In June, the Beijing division was extremely hot, and the sound of cicadas sounded everywhere, but it made everyone inside and outside the palace feel extremely upset.

Zhang Boxing's mission has returned to the capital, and at the same time brought back Yunxiang's body, after being beheaded, Ning Yu specially allowed Zhang Boxing to bring Yunxiang's head and body back to the capital, so after a simple stitching, Zhang Boxing directly put Yunxiang into the coffin, all around it was covered with ice and salted fish, and regardless of the smell along the way, he brought it back to Beijing.

It's just that after the scorching heat exposure, the handsome and dashing Prince Yi Yunxiang in the past has now turned into a pile of foul-smelling carrion, no one dares to believe that this is true, and many people dare not look at it.

Only Emperor Yongzheng, who has always been good friends with the old thirteen, felt a little sad in his heart, so he had the courage to take a look, but this glance was not tight, but Emperor Yongzheng didn't even have time to cry, so he vomited.

At the same time, in order to avenge the thirteenth master, Yongzheng ordered everyone except Zhang Boxing to be put into the secret prison at the sticky pole, and was strictly interrogated every day......

"Jing'an, what's going on here...... The emperor is really angry this time, hey! ”

Xu Yuanmeng took a cup of tea and tasted it carefully, his face had a bit of regret, but there was still the foam floating on the tea surface, which really made people feel a little sincere.

Zhang Boxing is a person in his seventies, but no one can see the depth of the city, even if it is his transaction with Ning Chu, it seems that he has never taken it to heart, and said with a wry smile: "The old man's reputation in this life is ruined...... Prince Yi and Lao Chen went to the south together, but in the end, only Lao Chen came back alive, Lao Chen is sorry for Prince Yi, and even more sorry for the emperor! ”

"Then you always tell me, what kind of charter is this mission? How did the old man hear that it was you who always led people to follow Ban Dingyuan's feat and intercept Zhu Yi and the bandit delegation in Nanjing City, so what went wrong? ”

Zhang Boxing sighed deeply, "This assassination has its own thing, and it is also the advice of the old minister, this time it was originally the fault of the old minister, but Chu Shun kept holding on to Prince Yi and cut it down....... The old minister was eager to replace him, but Chu Shun didn't allow ....."

In this matter, Zhang Boxing can be said to be not worried at all, the reason is very simple, on the surface, this matter is that Chu Wei deliberately tried to intensify the contradiction with the Qing court, so killing Prince Yi is the result, but because it was not Zhang Boxing intercepting and killing the mission, Zhang Boxing's series of words all seemed to imply, and the old minister could not be allowed to carry the black pot.

Xu Yuanmeng had a headache, of course he had reason to doubt Zhang Boxing's role in this matter, but he couldn't mess around, after all, Zhang Boxing was still the benchmark set by Yongzheng after he succeeded to the throne, and he also gave a plaque 'Lile Famous Minister', if other means were used to deal with this old minister, what did the rest of the court think? Hanchen, in particular, is afraid that he will be even more detached from morality.

At the same time, there was another unthinkable situation in Xu Yuanmeng's heart, that is, if Zhang Boxing really took refuge in Ning Chu, what should he do?

This means a very terrifying thing, that is, the Hanchen, who was reused in both the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, has now defected to the enemy, who else can be trusted? This is an almost devastating blow to the current Manchu and Han situation in the imperial court, which is much more serious than the death of a prince.

"Jing'an, the emperor means that this trip is too tiring, let you rest in the mansion first, and put aside the affairs of the Ministry of Rites for the time being, which has an explanation for all aspects."

Xu Yuanmeng didn't break the casserole after all and asked to the end, he also knew that this matter was destined to be fruitless, maybe the entire mission, except for Zhang Boxing, would die, but when it was over, the matter would be over.

Zhang Boxing had a wry smile on his face, "The old minister understands in his heart that there is nothing important that he can't let go, maybe studying in the mansion is the life that the old minister wants to live more." ”

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The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Emperor Yongzheng held a notebook in his hand, the information on it was submitted by an agent in the mission, and its content was not very unusual, it was all about the details of this mission, and even together with what Zhang Boxing and Yunxiang said, almost all of them were recorded.

"In this way, Yun Xiang's death was completely used by Chu Wei to cut off the White Lotus Sect and Zhu Yigui's back road?"

