Zhu Ningxiao gave the head, Song Nan led several prison officials into the palace to restore his life, and the hundreds of officials in Fengtian Hall congratulated Zhengde when they heard the news, and some details of the beheading time were also spread, and everyone laughed at Zhu Ningxiao's ridiculousness that he wanted to bite back when he was dying, but only one person suddenly sobered up as if he had been empowered, and he was Liu Jin.

Liu Jin has been in a very bad mood these days, to be precise, after Zhang Yong returned to Beijing, his mood began to be depressed, and after Song Nan returned to Beijing, this depression escalated, and passed by Song Nan several times in the palace, Song Nan greeted with a smile, and there was no conflict on the surface, but Liu Jin always felt that there was some meaning in the smile.

Liu Jin was not depressed for Song Nan to quell Zhu Ningyao's rebellion, on the contrary, Liu Jin was glad that things had such a situation, and there was some collusion between him and Zhu Ningxiao, but Liu Jin really didn't think of Zhu Ningyao's rebellion at all.

After Zhu Ningxiao's rebellion, Liu Jin was also trembling, regretting that he had accepted Zhu Ningyao's silver and did a lot of things for him, but now it seems that Zhu Ningjiao used himself to prepare for the rebellion.

Liu Jin understood Zhengde's temper, and the more he concealed it, the worse the result would be, so he simply pleaded guilty, and found an opportunity to cry and kneel in front of Zhengde to repent. Of course, repentance requires skills, for example, when it came to increasing the number of troops for Zhu Ningyao, Liu Jin prevaricated on the grounds that he was deceived by Zhu Ningjiao and thought that he would use the money of the palace to raise soldiers for the imperial court for free, and he still said that his starting point was good, but he was deceived by Zhu Ningyao.

Zhu Ningxiao gave Liu Jin a lot of silver, and Liu Jin also clarified the usefulness of these silvers one by one, of course, the use of the leopard house in Xiyuan, the use of various facilities in the inner court, and the accounts were written clearly and without flaws.

Sure enough, after Zhengde scolded him angrily, it was gone, Liu Jin knew that this was the result, in fact, Liu Jin has always pursued a certain strategy, this strategy is to expose some of his deeds inside and outside the court, and even some illegal things to Zhengde. For example, the gifts received from the officials, such as stipulating that the eunuchs of the inner court and the town army must be filial piety to the silver taels when they return from the release, and so on. The purpose of doing this is, firstly, to make Zhengde feel that he is under control, and secondly, it seems to be a bad thing, but in fact, it has consolidated his position in Zhengde's mind.

Liu Jin's ingenuity lies in the fact that he not only knows that he has done some illegal things, but also makes Zhengde understand the purpose of doing these things, because the eunuchs who are responsible for revealing the news must add a sentence when reporting Liu Jin's actions: "Gonggong Liu received the silver, but Gonggong Liu didn't seem to have added a house to himself, the court's finances were tight, and the palace was tight, and Gonggong Liu seemed to use all the silver to supplement the use of the inner court." ”

Liu Jin himself also sighed intentionally or unintentionally that the palace was tight, but the leopard room should be rebuilt or rebuilt, and all kinds of tigers, leopards, snakes, insects, and exotic flowers and plants that Zhengde liked continued to enter the West Garden, and the number of beauties in the leopard room was also increasing, and Zhengde's various requirements would still be met. Based on various signs, Zhengde concluded that the reason why Liu Jin did some illegal things was because of his extreme loyalty to himself.

For such a Liu Jin, what else is Zhengde dissatisfied with? In Zhengde's opinion, Liu Jin should be the most loyal person to him inside and outside the court, as for those private things, Zhengde naturally turned a blind eye and followed him.

Liu Jin is so clever to stabilize his position in Zhengde's mind step by step, giving Zhengde the impression that although he is not perfect, he is loyal and willing to do anything for the emperor, so that his position in the inner court is unbreakable. And Liu Jin's revelation of the accumulation of wealth is only a drop in the bucket that he frantically grabbed, the extra part is so much that even he doesn't know how much money he has, the gold, silver and jewelry of acres of real estate are like snowballs, Liu Jin Xiangshan Villa has set up a single house, which is specially designed to place money, land deeds, antiques, jewelry and other things, and in the past three years, the three houses in the house have been piled up with one and a half.

But this time the situation is a little different, the pressure Liu Jin feels is different from any previous time, whether it is the game with the outer court or the competition with Song Nan before, even if the result is not good, it does not make Liu Jin feel so nervous; After thinking hard for a long time, Liu Jin came to the conclusion that the tension in his heart this time actually stemmed from the unknown.

The most terrifying thing in the world is the unknown, in Liu Jin's position, he needs to see and listen to all directions, grasp the movements of everyone in the inner and outer courts, even if it is unfavorable to himself, at least he can know whether it is a storm or a cold blizzard that is coming, and he can have a response to resolve them; And this time, I knew that there was a storm brewing, but I didn't know who was targeting what.

Suspicion shrouded Liu Jin's heart, he knew that he was not out of nowhere, and all kinds of signs showed that there was a major event that he was completely kept in the dark.

