"Where did you hear this rumor? Yun Tian, as a close minister of the emperor, how could his whereabouts be unknown? Zhou Zheng's brows furrowed slightly, looked at Zhou Yuting quietly, and flatly denied Li Yuntian's disappearance, so as not to worry Zhou Yuting about this matter. The fastest update is the most stable, I will tell you, the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?

"Dad, I know that you are for the good of your daughter, but your daughter is no longer a child, and she should know her husband's situation." Zhou Yuting's face suddenly turned a little pale when she heard this, and the more Zhou Zheng denied her, the more afraid she became.

She had also vaguely heard the news of Emperor Yongle's death in the past two days, so it seemed that Li Yuntian's matter would definitely not be groundless, and there must have been something she didn't know about.

"Actually, Dad doesn't know where Yuntian went, and when Lord Yang arrives in the capital, he will know what happened." Seeing this, Zhou Zheng sighed helplessly, and said to Zhou Yuting with a wry smile, the Lord Yang in his mouth naturally refers to Yang Rong.

"Dad, will Yuntian ...... Will it be ......" Zhou Yuting felt that Zhou Zheng had not lied to herself, and after a deep groan, she said with a frightened expression.

"Absolutely not!" Zhou Zheng categorically interrupted Zhou Yuting and looked at her with a stern expression, "No news now is the best news, Yuntian is both wise and brave, and there will definitely be no accident." ”

"So where did he go, and why did he leave the Northern Expedition? Why didn't he hear from him? Zhou Yuting's eyes suddenly became rosy, she was now completely out of order, what if Li Yuntian had any accident with her and the child in her belly?

"Yu Ting, Yun Tian disappeared after the death of the first emperor, and it is likely that he is shouldering some important mission, so it is inconvenient to reveal his whereabouts." At this time, Zhang Hao suddenly opened his mouth and comforted.

"An important mission?" Zhou Yuting didn't understand what Zhang Hao meant, and her eyes flashed with surprise.

"The first emperor is a great talent, and he must have arranged what happened after the big trip." Niu Shihao glanced at Zhou Zheng and saw that Zhou Zheng bowed slightly, so he said in a low voice, "If we don't guess wrong, Yuntian is likely to have the edict of the first emperor on his body!" ”

"Why did so many ministers choose him alone? He's just a little imperial history! Zhou Yuting was stunned for a moment, and she didn't understand why Emperor Yongle did this.

"In addition to the imperial history, Yuntian is also a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a close minister by the side of the first emperor, and he happens to have the qualifications to return to Beijing to pass on the edict." Niu Shihao smiled and said to Zhou Yuting, "This may be the cleverness of the first emperor, who would have thought that the first emperor would put so many ministers without it, just choosing Yuntian, a young man who has just entered Beijing and has little qualifications, can just hide people's eyes." ”

Zhou Yuting fell silent when she heard this, and secretly prayed for Li Yuntian, no matter whether Li Yuntian secretly came to Beijing to pass on the edict, and whether his task could be completed, she just hoped that Li Yuntian would be safe and the family would be reunited.

Forbidden City, East Warm Pavilion.

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" The crown prince Zhu Gaochi sat on the ** couch, threw an official document in his hand on the ground, and said angrily, his body trembled slightly because of anger, he was gentle and elegant, he rarely got so angry, and he saw that the content of the official document was very strict.

There were four people in the room, except for the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji sitting on the seat in front of the ** couch, Yang Shiqi, a scholar from Zuo Chunfang, Sai Hazhi, the commander of Jinyiwei, and the governor of the pro-army capital and Wuping Hou Cui An.

Since the twelfth year of Yongle, the prince was slow to take over, which made Emperor Yongle furious, and all his close ministers and staff were imprisoned, only Yang Shiqi survived, and he was released after only ten days in prison, and he also won the trust of Emperor Yongle, so Zhu Gaochi naturally had to consult with Yang Shiqi about something.

