Jingshi Jinyi Wei Zhen Fu Si Yamen.

Xiao Fan was dressed in civilian clothes, sitting behind a wide bookcase and watching the information collected by the Jinyi Guard from all sides.

The information was transmitted through the military posts in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and if there was urgent information, it was quickly delivered through carrier pigeons. Each piece of information was sealed, and the interface was painted with a scarlet flying fish-shaped fire paint.

These information were summarized through the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households in various places, and after screening, the important part was transmitted to the Beijing Division from the Jinyi Thousand Households from all over the country, and placed on the book case of the Jinyi Wei Commander, which was decided by Xiao Fan after reading it.

The information on the bookcase has been piled up, Xiao Fan opened it one by one, and when he encountered important things, he wrote down a few instructions with a pen, which were secretly passed on by the Jinyi captain of the yamen.

There are many kinds of information, there are folk rumors, the living of officials in various places, the remarks of hundreds of officials in Beijing, the movements of the northern Tartars, and more importantly, the actions of the vassal kings in various places, and now Jinyiwei has successfully arranged secret agents in the palaces of the vassal kings in various places, what the vassal kings say every day, what they do, who they have seen, and even how many bowls of rice they have eaten, what dishes they eat, the spies have all omitted and reported truthfully.

Intelligence is like the eyes and ears of the imperial court, as long as the ears and eyes are not deaf, and all the movements in the world are in the hands of the imperial court, Xiao Fan feels more and more the importance of Jinyiwei, with its existence, the imperial court will not be as blind and deaf as blind and deaf as unaware of everything in the outside world.

Dealing with these huge pieces of information every day has become Xiao Fan's main job now, and this work occupies most of his time, but although this young Jinyi Guard commander knows all the movements in the Ming Territory, he doesn't know that his wife at home sold him to Chen Ying'er for more than 100,000 taels of silver.

With such a money-obsessed wife, you can imagine what the Xiao family will look like in the future...... Xiao Fan rubbed his sour eyes, and was about to take a break for a while, when a respectful voice outside the door said, "My lord, a guest is coming." ”

Xiao Fan Yileng: "What guest?" ”

The figure outside the door flashed, and a short man wearing a hat walked in, he was wearing an inconspicuous coarse cloth clothes, and the big hat completely covered his face, as soon as the person came in, he turned around and closed the door, and then took off the hat, and bowed to Xiao Fan: "Villain Wang Gui, meet Xiao Houye." ”

Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed: "Wang Gui? Why are you here again? ”

Wang Gui hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, the villain's dress has not attracted anyone's attention, and the news will definitely not be leaked." ”

"What are you doing in Jingshi?"

"Back to the adult, the villain still prepares grain and grass for King Yan this time......"

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Of course the official knows that you have prepared grain and grass for King Yan, otherwise would you come to Beijing for a tour?" This official has warned you that if there is no emergency, you and Jinyiwei are absolutely not allowed to meet, let alone enter the Jinyiwei Yamen, why, do you take this official's words as a deaf ear? ”

Hearing Xiao Fan's unkind tone, Wang Gui hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and said in fear: "Master Hou forgives the sin, the villain is said to have entered the Jinyi Guard Yamen today, and he really has important information......

"What intelligence? Get up and speak. ”

Wang Gui kowtowed again, then stood up, walked to Xiao Fan's case, bowed down and said softly: "Lord Hou, King Yan has given an order to the villain this time, within three months, the villain must raise 100,000 stones of grain and grass......"

Xiao Fan was taken aback: "One hundred thousand stones? ”

Wang Gui said with a bitter face: "The news that the villain just got is that there is King Yan's eyeliner in the Jingshi, and it was they who found the villain and handed over King Yan's secret letter to the villain......

Xiao Fan's face was a little cold, and he knocked on the table with one hand and muttered: "Raise 100,000 stones of grain and grass in three months, this batch of grain and grass is enough for the Yan army to eat for a whole year, why does King Yan suddenly want so much grain and grass?" ”

Wang Gui sighed and said: "Although the villain now has nearly seventy percent of the procurement power of the Yan Army, the villain's identity is only a grain merchant, and there is so much grain produced in the world, and it is not easy to transfer rice from the south to the north, how can it be transferred to 100,000 stone within three months?" It's impossible......"

Xiao Fan ignored Wang Gui's complaints, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Fan's heart became heavier and heavier, and Zhu Di's pace of preparing for rebellion became faster and faster, more and more urgent, which showed that his ambition had been growing wildly, from Zhu Di's point of view, taking advantage of the establishment of the new emperor, neither the court nor the army had laid a foundation, and the folk scholars and people had not established good trust and prestige in the new emperor, this time of course had to rebel as soon as possible, otherwise when the new emperor's handling of the world's political and military affairs was on the right track, it would be more difficult to rebel.

