On 11 February, Du Chenghuan, who was far away in Yunnan to encircle and suppress the Yan Party, sent someone to send an urgent letter to the emperor. In his letter, he reported to the emperor: 'On the third day after our army entered the Yunnan region, we began to encircle and suppress the operation, but when we stormed the base areas of the Yan Party distributed in various districts of Yunnan, we found that all were empty, and we immediately began to pursue them, but when our men chased to the border, they encountered a large number of reinforcements sent by them, because our numbers were too small to be able to parry, and finally we had to retreat, and now there are only more than 21,000 soldiers left. At present, the Yan Party in Yunnan has fled to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi. So, is it better for the minister to pursue along these three places in three groups or one province to another? In view of the urgency of the situation, the minister did not dare to make a decision privately, so he asked the emperor for instructions. ’

After reading the letter, the emperor, whose condition had only improved slightly, suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, his heart was throbbing, and he fell to the dragon chair.

Now that the Yan Party in Yunnan has fled to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and there are even reinforcements, it proves that they had already stockpiled men in these three places before this.

Who is leading this group of strict parties?

The emperor stroked his forehead and pondered.

He vaguely felt that Yan Shichong should not be dead yet, and it was very likely that Yan Shichong was directing this group of people behind his back.

The fact that the Yan Party was able to quietly evacuate before Du Chenghuan's men and horses arrived means that the Yan Party has already planted people in our army.

No wonder Jiang Tonghai fought with the Yan Party in Yunnan for half a year, but he still couldn't eliminate the latter.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt congested.

Judging from the current situation, if our army does not pursue it in time, they will inevitably grow up their ranks quickly.

But Du Chenghuan only has more than 20,000 soldiers left. Not an opponent of the enemy at all.

Do you want to continue to send more troops to Du Chenghuan, or hurry up and come up with a more conducive way to encirclement and suppression?

The emperor didn't come up with an ideal way for a while, and he was dizzy and his heartbeat was a little scary, so he hurriedly sent eight important ministers such as Yan Jinxuan, Su Zizhao, and Liu Qingchi into the palace to discuss countermeasures.

These people quickly entered the palace, and they were shocked after hearing the emperor's story.

In that way, Yan Shichong's original performance was 'retreat', but now he is 'advancing'.

Then, at present, not only the imperial palace, but also other provinces will have a large number of strict parties.

Yan Jinxuan knows - some things can't wait any longer.

He raised his eyes to look at the emperor and prepared to play. Unexpectedly, he saw the emperor bowing to the side with a painful face. And a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly came forward to help.

Gonggong Zhang immediately sent someone to summon the imperial doctor, and was busy ordering the palace maid to bring water to clean the emperor.

For a while, the scene was a mess.

"Gentlemen, stand down." Gonggong Zhang did not forget to say to the eight ministers while he was busy.

Except for Yan Jinxuan, the other ministers all retreated.

"Is there anything else with Lord Yan?" Father-in-law Zhang asked hurriedly.

Father-in-law Zhang knew that Yan Jinxuan must have something serious to say when he stayed, so he looked at Yan Jinxuan's eyes with some blame.

Yan Jinxuan didn't care about his face. nodded and said, "There is something I want to tell the emperor." At the moment, the emperor's dragon body is sick. I'll just wait. ”

Father-in-law Zhang suddenly looked embarrassed.

Yan Jinxuan had sat down quietly on the chair beside him.

The queen soon arrived, and the physician came in.

After checking the emperor's pulse, the imperial physician invited the queen aside and said cautiously: "The emperor's condition is more serious than a few days ago, and now he can't work hard anymore and can't be stimulated." ”

The queen nodded.

Stay away. The queen said to Yan Jinxuan: "The imperial doctor said that the emperor's condition cannot be stimulated at all and cannot be tired, if Lord Yan does not have something very urgent, please go back first." ”

Actually, the matter is quite urgent.

But Yan Jinxuan was also afraid that as soon as he said it, the emperor's condition would worsen, so after thinking about it, he finally had to smile and said: "It's not a particularly important matter, then Weichen will wait for the emperor's dragon body to improve and then come back to report." ”

"Well, that's hard work for Lord Yan." The queen nodded.

Yan Jinxuan got up and left.

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Yan Jinxuan went to Zhan Shifu to see his father.

At this time, it was noon, and Yan Yunpei was copying something, looking quite focused.

The subordinate wanted to report to Yan Yunpei, but Yan Jinxuan stretched out his hand to stop him.

Yan Jinxuan sat down beside Yan Yunpei and said softly, "Daddy, I have something urgent to discuss with you. ”

Yan Yunpei only then knew of his arrival, and hurriedly put down his pen and said, "Let's talk inside." With that, he led Yan Jinxuan into a room not far from the side, and locked the door casually.

Yan Jinxuan then told Yan Yunpei about the emperor's summons.

"In this way, there is a good chance that Yan Shichong is still alive, and it is very likely that he is that person." Yan Yunpei said.

"Well, but we haven't found evidence to prove that Yang Gui is Yan Shichong at the moment, so it's not appropriate to talk about it publicly. I wanted to reveal Yang Gui's identity to the emperor in private today, but the emperor suddenly vomited blood and was unconscious, so I had to hold back, but Yang Gui could never keep him in the palace anymore. Yan Jinxuan said.

"Then let's do it tonight." Yan Yunpei said.

"Okay, then you can find a way to lure him to this place." Yan Jinxuan said as he wrote an address in the palm of Yan Yunpei's hand.

It is a mountain less than two miles away from the palace.

"Uh-huh, wait for my news." Yan Yunpei nodded.

Yan Jinxuan was inconvenient to stay longer, so he got up and left.

However, Yan Jinxuan did not go home directly, but rested in a box in a tavern and asked Feng Zixi to invite Du Bailai.

Du Bai had already received Yan Jinxuan's order a few days ago, so now he has gathered all his subordinates together, just waiting for Yan Jinxuan's order.

"At one o'clock tonight, you bring three hundred people to Shilipo, and I will wait for you in the Fengyan Pavilion there. Also, I will go in disguise, and you will be recognizable by my headgear and clothing. Yan Jinxuan said as he drew the headdress he would wear and the style and pattern of the clothes he would wear on a piece of paper, and handed it to him when he was done.

Du Bai asked, "Who are you going to arrest or kill?" ”

"Kill someone." Yan Jinxuan said.

"Who?" Du Bai asked again.

Although Du Bai has killed many people since the establishment of the Green Forest Regiment, those who have been killed are all people who deserve death. Du Bai didn't want any good person to die in vain by his own or his brother's sword.

"A person that you and I hate even more than half of the people of the Ming Kingdom." Yan Jinxuan replied quietly.

Du Bai immediately understood, nodded hurriedly, and said, "Don't worry, Lord Yan, if you are here, you will definitely not let him go back alive." ”

Yan Jinxuan nodded approvingly and personally poured a glass of wine for Du Bai. (To be continued.) )

PS: Dear friends, the second shift is coming. The author often writes and writes and has a big brain, so there are still some plots I want to write, which will probably end tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.