The afternoon sun shone obliquely in the study, it was the warmest time of the day, outside the study of Zhongshun Palace, a group of maids stood there in fear.

Suddenly, a vase flew out of the study, smashed to the ground with a "dang long", and shattered!

Then came the angry scolding of Zhu Houjiong, the king of loyalty: "Waste! It's all rubbish! You can't do anything like that! What is the use of me raising you? ”

The prince Zhu Zaiyan slowly walked over, holding a letter in his hand.

Zhu Houjiong shouted in a low voice: "Pull it out and hit forty boards!" ”

The little eunuch was so frightened that his face changed, "The prince spares his life!" The prince spared his life....."

The chief guard grabbed him by the collar, "Shut up! "Dragged him out.

Zhu Houjiong was still angry, picked up the tea bowl and drank it, and after taking a sip, he threw the tea bowl to the ground, "Someone!" ”

After a while, Zhu Houjiong stood up, walked to the door, looked at the maid standing in the courtyard, and almost shouted: "Are they all dead?!" ”

Those maids were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground, and when Zhu Zaiyan saw this, he stepped forward, "Father is angry, it's me who won't let them in." ”

Zhu Houjiong glanced at him and waved his hand, "You all go down, no one is allowed to come in without a greeting." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the book and sat down.

After Zhu Zaiji ordered someone to clean up the debris and tea stains on the ground, he closed the door of the study, poured a bowl of tea for Zhu Houjiong, and served it with both hands, "Why is my father so angry, I hurt my body carefully, I heard that the person in the palace is not very good recently." Oh, by the way, there's a letter for you to see....."

Zhu Houjiong: "What letter?" He took the letter, unfolded it, looked at it, his face changed, and he sneered, "At this time, I remembered that this king is here, it's too late!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhu Zaiyan and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Zaiyan dragged a chair and sat down next to the book, "It was expected. The movement is too big, and it will definitely reveal flaws, the emperor has many eyes and ears, and it is a matter of time before he discovers their hiding place, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, but fortunately, Zheng Bo didn't escape there. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, "Most of the stronghold in Xizhimen has been exposed...."

Zhu Houjiong's face sank, "What's the matter?" ”

"Zheng Bo's deputy did not return to any stronghold on time .... It may well have fallen into the hands of some force...."

"What's the reaction in the palace?"

Zhu Zaiyan sneered, "In order to cover up his crime of stealing the property of his courtiers, he ruthlessly killed hundreds of forbidden soldiers, hehe, then it depends on whether he has the courage to uproot the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang officialdom!" ”

Zhu Houjiong pondered for a moment, and then said, "Are you sure that the emperor got the account books?" ”

"Definitely, otherwise, there is no need for even Feng Tang to be demoted out of the capital, and those elites of the East Factory who survived have also been wiped out."

"What a cool emperor!"

Zhu Houjiong was also shocked, and hesitated for a while before saying: "I suspect that there are still spies from the East Factory in the house, and they are going to clean it up." Also, taking advantage of the great loss of Zheng Bo's strength, he found a way to get the contact method with Nan Zhili from him. ”

Zhu Zaiyan nodded, "Okay!" I'll figure it out. ”

..........

It was just dark, and Wang An, the deputy head of the Qianqing Palace, led a team of small yellow doors to light up, and the red lanterns under the eaves of the palaces in the Qianqing Palace were lit one after another, illuminating the entire Qianqing Palace inside and outside.

The upper study was brightly lit but silent.

On the eucalyptus are placed side by side two books of the cabinet and the military department.

Emperor Tianyou sat on the dragon chair and said nothing.

Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, was kneeling on the ground in the center of the main hall.

Emperor Tianyou's gaze slowly moved to Dai Quan, and said softly, "Get up." ”

Dai Quan didn't get up, and said in a low voice: "The slave is a capital crime!" I beg Your Majesty to give me dignity...."

Emperor Tianyou's voice was very gentle, "Get up, I forgive your sins." ”

Dai Quan stood up in fear.

Emperor Tianyou saw it in his eyes, and he was stunned, and after a while, he said, "I know why I punished you!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the slave has broken the rules of the palace, and he shouldn't conceal the omission."

"If you are human, you have to obey the rules, and even I am no exception."

Emperor Tianyou nodded, "You are the one who followed me into the palace, and you are the person I trust the most, I know that you are worried that Huang Jin will share your power and steal your position, everyone has selfish intentions, I don't understand, but Huang Jin is my minion, you shouldn't help outsiders." ”

Dai Quan knelt down again, "The slave won't dare next time." ”

Emperor Tianyou waved his hand, "You are different from them, I have feelings for you, remember, no one can take your place, including Xia Shouzhong." ”

Dai Quan kowtowed again, "The old slave knows it's wrong!" ”

Emperor Tianyou smiled, "I'm a little hungry, go and bring me a bowl of lotus seed soup." ”

"Yes."

