"At this time, a few of the guards came over, and one of them glanced at them a few times and then stepped aside and said, "The second prince asked me to invite you over." ”

"Oh," Yu Qian looked at Yang Muyun and bowed slightly, "Let's go." ”

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In the capital, a faint morning light in the eastern sky dispelled the boundless darkness. A small sedan chair left the Forbidden City and stopped in front of a large mansion in Pisces Hutong, Qingfang, where a small man in a gray shirt knocked a few times in front of the door. The red-lacquered copper nail squeaked open, and an old family member guarding the door yawned and poked his head out to look out.

"The master is back?" As soon as he said these words, he was stopped by the little guy waving his hand, "Shh——, silence, open the door quickly, don't alarm anyone." ”

"Yes." The old family hurriedly opened the door and let the sedan chair in, stretched out their necks and swept around, and then closed the door.

As soon as the sedan chair entered the courtyard, a person dressed as a steward stepped forward to lift the sedan chair curtains, and from the sedan chair came down an old eunuch in a red robe, although he was full of white hair, but his face was ruddy, he glanced at the steward, "Are the guests still there?" ”

The steward nodded and replied, "I'm waiting in the side hall of the West Wing."

The red-robed old eunuch didn't say much, and waved his hand, "Take me to see him quickly." ”

This red-robed old eunuch is Jin Ying, the eunuch of the internal official supervisor next to the Empress Dowager Sun in the palace, and he received a message that someone from his hometown told him that there was an emergency at home and wanted to meet him. He felt uneasy in his heart, and hurried back home while it was dawn.

"When the old man was young, he was taken back to the capital by Zhang Fu's Southern Expedition Army and entered the palace cleanly, where is there anyone else in the family?" Jin Ying was puzzled for a while, and walked through a hand-copying verandah with the steward and entered a moon gate in the west. This is a quiet courtyard, although it is winter, but it is full of green pines and cypresses, but it also looks lush.

The steward stood in front of the moon gate, and Jin Ying was the only one who entered.

He walked quickly to the door of the West Wing, pushed the door in, and closed the door with his backhand. The man sitting in the yellow rosewood chair on the left side of the hall stood up.

"Jin Gong is unharmed." The man bowed his hand to Kim Young.

Jin Ying squinted and looked at him, this person was about thirty years old, with a pointed face and few beards, wearing a green cloth straight cotton robe, a pair of eyes that did not squint, and the whole person looked very capable.

"Who are you?" Jin Ying asked vigilantly, "Who sent you to see me?"

"Now that the Jin Gong is on the rise, and the holy family is in the ascendant, has he forgotten his hometown of Sangzi?" The man said with a faint smile on his face.

Jin Ying's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

"In Xia Dingwen, it is Lang Son Jun who drove the former capital." The man laughed.

Jin Ying was slightly shocked when she heard this. Langshan Jun Li Yimin is the eldest son of Li Yuanlong, the king of Annam, who was originally the son of Annam, but was deposed as the son of Langshan because his mother Yang fell out of favor.

"You are a small capital of the feudal country, what are you doing when you come to see our family?" Kim Young asked.

"Lang Shan Jun has a letter that he wants to ask Jin Gong to forward to the Ming Emperor." Ding Wen handed a fire-painted cowhide envelope to Jin Ying.

Jin Ying didn't answer, and said with a cold face: "Our family is an internal official, and it is not appropriate to interfere in national affairs." If Langshan-kun has a heart, let's find an opportunity to present the saint in person. ”

"It's a matter of confidentiality, it's not appropriate for Langshanjun to come forward," Ding Wen smiled and handed over another piece of paper, "I also asked Jin Gong to mediate, this is a little filial piety of Langshanjun, not a respect, and please Jin Gong smile." ”

Jin Ying didn't look at it, her face became more and more gloomy, and she snorted coldly, "What do you mean by mediating in the middle?" He forgave the king of the mountain to pass over the monarch of Annan and submitted a letter to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty alone, aren't you afraid of treating him for the crime of not being a subordinate? ”

"Lang Shanjun has a sincere heart, only the sky can learn from it," Ding Wen's expression remained unchanged, "Everything I did was for the Ming Emperor, please Jin Gong Ming." ”

"Mingcha?" Jin Ying sneered, and pulled the letter and gift slip over, "What do you think will happen if I send these two things back to Li Yuanlong, the king of Annan, along with you?" ”

Ding Wen's face was calm, without the slightest fear, "Li Yuanlong will definitely be executed in the next, and even Liangshan Jun will be deposed and convicted." ”

"You're not afraid?" Jin Ying's eyes were fixed on him.

