On Lizi Street, a white horse galloped from north to south, and the white-clothed man on the horse laughed all the way.

On Mingkang Street, a black horse galloped from west to east, and the man in black gritted his teeth and blackened his face.

"Wow~~~"

"Wow~~~"

At the intersection of the two streets, the black horse couldn't dodge and was knocked to the ground by the white horse.

Seeing that he had hit someone, Xu Yiye hurriedly jumped off the horse, and was about to go over to check the injury of the man in black. Without waiting for Xu Yiye to pass, the man in black picked up his mount, jumped on horseback, and continued to run.

"Hey, if you have anything to do, go to the head of Lizi Street to find An Ruqing..."

Ou Xiaoxiao was anxious and impatient at this time, where did she have the heart to pay attention to what he said behind her, so she just drove her horse straight to King Yun's mansion.

"Hehe, that's a weirdo. Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any intention of entanglement, Xu Qiye shrugged his shoulders and hurried all the way to Chengguan along Lizi Street.

He stole a rare BMW from someone else, where did he dare to stay in this capital? That is, Xu Yigong and Xu Qiyu didn't want to see him, he just wanted to hurry back to his home in Ruozhou.

"Haha! The snowy owl is mine..."

The location of the martial arts conference was set in Ruozhou, which was difficult to change, Zhang Suiguang could think about it, and he no longer worried about it, and decided to stay in the capital first to complete the work in hand.

It's just that a hundred jars of "drunkenness" have been drunk, and other wines seem to be difficult to satisfy their appetites, so they simply sit in the yard and fish all day long.

The steward prepared a wooden barrel more than half a zhang straight for Zhang Suiguang, which was specially used to temporarily raise the fish he caught.

A fish bit the hook, Zhang Suiguang's eyes narrowed, and with a slight pull, a red fish with vivid colors was pulled out of the water.

Zhang Suiguang put the fish into the wooden barrel and said to himself with a smile: "I was lucky today, I was able to catch a fire carp!"

After watching for a while, Nai called out to the outside of the courtyard, "Come in." ”

Two black-clothed men walked in and stood still in front of Zhang Suiguang, removing their cloaks, which turned out to be bodhicitta and "begonia".

"First of all, let's talk about what happened to the dead soldiers sent to Jinzhou by Xia Muyan?" Zhang Suiguang sat on the stone chair, holding the railing in one hand and a wine gourd in the other, moving his neck while asking.

Bodhicitta bowed and replied, "Our men have caught up, and if we count the footsteps, we should stop them at the Sima Temple." ”

"Hmm. Zhang Suiguang responded casually.

Seeing that he didn't seem to have the intention of opening his mouth for a while, Bodhicitta said: "Xia Muyan's more than 400 Honghai dead soldiers on the edge of the camphor forest in the west of the city have also been divided into several groups and hidden, and our people are staring at them. ”

"Crunch!" Zhang Suiguang turned his neck, moaned contentedly, and responded, "Well, okay." Go on. ”

The description on his face, no one could tell whether it didn't matter, or whether it was a bamboo in his chest.

"In the past few days, the Hu branch has been moving around frequently, and he has almost run all over the Beijing officials above the second grade. Bodhicitta said softly.

Zhang Suiguang rarely interjected, and said with a smile: "It seems that they should be acting in the past few days, keep an eye on it." ”

"Yes!" Bodhicitta replied, "just yesterday, he changed all the guards and guards of the city and the palace, and all the major checkpoints in the capital were his cronies. ”

The capital executive is the head of the capital's city defense, and the palace guards and the more than 40,000 gold guards in the city are under his control. And after the night attack of the Turkic Kingdom, Emperor Yonghua handed over the garrison military camp outside the capital to him.

"Hmm. Zhang Suiguang finally frowned, showing a slight embarrassment, "Our people, are you sure to tear open the defense of the city pass?"

Bodhicitta froze and froze, not knowing how to answer.

"Not sure?" Zhang Suiguang's forehead furrowed even deeper, and he asked in a cold voice.

Bodhicitta hurriedly replied: "Lord of the Palace, the garrison of the customs clearance platform is 5,200 people, the day duty is 2,900, and the night duty is 2,300. ”

After listening to this explanation, Zhang Suiguang's face softened a little, and he asked again: "How many people are in the camp of Jin Weinan?"

"Three thousand men in all, about 1,700 during the day, and less than 1,300 by night. Bodhicitta replied.

In other words, the garrison at the pass was 4,600 during the day and 3,600 at night.

This kind of defense, how many sects are there in the rivers and lakes, who can rush through?

"How many people do we have at our disposal?" Zhang Suiguang asked in a deep voice, "Count the people of the Salt Gang." ”

Bodhicitta groaned slightly, pinched his fingers, and replied: "There are still more than 600 people in the capital who can use the Nine Palaces, and on the side of the Salt Gang, I talked to Elder Li just now, and he said that there are about 1,000 people. ”

"How many people are in Quzhou, Muzhou, and Sima Temple?" Zhang Suiguang asked again.

