At the beginning of October, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen joined forces in Guangjin and marched north.

The army of this northern expedition totaled 300,000, all of which were elite divisions recruited from all over the Great Jin Dynasty, and even the defenders stationed in the capital Kaifeng were also transferred to Du Chongwei's command.

For this northern expedition, Shi Chonggui made a bloody investment, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was desperate, and the elite soldiers from all over the country were basically recruited and transferred to Du Chongwei's command. As for the grain and grass, there are countless of them, and for most of the half a year, Shi Chonggui has almost emptied all the official warehouses, just for the success of this northern expedition.

In order to avoid a repeat of the last Northern Expedition, Du Chongwei and Liu Zhiyuan were afraid of each other and did not dare to go north, Shi Chonggui even decisively abandoned Liu Zhiyuan and replaced him with a more loyal Li Shouzhen.

In Shi Chonggui's view, Li Shouzhen's loyalty is enough to ensure that the 300,000 army will not change greatly. And Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen are still sons and daughters, although for various reasons, the marriage between Du Ruyue and Li Tianyao has not yet been held, but with the emperor's jade mouth and golden words as a guarantee, the day of the triumph of the Northern Expedition is the time when the two families are good for Qin and Jin.

Moreover, these 300,000 troops came from all over the Central Plains, even if Du Chongwei really had any different intentions, he could only command the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his original command, and there was no reason for others to listen to him. Among them, there are tens of thousands of Kaifeng defenders, whose military power is in the hands of Shi Chonggui's trusted generals. is called to assist Du Chongwei, in fact, it is not without the meaning of guarding against him.

The Yasukuni County Lord Du Ruyue was robbed by the Yonggu Palace Lord, Shi Chonggui had already received a report, and Shi Chonggui was even furious for this and killed several people with a cane. In order to cover up this matter, Shi Chonggui selected a palace maid from among the palace maids who was similar to Du Ruyue Xiao and pretended to be Du Ruyue. To prevent this matter from leaking out, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen knew about it.

What Shi Chonggui didn't know was that after the master of Yonggu Palace took Du Ruyue away, he had already passed the book to Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen. Poor Shi Chonggui was still kept in the dark, and he was still anxious to order the internal affairs supervisor in charge of Zhang Quanzhong to contact the Yonggu Palace quickly, and no matter what the price was, he would get the Yasukuni County Lord back from the Yonggu Palace Lord.

Although Zhang Qianzhong is the most trusted eunuch around Shi Chonggui, he knows everything about officialdom, but he has never walked on the rivers and lakes, and he is simply confused about the things in the rivers and lakes, where do you understand the depths?

At one time, Zhang Quanzhong actually wanted to issue a wanted warrant to arrest the master of Yonggu Palace, and planned to coerce the Chu State to destroy Yonggu Palace. Liu Chuanxun, the commander of Qianniuwei, was startled when he got the news, and hurriedly met Zhang Qianzhong and explained to him the origin of Yonggu Palace and the master of Yonggu Palace.

Zhang Qianzhong was also taken aback, he didn't expect that the origin of the master of the Yonggu Palace was so big, and the power of the Yonggu Palace was so huge, and now it was the time of the Northern Expedition, so it was not appropriate to make waves again, so he had to press this matter. He also contacted the people of Yonggu Palace through Qianniuwei, and begged the master of Yonggu Palace to return the lord of Yasukuni, and Dajin was willing to pay a lot of money to redeem him.

In his heart, Zhang Qianzhong still regarded the master of the Yonggu Palace as a Jiangyang thief who kidnapped tickets and extorted property.

After waiting anxiously for more than half a month, the Yonggu Palace Master finally had a reply, and the Yonggu Palace Master directly told Zhang Qianzhong that Du Ruyue was her personal disciple, so he didn't have to worry, she took Du Ruyue just to teach her martial arts, during this time, Du Ruyue was practicing in retreat, and it was not appropriate to disturb, and after this time, she would naturally return Du Ruyue.

"Du Ruyue is the personal disciple of the Yonggu Palace Master?" Zhang Qianzhong was surprised.

Liu Chuanxun was a little embarrassed and said: "There are indeed such rumors on the rivers and lakes, but they are just rumors, so Qianniuwei did not tell His Majesty this unconfirmed news." ”

"General Liu, what are we going to say about you!" Zhang Quanzhong shook his sleeves, and he faintly felt that this matter was very important.

