Manager Xue held the bloody edict with trembling hands, and was already in tears, and knelt down on the ground and said: "Your Majesty! Even if the old slave fights for his life, he must complete His Majesty's entrustment! Please Your Majesty, rest assured!"

Emperor Zhengguang helped him up again, patted his hand and said, "Take care!" and handed him a royal gold medal, saying, "With this gold medal, you can act with full authority in everything such as entering and leaving the palace." ”

But Chief Xue took the gold medal, fell into hesitation again, pondered for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, if the old slave handed over this bloody edict to those ministers, and some of them refused to accept it, or secretly colluded with each other, wouldn't it be a failure, and it would harm Your Majesty's life?"

Emperor Zhengguang said: "There are six civil servants and twelve military generals in this blood book, all of whom are loyal to the country, and they are credible people who have been able to conclude that they are the ministers of the humerus after years of painstaking investigation. If I am unfortunate enough to look away, and if any of them betray me and collude with me, then I will be powerless. Now, I can only resign myself to fate. ”

"In any case, the old slave will definitely try to save His Majesty's life. Your Majesty, relax, old slave, go!" "Wait!" Emperor Zhengguang called out to the manager Xue who left in a hurry, and the old man looked back, only to see that Emperor Zhengguang actually bowed down to worship him, so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, don't do it!"

At the last moment, Qing was ordered to be in danger. Today, the lives of the people, the lives of me, the society of the rivers and mountains, and the thousands of generations of the ginger are all in the Qing body. Take care!"

The old man knelt down again and again, touched his tears, and then walked out of the dormitory, leaving only Emperor Zhengguang to sit on the dragon couch alone, silent for a long time.

Let's say that Manager Xue was in a hurry, holding the secret edict of Emperor Zhengguang's imperial pen in his arms, and he was naturally weak-hearted, so he just hugged his arms in front of his chest, lowered his head and walked forward. But after walking for a while, he suddenly remembered that something important had not been done, so he turned back to the imperial dining room, asked the chief of the imperial dining room to prepare dinner, and handed them the broken blood that the Qing Yi had given them, and told them to mix them in the meal and send them to the dormitory.

Out of the imperial dining room, he bumped into the Qing Yi and led two boys to play in the palace. Emperor Zhengguang granted them permission to walk freely in the Forbidden Palace. But at this time, Manager Xue had no bottom in his heart, and when he saw that Qingyi, he subconsciously hurriedly turned around and walked in the other direction.

"But is the head of the Internal Affairs Office?" Qingyi called out to Father-in-law Xue, telling him not to take another step. I had to hesitantly turn around, bow down with a smile and say, "It turned out to be ...... It turned out to be a national teacher, and the old slave visited the national teacher. ”

Qing Yiren stroked his beard and smiled: "Where does Chief Xue come from and where are you going?"

Chief Manager Xue pretended to be calm and replied politely and truthfully: "I came from the dormitory, and I was ordered by Your Majesty to go to the imperial dining room to order them to prepare dinner, and I also handed over the medicine given by the national teacher to them, and now I am about to return to the dormitory to report to Your Majesty." ”

But the Qing people were suspicious, and only said: "Oh? But the dormitory is clearly in the east, why is Chief Xue in a hurry to go south?" Xue Gonggong panicked, and hurriedly prevaricated: "It should be like this, it should be like this, the old slave was anxious for a while, and he forgot about it." Thanks to the national teacher for reminding me, the old slave retired. With that, he turned and hurried east.

Na Qingyi watched Na Xue leave in a hurry, and he didn't stop him, let alone interrogate, just sneered, put the dust away, and then turned around and took the little boy back to the Qingtian Palace. On the way, the little boy asked, "Master, the old eunuch just now, his words flickered, his eyes dodged, and he was clearly lying." Why didn't Master pierce him and break him, in case the little emperor did anything unfavorable to Master......"

"Just with him, a frail and sickly little emperor, what waves can he make if he tries to do something? Even if killing the old eunuch is just a startling snake. After six days, the little emperor will be at my mercy, and by then the Central Plains will be at my mercy, and what I need to watch out for is that the king of Tanglin should be fine, and I have not yet fought with him, and I do not know how his martial arts are. But as long as he is in the Central Plains for one day, it will be difficult to plot. ”

The two Dao Tong seemed to have realized, nodded, and followed the Qingyi back to the Qingtian Palace, without mentioning the rest.

