"You're afraid of the emperor, aren't you afraid of me?" Zhu Xiyuan glared at him viciously, "The imperial brother can punish you, but this princess can't punish you?" ”

"Her Royal Highness the Princess......" Yang Muyun secretly smiled bitterly, "This little princess's personality is much better than Zisu, I don't know how to coax her?" ”

"I heard that you were taken captive by the Tartars, but did they hurt you?" Zhu Xiyuan couldn't bear to bully him anymore, his fierce expression eased, and his face was concerned.

"Thank you for your concern," Yang Muyun didn't dare to fake his words, and immediately said: "The minister's trip is not dangerous, but fortunately he retreated." ”

"I knew you had a way," Zhu Xiyuan patted Yang Muyun on the shoulder and said excitedly: "How did you get out of danger, you must tell me later." ”

"Ouch" Yang Muyun cried out in pain, the arrow wound on his shoulder has not been good, although Zhu Xiyuan's clapping just now was not very strong, but it still hurt Yang Muyun in a cold sweat.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Xiyuan's face changed, his eyes turned, and he said, "You have injuries, aren't you?" Let me see, is the shot broken? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to untie Yang Muyun's shirt.

Yang Muyun hurriedly dodged back, his eyes were a little wandering, "It's not in the way, Your Royal Highness the Princess, don't be so ......" looked behind her.

Zhu Xiyuan followed his gaze and glanced back, only to see the palace maids and eunuchs who came with him looking at him in a daze, her pretty face flushed, and she said angrily: "What are you doing standing here, why don't you get out of the way for me......"

The palace eunuchs hurriedly answered, and ran to the side in a panic.

"Hurry up, get farther away......" Zhu Xiyuan saw that they were not far enough away, and then scolded. It wasn't until they were far away from their sight that they turned back with satisfaction, and at a glance, they saw Guo Cong standing on the other side of the palace gate, frowning, "You can also go to the side for me." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, where is the duty of your subordinates ......" Guo Cong barely showed a smile on his face, and wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Zhu Xiyuan, "You don't leave, do you?" The princess told the royal brother that you were rude to the princess and let the royal brother beat you. ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't ......" Guo Cong begged bitterly: "Isn't it okay for Your Majesty to turn around?" You are the air of your subordinates, no matter what you say or do, your subordinates will not hear anything, you will not see anything......" said and turned his back to Zhu Yang and the others.

Zhu Xiyuan smiled "poof", her figure was like a peony in the wind, swaying. His eyes turned back, and he was about to say something to Yang Muyun, when he heard the majestic voice of Zhu Qizhen in the Jinshen Hall come out, "Yang Qing, come in for me." ”

Yang Muyun breathed a sigh of relief, pretended to be helpless and shrugged his shoulders at Zhu Xiyuan, turned around and walked towards the hall.

Zhu Xiyuan bit her cherry lip, stomped her feet, hesitated, and saw Yang Muyun's figure disappear at the door of the hall, gritted her silver teeth, and raised her legs to step towards the hall.

......

"See the emperor, the princess!" Yang Muyun bowed down and saluted Zhu Qizhen and Concubine Zhou.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, pretended not to see Zhu Xiyuan who followed up, and said to Concubine Zhou: "This is the Yang Qing family that I often mentioned to you, they are very capable, don't look at the young age, but they have made many meritorious contributions......

"Well," Concubine Zhou's eyes flashed, and she looked at Yang Muyun slightly, "It turns out that you are Yang Muyun, this palace really didn't expect you to be so young...... "He glanced at Zhu Xiyuan who was standing behind him, and then said: "I don't know if Yang Qing's family has a family, and who is in the family ......"

Zhu Qizhen laughed and said: "Concubine Ai, don't look at Yang Qing as young, but she has already married a wife and a concubine, and the golden house is beautiful." ”

"Oh?" Concubine Zhou's face slid a different color, and then smiled faintly, "In this case, Yang Qing's family should take care of their hearts, and share their worries mostly for the emperor, and they must not use their thoughts on her anymore." ”

Yang Muyun's heart froze, and he hurriedly responded: "What the imperial concubine said, the minister should keep it in mind. ”

Concubine Zhou bowed her head slightly, and turned to Zhu Qizhen and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines won't bother you to deal with political affairs......" After a pause, "The emperor must pay attention to the dragon."

body, don't work too hard, the concubine made the bowl of Poria black chicken white fungus ginseng soup for you, but it took two hours? You have to ...... when you have time."

