"You mean those extremely private letters and documents were scattered everywhere? How long has it been now?"

He was more concerned about this than being emptied. After all, they had done a lot of illegal things over the years.

"It's... it's the secret letters that can't be disclosed. It's been... an hour."

"The enemy killed all the nearby sentries. When County Captain Yao rushed over, the people around him hid the papers."

"At first he thought it was just an ordinary fight between officials and civilians, but later he found papers that had not been picked up in some hidden ditches, and then he realized something was wrong."

Yinwei did not dare to say that those were enough to bring infamy to Prime Minister He and his brothers and the Yongjun Army, so he had to use such a roundabout way to express it.

Zhou Dingbang looked at a private letter from He Huaiyuan to the Queen Mother that was extremely ambiguous, a voucher for the sale of skinny horses in a dark bank, and some other texts that made people tremble with fear...

And... there is also an IOU for paying off a bill at a prostitute's house!!!

He was so angry that his eyes went dark. He stretched out his hand and held onto the earthen wall beside him, and managed to stand steady.

"Damn it! Ahhhh! Damn you bastard!"

He took several deep breaths and managed to suppress his anger. He ordered:

"Quickly send 5,000 men to seal the city gates and assist the county commander in searching for the nobles' private letters hidden in the mansions! Do not let any of them leak out!"

"Send another thousand people to assist the Beichen guards in finding out the cause of the prince's death. Try to please them with good food and drink. The prince still needs the support of the Queen Mother Beichen in many aspects, so you must not quarrel with them."

"Commander... all of the prince's assets in Linyang County have been looted, and we can't even get a penny now."

Zhou Dingbang was so angry that he forgot about the house being emptied.

He felt around himself. As the commander of the Yongjun Army, he searched his body for a hundred-liang silver note. His old face suddenly became darker.

"Then take my card and go to some nearby money houses to borrow money for turnover! I'll pay them back when I come back!"

The secret guard took the order and left. Zhou Dingbang was so angry that his heart, liver, lungs and kidneys were in great pain, and he just wanted to cut Sheng Yichen into pieces as soon as possible.

Even if we don't have any weapons right now, we should hurry to Liuyun County and think of a solution.

Fortunately, the training ground in the back mountain is quite far from the Yongjun camp. These generals rode horses to watch the training today, and they were fully equipped at this time.

Zhou Dingbang threw his cape and sat on his tall horse, and instructed the deputy commander beside him:

"Quickly assemble the remaining 깇千永놂 troops! Follow me to attack Liuguang County and meet up with the king!"

"Ah? Commander, the prince only allowed us to transfer 5,000 men. It is a taboo for a vassal king to transfer troops privately. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to transfer so many people at once."

The deputy commander beside him immediately questioned.

"Where do you get all that nonsense from?!"

Zhou Dingbang was so angry that he just wanted to find the Sheng family for revenge. Seeing someone trying to stop him, he immediately drew his sword and put it against the deputy commander's throat.

Seeing the fear gradually spreading across the other person's face, he calmed down and said:

"That thief has emptied out all the savings of the prince over the years. We cannot afford any mistakes in our deployment in Liuyun County! We must catch Sheng and take back what belongs to us!"

"In other words, that thief not only emptied our savings, but also emptied the capital and the palace. As long as we can catch him, won't everything be ours?"

"By then, we will have armor, weapons, money, and food. Who dares to say anything bad about us?!"

The deputy commander immediately showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"To lead a great talent, one who accomplishes great things does not pay attention to small details. By then, the power will be in our hands, and we will naturally judge right and wrong."

The two men smiled at each other, wiped away their previous anger, and led the troops in the camp out of the city.

The soldiers were exhausted after arriving, and now they were being driven out of the city.

The more than 2,000 cavalrymen were better off, at least they had horses to ride on.

The more than a thousand soldiers lying behind him were overdrawn and were longing to come back for a good meal and a good sleep.

As a result, not only did he not get a sip of hot soup, but he also had to wear heavy armor and rush to Liuyun County overnight.

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhou Dingbang with a strong sense of resentment.

…

The speed at which public opinion spreads is astonishing. Before the Yongjun army sealed the city gates, all the news leaked in Linyang County today had already spread beyond the city gates and began to spread throughout the territory of Southern Qi.

