Wang Yijing followed the old eunuch in the palace and turned left and right, and finally came to a remote garden.

This place is only separated by a wall from the cold palace, even in the daytime, it is cloudy and windy, and at night, there will be all kinds of strange sounds from time to time, and the eunuchs and palace maids pass by on weekdays, and they are all hurrying to speed up their pace, for fear of jumping out of a demon and monster to ask for their lives.

Wang Yijing walked into the courtyard, and did not look around as if he had never seen the world, he directly set his eyes on an ancient banyan tree.

I don't know how many years the ancient tree has existed, the crown is as big as an umbrella, lush and green covers half of the yard, the complex roots are exposed to the ground, and the thick trunk cannot be embraced by four or five people.

The young man looked at the old tree and wondered what he was thinking.

"Wang Shaoxia, let's see later, Your Majesty is waiting in front." The eunuch's words pulled him back to reality.

"Your Majesty?"

Wang Yijing thought at first that it was Gonggong Li who wanted to find a place for his godson, but he didn't expect that it was the Son of Heaven who summoned him.

Walking through the courtyard to the front of the house, the old eunuch made a gesture of please, and then stood quietly aside, and the young man understood, pushed open the door and walked in.

In the room, the young emperor, who had just turned eighteen, was drinking tea, and when he saw Wang Yijing, he showed an approachable smile and pointed to the opposite seat and said:

"Wang Xiashi, please take a seat."

The latter was not polite, and stepped forward and sat down:

"I wonder what His Majesty summoned the grass people?"

The little emperor's brows furrowed slightly, and he raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for the other party:

"I heard that Wang Xia Shi is very skilled, and when I am employing people, I want to invite Wang Xia Shi to serve in the palace."

Wang Yijing is not surprised that the other party knows him, for hundreds of years, every emperor of the dynasty has held a secret guard, and every big and small thing in the capital and even every move of the enemy state cannot escape their eyes.

He didn't feel inappropriate about his juniors' tea ceremony, picked up the teacup and said bluntly:

"Your Majesty wants to deal with Empress Dowager Liu?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and said with admiration:

"Wang Xia Shi is really smart, I have grown up, but the Queen Mother is late but refuses to let go of power, relying on my mother to interfere in the government affairs, and the court has been mixed up by the Liu family.

I don't want to be a string puppet, but most of the soldiers and horses are in the hands of the Queen Mother, if it really reaches the point of tearing her face, her decree is more effective than my holy decree, and there are not many people inside and outside the palace who can use it, so I can only find people like Wang Gongzi. ”

Wang Yijing thought for a moment, shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, it is taboo for the people of the rivers and lakes to get involved in the dispute between the courts, from ancient times to the present, few people in the rivers and lakes who help the court have died well, Wang was born afraid of death, afraid of being embarrassed.

Besides, I was hired by the second son of the Liu family, if I turned around and joined the emperor to deal with the Liu family, it was inevitable that I would be suspected of being two-faced. ”

The young emperor's originally warm face immediately became gloomy, and he took out a majesty that was rarely seen in the court on weekdays and said:

"That's true, but now that you know my plan, do you think I'll let you go safely?"

Wang Yijing said-for-tat: "Your Majesty, just try." ”

After a few words when the two met, the atmosphere became tense for a while, and the young man dared to do this to the Son of Heaven, stemming from the three unused supernatural powers.

If he wants, he can kill the demon queen mother and then rush out of the palace, although it is not in line with the "low-key behavior" required by his grandfather, but it can be regarded as a scourge.

The little emperor is also the first time to meet the people of the rivers and lakes who dare to talk to him like this, and he usually summons them, which is not grateful to Dade, and after hearing that he promised them high-ranking officials, he abandoned the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality.

A person like the other party can't be a loyal dog, but he will stand on the side of righteousness and don't have to worry about luring a wolf into the house.

……

After pondering for a moment, the emperor spoke: "Liu Qing's family, come out." ”

Then a green-shirted Confucian student walked out of the back room, it was Liu Baoqing.

