Li Xin wondered very much, how did Jiexiu and Zeng dare to get together? Soon, Zeng dared to answer his questions about Jiexiu's angry rebuke.

"Great monk, don't think that with Master Lu's handwriting, this official won't dare to clean you up!"

Jiexiu put away his smile, "My lord's words are wrong, the little monk is just accompanying him, and he is not a traitor, where did you clean up?" Is it possible to rely on official authority and still want to oppress the good? ”

"Hugh and punish the benefits of the tongue, if you make a big statement, this official will never spare it!" Zeng Dang's mouth is not inferior to Jiexiu, although the two are evenly divided, Jiexiu still accepts it when he sees it, after all, he is still afraid that Zeng Da, who is a local high-ranking official at a young age, will dare to throw him into this black-lit wilderness.

Lord Lu? Isn't it Lu Xiangsheng? He's alive? Zeng dared to wear an official robe, and his official spirit was so high that the tide rose, and he was not angry and arrogant when he spoke! Li Xin was anxious to know the situation of Lu Xiangsheng and Hu Dawei and others, so he pulled the great monk over.

"Great monk, tell me quickly, what happened to Lu Shangshu and General Hu after I left?"

The smile on Jiexiu's face, which had disappeared, surged up again, "Oh, the little monk has found the donor, and he will definitely not let you run away again this time!" It's boring to walk with this yellow-mouthed child, so it's better to walk with the donor......"

Jiexiu recounted in detail the development of events after Li Xin left. It turned out that Lu Xiangsheng woke up soon after Li Xin left, and the giant deer did not die in a great battle, and he never had the idea of dying again, but the emperor's thunder and anger would fall sooner or later, so he was ready to be investigated and dealt with at any time.

The Shandong army did not follow Li Xin to the north, for fear that Lu Xiangsheng would mobilize them to fight the Tartars to the death in the name of the governor Tianxia Qinwang soldiers and horses, so he secretly opened overnight. When Lu Xiangsheng found out, he immediately took decisive measures to kill the leading generals, and shocked the rest of the battalion generals, and the generals of the Shandong army never mentioned returning to Shandong. However, as soon as it was mentioned that they would go north to fight against the Tartars, there was a prevarication between the various ministries.

Lu Xiang was promoted to the commander of the defeated army, and his prestige was naturally much worse than before, and it was not easy to restrain these people here, so he had to let it go. A few days later, Hu Dawei turned out to have a fever and was out of danger of his life, but in any case, one arm was scrapped.

Until a person suddenly came to Julu a few days later, this person was Sun Chengzong.

When Jiexiu said this, he deliberately raised his voice, and his eyes were aimed at Zeng Dare and said loudly: "Sun Ge Lao is worthy of being an old minister of the Three Dynasties, such a big official, not only does he not have any shelf at all, but he also took the hand of my great monk and talked for a while, and he didn't want some villains to be ambitious." Jiexiu clenched his right hand into a fist, stretched out his little finger and shook it twice in front of him. However, when I became a six-rank official with a sesame seed, I couldn't find where the north was, and the tail could reach the sky......"

Zeng Dare glared at Jiexiu fiercely, simply not with them, and ordered his guards to search around to see if there were still enemies hiding in the shadows, and at the same time tidy up the yard, preparing to set up camp here, and then set off on the road when it was dawn.

"How did Elder Sun find you?"

Li Xin pulled back the topic that had deviated in one sentence, and Jiexiu coughed and continued his story. Sun Chengzong led one hundred and ten cavalry, regardless of the age of the armor and the soldiers to stay overnight, anyway, it was convenient to arrive at Julu early one morning, and discussed with Lu Xiangsheng and Hu Dawei for a long time, and finally went to the altar to read the holy decree in public, and the Shandong army could go north to King Qin.

Don't look at those generals who dared to disobey Lu Xiangshengyang, in front of Sun Chengzong, they still chose to obey their orders and obey the power in a hurry, and at noon that day, they drove away from Xinhe County and Anping County, and then went straight to Beijing through Gaoyang.

"It's a pity that the tiger general soldier has not recovered from his serious injuries and cannot fight with the army, and Lord Lu did not go north with the army for some reason, so our great monk naturally can't follow. Then he followed the footsteps of the large army and walked slowly behind, and by the time the Beijing division arrived, the battle had ended, and the Tartars had withdrawn from the siege, and this was the case! ”

After speaking, Jiexiu mysteriously approached Li Xin and said: "That little monk watches the sky at night, the sesame official surnamed Zeng is a broom star, and people within a hundred miles of him will be unlucky, let's leave at night and stay away from him!" ”

Li Xin looked at the back of Zeng Da Dare to be busy, and felt extremely unfamiliar, the emperor asked him to go to Datong Mansion to be the experience of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, not necessarily because he had the idea of finding an acquaintance to help him, but now it seems that his wishful thinking should have failed. A bad premonition came up, and after arriving in Shanxi, I am afraid that I should thank God for not looking for trouble.

