Chapter 10: Catch It All
"Your Majesty really means that?"
"Our family is so bold that we don't dare to fake His Majesty's holy message, especially since this matter also involves your Jinyi Guard."
“...... In this case, the last will obey his commandment. ”
"General Luo must be faster, if it's too late, our family will worry about long nights and dreams."
"Yes, thank you Gonggong Cao for reminding me."
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In the Yamen of Fusi in Weibei Town, Jinyi, a wide carriage slowly stopped, the cloth was lifted, and Tian Ergeng, who had a frosty face, walked out.
He was in a very bad mood at the moment.
Seeing that the day of the first emperor's funeral is getting closer and closer, the imperial power has changed hands, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and even Wei Zhongxian has escaped from the court to Shoude Mausoleum in order to avoid disaster, which shows that the end of the eunuch party is imminent.
At this time, Tian Ergeng was full of thoughts, naturally how to leave a way back for himself.
Getting close to the new emperor Zhu Youzhen is the only way to live.
Because of this, Tian Ergeng secretly wrote several words to Zhu Youzhen to surrender his integrity, and the letter was full of flattery.
But these letters were all in vain, and they did not wait for any reply from Zhu Youzhen.
And tomorrow is the day when the first emperor Zhu Youxiao was buried.
After thinking about it, Tian Ergeng felt that he could only survive if he firmly grasped Jinyiwei.
But as a result, Zhu Youzhen ordered Xu Xianchun to act as the affairs of Beizhen Fusi after the assassination case in the palace for many days.
In this way, how can Tian Ergeng sit still, he can't sit still, so he hurried to Beizhen to help the division today.
It's just that what Tian Ergeng didn't expect is:
"Beizhen Fusi is a heavy place, and idlers are not allowed to enter."
Tian Ergeng looked at the two brocade guards in front of him, happy.
After the laughter, there were two slaps, one person on the front and backhand, and the rain and dew were all wet.
"Blind your dog's eyes!" The soldiers behind Tian Ergeng shouted: "This is the governor of the capital, you dare to stop it, don't die." ”
Although the Jinyi guard guarding the door was beaten, his body was motionless, still horizontal in front of Tian Ergeng.
They don't know Tian Ergeng?
Of course I know.
It's just pretending not to know.
"The villain doesn't know the governor, he only knows that General Xu has issued a general order, and in this special period, no one can trespass into Beizhen Fusi without General Xu's warrant, and all violators will be killed!"
Tian Ergeng laughed angrily, and suddenly pulled out the saber at his waist and laid it across the shoulders of the roadblocker.
His move was terrible, and dozens of guards inside and outside the Beizhen Fusi all drew their swords and surrounded Tian Ergeng and his party.
The two sides confronted each other outside the yamen of Jinyiwei.
The atmosphere is slightly dignified.
Inside the yamen, Xu Xianchun, who was wearing a brand-new official robe and armor, walked out with his neck dangling, and when he saw this scene, he groaned and trotted forward.
"Put away your knives, put them away. Oh, the general thought that it was a small man who was so bold that he dared to trespass into the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, it turned out that Tian Du Governor was here in person, and the end general would be far away, and he also hoped that Tian Du Governor Haihan, Haihan, hehe. ”
Tian Ergeng watched Xu Xianchun's performance coldly, and then put away the saber: "Now, can the governor of Pontus go in." ”
"Look at what you said, you are the head of our brocade guard." Xu Xianchun laughed and said: "Come in, please come in, please come in, and the last general will show the way to the governor." ”
"No, Pontus has been here longer than you."
"The last general is not afraid that the governor will stay in the palace and Dongchang for too long, and he will not come back for a long time, and he will not be able to recognize the way."
Tian Ergeng, who was able to cross the threshold, hung one leg, and the flesh on his cheeks twitched several times.
"The memory of the governor of Pontus is naturally not as good as that of General Xu, the road in the palace, the road in Dongchang and the road in the north town of Fusi are all familiar with it, but no matter how bad it is, the way home will not be forgotten."
The two of them went toe-for-tat and didn't let anyone, so they entered the main hall all the way to the main hall, Tian Ergeng sat on the main seat with a butt that was unyielding, let Xu Xianchun droop his eyelids, smiled, and sat down.
After their own soldiers served tea, Xu Xianchun took the lead in changing the topic and asked about business.
"The governor is here today, but he has something to show him."
