After several battles with King Ning, Wang Laohu did not return to Hangzhou, but directly took people to the capital, the weather was still so hot, along the way, it was stop-and-go, and the two-day journey was divided into four days, which delayed some time.

His angina pectoris seemed to be more serious than before, and now it was time for less than three days, and he was about to have an attack, he couldn't care about it so much, he urgently needed to go to Beijing and explain everything that had happened to the military department and the emperor.

Capital.

Wang Laohu's first stop was his uncle's grandmother, because of the change of family history, the family road is in the middle, this family is Wang Laohu's place to go, but at the moment he is shouldering other important responsibilities, so after arriving in the capital, Wang Laohu entrusted Rong Yu to visit on his behalf.

The first stop he was going to was to enter the palace to see the emperor.

At this moment, Wang Laohu was anxiously waiting outside the palace, and a eunuch came out and said, "The emperor is not in the palace, but someone wants to see you." ”

The emperor is not in the palace, will the emperor be in the leopard room? This is Wang Laohu's first reaction, if he can't see the emperor, he can't talk to him about some words or things. But the eunuch said that if someone wanted to see him, who would want to see him? Wang Laohu wanted to see this person.

Not knowing the situation, he followed the eunuch into the palace, only to see that the eunuch led him to a secluded place.

Wang Laohu felt that this incident was unusual, it was getting more and more remote, and the person who asked him to meet was still in something unpleasant to meet him here. He couldn't help but think about it, and he was no longer allowed to think about it, there were already some people around him, these people were carrying embroidered spring knives, and it seemed that they were not good.

"What do you want to do?" Wang Laohu faced Jinyiwei, and his face did not change.

A man came out of one place, who seemed to be their leader, and said, "Lord Wang, you should know what you have committed, and I am also acting on orders, so please come with us." ”

Wang Laohu thought for a while, hugged his fists towards the sky, and said: "I entered the palace to see the emperor, and I also want to explain this matter to him, if you take me to see the emperor, I can go with you." “

"It's hard for me to say whether I will take you to see the emperor or not, I have been tasked with arresting you, and I don't know anything else."

Capture the king tiger. Wang Laohu knew that the court had already known about his private dispatch of troops, and they had already known that they had quelled King Ning's rebellion, but why did they not send troops, and where was the crux of the problem? "I want to see the emperor." Wang Laohu said.

"I can't do this thing, and it doesn't matter if you say it." The leader said, "You'd better come with me obediently." ”

Wang Laohu looked at the brocade guards beside him, dozens of people, holding their unique weapons in their hands, embroidered spring knives. If you come by force, you may be able to escape, but then, what should you do, is to go to the leopard room to see the emperor, can you easily see him? Who is the one who wants to arrest him? The answer Wang Laohu gave himself at this moment was the Eight Tigers, which Liu Jin ordered to arrest himself.

Wang Laohu came to the capital to bear the guilt of Jing Jing, and if he did it with Jinyiwei, he would lose a lot. But Jinyiwei is an unreasonable place, and there are few people who go in and come out. Will you be captured, or will you fight back and run away from here?

Wang Laohu thought that he was on a line with Liu Jin, so why did he still come to arrest him? Is his purpose really trying to get rid of himself? Or maybe he knows something else. Everything is unknown, in the confusion, the more he can't figure it out, the more he has to figure it out, if he doesn't enter the tiger's den, how can he figure it out.

Wang Laohu wants to gamble. "Okay, I'll go with you."

"Count you as acquaintances, please." The leader is quite polite.

Liu Jin.

Wang Qianwen said: "Wang Laohu really came by himself, what does this mean?" We didn't let him send troops, he went to Jiangxi by himself, Anwei, and suppressed the rebellion of Prince Ning in more than 40 days. ”

"Lord Wang is giving himself a long face, and I want to say that your military department handled this matter properly?" Ma Ren said.

"The military department never gave him this order, and I have already said that he is the one who makes the decision on his own." Wang Qianwen said.

"We might as well listen to Liu Chitose's opinion on this matter." Yao Yuling said with a smile.

