As soon as the soft sedan chair came out of the forbidden wall, Shi Yingzhao slapped the crossbar with a crackling sound, and the eunuch in Tsing Yi hurriedly ran over, and found that Shi Yingzhao's face was blue by the moonlight.

Tonight's Zhu Ping'an and Cao Wushu really gave Shi Yingzhao too many surprises and shocks, a mole ant-like son of the royal family, he was able to tell the story of the court and the palace like a few treasures, and what was even more terrifying was that he seemed to know the subtle battle between himself and Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Fengyang Town. As a result, the all-out blow that he had been planning for a long time was like hitting a ball of cotton, and there was no room for it.

The celebrant has sent several letters in a row urging Shi Yingzhao to solve Zhu Yujian, and the letter even made it clear that Emperor Chongzhen will make appropriate adjustments to the lieutenants in various places. Whether Shi Yingzhao can leave the imperial mausoleum, a degrading place where birds don't, depends on what happened in front of him.

But a Zhu Ping'an jumped out of this stall, which made Shi Yingzhao throw a rat trap.

A group of people and a soft sedan chair quietly stopped next to a ruin outside the forbidden wall, and the black shadow of Phoenix Mountain in the distance was like a monster, crawling on its side, the scene was indescribably weird.

After a while, Shi Yingzhao said quietly: "Go and help our family do two things." First, the kid next to Zhu Ping'an is an internal official, you go and find out where he comes from, and see if he has anything to do with the palace. Second, give me the details of Zhu Ping'an, a house slave, even if he is now a hundred households, where did he come from with such knowledge, find out who is behind him! ”

"Yes!" The eunuch in Tsing Yi replied: "Godfather, ...... Zhu Yujian?" ”

"His Royal Highness Zhu Yujiao, King of Tang, and Gonggong Cao, the celebrant of ceremonies, need an explanation. Back to them, within a month, Zhu Yujian will definitely die! ”

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"Young master, that's two thousand taels of silver tickets, and it took a month of hard work for the little one to find ......." Cao Wuxian was very aggrieved.

Zhu Ping'an hurriedly covered his mouth, squeezed his eyebrows and motioned for him to stop for a while.

Zhu Yujian didn't care. Shi Yingzhao did not dwell on the matter of entering the high wall, thanks to Zhu Ping'an's series of beatings and threats. This made Zhu Yujian very curious, where did a fifteen-year-old boy know about these court personnel transfers and the intrigues in the palace? Moreover, Zhu Ping'an is not blindly bored and stubborn, but soft with one hand and hard with the other, and the proportions and timing are particularly appropriate, forcing Shi Yingzhao to swallow his anger and accept it when he sees it.

"It seems that people still have to read some books. At least, it was absolutely correct to arrange Mr. Mu to be his enlightenment teacher back then! Zhu Yujian couldn't help but think so.

Although he was happy in his heart, Zhu Yujian's face was still unwavering, and he waved his hand at Zhu Ping'an, "I don't have anything to do here, you can relax." But on the outside, you must not be as strong as you are tonight. Although Shi Yingzhao is an internal official, he is extremely powerful in Fengyang, and it is not something that you can deal with with a small hundred households. It's better to go back to the barracks early, so as not to cause any trouble. ”

After speaking, he turned around and went back to the room with Zeng's support.

Zhu Ping'an and the others bowed down to see Zhu Yujian and his wife leave, and then they let go of the tied high wall guard Xiaoqi and Zhang Dagou. Zhang Dagou was burly, but he was still in shock at this time. After relieving himself, he jumped to his feet and scolded, "If you kill a thousand knives, if you let me know who told the secret, I will cut him with a knife!" “

Zhu Ping'an appeased a few words, and Zou Jing sent the three of them to the door of the courtyard.

Zhu Ping'an suddenly stood still, ripped off the burden on Cao Wuxian's body, and handed it over to the old eunuch Zou Jing, which made Cao Wuxian's boss unwilling.

"Father-in-law Zou, the package contains some food, medicinal herbs and some broken silver. It's really hard for you to take care of the prince here. If there is any need, the guards on duty on the 8th, 15th, and 22nd of each month will be notified to find a way to send them in. Zhu Ping'an whispered to Zou Jing.

Zou Jing's eyes were red, and he was about to bow to Zhu Ping'an, Zhu Ping'an's shoulders sank, and his arms supported his body.

"Da Lang, our family was offended a lot back then, it's rare that you don't care about your past suspicions, it's really, really ......!" Zou Jing's voice was choked and difficult to speak.

