A gloomy and sharp voice came out from the shadows, "Back to the emperor's words, the servants have paid close attention to the mansions of the senior officials of the court, and no abnormalities have been found for the time being. ”

Emperor Jianping frowned slightly, rubbed his eyebrows and continued to ask, "Is there any movement in the mansion of Xia Ge Lao and Ye Nanqing?" ”

"Your Majesty, Xia Ge's mansion is quite lively these days, and there are many officials waiting to meet every day. There are also many old colleagues and students of Xia Ge who go around. According to the report of the sitting explorer in the old mansion of Xia Ge, most of the people who went to meet him gave a salute and then retreated after a few simple greetings. In the past, when Zhishi's colleagues went, most of them talked about chess players for fun, but rarely talked about the current situation. However, there are also some young officials who seem to be asking the emperor to let Xia Ge Lao come forward to take charge of the court situation, and these people are very dissatisfied with Lord Ye. The man in black told the news he had heard. They originally acted as the eyes and ears of the emperor, and there was no need to hide it at all. Besides, in addition to them, the emperor also has the spy department as his eyes and ears.

Emperor Jianping nodded, the current situation was similar to what he had expected. Originally, he summoned Xia Guoyuan back, just to keep the situation in balance, so as not to make Ye Nanqing's family dominate in the court. In case something unspeakable happens, it is necessary to avoid Ye Nanqing from having the ability to abolish the establishment. "Go on."

"Lord Ye's mansion is quite quiet. According to the report of the medicine boy who followed the imperial doctor, Lord Ye had not asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat his body since the last time he retired from the dynasty, and every time he asked the housekeeper to catch the medicine according to the prescription prescribed before. ”

Emperor Jianping smiled coldly and did not make a sound. The room fell silent, and it seemed to be heard of a pin. The man in black bowed his head and knelt on the ground, holding his breath without saying a word. After a while, Emperor Jianping said, "How is the situation in King Jing's Mansion?" Is there any news coming? ”

"If you go back to the emperor, King Jing has rarely gone out recently, and even the number of times he has entered the palace to wait for the queen mother has decreased. But the minions' men noticed something strange two nights ago. At about midnight that night, King Jing's courtyard suddenly became brightly lit and full of people, as if he had recruited a thief. ”

Emperor Jianping said with interest: "Oh? Which stupid thief actually stole into the palace courtyard. What happened? ”

The slave also felt strange that King Jing's courtyard had been making noise for more than half an hour, thinking it had stopped, but then a group of guards went out. The men sent by the minions followed, far away. Listening to the words of that group of people, the thieves who stole into King Jing's courtyard should have run out, and they also stole something terrible. King Jing also demanded that 'people should be seen in life, and corpses should be seen in death'. ”

Emperor Jianping's eyes were awe-inspiring, and he was terrifying, and his tone turned heavy and said, "Was that thief caught later?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, in the end, King Jing's guards found nothing, and the thief disappeared without a trace. After King Jing's guards were severely punished, they were still secretly looking for the thief for the past two days. ”

"You send someone to follow this matter, and you must find the thief before the people in King Jing's Mansion. Looking at King Jing's posture, that person should have taken or knew something amazing. Remember, I'm going to live! If necessary, have someone from the Intelligence Division cooperate with you. Emperor Jianping waved his hand and commanded directly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The minions then arranged for someone to find out. ”

Thinking that King Jing stretched his hand into the army, Emperor Jianping was furious in his chest. He asked coldly, "Is there any news from the Marquis of Jing'an?" ”

"Your Majesty, since the last time the Xixi of King Jing's Mansion visited Jing'an Hou's Mansion at night, there has been no second time. Recently, Jing'anhou often stayed in the camp to train soldiers, and did not return to his home. ”

Emperor Jianping said expressionlessly: "It seems that he is really my good minister!" Go down and pay attention to every move of the ministers of the DPRK and China at all times, and do not slack off in the slightest. In addition, I asked someone to call Cao Wenbing. ”

"The minions are gone!" The man in black retreated, and when he went out, he happened to meet Ma Desheng and wanted to come in.

