In the inn, according to Ji Qingwen's instructions, he had already cleaned up a few clean rooms in a secluded place and gave them to Lao Zhangtou, Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law and his teenage daughter.

Li Yan had been sitting in the Yunlai Inn before, and he didn't know the cause of the incident, so he asked Ji Qingwen: "Brother Ji, what are you doing with the old Zhang Tou who sells wontons?" Want to go crazy trying to eat his ravioli? ”

"Brother Li doesn't know, this old Zhang is not an ordinary person. He is the son of Zhang Jiangling's old husband. As he spoke, Ji Qingwen explained the matter in Baiyun Temple to Li Yan in detail, and added, "At present, the situation in Jingshi is dark and unclear, and I am afraid that someone will harm his whole family, and the only thing that is absolutely safe to go is this inn, so I brought him here." ”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "This is a bit unbelievable, the old minister Zhang Jiangling was in power back then, and even Emperor Wanli couldn't do anything about him." Although the old Xianggong Zhang finally got bad, the Zhang family is also a scholarly family and a Tsinghua family, how could the descendants of his old Xianggong be reduced to selling wontons? In addition, the sons of Mr. Zhang are all well-educated, and some of them have won the top prize, so they don't seem to have heard of Zhang Zhixiu's name! It's ......"

Li Yan's words fully reflected the spirit of suspicion, and even Ji Qingwen felt embarrassed, and hurriedly said to Zhang Zhixiu: "Lao Zhang, I, Mr. Li Yan, is such a 'break the casserole and ask to the end', there is no malice in his words, don't take it to heart." ”

Zhang Zhixiu waved his hand: "This is not to blame Mr. Li, if I wasn't in a hurry to help Lord Ji speak today, I wouldn't dare to call myself a descendant of the Zhang family......"

It turns out that this Zhang Zhixiu is really Zhang Juzheng's son. Just because Zhang Zhixiu fell in love with a Qinglou woman and insisted on marrying him, which angered Zhang Juzheng himself. And Zhang Juzheng is a ruthless person, this kind of decently hurtful thing is in front of him, he left his family feelings behind without saying a word, and after beating Zhang Zhixiu, he drove out of the house. even erased Zhang Zhixiu's name from the Zhang family tree, as if he had never had such a son.

Unexpectedly, this move turned out to be a coincidence, but in the end, it helped Zhang Zhixiu a lot.

It is only because after Emperor Wanli came into power, he began to liquidate Zhang Juzheng, and dismissed the children and grandchildren of the Zhang family, dismissed them from office, asked them for their crimes, and exiled them, and forced to death the eldest son Zhang Jingxiu, the second son Zhang Sixiu, and the third son Zhang Maoxiu. On the contrary, Zhang Zhixiu, who was expelled from his home, survived and lived by setting up a stall in front of the palace to sell wontons.

Before the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng's eldest son Zhang Jingxiu had already smelled the changes in the political atmosphere, so he sorted out the important documents left by Zhang Juzheng before his death, and gave them to Zhang Zhixiu overnight, entrusting the important task of reviving the Zhang family to his son, whom no one knew.

Wanli has been the emperor for forty-eight years, so naturally he will not overturn his decision, and Zhang Zhixiu was originally disheartened. Unexpectedly, after Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, his attitude towards Zhang Juzheng took a 180-degree turn, and he even issued an order to pardon all those who were involved in Zhang Juzheng's case, and all those who were punished as lowly were pardoned and allowed to go home on their own.

Zhang Zhixiu was happy, and went to inquire about it, only to know that it was Ji Qingwen who pleaded in front of the emperor, and this was the day when their old Zhang family came out.

With this reason, Ji Qingwen can be regarded as the benefactor of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Zhixiu decided to come out and help Ji Qingwen, and finally played the most important key role in the Baiyun Temple, so that these big officials in the court signed the concert of Yuan Chonghuan.

But he didn't expect it to be such a concerto, which finally angered Emperor Chongzhen.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen hated officials the most, and when he saw the word of the people and the concerto of unity, the word "friend" immediately popped up in his mind, and he immediately recruited the commander of the Jinyi Guard to make Luo Yangxing, and asked him to carefully investigate the source of this concert.

Jin Yiwei is not a vegetarian, and it didn't take much effort to find out what was going on.

Luo Yangxing had a grudge against Ji Qingwen, and knew that this piece was provoked by Ji Qingwen, so he added oil and vinegar and added fuel to the fire to Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was extremely angry, and immediately sent Gao Qi to summon Ji Qingwen into the palace.

Without waiting for Ji Qingwen to speak, Chongzhen threw this piece in front of Ji Qingwen and asked, "Is this thing made by you, a dog?" ”

Ji Qingwen couldn't shirk it, so he could only nod and admit: "Your Majesty, this is what I wrote with the ministers in the court." Now is indeed not the time to kill Yuan Chonghuan, please think twice. ”

Chongzhen didn't answer, and said viciously: "Okay, you Ji Qingwen, after not many days in Beijing, you learned to blackmail the public." Let me tell you, I am the Son of Heaven and can make decisions independently. Yuan Chonghuan's matter, I made my own decisions, and three days later, I was sent to the vegetable market to be beheaded to show the public! Yuan Chonghuan was in a foreign country, and I was originally going to condemn him to Ling Chi, and let him die happily, which was already an extrajudicial favor. ”

Ji Qingwen was startled, and was about to persuade again, but he heard Chongzhen say again: "I recruited you to Beijing to give you a knighthood." Now that the knighthood ceremony has long passed, it is not a long-term solution for you to remain in the capital. In this way, you will leave Beijing and leave immediately. ”

This is equivalent to an eviction order.