Xiao Fan felt more and more the urgency of time.

Zhu Di's pace is too fast, so fast that he can't keep up, now it's only the early stage of military reform, many new policies that are beneficial to the army have just been introduced, the sergeants have just begun to practice, the martial arts hall has been open for less than two months, and the people who have competed in the martial arts have just been filled into the army as low-level officers, everything is slowly growing and improving, but Zhu Di seems to see the terrible consequences of the military reform, which is very unfavorable to the Yan army, so he actually began to prepare for the move in advance.

The historical Zhu Di rebellion was in July of the first year of Jianwen, but the new policy implemented by Xiao Fan in this life made Zhu Di feel the pressure, it seems that history has changed again, if it is not surprising, Zhu Di's army will never be delayed until July next year, according to Wang Gui's statement, 100,000 stone of grain will be transferred within three months, so once the food is in place, Zhu Di's grain and grass are sufficient, and after March it should be the time for him to start an incident.

What to do? The court is not ready at all, both sides are rushing for time, and for Xiao Fan, time is still pressing.

It is necessary to delay Zhu Di's period of raising troops to the death, delay it for one more month, or even delay him for one more day, which is beneficial to the imperial court!

"My lord, the 100,000 stone grain that King Yan wanted, the villain...... What to do? Wang Gui looked at Xiao Fan for help.

Xiao Fan said in a deep voice: "One hundred thousand stone grain is not a small number, I am afraid it will be very difficult to get it together in three months, you go back first, I will ask the Chen family business to mediate and mobilize in it, and Jinyiwei will help in the dark, and after three months, I will ensure that you can make a difference in front of King Yan." ”

Wang Gui was overjoyed when he heard this, and knelt down towards Xiao Fan again, kowtowing again and again: "Thank you Lord Hou for your help, thank you villain." ”

Xiao Fan smiled bitterly: "You bought and sold the grain and grass of the Yan Army in Beiping to do things for me, how can I not help you?" - I asked you to cast cartilage in the grain and grass, and did you do so? ”

Wang Gui was frightened, looked around carefully, and then nodded and said softly: "Everything is according to the orders of the Hou Ye, every bag of grain transported to the Yanjun camp in Beiping is mixed with cartilage powder, and the proportion is also very accurate, and it will definitely not be found in a year and a half......"

Xiao Fan frowned, knocked on the table, and muttered: "In the 100,000 stone grain this time, you will double the amount of cartilage powder you have added, I want these medicines to play their role within three months, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"The villain will do it!"

After Wang Gui left, the more Xiao Fan thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was serious, so he hurriedly entered the palace to meet Zhu Yunwen.

The next day, His Royal Highness Zhu Yunwen Jin issued an order, urgently transferred the lieutenant officials to command Sheng Yong, the right army was supervised to be safe, Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying entered Beijing, and the four of them were in the suburbs of Beijing to lecture on martial arts for the middle and low-level generals to talk about martial arts, and hurriedly entered the city to meet Tianyan when they heard the edict.

In addition to these four famous generals in the early Ming Dynasty, there was also a very inconspicuous civil official who was called to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and was a powerless scholar.

- This scholar's name is Tie Xuan.

After several people discussed in the palace for a long time, Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, hurriedly rushed back to the Daimyo's mansion, and the rest of the people still stayed in the suburbs of Beijing to lecture in the martial arts hall, and seized the time to teach the middle and low-level generals.

A few days later, the Daimyo Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, Dongchang Mansion three garrisons totaled dozens of thousands of households, 80,000 garrisons began to move frequently, and slowly advanced to the north for dozens of miles, stationed near Shunde Mansion, the Yan army officers and soldiers were all panicked, Zhu Neng, who was in command of the affairs at that time, was training the new army in Shunde Mansion, seeing the changes in the imperial army, Zhu Neng ordered the Yan army soldiers not to panic, not to make any hostile moves with the imperial court, and at the same time sent people to report to the Yan Wangfu in Beiping.

Zhu Di and a group of staff members of Yanwangfu, the general was shocked and undecided, and before he had time to respond, Zhu Neng sent someone to send a military report, and the 80,000 troops of the imperial court were divided into two under the dispatch of Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, and began to carry out an imaginary confrontation called "military exercise" outside the Shunde Mansion, the two divisions were named after the Red and Blue Army, with the other party as the imaginary enemy, with the commander of the troops on both sides, Guo Ying as the judge, and 80,000 people came up with a confrontation exercise on the plain outside Shunde Mansion, and the momentum was quite huge.