When Ma Desheng saw the person opposite, he was so frightened that he really wanted to poke his tricks blind. But now that I have met, it is not good to pretend that I can't see it, as long as I take the initiative to bow down and greet: "Godlord, Xiao Shengzi hasn't been to greet you for a long time." Are you still healthy? ”

The man in black glanced at him lightly, and didn't want to bother, so he raised his legs directly and prepared to leave.

Ma Desheng saw the meaning and hurriedly said, "Godmaster, go slowly!" Xiao Shengzi is not far away. Although the other party didn't take him seriously at all, he didn't dare to cover it in the slightest, because the other party had the most mysterious "shadow" of the palace and was always around the emperor.

The man in black took two steps and paused, and said in an indifferent tone: "Don't collect any more money that shouldn't be collected in the future, otherwise you will lose your life." ”

Ma Desheng came out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and he was wet all over. He raised his head and saw that the other party had already walked away, so he had time to whisper, "Thank you Ganye for mentioning it." At this time, his fear of the emperor deepened, and he secretly made up his mind to draw a line with Ye Nanqing, otherwise he would really die.

Not far from the palace, there is a large mansion, in front of the door is extraordinary, but it is very deserted, which makes passers-by who don't know how to do it feel very strange. If you are a person in the court, you will not feel that there is anything abnormal, because this is the mansion of Yao Nai, the prime minister of the left court. After all, Yao Zuoxiang has not been to the court for many years, and he usually closes his doors. Even those speculative officials who have the intention of burning the cold stove no longer think about coming to the door now, because the "stove door" of the Yao Mansion has not been opened for too long. At this time, two old men in the study room of the house were talking.

"Brother Xian, you let the foolish brother go to the old Xia Ge's mansion to pay a visit, is there a deep meaning? Xia Ge Lao is now the crown prince and the prince, and he is not very involved in court politics, and it seems that he cannot become the arm of the virtuous brother. Speaking is Yan Wenzheng, the secretary of Dali Temple, he and Yao Nai, the left minister, have been friends for many years, and they often helped each other in the DPRK and China in the past, just to avoid suspicion, they still rarely interact with each other on the surface. In recent years, with Yao Nai's withdrawal from the court, many people have ignored this relationship.

Yao Nai, who should have been bedridden, was writing calligraphy with a ruddy face at this time. After writing a pair of big characters of "Let's listen to the wind and thunder", he washed the brush again, and took a sip of tea with his clean hands before saying: "Brother Wenzheng, the foolish brother never thought of using Xia Ge Lao as an arm helper. It's not that you don't know that Xia Ge Lao is a person, how could he ever be subservient to others? This time, the foolish brother asked the elder brother to go to the old Xia Ge's mansion to visit, mainly for Ye Nanqing to see. ”

Yan Wenzheng stroked his beard and said, "Oh, what do you mean by that? ”

"Xia Ge Lao returned to Beijing this time, and it was clear that the emperor was looking for a suitable teacher for the prince. But there are also many famous Confucian teachers inside and outside the court, why is it Xia Guoyuan? In fact, the emperor wanted Xia Guoyuan to come back to balance Ye Nanqing. Since Brother Fool complained about his illness a few years ago and recuperated behind closed doors, Ye Nanqing has become more and more unrestricted, and he wants to grasp everything in his hands. Now that the emperor has realized this problem, he will recall Xia Guoyuan. ”

"Oh, I see. Brother Xian asked Brother Yu to go to Xia Mansion to meet him, because he wanted Ye Nanqing to think that Brother Yu was starting to get closer to Old Xia Ge. So ...... like this?"

"That's exactly what it means." Yao Nai stroked his somewhat gray beard, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Yan Wenzheng also laughed, Yao Nai returned to the imperial court, then his own career should be able to take another step.