Because Wang Laohu was in a hurry to see the old man, he didn't stay in Yihong Courtyard, and he also sold a good mouth and gave the peach to Hu Gongzi.

At this time, the sky was already completely dark, the capital was the same as other cities, at such a time, there were few people in the market, but the place where Wang Laohu was going was different, the leopard room, this place, even if it was a little later, there were patrolling soldiers, coming and going, but the number of times and the interval were different, and all this was only known to familiar people or people inside.

Wang Laohu already knew something, because there were his own people in it, and in addition, if the emperor asked him to come, he would also take care of some things for him. Despite this, there are still some uncertain factors in it, so the ability to respond to emergencies on the spot is still very important.

At this time, a large number of people would get in the way, so Wang Laohu only brought Feng Sheng alone.

The two rushed to the leopard house, this royal entertainment venue, like the royal palace, is lined with walls, and it is indeed not easy to enter. Wang Laohu and Feng Sheng took out a black cloth from their arms and covered their faces. This is a precautionary measure to be taken before entering the house, and if they are discovered, they can still run away, let alone be recognized.

According to the pre-plan, Wang Laohu had to wait outside the door, waiting for the inside to send them a message. "Coo, coo, coo" There were a few bird calls, which were exactly the signal they had agreed on beforehand. Seeing that there was a signal coming, Wang Laohu was very excited, and his wish to see the emperor was about to be fulfilled.

Feng Sheng responded with a few frog chirps. "Quack" and the sound of birds in the room echoed each other, and Feng Sheng nodded to Wang Laohu. Wang Laohu understood, and walked towards a door in the leopard room with Feng Sheng.

Coming to the door, Wang Laohu looked around and looked around, and after confirming that no one was following, he asked Feng Sheng to knock on the door, "knock" a few times, two long and one short, in the silent night, it seemed a little different.

There was also a long and short response from behind the door, and these codes were all right.

The door opened, and Feng Sheng took out a "tiger" card in his hand. The man nodded.

Everything is already in place.

Wang Laohu and Feng Sheng entered, in addition to one Neiying, there was also a girl, who turned out to be Lingling of the Flower God Society.

"Prince Wang, I was ordered to pick you up to see the emperor." Lingling said.

Wang Laohu was suffering from a black cloth at this time, he nodded at Lingling, at this time, he wanted to see the emperor's heart was much more important than other things, so he didn't ask Lingling more, their current situation, and other questions.

At this time, there were only three of them left, Nei Ying had already left, this is also the meaning of Wang Laohu, this person is very important in the leopard room, there can be no mistakes, the two of them are led by Lingling, towards the designated place.

The streets of the capital have been deserted, but the leopard house at this time is still brightly lit, and this is a completely different scene, another world. Liu Jin gave the emperor another world, and he wanted to leave the emperor in the leopard room and live a happy life.

Lingling took Wang Laohu to a place and said to Wang Laohu, "The emperor asked you to change your clothes." ”

Wang Laohu nodded, and said to Feng Sheng, "Feng Sheng, this is the leopard room, I will go to see the emperor, you stay here and wait for me to come back." ”

Lingling said, "This place is relatively safe. ”

After Wang Laohu changed into a eunuch clothes, Lingling led Wang Laohu to a place, the closer he got, the more he could hear the singing and laughter there, at this time, the emperor and a group of people were there singing and dancing.

The place was as bright as daytime, and the emperor sat in front of the stage, watching the girls dancing in the hall. These girls wore thin silk clothes, revealing two snow-white shoulders, dancing gracefully, under the rhythm of the pianists, taking a light dance posture, swinging at a frequency, the body could not help swinging from side to side, under the dance posture of hand and leg coordination, the face was exposed through the hands, and a pair of charming eyes were thrown to the emperor on the stage, and the emperor couldn't help but show a knowing smile.

Wang Laohu didn't expect that the emperor would ask him to meet in this place, there are many people in this place, there are girls around him, as well as girls who accompany dancers in Taichung, musicians, eunuchs, and brocade guards, is this kind of environment the best meeting place for the two? Wang Laohu muttered in his heart.

Lingling whispered to Wang Laohu, "Childe, you wait here." Before she arrived in the hall, Lingling said. Wang Laohu understood that she was going to inform the emperor that this might not be the real meeting place for them.

Wang Laohu was outside the huge hall, he could vaguely see some things in the hall, the girls who accompanied the emperor, Wang Laohu could see at a glance that they were the women of the Flower God Society, and the people who danced in Taichung, he didn't know, these may be dancers found from elsewhere, and the music continued.

After a while, the music stopped, some musicians and dancers dispersed from the door in the other direction, and the lights dimmed a little, and Wang Laohu guessed that the emperor was going to end the excitement in the hall and meet with him. As I thought, it is indeed inappropriate to talk when there are many people, although the emperor chose this place, but he also knows in his heart that the meeting between the two should also be after the people disperse.

After some time, Lingling came out to call Wang Laohu. He had just entered the hall here.

The people in the hall have almost been cleared, or the emperor is left. Lingling asked the emperor for peace, then stepped back, and when she passed by Wang Laohu's side, she said softly, "Wang Gongzi, there are our people staring around here. ”

Wang Laohu nodded.

