In the face of Xia Mu's threat, Chen Hong understood the meaning of the note very well in his heart, so he specially set up a banquet in the East Factory and invited Xia Mu to come to the factory.

After Xia Mu received the invitation, he said goodbye to Yu Dawei in Zhongfu, and left in the green tweed brocade sedan chair.

Just as the palanquin man carried out the east corner gate, the sun was already in the west, and the tiled blue sky was provoked by the flying corner heavy eaves of the gatehouse, and at this time a large area of fire clouds had risen.

In the past few days, the weather has warmed up a bit, and it seems very hot and dry, and the shops that have been withdrawn earlier on the street have begun to sell large bowls of tea that have cooled down again, and a number of heat-dissipating items such as puff fan mats, summer cloth undershirts, and backpacks have also become popular immediately.

Xia Mu sat in the sedan chair, although he also felt stuffy, he didn't bother to lift the yellow satin curtain on the sedan window to breathe, and he was still irritable about Yang Jisheng's affairs in his heart.

He had a detailed discussion with Yu Dawei in the mansion early this morning, when Hu Zongxian left Beijing a few days ago, Yu Dawei was also released, Xia Mu did not see him, for fear that Li Mo would be suspicious, and he has been arranged in the government of the governor Jingyingrong, although it is an empty shelf, but he still let him prepare with the knife meteor earlier, maybe after the winter, he will start recruiting troops.

However, when we talk about it today, there are also many problems, there is no shortage of some noble children in the three major battalions, and these noble children know all day long that they go to the kiln, drink flower wine, and gamble money, either they are weak and sick, or they eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and do not do their jobs.

Daming wants to rely on these things to fight with me, but I'm afraid that before he gets to the battlefield, he will finish the calf first. Moreover, Yu Dawei said that the Japanese slaves in the south were also very arrogant, although Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun and others surrounded and suppressed, but they were still a little difficult.

After Hu Zongxian returned to the southeast from the capital, he also sent a letter to the customs defense soldiers, in which he specifically said that the Japanese slaves in the south now seem to be very different from Wang Zhi at that time, originally just some Dongyi defeated soldiers, who could not survive in Japan and ran to survive, but with the end of the Warring States period in Dongyi, it has gradually formed a unification in the central part, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, there is a great trend of sweeping Japan's Kyushu, and it is a matter of time before Japan is unified, but according to the situation, he is very worried that this is the Japanese ruler, The pioneer who coveted the Ming Dynasty was the spies and ronins sent by Dongyi, intending to disturb the Ming Dynasty and be exhausted.

Xia Mu agreed with Hu Zongxian's statement very much. Due to the wars and turmoil of the Warring States period, Japan's economy was miserable, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched a war of aggression against foreign countries in order to alleviate Japan's domestic economy and for his wolf ambition!

Toyotomi's father and son have always coveted the status of the hegemon of Southeast Asia, which Xia Mu knows very well.

However, now that Korea has not known about military affairs in Goryeo for 200 years, once Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends troops, Korea Hachido will fall in an instant. Although the Liaodong Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty has a lot of construction, it is not very strong.

It seems that it is necessary for the three battalions to form a naval army.

Xia Mu hadn't arrived yet, but Li Mo asked Yin Shizhan, who was the right attendant of the household department first, to go to Dongchang to ask Yang Jisheng about the reduction of officials, and by the way, to ask the emperor if it was instructed by King Yu behind it.

This Yin Shizhan was originally one of the lecturers recommended by Li Mo to Yuwang's Mansion, and later moved to the right Zanshan, entered the official and washed the horse, and was still responsible for educating Yuwang.

Gao Gong was lukewarm to him, and a while ago, Li Mo promoted him to the right attendant of the household department and sent him this errand.

Yin Shidan himself also knew that the errand he received was the most difficult to do. Dongchang was originally a "ghostly" institution, not to mention that this matter was also mixed with the battle between the palaces and the government. Therefore, he also had an extra mind, and asked the official of the headquarters to move a document to the Imperial History Yamen of the City Patrol City, asking Wang Sijiu of the City Patrol Yamen to help him assist in handling the case.

