Seeing that Her Royal Highness the princess was so enthusiastic at this time, Zhu Youlan replied, "I am 22 years old. Before the words fell, I saw Princess Ming Kunxing grab her hand and said, "This princess is only 13 years old, since you are older than me and live near the princess's palace, why don't you and I recognize a sister, right?" Zhu Youlan was very happy when she heard the words "sisters", she was worried that she was bored in the palace and couldn't find a companion! And being able to find out the news from Her Royal Highness is simply the best of both worlds.

Zhu Youlan didn't want to agree directly, the two also called each other affectionately, and then Princess Ming Kunxing took her around the back garden and introduced the flowers planted in the yard, she said, "Sister, look at the beautiful flowers over there, right?" This kind of butterfly-like flower is a rare variety from Taiwan, and it usually exudes a faint fragrance. ”

Then I went to introduce another variety, and as soon as I pointed to this flower, Zhu Youlan lowered her head shyly and blushed and asked, "Why is there such a flower?" And Princess Ming Kunxing replied, "This is a missionary of the Holy Roman Empire, the current Qintian Supervisor: John Tang, a naked male flower specially transported to the capital from the West, do you think it looks like two men?" Zhu Youlan looked at the flower a little shyly and quickly turned her head.

She saw that there was another beautiful flower in front of her, so she asked, "Sister, what kind of flower is this?" Princess Ming Kunxing walked over slowly and introduced, "This! It is a precious flower species that the Siamese tribute gave to me to the Ming Dynasty, called (parrot flower), how does it look particularly like a parrot? Zhu Youlan nodded, and couldn't help dancing among the flowers.

This scene seems to be as beautiful as a fairy descending to earth, and the palace maid next to her and Princess Ming Kunxing hurriedly clapped her hands and praised, which made her dance more happily for a while and seemed to forget herself, and she danced (Thrilling Dance) while spinning, which was very good-looking.

The eldest princess of Ming Kunyi, who happened to be passing by here: Zhu Yuyi, found that someone was dancing among the flowers, which made her a little angry, and immediately ordered the accompanying palace maid to step forward and say, "Who dares to dance here?" Don't you know that this is the territory of the inner court? Zhu Youlan, who was reprimanded, stopped dancing and turned around and saluted: "I'm sorry! I couldn't help it on a whim~. ”

But she was scolded by the palace maid even more ugly, and Princess Ming Kunxing on the side couldn't see it, so she stepped forward to stop the palace maid and said, "Don't scold, it's the princess who asked her to dance." I saw the eldest princess of Mingkunyi behind her come over and said, "Jiao'er, you are naughty again!" Be careful, I will punish you after reporting to the mother. ”

At this time, Princess Ming Kunxing hurriedly coquettishly said cutely: "Oops! My good sister, don't be angry, just spare her for my sake, right? Seeing that her sister interceded for her, she couldn't continue to blame herself, so she nodded and agreed, but she was not allowed to come to the back garden in the future, otherwise she would be punished according to the palace rules.

Then Princess Ming Kunxing took Zhu Youlan back to Fengyang Pavilion and asked her to play games with her, and the eldest princess of Ming Kunyi saw that her naughty sister still looked innocent, which made the eldest princess of Ming Kunyi a little disappointed!

At this moment, most of the soldiers in the eastern military camp of Tongguanwei have been coughing, and the old military doctor Lang Zhong who came here began to check his pulse, and Ma Wei did not let Wu Junzhen enter the account for safety reasons, and the two of them stood outside the account anxiously waiting in clothes and scarves.

After a while, the old military doctor Lang Zhong came out of the account, shook his head and said, "Hey! Is this disease a little weird? Wu Junzhen asked, "What's strange?" I saw the old military doctor Lang Zhong pointing around the barracks and saying, "In the Tongguan Acropolis, there are no soldiers who usually go out of the four-door confinement, and the condition of the sick seems to be cold, not cold?" Seems to be a disease or not a disease? The old man really couldn't think of what could make them sick? ”

This makes Wu Junzhen feel that it is indeed a little strange? But he thinks something must have gone wrong? Seeing that he couldn't figure out the situation, Ma Wei randomly called a soldier and asked, "Do you know any nearby places where you can go outside the city?" ”

The soldier thought for a moment and replied, "No!" The Inspector is a strict guard at the city gate, and the soldiers can't go out without military orders, but there is a place where the soldiers may go? Wu Junzhen next to him hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" And the soldiers did not dare to answer this question! Wu Junzhen saw that he had doubts, so he comforted: "Don't worry! If it's a military secret, I won't reveal it at will! Seeing Wu Junzhen's sincere eyes, the soldier felt that he should not leak the information, so he replied, "The rich merchant in the city is in the field." ”

As soon as he heard the word Tuntian, Ma Wei immediately thought of the fact that the wealthy businessmen in history united with the Ming generals of Tongguanwei to privately withhold taxes, and Ma Wei came over and whispered to Wu Junzhen?

Then Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei left the barracks and came to Tongguan Wei outside the experience department, Wu Junzhen walked straight forward and said to the soldiers: "Wait for the hurry to report the experience, and the envoy will say that I came to check the account books on the order of Master Sun." As soon as the words fell, a guard hurriedly turned around and ran in to report the situation.

After getting the approval, Wu Junzhen entered inside, and the two of them saluted together: "The last general will see the Tongguan Wei experience envoy, I am here to check the account books on the order of Inspector Sun, and please cooperate with the experience." The two thought that he would refute, but they didn't expect that Mingtong Guanwei was an envoy: Zhou Pu, who took the initiative to let people take out the account books to check for them.