"I know," Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "Look at you, it's been seven months, and you are not in the palace to give birth to your body, and you are still running around, if you let the Queen Mother know, maybe how will you complain about me?" ”

"The concubine is a little depressed in the palace, and it will be much better when she comes out," Concubine Zhou explained with a smile: "The concubine will leave!" As he spoke, he glanced at Zhu Xiyuan behind Yang Muyun and said, "Princess, the emperor is very busy here, and he doesn't have time to talk to you more, so let's go back with the palace!" ”

Zhu Xiyuan shook her head frequently, glanced at Yang Muyun, and was about to speak, but Concubine Zhou had already come to her and grabbed her hand, "By the way, the Queen Mother has instructed that the palace will go to her with you, the hour is not early, and you can't delay it any longer." ”

"When did the Queen Mother say she wanted us to go to her?" Zhu Xiyuan blinked, looking puzzled.

"Yes, Xiyuan," Zhu Qizhen also said on the side: "The queen mother is most concerned about you and Concubine Zhou now, Concubine Zhou is inconvenient to walk now, and those minions are clumsy, not as clever as you." With you by Concubine Zhou's side to greet me, I will be relieved. ”

"Brother Huang is really, don't you want to take me away by wearing a high hat for me?" Thinking of this, Zhu Xiyuan glanced at Zhu Qizhen, and said angrily: "Since this is the case, then Xiyuan will leave, but the imperial brother ......" his eyes moved, "I will come to you often." As he spoke, he took Concubine Zhou's hand and walked out of the hall.

When the figures of the two disappeared at the entrance of the palace, Yang Muyunfang said to Zhu Qizhen with an embarrassed face: "Your Majesty, no matter how the ministers hide it, the princess recognizes her ministers at a glance......"

"I know," Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "Xiyuan is young and ignorant, you must guard your own proportions, otherwise the Queen Mother will know, I will not punish you, and the Queen Mother will not spare you!" ”

"The minister understands, the minister doesn't dare to ......" The cold sweat on Yang Muyun's forehead trickled down, and he bowed deeply, "The minister retreats!" ”

"Slow!" Zhu Qizhen stopped him.

"What else does the emperor command?"

Zhu Qizhen stared at him, and said slowly: "I remember that some time ago, when you were in the military department, you went to the gunpowder workshop of Wang Gong Factory to inspect it, right?" ”

"Exactly, at that time, the minister felt that there was something wrong with it, and the output of gunpowder that each owner privately told the minister was much greater than the output submitted by Wang Gongchang to the Ministry of War, and the minister's power was limited, so he failed to ......investigate it thoroughly," Yang Muyun replied in 1510.

"Now that such a big thing has happened, Deng Enguang, the director of Wang Gong Factory, and Huang Zaoshi, the director of the Armor Factory, are to blame, I have transferred them out and put them under guard......" His face was condensed and said: "Who knew that Huang Zaoshi committed suicide by hanging himself when he returned home, Deng Enguang changed his outfit and wanted to escape, but was caught by Jinyiwei and is now being imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department......"

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun asked with some puzzlement: "Since the person was arrested by Jinyiwei, why was he not imprisoned in Jinyiwei's edict prison, but instead imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department?" ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled leisurely, glanced at him and said: "Jinyiwei's edict is a misdeed among the princes and ministers, but Deng Enguang and Huang Zaoshi are eunuchs in the palace, how can they be escorted to the edict by Jinyiwei?" Seeing that Yang Muyun still didn't understand, he further explained: "Now the East Factory has a close relationship with Jinyiwei, and the factory and the guard are integrated. Deng Enguang and Huang Zaoshi, the two minions, were just two directors under the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and they traded such a huge amount of gunpowder and ordnance with the Tartars, so they were not so bold. Behind them must be the mastermind of someone, and this master must also be a person in the palace, I don't feel at ease when I hand over this slave to Dongchang and Jinyiwei to take care of! Saying that, he sighed slightly: "The ministers of the DPRK and China regard the factory guards as snakes and scorpions, and the eunuchs as aliens. If they can take this opportunity to suppress the inner court, they can't let it go. Therefore, the people of the Criminal Department will definitely take good care of this slave for me. Then he said to Yang Muyun: "If there is nothing to do, you will go to the criminal department for me to interrogate this Deng Enguang, if you can find out the big man behind him, I will definitely reward you heavily." ”

"But the emperor," Yang Muyun frowned, and glanced at Zhu Qizhen with some apprehension, "The minister is also from Jinyiwei, so it's not convenient to try him, right?" ”

"Well, this is okay,

Zhu Qizhen gently rubbed his chin and looked at him with a playful look in his eyes, "I believe that you are loyal to me and will definitely live up to your mission," and then added, "Princess, she is willful, you don't want her to turn around and look for you again, right?" If you really don't want to go......"