The Salt Gang is the largest gang in the world, with nearly 30,000 people, but the main hall is in Danyang City, Fuyang County, thousands of miles away.

"There are not many people in the Nine Palaces in these three state capitals, adding up to about two hundred, and I don't know the actual number of salt helpers, but a few days ago, Elder Li said that there was an epidemic in Shanghe County, and our people in those states have temporarily retreated to Danyang City, and the number of people who want to come will not be large. Bodhicitta replied.

The people of the Salt Gang and the people of the Nine Palaces are also people, and they will still be infected and die when the epidemic comes, so Li Xueci withdrew several rudders from Shanghe County near Pingzhou and transferred them to Danyang City. I thought that my gang would hold a martial arts conference, and there would be a lot of people to use, so I made preparations in advance, but I didn't expect that this was a bad thing.

"Got it. Zhang Suiguang gently stroked his short beard with the hand supporting his body, and said in a deep voice, "You guys go down, you have something to do recently, and you all cheer up." Also, all the spies from King Yun's Mansion outside will be killed by me!"

Bodhicitta and "Begonia" responded and bowed down.

"Hate Hongchen, your people have to keep an eye on the movements of the Xu family. Zhang Suiguang thought of this and said again.

"Haitang" heard that the shopkeeper had something to explain, and immediately turned around and replied respectfully: "Yes, hall master." ”

... ...

In recent days, when he had a little free time, Xia Muyan would sit down and copy the scriptures. It has always been his habit that the more critical the moment, the more he has to calm down.

At this time, he was copying "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", and there was a transcribed "Wuzhen Chapter" on the side.

The written page is: The head of the imperial government, the new revolution, the management of the micro-dense, the opening of Shu Bubao, the key to the road, the unification of the outline. The elephant moves inside, and the good and evil rise outside. The five latitudes are wrong, and they should be moved. Forty-seven obedient, detached and pitched. Wenchang is recorded and reprimanded by Taifu. There are hundreds of officials and departments, and all the pawn departments.

After Xia Muyan finished writing, he recited softly, his face floating and smiling.

Seeing that the guest had not arrived, he turned another page, on which it was: right and wrong calendar Tibetan law, inward view and thought. Walking and walking, Liujia is the sun. Yin (*) is disgusted with ninety-one, and turbidity messes with the cells. Eat qi and breathe in the stomach, vomit and inhale external evils. Day and night do not sleep, obscurity has not rested, the body is tired day by day, and the trance is like a fool. Hundreds of veins are boiling, and they are not allowed to live in a clear and clear place. Tired of the soil to erect the altar, the morning and dusk worship sacrifices, ghosts and things see the image. Dream sighs. The heart is happy and happy, and he claims that he will postpone it, and he will die prematurely, revealing his form. The move is contrary to the cardinal, and the cardinal is disobedient.

When he copied to "Obscurity has not stopped", He Fukai marched into the study and reported softly: "Liguo Gong and Master Hu are here." ”

Looking at the unfinished scriptures, Xia Muyan's face showed regret, and he immediately laughed, saying that he would reopen: "Let's go!"

On the side hall, Hu Fengju, Hu Xiu'an, father and son were drinking tea a little nervously, and stood up when they saw Xia Muyan coming.

"Uncle, Xiu'an, sit down!" Xia Muyan smiled, "Be polite to me!" said and sat down in the main seat.

Hu Xiuan rubbed his palms, his face was a little awkward, and he didn't know what to say for a long time.

Xia Muyan looked at him with a smile and said clearly: "Xiu'an, at this time, it is useless to think too much. Look ahead, when there is a smooth road. ”

The two of them are cousins, and they have played since childhood, so they naturally have feelings, but Hu Xiuan always feels that it is difficult to get close to him whenever he thinks of the things Xia Muyan did. Hearing him say this, I thought he was warning himself and was busy collecting his mind.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Hu Xiu'an replied with a straight face.

"Hehe, you and I are cousins, it's good if you still call me Mu Yan as before. Xia Muyan said with a smile.

For more than 30 years, the two of them have been referred to by their names, but Hu Xiuan blurted out the "prince", not intentionally.

Where is the current Xia Muyan still the Xia Muyan of the past? Unconsciously, Hu Xiuan has consciously shortened a few positions.

Seeing that he was a little stunned, Xia Muyan no longer bothered to care, but talked about business: "Can the city defense and palace defense be replaced?"

"It's all changed, it's all my henchmen. Speaking of business, Hu Xiuan finally got up to speed and replied, "Rao is like this, I still detain a few generals' relatives." ”

Xia Muyan nodded appreciatively and said with a smile: "That's fine." ”

To do such a big thing, you can't make the slightest mistake, naturally the more insurance the better, obviously, Hu Xiu'an's actions, he is very satisfied.

