The letter was sent to Ma's Mansion early in the morning, and Ma Chongtao replied quickly, saying that he suddenly felt seriously ill and was bedridden, so he couldn't come to visit Lord Yu Yunyun, and when his body improved slightly, he would come to obey his orders.

After listening to the cronies sent by Ma Chongtao to tell him what happened, Yu Qian's face was impassive, his eyes moved slightly, and he said lightly: "Since Commander Ma is seriously ill, let's take a good rest, but the errands assigned by the imperial court still have to be done, and the roster of all the officers and soldiers of Yanqingwei also asks you to reply to Commander Ma and ask him to send someone to send it, and also, please ask Commander Ma to pass on the order, all the officers and soldiers of Yanqing Guard are gathering in the Wengcheng school field at noon, and the official must count the number of people one by one according to the roster, so as to distribute defense." ”

The cronie's brows furrowed, and he said: "Lord Yu, my Yanqing guard officers and soldiers are distributed on both sides of the Great Wall of Juyong Pass, from Changyukou to Huanghua Town, distributed in the city walls and beacons that stretch for more than 100 miles, thousands of people are gathering in the Wengcheng school field at noon, I'm afraid many people will not have time to arrive." ”

"Oh?" Yu Qian stroked his beard, stared at him and said: "Then first gather the officers and soldiers of the Yanqing Guard in Juyong Pass City in the Urn City, and the official will go to the Urn City Tower in person before noon, and also ask Commander Ma to send the roster of the officers and soldiers of the Guard before noon." ”

"Yes......" The cronie replied with a twinkle in his eyes.

......

After the cronie went out, Yang Muyun Fang appeared.

"Mu Yun," Yu Qian looked at him and said, "I didn't expect Ma Chongtao to be sick, and from this point of view, he won't happily hand over the soldiers and horses to the roster......" walked a few steps in the room, and seemed to have made up his mind and said: "I want to visit Ma Mansion in person, what do you think?" ”

"My lord," Yang Muyun said categorically: "Mr. Lin has already found out that Ma Chongtao colluded with the Tartars and the cult to disrupt the party, but he knows that he has ill intentions, and now he can't come because of his illness, there must be a ghost in his heart, if your lord goes to Ma Mansion at this time, what should he do if he wants to be unfavorable to you?" ”

"He is also an official of the imperial court," Yu Qian said, "how can it be so chaotic, and what is the difference between such a thing and rebellion?" ”

"My lord......" Yang Muyun said hurriedly: "Since he dares to collude with the Tartars in private, what can't be done, when his misdeeds are revealed, he has a thousand lives, and it is not enough for the court to cut it. ”

Yu Qian's face was solemn, and he was silent for a long time.

"There is one more important thing," Yang Muyun said: "The Tartar envoy said that their Great Khan is outside Juyong Pass, and it is unknown how many people he brought with him, if he brings people to simply take off and take off without flowers, and lead the Tartars into the customs, then Juyong Pass is ......in danger" After a pause, he said: "Once Juyong Pass is lost, the door of the capital is wide open, and the matter will be big." ”

Yu Qian gasped and looked at Yang Muyun, "As you said, wouldn't that be a shame on him?" If there is a loss in the mediocrity, you and I will not be redeemed for death. ”

"So the most important thing now is to stabilize that horse commander first," Yang Muyun met his gaze and said, "Before he reaches the point of desperation, he still won't tear his face with the imperial court." Your Excellency, you should be kind enough to comfort him, so that he will not have any dissenting thoughts for the time being......"

"Well," Yu Qian nodded, "It seems that the imperial court can't suppress him by sending a Changping guard alone, and this official plans to transfer some of the soldiers and horses of the nearby town border guards and Huailai guards over, Mu Yun, what do you think?" ”

"What your lord thinks is very safe," Yang Muyun added, "Ma Chongtao has been operating here for many years, and most of the officers and soldiers in the army should have been bought by him...... No matter what stumbling blocks Ma Chongtao secretly makes, my lord, you must contact as many lower-level officers and soldiers of Yanqingwei as possible, let them get rid of Ma Chongtao's influence, and let them stand on the side of the court as much as possible. ”

"What Mu Yun said is very true," Yu Qian said, "At least this official of Juyong Guancheng will never let him do whatever he wants." ”

"My lord," Yang Muyun bowed and said, "I want to lead a group of men and horses outside the city......"

