Uncle Yang and Pu Xianyu followed the path pointed out by the man, and suddenly, Uncle Yang said with emotion: "Three years is not easy. Pu Xianyu, look here, although most of them are deserts, but you see that the scenery at this time is not bad. ”

The two of them stood on the top of the mountain, and a flock of geese flew not far away, and wild ducks fluttered their wings from the reeds, fanning a burst of white reeds. Although there is no greenery around, there is gold everywhere, and it is full of harvest at a glance.

Uncle Yang saw that Pu Xianyu didn't speak, and suddenly felt a little bored with himself, and walked straight down the mountain.

In the distance, the sound of galloping horses' hooves was heard, and someone shouted, "My lord, my lord, please stay!" ”

Uncle Yang seemed to be a little familiar with this voice, so he stopped and looked at the mountain, but the sun just reached the top of the mountain, so Uncle Yang couldn't see it really, just frowned and put his hand on his forehead to block a little sunlight, which could be faintly seen, and he rode a fast horse and rushed straight over, Pu Xianyu was afraid that the people who came would have bad intentions, and straddled in front of Uncle Yang, and the long sword was half a foot out of the sheath.

The fast horse quickly came to Pu Xianyu, and the horse suddenly raised its front hooves and paced to the ground violently, but the rider had already turned over from the horse, and shouted: "My lord, Madame has a secret letter!" ”

Uncle Yang saw that it was Deng Xian, the leader of the forbidden army in the house, it turned out that this Deng Xian had been chasing Uncle Yang and them non-stop since he left the city last night, but after all, it was raining heavily, and the road was muddy, even if he was anxious, he couldn't do anything, and the horse couldn't run at all. Deng Xian did not rest for a moment along the way, when he was thirsty, he poured a sip of cold water on the horse's back, and when he was hungry, he nibbled on a mouthful of dry food. Not to mention people, even the jujube red horse bought from the Hu people in the north was also snorting at the moment, with a constant "humming" sound in his nose and drooping his lower lip.

Uncle Yang looked at the white cloth handed over by Deng Xian, and sighed in his heart, he had always known that Zihua was playful by his side, but at other times he was really steady and knowledgeable, but now he sent someone to come so urgently, something must have happened.

Uncle Yang opened the cloth and saw that it was written: Mr. Personally enlightened: The emperor has died, the situation is urgent, I hope to return quickly, don't delay. Chenghe Book.

Uncle Yang once wondered if he was wrong, he watched it twice in a row, and suddenly fell backwards, Pu Xianyu stretched out his hand to catch Uncle Yang: "My lord, are you okay?" ”

Uncle Yang suddenly cried, tears welled up, knelt on the ground, and bowed three times to the southeast: "Your Majesty, why are you ...... You're failing me! ”

Pu Xianyu was puzzled, picked up the secret letter and looked at it, and knelt on the ground fiercely. No one would have thought that the emperor, who was fine when he left, would die in less than a day! Uncle Yang's abacus and plans were completely disrupted.

After a while, Uncle Yang suddenly raised his head, grabbed Deng Xian's sleeve, and asked, "You tell me carefully what happened yesterday." ”

Deng Xian carefully told him about the secret letter that Zihua suddenly asked him to send a secret letter last night, Uncle Yang lowered his head and pondered, according to his guess, the news of the emperor's death has not been spread for the time being, but now that there is no one in charge of the court, Chenghe can withstand it for a while, but after a long time, I am afraid that those old foxes will be aware of it, and I am afraid that it will be dangerous at that time, Fang Jin's plan is to rush back quickly, and rush back before those old nobles notice.

Uncle Yang made up his mind and said, "Deng Xian, you go back quickly, remember, don't be noticed by anyone, and when you go back, tell your wife that I have set off and arrive at the imperial city in a day, and in addition, you tell her again, so that the old chamberlain will pay more attention." ”

"Yes." Deng Xian turned around, turned over and had already stepped on the horse's back, the horsewhip was whipped hard on the buttocks of the horse who refused to even say a heavy word like a baby on weekdays, the jujube red horse was in pain, raised his head and neighed, and ran forward.

Uncle Yang picked up his clothes, got into the carriage, and said, "Quick, Pu Xianyu, go back!" ”

Pu Xianyu nodded, waved the reins, and drove the carriage forward.

Little seemed to have changed in the imperial city, the bazaars were bustling with people as usual, the autumn harvest was coming to an end, the peasants had finished paying their taxes, and exchanged the surplus grain for some things that were about to pass the winter, bought some cloth and went back to make a few new clothes, and bought a few snacks for the children at home.

No one noticed that an undercurrent was beginning to surge under the calm surface of the water, and the streets were filled with people dressed as peasants who only asked for prices but never paid for anything around the stalls, and these people slowly began to gather together and then headed towards the palace gate.

Huang Gongfu sat by the pond, still wearing that court clothes, his son Huang Xu stood behind his father and looked at his back, a little puzzled in his heart, his father, who usually took off his court clothes when he came back from the court, sat directly on the edge of the pond as soon as he entered the door today, and he didn't even change his court clothes.