"That's right." Tian Ergeng bowed his head proudly: "Tomorrow, the first emperor will bury the Holy Mausoleum, and the guards along the way and the defense of the capital must be extremely cautious and not make mistakes, but not long ago, the palace just made a fuss about assassinating the king, and His Majesty is very worried." ”
Xu Xianchun picked up the tea bowl and was stunned: "This is, Your Majesty's dictation?" ”
"It's not a verbal message, Your Majesty is also casually talking to the Governor of Pontus." Tian Ergeng's face was as usual: "Your Majesty still trusts us Jinyiwei very much, so he still entrusts these things to our Jinyiwei to be responsible."
The more Your Majesty trusts, the more we can't take it lightly, so the Governor of Pontus left the palace with the front foot, and hurried to you with the back foot, and you and I should work together at this moment to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”
"Of course, that's of course."
Xu Xianchun nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "The governor opened the golden mouth, and of course the last general is obedient, and everything is based on the governor of the horse." ”
"With the help of General Xu, the Governor of Pontus will naturally be relieved."
The two suddenly became polite and friendly to each other, and Tian Ergeng took advantage of the situation to propose: "Now during the national funeral, it is inconvenient to drink and have fun in the city, and the Pontus governor's house is nearby, if you come to me, let's have a drink or two, and outsiders will not know." ”
Xu Xianchun squinted slightly, and then laughed and agreed: "This is very good, the last general will listen to the governor." ”
"Alright, Pontus will order someone to go back and prepare."
As he spoke, Tian Ergeng got up and walked out of the main hall, seemingly to explain the matter.
Xu Xianchun's personal soldiers in the hall were full of worries, and they came to Xu Xianchun's side and whispered: "General, beware of fraud." ”
"Tian Ergeng, this is going to jump off the wall in a hurry."
Xu Xianchun sneered: "Set up the Hongmen banquet, thinking about getting rid of Lao Tzu and regaining the Jinyi Guard, and using this as the foundation of his life to break a way to live, so just right, Lao Tzu is lacking an excuse to get rid of him, you are ...... like this"
The pro-soldier nodded, clenched his fists and left.
After a while, Tian Ergeng walked back and said with a smile: "It's all ordered, General Xu, let's please?" ”
"Governor, please." Xu Xianchun got up with a smile on his face, raised his arm and led his hand politely.
The two of them were humble again, and finally walked out of Beizhen Fusi one after the other, and went straight to Tian Ergeng's mansion.
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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen immersed himself in practicing calligraphy, and Wang Chengen was quietly studying ink beside him.
Light footsteps sounded, and Cao Huachun tiptoed in, kneeling and kowtowing five steps away.
"Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun of Jinyiwei sent someone to say that he had received a secret report that someone in the court had fornicated with Jiannu and attempted to plot against His Majesty when the emperor moved the tomb tomorrow."
Zhu Youzhen's pen kept writing: "Really? Who is it. ”
"Jinyi Wei Zuodu Governor Tian Ergeng." Cao Huachun said: "The secret letter of collaborating with the enemy is in Tian Ergeng's mansion. ”
Zhu Youzhen smiled: "This Xu Xianchun has only been a Jinyi guard for a few days, does this want to be the governor again?" ”
Wang Chengen on the side smiled when he heard this: "It seems that General Xu really regards His Majesty as his own family, and wholeheartedly wants to eradicate traitors for His Majesty." ”
"Well, he thinks I'm young, so I think I'm worried about it." Zhu Youzhen sketched the last stroke, picked up the paper and looked at it: "Well, yes, what do you think, big companion." ”
"Your Majesty's handwriting is really getting better and better, and the slave maid is vulgar and can't understand the pen and ink, so I think it looks pleasing to the eye."
Cao Huachun raised his head slightly, and the four big characters on the back of the paper were particularly eye-catching.
"Long-term peace and stability!"
Silently got up and exited the Qianqing Palace.
Today's Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun are full of wine, and they are even more shoulder to shoulder with each other, the elder brother and brother are chatting happily, and the atmosphere is harmonious, where is the tension outside the Beizhen Fusi at the beginning.
Tian Ergeng hugged Xu Xianchun's shoulders and spoke in a low voice: "Brother, brother, I haven't begged much in my life, today, my brother is really out of line, there is one thing I have to ask my brother to help my brother." ”
"It's all heavy." Xu Xianchun patted his chest and said: "The governor has shown it, how dare the last general disobey his orders?" ”
Tian Ergeng then said: "A few years ago, my brother and I were deceived by traitors, so that the outside world rumored that my brother was a eunuch and the like, and my brother and I were wronged, it was simply a strange injustice through the ages.
