After the dispersal of the court meeting, the matter of who replaced Geng Bingwen as the commander of the expedition is still inconclusive, and the solemn Jinluan Hall seems to have become a vegetable market, with Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, the former golden partners, as the two flags, and the officials of all parties waved their flags and shouted, arguing like a shrew scolding the street.

Xu Zengshou stepped across the gate of Zhongshan Palace, and before he took off his official uniform, he walked straight to the study.

As the Grand Governor of the Metropolitan Office of the Five Armies, he knew far more things than ordinary officials, especially the military ones.

Yesterday's battle report arrived in Jinling, His Majesty has already summoned people into the imperial study to discuss a round, and the matter of changing the commander was decided almost yesterday, and I don't know what kind of crazy Qi Tai wanted to contradict His Majesty today, but now it seems that the candidate is afraid that he will have to quarrel for a while, just a matter of increasing troops... But it's a certainty.

There are less than a few tens of thousands of troops left in the 300,000 army, and now they have to increase their troops... The pressure of the brother-in-law can be imagined, Zhending is now besieged, with Geng Bingwen's ability, the brother-in-law is afraid that it will not be easy to get in, don't be dragged to death in Zhending at that time, it will be troublesome.

Xu Zengshou did not have the slightest doubt about Geng Bingwen's ability, he did not change his evaluation of Geng Bingwen just because of a defeat like His Majesty, and now that he has Zhending City, Geng Bingwen will never make any more mistakes.

After hesitating for a moment, he took a piece of rice paper, polished the ink and slowly began to write.

"The imperial court has increased its troops... The change of coach is undecided... It's really not going to stay for a long time, when the troops return to the north, slowly to try..."

In fact, there is only so much that can be done, Xu Zengshou has not faced this struggle for a day or two, the relationship between Zhongshan Wangfu and Yanwangfu is not easy to put aside, since the eldest brother wants to be the iron-faced and selfless loyal minister of the court, how can he do something for his brother-in-law... At least he can't be allowed to die on the battlefield.

It's Gu Cheng's little bastard... He obviously asked him to meet on the battlefield and save his brother-in-law's life, why did he simply throw himself on his brother-in-law's side? If that kid had bet half ruthlessly, he wouldn't have been so tormented in Jinling these days.

Shaking his head, Xu Zengshou stuffed the envelope into his sleeve, and was about to send the letter by the way when he went out to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies later, but before he was in a daze, the door of the study was pushed open.

Xu Huizu's figure appeared at the door, because the backlight could not see his expression clearly.

Xu Zengshou has always been a little afraid and respectful of this big brother, and he stood up: "Big brother." ”

Xu Huizu didn't move, his gaze slowly swept over the study, and then stopped on the inkstone where the ink was still there.

"Take it out." His voice was as cold as the snow of the cold winter moon.

Xu Zengshou was stunned: "What? ”

"The letter you wrote to King Yan."

There was a thunder in the silence, Xu Zengshou's pupils shrank suddenly, and then tried his best to calm down: "What are you kidding?" ”

Xu Huizu didn't walk in, nor did he face the sun, and he still couldn't see his expression clearly: "I always thought that you just haven't grown up yet, and you will make some small mistakes, after all, Zhongshan Wangfu has me to support you, you don't need to think too much, but I really didn't expect that your courage would be so big." ”

A stack of rice paper appeared in his hand: "From April to August, from King Yan's departure from Beijing to the Battle of Zhending, you wrote a total of thirteen letters to King Yan, and the grain and grass transfer troops were involved in the court turmoil, and now you plan to write another one?" ”

Xu Zengshou's gaze fell on the stack of rice paper, and then slowly straightened up.

There is no need to ask who did it anymore ... But it shouldn't be the big brother, with the temperament of the big brother, he will ground himself at the beginning.

It can only be that the way of the imperial court or the Yan Wangfu is wrong.

He suddenly laughed: "Then what is the big brother going to do?" ”

……

"Bastard, bastard! I said how could the 300,000-strong army be defeated like this... You're my Grand Governor! ”

"The imperial court wants to increase the troops, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp are bound to go to the third, and the heavens should be real outside and empty inside... Well? You sent this letter out to ask Yan to fight all the way into Jinling City, and fail to take my head?! ”

In the imperial study, Zhu Yunwen's face was pale, and his hands holding those pieces of rice paper were trembling slightly, as if he didn't believe what he saw... But Xu Huizu, who was kneeling below, and Xu Zengshou, who was tied up by five flowers, told him clearly that none of this was an illusion!

The Grand Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the highest-ranking official in the entire Ming Dynasty, actually betrayed the imperial court and privately reported to King Yan!

Xu Huizu's face was ashen, he slapped Xu Zengshou in the face, and knelt down deeply: "Your Majesty, the minister only found out today... My Xu family is full of loyalty, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen... Please also send it down, Your Majesty! ”

"Hair falls?" Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth and sneered, "What else is there to do?" Come on, drag him out to me and punish him! ”

Xu Huizu's face changed: "Your Majesty..."

