The Jingshi Imperial Palace was still as calm as ever, and there was indifference in the calm.

From time to time, Zhu Houzhao cheered loudly in the Qianqing Palace, and of course, Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others were also indispensable.

In the middle of the main hall, two majestic fighting cocks stood on end, glaring at each other, looking for an opportunity to kill the enemy with one blow.

Zhu Houzhao was wearing a dragon robe, lying on the ground in a big loss of manners, slamming the ground with one hand, foaming at the mouth and screaming.

"Mighty General, peck at it! Peck it! Peck it to death, I will make you the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and give me a good fight! Zhu Houzhao's face turned red and shouted.

Liu Jin nodded hurriedly on the side: "Yo, mighty general, have you heard His Majesty's will clearly?" The promotion to the rank of Lord is just in front of him, this is the emperor's grace, why don't you hurry up and give your majesty the strength to do it......"

There is no doubt that one of the fighting cocks in the palace is also called the mighty general, and it is the third generation.

Since discovering that Qin Kan is the nemesis of the mighty generals of the past dynasties, Zhu Houzhao has not dared to play cockfighting games for a long time, for fear that Qin Kan will enter the palace at any time and behead his love under his hands.

The atmosphere was tense and enthusiastic, and everyone took Zhu Houzhao's preference as their preference, and cheered for the mighty general in unison.

Zhu Houzhao shouted a few words, and suddenly felt a little excited, and his attention was no longer on the two fighting cocks, he stood up after being silent for a while, tilted his head sideways and said suspiciously: "Liu Jin......"

"The old slave is here."

"I feel restless these days. Is something going on in the court? ”

Liu Jin thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the wind and waves in the middle of the court are calm, the three scholars and the old slave share the state affairs and government affairs for Your Majesty, recently our Ming Dynasty is quite peaceful, but there was a small locust plague in Shandong, and the court's relief grain and grass were sent to Shandong last month, and the Sichuan Tusi rebelled, leading hundreds of thousands of people to shout and shout, and utter big rebellious words. The little toad sits in the well and watches the sky. The tone was not small, and the Sichuan Dusi sent out two guards and horses to kill the Tusi...... Your Majesty, apart from these two things, there is really nothing else worth mentioning. ”

Zhu Houzhao wrinkled his eyebrows and groaned for a long time. Said: "What about Qin Kan? Qin Kan inspected Liaodong. After I received his most report, it was said that Li Gao, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, had been cleaned up. It also means that I have formed an alliance with the imperial court and Duoyanwei, and if you count the days, he should come back, right? Why hasn't there been any movement? ”

Liu Jin smiled: "Your Majesty." From Liaodong to Jingshi, there are hundreds of miles to go, Lord Qin led thousands of honor guards all the way, not to mention that he had to walk for half a month, and His Majesty was not anxious. ”

Zhu Houzhao snorted: "What am I anxious about? Whether this guy is leaving or staying in Liaodong, he has to give me a message, how many military posts from Beijing to Guanwai, how much can it cost to send a fast horse into Beijing? I'm still waiting for him to come back and tell me about the process of eliminating the traitors in Liaodong, a wicked man who commanded the army and six guards said that he would clean up, and I don't know if it was because of his invincible luck or the bubbling bad water in his stomach......"

Liu Jin listened to Zhu Houzhao's intimate tone, and involuntarily smacked his mouth, and his old face suddenly became sour.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qin's temperament is different from other ministers, people are used to being alone, and I'm afraid Mo doesn't have the habit of asking for everything......"

Zhang Yong, who had just returned to Beijing from Liaodong's proclamation, heard Liu Jin's insinuating provocative words, and couldn't help but snort heavily, and took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the old slave has just come back from outside the pass, and when he left, Lord Qin said that after the Liaodong military and political rectification, he set off to return to Beijing, and asked the old slave to pay tribute to His Majesty, and the old slave reported to His Majesty on the day he returned to Beijing, hum!" The old slave felt that some people had better look at their own virtue first, obviously covering the sky with one hand, monopolizing power, and bribing the money was soft, embarrassed to say that others did not have the habit of asking for playing, which is extremely ridiculous! ”

Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, his old face suddenly turned red, and he said in a sharp voice: "Zhang Yong, you pickled goods, what do you mean by this?" Make it clear! ”

Zhang Yong puffed up his chest without showing weakness and said, "What if you make it clear?" Miscellaneous family is afraid that you will not succeed? That's you! Liu Jin, what have you done to know yourself, in front of Your Majesty, do you dare to open your storehouse and let Your Majesty see how many treasures you have received these days? ”

Liu Jin's face turned green, and a white mist rose above his head.

The two fighting cocks in the middle of the hall have long since died down, but Liu Jin and Zhang Yong are fighting with their necks, their faces are red, their eyes are bulging, and they are glaring at each other.

Zhu Houzhao has long known about the disagreement between the two, and even they have beaten and scolded each other in front of Zhu Houzhao more than once, fortunately, although Zhu Houzhao is mediocre about state affairs and has no good face for civil officials, but he is as generous and benevolent as a family member to the eight eunuchs around him who have served him since childhood, and the two have beaten and scolded Zhu Houzhao many times.

Seeing that the two of them were quarreling again, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand with a headache: "Here we go again!" Not again! You two old dogs hurry up and get out of the way, get out of the way, I'll be annoyed when I see you! ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was impatient, the two automatically and consciously ceased the battle and snorted at each other.

When Zhu Houzhao was feeling a headache, a eunuch looked panicked, stumbled into the Qianqing Palace, knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao, sweated and trembled: "Your Majesty, Liaodong is eight hundred miles away, and Lord Qin Kanqin has an accident!" ”

The hall was dead silent, and everyone froze.

Zhu Houzhao said: "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Qin led 8,000 honor guards back to Beijing on the way, encountered 5,000 Tatar cavalry on the east bank of the Liao River in Guangning, the two sides fought fiercely, Lord Qin led the army to resist to the death, but the Tatar cavalry was too strong, and the officers and soldiers under the command of Lord Qin were invincible, and the army was defeated by the Liao River after all!"

"Qin Kan...... What about Qin Kan and others? ”

"Life and death are uncertain."

Zhu Houzhao stood stunned for a long time, looking demented like thunder, and then his face turned red, and he couldn't stop trembling, and then kicked out angrily and kicked the little eunuch on the head.

The little eunuch was so frightened that his face was pale, and he quickly knelt down again, and kept kowtowing to ask for guilt.

"You fart! Whoever made the rumor, I pulled him out Ling Chi! How could Qin Kan die? What storms and waves haven't I experienced since I met him? What crisis is he not easy to solve? How could a mere 5,000 Tartars kill him? ”

The little eunuch kowtowed and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is angry, this matter is absolutely true, how dare the slave and maid fabricate such a rumor?" At the last moment of the battle between the two armies, Lord Qin sent someone to cross the Liao River and sent a letter written by himself, asking His Majesty to take a look. ”

Zhu Houzhao took a letter densely wrapped in oiled paper from the little eunuch's hand with a sluggish expression, unfolded it and read just two lines, but his face was as pale as paper, and tears could not stop falling. (To be continued.) )