In the Huangzhuang of the West Garden of the capital, Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and other close ministers were boating and drinking in the artificial lake in the garden.

The spring breeze warms up, the newly smoked buds of the willow branches by the lake, stretching in the warm sun, the ripples on the lake surface are glowing, and occasionally a few swallows fly over with insects and return to the nest to feed the newborn milk swallows.

Zhu Youxiao was full of interest and kept drinking, Wei Zhongxian waited on the side, and kept saying something he liked to hear, and Wang Tiqian and other eunuchs also made fun.

Outside the imperial city, a horse carrying a knight in strong armor galloped over. This is an 800-mile expedited express, and there is no need to pay for the death of a person who is hit and killed, and there is also a major crime of delaying a military plane that is killed by the collision. No one dared to stop him along the way, and the door was opened.

After entering the imperial city, there was already a full-time little eunuch who took over the post guard, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he took him to Xiyuan Huangzhuang.

After seeing Zhu Youxiao, the little eunuch stepped forward and saluted and said, "Long live Lord, there is an urgent post outside, it is from Henan." ”

As soon as Wei Zhongxian heard the news, he knew that it was his nephew, and said in his heart, "Oh? Is Liangqing done? ”

Zhu Youxiao also received a guarantee from Wei Zhongxian, and he was convinced that this crackdown on bandits was foolproof.

Zhu Youxiao's face was red, his eyes were hazy, he was holding a wine glass on his head, and he took advantage of the wine to say: "Biography!" Today's good days and good times, it is necessary to repay the good news and wine, which is the joy of life. ”

The little eunuch pulled a long voice and shouted, "Tell you the messenger." ”

The post guard took a sip of water, relieved himself, came to the lake, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Front-line battle report, Kaifeng has fallen, Henan is in an emergency!" ”

"What? What did you say? Zhu Youxiao was shocked and angry, coupled with drunkenness, he let out a loud bang and fell straight into the lake. The eunuchs of all sizes panicked, and those who knew how to swim jumped into the lake and dragged him ashore. Zhu Youxiao was extremely sad, and he was frightened when he fell into the water, and passed out.

Wei Zhongxian rowed to the shore, his eyes were red, and he grabbed the post guard and asked, "What about Liangqing?" ”

"Ning Guogong was beheaded by thieves and hung at the city gate, and he was martyred."

This time it was Wei Zhongxian's turn to have black eyes, and with the emperor, he fainted.

Banzai and Nine Thousand Years old were in a coma at the same time, which was a great event, and the entire palace was in chaos. The imperial doctors poured out of the nest and stayed in front of Zhu You's bed, taking turns to take the pulse.

Wei Zhongxian's cronies helped him, got into the carriage, and hurried back to the Wei Mansion. After all, Wei Zhongxian did not fall into the water and was frightened, so when Zhu Youxiao was still unconscious, he had already woken up.

"Chitose grandpa, are you awake?"

Wei Zhongxian raised his eyes and saw that his henchmen had already arrived and gathered around him. Wei Zhongxian's heart was settled, and the crowd of so many people made him regain his sense of security, and said weakly: "Liangqing is dead, Your Majesty is bound to blame us and others, what do you have in mind?" ”

Tian Ji, the secretary of the military department, stepped forward and said: "Grandpa Chitose, until now, only by trying our best to save the situation in Henan, take back Kaifeng, and completely calm a gust of wind, can we eliminate Your Majesty's thunderous anger." ”

Wei Zhongxian said hatefully: "Yes, our family still wants a gust of wind to break the corpse into thousands of pieces to avenge Liangqing!" ”

Glancing at Tian Ji, Wei Zhongxian continued: "It was you who gave our family the idea to let Liangqing, the kid, take command of the expedition, but now if you can't say a good idea, our family will kill you first!" ”

Tian Ji's head was sweating like rain, he knew that Wei Zhongxian could do what he said, even if he really came up with an idea, he was afraid that he would inevitably be retaliated against by this eunuch in the future.

