8. Win the Forbidden City

Zou Yinglong really grasped the weakness of Yan's father and son, so that this officialdom oilman, who was experienced and knew the emperor well, suddenly had a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come.

In order to prevent unforeseen disasters, Yan Song was "entrusting" Zhang Juzheng, hoping that the future cabinet leader could provide shelter for the Yan family, when a family member suddenly broke in.

Yan Song just wanted to be angry, but found that this panicked family member seemed to have something to say with a frightened face, so he asked his son to entertain the guests and hurriedly went out to ask for clarification.

Jia Ding leaned on Yan Song's ear and said: "Master, the news from the palace has just arrived, and in the middle of the night, the father-in-law of the celebrant suddenly went to Xu Jie's house. ”

When Yan Song heard this, he suddenly trembled, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and sighed: "It's so dangerous!" Fortunately, I entrusted the future to my uncle today, you quickly go and prepare a sedan chair for me, and when you send your uncle away, you will immediately enter the palace to defend yourself. ”

In the face of this "future cabinet leader", Yan's father and son pretended to plead, which made Zhang Juzheng, who was only a promise, deeply inexplicable, extremely uneasy in his heart, and did not dare to take their words easily, let alone express his attitude.

Regardless of whether Zhang Juzheng is willing to help or not, the father-in-law of the celebrant visited Xu Jie at night, which must have something to do with Zou Yinglong's letter, Yan Song's heart was like soup, and he hurriedly sent Zhang Juzheng away, and immediately went to Da Nei to listen to the news.

Just as Yan Song's eight-carrying sedan chair was rushing to the interior, in the bedroom of Emperor Jiajing, Lan Daoxing was still dancing and flashing in the dust......

Probably tired of dancing, Lan Daoxing knelt at the feet of Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, I guess the traitor is coming." ”

"Hehe, I want to see if this traitor is Xu Jie or Yan Song!"

After another stick of incense, a eunuch presented Zou Yinglong's recital to the emperor.

Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes, picked up the fold and looked at it slowly, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and after reading it, he sneered and shouted loudly: "Pass the decree, give Yan Shifan's mansion to me to take care of, I want to see first, how many treasures he has in his house, and announce the decree immediately!"

Lan Daoxing, who was wiping his sweat, said cautiously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the traitorous minister that Weichen said has not yet arrived, please wait." ”

Emperor Jiajing hehehe, he asked: "National teacher, tell me, who is this traitor?" Is it that Xu Jie's father and son who want to harm Yan Song's father and son? ”

"Your Majesty, those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, and there is no need to defend themselves." Lan Daoxing replied.

Suddenly, the eunuch on duty outside the door shouted: "Long live my lord, Yan Song entered the palace overnight to defend himself." ”

At this time, Lan Daoxing, who knelt in front of the emperor with his head bowed, revealed a mysterious smile.

Emperor Jiajing, who shook his head, laughed and said: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive, national teacher, you get up, avoid it first, I want to see how this Yan Song defends himself!" ”

"Your Majesty, these days we have been cultivating the truth devoutly, the palace is already full of true qi, if it is tainted by the traitorous party, I am afraid that it will have to be cultivated for seven or seventy-four days to recover, Your Majesty, now that the loyalty and traitor have been made clear, it seems that it is not only necessary to take care of Yan Shifan's mansion......"

Before Lan Daoxing could finish speaking, Emperor Jiajing hesitated a little and asked, "National Teacher, are you saying that even Yan Song's mansion is going to be copied?" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Emperor Jiajing sighed: "Alas! Yan Song has been assisting me in the court for many years, and he has worked hard without merit, and now that he is at this age, let him return to his hometown. However, Yan Shifan, this kid is really hateful, it is said that he has more treasures in his hands than in our palace, I want to ask, where did he get these strange things? ”

At this moment, Lan Daoxing still did not give up, respectfully bowed to the emperor, bowed his head and shouted: "Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Jiajing waved the dust whisk in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't say it, I have my own measure." ”

Then, Emperor Jiajing shouted at the eunuch on duty: "Send a decree, send Yan Song back to his house, leave the capital within ten days, let him tell the old man to return to his hometown, and immediately order the Jinyi guard to surround Yan Shifan's mansion overnight and raid his house tomorrow." ”

So, Jin Yiwei quickly dispatched and surrounded Yan Shifan's mansion. At this time, Yan Shifan was messing with two maids in the bedroom, and suddenly, a sharp knock on the door made him very unhappy.

