Jin Wuwei was holding a sharp knife and wanted to step forward to take someone, Duan Changge crossed his eyebrows and coldly preemptively attacked, raised his hand to grab the wrist of Jin Wuwei who was rushing to the front, and with the other elbow, hit him in the chest, grabbed his knife with his backhand, and kicked him far away.

Duan Changge threw the knife on the ground, the banging sound came far away, and he said lightly: "Don't worry, I will explain this matter to the emperor." ”

Wang Xin's expression was uncertain, and he waved his hand to signal Jin Wuwei to stop, and he paced to Duan Changge's side and asked in a low voice, "What are you talking about?" ”

"What an idea." Duan Changge chuckled, "You'll know in a moment." ”|

Today's dinner is set up in the Xiangluan Hall of the Imperial Palace, and the hall is decorated with female music singing and dancing.

When Duan Changge came to the palace city, the sky began to drift with scattered snow again, and under the leadership of the eunuch carrying the red gauze palace lamp, he passed the towering palace gate, passed the east court, and climbed the Xiangluan hall step by step along the long dragon tail road.

Emperor Yongle, who was shrewd on the throne of the Ninety-Five Supreme, was furious when he saw Duan Changge, and threw all the dishes on the table to the ground, and the brocade guards next to the hall immediately rushed up when they heard the sound, and tied Duan Changge's hands to kneel on the ground.

Duan Changge lowered his head and sneered irrepressibly: "It turns out that the Holy Lord has long known that the ministers are not doing things well, and even the Jinyi Guard has been ambushed in advance. ”

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yongle was furious, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and in addition to the irrepressible anger in his eyes, a ray of essence gradually oozed out: "You rebel minister, you dare to speak out against me, come and drag it down and kill it immediately, and it will not be tolerated!" ”

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Bai Hanyan's thin body was violently excited, and he gasped and woke up from the nightmare, his eyes were still confused, staring blankly at the head of the bed, and after a long while, his scattered gaze gradually gained focus.

This sleep turned out to be nighttime.

The wooded hut was not dense, and the cold winter wind poured in through the cracks in the shivering windows, making a whimpering sound, as if someone was crying.

Bai Hanyan gasped for breath on the bed, and before she woke up from the nightmare, Duan Changge's bloody face lingered in her mind. A cold chill suddenly rose from behind, her heart was beating like thunder, and she was uneasy, always feeling that something had really happened to Duan Changge.

Outside the window, the snowflakes were bustling and floating, and the moon that was half covered by clouds above the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of gray like a dim lamp.

The dilapidated wooden door of the hut creaked and gradually opened a crack, and the cold wind outside came in mercilessly, Bai Hanyan shrank for a moment, and when he raised his head, he saw Lin Zhifan appear in front of him.

"Hanyan, it seems that you are not having a good time during this time."

Lin Zhifan looked at the thin face that was only the size of a palm full of tears, and couldn't help but feel sorry for her, why did God suffer so much about a woman?

"Is there something going on out there?" Bai Hanyan bit his red lip and asked cautiously.

Lin Zhifan sighed lowly, as if he was a little helpless about the trick of fate: "So far, I can't hide it from you, Duan Changge has indeed had an accident." ”

An unprecedented sense of despair and fear enveloped Bai Hanyan's heart, she suddenly knelt up from the bed, reached out and grabbed Lin Zhifan's wrist, like grabbing a life-saving straw in cold water, she begged: "Lin Zhifan, you save him, please save him!" ”

Lin Zhifan shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid I can't save him at this moment." The imperial attendant Zhou Yao died on the way to Beijing, and the emperor must have punished Duan Changge for his ineffective guards

。 ”

"He died."

Bai Hanyan sat down weakly, his pupils constricted, and he suddenly rushed out like crazy, Lin Zhifan quickly grabbed Bai Hanyan's hand bowl, and said urgently: "Hanyan, it's useless for you to go now, he is in the imperial city now, don't say that you can't get in, just say what if you go in, don't worry, maybe things are not so bad, there will be a turnaround." ”

"Turnaround?" Bai Hanyan's eyes were desperate, and tears fell: "Emperor Yongle wants to kill Changge, it's not a day or two, at this moment, how can he let it go!" ”

Lin Zhifan took a step forward, pulled her back to the bed, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Han Yan, Duan Changge is an extremely intelligent person, the emperor wants to make trouble, I think, he will not make arrangements in advance." ”

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In the imperial city, Duan Changge was firmly shackled by the Jinyi guards and wanted to be dragged out of the hall, Duan Changge snorted coldly, and all the internal forces gathered between his palms, and forcefully bounced out several Jinyi guards.

"Presumptuous, Duan Changge, are you going to rebel?" Emperor Yongle took the case, and the anger of Heng Mei Leng on his body was about to come out.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not guilty, I don't know why Your Majesty is so angry?"

Duan Changge gathered the crumpled crown as usual, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his lips.

Emperor Yongle was enlisted because of his words, and immediately sneered, and reprimanded angrily: "Zhou Yao died under your nose, Wang Aiqing saw it with his own eyes, and I still wronged you?" ”

Duan Changge's eyes were blazing and he said meaningfully: "So the saint didn't see Lord Zhou's corpse, did he?" Lord Wang only saw the corpse wearing Lord Zhou's official robe, after all, Lord Wang had never seen this Lord Zhou, who had been exiled by the Holy Lord for many years. ”

Wang Xin stood up on the first table, first made a gesture to the saint, then turned to Duan Changge and sneered: "It's really a joke, isn't it that someone dares to wear the official uniform of a first-class official in the dynasty......

