Chapter 326: Several parties join hands to plot

Huang Lijin, who had a clever plan, found Xu Chengfeng with the help of her memories of her previous life. When she met Shen Yue again with Xu Chengfeng's introduction, Yingyi had already led thousands of experts to the south overnight just to rescue people.

Shen Yue, who was absent-minded in the study, heard Military Advisor Xu asking for a meeting. He actually met someone and saw that Huang Lijin was following behind him. Shen Yue's face turned displeased.

"What does Advisor Xu mean?"

Without waiting for Xu Chengfeng's answer, Huang Lijin, eager to show off, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be upset..."

Seeing Shen Yue's attitude, she knew it was not easy to become his wife. Now she finally had her brains grown and decided to take a step back. If she couldn't be a woman, she could be his subordinate first. After she bribed and won over the people around him, and when everyone valued her and stood on her side, would it still be difficult for her to become his woman?

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I didn't mention it before. Now the matter is of great importance and it concerns your great cause. Please listen to me. I have a way to help you break the impasse and save the families of the soldiers and relieve your worries."

"Oh? What method?" Shen Yue became interested.

Huang Lijin's eyes lit up, and she quickly told Shen Yue about her plan. Of course, in order to achieve her goal, she said she would keep half and half.

After listening to this, Shen Yue couldn't help looking at Huang Lijin. He didn't expect that the woman in front of him had such a plan. After thinking about it again, it was a good idea.

Regardless of whether the plan succeeds or not, they will use both approaches. If Yingyi encounters obstacles, it would be good to have a surprise here. So it would be fine to ask her to try. Didn't she say she didn't want his men and money to support her? He wanted to see how she would do it.

Shen Yue, who was completely unable to get away, agreed to Huang Lijin's request, which made Huang Lijin very happy. But what she didn't know was that after she left the study hall, Shen Yue found Lu Fang behind her, and the two made some private arrangements for her plan, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, just to get everyone back as soon as possible.

In March of the same year, Ying Yi and his team arrived safely. After crossing the river, they split up into smaller groups and sneaked into Xinjing in batches, waiting for an opportunity to rescue people.

At the end of March, Huang Lijin sent two groups of people. One group disguised as civilians went deep into the south, and the other group she led personally. They traveled thousands of miles to the northwest and contacted the Marquis of Zhenxi who was stationed in the northwest fortress. They knocked on the door of the Marquis of Zhenxi's mansion with food, salt, and the Huang family's Silk Road trade route in the Western Regions.

At the same time, when Huang Lijin was negotiating with Zhenxi Hou under the banner of Shen's army, Lu Xinsheng got in touch with his elder brother Lu Yao, who was using the alias Lu Li. The two brothers were naturally happy to see each other again, and secretly exchanged intelligence and communicated messages. In a place where Huang Lijin could not see, the two brothers considered and estimated the current situation and laid the foundation for Shen's army to take over the northwest later.

In April of the same year, the situation in the south was getting worse and worse. Some counties and cities, which were already suffering from poverty, welcomed many eloquent and influential people. At the same time, there was movement in the west. Huang Lijin, who did not notice that Lu Fang and his party were following her, did not feel anything unusual and brought her people to accompany Zhenxi Hou back to Beijing to report on his work.

Lu Fang secretly said goodbye to his brother and made an appointment for the future. He fell behind Huang Lijin and his party and finally returned to Xinjing after a long absence. Holding the arrest warrant of Li Yaoguang and his party in his hand, Lu Fang felt relieved at first. If they were still arresting, it meant that they had not caught anyone. If they had not caught anyone, it meant that his friends were temporarily safe. Lu Fang felt relieved. While watching Huang Lijin's operation, he stepped up his pace to find people. He tried to find Gu Qing first and returned to Xinhai Pavilion to find people. Unfortunately, the place was already deserted. The huge Xinhai Pavilion had long become the property of the Korean Duke Zhou family. As for the Li family courtyard and Cheng'en Mansion, they were also deserted and no one was seen.