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, "What did Gonggong Zou say, you and Yao Shaoqin and Gonggong Yao are both the body of the prince and the princess, and thanks to the help and care of the two of you, the prince and the princess can survive until now." Father-in-law Yao has passed away, even for the sake of the prince and the princess, Father-in-law Zou, you have to take care of yourself! ”

Zou Jing sighed when he said this, and took Zhu Ping'an's hands and thanked him again and again.

Cao Wuxian's original face was a little disdainful, but when he heard the words "Father-in-law Yao", his eyes couldn't help but darken.

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On the 14th of August, before dawn, Zhu Ping'an had already gotten up from the bed, finished washing, and suddenly remembered something. So he kicked open the stove room of the Huotou army, took a few steamed buns on the cage drawer, and ran out of the barracks like the wind.

At the foot of Phoenix Mountain, not far from the imperial city, it was originally the most prosperous area in Fengyang. But since Chongzhen's eight years of looting, this place has become a barren land. Not far away, a lone tomb appeared on the flat ground among the trees.

Cao Wuxian, who was dressed in green clothes, held a sharp sword in his hand, tossing and turning in the open space in front of the grave, the sword aura was vertical and horizontal, but his figure was strange and without a trace. The morning sun peeked its head out on the horizon, and the clear sunlight reflected various colors with the flow of the blade, and the long clothes fluttered, like a fairy out of the dust.

Zhu Ping'an sat next to the tombstone of the tomb, the tombstone had been cleaned, the weeds on the tomb had also been removed, half a roast chicken and a few steamed buns were placed on the altar, and the three sticks of incense in the incense burner were curling with smoke.

Zhu Ping'an took out a small pot of inferior wine from his arms, and slowly poured it on the side of the offering table, still muttering in his mouth: "Father-in-law Yao, I and Wuxian see that you are here." Tomorrow is August 15th, please open the meat too, this roast chicken is squeezed out of my teeth without injury! ”

Perhaps because he heard Zhu Ping'an's "complaint", Cao Wuxian retracted his sword, walked over with a black face, and sat by the tombstone with a butt, ignoring Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an laughed dryly, "No injury, your kung fu is really good-looking, can you teach me?" ”

Cao Wuxian's voice was cold, "Cheng, however, if you want to practice divine skills, you must first swing a knife from the palace, can you do it?" ”

Zhu Ping'an almost choked to death by the steamed bun in his mouth, "What did Old Man Yao teach, Sunflower Treasure Book!" ”

Cao Wuqi was surprised, "How do you know, but this kung fu taught by my godfather is not called the Sunflower Treasure Book, but the Lotus Book of Flowers!" ”

"What, there's such a thing!" Zhu Ping'an simply yelled at the sky, "This thief, you might as well just give Lao Tzu a hang!" ”

After roaring for a long time, seeing that Cao Wuxian's face softened, Zhu Ping'an said cheekily: "No injury, what else are we talking about between our brothers, isn't it just the two thousand taels of silver, as for it?" I didn't come to the barracks for three days. ”

As soon as he heard this, Cao Wuxian's face suddenly darkened again, "It's easy for your eldest young master to say, I spent two days in the ruins day and night, and then I found the warehouse of a shop, checked out the things and sold them to the gambling house at a price, and only then did I get these two thousand taels of silver, you can pour it, and give it to Shi Yingzhao as soon as it changed hands!" ”

Zhu Ping'an laughed, "Don't worry, these kung fu and side doors that Yao Gong Bus gave you are definitely useful." Young master, I pinched my fingers and counted, there are treasures under the ruins of Fengyang City! You think, the Liukou has only been in Fengyang for three days, although he has slaughtered all the rich households in the city, but the treasures that the rich families have accumulated in Fengyang for more than two hundred years have not had time to find them carefully. Therefore, this thing is destined to be reserved for our brothers. When we find all the treasures and exchange them for gold and silver, we will recruit troops and buy horses, and see who dares to play prestige in front of Lao Tzu in the future! ”

Cao Wuxian shook his head, "Young master, you are really, with the silver, not to mention that you enjoy the blessings, you really concentrate on refining knives and changing armor for the brothers in the guard, I really don't understand what you think!" ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed and didn't speak again. What else can you say, could it be that there is no injury to sue sù Cao, or in a few years, the Ming Dynasty will change masters, and the people of the world will become slaves full of Tartar?