If the Yonggu Palace is really as powerful as Liu Chuanxun said, and Du Ruyue is the personal disciple of the Yonggu Palace Master, if Du Chongwei and the Yonggu Palace Master are in collusion with Du Ruyue as a link, then the consequences will ...... Zhang Qianzhong's body couldn't help but tremble twice, and he couldn't imagine the consequences.

No, this matter must be told to the emperor immediately.

Zhang Qianzhong was about to get up, but Liu Chuanxun pulled his sleeve, "Grandpa Zhang, where are you going? Could it be that you really plan to inform Your Majesty of this matter?"

Zhang Qianzhong shook his sleeves and said angrily: "You let go, such an important news, our family naturally has to tell the emperor." ”

Liu Chuanxun let go of his hand and sighed: "Father-in-law Zhang, I have a few words I want to say to my father-in-law, if my father-in-law still wants to report to His Majesty after hearing it, Liu will never stop my father-in-law." ”

In terms of the emperor's trust, Liu Chuanxun is of course not as popular as the popular Zhang Quanzhong, but in terms of identity and status, in fact, Liu Chuanxun is much higher than Zhang Quanzhong, and being able to speak to Zhang Quanzhong like this is actually for the emperor's trust in Zhang Quanzhong. As for the internal affairs supervisor made by Zhang Qianzhong, in Liu Chuanxun's eyes, it is not worth mentioning at all.

What if there are a few first-class masters, what matters in their line of work is not how strong the power is, but whether the people below can detect some important and secret information.

And the father-in-law Zhang in front of him obviously doesn't understand all this at all.

Zhang Qianzhong hesitated for a moment, sat down again, and said, "General Liu, please speak, let's listen!"

Liu Chuanxun sorted out his thoughts and said, "Father-in-law Zhang thinks that if Du Chongwei really has a different heart, will his father-in-law have a way to restrain him?"

Zhang Qianzhong was stunned, the manpower in his hands was just some masters and hundreds of strange people who had recently been recruited from the rivers and lakes, how could he have the ability to restrain Du Chongwei?

Du Chongwei was a feudal official, and it is said that there were more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. I don't know how many people have a private relationship with him. With such a powerful force, how could he be able to confront the internal affairs supervisor who had just been established for less than a year?

Liu Chuanxun sighed and said, "There are some things that you don't want to tell Your Majesty as a courtier, but it's useless to say it." The emperor's temperament, Gonggong Zhang knows best, if he knows about this, he will definitely be furious, and he will definitely ask Gonggong Zhang to come up with the charter, but, Gonggong Zhang, are you ready to deal with Du Chongwei?"

Zhang Qianzhong was stunned, he knew that what Liu Chuanxun said was the truth, the emperor was so happy, he couldn't finish the thousands of years of things in one day, if he reported the matter, Shi Chonggui would definitely ask him to come up with a solution.

But what can he do as a eunuch? He understands some of the schemes, but in the face of real strength, the plots are actually worthless, and he understands this truth better.

If you can't come up with a way, the emperor will not like it, and if the emperor is unhappy, his trust in him will be reduced, and what he said will gradually become useless. He Zhang Quanzhong can now sit on an equal footing with the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and everyone welcomes him with a smile, why?

Zhang Quanzhong knew very well that it was because of the emperor's trust that he could help the Manchu Dynasty civil and military say a few words from time to time.

The emperor's trust is gone, and he Zhang Duzhong is finished, who will take a eunuch who has fallen out of favor seriously, maybe in a few days, his body will be wrapped in a mat and dragged to a mass grave outside Kaifeng City, to be devoured by wild dogs.

Seeing that Zhang Qianzhong understood his words, Liu Chuanxun continued: "To say something that shouldn't be said, in fact, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including me, are actually a dog of the emperor, and whoever the emperor wants us to bite, we will bite whomever he wants." The emperor didn't say that he wanted to move, we can't move, which owner likes to raise a dog that bites people?

What if one day you provoke a lord who can't be dealt with, Gonggong Zhang, what do you think the emperor should do?"

Zhang Qianzhong's heart tightened, and the emperor would naturally throw the dog out and let the other party dispose of it in order to calm the other party's anger. That's what Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty did, throwing Chao out and beheading him in the city, temporarily calming the anger of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

From ancient times to the present, this kind of thing has happened repeatedly, almost all monarchs have done this, how can Shi Chonggui be an exception?

He Zhang Quanzhong is indeed loyal to Shi Chonggui and is willing to die for the emperor, but this does not mean that he is willing to be the dog who was thrown out to be a dog.