If it is done, his credit is indispensable, and if it can't be done, there will be one more person to take responsibility. So the two sides agreed on a date, met together, led two hundred guards patrolling the city, and came to the Dongchang Yamen in a mighty and mighty manner.

Dongchang had already gotten the news that Chen Hong was not there because of something temporary, but his right-hand man Li Dasheng had already sat in the court and waited.

So when Yin Shidan and Wang Sijiu led a group of Praetorian Guards to the gate of Dongchang, they saw three horses blocked in front of the door, and inside and outside the door, they were also full of soldiers with knives.

Yin Shidan got off the sedan chair and immediately glanced at it, and said to Wang Sijiu beside him: "Lord Wang, looking at their posture, it seems that they are going to fight." ”

Wang Sijiu has been in officialdom for many years and knows how to deal with this errand. Therefore, he said: "These people in Dongchang are dogs with horns on their heads, and they have to be full of ghosts everywhere." We don't care about the arrogance of these little minions, we just talk to them about things. ”

Yin Shidan was sure in his heart, nodded hurriedly, and called the head of the entourage to let him go over to negotiate. The head of the team walked over and negotiated with a palm post in the East Factory across the horse, only to see the palm post waving his hand, and immediately more than a dozen servants moved the horse.

The head of the squad came back and reported, "The master invited the two adults into the court to talk. ”

According to the rules, there will be office affairs between the yamen, and when the officials come here, the officials of the yamen should go to the door to greet them. Dongchang is so cold, Yin Shidan is very useless in his heart. Although he is not the official of the Criminal Department, Zuo Er, but after all, he is also a six-grade official, he looked at the palm post standing on the steps of the door with his hands on his hips, and asked Wang Sijiu angrily: "Lord Wang, these rootless bastards, why do you not understand the rules like this?" ”

Although Wang Sijiu and Yin Shidan are not in the same group, but being snubbed by Dongchang like this, he also hated itchy, he raised two sparse eyebrows, and scolded: "Damn, these guys are dogs, Lord Yin, I can't help with this errand, don't let the officials go over." ”

Wang Sijiu said that he was about to get on the horse and open the way, but Yin Shidan was so panicked that he grabbed him, and said with a bitter face: "Lord Wang, this is a joint matter between our two families, and you can't go." ”

Wang Sijiu didn't want to wade through the troubled waters, who would dare to provoke this Dongchang master, Jinyiwei and Dongchang fighting, they patrol the city and the yamen is a small land lord, and they dare not fight with Da Luo Jinxian, now that they have Yuzi, there is still reason not to run?

Yin Shidan stood alone at the gate of the East Factory, whether he walked or not, and he didn't go.

At this moment, I saw a small sedan chair of four people coming in the distance, and the two sides of the road were all brocade guards with embroidered spring knives, and they were shocked in their hearts and hurriedly let them pass.

Xia Mu heard Luo Kedi say that he arrived at the East Factory, so he slowly came down, only to see Yin Shidan on the side, his mind moved, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's Zhengfu!" ”

Xia Mu and Zhang Juzheng have drunk a few times, and they have also seen Yin Shidan.

Yin Shidan saw that it was Ning Yuan Bo Xia Mu in the sedan chair, his face was happy, and he hurriedly said: "It's uncle, I was worried that I couldn't enter the yamen of Dongchang, so my uncle came." ”

Xia Mu heard that Li Mo was sent to inquire about the news, and laughed secretly in his heart, this Li Mo is not a big deal, and he still wants to participate in this matter, and he can't help but say: "You went back to your family, just say that Yang Jisheng's case has been jointly handled by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so don't bother the household department and the criminal department, and when there is a result, the Beizhen Fusi and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will naturally hand over the fold to the cabinet." ”

Yin Shidan knew that Xia Mu was helping him and didn't let him go here, his face was full of gratitude, and he said, "Thank you, uncle, I will visit you another day!" ”

Xia Mu sent Yin Shidan away, turned around, looked at the fan on the steps of the Yamen of the East Factory, and smiled: "Chen Hong is in the house?" ”

Li Dasheng saw Xia Mu calling Chen Hong's name, his heart trembled, and he knew that this was Ning Yuanbo of Beizhen Fusi, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to reply, and said, "Master...... Father...... My lord invites me to set up a banquet in the inner room...... Please...... Please uncle......"

