Wang Xiangqian stood on the city wall, looking at the vast field in the distance, his thick brows tightly locked.

Although the old man's body is still tall, he is already in his seventies after all, and he has applied to the imperial court for retirement several times but has not been approved.

Just like Fang Congzhe, Wanli seems to prefer older people.

There are a lot of things that annoy the old man, and within two months in the capital, from Wanli to the current Zhu Youxiao, he has been on the throne of Emperor Sanyi, which is definitely not a good thing for a country.

He had also heard some rumors about the capital, but this kind of thing was not something that a local official like him could participate in, and Wanli had secretly told him to pay attention to the movements of the acting king before he took his last breath, which was a necessary measure for every change of emperors, so he could only honestly wait in Datong and wait for news.

With the passage of time, the news of the capital has been spread one after another, but what Wang Xiangqian didn't expect was that the city of Datong had suddenly become unpeaceful recently, because there were many more fresh faces, not counting, more than 5,000 elite horsemen from the Mongolian Flower Department suddenly appeared outside the Great Wall.

Hearing this news, the situation in Datong City suddenly became tense, because the Mongolian tribe was too difficult to endure in winter, so every winter would go to Koubian, loot some supplies and then return to the grassland.

Although he was accustomed to this situation, Wang Xiangqian still did not dare to take it lightly, and while dispatching troops to defend it tightly, he sent people to negotiate with the Fried Flower Department, sternly warning them not to cross the border.

I don't know if I was frightened by Wang Xiangqian's warning, or if I had other plans, but I didn't take another step forward, just cruising around the periphery of the Great Wall, and I didn't know what they wanted to do.

In this way, Wang Xiangqian's heart is even more bottomless, and years of experience tell him that this move must have a deep meaning.

At this time, the Ming border army had already lost its ability to maneuver in the field, so the old man could only watch the Mongols show off their might outside the Great Wall, and could not make the slightest move.

"Master, there are guests looking for them in the house"

The voice of the old family interrupted Wang Xiangqian's contemplation, frowned and turned his head: "Who is it?" ”

The old family shook his head and said: "It's a young man who came, saying that he came from Liaodong, and he only said that he had something urgent to report, but he refused to say what it was."

From Liaodong?

Hearing this place name, Wang Xiangqian's brows furrowed even deeper, because there was a person in Liaodong that he admired and hated very much, and admired this person for defeating the Jurchen Tartars in a row, so that Jiannu did not dare to easily step into the land of the Ming Dynasty.

What he hates is that this person has no king, dismisses officials appointed by the imperial court at will, and installs his own descendants, is this what a loyal and upright courtier should do?

If this person was not a eunuch, Wang Xiangqian would also think that he was anti-minded, but later this person was ordered to enter Beijing, and it seemed that he was not the kind of person he imagined, in short, he was now more and more incomprehensible to this young man.

The old man was very old, and he had been patrolling the city for a long time, after all, he was a little tired, and he happened to return to the mansion with his old family.

The guests had been invited into the living room, Wang Xiangqian returned to the back house to change into loose clothes, and drank a cup of hot tea before coming to the living room slowly.

It seemed that he heard Wang Xiangqian's footsteps, and the young man was already waiting at the door of the living room, and when he saw Wang Xiangqian, he bowed with a smile on his face.

Wang Xiangqian has been up and down for decades, what kind of person has never been seen, although this young man is very respectful to him, but at first glance he is a person who has been in the top position for a long time, and his eyebrows are clear, and he is obviously an upright person.

I can't help but feel even more strange in my heart, there is such a character in Liaodong, how can I not know?

nodded, slowly came to the main seat and sat down, and said indifferently: "Whose subordinate are you?" What is the matter with the old man? ”

The young man smiled slightly, and saw that only the old family was accompanying him in the hall, so he bowed down again and said, "Senior Ye Xun, meet Lord Dufu"

"Poof!"

Wang Xiangqian had just drunk the tea in his mouth before he could swallow it, and after hearing the name Ye Xun, he squirted it out violently.

After coughing a few times, he pointed at Ye Xun and said, "You, you are Ye Xun?" ”

"Is there anyone else who claims to be subordinate in front of Lord Governor?"

Ye Xun's expression was very unbeatable, and he didn't feel guilty at all because he choked Wang Xiangqian.

Wang Xiangqian is an old man, and seeing Ye Xun coming to him so secretly, there must be something, so he waved his hand to the old family and motioned for him to step back.

glared at Ye Xun and said, "If the old man guessed correctly, you also called the fried flowers, right?" ”

"I can't hide anything from the eyes of Lord Governor, but please rest assured, they will never dare to step into the Great Wall for half a step, I want them to come, just take me back to Liaodong"

Ye Xun's explanation seemed reasonable, but Wang Xiangqian didn't buy it at all, and said coldly: "The old man can ignore the matter of frying flowers, but what's going on in the city?" ”

was questioned repeatedly by Wang Xiangqian, Ye Xun's expression also faded, took out a folded paper from his arms and handed it to Wang Xiangqian, and said, "Take a look!" This is the Datong garrison under the governance of your old man."

Wang Xiangqian took it and opened it suspiciously, and after only a few glances, he suddenly stood up from his seat and said angrily: "Where did this thing come from?" Is it reliable? ”

This is a confession about the Fan family, the Wang family and other seven families fornicating with the Jurchens, and there are some lists of generals related to this, no wonder Wang Xiangqian is so excited.

"Human and material evidence"

"Then what are you waiting for, the old man will send..."

Before Wang Xiangqian's words fell, he was interrupted by Ye Xun waving his hand, and said: "Boss, please take a good look at the list, I know that there are too many people involved, and if it is not good, there will be a big mess."

At this time, Wang Xiangqian also calmed down, he knew that he was indeed too excited just now, the generals involved in the list included deputy generals, guerrillas, and even a deputy commander-in-chief, and many of them were also inextricably linked with the acting king stationed in Datong.

He pondered for a moment before he said, "Then what do you say?" ”

Ye Xun smiled slightly, and said: "If you want to level Jianzhou, you must cut off its supply from the source, I am here for this matter, and no one will know that I have been here afterwards, Lord Governor can gather the people on the list together, and then burn this confession in front of him, when the time comes, these generals will be grateful for the kindness of Lord Governor, and they will definitely be more obedient."

Wang Xiangqian finally understood what Ye Xun wanted to do, remembered the rumors about Ye Xun before, and said that this little eunuch was really greedy enough.

"The old man can pretend that he doesn't know anything about you, but you should always say something to the old man, right?"

Wang Xiangqian also smiled, smiling like an old fox who has become a fine spirit.

Ye Xun likes to deal with such people, at least better than those who have a sweet belly.

Pushing the package he brought from under his feet in front of Wang Xiangqian, he smiled and said: "Here are 200,000 taels, and there will be 200,000 taels after the matter is completed."

Wang Xiangqian's eyes didn't look at the package, he looked directly at Ye Xun and said: "The rest of the old man doesn't want it, the old man wants you to get a new mine in Shenyang."

"Deal!"

Ye Xun, who was feeling pain, was immediately happy when he heard Wang Xiangqian make such a request...