On the way out of the Qianqing Palace, Song Nan carefully recalled the process of talking with Zhengde just now, and he understood that the reason why Zhengde was reluctant to say Liu Jin's name and strictly warned himself that he needed to obtain conclusive evidence was actually because Zhengde did not believe that Liu Jin really colluded with King Anhua to rebel.

On the one hand, Zhengde can only entrust himself to find out the truth, on the other hand, he is worried that he is fake for public and private gain, from this point of view, Liu Jin's status in Zhengde's mind is still very high, and what Zhengde hopes to find out most is probably not the evidence of Liu Jin's collusion and rebellion, but the evidence that Liu Jin has nothing to do in this matter.

Song Nan secretly reminded himself that since he had launched an attack on Liu Jin, he would spare no effort to recklessly reckless, and any hesitation and retreat at this moment would bring about ruin; And things have to be accelerated, Liu Jin accompanies Zhengde all day long, the two are inseparable, maybe when Zhengde will leak the news in front of Liu Jin, if that happens, things will become complicated and dangerous. With Liu Jin's means, if he fights back with all his might, Zhang Yong will definitely not be able to keep it, and Zhang Yong will definitely bite out of himself, then it will be out of control.

The afternoon sun is warm and warm, and there are already unidentified flying insects dancing in the air. Standing on the steps of the Qianqing Palace Gate, looking up, on the large square under the steps, more than a dozen Han generals stood quietly, and there was no one else around quietly.

Song Nan looked sideways at the road leading to Shouning Palace at the back of the palace, he thought about whether to go to Shouning Palace to see Princess Kangning, but Song Nan was difficult to face Kangning, seeing that year after year passed, the promise he made back then has not been fulfilled, although he actively worked in that direction, but after all, he didn't know what year and day it would be, and when he saw Kangning, he felt uneasy.

Song Nan sighed and beckoned to a little eunuch standing in front of the Qianqing Palace, who hurriedly trotted over and saluted, "What do you command?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Please ask my little father-in-law to do something for me." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Lord Song, but order." ”

Song Nan took out a small box from his arms and handed it over: "The little father-in-law sent this to Shouning Palace for me and handed it to Princess Kangning, and said that this is a gift I brought to the princess after returning from Ningxia. ”

The little eunuch hurriedly said, "It's wrapped up in me." Song Nan took out a piece of silver and stuffed it in the hands of the little eunuch, the little eunuch tried his best to refuse, and when he saw Song Nan insisting, he accepted it happily, and went towards Shouning Palace with the box in his hand.

Song Nan looked at the back of the little eunuch leaving, stood for a long time and sighed, and slowly walked down the steps in front of the Qianqing Palace. ”

Song Nan nodded, walked through the square, all the way to the north of Fengtian Palace, looked at the right turn, and there was a vertical door; Outside the vertical gate stood four Jinyi Wei Han generals, seeing Song Nan hurriedly bowing in unison, Song Nan waved his hand and slowly walked into the vertical door, and a Jinyi Wei Han general behind him said in a loud voice: "The commander has arrived!" ”

As soon as he shouted, hundreds of people poured out of dozens of neatly arranged houses in an instant, and out of the middle three high rooms were Wan Zhi, the commander of the Jinyi Wei Dahan General Camp, and more than a dozen officials under him, and hundreds of people bowed down at the same time, and said in unison: "See the commander." ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Hello brothers, get up, I have something to say to Commander Wan, let's go and get busy." ”

Everyone got up and scattered into the surrounding houses, this is the station of the Han general's camp in the palace, 1,500 Jinyi Wei Han generals are the main escort force around the emperor, day and night in the palace, there are still more than a dozen rows of barracks in the rear, and dozens of rooms here are in the camp. The office of the general and the civil service.

"Lord Song, please come to the hall quickly." Wan Zhi stepped forward, his eyes full of kind smiles.

Song Nan smiled and said: "Brother Wan, this is the first time I have come to this newly relocated Han General Camp, which is much more magnificent than the old military camp in Xiyuan." ”

Wan Zhi smiled and said, "Isn't it thanks to the adults?" ”

Song Nan smiled slightly, and entered the room under the guidance of Wan Zhi, Wan Zhi invited Song Nan to sit on the big chair behind the table, and he sat down on the side, and several deputy positions in the battalion did not dare to sit down, and stood with their hands down. Song Nan simply inquired about some official matters, and everyone replied one by one, after Song Nan encouraged a few words, he glanced at Wan Zhi, Wan Zhi understood, got up and said: "A few brothers are going to get busy, I will accompany the commander to chat." ”

All the subordinate officials are all elites, and they all understand that Commander Song came in person, not to come to see this new station, but to discuss with Commander Wan on important matters, and one by one they bowed and retreated, when there were only Song Nan and Wan Zhi in the hall, Wan Zhi got up and opened the curtain on the side of the door, and invited Song Nan into a small public room next door, and the two sat down opposite each other.

"How's that going?" Song Nan asked softly.

"Lord Qiqi, after receiving the order of the Lord on the way back to Beijing, he began to investigate; The things that adults want to know are basically clear. ”

"Okay, take care of it."

"Yes, as far as the humble officials know, the emperor's clothes and ornaments are all under the control of the Shangyi Supervisor, and the eunuch Sun Jin, the leader of the Shangyi Prison, is an old man in the palace, and this person doesn't seem to have anything to do with Liu Jin."

