Chapter 7: The Last Straw

The rooms around the lobby of the military department poked their heads out, and they were surprised to see a hundred households standing in the middle of the lobby, scolding at the second hall proudly. Choi Chengxiu's office is in the second hall.

"Cui Chengxiu, you are an important minister of the court in vain, and you have a brother as the chief soldier, why don't you quit your own army, I have never done this in more than 200 years, how dare you. And in the body of a scholar, he recognized the eunuch as his father-in-law, and today the morale is gradually declining, and the priesthood is gradually humbling, starting from you. Chen Xin mixed up the information he had collected in the past few days, and he didn't care if it was right or not, anyway, he scolded it all the time. There are more and more onlookers around, everyone knows that Cui Chengxiu may fall at any time, and no one wants to stand up for him, besides, this person suddenly came to the lobby of the military department to scold, and he doesn't know what the background is, who instructed him, in case it is the emperor behind him, wouldn't it be bad to stop it himself. As a result, there were many onlookers around, but no one stepped forward to stop Chen Xin. In the lobby of the military department, no one stopped him, and Chen Xin was probably the first person.

"It is inappropriate to supervise the three halls with an ominous body, and now the three halls have been completed, and they are still stealing according to Sima with the title of Zuodu Imperial History, which is actually to suppress the official with the authority of the Taiwan ministers, and the official does not ask about treachery recently, but Yang Weiyuan of the imperial history speaks uprightly, and the front foot is sparse, and the back foot is assassinated, who is it, it is self-evident." Chen Xin looked at the surrounding groups: "Chen Xin, a hundred households in Weihaiwei, happened to encounter Yang Weiyuan assassinated in Fangjia Hutong outside Guozi Prison yesterday, and out of righteous indignation, he repelled the murderers, and was also cut by several murderers in many places. ”

Chen Xin opened his sleeves, revealing blood-stained cotton cloth, and there was an exclamation around him, and several people who were usually dissatisfied with Cui Chengxiu were already scolding, "Traitor!" "Sven is gone!" Others applauded him: "It turns out that you are the one who saved Yang Weiyuan, a hero!" Cui Chengxiu has only been in the military department for more than a month, and he has not had time to install cronies, and he has been impeached one after another, so his support rate is very low.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and several soldiers standing guard at the door rushed to the lobby, shouting to arrest Chen Xin, but at this time, Chen Xin had already provoked the affection of some people, and several civilian officials stopped the soldiers and waved them to leave.

Chen Xin saw the soldier coming in, and sped up his speech: "At that time, I heard a murderer questioning Lord Yang Weiyuan, asking him who instructed him to impeach his own soldier Master Cui, and then shouted to kill the traitor, if I hadn't gone in time, Lord Yang Weiyuan would have been killed on the spot." Acting in this way is not only coercive and coercive, but its viciousness is no longer under the chronological framework of the time. ”

A person who looked like a principal said loudly: "This Chen Baihu, since you are so vicious, why do you dare to scold here." ”

"Tigers and wolves eat people, and they should fight with their bare hands, and they don't say anything, and they say it recklessly, thinking that loyal ministers and righteous people advocate it, although they die, what a pity!" Chen Xin plagiarized the words he heard from Qian Jiazheng and turned them into his own declaration of loyalty.

"If you are a speech official, you will be impeached today, but unfortunately in the next martial artist, there is no right to be sparse, so I have to describe the anger in my chest here, Lord Yang Weiyuan is seriously injured, his hands and feet are broken, what kind of vicious person can do such a vicious thing, if such people are ranked in the ninth column, then what about the people in the world? All the Shangguan are full of poetry and books, how can they see jackals in charge. ”

Many onlookers shouted, "Well said! ”

Chen Xin said almost, he didn't even know that Cui Chengxiu was in the second hall, but those are not important, Chen Xin and Cui Chengxiu have no grudges or hatred, and those who replace Cui Chengxiu and Wei Zhongxian may not be more virtuous than the eunuchs, and their ability to govern is more questionable. So Chen Xin actually doesn't have much hatred for the eunuchs, he just wants to gain benefits in this reverse case, and now for him, the biggest benefit is to gain a good reputation, so that Chongzhen can know that his career will be smoother in the future.

