Half an hour later, Jia Jue walked out of Chongwenmen under the escort of Jia Fu and others, it was already dark at this time, the people near Chongwenmen began to walk towards Zhengyangmen Street, all of them were in a hurry, and they were in a hurry, and they were in a hurry.

At this time, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is quite good, except for unmarried girls from large families, they can generally go out.

Jia Jue rode a horse and let go of the reins, and took Jia Fu and a few people to slowly follow the flow of people to the street, no way, there is a task, the Yingchun sisters are greedy for lanterns, so they have to bring them lanterns back, especially Xichun, ask for a rabbit lantern by name, Daiyu did not speak, but it can be seen from her sparkling eyes that she is also eager to bring her a beautiful lantern back.

Jia Jue came to Zhengyangmen Street surrounded by Jia Fu and others, according to the rules, no cars and horses are allowed to enter the street tonight, but the officials of the Soldiers and Horses Division guarding the street are not stunned, looking at the group of people who came on horseback and carrying knives, they turned their heads very interestingly, and they didn't see it.

The group turned over and dismounted, and joined in the ranks of watching the lanterns on foot.

The Empress Dowager's birthday, the whole world celebrates, there is no curfew tonight, the street is already crowded, countless people in Shenjing have dragged their families to the street, enjoying this rare carnival festival to the fullest.

In order to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday, in order to invite merit in front of the emperor, Shuntianfu is making great efforts, the streets are hung with all kinds of lanterns on both sides, stretching for more than ten miles, the lights are bright, shining like day, the place where the crowd gathers is the lantern tower built by the rich merchants in the city with a huge amount of money, which is full of exquisite lanterns, and these lanterns will be given to the lucky onlookers at the end of the day.

In the crowded flow of people, Jia Jue walked slowly, while admiring the colorful lights on the street, while recalling the situation in the study, Emperor Tianyou did not suppress the anger in his heart after getting the news, and threw the tea bowl in front of Dazong Zheng and others, which made Dazong Zheng and other clan princes notice something unusual, although they were also annoyed by Zhu Zaiyan's arrogance, but they would not be so angry.

When Jia Jue and Zhu Houjiong, the king of Zhongshun, rushed to the study, the emperor had already thought about how to deal with the matter, Zhu Zaiyan had been punished because he had broken his leg, and then the punishment would seem that he was the emperor of the widowhood, helpless, he could only send his anger on the body of the king of Zhongshun, and in the end, because the godson had no way, or the two sons in succession violated the law of the Ming Dynasty, which made the emperor who had long been interested in cleaning up the king of Zhongshun find an excuse to directly seize Zhu Houjiong's military power, but did not take the Shenji battalion away from the hands of the Zhongshun Palace. Instead, let the prince Zhu Zaiyan temporarily unify his position, of course, all this will have to wait until Zhu Zaiyan recovers from his injuries, during this period, the Shenji Battalion has a deputy commander appointed by the Ministry of War.

Everyone understands the emperor's thoughts, and the king of Zhongshun hates it but has no choice, because the emperor did not seize the military power of the Zhongshun Palace, but only handed over the military power to the prince of the Zhongshun Palace.

Sent away the king of Zhongshun, the emperor said one thing to Jia Jue, that is, the shops and manors compensated by the king of Zhongshun have been taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will supply Jia Jue with cash according to the market price, after hearing this, he immediately understood the emperor's intentions, and the king of Zhongshun not only lost face today but also lost more than 100,000 taels, and he will definitely not be reconciled, but he can't go back, so most of them will do things in those shops and manors, and the emperor is erasing unnecessary troubles for himself.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor's move was also to tell King Zhongshun and others that he was the emperor's person, and warned them not to make a move on him.

At this time, Jia Fu suddenly leaned into Jia Jue's ear and said, "Third master, there is a flower shoot!" ”

"What!"

Jia Jue looked along his fingers, and saw a plainly dressed middle-aged man holding a child in his arms, but this child was wearing silk that only rich and noble families could afford, and it was even more impossible to say that he was a domestic servant.

Obviously, this person is a human trafficker, that is, what Jia Fu called a flower shooter.

As soon as Jia Jue raised his hand, he was about to speak, when a memory suddenly appeared in his head, a memory about his predecessor, and many forgotten details came to his heart like a tide.

On August 16, the 40th year of the Emperor's blessing, the 68th birthday of the Empress Dowager, the only male of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, the four-year-old Shouning Marquis was lost on Zhengyangmen Street, which alarmed the former dynasty and the harem, and the whole city was searched, and finally although a large number of photographers were captured, it was a pity that the Shouning Marquis was still not able to be found, and the Empress Dowager Zhang was even more ill, but only half a year, the missing Shouning Marquis was recognized by Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu who inadvertently passed by Wuqing County, this matter has been a mystery, Because after experiencing the Winter Solstice Ceremony forced the palace incident, Zhu Wuxiang's position was in jeopardy, and it was at this time that he found Shouning Hou, Emperor Tianyou was a filial son, and the Empress Dowager let Zhu Wuxiang come out of the predicament with a word.

