Chapter 199: The Storm is Coming
Although Bao Yuanqian kept Geng Bingwen that night, he fell short in the Changxing Marquis Mansion and failed to catch Ma Zhongjun and a few people alive.
However, it is not nothing, at least Bao Yuanqian can conclude that this discipline must have something to do with it.
In addition, after all, he caught the important person of Taiping Dao, Yin Baili. Now the initiative is in the hands of Bao Yuanqian, and Geng Bingwen is already sitting on pins and needles, burning his eyebrows.
In Geng Bingwen's view, Yin Baili's life and death are uncertain, and he has become a fish on the chopping board, and he is not sure when Bao Yuanqian will give himself a fatal blow.
However, Geng Bingwen was calm, and the consequences of the incident were really to commend the Soldiers and Horses Division and the Investigation Department for their meritorious work, and wrote to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di got off the donkey and responded with a high-sounding voice, but summoned Bao Yuanqian alone on the second day.
He thought that Zhu Di was going to ask if he was aware of Geng Bingwen's abnormality, and of course he had to deny this kind of death. Whether this Geng Bingwen is true or not, eighty percent of it was arranged by Zhu Di in order to win over Mu Sheng, and he will not be stupid when he sends a proposition.
Unexpectedly, Bao Yuanqian saw Zhu Di in the Mochou Lake Palace, but he didn't hear him mention the events of that night, and Zhu Di asked a straight question, because the right deputy general Xue Lu is recuperating from his injuries and cannot concurrently serve, who may be competent for this position now vacant in the Beijing Division?
Bao Yuanqian pondered in his heart, although he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Di's gourd, he still understood that this issue could not be talked about in vain, and he only excused himself as a minister, and he did not dare to talk about military affairs.
Zhu Di laughed when he heard this, and bluntly said that he intended to hand over the post of right deputy general to Li Bin, Marquis of Fengcheng, and asked Bao Yuan how he was doing.
When Bao Yuanqian heard this, his eyes rolled, and his heart suddenly realized, and he said in his heart, Zhu Di, this old boy, originally wanted to fish and enforce the law!
He bluntly said that now the general is the second prince, and the left deputy general is the lord Qiu Fu, if the right deputy general appoints the Jingnan faction again, I am afraid that the tail will not fall.
Zhu Di only said "Really?"
Bao Yuanqian's face still did not change, and the duke said bluntly that he could be appointed as an old honor, and even a civil official supervised the right battalion, but it was not a choice for the emperor to be honored again.
Zhu Di stared at him for a long time, then nodded lightly and stopped speaking.
Bao Yuanqian secretly thought that he had moved around with the Yangwu Marquis Mansion, although in the name of carrying secret medicine for diagnosis and treatment, but in Zhu Di's opinion, he was extremely suspicious of whether they had colluded in private.
Now Bao Yuanqian is single-handedly promoted, and he has an inseparable relationship with the palace people of the Arrest Department, if Bao Yuanqian climbs to the Yangwu Marquis level again, it is really not what he wants to see.
Besides, behind this Yang Wuhou is the most important force in the court, the Jingnan Xunchen faction. He is suspicious by nature, he wants to use Bao Yuanqian, but also worries that Bao Yuanqian is stepping on the two boats of the palace people and the lords, and in time, won't he be even more domineering than that Ji Gang?
And Bao Yuanqian saw through this and accepted it. When the right deputy general Xue Lu was seriously injured, Zhu Di ignored it, and he saw it in his eyes.
But this right deputy general commands tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, but he is a sweet and sweet food that can not be found. Zhu Di deliberately gave him this step and threw out Fengcheng Hou Li Bin to see if Bao Yuanqian had really been co-opted by Xue Lu's faction.
Seeing that Bao Yuanqian refuted his own ideas, he instead persuaded himself to appoint other factions, which was in line with the emperor's idea of checks and balances.