"You want to find out the traces of Toktobuhua?" Yu Qian's face sank, "No, this is too dangerous." ”

"Only in this way can I keep Juyongguan safe," Yang Muyun did not waver in the slightest, and said categorically: "If Juyongguan is in Jingshi'an, Jingshi'an will be peaceful, for the safety of my Ming Dynasty, what is the regret of a person's gain or loss?" ”

Yu Qian took a long breath and stared at him deeply, "Okay, you are careful in everything, and you need as many people as you need to speak up." ”

"People are not expensive

Yang Muyun smiled and said, "I only need Mo Buyu and Alexei to be enough." ”

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Juyong Guancheng, Jiangtai Hutong, Mafu.

"What?" Ma Chongtao's eyes widened after hearing the report of his cronies, "Then Yu Qian asked me for the roster of my subordinates, and I also want everyone to gather in the Wengcheng schoolyard?" ”

"Yes," replied the cronie respectfully, "that's what he said, my lord, what do you think?" ”

"He's trying to cut my military power," Ma Chongtao rolled his eyes and said, "Pick up all my subordinates, and finally attack me without much effort." ”

"My lord," said the cronie, "this list cannot be handed over, and no one can gather all of them in the urn city school as he says, but ...... On what grounds do you refuse? ”

Ma Chongtao frowned, "This old man, as soon as he comes up, he will pinch my weakness...... He is a squire of the military department, my immediate boss, and it is within his duty to inspect the officers and soldiers of the guard, and he can't force back if he refuses, so it is undoubtedly disobedience, and he has to give someone a handle if he has nothing to do. After thinking for a while, he said: "In this way, you go and tell him that a few days ago, the commander of the Si Yamen caught fire, the case library was burned, and the roster of officers and soldiers in the guard station has been reduced to ashes, and it is now being sorted out, and he wants to concentrate all the people in the urn city school field, you let Ma Wei find a few hundred people to deal with it first, and tell him that because the soldiers and horses of the Changping Guard entered the city, most of the people and horses in the original city were transferred to other beacons and passes to guard the palace, and they were all gathered ......together for a while."

"Yes, my subordinates will do it." The cronie was about to turn around and was stopped by him.

"Call me Monig," Ma said, "and say I have something important." ”

......

The door squeaked, and Boge walked in listlessly.

"When are they going to be handed over?" Lin Mei'er stepped forward and asked.

"It's hard to say...... Bo Ridu shook his head, sighed and said: "The surname Ma is now in cahoots with the surname Bai, saying that the wind outside is very tight, and people can't send it over for a while." ”

"What do they mean?" Lin Meier's eyes flashed, and she feigned anger, "Do you want to be a scoundrel?" No matter how tight the wind is, they will deal with it themselves, what will we do? ”

"It seems that if we don't help the man surnamed Ma to solve the current crisis, he won't be easy to hand over," Bo Ridu glanced at Lin Mei'er, "He also said to let the Great Khan Gang help him......"

"Let the Great Khan help him, how to help?" Lin Mei'er's eyes rolled, "Is he willing to sacrifice Juyong Guancheng to the Great Khan?" ”

"Even if he dares to do this, how can the Great Khan accept it?" Bo Ridu smiled bitterly, "The Great Khan didn't bring many people here?" ”

"How do you know......" Lin Mei'er was speechless as soon as she spoke, and quickly stopped.

"Didn't you come from the Great Khan?" Bo Zhdu looked at her strangely, "You should know his situation better than I do." ”

"I mean to say that the Great Khan is the pride of the sky," Lin Mei'er cleared her throat and said calmly: "Even if you are in danger alone, the subjects of other tribes must not be at ease, how many people have infiltrated the Ming Realm to guard around the Great Khan in the past few days, do you know?" Maybe the Great Khan really has enough people around him to capture Juyong Pass now, and this is also possible! ”

"That's what my lord said," Bo Ridu paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, raised his head and said, "That's what the man surnamed Ma revealed to me is the same thing, if you can dedicate Juyong Guancheng to the Great Khan, this amount is much heavier than a Sain Polo." ”

"In that case, without further ado," Lin Mei'er urged him, "You quickly send someone to meet the Great Khan and tell the Great Khan all this...... If you really capture this fortress, you have made a great achievement! ”

Bo Ridu's face also became excited, and he suddenly frowned, "But how do you send people out?" The Ming people are now very strict at the gates, and ordinary people are not allowed to leave the customs at all. ”

"Then let the surnamed Ma help you think of a way," Lin Mei'er glanced at him, "He has no reason to delay this little thing, right?" ”

......

