Zhu Youxiao's pale and sickly face, such a face suddenly revealed a murderous aura unintentionally, which was very terrifying. Fortunately, he sat high on the dragon chair, and the people below did not dare to look up and did not see it.

"Lines?"

Zhu Youxiao's face was not seen by everyone, but the cold tone, as if it was a voice in the cemetery, did not have a little heat, which made Cui Chengxiu shudder. What he didn't understand was why this teenager, who was only a teenager, only cared about having fun every day, sometimes made people so frightened.

Cui Chengxiu doesn't know what to say, if he wants to show goodwill to Mongolia, what other way is there besides the line? Of course, it is impossible to be friendly, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a princess, and even a woman under the banner of a princess has married outside the border.

Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Most of the taxes in the world are used for military spending. Your military department doesn't want to find a way to fight back against Yikou, and you actually advocate for money?! Where is my dignity and dignity? Where is the majesty? Ahem......"

The emperor's stiff and angry voice echoed in the hall, and everyone did not dare to move in the slightest, and the hall was terrifyingly quiet for a while. Zhu Youxiao's emotions were a little out of control, his voice was a little louder, his throat was itchy, and he couldn't stop coughing, and the ministers didn't even dare to advise the emperor to take care of the dragon's body.

Cui Chengxiu was stunned for a moment, his knees weakened, he fell to his knees with a thud, and his head hit the floor with a "knock" sound: "The minister has the emperor's grace, and the minister deserves death......

Zhu Youxiao coughed for a while, closed his eyes and recuperated, and his spirit seemed to be spinning. The emperor didn't say anything, Cui Chengxiu kept kowtowing, and blood was already flowing on his forehead, and everyone was stunned. Today, as soon as Zhu Youxiao was powerful, everyone was a little unexpected, and they trembled...... After all, it's the Son of Heaven, and he has that power to kill you!

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao relieved himself, he took a breath, and beckoned Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian came over. After a while, Wei Zhongxian said loudly: "The emperor said that the ministers will speak freely during the court meeting, and I will not condemn the ministers because of the advice, Cui Chengxiu will be flat." ”

Choi Chengxiu almost cried out, shouting thanksgiving, long live long live long live. Today, the power of imperial power is suddenly on display. In fact, as long as the emperor has a temper, the imperial power is not so easily shaken.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian sang again: "Verbal, I am not feeling well, I will go back to the Qianqing Palace first, and the ministers have discussed the preparation of the excerpt and submitted it to the celebrant for approval." ”

The ministers fell to their knees and shouted long live to send off the emperor.

The cabinet assistant Gu Bingfu presided over the court meeting, mainly talking about Mongolian diplomacy. There is no disagreement about this matter now, because the emperor has already made his attitude very clear just now, and Long Yan is furious, isn't it okay to go to the top bar at this time?

After discussing for a while, it didn't take long for Gu Bingyao to announce the dissolution of the court. Zhang Wen walked out of the palace with the flow of people, and along the way, there were obviously more people who accosted him. Zhang Wen entertained one by one, but in his heart he was still recalling the angry scene of the Emperor Wenhuadian just now. Today's incident made him believe once again that Zhu Youxiao was by no means simple, and even had the heart of his great-grandfather Emperor Jiajing! Imagine if Zhu Youxiao was really only interested in carpentry, would he care about any court prestige, and would he be so emotional?

Walking out of Donghua Gate, Zhang Wen was about to get into the sedan chair, Xuan Yue walked to the side and said in a low voice: "Dongjia, there is very important news." She looked left and right as she spoke, in addition to the sedan chair bearer, there were also some guards, although they were all people raised by Zhang Wen, but they were not the core members who could be absolutely trusted, Xuan Yue didn't say much.

"Get on the sedan chair." Zhang Wen said simply.

