The rain became heavier and heavier, and the rain was like a pearl connected into a line, dripping down the eaves and tiles to the ground, and soon gathered into a river, gurgling to the low-lying areas.

The captain opened the oil-paper umbrella, Qin Kan hugged Du Yan hard, and then let go of her, and then his eyes were on Jin Liu, Tang Zihe, Qin Le and Qin Kang behind Du Yan, and everyone turned around on their faces, and found that everyone had a smile on their faces, but there was a strong worry in their eyes, Qin Kan couldn't help but smile and said: "Take it easy, I'm just going to sit in the palace, the difference is that this time I just bring a few more people in." ”

The women held back tears and nodded.

Qin Kan was about to leave, but suddenly stopped, turned his head again, and this time his gaze fell on Tang Zihe.

Tang Zihe seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never cause trouble for you again, I am here, you go and come back quickly." ”

Qin Kan nodded, and after taking a deep look at her, he finally walked under the umbrella, and the captains escorted him to the carriage at the door.

The carriage braved the downpour and disappeared into the mist.

The women watched the carriage go away, and the long-suppressed tears finally ran down their cheeks, and they cried without scruples, but Tang Zihe was the only one who pursed his lips, and his weak delicate body trembled slightly.

Du Yan choked up and said, "You...... What are you shaking? ”

Tang Zihe's eyes flashed with excitement, and he said: "I can't help but be happy when I think that from today onwards, our husband is about to open up the world and create a great cause that the Son of Heaven has never seen before. ”

"What if, what if, what if, tonight...... Is he defeated? ”

Tang Zihe said indifferently: "Life and death are idle, what are you afraid of?" If the prince is defeated, we will go to Huangquan with him, there are thousands of volumes of history, which volume is not a thousand-year-old blood and bone book? It's not the enemy's, it's our own, it's fair. ”

Du Yan and the other girls glanced at her, and they were secretly in awe in their hearts.

Where did Xianggong find such a madman-like female gambler? No, not just gamblers, outlaws.

"Sister, after the time of childhood, I want to enter the city and enter the palace."

"What are you going to do?"

"If the prince is defeated, I will die with him, if the prince wins, I will enter the palace to add icing on the cake to him, and talk about the king."

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The thunder rumbled, exploding in the air above Yang Tinghe's mansion, just after night, it was the time when Wanjia was in charge of the lights, but Yang's mansion was extremely silent today, like a lifeless pool of stagnant water.

Yang Tinghe sat in the front hall with a gloomy face, his thin hands tightly grasping the armrests of the chair, and his knuckles were slightly whitened from excessive exertion, showing his extremely uncalm feelings at the moment.

The housekeeper of the Yang Mansion poked his head out at the door, looked at the old man's face, and said cautiously: "Master, the Duke of Ningguo and the Grandpa Qin came to visit, and after nightfall, the Tengxiang Fourth Battalion was searching for him everywhere, and the old man was bold, so let him enter the gatehouse first to avoid people's eyes......

Hearing the words "Grandpa Qin", Yang Tinghe's brows furrowed even tighter, and he snorted heavily in his nostrils, "See!" ”

Soon, Qin Kan's slender figure appeared in the front yard of the Yang Mansion, but today Yang Tinghe uncharacteristically did not get up to greet him, and his eyes looking at Qin Kan were even full of hostility.

Qin Kanhun didn't seem to realize it, and stepped into the front hall with one foot on his own, Shi Shiran sat down, and said with a smile: "In the past, when I came to visit, Mr. Yang at least welcomed out of the front yard, but today he didn't even owe a cup of tea, why is Mr. not considerate today?" ”

Yang Tinghe sneered: "Presumably after tonight, Grandpa Qin will have to kneel down to greet the old man of Yang Mansion when he comes again, right?" ”

"That's too polite, Qin is afraid of losing his life."

"Qin Kan! What do you want? Yang Tinghe took the case.

"Just save your life."

"Liaodong 50,000 elite horses into the Guanshu to defend Gyeonggi, but out of your calculations?"

Qin Kan said calmly: "Not bad." ”

"Tonight, Ye Jinquan's soldiers and horses in the northern suburbs are abnormally transferred, and it is also your order?"