Liu Jin fiddled with his pipe, a pipe that had never been lit, and listened to the words of several adults, and also sneered, "I have ordered someone to arrest him and put him in prison." ”

Yao Yuling said: "Liu Qiansui is wise, this king tiger is a stubborn tiger, he can't be trained, and going to prison is his destination." ”

Wang Qianwen said: "Lord Yao is right, he disobeys the orders of the military department, acts recklessly, is simply lawless, and has no eyes for a thousand years, such a person should be sent to prison." ”

Liu Jin shook his head and said, "You all think it's right for me to put him in prison, but have you seen Wang Gongzi's talent?" ”

Wang Laohu's talent? Wang Qianwen said: "King Ning is known to have an army of 200,000, and Wang Laohu is only 100,000 people, and he can defeat King Ning in more than 40 days, and win more with less, which shows that this person has outstanding talent in military affairs." ”

Yao Yuling and Ma Ren nodded.

"You are only right about one point, but you really use less and more, but not 100,000 against 200,000, but 70,000 against 200,000!" As soon as Liu Jin said this, Wang Qianwen hurriedly said: "Sure enough, he is a military wizard." ”

"In the rebellion of King Ning, in addition to Wang Laohu, there was one other person who participated, and he was Wang Sizhong." Liu Jindao.

"Wang Sizhong is the imperial history of the capital, this person is upright, upright, and talks about the unity of knowledge and action all day long, this person is not the same person as us." Yao Yuling

"How can Wang Laohu get involved with this kind of person." Wang Qianwen said, "

"Wang Laohu can

Winning more with less shows that he does have a hand, but he did not follow the wishes of the court and sent troops privately, which is a big mistake, I locked him up first, about how to deal with ......? ”

Wang Qianwen said: "Chitose, I understand. He made a killing gesture as he spoke.

Liu Jin said slowly: "You guys, you know how to kill, kill, kill." Although Wang Sizhong is talented, he is not a threat without him. As for Wang Laohu, I want to see what the emperor does with him? ”

"I see." Yao Yuling said.

Leopard room.

Yao Yuling, Ma Ren, and Wang Qianwen came to meet the emperor.

The emperor broke up the women around him.

"Your Majesty, we didn't want to come to disturb your Yaxing, but this matter is serious, so the three of us have to come to the leopard room." Yao Yuling said.

The emperor knew that these three people had never come to the leopard room, and this time they came suddenly, there must be something important, as for what it was, he didn't know it yet, the worst thing was that King Ning had captured Nanjing, and now he was going all the way north to the capital.

Wang Qianwen said: "Your Majesty, the commander of Hangcheng took the soldiers and horses to Anhui and Jiangxi to attack King Ning without the order of the military department, and has now been captured by us back to the capital. ”

It turned out to be this one thing. The emperor asked the military department and the prime minister to draw up a plan as soon as possible and prepare to fight against King Ning, but now there is no plan in hand, not to mention, and Wang Laohu, who resisted King Ning, will be captured back to the capital, what do you say. The emperor didn't show it, and was as calm as usual.

"This Wang Laohu is a new official who was only promoted last year, and in my impression, it seems that he was strongly recommended by a few of you." The emperor said.

Yao Yuling rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, we know that Wang Laohu was picked up by you, and he must be very capable, and it just happened that the position of the prefect of Hangzhou was vacant, so he tried his best to recommend it, but I didn't expect that he would do such a rebellion and rebellion." ”

What a Yao Yuling, he actually put the responsibility on me again, the emperor thought. These people have come today to see my jokes. "You have to do it until you know, look at King Ning, who knew that he would raise an army to plot rebellion today? I asked you to think of a way to deal with this incident, and I haven't seen you come up with a reason to this day. Wang Laohu is a reckless man, I think it's just a general's material, but everyone Aiqing said that Wang Laohu is qualified enough to be the prefect, and he has no right to suppress it, and now there is finally something wrong. ”

What an emperor, it seems that he wants to put the responsibility on us. Yao Yuling thought, "Your Majesty, whether Wang Laohu has any talent, let's not talk about it for the time being, now that he has been captured by us and taken back to the capital, how should we deal with it?" ”

If you want to deal with it, I really want to dispose of you, and I take the court's money, but I don't help me solve my worries. The emperor looked at the ministers in front of him, and thought, Wang Laohu, Wang Laohu, I will install you in Hangzhou, you will not be able to be stable. "King Ning, how is he now? Can you figure out any good ways to fight back? ”

Wang Qianwen glanced at Yao Yuling and said, "Back to the emperor, King Ning sent troops to Anqing, and was beaten back by Anqing's defenders and Wang Laohu's people. ”

When the emperor heard this, he smiled with relief in his heart, but his facial expression was still numb.

