"You tell everyone that if you want to follow our family, you will go to Fengyang early tomorrow morning. Those who do not want to follow are given some silver taels, and let them disperse, and those who should join their relatives and friends cannot be stopped. Wang Chao retreated with a sob, and Wei Zhongxian thought that Zhou Yingqiu waved his hand and said, "You can go too!" ”

Most of the lights in the palaces have been extinguished, and there are still two red lanterns hanging outside the Chengqian Palace, and Chongzhen will rest here tonight. Concubine Tian Li had already ordered Gong'e to smoke and smoke the bedding, and the room was full of incense. Chongzhen came to the palace gate, and the eunuch of the respectful room came forward to greet him, and he signaled with his hand to teach them to be exempted, and walked into the palace lightly. Seeing that Concubine Tian Li quietly removed her crown palace clothes, wore a snow-white silk robe, sat on a bamboo chair covered with soft cushions, and looked at a book carefully with the help of a palace lamp with light yarn and gold, and closed her eyes while reading. Chongzhen took advantage of her eyes to close her eyes and snatched the book, Concubine Tian Li was shocked and scolded: "Which slave is so bold? Turning around, he hit, seeing that it was Chongzhen, he didn't dare to drop his hand for a while, he held it in the air, his wide sleeves all slipped off, his whole arm was almost bare, his fingers and wrists were beautiful, Chongzhen stretched out his hand and gently held it: "Such a wonderful person is also a thousand styles." What kind of fragrance is in the house, so fragrant, but the body fragrance on your body? Chongzhen stretched out his arms and took her into his arms, Concubine Tian Li took advantage of the situation to stick to his chest, and said coquettishly: "The emperor is not unaware of the fragrance on the concubine's body, this is a kind of fragrance just made by the concubine, and the recipe is in the emperor's hands." ”

Chongzhen closed the book, and saw that there were four small characters in Wei style on the cover: Zunsheng Eight Notes. Concubine Tian Li said: "There is a section in this book dedicated to the preparation method of incense powder, and the concubine has repeatedly studied and checked, I really can't imagine that Gao Lian, a big man, does not pay attention to Wenhan, but is addicted to incense powder, presumably he was a lover of evil seeds back then." ”

"If you are so smart, if you don't think about the goods and the emperor's family, you will inevitably lose your mind." Chongzhen put the book away, looked at the lantern and said, "Who made this lantern, how is it different from other palaces, and it is more bright?" ”

Tian Concubine said: "The concubine saw that the palace lamp was gilded around, although it was magnificent, but it covered a lot of light, so she recalled the bamboo lamp made in Jiangnan when she was a child, split the bamboo into thin pieces, bent it into a circle, and covered it with light yarn, which can block the wind and is extremely bright, so she replaced one side of the gold with light yarn. ”

"The mind is really clever, tomorrow I will inform the queen that the palace will be changed according to this style." Chongzhen said and glanced at the Xiangnan bed with soft smoke, Concubine Tian Li's face was pale, she broke free from Chongzhen's embrace, swept the high dark cloud sideburns with her hand, and smiled back, like a deep girl, like a frightened Hong, pretentious like a swimming dragon, Ling Bo walked slightly, and Luo socks were dusty. Chongzhen thought of her pair of delicate little feet like the first blooming red lotus, and her heart was pounding, and she hurried to catch up, holding her thin waist with one hand, slowly putting her back on her back, and grabbing her ** with the other hand, pulling it up, faintly revealing a pointed white satin embroidered bow shoe, with a slightly upturned head, decorated with a bead the size of an apricot kernel. Chongzhen opened the silk robe, but saw that she was not wearing socks, and the snow muscle and jade skin were integrated with the silk robe, and said with a smile: "The feet are like frost, and there are no crow socks." Sure enough! Reaching out to embroider shoes for her, Concubine Tian Li pretended to shirk and swayed from side to side with her legs. The two were frolicking by themselves, and Wang Chengen said outside the door: "Long live Lord, Dongchang Admiral Wang Yongzuo has something important to call, 100,000 urgent, do you see it?" ”

Chongzhen scolded: "This idiot will not come sooner or later, but at this time, it is so annoying to teach people!" ”

Concubine Tian Li comforted: "I think there is something urgent, otherwise Wang Chengen will not pass it for him." The hour is only two watches, and the night is still long! ”

Chongzhen came out in clothes and saw Wang Chengen and the eunuch in the respectful room, so he asked, "Where is Wang Yongzuo?" ”

"Go back to Long Live Lord, wait in Wenyuan Pavilion!" Wang Chengen knew that he had disturbed Chongzhen's Yaxing, and he was afraid that he would be angry, so he carefully agreed.

