Zhou An gave Zhu Jie instructions in detail, and only gave him half an hour to prepare.

Half an hour is enough, because what you want Zhu Jie to do is not complicated, but it is easy to leak the news and be suspected by Hu Yanjin, which tests Zhu Jie's ability.

This guy still has the ability, he has led the army in Maozhou for many years, if he has no qualifications, no matter how connected he is in the Zhu family, it is impossible to send him to the position of the general of the army, the Zhu Jie family is not a member of Wu Xukuan's faction, and the reason why his father only retired from the position of the squire of the military department has a lot to do with the "chaotic party" and the chaos of the court.

Zhu Jie was excited and ordered to leave.

During the heyday of the Zhu family, it was in his grandfather's generation, and his grandfather became the secretary of the criminal department, and the Zhu family in Qianjing at that time was comparable to several famous families who were all important ministers for several generations.

But not in his father's generation.

In his generation, it is even worse than before.

Although he is a first-class military general, he is far away from the core of Dongqian's power, and Maozhou is a small state with a vast land and a sparsely populated area. And after reaching a high position in the imperial court, it is not the grade that determines the status at all, but the position!

The prince is a super first-class product, how much is the idle prince of Qianjing, and his status is not necessarily higher than that of a six-department squire.

And the official rank of the cabinet university scholar is only the fourth grade! But it is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, a group of first- and second-grade ministers, who want this four-grade position when they break their brains.

It coincided with a big "change" in the imperial court.

The old and new forces in the court were shuffled.

Zhu Jie naturally wants to take advantage of the situation!

He is still "young", and if he has no injuries in the future, he has at least thirty-four years left in his political career, no matter how high the position is, it is expected for him now.

Zhu Jie knew that this time it was his opportunity to have a secret talk with Zhou An, the head of the university!

Thighs are a must-have!

He had to get things done tonight.

Zhu Jie left.

Zhou An asked Gonggong Li, the head of the prison army, to leave and let him prepare. Gonggong Li also has some manpower, a few eunuchs, and a small team of guards, although it does not play a big role, but it is better than nothing.

And he can help Zhu Jie cover up and ensure that Zhu Jie does things smoothly.

Zhou An was under the table and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Tired!

Cleaning up the traitor Huyanjin is an unplanned thing, according to his original plan, he really wants to come to Xiaoyue City first, but he doesn't need to hide it from Huyanjin.

Now it's one more step.

And he has to set off early tomorrow morning to go to the top of the mountain, and he doesn't want to miss it with Qiao Zhong, so he doesn't know how much rest he has tonight.

Bai Xiaokui stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for Zhou An, and then walked behind Zhou An and rubbed Zhou An's shoulders.

"Childe, are you tired? Why don't you take a break? Bai Xiaokui pinched it a few times, then climbed on Zhou An's back and tilted his head.

"Don't stop, misunderstand." Zhou Andao tilted his head to look at Bai Xiaokui again, and touched Bai Xiaokui's hand on his shoulder.

*******

At midnight, although Xiaoyue City was brightly lit, it was silent.

Except for the footsteps of some soldiers, there was no other movement, and at this time, everyone who should have slept was asleep.

The middle courtyard of the Governor's Mansion is extremely wide, and you can see soldiers standing guard, but no one else. The middle courtyard is uninhabited, because this is the main house for deliberations, not a residence.

"Lord White."

"Lord White."

Bai Xiaokui suddenly appeared outside the north arch of the middle courtyard, she entered the middle courtyard with a group of black-robed people dressed in mysterious clothes, and the soldiers standing guard greeted them respectfully, but they didn't know what Bai Xiaokui was taking people around at night.

There happened to be a group of patrols passing by in the middle courtyard, and there were also bearded middle-aged generals in heavy armor who followed.

This person is a member of the Yue Shan Guard, named Zhuge Hu.

He is the general in charge of the security of the Governor's Mansion tonight, and he is leading people to make rounds.

"Lord White." Zhuge Hu saw Bai Xiaokui bring someone over, and he didn't know why, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Hmm." Bai Xiaokui responded with a nasal voice and led people straight to the conference hall.

"Lord Bai, please stay...... This is a military powerhouse. "Zhuge Hu wants to stop Bai Xiaokui, not because of how bold he is, but because of the war sand table and a large amount of intelligence information, all of which are in the council hall, no matter what his identity, he can't trespass.

"Go and report to Huyanjin, all the generals from the third rank and above." Bai Xiaokui glanced at Zhuge Hu and said, "Just say, this official wants to read out the holy secret decree!" ”

Zhuge Hu's face changed greatly.

They had privately guessed before that Bai Xiaokui might have come to Xiaoyue City to avoid the Holy Mother, but some people also said that Bai Xiaokui might have other tasks, maybe she was here for something.

Sure enough, something happened.

Bai Xiaokui actually came with the empress's secret decree.

Zhuge Hu didn't dare to stop Bai Xiaokui anymore, and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "I'll go here." ”

He immediately went to arrange for someone to deliver the message.

Bai Xiaokui led people to push open the door of the council hall, and when he entered, the hall immediately became brightly lit, and Bai Xiaokui came out again, standing at the door with his hands in his hands, waiting.

Soon, all the lights in the governor's palace were on.

The generals brought people one after another, and some even changed their clothes, Bai Xiaokui actually came to deliver the decree, they naturally didn't dare to delay and slacken, if they were accused of disrespecting the saint, they would lose their heads.

More than a dozen generals had already arrived, all of them gathered at the foot of the steps, talking in a whisper, but they didn't dare to ask Bai Xiaokui anything.

Huyanjin was late, and he didn't know why he was late, he also brought some personal soldiers with him, and each general did not come alone, but brought personal soldiers.

Hu Yanjin didn't ask Bai Xiaokui what he wanted to proclaim.

Because he can't ask in the first place, unless he has a personal relationship with Bai Xiaokui, he can ask in private, but he has no personal relationship with Bai Xiaokui.

Huyanjin frowned.

He already had a very bad feeling, he didn't feel that his collusion with King Yunsu had been discovered, but that because of the unfavorable war, the imperial court might remove him from his post and investigate it.

But he also felt that the imperial court should not do it to himself at this time.

It has been more than half a month since the defeat of the main army, and the imperial court is going to change the commander on the verge of the battle, and it has already been changed, and it will not wait until today.

What's more, does the removal of him really need to be so mysterious?

There are more and more people in the yard.

The ones who should have come have basically come, and those who didn't come either had a task with them, or they were no longer in Xiaoyuecheng, but there was a person who didn't have a task, and the other lived in the Governor's Mansion, but he didn't come.

It's Zhu Jie!

But at this juncture, everyone's mind was on Bai Xiaokui, but no one noticed.

"General Huyan, have you ever arrived?" Bai Xiaokui saw that it was almost there, so she asked Hu Yanjin.

"Ten of the best." Hu Yanjin took a cursory look at the back road.

In fact, he didn't count it at all, it didn't matter, he just wanted to know quickly what the secret intent was.

Bai Xiaokui nodded, then took a step forward, and with a shake of her hand, a golden cloth roll slipped out of her sleeve, it was really a holy decree!

"The generals of the Five States Alliance will take the order!" Bai Xiaokui preached.

All the people in the courtyard got down on their knees and hung their heads.

Bai Xiaokui opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: I have appointed Zhou An, the eunuch of the Inner Court and the eunuch of the East Arrest Factory, as the chief of the march of the five states including Luozhou, Tanzhou, Bazhou, Yuezhou, and Maozhou, and govern the soldiers and horses of the five states. ”