It rained for another day in Shenjing, and although the rain stopped, a strong wind blew.

So at night, almost every house is closed, and the back street of Jia's house is silent, and in the night wind, only a few lanterns are blown on and off, flickering with a dark light.

At the east end of the alley, a black shadow appeared, ran a few steps and squatted down along the root of the wall, after a while, ran forward for a while, cautiously approached a house, the yard was dark and dreary, and the silence was a little abnormal, the black shadow leaned on the door, looked into the crack in the door, turned to the east cat and barked twice, and then a group of black shadows appeared.

They followed the root of the wall to the west side of the courtyard, apparently prepared in advance, and a group of men in black quickly climbed over the courtyard wall and sneaked towards the west across the courtyard with knives.

There was a burst of snoring in the wing room of the west courtyard, and I saw two soldiers of the Jia family lying on chairs snoring, but both of them had their eyes wide open, and they each had a steel knife on their legs.

In the study, it was pitch black, only to hear the breathing in the room, obviously, there were many people in the study, at this moment, there was a slight footstep in the courtyard, the people in black had already sneaked into the yard, as if they were worried about something, they waited for a while, for a while, nodded to each other, two men in black walked to the wing room with knives, and the rest walked to the main room of the west courtyard.

With a "bang", the door of the wing room was kicked open, and the two men in black rushed in with knives raised, and then there were two muffled snorts from inside, and the sound of things falling to the ground.

The black-clothed man who thought he had succeeded immediately kicked open the door of the main room, and several black-clothed people rushed in with steel knives in their hands, and then there was a sound of popping beans inside, and in the firelight, the bodies of those black-clothed people flew backwards and fell heavily on the floor tiles of the west courtyard.

At this moment, the door of the study opened, and a group of soldiers from the Ruishi Battalion dressed in armor and armed with steel knives rushed out, and then countless torches suddenly lit up all around, illuminating the entire West Crossing Courtyard.

"Yes, there is an ambush!"

A man in black ran in through the gate of the West Courtyard.

Jia Rong walked out surrounded by a team of firecrackers, and shouted, "Take it!" ”

With an order, the soldiers of the Ruishi battalion approached the black-clothed man who was stunned step by step, every step was so shocking, at this time, I don't know who among the black-clothed people shouted, "Kill!" Rush out! ”

As soon as the two sides looked at each other, there were casualties among the men in black, the soldiers of the Ruishi battalion waved their long knives, advancing step by step, invincible, or crackling or stabbing, the sword light and blood shadow, the men in black faced the fierce attacks of these soldiers, they had no power to fight back, the steel knives in their hands could only leave a scratch on the armor, and the small courtyard became a slaughterhouse in the world.

After a while, there were only a few black-clothed people left in the small courtyard, and at this moment, a loud shout came from outside the West Cross Courtyard, "Stop!" "A great fire shone in.

Huang Jin, the master of ceremonies, walked in, and the courtyard immediately fell silent.

With a wave of Huang Jin's hand, a large group of forbidden soldiers rushed in and surrounded the black-clothed people.

Huang Jin looked at the man in black who still refused to put down his arms and surrender, and snorted coldly: "You can't leave, put down your arms, tell me honestly, Your Majesty will spare you, don't think about dying a hundred, this is Daming, as long as Dongchang and Jinyiwei want to check, they will definitely be able to pick out the eighteen generations of your ancestors, rest assured, no one will know that you are alive." You have to think about it, the miscellaneous family only counts three numbers, if there is a disobedient, the Zhu clan! ”

All the men in black were stunned.

Huang Jin's two cold gazes slowly swept over the faces of the black-clothed people, "Do you know who you want to kill?" It's a Warat spy captured by the imperial court, is it worth it to involve his family and nine clans for the sake of a spy? ! ”

A man in black fell to the ground with a steel knife in his hand, and threw another knife on the ground......

It was late at night, and the lights were still bright in the upper study.

Wang An, the deputy head of the Qianqing Palace, walked in with a folding box, walked behind Emperor Tianyou, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this is the music presented by Dongchang. ”

"Someone got it!"

Emperor Tianyou put down the red pen and stared at the box and asked.

Wang An: "This minion doesn't know, I heard that there are many new people in the Zhao Prison of the Detention Center. ”

"Oh?"

