The front hall of King Yan's Mansion was busy for a while, and at this time a eunuch came over. His face is round and short, his cheekbones are high, and he is not good-looking, but almost no one in the palace dares to despise him, because he is Zheng He, who has blocked arrows for the saint in the Battle of Zhengcunba!

Ji Gang and other brocade guards all wore lilac round-necked robes and scarves, dressed like ordinary entourage.

"Meet Gonggong Zheng." Ji Gang hugged his fists.

Zheng He also bowed slightly, walked in front of the two rows of big men, and looked at them one by one. Ji Gang said: "Gonggong Zheng, these people, my ancestors have checked it for eighteen generations!" And strong, with martial arts. ”

Zheng He listened to it and said in a deep voice: "The emperor has ascended the throne, and the chaotic party is not ending, so you must be cautious and not let the chaotic party have a chance!" When the situation changes, you must have the heart of death to protect the emperor and repay the emperor's kindness! ”

Ji Gang immediately said behind Zheng He: "Did you all hear it? Gonggong Zheng is so high, and he also blocked arrows for the emperor back then. ”

"The Emperor's grace is immense!" Everyone said in unison.

Zheng He nodded with satisfaction.

Ji Gang said again: "That Ping'an is a fierce general, and the emperor has been endangered with a halberd several times in the battle array, and he must not relax after a while, and he must always keep an eye on his movements." ”

"......," Zheng He said earnestly, "You can't say that, General Ping is now the emperor's person, and the emperor has no decree, so you can't slander it indiscriminately." However, General Ji told you not to relax, and it is also within your duty. ”

At this moment, I saw a group of people coming out of the inner gatehouse.

Zheng He turned his head to look, waved his hand and said, "The emperor is here, brothers, come with our family." ”

First, a group of eunuchs and palace maids came out, and then Zhu Di's sedan chair came out surrounded by a bunch of military men and eunuchs wearing round necks. Now the vigilance of the Yan Wangfu is not the same, without the permission of Zhu Di and his cronies, no one can approach the royal car; Zhu Di will not eat a drop of water or a piece of rice casually, and the food is prepared by a special person.

As soon as Zhu Di returned to the Yan Palace, he fought like this because he said a word to Zheng He. On the day he returned home, Zhu Di said: There are still many people in the world who hate me, and they are still alive and well.

Zheng He immediately consulted with Yao Guangxiao and others, and then deployed strict defenses in the Yanwang Mansion.

Under the hug of the front and back, Zhu Di entered the front hall. Zheng He took Ji Gang and other brocade-clothed guards and men, standing on the left and right of the public seat to protect them. Zheng He also quietly asked someone to open the back door, and if there was any situation, he could ask the emperor to leave immediately.

Ping'an has a reputation, and he has murderous intentions towards the emperor, Zheng He is indeed very careful.

After waiting for a while, someone outside shouted, "Peace!" ”

Then he saw the general striding in safely, and Zheng He immediately looked sideways. Seeing that Ping'an is very strong, this person may be a little shorter than the emperor, but his body is very thick, his shoulders are thicker than ordinary people's thighs, and his belly is not like those who are wide and fat, but he is a tiger's back and bear's waist, and his whole body is full of fine meat.

Ping An walked to the main hall, knelt down and bowed down, and said: "Sin will knock on the saint, and the saint will live forever!" ”

"Good! Good! Zhu Di smiled, made a gesture of support, and said kindly, "Ping Bao'er, get up." ”

"Thank you, Holy One!" Peace and prostration.

Zhu Di said: "Before Ping Baoer and I worked against each other, and I was taken down, how many people want to kill you!" But how can I give it? ”

Ping An hurriedly said: "Thank you for the grace of not killing." ”

Zhu Di said movingly: "I watched Ping Bao'er grow up, in your early years, you also followed me to fight outside the Saiwai, I have a father-son relationship with you!" Zhu Di hit his chest with his fist and said with a bitter face, "But you treat me like this, I am so heartbroken!" ”

Ping An immediately bowed his head in shame and said, "Sin will fail the Holy ......," and immediately knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Zhu Di said: "That's it, it's all in the past." Fathers in the world will always forgive their sons for causing trouble, and I am not to blame for the past! The official position of the commander of the capital of Beiping is still vacant, and you happen to be in Beiping, so go and be the official. ”

Ping An was immediately grateful. There were also eunuchs around pretending to wipe their tears, as if they were moved by the emperor.

And Zheng He, who was standing next to him, felt that Ping An would die sooner than expected!

Zheng He has always been by the emperor's side, knowing that the emperor was not prepared to kill Ping'an immediately, and he had to do it for him first. Originally, I had already written an edict to be the commander of the capital of Beiping, and it was a matter of holy decree.

But suddenly something happened to Qu Neng, and Qu Neng's life and death are unclear. The emperor temporarily decided to summon Ping'an, and said such touching words, just to stabilize peace?

If the emperor really trusts peace, why should he rush to summon him in his busy schedule? Why do you never approach peace when you speak?

Zhu Di said kindly: "Your father gave you a good name, you are a good official, you will make up for your mistakes, and I will still keep you rich and noble." ”

Ping'an choked and said: "The minister must change his past mistakes and live up to the grace of the saint." ”

"Alright, alright." Zhu Di laughed, "You man, wipe your tears, it makes people panic." Go! ”

Peace then kowtowed and thanked him and took his leave.

