Yun Meng stayed in Jiankang for five days, during which he met with Yin Yuan a few times, Yin Yuan was really busy with official business, Yun Meng was inconvenient to disturb too much, and he also had to go back to Jingzhou to resume his life, so he said goodbye to Yin Yuan, Yin Yuan knew that Yun Meng had something on his mind, and he had no time to withdraw, so he did not force him to stay. On this day, Yin Yuan personally sent Yun Meng outside the city gate, and told Yun Meng again, and then the two brothers waved goodbye.

Yin Yuan looked at Yun Mengyuan's back, and sighed in his heart, "Brother Xian, the future is unpredictable, you must take care of your life, don't be caught in an invisible whirlpool like your brother, you can't help yourself, you can't advance or retreat" Yin Yuan no longer had the excitement of overturning Du Shuo in his heart at this time, but there was a sense of fear that he was led into the darkness step by step, but there was no turning back, and he didn't know whether his choice was right or wrong.

As soon as Yin Yuan returned to the mansion, someone sent an edict saying that the king of Huiji invited him to come to the palace to discuss matters, Yin Yuan did not dare to delay, and immediately went to the palace of the king of Huiji. When he came to the palace, he did not pass the courtesy, and directly led Yin Yuan to the study of the king of Huiji by the people of the palace. King Huiji sat alone in the study, Yin Yuan stepped forward to worship, and King Huiji said: "Haoyuan is here, this is not the court, Haoyuan doesn't need to be polite, please get up quickly." "And give the seat and Yin Yuan.

About the king of Huiji, it is necessary to introduce one or two here, Sima Yunai, the king of Huiji, is the youngest son of Emperor Yuan, first the king of Langyu, and then the king of Huiji, and has served as a regular attendant of the free cavalry, the right general, and the general of the Fu army. After Emperor Mu ascended the throne, he was promoted to the general of the Fujun Army, recorded six things in Shangshu, mainly and assisted the government, liked to recruit famous people from all over the world, and there were many staff in the house.

King Huiji took a sip of tea and asked, "Haoyuan is used to living in a lonely courtyard during this time?" ”

Yin Yuan arched his hand and replied: "Thanks to His Highness's kindness, the minister lives very comfortably in His Highness's courtyard, and the people serve him very well, and the minister is afraid that he can't afford it." ”

King Huiji laughed and said: "Haoyuan is too modest, you have made immortal contributions to the imperial court to eradicate Du Shuo's party, how can you not afford it?" With the vast talent, the king and the marquis are just around the corner. ”

Yin Yuan said: "Your Highness has a good reputation, if there is no strategy for Your Highness, and you can withstand the pressure of many parties and resist public opinion, where will the minister make a major breakthrough so smoothly." It's just that the minister thought that this case was far from ......, "Yin Yuan originally wanted to say that there were still many doubts in this case, and wanted to ask King Huiji to agree that he would continue to investigate." But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by King Huiji.

King Huiji waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this case for the time being." By the way, the lonely king heard that Haoyuan also has a brother with a different surname in Jiankang, right? ”

Yin Yuan replied: "Back to Your Highness, this is indeed the case, Weichen did make friends with a brother with a different surname, his surname is Yun Mingmeng, he just came from Jingzhou a few days ago, our brothers have not seen each other for a long time, they talked about the old days, delayed the business, and asked His Highness for forgiveness." ”

King Huiji smiled again: "What is Haoyuan's crime? There is a saying: 'It is a pleasure to have friends from afar.' How much more are brothers who are brothers and sisters with great affection. King Gu also heard that this Yun Gongzi's background is not simple, he is a senior disciple of Huan Yuan, the general of the expedition to the west, and he is also a great talent who has learned from the past and the present. It's just that there is such a talented man who has arrived in Jiankang, why didn't Haoyuan introduce him to the lonely king? This king is going to blame Haoyuan! ”

Yin Yuan hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Please forgive Your Highness, my brother is not in the officialdom, and I don't know the rules of this palace, I am afraid that my words will collide with Your Highness." In addition, Yun Meng came to Jiankang only to stay for a few days, early this morning he has left Jiankang will Jingzhou to resume his life, if he has the opportunity to bring Yun Meng to meet His Royal Highness. ”

King Huiji waved his hand to signal Yin Yuan to sit down, and said, "Haoyuan doesn't have to be careful, this king is just joking, how can you blame Haoyuan?" However, the king's intention to get acquainted with Yunmeng is true, and one day Haoyuan must introduce it to this king. ”

Yin Yuan bowed his head and said yes.