What he wants is a person who thinks about the emperor, a henchman who has no party and no faction, and is only responsible for the emperor. If not, then Ji Gang can be replaced by Bao Yuanqian, so why can't Bao Yuanqian be replaced by others?
Zhu Di listened to Bao Yuanqian's impartiality, just for the sake of checks and balances, and he was quite useful in his heart, and he said in his heart that this son could still be reused.
Bao Yuanqian pondered for a moment and mentioned the matter of Annan's envoys. Zhu Di knew that he was working at the elephant taming institute, and he was busy with this matter recently, and thought that he was going to talk about elephant taming.
However, to Zhu Di's surprise, Bao Yuanqian said something that surprised him.
This envoy of the Annan Kingdom is very likely to be a fraud.
Bao Yuanqian said that his maid is a person from the 100,000 mountains of Guangxi, and he heard that the maidservant girl fled to Yingtian in previous years, and the Chen Dynasty in Annan seems to have been usurped by the Minister of State Hu Jichen and killed the old master of the Chen Dynasty.
The servant girl he said was naturally Qing'er, but Qing'er definitely didn't know about Annan, and he could only use Qing'er's identity to get close to Annan in previous years, leading to the fact that Annan Hu Dynasty deceived the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di was a usurper and ascended the throne, and he was particularly sensitive to such a major event, and seeing Bao Yuanqian say this, he attracted attention. He can usurp the throne, but if the people around him dare to learn from him, it will be a reverse scale, and he will die if he touches it!
Bao Yuanqian bluntly said that now that the Holy Lord has only ascended the throne in July and August, it is inconceivable that Annan, thousands of miles away and in the suppression of rebellion and civil strife, has already learned that the Son of Heaven has changed hands.
You must know that Zhu Di originally announced to the world and sent the holy decree of Fanbang, but only Annan was closed. According to the commander of the Guangxi Metropolitan Command, it was said that there seemed to be a war in Annan, and it was difficult to reach the road.
At the beginning of Zhu Di's succession, everything was in ruins, and he had no time to take care of the affairs of the small country of Annan, so he put it on hold here.
Now it sounds like he's amazed, and it seems to be connected in series.
But although Zhu Di is suspicious by nature, he doesn't dare to judge. Bao Yuanqian said that if he privately sent Jinyi Wei to Annan to spy on the news, he should not make a big deal of it and act cheaply.
In this way, it can not only drag Annan's envoys to stay in Yingtian, but also find out the true situation of Annan, so as not to hastily seal the usurpers and damage the face of the Celestial Empire.
Zhu Di is so happy that he attaches great importance to his face, so he naturally thinks so, even if he sends someone to Guangxi to send Jinyiwei.
Zhu Di was quite shocked by Annan's conjecture, although Bao Yuanqian told him half-truths, but it made him fall into deep thought.
It wasn't until Bao Yuanqian retired that he said: "If you work hard in the elephant training center, I can't forget you."
Bao Yuanqian's heart moved, knowing that Zhu Di was going to take the opportunity to promote himself, and it was not far off.
It's just that what he doesn't understand is why Zhu Di didn't say a word about the turmoil in the Changxing Marquis Mansion that night? As if it had never happened, what is this Zhu Laosi planning?
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The first year of Yongle, April 20.
On this day, Bao Yuanqian, as usual, deployed tribute elephants to the taming elephants, and the tribute elephants shouldered the role of camel treasures, elephant dances, and guarding the façade.
Now that the envoys of Annan are approaching Tianfu, although Zhu Di listened to Bao Yuanqian's words, although he privately doubted it, the surface work still had to be decent, so the work of their elephant training institute became busier, so as to be foolproof.
At noon that day, when he had a little leisure, he had not yet sat down outside when he came to two brocade guards, both of whom were brocade guards of the elephant training house.
The two of them opened their mouths and said, "Judge, the county lord is here."