The man slowly approached and spoke:

"Your Majesty, are you still satisfied with this chivalrous warrior recommended by the minister?"

Without waiting for the emperor to answer, Wang Yijing was the first to interject:

"Second son Liu, which one are you singing?"

"My generation of scholars, should take Kuangfu Sheji as their own responsibility, although Liu was born in the Liu family, but he can't get used to their style, this kind of national moth, should be eliminated as soon as possible."

Wang Yijing couldn't help but clap his hands and praise when he heard this: "Liu Ergongzi's righteousness, I really admire it!" Just ......"

Speaking of this, he paused deliberately, and Liu Baoqing said with a smile:

"Do you want to say that this son eats inside and out?"

"I didn't say that, since the second son of Liu agreed to deal with the Liu family, then naturally there is nothing to say in the future, Your Majesty, dare to ask how many soldiers and horses we can command?"

When the emperor saw his skinless and faceless appearance, he began to regret his decision a little, is this kind of person really reliable?

For Liu Baoqing's sake, he said patiently:

"The palace guards can mobilize 100 people, and only the guards in the capital are willing to obey my command."

"Isn't that only five hundred?"

Wang Yijing obviously knew very well about the establishment of the Jinghu Guard, and the captain guarding the gate was nominally a captain, but his official position was only six grades, and he had 400 soldiers, which was far inferior to the other three captains in the capital.

Liu Baoqing answered:

"There are more than 8,000 guards in Beijing, plus the guards of the inner palace and the officers and soldiers of the yamen in the capital, a total of 15,000 people, and our soldiers and horses are less than a fraction."

"Isn't that an egg hitting a stone?"

"With the right use, five hundred people can also turn things around." Liu Baoqing shook the folding fan lightly, and a picture of a bamboo on his chest.

……

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Yijing walked out of the room, a thoughtful look on his face.

It was still the old eunuch who led the way, and the two walked out, and when they passed the ancient banyan tree, the young man stopped again.

This time, the old eunuch did not urge, let the other party get close to the ancient tree, and reached out to caress a few notches on the tree.

This is not the first time Wang Yijing has been here, to be exact, he used to run here all day long when he was a child.

At that time, not long after his grandfather left, he came back to attend the so-called "funeral", and other princes didn't care whether they were really filial or not, they had a handful of snot and tears, so they went with the emperor.

Wang Yijing, his own grandson, couldn't help laughing out loud because he knew that the old man was fake his death, and he couldn't help laughing when he looked at everyone's funny appearance at the funeral.

Facing the surprised eyes of the people around him, Wang Qianshan couldn't hold it on his face, and drove his son away from the funeral, and the young man had nothing to do, wandering along the palace wall and coming to a remote courtyard.

There was a banyan tree in the yard, the mouth of the bowl was thick, and the young man picked up a piece of broken porcelain from the soil, pouted his butt and wrote his name on the tree one by one.

As soon as I finished writing, a gentle voice came from behind me:

"Your name is Wang Yijing?"

The boy turned his head and faced a pair of beautiful eyes, and the other party bent down and looked at the words on the tree with interest.

The young man didn't know that there were still people living here, so he stood up and looked at each other curiously:

"Who are you?"

The woman squatted down, reached out and touched the other party's head and said:

"My name is Chu Yan, the chosen servant in the palace, who are you?"

"My name is Wang Yijing, and my father is Wang Qianshan, the general of the Northwest Garrison." The boy held his head high and was quite proud.

"You're a prince?" The woman was faintly surprised, "Why didn't you go to the emperor's burial today?" ”

"I wanted to go, but I accidentally laughed out loud and was driven back by my father."

“……”

This kind of bold thing, the woman named Chu Yan didn't dare to think about it, looking at the other party's indifferent look, she smiled and said:

"I have some preserved fruits just sent by the palace maid, do you want to eat them?"

"Okay."

The boy was not afraid of life, and followed the other party into the house.

……

There is something today, and it was sent late, please forgive me, and it will be sent normally tomorrow