"Yes."

"A few days ago, the staff killed more than 100 ministers in front of Chengtianmen, it must not be Jiang Bin's idea, right? That idiot has absolutely no pretentious guts. ”

"Yes, that's what I did."

Yang Tinghe leaned back on the back of the chair tiredly, looked up to the sky and let out a long breath, and said slowly: "Qin Kan, what do you want to do?" The power of the Ming monarch is controlled, the power of the ministers is big, there are hundreds of thousands of border troops in nine towns and countless guards in various places, there are 300,000 regiments and battalions of the Gongwei Beijing Division, and only 50,000 Liaodong soldiers and horses, can you turn the sky? Even if you are taught to turn the sky upside down tonight, can the civil and military ministers and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty agree? The world of the Ming Dynasty is the world of civil officials, can you kill the emperor, can you kill thousands of civil officials in the world? ”

Qin Kan smiled and said, "It's still the same sentence, I want to save my life." ”

Yang Tinghe opened his eyes and glared at him fiercely: "You are a madman!" ”

"I'm just a desperate husband and father who has been pushed to the edge of a cliff."

Qin Kan's smile gradually converged, staring at Yang Tinghe and said, "Mr. Yang's cabinet is the first assistant, I don't know what your ambition is in this life?" ”

"Of course it's a strong country."

"Qin asked Mr. Yang again, I have been in the court for more than ten years, leveling Liaodong, except for Liu Jin, the townspeople are in turmoil, the sea is banned, what is the evaluation of all kinds of actions?"

Yang Tinghe had calmed down, and said in a slow tone: "It can be called a merit, and it can be recorded in history." ”

Qin Kan said unhurriedly: "I haven't done much for Sheji in my life, only a few things, however, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he was not only eager to get rid of me, a powerful minister, but also to wipe out all the things I had done, dare to ask Mr. Yang, if you are me, how to choose?" ”

"The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, if the old man is you, he will be killed."

Qin Kan shook his head: "No, I'm unwilling." If I am really the traitor referred to by Wanfu, if I really do something that harms the country and the people, I am willing to die, but I don't, sir, have you ever seen the government gradually clear and smooth in recent years? Have you ever seen more and more envoys who wish to serve the Heavenly Dynasty as the suzerain, and make pilgrimages every year? Have you ever seen the Mongol Tatars not take the initiative to burn, kill and loot our borders for many years, but the army of our border towns has frequently conquered the steppe desert? Have you ever seen that after the sea ban, the people in various places have become richer and richer, and even some farmers have secretly put silk in their clothes, and many ordinary people have changed from two meals a day to three meals a day? ”

"Mr. Yang, I said this not to invite merit, but to tell you, our Ming Dynasty is in the middle of the rise, only a little bit away from the strong Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, now these changes in the Ming Dynasty, from my ambitions are still a little bit away, I still have a lot of things to do, the land of the Ming Dynasty is concentrated in the hands of too many magnates, the peasants will lose their land will be reversed, this point needs to be changed, there are too many Ming vassal kings, the vassal kings are reborn vassal kings, it is only the expense of the royal family, the treasury does not know how much silver it costs every year to fill this bottomless pit, this also needs to be changed, Although the Mongol Tatars turned to the defensive, they have not yet been wiped out, after all, it is a big disaster, not to mention that the time for the rise of the Jurchen tribes in the north is not far away, if they are not solved, the Ming Dynasty is afraid of losing the country, as well as the Japanese in the southeast, Duogan in the west, Uszang, Champa in the south, and Siam...... In addition to these neighboring countries, there are more expansive places in the world waiting for us to discover, to conquer, the Age of Discovery is about to begin, our eyes can not only stay on these neighbors, the world, far more than the world as far as our eyes can see. ”

Qin Kan let out a long breath and said with a wry smile: "These are my ambitions, in my lifetime, I will try my best to finish them, if I can't finish it, I hope that our next generation, the next generation can finish it, so I can't die, because people are dead, the imminent crisis and opportunity of the Ming Dynasty are not only missed, but the entire great tomorrow will regress to the scene before Hongzhi, my husband and I and many famous ministers have all worked in vain, dare to ask Mr. Yang, are you willing to see one person and one word abolish the country?" ”

Yang Tinghe had been listening quietly, his face was getting more and more ugly, his expression was becoming more and more struggling, and he was full of contradictions.

