Taiyuan city north of the Fenshui bank.

Behind Zhu Yunxi, there were already clanging sounds.

It was the officers and soldiers on the northern patrol, and they were encamped.

These have their own rules, even Cao Zhen doesn't have to come forward, there are many generals and colonels in the army to supervise the soldiers.

The baggage camp had already picked the upstream position of the camp, and began to draw water and bury the pot to make rice, and with the smoke of the cooking stove rising, the camp tents were also erected.

When the materials prepared in advance by the commander of the Shanxi Provincial Command Division were sent to the outside of the camp, the military horses of the Northern Patrol had already begun to dig deep ditches around the camp and lay down the fence.

The snow in the sky is getting a little bigger.

From the beginning of the year when snowflakes fell to the goose feathers all over the sky, it has been obscured from everyone's vision for a time when people are unaware of it.

The ground is still warm, and when the snowflakes fall on the ground, they first melt and wet the soil, constantly cooling the ground.

When the temperature reaches freezing, the snowflakes that fall from the sky begin to pile up layer by layer.

It's just a cup of tea, and the whole land is already covered with a thin layer of snow. And the snowflakes falling from the sky are still thickening this thin layer of snow, trying to cover the entire earth.

On the shore adjacent to the water, someone has already held up a large umbrella for the imperial grandson and others who are looking at the snowy scene.

The arm-thick handle of the umbrella is deeply embedded in the dirt beneath your feet, keeping this small area out of the heavy snow.

Under the umbrella, the snow looks like the umbrella, revealing a circle of clean space.

Zhu Li looked at the scenery outside Taiyuan City that he had seen for many years, and said with some curiosity: "Now that you are in Taiyuan, you also know the situation here, what are you going to do now?" ”

Zhu Yunxi looked at the falling snow outside the umbrella in front of him, thinking that Ying Tiancheng at this time was probably just a little colder, but if he wanted to see the snow, he was afraid that it would take a few more days.

He turned his head to look at Zhu Li and said with a smile: "Naturally, I will wait for the grain and grass to be prepared neatly, and then wait for the third uncle's birthday to pass, and then wave my army to the north to inspect the border gates." ”

Zhu Li glared: "Seriously!" What are you going to do with the people up and down Shanxi Road? ”

"Naturally, I'm waiting for them to make a move." Zhu Yunxi blinked, and his face finally became serious: "Now that the introduction of the audit has been thrown, it depends on how they take it." ”

Gao Yangzhi stepped forward from behind the two of them and said softly: "In fact, the Northern Tour does not need Taiyuan Mansion to raise grain and grass for January. It only takes five days of grain and grass, and you can reach Datong in the row, and Datong will supply the required grain and grass. ”

Zhu Yunxi took over and looked at Zhu Li: "Actually, from the very beginning, Taiyuan asked for grain and grass for January, just to stay in Taiyuan. In order to be able to use this, I can propose the matter of auditing. ”

Whenever a large army is out and passes through the local prefecture or county, generally speaking, it will only ask the local government and county to provide about five days of grain and grass supplies.

If Zhu Yunxi is not the imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty, if he is replaced by any other general in the army. If you propose to Taiyuan to prepare the grain and grass needed for a month, there will only be one result.

That is to be rejected outright.

No local government would agree to provide an army with a month's worth of food and grass.

This is to ensure that the army outside is always under the control of the imperial court, and needs to rely on the support of the imperial court at all times. It is also because it is impossible for the local government to have so many grain and grass reserves, so as to reduce the burden on the local government.

Zhu Li's eyes hesitated: "What do you think you can find out from the accounts of Shanxi Dao?" ”

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said: "Auditing is not an end, just a means. Just to check the accounts and see what they will do. It's like two people playing chess, and the nephew has already fallen, and now it's time for them to settle down. ”

Zhu Yunxi's eyes shone.

There was no audit from the beginning, and the left and right were just an excuse. What he is doing now is to scare the snakes, and the grass in Taiyuan City is being slapped by him with a stick, just to see how the grass will react.

Gao Yangzhi stared at Zhu Li with a faint look in his eyes, staring and thinking for a while.

Then he said in a low voice: "The three guards and horses of the prince are really all in Ningwu? ”

Zhu Li was stunned for a moment: "The three guards of the Jin Palace's Mansion have indeed been transferred to Ningwu. ”

Gao Yangzhi was puzzled: "Is it true that the prince has no backhand left?" ”

Zhu Li looked at the young cabinet minister and suddenly laughed: "This king never fights unprepared battles. It's just that it is expected that if Brother Xi does not come to Taiyuan City, those people will not be able to do it too early. Now that Brother Xi is here, this king has already sent someone to Ningwu this morning to recall the three guards of the Jin Palace. ”

Whether it is the value of the clan vassal king, or the value of the emperor's grandson, Zhu Li is very clear.

