Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yun stood up suddenly, threw the fold on the ground, kicked over the dragon book case, and roared: "This Geng Bingwen, is he old and confused?" I personally sent people to Beiping, and the king of Yan did not surrender, did he think he could persuade the king of Yan to surrender? Still going to negotiate in person? Want to die? In the event of an accident, what will happen to my 300,000-strong army? Geng Bingwen, I'm going to kill you! ”

Zhu Yunwen's voice like a trapped beast echoed in the hall, and Liu Zhen, who had never seen him so hot, was so frightened that he knelt down with the little eunuchs serving around him, and kowtowed frequently: "The emperor is angry!" The emperor is angry! ”

Wang Du, Xie Jin and others, who were dealing with the recital in the side hall next to them, were alarmed, and hurriedly walked over, seeing this situation, it was also inexplicable, and everyone had to kneel down with them: "The emperor is angry!" ”

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen calmed down and waved his hand: "Everyone get up, Wang Du, come here." ”

"Yes."

Everyone looked at Gao Wei's recital, glanced at each other, and Wang Du said first: "Your Majesty, do you think there is a problem with the arrangement of the Marquis of Changxing?" ”

"Can't you see? This is obviously a trick of King Yan, to wipe out Geng Bingwen and others. ”

"I personally sent the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials to Beiping to announce the decree, and there are also Princess Ningguo, the royal family's relatives, and Xu Zengshou, the brother of Princess Yan, representing the imperial court, the clan and relatives respectively, and the King of Yan did not accept the decree, how could he go to Zhuozhou, because Geng Bingwen's letter changed?"

"But, Your Majesty," Xie Jin interjected, "according to the descriptions of Princess Ning Guo and Dudu Xu, it was the squire who was too self-righteous and persecuted King Yan, and King Yan insisted on not accepting the holy decree; Moreover, the minister also thought that it was not appropriate for the tyrant to be a messenger. ”

"Why?"

He opposed the emperor's release of the king back to the domain, and supported the change of seal, and belonged to the representative of the imperial court's vassal faction. The minister wanted to impeach the tyrannical servant here, he was self-righteous and persecuted King Yan, so that the emperor's kindness was in vain. Now that the Marquis of Changxing can persuade King Yan to negotiate, it shows that what Princess Ning Guo and Xu Dudu said is true, so the minister suggested that the squire be imprisoned and severely punished! ”

Impeachment and Tyranny? Zhu Yunwen frowned and said, "Bachelor Xie, didn't you see the twists and turns of the violent Zhao, King Yan insisted on not kneeling and insisted on not accepting the holy decree?" ”

"This matter does exist," Xie Jin choked his neck and said, "But Princess Ning Guo and Xu Dudu think that it was Tyrant Zhao who deliberately provoked King Yan to cause such a result." ”

"The minister objected." Wang Du thought for a while and said: "Master Xie, it was mentioned in the recital of the tyrannical servant that before he met King Yan, he once sent someone to spread the emperor's holy decree in Beiping, and he was immediately placed under house arrest by Zhu Gaochi, the son of Yan; Under house arrest, he hoped that Princess Ning Guo and Xu Dudu would help spread the holy decree, but they refused. Therefore, the minister thinks that the most loyal is precisely the tyrannical servant, Princess Ningguo and Xu Zengshou are selfish, and they are the ones who ignore the emperor's grace. ”

"Master Wang, Princess Ning Guo has also explained this matter, what she means is that the holy decree has not yet been announced, and the violent servant Lang is spreading in the market, this matter is very inappropriate, first of all, it is a capital crime to leak the holy decree without permission, and there is also a suspicion of persecuting King Yan, and King Yan's fierce reaction may be related to this." Xie Jin shook his head and said.