Yongzheng's face was a little flushed, and he looked at the sticky guards kneeling below, "What about you?" Didn't you even know about it beforehand? What is the use of raising you? ”

The sticky rod guard knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty's words, Jiang Ning has now been completely swept away by Chu Rei, and the spies planted by the minions are either exposed or still lurking, and there is no secret to contact Chu Rei...... This time Prince Yi was killed, and the slave was killed! ”

Yongzheng glanced at the sticky guard coldly, and slowly spoke: "Zhang Boxing, is there a problem?" ”

"It's ....... Maybe there's a problem...... cold sweat came out of the sticky guard's forehead, and he had to whisper, "The slave doesn't have any definite evidence yet, but this time he is the most suspicious....... I hope the emperor will see clearly! ”

"Let's go down......"

There was a kind of weakness in Yongzheng's voice, and he almost collapsed on the dragon chair.

"Chirp ......"

For Yongzheng, he can no longer trust anyone, and even his own son is against him - in this situation, does it matter whether Zhang Boxing is in line with Ning Chu or not?

If he could have killed, Yongzheng would have killed him a long time ago, but he didn't kill it now, it was completely because of the current situation, there was no way for Yongzheng to do this, it didn't matter if he killed a Zhang Boxing, the turmoil caused later needed more time to appease, it was really worth the loss.

At present, between Beijing and Nanjing, there are not only Yongzheng and Ningyu, there are more enemies around them, but Yongzheng and Ningyu are more like two grinding discs, twisting these people and things around them into it, and twisting them to pieces...... Especially the current Yongzheng, compared to Ning Yu, there is no turning back.

Twisted into this whirlpool, in addition to the courtiers in Beijing, there are also Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi in the northwest, but they have different feelings about this north-south dispute.

The battle in the northwest went more smoothly than everyone imagined, the Qing army won a decisive victory in the first battle of Guolong Temple, and after the defeat of Luobzang Danjin from the vicinity of Xining, it retreated to Ao Lamu Hulu east of Qaidam in Qinghai, and at this time the main force of Luobu Zang Danjin was greatly damaged, and it has shown a trend of lingering.

After the battle of Guolong Temple, Yue Zhongqi saw the decline of Luobuzang Danjin at this time, so he said to the general of Fuyuan, Nian Qianyao, to take advantage of the spring grass before the time, go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and then Nian Qianyao gladly accepted, divided the troops into three ways to attack, among which Yue Zhongqi and the guard Fu Nai went out of the south road, the general Wu Zheng'an went out of the north road, the generals Huang Xilin and Song Ke entered and exited the middle road, and the deputy generals Wang Song and Ji Chengbin searched the mountain, so as to approach Ao Lamu Hulu with a perfect strategy.

I have to say that Yue Zhongqi's vision is very accurate and vicious, under the multi-way division of troops, Luo Buzang Danjin has no choice but to divide the passes with his subordinate generals, like he himself lives in Ao Lamu Hulu east of Qaidam, and his subordinate generals Albutan Wenbu and Turaknomuqi cantonment troops Hara Wusu.

Then Yue Zhongqi led the elite troops to attack Harawusu, all the way there were hidden traces, so it was not discovered by Albutan Winbu, and when Yue Zhongqi arrived in Harawusu, he raided Albtanwenbu's camp at dawn, killed thousands, and the rest of the rebels fled, and then Yue Zhongqi continued to lead the troops to chase a whole day and night to Ikkarji, capturing Albutanwenbu and his wife Changma'er, Qinghuang Taiji brothers, Jiji Zabutaiji, etc., and successively captured two enemy camps in Garsi and Ciburha.

After that, Yue Zhongqi led 5,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 good horses into Burhatun, and approached the camp of Luobzang Danjin, and the general Wu Zheng'an and the generals Huang Xilin, Song Kejin and others, presented an encirclement of Luobzang Danjin.

Under such circumstances, Lobzang Tenzin could only continue to flee westward, leading five Dataiji, including Erdeni, Zangba Zabu, Gege Zhunang, Erke Daiqing, and Kule, to flee to Ulan Muhuer with tens of thousands of people. Yue Zhongqi took advantage of the victory to pursue, and under the guidance of Peng Cuochuiyin, the small leader of the surrendered rebels, galloped 300 miles day and night, and intercepted the camp of Luobuzang Danjin at the junction of Qinghai and Tibet.

