As soon as I go to the high city, I am sorrowful, and the poplars and willows are like Tingzhou,

The clouds of the river are rising and the sun is sinking, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

Tie ruthlessly stood quietly in the tower of the capital, overlooking the rivers and mountains, and the flow of people in the bustling Beijing, he silently recited this Tang poem in his heart.

The sky was full of dark clouds, and there was about to rain heavily.

This poem describes the poet's homesickness in the face of the approaching heavy rain.

At this moment, Tie Wuru is also nostalgic for his hometown, he hasn't been back for many years, and he doesn't know how his hometown is now?

Since he left his hometown and became an official in the court, he has never returned, and even his father and mother passed away, and he was busy investigating cases due to busy official duties, all of which were handled by his wife when he returned to his hometown on his behalf.

Later, his wife also died early, so he never thought about personal matters again, and devoted himself to work, investigating and arresting murderers, maintaining law and order, and wanting to return the world to a peaceful world.

He has experienced Hongwu, Jianwen and now the emperor of the Yongle Three Dynasties, and has always been conscientious and conscientious, and the whole dynasty knows his iron-faced and selfless reputation. But more than ten years have passed, he is still just a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and his boss has changed several times, but his ass seems to be nailed to this position, and he has not moved.

In fact, for him, it doesn't matter where he is, as long as he can do something practical.

But he can't accept that he is getting old, and he is still as famous as a late-born junior, which is collectively called "the world's double catch". This is undoubtedly tantamount to an insult to his decades of hard work.

And the world did not follow his ideals, because of his efforts to become more peaceful and peaceful, but more chaotic, and even continuous wars, and the people were struggling to survive.

That's why he decided to join this plan, if they can succeed, maybe in the next few decades, the world can get real peace.

Moreover, now it is very close to success.

Perhaps, at that time, he will be able to easily resign from his official position, return to his hometown, be an ordinary person, and enjoy his old age.

He couldn't help but begin to fantasize about the peaceful life of those thatched huts and a few thin fields, maybe at that time, he would no longer have to face these intrigues, deceit, and never have to see so many evils.

But not yet, Tie Ruthless sighed deeply.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him: "What is the worry of Lord Tie here alone?"

A man covered in a wide black robe appeared behind Iron Ruthless, his face hidden in the shadows, unable to see who he was.

However, Tie Ruthless obviously knew his identity from time to time, and he had come here to wait for this person to appear.

He smiled slightly and said, "You're late." ”

The black-robed man nodded: "In extraordinary times, I went around the neighborhood two more times to see you for the sake of caution." ”

Then he asked nervously, "How's it going, is everything going well?"

Tie replied ruthlessly: "It's very smooth, although the emperor didn't immediately dispose of King Han after reading the book, he was already suspicious. ”

The black-robed man's tone was obviously a lot more relaxed: "That's good, as long as you are suspicious, with the emperor's suspicious character, we can add the last fire, and great things can be done." ”

Tie ruthlessly hesitated for a moment and said, "However, Ye Feng seems to have become suspicious of me, I accidentally saw him secretly go to the Han Wang's Mansion last night. ”

"Han Wangfu, are you going to see Han Wang?" the black-robed man was silent for a moment, "Don't worry, the original plan is to get rid of him anyway." You just have to go and ask him out as planned, and your junior brother will take care of the rest. ”

Tie Wuru hesitated for a moment: "Do you really want to get rid of him?" I feel that this kid is not simple, there seems to be a force behind him that we don't know. ”

The black-robed man said categorically: "The arrow is on the string, and I have to send it." This is the last step of our plan, you must remember that our purpose is for the stability of the court, for the sake of the common people in the world, and not to make all the sacrifices made before this meaningless. ”

Tie ruthlessly lowered his head, yes, they are for the court, for the world, they can sacrifice everything, reputation, conscience, including their lives.

But can the high-sounding reasons alleviate the sins they have committed?

But it was already too late, and there was no choice but to keep going.

The two then whispered a few words, and then Iron ruthlessly turned to leave.

He walked slowly, with a suspicious look.

The black-robed man didn't move, standing in place and watching his back, his eyes revealing deep worry.