"Huh-" A stone flew out of the Ma Mansion and was picked up by the officers and soldiers of the Changping Guards who were waiting outside, and a note was tied to it, and the officers and soldiers handed it over without opening it.

Yang Muyun unfolded the note and looked at it, there were a few small characters written on it: "There is a carriage leaving the house at three o'clock, don't stop it!" "Yang Mu

Yun nodded slightly, and hurriedly led Mo Buyu and Alexei straight to the city gate.

At that moment, the door of the horse house opened, and a middle-aged lady led a maid into the carriage and headed towards the closed gate to the west......

There was a long line of people going out of the gate on the west side, there was a deer bar in front of the city gate, the officers and soldiers held swords and spears as if they were facing a great enemy, and a gatekeeper with a long beard shouted and cursed before the gate, and drove back many people who were about to leave the gate.

There was a sound of wheels turning in the distance, and the goalkeeper squinted his eyes and stepped forward with his knife.

"Stop—" he stopped a carriage that was approaching and shouted, "Get down and be checked!" ”

"Are you blind?" As soon as the curtain of the carriage was lifted, a maid showed her face and said to the gatekeeper: "This is the car of our horse commander's wife, I see who dares to come and search our lady's car." ”

"Shout, the little girl is quite powerful," the gatekeeper smiled with a smile: "I came from Changping, and I was ordered to check the people who came out of the customs, but I don't know what kind of horse commander is the wife?" ”

"You don't know our lady, but you do know this, do you?" The maid took out a sign engraved with a seal and shook it in front of him.

"Well...... the goalkeeper put away his smiling face and arched his hand and said, "It turns out that it is really Mrs. Ma, it is rude!" ”

"It seems that you are quite knowledgeable," the maid raised her eyebrows, "why don't you quickly remove the barricades, open the gate, and let our lady pass." ”

"Yes, yes," the goalkeeper arched his hand, "now that this is an extraordinary time, the villain dares to ask where Madame is going, and I will reply when asked." ”

"I said you're ......" The maid's forehead wrinkled, and she was about to say again, when a graceful voice in the car said loudly: "Xin'er, step down!" ”

"Yes, ma'am!" The maid closed the curtain.

"Commander Ma is sick, I want to go to Tai'an Temple to pray for my husband's blessings, do you understand?" The graceful voice said.

"Yes, yes, the villain understood." The gatekeeper hurriedly stood sideways and shouted to the officers and soldiers in front of the gate: "Remove the barricades, open and close the door!" ”

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Tai'an Temple is outside Juyong Pass, was built in the Yuan Dynasty, after entering the Ming Dynasty, the incense is still prosperous, the good men and women of the radius of a hundred miles will come here to worship the Buddha, pray for blessings.

The carriage stopped outside the mountain gate of Tai'an Temple, and the welcoming monk welcomed Mrs. Ma into the temple. Everything doesn't look out of the ordinary.

"Shall we follow suit, my lord?" Not far away, Mo Buyu, who was riding on a horse, asked Yang Muyun beside him.

"Well," Yang Muyun got off his horse and said to Mo Buyu and Alexey, "I'll go in and have a visit, and you will stay outside the temple and continue to watch." ”

"Yes, sir." Mo Buyu turned Yang Muyun's words into Mongolian and said something to Alexey.

Yang Muyun walked into the mountain gate of Tai'an Temple, this mountain gate is no different from other temples, the four heavenly kings stood on both sides of the mountain gate, glaring angrily at everyone who entered the mountain gate.

"Donor, but you're here to offer incense?" A monk came up and folded his hands and asked him.

"Hmm......" Yang Muyun nodded slightly.

"Donor, please come with me." The monk made a gesture of please.

......

Yang Muyun respectfully put a pillar of incense on the Buddha in the smoke-filled Daxiong Treasure Hall, and then gave ten taels of silver.

"Thank you, donor!" The monks thanked him.

"Master," Yang Muyun asked him in a low voice, "May I ask where the female benefactor who just entered the temple has gone?" "There are not many pilgrims who enter the temple to offer incense today, and he should know who he is talking about.

"Does the donor know the female donor?" The monk asked in surprise.

"Hmm." Yang Muyun nodded.

"Then why don't you come in with her?" The monk asked again.

Yang Muyun smiled slightly, "If the master can tell me, I am willing to give another ten taels of silver." ”

"Amitabha," the monk said, "The female benefactor is a distinguished guest of this temple, and she is now listening to the abbot's lectures, is the donor also interested in this?" ”

Yang Muyun thought for a moment and said, "Then when will she come out?" ”