Yang Tinghe didn't understand why Li Dongyang was suddenly so panicked, and he couldn't help but be quite nervous for a while.

Of course, it is normal for Li Dongyang to panic.

After all, only he, Liu Jian and others know that once Zhu Houzhao really reveals the truth about the death of Emperor Hongzhi, then they will die without a place to be buried!

Not only will the body and family suffer a devastating blow, but even a clear reputation will be ruined, and what will remain in the history books will only be the reputation of a "minister who kills the king".

"What a ruthless Zhu Houzhao! He's going to kill us all! ”

Li Dongyang sat down again as he spoke, his fists clenched tightly, but at the same time, he seemed to look around with some fear, and said again in a very low voice:

"At the beginning, I thought that he Zhu Houzhao was young and ignorant, and his mind was not open, so he would not suspect this, but I didn't expect him Zhu Houzhao to suspect it so quickly, and he also sent people to Shaanxi, although Zhang Yu and others are called everywhere in the border, but in fact, they are all settled in Shaanxi, he is going to cure us for the crime of killing the king!"

Yang Tinghe was quite shocked when he heard it, but he also guessed that there might be a major conspiracy that he didn't know about.

However, Yang Tinghe did not directly ask what this conspiracy was, but asked: "Late life dares to ask, since Shoufu did this, why didn't he directly kill it at that time?" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that Zhang Yu and their dogs will jump off the wall in a hurry! Of course, I was also afraid of startling the snake, and I was ready to wait for the end of Emperor Xiaozong's mourning period and Zhang Yu and others to relax their vigilance before going to kill them, but as soon as the mourning period of Emperor Xiaozong ended, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin and others were troubled, so that they have not extinguished these people's mouths until now! ”

Li Dongyang said again: "However, it can't be delayed any longer now!" ”

Li Dongyang thought that he would be able to realize his political desire to be the first assistant after Liu Jian left, and reach the highest end of his career hoped for by the ministers, but he didn't expect that as soon as he became the first assistant, he was first set aside, and now he was stared at by the emperor, and he was willing to give up if he had to destroy his family.

However, Li Dongyang will not be willing to be captured, but he can't oppose it, he has no military power, and he can only use other means.

After speaking, Li Dongyang hurriedly instructed his servant again: "Let Li Hong invite Shao Daxia!" ”

Yang Tinghe didn't know who Li Dongyang's so-called Shao Daxia was, so he just asked again: "Dare to ask, is the death of Emperor Xiaozong really been?" ”

Before Yang Tinghe finished asking, Li Dongyang waved his hand:

"Don't ask any more questions, and from now on, you and I don't have anything to do with each other, now our Emperor Majesty is going to put us old ministers to death, and if we still lose in the future, we won't implicate you;

From now on, you will still only be at ease as your Zuo Chunfang University Scholar! Remember! In the future, Qingliu's position in the court will have to be maintained by you! Wait late at night, and then you can quietly go out the back door, and you go to the guest room to rest! ”

Even if Li Dongyang didn't say it, Yang Tinghe guessed the roughly, but he also obeyed Li Dongyang's arrangement and went to the guest room, and he was sure that from now on, people who had a relationship with Li Dongyang would no longer interact.

And Li Dongyang's housekeeper Li Hong also invited Shao Daxia overnight.

Shao Daxia here is naturally not Shao Daxia in the Wanli period, but he is also a native of the rivers and lakes, and he is also a thug raised by a wealthy family like Li Dongyang, doing some underworld things for Li Dongyang and other high-ranking officials that are inconvenient for high-ranking officials to come forward by themselves.

Shao Daxia saw Li Dongyang and hurriedly said, "I've seen the master!" ”

"Now there is an extremely urgent matter that you need to do, you immediately take your people to Shaanxi, send Zhang Yu and others to the underworld, you must be fast, you must be in front of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, Ma Yongcheng has just left the capital, you should be able to catch up", Li Dongyang commanded coldly in a dark corner.

Shao Daxia didn't dare to look at Li Dongyang in the candlelight, but only lowered his head and asked: "Then dare to ask the master, what if you don't catch up, let the officers and soldiers of the court take the lead first." ”

"Then take your people to Sanyuan, they will definitely escort Wang Shu into Beijing to continue to cover up their purpose of escorting Zhang Yu into Beijing, and when the time comes, you must intercept Wang Shu and others, kill Zhang Yu and others directly, and kill Wang Shu, the old horseman, by the way, this person will also be a nightmare for my hundred officials when he enters Beijing, kill him by the way!"

In addition, remember to dress up as a Tartar, once passed into Beijing, it will just be a Tartar breaking through the level and looting and slaughtering the village! ”

After Li Dongyang finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked Shao Daxia to step back.

"Don't worry, the little one will live up to the master's trust."

Shao Daxia was secretly happy in his heart, pretending to be a Tartar or a bandit to kill people and even slaughter villages and cities is already commonplace for him, and it is also a way for him to make a fortune by this.

Of course, he dared to do this because of the support of high-ranking officials like Li Dongyang.

According to the rules of collusion between officials and bandits, every time a bandit like Shao Daxia or a Jianghu sect does something to kill people and oversell goods, the officials will blame the Tartars or bandits who cannot be cleaned up by the imperial court for the massacre or looting.

In this way, people like Shao Daxia can sit back and relax and will not be punished.

But people like him have to do things for the high-ranking officials, and even get good points for the high-ranking officials, for example, the terra nullius after the slaughter of the village can only fall into the hands of the gentry and bureaucrats, and they will get money from the gentry bureaucrats to sell the land.

Sometimes the officials and gentry could directly collude with the Tartars to make profits, which was commonplace in the late Ming Dynasty.

Li Dongyang continued to sit in a dark corner in a daze, he was still thinking about how to survive in a desperate situation, how to ensure that the matter of Zhang Yu and the others was foolproof.

Suddenly, Li Dongyang raised his eyes, immediately got up and went to his study to write two letters and seal them with wax before calling his housekeeper Li Hong:

"You immediately send someone to send this letter to Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, and at the same time send this letter to Lu Zhonghe, the governor of Shaanxi, Lu Zhonghe and you personally send this letter, tell him, the old rule, do things first and then get rich!"

"Yes!"

Li Hong responded and hurriedly said goodbye to Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang is now glad that he is still in the cabinet, so that he can still act conveniently, but Li Dongyang also knows that once Zhu Houzhao succeeds in setting off the old case, he will definitely be the first to be detained, and now he cannot escape from the capital, because the capital is still under martial law.

Li Dongyang couldn't help but muttered to himself: "First Emperor! You gave birth to a good son, and you have played the old man until now, and in the past fifteen years, the old man has not seen the slightest flaw. ”

Yang Tinghe left the Li Mansion in the second half of the night, and at the same time ordered: "Prepare a gift list and post tomorrow, my lord, I will visit Ma Gefu!" ”

At the same time, in the dark night, there were about hundreds of horsemen under the leadership of Shao Daxia who galloped directly to the direction of Shaanxi.

On this road from the capital to Shaanxi, Ma Yongcheng and Wang Yangming's team was also riding their horses day and night.