Wang Qianwen continued: "Nanchang, King Ning's old nest, was attacked by Lord Wang Sizhong, so he turned back and returned to Nanchang, and was besieged by Wang Laohu at Poyang Lake, and was finally wiped out by Wang Laohu. ”

Listening to Wang Qianwen's reply, the emperor's worries finally fell, he pinched his fingers, from the beginning of the army to the capture of King Ning, Wang Laohu only took more than 40 days, such a speed, not ordinary fast. For such a hero who relieved his worries, but was arrested and returned to the capital, the emperor naturally knew it, but now, he can't do anything. "King Ning's matter is settled, does Wang Laohu have anything to say?"

"After Wang Laohu's wife is imprisoned, we will immediately come to see the emperor and want to hear how the emperor will send him?" Yao Yuling said.

Normally, you don't necessarily come to inquire, but now you are so proactive, and it was not long after Wang Laohu was arrested, this is obviously to trick me to see if I am biased towards him. The emperor looked at Yao Yuling and asked, "What does Yao Aiqing think I should do with Wang Laohu?" ”

"Hmm...... This ......" Yao Yuling didn't think about how to deal with Wang Laohu, he wanted to hand over the hot potato to the emperor, but he didn't expect the emperor to throw it over, "Your Majesty, Wang Laohu is the commander you picked up with one hand, and he should obey the command, but this time he did not follow the orders of the military department, ignored the laws of the court, and deserved to be punished." ”

Wang Qianwen said: "A commander does not have such a great right to fight across provinces, he is messing with the law and rules, so he thinks that Wang Laohu deserves to be punished." ”

Okay, you Wang Qianwen and Yao Yuling, if this is done as you say, King Ning will make a mess, regardless of asking, can my country still be protected? According to the rules and regulations, it is also necessary to talk about the time, now I can't take care of political affairs, everything that benefits me is a must do, and those who value the Ming Dynasty are my people.

The emperor said: "Aiqing already has an idea in his heart, so let's do what you want." ”

"Your Majesty, we have already asked Lord Li of the Criminal Department, Wang Laohu's situation should be dealt with as the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion." Yao Yuling said.

Guilty of rebellion! Of course, the emperor also knows the seriousness of this crime, if this crime is convicted, not only Wang Laohu will be punished, but Shi Youcai in the Bianhang City Guard, his family will be implicated, this is a crime of exterminating the nine clans.

"When such a big thing happened in Hangchengwei, you only arrested Wang Laohu?" The emperor asked.

"The emperor means that the other people in the Hangcheng Guard will also be punished?" Wang Qianwen asked.

"Wang Laohu sent troops to Anqing and Jiangxi, others will not know, these

People should also be punished. ”

"Back to the emperor, when Wang Laohu sent troops, he locked up the other generals in the guard, and the deputy commander was also imprisoned by Wang Laohu." Wang Qianwen said.

It must have been Shi Youcai who didn't agree to send troops, so Wang Laohu locked him up. This Wang Laohu can be regarded as considering Shi Youcai, and he wants to bear the consequences of this rebellion alone. Just this sin of rebellion? The emperor thought that if this crime was convicted, the chess pieces he had painstakingly arranged would be abolished. The three people in front of them are completely here to probe their own tone today, and if they exonerate Wang Laohu, it may have a counterproductive effect.

"This Wang Laohu should have thought of such a result when he sent out the army, but Wang Laohu was recommended by me and you, he did something wrong, should we also be held accountable." The emperor said.

"This ......," Wang Qian Wen said.

Yao Yuling glanced at him and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and we will report to you after we have interrogated Wang Laohu in detail." ”

The emperor nodded.

The three ministers went out, the emperor fell into contemplation, for many months, Liu Jin arranged himself in the leopard room, let himself be addicted to alcohol, delay political affairs, but these are not what he thinks, what he has to do, there was Lord Ding to help him before, and now Wang Laohu can help him, so Wang Laohu can't do anything.

