Outside the Guangqu Gate, Wang Pu camp.

It was getting late, and when Zhen Youcai was talking to Xiao Qi and Amu, Scarface suddenly entered the tent with a black face, Xiao Qi quickly got up and asked, "Scarface, is there any news?" ”

"Yes." Scarface replied, "The results of the retrial of the bearded man case have come out, he is not a deserter, and he will be released from prison tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Who the asked you about your beard." Xiao Qi hurriedly said, "I'm asking about the general." ”

"General!?" Scar's eyes suddenly showed a light like a beast, and he stared at Zhen Youcai viciously and said, "The general also has news, and he will be escorted to the vegetable market with the slave chief at noon tomorrow...... Ling Chi was executed! ”

"What?"

"Ling Chi was executed?"

Xiao Qi and Amu were taken aback when they heard this, and Zhen Youcai also gasped.

"Zhen Youcai, you bastard!" Scarface stepped forward in two steps to pick up Zhen Youcai, and scolded viciously, "It's all your bad idea, it's all your bad idea!" I'm going to strangle you now, strangle you......"

Scarface opened his big hand and strangled Zhen Youcai's neck as he spoke, Zhen Youcai was five short and thin, how could he be Scarface's opponent, in less than a moment, he was pinched by Scarface and rolled his eyes, and he was about to lose his breath, but Xiao Qi and Amu had not recovered from the shock, and they had no time to care about it at all.

At this time, a delicate voice suddenly sounded outside the tent: "Scarface, are you telling the truth?" ”

Scarface turned back and saw that it was Chen Yuanyuan, and couldn't help but let go of his hands, Zhen Youcai took the opportunity to shout: "Madame, help, help......"

"Poof!"

Scarface slammed a punch on the back of Zhen Youcai's head, Zhen Youcai's eyes were black and he fainted suddenly, Scarface threw Zhen Youcai, who was as weak as cotton, to Amu like a sack, and shouted: "Amu, take care of this dog, we haven't come back after noon tomorrow, so you cut down this dog." ”

Amu sighed and dragged Zhen Youcai down.

"Scarface." Chen Yuanyuan asked again, "Is what you just said true?" ”

Scarface lowered his head and replied gloomily: "Madam, this is all true, the Dog Emperor's decree has been issued, and the proclamation has been posted." ”

Chen Yuanyuan stumbled abruptly under his feet, and his face was bleak in an instant.

Scarface and Xiao Qi hurriedly reached out to help, but halfway through and retracted at the same time, Chen Yuanyuan shook his head gently, trying his best to calm down the chaotic heart, and said to Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, can I ask you something?" ”

Xiao Qi said: "Madame, just give orders." ”

"Can you buy me two coffins?" Chen Yuanyuan said gloomily, "One bite of good nanmu, and another bite of ordinary pine wood is enough." ”

"Two coffins?" Xiao Qi was stunned and said, "Madam, what are you?" ”

"The best Nanmu coffin is used to hold the funeral." Chen Yuanyuan's eyes were sad, and he said in a low voice, "That ordinary pine coffin is reserved for the concubine herself." ”

Xiao Qi and Scarface were shocked and said, "Madam, ...... you"

Two lines of tears slowly slipped down his pale cheeks, and Chen Yuanyuan said sadly: "If the Xianggong is not there, the concubine doesn't want to live, and after tomorrow noon, the Xianggong will really be gone, and I will trouble you to help the Xianggong and the concubine be buried together, the concubine does not want to be buried with the general, but only to be buried next to him, don't be too far away......"

Xiao Qi, Scarface was speechless.

"I'm sorry for you."

Chen Yuanyuan bowed deeply to Xiao Qi and Scarface again, and then turned to leave.

Seeing Chen Yuanyuan's figure disappear into the darkness, Scarface suddenly turned around and left, Xiao Qi hurriedly asked, "Scarface, why are you going?" ”

"What else can you do?" Scarface roared with a dark face, "Lao Tzu is going to gather the brothers and rob the prison to save people!" ”

"Scarface, you're back, please think about it with your brain, okay?" Xiao Qihuo said: "There are thousands of Beijing camps guarding outside the big camp, how can you get out?" Besides, the gates of the outer and inner cities of Yanjing have been closed, with more than 200 of us, can we still break the city gates? ”

"What so much nonsense?" Scarface said impatiently, "It's a fight anyway." ”

Xiao Qi was angry and said: "Such a brutal act can't save the general at all, so I can only take the brothers to die." ”

"So what do you say?" Scarface squatted on the ground, hugged his head and cried, "The general will be executed by Ling Chi at noon tomorrow, we can't see death without saving it, right?" ”

Xiao Qi said in a deep voice: "I have to ask Mr. Zhen about this." ”

"Ask the dog?" Scarface yelled, "You still ask him!?" The general has ended up here today because of that dog's bad idea, and you still want to listen to him? ”

"You know the." Xiao Qi said angrily, "Mr. Zhen has been loyal to the general from Liaodong to Jingshi, he will not harm the general, let's go, let's go to Mr. Zhen." ”

With that, Xiao Qi turned around and left.

Scarface snorted and reluctantly followed.

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Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, fell ill "just right" in the past few days.

However, although Zhou Yanru did not go to the court, he was clear about the movements in the court, because every night, Zhou Yanru's protégés and former officials would gather at his house to report to him the latest developments in the court. It was just dark, and the protégés and officials led by Gong Dingxin and Wang Xiyan gathered in the old mansion one after another.

