The news of King Ming's departure from Beijing soon spread throughout the officialdom of the capital.

In the palace, Mr. Cai Yuande became a celebrity again.

One by one, they came to the household to find him and asked if King Ming had really left Beijing.

Lord Cai Yuande also wants to cry without tears, like everyone else, although he is a neighbor, but he entered the palace early in the morning to take office, is King Ming really gone, how does he know?

It seems that everyone thinks that he lives next door to the Ming Palace, so he should know something else that no one else knows.

It's as if he stands at the base of the wall every day, closely monitoring the Ming Palace.

He just has this heart, and he doesn't have the guts.

Some people even asked him if he knew that King Ming was gone, and whether the munitions case would be investigated in the future.

This is the Cabinet's business, and what he can know?

In short, King Ming left Beijing, and many court officials in Beijing were relieved.

King Ming only left with his front foot, and the person who Fang Shan appeared there to give gifts disappeared with his hind foot.

Soon rumors came out, saying that King Ming took the initiative to resign as the chief judge of the military quartermaster case in order to avoid suspicion.

The wind echoed inside and outside the palace, and Lao Jiu, who was sitting in the dormitory, didn't know where he heard the wind, so he ordered a large table of wine and food to be prepared.

It's just that before the table of wine and food was eaten, he saw a strange and familiar figure walking towards him.

The head of the Gu family, one of the four venerables, arrived with Cang Ming and Qingyu Zhenren.

Lao Jiu silently watched as the three of them came closer, without saying a word.

The head of the Gu family saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty Wan'an!" ”

"Huh!" The corners of Lao Jiu's mouth pulled out an inexplicable smile, and then he looked at Cang Ming and Qingyu: "What does this mean?" ”

Qingyu Zhenren bowed slightly, looking like an old dragon clock, and his voice was weak: "Your Majesty, Lao Dao felt last night, the deadline is approaching, and I am afraid that I will not be able to perform my duties in front of the palace." ”

Cang Ming also sighed softly: "Your Majesty, the limit of Qingyu has arrived, and the only way to retreat is to retreat immediately, and there are few people in front of the palace, so I invite Gu Zun to come to temporarily replace Qingyu, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”

Gu Zun took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, with Gu here, you will never be allowed to take a step closer to Your Majesty." ”

After hearing this, Lao Jiu didn't say anything for a long time, and finally stood up: "That's hard!" ”

With that, he turned and left.

As soon as he left, a table of wine and food was served.

Cang Ming and Qingyu looked at the table of wine and food, and they were silent.

Venerable Gu had a flat face, directly looked for a futon, sat down cross-legged, and said nothing.

Qingyu walked in front of Gu Zun, his face was rare and stern: "Fellow Daoist, Your Majesty's safety will be handed over to you, Lao Dao hopes that you can be loyal to your duties, and don't let Your Majesty be damaged in the slightest, otherwise, Lao Dao will definitely go to Shuzhong in person!" ”

The Gu family is in Qingcheng in Shuzhong!

"Fellow Daoists, don't worry." Gu Zun responded solemnly.

Qingyu Zhenren turned around, sighed slightly, and then disappeared.

Obviously, King Ming left Beijing and couldn't trust Cang Ming and Qingyu, so he transferred Venerable Gu to stay by Lao Jiu's side.

The reason why it is not Taiqing, Yuqing, but Gu Venerable is very simple.

No matter how many twists and turns there are in the past, the relationship between the Queen Mother and the Gu family is finally broken bones and tendons.

Today, King Ming and Lao Jiu are incompatible, and the Gu family, who is on King Ming's side, no longer has the opportunity to lean on Lao Jiu.

Lao Jiu can re-accept Yuqing and Taiqing, but he will never trust the Gu family again.

The affairs of the inner palace were uneventful, and in the outer palace, Hu Qingyan and Zhang Bangli were relieved to sit in their respective rooms after learning that Gu Zun stayed in His Majesty's bedroom.

King Ming left Beijing, and it seemed that he was walking peacefully, but in fact, inside, he was careless, and it was stormy.

One of the biggest unstable factors is naturally Lao Jiu.

Gu Zun pinched Lao Jiu's hands and feet, at least the chance of a big change in the palace was much smaller.

After Hu Qingyan learned about this, he was indeed much more relaxed, but at the same time, he was silent in the class room alone for a long time.

