In the Beijing Division, in the market, all the discussions were about the battle outside Xizhimen yesterday. As for the assassination that took place at the mouth of that nameless alley, it was covered up by people with good intentions and was not well known.

Yan Yingyuan's eyes lit up, and he staggered into the teahouse, and as usual, he sat in a corner rather than a good position by the window—here he could observe more closely the expressions on everyone's face in the teahouse, and overhear their conversations, rather than staring boredly at the pedestrians in the street, guessing what they had for breakfast this day.

In the past, when Yan Yingyuan sat here, he often felt that his hero was useless, and he could only use this method to pass the time. But today is different, he really wants to hear what the people in the teahouse will say about the fierce battle outside Xizhi Gate yesterday.

"Yesterday, brother, I was at the head of the city, and I saw with my own eyes the power of the righteous master of the King of Qin, tsk, the army of 300,000 Jiannu was killed by them to pieces and the blood wave was rolling, but you don't know, the trenches in the west are all red - it is all the blood of Jiannu!"

He had barely sat down when he heard someone say this, and he couldn't help but laugh, it was too much of a boast. All the warriors of Jiannu, and even the rest of the tribes that depend on them, may not have 300,000 people. As for yesterday's war, there was no bloody situation, and it was not the real Jiannu who was killed, but the rebels who were captured.

But the common people don't care so much, they love to hear this. The teahouse was bursting with cheers, and the bragging man was also flushed, and he stood up to thank everyone.

"Tell me, let's talk about it, brother, I just came in, I didn't hear it before, there is Brother Lao Tai to say it again." Someone shouted from afar: "Dr. Tea, Dr. Tea, refill this brother with another pot of water, serve a plate of refreshments, and count it in my account!" ”

The man smiled and got up again and arched his hand: "Greedy, greedy." ”

After he sat down, he cleared his throat, took out a storyteller's appearance, pointed to the west and said: "I live by the Xizhi Gate, yesterday when I heard the alarm bell, the shop head (the head of a square in the city) urged us, the old and weak women and children are not allowed to go out, and the young and strong go to the city one by one to help." With my figure, everyone can see that although I don't have a big waist and a round waist, I also have a few strengths, so I followed him to the city. When I went to the city, I saw that the good fellows, boundless, full of slaves, like ants, flocked to the front of the trench. I threw a random stone and knocked over a ......."

"Said your ancestors, master, I will renew the water food for you, but I don't listen to boasting, say the key to the point!"

In the midst of the scolding, the man finally turned the topic to yesterday's battle. There is a lot of boasting and exaggeration, but the general trend of things is still clear. Yan Yingyuan judged that even if he was not in the city yesterday, he must have listened to the people who were really in the city.

"Such a thing should be accompanied by wine!" After listening, someone shouted!

"Yes, killing slaves with wine is the pleasure of life!"

The people of Jingshi have a hatred for Jiannu from the heart. Since Chongzhen's accession to the throne, Jiannu has invaded more than once, which has had a great impact on the lives of the people of Gyeonggi.

"Brother Yan, you are really here!"

Yan Yingyuan was replacing wine with tea, and suddenly two people came forward at the door, and they were all smiling and sitting next to him very simply.

These are all his colleagues, and the relationship between them is not very good, but because of the news of yesterday's big victory, they are both pleasing to each other.

"Liheng, you usually like to point out the country, tell me, what was the battle yesterday!" The two called Dr. Tea, asked for a pot of tea each, added two plates of snacks, and then urged Yan Yingyuan to come.

"Yesterday's battle severely frustrated the spirit of Jiannu and boosted the morale of the Beijing Division." Yan Yingyuan said with a smile.

Of course, he had more than that, but in this case, who wants to listen to something unpleasant, and what these two want from his mouth is nothing more than some encouraging words.

Yan Yingyuan doesn't like to praise officials, but he is quite polite to his colleagues, so he didn't say something disappointing in order to show his vision and talent.

In fact, although he was also rejoicing at yesterday's victory, he was still soberly aware that yesterday's victory could not be regarded as a big victory at all.

Killed more than 300 rebels and killed Chao Pichang, the general soldier of Changping who surrendered to the enemy, but so, it did not hurt the muscles or bones of Jianyu, that is, some time ago, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Xuanda, also killed more than 1,000 Jiannu, but for as many as 100,000 enemies, it was only one percent.

Because of the Son of Heaven and the ministers in the court, the Ming Dynasty was still in an extremely unfavorable situation. Yesterday, it was said that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xicheng, but they did not dare to open the city to fight with two or three thousand rebels and prisoners, and relied on the Qinwang Volunteer Army that appeared out of nowhere to defeat the enemy's spirit. If there are people among the Jiannu, then it can be seen that the officers and soldiers in the capital lack the courage to fight a decisive battle.

Even so, Jiannu will act unscrupulously in Gyeonggi, and the people outside the city and those poorly guarded towns will suffer as a result.

Thinking of this, he secretly sighed in his heart, and the joy brought by yesterday's victory was also gone.

No matter how the people in the city discussed, they didn't know what kind of person was under the banner of "Gyeonggi Qin Wang Yishi".