Wang Xiyan said: "Pavilion Elder, Long Live Lord has approved Liu Zongzhou and Li Banghua's recital, Wang Pu was sentenced to death, and he will be escorted to the vegetable market at noon tomorrow to be executed, in addition, Chen Xinjia seems to be unlucky." ”

Gong Ding said sinfully: "When the lower officials heard the rumors, Liu Zhouzong and Li Banghua made a big fuss about Wang Pu being a cronie recommended by Chen Xinjia, and listed the so-called eight major crimes, and wanted to overthrow Chen Xinjia in the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible!" According to the lower officials, Chen Xinjia is afraid that this time it will be difficult to escape. ”

"Nope." Zhou Yanru said disapprerovingly, "You think too highly of those Qingliu, they can't control Long live." ”

Gong Ding said: "What does Elder Ge mean? ”

Zhou Yanru said: "According to the old man, this turmoil has passed!" The three sessions have been decided, and the bearded man was completely framed by Zhao Wuzhu, so Wang Pu's act of resisting the decree and then robbing the law field is for a reason, and it is reasonable to say that it is reasonable, Ming said that in the early dynasty, you and the old man jointly played, asking Long Live Lord to forgive Wang Pu for all his crimes! ”

"Huh?"

"But Wang Pu has already been sentenced to death by the Lord of Long Live Heaven!"

"Elder Ge, at this time, the joint play, isn't that right with the Long Live Lord?"

Wang Xiyan, Gong Dingxin and others looked at each other, and they didn't know what kind of medicine Zhou Yanru was selling in his gourd.

Zhou Yanru smiled and said: "Long live if Wang Pu is not sent down, the old man really doesn't dare to jump to conclusions, but now that Wang Pu has been sentenced, and it is still the most cruel punishment, the old man dares to assert that the long live master is clearly hinting to us courtiers, he is going to give in, let us say that Wang Pu will die early tomorrow!" ”

"Oh, I see."

"That's right, Wang Pu shouldn't be sentenced to death even if he should be killed, it turns out that there is a lot of article here!"

"He is worthy of being a pavilion elder, and his vision is unique!"

"We jointly played to protect Wang Pu, not only catering to the true intentions of Long Live Lord, but also taking the opportunity to show favor to Wang Pu and Chen Xinjia, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Wang Xiyan, Gong Dingxi and other protégés and former officials have admired Zhou Yanru so much that they have thrown themselves to the ground, Emperor Chongzhen will leave a way out in advance for whatever he says and does, saying that the good thing is that the city government is deep, and the bad point is that he is always ready to put the responsibility on the courtiers, so the courtiers must always be careful when figuring out his thoughts, in case the one will be wrong, the consequences will be very serious.

In terms of figuring out the holy will, Zhou Yanru is undoubtedly an expert.

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Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen finally finished the last book, stretched his waist for a long time, and asked Wang Chengen, who was standing by the imperial case, "Chengen." ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly bent down and responded: "The slave is here." ”

"What time is it now?"

"Long live it, it's been four days."

"Four watches?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at the dark night outside the hall, and said a little lonely, "It's the fourth watch, and it's a new day." ”

Wang Chengen didn't dare to respond, he knew what the Lord was thinking now.

It's already four watches, and it's noon in four hours, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, should be escorted to the vegetable market with Jiannu Chieftain Taiji to be executed!

"Thank you." Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked, "There is a sentence that you have to answer me truthfully." ”

Wang Chengen replied respectfully: "The slave and maid obey the order, and the slave and maid must answer truthfully." ”

Emperor Chongzhen asked leisurely: "Wang Pu, did I do something wrong?" ”

Wang Chengen shook his head and said, "Long live Lord did nothing wrong. ”

Chongzhen asked again: "Is it wrong to say that Wang Pu is so?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Long live, Wang Pu is not wrong." ”

Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be puzzled and said: "I don't understand, there should always be someone between me and Wang Pu who is wrong, otherwise it wouldn't be like this?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Long live to force Wang Pu to divorce his wife and remarry, it is from the emperor's standpoint to consider the problem, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Society, so there is nothing wrong, and Wang Pu's reluctance to divorce his wife and remarry is to consider the problem from the standpoint of a husband, he is unwilling to abandon his bad wife, so it is not wrong, but ...... Long live what Lord insists on is the big right and wrong, while Wang Pu is obsessed with the small right and wrong, and the two cannot be confused. ”

Wang Chengen's words are not just as simple as patting Emperor Chongzhen's sycophants, Emperor Chongzhen's persecution of Wang Pu is indeed for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's country!

Wang Pu is indeed a general, but he is so capable, so capable that Chongzhen Yanjing does not dare to use him with confidence!

Wang Pu was able to destroy Shengjing with just more than a thousand lonely horses, and capture Huang Taiji alive, something that others couldn't think of, but Wang Pu did it without much effort! Emperor Chongzhen can't help but worry, if one day Wang Pu wants to rebel, will he be able to defeat Yanjing City with more than a thousand lonely horsemen?

After all, Wang Pu was born as a martial artist, so he is not as loyal as those civil officials who were born in the imperial examination!

In the past few days, there have been successive incidents of Wang Pu's resistance to the decree and robbery of the law field, Emperor Chongzhen was angry and then calmed down and thought about it, things are really as Queen Zhou and Tian Guifei said, Wang Pu is just a person who has no city and values love and righteousness, no matter how arrogant such a person is, he will not lift the sky, if he can let Ru'er follow him at all times, there will be no problem.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "Alas, it is Chengen that you know my mind best." ”

Wang Chengen is a eunuch, all his thoughts are on waiting for Emperor Chongzhen, it is no exaggeration to say that when Emperor Chongzhen pouts his buttocks, Wang Chengen can know whether he wants to pee or shit? Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts naturally couldn't escape Wang Chengen's eyes, so he comforted him: "Long live the lord, don't worry, this morning Zhou Pavilion will definitely go to the court to protect Wang Pu." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said in a quiet voice: "I hope so." ”

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