Song Nan nodded and said, "It's not surprising that Shangyi Jian is not an important internal office. ”

"Yes, as for the emperor's dragon robe system, it has always been a matter of the palace needlework bureau, and there has been a precedent of sending eunuchs from the inner court to Suzhou to supervise the manufacturing, but the dragon robe worn by the emperor today is made in the palace."

Song Nan nodded and asked, "How many dragon robes are there in the emperor?" ”

Wan Zhidao: "It is said that there are two pieces, and the emperor can't wear them a few times a year, most of the time they are regular court clothes, and the two pieces are enough, and they are all stored in the Shangyi Prison." If you want to get one, it's not difficult. ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "No, Shangyi Supervisor specializes in the emperor's clothes, ornaments, crowns and other things, and must check and keep records every day, if one suddenly disappears in the past few days, it will arouse suspicion." This matter must not be the slightest mistake, if Liu Jin is to be killed, it must be careful and thorough, without any flaws, otherwise it will be counterattacked. ”

Wan Zhi said softly: "My lord, there is a saying in the humble position that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Song Nan said: "That's it." ”

"I'm thinking, since we want to bring down Liu Jin this time, why don't we start happily, as long as my lord gives an order, my Jinyi Wei Yamen will be able to dig Liu Jin's ass to the bottom within a few days, I don't believe that I can't dig out his dirty bottom, but why use such a method? Liu Jin deserves to die, but it seems that such a secret act is not above board. ”

Song Nan looked at Wan Zhi and said, "Brother Wan, do you think I don't want to be upright?" It's actually very simple to find out what Liu Jin is doing secretly, but the question is what can happen after finding out? The emperor will not do Liu Jin because of those so-called things like greed for money and power. Do you know that the Xiyuan leopard house was rebuilt immediately after it burned down, and for fear of opposition from the ministers, the internal carrier only symbolically allocated 50,000 taels of silver, and the Xiyuan leopard house cost at least 780,000 taels of silver, where did all this money come from? DID YOU KNOW? ”

Wan Zhi was stunned and said, "Could it be that Liu Jin can't do it?" ”

Song Nan said: "Of course it's him, the reason why Liu Jin can get to this point today is because this person is good at figuring out the emperor's psychology, and he is also loyal to the emperor and tries his best to meet the emperor's wishes. These things have long been piled up with information in the yamen. But in case these are all for the emperor to let him do, or even if Liu Jin is for the emperor, will the emperor punish him for this? I think that once the matter comes out, it will only be a reprimand and a superficial effort, and the yamen who dug up this matter will completely offend the emperor in the future. ”

Wan Zhigu stared for a long time, and said softly: "I understand the humble position, it turns out that there is still this layer of relationship in it." ”

Song Nan said slowly: "On the way back to Beijing in the past few days, I have figured out a lot of things. In Xinping Fort that year, Liu Jin took the horse and fled, abandoning the princess, he deserved to die for this matter, right? But in fact, within a few days, he settled the matter, and afterwards Princess Kangning mentioned the matter to the emperor, but the emperor had already believed Liu Jin's words and laughed at Princess Kangning for being suspicious. In fact, the emperor may not believe it, but the emperor relies too much on Liu Jin and is partial to him in his heart. ”

"Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion, after I impeached Gu Dayong, the emperor was indeed angry with Liu Jin, but what kind of punishment did Liu Jin receive? The handover of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to Zhang Yong was actually because of my construction, because I tried my best to take credit for Zhang Yong, and the emperor was just hindering my face. Otherwise, if you are an ordinary person, you dare to pretend to be public and private to the country and ignore the danger of social welfare, I am afraid that you will have your head cut off a long time ago, and Gu Dayong was only sent to Nanjing, this is because of Liu Jin's begging, once he wants to kill Gu Dayong, Gu Dayong can't live, he will bite Liu Jin out, and it will be difficult to clean up at that time. It seems that the emperor is young and doesn't seem to understand these twists and turns, but in fact, maybe it's us who are wrong, I guess the emperor is also out of favor for Liu Jin. ”

Wan Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Song Nan with his mouth half open and was silent.

Song Nan continued: "From this, it can be seen that the emperor's favor for Liu Jin is even more powerful than we imagined, I deliberately let Zhang Yong bite out Liu Jin, just to see how the emperor reacts; The emperor's first reaction was not to believe it, even just now, the emperor still refused to tell me the truth, but warned me to come up with evidence. When was my Jinyiwei case asked to have evidence before I could act? What a joke. ”

Wan Zhi asked in a low voice: "In this case, how can you be sure that the emperor will not protect Liu Jin this time?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "The emperor can tolerate any evil deeds of Liu Jin, but he will never tolerate someone colluding with the vassal king to rebel, if the emperor can tolerate this, is the emperor still the emperor?" This is the emperor's bottom line, no matter who it is, if he touches this bottom line, he will be finished. ”

"But the lord also said that the emperor is partial in this matter......"

"That's because the emperor knows Liu Jin's personality and knows that he doesn't dare to do this at all, and the emperor must think that someone is framing him; So we have to get some evidence so that the emperor has to believe this, once the emperor believes it, Liu Jin will not be saved. ”

Wan Zhi nodded and said: "The humble position can be regarded as understood, but then the adult will use the dragon robe to frame Liu Jin and teach him to be speechless." ”

Song Nan glared and said, "What is planting, don't say it so ugly, okay?" Liu Jin deserves to die, personally, he ordered someone to assassinate me, and I naturally want to return the color; In terms of the overall situation, his existence is a cancer of the Ming Dynasty, and he must die. The focus is not on the means, but on the ends. ”

Wan Zhidao: "I understand my humble duties. ”