Your Majesty is young, and now he is also kept in the dark by the Donglin Party, brother, we have to unite, otherwise, sooner or later, we will be broken by the Donglin Party. ”
Xu Xianchun nodded again and again: "Well, what the governor said is reasonable, and the last general also thinks that the Donglin Party is cunning and treacherous, full of power and profit, if we don't work together, I'm afraid we won't be able to compete." ”
Tian Ergeng was immediately overjoyed, and he was about to touch Xu Xianchun with his cup, and then heard the latter speak.
"It's just that in the end, I have also heard some rumors that are not good for the governor, saying that the governor is you, and secretly conspiring with Jiannu."
Hearing this, Tian Ergeng was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly got up and poured the wine and wet his clothes.
At this moment, where is there any leisure to take care of these, and he is angry and angry.
"What kind of bastard bastard is chewing his tongue, this is not credible."
"It's not credible, the governor asked the last general to check it, and the truth will be revealed." Xu Xianchun looked at Tian Ergeng with a smile: "The last general naturally trusts the governor, but the three of them become tigers, in order to prove the innocence of the governor, the last general still thinks that he should search to see if there are any secret letters and the like, if not, it is naturally a frame." ”
Tian Ergeng heard it, and immediately lowered his face.
"There is no excuse for the sin you want to add, even if you don't have it, you can find it if you want to. Xu Xianchun, Xu Xianchun, are you planning to break the net with my Tian Er's fish? ”
Xu Xianchun pinched the wine glass with a disdainful face, and said with a grout: "What, do you think that if you hide some swords and axes outside the hall, you can break the net with this general?"
It seems that you are really stupid, Wei Zhongxian fell down and ran to Deling to wait for death, those henchmen of yours have already secretly voted for this general, who will follow you all the way to the black, by the way, I heard that you are going to drop the cup as a number, right, Nuo, the cup is for you, fall as much as you like. ”
Tian Ergeng picked up the wine glass, his eyes full of horror.
A trace of determination flashed, and it shattered to the ground with a snap.
There was only the crisp sound of porcelain pieces cracking, and there was no murmur.
Tian Ergeng sat down on the ground as soon as his buttocks were slumped.
He was sold.
Xu Xianchun pulled out a chair and squatted beside Tian Ergeng, sneering: "General Ben was thinking about how to get rid of you and sent you to the door by yourself, you are begging for death too quickly." ”
As he spoke, Xu Xianchun took out a letter from his arms and stuffed it into Tian Ergeng's arms, sorted it out for the latter, and patted it twice to get up.
Soon, a large number of dense footsteps sounded.
The door of the main hall was pushed open, and the leader was Cao Huachun.
"General Xu, after Your Majesty listened to your report, he ordered our family to come here quickly, you said that Tiandu Governor collaborated with the enemy to build slaves, but there is evidence."
Xu Xianchun said: "The last general also listened to what the people below said, Yan Jiannu and Tian Du Governor have correspondence from time to time, and they should be searched. ”
Tian Ergeng finally came back to his senses at this moment, knelt all the way to Cao Huachun, and at the same time took out the letter from Xu Xianchun in his arms.
"Father-in-law, father-in-law Cao, this letter was shoehorned into the arms of the last general by Xu Xianchun before, this is a planting, a planting."
Several brocade guards of five big and three thick brocade clothes held down Tian Ergeng, gagged the latter's mouth, grabbed the letter and handed it to Cao Huachun.
The latter took it with a dark face and glanced at Xu Xianchun.
"General Xu, this Tian Ergeng still wants to bite you when he is dying."
"Of course the dog bites people when he is in a hurry, where will he dare to do such a thing."
Cao Huachun thought so: "General Xu's loyal majesty has always known that this letter must have been written by Jiannu to Tian Ergeng, a dog thing, and the slave family will see if the guess is correct." ”
Take it apart as you speak.
At this look, Cao Huachun frowned, and then looked up at Xu Xianchun.
The latter was somewhat surprised.
Could it be that the person below wrote it wrong?
No, I've seen it before, and there's nothing wrong with it.
It is ironclad evidence that Tian Ergeng collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask a few words, he heard Cao Huachun already speak loudly in front of hundreds of brocade guards and read it.
"The letter returned to Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, the two generals Tai Qi: You and the others read the letters and books, which is very good. I hope that the two generals will be careful, do not let the Ming court notice, and wait for the day when the Japanese Khan breaks through Ningjin, mountains and seas, and sets the world, and treats the two generals as high-ranking officials.
The third day of October in the first year of Tiancong was in Shengjing. ”
Xu Xianchun was instantly dumbfounded.
When did the fucking letter have its own name!
How could it be that it has its own name!
And Tian Ergeng, who was kneeling on the ground and struggling at this moment, stopped struggling after hearing the content of the letter, and looked at Xu Xianchun with a little more happiness in his hateful eyes.
