At the beginning of February, Cheng Mingjiu returned to Nanjing from Seoul, and Li Xin unexpectedly held a grand and unprecedented welcoming ceremony for him outside the Shangyuan Gate. This not only surprised the officials in Nanjing, but also moved Cheng Mingjiu, who was a little discouraged.

Li Xin bluntly said that Cheng Mingjiu had indelible merits in the military operations in Korea and in the operation against the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Cheng Mingjiu couldn't help but choke up a little when he was excited when he heard this. Then, Li Xin changed his words again, "After I enter Beijing this time, I will definitely give all kinds of merits to the emperor and ask for credit for you!" ”

Cheng Mingjiu was immediately stunned, Emperor Chongzhen planned to use the name of marrying Princess Xinle to transfer the marquis of the town to leave Nanjing and go to Beijing, and the idea of transferring the tiger away from the mountain was to fight. He had heard about this when he was in Seoul, but he didn't think that the marquis of Zhenju would easily give in and make a few excuses to fool him.

Who knows, the Marquis of Zhenyu recently talked about this matter in public, isn't this a flood that is difficult to recover?

"Marquis of the Town?"

Li Xinyi waved his hand and signaled that Cheng Mingjiu didn't have to interrupt him.

"Recovering the vassal country, defeating the Manchu Dynasty in three battles, killing Sakha Ling, and waiting for the Manchu royal family, such a military exploit is still unique since the Wanli Dynasty!"

There is no need for Li Xin to say this news, which one of the people present does not know? As early as the Korean War, dozens of newspapers of all sizes in Ying Tianfu continued to report all kinds of news from all sides throughout the day.

It can be said that they only know more versions than Li Xin, and they don't have to have Li Xin.

But what surprised the officials was Li Xin's change of attitude, and it had been rumored that Li Xin had been punished because he had made his own decisions in the war against the Manchus. Many people are still upset about this low-key and winning general.

Who knows, the recent move of the Marquis of Zhenlu was actually intended to promote Cheng Mingjiu, and everyone was confused and confused for a while, looking forward to the Marquis of Zhenju revealing the answer as soon as possible.

Who knew that after these words, Li Xin kept silent about these two things, and only talked about merit and reward.

Until, when the grand welcome ceremony ended, the extremely curious people did not get an answer from the marquis. However, Nanjing officialdom can't keep secrets after all, and on the night of Cheng Mingjiu's triumph, a piece of news suddenly spread in the city.

The Marquis of Zhenyu planned to temporarily hand over the errand of the Nanjing town guard to Cheng Mingjiu.

Speaking of this Nanjing town guard, it is still a rather peculiar existence. Since the Three Guards were responsible for the military and political affairs of the provinces south of the Yangtze River, it was not an order from the imperial court, but since it had become a fact, there must be a justifiable argument, so the officials of the political affairs hall elected the marquis of Zhenyu to serve as the errand of the town guard of Nanjing in the name of recommendation.

Therefore, all of Li Xin's decisions were conveyed downward by the nominal errand of the Nanjing town guard.

This news is like a drop of cold water in a pot of boiling oil, and it immediately arouses thousands of conjectures. Could this be the Marquis of Zhenyu explaining the aftermath? Why did the Marquis of Zhenyu insist on going to Beijing? Is he dazed? Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountains?

But these words, the ordinary people can only be used as a conversation after dinner, the officials who are not high-level can only wait for the news from above with confusion, and those who are of enough level will be connected from house to house, hoping that several high-ranking ministers in the political hall can stand up at this critical moment.

After all, more than seventy percent of the officials in Nanjing's officialdom were appointed by the Marquis of Zhenyu in the past few years when he arrived in Jiangnan, and it can be said that the relationship with him is both prosperity and loss, so naturally he does not want the Marquis of Zhenyu, the stone of chaos, to leave Jiangnan and leave Nanjing.

In the end, Zheng Sanjun, who was the head of the Nanjing Political Affairs Hall, spoke, "What kind of person is the Marquis of Zhenyu, is it not as good as you?" What you want, can't the Marquis of Zhenyu think of? Wait, it won't be long before there will be news of the earthbreak! ”

What is this? A few seemingly unfathomable, mysterious and mysterious words seemed to reassure the officials, but after thinking about it carefully, it was equivalent to saying nothing.

Some people also think clearly, "Honestly, what kind of person is Zheng Butang?" He is not in a hurry, so naturally there is a reason not to be in a hurry, so why are we in a hurry? Have you ever seen him do something wrong in decades? ”

"It's true that as Brother Tai said, since this is the case, it's all scattered, it's all scattered!"

The noisy people dispersed, and no one mentioned the matter of stopping the Zhenyu Hou from going north, but people were still faintly looking forward to what the stone breaking apocalypse in Zheng Sanjun's mouth would be.

The eunuch Li Jinfu is just a eunuch in the court, and Gao Shiming, as a eunuch with a pen, is naturally higher than this person in status. But Gao Shiming, as a slave of the Son of Heaven, eats inside and out, which has spread in the eunuch circle Li has spread, and the Son of Heaven wants to send him back to Beijing, but not necessarily to give him a good home, it is nothing more than to see if this person's heart has been eaten by dogs, and he dares to collude with the local generals and make a fuss.