It makes sense. As soon as the arrest warrant was issued, Gu Qing and the others had already fled for the safety of their families. As long as they had enough food and drink, they almost never went out. Zhuangzi was far away from Kyoto, so how could Lu Fang see him?
She couldn't find anyone or friends, but the woman surnamed Huang still had some connections. She actually used the Zhenxi Marquis to get a group of soldiers' families. Although they were not the families of important generals, she could save as many as she could.

As for the rest, the families of high-ranking generals such as General Xu were taken to the prison and were under strict guard. Even the woman surnamed Huang could not find them. Lu Fang had no choice but to put aside the search for Li Yaoguang for the time being and meet with Ying Yi in private. He secretly transferred the families rescued by Ying Yi and others back to the north while planning the subsequent rescue.
In May of the same year, under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, the people who had been suffering unspeakably raised their flags and rebelled one after another. For a while, the situation was tense and Dajing was in danger.

The Dajing court was in chaos because of this, and people in the court were in turmoil. They could not take care of the families of these soldiers for a while. Lu Fang and Ying Yi simply left Huang Lijin, who was complacent with having saved some people, and did nothing. The two of them worked together to give the old emperor a big surprise. They actually took advantage of the spies they had planted in Xinjing in the past, robbed the Tianlao with the help of inside and outside forces, and directly rescued all the people.

At the same time, the shrewd Marquis Zhenxi saw that the situation was not good, so he took the opportunity to propose to guard the northwest border for His Majesty and leave in a hurry, just like he did when he fought in the war and made the excuse that he did not want to help the north. Huang Lijin valued her life, so she naturally followed the retreat as soon as possible.

At this time, Dajing was even more chaotic. One incident after another made the situation worse for the court. The emperor was furious and overwhelmed, unable to focus on one thing while another. All officials, from top to bottom, were in danger. Fortunately, Lu Fang and his men were able to successfully evacuate after the kidnapping.

The only thing that made Lu Fang regretful was that he failed to find his good friend Li Yaoguang and his family. He hurried back to the north with the weathered and tattered arrest warrant in his arms. Lu Fangyingyi didn't even dare to think about how he would explain to his master after returning.

However, Li Yaoguang, who was worried about by everyone, was in a miserable state all the way as he followed his eldest brother.

After all, there had been suspicions of civil unrest in the south, and they had brought their families with them. In order to avoid the arrest warrant, they had stumbled along the way. They had sent pigeons to the north to deliver messages, but unfortunately, the letters that came back did not contain any news about their uncle, which showed that their uncle had not received the message. They did not know what he had been busy with. Was he safe?
In this state of escape and worry, it was not until the end of April, when people in many places raised the banner of rebellion, that they arrived at the headquarters of Qijitang in the mountains.

This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with dangerous terrain and quiet environment. I thought it was a place deep in the mountains with few people, but it turned out to be a small town where people live in peace and tranquility without any conflict with the world.

After Li Yaoguang and his companions arrived and settled down, they immediately sent another letter to the north. Fortunately, this time they finally got a good result.

Cheng Su, who led the troops to clear out the remnants of the enemy, finally completed the mission, made great contributions, and returned to the brand new old capital with his brothers.

As soon as he settled down, Cheng Su went to the reopened Qijitang. He showed the token and asked for a letter to be sent out to report his safety. Unexpectedly, he received a letter from his family reporting their safety. Cheng Su was overjoyed, but after reading the content of the letter, he realized that the emperor had turned against him and wanted to arrest his relatives, even issuing an arrest warrant. Cheng Su became anxious and ran to where Shen Yue was, grabbing the letter.

It was just a coincidence that when Cheng Su hurried over with a letter to ask Shen Yue for leave and go to the south to rescue his family, he came back with a small group of family members. Huang Lijin, who thought she had made a great contribution, had just met Shen Yue, who was not in a good mood, did not express much appreciation for her contribution, and there was not even a trace of a smile on his face.