Yue Zhongqi led the Qing army to directly set horses into the camp, broke the army of Lobzang Danjin, and captured alive the dependents of the rebel chieftains such as Luobzang Danjin's mother Altaihatun, his sister Abao, and other Taiji, while Luobuzang Danjin himself disguised himself as a woman and led a small number of remnants of cavalry to flee north to join the Jungkar Department.

An unprecedented victory, so that Yue Zhongqi became famous in the world, when the good news penetrated to the capital, the Yongzheng Emperor came out of the state of decadence, he even stood barefoot in front of the map, measuring Yue Zhongqi to recover the lost territory, the famous general who was previously defeated by the Han army, finally proved himself again.

Under the great joy, Emperor Yongzheng will not treat the number one hero Yue Zhongqi lightly, Feng Yue Zhongqi Prince Taibao, the third-class prestige prince, awarded and the governor of Gansu, in addition, Yongzheng felt that it was not enough to enjoy it, and the imperial pen inscribed two five-word poems, and took a golden fan, and then inscribed a seven-word poem, and a pair of yellow belts, all of which were awarded to Yue Zhongqi.

After the fight, the reward was over, but the problem came again, the White Lotus Sect righteous army captured Dagu Pass in June, and officially surrounded Luoyang, and at this time the Qing army stationed in Luoyang was about 40,000 people, and the combat strength was average, if it was barely held, it could be, but if the Great Righteous Army turned west to Tongguan, it meant that Guanzhong was in danger.

It stands to reason that Shaanxi and Gansu are the military strongholds of the Qing court, and the army stationed here all the year round is not small, the Xi'an garrison general Sultan, the governor of Shaanxi Fan Shijie and the governor of Shaanxi Yang Qiyuan, all have an elite army under their command, according to the regulations, the army of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion is never less than 50,000, but the problem is that the current Shaanxi soldiers are empty.

Later, when the Han army raised troops, the Shaanxi soldiers were taken to Yunyang Mansion by Nian Qianyao, and the losses in the process were very heavy, and now the eight banners and green battalions in the entire Shaanxi are less than 15,000 people, and it is very difficult to rely on only 15,000 people to hold Guanzhong.

In desperation, Yongzheng appointed Nian Qianyao as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and led the northwest army back to Shaanxi to resist the westward advance of the Great Righteous Army, but in this way, the matter of peace with Luo Buzang Danjin was put on the agenda.

In Xining City, there was jubilation in the big tent of the Qing army, and the generals drank and had fun to celebrate this great victory.

"It's a pity that I didn't catch Luo Buzang Danjin in Sang Huohai and let him run away, otherwise how could there be such a disaster today?"

Nian Qianyao held a silver knife in his hand, cutting the mutton on the case, but he was full of oil, but when he talked about this incident, he still sighed long.

Yue Zhongqi, who was sitting at the bottom, had swept away the decline of the past, with a confident light in his eyes, he was the first to make the first contribution in this battle, this is something that everyone in the world has seen in the eyes, who would dare to say that he is an incompetent person! Even the emperor sitting in the south should not be so humiliated by him!

It's just that for Nian Qianyao, Yue Zhongqi still has a little respect, and said softly: "General, Luo Buzang Danjin is just a rat, no matter where he hides, he will not pose the slightest threat to my Daqing, if he dares to make any changes in the future, the last general will definitely return today's knife to him!"

Nian Qianyao laughed, stuck the silver knife in his hand on the mutton, then picked up the wine bowl, and said solemnly: "Dongmei, the old man will celebrate your achievements for you today, but the old man also understands in his heart that you are not here, a small Luo Bu Zang Danjin, it is not worth your hands in the future!" ”

"The general knows very well that the last general, a Luo Buzang Danjin, is indeed insignificant......"

Yue Zhongqi was holding the wine bowl with a little unwillingness on his face, "Chu Wei is the object I want to fight the most, I didn't win at the end of Anqing, but as long as there is the next meeting, the end will not lose again!" ”

Last year's earth-shattering decisive battle in Anqing almost completely wiped out the arrogance in Yue Zhongqi's heart, but unfortunately at this critical time, Yongzheng gave him a chance to prove himself, and Yue Zhongqi was also fortunate to declare his strength on the northwest battlefield, otherwise the end of the generation may be completely sunk.

Hearing Yue Zhongqi's heartfelt sigh, Nian Qianyao nodded slowly, with a wry smile on his face, "Now the troubled times and strife are not only the honor of you and me as martial artists, but also the misfortune of us...... The thoughts of the two emperors in the north and south are generally incomprehensible, let's go around and see more! ”