After a long while, the black-robed man turned around and left the tower.

He walked very carefully, walked along the sparsely populated area along the base of the city wall, and slowly walked out of the city gates.

Outside the city gate, there was an inconspicuous Wupeng carriage waiting here, the black-robed man lowered his head and quickly got into the carriage, and the carriage immediately started and galloped towards the outskirts of Beijing.

Not long after, the carriage came to the bottom of a small hill, and the black-robed man poked his head out of the canopy to carefully observe the situation behind him, and after making sure that no one was following, the carriage drove straight all the way up the mountain.

After a while, two horses galloped from the way of the carriage, and immediately two of them were dressed in cloth clothes and wore bamboo hats, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

Before coming to the hillside, the two of them reined in their horses, one of them turned over and dismounted, he took off the bamboo hat, deep eye sockets, and hooked nose, which was the chief catcher of the criminal department.

Chang Wuyi stepped forward and squatted on the ground, and after carefully examining the marks on the ground, he stood up and said to the other horseman: "That's right, his carriage has not stopped, and has been going up the mountain, father." ”

It turned out that this other person turned out to be his father, Chang Mantian!

Chang Mantian looked up at the hill in front of him, the trees on the mountain were lush and lush, and the barracks tents on the mountain could be seen between the trees.

Chang Mantian asked, "What is the place on the mountain?"

Chang Wuyi replied: "The mountain is a station in Jingying, and there is no other place to go." ”

Chang Mantian frowned: "Jingying?"

As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang set the rules and set up 12 guards of the pro-army, as the forbidden army of the imperial city, guarding the emperor's left and right, under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and disobeying the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies.

In addition, the elite guards near the capital from all armies across the country, guarding the Beijing division in peacetime, and being the main force in wartime, called the "Beijing camp".

The Beijing battalion army has dozens of guards, in addition to defending the Beijing division, they will also rotate the garrison, they are elite, experienced, and extremely combative. The black armor guards who were led by the internal supervisor Ma Jing to the border in Gansu were one of them.

Now it seems that on top of this hill was stationed part of the Jingying army.

But what is this black-robed man doing in the barracks? Could he be a man from the Beijing camp?

Chang Mantian frowned and lowered his head in contemplation, and Chang Wuyi on the side asked, "Father, should we go up and have a look?"

Chang Mantian snorted coldly: "Go up, do you think trespassing on the barracks is a small crime?"

Chang Wuyi opened his mouth and was speechless for a while, and after a while, he asked unwillingly: "Then what should I do?" This black-robed man is so cunning, it was not easy to follow him here, did he just let him go?"

Chang Mantian sighed, this black-robed man was indeed very cunning, if it wasn't for tracking Tie Ruthless, he wouldn't have been able to find him at all.

And along the way, his carriage was fast and slow, stopping and stopping, just to make sure that no one was following. If it weren't for Chang Mantian's rich experience and keeping a long distance from the carriage, I am afraid that he would have been discovered long ago.

But now that this matter has involved the Beijing camp and the army, it is not so simple, Chang Mantian does not dare to make decisions on his own, he must go back to find someone to discuss, and he must report this latest discovery.

Because Chang Mantian knew that it would not be just the old man Ye who was locked up in the edict prison who really asked him to help, without the permission of the person behind him, Chang Mantian would never dare to interfere in the affairs of the Beijing camp without authorization, no one has such courage.

So he turned his head to Chang Wuyi and said, "You hide here first, and see if the black-robed man will come out, but don't lose it." ”

Chang Wuyi nodded: "Then where are you going, father?"

Chang Mantian smiled mysteriously: "Don't ask, my father has his own way to get permission to enter the barracks, and then we can enter it justifiably." ”

Chang Wuyi said with some hesitation: "Will this case really be related to Jingying?"

Chang Mantian glanced at his son, his worries were understandable, the army has always been the biggest taboo for emperors, no matter what kind of case involves the army, it will be charged with rebellion.

As a result, countless heads fell to the ground, countless lives withered, the world was in chaos, and the wind and clouds were rolling.

Chang Mantian looked up at the cloudy sky, and sighed long: "Be careful, I'm afraid that this storm is coming." ”