"Who?" Wang Pu lost his voice and said, "Eldest princess? ”

Lu Liu nodded solemnly, and said, "It looks like I'm in a hurry." ”

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Where is she?" ”

Lu Liudao: "In the side hall of the front yard, she said that she wanted to see Master Hou and didn't want to alarm others." ”

"Let's go." Wang Pu said, "Take a look." ”

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Jingnan Hou Mansion, the front yard side hall.

Princess Zhu Weiru of Changping was crying silently, and her ears rang from time to time with a sentence that the eunuch Zhang Zi'an said to her not long ago: "Long live Lord was bewitched by Gao Hongtu and his group, and wanted to get rid of Sun Ge Lao and Ma Ye, Sun Ge Lao is a kind person, it's good to say, but Ma Ye is a ruthless character who kills people without blinking, Gao Hongtu and Long Live Ye can't be his opponents, in the end, you can only harm yourself, princess, you have to try to prevent the tragedy from happening." ”

Princess Changping was shocked and said, "Grandpa Zhang, what you said is true?" ”

Zhang Zi'an said with a solemn expression: "Gao Hongtu has already been arranged. ”

"What then?" Princess Changping said hurriedly, "What should the palace do?" ”

Zhang Zi'an said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, now only you can save Long Live Lord!" Otherwise, if Gao Hongtu and Long Live Lord continue to make mistakes, they will definitely anger the Horse Master in the end, Gao Hongtu and his gang will inevitably die, and if you don't know if the Long Live Lord may also be deposed by the Horse Master, which ......"

"Deposed?" Princess Changping was taken aback and muttered, "Deposed? Is this possible? ”

"What's impossible?" Zhang Zi'an said, "The slave and maid have already seen it, the master of the horse has been wary of the master of the long live, the master of the horse is too impatient, he is now thinking of cutting off the master of the horse, it is impossible to succeed, Gao Hongtu, this old boy has a low master, he will only fight with the same party, talk on paper, and Sun Ge Lao and the master of the horse are far worse, the slave and the maid are really worried, in case the matter is revealed, the master of the horse may really depose the master of the long live in anger, and set up the king of Yong or the king as the emperor." ”

"Father-in-law." Princess Changping said hurriedly, "You say, what should this palace do to help the Lord Banzai escape this catastrophe?" ”

"Ugh." Zhang Zi'an sighed and said gloomily, "If you want to help the Lord of Long Live avoid this catastrophe, Her Royal Highness the Princess has to go down to ask for the Lord of the Horses, and now only you are the only one to ask for the Lord of the Horses, and maybe you can also let the Lord of the Horses open the net and keep the throne of the Lord of the Long Live." ”

Princess Changping was shocked when she heard this, and said sneeringly: "You mean...... Let Hongu beg him? ”

Zhang Zi'an said again: "Your Royal Highness Princess, don't look at Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo have already entered the pavilion, but they are like Sun monkeys, no matter how much they jump, they can't jump out of the palm of the Buddha's hand, how can the power of Sun Pavilion Lao and Ma Ye be so easy to shake?" These words can't be said to the Lord of Long Live, the Lord of Long Live is on the rise now, whoever splashes him with cold water must be boring, there is no way, Your Royal Highness the Princess, you can only come forward to ask the Lord of the Horse. ”

Princess Changping thought of her dignity as a princess, but she wanted to ask Wang Pu in a low voice, and she couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.

Zhang Zi'an said again: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, Sun Ge Lao and the Horse Master are now powerful, they not only control the entire Shilin class in the south of the Yangtze River, but also control the 100,000 most elite Central Army, and only a fool like Gao Hongtu will naively think that as long as he controls the cabinet, he can control the government, but he doesn't know that the cabinet is simply a puppet in the hands of the horse master." ”

……

When Wang Pu took Lu Liu into the side hall of the front yard, he saw a beautiful figure standing in front of the screen, the person was wearing a thick black coat, and he was wearing a hood on his head.

Wang Pu waved his hand, Lu Liu quietly retreated, and closed the door with him.

Wang Pu settled down, and was hesitating whether to bow to the salute, when Princess Changping suddenly bowed to him and knelt on the ground, which made Wang Pu startled, and quickly stepped forward to help Princess Changping, and said in a delicious voice: "Princess, what are you doing here?" How can there be a reason for the emperor to kneel to me as a courtier? ”

Princess Changping gently broke free from Wang Pu's support, insisted on kneeling on the ground, and sobbed: "Husband, Ru'er has something to ask for." ”

"Oh, princess, get up quickly, get up and speak." Wang Pu hurriedly said, "This is going to be seen by those imperial historians, I shouldn't be able to eat and go around." ”

Princess Changping said: "If the husband doesn't agree, Ru'er won't get up." ”

Wang Pu was so anxious that he rubbed his hands and said with a bitter face: "But I have to know what is going on, right?" ”

