"Your Highness!" The guard held a warm jade pendant in his hand and said, "There is a famous scholar from Songjiang Mansion outside the door, named Ji Zhong, who claims to be your old friend. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoHe said that as long as he shows you this jade pendant, you will definitely see him! ”

Zhu Song took the jade pendant from the guard's hand and found that this jade pendant was only half of it, as for the other half......

Zhu Song fiddled with it from his sleeve for a while, took out the other half of the jade pendant, and directly put it together with the previous half, tightly knit, and it was clearly a piece.

"What about people?" Zhu Song's eyes lit up and asked.

The guard said, "Still waiting outside the gate of the mansion!" ”

"Go and get that man to the middle court!" Zhu Song commanded, and at the end he seemed to remember something, and continued: "There should be more than one, as long as they are together, they will all invite this king to the middle courtyard!" ”

This half of the jade pendant was actually brought by Zhu Di to Mu Su to Zhu Song, the purpose of which was to cooperate with the task, so as not to make Zhu Song recognize the wrong person who came to connect.

A quarter of an hour later, the guards walked in with a man in green clothes, a man in white, and two middle-aged servants.

It was Ji Gang and the three brocade guards under him.

"All of you go down!" Seeing these two pairs of masters and servants, Zhu Song waved his hand to the guards and maids in the hall and sent them all away.

After coming back to his senses and looking at the four of them a few times, Zhu Song suddenly smiled and asked Ji Gang, who was still wearing green clothes: "If this king is not wrong, your name should not be Ji Zhong, right?" ”

"The prince has seen the lower officials?" Ji Gang didn't answer Zhu Song directly, and there was not the slightest look of awe on his face, but he asked in a little surprise.

Although I know that the Jinyi guards are all bold and ruthless guys, they still serve the imperial court in the final analysis.

Even though Hong Wuye abolished Jinyiwei, the extremely strict hierarchy has been deeply imprinted into Jinyiwei's bones.

Dare to talk to a prince in his own hall like this, and it seems that there is not the slightest hint of awe of the Jinyi Guard, it is really rare in these years, so Zhu Song is a little curious about Ji Gang.

"Seen?" Zhu Song shook his head and said, "If this king has seen you, do you think you can still talk to this king here?" ”

The meaning of Zhu Song's words is very clear, now it is not Hong Wuye who is in charge, the entire Ming Dynasty, except for Zhu Di who dares to accept the Jinyi Guard, who has the guts? I'm afraid that if Jinyiwei just appeared in Yingtianfu, he would be sent to the edict by the people of the Criminal Department.

Others may not be able to hear the dumb riddles in Zhu Song's words, but what kind of person is he Ji Gang, who knows how to observe words and emotions the most, and figure out the psychology of King Yan, where will he not know what Zhu Song means?

"It seems that I underestimated His Royal Highness the King of Han!" Ji Gang's heart jumped suddenly, he didn't expect this prince's words to be so sharp, so that he was stunned for a few breaths.

"The prince laughed, the lower officials have never been to Yingtianfu!" Ji Gang smiled and said, "It's the prince, but the image that is passed down from the outside world is very different!" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhu Song laughed out loud, "The world laughs at me for being too crazy, I laugh at the world for not being able to see through it, it's just fame, and being scolded for a few words won't lose a piece of meat, what's this?" ”

The gentleman who has been eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, and fighting for more than ten years has such a strong mentality.

If it weren't for King Han's temperament, he would just be talking big now; Otherwise, King Han has been pretending for more than ten years, so ...... This mind is terrible!

Ji Gang, who had realized that he had misjudged Zhu Song's temperament and ability, became somewhat respectful. "Xiaguan, Jinyi Wei is in command of the Ji Gang, and I have seen His Royal Highness King Han!"

"Ji Gang, huh? Period...... What do you say your name is? Zhu Song muttered a few words, suddenly realized that something was wrong, and suddenly raised his tone.

You must know that this Ji Gang is not a passerby, he was a popular man under Zhu Di during the Yongle period, not only the official to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but also in charge of the Son of Heaven's army and the edict.

And Ji Gang is unruly, scheming, good at catering to the holy will, for his own rights and status, he uses harsh punishments and harsh laws, frames and slanders, and many famous ministers and virtuous generals in the world all died in the hands of Ji Gang.

