"If this method fails, the court must not show weakness to others." Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said.

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's ominous tone, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said, "The emperor doesn't approve of such an idea. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "I can agree to the next things, but at this moment, if I summon Yu Mian back to Beijing, wouldn't it tell the subjects of the world that I will be threatened by a group of people in the rivers and lakes." This is absolutely impossible. ”

At the mention of this, Jian Huaizhen couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

She didn't think that Zhu Qizhen would have such an attitude, and she didn't feel a slight chill in her heart.

Jian Huaizhen said to Zhu Qizhen: "Since the emperor thinks that such a method will not work, I don't know how the emperor wants to deal with this matter?" ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's question, Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "A person from the rivers and lakes has the courage to act like this, and it is absolutely intolerable to be as rebellious as I am. ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, his heart was even more cold, and then he opened his mouth and said, "What is the emperor going to do?" ”

Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "This time, I have already sent some Imperial Forest Army to suppress the Jianghu people who saved people. ”

Jian Huaizhen was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "The emperor is serious about this, the emperor has really sent the Imperial Forest Army to suppress it." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Yes, these days, this change in the rivers and lakes has also reached my ears, I have already issued a secret order yesterday, let the leader of the Royal Forest Army, Wang Shoushan, with 100,000 Royal Forest Army, quickly send troops to suppress the troublemakers. ”

Hearing this, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "The people who make trouble that the emperor said are those who went to Shanhaiguan. ”

Zhu Qizhen bowed slightly and said: "It's not bad at all, it's these people in the rivers and lakes, I have long been a little impatient with these people in my heart." These people are not farmers and non-businessmen, they usually like to be a ranger, they boast of their martial arts, but they don't produce, they always use martial arts to break the ban, and cause trouble. The world of the Ming Dynasty will never tolerate such soldiers and people, and neither can I. ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's categorical words, Jian Huaizhen understood that this matter was irreparable, so he said to Zhu Qizhen: "The emperor's golden mouth, it seems that things can only be like this. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded at Jian Huaizhen and said: "That's right, judging from the current situation, I can be regarded as a net opener, I have already secretly ordered General Wanshoushan, as long as these people in the rivers and lakes put down their swords and submit to the imperial court, they can surround these people to death." ”

Hearing this, Jian Huaizhen was a little confused, she knew in her heart that from the current situation, the emperor's mind had been decided, and even if she persuaded her, it would never be possible to redeem the holy will.

Since he couldn't say a word back to the sky, Jian Huaizhen didn't open his mouth to dissuade him, but just said to Zhu Qizhen; Since the emperor said this, it was inconvenient for Jian Huaizhen to persuade him. The current situation is like this, and there is no way to do it, I implore the emperor to let his subordinates go and persuade those people in the rivers and lakes to return first, can the emperor agree to this matter? ”

Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned, and then said: "Since Aiqing took the initiative to ask for help, I will agree, but I still want to judge the situation and never be too involved in this matter." ”

Zhu Qizhen's words were very cleverly worded, Jian Huaizhen thought for a while before he understood, on the surface, these words sounded like Zhu Qizhen was worried that he was trapped in this matter, but in fact it was not, Jian Huaizhen understood that Zhu Qizhen told him that these words were actually just a warning not to help those people in the rivers and lakes.

Jian Huaizhen pretended not to know what Zhu Qizhen meant, so he opened his mouth to say goodbye: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Jian Huaizhen will leave." ”

After that, Jian Huaizhen wanted to kneel and say goodbye to Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly stopped and said, "How does Aiqing want to act this time, can you tell me about it?" ”

Jian Huaizhen bowed slightly, and said: "This matter is extremely ordinary, judging from the current situation, General Wanshoushan set off with a large number of men and horses, presumably still on the road, according to the tutorial calculation, I am afraid that two groups of people and horses will be able to meet one place at noon tomorrow." His Majesty tried to deal with the matter before he could. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it after all, so he let Jian Huaizhen retreat.

After Jian Huaizhen left the palace, he returned to Huaiming Garden.

After hearing the news from Nangong Jiuzhong, Fang Xiao, Jiang Shaoheng and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that Jian Huaizhen was back, the two stepped forward to inquire.

Jian Huaizhen went to see Yingzong, hoping to persuade him to return to the court, but was told of Yingzong's categorical refusal, and said that Zhu Qizhen was angry that the people in the rivers and lakes were nosy, and had decided to send a large number of imperial guards to suppress and rescue the people in the rivers and lakes who rescued Yu Mian.

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng were shocked, and they didn't expect the emperor to make such a move.

They knew in their hearts that since the emperor had opened Chrysostom, things were already inevitable.

Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng still have a lot of respect for these righteous men of the rivers and lakes, especially Fang Liao, who uncharacteristically asked Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, the matter has come to this, what should we do to save the lives of these heroes of the rivers and lakes." Jian Huaizhen was a little anxious when he heard Fang Xiao's tone, so he waved his hand and said: "Brother Fang doesn't need to be anxious, according to the current itinerary, the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army led by Wanshou Mountain is only afraid that it will be able to keep up with those people in the rivers and lakes tomorrow afternoon, and I will wait for tomorrow to hurry up, hoping to catch up with them when the two sides meet, and mediate." ”

Jiang Shaoheng heard this and said: "Having said that, it is not enough that the emperor's intention is extremely tough, if it is not handled properly, I am afraid that it will cause fire, and the eldest princess should be careful." ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, he said to Jiang Shaoheng: "What Brother Jiang said is not bad, judging from Jian Huaizhen's meeting with the emperor today, this is indeed the case. The emperor's attitude towards the people in the rivers and lakes this time is extremely tough, and Jian Huaizhen is also apprehensive about this matter. It seems that the emperor is already iron-hearted, and at present, I am afraid that there are still people behind this matter, but I don't know if it is Shi Heng, and I can't figure it out from the emperor's tone. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's glance, Fang Xiao reached out and pinched his knuckles, and said in a crackling voice: "If this matter is planned by Shi Heng's traitorous minister and made trouble behind his back, if I run into Shi Heng's traitor in the future, I will definitely be full of old fists." ”

Hearing Fang Yu's words, Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "I sincerely wish Brother Fang can get what he wants." Not enough, judging from the current situation, it is not possible to see what Shi Heng is doing in this matter. ”

Fang Xiao opened his mouth with some hatred and said, "Even so, you can't cheapen Shi Heng's old fox. ”

Jian Huaizhen bowed his head slightly and said: "What Brother Fang Yu said is true, Shi Heng is indeed an extremely cunning old fox, although we caught him last time, I also had nothing to do with him. ”

Jiang Shaoheng reminded from the side: "The top priority at the moment is not to deal with Shi Heng, but to plan a plan to save people tomorrow." ”

Hearing Jiang Shaoheng's words, Jian Huaizhen agreed and said: "What Brother Jiang said is extremely true, and from the current situation, it seems that this is the case. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Fang Xiao also nodded and said, "What Brother Jiang said is that it is important to save people at the moment. ”

The three of them reached an agreement, and they planned how to save people in Huaiming Garden.

On the second day, the three men prepared their horses early in the morning and went out on the road to chase them.