“......”

Wang Chengen, who was on the side, carefully held the edict in his arms, and then walked away.

Thirty Ouchi guards followed.

(Message)

"British duke, I hope you don't let the widow down."

Chongzhen is gambling.

He had this idea for a long time, but he had been struggling to make up his mind.

This murder incident escaped death.

Outside the prisoner car, he heard the conversation between Zhang Rui and Shi Miaoyun, and he made up his mind.

He can't let these juniors look down on him.

This time, he must gather military power, concentrate his forces, and defend [Shuntian City], as Zhang Rui said, he can't let the Ming Kingdom die.

Once he regained power, Chongzhen vowed to carry out drastic reforms, suppress the civil bureaucracy, formulate new tax policies, increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, and welcome the new history of the Ming Dynasty.

After going through the wind and rain, Chongzhen still feels that he should be able to rely on only these nobles of the Ming Kingdom, and those civil and official groups can't count on it, or they can only use it, they can't rely on it too much, and they must beware of it.

......

British Mansion.

The news that Zhang Rui was taken to the prison soon reached Zhang Shize's ears.

The British public has been operating for more than ten generations, and the hidden power of it should not be underestimated, especially their operation of [Suncheon City], whose eyeliner is everywhere.

"Husband, you must save Rui'er."

"Today's monarch is capricious, this time Rui'er was taken down by him, I'm afraid it will be more auspicious."

"We can't sit idly by."

Sun said.

"Ruoyun, calm down. Maybe it's not that bad, Rui'er is just being put in prison, we don't know the specific situation, let me send someone to inquire clearly. ”

Zhang Shize is calm and sophisticated, although his beloved son is in prison, he has not lost his sense of proportion in an instant.

When he received the news just now, he had already asked people to inquire.

Everything must not be rushed, and must be considered in the long run.

"This?"

"That's all it can be."

"Husband, why did you say that the king appeared in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, is he just to capture Rui'er?"

"There's no reason for that."

"There's got to be something wrong with that."

Sun Ruoyun calmed down and quickly discovered the problem.

"According to the spy report, it seems that our lord also went to visit the Qinglou, but it seems that something happened."

"As for why Rui'er was sent to prison, there is no news yet."

"However, Miaoyun, the top brand of Wanhua Pavilion, was also taken to the prison."

Zhang Shize said.

"Wanhua Pavilion's top brand Miaoyun?! Husband, do you think it will be because of the conflict caused by the jealousy between Rui'er and Junshang? ”

Sun Ruoyun is very intelligent.

In a word.

"Ruoyun, don't say it, with Rui'er's temperament, now that things are happening in Wanhua Pavilion, this possibility is still very high."

"If that's all there is to it, we can rest assured."

"The king's reputation is the most important, Rui'er is in prison, but he will only suffer a few days of sin, he will not be in danger."

"When the king's anger is gone, Rui'er will be able to come back."

Zhang Shize also thinks that this is very likely.

"Looks like we'll have to wait now."

Sun Ruoyun said.

While speaking, Huo Xiu, the housekeeper of the house, ran in anxiously.

"Master, madam, Wang Chengen, the prince next to the king, is asking to see you outside."

"What?"

"Wang Chengen!"

"In the middle of the night, what is he going to do?"

"Ruoyun, let's pretend not to know Rui'er's situation for a while, and we can't show it. Our lord is very suspicious, and if he knows the intelligence capabilities of my British Principality, who knows what he will do. ”

"Huo Xiu, open the middle door."

"Please!"

Zhang Shize said.

"No!"

Huo Xiu took the order.

A eunuch in the palace was originally not worthy of Zhang Shize's enthusiasm, but Wang Chengen, as the number one celebrity around Chongzhen, he couldn't snub this person, otherwise, there would be endless troubles.

Wang Chengen, who had been waiting outside the Guogong Mansion, suddenly found that the lights in the Guogong Mansion were instantly lit up.

The middle door is wide open.

"This?"

Seeing this, Wang Chengen was also a little flattered.

He didn't expect Zhang Shize to greet him with such a large specification.

"The prince is coming, and the people of the world are late, so I have come to ask for forgiveness."

Zhang Shize was full of smiles.

"Grandpa Guo, you, the middle door is wide open, which makes our family very frightened."

Wang Chengen said truthfully.

"Princess-in-law, you are a close minister by the side of the king, and you have all the opportunities, representing the king, and Broad & Bright will never dare to slack off."

"Please!"

Zhang Shize said.

"Good!"

"However, Grandpa Guo, I won't take it as an example."

When Wang Chengen heard this, he was quite useful, and he only felt that this British public pole was good at being a man.

"Listen to my father-in-law."

Zhang Shize said.

Enter the main hall.

The two sat down.

Two maidservants serve tea.

After some small talk, Wang Chengen suddenly said: "Grandpa Guo, don't you know that Zhang Rui's son is at home?" The day before yesterday, he took the lead in donating money and food on behalf of you, which solved the urgent need of the king, and this time the king asked me to come to offer condolences. ”

"This ......"

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Shize said in embarrassment, but his heart chuckled, and said secretly, as I expected.

Wang Chengen, this is testing me.

(cunning)

It has always been rumored that Wang Chengen is a thoughtful person, and now it seems that he really deserves his reputation.

"How?"

"Grandpa Guo, isn't there any difficulty?"

Wang Chengen asked.

He knew that the monarch had always been worried about Zhang Shize, worried that he would not be subordinate, and now, he just took this opportunity to give it a try.

If the other party knows that Zhang Rui is now in prison, this shows that the power and eyeline of the British government are all over [Shuntian City], and it also shows that Zhang Shize has a heart of disobedience.

Once this is determined, then he will have the courage to withhold this edict and go back to persuade Chongzhen to think twice.

Alas.

He still underestimated Zhang Shize's wisdom, and his thoughts had long been discovered by the latter.

After a lot of calculations, it came to naught.

"Alas!"

"I'm not afraid of the prince and father-in-law, you know, it's all because of my lax discipline, my two sons, are extremely bastards, and they go to the eight alleys with those fox friends and dog friends every night."

"I didn't fix him less."

"It's just that the effect is extremely poor, and now at this point in time, this bastard boy hasn't come back yet."

"I'm too much of a failure to be a father."

Zhang Shize on the side perfectly interprets a father who has no godson.

(This Oscar-level acting skills are slippery)

"Grandpa Guo, young people are like this, and when they get older in the future, they will be sensible."

"Ugh."

"Look at my brain, what questions I just asked."

"Grandpa Guo, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. Zhang Rui was sent by the king to carry out a confidential mission, and he will not be able to return until tomorrow morning. ”

"Look at me, I've forgotten it."

Wang Chengen patted his head and hurriedly explained.

(His acting skills are also amazing)

All of them are old foxes.

After some testing, his doubts were completely dispelled.

After that, he said with a straight face and a straight face: "The British public Zhang Shize took the order." ”

"Minister Zhang Shize listens to the order."

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Shize was shocked again, and then got up and came to the hall and bowed.

"Fengtian carrier, my king's edict said, today the thieves are ravaging my Ming Dynasty, menacing, and the edict ordered the British Duke Zhang Shize to take over the Beijing camp and be responsible for the defense of [Shuntian City], resist Li Zicheng's eastern expedition, and defend the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Chengen read out the edict.

"The minister takes the order."

Zhang Shize was extremely surprised, he didn't expect that this edict of the commander of the army, which he was looking forward to every day, would suddenly fall on his head.

A head of fog.