If it weren't for the jamming in his mouth, Tian Ergeng would even want to laugh a few times.
"This faith is false, faith is false!" Xu Xianchun was stunned and suddenly jumped up, pointed at Cao Huachun and scolded angrily: "Dog gelding, you dare to frame me, there is no General Ben in the letter at all, there is no General Ben!" ”
Cao Hua Chun was happy: "How do you know the content of the letter?" Or is this letter written by someone you sent to frame Tian Ergeng? ”
Xu Xianchun couldn't take care of it much at the moment, and when he saw that there were people around him, he shouted.
"Come on, take down this gelding for General Ben."
The soldiers around him moved when they heard the order, and directly drew their knives to Cao Huachun's neck, and the latter did not resist, still looking at Xu Xianchun with a smile.
"Our family came here by the holy decree, it is an angel, you dare to show the blade at our family, it is a rebellion, and you want to punish the nine clans."
After that, he shouted at the surrounding brocade guards: "The great crime of rebellion, do you want to follow!" ”
Hundreds of brocade guards looked at each other, all hesitating, only Xu Xianchun's personal soldiers were unmoved, still holding Cao Huachun hostage with knives.
At this time, another group of people arrived, but the leader was Luo Yangxing.
Luo Yangxing glanced at Cao Huachun, passed by the latter, and led people directly to Xu Xianchun.
Said in a low voice.
"On the emperor's order, arrest the traitor Xu Xianchun, Xu Rebellion, your family of sixty-seven people has now been taken down by this general, if you really want to rebel, don't blame the ruthlessness of the national law."
Xu Xianchun's eyes widened suddenly, and he pointed at Luo Yangxing with trembling hands: "You, you white-eyed wolf." ”
The latter sneered.
"You arranged the affairs of General Ben in front of Your Majesty that day, and General Ben didn't know? Why didn't you want the life of this general, and you were even more vicious. ”
After whispering, he burst into shouts: "Let your own soldiers put down their weapons, but anyone who hurts a cold hair of Gonggong Cao is a major crime of rebellion, and the nine clans will be punished!" ”
Xu Xianchun looked up to the sky silently, and took three steps back in despair.
It wasn't until this moment that he understood that he had been deceived by Zhu Youzhen, and he was deceived very badly.
Zhu Youzhen has never believed in himself, everything before is an illusion, and the purpose is to let himself relax his vigilance, so that he and Tian Ergeng can be wiped out today.
Is there a true sentence in the words of the emperor's mouth?
Xu Xianchun shuddered suddenly, and finally waved weakly.
"Put down the knife."
Only then did a few pro-soldiers take the knife, and let Luo's people tie them all up.
followed by Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng, who were also taken away by Wuhua Da Tie and escort.
Luo Yangxing dragged on at the end, and walked up to Cao Huachun and hugged his fists.
"Thank you Gonggong Cao for reminding me, otherwise I will be framed by Xu thieves in the future."
Cao Huachun waved his hand: "If the general wants to thank him, thank Your Majesty, Your Majesty has long known that Xu Xianchun is a wolf with ambition and cannot be trusted, but the general is different, the general has the miraculous skill of saving the driver, if it is not for the general that day, Your Majesty is in danger of being poisoned by assassins."
Therefore, the general will definitely soar in the future, and at that time, I hope to bring more to our family. ”
Luo Yangxing laughed, and he didn't dare to say in his mouth.
The two walked out of Tian Ergeng's mansion side by side, and when they parted, Luo Yang paused and asked.
"Xu Xianchun has already taken it, so his family ......"
Cao Huachun glanced at an afterglow.
"Secretly building slaves and attempting to rebel, which one is a major crime of Ling Chi to punish the nine clans, the state has national laws, and you can do what you want."
"Yes, the Admiral wrote it down."
Luo Yangxing left, and Cao Huachun also returned to the palace.
In the palace, Zhu Youzhen is still practicing calligraphy, but the pen is getting faster and faster, and the scribble is getting more and more sloppy.
"Your Majesty, it's done."
Zhu Youzhen stopped his pen, and his white knuckles squeezed out a large amount of ink at the tip of the pen, and a good picture of the words was dyed beyond recognition.
After a long time, Zhu Youzhen removed the waste paper, took a deep breath, changed his mood, and continued to write.
Not a word was said from beginning to end.
Wang Chengen glanced at Cao Huachun, who kowtowed and left.
"Your Majesty, take a break, the dragon body matters."
"My heart can't be still." Zhu Youzhen said while writing: "Proposed decree, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun collaborated with the enemy to commit treason, intended to rebel, edict, punish the nine clans without forgiveness, and set an example!" ”