Besides, Father-in-law Xue went around in a big circle, and everything was arranged, so he went back to the Internal Affairs Office to pick out twelve little eunuchs who had been in the palace for a long time, and he knew the roots, took them with him, and went to the imperial horse eunuch to take thirteen fast horses with the gold medal given by the Holy Emperor, and drove out of the palace before it was dark.

Thirteen horses were stopped when they came to the gate of the palace, and the Imperial Forest Army shouted: "Who is out of the palace, can there be a certificate?" Chief Xue stood on the horse and showed the imperial gold medal and said: "The head of the Internal Affairs Office was ordered by the Holy Lord to go out of the palace to supervise the pilgrimage ceremony supplies six days later, and let it go quickly!" The Imperial Forest Army glanced at the gold medal, then raised his halberd, and shouted: "Leave the palace by order, let go!"

I saw that the guards of the three major gates raised their halberds in their hands and made way for a way out of the palace. Gonggong Xue didn't dare to slack off, and immediately hurried out of the palace. At this time, it was already dark, and the group mixed in the crowd, according to the list written on the secret edict in the blood book, and went separately to pass on His Majesty's holy order.

And the chief manager Xue came to the Taiwei Mansion alone, and Zhang Boye, the Taiwei who was ranked as the third duke, was originally the Three Dynasty Yuan

Old, he once followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the Quartet, pacified the world, made great achievements, and worshiped General Dingyuan. Now he is seventy-two, although he is old, he is still deaf and clear-sighted, energetic, not old, and has a heavy army, because the emperors of the past dynasties have relied on him very much and trusted, so he did not take away his military power. After the first emperor left, he was a lonely minister. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Boye is loyal to his family and has never had two hearts.

was about to break into the Taiwei Mansion, but was stopped by the family Ding Courtyard at the gate: "Bold fanatics, dare to trespass into the Taiwei Mansion!" Manager Xue took a half step back, looked up at the golden plaque of the Taiwei Mansion with both hands behind his back, and glanced at the two martial artists, and reprimanded: "Bold! Don't open your eyes to see, who is our family?"

"Judging by your appearance, you are a eunuch in the palace. One of them looked at Gonggong Xue, couldn't help laughing, and actually laughed out loud. The other laughed too.

Chief Manager Xue was furious, so he showed the royal gold medal and said: "You two are so bold! Our family is the head of the dignified internal affairs office, and the people around Your Majesty have the imperial gold medal here, and you two dare to speak disrespectfully and insult our family, don't you want your own head!?"

The two of them saw the royal gold medal, and heard that Manager Xue blew up his identity, only to know that he had made a big disaster, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees, knelt down at the feet of Manager Xue, hugged his ankle and said: "My lord, my lord, you have a lot, we don't know Mount Tai with our dog eyes, and I hope you will raise your noble hand, let us go, let us go." ”

Manager Xue snorted coldly and did not answer. Uncle Zhang, who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, heard the movement outside the door at night, so he threw the big knife aside, wiped the sweat on his head and strode out of the door.

Let's look at the white beard of the uncle, the waist is straight, the eyebrows are ringed, and the swallow jaw and tiger whiskers are all white. Dressed in a black brocade robe, with sleeves rolled up, half of his arms exposed. Hands full of calluses, showing green muscles.

The sound was like a bell, extremely loud: "Who is making noise in front of the old man's mansion." When Manager Xue saw Zhang Boye, he naturally didn't dare to hold the shelf anymore, and hurriedly saluted: "The old slave greets Lord Taiwei." Zhang Boye naturally knew Manager Xue, so he smiled and said: "Who was the old man at that time, it turned out to be Manager Xue." Rare guests. I don't know what happened when the chief manager left the palace today and went to the old man's mansion?"

Manager Xue stepped forward and said in a low voice: "There are many people here, it is not a place to speak, and I hope that Lord Taiwei will speak further." Zhang Boye was slightly stunned, laughed twice, and then led Manager Xue into the inner house quickly. Before leaving, he kicked the two martial artists who were still kneeling on the ground and pouting their buttocks, and scolded: "Shameful things, don't get up yet!"

The two of them got up in disgrace, patted their butts, looked at each other, sighed, and continued to stand obediently at the door, glad that they had at least saved their heads.