King Huiji asked again: "By the way, Haoyuan, you just said that Yun Meng still wants to return to Jingzhou to resume his life, could it be that he came to Jiankang and has other business?" ”

Yin Yuan replied: "Back to Your Highness, Yun Meng has mentioned a few words to Wei Chen about coming to Beijing, and he just sent a letter to his teacher. ”

King Huiji didn't squeak, pondered for a moment and said, "If the son is weak today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to preside over the government." If there is really a day when the Son of Heaven is immortal, which prince does Haoyuan think can take on the important task of unification? ”

As soon as Yin Yuan heard King Huiji ask about this, he hurriedly got up again, bowed down and said, "This matter is related to the Sheji Sect Temple, and Weichen does not dare to discuss it. ”

King Huiji waved his hand and said, "Eh! There are only you and I here today, and it is just a small talk, and it is harmless. What Haoyuan thinks will be said, so that this king can refer to one or two. ”

Yin Yuan replied: "In that case, Weichen obeys. Weichen thought that the Son of Heaven ascended the throne at a young age, and he had to have the Queen Mother to listen to the government, His Royal Highness to assist the government, and the national strength was getting stronger and stronger, and everything was in order. However, as His Highness said, although the Son of Heaven is now an adult, he is frail and sickly, and without His Highness's assistance, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the heavy government affairs. If there is really a day looking at the princes of today, the king of the East China Sea is weak by nature, likes elegance, and does not like to ask about the government and politics, and the king of the West Sea is too young, only His Royal Highness is young and strong, and far-sighted, knows people well, and is the emperor's uncle, and many years of auxiliary government and ministers are also happy and convinced, if it is about who has the talent to inherit the unification, only His Royal Highness. ”

King Huiji said with a smile: "Haoyuan has praised the lonely king, but since the first emperor returned to heaven, the lonely king really did not dare to slack off, always remember the first emperor's responsibility to be alone, and did his best to assist the Son of Heaven. When today's son is benevolent, it is a pity that the Holy Communion is getting worse now, and the Son of Heaven has never had an heir......"

King Huiji paused for a moment, and then continued: "The reason why King Gu talked about this matter today is indeed for a reason. News came from the palace today, saying that yesterday the Queen Mother secretly summoned a number of clan elders into the palace to secretly discuss the succession to the throne. I don't care who will inherit the throne, I just hope that the new emperor will be a diligent and pragmatic, world-minded, wise and martial artist, and able to take on the responsibility of restoring the Ming monarch of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Yin Yuan said: "Your Highness is worried about the country and the people, and a sincere heart can be learned. Weichen believes that His Royal Highness's virtue and character, the Queen Mother and the elders of the clan must know in their hearts, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty should also understand that only His Royal Highness can handle the important task of unification. Yin Yuan's words, King Huiji did not speak, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. The two of them chatted for a while, and Yin Yuan saw that there was nothing else, so he returned to the house.

Yin Yuan returned to the other courtyard, dinner was useless, but he locked himself in the room alone, Yin Yuan had a lot of thoughts, and all kinds of tastes came to his heart. Yin Yuan felt more and more like a chess piece, in fact, King Huiji only regarded himself as a tool and a wing, and he did not completely trust himself, and he controlled every move. Everything in officialdom is too hypocritical, too hypocritical, and being in it is not something you can do if you want to be alone, or just your own character is too unsuitable for officialdom, yes, it is better to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible and be an idle cloud and wild crane again. But Yin Yuan is not a person who has no beginning and no end, and even if he leaves, it is not now. So, Yin Yuan secretly decided to quietly resign and leave after the Du Shuo case was investigated.

Jingzhou, Jiangling, the night has entered the shift, most of the people in the city are asleep, but the Huan Mansion is still brightly lit, above the main hall, Huan Yuan is full of clothes and sits in the center, and a member of the war general stands beside him, wearing a silver helmet, wearing a silver armor, holding a sword in his arms, it is the Wuwei general Huan Ye. More than a dozen generals in the hall have bright armor, and their swords are separated from each other. Huan Yuan said in a serious voice: "Today, Yuan received a secret report from Jiankang, and the Son of Heaven has collapsed!" ”

The generals in the hall were in an uproar, Huan Yuan paused for a moment and continued: "The Son of Heaven died, but the palace did not mourn, there must be a conspiracy, and there is even news that the Son of Heaven was murdered!" ”

There was another uproar, and a golden-helmeted black-faced general on the left came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said: "General, at this time, it is a time of danger and misfortune for the country, if there is really a thief who plots rebellion, the country will not be a country!" ”

A red-faced general next to him came out and said, "General, what should I do at this moment, please ask the general to speak." ”

The generals echoed in unison.