"The thieves captured Kaifeng, and the momentum is getting bigger, and if they want to calm down in a hurry, they can only transfer the defenders of Liaodong."

Wei Zhongxian grabbed the medicine bowl in the hand of the little eunuch who was feeding him medicine, and threw it at Tian Ji, Tian Ji didn't dare to dodge, and poured the hot medicine on his face, wailing.

"You stupid, Liaodong has already transferred a Cao Wenzhao, and then draw troops from Liaodong, and the Tartars will enter the capital, you have a few lives to kill. Our family is really blind, and you are a fool to be the secretary of the military department. This time the treasury is empty, and if you want to recapture Kaifeng in a short time, you need a lot of military salaries, where will it come from? ”

Tian Ji endured the pain and said: "Those thieves have no foundation, let's surround Kaifeng, cut off water and food, and after a long time, they will naturally be finished." ”

"Idiot, idiot! Will Your Majesty give us so much time? Kaifeng must be taken back immediately, you are still fenced, you, you, our family really wants to kill you idiot! ”

Tian Ji was submissive, did not dare to speak, only knelt on the ground and trembled.

The little eunuch who was surrounded by his cronies, when he heard the words, Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, and he read many of the chapters to Wei Zhongxian, and the little eunuch heard that there was a lack of money and food, and suddenly thought of the music played in the Luoyang Fu Wang's Mansion last time, and stepped forward and said: "Grandpa Chitose, didn't the little Fu King play some time ago, and said that he was willing to pay money and food to recruit soldiers and help the court suppress bandits." ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned, remembered, and calculated in his heart, Fu Wangfu is rich and rivals the country, if he is allowed to go to suppress the bandits, if he is defeated, he can put the black pot on his head, hang him a vassal king, what can he do to fight with me. If he really wins, he can also find a reason to cure him, and he just wants to wait for Liangqing to come back and take him under the knife.

"Okay, it's rare that you can have this idea, it's ten thousand times stronger than this rice bucket, where is the music of the little Fu King? Did you put it away? ”

At that time, the little eunuch was greedy for the chapter and used Chengxintang paper, which was extremely valuable, so he secretly put it away. Now it was just time to invite merit, and said: "The little one who reads this piece may be useful, so I put it away, and Grandpa Chitose wants to use it, so I'll go get it." ”

After a while, the little eunuch took Zhang Zuozhang and handed it to Wei Zhongxian as if offering a treasure.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at it, like a treasure, put it in his sleeve, and said, "Help me into the palace, I want to see Your Majesty." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was lying on the bed, his face was pale, and Wei Zhongxian was in front of the bed, not daring to move.

The emperor on the bed was watched and raised by himself since he was a child, and he protected him and accompanied him, and he was loyal. Later, he became the Ninety-Five, and he rose to the top, one long live, one nine thousand years old.

Everything about himself was given by this person, and Wei Zhongxian's feelings for him were not fake, even higher than Wei Liangqing.

From noon to the dark, Zhu Youxiao woke up slowly, Wei Zhongxian's eyes never left, the first to find that he woke up, whimpered: "Your Majesty, you are awake, the old slave is guilty." The old slave deserves death! ”

As soon as Zhu Youxiao saw him, his heart warmed instinctively, but when he recovered his senses, he thought of him and his nephew, which made the country unstable, and he was angry, and he wanted to scold a few words and saw him like this, but he couldn't bear to speak.

"Wei Liangqing, this straw bag, I want to punish him severely!"

Wei Zhongxian's eyes were red, and he said, "He has been cut off by the thieves and hung on the city wall." ”

Zhu Youxiao was stunned when he heard this, thinking that the old slave in front of him had accompanied him all his life, and his relatives had died tragically, so he couldn't bear to scold him anymore, and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Your Majesty, here is the recital of King Xiaofu of Luoyang, Luoyang Kaifeng is not far away, King Xiaofu is willing to pay for food and soldiers and horses, and go to beg for thieves."