Zhu Xixiao knelt on the main hall of Yude Palace.

The voice of Emperor Jiajing came from inside the green gauze tent: "Lu and Zhu Aiqing said that you are losing your temper and hiding in the edict and refusing to come out." Why did you come to the main hall of the Eternal Longevity Palace today, didn't you come to sue for injustice? ”

Zhu Xixiao kowtowed to the ground: "Back to the emperor, the minister is not losing his temper, the minister is guilty of death, stay in the edict prison more comfortably."

"Oh? What are your sins? ”

Zhu Xixiao said earnestly: "The minister heard that Yu Dayou and General Yu were locked up and taken into Beijing on the charge of arson and escape. Your Majesty, General Yu is loyal and patriotic, brave and good at fighting, and he has no indulgence. After the Battle of Cen Gang, in fact, General Yu captured Mao Haifeng alive, and he handed over the people to his ministers. ”

"What?" Emperor Jiajing shouted: "Zhu Xixiao, you say it again."

Zhu Xixiao actually knelt up straight, and said eloquently: "Your Majesty, every time the Japanese invaders launch a raid, the defense deployment of our army is almost as clear as the guards of their own mansions. The looted goods can be easily exchanged for the supplies they need, or transported back to Dongying, or replenished on the spot to replenish military supplies. Because, in the towns and cities in the southeast, there are spies, secret strongholds, and nest owners everywhere. However, our army did not know anything about the movements of the Japanese invaders, and the other side casually played a little bit to attack the east and west, and diverted the tiger from the mountain, which made our soldiers exhausted, and the people had already completed the looting and left in style. So, we need someone, someone who is familiar with the Wako and who is willing to work with us......"

"Enough!" Jiajing stood up from the futon and threw the copper chime and mallet in his hand out of the green gauze curtain, and the copper chime hit Zhu Xixiao's shoulder, and the mallet bomb splashed far away: "Zhu Xixiao, you are so bold."

Zhu Xixiao immediately kowtowed to the ground again: "The emperor is angry!"

The furious Emperor Jiajing rushed out of the green gauze tent: "Zhu Xixiao, do you think that all the people in your Chengguo Mansion are copper-headed and iron-necked, and my guillotine can't cut off your heads, or do you think that I am stupid to the point that no matter what you do, as long as you say three or two words, I will forgive you."

Zhu Xixiao knelt up straight again, ignoring the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers, and raised his head to look directly into Emperor Jiajing's eyes: "Your Majesty, the ministers know how big a crime it is for the ministers to unite with the border generals and hide the head of the Kou, so they don't dare to inform the brother and the commander of Mao Haifeng." The minister is gambling, and the only bargaining chip is the emperor's wisdom and benevolence. In the Battle of Cen Gang, when the minister was appointed to supervise the army, he had seen with his own eyes how the villages and towns that had just been sacked by the Japanese were in a tragic state - the blood stains and wolves all over the ground made people seem to hear wails and cries. The minister once went out to sea by boat to spy on the enemy, and saw with his own eyes how miserable the people who were captured by the Japanese invaders. They were like slaves, nay, driven and ravaged like cattle, and the pirates could pick up the women and rape them at will, and the men would be thrown into the sea to feed the fish if they wanted to defend or resist. The majesty of the Son of Heaven, thunder! There are only about 100 people in the Chengguo Mansion, but there are tens of thousands of people in the southeast coastal towns! ”

Zhu Xixiao said and picked up the copper chime on the ground and held it high above his head: ": The minister kneels here, I just hope that the anger of the Son of Heaven can be vented on the minister." This matter has nothing to do with the Chengguo Mansion and Jinyiwei, and General Yu is even more innocent, he thought that the emperor knew about hiding Mao Haifeng, but he was just deceived by his ministers. Please the emperor to see! ”

Emperor Jiajing snatched the copper chime and slammed it to the ground, and the deafening sound of metal impact echoed above the main hall: "The Son of Heaven is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed, and the blood is fluttering, can you bear it alone?" After saying that, he completely ignored the majesty of the Ten Thousand Vehicles, and sat directly on the ground panting.

After a long time, Emperor Jiajing regained his usual coldness and solemnity, and shouted outside the hall: "Someone is coming!"

The celebrant palm seal Li Fang entered the hall and kowtowed: "What does the emperor command?"

"Spread my will, five days later, I will personally interrogate Yu Dayou, and during this period, I will take care of his good life. Yu Aiqing is an iron-blooded general who can gallop on the battlefield in my Ming Dynasty, before the case of arson with the enemy is clarified, if he falls ill in the edict prison and can no longer get on the horse to kill the enemy, the relevant people will be severely punished. ”

"Yes."

After Li Fang withdrew from the main hall, Emperor Jiajing stared at Zhu Xixiao with deep eyes: "Since you said that the invisible enemy of my Ming Dynasty is more terrible than the visible enemy, I order you to act immediately to find out and destroy them all." I will give Lu Bing a secret decree, and all the resources in the Jinyi Guard can be called upon by you. If you dare to hide in the edict prison and pretend to be garlic, or let me find out that you are a bully, hundreds of lives in the Chengguo Mansion will be immediately thrown into the wilderness. ”

Zhu Xixiao kowtowed and shouted: "The ministers are grateful."

Zhu Xixiao had just arrived at the thousand-step corridor outside the Chengtian Gate, and met Lu Yanyuan with an anxious face.

Zhu Xixiao said lightly: "The emperor has issued an order, it's okay, you go to Dongchang immediately to pick up General Yu."

Lu Yanyuan hesitated for a while, and finally spoke in embarrassment: "Big brother, General Yu is now in Jinyiwei, and it is ...... who was taken away by Chen Hong It's Li Xiaxin. ”

"What?"