And Zhang Boye and Manager Xue entered the inner house, Zhang Boye sat in the main seat, Manager Xue sat in the guest seat, put fragrant tea, and withdrew left and right. Zhang Boye took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This is Tianshan Snow Plum Fragrant Tea, which is sweet and sweet, and has an endless aftertaste. It is a royal gift from the saint of last year's pilgrimage ceremony, and it is treasured in the house, please taste it. ”

But Chief Xue just picked up the teacup, put it to his mouth, glanced at Zhang Boye, put down the tea again, and saw that the left and right attendants had already exited the door, so he got up and said: "The old slave came this time to come by order to announce the decree to Lord Taiwei. When Zhang Boye heard this, he hurriedly got up and said, "What is the holy will?"

"It's not the intention of the saints, it's the order of the king. Chief Manager Xue turned around and hid his expression, in order to ensure that the big thing could be accomplished, he decided to test this high-ranking and powerful patriarch of the Three Dynasties first, just in case. "The order of the prince?" "Zhang Boye, as a patriarch and a minister of the humerus, has a heavy army, so why be afraid that there should be no disease. He was one of those who wrote the impeachment book that should have been impeached!

Pulling off his robe, he turned around and sat down again, his face was full of disdain, he slapped his palm on the small table beside him, shook the tea bowls and dishes, and said with anger in his heart: "Then what do you have to say?!"

Xue Gonggong continued to probe and said: "Six days later, there will be the pilgrimage ceremony in the past and present, but the saint is weak and sick, and he is already terminally ill and cannot preside over the ceremony. In addition, the saint put aside the government and politics, superstitious demons, delayed state affairs, and the hundred officials in the court had already had grievances, and wanted to abolish the emperor and set up a new emperor, and respected the prince as the emperor, so he specially ordered the old slave to announce the decree to the Taiwei, and led the troops to kill the saint in the pilgrimage ceremony to welcome the new emperor. When it is done, there will be a great reward!"

That Zhang Boye is a fierce and straightforward person, he speaks when he has something to say, never hides it, he has already gritted his teeth angrily when he heard the words, his hair is upside down, his whole body trembles, and he suddenly overturned the coffee table, so shocked that the chief manager Xue took a few steps back, turned around and pulled out the golden knife in the sheath on the shelf, pointed at the chief manager Xue and scolded angrily: "You pickled eunuch!

The golden knife pressed forward step by step, and Manager Xue retreated again and again, although his legs trembled and his face was timid, but in his heart he was ecstatic because of such loyal ministers. And that Zhang Boye was still scolding, tears flashing in his eyes: "You are a close minister of the saint, full of favors, and you should have done your best to be loyal to the saint." I don't want to be greedy for life and fear of death, betray the lord for glory, pity me Jiang Guoda, and I will fall into the hands of thieves!"

"That should be ambitious, although he is the son of Taizu, the younger brother of the first emperor, and the uncle of the fourth emperor of the current saint, but he has been plotting for the throne for a long time, and everyone knows this. Now he dares to collude with traitorous ministers and rebel parties to plot to kill the king, which is really a big rebellion!

Heaven does not tolerate it! You wait for traitors, bad for me, the old man, as a veteran of the three dynasties, would rather cut off his head and spill blood than stoop his knees to you and others!"

"Today, the old man will kill you eunuch first, and then settle accounts with Ying Wuji!" With that, he waved the golden knife and was about to fall, slashing at the neck of Chief Xue . Frightened, Father-in-law Xue hurriedly knelt down, tremblingly took out the bloody secret edict in his arms, and hurriedly shouted: "General Dingyuan, Tai Lieutenant Zhang Boye takes the order!"

The golden knife immediately stopped, and Zhang Boye looked down at Chief Manager Xue and asked coldly, "What is this?" Chief Manager Xue explained: "What Fang just said is all false! This matter is very important, and I hope that the Taiwei will not be worried! This is a secret edict written by the Holy Lord, and the Taiwei still does not accept the order?"

When Zhang Boye heard this, he didn't know whether it was true or not, but he still knelt down on one knee in disbelief, skimmed the golden knife, raised his hands and took the bloody handwriting: "Minister Zhang Boye receives the order." After taking the blood book, both of them got up and looked at the blood book together, only to see that it was written: "The sky is blinded, tomorrow is not revealed, traitors are in trouble, and parties are in chaos." Thinking that I have ascended the throne so far, there has never been a day when I can hold the government in my own hands, first there are the emperor's uncle's minions lurking, and then the evil way is the party. Today, we will recruit people who are loyal and brave to the Qing Dynasty, reinvigorate the dynasty, and return to the Son of Heaven!"