"What's the matter, you're coming to disturb me in the middle of the night?" Chongzhen sat behind the imperial case, his eyes staring at Wang Yongzuo. Wang Yongzuo ignored his vicious words, and said, "The slave has just caught a suspect around Wei Zhongxian's private residence. ”

"Who is it?"

"The slave was afraid that the matter was urgent, so he used a heavy punishment, and the man confessed that Wang Tiqian secretly ordered him to come from Changping."

"What are you going to do? Who are you looking for? But has something to do with Wei Zhongxian? Chongzhen suddenly felt that the matter was important, and he had already put away Fang Cai's anger.

"The slave and maid found a wax pill from this person's dung door, and inside it was a secret letter written by Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian, please long live the lord to read it." Wang Yongzuo took out a piece of paper from his arms and presented it. Chongzhen is clean by nature, and when he heard that the piece of paper was taken from the man's dung door, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Just read it and listen to it." ”

Wang Yongzuo knew what he meant, and hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, this copy was copied by the slave maid, and it turned out that the secret letter was left in the East Factory. ”

Chongzhen took a closer look, and it was full of fly-headed ink: "Shanggong Chitose: I heard that Shanggong was idle and lived in a private house, and I couldn't help it, but people are light and weak, and they can't help." Today, I heard that Long Live Lord had an edict to place the lord in Fengyang, which was enough to cry bitterly. If you want to go to the public, you will be desolate, Gai Wansui Ye is a master of Beijing, and Shanggong has been operating for many years, and the foundation is deep and cannot be shaken, so he was sent out of Beijing and scattered my henchmen. The small one thinks that the placement of Fengyang is not sad, and it is still possible. Although Fengyang is not as convenient as the Beijing Division, it is not difficult to respond to a hundred calls, Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving Liang Dong, Yingtian Governor Mao Yilu, Zhejiang Governor Yu Shi Pan Ruzhen, Zhejiang General Soldier Cui Ningxiu, Nanjing Garrison Eunuch Liu Jing, Nanjing Right Commander Liu Zhixuan, Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Liu Tingyuan, Xiaolingwei Commander Li Zhicai are all available. And take the road to Fengyang, there is better than the Beijing master two, there is no need to be restrained all day long, day and night by people to monitor, one also; The so-called decoupling fish can swim in the rivers and lakes, or the scourge of less nets, two also. If Shanggong Dongshan's ambition is inexhaustible, he will get the opportunity one day, and the old view will not be restored. The lord is a pawn under the door, and he should also be encouraged. The body is far away and bows his head. ”

Chongzhen looked at it, and said: "Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows." Wei Zhongxian will not die for a day, and his henchmen will inevitably harbor different ambitions and be ready to move. I first changed Wang Tiqian from the palm seal of the celebrant to the commander of Dongchang, and then ordered him to leave his post and return to his hometown, he must have secretly resented, so he changed his policy of staying away from Wei Zhongxian and seeking peace by himself, and openly provoked Wei Zhongxian to support the army and rebel. Wang Yongzuo, the news of Wei Zhongxian's placement in Fengyang came out, what kind of shock did Jingshi have? ”

"The slaves and maids sent servants to investigate everywhere, monitoring Wei Zhongxian's minions day and night, most of those who went to work were cowering in private houses, and only Wu Guangcheng, the internal supervisor of the Admiral Warrior Siwei Battalion, Yu Liangfu, the internal supervisor of the Admiral of Zhengyangmen, and Meng Zhong, the eunuch of the Dam Stable, have not seen any movement, and it seems that it is not enough to succeed."