"My death will not do the Celestial Empire the slightest benefit," Ding Wen said lightly, "and it will only make the southwestern frontier of the Ming Dynasty more unstable." ”

"Alarmist

。 Jin Ying said coldly.

"Jin Gong is also a native of Annan, when I know that it is not only the Luchuan family who wants to make trouble, but also the Tusi and the court of Pingxiang and Longzhou, which are inseparable from Li Yuanlong." Ding Wen said calmly.

"Shut up, I, Jin Ying, am already a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and I have nothing to do with Annan, and I have to mention the past again." Jin Ying scolded sharply.

"Really?" The corners of Ding Wen's lips hooked slightly, "Then Duke Jin privately raised the orphans of the Chen family in the former dynasty of Annan, is it also his heart for Daming?" ”

Jin Ying's body shook violently, and the halberd finger said angrily: "You, what did you say?" Someone is coming-" With a loud shout, the door panel "clanged", and a group of burly servants rushed in and surrounded Ding Wen.

"Take him to the backyard and lock him up." Kim Young commanded.

"Yes." Several ropes tied Ding Wen tightly, and the servants escorted Ding Wen, who was sneering, down.

......

Jin Ying lay on the Taishi chair with her eyes closed, but her chest rose and fell. A woman with a stunningly beautiful appearance stood behind him, stretching out a pair of soft wattles as white as jade, gently rubbing his shoulders and back. She wore a long peach-colored silk pinched waist placket with a pink satin face, a circle of gray squirrel fur on the neckline and cuffs, embroidered with golden entwined flowers all over the place, a moon-white skirt with a moon-white thread underneath, and a string of finger-sized pearl necklaces hanging on her chest, which were crystal moist and dazzling, and a pair of jeweled and gilded jasper hairpins were inserted in her black and shiny hair, which made her look jewelry.

Seeing Jin Ying's worried face, the woman opened her mouth lightly and said in a coquettish voice: "My father-in-law is still worried about the affairs of that Annan person?" ”

Jin Ying exhaled softly, patted the back of her soft and smooth hand, sat up slightly straight, and sighed: "Your father-in-law and I have been cautious all my life, lest someone take the handle, but there are still people coming over there from Annan, which is really annoying!" ”

"Who made his father-in-law also from Annam?" The woman smiled coquettishly: "It's good that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but after all, you grew up in that piece of landscape, and this is how you cut it." ”

"Alas......" Jin Ying sighed and was silent.

"It's not a matter that the man stays locked up," said the woman, "and I'll have to find a way to get it away." ”

"How?" Jin Ying glanced at her, "That Ding Wen came with an ulterior motive, how could he just leave empty-handed?" ”

"Oh?" The woman couldn't help but be interested when she heard this, "What is the ulterior motive that you have to come to your father-in-law?" ”

"It's not the inside the royal family of Annan," Jin Ying closed his eyes again, "Li Yuanlong, the king of Annan, favored the side concubine Ruan Thi Ying, snubbed Queen Yang Thiben, and even removed the position of the prince with the queen's eldest son, Li Yimin, and was demoted to Lang Son Jun." The youngest son born to Nguyen Thi Anh is the son. Li Yimin was disgruntled, secretly accumulating strength, wanting to seek power and usurp the throne, and wanted to meet the emperor privately through me, and help him ascend to the throne with the help of the power of the Ming Dynasty......" shook his head slightly, "How can our family be a traitor for this." ”

"This Li Yimin is really bold enough," the woman said, "Doesn't my father-in-law plan to tell the emperor about him?" ”

"Since Emperor Taizu, the palace has set a rule, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, although this taboo was broken by Wang Zhen, but our family has a special identity, and it is best not to poke out the affairs of Annan from our family," glanced at the woman, "Your man hangs the name of a thousand households in the Beizhen Fusi of Jinyiwei, and this person is to be handed over to him Our family can rest assured, but he is not in Beijing." ”

"Muyun...... Does he have any news now? The woman's face was concerned, she was Shiso.

"What, miss your own man?" Jin Ying looked at her and smiled.

"Father-in-law, ......," Shisu raised his jade hand and slapped it on his shoulder.

"To be honest, you didn't come to our house very often before," Jin Ying said with a smile: "As soon as your man leaves, I'm tired of being here every day......"

"If you say that again, father-in-law, I will leave." Shisu said coquettishly.

Looking at her lightly angry look, Jin Ying smiled, "Our family is waiting for the Queen Mother, and the emperor doesn't go there often, didn't your sister Zhou worship Wang Zhen as her father-in-law?" Maybe she knows more than we do. ”

"Father-in-law, what are you doing with her?" Zi Su said unhappily: "Your daughter is really angry like this again." ”

"Okay, good," Jin Ying's voice changed, "Our family has also heard that the emperor has a spleen these days."

