The squire of the military department wrote a secret letter to the minister, and he was the eunuch of the prison army with military power in his hands, which was too unbelievable, and it was not an exaggeration to behead Gao Qiqian and Liu Yulie according to the charge of "the minister befriended the foreign servant".

However, Gao Qiqian took this letter without any panic and worry, on the contrary, he couldn't hold back his excitement, and his eyes were staring at the back of the letter - "I will supervise the teacher in the near future, I hope that my brother will not move, the matter of soothing is a foregone conclusion, the great achievement can be achieved at your fingertips, the danger of the elder may be decided in one matter, and the brother can also go further." ”

The discussion is a foregone conclusion, the great achievement is at your fingertips, the danger of the elder can be solved, and the brother can go further in just one sentence, but there is a lot of information revealed.

Liu Yulie, who was born as a scholar, openly called the eunuch Gao Qiqian his brother and regarded himself as his younger brother, which cannot but be said to be quite shameless. If this letter falls into the hands of outsiders, I am afraid that a wind review of Cui Chengxiu and others will definitely not be able to escape. (Author's note: Cui Chengxiu, the head of the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party of the Apocalypse Dynasty, is Wei Zhongxian's right-hand man, and the official worships the military department, and has to be named a young master.) Chongzhen ascended the throne and hanged himself)

Gao Qiqian read and read the letter, and then came close to the candlestick and lit it. Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, the owner who wrote this letter and the things said in the letter cannot be announced to the public, and if you leave this letter, you can take advantage of people, but the consequences are endless. Today's emperor is most jealous of the ministers to make friends with foreign servants, this letter is still burned well, so as not to keep trouble, anyway, the things said in the letter are in their own stomachs, God knows what I know, what to do with this written thing.

Watching the letter turn into ashes little by little, he smiled subtly, Liu Yulie's assurance made him very excited, after waiting for so many days, things finally have an eyebrow.

Raising his hand to Bai Shangyi, who was beside him, he asked, "Who is the person who came to deliver the letter?" ”

Bai Shangyi said: "Qu Yiyang, the official of Shuntian Mansion. ”

"The magistrate of Shuntian Mansion?" Gao Qiqian was a little surprised, how could Zhang Guochen send such a person to deliver the letter, wasn't he afraid that the letter would fall into the hands of outsiders or leak the news?

After thinking about it, he always felt that the person who sent the letter was a little strange, so he muttered for a moment and instructed Bai Shangyi: "Call him in, our family still has something to ask him." ”

"Yes, father-in-law."

Bai Shangyi answered, and hurriedly went out of the account to call people. After a while, he led Qu Yiyang, the official of the Shuntian Mansion, into the tent

"Xia Guan has seen Gao Gonggong!"

The weather was too cold, and although he was wearing a big coat, Qu Yiyang was still shivering from the cold. As soon as he entered the account, a warm air suddenly came to his face, and the red charcoal fire made him feel comfortable. When he saw Gao Qiqian, he also bent his knees and wanted to bow down, but Xu had been freezing outside for a long time, and his knees were a little stiff, and he couldn't bend down for a while, and he was a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Gao Qiqian smiled slightly, signaled that Qu Yiyang did not need to be polite, pointed to the chair down, and said very kindly: "Lord Qu, please take a seat." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, how can the lower official sit in front of the father-in-law, the lower official is still standing." Gao Qiqian was polite, but Qu Yiyang didn't dare to sit, with his identity as a six-rank promotion official, he really didn't dare to sit down in front of Si Li Bingbi and the eunuch of the Jingying Command.

Qu Yiyang didn't dare to sit, and Gao Qiqian naturally wouldn't insist on him to sit, so he sat down by himself, pretending to look at the military situation in the past few days, and asked casually: "I heard from my subordinates, Lord Qu is the official of Shuntian Mansion, it stands to reason that you are from Shuntianfu, and you should have nothing to do with the Ministry of War, but I don't know why Lord Qu sent a letter to our family for the Ministry of War?" "The implication is that this letter was sent in the name of Zhang Guochen, the head of the Ministry of War, but how did you, a magistrate of the Shuntian Mansion, act as a messenger. Shuntianfu and the Ministry of War are two yamen that are not related, and the identity of your messenger Qu Yiyang is really a little strange.

Hearing Gao Qiqian's words, Qu Yiyang said unhurriedly: "Back to my father-in-law, the lower officials are also entrusted by others. ”

"Whom?"

"Lord Liu Yulie, the right attendant of the military department."

"Lord Liu asked you to deliver a letter to our family?"

"Sending a letter to my father-in-law is one thing, and being ordered to contact Kong Youde to appease him is the other."

"You and Kong Youde are talking about appeasement?"

Gao Qiqian was stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Qu Yiyang again, and found that the other party's appearance was still upright, and he was afraid that he was the same age as himself, at most forty years old. Between his eyebrows and eyes, he still looks very capable, not like a mediocre official, but like a capable person with great ambitions.

But even if this surnamed Qu has some ability, but after all, he is just a pusher who can't get on the stage, Liu Yulie sent him to talk to Kong Youde about appeasement, it's too contemptuous, right? If Kong Youde thinks that this is because the court does not pay attention to him, and then he is unwilling to accept the appeasement, wouldn't it be a big mistake!

Liu Yulie, Liu Yulie, it was you who kept me moving, and it was you who restarted the appeasement, our family thought that this could be done, but at a critical time, you sent such a nobody, if it can't be done because of this, how do you let our family explain to the Son of Heaven!