But how to save him, the little eunuch Xiao Lizi beside him has disappeared, it is very likely that he has been persecuted by Liu Jin, who else can be trusted by his side now?

"The emperor really doesn't mean to save Wang Laohu?" Liu Jin asked Yao Yuling, who had just returned from the leopard room.

"The emperor still remembers that we elected Wang Laohu, but as for wanting to save him, he doesn't seem to have that intention."

Liu Jin touched the pipe in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and said thoughtfully: "If the emperor doesn't save him, can his life be saved?" ”

"Chitose means we condemned him and cut down Wang Laohu?" Wang Qianwen said.

"There's no urgency in this matter, I'll ask him and see what he says." Liu Jindao.

Jinyi Guard Prison.

Wang Laohu was standing on the side, looking at the wall in the cell, pondering, now he is in prison, fortunately, the people of Jinyiwei did not embarrass him, he thought about how he could see the emperor, but the Jinyiwei here, who can be trusted, Wang Laohu is not clear, and he can't use his own people in Jinyiwei unless he has to.

"General Wang." A familiar voice came into Wang Laohu's ears, and Wang Laohu turned around and saw that it was Master Kuang.

"Lord Kwong." Wang Laohu asked Hou Dao.

"How can you be so rude to General Wang?" Master Kwong said to the jailer, "Open the cell. ”

The jailer took out the key and opened the door.

Master Kuang let Wang Laohu out of the cell, but Wang Laohu had no other thoughts, followed him out of the cell, and sat down at a table with him.

"I didn't expect that you and I parted at the beginning, and now we will see you again, but you are in prison." Kwong Da Humane.

Wang Laohu knew that Master Kuang was Liu Jin's person, and he should have come here to talk to himself. "I am very grateful to Lord Kwong for his kindness, if it were not for Lord Kwong, my official career would not have been so smooth. I'm in some trouble this time, and I'm grateful if you can help. ”

"Do you know what you're guilty of? With so many people in Asari, what are you going to do? "Kuang Daren is humane.

"You know I've just taken office, and I'm always thinking about doing something to make a difference. Now I just happened to run into that kind of incident, so I think that such a big thing should be done more and more. I didn't expect that this time I really folded. Wang Laohu said.

"Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart, Chitose Ye attaches great importance to you, and I wanted you to contribute gravity to the court, but now it is difficult for Chitose Ye to do such a thing." Kwong Da Humane.

"Lord Kuang, you must help me this time, if I can be exempted from punishment, I will definitely remember Lord Kuang, Lord Kuang's kindness to me is like a mountain, I will never forget it until I die."

"Alas, I said it a long time ago, what about me, I don't have much strength, if Chitose Master can send a word, this strength, Chaozhong can also tremble three times."

"How can I see Master Chitose, if Lord Kuang can treat me with kind words in front of Lord Chitose and erase my guilt, I will definitely do my best to serve Lord Kuang."

"You and I are both officials in the court, and in terms of official character, you are still one level older than me, how can you say such a thing, I can't afford it." Lord Kuang said, "To be honest, Master Chitose is very dissatisfied with your performance this time. ”

Wang Laohu was stunned by what Lord Kuang said at this time, whether it was the military department or the Jinyi guard, they all knew about it, but they didn't tell the emperor, or they told the emperor, but they didn't make decent action accessories, why is this? Wang Laohu blocked King Ning, but Liu Jin was dissatisfied, which was expected, but to what extent he was dissatisfied, Wang Laohu didn't know.

"This ...... I don't know, if I knew that Chitose Ye meant this, I wouldn't go to kill me, and I wouldn't have made such a big mistake like I do now. ”

"You are in Hangzhou, what are you going to do in Jiangxi? Chitose is also wondering? ”

"Didn't I want to make a contribution, I thought I would make a contribution, but I didn't expect it to backfire."

"General Wang, you have a big deal in this matter, and I will come to see you after I have asked Master Chitose."

Wang Laohu grabbed Master Kuang and said, "My little life is all entrusted to Master Kuang." As long as you can save my life, I will do it for you. ”

Master Kuang patted Wang Laohu's hand and said, "Wait for my news." Then he said to the head of the prison: "Good life to entertain General Wang." ”