He was very irritable, either throwing things or hitting people's boards, and in just a few days, he changed three small eunuchs waiting around him. It can be seen that the imperial court is not good! ”

"What?" Shiso exclaimed.

"The emperor didn't sleep last night," Jin Ying said, "and called Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Kuang Yu, the secretary of the military department, to hear that ......" elongated his voice, "The young army of the Son of Heaven of the avant-garde of the government army has almost completely disappeared in Mobei ......"

"Ahh Is there any news from him? ”

"I don't know about this," Jin Ying muttered: "I heard that Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, led Xuanda's army out of the fortress to meet them and rescued some remnants, I don't know if there is a man in it...... Even if he is rescued, Lord Yu's Xuanda army has also lost a lot, and whether he can return to the pass safely is still an outlier. Alas! The emperor was angry for a while, and let this district of 5,000 people go out of the jam, which was already very auspicious and unlucky...... "Seeing that Zisu's complexion was wrong, he was silent.

"Father-in-law," Zi Su bit her cherry lip and said, "From which pass will Lord Yu's Xuanda army enter the pass?" ”

"The situation on the battlefield is changeable, it's not easy to say," Jin Ying pondered for a moment, "This army is mostly from Xuanfu Datong, and it will definitely withdraw to the pass at the pass of the Xuanda line. ”

Shisu hung his head in silence for a moment, then turned around and took a few steps outside.

"What are you going to do?" Jin Ying straightened up and asked.

"I'm going to find him." Shiso's tone was firm.

"Nonsense," Jin Ying rose from his chair, "that place is also where one of your daughter's houses can go?" ”

"But ......"

"You must not be disproportionate because you are in a hurry," Jin Ying admonished: "It's not too late for you to make a decision after finding out everything clearly, Yang Muyun is a person with strong martial arts, and it is not so easy to fall into the Tartars, the father-in-law will inquire carefully, you don't have to be anxious." ”

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The atmosphere in the golden-roofed tent was very lively, with Agadorji and Agati Timur sitting side by side in the middle, Yuan Qi'er, Bulta, and Akdaiqin sitting on the right, and Yu Qian and Yang Muyun sitting on the left.

The tent was staggered, and they talked happily.

Agadorji cut off a piece of fat roast mutton from the plate with a small silver knife, put it in his mouth, and chewed it heavily, and said as he ate, "There is nothing left by the Ming people, only the nest head and horse meat." Their morale was also low, and some even deserted. Saying that, looking at the reactions of the others, Ah Timur and Yuan Qi'er glanced to the side as if they hadn't heard it. Only Bulta stared at the big round eyes and asked, "What about the prince?" How is he now? ”

Agadorji stuck a small silver knife in the large piece of mutton, shook his head and sighed: "It's very bad, I didn't eat or drink and didn't sleep all night, and when I left, I told me to bring troops to save him as soon as possible." ”

"Huh?" Bultahoe stood up.

"This Bulta's head is really a tendon, and I can't sit still when I am picked up." Yuan Qi'er sighed in her heart, smiled faintly at Agadorji, got up and handed over the wine bowl, "Second Highness, please drink this wine!" ”

"Hmm," Agadorji stretched out his hand to take the gurgling and drank it all, raising his sleeve to wipe the wine stain on his lips, "Zizik, without further ado, let's quickly gather our soldiers and horses to save the prince, shall we?" ”

"There's no hurry," Yuan Qi'er smiled, "Your Royal Highness has just come back, and you have to eat and drink enough to talk about other things." His eyes glanced to the left, Yu Qian's face was as usual, but Yang Muyun's face changed slightly.

"It's not too late to bring the prince back and eat and drink," Agadorji looked at Yuan Qi'er, "When I think that the prince is still suffering from the Mingren, I want to fly over with wings like an eagle." ”

"Okay, Second Highness insists on this, then please." Yuan Qi'er turned to her brother, "Our men and horses will retreat a hundred miles, so we won't accompany them." ”

"What?" Agadorji opened his mouth in surprise, "Don't you want to go to the prince?" ”

"Yes!" Yuan Qi'er's expression was solemn, "We have made an agreement with the envoys of the Ming Kingdom to retreat a hundred miles and wait for three days in exchange for the return of the Second Highness, the Ming people have abided by the agreement, and we must also act according to the agreement, if the Second Highness is unwilling, you can only go." ”

"But the prince ...... him"

Agadorji was interrupted by Yuan Qi'er before he could finish speaking, "We are very relieved that the prince is in the Mingren. ”