If you want to talk about the first eagle claw of the Ming Dynasty, it must definitely count his Ji Gang, Ji Commander!

"Your Highness, the official discipline!" Ji Gang didn't know what the master in front of him was pondering, so he could only introduce himself again.

"So you're Ji Gang!" Zhu Song made a few laps around Ji Gang, suddenly clapped his hands, and said: "Don't say it, with your outfit, if you don't reveal your identity, I'm afraid no one will know that you are a ruthless Jinyi guard!" ”

"Your Highness has praised it!" Ji Gang's face suddenly cried and laughed.

"Okay, now that we've met, let's make a long story short." Zhu Song is hungry now, so let's understand the task clearly, "The fourth emperor brother asked this king to hold a poetry meeting, this king opened, let this king arrange for you brocade guards to mix into the venue, this is also easy to do." Now, the king wants to know what your specific mission is here! ”

"Huh?"

Ji Gang was confused by Zhu Song's words, this is too direct, he Jinyi Wei is under the command of King Yan, and he has done some coercion and temptation and torture to extract confessions in the past, when has he been asked rhetorically?

But this time it was the prince who asked, coupled with what Zhu Song said before, he didn't dare to underestimate this master, so he said honestly:

"Your Royal Highness, according to the order given to us by His Royal Highness King Yan, this time we came to Yingtianfu, and the main task of our Jinyi Guard is to arrange for secret agents to enter the mansions of Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and other Jianwen diehard ministers, in addition to monitoring the daily life of these ministers, when necessary......"

Speaking of this, Ji Gang brought a grim smile on his face, and at the same time, his right hand made a horizontal stroke under his neck.

"This task, this king doesn't have the ability to help you!" After listening to Ji Gang's narration, Zhu Song frowned, "If you want to say that you know these great Confucians, this poetry meeting can be achieved, but if you want to enter their mansion, this king has more than enough heart and no strength!" ”

"Your Highness knows His Highness's difficulties!" Ji Gang was not surprised by Zhu Song's answer, "At the time of the poetry meeting, you just need to point out the servants and guards in the palace of Fang Xiaoru and others to the lower officials and others, and the rest don't need to worry about His Royal Highness, the lower officials will do everything!" ”

Hey, that's a novelty!

People want to enter the mansions of the princes and ministers, and the first thing they want to know is the princes and ministers.

What kind of routine is this?

"Ji Gang, you know the importance of this mission!" Zhu Song's face became serious, "If you fail this time, you will not be able to explain to the Fourth Emperor Brother, and you will even lose your life!" ”

"Your Highness, please rest assured, I, Ji Gang, have never done anything that I am not sure of!" Ji Gang had a faint smile on his face, "If you can't complete the task assigned by His Royal Highness King Yan this time, Ji Gang will never leave Ying Tianfu alive!" ”

Zhu Song didn't give Ji Gang a chance to repent, and said, "Okay, there is no joke in the army!" ”

……

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed, and it was the day when the Han Wangfu held a poetry meeting.

In the past few days, the celebrities, princes and nobles, and scholars of the various states, counties, and counties that are still under Wanghua have rushed to Yingtianfu.

These people are all here to participate in the poetry meeting in Tianfu, such a good opportunity to make a name for themselves, for those Qingliu Confucianism and poor scholars, it is a good opportunity that cannot be missed.

Just this scene, it is enough to catch up with the Chinese New Year's Eve!

From Yingtianfu to Jiaxingfu, those who return to Beijing can take the official road or the waterway.

Starting from the early morning, if it is a pure carriage, it can travel up to 150 miles a day, and Jiaxing Mansion is only 70 or 80 miles away from Nanjing City.

Today, on the Qinhuai River to Nanjing, a pair of special brothers have been ushered in.

One is Xie Zhenying, the second son of Hanlin in the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Zhen should be only seventeen years old, don't look at the young age, but he has already passed the examination, such an age to be admitted to the lifting of people, in the Ming Dynasty is very rare.

However, he was originally from a scholarly family, and his father Xie Jin was a famous writer, calligrapher, and poet in the Ming Dynasty...... Under such influence, Xie Zhenying and his brother Xie Zhenliang have been quite competitive since they were children, and it can be said that they are full of poetry and books, and they are full of economy!