Princess Changping raised her pear blossom with a rain-like delicate face, and sobbed: "Husband, no matter what mistakes the Lord has made, he is the eldest son of the first emperor after all, and he is the most orthodox royal bloodline of the Ming Dynasty, and he is still young, which is the most easily bewitched age, please don't abolish it no matter what, okay?" ”

"Abolition?" Wang Pu was stunned and said, "Princess, what are you talking about?" ”

Princess Changping said gloomily: "As long as you agree, Ru'er will tell you everything." ”

"Uh......" Wang Pu pondered for a moment and said solemnly, "Okay, I promise you, no matter what, it will not be abolished." ”

Princess Changping was willing to get up and tell Wang Pu everything Zhang Zi'an told her as it was, Wang Pu was dumbfounded when he heard it, he really didn't expect Gao Hongtu to plan to collude with Jiannu to deal with him, and he didn't expect that the whole plan that Gao Hongtu came up with would be so mentally retarded, it was simply full of flaws.

After listening to Princess Changping's relay, Wang Pu said loudly: "Lu Liu! ”

Lu Liu entered in response and said loudly: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu said: "Go to the car immediately and send Her Royal Highness the princess back to the palace." ”

"Yes." Lu Liu responded and said to Princess Changping, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, please." ”

Seeing the figure of Princess Changping go away, Wang Pu said again: "Someone is coming." ”

Another family member entered and responded: "What does Master Hou command?" ”

Wang Pu said: "Let Xiao Qi come to the side hall to see me immediately." ”

"Yes."

The family agreed, and when he was about to go to find Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi came by himself: "Master Hou, the flying pigeon passes the book!" ”

"Oh?" Wang Pu's heart moved, and he asked, "Where is the flying pigeon to pass the book?" ”

Xiao Qi said: "Wuchang's." ”

Wang Pu said: "Bring it quickly." ”

Xiao Qi handed a small scroll of paper in his hand to Wang Pu, and waved his hand to the family Ding on the side, who exited the side hall in response, Wang Pu hurriedly looked at it, and then laughed and said: "Hahaha, good, great!" ”

After laughing, Wang Pu said to Xiao Qi again: "Xiao Qi, two things." ”

Xiao Qi snapped his legs together and replied, "Yes." ”

Wang Pu said: "First, send the horse to Yangzhou quickly, and let Wang Shicheng, the prefect of Yangzhou, immediately withhold the peace delegation and take Yang Tingjian and the others back to Beijing!" Second, inform Zhao Xin with a flying pigeon, and ask him to send a fast horse to escort Fan Wencheng to the Han Dynasty, to be fast, Fan Wencheng must be sent to Nanjing within five days! ”

"Yes."

Xiao Qi responded violently and took the order.

Wang Pu summoned the famous family member just now into the side hall again, and ordered: "Send someone to the old mansion of Qian Ge and Lu Ge immediately, and ask the two elders to go to the old mansion of Sun Ge immediately, and say that there is something important to discuss!" ”

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Half an hour later, Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi hurried to Sun's mansion.

Wang Pu and Sun Chuanting had already met in the study, and the four of them had talked about the etiquette, and Wang Pu said: "Qian Ge Lao, Lu Ge Lao, there are a few latest situations to inform you, Gao Hongtu They have given up collecting salaries from the people of Zhejiang, but they have moved their brains to the silk, cotton and linen households in Songjiang, Suzhou, and Changzhou, and plan to charge them with inciting civil revolt and confiscate their family property as officials. ”

"Huh?"

"How can this be!?"

Qian Qianyi and Lv Daqi were shocked when they heard this, especially Qian Qianyi, his hometown is in Changshu, Suzhou, with nearly 10,000 acres of mulberry fields, and is a well-known silk household, and also the richest man in Changshu.

Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, Old Sun Ge, you must stop them." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand, signaling Qian Qianyi to be calm for a while, and then said: "There is even more shocking news, Gao Hongtu is ready to collude with the Jiannu in the north to deal with Benhou, and he already has a comprehensive plan, specifically like this......"

Wang Pu relayed Gao Hongtu's overall plan to Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi again.