Chongzhen admonished: "Don't be careless. A hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen. Although Wei Zhongxian lives in a private house, he has been in business for several years, and his cronies have been installed in the Jingshi, Jiumen, all sides, and the military department. Some people are also looking at the direction of the wind, forced by the situation, and their hearts may not be towards me? Fortunately, the Beijing camp, the four guard battalions, the nine gate admirals, and the five cities and horses were all sent to take over, exempting the Tianshou Mountain garrison eunuch Meng Jinbao, the Taihe Mountain garrison eunuch Feng Yu, the Caoyun eunuch Cui Wensheng, and the Huainan chief river eunuch Li Mingdao, but it was not yet time to withdraw the ministers on all sides, and there were eunuchs Liu Yingkun in the northeast and Tao Wen, Ji Yongshang, the eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuchs, stationed in Ningyuan, and Hu Mingzuo, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuchs, stationed in Jinzhou, Sun Maolin, Wu Jun, and Wang? The DPRK defended the Chinese army and was stationed at Shanhaiguan. In the northwest, Ge Jiusi guards Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi, Zhang Shoucheng and Li Yingjiang are supplemented, Tian Feng and Zhang Daxing are the Chinese army, and they are stationed in the town; **Tong Governor Yansui, Mu Zhikui tamed Shanxi and Gansu. Denglai, the governor of Sun Guozhen in the southeast, Hu Liangfu as the governor of Tianjin, the eunuch Miao became the Chinese army, and Jin Jie and Guo Shangli were stationed on Phi Island; There is also Huang Xianqing to patrol Shandong, and Qi Shijiao to patrol Henan. Cui Chengxiu's concubine brother Miyun and general Xiao Weizhong are even closer. The Beijing division was besieged on all sides, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp had been sparse for a long time, not as brave as the border soldiers, and once Wei Zhongxian started an incident in the Beijing division, the state affairs were unpredictable. ”

Wang Yongzuo said: "According to Wang Tiqian's secret code, it is not appropriate to place Fengyang. ”

"I also know that Fengyang has many Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, and its place is bordered by the river, and there are many heroes who dare to die

If it is used by Wei Zhongxian, there may not be no one who responds. If this is the case, the southeast half of the country may not be Ningyu. Did he think he could get to Fengyang? I just wanted him to leave Jingshi. How could I force a traitor like him too quickly and make him despair? I know that dogs will jump off the wall when they are in a hurry! Chongzhen flicked the piece of paper in his hand and said with a smile: "How can I follow the hearts of others and let others do whatever they want!" I've been putting up with it for a long time! Wang Yongzuo, send more people tomorrow to urge Wei Zhongxian to leave as soon as possible, without delay. ”

In the Yishou Hall, the huge candles with the thickness of the cups are reflected all over the room. It was already four watches at night, Wei Zhongxian was lying on the kang, listening to the autumn rain and couldn't sleep. He got up in his clothes, opened the Huanghuali official leather box on the carved kang table at the corner of the kang, took out a small box of Huanghuali, and slowly opened it, which was actually full of a box of fine lime powder, wrapped in a slender red homespun cloth in the middle, and sealed tightly. Wei Zhongxian carefully took the package and gently peeled it off, but inside was a shriveled black stick, like a thousand-year-old ginseng. He picked up the little stick, looked at it for a moment, and then whimpered and cried, "Baby, how much has our family suffered because of you? The daughter-in-law who was in her prime couldn't be happy, and she was coldly whispered, so she ran to the capital and entered the palace. "That little stick was originally the male root that Wei Zhongxian cut off before entering the palace, and the eunuchs in the palace called Bao'er. Ay! Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he sighed, how far away is Li Jinzhong from Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, Beizhili! At that time, orphans and widows lived on each other, and the widowed mother had no choice but to remarry with the surname Li, and she also took the surname Li. At the age of twenty, he married his wife Feng and soon gave birth to a daughter. If it weren't for his own gambling and being deceived by someone setting up a game, where would he be purified and clean, enter the palace on an errand, end up with his wife being separated, his wife remarrying someone else, and his daughter being sold to Yang Liuqi's family as a child daughter-in-law, maybe he will still be teasing his grandson in his hometown and enjoying his family! But he also can't get rid of working all day and worrying about his livelihood. This is fate! It's hard to have it both ways. He thought hatefully.

As early as the Wanli Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian entered the palace and served as a miscellaneous servant under the name of the eunuch Sun Xian, and then transferred to Jiaziku as an errand and was in charge of black plum, indigo, yellow dan, green alum, comfrey, alum, light powder, black lead, safflower, mercury and other things, and soon served as a meal for the crown prince Zhu Changluo. The crown prince ascended the throne as Emperor Guangzong, and he was promoted to the East Palace Diandian, who was in charge of the diet of Zhu Youxiao, the prince of the East Palace, and got acquainted with the prince's beautiful nursing mother, Yin Yue. A month later, Guangzong collapsed suddenly, and Donggong was enthroned as the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he reverted to the surname Wei, and the emperor gave him the name of Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian recalled that he was promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, the commander of the Dongchang, and the extermination of the Donglin, the government and the opposition are actually the only ones I respect, how happy! Then he said: I don't know what happened to our family's good friend? The moon is gone, every night is cold, it is difficult to find a desirable person around, if it is in the past to visit her overnight, wouldn't it be interesting? Wei Zhongxian was secretly melancholy, and after thinking about it, he put the baby in a small box and locked it, hugged it by his side and fell asleep. In the haze, I felt someone shouting: "Grandpa, get up quickly, it's time to leave." ”

Wei Zhongxian opened his eyes, saw that it was the head of the dynasty, and asked, "What time is it?" Can it still rain? ”

"Just after the end of the day, the rain had stopped."

