"Grandpa Ma, where is the emperor?"

While the courtiers were discussing in the Xie Mansion, Xie Hong returned to the Forbidden City. 【】

He first pounced in Cining Palace, and then learned that Zhengde had returned to Qianqing Palace. When he arrived at the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, he was a person who did not see righteousness, and only Ma Yongcheng waited here with a sad face.

Seeing that it was Xie Hong, Ma Yongcheng hurriedly stretched out his hand and wiped it twice on his face, then pointed to the apse and said, "Long live the lord in the apse." ”

"Gonggong Ma, nothing happened to the emperor, right?" Xie Hong was taken aback by his expression.

"It's nothing else...... Ma Yongcheng lowered his voice and said: "Before you took the forbidden army out of the palace, Long Live Lord entered Cining Palace, and then drove our family and others out, stayed in it for a while, and when he came out again, he was covered in blood, and his expression was not quite right, our family went in to see, Wang Yue was killed by Long Live Lord himself, and he cut a lot of knives......"

As he spoke, Ma Yongcheng's face twitched slightly, obviously lingering at that terrifying scene.

Although it is understandable to Zhengde's mood, it is not too much to avenge the killing of his father, let alone just a few more slashes? But he also grew up watching Zhengde, and he was really uncomfortable for a while, especially when Zhengde came out, the cold look on his face made him chill in his heart, is this still the original long-lived master?

"yes, got it." Xie Hong bowed slightly, this is actually one of his purposes, it seems a little cruel to let a teenager kill someone, but Xie Hong knows very well that being too soft is Zhengde's biggest weakness.

In the history books, Zhengde is slandered in every way, but there is one missing, no one has ever said that he is ruthless and kills innocents indiscriminately, although the emperor does not have to do it himself, but when he was running around outside all day, he did not see him really break anyone's house and destroy someone's door.

When Xie Hong really came into contact with Zhengde, he soon found that leaving aside the unreliable parts of the surname Geri, Zhengde was actually a good man. There is a bit of naivety in his surname, and for the acquaintances around him, he always hopes that you are good, I am good, and everyone is good.

Liu Jin was a whistleblower, Zhengde was annoyed, and he just spoofed him outside Juyong Pass; Zhang Yong wavered when Wang Yue broke into the palace, and Zhengde was only alienated from him under Xie Hong's persuasion; In the history of the previous life, Liu Jin and Zhang Yong fought in front of the emperor, and Zhu Houzhao was even more dissatisfied and cared, but instead took out the style of the underworld brother and set up wine for the two eunuchs to make peace.

As for Liu Jian and Xie Qian, Zhengde also misses his masters very much, even if he eats something, he is reprimanded by the masters, he doesn't do anything to these masters, Liu Jian and Xie Qian are alive and round to the Jiajing Dynasty, and they are out again and become the veterans of the Four Dynasties.

And the master that Zhengde respects the most, Yang Tinghe, a university scholar, is not so much that he is scheming, but that Zhengde trusts and reassures him too much, which is why he has a ten-year career as the first assistant during the Zhengde period.

When he arrived in the Jiajing Dynasty, Scholar Yang capsized in a few days, no way, he may not have adapted to it at all, without the support of the boss, he couldn't resist the counterattack of political enemies at all, not to mention that his new boss is still a black whistle, where did he experience this?

In the history of his previous life, it was precisely because Zhengde was too kind to people and too relieved of those acquaintances that he gave his life.

And now with Xie Hong, he doesn't plan to let the tragedy happen again, at least let Zhengde know that it's not that if you are good to others, others will return it with the same mood.

At the same time, after experiencing this danger, Xie Hong of course wants to liquidate, even if it is not to vent his anger, he must completely control the situation in the capital to prevent it from becoming an elbow. But if Zhengde is still the same surname as before, it is difficult to guarantee that he will be soft-hearted when dealing with some acquaintances, it will be bad.

You must know that this time it is to liquidate, it is revenge, not the previous spoofs, and if you don't die by beating the snake, you will be plotted.

So when Liu Jin suddenly went crazy and broke the news, Xie Hong pushed the boat down the river, played the banner of avenging Emperor Xiaozong, and then let Zhengde face Wang Yue alone, in fact, the old eunuch is also one of the people who watched Zhengde grow up, so Xie Hong thought that after killing Wang Yue with his own hands, it should make Zhengde's heart more mature.

It was also because of this that Xie Hong did not rush to do something to the courtiers, but returned to the Forbidden City first, in order to complete Zhengde's psychological counseling work.

In ordinary matters, Xie Hong often fools Zhengde, but in political affairs, he always explains the cause and effect to Zhengde, and then gets the consent of the other party, and then implements it. In addition to trust, this is also to reduce the estrangement between each other and not give outsiders the opportunity to sow discord.

"Lord Xie, you must persuade Long Live Lord, Wang Yue's death is not a pity, don't be upset and hurt yourself." Ma Yongcheng was leading the way for Xie Hong, and he was babbling about it, if it weren't for the fact that his voice was a little sharp, it would be like an elderly family member.

"Gonggong Ma, don't worry, after tonight, the emperor will cheer up." Xie Hong was relieved when he heard this. The eunuchs of the Eight Tigers, except for Liu Jin, who are a little ruthless, the other people are people who don't have any thoughts, maybe the power will breed ambition in the future, but at least for now, these people are very similar to Zhengde, and they are a group of people who value love and righteousness.

"That's good, that's good." When Xie Hong entered the apse, Ma Yongcheng was still chattering to himself.

The Forbidden City was turned upside down this night, and it was hard to guarantee that there would be no ill-intentioned people sneaking in, or the routs hiding in the corners, waiting for an opportunity to plot against them. As a result, the palaces of the Forbidden City were still brightly lit, and there were also groups of guards carrying torches outside, marching from palace to palace.

