate gamble this time. But now that he has ended up with his family ruined, it seems really ridiculous.
"Since the young master saved me, it means that Cao is still of some value to the young master. It is not a pity for me to die now, but before I die, I want to avenge my family members who died because of me. That person has a noble status, and I know that I can't kill him." , but I hold in my hand evidence that he hoarded grain and raised private soldiers. This should be what the young master wants, right?"
As an old fox in the officialdom, Cao Yanhua knew that Jiang Ci's purpose of rescuing him was simply to use him to deal with the third prince behind him.
Since the third prince is unkind, don't blame him for being unrighteous!
Jiang Ci's lips curved slightly: "Who is that person you are talking about?"
"Third Prince Ye Lanxuan."
Although I don't know the identity of this person, since he can appear in Cao Mansion tonight and save himself from Ye Lanxuan, the identity of the other person must not be simple.
"He is a prince, are you sure you want revenge?"
Cao Yanhua sneered twice: "He pushed me to a dead end. Since there is a cliff behind me, I have no choice but to fight to the death. Even if I can't kill him, as long as I can make him completely miss the throne, I will die. No regrets.”
"You recuperate here first. After you recover a little, I will arrange for someone to take you to Beijing."
Cao Yanhua looked at Jiang Ci in surprise: "Young Master, do you want me to meet the Holy Emperor?"
"The only one who can control the life and death of the third prince is the Holy One. If you want to avenge your family, this is the only way out."
When Cao Yanhua returns to the capital alive, if the old emperor learns that his favorite son is committing rebellion behind his back, how much of their father-son love will be left in the struggle for imperial power?
Oh, he really looked forward to seeing the scene where their father and son turned against each other.
Cao Yanhua was silent for a while. This person was right. The third prince had the queen and the Marquis of Jing'an as his backers, and the only person who could deal with him was the current emperor.
"I understand, everything is at your discretion."
After telling Wu Ming to take good care of Cao Yanhua, Jiang Ci stood up and left. As soon as he returned to the study, Huan Ying hurried back.
"Sir, the north and south gates of Xinyang Mansion have been sealed. There are heavy troops from the Northern Hebei Army guarding the gates. Liu Hanzhou is leading a thousand elites to search for Cao Yanhua's whereabouts from house to house in the city."
Jiang Ci sat in front of the writing desk, holding a pen in his right hand and writing quickly on the paper. After the ink dried, he folded the paper and stuffed it into the envelope.
"Wait until late tomorrow night, arrange for a group of people to secretly escort Cao Yanhua to the capital, and send this letter to Princess Dachang."
Huan Ying stepped forward, took the envelope and stuffed it into her arms.
"Under the current circumstances, it may be difficult for us to leave the city."
Jiang Ci stood up and said, "Have someone prepare the carriage while I leave the house."
"Yes!"
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Yongdinghou Mansion
The guards in the mansion walked quickly to the door of Liu Bin's study.
"Master Hou, Jiang Ci is here."
Liu Bin raised his eyes and looked at Liu Hanyue: "You really didn't get it right. Jiang Ci really came tonight."
Liu Hanyue chuckled: "The city gates are sealed, and there are still a thousand Jibei troops searching house to house in the city. The people who took Cao Yanhua away must find a way to get out of the city."
"Thanks to Jiang Ci for rescuing Cao Yanhua in time, otherwise he would definitely die tonight."
After finishing speaking, Liu Bin said to the guard: "Invite people in."
"Yes!"
After a while, the tall and tall young man followed the guards into the main hall.
"I've met the Marquis."
Liu Bin made a gesture of invitation.
"Master Jiang, please sit down."
Jiang Ci walked to the empty chair nearby and sat down. Liu Binping evacuated everyone in the room and arranged for several guards to guard outside the study.
At this time, there were only Liu Bin and Jiang Ci in the study. Liu Bin asked aloud: "I wonder why Your Highness came to the Marquis Mansion late at night?"
"I heard that the Marquis has sealed the city gate and is searching the city for Cao Yanhua's whereabouts?"
"Did His Highness Seventh Prince come here because of Cao Yanhua's affairs? Could it be that he was rescued by His Highness?"
Jiang Ci chuckled lightly: "Didn't the Marquis guess it a long time ago? Otherwise, you wouldn't have arranged for someone to secretly monitor my movements."
Liu Bin coughed lowly to cover up his embarrassment when the spy he arranged near Jiang Mansion was discovered.
Jiang Cidao: "When the Dongcang water leak occurred, I sent someone to secretly investigate the matter. I found that Jiang Chuan and Cao Yanhua had close contacts before the incident. After Jiang Chuan was arrested today, I was worried that the mastermind behind it would kill people and silence them, so I sent someone A group of people secretly monitored the movements of the Cao Mansion and rescued Cao Yanhua in time when the group of assassins appeared."
Liu Bin listened quietly to Jiang Ci's words and was silent for a moment.
"Your Highness must have learned from Cao Yanhua who the mastermind behind the theft of the granary was."
"It was the Third Prince who did it."
Liu Bin snorted coldly: "It is indeed him."
Jiang Cidao: "Ye Lanxuan has set off to return to the capital overnight. If he learns that Cao Yanhua is not dead, he will definitely try his best to intercept the information sent to the capital by the Marquis. Even the entire Marquis Mansion is now under his surveillance. Inside."
Liu Bin secretly thought, now that the Holy Emperor is seriously ill, Jing'an Marquis and Zhang Shoufu are supervising the country on his behalf. In the past few months, the leakage of water from various granaries has not been able to reach the Holy Spirit directly. Xinyang Mansion is far away from Bianjing. Jiang Ci analyzed it very well. It makes sense. If he exposes this matter in a memorial, the third prince will definitely intercept him on the road. Now the only way is to send Cao Yanhua to the capital safely.
Ye Lanxuan dares to steal food from his Xinyang Mansion, does he really think that his Liu family is a soft persimmon kneaded by someone else?
He had to ask Bianjing for an explanation on this matter, and this was something Jiang Ci was happy to see happen.
Thinking of this, Liu Bin instantly understood Jiang Ci's purpose of coming here.
"Your Highness, do you have any countermeasures?"
They are all smart people. Now that the matter is out of the way, no one needs to talk in circles.
The two discussed it for less than half an hour, and both got satisfactory answers.