In the early morning of the next day, the three dusty scouts of the Flying Bear Army finally arrived outside the south gate of Fengjing City. The right hand of the leader is holding up a bamboo tube, on which is still hung with red and yellow silk cloth, which is waving in the southwest direction with the wind......

Tie strips of cloth to the bamboo tube is the rule of the Youbei Military Department, which represents the general who is fighting outside the country, and there is an urgent military return; The red and yellow strips of cloth are also tied to vaguely express the information that is inconvenient to say: the yellow strip of cloth represents the person who received the letter, which is the current emperor of Youbei Sanlu; The red strip of cloth represents the approximate content and urgency of the military situation. Based on the current situation of Youbei Third Road, it is inferred that the bamboo tube is tied with red silk cloth, which means that there is a great victory to return to the Son of Heaven, which is naturally a first-class emergency!

But at this moment, the city gate has not yet reached the time of opening, even if there is a place to report to Beijing at night on weekdays, it needs to be carefully interrogated and searched before it can enter the city under the escort of a team of night watchmen; What's more, in the past two months, Guo Xing, the young marshal of the Pingbei Army, and the eight thousand Yanyun Iron Cavalry under his command have disturbed the entire Guanbei Road, and people are panicked; In addition, at this moment, the commander of the army who guarded the capital Fengjing, or Zhang Huangling, who was known for his 'caution', it was even more impossible for him to directly lower the drawbridge and allow them to pass......

"The brothers below have worked hard! Dare to ask which general you are working under on an errand? ”

The leader of the scouts clenched the bamboo tube in his hand, and replied with both hands to the gatekeepers above the tall city wall:

"Well said! The three of us are the scout cavalry of the Flying Bear Army, and this time, in the name of my family's Yan Shuai, we are back to report the great victory of the Eastern Customs! ”

The gatekeeper was still napping, and was woken up by these three people, and was a little unhappy, and planned to find a random reason to let them wait for another half an hour, and then hand over these troubles to the next person to have a headache after they changed shifts; But now that he heard the big thing that the other party said, the whole person was immediately extremely conscious:

"A great victory at the Eastern Customs? Great, there are three people waiting for a while, those Beiyan dogs have been making too much fun recently, and we have to strengthen the city defense in Fengjing, and the rules of this city gate have also been changed and changed! I'm going to Tongguan and ask him to go out of the city to meet the three of them in person! ”

The gatekeeper quickly finished speaking, then turned around and disappeared. Before he walked down the city wall, he actually fastened the lid on the brazier on the city wall......

In fact, apart from the word 'wait a minute', there was no more than half a word of truth in the mouth of the night watchman. It stands to reason that the other party has already indicated his identity, and there is no mistake or omission in the process of reporting success to the military department, even if there is a problem in it, it will not be able to find his head; But now is different after all, if you want to stabilize the rice bowl in your hand and keep the guy who eats in this chaotic year, you have to be more careful.

After a full stick of incense, the two majestic and heavy gates of Fengjing City finally opened a gap about four people wide. And the night watchman really didn't deceive the three scouts, and the person who greeted him out of the city at this time was really his Shangguan - the person who came was His Royal Highness the King of Qi who was neatly draped and carrying a big gun, and Yan Fujiu, the commander of the Taibai Guard.

"The three of you have worked hard all the way, please go to the official post to rest. Where is the good news from my brother Chongwu, show it to this king......"

His Royal Highness King Qi was full of excitement, and the behavior of first asking about hard work and then asking about official affairs also increased a lot of 'favorability' in the hearts of the three sentinels.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi is really tormenting the villain, how dare you worry about someone as noble as you...... Hmm, but the villain still has some presumptuous words that must be said in the head: this report is presented to His Majesty's Imperial Review, although His Royal Highness the King of Qi is noble and respectful, the villain does not dare to present the holy relics to you first...... Even if Your Majesty is kind-hearted and may be able to let our brothers go, but after you go back, you will always be dealt with by the military law in the Flying Bear Army! I hope that His Royal Highness King Qi can ...... the difficulties."

"Hey, blame me, blame me, blame this king for not speaking clearly! This is the royal music presented to the royal brother, how can this king commit the crime of deceiving the king? This king just saw that you were from the command of my brother, and it was really hard to run all the way, and he planned to run on your behalf and personally send this song to the palace. That way, you can rest earlier, right? ”

Yan Fujiu didn't wait for him to reply, he stepped forward, as if he hadn't seen the dust on his body at all, reached out and grabbed the shoulder of the sentry captain, and whispered:

"If you enter the palace on your own, you will have to pass at least four posts: this gate is counted as one; There is another one in the yamen of the military department; I have a white guard at the gate of the palace; There is one last way to keep the horses; This king is just selling his brother's face, so he stretches out his hand to take care of the nosy, if you still feel inconvenient, then it should be that this king has not said it......

After finishing speaking, Yan Fujiu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, turned sideways to get out of the way of the drawbridge, and motioned for them to come and go. After thinking about it for a while, the sentry commander handed out the bamboo tube in his hand, bowed down and kowtowed three times: "That villain will be the commander of my family, and thank His Royal Highness the King of Qi for his kindness." ”

After half a pillar of incense, Yan Fujiu had already taken off the battle armor he had just put on, and changed into a slightly frivolous moon-white Wensheng uniform, but he wore a golden crown on his head, and walked through the palace gate in one step. At this time, he was standing outside the gate of the Eternal Spirit Palace, waiting for Li Qing, who had already entered the hall to reply.