Bao Yuanqian was puzzled, what is this Mu Junjiao doing here? That day, he succeeded in this way, and Mu Junjiao's road failed, in the final analysis, it was Mu Junjiao, the stinky girl, who took the blame.
If she hadn't rushed out in a hurry, she would have been able to kill all these people in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion a long time ago, why did she delay to the Changxing Marquis Mansion and not even be able to survive in the end?
Ying Hao and Jiang Wei complained to themselves afterwards, when he thought of this, he didn't get angry.
It's just that he hasn't had time to speak, only to hear the sound of "da-da-da" from the attic, and then Mu Junjiao in a skirt has appeared.
Mu Junjiao is dressed in aqua blue clothes today, her long hair is not embellished with beads, and she only ties a long ponytail and hangs straight down her waist, which is quite capable.
It's just that now I see that her face is no longer as domineering as before, but she comes with a sad face.
"You two get out, the lord of this county has something to look for the priest." Mu Junjiao was in a very bad mood, and sent away the two brocade guards with arrogance.
When Bao Yuanqian saw her battle, he wondered, "What happened, how did you get such a look?"
"Why are you still here?" Mu Junjiao stepped forward and sat on the Taishi chair, swaying, frowning and complaining.
Bao Yuanqian felt amused and said, "I'm the official of the elephant training institute, why can't I be here?"
As he spoke, he took the peach next to the table, but as soon as he took it, Mu Junjiao snatched it, and she opened her cherry mouth and took a bite of the peach.
Mu Junjiao's face softened slightly, and she muttered, "I have looked for you twice, but I am not in the Chaoji Courtyard."
"Oh.. I haven't been back for the past few days, so I haven't been back." Bao Yuanqian said casually.
Bao Yuanqian simply did not return to the courtyard in the past two days, and ate and lived in the elephant training center.
Seeing his indifferent appearance, Mu Junjiao threw down the peach angrily, and said coquettishly: "No wonder you are still so happy, you don't know what has happened recently? I'm afraid that if you hear this, you don't even have the heart to eat peaches now."
Bao Yuanqian was confused by what she said, he had been working at the elephant training institute in recent days, and he really didn't know what moths were coming out of the court.
He wondered, "What happened?"
Mu Junjiao sighed lightly and said, "Do you know, who is the new right deputy general of this Beijing Division Battalion?"
Bao Yuanqian listened to it and remembered that day when Zhu Di asked himself, his heart was either a civil official or an old noble. It's just that it doesn't matter who it is, it has nothing to do with you anyway.
"The county lord said bluntly."
Mu Jun got up coquettishly, and Qiushui stared at Bao Yuanqian with straight eyes: "Three days ago, the Holy General issued an order to appoint Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, as the deputy general of the right battalion!"
"That's like..." Bao Yuanqian's indifferent words were only halfway through, and then he hissed and looked at Mu Junjiao and said, "What did you say? Changxing Hou is the right deputy general!?"
Mu Junjiao nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, it's my uncle who doesn't know whether it's true or not!" He has been appointed as the right lieutenant general!"
Bao Yuanqian was surprised, this candidate was something he never expected.
The fake Geng Bingwen is a good person installed by Zhu Di, but how can such a powerless old man be qualified for the position of right deputy general?
Besides, the night was restless, although they didn't catch the live mouth that appeared in the Changxing Marquis Mansion. Afterwards, although Geng Bingwen was said to be a thief who entered the mansion and committed murder, Zhu Di was not a stupid person, and he should know that Geng Bingwen was definitely abnormal.
This right deputy general is in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how can he easily hand over such an important position to a fake Geng Bingwen, and even this person has private dealings with Taiping Dao, it is really incredible!
Bao Yuanqian secretly thought to himself, could it be that this Zhu Di is tired and crooked? This old cat sleeps with salted fish on his pillow, can he sleep?
Mu Junjiao frowned and said, "Did you say that the mind of this county lord was exposed, so that the saint sensed something unusual, so that he gave such an important position to my false uncle, so as to settle my speculation?"