Cui An's hands hold the pro-army guarding the imperial city, which is the only army in Zhu Gaochi's hands that can be controlled, and Saihazhi's Jinyi Wei has the power to arrest the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, both of them play a crucial role, and they are the two most important generals in Zhu Gaochi's hands.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the heart of the King of Han is well known to passers-by, and the troops of the Hebei Capital Division must not be allowed to come to Beijing." Cui An leaned over and picked up the official document on the ground, and looked at Zhu Gaochi with an expressionless face.

According to the official report, the troops "escorted" Yang Rong and Haishou by the Hebei Metropolitan Division had crossed the defense area of the Hebei Metropolitan Division and entered the Gyeonggi region today.

The people of Hebei Dusi must not have such courage, it must be the King of Han behind their backs, to put it mildly, now the actions of Hebei Dusi can be said to be a rebellion, but if the King of Han ascends the throne, this is the work of the dragon.

"General Cui, what do you think should be done next?" Zhu Gaochi groaned for a moment and asked Cui An.

"Weichen believes that the top priority is to obtain the edict of the first emperor, so as not to obstruct the king of Han." Cui An replied in a deep voice, the expression on his face was extremely stern.

Although he didn't say how King Han made an obstacle, everyone present knew that it was an edict.

With the ability of the King of Han, it is not difficult to forge an edict, as long as he reads out this edict through Yang Rong or Haishou, then who can say that this edict is fake?

"How to obtain the edict of the first emperor?" Zhu Gaochi's brows furrowed slightly, the reason why the King of Han sent the troops of the five guards of the Hebei Capital Division to "protect" Yang Rong and his party was to prevent someone from robbing the edict.

Moreover, after entering the Gyeonggi region, the Jingwei of the Governor's Mansion of the Three Rear Armies took over the people of the Hebei Metropolitan Division, which brought the accompanying army to eight guards and nearly 40,000 troops.

"If you can raid with 3,000 battalions, Weichen will be sure to defeat the other party and rescue Lord Yang." Cui An had already thought of a countermeasure and answered in an orderly manner.

"Three thousand battalions!" Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up, he had seen the impact ability of the 3,000 battalions, and he was absolutely invincible on the plains of the Gyeonggi region, as long as he broke up the formation of the Hebei Metropolitan Division and the Houjun Governor's Office, then the personal guards commanded by Cui An could take advantage of the situation to crush it.

"Your Highness, now that the Jingwei of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies outside the city has all gathered near the route of Lord Yang's return to Beijing, a scuffle is inevitable." Seeing this, Yang Shiqi said worriedly.

Emperor Yongle only brought a total of three Beijing guards to Arutai in his northern expedition to Arutai, and nine guards from Hebei and Shanxi along the way joined the Northern Expedition army, and the main force of the expedition to Arutai was the Duoyan Sanwei who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in Mongolia.

After two encirclements and suppressions by Emperor Yongle, especially last year, he was defeated by the Mongol Tile Division, and his strength was not as good as before, so Emperor Yongle did not mobilize his army in this northern expedition.

Among the forty-seven Jingwei left in the capital, there were thirty-one who followed the Han king, and there were fourteen under the command of Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao, and the last two Jingwei were under the jurisdiction of the Zuo Dudu of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion and Zhao Shanhe of Wudehou.

Don't look at Zhao Shanhe, there are only two Jingwei in his hands, but no one dares to underestimate him, because he is in charge of the Shenji Battalion, one of the three major battalions in the capital.

Zhao Shanhe has been in poor health in recent years, and he is recuperating at home after being approved by Emperor Yongle, and he rarely participates in the affairs of the court, and he has taken a wait-and-see attitude towards the entanglement between the prince and the king of Han, and he is wise to protect himself, which is also the idea of a considerable number of officials in the capital.