Zhu Di also stood up from the public seat, walked back and forth in front of the seat, suddenly stood still, turned his head to Zheng He and said, "Zheng He, you call someone to tell Gao Xu and ask him to pick it up, we are all going to Jingshi." ”

Zheng He bowed and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

When Zheng He walked out of the front hall, he was suddenly a little puzzled. A few days ago, I remember that the emperor read a sentence, which seemed to want King Gaoyang to temporarily go north from Beiping to prepare for the border. Today it has been changed again, which means to return to Beijing together.

A few days ago, Zheng He didn't dare to reveal the news to Zhu Gaoxu...... If Zhu Gaoxu heard the news, he would definitely be dissatisfied! At present, everyone is waiting for the reward for meritorious deeds, and it has not yet been decided which of the two princes will be the prince, but Zhu Gaoxu was taken to the northern border, he has so much merit, can he be satisfied?

As soon as he was dissatisfied, he came to Yanwang's Mansion to make trouble, and the person who revealed the news like this couldn't hide it......

At this time, Zheng He guessed that Princess Xu might have said something to the emperor.

So Zheng He was ordered to send people to the palace of Gaoyang County to deliver the decree. The eunuch returned, and King Gaoyang was not surprised, he was ready, and was waiting for the day of the class teacher.

A few days later, the civil and military forces of Beiping were ready, and hundreds of thousands of troops and countless family officials left Beiping one after another.

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Qu Neng and the other three had crossed the lake on horseback, followed the river to the west, and gradually entered the mountainous area, and many roads were no longer able to ride horses. They walked for several days before they arrived in Wushan County, and they did not dare to go to the county seat, so they took some dry food and continued to walk north into the Wushan Mountains.

The mountains were so steep that the roads were difficult to navigate, so they had to walk along the road in the valley, and they could barely see the light of day when they looked up. The more he walked, the more sparsely populated he became, Qu Neng couldn't help but worry, and said in his heart: It is indeed difficult to be found by people hiding in the mountains, but if you continue to walk, it is too far away from the town, how can you get food supplies?

At this moment, two men, a man and a woman, came along the road, with dark and rough skin, who looked like coolies, but who were very strangely dressed in coarse sermon robes.

The middle-aged woman stepped forward to speak, with a strong local accent. But fortunately, Qu Neng served as the commander of the capital in Sichuan for a long time, and he could understand the dialects of many places in Sichuan.

The middle-aged woman claimed to be a Taoist priest and said that there was a ghost king temple nearby, and the ghost king had come out of the underworld, and evil spirits were rampant between heaven and earth. If you come up, you have to sell rune water, which can ward off evil spirits and keep you safe.

When Qu Neng was governing the military and government of Sichuan, he knew that there were White Lotus Sect activities prohibited by the imperial court in the mountainous area, and these two people did not look like normal Taoist priests at all, but very much like White Lotus Sectists. But he couldn't manage that much now, so he bought a few copper coins and sent them away.

Qu Neng didn't believe in the words of the White Lotus Sect at all, and when the two Taoist priests left, he threw the talisman water. Back then, when he was in Sichuan, he sent troops to exterminate the White Lotus Sect, but today he personally bumped into it, and he also bought runic water, which is really ridiculous.

In the evening, the three of them found a small land temple, lit a fire in the temple to make food, and then spent the night.

They took turns to be on duty, and in the second half of the night, Qu Liangcai, who was on duty, suddenly shouted: "The burden of money is gone!" ”

Qu Neng got up and saw that there were faint figures jumping away in the night. He immediately grabbed a piece of firewood and chased after it, but the figure had already run away, Qu Neng was not familiar with the terrain, where could he catch up in the dark?

In the baggage is the gold and silver given to him by Zhu Gaoxu!

Qu Liangcai said with a guilty face: "My son didn't pay attention, he dozed off for a while, but he didn't expect that there were thieves in this wilderness......"

The three of them walked for a day, and they were indeed tired. In the second half of the night, people are also more likely to be sleepy, Qu Neng blamed his son too much, and only said: "Without money, it is more difficult for us to gain a foothold, we have to get things back!" The two White Lotus Sect people during the day were very suspicious. Early tomorrow morning, let's go to the neighborhood to inquire about where the people from the White Lotus Sect are. ”

Early the next morning, Qu Neng first went to explore the path in the direction that the thief ran in the previous night, and the mountains on both sides were steep, and it was impossible to climb without a road. So Qu Neng and the others walked along the road, and when they came to a fork in the road on the side of the mountain, he stood there and looked left and right.

At this moment, a cloth towel in the bushes and barren grass on the hillside caught Qu Neng's attention. Then he found that there was a way up the hill in the grass, so he picked up a dead branch, and walked carefully up the steep mountain road, until he came to the cloth towel, and when he picked it up, it was relatively clean, and it was theirs.

Those thieves are not clever people, they do things in a mess, and they were soon found by Qu Neng.

"Come up! This way! Qu Neng called back.

Any hillside in this Wushan mountain area is very high, and the three of them have walked for a long time, and they are still halfway up the mountain. At that moment, they turned to the other side of the hill, and a temple overhung the cliff appeared in front of them. It's very peculiar to hang in mid-air!

"Onioji?" Qu Liangcai blurted out, "Father, do you remember the words of those two Taoist priests yesterday?" ”

The eunuch Wang Gui suddenly felt fear.

"Humph!" Qu Neng made a voice, his face did not change, and he sneered, "Lao Tzu is killing people in the battle array, I don't know who the ghost king is!" ”

So Qu Neng took the lead alone and continued to walk towards the temple of the hanging mountain.

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