"The minister is willing to go," the hesitation on Yang Muyun's face was swept away, and he patted his chest and said, "I can share the worries of the emperor, and the minister is lucky." Even if you go to the soup, you can't give up! ”

"That's good," Zhu Qizhen smiled and nodded, "The trial of prisoners is a meticulous job, you must be patient, and you must not be in a hurry and force the prisoners to death." You may not get any results if you go once, but don't worry, I won't rush you, just go a few more times and interrogate carefully. ”

"This damn weather, it was fine in the morning, but it started to rain after noon." Yang Muyun cursed secretly in his heart, the autumn rain in the north was very cold, and the arrow wound on his shoulder was not healed, and the wound on his shoulder was sore when he encountered this weather. He rubbed his wounds, then put on a robe, put on a bamboo hat, and after leaving the palace gate, he rode a horse and went to the punishment department.

He is no stranger to this prison of the Criminal Department. After teasing the Mongolian envoys in Guangjuxuan Restaurant, he was brought here by the permanent deputy commander of the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, and the people of the military department did not make it difficult for him, and put him in a private room in the prison, and he was afraid that he would be idle, and he also sent a stack of case files for himself to review, which was really ridiculous.

Later, Jin Lian, the secretary of the criminal department, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xue of Dali Temple, and Chen Yi, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, gave themselves four sessions of trial, although the formation was large, but the process was not complicated, he stated what happened, and recited Emperor Taizu's Fengtian to discuss the Northern Expedition of the Yuan, and then released himself.

With the sound of hooves, Yang Muyun beat his horse and galloped through the sparsely populated Buchang Street, where the horse's hooves stepped on, splashing patches of water, passing through the misty rain and fog, and the once familiar place appeared in front of him.

......

At the entrance of the prison of the Criminal Department, two jailers lazily reclined under the pillars of the gate, enjoying the rain.

A man and a horse came to the door through the rain curtain, and the man on the horse jumped off the horse very neatly, led the horse to the dripping eaves, tied the horses, and then walked towards the gate.

"In this hellish weather, there are still people coming here?" A jailer raised his eyelids, took a few steps and said, "What for?" ”

The person who came untied his robe, revealing a red unicorn brocade robe. The two jailers looked solemn and cheered up, only to see the person who came raise his hand and took out a sign, and said in a deep voice: "I came from the palace and took me to see the Qin prisoner Deng Enguang." ”

The two jailers glanced at each other, with a sad look on their faces, "This lord, Deng Enguang is a felony appointed by the emperor to detain him, and there is no summons from the main hall of the Criminal Department, so let you in like this, our brother can't be the master." This is the sign you are on an errand in the palace, which can only prove your identity, but not your ......"

"Your criminal department has such a big shelf," the person who came snorted coldly, "I came to interrogate the prisoner at the emperor's command, can't I still withstand a summons from your criminal department?" Delayed the emperor's major event, don't talk about you, even Lord Shangshujin of the Criminal Department, you have to go around without eating! ”

"This ......"

The two hesitated for a moment, and the person who came had already shouted categorically: "Why don't you bring this official in quickly!" ”

......

It was raining incessantly outside, and the already gloomy prison became particularly damp. The prison was dimly lit, the damp air smelled of rot, and no one bothered to move in such a place, in such weather. The prisoners sat and lay lazily in the cell as if they had all been stripped of their bones. Guan Shuo, the prison officer wearing a red and black cardigan, also returned to the exit after a round, sat down at the table, and took out a bag of fried pork liver, a bag of peanuts, and a gourd of wine, eating and drinking, to pass the boring time.

The door slammed open, startling Guan Shuo, who was drinking and eating leisurely, and quickly put the fried pork liver and peanuts back into his arms, but fortunately, the light in the prison was dim, and the few people who broke in outside didn't notice it for a while. Guan Shuo took this opportunity to put the wine gourd in his hands again, Fang stood up and said, "What's the matter today, it's raining so heavily, and the prisoner has to be interrogated in the hall?" ”