Huang Xu saw that his father seemed to be thinking about something, so he didn't dare to come forward to ask, just looked like that, and in a blink of an eye, noon had arrived, and the servant came to ask them to eat, but his father didn't hear it and didn't move, Huang Xu waved his hand and let the servant go down.

Noon passed slowly, Huang Gongfu finally stood up, saw Huang Xu, smiled, his mood seemed to be very good, Huang Xu had never seen his father smile like this since he was promoted to become the prince and young master, he only thought that his father had encountered something happy, he didn't think much about it, and smiled at his father.

"Let's go, Xu'er, let's eat." Huang Gongfu put his arm around Huang Xu's shoulders and walked towards the house, and inadvertently found that his son was already so old.

Time passed calmly little by little, and the sound of wooden sticks spread throughout the Imperial City, and then the drums of the city gates were immediately closed and the curfew sounded, and the four main gates of the Imperial City, southeast and northwest, together with the five side gates, closed in a "rumbling" sound, and the figures on the street disappeared completely.

It was completely dark, and as the hour approached, a gust of wind blew quickly from one side of the street to the other, and the wine flag that the restaurant had forgotten to put in was torn to pieces by the wind and thrown into the street.

The old servant Chenghe sat in the study of the palace, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days and one night, although there was a forbidden army guarding the door, but he always felt that Uncle Yang didn't come, so he couldn't feel at ease, and he didn't know if Uncle Yang was coming back soon.

The dim light of the oil lamp shone on his face, and there was not much brilliance in his deep eyes, and the wrinkles told everyone about his life's experience. Cheng He felt that he was dying, and the idea of leaving the palace gradually arose in his heart, wait for this matter to subside, this is also the last thing he can do for the royal family, he believes that the emperor also agrees with him to do this, and when the prince succeeds to the throne, he will leave, and he will not stay for a moment.

The sound of beating the watch came slowly, the time had come, Chenghe got up, and glanced at the emperor's dragon body still on the bed from a distance, his heart was sad, this is the child he watched grow up.

After a long time, Cheng He slowly withdrew, thinking that today should be over like this, and Uncle Yang should be able to come back tomorrow. His heart suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Suddenly, the fire outside the window was blazing, and there was the sound of armor running and iron armor colliding.

Someone shouted loudly outside: "Minister Huang Gongfu has something important to play the emperor!" ”

Cheng He's heart tightened, could it be that the news was leaked? It's impossible, how is it possible, I have obviously made the most secure arrangements, but at this moment, I can't allow Chenghe to think about it again, and there seems to be the voice of the forbidden army outside the door: "I am waiting here by the emperor's edict, and no one is allowed to enter the inner saint without being summoned!" ”

"If the old minister can't see the emperor, then the old minister will be waiting here today until the emperor summons him." Huang Gongfu's voice came in.

Chenghe pondered for a moment: "It seems that this Huang Gongfu got the news from somewhere, saying that the emperor is in poor health, but he is not sure if something really happened, so he will be so tempted, and go out for a while first." ”

Cheng He thought about it and slowly walked out of the door, only to see that the courtyard was full of armor soldiers, and the two sides were facing each other.

Cheng He was taken aback, and then suddenly came back to his senses, he must not be weak at this time, so he shouted loudly: "Huang Gongfu, are you going to rebel?" Dare to lead the armor to surround the emperor's study! ”

I only heard Huang Gongfu laugh twice and said, "Father-in-law, don't come to harm, I don't dare to rebel, but someone wants to rebel." The emperor was seriously ill and fell into a coma, and it stands to reason that he should find the prince to supervise the country, but someone stole the military talismans, mobilized the forbidden army privately, and falsely passed the edict to tease the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. Say, "What should this man do on these charges?" I'm afraid that the nine clans will not be too little. ”

"Presumptuous, Huang Gongfu, the emperor is indeed seriously ill, but he has not yet fallen asleep, and now you are leading the armor to disturb the emperor's rest, if there is any mistake in the emperor's dragon body, can you afford to be guilty?" Cheng He scolded loudly again.

"Okay, okay, father-in-law, just sing the opera, I have already sent someone to the Tai Hospital to inquire about the news, do you think I don't know? Get out of the way, I'll just go in and see the emperor, and then leave, and besides, can you stop my soldiers with a dozen forbidden troops? It's better not to let this courtyard get bloody, what do you think, father-in-law? ”

Cheng He secretly screamed "It's broken", and Huang Gongfu went in and everything was over, but what should he do now?

Huang Gongfu looked at the hesitant Chenghe, and said: "Father-in-law, this palace has been controlled by me, and all places are my people, besides, I just went in to meet the emperor, how can a courtier not care about the emperor's dragon body, this is not a courtier's courtesy." ”

Cheng He shook his head: "That's it, it's like this, this old fox." Huang Gongfu, Zhao Guo is destroyed by your hands after all! ”

Cheng He shouted three times, "Zhao Guo is dead", and actually hit the pillar headlong, bleeding profusely when he landed, and his body collapsed under the pillar. A group of forbidden soldiers looked at each other, looked at Chenghe, and then looked at Huang Gongfu, and put down the Changge in their hands, and the soldiers brought by Huang Gongfu stepped forward to collect their weapons and escorted them out of the courtyard.

Huang Gongfu walked up the steps, glanced at Chenghe, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the study.