The more Gao Qiqian thought about it, the more he couldn't help but feel angry at Liu Yulie's actions, and they all regretted that they shouldn't have listened to Liu Yulie's words, sitting on 20,000 elite soldiers but not moving, and watching the rebels continue to besiege Laizhou City.

Qu Yiyang has the ability to observe faces, as soon as he saw Gao Qiqian like this, he knew what he was thinking, it was nothing more than that he thought that his official position was low, and he was not enough to talk to Kong Youde, and he was not angry at the moment, let alone cheap, but leaned over and said: "My father-in-law is afraid that there is a misunderstanding, although the lower official came to talk to Kong Youde on the order of Lord Liu, but the lower official only represents Lord Liu in private, and this official still needs to be presided over by Governor Denglai Xie, but the lower official does not dare to advocate without permission." ”

I see, Gao Qiqian nodded, Xie Lian is the new governor of Denglai, a local official of the imperial court, and it is appropriate for him to come forward to talk to Kong Youde. Thinking about this, no matter how great Qu Yiyang's ability is, it is impossible to talk to Kong Youde with his identity anyway, I am afraid that as he said, this Laizhou is just to coordinate on behalf of Liu Yulie.

The worries in his heart were relieved, Gao Qi made up his mind, and then asked Qu Yiyang with some curiosity: "Our family doesn't understand, why is Liu Shilang so sure that Kong Youde will definitely accept the court's appeasement?" Sun Yuanhua's experience is in front of him, that Kong Youde is also a capricious thief, isn't Liu Shilang afraid that Kong Youde will cheat again? ”

"Well, this one."

Qu Yiyang smiled softly and said: "Don't hide it from your father-in-law, in fact, since Sun Yuanhua was released into Beijing, no one in the court and the central government dared to discuss it, and his father-in-law also knew that since Zhou Xiang was ousted, Wen Tiren has been the dominant party, and Lord Liu is Zhou Xiang's hand, so naturally he is not tolerated by Wen Tiren, so Lord Liu is powerless about Denglai's matter." However, things in the world often become fast, so that the father-in-law knows that this matter of appeasement is not the whim of Lord Liu and Master Zhang, but that Kong Youde himself wrote a letter to Lord Liu, in which he was earnest, asking Lord Liu to come forward to appease them for the court.

In the spirit of compassion and compassion, Lord Liu thought of sharing the worries of the imperial court, and resolved the Denglai rebellion as soon as possible, so as not to consume more money and food for the imperial court; Second, it also gives Kong Youde and others a chance to let them be used by the country. After all, the Confucian Department is a strong soldier, and it is always detrimental to the country if they are isolated from the court and destroyed in the hands of the Ming Dynasty themselves. Sanlai, it is also for the sake of the father-in-law, if the rebels can be quelled without a single soldier, such a great achievement is enough for the father-in-law to return to Beijing in triumph, at that time, who else in the inner court can shake the status of the father-in-law. ”

The words were high and nodded again and again, especially the last sentence, which made him smile on his face, but he was still worried.

"The previous Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua appeased Kong Youde several times, but Kong Youde repeatedly deceived and cheated, how can we be sure that he is really willing to surrender? If he changes again, won't our family end up with Sun Yuanhua? ”

Qu Yiyang didn't raise his worries, he was very sure: "Although this father-in-law can rest assured, Xia Guan has actually been in contact with Kong Youde's people, and Kong Youde is truly repentant this time and sincerely accepts the appeasement." He said that as long as the new governor of Denglai, Xie Lian, interviewed him with the oath, he would immediately lead his troops to accept the appeasement, and from then on he would be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and would never have two hearts! ”

"Hmm."

Gao Qiqian nodded slowly at first, then shook his head again, and said with a bitter face: "Xie Lian is trying his best to fight, he and Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, jointly signed a letter to the imperial court, saying that he must not do anything to appease the rebels again, and the rebels have surrounded him for many days, and the two sides have been fighting to the death so far, how can Xie Lian be willing to change his mind and talk to Kong Youde about this appeasement, I am afraid that Lord Liu will be a little willing." ”

I didn't want Qu Yiyang to hear it, but he said calmly: "Although this father-in-law can rest assured, as long as there is a holy decree, Xie Lian is no longer willing, and he has to act according to the decree." ”

"Divine decree?" Gao Qiqian was startled, his face was happy, he got up and said excitedly: "What, the emperor has already agreed to appease Kong Youde?" ”

Qu Yiyang shook his head and said, "No." ”

"No?" Gao Qi was stunned and muttered: "Without the Holy Decree, how can Xie Lian be willing to be appeased, and how can Kong Youde be willing to be appeased?" If we can't do it, our family will be in big trouble."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether there is a holy decree or not, the important thing is that the father-in-law is here." Qu Yiyang said unhurriedly, with an inscrutable look on his face, and his eyes rolled around the bones of his raised face. What he said meant a lot.

"What do you mean? Do you want our family to falsely pass on the holy decree? Gao Qiqian's heart began to flutter, and he vaguely knew what the surnamed Qu was going to say next.

Qu Yiyang did not respond positively, but bowed and said: "Success or failure is in the hands of my father-in-law, how to do it, my father-in-law must know better than the lower officials." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Bai Shangyi walking to Gao Qiqian's side in a panic, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, the slave maid heard that the emperor hated the matter of appeasement, if the father-in-law falsely passed the holy decree to Xie Lian and asked him to restart the matter, the slave and maid were worried that the emperor would know what to do."

Gao Qiqian was also frightened and hesitated, and without waiting for him to think about it, Qu Yiyang's voice came from his ears, "As long as the matter is successful, the father-in-law will not fake the holy decree, but the merit is in the community!" ”