If it weren't for this person, I am afraid that Li Xin's horse thief might not be able to easily grasp the situation in Jiangnan in three or four years.

Li Jinfu shook his nose, and there was a stench in the room, which was a unique smell in the room of people who had been sick for a long time. Looking at Gao Shiming on the sickbed with a gray face and even a disfigured face, Li Jinfu was startled, he originally thought that he would see a white and chubby, ruddy face, lying on the bed pretending to be sick, who would have thought that he would see this scene.

"Gao Gong, Gao Gong?"

Li Jinfu pinched his nose and called a few times, the sickbed was described as withered, and the out-of-shape patient had a half-star reaction, and it took a long time to raise his eyelids, and after looking at it for a while, he made a faint sound in his throat.

"Yes, it's Jinfu, you, why are you here, our family, are we dreaming?"

Gao Shiming's weak words made Li Jinfu worry for a while, and he was afraid that he would suddenly lose his breath and die again.

"Gao Gong, you are not dreaming, Jinfu came to see you, long live the Lord said that he misses you and wants to take you back to Beijing!"

"What? Long live me missing? ”

At this point, Gao Shiming actually whimpered and cried, tears like beads with broken threads, crackling and rolling down from his shriveled and blue eye sockets.

In this situation, Li Jinfu actually felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and he couldn't help but have red eyes. These eunuchs are all hard-working people, although they fight to the death when they are alive, but after they die, they are all the ends.

Seeing the miserable situation of Gao Shiming, who was powerful in the palace at the beginning, he was not gloating, but more palpitations, as if the person in front of him was his future fate. In a trance, Li Jinfu seemed to remember the days when he first entered the palace as a teenager, Gao Shiming was not the chief eunuch at that time, and he took care of him quite a bit, why did he end up in this relationship after more than 20 years?

These eunuchs in the Forbidden City, although they like to be any godfather, but there are very few who can really start from the beginning, but there are many examples of godsons overthrowing old eunuchs.

But they are both men with physical defects, and the relationship between them is sometimes strange and subtle, just like now, Li Jinfu has a rare sense of empathy in his heart.

"Long live Lord, the old slave misses you......"

After crying a few times, Gao Shiming suddenly lost his breath. Li Jinfu was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward, he was afraid of beating his chest, and he was pressing the middle of the people, and the house slaves and maids next to him were also busy with their lives. Gao Shiming, who had his eyes closed tightly for a long time and clenched his teeth, let out a sound and opened his eyes.

Li Jinfu was moved by compassion for a while, and said in his heart, looking at Gao Shiming's current virtue, let alone Beijing, I am afraid that before I can meet the boundary of Tianfu, I will have to swallow my breath. When the time comes, when I go back with the dead Gao Shiming, it is hard to guarantee that no one will make a big fuss about it.

After thinking about it, I finally sighed.

"Gao Gong is good at recuperating from his illness, and it is not too late to return to Beijing when he recovers in the coming day!"

Gao Shiming, who woke up, only choked and whimpered, muttering in his throat, and couldn't hear what he was saying.

Li Jinfu felt that there was no point in staying any longer, so he got up and said goodbye. After walking a few steps, he called Gao Shiming's official family to his side, and said in a low voice: "Find an opportunity in the past few days to let Gao Gong write a testament form, and when our family returns to Beijing, we will take it back with us!" ”

The official family also made a sad gesture, nodding again and again, until Li Jinfu was sent out of the door, and then returned to Gao Shiming's bedroom.

Looking at Gao Shiming again, he was already the same as the two of them just now, although he was also skinny and withered, but his eyes were shining with scorching light.

"Master, why do you bother to practice yourself like this? Li Jinfu confessed to the villain, so that you can take the time to write a testament! ”

"If not, how can you deceive that Li Jinfu?"

Gao Shiming's voice was a little cold, but also weak. I don't know how many people in the Forbidden City are looking forward to his death, as long as he returns to Beijing, even the marquis of Zhenzhen can't protect him, who makes him a slave of the Son of Heaven? In order not to sit still, all the costs are worth paying, even if it is to block this old life!

Less than seven days later, the Marquis of Zhenyu suddenly summoned the eunuch Li Jinfu and announced to him that he would leave for the north in three days, so that he could prepare and return to Beijing together.

After getting the news that the Marquis of Zhenyu decided to go north and return to Beijing, Li Jinfu was overjoyed, and he completely relieved his mind, and when he went south, he was most worried that Li Xin, a horse thief, would not follow the order to go north under various excuses. Although he is a lieutenant envoy to deliver the decree, what can he do with the local military with heavy troops? I don't know which tendon in the thief's head is wrong, but he gladly accepted the order, and decided to go north so quickly.

"It's so good, Long Live Lord always talks about the Marquis of Zhenyu in the palace, it's good now......"

Li Jinfu wanted to say a few words to warm up the scene, indicating that the emperor missed him, but in the middle of speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the wrong expressions of several generals in the room, and he suddenly became alert, so he swallowed the rest of the words back without waiting for his mouth.