Jinan Mansion, Cao Bianjiao suddenly received the emperor's holy decree, it was also very unexpected, at this time to transfer him back to the dynasty to celebrate, is it a little too early, although Shandong, most of Henan and recovered, but the situation is not stable, the Manchu Qing Dynasty may go south at any time and recapture, Cao Bianjiao has been staying in Jinan, even Fengyang did not go back.

"After I leave, you must fulfill your duties, don't be careless, the Qing army may go south at any time, if there is an alarm, immediately Pegasus will report to me, let Huang Degong carefully stay in the Daimyo's Mansion, which is the thoroughfare of the four provinces, related to the situation of the entire Central Plains, and the recruits recruited are also good life drills, and they must not be slack......

Cao Bianjiao also carefully advised, the current situation can be described as changing rapidly, he actually doesn't want to leave, but the emperor has a will, he has to obey, Henan is not worried, there is Yuan Shu in charge of the overall situation, and Zhu Yujian assists, Liu Wenxiu, Li Chengdong are there, and Huguang soldiers and horses are flanks, but Shandong is different, behind it is Nanzhili, guarding the imperial court, except for Fengyang and Xuzhou, there are not many soldiers and horses in the place.

Since May 2, the Qing army has entered and occupied Beijing, and Dolgon has asked the six-year-old Fu Lin to move the capital to Beijing. On the first day of October, under the persuasion of the kings led by Dolgon and the ministers of the Manchu and Han dynasties, the emperor was located in the Wuying Hall in Beijing, and announced that "Yanjing is hereby determined to be in Yanjing, in order to appease China".

On October 20, Cao Bianjiao set off, returned to the dynasty from Jinan, traveled to Fengyang, and got Zeng Ying's letter, only then did he know what happened, he never expected that his Northern Expedition was framed like this, and the person who framed him was his defenseless Ma Shiying, who originally thought that this was a person who coveted power, but he didn't expect it to be a dog that would not bite.

"General, please punish the offender and the lowly duty, it is the drunken gaffe that has caused the general to fall into such a situation, please punish the general!" After Yang Longyou got the news, he also came to Cao Bianjiao and asked Cao Bianjiao for his guilt, he never expected that when he returned to Fengyang at the beginning of the month, he would have come back to see his family on behalf of Cao Bianjiao, but Ma Shiying took the initiative to invite him to a banquet, but it was for this purpose, which made him embarrassed.

Cao Bianjiao stepped forward to help Yang Longyou and said: "It's not your fault, although this is caused by your momentary mistake, but even if you don't say it, they will find a way to find another way, you didn't understand Zeng Ying's letter, this is not Ma Shiying alone, but a group of people, a group of people who have always been dissatisfied with me, but they are more insidious and know how to hide, unless we don't do anything, as long as we do something, they can always find an excuse to attack, so you are not wrong in this matter, get up!" ”

"Multi-wedge belt general!" Yang Longyou is also grateful, his momentary mistake caused Cao Bianjiao to fall into such a difficult place, but Cao Bianjiao did not complain about him at all, so that he was moved in addition to guilt, and the idea of dying for a confidant kept emerging.

"So what do we do now?"

"What can I do, I have done something, it is indeed hiding it from everyone, because I have long known that even if I say it, they will not agree, many times the scholars are good faces and not pragmatic, you don't want to learn from them, people are expensive in pragmatism, now Henan and Shandong I have fought for the imperial court, I am worthy of the imperial court, if the emperor does not believe me, then I have no choice."

"General......" Yang Longyou didn't know how to continue.

"Dashuai, Shi Kefa's family is here to ask to see!"

"Please!"

Soon, a young man in his thirties came to the hall and said, "In Lower Stilwell, I have come to see the general at the order of my father." ”

"You are the son of Brother Xian, why don't I know?" Cao Bianjiao asked, he didn't know that Shi Kefa had such a son.

"Under is the righteous son, Datongren, and the general is the same country, after the battle of Persimmon Garden, he was exiled in Jianghuai, and was taken into the account by his father-in-law, so the general has not seen him."

"I see! I don't know what Brother Xian told you to come? Cao Bianjiao also understood at the moment, and Shi Kefa also accepted a righteous son, he seemed to have heard of it, but he didn't care about it before, after all, Shi Kefa didn't have a son to care about his.

Stilwell took out a letter from his arms, respectfully sent it to Cao Bianjiao, and said: "This is a letter from my father-in-law, my father-in-law said that at present, many people in the court are not good for the general, and I hope that the general will not return to the court, and it can be delayed for a while. ”

"Thank you for your kindness on my behalf, Cao is worthy of heaven and earth, and he doesn't care about any gossip!" Cao Bianjiao has been righteous all his life, he doesn't care so much, he wants to know now, who wants to get along with him, figure out who is a friend and who is an enemy, kill or chop, listen to it.

"I understand below, the general is a human being, as the righteous father said, there is one more thing, the general needs to pay attention, the emperor is very angry about this matter, I hope the general is prepared!"

"Thank you!" Cao Bianjiao responded, and at the moment he also rejected Shi Kefa's kindness, he saw it clearly, for those people, he could attack as much as he wanted, the emperor doubted what it was, without him Cao Bianjiao, see how long this Ming Dynasty can last, the generals in the army, most of them are his people, see who can make the call.

"I have one thing that I need Brother Xian's help with, so please go back and announce it!" Cao Bianjiao also thought of another way, to make a move to retreat into advance, just to do something else.

"Cao Bianjiao has arrived in Fengyang, it will only take three days at most, and he will be able to rush to the capital, how to deal with it at that time, we still need to join forces, now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, if Cao Bianjiao can't be defeated, it will be us who will be unlucky at that time!"

Ma Shiying's mansion, a group of his fox friends and dog friends are gathered here, including Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dacheng, Lu Jiude, Ding Chukui and others, in order to bring down Cao Bianjiao, Ma Shiying can be described as a calculating agency, sparing no effort, and has recruited a large number of people.

"Don't worry! You don't need to say this, everyone knows that even if we don't do it, there are still those people from the Donglin Party cheering, I didn't see the discussion that day, Zeng Ying and Lu Zhenfei didn't speak from beginning to end, they were avoiding suspicion, in addition, Lu Daqi, Yuan Jixian, and He Tengjiao are in line with us, but that Shi Kefa, I didn't expect to speak for Cao Bianjiao, which is beyond my expectations, but Shi Kefa can't stand so many of us, Cao Bianjiao has to fall if he doesn't fall this time! Ding Chukui also said proudly, he changed from a governor of five provinces to the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, this is what Cao Bianjiao did, he has been holding back his anger, so when Ma Shiying lobbied, he immediately agreed.

"Tomorrow, we will find a few more people below and play a few more songs, and we will say that Cao Bianjiao will not return to the court for a long time and stay in Fengyang, but he knows that he is guilty and does not dare to come!"

"I'll do this!" Qian Qianyi took this matter very enthusiastically, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites could no longer satisfy him, and he also wanted to climb higher.