Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and his right hand hurriedly touched his waist, but he felt empty. He embroidered the spring knife has been lost, and at this time he is holding the sword of Buddha tears in his left hand, but it is far inferior to the long knife.

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw that ten steps away, Yang Zhenzhong, who was standing in charge of the Jinyi Guard.

Yang Zhenzhong was followed by more than a dozen brocade guards, but the faces of these people were very unfamiliar. However, judging from the clothing, all of them are not low-grade.

Li Qiufeng knew that if there was only one person in the middle of the Yang, his martial arts would be above him, not to mention that there were so many masters of Jinyiwei. If you want to do it at this time, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. He arched his hand at Yang Zhenzhong, and said: "Lord Yang, I am already a traitor to Jinyiwei below, and I dare not be ashamed of the word Baihu." ”

Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly, and with a slight wave of his right hand, the more than ten brocade guards behind him lowered their heads and took a few steps back, before turning around and scattering away. Yang Zhenzhong walked to Li Qiufeng's side with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "It was my idea that you flew out of the prison with Yan Dufei that day. If I don't speak, who would dare to expel you from Jinyiwei? You are still the lord of the hundred households of Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi, this is a certain thing. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "The kindness of the adults is in my heart. However, I have decided to leave the capital, and I hope that the adults will not blame him. ”

Yang Zhenzhong looked at Li Qiufeng, nodded, and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced." But this drama has also come to an end. When you come here today, it is also providential. ”

Li Qiufeng was silent. Yang Zhenzhong continued: "The main master has arrived, let's go." ”

Yang Zhenzhong walked towards Baocheng first, and Li Qiufeng followed behind him. Since entering the second courtyard, there have been no officers and soldiers guarding it. But every few minutes, there stood a eunuch. When these eunuchs saw Yang Zhenzhong, they didn't salute, just hunched over and looked at the ground.

Before he walked to Baocheng, even the shadow of the eunuch was gone. A large tent appeared in front of the two of them, and dozens of brocade guards stood outside the tent. These brocade guards wore black soft hats, brocade clothes, and embroidered spring knives in their hands. One by one, their chests and stomachs were folded, and their expressions were solemn. Seeing that the epicenter of the sun had arrived, he didn't squint.

Yang Zhenzhong stopped, turned his head to Li Qiufeng and said, "Li Baihu, you might as well guess, who is in this big tent?"

Li Qiufeng said: "One of them must be the current emperor. The other one, I guess his surname is Shou. ”

Yang Zhenzhong nodded, his face was a little melancholy, and he said: "If we could have known the identity of this old man a few days earlier, many people would not have to lose their lives." ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Lord Yang, if you had known that this Shou Lao was a craftsman in the imperial mausoleum, I am afraid that thousands of heroes of the rivers and lakes would have been enclosed in the Kangling underground palace and buried Emperor Zhengde. ”

Yang Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "You guessed wrong this time. The son said on the river, the deceased is like a husband. The general trend of the world is like surging water, although there are twists and turns, it will eventually flow into the sea, which cannot be stopped by manpower. Shou Lao is a smart man, how can he not know this truth? Although Shou Lao's heart is like ancient well water, someone wants to borrow him to turn the world upside down and plot great things. So we have to guard against it, this is for the sake of old life, and it is also a good thing for the next day. ”

Li Qiufeng looked at Yang Zhenzhong and said word by word: "So Lord Lu and Lord Yang have already laid out a chess game and placed the chess pieces on the chessboard one by one. Measuring the land in the south of the Yangtze River and changing the land in the southwest to return to the stream is just a good move by the imperial court, and it is to wipe out all the old ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty who missed the net in the Great Rites Discussion......"

Yang Zhenzhong shook his head and said: "These old ministers, if they are a rich man in their duty, who will be embarrassed by them? However, they are not willing to lose power, and they want to oppose the imperial court, and they do not hesitate to collude with the Tartars and the Japanese Emperors.

Li Qiufeng was silent, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "In the three games of chess, Huangling, Yong'an City, and Hutouyan, Lord Lu and Lord Yang have won a complete victory, and now they have won the battle, and the next step is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." ”

Yang Zhenzhong smiled and said, "Li Baihu, you are wrong again. These three games are only a draw at best, and even the opponent has a slight upper hand, don't you see?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned and said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Yang Zhenzhong looked at the big tent and said slowly: "Today, the emperor has the power of the four and eight wildernesses with the respect of the Son of Heaven, but he also has to condescend to the nobles in order to calm this catastrophe, isn't this a disadvantage?"