Not to mention before, in the eyes of those people now, it is probably just a incidental thing.

Gao Yangzhi frowned and said: "Ning Wusuo went south to rush back to Taiyuan City, and it will take four days to be fast, and about five days to be slow." ”

Zhu Yunxi said softly: "Counting it is around the third uncle's birthday." ”

The third uncle in front of him really sent the princess and the children to Yingtian City, and he was thinking of being with Taiyuan City.

Zhu Yunxi knows this.

He suddenly changed his words and said, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and it should be very cold." ”

Zhu Li said with a smile: "A snow in the north is a cold, and it will gradually clear up after the New Year, and it will be completely warmed up when spring begins." ”

Zhu Yunxi said quietly: "The soldiers in the camp have enough charcoal fire overnight, beware of the fire, and remember to ventilate, don't be greedy for warmth and suffocate in the camp tent one by one." ”

Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, who had been accompanying Taisun all the time, immediately said in a muffled voice: "The last general has been informed, and all parts of the camp are digging pits to prepare for water, and the camp tents have also opened holes. ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded, and then looked at Zhu Li again: "Third Uncle should go back to the palace earlier, don't let those people speculate about whether the third uncle is plotting with Lonely." ”

Today on the official road in the south of Taiyuan City, when Changsun Gong and others saw Zhu Li clearly, the expression on their faces was very exciting.

I don't know what kind of mood these people are in right now.

Zhu Li waved his hand casually: "Those people are probably thinking about letting our uncle and nephew reunite together." ”

casually teasing, Zhu Li had already lowered his head and walked out under the umbrella to shield everyone from the wind and snow. The palace guards stepped forward with umbrellas, wanting to block the wind and snow falling in the sky for Zhu Li.

Zhu Li waved his hand, turned over and got on the horse against the wind and snow, and walked away with a long roar.

Under several large umbrellas on the bank of Fenshui, everyone calmly watched the departure of Zhu Li, the king of Jin.

After a long time.

Cao Zhen just spoke: "Lord Jin is a man!" ”

It was rare for him to speak in a calm tone, with a hint of admiration. Although it sounded like a sick sentence, everyone present understood what he meant.

Gao Yangzhi also nodded and said: "If His Highness has not changed his mind, I am afraid that the King of Jin really has the intention of coexisting and dying with Taiyuan City." ”

"Uncle Zhou was stubborn at the beginning, and was demoted to Yunnan by the emperor's grandfather, and after he came back, he devoted himself to medicine. The same is true of Uncle Jin Wang, who was tyrannical in his early years, and now often leads troops out of the northern expedition. Zhu Yunxi sighed a little, these people in the old Zhu family seem to have some bad deeds more or less, but they can all wake up suddenly: "The matter of Uncle Jin Wang tying people up in public has now been investigated." He was not surprised that he could be with the city. ”

Actually, I think so.

For example, King Jin and King Zhou all grew up beside Empress Xiaoci.

How could someone like Empress Xiaoci really educate a tyrannical child who disregarded human life?

How many unknown things are there, I'm afraid only these parties know best.

Sun Cheng, who had been patrolling the camp constantly, rushed over with a full body of wind and snow.

He passed in front of them, his gaze calmly sweeping over them.

When he arrived in front of Zhu Yunxi's eyes, several people beside Zhu Yunxi had already quietly taken a few steps back.

Sun Cheng stepped forward, bowed his head and bent over, and whispered: "Your Highness's big tent of the Chinese army has been built, and the entrance and exit are in the tent." ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Wait, sit and see what will happen in Taiyuan City in the next few days." ”

Sun Cheng snorted and retreated silently.

……

It's night.

The heavy snow during the day has fallen until now, but there is no intention of stopping at all.

It seems that this snow will not stop until the entire Taiyuan Mansion has been buried.

In the darkness of the night, the clouds scattered with wind and snow blocked the moon, and the night was hazy and it was impossible to see anything but the snowflakes that passed in front of me.

In a small courtyard in the north of the city.

Zhu Yunwen was wrapped in a big cotton coat, which was tightly wrapped from his shoulders to his calves.

He stood behind the door of the house, relying on the candles lit in the house, and watched the snow fall outside, piling up layer by layer in the courtyard.

Zhu Yunwen just quietly watched the falling snow outside.

After a long time, there was a movement at the door of the back room.

Then came the footsteps of Qiu Niang.