Zhang Boye held the blood edict in his hand, and he was already in tears, knelt on the ground, and wept bitterly and said: "Your Majesty-", Manager Xue hurriedly helped him up and said: "Don't be like this, don't be like this!" Zhang Boye cried and said: "Now that the Holy Lord is in dire straits, and is persecuted by the traitorous party, I can't share the burden for the Holy Lord, isn't it, isn't it in vain?"

But Chief Manager Xue hurriedly covered Zhang Boye's mouth and persuaded: "Taiwei is silent! This matter is very important, and it must not be leaked out! Otherwise, the Holy Lord is in danger!" Zhang Boye stopped crying, turned to Manager Xue and asked, "Manager Xue came to find the old man this time, isn't it just for this bloody edict?"

"Naturally not. The Holy Lord has another word, and he will kill the traitor party in the near future!" Manager Xue said in a low voice, and when the two got together, they almost put their faces on their faces. Zhang Boye asked again: "I don't know what the holy will is arranged?"

"Six days later, it will be the pilgrimage of the past and present. At that time, the civil and military officials, the local government Yin, including that should be free of disease. Now all that the Holy Lord can mobilize is the 500 Imperial Forest Army in the palace, and at that time, all of them will be ambushed outside the square gate of the Xuantian Palace, and they will all be killed together after listening to His Majesty's order, and all the henchmen who should be free of disease will be caught and executed! The Tai Lieutenant only needs to order the soldiers in advance, lie down outside the palace, and adapt to the situation in order to respond! Just wait for the order to enter the palace, protect the Holy Lord, destroy the rebellious party, and rest until death!

Manager Xue stretched out his hand, cocked a finger, drew a circle on the table and said. Zhang Boye grabbed his wrist, the two looked at each other, and said together: "Rest until death!"

At the same time, a message was sent to the house of Wang Qianfan, the servant of Fuwen in the Central Academy. This Fuwen Shilang was originally promoted to the Central Council before the death of the first emperor, responsible for sorting and folding, although the official position is not high, the power is not large, but it is a very important official position in Beijing, and he is extremely busy every day. The little eunuch stood at the gate of the palace and shouted, "Don't you want Lord Wang to come out quickly to receive the order?"

When the family heard this, he immediately entered the house to report, and Wang Qianfan was reading tea in the study, and when he saw that Ding Mao was frizzy, he rushed into the study and said, "Master, master." Displeased, he immediately held the scroll in his hand, and rebuked angrily: "What's the alarm, didn't you tell you not to come and disturb the master? ”

The family Ding then hurriedly said, "Yes, it's someone from the palace, waiting for the lord to go and announce the decree!" "Declare the decree?" That Wang Qianfan spontaneously had an ominous feeling, only to feel that his right eyelid was beating wildly, and hurriedly lifted his robe and walked quickly to the door with the family, and saw the little eunuch who passed the decree, Wang Qianfan did not dare to slack off, and immediately bowed and said: "This is not the place to speak, father-in-law, please enter the house to worship tea." ”

The little eunuch entered the inner house under the leadership of Wang Qianfan arrogantly, and sat down directly without any politeness, relying on himself to be a person in the palace, and he didn't seem to take Wang Qianfan, the Fuwen servant of the Central Academy, in his eyes. Wang Qianfan didn't care, he still set up tea and sat down, and was treated as a guest.

"I don't know why my father-in-law came here?" Wang Qianfan asked humbly. The little eunuch then got up and said: "By Your Majesty's command, I ordered the Central Council Fuwen Shilang Wang Qianfan to start a pilgrimage ceremony six days later, and respond to the heavenly soldiers in response to the edict of the Son of Heaven, kill Ying Wujian and his chaotic party, eliminate the traitors, and revive the dynasty!"

Hearing this, Wang Qianfan was about to pick up the teacup, panicked, let go of his hand, "snap", the teacup fell to the ground, looking at the debris and tea all over the ground, an embarrassed smile appeared on his face: "So this is the case......" The little eunuch did not notice anything abnormal, so he asked: "Lord Wang has any doubts?" "There is no doubt about righteousness, and there is no doubt about righteousness......" Wang Qianfan prevaricated with words while thinking about something in his heart. His forehead was covered with sweat, his eyes flashed, and he was terrified.

The little eunuch bowed down and said, "In that case, please act according to the order, and our family will retire." Wang Qianfan was still in deep thought, and when he came back to his senses, he said, "Oh, okay, come on, send your father-in-law out." When the family sent the little eunuch away, Wang Qianfan became worried, and he was anxious like an ant on a hot pot in the house alone.