Qin Kan said in an aggravated tone: "Mr. Yang, the world is not the world of the emperor alone, nor the world of civil officials, it is the world of thousands of people. ”

After saying this, Qin Kan stood up, gently brushed the hem of his shirt, and said: "I came in alone and took a big risk, now I am going to say goodbye, before I walk out of the gate of the Yang Mansion, you still have the opportunity to order the servants to tie me up and dedicate me to the new emperor, I have no complaints, walk out of this gate, the world of the Ming Dynasty will be in my hands from today onwards, and I will do what the emperor does not do well!" ”

Qin Kan saluted Yang Ting and Chang Shi, and walked out calmly.

Yang Ting and the old man's bodies trembled slightly, his eyes were covered with red bloodshots, and he watched Qin Kan get closer and closer to the gate step by step......

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Jingshi Dongcheng Fubin Building.

The whole pavilion has been enclosed, there is no one in the empty hall, the small open space outside the hall is full of samurai wandering around, but the dress is the brocade guard, and there are two little eunuchs in plain clothes standing in front of the hall.

Night has just fallen, a fast horse galloped from the end of Jinshui Street, the knight stopped at the Fubin Building, his expression was full of anxiety, the horse just stopped and the knight jumped off the horse's back with one leg, and landed steadily.

"Who trespassed on the land of nobles? Take! A hundred households in brocade clothes stepped forward and drew a knife and asked.

The knight took off the tooth card on his waist and raised it high, and said loudly: "I am He Fu, the general of the outpost army of the Guoyong Battalion of the Twelfth Regiment Battalion, and I am ordered to ask to see the old man Zhu of the Baoguo Battalion!" ”

"The grandfather is having a banquet with the celebrant and the princes, and the lords and nobles are drinking and drinking, and there are no outsiders!"

The knight said angrily: "Little Baihu dares to stop me, I don't know anything, which Qianhu are the subordinates of Jinyiwei?" The military situation is urgent, can you afford to delay the big thing? ”

A look flashed in Baihu's eyes, and he said in a cold tone: "If you have anything to see your husband, I can tell you about it." ”

"Phew! What are you, the gatekeeper thinks he's a real character? What Lao Tzu wants to report is a major event in the army, if you dare to stop me again, no matter what brocade guards you have, Lao Tzu will lead the troops to kill you tomorrow! ”

Baihu's face changed for a moment, the fierce light in his eyes became more and more intense, but a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he hugged his fist at He Fu and said: "Since the general insists on seeing the old man, how dare I stop again, the little Baihu can't afford to delay the major events in the army, the general please, the old man and the marquis are in the Accord on the second floor......"

He Fu snorted heavily, raised his leg and ran inside.

As soon as one foot stepped into the threshold of the door of the hall, He Fu suddenly felt that his vest was cold, and when he looked down, the tip of a steel knife had pierced his chest, and the tip of the snow-white blade was stained with a few drops of blood, slowly dripping to the ground, He Fu opened his mouth and wanted to shout, and then a pair of rough big hands covered his mouth in time.

Behind him, there was a cruel smile from hundreds of households in brocade clothes: "General of the Guoyong Battalion? Did you report to the old man about the movement of troops and horses in the northern suburbs, and the Liaodong Frontier Army had opened a formation towards the 12th regiment battalion? The nobles can't be disturbed when they drink, so if you want to report the military situation, you should wait for the next life......"

After saying that, He Fu's corpse fell to the ground heavily, and the two little eunuchs standing at the door glanced down at He Fu's corpse from the corners of their eyes, and then looked away indifferently, still staring straight ahead motionless, as if nothing had happened.

Soon, He Fu's body was carried away by the Jinyi guard, and the blood on the ground was wiped away, and the last traces left by a military general of the third rank in his life were wiped clean.

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On the second floor of the Fubin Building, there was laughter and jubilation in the Accord, singing and dancing.