Xia Mu nodded, and walked into the East Factory with four Jinyi Wei masters.

I saw that the gate of the east factory was facing west, and there was an open space at the entrance, full of flowers and trees, and a canopy brick road in the middle led directly to the duty hall. On the left side of the hall is connected with a small hall, in which there is a shaft of the statue of Yue Wumu, and the blue brick shadow wall behind the hall is carved with beasts such as the fox and the story of Tang Taizong's eastward expedition to Goryeo.

On the right side of the hall is an ancestral hall, which is used for all the eunuch positions in charge of the factory since the establishment of the East Factory.

There is a stone workshop in front of the ancestral hall, and there is a plaque hanging on it, "Ten Thousand Generations Liufang", which is the handwriting of Emperor Jiajing. Further south of the ancestral hall is the Dongchang Prison Center, where Yang Jisheng was detained.

Xia Mu followed Li Dasheng into the gate of the East Factory and came to the duty hall. When I entered a room of the ear, I saw a man sitting in it.

About thirty years old, with a monkey face, two cheeks bulging like balls, a large nose, a pair of eye sockets deeply sunken, two eyes shot out, and it had a brutal and cunning air.

He wore an embroidered python straight jacket made of fine soft and thin yellow silk cloth from Chaoyang, Guangdong, and reclined on the Taishi chair with Erlang's legs crossed.

"Little Chen," Li Dasheng hurriedly walked forward and knelt down, and said, "Little Chen, this is the current Uncle Ning Yuan, the envoy of the Fusi of Beizhen, and the Governor of Jingying Rongzheng Xia. ”

After that, he turned back to Xia Mu and said, "This is our little Chen Ye, our admiral's own nephew." ”

"Under Chen Shaosheng" Chen Shaosheng put away Erlang's legs, moved his body slightly, and then said, "Two adults, please take a seat." ”

Seeing that this kid was so unsightly, Xia Mu sneered in his heart, so he sat straight to the side, drank a few sips of the herbal tea sent by the hall, and asked:

"Your uncle isn't here?"

Chen Shaosheng replied with a grin: "What kind of person is my uncle, how can he have the leisure to wait for you here, this time, I'm afraid that I am accompanying the emperor, if you have something to do with this adult, just tell me, I will come back and tell my uncle!" ”

Looking at his two-five pole virtue, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said, "I heard that Xiao Chen Ye has a very good relationship with Hattori Heiji?" ”

"You ......" Chen Shaosheng was frightened, almost fell off the chair, glanced at Xia Mu coldly, and hurriedly shouted at Li Dasheng who was guarding outside, "Quickly let someone take this dog thing for me!" ”

"Little Chen?" As soon as Li Dasheng heard that the souls of the dead were rising, this little ancestor was really tired of life, and the admiral didn't dare to provoke him, and he wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the characters, you said that he would take it? Who do you think you are, the king of heaven can't do it!

Thinking that Li Dasheng wiped the cold sweat on his head, and looked at Xia Mu with a cold face, he secretly screamed in his heart, and hurriedly accompanied him: "Uncle is angry, Uncle is angry." ”

Just when Xia Mu was about to get up and say goodbye, Chen Hong ran over from afar, his nephew's words were heard in his ears, and his face turned pale with fright, and when he saw Xia Mu mention Hattori Pingji, he was even more frightened, and ran in at the moment, gave his nephew a heartwarming foot, and slapped two ear scrapers fiercely, and scolded angrily: "Something that is not enough to succeed and more than to fail, get out of here!" ”

scolded and smiled at Xia Mu: "Uncle, don't be like a child. ”

"It's not small, it's more than thirty," Xia Mu Yile sat down again.

Chen Hong glared at Chen Shaosheng fiercely, smiled awkwardly at Xia Mu, and hurriedly asked someone to serve another pot of tea.

PS: The official prostitutes in the city are all included, and a pear flower presses the begonia. The old man pushes the cart, asks for a ticket, collects!