In the face of this life-and-death contest between the crown prince and the king of Han, most of the officials in the capital wisely chose neutrality, like this kind of battle for succession is not something that every official can mix, only those high-ranking officials and dignitaries are qualified to be in it, and other officials can only wait and see what happens, waiting for the result.

The only external forces that the prince can rely on now are Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao, who hold military power, but the strength of the three outside the city is absolutely inferior compared to Wei Guogong, and it is inevitable that they will suffer losses once they fight.

In addition, the army of Hebei Dusi will definitely come to support as soon as they learn the news, so that Zhou Zheng and the three of them will be more passive, and there is a chance that Yankuai will be surrounded and annihilated.

In Yang Shiqi's opinion, even if Cui An can successfully snatch Yang Rong and Haishou and others, it is not easy to return to the city.

At that time, the king of Han will have a reason to enter Beijing, and in the name of the prince's rebellion, he can swing his army into the capital, and those guards stationed in the capital are from the capital of the five armies, and naturally someone will open the city gate to welcome the king of Han.

As long as the King of Han enters the capital, then he can control the overall situation, relying only on the guards stationed in the imperial city, it is impossible to be the opponent of those wolf-like Jingwei.

Moreover, it is not known whether Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao, and Niu Shihao will fight to the death with the people of the Han Dynasty, and the reason why the three of them are now obeying the orders of the prince is not to be loyal to the prince, but to the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.

In the final analysis, the King of Han and the crown prince are both the concubines of Emperor Yongle, and the relationship between the king of Han and the three of them is one step closer than the prince, and there will inevitably be subtle changes in the hearts of the three at the critical moment, after all, no one wants to fight again, making the capital bloody.

Therefore, Yang Shiqi did not agree with the plan of the raid, which would undoubtedly only exacerbate the already complex enough contradictions, and make the situation out of control.

"What is Shiqi's countermeasure?" Zhu Gaochi has always trusted Yang Shiqi, and when he saw him speak out against it, he couldn't help asking.

"Your Highness, Weichen has three strategies!" Yang Shiqi pondered for a moment, and looked at Zhu Gaochi with a stern expression, "Make a decision, retreat to Nanjing, announce to the world, and crusade against the King of Han in the name of compiling edicts; In the middle strategy, he set up an ambush in the imperial city and killed the king of Han in one fell swoop. ”

"What's the best policy?" Zhu Gaochi frowned when he heard this, he didn't like these two countermeasures, one brother killed each other, and the other made Daming split, and then asked.

"Your Royal Highness, Weichen got the exact news that Li Yuntian, the superintendent of the Imperial Court and the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, who accompanied him, disappeared after the death of the first emperor." Yang Shiqi said slowly, "According to Weichen, Li Yushi has Yankuai rushed to Beijing to deliver the edict before Lord Yang?" ”

"Li Yuntian?" Zhu Gaochi tasted this name and felt very unfamiliar, he had lived in Nanjing for a long time, and Li Yuntian had just been transferred from Jiangxi to the Imperial Procuratorate, so how could he have heard of Li Yuntian such a small new superintendent of the imperial history.

"This person is a second-class jinshi of the Xin Chou Branch, who once governed Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province for three years, with a slight merit, plus a meritorious service in suppressing bandits, so he was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate by the first emperor." Yang Shiqi smiled slightly, pointing out Li Yuntian's life experience, "The year before last, the county lord of Yingrui married him. ”

"The Jinshi of Xin Chouke, the son-in-law of the Marquis of Zhongyong!" Zhu Gaochi felt a little interesting when he heard this, it turned out that Li Yuntian had a lot of background, not only Yang Shiqi's protégé, but also Zhou Yuting's husband.

"Father, Erchen remembered one thing, not long after the emperor's grandfather's northern expedition, the county lord of Yingrui sent a priceless jade horse statue to his son, and this jade horse statue seems to have been given to the county lord by Han Shizi." Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting there, heard that Li Yuntian was Zhou Yuting's husband, and couldn't help but think of something, and said to Zhu Gaochi. One