"Jiro."

Qiu Niang snorted lightly, and Zhu Yunwen hurriedly turned around.

Seeing that Qiu Niang was just wearing a resting underwear and came to him, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly took off the cotton clothes on her body, and wrapped herself around Qiu Niang without saying anything.

"Don't refuse, I'm still wearing a coat." Zhu Yunwen pulled the clothes he was wearing, held Qiu Niang's hands and frowned, "Why did you wake up?" ”

Qiu Niang pouted: "If you can't touch Erlang by your side, you can't sleep." Is Jiro thinking about something? ”

Qiu Niang looked at the wind and snow outside the house, pulled the cotton clothes and stretched out her arms, and hugged Zhu Yunwen with the cotton clothes from behind.

Zhu Yunwen patted Qiu Niang's hands around his chest, and said in a low voice: "I'm waiting, waiting to see if anything will happen tonight." Go back to your house and go to sleep, don't catch a cold. ”

Qiu Niang shook her head behind Zhu Yunwen's back, and said curiously: "What will happen to such a heavy snow tonight." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at the dark and snowy night outside, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but something will definitely happen." ”

As he spoke, his gaze had already reached the corner of the courtyard, the location of the cellar.

If something does happen tonight, then you should be ready and wait in the cellar for news and instructions.

Thinking that he didn't know when there would be movement, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly turned around and hugged Qiu Niang in his arms, and put her on the bed in three or two steps.

Zhu Yunwen's face was full of gentleness, carefully covered Qiu Niang's futon, gently stroked Qiu Niang's cheek, and whispered: "Sleep obediently, otherwise I will be angry." ”

Qiu Niang pinched the edge of the futon with both hands, blinked her bright eyes, and nodded: "Got it......"

With a smile on her face, Zhu Yunwen leaned over and kissed Qiu Niang's forehead gently, then turned around and walked out of the inner room, closed the door, and continued to wrap her cotton clothes and stand at the door.

On such a snowy night, it is impossible for a normal person to go out of the house.

And the heavy snow has become the best cover at this time.

Located in the north of the city, just south of the Jin Palace, separated by a few streets, a large area is a tall courtyard wall.

The Henan Provincial Political Envoy Si Yamen, the Taiyuan Mansion Yamen, and the Yangqu County Yamen are located together, occupying an entire block.

In the wind and snow, someone carried a heavy basket on his back, carefully walking against the courtyard wall.

When he reached an area in the middle of the three yamen, the man stopped, raised his head, and saw signs hanging on both sides of the courtyard gate, which were Taiyuan Mansion Pavilion Library and Yangqu County Pavilion Library.

Taiyuan Mansion and Yangqu County belong to the same place, and the cabinet library where the official files are stored has always been combined.

And next to the pavilion library in Heyangqu County, Taiyuan Prefecture, it is the Yamen Pavilion Library of Shanxi Daobu Political Envoy.

The man with the basket on his back stood in front of the gate of Taiyuan Mansion and Yangqu County, pushing his palm towards the wooden door. Without a moment's hesitation, the door was pushed open through a crack.

The man immediately turned sideways into the pavilion vault.

After entering the cabinet warehouse, there was no duty officer specified by the government, and it was dark all around.

The man carried the basket on his back and went into the storeroom.

At this time, there was still no one to be seen.

So the man took a brazier out of the corner of the storeroom, and poured out half of the coal that was in the basket behind him.

Then he poured some black oil on the coal.

The fire fold was taken out of the body by this man, the seal was removed, and after a few blows on the fire fold, he saw that the spark had already ignited.

The man placed the fire fold on top of the brazier, stretched out his hand and patted it gently.

The spark fell from the fire fold into the brazier.

There was a muffled bang.

And the whole brazier was ablaze.

The man waited for a moment, until the coals in the brazier were burning, and then reached out and gently pushed the rim of the brazier.

With a clang, the entire brazier fell to the ground in an instant, and the burning coal was scattered all over the ground.

The fire also ignited.

Seeing that the planks on the ground were also starting to ignite, the man raised his foot and kicked a piece of burning coal against the nearby pile of books.

The flames struggled a few times, raging and soon set the stacks on fire.

Seeing that everything was done, the man breathed a sigh of relief, quietly pushed out of the warehouse, closed the door carefully, and then silently disappeared into the wind and snow outside.

Time is ticking by.

Suddenly, a bright flame ignited in the city of Taiyuan.

The flames shone on the snow that had reached the calf, and the light reflected in all directions.

The entire Taiyuan City lit up in an instant.

An exclamation came from an unknown yamen.

"It's out of the water!"

………………

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