Huan Yuan got up and said: "We have been waiting for the Son of Heaven to be favored for many years, and today the Son of Heaven is suffering, and we must not sit and watch." Ben will decide to enter Beijing, eradicate the traitors, support the clan, and support the Ming monarch. ”

After that, Huan Ye handed the sword in his arms to Huan Yuan, Huan Yuan took the sword, pressed the tension spring, and pulled out the sword with a "cang" sound, and said: "This sword is given by the first emperor, you can behead the prince and kill the rebellious ministers." Are the generals willing to enter Beijing with the generals? ”

The generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "The last general is willing to follow the general, eradicate the traitors, support the clan, and support the Ming monarch!" Eradicate traitors, support the clan, and support Mingjun! The shouts rang out in the night sky. Therefore, Huan Yuan ordered Huan Ye to be the vanguard, leading 150,000 troops to Jiankang.

A few days later, the news of Huan Yuan's soldiers sent Jiankang was urgently reported in the palace, and the Empress Dowager Chongde urgently summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to enter the palace to discuss countermeasures. The Chongde Palace was silent, several important ministers just stood with their heads bowed, and the Queen Mother coughed lightly and said: "All of you Aiqing are important ministers of the imperial court, why no one answered when they are about to come to the city today." Since the palace was established at the age of twenty, he has twice listened to the government, what a scene has not been seen, there is always a solution to the troubles in this world, is he not afraid of falling into a reputation that has been stinking for thousands of years? ”

On the side, Sima Wang Ling echoed and said: "The queen mother is wise, Huan Yuan has been proud of his high merits, and he has been flying and domineering for a long time, and today he dares to force the palace, and he has already committed an unforgivable crime, and such chaotic ministers and thieves must be severely punished." ”

"Da Sima said this, and Weichen didn't dare to agree!" It was Shang Shufu who spoke Xie Bi, Xie Bi said: "Huan Yuan has always been a virtuous minister, a loyal minister, and several Northern Expeditions, Western Expeditions, recovering lost land, widely word-of-mouth, this time and played the 'Kuang Fu clan, support the Ming Jun' banner, the minister dared to say bluntly, the Son of Heaven died, it is indeed inappropriate to delay the secret mourning, now up to the government and the opposition, down to the streets and alleys of Jiankang, are discussing this matter privately, you must know that the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan', no matter what Huan's original intention was, but it catered to the public opinion, which made the court how to deal with its crimes? What's more, Huan originally had 150,000 elite soldiers, and how many Jiankang Gyeonggi guards plus the forbidden army were? Can you resist it once the war starts? I'm afraid that the situation will be difficult to reverse by then."

"Xie Bi, you are so bold!" Before Xie Bi finished speaking, he was interrupted by a loud voice, and the Empress Dowager Chongde raised her eyes and saw that it was General Pingnan and Yangzhou Thorn Shi Yinyuan. Yin Yuan entered the palace with King Huiji, and he had just learned some information on the road, and he was a little surprised at first, standing aside and listening, he felt more and more that something was wrong, and in the end he couldn't help it, so he went out of the class to play.

Yin Yuan bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager Chongde, and then said: "Minister Yin Yuan has a book. ”

Empress Dowager Chongde looked at Yin Yuan and said, "If Yin Qing has anything to say, just play it." ”

Yin Yuan said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister first wants to impeach the scholar and the servant to shoot Xie Bi, and ask the queen mother to cure him for the crime of rebellion." Second, the minister wants to ask the queen mother for an order, and the minister is willing to lead the army to crusade against Huan Yuan, in the name of the royal family. ”

Before the Empress Dowager Chongde could speak, Wang Ling played again: "General Yin's courage is admirable, no matter how much credit Huan Yuan has, he is only a courtier, no matter what reason he has, raising troops without authorization is disloyal to the imperial court, and the minister also agrees with General Yin's proposition." ”

The Empress Dowager Chongde did not speak, and at this time Xie Bi knelt down and kowtowed: "Empress Dowager, you must not listen to Yin Yuan's words, once the war starts, there will be no room for maneuver!" ”

The Empress Dowager Chongde frowned slightly, looked at King Huiji, and said in her heart: "Sima Yu, Sima Yu, you can really calm down, but at this moment, you are talking about something." Hmph, it's just trying to threaten my widow's family with this. ”

The eyes of the ministers also secretly glanced at the king of Huiji for a while, and then glanced at the queen mother. In the end, it was the Empress Dowager Chongde who spoke: "Uncle Huang, what do you think? ”

King Huiji arched his hand and said: "The queen mother, the minister has only thought for a long time, and he did think of a way, the minister and Huan Yuan also have contact, this person values reputation, the queen mother can personally repair a book, explain the reason for the awesomeness, persuade him to get lost and know the way back, first salute and then soldier, if he is still stubborn, then send troops to the king of Beijing Qin, but also the people's will." ”

The Empress Dowager Chongde pondered for a moment and said: "It is still the king of Huiji's unique vision, okay, just follow the emperor's uncle." ”

So he ordered someone to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, brush and write down a letter, and stamped it with a treasure seal, and sent the chief of the inner court out of the palace to deliver the letter.