But Chongzhen in the Forbidden City knew that it was rare for him to dine with Queen Zhu Yujiao of Zhou, not only eating half a bowl more than usual, but also occasionally laughing. The Jianyu outside the Jingshi City didn't seem to have come to disturb his life.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is in the deep palace, but I also heard that the city fought well yesterday." Queen Zhou saw that he was in a good mood, so she smiled and said: "This is really Your Majesty's Hongfu, when Jiannu came to attack, it happened that Yu Jimin came to see him, so he had to serve the country bravely." ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again, Empress Zhou is not a person who likes to pat on the back, and generally does not interfere in the affairs of the DPRK and China. But Fang Cai's words really went to his heart. Yu Guozhen has always been active in Nanzhili and Liangguang, but it was only because Chongzhen felt that he had the credit for capturing Gao Yingxiang, but he did not want to be rewarded by the marquis, so he summoned him to Beijing to see him.

So, this is indeed Chongzhen's blessing.

"It's a pity that Yu Jimin's surname is indeed not easy to get along with, otherwise I would not have spared the reward of knighthood. Hmph, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu was able to be crowned a duke, and Yu Jimin had the merit of protecting the sky, and he could also be crowned a duke with him...... Doesn't he also have a foundation in Annan, and when the world is peaceful, I will make him a prince of Yueguo! ”

"I'm afraid that the Duke of Yue Guo is not a good lord." Empress Zhou said softly.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was already a Duke of Yueguo, and it was Hu Dahai who was awarded the title at that time, and he was posthumously sealed, and more importantly, Hu Dahai had no children and no heirs, so the line of Duke Yue Guogong was not inherited at all. Chongzhen couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, just when he saw Zhu Yujiao's little face raised, his face was full of thinking, and he smiled and said, "What is Kunxing thinking?" ”

Zhu Yujiao's title is Princess Kunxing, and Changping was later changed in the Qing Dynasty. Hearing her father ask herself, she blinked her eyes and said, "The courtiers are wondering what kind of character that Yu Jimin is, whether he is the same as Zhao Zilong in the book!" ”

"I don't know who told you to read this idle book." Chongzhen laughed, and there was no blame: "It's a pity that he is older, and he has already married a wife, otherwise, I can hand over my most precious palm bead to him, let him still be the master, and then give him a big title." ”

Empress Zhou glanced at Chongzhen, and her heart moved slightly. Although the Son of Heaven trusts Yu Guozhen, he still seems to be a little jealous in his heart, whether it is the Duke of Yue Guogong or the Lord Shang, he has the intention of bonding and suppressing.

After they finished lunch, Chongzhen saw Cao Huachun running over with sweat on his head, he knew that there was an urgent matter to report, and motioned for Queen Zhou to take Zhu Yujiao out. Although Zhu Yujiao is young, she is very smart, and she deliberately took two steps behind when she left, and then she heard Cao Huachun mention a name: "Yu Guozhen." ”

"This Yu Guozhen, what kind of person is it, these few cities, the father and the queen mother, they keep mentioning him, even Cao Banban is also talking about his affairs......"

"What?"

Empress Zhou heard Chongzhen raise her voice and ask, with uncontrollable anger in her voice, knowing that Cao Huachun might not bring good news. She tightened Zhu Yujiao's hand, quickened her pace, and left quickly.

Chongzhen was indeed furious.

The news from Cao Huachun's side is that someone assassinated Yu Guozhen's family in Beijing!

The factory guard got the news last night, but Cao Huachun had the heart to wait for the case to be completely solved before reporting to Chongzhen, so the matter was suppressed for a day. By now, he had received definite news, and everything that should have been disposed of had been disposed of.

"Yu Jimin fought for the country abroad, yesterday he himself fell from his horse, I can't reward him is already extremely ashamed, and now his family is assassinated in Jingshi City, what is the difference between this and the assassination of me?" Chongzhen roared, "What was the situation at that time? ”

Fanzi went to inspect the scene, and the Assassin knew that Yu Fang's head was going to Xicheng, so he laid an ambush on her way back to the inn, blocked the front with a large cart, and then shot the enemy with a crossbow from the front and rear. Fortunately, when Yu Guozhen left Beijing, there were still more than ten family members to protect Yu Fang's family, including Qi Niu, who made special contributions in Chu'zhou, and with Yu Fang's family, there were Shen Zhixu, a martial artist from Shaoxing Xiaoshan, a martial artist of the imperial court. In order to prevent accidents, the slave maid allowed Yu Guozhen's family guard to wear armor in Beijing, so although ten people were injured, fortunately no one died. Of the 47 thieves who were ambushed, 21 were killed, 6 were seriously wounded, 9 were captured, and the rest fled, and the factory guards were being arrested. ”

"The group of rice buckets of the factory guards actually called such a mad person to commit murder on the street!" Chongzhen snorted: "This time it was a fluke that did not die, if Yu Guozhen's family was injured, when Jiannu retreated, how could I have the face to see Yu Jimin?" Tell him that he fought for life and death in front, but I didn't protect his family in the capital? ”

Cao Huachun confessed again and again, but he was not very frightened in his heart, because Chongzhen said this, and the matter had already passed.

"To act so boldly in the city...... Who is it? After the initial rage, Chongzhen squinted, and the majesty of the King of Ten Thousand Vehicles was taken out.

Cao Huachun knew that the people behind those assassins were about to fall down.

(To be continued)