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A group of people in strong clothes and weapons suddenly rushed out of the shadows in all directions, surrounding the Sun Mansion, and countless people jumped on the wall one after another and killed in the courtyard.

With a loud "bang", the heavy wooden door inlaid with copper and iron was kicked open, Lin Chunwei rushed in first, and came to the courtyard of the front hall, but saw that the courtyard was silent, and the flowers and trees were projected, but it was quiet, and there was no sound at all. He couldn't believe the facts in front of him, and rushed to the backyard with his people, but still didn't find a single person, as if the entire Sun Mansion had disappeared out of thin air.

In desperation, Lin Chunwei returned to the courtyard of the middle hall and said to the man standing in the courtyard with his hands in his hands: "Master, there is no one here, it seems that they have all fled." ”

Xiong Sifei snorted coldly and said, "Count Sun Yueling's speed of knowing the opportunity, otherwise, I will let them all die here tonight." After the negotiation broke down, Xiong Sifei did not hesitate, and immediately summoned all the manpower in the society, planning to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night to uproot the power of the Fenghua Society in Beijing, but he didn't expect Sun Yueling to move decisively, and only one empty mansion was here, and there was no one.

Ren Xing on the side asked, "What should we do next?" Now he has been officially transferred by Xiong Sifei and entrusted him with the position of the left protector of Citigroup, replacing Li Yexun, who died in the edict.

Xiong Sifei said hatefully: "Pass the order, even if you dig the entire Jingshi three feet into the ground, you must find out the whereabouts of Sun Yueling and others, and you can't let go of a person from Fenghua Society!" ”

Ren Xing, Lin Chunwei nodded in response.

When Lin Chunwei led people out of the mansion, and Xiong Sifei was the only one left in the courtyard, he looked at the shadow of the tree and seemed to say to himself: "How is your investigation over there?" ”

Suddenly, a man in black flashed out of the shadows of the trees, came to Xiong Sifei's side, and said to him: "Those people in the Thirty-six Dao are very hidden, and their whereabouts have not been discovered yet. ”

Xiong Sifei sighed lightly and said, "Brother Xiao, you are a master of lurking, even you can't find the secret house of the thirty-six Dao in Beijing?" ”

This person is Xiao Shuyu, the liaison envoy sent by Yu Zhigao to the Beijing Division, since the Thirty-six Dao Commanders successfully plotted against Yuan Tiangang that day, he was entrusted by Xiong Sifei with the task of finding the hiding place of Yuan Tiangang and others, but no matter how he secretly investigated these days, he still failed to find the secret nest of the Thirty-six Dao in the Beijing Division.

At this moment, hearing Xiong Sifei's questioning words, he couldn't help but say lightly: "Although I haven't been able to find out the secret nest of the Thirty-six Dao, I have found something else. ”

"What's the matter?" Xiong Sifei asked.

Xiao Shuyu said: "I found that those deposed Donglin Party members in the DPRK and China, such as Zhang Pengyong, Xue Wenzhou and others, often gather together in tandem, and they often go to Xicheng in the middle of the night, and their behavior is very track. Speaking of this, he paused and said, "You must know that Sun Yueling has not returned to the Sun Mansion at that time, and he should still be dormant in the Jingshi, and the person they secretly went to see is only afraid that Sun Yueling, the head of their Donglin, is undoubtedly their head!" ”

Xiong Sifei's eyes lit up, and he said: "You are right, before Sun Yueling returned here, he had been secretly planning and arranging, and the person who those Donglin Party people saw must be him." In this way, Sun Yueling's secret lair in Jingshi must be in Xicheng, do you know where it is located? ”

Uncle Xiao said: "At that time, my main energy was still used to search for the Thirty-six Dao, so I didn't pay too much attention to the specific places of those Donglin Parties, but it should be in the south of Xicheng, from Loupai North Street to Xuanwumenli Street." ”

Xiong Sifei frowned when he heard this, and said, "The location you said is a large area, can't we take people to go in and search door to door?" In this way, without Sun Yueling's action, the government yamen will not allow us to do this! ”

Uncle Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "Since Zhang Pengyong and Xue Wenzhou secretly went to meet Sun Yueling before, and now that Sun Yueling has evacuated Sun Yueling, it is very likely that they will go to meet Sun Yueling privately. ”

Xiong Sifei nodded and said, "That's the only way to do it now, if you find out where the secret house of the Fenghua Society is, you must notify me in time." ”

Uncle Xiao said: "I know, Brother Xiong can rest assured." ”

Xiong Sifei sighed, his eyes were lying on his back in the dark night sky, and he said slowly: "The factory prince and Cui Butang have disobeyed the current saint because of the matter of Yu Dashuai, and I heard Mrs. Fengsheng say that this time I am afraid that the matter of entering the cabinet is very variable, and Cui Butang may not be able to enter the cabinet." If Sun Yueling and the Donglin Party return to the imperial court, then we really have no way out. Then he sighed again and said, "So there is not much time left for us, we must completely sweep away the Fenghua Society and kill their leader Sun Yueling before the situation is settled." You must find out where they are hiding, and this matter will be entrusted to you, Brother Xiao! ”

Uncle Xiao nodded, gritted his teeth, and said, "If it weren't for this Sun Yueling's secret manipulation, how could the Holy Lord send a Qin messenger to Fujian to investigate my family's handsome!" He is the sworn enemy of the great marshal, and if he returns to power, the great marshal will definitely have a difficult death. Therefore, if Sun Yueling does not die, the world will not be peaceful. Rest assured, I will find out his whereabouts and let him die without a place to be buried! ”

Xiong Sifei said in a deep voice: "I'm waiting for your good news." ”

……

Above the court, changes are abrupt.