Li Xin suddenly remembered that the emperor also said that he would send Zhou Jin to Datong Mansion to do the general judgment, the general judgment is a subordinate official of the prefect, and the power is greater than the experience of the capital division, I don't know a little bit, especially local affairs, I am the chief soldier in Datong Mansion, although it is in charge of the military, but the border area is integrated with the military and the government, and the mountains do not turn to the water, which is inseparable from the support of the local government. Even if the emperor gave the border guards great autonomy, if you really want to make it difficult for you, can't you make sugar, can't you make vinegar?

What did the emperor mean by sending Zhou Jin? Didn't he know about the festival between himself and Zhou Jin? Or did the emperor deliberately send someone who knew him well and had a holiday with him to spy on him?

"Donor? Donor? ”

Jiexiu saw that Li Xin was stunned, so he called him. Li Xin was shocked to lose his mind, and suddenly remembered Lu Xiangsheng's handwriting that he had dared to say.

"Great monk, is Lord Lu good in the capital?"

Jiexiu's eyes were gloomy for a while, and he looked extremely sorry.

"Although he is not like Liu Yuliang's old thief, he is always monitored by the spies of Dongchang, and his movements are not free, as if he is under house arrest." This is also expected, since there is no edict, it means that the emperor still has affection for Lu Xiangsheng, and as for the handling opinions, he may have to discuss with the courtiers' cabinet before making a decision. However, since Liu Yuliang left Beijing, the cabinet has been controlled by Yang Sichang alone, and Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng are on the same footing, so he will definitely not let Lu Xiangsheng go easily, and the dismissal and investigation are inevitable.

Immediately, Li Xin couldn't help laughing, although he had already received the rank of Sanpin, he was still an insignificant pawn in the court after all. He doesn't have the ability to worry about Lu Xiangsheng's future, and it is already rare to be able to pull his life back from the ghost gate. For the sake of today, let's think about our own comfort.

Thinking of the successive plots in the past few days, Li Xin was both angry and powerless, after all, others were in the dark, and he was in the light, and he couldn't arrange a countermeasure.

Lu Jiu quickly counted the casualties of the night and reported it to Li Xin.

"Brother Thirteen, in the battle tonight, seventeen people were killed and twenty-one people were wounded, of which six were seriously wounded."

The number of casualties is a drop in the bucket compared to the battle of the army, but Li Xin's head is dripping with blood, these people have been following him since Gao Yang and even when he was in prison, and if he dies, there will be one less, and now there are only more than 100 people left, and if he continues to fight at this rate, I am afraid that he will have to die a clean death in less than a year.

"The wounded will be sent back to Beijing early tomorrow morning for treatment and recuperation, how many people can continue to drive with the army?"

Lu Jiu said gloomily: "One hundred and thirty-seven people! ”

This is his last man, one hundred and thirty-seven people, can he rely on these people to reach Datong Mansion safely? Not far away, Zeng Dare who was hidden in the darkness silently looked at the bright-dressed teacher who shined in the defense of Gaoyang, if it wasn't for his appearance in the battle tonight, he seemed to be in danger of the entire army overturning. Could it be that I overestimated him?

Jiexiu on the side patted the head of the black hair that had grown inches long, approached Li Xin again, and said mysteriously: "When the little monk was in Beijing, he also heard some things, and the surname Zeng seemed to be very valued by the surname Yang, and he was invited to ask him for several days!" ”

"The surname Yang?"

"It's the one who is going against Lord Lu, what's called Yang?"

Jiexiu didn't seem to be able to remember his name for a while. On the side, Lu Jiu interjected: "Mage, but you mean Yang Sichang, a member of the Cabinet University?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, that's him! Yang Sichang and Lord Lu are at odds, and the donor and Lord Lu have a fateful relationship, and he may also embarrass the donor. The surname Zeng has already taken refuge in the surname Yang, and he may be angry with one of the nostrils and eyes of the surname Yang, and he will ...... when the time comes."

As soon as he thought of the open and secret struggle within the Ming court, Li Xin felt powerless, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, but this intensifying internal struggle is pushing the former Huanghuang Ming to the abyss of no return.

The officialdom ecology of the Ming Dynasty was very unhealthy, and when party struggles were started, they didn't ask about right and wrong, but only about relatives and relatives. Whatever is supported by political opponents, they are all opposed. Whatever is opposed by political opponents, they will support it. While the opinions on governance are always at odds, they will not hesitate to use any means to eliminate the other party mentally and physically.

And the identity of a Chinese official in the imperial court carries with it a natural political correctness. On the other hand, he Li Xin, although he was born in Gaoyang Minzhuang, who was born in Sun Chengzong's lineage, cooperated with Cao Huachun first, and his subordinates used to be the subordinates of Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch of Dongchang.

What's more, there is the emperor's unreasonable appreciation and promotion, a person who does not have any merit on his body has just entered the officialdom and was crowned as the chief soldier of the same three-grade military attaché, although he is only in charge of three guards, and the general soldier of the town is not as good as it, but it is also a step to the sky. A military attache who has risen to prominence at such a speed, in the eyes of civil officials, he Li Xin must have been labeled as a fortunate minister who confused the emperor.

Moreover, Yang Sichang regards Sun Chengzong as a potential competitor, and Li Xin is from Gao Yang, so he naturally has the imprint of the Sun family. With all these factors coming together, how could Yang Sichang, who controls the court, let go of his own rafters?

Li Xin is very depressed, and being high-profile is not his intention!