After the sedan chair left the Forbidden City, Zhang Wencai asked, "What's the important news?" ”

Xuan Yue put her mouth close to Zhang Wen's ear and whispered, "Xuan Yiwei caught a fine work, suspected to be someone sent by Jianyu!" The lady informed her subordinates and asked the proprietor to go to the hall as soon as possible to discuss. ”

Zhang Wen was taken aback, Jianyu's fine work? His first plan was not to hand it in, but to see what was going on. Xuan Yiwei was very secretive in the entrance of the hall of the Jingshi, and Zhang Wen had never been there, so he asked, "Do you know where the entrance of the hall is?" ”

Xuanyue nodded and said, "It's just that the owner can't go like this." ”

"I know."

Zhang Wen first ordered someone to pull the honor guard, and then took a sedan chair to a silk shop. He asked someone to find a plain clothes to change into in the silk shop, and asked one of the guards to sit in his palanquin and carry it back. Zhang Wen, Xuan Yue and a few other henchmen went out through the back door and got into a carriage again.

He went to the restaurant for a while, went to the theater for a while, changed the carriage a few times, and tossed and turned several times, so that Xuan Yue took him to the entrance of Jingshitang. Xuan Yue took him into a restaurant called "Jiangnan Cuisine", but Xuan Yiwei's hall entrance was not here, but there was a secret passage leading to an alley not far away, in the backyard of a shop selling porcelain.

The restaurant called Jiangnan Cuisine is on a street, in a bustling and lively place, and there are many people coming and going, which is indeed convenient to come and go. Although this porcelain shop is only separated by two alleys, it is surrounded by residents' houses, which is very quiet.

Several women in black took Zhang Wen to the basement, only to see that Zhang Ying was also there, and when they saw Zhang Wen, they greeted her. Zhang Wen looked left and right, this secret room is not big, it is not a cell, it is like a bedroom, but it is composed of stone walls, and the sound insulation effect should be very good. A man with an unhuman head was tied to a pillar, naked, scarred, and drooping his head, as if he had passed out.

Zhang Wen pointed to the man and said, "Is that him?" Meticulous work? ”

Zhang Ying nodded, and said with a serious face: "There are a few people who came in from outside the gate, acting strangely, we have been staring at them, and last night we found an opportunity to design and arrest one, once tortured, it was really a fine work sent by Jianyu!" ”

"What are they doing in Jingshi?"

Zhang Ying frowned and said, "I don't know this, I think he really doesn't know......"

Zhang Wen glanced at the bloody and miserable appearance of the man, and he had only one breath left, and it was estimated that he had suffered a lot of inhuman suffering. Zhang Wen thought for a while and said, "Continue to torture, you have to let him say something useful." ”

"He seems to be just a security guard, and he doesn't know anything important...... After some torture, what he knew was also spoken. He admits that he is from Jianyu's side, and gives an important clue: his superiors are in constant contact with a lieutenant of the 3,000 battalion. From this point, it can be seen that if he was really willing to die, he would not have told such an important clue, I sent people to follow the captain he said, and sure enough, I found that he had dealings with several small works! ”

After Zhang Ying finished speaking, he said in a deep voice, "The whereabouts of these few fine works, even the Jinyi Guards have not figured out. I think it's better not to report it, otherwise it will attract the attention of Jinyiwei to us. ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said: "Ying'er is right, Dongchang Jinyiwei has not figured out something, if I report it, doesn't it prove that my eyeliner is denser than Jinyiwei?" Besides, how much credit can be given to a meticulous work, the gains and losses of reporting outweigh the losses. In this way, your people continue to keep an eye on the captain, what is his name, and which part of the person is it? Don't startle the snakes and see what they're up to. ”

"This lieutenant's name is Sun Jinzhong, and he is a patrol on the outskirts of the city, and he doesn't have much important authority."