Chen Xin was about to withdraw when he suddenly remembered something, and said loudly to the gate of the Wuxuan Division: "Master Qian, I have taken my leave." ”

Qian Yuanyu, who was hiding inside and didn't come out, slapped the wall directly, this broken hundred households said this to himself before leaving, others thought that he had asked him to scold, in case Cui Chengxiu was fine, he would definitely take small shoes for himself in the future. But he didn't dare to come out to defend himself, if Cui Chengxiu couldn't stand it, he would be considered Cui Chengxiu's party at this time, and he was so angry that his face turned red and white.

Chen Xin pulled Qian Yuanyu into the water, not in advance, but on a whim, after doing this, he stopped staying, and walked from the lobby to the door with his head held high, and the people around it all subconsciously walked out, the soldiers at the door did not get the order, and they didn't know the details of this person, who had ever heard of a hundred households who dared to come to the military department to scold people, even if it was a general soldier and deputy general, in front of a six-grade director of the military department, he still only knelt obediently and obeyed. This person must have someone behind his back, and he dared to come to the military department to scold Shangshu, and all the adults didn't say anything, let alone his own soldiers.

In this way, Chen Xinqi walked out of the gate of the military department with his head held high, he was actually hanging tightly in his heart, the current eunuch party also mastered Jinyiwei and Dongchang, if these soldiers caught themselves and sent them to Beizhen Fusi, before Cui Chengxiu and Wei Zhongxian were promoted to immortals, they would be promoted to immortals first. So he also arranged for Zhu Guobin and Dai Zhenggang to answer at the door. The two did not know exactly what Chen Xin was doing inside, and according to Chen Xin's arrangement, both of them pretended to be pedestrians on both sides of the street.

As soon as the two saw Chen Xin coming out, they didn't go up to speak, Chen Xin didn't dare to go directly to the east Chongwenmen, and walked quickly to the west, Dai Zhenggang carried a bag and followed him about twenty steps. Zhu Guobin waited for a while, and the doorkeeper called a soldier and muttered a few words, and the soldier immediately followed Chen Xin quickly. Two people who looked like a clerk also followed. The rest of the soldiers were standing at the gate, and they were not busy going back, so they discussed there, and some good things had already gone to other ministries and departments, ready to gossip.

After waiting for the few people who were following him to pass, Zhu Guobin got up and followed behind those people. There were few people who followed the wool alley, and they easily cleaned up these tails. Then he embellished the back of Dai Zhenggang in front of him all the way. Chen Xin stopped in an alley in Songshu Hutong, and after Dai Zhenggang and Zhu Guobin caught up, Chen Xin changed into a hundred official uniforms, took out a set of straight bodies from Dai Zhenggang's bag, put on a square scarf, turned into a scholar, and then held a folding fan in his hand. Leisurely wandering from Xuanwu Gate to the outer city.

Just like Lu Donkey and them that day, Chen Xin and the three of them walked separately after arriving in the outer city, went to the commercial area outside Zhengyangmen, and after confirming that there was no tail, they returned to the inn where they stayed.

"Zhenggang, Guobin, you pack your things, we have to change our accommodation today." As soon as Chen Xin entered the house, he instructed the two of them, and he himself picked up a teapot and poured it violently, today from the inn to Qipan Street, and then from Xuanwumen back, at least more than ten miles.

"yes, I'll clean it up here." Zhu Guobin didn't ask anything, turned around and went back to his room.

Dai Zhenggang was a little puzzled: "Brother Chen, what are you doing at the Ministry of War today?" Is someone going to arrest us? ”

Chen Xin put down the teapot, "I went to scold the military department, I don't know if the Jinyi guard is going to arrest me." Otherwise, why would I be so careful? ”

"Ah, scold Shangshu ......" It happened that Song Wenxian also came to Chen Xin's door, and the two were stunned when they heard it.

