Jia Jue was called back from Mengyunxuan by Jia Yu, and at this time, wearing a loose cotton robe, stood quietly in the outer study, waiting for Yan Shenggong to come in.

Suddenly, a cold wind came in from the thick door curtain, and Jia Lian walked in first, handed a piece of letterhead to Jia Jue, and then walked out.

At this time, Yan Shenggong slowly walked in and stood by the door looking at Jia Jue.

Jia Jue looked at the words on the letterhead and smiled, only to see that the letterhead read: Two ancient fans, one for each person.

This is Jia Yu's handwritten letter.

Jia Jue folded the letter and put it in his sleeve, then looked at Yan Shenggong and smiled, "Please forgive me for the rudeness." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed very politely to the chair next to him, "Please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you."

Yan Shenggong showed his cultural literacy as a giant in the literary world at this moment, and he didn't bother with Jia Jue, and slowly walked to the chair by the brazier and sat down.

"What does my husband want me to do?" Jia Jue asked with a smile.

"I already know a rough idea of what you're doing." Yan Shenggong said with a smile: "Saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter!" The Emperor Taishang was already stunned..... It's like you've fallen for evil! didn't even kill Wen Fangyan, that is a benefactor who has sheltered him from the wind and rain for more than ten years! Now that the black hand has been extended to the honorable military, the people have only been happy for a few days? No one wants to be in chaos!

Although the positions are different, there are some things that have to be admitted, the civilian officials can be overturned, but the military cannot, which will damage the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, without the military's suppression of the world, those hidden in the shadows of the ghosts, snakes and gods will jump out. ”

After a pause, "Don't you believe it, that's what I just said to today in the Heart Cultivation Palace." He laughed.

"You know what is right." Jia Jue smiled: "I won't tell you, I'm really a 'villain'!" No matter what you say, out of this study, we are still incompatible. You still have to practice the way of a saint and kill yourself. ”

"Don't talk about that." Yan Shenggong was slightly embarrassed, and changed the topic and said: "I came over for two things today, the first one is about the fire in the Happy Forest, who set the fire, it's too ruthless!" ”

"It's hard to say this!" Jia Jue got up and poured a bowl of hot tea for Yan Shenggong, and poured another bowl for himself, then sat down and sighed: "It's not the fire set by Dongchang, it's not us, and it's not the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Yan Shenggong couldn't help but be stunned.

Jia Jue took a sip of tea and continued: "Do you remember the imperial court cha who was driven away by you with a stick? Although they are suspected of making trouble with your Kong family, they are indeed going to investigate. In the first half of the year, Qin Shun, the chief eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, disappeared in the territory of Gunzhou Mansion with the secret decree written by the Emperor Taishang to the king of Dongping County. ”

Yan Shenggong was immediately silent, obviously thinking sharply there, and only looked at Jia Jue again for a long time: "Do you know who the murderer is?" ”

Jia Jue: "Yes. ”

Yan Shenggong immediately asked, "Who is it?" ”

Jia Jue smiled: "Zhou Kun, the son of the late Shangshu Zhou Yang, the great filial son who is filial piety in your eyes, and a model for scholars." ”

Yan Shenggong was stunned for a moment, sat there, and said for a while: "What a little beast! I really didn't see it! ”

Jia Jue smiled vigorously, looked at the brazier, and continued: "I also listened to what others said, so there is no evidence you want." ”

After another period of silence, Yan Shenggong took a sip of the tea bowl, put it down, and sighed, "Forget it, just know who it is." ”

Jia Jue asked puzzledly, "Just let him continue to bounce in front of your old man?" I heard that in the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion yesterday, Zhou Kun said a lot of unpleasant things, can you bear this? ”

"If I have soldiers in my hand, do I still need you to speak?" Yan Shenggong sighed again: "It's a pity, a dream is a dream after all, empty joy, I thought that going to Beijing for this would earn a military power for the Kong family, even if it was a garrison sent by the imperial court to the Kong family....."