"Our family didn't sleep well last night, so it's not too late to lie down for a while and leave." Wei Zhongxian was sleepy, and if he disturbed his good dreams in normal times, he would have already scolded and beaten him.

Wang Chaoyong said hurriedly: "The old grandfather can't sleep anymore, Wang Yongzuo led the Dongchang Jinyi guards to surround the house overnight, and the eunuchs Liu Yingxuan and Zheng Kangsheng, who were ordered to escort them, urged them to set off early!" ”

Wei Zhongxian's heart was painful, and he said sadly: "Your lord, just say that our family has been washed, and we will leave immediately." He got up and dressed, hastily ate two bites of food, walked out of the Yishou Hall, walked through the verandah and the heavy door step by step, and walked slowly out. The family servants had already packed more than 40 carts of gold, silver and jewelry in the private house and lined them up outside the gate of the house. Dozens of strong men with short knives, bows and arrows, each leading the fat horses fed by the family, escorting the vehicle, and the Dongchang Jinyi guards only watched from a distance around, but did not come. Wei Zhongxian glanced back at the majestic mansion, the huge plaque of "Mansion" was still hanging high, and he wept and said: "I don't know when I will come back?" The chrysanthemums in the flower room are blooming brightly, but it is difficult to bring. ”

Wang Chaoyong reminded: "Grandpa, don't be sad, the factory guard is determined to leave the city before sunrise!" ”

"Chaoyong, don't go with our family, this Jingshi still has a private family, and he also needs a person in charge. If our family comes back, we have a place to stay. ”

"Grandpa has been careful all the way." The dynasty knelt down and kowtowed. Wei Zhongxian looked around, and there was no eunuch from the 24th Supervision Bureau to send him, even those who had been favored on weekdays, and they didn't see a single figure, they all hid far away, or pretended not to know, for fear of causing trouble, which shows the state of human feelings. I think of the time when I held the power in my hand, and the feast was held all day long, and the court was full of gold and purple, how majestic, how prosperous, and how lively! Fight the joints today, and arrest tomorrow; Send it today to see, and come tomorrow to get the ticket! Today, I ask someone to give gifts, and tomorrow I will come to see you, even if the courtiers of the second and third grades want to go to the house to pay respects! How do you know that now you can't even keep a veil hat, so it's not lonely. Wei Zhongxian was helpless, so he had to thank Que for his gratitude, faintly seeing the three palaces of the Emperor, the Middle Pole, and the Jianji, and the Shouhuang Pavilion on the Long Live Mountain behind him towering into the clouds, sighing: "How much energy has our family spent to be so brocade and jade food, I can't bear to leave!" ”

The escorted eunuch Liu Yingxuan shouted from afar: "Hugh is delayed, go on the road immediately!" ”

Wei Zhongxian got into a sedan pulled by a fat and healthy mule, and headed south, followed by more than forty large carts. Seeing the Xuanwu Gate, the sky was already bright, and seeing the Mao Xun Temple built by Yin Li Chunmao and the General Administration Department of the Shun Tianfu and the General Administration Department through Sun Ruyan's preparation, it was newly demolished and ruined, and the roof of the temple was completely gone, and it fell on the side of the towering Catholic South Hall. Suddenly heard the front scolding: "Who is bold, dare to stop Qin Cha, and don't remove the table case quickly!" ”

"Master Qincha will be accommodating, and the concubine will give my brother Wei a good trip, just for a moment." But it was a woman's voice.

Liu Yingxuan said: "Then I will allow you a moment of work." He and Zheng Kangsheng also got off the horse and sat on the side of the table to eat, drink and rest.

Wei Zhongxian lifted the sedan curtain and saw that it was an old woman in a skirt with a green handkerchief on her head, leading a young maid and guarding a table of wine and food. He hurriedly got off the mule sedan chair and stepped forward and said, "Zhongxian and his wife don't know each other, why did Gao Yi break the fee?" The old woman turned her head when she heard the voice, looked at him and said in amazement, "Wrongdoer, you don't recognize me?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was shocked, the old woman in front of him was the powerful Fengsheng Lady Keyinyue, who had not been seen for a month, and the hair that had been impregnated with the jade liquid of the immortals every day was already white, and the cheeks that were as white as clotted fat were also full of wrinkles. It's just an old woman in the market. Wei Zhongxian took her hand and said, "How are you like this?" ”

Ke Yinyue smiled sadly: "I was so anxious that I was suddenly left out in the cold, my heart was like ashes, and I described nature as withered." The play said that Wu Zixu had a white head overnight, and it has been more than 40 days and nights, and he is afraid that many heads are white. ”

"How do you know that our family is leaving Beijing today?"