Jin Zhong...... fornicating with foreign enemies and being loyal, it seems that the name has nothing to do with the character. Zhang Wen lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said, "What can the patrol on the outskirts of the city do?" Is it just to inquire about the news of the city defense? But how much can he know about the above arrangements as a lieutenant. Jianyu took so much effort and took so much risk to contact the generals of the Beijing camp, not just to inquire about some gossip! I don't think it's clear yet. ”

Zhang Ying said: "I will instruct to go down, increase the reward for stalking, and find out the clues as soon as possible." ”

"You have to be careful not to expose yourself...... This kind of thing is risky, or Ying'er will hand over Xuanyiwei to Xuanyue to manage, and you will go home to take care of the housework. ”

Zhang Ying shook her head and smiled: "Don't worry, I will use trusted henchmen in this matter and will not leak it out." The other eyeliners are all single-line contacts, they don't know who is on it, they are all taking money to do things, and everyone has no worries. ”

Zhang Wen had to give up after hearing this, thinking that he was really idle as a lady in the main room. But Zhang Wen quickly came back to his senses from his thoughts, thinking about the current matter of Jianyu, and Xindao Jianyu directly sent someone from afar to do things in Beijing, it seems that they are really staring at Jingshi!

……

Jianyu's threat to Jingshi was far away, because the sound of horses' hooves was not heard at the moment. But the mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings, and all kinds of signs indicate that this possibility is very large. Not only Zhang Wen and others were worried about this, but Wei Zhongxian was also worried about it day and night, and what he remembered was not the impact on the country, but the impact on his future and power. Whether it is righteousness or the rise or fall of the world, it is too big, and it is something that many people face together, and power is a real thing for individuals.

The huge pressure made Wei Zhongxian irritable, and he got angry at every turn, and the godchildren and grandchildren around him were unlucky. There was a "crackling" sound of boards in the courtyard of the celebrant eunuch, and the screams of a screaming father and a mother, it was an unlucky eunuch who was being "taught the rules".

A eunuch with a delicate face cautiously walked up to Wei Zhongxian with a teacup and said, "Godfather, you slow down, it's a little hot." "This eunuch's surname is Huang, his name is Huang Qi, and he was the tax envoy who was sent to Shangyu County when Zhang Wen was the magistrate of Shangyu County. A few years have passed, and he still has the same white face, very motherly and habitual, but his position has changed a little, and he defected to Wei Zhongxian and worshiped his father very sensitively, and he mixed quite well.

Wei Zhongxian pulled a horse face, took the teacup, and turned a deaf ear to the screams outside the door, he slowly opened the teacup, gently brushed the water with the lid, and frowned as if he was thinking about something.

Huang Qi said cautiously: "Godfather, my son has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not......

Wei Zhongxian let out a "hmm" sound from his throat, as if there was pus and phlegm that could not be dissolved, which was a promise. Huang Qi said: "My son thinks that so many ministers of the outer court are filial to and respect their godfather, because the emperor favors us." Our advantage is not in the court, but in the emperor. ”

"Yo?" Wei Zhongxian felt that this sentence was very reasonable, his half-squinted eyes also opened, and he said with some urgency, "You kid still has a little thought, say, keep talking." ”

A smug smile appeared on Huang Qi's face, like a dog that was patted on the head, and immediately wagged his tail and said in a flattering tone: "My son feels that my godfather has been a little estranged from the emperor these days, so the emperor is a little ...... It's not too much for us, that dog's day Wang Tiqian took the opportunity to flatter the emperor in every possible way, so that he took advantage of the loophole. If we want to turn the situation back, we have to think about the emperor. ”

Wei Zhongxian's horse face quickly glowed with a faint red light, and he became a little excited. Seeing this, Huang Qi immediately seized the opportunity and said carefully: "Godfather, senior brother...... Outside, I must know that I was wrong, and my godfather will spare him for the sake of my brother's loyalty. ”

Wei Zhongxian turned his head to look outside the door, and said unhurriedly: "Yes, you plead for him, forget it today, let people stop." ”

"My son, thank you godfather on behalf of my brother, my godfather loves his sons the most." Huang Qi quickly finished speaking, rushed out of the door, and shouted, "Godfather is merciful, say that I will spare him today, don't fight!" ”

Several eunuchs who were beating the board immediately stopped their hands and carried the half-dead eunuch to the door, and the beaten eunuch lay on the ground and cried bitterly, while saying: "Thank you godfather for forgiving my son, my son will never dare to ...... in the future."