He paused for a moment before he continued, "There are only two people sitting in this big tent in front of us. But outside the Imperial Mausoleum, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place. And the governors of various places, and even the border towns, countless eyeliners are also densely packed on the left side of this Babao Lotus Mountain. This game of chess has reached the most critical juncture, whether it is a poor dagger, or a calm situation, after tonight, everything can be seen. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "It's just that no matter what the result of this game of chess is, Lord Yang is already invincible, just sitting and watching the victory or defeat of others." ”

Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly and said, "I think you've already seen Yanagi Zongyan?"

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "More than ten years ago, Liu Sheng Zongyan spent a lot of effort to eliminate dozens of sects in one fell swoop in the battle of Xingxian Wangling, and killed many masters of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, making the henchmen of the first emperor empty. Because of this, the first emperor was in Nanjing and almost died on the spot. Yanagi Zongyan thought he had a plan, but he didn't expect that he was just a big man in the court and the murderous knife of Xingxian Palace. Now that the man has been killed, the knife is useless. Yanagi Zongyan did not steal chickens and rice, but became a lost dog. It's just that the Japanese are vicious and still want to make a comeback. However, after the current emperor inherited the unification, his position was unstable, and there were constant disputes between the DPRK and China. Yanagi Zongyan's knife has a place to use again. Lord Lu, Lord Yang, Lord Zhang, Lord Yuan, Lord Liu, Lord Yang, you are fighting to the death in the court, but it is Liu Sheng Zongyan who contributes, as well as those petty officials who don't know whether to live or die. In the past ten years, there have been more than 200 officials in the court who have been killed and their homes have been robbed, and I don't know how many heroes and heroes have died tragically in the rivers and lakes. However, the adults sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and did not hurt the slightest. Mencius said that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. This sentence is really a three-point statement. ”

Yang Zhenzhong said: "Those who work hard to govern people must always be better than those who work hard to govern people." Those who work hard govern people, but at the lowest cost, keep the world safe. If the laborers want to govern people, they will inevitably use swords and soldiers, and then the world will be in chaos, and more than 200 officials will die, and there will be more than a million heroes and heroes who will die tragically."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhenzhong sighed, and then said: "In the past five or six years, the party struggle between the DPRK and China has become more and more intense, and all localities have supervised both ends of the snake and rat. In the past, some of the former ministers who helped the current emperor inherit the unification lost power, and they could not help but be disappointed. During the reign of the first emperor, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were controlled by Liu Jin, Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and others, and their power was strong. After the current emperor ascended the throne, he cut and withdrew the border army at the border pass to suppress the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals who sought provocation and fought for merit. In the middle of the court, the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang was recovered, so that the factory and Wei no longer participated in the party struggle of the imperial court. Jiangnan is the source of money and grain for the state, and the re-measurement of the land to suppress the annexation is all a good policy for governing the country. Those disgruntled ministers took this opportunity to collude with the gentry and contact some border generals, hoping to repeat the old things of more than ten years ago. If their conspiracy succeeds, the world will be in chaos, with rivers of blood flowing and millions of corpses ambushed. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "These major events in the court are not something that we and other small people can participate in, but there is something unclear below, and I ask Lord Yang to give me advice." Li went to Jinyiwei on an errand, and thought that Lord Laiyang had already checked Li's origin clearly. In the Jinyi Guard, the people who are better than Li Mou in martial arts don't know that there are hundreds or thousands, so why does Lord Yang surrender his identity and talk about these major events in the world with such an unsightly minister?"

Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly and said, "Li Baihu, to be honest, your martial arts are good, but you are not outstanding in Jinyiwei. However, there is still much to be learned about your origins. It is because I sent you to do things, on the one hand, because you are calm, and your martial arts are weird, and you are strong and strong. On the other hand, I also want to secretly observe and see which side of the person who placed you in the brocade guard is sacred. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "In Yong'an City, Lord Yang has already discovered my relationship with Liu Ge Lao. ”

Yang Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "Since you entered the Jinyi Guard, I know that it is Lord Liu who has a close relationship with you. But I'm not worried about Lord Liu, but the person behind you. It was he who I couldn't see clearly, and I couldn't help but be worried. ”

Yang Zhenzhong said this, looked at Li Qiufeng and said: "Now that the overall situation has been decided, can Li Baihu tell me, who is that person?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Lord Yang can rest assured. He has never intended to participate in the party struggle in the imperial court, and he has never participated in the grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes. He was nothing more than a hermit who repaid the kindness of his ancestors. Whether it is for Lord Lu, Lord Yang, or Lord Liu and Lord Yang, he has no intention of embarrassing, let alone helping either side. ”

Yang Zhenzhong nodded and said, "That's the best." Everyone in this chess game, I have seen ** is not far from ten, only the person behind you, I can't see clearly. Since Li Baihu said this, I am relieved. ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone laughing in the big tent. Yang Zhenzhong's face changed, and he no longer spoke, but stared at the big tent with a solemn face. After a while, he saw the door of the big curtain raised, and a man staggered out. This man has a wrinkled face and shabby clothes, and he is the old man who worked as a craftsman in the imperial tomb. Li Qiufeng met this person several times and knew that his name was Shou Nanshan.