Seeing that Bao Yuanqian was silent, she pondered for a moment, then stretched out her green jade finger and poked Bao Yuanqian, and said, "Not necessarily, it may be that you, the villain, betrayed the county lord!"
Bao Yuanqian almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, spread his hands and said, "County Lord, may I ask what motive the lower officials have for betraying you?" But don't forget that the lower official almost lost his life that night, and in the end, it was because of your recklessness that you didn't catch the thief, but the lower official did his best."
Mu Junjiao knew that she was at a loss, and snorted lightly: "No matter what, now this thing has not been done, but it has put this county lord in danger, how can you stay out!"
Bao Yuanqian shook his head, and said in his heart that this woman is quite unreasonable, and let him bear his mistakes.
He understood what Mu Junjiao meant, now she was suspicious of Geng Bingwen, if Geng Bingwen was aware of it, she would inevitably worry about being calculated by the White Lotus Sect, the Changxing Marquis Mansion was like a den of thieves, and she was covered in hair when she lived in it.
"What does the county lord think, could it be that you want the lower official to take you in?"
"Phew, that's what the dog thief thinks." Mu Junjiao took a sip and frowned: "Fortunately, now that fake uncle is often absent from the mansion because of the position of the right deputy general, and he has been safe recently, otherwise the county lord would have wanted to go back to Yunnan."
Mu Junjiao's eyes rolled, and she remembered something and suddenly said, "Hey, didn't you catch three thieves that night? Why don't you torture them quickly, and ask if you can save the day!?"
Bao Yuanqian said in his heart, these people's mouths are as hard as diamonds, how can they be so easy to pry open. Moreover, now Zhu Di knows that Geng Bingwen is different, but he appoints him as the right deputy general, which makes him a little jealous. Even if a confession is asked, I'm afraid it doesn't seem to be so important to Zhu Di.... What is this Zhu Laosi going to do?
However, he remembered the matter of Annan's envoys, although he knew that Annan must be restless at this time, but he still had to ask Mu Junjiao, who grew up in Yunnan.
Mu Junjiao just told him that Annan was quite dishonest when he was in Hongwu, and often attacked Siming Mansion in Guangxi and Mengla Mansion in Yunnan, and his father Mu Sheng often sent troops to encircle and suppress the invasion of Annan.
It's just that as for Chen Chao or Hu Chao, even she doesn't know much about this. However, he still warned him that this Annan country is not a submissive country, and it has the ambition to be the king and hegemon.
After saying goodbye to Mu Junjiao, Bao Yuanqian wanted to stay overnight at the elephant training institute for another night, but Chen Fang came in a hurry and greeted him in a hurry.
Bao Yuanqian was puzzled, and Chen Fang said breathlessly: "Bao... Priest Bao, the matter of tribute and elephants is all safe?"
Bao Yuanqian has been following Zhu Di's words in the past few days, and has managed the tribute elephant with sincerity, so he naturally knows it well.
Chen Fang let out a long breath and said, "It's good that nothing goes wrong, just now there is news from the court, this envoy of the Annan Kingdom has arrived in Xuanzhou today, and it is expected that he will arrive at Yingtianfu tomorrow." Within three days, the Holy One will definitely receive the envoys, and then it will be the turn of our elephant taming to bear the tribute elephant camel treasure master of ceremonies, and there must be no mistakes!"
Bao Yuanqian nodded after hearing this, and said in his heart that this Annan envoy came very quickly, and he had been busy for so many days, it was time to test the results, and he hoped that there would be no more moths.
Chen Fang said, "Today, you don't want to stay at the elephant training house, and go back to the courtyard to change and tidy up your official uniform. I heard that the Holy One likes to be the most faceful, and if we lose our manners in front of Fanbang, it will be a serious crime!"
"Obey the words of a thousand households."
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