When Emperor Hongzhi was dying, he left three ministers for Emperor Zhengde, who were Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang, and entered the cabinet at the same time, and were still scholars. The three of them are all well-educated people, honest officials, and can be described as models of officialdom. Xie and Liu have upright personalities and are upright, while Li Dongyang has a relaxed temperament.

The appearance of the three people caused a commotion among the officials, who got up and hugged forward, but one of them flashed out and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't squeeze, don't squeeze, the three pavilion elders and the emperor have been talking for a long time, let the three pavilion elders rest for the time being." Let's talk about the current situation! It was the Zhuang Gonggong, everyone listened, not speaking, only listening to the Zhuang Gonggong: "The first emperor left his will, leaving the three pavilion elders and the adults to run the government, and still took the old road of the first emperor. Although the emperor is young, he is wise and smart, Liu Jin and others, known as the Eight Tigers of Zhengde, perverse, as a person close to the emperor, should have led the emperor to the right path, but got some clever things, lured the emperor to eat, drink and have fun, abolished the feast early, canceled the early dynasty, and proposed to build a leopard house, restore the West Factory, just imagine, if the Ming Dynasty is controlled by these people, wouldn't it be a big mess in the world? ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and listened to Zhuang Gong's justice: "The Ming Dynasty left by Emperor Taizu must not fall in the hands of my generation, so Lord Han Wenhan, the head of the household department, took the lead in writing a book, asking for severe punishment of what is Zhengde Eight Tigers, and the three pavilion elders are even more helpful, Wang Yue's father-in-law has long been unaccustomed to the actions of these people, and he has repeatedly exposed their crimes to the emperor, and the emperor has woken up and decided to deal with this matter. and issued an order to let them all return to Beijing, and now, they all kneel in front of the emperor to confess their guilt! Just wait for tomorrow morning, and the emperor will issue a holy decree to deal with them! The crowd applauded, and some people said: "These people have been by the emperor's side for many years, and they are powerful, how can they be easily punished?" ”

Gonggong Zhuang glanced at the man and said unhappily: "Who should our family be, it turned out to be Lord Jiao Fangjiao, the head of the ministry, yes, these people do have some power, but there is a saying that under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." The ghost trick is the same as the clown who jumps off the beam, it can't be a big deal, not to mention, our family also has some arrangements, the Zhenfu Division and the East Factory are already in our hands, and it is more than enough to deal with them! ”

My heart is tight, so it seems that the Eight Tigers have been imprisoned, aren't we more than lucky? I couldn't help but glance at Liao Jianzhong, he was as usual, his face was calm. And then Xie Qian waited for Grandpa Zhuang to speak, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I met with Liu Ge Lao and Li Ge Lao face to face with the emperor, adhering to Emperor Taizu's Ming precepts, and exposing the evil deeds of the Eight Tigers. The emperor Shengming, tomorrow morning, the court will issue a decree to dismiss the Eight Tigers from their posts, hand them over to the Criminal Department, and the three halls will be tried and punished according to law! ”

Everyone applauded in unison, chanting "Emperor Shengming" again and again, and some people even shouted: "The eight tigers are heinous and sinful, they should all be late!" For a while, the crowd was excited, and after a long time, before they calmed down, Xie Qian looked back at Li Dongyang and the others, and said: "According to the old man's intentions, he will be punished directly, but what Li Ge Lao said is right, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty!" What Grandpa Zhuang said just now, everything has been arranged, so let's go back for the time being, wait for tomorrow morning, go to the court with us, and obey the emperor's will! Then he smiled confidently and said: "Everyone put their hearts in their stomachs, Liu Jin and others will fall tomorrow!" ”

Everyone laughed, but Li Dongyang was a little worried, these people left one after another, and when some people left, they didn't forget to scold Ji Maotong a few words, and even pushed people, Ji Maotong listened embarrassedly, but he didn't dare to contradict it, Li Dongyang heard it, frowned, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with Jinyiwei, everyone hurry up and disperse, and you will go to court tomorrow morning!" Only then did everyone disperse, and soon, Liubu Street fell silent.

None of us spoke, and I could sense that everyone was very disappointed, maybe Xie Qian's words made everyone angry, yes, the ministers insisted on bringing down the Eight Tigers, and the emperor had already agreed, but we went the other way, just like the words of the pony father-in-law, we were jumping into the fire pit!