Before the two of them were stunned, Chen Xin's door rang, Zhu Guobin had already taken his burden and stood at the door, Chen Xin didn't expect him to be so fast, and said in surprise: "Guobin, why are you so fast?" ”

"I only have a small bag, and I pack it every day."

Chen Xin nodded approvingly, and said to Dai Zhenggang: "Zhenggang, you should also go and clean up, we are going to leave soon, or disperse and leave, Guobin is tailing, hurry up." ”

After Dai Zheng just left, Song Wenxian closed the door and asked in a panic: "Brother Chen, didn't you say that you were going to the Na level in the morning, why did you quarrel with Lord Shangshu." ”

Chen Xin didn't have time to explain to him, so he only said: "Cui Chengxiu hired a murderer and was destroyed by me, so if I quarrel with him, maybe Jinyiwei will come to arrest me." Brother Song, with me, take a break for a while. ”

Song Wenxian's forehead was already a little sweaty, the governor and Haiphong Dao he saw on weekdays were already big officials, but these big officials saw the military department Shangshu and Jinyiwei are also like mice and cats, who knows that this Chen Xin doesn't know the height of the sky, and dares to quarrel with him, Song Wenxian regretted it, if he went with him today, he would never have made such a fuss.

"You, you Brother Chen, such a shrewd person, how can you be confused at this time."

Chen Xin picked up the small baggage packed at the bedside and said to Song Wenxian: "Mr. Song, let's stay away for a while, if I am caught in Beizhen Fusi, I don't think I'll just scold Lord Shangshu, and other things will probably have to be recruited together." ”

Song Wenxian knew that he was talking about sea trade, if he really recruited it, he wouldn't be able to escape, Jin Yiwei said that he couldn't make a big fuss about this, and no amount of silver could feed these people, Song Wenxian shuddered when he remembered all kinds of legends in the Beizhen Fusi Prison.

"Go, go." Song Wenxian hurriedly went back to the house, packed up the baggage three times and two times, Chen Xin asked Dai Zhenggang and the two to leave the room first, and then waited in the room with Song Wenxian for half an hour, so as not to let the shopkeeper notice that they were together.

"Brother Chen, this Jingshi is the territory of Jinyiwei, if we don't live in the inn, where can we hide. Or we'll get out of town now. ”

Chen Xin didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he pretended to be calm on his face, squinted his eyes and said calmly: "Brother has his own arrangements, but there is no hurry to go out of the city, and my job of accepting the level has not been completed yet." ”

Song Wenxian was so angry that he wanted to jump up: "Brother Chen, you don't mean it, you scolded your own soldiers, and you still want to be a ...... of a thousand households."

Chen Xin smiled silently, he specially pulled the money director into the water before leaving, that is, he didn't let the money director and the eunuch party be in the same camp, so that he could still do his own things. However, before the shape of the two days was clear, it was estimated that Mr. Qian would not be able to sleep.

He calculated the time in his heart, he walked in the direction of Xuanwumen, it should mislead the fifty percent of the soldiers and horses, and there was no phone in this era, just to report to the Jinyi Guard, and then to the military department to investigate, it would take at least half a day, and it would not be possible to find out for a while, but yesterday's beating was not over, if the Jinyi Guard and the Soldiers and Horses Division checked the inn next to each other, they would find out this side in a day or two, and the strength of the Jinyi Guard in Beijing was still very strong. The tortures such as cannon branding and meat brushing in the edict are really scary, but they can't be proud for a few days, as long as Cui Chengxiu falls, the eunuch party will be gone, and as long as he dodges these last few days, he will be safe in the future.

About half an hour, Chen Xin took Song Wenxian to settle the house money, and called Zhu Guobin and Dai Zhenggang in the teahouse, they didn't dare to go directly to Zhengdongfang, but first walked south for a while, then walked west to the alley, and finally went north back to Zhengdongfang and entered their hiding place.