At this time, in a jungle several dozen miles outside the north gate of Linyang County, the deputy commander of the Dark Dragon Guards was carefully studying the secret report that his subordinates had just sent from Linyang County.

He was ordered by the Queen Mother to summon the hidden guards from the surrounding counties and prefectures to ambush and kill the members of the Sheng family's eldest branch.

The evidence spread all over the city, which of course alarmed the Dark Dragon Guards.

Although Nancy Sheng had cleared out all the hidden guards nearby at the time, it was not difficult for them to find out what had happened afterwards.

At this time, the deputy commander of the Dark Dragon Guard was looking at the excerpt from the secret report, which recorded the actions that Prime Minister He and other important officials had carried out behind the Queen Mother's back.

The more I looked, the more frightened I became, and my eyes were shaking.

Seeing that the exile team was approaching, but the deputy commander had not yet given the order, the captain beside him had no choice but to ask:

"Commander, the exile team is now five miles away from us. Should we follow the original plan and ambush and kill everyone in the team?"

The deputy commander of the Dark Dragon Guard took a deep breath and managed to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart.

"I'll leave this to you. I need to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Then he paused again and said, "No, the people from the Sheng family are too powerful. You are not right."

"Tell everyone to pack up and return to the capital with me as soon as possible!"

…

The exiles thus managed to escape a massive ambush by several thousand hidden guards.

In the future, the capital city was once again in chaos because of a series of small actions by Sheng Nancy!

Of course, the quietest time is right before a storm.

On that day, the sky was clear and the Changchun Palace was filled with a rare festive atmosphere.

After a busy day of government affairs, Empress Dowager He finally had some time to rest. She then twisted her orchid finger and opened a gold-threaded nanmu box that her cousin had sent her today.

"Oh! This is an imperial swallow! The Prime Minister really treats me well! Life in the Prime Minister's Mansion is not easy these days, but the Prime Minister still found such a rare thing to make you happy!"

Xiao Fuzi saw more than a dozen milky white bird's nests lined up in the wooden box and immediately joked.

Royal bird's nest is the best of all bird's nests, and is presented to the royal family from the southern regions every year.

Bird's nest is not a rare thing. But now every household in the capital has been looted, and the royal palace is stretched to the limit. The Queen Mother hasn't eaten such exquisite bird's nest for a long time.

The Queen Mother was happy in her heart, but on the surface she said indifferently:

"Men are like this. As long as I have his heart, I will never worry about him not being able to use him for my own benefit."

"Look, even though he occasionally does some small things in the dark, when has he ever disobeyed me on major issues? Just after we had a quarrel, he eagerly sent me a box of bird's nests to appease me."

Xiao Fuzi immediately agreed with joy: "Your Majesty is right. You were very beautiful when you were young, and you have long been famous in the capital. In my opinion, you are even more beautiful now than you were then!"

"Smooth talk!"

Empress Dowager He smiled secretly and gently pinched Xiao Fuzi's fair face as a punishment.

Recently, Empress Dowager He's several proposals have not aroused any opposition from the court officials, and Prime Minister He even follows her wishes in many things.

Empress Dowager He was in a good mood. She immediately asked someone to take down the box of bird's nests and make a bowl of bird's nest porridge.

But at this moment, a black figure suddenly fell from the hall!

The Queen Mother was overjoyed when she saw who was coming. She asked hurriedly:

"You're back so soon? Are all the people from the Sheng family's main branch dead? Have you dealt with the bodies?"

"no……"

As the deputy commander, Anlong lowered his head very low and spoke tremblingly.

"I have discovered extremely important intelligence and have no choice but to come here in person to report it to you."

The Queen Mother took the thick stack of secret reports he presented to her with a smile. Then, her face darkened visibly.

In the end, he swept the stack of papers and even the bird's nest on the table onto the bed!

"Bullshit! Bullshit! What a fool! He Huaiyuan!"

"He secretly refined and sold rock salt, and used the money he earned and the skinny horses he trained to recruit important officials of the dynasty! He also secretly expanded the Yongjun to more than 20,000 people!"

"In such a huge court of Southern Qi, most of the officials are disciples of He Huaiyuan!"

"It turns out that all the previous factional fighting was just for me to see! These people seem to be fighting like black-eyed chickens on the surface, but in reality, they are all his people!"

"Ahhh! I'm so angry! You clearly have sidelined me a long time ago, but you still treat me like a monkey!!!"