After Zhu Di discussed with Dao Yan, Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu and other confidant staff generals, he immediately gave Zhu Neng an order to order the Yan army of Shunde Mansion to retreat more than 100 miles to the north and be stationed outside Baoding Mansion, without the slightest conflict with the imperial army.

The military exercise was vigorous, sound and colorful, the momentum of the exercise was shocking, the sound of military drums and shouting and killing could be heard for dozens of miles, the Yan army sent countless scouts, after summarizing the reports of all parties, the generals of the Yan army were secretly frightened, the soldiers of the battalions of the Yan army were panicked, the original high morale suddenly dropped to a very low level, and the palace had an order that it was not allowed to clash with the imperial army, so the Yan soldiers were depressed.

The exercise lasted for a few days, and 80,000 horses appeared on the stage, and there was a lively scene in Shunde Mansion, and finally Guo Ying waved his hand and finished the performance! Under the suspicious gaze of the soldiers of the Yan army, 80,000 horses retreated to the Daimyo's mansion like a tide, waving their sleeves and not taking away a single cloud, which was more chic than the prodigal son in love.

Only then did Zhu Di and the others react and threaten! This is **naked politics plus military intimidation!

Zhu Di was shocked and angry, this bad trick, needless to say, must be the bad Xiao Fan again!

I want to reorganize the team and return a tooth for a tooth, but the morale of the Yan army is quite low, if there is no rest and training for a few months, I am afraid that I will not be able to recover, and before the preparations for the rebellion are not sufficient, Zhu Di does not dare to bear the charge of provoking the imperial court.

Zhu Di was so angry that he smashed all the porcelain and jade in the inner hall of the palace clean, then trembled, took a few deep breaths, and endured this breath again.

"Xiao Fan, you are too much of a bully! Come and say, if this king ascends to the great treasure, he will ...... you."

"Lord Wang, don't make a wish, hurry up and train the army......" Dao Yan's face was ashen and he sighed deeply.

Often afraid of the autumn festival, the yellow leaves of the yellow flower decline.

The coolness of late autumn makes people feel cold all over the body, but Chen Ying'er is sweating slightly at this time.

In the main wing room of the inner courtyard of Xiao Mansion, Xiao Fan's wives, Thrush, Jiang Du and Zhang Hongqiao invited Chen Ying'er, the female shopkeeper of the Chen family's business, to a banquet, and several ladies expressed their gratitude to the shopkeeper Chen for his help to the prince in recent years.

Xiao Fan didn't object, how much heart Chen Ying'er had worked for himself in the past few years, how tired he had suffered, he saw it in his eyes, he felt sorry for her and really wanted to show her something, and now several ladies wanted to entertain Chen Ying'er in unison, Xiao Fan immediately agreed without hesitation.

Due to the insistence of several ladies, the banquet was placed in the main wing room of the inner courtyard in the form of a family banquet, and everyone had a warm dinner around the table.

After a few glasses of wine, the women laughed and laughed a few words, the thrush excused himself to go to the treasury to count the silver, Jiang Du excused himself to be too strong to drink, Zhang Hongqiao excused himself to go back to the room to practice, the three girls got up at the same time and ran without a shadow, and at the table in the main room, only Xiao Fan and Chen Ying'er, who was blushing, were left facing each other.

Chen Ying'er's head was so low that it almost fell to her chest, and her neck was as white as jade, covered with red tides, like delicate begonias.

Xiao Fan sighed secretly, he was not a fool, the three ladies ran out one after another, creating a chance for him and Chen Ying'er to be alone, how could he not understand what the ladies meant?

After a few years of getting along, Chen Ying'er silently gritted her teeth, she paid so much for him, how could Xiao Fan not be tempted? In her most beautiful years, a woman is so conscientious and working hard for a man, in addition to being full of love for him, what else does she want?

But...... The scenes when he left the Chen family came to mind, Xiao Fan couldn't forget what he said, he was so passionate and heroic when he stepped out of the door of the Chen family, but now, ...... What is this?

An inexplicable emotion was repeatedly entangled in his heart, I don't know whether it was out of the man's so-called face and self-esteem, or out of the inability to let go of the past, even if he was interested in her, Xiao Fan never had the courage to take a step forward.