At this time, I heard Yan Xi say with a crying voice: "Master, something big has happened in the family!" The brocade guards suddenly surrounded our mansion. ”

Yan Shifan pushed away the maid beside him, hurriedly got up from the bed, put on a long robe, ran out to open the door, and found Yan Xi kneeling outside the door.

"Master, what now?"

"Did the eunuchs in the palace pass the word?"

"No, maybe it was because I was afraid that someone would spread the word, so I surrounded the mansion overnight."

"Have you ever asked the leader of the Jinyi Guard what happened?"

Yan Xi shook his head and sighed, "What a disaster from heaven! I asked, we don't know the leader of the brocade guard, and people don't want to say anything, it seems that we have to raid the house as soon as it dawns. ”

"Hehe," Yan Shifan sneered, and said: "Fortunately, the old father has the foresight and has just asked Zhang Juzheng to speak for us, maybe tomorrow Jiajing Lao'er will change his mind, don't be afraid!" The divine doctor will be back soon, heal my eyes, and I will be able to enter the cabinet to pay homage immediately. Yan Xi, go and appease the subordinates in the family, so that everyone should not panic. ”

At this time, the Yan Mansion cried and shouted, and Yan Xi, who was kneeling on the ground, persuaded: "Master, where have the people in our mansion seen this situation, it is best to ask you to tell everyone about it in person, so as not to make everyone frightened and make trouble again." ”

"Okay, you go and gather the whole family together, and when I speak, I'll change my clothes and I'll be there later."

In the workshop in the back garden, Rong'er and Ling'er had already fallen asleep, and suddenly, a noise outside woke them up from their dreams.

Xu Ling'er knocked on the door of the inner room and shouted, "Rong'er, there seems to be an accident in the house, get up quickly and see if we can escape." ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and Xu Ling'er, who was dressed, stood at the door and asked softly, "Who?" What's up? ”

"If something happens, everyone in the house will go to the front yard to listen to the master's lecture, you guys get up quickly." Su'er replied.

Su'er usually manages Yan Shifan's study, and Xu Ling'er often goes to her to borrow books to read, so the two are not strangers.

Opening the door, Xu Ling'er asked, "Sister Su'er, what happened?" ”

Su Er looked around and found that all the family members had listened to Yan Shifan's words, so she asked quietly: "Jinyiwei suddenly surrounded Yan's mansion, and he may come to raid the house tomorrow, what are you going to do?" ”

Xu Ling'er also hurriedly asked, "Where is my father?" ”

"Ling'er Gongzi, your father is no longer in the house, I heard that he was sent to other places to dispense medicine."

"Sister Su'er, the imperial court is coming to raid the house tomorrow, will it treat us as people from the Yan Mansion?" Xu Ling'er then asked.

Su'er nodded and replied, "The Yan family and his son have done a lot of evil, and this day will come sooner or later, it's really unfortunate that you just caught up." ”

Xu Ling'er suddenly had an idea, and asked cautiously, "Sister Su'er, are you willing to escape with us?" ”

Su'er didn't know where Xu Yihou was sent, according to Xu Yihou's attitude towards Yan Shifan, as well as her experience with Ling'er, she thought that the Xu family's father and son were upright people, and she admired them very much, but looking at the weak brother and sister in front of her, she shook her head helplessly.

Xu Ling'er understood what she meant, and asked, "Sister Su'er, seeing that you are depressed every day, and now that a big disaster is coming, don't you want to take the opportunity to escape?" ”

With a frightened expression, Su'er replied helplessly: "I was sold into the mansion, because I was unyielding to Yan Shifan, I was imprisoned here a few days ago and punished, of course I want to run." However, now there are all the brocade guards of the imperial court outside, and I am afraid that we will not be able to escape. ”

"Good! Sister Su'er, listen, now there are crying in the house, how can anyone care about us. Since you have decided to escape, then don't be afraid, for the sake of safety, you and Rong'er will both change into my clothes and dress up as scholars. Xu Linger said calmly.

