Lu Bing really hadn't done such a thing as arson, and he didn't understand why Yang Cong asked him to set fire.

Set?

What's the use?

He couldn't help but ask, "Set fire?" What to set on fire? ”

Yang Cong didn't answer and asked, "Don't you know?" Zhang Xuan is about to die, and Xia Yan is about to take the stage. ”

Of course this Lu Bing knows, what does the question have to do with arson?

He was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed, "What do you mean to set fire to Xia Yan's house?" Does this work? People will run, so they won't necessarily burn him to death! ”

Faint to death, you can't figure it out!

Yang Cong couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "What are you kidding, setting fire to the house of the cabinet scholar in the capital, it's strange if the emperor doesn't jump like thunder." ”

Lu Bing asked stupidly: "Then what should I do?" ”

Yang Cong looked around, and then whispered: "Isn't the emperor going to pay homage to the emperor's mausoleum soon, and Xia Yan will also go with him then, and he will definitely write a ticket on the way." We secretly set a fire and burned his tent, and as long as we burned a few copies, he would definitely not be able to do it. ”

it!

When Lu Bing heard this, he was really shocked, he was responsible for protecting the emperor's safety, Yang Cong was good, and he even asked him to arrange someone to burn the tents of important ministers of the imperial court!

This kind of thing can't be done!

He shook his head again and again and said: "This can't be done, when you pay homage to the emperor's mausoleum, burn the tents of the important ministers of the imperial court, and the emperor will also be furious!" ”

Stupid!

Yang Cong explained: "I'm talking about secretly burning, if you set fire to someone's capital mansion, the emperor must know that someone deliberately set it on fire, because it is impossible for such a big mansion to catch fire for no reason." However, burning tents is different, don't we have to cook in the wild, the stove is on fire, what's so strange about burning one or two tents, as long as you do it secretly, who can know that we did it, how can the emperor be angry? ”

This kind of thing is too dangerous, Lu Bing is still a little afraid and said: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, if someone finds out, I'll be in big trouble." ”

Yang Cong asked directly: "When Xia Yan comes to power, will you be in trouble?" ”

Lu Bing thought about it when he heard this, and then couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, this old guy is very small-minded, if he comes to power, we will probably be in trouble." ”

That's not the end of it.

Yang Cong said fiercely: "As long as we set fire to his tent and burn the music in his hands, he won't be able to go on stage this time." ”

Damn, isn't this leaving me alone?

Lu Bing thought about it, but still shook his head and said, "No, it's too dangerous to do this." ”

O Nima, you are afraid of danger, why are you not afraid when you reap the benefits?

Yang Cong's eyes rolled, and he said alarmistly: "Civilization, you have to think about it, if Xia Yan is allowed to come to power, Zhang Shiche, the secretary of the Nanjing household, may not be able to do it, and the share of salt in your and my hands will be gone, even if you only collect the benefit fee, it will be more than 100,000 taels a year, and if my father sells the salt and then dividends, it will be at least 300,000 taels." If you can't stop Xia Yan from coming to power, the 300,000 taels will be gone. ”

His words are naturally deceitful, even if Xia Yan becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, it is impossible to immediately give a Shangshu away, this kind of thing, Jiajing does not nod, Xia Yan is okay.

He just wants to scare and scare Lu Bing, and the income of 30,000 taels in a Chinese New Year's Eve, so he asks you if you feel distressed.

When Lu Bing heard this, his face really showed a painful color, thirty thousand taels in one Chinese New Year's Eve, it's gone, he hasn't seen so much silver,, Xia Yan, you old guy, dare to get along with the little master, can't say, only set a fire for you.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "You say, how do you put this fire?" ”

......

Early the next morning, before the arrival of the hour, the flag was already waving outside the Desheng Gate in the north of the capital, and the people were boiling.

The emperor wants to pay homage to the emperor's mausoleum, this pomp and circumstance can not be small, civil and military officials, whether they go with the car or not, have to wait outside the Desheng Gate, and all kinds of materials have already been transported to the Desheng Gate, just waiting for the emperor to come.

Within a quarter of an hour, there was a burst of drum music from inside the Desheng Gate, and then thousands of brocade guards lined up in a neat line slowly poured out from the Desheng Gate.

This is the emperor's royal car is about to arrive, and all the officials hurriedly lined up on both sides of the road and waited respectfully.

Not long after, another group of eunuchs poured out of the Desheng Gate, followed by a whip accompanied by a scream: "The emperor has arrived." ”

The civil and military officials hurriedly knelt on both sides of the avenue, and the mountain shouted long live.

All the officials just bowed their heads and lay on the ground, and it was not until Jiajing's dragon chariot and all the honor guards had passed that everyone slowly got up from the ground.

At this time, the Ministry of Rites has begun to organize the gathering of all the accompanying officials.

Yang Cong came to the assembly position unhurriedly, took the reins handed over by a brocade guard, turned over and got on the horse, and then raised his eyes and looked forward.

Xia Yanzheng was standing at the front of the accompanying officials, he was a cabinet scholar, and he was also a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he would soon succeed Zhang Xuan as the first assistant of the cabinet, so he was naturally complacent at this time.

This guy, this proud, standing there, has a kind of contempt for the world and directs the country.

Yang Cong squinted his eyes and glanced at him, and couldn't help sneering in his heart: "Old guy, see how long you can be proud!" ”

After a while, the accompanying officials set off behind Jiajing's guard of honor, and there were still more than 90 miles to go to the imperial tomb, and at the speed of the dragon, it was almost enough to go more than 30 miles a day, so it would take at least three days to go this way.

And paying homage to the imperial mausoleum is not to go there and kowtow a few heads to finish, there are still many complicated processes to go in the middle, and it will take almost three days before and after, if you add the three days of the return trip, it will be a total of nine days.

Yang Cong was not in a hurry to make a move, at least he would not let Lu Bing do it in the first few days, this is to visit the imperial mausoleum, if there is a fire on the way there, it is strange that Jiajing does not jump like thunder, of course, it is even more terrible to set fire when visiting the imperial mausoleum, so he will let Lu Bing do it when he is ready to return.

Along the way, he was carefully observing, how the tent was set up, where the kitchen was, when the fire was lit, when the fire was turned off, what to do to keep the tent on fire, and so on.

He found that it was not very difficult to get the whole accidentally fire out, because the tent and kitchen were all built by Jinyiwei, and the stove was also built with the help of Jinyiwei, and even firewood, oil, salt, and ingredients were all prepared by Jinyiwei, and the accompanying officials only had to live and cook, and the fire in the stove at night generally would not be extinguished, because when they were on the road, they only made two meals a day, that is, dinner and breakfast, and they would not stop at noon to camp and cook, and if the fire was extinguished at night, they had to make a fire in the morning. It's a lot of trouble.

If the fire is not extinguished this night, it will be simple for the whole Xia Yan tent to catch fire, and there are so many tents in the whole team, just the accompanying officials, the camp area is several miles away, and it is very simple for the Jinyi guards patrolling in it to move their hands and feet.

When Yang Cong saw this situation, he was relieved, he followed the team to the imperial tomb unhurriedly, and with Jiajing and other officials paying respects, he found an opportunity to discuss with Lu Bing for a while, and then he just waited for Xia Yan's tent to "catch fire".