On the night when Zhang Yong returned to Beijing, Liu Jin deliberately left the palace early to avoid it, and the next morning, the emperor's henchmen and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace reported that Zhang Yong left the Qianqing Palace with a red and swollen face that night. Ordinary people will think that Zhang Yong was punished by Zhengde, which is also a common thing in the palace, once Zhengde is angry, the attendants do not kowtow until they are bleeding; However, Liu Jin thought more deeply than ordinary people, because it was the day when Zhang Yong escorted Zhu Ningxiao back to Beijing, and the emperor was in a very good mood that day, and Zhang Yong also made a great contribution and returned triumphantly, this kind of thing should not have happened that night. Zhang Yong's expression was relaxed when he left, and he didn't look like he was being punished, so what happened in the Zhengde dormitory that night?

Afterwards, Liu Jin had verbally tested Zhengde, but Zhengde did not show a word, Liu Jin did not dare to explore too much in Zhengde, but instead tried to test Zhang Yong, and asked with concern about the red and swollen scar on Zhang Yong's forehead, Zhang Yong's answer was not leaky, only said that he drank a lot of wine with the emperor that night, fell in the dormitory, and broke his forehead.

Liu Jin knew that he was lying, after Zhang Yong left that day, the eunuch had entered Zhengde's room to clean up, and the ground was full of water stains and fragments of the hot pot, and there were blood stains on the fragments, which showed that the emperor was once furious and threw the hot pot on Zhang Yong's face, and the scars and redness on Zhang Yong's face looked like burns, which was just inferred. Zhang Yong's lie is covering up what kind of big event, what kind of big thing made the emperor smash Zhang Yong with a warm pot that night, but afterwards he returned to peace?

Liu Jin was a little crazy, he couldn't bear the feeling of being kept in the dark knowing that something was happening, but he concluded that this matter must have something to do with Song Nan; Since Song Nan returned to Beijing, Liu Jinmi sent people to investigate Song Nan's every move, and even some important figures in the North and South Zhenfu Division also ventured to be included in the sight of the secret investigation; Liu Jin's idea was that if this matter was related to Song Nan, the North and South Townsmen would definitely take action, as long as they moved, one or two could be roughly inferred from their behavior.

But Liu Jin was disappointed again, Song Nan didn't do anything after returning to Beijing, the north and south towns were as calm as water, and after the Shenshu camp returned to the camp, they also practiced normally after resting for a few days, and there was nothing unusual in the slightest. It stands to reason that Liu Jin should be at ease, but the hidden worries in Liu Jin's heart are getting stronger and stronger.

Liu Jin stood on the slope of Qionghua Island in Xiyuan a little blankly, the sun was shining on the slope of the pale green grass, and under the warm afternoon sun, Zhengde was wearing a military uniform, and took a dozen women in the leopard room to bow on the grass on horseback; The sound of coquettish laughter was endless, but Liu Jin had already flown out of the sky, and he didn't have the heart to applaud with the guards and eunuchs next to him.

Hearing some details of Zhu Ningyao's beheading, Liu Jin's whole person suddenly sobered up, and the fog shrouded in his heart suddenly subsided at that moment, but this did not make Liu Jin feel good, but felt cold to the bone.

The words that Zhu Ningxiao said before his death reminded Liu Jin, and in order to beg Song Nan to keep a whole corpse, he offered to help Song Nan bite out the real murderer who was assassinated in Ningxia Town, which made Liu Jin's hair stand on end; He secretly scolded himself for ignoring such an important thing for so many days, and he ordered Li Zeng to wait for an opportunity in Ningxia Town with the Dongchang masters sent to follow, but although Song Nan failed, Liu Jin thought that Li Zeng and Zhou Dong had died in Ningxia, and there was no proof of his death, and now it seems that Zhu Ningxiao obviously knew about it.

Zhu Ningxiao seemed to know that he secretly instructed to assassinate Song Nan, but Song Nan's appearance was obviously illogical, with Song Nan's identity and temper, he was almost assassinated in Ningxia Town, how could he not react after returning to Beijing? At the very least, we should look into it. And at Zhu Ningxiao's initiative, Song Nan directly refused.

Either Song Nan already knew the answer, or Song Nan deliberately did not publicize this matter, in short, Song Nan's attitude of not saying anything about this matter and doing nothing after returning to Beijing was a big problem.

If Song Nan knew that Li Zeng was assassinated in Ningxia Town on his own orders, then Zhang Yong and Song Nan tried their best to cover it up would be obvious, it was obvious that what Zhang Yong and the emperor said that night, Song Nan pretended to cover up, and the spearhead could only be himself, and only himself, so that they could be so careful and not show a trace.

On the hillside, Zhengde laughed and hit the pompom that rang the bell and sent it into the small goal, the eunuchs and guards on the side all applauded and cheered, and a newly favored woman in the leopard room wiped Zhengde's sweat with a handkerchief with incense, which Liu Jin turned a blind to, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Song Nan, since you want to fight for your life with our family, how can our family admit it, this time we will make a decision, either you will die, or I will die."