Dai Quan stood up and bowed out.

Emperor Tianyou looked at Dai Quan's disappearing figure, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he moved his gaze to the song.

A stick of incense, Shoufu Wen dialect personally sent these two books, both about the Ming Dynasty's aid to the Tatars, for their own proposal to immediately send troops to attack the Warat royal court, the cabinet and the Ministry of War have put forward different suggestions, the Ministry of War does not approve of immediately intervening in the grassland disputes, hoping to wait for two or three months, although it is clear that this is the best choice, but Emperor Tianyou has a trace of worry in his heart, worried that there will be an accident, worried that Zhu Houze will threaten his throne.

The cabinet is in favor of allocating a batch of weapons and armor to support the Tatars, so that the Tatars can weaken the strength of the Warat as much as possible, and let the prince prepare for it, once the Tatars are defeated in the direction of the Hulan Sudden Temperature, he will immediately order him to lead his troops north to attack the Warat royal court, prevent the Tatars from falling in the hands of the Warats, and give the Ming Dynasty troops to buy time.

The Tatars' clumsy assassination staging made the cabinet and the officials of the Six Ministries see the crisis, especially the slogans they shouted, the capture of Shenjing, the slaughter of the whole city, and forced them to consider the impact of the defeat of the Tatars.

I can't help but think of the granary in Dongcheng, which was burned down by most of the Wara spies, and this kind of thing has happened in Dongchang and Shenjing City, which is densely populated with brocade clothes, not to mention other provinces thousands of miles away, Zhao Sheng has a good sentence, Zhu Houze is a person who is good at conspiracy.

Thinking of this, he took out the fold that was pressed under a stack of chapters from the right side of the imperial eucalyptus, spread it flat, looked at it, picked up the red pen and wrote a quasi-word on it, and after the approval, put the pen aside.

At this moment, Wang An, the deputy head manager, walked in quickly, holding up the fold in his hand, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from the Xicheng Terracotta Division." ”

Emperor Tianyou, "Take it." ”

Wang An strode over and presented the fold forward, Emperor Tianyou took the fold, hurriedly opened it to look, his eyes lit up, and he was guessed and found the hiding place of the Wara spies, but, how did he have anything to do with the Jia family?

Ma Shun's words crossed in his mind, it seems that the Jia family still has an intelligence network, and he learned some secret things about the year through the secret files of the West Factory that he snatched from Heng Shudian, including the Jia family, focusing on the Jia family's intelligence network, the home of loyal ministers!

I thought of the report of the main matter, these secret files of the West Factory were not stored in the pawnshop by Jia Jue, but Zhu Zaiyan, the son of the prince of Zhongshun, and the dead Nanzhen Fusi secret agent said that he watched Zhu Zaiyan send these boxes into Hengshudian, and Jia Jue only stored some gold, silver and jewelry, and some famous books.

Beizhen Fusi also confirmed that the unknown people who intercepted and killed Dongchang Fanzi were outlaws recruited by Zhu Zaimo, and those few in armor were probably the guards of the Zhongshun Palace.

Emperor Tianyou folded the music, and then said: "You go to the noon gate in person and wait, once someone sends it, come and report it immediately." ”

"Yes."

Wang An retreated.

............

"Whew! Whew! ”

A rush of running sound came from far and near, and a group of soldiers and horses of Xicheng with swords and guns quickly rushed forward along the city wall of Xizhimen.

The commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division made the first-class Bo Qiu Liang surrounded by soldiers and came to the outside of the alley.

Looking at the courtyard surrounded by clusters, Qiu Liang ordered: "Rush in, live or die." ”

The officer drew his saber from his waist, "Kill!" ”

"Peng!" With a loud bang, the gate was slammed open, and a group of soldiers with spears rushed in, and the officer also rushed in with his sword!

Immediately afterwards, there was a shout of killing from inside, and after a while, several soldiers came out with a middle-aged man whose hands and feet were tied.

The officer: "My lord, there are seven Warat spies, and the remaining six were slashed by the brethren for resisting. ”

Qiu Liangqi immediately stepped forward to look at the man, and snorted coldly, "Search carefully, not a single piece of paper is allowed to fall, everything must be sent to the palace." ”

"Yes."

The officer waved his hand, "Search!" ”