It didn't take long for the door to split in two, and Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt, who had not seen the light of day for a long time, finally appeared on the futon of the Yongling Palace: he was leaning against the tablets of the ancestors of the Yan family, facing the southern sky with his eyes closed and speechless. Only in his hand is still playing with a string of stone beads of unknown material......

"Your Majesty, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, Dingbian Hou Yan Chongwu sent someone to send a good news, and the minister intercepted him outside the south gate of Fengjing and personally sent it to the palace......."

After speaking, without waiting for Yan Hunt to say something, Yan Fujiu stretched out his hand and pulled open the two bamboo tubes that were set together, and after waiting for a long time to see that the bamboo tubes were no different, he took out the letter paper hidden in it and held it above his head with both hands.

Yan Zhan paused, and then gently raised his chin in the direction of Li Qing, Li Qing also stepped forward to take the letter with interest, cleared his throat and read it.

Yan Chongwu wrote in the letter, except for hiding Shen Gui's exploits and not talking about it, it is basically a truthful report; But how deep is Yan Hunt's mind? Whoever extracts the most important part of the development of a matter and reprocesses the 'facts' after combining them will inevitably have some logical incomprehension; and coupled with the terrifying 'Heavenly Fire Burning City' of the great shaman He Wendao, this war report looks like a strange and chaotic commentary; even so, the facts are already in front of us. The 250,000 troops of the Pingbei Army were still beaten by Yan Chongwu alone. Now only Guo Xing, the vertical son, is still leading more than a thousand remnants, like a lost dog, being chased and killed by Yan Chongwu, I believe that it is only a matter of time before they are all wiped out.

Although Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt didn't know when this Yan Dashuai opened the spiritual acumen, how did he become a peerless general with both wisdom and bravery; I don't know why shamans and wizards, these 'witch doctors, can really attract any 'heavenly fire to burn the city'. But these things can be investigated slowly in the future, but now there is a thorny problem that I have to deal with:

"How can we justifiably reset the throne?"

After Yan Fujiu was gone, Yan Hunt sat on the futon and meditated, and unconsciously read it out loud.

"Your Majesty, it was because of your dragon's health and serious illness that you had to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince temporarily take over the post of supervising the country; But now that you are healthy and full of energy, you naturally don't have to worry about His Royal Highness the Prince...... The slave thinks that Your Majesty's reinstatement of the throne is already in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people, so what's wrong with it? ”

Li Qing heard Yan Hunt's unconsciously uttered distress, and immediately filled in a sentence with all his heart. But just such an intimate sentence made Yan Hunt stare at him stunned for a long time......

"Minions...... The minion said more......"

Although Li Qing didn't know where he provoked this Emperor Xuande, this was not the first time he had spoken about court affairs, and there was no law that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics on Youbei Third Road, so he naturally felt a little inexplicable in the face of Yan Hunt's gaze.

"Hmm...... It's none of your business, I'm just thinking about something else...... Now that the people in the court are the people of the crown prince, except for Li Deng, even if I want to restore the throne, I have to consider the thoughts of the ministers above the court......"

Li Qing shook his head when he heard this:

"Your Majesty...... As far as Wei Chen knows, there are now few civil and military officials above the court, and there are few people from Li Xiangye; Even Wan Changning, the number one lackey under his door, was cut off by him a few days ago, and he is still recuperating in the Prime Minister's Mansion today......"

When Yan Zhan heard this, he immediately felt a little fresh. The business that I have worked hard for half my life and has not been able to complete, only a few days have passed, and it was easily completed by my eldest son?

"Oh? Shi Anke is a capable official, and he is also a confidant promoted by him, how could his old rich man be willing to be punished so much? ”

"I've heard about this too...... It is said that since His Majesty's dragon body is sick, Prime Minister Li Cheng has also said that he is sick at home; After that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't know what means he used, so he actually gathered Wan Changning to work with him, and carefully ploughed the court two or three times......"

"Do you mean to say that the reason why Li Deng is ruthless is because Wan Changning has defected?"

Li Qing smiled slightly puzzled, shook his head and replied:

"I don't know about this minion, but according to the minion, after all, the prince is also Prime Minister Li Cheng's nephew, and since he is a family cooperation, he can't talk about the word 'defection'...... If necessary, it is better for Your Majesty to hand over the Imperial Horse Supervisor ......"

As soon as Yan Hunt heard the words 'Imperial Horse Supervisor', his heart suddenly twisted like a knife. Every time I think that Lu Xiangyin has 'committed suicide', I can't control the tears in my eyes......

"Li Qing, you are not young enough to serve me, you usually do things neatly, and you are also loyal to me; But you really can't do this horse warden job...... As for the successor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, I already have other plans......"

After saying that, Emperor Xuande rubbed his eyes vigorously, waved his hand again, and motioned for Li Qing to exit the door.

"Your Majesty, your eyes are like lightning, you say that the slave can't do it, then the slave definitely can't do it! The slave just sees that you are frowning and wants to help His Majesty solve problems; Since His Majesty has already prepared in his heart, the slave is also relieved...... Your Majesty, you rested early, and the servants went to guard outside the door. ”

Li Qing bowed his head and hunched his waist, and retreated step by step out of the gate of the Eternal Spirit Palace. After the two palace doors were completely closed, the eyes of the head of the four-rank inner court flashed with a moment of viciousness and resentment.