Arriving at the back house, the owner of the study asked all the servants in front of him to go away, led Tong Wei into his study, and closed the door.

Then he came to the bookcase, moved the bookcase forward, and saw a square wooden board with a pull ring exposed on the ground. The boss bent down and grabbed the pull ring and lifted it up hard. The board was pulled up, and then a

The dark entrance.

The boss took a small torch, lit it, handed it to Tong Wei, and said, "Please, sir."

Tong Wei nodded slightly, took the torch and walked down the steps of the entrance.

After Tong Wei entered, the boss immediately locked the door, moved a chair to the door and sat down to look out.

Tongguan Mansion.

In the backyard, in the courtyard where Tong Guan lives, Tong Guan is holding a stick and practicing stick skills in the courtyard. There is no servant around.

During this period of time, he was under house arrest and felt extremely depressed. He had no interest in doing anything. He could only vent his emotions a little while practicing martial arts.

Although Tong Guan was born as a eunuch, he not only knew some military skills because he had served in the army with Li Xian, but he also knew a few sticks, fists and kicks.

Although I have been in a high position over the years, I have never stopped practicing. Although I cannot compare with the real masters, I look at the posture and look quite impressive. The stick dance is very impressive and vigorous.

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After sweeping through thousands of troops with one move, Tong Guan held the stick in front of his chest with both hands, retracted his right foot, and touched the ground with his left toe. He was about to change his move when he suddenly heard a gentle knock on the window from his bedroom.

He raised his eyes for a moment, then put away his stick and walked to the courtyard gate, saying to the two servants standing outside: "I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while. You go ahead. I don't need you to serve me here for the time being."

"Yes." The two servants responded in a low voice, and then walked away.

Tong Guan closed the courtyard door and bolted it, then walked back to the bedroom.

Tong Wei stood in front of the bedroom window. When he saw him coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Brother."

It turned out that the entrance that Tong Guan entered just now was the secret passage leading to Tong Guan's house, and the study owner was the confidant who guarded the entrance of the secret passage for Tong Guan.

This secret passage was built when Tong Guan first became the envoy of the Privy Council. It was to prevent him from committing crimes and to escape when Huizong wanted to arrest him.

Originally, he wanted to build the entrance to this secret passage farther away, but the amount of the project was too large and it was too difficult to complete without disturbing the people around him, so in the end he could only build it here.

Tong Guan turned around and closed the door, put the stick in his hand behind the door, and said, "Why did you come here in broad daylight? What if someone knows about this secret passage?"

"I have something important to tell you, otherwise I wouldn't have come here in broad daylight," Tong Wei said.

Tong Guan sat down and asked, "What's the important thing?"

Tong Wei sat on the chair next to him and told him about Caizhou's situation. Tong Guan was also surprised when he heard this and said, "All of them were arrested?"

Tong Wei said: "Several important officials have all been arrested, and Su Yuanjing's condition is improving rapidly. It is estimated that it will not be long before they return to Beijing."

Tong Guan stood up and walked slowly in the room with his head lowered. Tong Wei said: "Brother, judging from the current situation, it is impossible to expect Cai Jing to find a way to save you. We should also come up with our own ideas.

That's right, otherwise once Cai Jing can't stop Hua Ju and the others, he will most likely attack our brothers."

"He dares!"

Tong Guan's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said: "I am not one of those ordinary officials who can let him kill people and silence them. I have a lot of evidence about him in my hands. As long as I reveal it, let alone Cai Jing.

Half of the officials in the imperial court must be beheaded. If they want to kill me, they don’t have the courage."

"Oh, my big brother."

Tong Wei stood up and walked to his side and said: "Don't you still know who Cai Jing is? If he really wants to take action, will he let you know? I'm afraid that even if we brothers die, we still don't know what happened."

thing.

Ever since you were placed under house arrest, Cai Jing no longer wants to see me. Last time I went to send him a message with good intentions, but he turned out to be quite cold and unreasonable. He chased me away before my butt was even hot.

Gone.

Also, he clearly knew that you were waiting for news from him, but he asked Wei Mao to deal with Hua Ju, but he didn't tell us any news at all, leaving you worried at home.

I think Cai Jing has no intention of saving you at all. Everything he does is for himself. I dare say that if you didn't have some evidence of him in your hand, he would not care about you at all.

By the way, when I came last time, you told me that Cai Jing was going to fake your death and transfer you to Prince Jia's Mansion at a critical moment.

I went back and thought about it carefully. On the surface, he was saving you, but in fact, he was cutting off your future and letting you live under their protection forever and take orders from him. To put it bluntly, you were just for his current use.

If you really do what he said, you will never get ahead.

As for him, he is still a high-ranking grand master. If he is too old to be able to do it in the future, he will push his son Cai You to him, and he will still be prosperous.

But our Tong family has disappeared since then, completely disappearing from the influence of the court.

So, let’s not count on him anymore. Let’s think of a solution ourselves while we still have time. As the saying goes, it’s better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. When it’s really critical, you have to save yourself. If you wait for Cai Jing to save you, your day lily will be cold.

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Tong Guan said: "I understand what you said, but now that I am under house arrest, who else can I rely on besides Cai Jing?"

Having worked with Cai Jing for so many years, Tong Guan certainly knows who Cai Jing is and knows that Cai Jing is unreliable.