But the Qianqing Palace is different, the outer hall is still a little lit, but the apse is pitch black, with Xie Hong's eyesight, he can't see anything at all for a while.

"Is it big brother?" In the darkness came the voice of Zhengde, different from the high spirits of the past, his voice was full of sadness and loneliness.

"It's me, second brother, are you okay?" The light outside could still penetrate slightly, and he got used to it a little, and with the help of Zhengde's voice, Xie Hong finally found Zhengde's position and walked to him.

"Father is such a good person, how can someone still plot to kill him?" Zhengde sat in the corner, and it wasn't until Xie Hong walked in front of him that he raised his head and sighed faintly, as if he was asking Xie Hong a question, and as if he was talking to himself.

"Rights and interests!" Xie Hong's words were very short, but they were loud.

"Rights?" Zhengde was slightly stunned, as if he was awakened by Xie Hong's voice.

"Not bad." Xie Hong nodded. After getting along for so long, he is already quite familiar with Zhengde.

What appeared most on this familiar face was a hippie smile, a heartless expression, whether it was when he was spoofing the courtiers, or when he was playing and playing, even when he was besieged by the courtiers and the scholars reprimanded him endlessly, he also had that look, as if nothing in the world could stop his happiness.

Occasionally, he will be impatient and even angry. Even the few times he got angry, most of them were not for himself, but because of Xie Hong. He has always adhered to the oath of sharing hardships and blessings, so he can tolerate the courtiers' disrespect for him, but he can't see Xie Hong being besieged.

However, this kind of sad and lonely look, Xie Hong saw it for the first time on Zhengde's face.

Xie Hong didn't know what kind of expression Zhengde had on his face when he was betrayed by his most respected master and closest ministers in his previous life, but he was sure that even if Zhengde felt sad at that time, he would not be as sad as he is now.

At that time, he was already an adult after all. Whether it is Yang Tinghe's Pi Li Yang Qiu, Zhang Yong's Yin Feng Yang or Yang Violation, he can detect some of it, but he is too lazy to think about it, those dark things are completely inconsistent with his surname, and it is true that engaging in intrigue and trickery is not the specialty of this sunny young man.

"Second brother, do you remember when you were in Xuanfu?" Xie Hong sat down next to Zhengde and suddenly brought up a seemingly unrelated topic.

"Well, Xuanfu is a good place......" Zhengde nodded, the expression on his face was a little loose, obviously remembering those happy times in Xuanfu.

"At that time, you said that Emperor Xiaozong gave you the opportunity to go out of the palace to see, see the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, and see if the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, your father was a good emperor, he always wanted to make the Ming Kingdom rich and strong, even if he couldn't complete it, he had to let you know this truth......"

"Hmm!" Zhengde nodded heavily, tears flashing in his eyes.

"But some people don't like the Ming country to be rich and strong, because when the people are rich, they will delay their own wealth! When the country is strong, more talents will appear, making it difficult for them to be promoted! They keep saying that people can read, but they set up obstacles everywhere, because they don't like the wisdom of the people, and they are afraid that after the people have wisdom, they will be able to see through the tricks they are doing! ”

Xie Hong's tone gradually became excited, "These people are all tigers and wolves!" They keep saying that they are righteous and moral, but behind the scenes, they are full of male thieves and female prostitutes. Emperor Xiaozong wanted to make the country strong, and wanted to restrain them from being greedy and derelict in their duties, so they poisoned and killed Emperor Xiaozong, and today, they have the same mind about you, they are those despicable and shameless bureaucrats! ”

"Bureaucrats?" Zhengde was stunned.

"Oh, it's the scholars in the court." Xie Hong said smoothly, forgetting that there is no such name in this era, and explained again: "Second brother, we must avenge your father!" ”

"I have already ...... Wang Yue" Zhengde's voice was a little low, and I don't know if it was because of the panic of the first killing, or because he remembered Hongzhi, or he was a little uncomfortable with the death of a familiar person.

"Your father's enmity is very big and deep, and it can't be solved by killing a single Wang Yue, or even by killing someone!" Xie Hong said categorically: "You have to fulfill your father's wish, make the Ming Kingdom rich and strong, and dominate the four seas, so that your father's spirit in the sky can be gratified." ”

"Big brother, you go on." Listening to what Xie Hong said, the sad look on Zhengde's face slowly disappeared and regained its brilliance.

"Let's promote the current commentary, so that everyone in the world knows what happened to Daming; Let's open the sea ban, form a large fleet, and let the Weide of the Ming Dynasty subdue the four seas; We want to open the academy all over the world, so that people all over the world can read the books of hundreds of schools, from the industry of a hundred lines, everyone is like a dragon, thousands of generations, and they are proud of the identity of the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Xie Hong stood up unconsciously, and said in a loud voice: "Let's kick those rotten bureaucrats into the garbage heap, and don't let today's incident, Emperor Xiaozong's incident, and the tragic incident of Tumubao repeat itself, and let those bureaucrats who only care about their own interests go to hell!" ”

"yes, to hell with them." Zhengde was also excited, he jumped up suddenly, clenched his fists and shook it vigorously and yelled.

The voices of the two echoed endlessly in the apse, and spread far away, and even Ma Yongcheng in the front hall could hear it clearly.

Ma Yongcheng didn't know what they were shouting, but when he heard Zhengde's loud shout, he was also relieved: as long as the Long Live Lord is happy, as for who wants to be sent to the ghost by him, it is also deserving of that person's bad luck, who let him provoke the Long Live Lord and provoke the Xie Plague God?

Deserve! Ma Yongcheng spat hatefully.

(To be continued)