As the imperial court sent officials to Fujian to investigate Yu Zhigao's case, the attitude of the Emperor of the Apocalypse towards many Wei party courtiers gradually became cold, and he no longer resigned himself to it as before. Wei Zhongxian knew that he had disobeyed the will of the saint, and he also became submissive in front of the apocalypse, and he did not dare to assert himself in everything.

In the next matter of entering the cabinet, Wei Zhongxian had already ranked Cui Chengxiu in the first place, followed by Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu, but with a stroke of the apocalypse, Cui Chengxiu was erased from the list, and one more person was added by himself, that is, Li Guopu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who agreed with Huang Liji's proposal at the court meeting that day, and at the same time appointed Huang Liji to replace the original Feng Quan's second assistant. So far, there are five ministers in the Ming Cabinet, except for Gu Bingqian, the first assistant who has been sick at home, and the rankings are Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, and Li Guopu.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Tianqi had made such a decision, and it was clearly to punish him for this, and the second assistant appointed by Tianqi was not Shi Fenglai, who he had always strongly recommended, but Huang Liji, who was supported by Donglin, so he must be the one who succeeded Gu Bingqian as the first assistant in the future, so his influence in the cabinet would be greatly reduced.

In today's cabinet, only Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu are his henchmen, Huang Liji and Li Guopu are respectful to him on the surface, but in fact, they are yang and yin, and they can't pee in the same pot with him at all. But he has no choice at all, all his rights come from the imperial power, and now the emperor is guilty of Yu Zhigao's affairs, and he can only endure it silently, hoping to regain trust in the future.

The situation of the court has developed to this point, and half of the cabinet ministers close to Donglin and close to the Wei party are all in the cabinet, and all the officials are secretly speculating that the emperor is only afraid that the emperor will recall the deposed Donglin party, and the situation in the court is bound to undergo earth-shaking changes, and the situation of the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong who is overwhelmed by the world and his words may no longer exist.

The Manchu Dynasty Wenchen was convinced of Donglin's return to the court, but Huang Liji, the second assistant, was not optimistic about this, although Donglin's voice in the court and the opposition was very high, but the court has always relied on strength to speak, not to be able to influence the discussion. Although Wei Zhongxian temporarily lost his favor, the Wei Party still had a decisive advantage over the court, and if these Wei Party members desperately obstructed it, the resurgence of Donglin would only be a fantasy.

Therefore, at the first cabinet meeting held in the cabinet hall today, the first thing Huang Liji had to solve was such a big problem.

Sure enough, when he told several other ministers about this proposal, in addition to Li Guopu's approval, Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu both vigorously opposed it, and condemned the evil of Donglin for various reasons, and also brought out the holy precept of expulsion of Donglin drawn up by the Emperor of the Apocalypse a few years ago.

Li Guopu upheld his loyalty, wholeheartedly overturned the case for Donglin, and argued with the two of them.

Huang Liji had long expected that this would be the case, Shi and Zhang were the spokespersons of Wei Zhongxian in the cabinet, and how could they agree with Donglin's resurgence, so he raised his voice to stop the quarrel between the three, picked up an account book from the bookcase, and handed it to them: "Everyone, it's not too late to talk after reading this book!" ”

Shi Fenglai took the account book and looked through it for a while, the more he saw the back, the more ugly his face became, and finally the hand holding the account book couldn't help but tremble slightly. Seeing him look like this, Zhang Ruitu and Li Guopu took the account book from his hand, and they were all surprised after reading it—what was recorded in this account book was clearly the various benefits that those Wei party members in the court received from Citigroup, the time and place were recorded in detail, and the amount of silver was clear at a glance.

Shi Fenglai looked at Huang Liji in surprise and said, "Where did this come from?" ”

Huang Liji did not answer this sentence, but asked rhetorically: "Shi Xiang, if this account book is seen by the emperor, what do you think he will think?" Shi Fenglai was frightened and speechless, if Tianqi really saw this account book, he would definitely let Yousi thoroughly investigate the matter, on the occasion of the prosperity of Donglin, even if the Wei party members in the court were not all imprisoned, most of them would be unlucky, but they were not to be outdone, and said: "An account book, and there is no real evidence, what can it say?" ”

Zhang Ruitu also shouted: "This is clearly someone who wantonly framed and tried to frame the officials of the DPRK and China. ”

Li Guopu held the account book in his hand and raised it, and shouted angrily: "In this case, then show this book to the emperor to see if it can explain the problem!" ”

Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel again, Huang Liji smiled faintly and said: "Shi Xiang, Zhang Xiang, it's not a secret, the old man actually plans to present this book to the master of ceremonies Wei Gonggong for a look, and he doesn't plan to present it directly to the Son of Heaven." In fact, he knew in his heart that it was impossible to bring down the deep-branched eunuch party with just a mere account book, and at best he could sweep away some insignificant peripheral members, but if he negotiated with the Wei party on this condition, it would have an unexpected effect.

Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu heard him say this, and they were suspicious in their hearts, did Huang Liji still have any scruples about Wei Zhongxian? Judging from his recent performances, it seems unlikely, so what exactly is he saying this for?

Huang Liji picked up a document from the bookcase again, and said: "This is a note written by the old man to recall the old ministers of Donglin, and it is also intended to be presented to Gonggong Wei for reading. ”

Shi Fenglai understood that Huang Liji planned to use this account book as a bargaining chip in exchange for the revival of Donglin, and Huang Liji could not pursue these people recorded in the account book, but at the same time, he also wanted to let those deposed Donglin people return to the court. Thinking of this, Shi Fenglai didn't dare to make up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is very important, we have to ask the master of ceremonies for advice." ”

Huang Liji was waiting for this sentence, and said with a smile: "Okay, then there will be Lao Shixiang to go there in person." ”