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and coughed: "Both, when he comes back, I want to listen to what he has to say before making a decision." What I want to know now is whether this negotiation is a ruse by King Yan, and if it is, how will the court respond? ”

Xie Jin shook his head and objected: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the two things are actually one, if you think that Tyrant Zhao is not derelict in his duties, then King Yan's negotiation is a ruse; If the tyrannical Zhao is derelict in his duties, then King Yan may be sincere. ”

"This?" Zhu Yunwen was asked by Xie Jin, and couldn't help but look at Wang Du, but Wang Du seemed to be thinking something, and couldn't help coughing: "Zizhong, what are you thinking?" ”

After saying it twice, Wang Du didn't answer, Xie Jin hurriedly pulled him and said in a low voice: "The emperor called you." ”

Wang Du woke up like a dream, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid something has happened to Tyrant!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Storm Zhao set off from Beiping on October 26 and rushed to Xiongxian that night, Princess Ning Guo and others went south from the first line of Dezhou, and they had returned to Beijing two days ago, but there has been no news from Storm Zhao."

"Why is there no news? Bachelor Wang is too forgetful, didn't he give a lesson to the court that night? ”

Wang Du looked at Xie Jin and said with a smile: "Master Xie, then may I ask, where is Tyrant Zhao now?" ”

"Now? How do I know this? Xie Jin shook his head, but his face was a little pale.

Zhu Yunwen was also thoughtful.

Wang Du walked to the map and said: "The minister remembers that it was written at the end of the last violent Zhao that he was going to Zhending, but this time there was no name on it, only the names of the marching commander Shi Gaowei and Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen and the generals, which means that he is not in Zhending." Moreover, the minister thought that if Tyrant Zhao was really determined, he would definitely oppose the negotiation, because he was sent by the imperial court to pardon King Yan, and he had the absolute right to speak on the issue of negotiation. Even if his objection was invalid, he should have made a statement to the imperial court about the matter. ”

"This," Xie Jin thought for a while and said, "Maybe he was ashamed, he found that King Yan accepted the negotiation and reflected on his recklessness, so he ......"

If so, why didn't he sign the fold? Moreover, the minister remembered that in the military report of the Marquis of Changxing, there was no mention of the arrival of the tyrant Lang in calm. Wang Du turned around, walked back to the side hall, and came over with a stack of military newspapers. Then he inspected it in front of Zhu Yunwen and Xie Jin, and finally said: "It's really not, the military newspaper on October 27 recorded the receipt of the message from Violent Zhao, but other than that, there was no news of Violent Zhao. ”

Zhu Yunwen finally changed his color and ordered: "You two immediately check all the recent military reports to see if there is any mention of the news of the violent Zhao." ”

Xie Jin and Wang Du hurriedly took the order and left.

Zhu Yunwen stood up, paced a few steps, and said, "Liu Zhen, you go and pass on my message, and order Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Zhuo Jing to go to the Qianqing Palace immediately to discuss matters." ”

"Yes."

Before Huang Zicheng and others arrived, Xie Jin, Wang Du and others had already completed the investigation, and finally Wang Du put the two military reports in front of Zhu Yunwen and said: "According to the performance of Yang Song, the guard general of Xiong County, and Pan Zhong, the guard general of Mozhou, the tyrant Lang left Xiong County on October 27 under the protection of 500 cavalry and went to Zhending. ”

"Therefore, the minister thought that Lord Tyrant might have been captured or killed, and Lord Tyrant was traveling on horseback, although it was not as urgent as six hundred miles, but he should have arrived in Zhending in one day, but Zhending did not report the news of Lord Tyrant's arrival in Zhending. Moreover, as a messenger, after arriving at Zhending, according to the rules of the imperial court, he had to report the itinerary immediately, but the imperial court did not receive it. Based on these judgments, it can be assumed that the Tyrant disappeared on the way from Xiongxian to Zhending. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and believed Wang Du's judgment, Tyrant Zhao should have had an accident, but I don't know if he is still alive now, Song Zhong is dead, Xie Gui is dead, Chen Zhen is dead, and now there is another Tyrant Zhao, and maybe right now, Geng Bingwen is also gone, start negotiations today, if Zhu Di had premeditated, there should have been a result by now.

"Xie Jin, you immediately draft an order, order the garrisons in Zhending, Hejian, Dezhou and other places to make every effort to find the whereabouts of Tyrant Zhao, to see people alive, to see corpses when dead, and I will be rewarded."

"Yes, Your Majesty."