King Ming is gone, and he will be able to play more freely in Beijing, which is indeed much easier.

But by His Majesty's side, King Ming left Gu Zun, so what about him Hu Qingyan?

What will King Ming leave behind to limit himself?

Hu Qingyan needs to think about it......

It doesn't take half a day, and the capital is already behind you.

There are many things inside and outside the capital city, and Mo Bai has no time to take care of them.

On this trip, his task was very heavy, so heavy that even if the palace was not safe, even if the palace was not at ease, he could only put it down temporarily.

"Your Highness, Jinhai has arrived!"

There was a voice outside the carriage, it was not the black-clothed guard, but the officials of the Military Aircraft Pavilion.

This time I went to northern Jiangsu on official business, not only the people from the Ming Palace, but also the people from the Military Aircraft Pavilion, the Cabinet, and the three divisions, which can be regarded as a multi-departmental joint investigation team.

Mo Bai came out of the carriage, glanced at Jinhai City, and said softly: "Many years ago, I also walked this road, and the people around me told me that Jinhai has been in the hands of Qiman for many years. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere was noticeably quieter.

All the officials were silent, but the cabinet officials said: "Your Highness, Jinhai is still our Great Xia, and Qiman is only doing business here." ”

"Really?" Mo Bai looked at this person, he knew, it was Meng Huazhou of the cabinet, and Hu Qingyan personally ordered the general this time.

He didn't say anything more: "Let's go, let's go into town." ”

This trip didn't just rely on a carriage to go to northern Jiangsu, Mo Bai didn't mind, he could ride a horse.

But these bosses can't stand the bumps.

There is a train in Jinhai, although there has been a battle with Qiman in Jinhai, although Qiman has stationed troops in Jinhai, although the two countries have fought to this extent.

But between the top levels, there is still a correspondence.

This time, King Ming and his entourage are going to Jinhai to take a special train.

When I came to the city gate, there were already Jinhai officials waiting here.

Liu Chengliu, the governor of Jinhai, led a group of Jinhai officials to the carriage to pay a visit, but Mo Bai only raised the curtain and glanced at it, but did not get out of the carriage.

Refusing to enter the provincial capital for repairs, the convoy entered the city.

Before entering the city, Mo Bai glanced in a certain direction outside the city, and then gestured to the black-clothed guard who was guarding the side of the carriage.

The black-clad guard slowed down and gradually broke away from the group.

At this moment, at a ramp outside Jinhai City, two men were lurking at the bottom of the slope, watching the convoy enter the city.

When the convoy disappeared at the city gate, one of the men asked softly, "Do you see clearly?" , is it really King Ming in the carriage? ”

"I can't see clearly, I heard that the king has white hair, but he didn't get out of the car, and he didn't see it." The other replied.

"What then?" The man who spoke first suddenly became anxious.

"There's no way, the second child won't last long, and if you don't save him, there will be no one left." The other gritted his teeth: "Whether it is King Ming or not, we have to give it a try." ”

"What if it's like before, people aren't rescued, and a few more people get in? Besides, even if he is really the king of Ming, he may not necessarily call the shots for us. The man hesitated a little.

"What's the use of thinking about this now? If you don't go, go home, and I'll do it myself. "The other guy got on fire.

", if this god doesn't have long eyes, it's a big deal to go to Huangquan Road together, and I'll pay attention later, if the situation is not right, kill one is enough, kill two and earn one."

As he spoke, the two men came out of the slope, and one of them carried a pair of saddles on his back, and walked toward the city gate.

After King Ming and his entourage entered the city, the city gate resumed normal traffic, but there was no embarrassment, and everyone entered the city.

As soon as the two entered the city, they blended into the crowd and quickly overtook the convoy.

Unbeknownst to the two of them, just behind them, a black-clothed guard was following them all the way.

……

The Qincha convoy did not make much fanfare, and went straight to the station.

The officials of Jinhai had no choice but to follow the side.

Mo Bai paid attention, the road was too peaceful, and it was obvious that Jinhai had made arrangements in advance.

The streets have been cleaned, and there is no congestion when walking through the city.

At first glance, this Jinhai is more regular than Pingjing.

Mo Bai looked at these, and he was also thinking in his heart: "It seems that this Liu Cheng still has the ability, at least the control of Jinhai is still in his hands." ”

However, as soon as I thought about it, something seemed to be wrong in front of the convoy.

