Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, there has been a saying that "no merit is but Shun'an", which is the north gate of Yecheng - Shun'an Gate, which is guarded by the Son of Heaven's personal guards.

Whether it is the chief assistant of the dynasty or the ministers of the six ministries, if there is no lord rewarded by the emperor, this gate will not pass.

And the reason why it was guarded by the Son of Heaven was nothing more than to facilitate the emperor's secret summons and not want to be known.

It's like this right now.

The person who came came to the crotch of a jade lion that shone on the night, with a crape myrtle spear in his hand, and the armor on his body had faded, but the ordinary brocade clothes stood in front of the Shun'an Gate, and his eyebrows were indifferent.

The captain on duty today had already received the order earlier, and it seemed that the person was carrying a crape myrtle gun, and immediately went down to the city tower to greet him.

Before he could speak, the man turned over and dismounted, placed his spear on the victory hook, and commanded: "Dabai knows the way, you only need to send someone to follow him, and don't let him be greedy and come back late." ”

The corners of Captain Wang's mouth twitched, but he didn't see any disrespect, he only smiled one by one, and asked if he was ready to enter the palace immediately. Unexpectedly, the man looked at him amusedly, and sneered: "About the first time you greeted me?" Didn't your commander make it clear to you? ”

"What are you ......" Captain Wang nodded, then shook his head again, and asked suspiciously.

"I'll go to Ruyi Building first, you ask someone to prepare the sedan chair there, and my official uniform Ruyi Building has it, so you don't have to worry about it. It's just that if someone is sent to meet me again in the future," the man paused for a moment, looked Captain Wang up and down, shook his head and said to himself, "It's better to ask your chief to come in person." ”

After that, he didn't say much to him, only whispered a few words in Dabai's ear, and swaggered into the city from Shun'an Gate.

Behind him was the newcomer of the guard who did not know the situation, and whispered: "Who is this person?" It's a big panache. The uncle surnamed Wang is used to it on weekdays, and now he is deflated, and he is still like a grandson? ”

The person next to him hurriedly made a silence, and only dared to reply to him when he saw the man walking away: "This is the Marquis of Guning, the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion, and the governor of Jiangbei appointed by His Majesty." Don't talk about Captain Wang," he said, pointing to the top of his head, "even the elders of the court will not take Qiao in front of her." "Again," he dared not to serve like his grandson. ”

Ruyi Building is the most prosperous Changping Street in Yecheng, and it is only three streets away from Shun'an Gate. As soon as Rong Jiangfu entered, the shopkeeper Sun greeted her, and she saw that there were no guests in the building, so she wrinkled her eyebrows and asked, "What about the uncle?" ”

Seeing that her face was not very good-looking, Shopkeeper Sun bowed down and led her inside, leaving her outside and not daring to enter.

But said that Rong Jiang entered, and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy sitting inside, sitting very upright in a moon-white shirt, seeing her inside, his eyebrows and eyes were smiling, and he beckoned her as if to ask her to sit down, and he just shouted "sister" in his mouth.

She stepped forward and sat down, but refused to accept the tea handed by the young man, and only stared at him for a long time before asking in a cold voice: "When did you dare to have dealings with the inner palace?" Seeing that the young man's hand holding the teacup trembled, her tone softened slightly, "I don't know where you learned it, or who made you do this." You dare to have a relationship with the eunuchs in the palace, once Your Majesty investigates it, if you don't want this life? ”

The young man's words to her were bluffed for a while, and she didn't come back to her senses for a while, probably because she was also a little afraid of her sister, and put the tea cup in front of her, before she spoke: "You just entered Beijing and probably don't know, rumors are spreading in Kyoto, and you are leading the troops outside, and I have no news at all" He paused, and when he saw that Rong Jiang was about to speak, he hurriedly rushed in front of her and said, "I haven't asked about my grandfather and two uncles at home, they don't want me to know, I can only find a way by myself." Originally, I was worried about you. ”

Rong Jiang heard her say this, where is there still anger. This is the brother of her mother, who went early, and when she did not lead the troops into battle, this younger brother was almost raised by her own care.

Sighing slightly, he lowered his expression slightly: "You are too reckless," he said as he took out something like a quick jade pendant from his arms and threw it in front of Rong Min, "There are rumors in the capital again, if the imperial history of the court and the central government does not admonish, there is no need to take it seriously." Am I so useless? Can a few gossips make me see the guilt of His Majesty? As he spoke, he was a little crying and laughing, "If you want to inquire about the news, a few good friends can go and ask, but you take such a thing to bribe the eunuch, isn't it for nothing?" ”

Although Rong Min is an adult, because he has never entered the office, he only knows a little about the power during this period. On the same day, he learned that the rumors in the capital were directed at Rong Jiang, and he had no idea for a while, and his family did not want to sue him, he only thought that the internal officials could best guess the emperor's intentions, where could he take care of so much. Now that Rong Jiang said this, he was afraid, if the emperor wanted to be serious and deduct a charge of "rebellion" on his head, even the Rong family would not be able to protect him. But when he saw that the jade pendant sent out that day was brought back by Rong Jiang, he also knew that the emperor didn't mean to be more serious, so he took the jade pendant and looked at it for a while, and asked: "Then what is ...... now?" ”

Rong Jiang saw that he came to his senses, so he took a sip of tea with confidence and said a few words of relief: "You don't have to worry about it now, but you must not have anything to do with the inner palace in the future, otherwise you will ...... in the future" As for the future, she didn't say any more, and after a pause, she instructed Rong Min, "There is something you have to inquire about," she squinted her eyes and thought for a long time, muttered a few words, and asked Rong Min funny, "Lady Jiaoniang, carry the silver gun, and be really heroic immediately." The three armies listened to the order together, and they didn't know Yecheng Zichenguang. Isn't it? ”

"How do you ......" Rong Min was about to ask, "How do you know", but he stopped halfway through the sentence. He knew that Rong Jiang had led the army to the expedition since he was thirteen years old, and he was awarded all the way, and he inherited his mother's marquis.

"I've brought soldiers for four years, and there have been countless battles of all sizes, it's funny to say, but this time I beheaded the three princes of Xirong in front of the battle, and there were such rumors in the capital?" Rong Jiang has always been clever, and when she learned about this matter, she noticed something unusual, since the emperor secretly summoned her back to Beijing, she was afraid that this matter would be inseparable from the emperor. "I have a plan in my heart about this matter, and I only tell you to investigate, but don't go deeper. You only found out where such words were spread, and I have a plan in front of Your Majesty. ”

Rong Min nodded in response, and told her some trivial things at home, such as her grandfather was sick a few days ago, and her second brother had entered the Hanlin Academy. Rong Jiangcai followed and instructed him: "I asked you to investigate the rumors, don't let your grandfather know." ”

"I have a sense of proportion, you go to the palace first, grandfather he," he said, his voice lowered, "He knows that you have returned to Beijing by secret order, and all the affairs of the army have been handed over to Cheng Yi, and now I am afraid that I am still waiting for you to go back at home for questioning." ”

Rong Jiang: "......"

After the two sisters and brothers finished talking about the old days, Rong Jiang was about to get up and change his official uniform to prepare to enter the palace, there was a commotion outside, and the two of them looked at each other, and Rong Jiang clearly saw a trace of disgust and impatience flashing in Rong Min's eyes.