Just as he was sighing, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, one person and one horse from far and near, "Lord Baihu, Commander Duan is invited!" ”

Duan Xinian, the commander of the high wall guard, is fifty years old this year, and his hair is already slightly bald and gray. Born in the Tang Dynasty, due to the promotion of Zhu Yujian's father Zhu Qiqi, he was able to take root in Fengyang. Before Zhu Yujian was abolished, he entrusted Zhu Ping'an to him and arranged to be a hundred households in the high wall guard.

Although he is timid and afraid, he finally has a conscience, and he has taken care of Zhu Ping'an in the past year.

Duan Xinian stood on the edge of the high-walled school field, looking at the lonely phalanx of three hundred people in the empty school field. These are the 300 military households of 100 households under Zhu Ping'an's command.

The Fengyang military household, like all the guards in the world, has existed in name only, and the military household system handed down by Emperor Taizu is already an empty shell. Speaking of the Fengyang Wei Army, the generals made a living on empty salaries, and the land of the military households was annexed by the wealthy merchants, and they had no way to make a living, so they fled one after another. The original 5,000-strong wall guard now has only about 1,000 soldiers.

The only two thousand households left in the guard have become hands-off shopkeepers, except for the monthly routine meetings, they basically don't show up, but these two people are still the children of the local wealthy families in Fengyang, and Duan Xinian can't afford to offend any of them. Not to mention the hundred households below, there are only five left when it is full.

In stark contrast to this is the hundred households under the jurisdiction of Zhu Ping'an. When Zhu Ping'an first came, this hundred households were no different from others, at best, there were less than 500 people left, but in just one month, Zhu Ping'an drew 300 strong people from it.

Not only that, but I don't know where he got the silver, but he actually wrapped up these hundreds of mouthfuls of food and drink with the strength of one person, making the heart like an iron bucket. In fact, the minds of military households are very simple, as long as the family has a stutter to eat, they are willing to risk their lives to fight. Duan Xinian suspected that it was the personal silver given to him by the Tang Palace, and the silver was his own, so he persuaded him several times, but he didn't see any reaction, so he had to follow him.

On the contrary, the training of Zhu Ping'an's three hundred subordinates is getting better and better. Every morning, I ran more than a dozen laps around the empty Fengyang Guard School Field, and then I divided into several teams and started what so-called queue training. At the beginning, it attracted a swarm of bees from Feng Yangwei to watch, and in the eyes of everyone, this was as interesting as a monkey show.

After a long time, there are fewer people watching, but Duan Xinian feels more and more that it is not simple. In less than two months, a group of military households with mud legs actually figured out the direction, lined up vertically and horizontally, and gave unified orders, like arms and fingers, and turned out to be completely like elite soldiers. There is also the assassination training that has only started in recent months, one person with one spear, three hundred people in action, the spears are like a forest, and the momentum is compelling, even Duan Xinian, an old soldier, can't help but tremble in his heart.

Watching Zhu Ping'an and Cao Wuxian running over from a distance, Duan Xinian suddenly felt extremely relaxed. Zhu Ping'an's identity, as the confidant of Tang Wangfu, will be clear. originally thought that these two boys, one was the illegitimate son of King Tang and the other was a little eunuch in the palace, and if they were placed here, they might not know what kind of trouble they would cause in the future.

I didn't expect these two people to run the hundreds of households under their command so well, and now the soldiers and horses in Fengyang City, the governor's yamen, the squad military guard, etc., all know that they still have an elite army under their command that can be handled, which makes Duan Xinian also have a bright face.

But as soon as he thought of the one imprisoned within the high wall, Duan Xinian's mood immediately became heavy again.

"I heard something happened that night?" Duan Xinian asked Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an gave a military salute and approached Duan Xinian, "If you go back to your lordship, there won't be any trouble for the time being." However, for the sake of prudence, Shi Yingzhao's side still needs to solve it as soon as possible! ”

Duan Xinian gasped, what is Shi Yingzhao's identity, Zhu Ping'an actually said that he wanted to solve him, in the end, he was a person from the palace, and he didn't know what the sky was high and the earth was thick!

Duan Xinian's face was a tiger, "Don't talk nonsense, in two days, the governor will summon you, Lord Lu has a good official reputation and is helpful, let's ask him to mediate in the middle." 1. Qiē to be safe first! ”

Zhu Ping'an was just about to refute, when a red-shirted herald on the side of the school field galloped over, "Commander Duan, Lord Governor Lu is urgently summoned!" ”

"What?" Duan Xinian raised his eyebrows.

"I just got an urgent report from Tanma, the thieves have 20,000 soldiers in a gust of wind, and they have arrived at the front line of Lai'an, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Fengyang!"