So, that day and night, Feng Chang and Yan Echo quietly went to the treasury with people, secretly transported boxes of silver and jewelry, etc., and handed them over to Yan Echo.

After Yan Echo took people to move enough enough for 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Protectorate Mansion to chew military salaries for a month, he ordered people to secretly buy grain and grass quickly.

Feng Chang rushed back to Feng's mansion before dawn, bathed and changed clothes, washed off his sweat, and hurriedly pinched a little and went to the morning court.

Morning upward, this day, calm and calm.

After the court, the emperor summoned Yan to echo the imperial study for questioning.

The emperor asked Yan Echo, "Is there any news from Zhou Gu and Su Rong?" Regarding the matter of northern Hebei, can you find out the specific news? ”

Yan echo shook his head, "Back to my father, there is no news from Zhou Gu and Su Rong." After a pause, he said: "But there is one thing, which is a bit tricky, and the son only got the news last night, so he needs to inform his father in advance, and ask his father to make preparations, and he has a decision in his heart." ”

"What's the matter?" The emperor asked.

Yan replied: "It's also about Su Rong, Erchen got the news, Su Rong escorted the Ning family sisters and brothers to Nanping Hou Mansion on the way, encountered interception, although there are several groups of killers, but there are more Heyun County's deputy envoy Zhang Yun with 2,500 soldiers and horses ambushed at the mouth of the gorge, after being discovered by Su Rong, he crossed the border to Linyang County, and was taken by Sun Chun, the guard of Linyang County, and now Sun Chun's excerpt should be on the way to the capital. ”

The emperor was shocked, "There is such a thing? ”

Yan Echo nodded.

The emperor frowned, "Heyun County Guard, who is here?" ”

"Lin Sheng."

The emperor thought for a long time and said: "I have some impressions of him, he seems to be an honest and responsible person, but I can send someone to investigate, who is the deputy envoy Zhang Yun?" Was it at his command? Or is it the audacity to move troops without permission? ”

"I'm investigating, the guard of a county, how can I not know that the deputy envoy is mobilizing? Especially in Heyun County, the total number of soldiers and horses is also those soldiers and horses, and they are dispatched from the nest, if the county guards don't know what kind of waste they have? Since his father accepted him as the county guard of Heyun, he is not incompetent. Yan replied: "Zhang Yun's surname is Zhang, and he is Zhang Ping's distant relative and nephew of the same sect, and he is either instructed by him or is in the same stream." ”

As soon as the emperor heard that Zhang Yun was Zhang Ping's nephew, he also felt that what Yan Huisheng said to him and Zhang Ping now was really very hateful since he knew that he was ambitious and rebellious, and he wanted to dismantle him in eight pieces, but he had to endure it. He replied to Yan: "They intercepted and killed Su Rong, were they instructed by Zhang Ping?" ”

If he was instructed by Zhang Ping, why did Zhang Ping kill Su Rong? Is it because of the case of the precious concubine? Or is it because Su Rongxin is in the East Palace? Blocking his way?

"Erchen guesses that it should be instructed by the second brother." Yan echo said lightly: "The eldest brother was taken to the Second Prince's Mansion by the second brother, can the father know where the evidence that convicted the eldest brother in the first place came from?" It was a confession from Ning Yao, Su Rong sent the Ning family sisters and brothers to Nanping, firstly, in order to stabilize Nanping Hou and not to move, and secondly, he naturally went to northern Hebei secretly under the guise of Nanping, but the eldest brother and the second brother, will they let Ning Yao go? Naturally not, so they not only sent killers, but also bought Zhang Yun to intercept and kill Su Rong. ”

The Emperor took a breath, "This is just your guess. ”

Yan echoed indifferently: "Yes, it was Erchen's guess, so Erchen just informed his father in advance and let his father be mentally prepared." Anyway, after Sun Chun took down the person, he had already finished the trial, and after handing the fold, he would be escorted to Beijing in a few days, and the father could send someone to retry at that time. ”

The emperor was angry when he heard this, he actually knew in his heart that Zhang Ping had the intention of rebellion, and the second prince Yanlin was actually abolished, but the two sons who were supported by him were going to be abolished one after another, and he was still annoyed and angry in his heart.

Who called Zhang Ping, he raised his appetite and didn't realize that he had always had Liangzi ambitions!

Who called the eldest prince Yan Li and the second prince Yan Lin, who also deliberately opposed Yan Echo with his connivance and support for so many years.

Now that he is still in power, it is such a mess, and the troubles have found him, and he has no confidence to be angry with the son in front of him.

He could only be silent for a moment and waved his hand, "Okay, I know, you protect Zhang Yun and don't let him die." ”

Yan echo was satisfied, "Father, rest assured." ”

At least not to this point, his father is still protecting Yan Lin.

Yan Lin saw that Yan Echo was called to the imperial study by the emperor, this was the treatment that he and Yan Li had only in the past, and now, he had to stand aside everywhere, not only that, he obviously felt that the emperor was indifferent to him.

Just like the echo of Yan before, he deliberately treated him coldly.

Even if he held the Qionglin banquet very well, it did not change the emperor's attitude towards him.

He couldn't sit still, especially since Zhang Yun hadn't heard the news yet, he didn't know whether Zhang Yun had succeeded or missed, and he was anxious to wait.

He got off the morning court, returned to the mansion, and asked the housekeeper in a bad mood, "Where is the eldest brother?" ”

The housekeeper whispered, "The eldest prince hasn't gotten up yet." ”

Yan Lin's face was ugly, "It's been this hour, why hasn't the eldest brother gotten up yet?" ”

The housekeeper replied, "The eldest prince lifted a servant girl in the house, and he loved it very much, and he ate wine yesterday and messed around in the room for half the night, so he naturally can't get up today." ”

Yan Lin sneered, "He's come to this point, he still has the leisure to play with women, I really don't know." ”

The housekeeper didn't take this well, and thought to himself, maybe it was because the eldest prince had reached this point that there was no hope, so he broke the jar, right? After all, before, I hadn't heard of the eldest prince liking to fool women.

Yan Lin was too lazy to care about Yan Li, and asked again: "What about Zhang Wan?" ”

Since he also knew Zhang Ping's ambitions, in private, Yan Li was not so respectful of Zhang Wan and even very defensive.

The butler whispered, "The princess has gone to the banquet." ”

"To a feast? Whose feast? ”

"The banquet of the princess's mansion, the princess's birthday today."

Yan Lin rubbed his eyebrows, in previous years, Princess Qingping's birthday, he was going to go, but this year he was really not in the mood to celebrate Princess Qingping's birthday, he remembered that Zhang Wan seemed to mention it the day before yesterday, he waved his hand and said let her go by herself.

He ordered, "Go and call some gentlemen." ”

He has to discuss with his staff again, see what to do next, he keenly feels that it can't go on like this, he is not Yan Echo, he can endure it for a few years, he has no heart to watch, and if he continues to be so passive, he feels that he will be swallowed by Yan Echo sooner or later.

The steward should have been, and went immediately.