But now that all his posts have been removed, Huizong is so angry that he can't rely on anyone else. Hua Ju and others are sharpening their knives and preparing to attack him. Apart from relying on Cai Jing, he can't rely on anyone else.

"Isn't it me?" Tong Wei said.

"you!"

Tong Guan glanced at him, laughed coldly, and said, "Even your current position was obtained by me. Now that I have lost my position, who do you think will sell your face?"

"My face is not easy to use, but your face is easy to use."

Tong Wei said: "Although my brain is not as good as yours, and my face is not as big as yours. But I can still run errands and so on. If you have any thoughts or ideas, you can tell me and I will help you. As the saying goes, go into battle.

Father and son are soldiers, brothers fighting tigers, I am your biological brother, trusting me is better than trusting that old guy Cai Jing."

Tong Guan thought for a moment and realized that Tong Guan was telling the truth. After all, they were brothers. Tong Guan's future and wealth depended on him. If he really fell, Tong Guan would never recover, so Tong Guan is the only one now.

Reliable person.

Tong Guan stood up and walked back and forth for a while with his head lowered. Suddenly a way flashed through his mind. He was delighted and thought: "Yes, how could I forget these preferences of His Majesty? If I start in this regard,

, His Majesty will not only give me a wide berth, but also completely put an end to the matter of privately deploying troops, so that I no longer have to worry about it all day long.

Although it is unlikely that I will be reinstated, at least I can stay in the court in a fair and just manner. As long as I can continue to stay in the court, with the things I have in hand, it is not impossible to make a comeback."

Thinking of this, he waved to Tong Wei. Tong Wei stood up and walked to him and told him in detail in a low voice. Tong Wei was so excited that he clapped his hands and said, "Good idea, this way

This matter has been completely resolved. Okay, okay, I'll go back and send someone to take care of it right away."

Tong Guan said: "Remember, it must be done before Hua Ju and the others come back. Otherwise, if that boy comes back and makes irresponsible remarks in front of His Majesty, Your Majesty may not be fooled. Therefore, this matter must be done before

Finish it before he comes back. As long as His Majesty forgives me, he can only stare at me even if he comes back."

"Don't worry, brother, I promise to get everything done before he comes back."

Tong Wei said with a smile: "I'm right, asking for help is worse than asking for yourself. Don't you think of a good solution right away?"

"Stop talking about this, go back and get ready." Tong Guan waved his hand and asked him to go back quickly.

Tong Wei cupped his hands at him, then jumped onto Tong Guan's bed, rolled up the bed, and revealed a square wooden board with a pull ring. He pulled the pull ring and lifted it gently, and the board was pulled up, and then

He jumped in.

Following Tong Guan, he jumped onto the bed, covered the wooden board again, restored the bed, gently leveled the floor with his hands, then picked up the stick, opened the door, and went back to the yard to practice stick.

Tong Wei returned to the study from the secret passage, restored the bookcase, walked to the door and knocked gently. The owner of the study quickly stood up and opened the door. He nodded gently to the boss and walked out.

"Bring me a few sets of books." Tong Wei said. Now that he has entered the study, it would inevitably make people suspicious if he went out without bringing a few sets of books.

"It's ready."

The boss asked someone to bring five sets of books. Tong Wei nodded slightly, then asked the waiter to carry them out of the study door with him, and asked the waiter to put the books on the carriage first.

"Sir, please walk slowly." The owner of the study stood at the door and said with his hands raised.

Tong Yi nodded slightly, then got on the carriage and left.

"Tong Wei is gone, let's follow him quickly."

Three men who were monitoring Tong Wei saw Tong Wei getting on the carriage and leaving, and immediately followed him.

About half an hour later, Tong Wei returned home, got out of the carriage and walked directly to the door of his house, followed by two guards carrying the five sets of books.

When entering the door, there was a sudden sound behind him. Tong Wei turned around and saw that the books in the hands of one of the guards were scattered on the floor. The rope binding the books was not tied tightly and suddenly became loose.

"I'm sorry, sir." The guard who proposed quickly squatted down to pick up the book.

Tong Wei said nothing and was about to turn around and continue to enter the house, but the moment he turned around, he suddenly found three people staring at him at the corner of the street not far away. When he saw him, he quickly turned around.

Tong Wei suddenly became suspicious, but he did not show it immediately. He turned around and entered the mansion, and then the guards followed him into the mansion.

Seeing Tong Zhu enter the house, the three surveillance officers turned around again. One of them said, "Tong Zhu seemed to have seen us just now."

"Just see it if you see it. There are so many people on the street, how could he know that we are monitoring him?"

"We still have to be careful in the future and not get too close to him, otherwise it will be bad if he finds us."

Seeing that Tong Wei had already entered the house, the three of them didn't know when they would come out. Then they went to a nearby sesame cake stall, each bought two sesame cakes, and sat on the steps of a shop in the back to eat.

When Tong Wei returned to his residence, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the three people he had just seen were suspicious, so he immediately called the housekeeper, gave him some instructions in a low voice, and then the housekeeper left.

The three people who were monitoring Tong Bin finished eating the sesame cakes and continued to sit on the steps chatting. At this time, a servant came out of Tong Bin's house and trotted all the way to the sesame cake stall to buy sesame cakes.

While the sesame seed stall owner was making sesame seed cakes, the man secretly looked at the three people sitting on the steps.
To be continued...