"For example, how many people pricked up their ears to listen to the wind in the palace today, where is there an impermeable wall? Since you left your job and lived in a private house, I sent people to spy every day, and yesterday I saw my family going out and busy, thinking that something had changed. I stayed up all night, waiting for news, I don't know how many tears I shed and how many sighs I sighed. The day is almost clear, and when I saw dozens of carts driven out of the door, I knew that you were sent to Fengyang Sixiang. Ke Yinyue whimpered and couldn't help sobbing.

Wei Zhongxian said gloomily: "Our family missed you last night, but there are a lot of factory guards outside the door, and I can't leave the house." ”

Ke Yinyue stopped crying, poured a glass of wine and said: "You are going, thousands of miles away, if you can see you again, I don't know what day it will be!" There is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed, so drink this cup of wine and go on the road safely! If it's convenient, bring me a letter, I'm so relieved. ”

Wei Zhongxian took the wine glass and drank it tremblingly. Zheng Kangsheng on the side was already impatient, and scolded Ke Yinyue: "It's all sent here and there like you, eating wine and talking, when will you get to Fengyang?" Quickly put away the table, and if you are verbose, you old beggar will be sent to prison! ”

Wei Zhongxian forcibly held back his anger and gave him a cold look. Ke Yinyue scolded: "You snobbish dog slave, if it was back then, the old lady would have sent you to the vegetable market and cut you to pieces, how could you be so deceitful!" ”

Liu Yingxuan recognized Ke Yinyue at this time, couldn't help laughing, and sneered: "What kind of snobbery do you also deserve to be a villain?" If it weren't for the favor of the first emperor, you, a slut in the village, would be able to enter and leave the palace at will, insult and mutilate the minister? This is not the Imperial Palace, and you are not a holy lady anymore, and you still don't know how to command and command, and you dare to roar in such a fate, your dog is so bold! As he spoke, he brushed the ground with a whip and struck her on the head, and when the whip fell, the little maid was so frightened that she cried out loudly. When Wei Zhongxian saw it, he hurriedly pulled Ke Yinyue and said with a smile: "Master Qincha and calm his anger, our family is on the road." ”

Liu Yingxuan whipped the short, but when he saw that Ke Yinyue was pulled by Wei Zhongxian's strength, he almost wanted to fall, and he looked very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Cheap you, get out!" ”

"The world is all flattering and powerful, our family has lost power, why bother to be strong? Let's go back! Good life is precious. Wei Zhongxian stroked her shoulder. Ke Yinyue looked at Liu Yingxuan resentfully, didn't dare to say anything more, turned away, and discarded the table.

Wei Zhongxian saw that she was walking away, and silently pulled the reins of the mule, and was about to go up, but his arm was tightly pulled, "The donor walks slowly, and my master also has to do it for the donor." Everyone saw that it was a small novice, and they didn't know when they arrived, their foreheads were still sweating, and they grabbed Wei Zhongxian's sleeves with both hands. Liu Yingxuan was furious: "What kind of fun are the bold thieves coming to join in? Aren't you afraid to ask you a charge of treason? ”

The little novice was not afraid, and said with his palms together: "It is convenient for me to be with others, and the master of the Qin Cha will raise his noble hand again, and my master and apprentice will go back and recite the "Diamond Sutra" 30,000 times for the two benefactors. ”

"What's the use of reciting the Diamond Sutra? Is it worth eating and drinking, or gold and silver? Zheng Kangsheng didn't allow it. Wei Zhongxian swallowed his anger and ordered his family members Liu Liuliu and Fang Daliang to take two hundred taels of silver and send them away, and the two nodded. Wei Zhongxian asked Xiao Shami, "Dare to ask which senior monk is the Venerable Master?" Where is the treasure temple? ”

The little novice did not answer, but pointed back with his hand and said, "My master is here, you can go and ask him!" ”

Wei Zhongxian followed the direction he pointed to and watched, and a tall white-eyed old monk floated out of the depths of the alley, carrying a red lacquered food box in his hand, and gasped slightly: "Tan Yue, the old man has come to you for a while. ”