Picking up the small green wine cup, Xiao Fan took a sip slowly, then coughed a few times, put on a shelf of an official master, and pretended to be majestic: "Shopkeeper Chen, how are the 100,000 stone grain and grass that Wang Gui wants prepared?" ”

Chen Ying'er raised her head and glared at him, pursed her thin lips, and said, "I have already contacted more than a dozen grain stores, and it is a bit difficult to gather 100,000 stones within three months, but it should be no problem to work hard." ”

"Well, that's good, this official is very relieved......" Xiao Fan's official posture became more and more handy, at this moment he really felt that he was the commander of the official affairs in the yamen, and his handsome face unconsciously put on a majestic posture.

"These 100,000 stone grain and grass are very important to King Yan, and at the same time, they are also very important to the official, you must not lose it, the official wants to exchange this 100,000 stone grain and grass for the victory of a war, you must not take it lightly!"

Chen Ying'er glanced at him fiercely, and said angrily: "I know, do you have any other instructions from the commander?" ”

Xiao Fan smiled dryly: "Everyone is so happy today, chatting about business is a lot of scenery, forget it, don't mention this......"

Chen Ying'er turned her anger into joy at this time, and gave him a white eye lightly.

Before he was happy, Xiao Fan continued: "The Chen family's business still needs to open a few more branches, and it can't fight your Chen family's name, you can send a powerful henchman to take care of it on your behalf, so that you can better cover the strength of your Chen family, and at the same time provide convenience for Jinyiwei......"

Chen Ying'er was so angry that she gritted her silver teeth: "Lord Commander, didn't you say that you don't talk about business?" ”

What else can you talk about if you don't talk about business? Xiao Fan opened his mouth, but he couldn't find a topic for a while.

In the past few years of contact with Chen Yinger, Xiao Fan has always only talked about official affairs, and has never mentioned personal topics, and the two have even had very little ordinary chat.

Chen Ying'er raised her glass to salute, and then drank it all in one gulp, and the blush on her pretty face became more and more delicate.

Raising his eyes and looking at Xiao Fan again, the lover was swaying dimly under the lights, and the cold in the room turned into a charming and ambiguous, I don't know if it was drunk or drunk.

Chen Ying'er smiled bitterly, filled the pot with wine, drank it all in one gulp, sighed faintly, and said, "Xiao Fan...... Now you are Xiao Fan, not the commander, nor the Marquis of Chengyi, and I, just Chen Ying'er, an unmarried ordinary woman with double ten Fanghua, not the shopkeeper of the Chen family's business, okay? ”

Xiao Fan heard the poignant meaning in her words, and couldn't help but sigh and nodded: "Okay." ”

Chen Ying'er showed a sad smile and said, "Xiao Fan, do you know how hard I have been in the past few years? ”

"I don't know, but I can imagine it."

The corners of Chen Ying'er's mouth hooked up a complicated smile: "You are in a high position, and the wife in the family is delightful, it is when the young man is proud, how can you imagine the hard work of a merchant woman?" ”

Xiao Fan said in a deep voice: "Compare your heart to your heart,...... Back then, I had a hard time in the Chen family as a son-in-law. ”

Chen Ying'er was shocked, tears slid down her face in an instant, and she choked up: "What happened back then...... Who's wrong and who's right? A few years have passed, do you and I know in our hearts? ”

"We're all right, and it's wrong to be out of place."

"Out of place...... What an anachronism. Chen Ying'er lost her mind and said bitterly: "Xiao Fan, if I had treated you better back then, would you be willing to be a dull couple with me in the Chen family in Jiangpu?" ”

Xiao Fan smiled bitterly: "I am a person with no ambitions, and it was my wish to be able to live a plain life, but unfortunately I couldn't help myself after all, and I came to this day step by step......"

"Why did you get to where you are today?"

"Perhaps...... I've done so much so that one day I can live a peaceful life. ”

Chen Ying'er raised her head and drank another glass of wine, and sighed: "I often think about how comfortable and happy our life would be if we were married at the beginning......

Xiao Fan sighed with emotion: "Yes, maybe at this time, I am sitting in the lobby of the Drunken Immortal Building, and after the end of the day, I will sit with the master to make a dog meat hot pot, scald a pot of warm bamboo leaves, and drink freely......

Chen Ying'er's eyes gradually blurred, and she felt as if her voice was coming from a far away, so hazy and dreamy.

"Yes, at that time, I was next to you to pour wine, cloth vegetables, and then hold your chin to watch your master and apprentice all over the world, chatting about all kinds of life, and when you are drunk, I and Baoqin will help you go home, you are slightly drunk and leaning on my shoulder, just like ...... It's like a bird ...... a human being."

Xiao Fan came back to his senses from the boundless longing, looked down at his lower body, and hurriedly shook his head and denied: "Little bird? It's not small, it's not small......"

Chen Yinger: "............"