"Wechen

Wang Laohu knocked to see the emperor. Wang Laohu saluted the emperor.

"Aiqing Ping, at this time, there should be no such cumbersome etiquette between you and me." The emperor said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Laohu couldn't get used to their set of etiquette, but in that era, he had to do it as a last resort.

"I want to know, what actions have the Eight Tigers made in the past few months?"

Listening to the emperor's meaning, he thought that Wang Laohu had already penetrated into their interior, at least he should know something, and the actions of the Eight Tigers were very important to them. "Back to the emperor, Liu Jin has a list in his hand, and he wants to do something to the people on this list."

"I've heard of this list for a long time, and I know that these are the people he wants to get rid of. These people should be loyal to me. ”

"Although I don't know all the people on this list, I don't know who they are or what official positions they are, but I know that there is one General Yu'an in the fifth military camp in the capital." Wang Laohu wanted to hear something useful from the emperor's mouth.

"Yu'an?" The emperor thought in his mind for a while, "He is also on the list?" ”

Hearing such a strange question from the emperor, Wang Laohu's heart suddenly became nervous, could there be any deception in this? Is Liu Jin testing himself? Thinking of this, Wang Laohu couldn't help but shudder in his heart, and he thought about it carefully, when he fought with Yu An, did he ever show any flaws. After thinking about it for a while, I didn't think of any flaws in myself.

"Yu An, the deputy commander of the Fifth Military Battalion, is a self-contained faction, hasn't he stood on the side of the Eight Tigers?" The emperor asked.

"Weichen also has his own doubts about this matter, just as the emperor still thinks, I am also afraid that General Yu is testing me, so I came to ask the emperor for instructions."

"The talisman is in Liu Jin's hands, in such an important place as the three major battalions in the capital, Liu Jin's claws have already stretched in, even if Yu An disagrees with Liu Jin, with his small deputy escort commander, how many people can there be?"

The emperor's analysis is very right, Yu An does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, even if he pulls it over, what kind of role can it play? "What does the emperor mean that he doesn't care, don't save it?"

"Remember what I told you? It is necessary to focus on the overall situation, and it is inevitable to sacrifice a few people when necessary. When the emperor said this, Wang Laohu's heart was even more confused, whether Yu An was from the emperor's side or not, he had no bottom.

"Wei Chen is thinking, Liu Jin is stepping up to eliminate dissent at this time, will there be greater action in the future?" Wang Laohu expressed his doubts.

"The Eight Tigers have been doing this for a long time, and in order to prevent persecution, I have approved the two Cabinet Lords, Lord Huang and Lord Tsubasa, to return to their hometowns. Do you remember Master Ding? My criminal department was forced to a barren place by them. The current Shangshu Zhao of the Criminal Department is also a member of the Eight Tigers, and among these high-ranking officials in the capital, there are few who can be trusted. ”

Lord Zhao of the Criminal Department is a member of the Eight Tigers, and Wang Laohu should have known this a long time ago. He thought of his little sister, Ding Daiyun, after the accident in Dingfu, the son of Zhao Mansion married Ding Daiyun, could there be any problem here?

"Your Majesty, you summoned me so urgently today, not just to discuss with me the actions of the Eight Tigers in recent days." Wang Laohu asked.

Although the actions of the Eight Tigers in recent days are important, Wang Laohu knows that the emperor should have more important things to discuss with Wang Laohu.

"Liu Jin is the head of the Eight Tigers, and there is no one who can really penetrate his heart, so no matter how you want to get close to him, you won't succeed. Do you understand what I mean? ”

What the emperor said must have his own meaning, Wang Laohu said, "Your Majesty, Rong Weichen think about it." ”

"You're so smart that you'll think of what I mean." The emperor said, "Tiger God, do you remember the Tiger God Army that followed you?" ”

What did the emperor mean when he suddenly said this? "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"What do you think of this team?"

The number of this team is not large, thousands of people, but the combat effectiveness is extraordinary, this is Wang Laohu's impression of them, "Your Majesty, this team is inferior to Jinyiwei in terms of combat effectiveness. ”

"Do you know who is in command of this team?"

Wang Laohu shook his head, he hadn't seen them since he said goodbye to them in Hunan last time? It's not clear where they came from or where they've been?

The emperor smiled mysteriously and said softly, "I have ordered them to return to the capital in two months. Do you know why they went back to the capital? ”

Wang Laohu shook his head again, Wang Laohu didn't know about the emperor's arrangement.

"I'm ready to do something to Liu Jin!" When the emperor said this, Wang Laohu chuckled in his heart, the emperor said this sentence at this time, there must be a certain kind of suitable opportunity, or a certain kind of opportunity.

"Your Majesty, the power of the Eight Tigers is not to be underestimated now, and now we are sure enough to deal with them?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Are you doubting my abilities?"

"No, no, Your Majesty. Wechen just wanted to confirm. ”

"The Eight Tigers have been in chaos in the DPRK for many years, and the dynasty is chaotic, I don't want this kind of thing to go on again, it's time to rectify."