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and said, "Our family beat you to teach you." If it is planted in the hands of outsiders, it will put you to death, you can do it yourself! ”

"Yes, yes, the godfather beats his son, the beating is scolding and love, this is not the godfather feels sorry for his son, he hasn't hit it yet, son...... Woowoo woo ......"

Wei Zhongxian sighed when he heard this, and said in his heart This slave is quite pitiful, so I blame Lao Tzu for being in a bad mood today, and it is precisely planted in our hands. Wei Zhongxian thought about it and said, "The bottle of medicine in my room is very effective, bring it to him." ”

The eunuch was naturally grateful and was carried down.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian shouted: "Huang Qi, come here." ”

Huang Qi hurriedly ran to Wei Zhongxian, bent over and said, "Godfather, what do you command?" ”

Wei Zhongxian pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me, how can you please the emperor." ”

"This ......" Huang Qi frowned and thought for a long time, and said cautiously, "My son looks at the emperor these days, the emperor is tired of playing everything in the palace, and he is also absent-minded when he does woodwork, we have to find something fresh and interesting to give to the emperor, and the emperor will be happy." As soon as the emperor is happy, he knows that you are the most considerate of the emperor's thoughts, and our errand will be better. ”

"The things that the emperor likes, our family also knows, and there are also in the palace, but I don't know what new things make the emperor think...... That's right! Wei Zhongxian suddenly slapped his thigh, and suddenly realized.

Even Huang Qi couldn't help but ask curiously, "What good idea did Godfather come up with?" ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled: "Huang Qi, what do you say men like?" ”

Huang Qi was purified before he was ten years old, and strictly speaking, he didn't know much about men. And Wei Zhongxian came in from the palace after marrying a wife and having a daughter, Wei Zhongxian used to be a gangster, relatively speaking, he was really well-informed: "There is no man who doesn't like women, this palace is big, the emperor is a man, what do you say to make the emperor like it?" ”

Huang Qi was stunned and said: "But the ladies in the palace are all extremely beautiful people in the world, and there are tens of thousands of women in the palace, as long as the emperor likes it, no one wants to sleep, and the emperor is not short of this." ”

Wei Zhongxian poked Huang Qi's forehead and said with a smile: "I don't know!" Of course, there is no shortage of women in the Forbidden City, but they are all used to learning the rules, how dare they be a little presumptuous in front of the emperor? You've been in the Worship Room, haven't you? Who did the emperor point to, first bathed and washed, and then wrapped the person in a quilt and sent it to the emperor. The woman who was sleeping was facing the emperor, she didn't dare to move, she was always trembling, and she was doing it step by step, for a long time, what fun could the emperor have? ”

Huang Qi immediately blurted out without thinking: "Godfather Gao Jian!" ”

Wei Zhongxian stood up excitedly, rubbed his hands and muttered, "We have to find a superb and delicious beauty to present to the emperor......

He is still thinking that the woman is sent by him, that is, his person, if he is favored, what queen, Wang Tiqian and others will have to speak. And as soon as the emperor is happy, he will naturally have less to do, and our family has its own way to clean up these bunch of jumping guys!

Huang Qi saw that Wei Zhongxian was happy, so he said: "Godfather, if you don't leave this matter to your son, you will find the most beautiful woman to come back." ”

Wei Zhongxian scolded with a smile: "You know a fart, don't you know how to choose?" We have to choose this person ourselves, but you go down and keep an eye on it and ask about such a woman...... Well, the best in the Qinglou, the means are in place, and those famous widows, etc., can also save us from teaching. ”