Emperor Tianyou glanced at him, "Open it and take a look." ”

Wang An replied softly, "Yes." ”

Lifting the lid of the box, he took out the not-so-thick piece with both hands and spread it flat on the eucalyptus.

Emperor Tianyou stared at it and slowly glanced at it.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed, he stood up reluctantly, walked step by step to the bookcase on the side of the hall, opened the cabinet door, and took out a box from it, and the side of the box was impressively marked with the words "Zhang Fu's Testament".

Emperor Tianyou took down the box and walked back to the imperial eucalyptus.

took out the copy of Zhang Fu's testament and placed it next to the Dongchang fold, and when he looked at it, a cold light flashed in Emperor Tianyou's eyes.

Emperor Tianyou stood up again, looked out the door, and didn't know whether to be disappointed or happy in his eyes, and his heart was mixed.

Since Zhang Fu mentioned in the testament that there were still chess pieces left by Wu Shichang in the Imperial Forest Army, Dongchang has been secretly tracking, but unfortunately several months have passed, and there has been no news, and it has not been realized, but he has found a clue from the Jia family.

Three days ago, the Rui Shi battalion captured a few Warat spies in Ningrong Street, and got some information from them, Beizhen Fusi Shun Teng smashed a Wara stronghold, and this morning it was with the cooperation of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division to search the South City, in order to achieve the purpose of striking the grass and startling the snake, sure enough, the people in the back could not sit still, and sent the killer to infiltrate the back street of Jia's house to exterminate the mouth.

The identities of these people are not simple, they are all born in Xuanfu, because of the war a year ago, they had to leave their hometowns, however, they did not take the initiative to leave Xuanfu and come to Gyeonggi to beg for a living, they were all tempted by people with ten taels of settlement money, as for who they are, they don't know, they just know that the other party is on an errand in the Royal Forest Army, and it looks like that the official position is not small.

Emperor Tianyou understands that the so-called official position is not a pawn left by Wu Shichang, but if he can find this person, he will definitely be able to find new clues.

There was silence in the upper study.

After being silent for a while, Emperor Tianyou spoke, "How many days has Dai Quan been gone?" ”

Wang An thought for a while, and replied: "Counting today, it's been 20 days." ”

Emperor Tianyou nodded, turned around and walked back to the front of the imperial eucalyptus, the outside world thought that Dai Quan was punished into the inner official prison, in fact, he took his henchmen south to Huguang, in order to carry out the next war smoothly, Emperor Tianyou wanted to know what the situation was in Huguang's grain stockpile, he didn't believe those officials, so he ordered Dai Quan to take the opportunity to go south to find out.

At this moment, a small yellow door walked to the door and reported: "Your Majesty, Niu Ge Lao asks to see you." ”

Niu Jizong?

Emperor Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, tonight is indeed Niu Jizong's night.

"Please come in."

"Yes."

After a while, Niu Jizong walked in with a letter in both hands, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this is an excerpt sent by Ninghou Zhang Xiaoguang, the chief of the Xuanfu Army, in an urgent 600 li, to impeach the deputy general Zhang Qiang, a third-class uncle, for accepting bribes, selling official positions, appointing private individuals, forming a party for personal gain, in a vain attempt to control the military and political power of the Xuanfu. ”

"What!"

Emperor Tianyou took it and looked at it, and his face suddenly turned blue.

After a while, Emperor Tianyou calmed down and sighed, "Let Zhang Xiaoguang order someone to escort Zhang Qiang to Beijing, as well as his family scroll." ”

Niu Jizong: "Let's let the military department go to someone." ”

Emperor Tianyou looked at Niu Jizong.

Niu Jizong groaned and said: "Although the minister has not contacted Zhang Qiang, but he heard Jia Jue and Xie Qiong mention it, they both praised his bravery, and the minister thought that such a person should not be able to do such a thing, especially forming a party for personal gain and accepting bribes, and it is impossible to contact the Tatar mission for no reason..."

Emperor Tianyou listened, his eyes turned sharply, and when Niu Jizong finished speaking, he pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "Zhang Xiaoguang has been in Xuanfu for several years as a military marquis, and he will not impeach his generals for no reason, and everything will be clear when he is escorted into Beijing." ”

Niu Jizong had no choice but to reply: "Obey." ”