I don't know where to invite the famous people to play the guqin pipa, and the charming and moving smile makes this dull and depressing autumn night seem to have a little more beautiful spring love.

The identity of the person who is the east today is extraordinary, but he is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the minister of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yong, and the guests of Zhang Yong's banquet are also powerful figures in the court, Zhu Hui, the prince of the country, and nearly 30 founding marquis.

The name of the banquet is also very reasonable, today is the fiftieth birthday of Grandpa Zhang.

When going to the banquet, it is strange to the nobles in their hearts, why did Zhang Gonggong's 50th birthday only invite the nobles in Beijing, but did not see a minister in the court, it is said that Zhang Yong's popularity is not bad, and the cabinet and the six books are quite compatible, they should be invited today, after going to the banquet, Zhang Yong was interrupted by a few jokes and greetings, and everyone stopped thinking about it.

At this time, everyone's wine has been eight points, but the atmosphere of the banquet has gradually arrived**, there are many Qinglou famous Ji Oiran like wearing flowers and butterflies frequently pour wine and add fragrance, a young woman with affection like lingering spring mud eyes, all the nobles also put down the shelf, and gradually let go of the skeleton, not to mention that the host of the banquet is also heroic, a few jokes, Zhang Yong simply rolled up his sleeves, and in the cheers of everyone, he and Zhu Hui's old man fought wine.

However, the old man Zhu is nearly eighty years old, and he has the heart to kill thieves, but he has no power to return to heaven, a small altar of daughters is red, Zhu Hui's old face is red, and he has a long wine burp, and he laughs twice with a confused and ethereal expression, and then ...... Stuck on the table and got drunk.

Zhang Yong also drank too much, pointed at Zhu Hui and laughed, waved his hand behind the door curtain with unfinished meaning, and the long-waiting maids came in with a jar of unopened mud sealed wine.

Zhang Yong's body shook, his face was red, and he rolled his tongue and patted his chest vigorously: "Miscellaneous...... Although he is a eunuch, but he does not lose, he is a man, in the past, his majesty had called the miscellaneous family to say 'strong man Zhang', and now the miscellaneous family is fifty years old, but he can still eat five catties of meat every day, can hold two stones of strong bows, can lift a hundred catties and do not breathe, as for drinking...... The miscellaneous family has never been afraid of anyone, ladies and gentlemen, do you have the courage to drink this altar with the miscellaneous family? ”

The marquis laughed, raised the wine jar and said: "Drink together, for the birthday of Grandpa Zhang!" ”

A jar of wine was poured into the stomach from the throat of everyone, everyone put down the jar after drinking, laughed with each other for a while, and suddenly someone shook, and then the second and third ......, almost at the same time, everyone at the banquet was drunk, and the Accord lay on the ground.

Zhang Yong, who was drunk, suddenly straightened his waist at this time, his body was no longer shaking, his eyes were clear, and he still looked a little drunk.

A brocade-clad lieutenant walked in and waved his hand at the suspicious Oiran in the room, and the girls hurriedly exited the Accord in silence.

"Father-in-law, the medicine in the wine is prepared by the fourth lady of Grandpa Qin, this medicine is colorless and tasteless, it will be poured in the wind, and it will never wake up in a day and a night, it seems that it is really true."

Zhang Yong nodded: "Immediately send someone to transfer these grandfathers and marquis away, hide them in a top-secret place, don't leak any rumors, send a letter to Grandpa Qin, and say that the matter here has been done, and the miscellaneous family will go back to the palace, waiting to intercept the emperor's holy decree and tiger talisman." ”

"Yes." The captain said and sneered: "Even if the Holy Decree of Troop Mobilization and the Tiger Fu leave the palace, no one will follow them, and the Baoguo Gong and the twelve founding marquis in charge of the twelve regiments and battalions are all lying down......"

Zhang Yong smiled and turned his head to look at the gloomy night sky: "The miscellaneous family has set up a stage for Grandpa Qin, and in the next play, it is time for Grandpa Qin to appear......"

As soon as the words fell, a terrible scream was heard, and a rocket swayed upward, exploding a beautiful firework in the dark night.

Zhang Yong's pupils contracted sharply, and the poignant fireworks were reflected in his eyes, red as blood. rs

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