This bastard...... is such a big official, and he still has a bad surname!

The beautiful atmosphere was ruined by Xiao Fan's words, and the two people in the room fell silent again, quietly guarding this silence, and no one knew how to speak.

Xiao Fan was a little apologetic and a little embarrassed, seeing Chen Ying'er biting her lower lip and sitting at the table angrily, from time to time she also flew his two white eyes, Xiao Fan smiled, picked up the wine cup and drank one sip after another.

After a few drinks, Xiao Fan finally couldn't stand the embarrassing silence, and thought to himself that it would be better to just pretend to be drunk and lie on the table, pretending to be unconscious, which is much better than the two sober people who are relatively speechless now.

So Xiao Fan suddenly poured a big sip of wine, and then put his whole face on the table, with a crisp bang, Xiao Fan easily "fainted".

Chen Ying'er originally planned to get up and leave with her sleeves brushed up, but her daughter's skin was relatively thin after all, and no one had anything to say to her, what was she still doing here?

Suddenly hearing a crisp sound, Chen Ying'er was startled, and looked intently, but saw Xiao Fan's head lying on the table and fainting, and he snored like nothing, as if he was drunk.

Chen Ying'er was frightened, and then her heart couldn't stop beating violently...... The words of the thrush some time ago are still in my ears: "...... Drunk Xianggong, you took the opportunity to him. ”

It was a joke, and no one took it seriously, but now it's ...... This situation and this scene are so appropriate, lonely men and widows are in the same room, the room is full of charm and ambiguity has not dissipated, and there is a wine aphrodisiac and courageous, the beloved man is drunk in front of him, this life is no longer he does not marry, if something does not happen, how can he be worthy of such a delicate arrangement of God?

A few years have passed, if you are still as cowering and hesitating as you were back then, how many years will you have to spend your time?

Wine is a silver medium, Chen Ying'er, who drank a little too high, was extremely bold at this time, looking at Xiao Fan's sleeping handsome face in a daze, she suddenly made the most daring and shameless decision in her life...... "Xiao Fan...... Xiao Fan, you ...... Are you drunk? Chen Ying'er gently shook Xiao Fan's shoulder.

Xiao Fan is still lying on his stomach, since he has pretended, of course he has to keep pretending, and giving up halfway is not his style.

Chen Ying'er bit her lower lip, two blushes appeared on her cheeks for no reason, and her shyness and impulsiveness were repeatedly entangled, making her delicate body tremble slightly.

It was a crazy decision...... No matter! Xiao Fan, you are my happiness! I'm going to catch it tonight!

Chen Ying'er gritted her teeth, helped Xiao Fan up, lifted his arm with difficulty, moved him to the bed on the inside of the wing room with half drag and half back, and then stretched out her trembling slender hand and began to untie his clothes.

Xiao Fan was also a little frightened, she ...... What do you want to do?

- I'm not such a casual person!

Chen Ying'er unbuttoned his clothes shyly, stripped off his coat and underwear one by one, and quickly stripped him off to only a pair of obscene pants.

The slender hand trembled more and more, Chen Ying'er held back the violent heartbeat that was about to pop out of her throat, held her breath and concentrated, trembling and gently holding the trousers of the white obscene pants, and then pulled it down...... A pair of calm and powerful hands grabbed the pants, Chen Ying'er looked up in shock, but saw Xiao Fan staring at her with a frightened face, and said in a trembling voice: "You...... What do you want? ”

Chen Ying'er was about to faint: "You...... You're not drunk? ”

"It's a good thing I'm not drunk, otherwise how would I find out that someone is playing hooligan on me?" Xiao Fan is righteous and stern.

Chen Ying'er's pretty face was already blood-red, she gritted her teeth, she turned around and walked towards the table.

"What are you looking for?"

Xiao Fan quickly got the answer, Chen Ying'er picked up a small pottery jar filled with wine, and walked towards the bed step by step with a murderous aura...... Xiao Fan looked at her tense pretty face, and suddenly felt bad, at this moment he was only wearing a pair of obscene pants, and he couldn't run, so he hurriedly raised his hand and shook it: "Slow!" Calm down! I know...... I know what you're going to do, don't be impulsive, I'm actually willing......"

Bang!

The pottery jar smashed down on his head, Xiao Fan's eyes rolled, this time he really fainted...... Chen Ying'er breathed a sigh of relief, and then pulled the button of the blue bime on her upper body, and quietly, a beautiful ** covered Xiao Fan's body lightly and shyly...... The mandarin ducks were made into a double night, and the pear blossoms were pressed by the begonias.

(To be continued)