Jia Jue took a sip of the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Didn't the garrison of the Gunzhou Mansion let your Kong family buy it?" ”

"Oh?" Yan Shenggong gritted his teeth and smiled: "As the old saying goes, Xiucai can't explain when he meets soldiers. The most unreasonable place in the world is the military camp, the name of Yan Shenggong is okay to intimidate the small soldiers, those guerrillas, generals, deputy generals and general soldiers, which is not to take money to do things. Otherwise, do you think the Kong family can eat those military Toda? ”

At this time, Jia Jue was choked.

Yan Shenggong smiled: "The old man has done you a great favor in the Heart Cultivation Palace, I don't know how the Marquis of Zhongwu plans to thank the Kong family?" ”

Jia Jue: "You? Then he smiled mysteriously: "Aren't you saving yourself?" ”

These words were a bit aggressive, and Yan Shenggong couldn't hold his breath: "What do you want?" ”

Jia Jue didn't reply, just looked at him tightly.

Yan Shenggong stood up, and as he walked out, he said, "After this incident, Kong Qian will resign, and the old man will pass on the title to him..... The Duke of Qi promised to help Beizong keep his title. As he walked, he suddenly stopped and looked at his footsteps and said, "You kid is not a good person!" ”

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

After working for a long time, Niu Jizong was obviously extremely tired, and at this time, he was sitting on the chair of the Taishi circle with his head tilted and his clothes and fell asleep.

Suddenly, a thick curtain came in with a cold wind, Niu Niu walked in quickly, walked in front of Niu Jizong and whispered, "Father! Father! ”

Niu Jizong trembled and woke up from his dream: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Niu Niu: "The old man is here." ”

Niu Jizong: "Hmm? ”

As soon as the door curtain was lifted, Chen Ruiwen, the Duke of Qi Guo, walked in.

"Why are you here?" Niu Jizong hurriedly got up to greet him, glared at Niu Niu, and ordered loudly: "Serve tea." ”

"Sit, sit." Chen Ruiwen sat down while teasing his robe, and said with a smile: "This is not doing Niu Niu's business, I am rude in a hurry." I came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and I came to see you by the way, Your Majesty ....." He suddenly lowered his voice, and Niu Niu, who was pouring tea on the side, couldn't really hear it.

"Oh?" Niu Jizong smiled: "How do you know that he is not acting in a bitter trick?" ”

Niu Niu held a bowl of hot tea to Chen Ruiwen, and brought hot tea to Niu Jizong.

"Let's get out." Niu Jizong waved his hand, "Close the door." ”

Chen Ruiwen took a sip, put it down, and then said: "It would be good if this was the case, so that we don't have to make excuses." ”

"Oh!" Niu Jizong replied absentmindedly, and said, "What do you say he is doing at Jia's house?" ”

"Don't say anything like that." Chen Ruiwen replied and looked up at Niu Jizong: "You can't hide." The Ming Dynasty seems to be peaceful in all directions, but in fact, it is terminally ill. Since the old order cannot be broken, look outward. In addition, I also inquired, the Emperor Taishang's health is really not good, although he is taking the medicine prescribed by Li Yuan, but it is difficult to get up, and he has only been prescribed medicine for forty-nine days, you should understand what this means! ”

Hearing this, Niu Jizong's eyes flashed: "Are you saying that Jia Jue is not lying, and the Emperor really wants to attack us?!" ”

Chen Ruiwen nodded: "This kid is not a good person. ”

Niu Jizong couldn't help but clapped his lap: "Well said! ”

Chen Ruiwen sighed and said to himself: "It's also greedy..... Otherwise, we wouldn't have come to this point! ”

There was silence.

After a long time, Niu Jizong sighed: "As long as Marquis Zhongjing controls the soldiers and horses in Jizhou Town, we will win." ”

Chen Ruiwen nodded heavily: "There is one thing that must be taken into account!" ”

Niu Jizong: "Your Majesty! ”

Chen Ruiwen: "Exactly. A history of China, my ancestor Emperor Gao was born poor and immediately won the world, recreated China, and benefited the world with virtue. This is a game between the Emperor and today's father and son, and everything we do is only to maintain the stability of the court.