Rong'er pretended to be a scholar, Su'er said that she was the maid's life, and she couldn't wear the clothes of a scholar, Xu Ling'er didn't force it anymore, she simply packed her bags, and the three of them went out together.

Coming to the bushes under the wall of the back garden, Xu Linger said: "You guys hide it first, and I'll go up and take a look." ”

I saw that Xu Ling'er climbed the wall more than three feet high without much effort, looking at him with such a sharp face, where is a weak scholar? The legendary Ouchi master is no better than this! It really stunned Su'er, judging that he must have real kung fu, and suddenly had confidence.

Yan Mansion has indeed been surrounded by Jinyi Guards, but there are not many soldiers guarding the back garden wall, Xu Ling'er jumped down from the wall silently, and whispered: "Not yet, I guess, when we can wait until it is ugly, the soldiers outside should not be able to stand it, and we will escape when the time comes." ”

"Brother, even if we escape, we are penniless now, what will we do in the future?" Rong'er asked.

Su'er replied, "Yes, even if we can escape, if we are penniless, we can only beg for food." Fortunately, I have already prepared, and buried some things under the begonia tree behind the study, Ling'er Gongzi, please go and retrieve them, if we are lucky enough to escape, these things will be at your disposal in the future. ”

"What's that?" Xu Ling'er hurriedly asked.

"There are countless treasures in Yan Shifan's study, it's a pity that my time in the study is too short, otherwise, I can get more hidden, those things under the begonia tree, I don't know if it's worth it, but a few gold ingots are enough for us to eat, these things will be decided by Ling'er Gongzi in the future, I am alone in this world, as long as you two brothers and sisters can treat me as a relative, I will be satisfied."

"Sister Su'er, I was also rescued by Brother Ling'er from the hands of the Wako, and in the future, in this world, the three of us are the closest people."

So, Su'er pointed to the house in the front yard and said: "Childe, go out of the moon gate and go forward, in the middle of the third row of houses, that is, under the begonia tree behind the study, remove the flower pot, pick up the loose soil below, you can find the bag of things, while Yan Shifan is talking, you go quickly, be more careful." ”

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ling'er ran into the front yard, at this moment, Rong'er and Su'er were all very nervous, taking advantage of this effort, the careful Su'er returned to the workshop and took a large roll of quilts.

Although the noise in the courtyard was quiet, the people were still listening to Yan Shifan's words in the front yard.

After a while, seeing that Xu Ling'er was back, Su'er and Rong'er asked in unison, "Did you find it?" ”

Xu Ling'er had already tied the bag to her body, and replied with a smile: "It's so heavy." ”

Facing the cry of Yan's house being raided, although Su'er and Rong'er were extremely nervous, at this moment, the extremely vicious family members were busy packing up their things, and no one would come to the back garden.

When she waited for the ugly, Xu Ling'er climbed up the wall again to look outside, and saw that there were several brocade guards in the corner of the wall, but they were all leaning against the wall and falling asleep.

With Xu Ling'er's help, Rong'er and Su'er also climbed the high wall, and they all closed their eyes in fright.

"Don't make a sound, I'll go down and have a look. Don't be afraid, when I beckon, you can jump down again, if you don't fall to your death, there is an alley opposite, just run over it. With that, Xu Ling'er jumped and landed lightly.

Looking around against the root of the wall, Xu Ling'er was sure that there would be a chance to escape, so she spread a quilt on the ground, so she hurriedly beckoned to them.

Rong'er whispered: "Sister Su'er, don't be afraid, don't make a sound, you'll be fine as soon as you close your eyes." ”

In this way, Su'er jumped off the high wall with Rong'er, and Xu Ling'er quickly pulled up the two and ran into the opposite alley, disappearing into the night in an instant......