Except for those who actually had official business, the civil and military officials of the Great Qi Dynasty were not restricted in their hours of going to and from the yamen. If they wanted to be lazy occasionally, or if someone had something to do at home and was unable to leave, they could basically just sign in and go home.
In the past, Liu Zhang and others also had this small privilege when they were not on duty, but after Yu Zizhen left, their situation was obviously much worse than before.
His superiors, who had originally been obedient because there were always people standing up for them, began to test them repeatedly after the great turmoil in the capital.
After confirming that they were indeed left with no one to shelter them, their hard times began.
Fortunately, Yu Zizhen arrived quickly, otherwise, in a year or two, Wei Heng felt that Liu Zhang and others would be able to use his "back door".
"Then I'll trouble you." Yu Zizhen had already written down what she needed Liu Zhang and the others to do. She handed the unsealed letter to Wei Heng, "I still have to meet other people. Please help me give this letter to Liu Zhang. If he readily agrees to help me, you can send him out of the house normally. If he hesitates, hesitates, or directly refuses to help, you can ask him to wait for me at your house."
Seeing that she hadn't even sealed the envelope, Wei Heng's eyes twitched slightly. "Do you mean... I can read it as I please?"
Yu Zizhen shook his head. "I don't recommend you to read it. I didn't seal it so that Liu Zhang would think that you had actually read the letter."
Wei Heng: ...
Although he didn't quite understand what Yu Zizhen's intention was in doing this, he was certain of one thing, that is, he was indeed dragged out by the other party to confuse the public.
This discovery made him feel extremely happy. The corners of his lips curled up slightly. "Besides helping you fool Liu Zhang, observing him, and helping you hold him back when he behaves strangely, is there anything else you need my help with?"
Yu Zizhen smiled and shook his head. "Once you've done this, you should organize all the masters and servants in the house and guard the gates carefully to prevent unrest."
She took out a distress firework and handed it to Wei Heng, "If anyone wants to harm your family, light this and throw it out. I will send someone to rescue you as quickly as possible."
Wei Heng was very touched. He put away the firework that asked for help and said, "Thank you very much."
Yu Zizhen smiled and waved at him, "Then I'll take my leave first. Be careful."
Wei Heng nodded, "You should be careful too."
He personally sent Yu Zizhen to the gate of the mansion and watched her get on the carriage. Only then did he return to the mansion to do what he should do.
At the same time, Yu Zizhen had also met Lu Huaiyi and his two sons, who had arrived in the capital earlier, as well as the 200 elite soldiers they brought to the capital.
The apparent identities of these people include escorts, rangers, craftsmen, farmers, traveling merchants and their assistants, guards, grooms, etc.
After meeting them, learning about the latest situation in the capital from them, and arranging their next tasks, Yu Zizhen went to the Ji family incense shop and borrowed their place to meet with the bodyguards headed by Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi.
Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi originally served in Yu Zizhen's army, but when Yu Zizhen was still 800 miles away from the capital, Yu Zizhen sent them to the capital in advance.
They are different from Lu Huaiyi and others. They are not good at gathering information, lurking and hiding, so Yu Zizhen arranged them at Jijia Incense Shop.
In recent years, the business of Jijiaxiang Shop has been growing bigger and bigger. Every month, there are many caravans going out to purchase goods and bodyguards helping to protect the convoys. Yu Zizhen can find any excuse to get people to the capital city in a reasonable way.
After arranging all the subordinates in Beijing and asking them to protect all the people who needed to be protected and to take on all the tasks that needed to be done, Yu Zizhen went to Mo Huaiyang on time.
At this time, only the last rays of sunlight remained. Wei Heng took advantage of the time when all the officials were leaving the yamen and invited Liu Zhang, who was finally able to move freely, to come over.
Liu Zhang knew that Wei Heng was the "backup plan" prepared by Yu Zizhen for them, so just a few days after Yu Zizhen left Beijing, he had already found an opportunity to get in touch with Wei Heng.
Wei Heng invited him this time. Although he didn't know what it was for, he still took the invitation and came to the appointment as soon as possible.
After reading the letter that Yu Zizhen asked Wei Heng to pass on, Liu Zhang not only did not show hesitation, indecision, or even rejection and fear as Yu Zizhen had guessed, but he couldn't help but show his surprise and excitement in front of Wei Heng.
While Wei Heng felt relieved, he was also curious why Liu Zhang was not worried at all about losing his life or implicating his relatives.
Liu Zhang didn't hide it from him, "My boss picked on us again today. I heard his son is engaged to a daughter of a branch of the Lu family. With this relationship, he'll definitely do his best to make trouble for us even more in the future."
In the past, many people in their imperial guards had been constantly causing trouble for them because they wanted to find an opportunity to flatter the Lu family. Now their immediate superior had actually become a relative of the Lu family. Could they, whose offenses against the Lu family were known to everyone, still have a good life?
"Fortunately, the prince has reached the capital, otherwise we might not be able to hold out for much longer and would have to ask Brother Wei for help in finding a way to escape the capital."
Upon hearing this, Wei Heng couldn't help but secretly sigh that Yu Zizhen was really lucky. Whenever he wanted to do something, he could always seize the right opportunity.
He raised his teacup and gently clinked it with Liu Zhang's. "Then I'll offer tea instead of wine. I wish you success in everything you do."
Liu Zhang raised the corner of his lips slightly, "I would like to thank Brother Wei for his good words."
After leaving the Wei Mansion, Liu Zhang immediately gathered his more than 400 brothers together.
Yu Zizhen had changed his appearance again and appeared in Princess Anqing's guard team.
Under Mo Huaiyang's secret instructions, Princess Anqing, who had not left her courtyard for a long time, forced herself to be sent to a sedan chair and carried all the way to the Dengwen Drum in the capital.
The legitimate princess actually beat the drum to report her crime in public. As soon as the news spread, everyone in the capital who could spare some time rushed out.
People flocked to the streets, wanting to be the first to eat the fresh and hot melon.
Princess Anqing did not disappoint them. Not only did she have someone beat the drum to announce the news on her behalf, she also threatened that if Lu Tong and his son did not come to pick her up within half an hour, she would make all the evil deeds they had done known to everyone.
After receiving the news, Lu Tong was almost mad at his niece who was holding him back. He felt guilty and was afraid that Princess Anqing had heard from someone else that the empress dowager had a different cause of death.
After careful consideration, he finally took his two sons to the Dengwen Drum Office.
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