As for how this farce should end, that is Your Majesty's business, and only Your Majesty can do it. We can't interfere, otherwise we will inevitably be suspicious of the emperor, if the emperor is suspicious, it will be a fundamental matter! Therefore, in the next treatment, the treatment of the soldiers and horses of the three battalions of Xiaoyong, Yangwei, and Zhenwei can only be decided by His Majesty. ”

Niu Jizong stood up secretly and said, "In this way, the emperor has half of the military power in Gyeonggi...... I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse! ”

Chen Ruiwen picked up the tongs and lowered his head and kept fiddling with the fire in the brazier, his mood was very complicated and very heavy.

...........

Jizhou, like Shenjing, also snowed heavily, and there was a lot of snowfall, and everywhere was white.

This is the Jizhou Wei battalion, and all the soldiers are dressed in armor and lined up in the wind and snow.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, more than a dozen generals stood solemnly on both sides, staring at Cheng Yuan, the general soldier of Jizhou, who was walking back and forth.

Adjutant General: "Marshal, what are the military affairs?" I told the brothers to stand in the snow for a long time....."

The overseer shouted: "Presumptuous! Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, and you are waiting for the military order. ”

Cheng Yuan stopped his steps, glanced at everyone, and then said, "Okay, tell you." Ben Shuai received an edict from the Emperor Taishang, someone in Shenjing intended to rebel, and ordered me to lead troops into Beijing to quell the rebellion and exterminate the rebellion! ”

Suddenly, a voice came in: "Who is trying to rebel!" ”

Cheng Yuan, the prison army and the generals were all shocked.

Zhongjing Marquis Shi Ding was covered in snowflakes and strode in with a knife on his shoulder.

Cheng Yuan: "You, didn't you go to Shanhaiguan?!" ”

Shi Ding didn't answer, walked up to the prison army, and asked, "Emperor Taishang's edict?" Can I take a look? ”

All the people looked at him together.

The overseer snorted, walked to the middle of the tent and stood still, took out the secret decree of Emperor Tianyou from his arms, and read it aloud: "Emperor Taishang's edict: Cheng Yuan, the commander of the Jizhou General Army, led the Jizhou Guard to enter Beijing to quell the rebellion!" ”

Shi Ding smiled: "Can you show me the Emperor's edict?" ”

The overseer handed over the hand: "Look. ”

Shi Ding glanced at the oracle, and gently put it on the handsome eucalyptus: "This is strange. I just came from Shenjing, how come I don't know that someone is rebellious! ”

The prison guard was startled and shouted, "Bold! Do you dare to doubt the Emperor! ”

Shi Ding: "Don't dare! It's just that I suspect that you are pretending to pass on the Emperor's edict....."

The eunuch's face changed suddenly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Shi Ding glanced at the generals one by one, glanced at the silent Cheng Yuan, and then said: "As far as Benhou knows, the Emperor Taishang has a gold medal for troop transfer, but I don't know where the troop transfer gold medal is?" ”

The prison guard was stunned at first, and immediately shouted: "Someone! ”

There was silence outside the tent, and not a single soldier entered.

The prison army looked at Shi Ding in surprise, and then he was a little flustered.

Shi Ding smiled: "What? Do you want Ben Hou to help you call someone in?! ”

The prison guard turned to look at Cheng Yuan again and stared at him tightly: "Marshal!" ”

Cheng Yuan: "This ....."

Shi Ding hurriedly said, "What is this?" You see it clearly! As he spoke, he took out the gold medal for troop mobilization from his bosom and held it high.

The generals hesitated and fell to their knees.

Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and knelt down.

At this time, the eunuch of the prison army was anxious and said loudly: "Fake! The gold medal in his hand is fake! The secret decree in the hands of the miscellaneous family was personally sent by Wang An, the deputy head of the Qianqing Palace, and the handsome and miscellaneous families received it together! ”

Cheng Yuan: "Yes......"

Shi Ding suddenly burst into laughter, his face sank after laughing, and he turned to the generals and said, "You haven't read the report of the military department? Wang An had already died in the forbidden army prison, and for his corpse, he also made a fuss about his death. Forgot about it?! ”

The generals were a little at a loss, and they looked at each other one by one, stunned.

Shi Ding turned to Cheng Yuan again: "You are the chief soldier of Jizhou Town appointed by the imperial court, you should understand the rules." ”

Cheng Yuan's face suddenly swelled red, he quickly glanced at the generals, and saw that they all lowered their heads, understanding that it was irretrievable, his teeth clenched tightly, and he closed his eyes for a long time.