Qian Qianyi changed his color and said: "Gao Hongtu really dares to communicate with foreign countries? ”

Lu Daqi said angrily: "Master Hou, Elder Sun Ge, my subordinates think that they can take people now!" ”

"Not bad." Qian Qianyi also echoed, "Hou Ye and Sun Ge have endured it for several days, and many officials in the DPRK and China have fallen to Gao Hongtu's party, and there are also many villains in the Donglin Party who have secretly defected to the enemy, and the subordinates think that it is time to close the net!" Otherwise, if they really let Gao Hongtu and them mess up Songjiang, Suzhou, and Changzhou, it will be difficult to clean up. ”

"Let them jump for a few more days, stay up for a few more days!" Wang Pu said fiercely, "As for the three prefectures of Songjiang, Suzhou and Changzhou, as long as I Wang Pu is here, there will be no chaos!" Tang Sheng will lead two battalions of the Central Army to block the gates of Nanjing tonight, and all officials in Beijing and government officials will not be allowed to leave the city without the order of the Governor's Palace! ”

Qian Qianyi said awe-inspiringly: "Master Hou wants to force them to jump off the wall in a hurry?" ”

"That's right!" Wang Pu said fiercely, "If you don't drive them to a corner, how can they take out all their family resources?" ”

Lu Daqi said: "Master Hou, Yang Tingjian's peace mission is an important witness, and someone must be sent to arrest him immediately." ”

Wang Pu said with a smile: "I have already asked Wang Shicheng, the prefect of Yangzhou, to take people." ”

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Jiangdu, the capital city of Yangzhou.

When Wang Shicheng, the prefect of Yangzhou, received Wang Pu's urgent delivery, Yang Tingjian's peace delegation had just arrived in Yangzhou, and was preparing to rest at the post station, planning to rush again tomorrow morning.

Yang Tingjian and the two deputy envoys had just dismounted, and a group of officials had already rushed into the post station in a chaotic manner, surrounding Yang Tingjian, the two deputy envoys and more than a dozen entourages, Yang Tingjian couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and a deputy envoy stepped forward and scolded: "Who are you?" What do you want to do? Do you know that this is Lord Chincha? ”

"Chincha-sama?" Wang Shicheng, who was dressed in a fourth-grade official uniform, strode forward surrounded by several staff members and said coldly, "What kind of evidence do you have?" ”

Yang Tingjian frowned and said, "You are Wang Shicheng, the prefect of Yangzhou?" ”

Wang Shicheng said coldly: "It is this official, are you the envoy Yang Tingjian?" ”

Yang Tingjian said: "Exactly. ”

"Yes." Wang Shicheng waved his hand and said loudly, "Take it all!" ”

"Yes!"

Dozens of officials suddenly agreed, pounced like tigers and wolves, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Tingjian, the two deputy envoys and more than a dozen followers were pressed to the ground, Yang Tingjian struggled and shouted: "Wang Shicheng, you are crazy, this official is Yang Tingjian, the envoy of the council and peace......"

"You're the one who took it!" Wang Shicheng snorted, waved his hand, and said, "Tie it up, take it all away!" ”

When the officials scolded and tied people with ropes, one of the attendants jumped up from the ground and kicked over the two officials beside him, and then the whole person jumped into the air and slid into the icy canal with a pop.

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Nanjing, Taipingmen.

Two squads of heavily armed Central Army soldiers are like two rows of javelins, standing straight on both sides of the city gate, the city gate is full of traffic and pedestrians, although these two squads of Central Army soldiers are rifles in their hands, and they are also loaded with bright bayonets, which look murderous, but the pedestrians who go in and out are not afraid.

A few bold little daughters-in-law even sneaked a glance at the heroic soldiers, walked a few steps and then turned back to peek.

Due to Wang Pu's iron-fisted management of the army, coupled with the abundant salary and generous welfare system, the image of the army in the minds of the people is undergoing a subtle change, at least in the eyes of the citizens of Nanjing, the Central Army is a well-disciplined army, and many small families with daughters who have not left the cabinet want to recruit a son-in-law of the Central Army.

If you really want to recruit a son-in-law of the Central Army, not only will you have face in front of the neighbors, but the life of the family will be improved quickly, you must know that the recruits of the Central Army have 50 taels of silver a year, which is a lot of money, enough to buy 5,000 catties of rice or four and a half acres of good land!

In the sound of hurried horses' hooves, a tolerance horse rushed straight into the city gate hole, seeing that he did not slow down at all, as if he was going to rush straight through the checkpoint of the Central Army.

"Stop!"

An officer of the Central Army suddenly stood in the middle of the official road, raised his right hand high, and the white gloves on his hands were particularly eye-catching!

The officer was taken aback, quickly reined in the reins of the horse, and shouted fiercely, "What do you want to do?" Lao Tzu is the tolerance of the imperial court, and the cabinet is urgently sent to Changzhou! ”

The officer was unmoved, and said coldly with his right hand: "The order of the Governor's Palace? ”

"What edict?" The messenger was stunned and said, "What decree from the Governor's Palace?" ”

"I'm sorry." The officer said coldly, "Without the order of the Governor's Palace, all officials and servants are not allowed to leave the city, please go back!" ”

The messenger said angrily: "Do you dare to block the tolerance of the imperial court and want to rebel? ”

In the sound of raising guns, the two small groups of Central Army soldiers on both sides of the official road had already raised their rifles in their hands, and the muzzles of the black holes had been aimed at the errand on horseback.

(To be continued)