After a long time, Liao Jianzhong sighed lightly and said, "I don't know how many people there are tonight, it's hard to sleep!" Let's go, let's enter the palace! When Ji Maotong saw us, he hurried over, weeping and mourning, and said, "Big brother! Liao Jianzhong raised his hand and motioned for him not to talk about it again, but asked: "The names of all the officials who came here have been recorded!" Ji Maotong nodded, Liao Jianzhong looked back at us, and said, "You also make a note of the Jinyi Wei brothers who entered the palace tonight, they will be the heroes of the Ming Dynasty!" Ji Maotong nodded again and again, Liao Jianzhong took a deep breath, and said, "Let's enter the palace immediately, and if any brother wants to leave, I will not stop it." Tonight you may succeed or you may be killed! ”

I immediately thought of the change that happened when Emperor Yingzong was the emperor, and that night, many people like me also came here in ignorance! No one spoke, no one moved, for a long time, Hua Shichun suddenly pulled out his knife and said: "The eldest husband acts vigorously and resolutely, since he is willing to go out of the Jinyi Guard, he dares to enter this palace, Brother Liao, don't worry, whoever dares to betray you, I will be the first to kill him!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and shouted one after another: "Listen to the eldest brother, enter the palace!" Liao Jianzhong stopped talking, walked directly in front, and went straight to the palace hall!

The palace was quiet, but there were many more people in the Jinyi Weiyi Luan Division, and many people from Dongchang also appeared in front of us from time to time. We passed the Huangji Gate, and Lin Sheng suddenly walked over and said, "You have made our family wait for a long time!" Liao Jianzhong whispered a few words to him, Lin Sheng looked at us, and raised his voice: "The palace is as stable as Mount Tai, and the capital is even more impregnable!" His words were clearly to cheer us up, I thought that he had always been resourceful, and with Liao Jianzhong by his side, I didn't feel that my heart was surging, and I responded: "We too, solid as a rock!" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt that he was reckless, but the others said in unison: "Solid as gold, solid as a rock!" Lin Sheng and Liao Jianzhong nodded, and they were about to enter the inner house, Liao Jianzhong said: "I will only take Zhang Ying in, you wait here." Strengthen your vigilance and keep in touch with the outside of the palace! Hua Shichun and the others nodded knowingly.

Lin Sheng led Liao Jianzhong and me inside, the more inside, the stricter the guards, and these people are all from Dongchang, some of them have familiar faces, some are strangers, and later I learned that they are all Jinyiwei's people, and they and Liao Jianzhong can be described as brothers. I suddenly found that my hands and feet were a little trembling, and I quickly took a deep breath, Lin Sheng heard it, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, all the adults and fathers-in-law are inside, and it will be safe tonight!" Liao Jianzhong said: "Zhang Ying is still young and hasn't experienced too many things, so he will get better slowly!" ”

We finally came to the Huangji Palace, the lights were bright, and at the entrance of the hall was Shi Yi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who personally led more than a dozen people to guard, but these people looked uneasy, but they didn't dare to make a sound, and there were more people in the corner of the hall, Lin Sheng made a quiet gesture to them, walked straight to Qian Cai, and asked in a low voice: "How is it inside?" Shi Yi said: "I'm talking about it!" ”

At this moment, a person who looked like a civil official suddenly walked over and said, "You must persuade the emperor, otherwise we will die without a place to bury!" "This person is Jiao Fang who spoke just now, but he didn't leave, although I was surprised, but seeing that he is very familiar with everyone, I also understand that this person is in the same group as us. Later, I learned that when the hundred officials jointly signed a letter, asking the emperor to dispose of the Eight Tigers, he naturally had to sign it, and he was born with a brain melon spirit, and he memorized the fold very well, and secretly made a copy, wanting to find a chance to give it to Liu Jin. Today, hundreds of officials gathered to meet the emperor, and when he retired from the court, he secretly stayed, waiting for the opportunity to hide in the palace and not come out.

Shi Yi said impatiently: "You didn't tell your father-in-law earlier, you have to make an order, you just said what happened, in case the emperor doesn't allow it, wouldn't you miss a big deal?" Jiao Fang said: "The three elders pulled me to sign, I originally wanted to take advantage of the palace duty to tell the news to my father-in-law, I don't want the master of ceremonies to be very strict, if it wasn't for the elder and he went to the palace to reply, I wouldn't have been able to get close to my father-in-law at all." Fortunately, I told my father-in-law that my father-in-law could return to the emperor for a few hours. ”

Then he sighed and said, "Emperor Tianhou Earth, bless us with peace and sound!" Shi Yi smiled and said, "You, coward, even if you don't say it, our Jinyiwei has already figured it out, and Gonggong Liu is far-sighted and will succeed!" ”

Lin Sheng interrupted their conversation and said, "Who is inside?" Shi Yi said: "Your Majesty, there are eight fathers-in-law!" No one else. ”

Lin Sheng nodded, beckoned at us, and we tiptoed into the hall.