"The miscellaneous family wants to see the emperor!" Only then did the eunuchs of the prison army react, and while walking outside, they all muttered, "There are traitors, and the miscellaneous family wants to go back to Beijing to see the emperor!" ”

Shi Ding's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he held the hilt of the knife in his hand and walked towards him step by step.

Everyone saw a flash of white light in front of them.

The body of the eunuch suddenly froze, and then he fell straight to the ground.

Shi Ding: "Someone! ”

"In!"

Several Liwei battalion soldiers broke in when they heard the sound, and Shi Ding pointed to the prison army and said, "Cut off his head and hang it for public display!" ”

"No!"

The soldiers dragged the corpse of the prison soldier down, Cheng Yuan sighed and asked, "Are you going to take it back to Jingcai Market to ask for beheading, or are you drinking poisonous wine here?!" ”

Before he could say a word, the generals suddenly let out an exclamation, everyone's eyes showed shock, and a few people flashed a trace of grief and indignation in their eyes, and then lowered their heads.

"I know that the Emperor Taishang is kind to you, but the military discipline of the Ming army is like a mountain, you shouldn't break the rules, and there is no exception in front of military law!" Shi Ding looked at him and said, "Now that the rebel has been beheaded, you just wait for Your Majesty's disposal." Speaking of this, his eyes swept over the generals, and he ordered loudly: "Where is the deputy general?" ”

The lieutenant general stepped forward and replied loudly: "The last general!" ”

Shi Ding: "From now on, the Jizhou Guard is under your command, and no one is allowed to mobilize a single soldier without His Majesty's will or military order!" Do you understand? ”

The generals responded in unison: "No! ”

Emperor Tianyou never dreamed that the back hand he left behind would be easily cut off.

At this time, Tongzhou is another scene, the snow and fog are vast, and it is not clear to see the situation on the other side from a foot away, and the defenders on the city tower find that the situation is abnormal, and the defenders immediately ring the alarm bell, and at the same time, the patrol battalion soldiers on duty under the city also began to close the city gate.

The guard general hurriedly went up to the city tower to visit, only to see that there was an army outside the city, there were more than 10,000 people, the banner was overwhelming, it was less than two miles away from the city gate, through the snowflakes, he saw that this army was cavalry, and it was fan-shaped and slowly surrounded by Tongzhou City, and the Chinese army was particularly eye-catching with a big flag, which was the sun and moon flag of the Ming army.

"It's not the enemy, it's your own people!"

As the shouts continued to spread, the city wall gradually calmed down, and many patrol battalion soldiers flocked to the city wall to look, looking at the murderous cavalry, and the soldiers felt a chill in their hearts.

At this time, more than a dozen cavalry galloped over and shouted at the city gate: "We are the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan, and we are ordered to garrison Tongzhou City, and quickly open the city gate!" ”

A cavalryman drew his bow and arrow, and with a "whoosh" shot an arrow into the city, with a letter stuck in it.

A patrol battalion soldier picked up the letter and handed it to the guard, the guard took the letter, tore open the seal and looked at it, his eyes suddenly straightened, it was the emperor's hand.

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering shout from the northwest outside the city, and his face turned as pale as paper!

There was a military grain depot on the bank of the canal, in which five hundred Imperial Guards were stationed, and when he looked back, he saw more than a thousand soldiers of the patrol battalion each staring at him blankly, their eyes full of fear.

The cavalry shouted loudly again: "The emperor has an order, the Tongzhou patrol battalion opens the city gate, otherwise it will be punished as a rebellion!" ”

When the soldiers of the patrol battalion hiding behind the city wall heard the words 'Punish for rebellion', their faces changed, they were a little timid, and they slowly lowered their heads.

A knife was thrown on the ground, and another knife was still on the ground..... One by one, the weapons were placed on the ground, and I don't know who took the lead, and all the soldiers knelt down, which was a silent plea.

Alone, only the guard was left.

"Whew-"

There was a hurried sound of trumpets in the army.

The cavalryman shouted again: "Do you want to rebel? ”

"Okay!"

The guard let out a long sigh: "Open the city gates." ”

"Kaka", the huge city gate slowly opened.