After Wu Junzhen took the account book, he first flipped through the things of the past few years, and asked Ma Wei in a low voice while flipping through the past few years, and the Mingtong Guanwei on the side looked at the two of them muttering in a low voice, so he asked the soldiers on the left and right, "These two people were sent by Inspector Sun?" The soldiers shook their heads and said they weren't sure!

But a soldier said, "The little one seems to have seen the two of them in the guard command post, so it must be Inspector Sun's subordinates, right?" After confirming that it was a soldier of Tongguanwei, Mingtong Guanwei's experience envoy had nothing to worry about, he sat down and drank tea and quietly watched the two of them flip through the account books.

At this time, Wu Junzhen accidentally turned to page 42, and he found that there were obvious traces of ink alteration in the upper left corner? Looking at the information on this page, the information shows that (in the fourteenth year of Ming Chongzhen, Shaanxi Cheng announced the political secretary Tong Guanwei commander: Zhang Shizai, encountered the epidemic in the process of treatment, and all the old and young of the Zhang family in the west of the city died of illness!) Afterwards, the corpse was burned on the spot by the soldiers, only...? ）。

Looking at the handwriting on this, Wu Junzhen felt that there was nothing wrong? So why would someone deliberately alter and cover up the handwriting? Are you afraid that others will know something? And Ma Wei couldn't find any clues when he rummaged around, so he asked, "Brother Wu, have you found anything?" Brother Wu~. He shouted twice in succession, and when he saw no response, he turned back to look.

Seeing Wu Junzhen in a daze, Ma Wei leaned over and took a look, he felt that the names written on it seemed familiar? In his mind, he arranged the tables of the commanders of the Tongguan Guards in the past dynasties, and Ma Wei thought to himself according to historical memory; Isn't Zhang Shizai the current commander of the Mingtong Guanwei: Zhang Eryou, father? Ay! The epidemic died so badly! When I think of the epidemic, I think of the tragic death of the Zhang family, why didn't Zhang Eryou die? Is this something new? Ma Wei told Wu Junzhen about this situation, and he also felt a little strange after hearing it?

So the two asked the Mingtong Guanwei experience envoy and said: "Dare to ask the experience envoy, when the epidemic occurred in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, where was the son of the former Tongguan Wei commander?" Mingtong Guanwei experienced the envoy and said, "Oh, he! He's curing the plague with his father! It's a pity that the Zhang family died of illness! Only Wei Commander made his son flee into the mountains, and I heard what herbs were eaten? After the epidemic was calmed down, he was attacked by the imperial court and appointed as the commander of the guard when he returned to the Tongguan Acropolis. ”

After hearing this, Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei both felt suspicious? But there was no evidence to guess, so the two had to say goodbye to the envoy of the Mingtong Guanwei first, and went out to look for the soldiers who knew about the epidemic at that time.

After the two went out, the rain gradually stopped, the sky was still gloomy, and when a breeze blew, Ma Wei, who was walking behind, said, "Brother Wu, I seem to have heard Master Sun say that Tongguanwei discovered the epidemic?" Why don't we ask Inspector Sun? But Wu Junzhen thinks that this cannot be done? In case Inspector Sun and the commander of the Mingtong Guanwei protect each other, then I am afraid that our lives will not be guaranteed!

However, Ma Wei suddenly had a plan, he smiled and said, "Brother Wu, I have a way?" Wu Junzhen, who was inexplicable, asked, "What's the way, hurry up and listen to it?" ”

I saw Ma Wei take out the ten copper plates on his waist and say, "There is nothing in this matter that it can't solve?" Just wait for my good news! After saying that, Ma Wei walked on the street and stood there, he looked around and locked on a middle-aged man, walked straight forward, squatted down and asked, "This uncle, may I ask how many years have you been in this Tongguan guard?" Have you ever left? ”

The middle-aged man looked up at him and replied, "The old man has been in this Tongguan Acropolis for more than 20 years and has never left, even the last time the epidemic broke out, the old man just hid in the mountains and forests outside the city for refuge!" ”

Confirming that this uncle is a permanent resident of the local area, Ma Wei asked again: "Then do you know what happened to the epidemic in Chongzhen for 14 years?" As soon as he mentioned this, the middle-aged man hurriedly shook his head and said that he could not look back! But Ma Wei didn't want to give up and continued to ask, and the uncle didn't seem to have any intention of speaking!

At this time, Ma Wei took out the copper plate and handed it to the uncle's hand and said, "Uncle, it is not easy to hold the copper plate when you sell these vegetables!" Just think of it as my questioning money, you just have to tell me what happened at the time. ”

The uncle with the copper plate saw that he didn't look like a bad person, and there were not many officers who gave money to others like this, so he told him in 1510 that in the 14th year of Ming Chongzhen, in 1641, it was the time of King Chuang: Li Zicheng, besieging Henan Chengxuan Zhengsi and the eight kings: Zhang Xianzhong, besieging Hu Guangcheng Xuanzheng Xiangyang Mansion and beheading Prince Xiangzhong of Ming: Zhu Yiming.

caused the court to be angry, so he transferred the general soldier of Tongguan Guard: You Shiwei, who led the Yulin Wei Qin Army to the south to rescue, but he didn't want an epidemic to happen in Tongguanwei at this moment! The soldiers and civilians within dozens of miles were infected with diseases and could not go out to fight, so the invading army wantonly plundered the south!