"This arrow is sent out, but there is no arrow back."

"So I want your full cooperation."

"How does the emperor want Weichen to cooperate?"

"Disturb the Eight Tigers and make them suspicious of each other."

Wang Laohu nodded. However, Wang Laohu still had a scruple that the Eight Tigers controlled the three major battalions in the capital, the Jinyi Guard, and these horses alone could not compete with them at all, and the only way was to control some of them and compete with each other.

"Your Majesty, the Eight Tigers control the three major battalions in the capital, and the strength of this army is not something that a Tiger God Army can compete with." Wang Laohu reminded.

"I have also taken this into account, and I am also worried about this matter, if this day really comes, we will break it into pieces and let the Tiger God Army secretly enter the capital."

"It's not easy to enter the capital, and if you want to enter the palace, it's even more difficult to get to the sky." Wang Laohu said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about relying on one of the three major battalions in the capital, or the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"Jin Yiwei? Do you think we can take it from Liu Jin? The emperor asked rhetorically.

"Jin Yiwei is not good, we can consider starting in the three major battalions."

"Isn't Yu An one of Liu Jin's list? But we can't be sure if he's really on his list. ”

This kind of game between cat and mouse is indeed difficult to determine. "Your Majesty, you have set a timetable for dealing with the Eight Tigers, Weichen has a bold idea, Yu An is not on the list of the Eight Tigers, I will meet him for a while, whether he is or not, it will always be revealed."

"It's risky, but it's worth trying." The emperor said, "To complete this great cause of rebellion, of course, the more people, the better." In this way, Wang Aiqing will go to see Yu An, if he can draw a clear line with the Eight Tigers and assist me, I will definitely be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. ”

"The emperor is wise, but what if Yu An is the person Liu Jin secretly sent to test me, then what should I do?"

"If there is evidence, Wang Aiqing has the right to dispose of it." The emperor said.

Wang Laohu nodded, with this power of disposal, he will be more handy in doing things, and if he kills Yu An, he will not blame himself. "Your Majesty......" Wang Laohu just wanted to ask for something, but he didn't expect that on this night, there were still people like them who hadn't fallen asleep yet.

"Your Majesty, Prince Wang, Fu Wen, the brocade guard, is rushing here." A female disciple of the Flower God Society came to preach.

The emperor and Wang Laohu were taken aback at the same time, the two met here secretly, it stands to reason that it was very secret, but it still made the people of Jinyi Wei smell something, Fu Wen entered the leopard room at this time, he should have heard something. Wang Laohu looked at the emperor, but the emperor's face did not change.

Fu Wen came to the hall with more than twenty brocade guards, such a fast pace, and still carrying a knife in his hand, the people in the Ming knew what news he had gotten when he saw it, so he hurried over.

Fu Wen glanced at the brocade guards under his hand, they had followed Fu Wen for many days, and they all knew more about these, Fu Wen's glance, they would immediately understand, they drew knives, and surrounded the hall. Fu Wen took the rest of the people and hurried into the hall.

As soon as Fu Wen rushed to the hall, he took a look at the hall, except for the emperor and a few women around him, there was no one else.

These women gathered around the emperor, or were hugged by the emperor, or handed wine to the emperor. But Fu Wen's mind is not here at all, he wants to find another person, the person he needs to find, it is very important to him.

"General Fu, in the middle of the night, did you come here to protect me?" Seeing that Fu Wen was looking for things everywhere, the emperor asked first.

Fu Wen came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that a man in black had broken into here, so he specially brought someone over to take a look." ”

"The Man in Black?" The emperor looked at the people around him suspiciously, "Is there a loophole in the guards on our side?" Can someone come in and out casually? General Fu, you have to find out for me. ”

Fu Wendao, "The guards here have always been in charge of the Jinyi guard, and it stands to reason that there are basically no loopholes, but someone saw a man in black enter tonight, and the two disappeared in a flash, so Weichen thinks they may have come here." ”

"Since the guards don't have any loopholes, how did this man in black get in?" The emperor asked, "Did anyone see it?" Is this man dazzled? ”

Faced with the emperor's questioning, Fu Wen did not refute it. His focus is still on all the people in the hall, in addition to the emperor, there are several other women in the hall, two women are thinly dressed, showing two crisp shoulders, they are leaning on the left and right sides of the emperor, two women are in front of the emperor, one is holding a plate, his head is down, and the other is holding a fruit in his hand and keeps playing with it.

There was also a woman who lay on the blanket beside the emperor, with long hair draped over her shoulders, covering her entire face, and outsiders couldn't see her appearance at all.

Fu Wen wanted to see these women one by one.

The emperor saw his thoughts and deliberately asked, "Do you suspect that there is something wrong with these women of mine?" ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Although Fu Wen said this, his eyes were still like an eagle, staring at these women desperately.

The emperor smiled, and suddenly said sharply, "Bold, these girls were all found by Liu Jin for me, he is loyal to me, you even suspect him, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall?" ”

"Weichen is just thinking about the emperor's safety, if these people are mixed with assassins and hurt the emperor, we can't afford it."

(End of chapter)