Chapter 387: The Plan Failed
After hearing that the Jinyiwei wanted to investigate the Zhang family, Yan Jiangnan called his subordinates and said, "Go check if there are any suspicious people approaching the manor. Tell others to be careful and don't let down your guard."
The man took the order and left.
Helian Kai did not stop this.
Patriarch Zhang came back to his senses and said quickly: "Mr. Yan, when I came here, I paid attention to the back and didn't find anyone following me."
"It would be strange if you could discover the Jinyiwei's tracking." Yan Jiangnan was not looking down on the Zhang family.
No one knows better than him how powerful the Zhang family is.
Soon, Patriarch Zhang was slapped in the face.
Someone came back to report that there was indeed a suspicious stranger approaching three miles outside the village. When their people stopped him, he said he was a villager nearby. Their people had already figured out the nearby villages, so how could they not recognize him? He was undoubtedly someone who came to investigate.
When the masked man looked at Patriarch Zhang again, his eyes seemed to be looking at a dead person, "He is a person who is not good at anything but always causes trouble."
"My lord, I don't know."
Patriarch Zhang was so frightened that cold sweat broke out and a chill ran down his spine.
The murderous intent was spreading in the masked man's eyes.
Yan Jiangnan stopped them at the right time and said, "Someone is following them now, and they haven't found out Zhuangzi's true or false situation yet. It will be very troublesome if someone dies here."
Patriarch Zhang came here to save the Zhang family.
After Yan Jiangnan chatted with the two, he glanced at Minister Zhang and said with emotion: "You are Zhilu, right? When I met you that year, you were still young. After many years, we met again, and you have become a third-rank official in the court."
"Mr. Yan?" Minister Zhang's voice trembled slightly.
Yan Jiangnan nodded with a smile.
Afterwards, Yan Jiangnan turned his indifferent gaze to the Zhang clan leader and said to calm people, "You leave first. I will have people obstruct the Jinyiwei's investigation and try to delay it for a while. When the news from Jianning Prefecture reaches the capital, the Jinyiwei will not be able to take care of the Zhang family."
"Thank you, Mr. Yan. The Zhang family will always remember this kindness."
Patriarch Zhang left with Minister Zhang.
Minister Zhang was absent-minded throughout the whole process.
On the way back.
Two people in the carriage.
Patriarch Zhang had long noticed that something was wrong with Minister Zhang, and he chose not to speak in order to give him time to adapt. However, Minister Zhang still hadn't come to his senses when they were halfway through the journey.
"Zhilu." Patriarch Zhang called out with a stern face.
Minister Zhang came back to his senses and looked sideways at Patriarch Zhang with a very complicated look.
The Zhang clan leader sighed, "I know what you are thinking. I told you this today to make you understand the situation of the family. The Zhang family has no choice. Since the Zhang family surrendered to the lord during the time of the crown prince, there has been no way out."
At first, the Zhang family was not liquidated by Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty.
Patriarch Zhang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But later, Yan Jiangnan contacted the Zhang family again and asked them to do things for them secretly. As the saying goes, it is easy to get on a pirate ship, but it is difficult to get off. Yan Jiangnan has enough evidence to ruin the Zhang family.
The Zhang clan leader burst into tears, "If it weren't for this, who wouldn't be happy to live a peaceful life and be willing to gamble the lives of the entire clan?"
Minister Zhang clenched his fists, as if he was enduring something.
They have to stay calm during this time.
The spy several miles away saw Chief Zhang's carriage returning and hurriedly arranged for someone to report the matter to Qin Chi.
"The hot spring manor that the Zhang family has passed down from generation to generation?" Qin Chi had read the Zhang family's information, which recorded the Zhang family's assets. "Is there no one who can get close to it?"
Old Man Hong said, "Three miles outside the village, we were stopped by someone who said it was private territory and we were not allowed to go there. They also asked where we were from and how we got there. The spy said we were villagers nearby. I am arranging for someone to continue investigating the situation in the village."
"No need, withdraw everyone."
Qin Chi knew that the person they sent to follow had been exposed. "If we force our way in to investigate, we will just end up wasting our lives. We might even be tracked down by someone."
Qin Chi never dared to underestimate Yan Jiangnan, who was famous in the capital at that time. He was a natural strategist. He secretly sabotaged the other party's plans several times, but because he was in the dark, Yan Jiangnan could not figure out his origins.
I guess Yan Jiangnan has already started to suspect him.
Arranging people to assassinate him several times was not necessarily to kill him, but also a test.
After Qin Chi finished speaking, he added, "We will not interfere in the affairs of the Zhang family. Uncle Hong, tell everyone to lie low and wait for my next order."
Uncle Hong and others were puzzled by Qin Chi's behavior.
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According to their opinion, it would be best to send someone to infiltrate and investigate, and get definite evidence. As a result, Qin Chi did the exact opposite. Not only did he not arrange for anyone to investigate, he also withdrew the original people and even asked his men to hide? However, the young master's order.
Uncle Hong and the others had their doubts, but they kept them to themselves and quickly executed the plan after they left.
Before dark, the spies watching Zhang's manor received the message to evacuate. The people below had no doubts about the message from the top, and they withdrew immediately after hearing the order.
This resulted in the failure of Jiangnan’s plan for the dinner that night.
After Patriarch Zhang and Minister Zhang left, Yan Jiangnan arranged for people to set traps around Zhuangzi, intending to lure the enemy into a trap, but in the end, not even a fly showed up.
A group of people waited in vain for the whole night.
Feeding mosquitoes all night.
Yan Jiangnan gently waved his feather fan and sipped tea in the quiet room all night. When dawn came, there was still no news from outside. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "Who would have thought that I, Yan Jiangnan, would finally meet my match in my old age."
There were two maids and a servant serving in the room.
The four of them pretended not to hear Yan Jiangnan's mumbling. They lowered their heads and stood by, and when the tea was gone, they quietly went to refill it.
Helian Kai, dressed in black clothes, strode into the quiet room.
He came to the tea table and sat face to face with Yan Jiangnan. The maid next to them immediately poured him new tea.
"Mr. Yan, who is so good at predicting things, did your plan fail again last night?" Helian Kai picked up the tea in a teasing manner, drank most of it in one gulp, but used it to rinse his mouth and spit it out again, "Have you guessed who this person who repeatedly ruined our plans is?"
"Helian Pu? Or Qin Chi?"
Yan Jiangnan pondered over and over, and the two of them were the most suspicious. "One of them suddenly went to Huangshan to recuperate and stayed there for several years. I heard that he is living a good life now. There is a child of a few years old with him. He is the apprentice of his counselor. And this child is Qin Chi's eldest son. This is too coincidental no matter how you look at it."
If this person hadn't hidden it too deeply.
The two of them don't need to be so passive.
In addition to Emperor Mingcheng and Prince Rui's Palace, is there another force against them? At first, they suspected it was Prince Rui's, so Helian Kai sent more people to keep an eye on the people in the palace.
As a result, there was no movement in the palace.
Usually, apart from the old housekeeper and the servants who do shopping, there is almost no one coming in and out, and the news coming from the secret line in the palace is that everything is normal.