The black-clothed guards reacted quickly, and immediately gathered around the carriage.

Mo Bai lifted the curtain and glanced ahead, only to see that in front of the convoy, there seemed to be friction between the people, so he moved in the middle of the road.

Jinhai Liu Cheng and his entourage had already commanded the soldiers with them to step forward and drive away.

Mo Bai lowered the curtain and waited in the carriage.

A black-clothed guard beside the carriage said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the situation seems to be a little wrong. ”

"Of course not!" An inky white voice came from inside the carriage: "Just wait and see." ”

There is no need for the black guards to remind them, the Jinhai side must have guaranteed their route, and there is no way there will be a problem in common sense.

If something goes wrong, it's no coincidence.

It's just that Mo Bai doesn't know who sang this play or what kind of play he sang.

Sure enough, the small situation in front of it was not solved quickly, but there was an expansion of the situation.

After a while, I heard another sound of neat footsteps.

The voice of the black-clothed guard immediately sounded outside the carriage: "Your Highness, the barbarian soldiers are here." ”

Inside the carriage, Mo Bai was silent.

At this moment, a black-clothed guard rushed to the carriage and whispered something through the curtain.

Inside the carriage, Mo Bai closed his eyes, and the voice of the black-clothed guard was in his ears.

"The two brothers who made trouble, they are both from Jinhai, the background is not clear for the time being, probably the situation is that the second child of their family was arrested and put in prison by officers and soldiers because of the conflict with the banner barbarians, and they have to be guided, knowing that if they want to save their brothers, they must have nobles to make decisions for them."

"Therefore they always stood guard at the gates of the city, but whenever the nobles of the capital entered the city, they would block the way and complain......

"I don't know where to get the news this time, I heard that His Royal Highness is coming to Jinhai, and I heard that His Highness hates barbarians the most in his life, so they deliberately look for barbarians in the middle of the road to make trouble, they are all locals, and they know very well that as long as they fight with the barbarians, the soldiers and horses of the banner barbarians will arrive soon, and the officers and soldiers of Jinhai will not be able to easily arrest them."

Inside the carriage, Mo Bai listened to what had happened, and whispered: "The planning is so perfect, there should be someone behind them to guide them." ”

The black-clothed guard replied, "Yes, they seem to belong to a national salvation organization, the details are not clear. ”

"Go and see, don't let the brothers suffer." Mo Bai Dao.

As soon as the black-clothed guard left, Lord Meng Huazhou came: "Your Highness, the barbarian soldiers are here, it is inevitable that there will be an accident, let's move the provincial capital first." ”

He waited for a while, only to hear a sentence from inside the carriage: "Lord Meng, if you remember correctly, just now you said that Jinhai is still from Great Xia, and now that a few barbarian soldiers are here, our convoy of the Tang Dynasty and the Imperial Court has to avoid it?" ”

"Your Highness!" Meng Huazhou's face turned red, but he still persuaded: "The old minister is worried that these barbarian soldiers are deliberately making trouble, and the reason why Jinhai is like this is that many years ago, I didn't check for a while, and the barbarians got an excuse." ”

Mo Bai in the carriage was silent, and after a while, a sentence came out: "Fighting Jinhai is an excuse, and there is also an excuse for hitting Mingzhu, so what about fighting Northern Jiangsu?" What excuse? ”

Meng Huazhou was silent, bowed down and asked: "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

"It's not interesting, let's just wait here and take a good look at how majestic a few broken guns can be in my Great Xia land." Mo Bai's voice was extremely flat.

An ominous premonition immediately rose in Meng Huazhou's heart: "Your Highness......"

"Okay, Master Meng, there is something that this king hasn't figured out." Mo Bai interrupted him.

"I don't know what?" Meng Huazhou had no choice but to ask.

"Do you think Qi Man knows that this king is sitting in this carriage?" Mo Bai asked.

"This ......" Meng Huazhou was slightly stunned, then raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Cheng, the governor of Jinhai, who was negotiating with Qiman, and replied thoughtfully: "I probably know." ”

"In this case, the banner man still dares to send troops to this king today, Lord Meng, is it really as you said, they deliberately came to find the king's stubble, and wanted to make excuses here in this king?" Mo Bai's voice became more and more flat.

Meng Huazhou shuddered when he heard this, did the Manchaotang still not know the temperament of King Ming?