"Xia Jingyu is staring at it over there?" Xia Muyan asked again.

In his opinion, the biggest trouble for his henchmen is the 40,000 white-clothed troops in the south of the city.

Hu Xiu'an naturally knew that this matter was urgent, and had already made comprehensive arrangements, and immediately replied: "Ma Dushan's 60,000 people have been stationed in the south of the city, only thirty miles away from the camp of the white-clothed army. As soon as they moved, Ma Dushan would lead his army to drag them down. Although his combat strength is not as good as that of the white-clothed army, after all, there are 20,000 more, and as long as they are dragged down, nothing can go wrong. But..."

"But what?" asked Xia Muyan.

Hu Xiuan was a little apprehensive, and replied softly: "But what I told him, after the matter is completed, I will allow him to be a general." ”

Xia Muyan's face turned from cold to warm, and he said with a smile: "What is this? It is a great achievement that he can contain the white-clothed army, and the position of the general cannot be allowed!"

It is really difficult to summon a general who is a second-grade general, and he is not allowed to make high profits with high-ranking officials, Xia Muyan can't go out of the Yun Palace, so he has to lobby on behalf of Hu Xiuan. Unexpectedly, this Ma Dushan actually asked for the position of general, and Hu Xiuan had no room for bargaining, so he agreed.

"How is Father?" Xia Muyan asked again.

These days, it has been Hu Xiuan and He Fukai who run errands for him outside, and he wants to know what is through the two of them.

Hu Xiu'an is the minister of palace defense, and he will routinely call the imperial doctor every day to inquire about the physical condition of Emperor Yonghua, and when he heard Xia Muyan's question, he replied: "Yesterday, the three imperial doctors consulted the emperor, although it was a clear statement, but they all said that the emperor's condition was very bad. It seems that the funeral day is just a few days away. ”

"Well, it's better to watch more diligently these days, and don't let anyone else get close to my father. Xia Muyan forced a smile and said.

He has been cold for many years, and naturally has a lot of resentment towards Emperor Yonghua. Now is the critical moment of his ascension to the throne, of course, he wishes that Emperor Yonghua died as soon as possible.

Although I think so in my heart, I don't dare to say this on my mouth, and I am happy in my heart, and it is not easy to hide it.

"What is the direction of the wind in the court?" Xia Muyan asked again.

In the final analysis, his accession to the throne must be supported by ministers. For many years, King Yun's Mansion has been secretly accumulating strength, and there are very few vassals in the Ming court, and the grades are not high. At such times, those people are completely out of hope.

Hu Fengju, who had not spoken for a long time, stroked his goatee and replied with a smile: "Most of the courtiers are grass on the wall, and I have visited those noble ministers almost all over the place. Except for a few old stubborns, others naturally dare not have anything to say, and they are all willing to sign a joint letter to support you as the new king. ”

I thought that Xia Muyan would be very happy after hearing this, but I didn't expect him to be silent, clenched his fingers lightly, and said for a long time: "Liu Yannian, Zhao Qingfeng, and they are all first-class ministers with real power, and their prestige in the court is not low, if they don't agree..."

Although Hu Fengju didn't say the people who didn't agree, Xia Muyan already knew it, shook his head and said: "Liu Yannian and Zhao Qingfeng are close friends of Duanwang for many years. King Duan is not dead, these people are afraid that they will not let me ascend to the throne so easily. In case King Duan wants to push someone at this time, this group of people gathered together is also a very strong force, and we may not be able to take advantage of anything. ”

"That...?" Hu Xiuan already understood, and said softly, "But it is said outside that Duanwang has run out of oil and the lamp is dying, and he is about to die." ”

Xia Muyan shook his head, frowned and said coldly: "This matter may not be credible. Even if it's true, we shouldn't wait. If he doesn't die one day, those walls in the court will not really submit to me, and those old things will not support me to ascend the throne. ”

Hu Fengju lowered his voice and asked softly, "Do you want to do something?"

"Don't rush yet. Xia Muyan shook his head and said, "If his father is not dead in the funeral, we will do it again." ”

"Hum~~~" Ou Xiaoxiao's brain was shocked, and it was blank for an instant.

Coming out of the restaurant, he rode his horse all the way, even if he fell hard, he didn't sit for a while, and ran straight to King Yun's mansion.

It just so happened that today, the ruling guards outside King Yun's Mansion were replaced by people from King Yun's Mansion, Ou Xiaoxiao often ran here, so they naturally recognized it, so they didn't force him to interfere and let him into the mansion.

Ou Xiaoxiao ran to the "Xiyuan" and didn't see Xia Muyan, and later met her sister and learned that Liguo's father and son were in the house, so she guessed that they were in the side hall. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came over, he listened to Xia Muyan's intent to kill King Duan.