The brocade guards outside the big tent saw this person walk out, but no one dared to step forward to stop him. The old man held a large ingot of silver in his right hand, and tossed it in his hand, playing with it, his face full of pride. He took a few steps forward, and just happened to come to Yang Zhenzhong and Li Qiufeng.

Yang Zhenzhong said respectfully: "Shou Lao." ”

"Shou fart!" said the old man with a grin, "why did you come? If you don't come, he will be a little uneasy, and he will make several wrong moves, and only then will he lose such a large ingot of silver to me." ”

Yang Zhenzhong smiled: "I was afraid that someone would disturb the two of you playing chess, so I checked around." ”

Lao Shou took the ingot of silver in front of his eyes and fiddled with it, and said without raising his head: "Did you find anything?"

Yang Zhenzhong said: "Yes." There are really a lot of people who want to watch this game of chess, in addition to some court officials, wealthy merchants and gentry, there are also Japanese people and Tartars. ”

Lao Shou raised his head, glanced at Yang Zhenzhong, and said with a smile: "You can put your heart back in your stomach." Ten years ago, Lao Tzu figured it out. What bullshit is in the world, there is no freedom to be refreshing. You go back and tell the person surnamed Lu that Lao Tzu is already a hundred, and he won't get mixed up with any Tartar widows. Don't let him make some messy bastards dangling in front of Lao Tzu. If you annoy Lao Tzu, maybe you will be very quiet, but you will have to embarrass him. ”

Yang Zhenzhong nodded and said, "Shou Lao's words, I will definitely bring them to Lord Lu." ”

Lao Shou said: "The surname Lu was sent by Lao Tzu to Xingxian Wangfu on an errand back then, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that Lao Tzu looked down on him, so he wanted to do something big to show Lao Tzu. But I don't know that what Lao Tzu looks down on the most is that he is narrow-minded, if this continues, his master will one day turn against him. As for you, you can stick to your duty. Lao Tzu said that the way of heaven is to win without fighting. The surname Lu has been in the limelight for more than ten years, and I am afraid that he will be unlucky. Your martial arts skills are good, although your talent is not as good as that of the surname Lu, but your knowledge is better than his. In the future, you will have to take power, and raise your hand to Lao Tzu's disciples and grandchildren, don't force yourself too hard. ”

Yang Zhenzhong only smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Lao Shou glanced at Li Qiufeng and said, "I heard that you paid off the gambling debts for Lao Tzu that day, and now that Lao Tzu has silver, he was supposed to repay you." It's just that this debt has to be repaid one by one, you are ranked eighth among Lao Tzu's creditors, Lao Tzu remembers clearly, and will always settle this debt, you can rest assured. ”

After Lao Shou finished speaking, he laughed, and actually pulled a pair of tattered cloth shoes under his feet, and shook them away.

Li Qiufeng saw that Lao Shou was far away, and said to Yang Zhenzhong: "Lord Yang, the matter is over here, and I will say goodbye." After he finished speaking, he took out the waist card of Jinyiwei from his arms, handed it to Yang Zhenzhong and said, "Please transfer this waist card to Lord Gao of Nanzhen Fusi." ”

Yang Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "You still have to keep this waist card, maybe you can use it in the future." ”

Li Qiufeng was stunned, Yang Zhenzhong patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Everyone in the world says that Jinyi Wei does a lot of evil, and he is afraid to avoid it. Only those of us who have worked as errand workers in Jinyiwei know the hardships. Li Baihu has been in the rivers and lakes since then, only looking forward to the feelings of his old comrades, if there is a brother in Jinyiwei who is in danger when he is doing things, please help more. ”

Li Qiufeng thought for a moment, then nodded, put the waist card into his arms, arched his hand towards Yang Zhenzhong, and then turned to leave.

It was already midnight, and the pine waves around the imperial tomb were gusting and the chill was biting. Yang Zhenzhong looked at the figure of Li Qiufeng fading away, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.