Before Wang Xin's words were finished, he was suddenly silenced, and his face changed greatly, and the Supreme Treasure sat on Emperor Yongle, and his face sank, his eyes burned, and Mo Sheng condensed.

Duan Changge's expression was indifferent, his expression was indifferent, he stood arrogantly on top of the main hall, and reluctantly said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the ministers will have the trust of the saint, and I am afraid that someone will have ill intentions towards Lord Zhou, so I sent someone to secretly carry out another team of people to protect Lord Zhou." Unexpectedly, Lord Zhou was really assassinated on the way, but fortunately, it was just a stand-in that was killed, and at this moment, Lord Zhou had entered the imperial city unharmed. ”

Emperor Yongle's eyes were calm, his face was calm, he couldn't see any emotion, he was silent, and the hall fell into a suffocating silence.

Suddenly, the sharp voice of the attendant at the door of the main hall broke the silence at the moment, and with a shout: "The imperial attendant Zhou Yao enters the palace to meet you!" ”

As the voice of the chamberlain fell, Zhou Yao appeared at the door of the hall in a crimson round-necked official robe, he lifted off the robe, strode forward, walked step by step sonorously and powerfully, knelt down in the center of the hall to the Yongle Emperor's robe, and after making a big salute, he said loudly: "Minister Zhou Yao see the saint, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

Emperor Yongle's face was ugly, and a pair of dry hands under the wide sleeves of the Ming Huang Dragon Robe were tightly clenched into fists. In front of the hundred officials, he said in a calm voice: "Zhou Aiqing is exempt, it seems that it is just a false alarm, since Aiqing entered Beijing safe and sound, I am very relieved, you two are in a hurry, you and Duan Aiqing go back to rest, I am also tired." ”

Duan Changge squinted his slender eyes and watched the bright yellow come out of the hall with anger, and the smile on his face deepened.

Out of the imperial city, it was already the second half of the night, the snow had stopped, and the half-quarter moon in the sky suddenly broke out of the clouds and brightened.

Zhou Yaoxing was beside Duan Changge, and said with a light smile: "It seems that the life of this official, a member of the first rank of the dynasty, is so disdainful in the eyes of the saint, or is it that your Lord Duan's life is too valuable, so Your Majesty would rather break me than put you to death!" ”

Duan Changge stopped suddenly, stared at Zhou Yao with sideways eyes, and sneered: "Lord Zhou, you really don't understand, or deliberately pretend to be confused, you and I know the saint's character, he has always been suspicious, you are a senior member of the emperor, but you are the emperor's minister, and you have repeatedly contradicted His Majesty's ideas in the court, and the saint has already had murderous intentions towards you." It's not so much that the Holy One is pretending to kill your life to get rid of me, but it's a plan to kill two birds with one stone. ”

The smile on Zhou Yao's face froze, and then collapsed, Duan Changge glanced at him meaningfully, chuckled, and walked quickly away from the palace city, leaving the place of right and wrong.

The early winter sun always comes later, the sky is white, the morning light is faint, the early winter morning is inevitably a little lonely, the jackdaw's cry is deep in the eaves alley, deep and far away, making the capital more ethereal.

In the teahouse on East Street in Beijing, the hall was full of people, and the babbling of the women singing songs made people upset, Duan Hangge stretched out his hand to close the door of the private room on the second floor, and the room was quiet from the hustle and bustle.

Qiao Chu sat at the table and drank tea, the best West Lake Longjing swirled and rose in the teacup, and finally sank helplessly to the bottom of the bowl, he raised his glass and took a sip, the tiredness on his face did not fade, but he sighed with satisfaction.

"You came back in the middle of the hour." Duan Changge curled the corners of his lips and teased.

"It's not easy, you can come back alive, I thought he was determined to kill you, this Hongmen banquet will not let you go so easily, at least it should take away your military power."

Duan Changge reclined on the sandalwood chair, rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly, and said with a sneer: "You think he doesn't want to?" It's just that hundreds of officials have a hundred eyes, how can he show his murderous intentions, so that he is not afraid of the cold hearts of hundreds of officials? He's not that stupid, so why rush if he wants to kill me. ”

Qiao Chu smiled with his eyebrows, raised his eyebrows and stared at him and said, "But although this move is dangerous, Zhou Yao can be regarded as having a dislike for him, so it will fulfill you." ”

Duan Changge sneered, raised his eyebrows and squinted at him, and said with a smile: "It's you and me." “

The smile on Qiao Chu's face gradually faded when he heard this, his eyes fell on the void, as if he remembered something, with a touch of sadness, and then fell on Duan Changge, becoming a little sneering: "Duan Changge, you have always been smart, and you are willing to be stupid in this matter, you could have stayed out of the matter and returned to Guiyang Mansion to be your commander honestly, maybe the emperor is afraid of you, and you can spend this life in peace and glory, why come to the capital to go to this troubled water." After all, what the emperor wanted from beginning to end...... But her fate, this truth, she will know sooner or later. ”

Qiao Chu looked at Duan Changge's face hidden in the sunlight and couldn't see clearly, and then smiled: "I don't know how to deal with herself when she loses everything in the end?" ”