A big rebellious thought suddenly rose from Zhang Duzhong's heart: "Perhaps, the emperor values not only the loyalty of the slave, but also the value of the slave's ability to be used." What is the use of a loyal but useless slave to the emperor?

So, in the eyes of the emperor, what is the use value of our family?"

Looking at Zhang Qianzhong, who was frowning and contemplative, Liu Chuanxun knew that he had already moved the brave and loyal Zhang Gonggong. If this Gonggong Zhang really stabbed this matter to the emperor, not only Zhang Quanzhong would be unlucky, but he Liu Chuanxun would also be unlucky.

He is a dog raised by Shi Chonggui, but the royal family will not raise a dog that can only eat meat and can't do anything.

He knew that Du Ruyue was a disciple of the master of the Yonggu Palace but did not report it, this was a big crime, which was enough for his Liu family to fall into the abyss of no return, so he couldn't help but convince Zhang Quanzhong.

After a long time, Zhang Qianzhong spoke: "General Liu, what do you say you should do? You must know that the fire cannot be contained in the paper, and the emperor will know about this matter sooner or later. If we wait until then, it will only get worse.

Besides, isn't there still General Li Shouzhen by Du Chongwei's side? There are tens of thousands of Imperial Forest Army, and if things really change, it is not impossible to kill the generals and capture the flag. ”

Liu Chuanxun smiled bitterly and replied: "If Li Shouzhen and Du Chongwei ...... I'm just saying what if, they're in the same boat?"

Zhang Qianzhong's face changed suddenly, and he shouted: "Liu Chuanxun, Lord Liu, how much else do you have to hide from our family and the emperor?"

Liu Chuanxun replied: "Father-in-law Zhang is not in a hurry, being a courtier also has the hardships of being a courtier." At the beginning, the emperor withdrew the hunting ground and the poisoning case from Dali Temple, and handed it over to me Qianniuwei to investigate, and did not allow Dali Temple to interfere again, this matter should be known to Gonggong Zhang. ”

Of course, Zhang Qianzhong knew that the emperor was suspicious of Li Fengyun at that time, and he was not worried about his brother-in-law Mo Xiaoyan, so he made this move. It's just that he didn't understand why Liu Chuanxun suddenly mentioned this matter.

Seeing that Zhang Qianzhong's eyes were a little confused, Liu Chuanxun continued: "I have investigated these two cases, and we have also investigated the Hexutang arson case related to these two cases, and all indications show that these three cases are inseparable from Li Shouzhen." It's just that we don't have evidence in our hands. ”

After a pause, Liu Chuanxun said again: "Even if there is real evidence, we dare not report this news to the emperor." The stakes are very high, and General Li Fengyun and Li Da have also reminded His Majesty, but what is the result?

How can we not be cautious?

Now they still have scruples in their hearts, once that layer of window paper is pierced and forced to make a choice, what will be the consequences?"

The more the matter is involved, the more extensive it is, and now, it is no longer under Zhang Qianzhong's control.

If everything is reported, there is no doubt that in a fit of anger, it is likely to do something impulsive, and the situation will be even more out of control.

"Rebellious ministers and thieves, all rebellious ministers and thieves!" Zhang Quanzhong sat on the soft couch dejectedly, muttering to himself, "General Liu, you say, what should I do?"

Liu Chuanxun replied: "Gonggong Zhang is right, the matter of the county lord of Yasukuni cannot but be explained, but how to explain it is in the pen of Gonggong Zhang. I thought that the Yonggu Palace Lord kidnapped the Yasukuni County Lord because he took a fancy to the qualifications of the Yasukuni County Lord and wanted to accept her as a personal disciple.

For other things, we can all cooperate privately and resolve them slowly.

What does Grandpa Zhang think?"

Avoid the important and light, since the master of the Yonggu Palace "wants" to accept Du Ruyue as a personal disciple, it means that the two have nothing to do with each other before. Since there was no relationship before, the emperor naturally would not make a big move, avoiding the dilemma of Zhang Quanzhong.

Cooperate privately, slowly dissolve, how to cooperate, how to resolve?

Zhang Qianzhong is a smart person, and he understands as soon as he hears it, it is nothing more than using some unsightly means, maybe one day, Du Chongwei or Li Shouzhen will die on the battlefield, or he will be seriously ill and die.

Conspiracy, this is conspiracy.

On this day, the two people who held the two secret forces of the Great Jin discussed for four hours in the internal affairs supervisor.