Ji Qingwen turned his heart sideways and said, "Your Majesty." Yuan Chonghuan has a friendship with the minister, he is going to be killed, but I can't give him the last bowl of desperate wine, so the minister's reputation in the officialdom will stink. How about asking the emperor to give permission, so that the ministers can watch Yuan Chonghuan behead and collect his body for him, and then leave Jingnan and return? ”

Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and felt that Ji Qingwen was still a useful person, and he had to be appeased somewhat, so he nodded and agreed, but finally added: "Don't ask about Yuan Chonghuan's affairs anymore, otherwise I won't be able to take care of it." ”

Ji Qingwen didn't expect that the situation had just improved, so he immediately took a sharp turn, and Yu Yu returned to the Yunlai Inn, raised his eyes and saw Li Yuanyin looking restless, so he asked: "Commander Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, I haven't seen you all day, where did you go?" ”

Li Yuanyin replied with a sad face: "My lord, in the whole day, I used all my ears, eyes, and eyeliner in Beijing, but I couldn't find the slightest news about those Manchurian Tatars. My lord, do you think they flew into the sky, or did they burrow into the ground? How did it disappear without a trace? ”

"What do you ask me? Or do I ask you? Ping Suri saw that you were talking awesomely, why did you drop the chain when it came to a critical moment? Ji Qingwen's face was extremely ugly, and his tone was very stiff, "I think they will definitely not go to heaven, they must go to hell." Why don't you Commander Li go to hell to find them? ”

Li Yuanyin was stunned and could only retreat to the side silently.

When he couldn't move, Zhou Xiuying, who was dressed as a peasant woman, also came back, ran to Ji Qingwen and frowned and said: "Childe, it's really strange, I have walked so many places, but there is no trace of these Manchurian Tartars, did these Tartars fly to the sky, or did they go underground?" ”

This is the second time that Ji Qingwen has heard such news in just one cup of tea, and he was suddenly a little angry under his anger, but when he saw Zhou Xiuying's extremely gorgeous face with a sad face, it seemed to have a different style, and he couldn't get angry for a while, so he could only sigh deeply.

You must know that Li Yuanyin is probably using the channel of Jinyiwei, which can be regarded as a white way; Zhou Xiuying used the door of the White Lotus Sect, which can be regarded as an underworld.

And the black and white can't even detect the whereabouts of Dolgon and the others, and they obviously don't have wings, and they can't dig holes in the soil, could it be......

"Could it be that these Manchurian Tartars have already left the Beijing Division?" Ji Qingwen asked.

Li Yuanyin shook his head and said: "Lord Ji, all the Manchurians have shaved off their foreheads and kept money rat tail pigtails on the back of their heads, the characteristics are very obvious, if you want to go out through the city gate, you will inevitably be discovered by the officers and soldiers guarding the gate." Therefore, if my expectations are good, these Tartars must still be in the Jingshi City! ”

"You seem to be telling the truth, but you've found these Tartars!"

In the face of Ji Qingwen's criticism, Li Yuanyin could only choose to remain silent, he really didn't know, these Manchurian Tartars who were so dazzling had neither left the city, nor had any roads, let alone signs of activities in the capital city, where did they go?

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuanyin said: "My lord, please be relieved, I have laid ears and eyes inside and outside the Beijing Division. As long as these Tartars show any clues, they will be able to be spotted. ”

"How long will it take? One day? Ten days? One month? A year? Ji Qingwen said, "You don't know yet, do you?" The emperor has already made an order to execute Yuan Chonghuan within three days. And I, Ji Qingwen, must also leave Jingshi in three days, and I can't delay it any longer. Do you understand? ”

Hearing this, even Li Yuanyin was a little disappointed: "I didn't expect us to spend so much effort, should Yuan Chonghuan be killed or killed...... This...... Isn't it useless work? ”

Zhou Xiuying on the side said: "Childe, if the emperor wants to kill someone, can he definitely kill him?" ”

In the face of Zhou Xiuying, Ji Qingwen couldn't stand his face or get angry, and patiently explained: "The so-called 'leading the shore of the land, not the king's ministers', the whole world is the emperor's people. Others dare not say that Yuan Chonghuan is now locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, with nowhere to hide or hide, and if the emperor wants him to die, he will definitely or not......"

Zhou Xiuying didn't seem to hear Ji Qingwen's words in her heart, and suddenly said: "Childe, I have a few confidential words, can you please move to a secluded place, let's talk about it in detail?" ”

Ji Qingwen's mood didn't improve, and said: "There are my people up and down here, and they are more secluded and confidential than anywhere else in the Jingshi, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Zhou Xiuying thought for a while and said, "Childe, what I want to say is, if you want to save someone, do you have to go through the emperor?" Is there no other way? ”

Ji Qingwen gasped: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Yuanyin was very straight, and blurted out: "You mean to rob the law field?" ”

Zhou Xiuying pursed her lips and nodded, and said, "That's right, it's the robbery field." ”

"Hahaha!" Li Yuanyin laughed and said, "Miss Zhou, the last general knows that you are the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect, and you are used to doing evil things. But I don't know if you have robbed the Dharma field before? Saved a death row inmate? ”

After all, Li Yuanyin is also from Jinyiwei, so he has a natural sense of distrust for the White Lotus Sect.

Zhou Xiuying is also a perceptive person, so she naturally heard the meaning of Li Yuanyin's words, so she said: "Of course." In the past, I robbed the Dharma field in Ezhou Mansion and saved several brothers in the church. At that time, we waited for a large group of men and horses to ambush around the Dharma field, and at the sound of an order, we suddenly slaughtered the officers and soldiers who were in charge of the beheading, and rescued those brothers. ”