Xu Zengshou was also a little flustered: "My Xu family has Danshu iron coupons, Your Majesty can't kill me!" ”

"Danshu Iron Coupon? The crime of rebellion, the Danshu iron coupon is not guaranteed! ”

"Rebellion? Your Majesty only complains about the heavens and others, does he never reflect on his own mistakes? Your Majesty reigned for a long time, and the world was in chaos, was it not caused by Your Majesty's insistence on cutting the domain? The first emperor worked hard for 30 years to create this prosperous era, but His Majesty wanted to cut the feudal domain and reform the government to implement the ancient Zhou ceremony? Where is the virtuous, where is the benevolence? ”

"Yikes!" Zhu Yunwen was annoyed and ashamed, his face was really distorted to the extreme, and he let out a sharp cry similar to that of a eunuch, which made people's eardrums hurt: "You should be damned!" ”

Seeing that His Majesty was really angry, Xu Huizu bowed his head deeply: "Your Majesty is angry!" This is the improper discipline of the minister, and please ask Your Majesty to cut Xu Zengshou's official title, let the minister take him back to his house, and be grounded for life! ”

Outside the imperial study, the young eunuch held a whisk in his hand, listened to the roar in the imperial study, and waved his hand to the waiter in the imperial dining room who sent the meal: "Go, go, don't make Your Majesty unhappy, what kind of food do you use?" ”

At this time, everyone in the imperial dining room also heard the sharp roar, and they were so frightened that they couldn't possess their bodies, where did they dare to enter the imperial study? So Qi Qi turned around and fled with a smoke, and the young eunuch named Huai En rolled his eyes, caught up with a young palace maid, and stuffed the broken teacup broken porcelain by Zhu Yunwen into her hand: "Take these broken porcelain out too!" ”

Eyes met, a few words came out of Huai'en's mouth, the young palace maid was stunned, then reacted suddenly, nodded and hurriedly caught up with the people in the imperial dining room who were far away.

Wynn took a deep look at her and walked back outside the imperial study, Zhu Yunwen's roar continued: "Grounded? I want him dead! ”

Zhu Yunwen, who had completely lost his mind, took off the sword hanging on the wall for decoration, strode down the steps, and Xu Huizu, who was kneeling on the ground, moved, but did not stop Zhu Yunwen on the way he had to go, but kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry..."

Then he watched as the sharp sword pierced into his third brother's chest, viciously piercing through the flesh without hesitation.

Xu Zengshou, the governor of the Zuo Governor of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty, just looked at his eldest brother silently at the last moment of his life, his lips opened and closed, but he did not make a sound.

"Big brother..."

……

Walking out of the rented house, Ji Gang loosened his belt and released water in the depths of the alley beautifully, before walking to the cake stall placed at the mouth of the alley.

This place is very close to the Qinhuai River, and Ji Gang originally planned to save money for renting a house, so he simply lived in the Jinyi Official Office, but later found that it was really inconvenient, so he found a house outside.

Although it is the Qinhuai River, there are not many green buildings here, but it is a bit like a low and dilapidated shantytown in later generations, most of the people who live here are scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam, a piece of houses are crowded together, a real room of the Burrow, this piece of the most headache for the government is the problem of fire, it is really because too many people make their own fire to cook, although some fireworks are added, but once it burns up, it is really a large piece of burning.

As for law and order? If you can't kill someone, it's fine.

Bought a piece of cake, Ji Gang took two bites, always felt that today's cake was a little tasteless, now although his life is wider, but the interesting thing is that he didn't gamble money and didn't like the previous few sips of wine, but saved all the money and sent it back to his hometown in Shandong, after all, he lived in fear every day, and he didn't seem to be in the mood to pick up the previous pastime.

This concern is especially acute today... Because Master Pei asked him to send out some things, some things about Xu Zengshou and Xu Dudu of Zhongshan Palace.

He was sure that this matter was done beautifully, and he couldn't find Jinyiwei or the secret spy department, but he didn't know what the consequences would be, because there were many lines in Jinling City, and one of them was Xu Zengshou and Xu Dudu of Zhongshan Palace.

He's going to see if there's anything to be sent out from the other line now.

According to Gu Huai, there is a red brick on one of the stone walls, and you can see the movable stone when you take off the red brick, if there is something behind the stone, it must be sent back to Beiping as soon as possible.

I don't have to worry about being picked up, because it's a codeword.

Ji Gang is a very careful person, because he has to come every day, so in order not to attract the attention of others, he deliberately rented a house and cultivated the habit of eating bread by himself - although the cake is really fucking unpalatable.

As in the past, after eating the cake and putting the water, Ji Gang walked through the stone wall as if he had eaten, habitually unbuttoned the belt of his trousers, and put his hand behind the stone with a skillful movement.

He had expected it to be as empty as usual, but this time his finger touched a note.

Ji Gang was slightly stunned, quietly took the note back in his hand, put the stone away, and swaggered away.