Because of this incident, Shuntianfu Yin Zhang Jiacheng and Jinyiwei commanded Ma Shun to be impeached by the civil official group, one of these two henchmen of the Tianyou Emperor was dismissed, and the other was demoted, Jinyiwei was okay, the civil official group could not intervene, but Shuntian Mansion fell into the hands of the civil official group, and now it seems that the black hand behind this matter is the civil official group, or Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu.

Jia Jue is very hateful of these flowers, if he catches them all and throws them into the Xishan Coal Mine he just bought to dig coal, he will exhaust this group of beasts. Of course, it would be best if you could find the golden pimple Shou Ninghou, the empress dowager was happy, and she couldn't say that she would let the emperor promote herself, cough, the official position is estimated to be unpromoted, but it is good to give a lord, even if you don't give it to the earl, the viscount will have face when she goes out.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue immediately ordered Jia Fu to lead a team of people to secretly follow behind the man, find their den, and find a way to find out their stronghold in Shenjing, and personally led people to Shuntianfu to find Zhang Jiacheng, and told him about the appearance of Huazi on Zhengyang Street, which not only made him owe him a favor, but also seemed more natural and not to be suspected.

.......

In the hall of Shuntianfu, Zhang Jiacheng and Jia Jue are sitting at both ends of the main seat.

Jia Jue put down the tea bowl in his hand, glanced at Zhang Jiacheng with a calm face, and smiled in his heart, old things can really be loaded!

However, his slightly trembling hand showed that his heart was not calm at the moment, it was not the news of Shou Ninghou's disappearance, but more than ten families came to report that the child was robbed of the flowers, a few days ago he swore to the emperor that he had smashed the Shenjing Huazi gang, which was not only a dereliction of duty, but also a crime of bullying.

At this moment, the official of Shuntian Mansion led Jia Fu and hurriedly walked over, "Third master, I found it, this is the account book I got from the den." ”

"Oh?"

Jia Jue immediately took the account book, flipped through the two pages casually, and slapped it heavily on the desk, "These beasts! ”

Zhang Jiacheng stretched out his hand and took the account book, only looked at it twice, and his face immediately turned pale, this account book recorded the children who had been abducted by them in the past ten years, and this was just one of the dens, which was really shocking.

Zhang Jiacheng patted the desk hard, "Brute! Brute! ”

"Can you find their stronghold?"

"If they find out, they will send all the kidnapped children to the base west of the Great Xiangguo Temple on the second watch."

Zhang Jiacheng was taken aback, "Daxiangguo Temple? You, you're right. ”

Jia Jue was also stunned.

Jia Fu: "It's in the alley to the west of Daxiangguo Temple." ”

"It's the end of the day."

Jia Jue reminded.

Zhang Jiacheng's face turned pale, stood up and said, "Let's hurry up." ”

....

Qianqing Palace, Emperor Tianyou rare rest, today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, he just came out of Cining Palace, drank a little wine, he felt a little tired, was about to go back to the palace to rest, suddenly Dai Quan came to report: "Your Majesty, you go to Cining Palace to see, the Empress Dowager and her old man fainted." ”

Emperor Tianyou was startled, "Fainted? What's going on? ”

Dai Quan: "Just now, the Shouning Hou Mansion came to report, and the Shouning Hou is gone!" ”

Emperor Tianyou was slightly stunned, what is the situation?

Cining Palace, headed by the queen Wang, the concubines of the harem are here, and a room full of people is standing.

Emperor Tianyou hurriedly walked in, Queen Wang, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, stood up, and the rest of the concubines retreated slightly.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhang had already woken up, and when she saw the emperor coming, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold the emperor's hand, and said: "Emperor, your uncle and your cousin died in the Hetao for the sake of this Ming Dynasty. You can't just break it off! ”

Emperor Tianyou took Empress Dowager Zhang's hand and sat down, "The queen mother is relieved, my son has ordered Shenwu General Feng Tang to lead the forbidden army to look for it..."

"Emperor."

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Emperor Tianyou, first sighed, and then said: "The queen mother has a few days to live, you can't let the queen mother down!" ”

Emperor Tianyou was helpless, so he had to answer, "Yes." ”

Dai Quan hurriedly walked in, "Your Majesty, General Shenwu has sent news that Shou Ning Hou has found it, and it was discovered by Jia Jue, the commander of the three thousand battalions, and Yin Zhang Jiacheng of Shuntian Mansion when they destroyed the Huazi stronghold, Shou Ning Hou is fine, but he was frightened and was already on his way to escort him into the palace." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang struggled to sit up, and Emperor Tianyou hurriedly said, "Queen Mother, you are lying down." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang insisted and said: "Help me up, I'm not sick!" ”

Emperor Tianyou was helpless and helped her lean against the head of the bed.

Empress Dowager Zhang waved her hand, "You can get busy, just send the benevolent gift later, by the way, on behalf of the old body, thank you to the three thousand camp masters, and say that the old body thanked him for the dead ancestor of the Zhang family." ”