Xiao Bei sat opposite Chongzhen and Lu Biao, only feeling uncomfortable, and kept changing his sitting posture, but it had no effect. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info wanted to say something to resolve the embarrassment, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to give up after thinking about it for a long time.

In this way, the three of them sat for a long time, and Chongzhen suddenly said: "Xiao Aiqing, have you heard of my assassination this week?"

Xiao Bei shook his head and said, "When I first came to the capital, I occasionally heard of it, but my knowledge was limited. ”

Chongzhen frowned, glanced at Lu Biao, and said: "These days, I have ordered Jinyiwei to post wanted portraits everywhere in the capital, publicize it, and set up cards at the city gate, and the whole city is under martial law, but nothing has been found, and you don't know, it can be seen that Jinyiwei is not doing things well, and he doesn't care at all." ”

Lu Biao suddenly sweated profusely, and bowed his hand to Chongzhen: "The emperor forgives the sin, the old minister has already ordered the whole city to search for suspicious people, and strengthened the guards of the Forbidden City, but that assassin is really cunning...... The old minister will definitely step up supervision and strive to catch the culprit as soon as possible. ”

Seeing Lu Biao's sincere and frightened appearance, Xiao Bei felt sympathy, and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu must have returned to Beijing not long after looking for the true dragon. ”

Chongzhen snorted heavily in his nostrils, turned his head, and stopped talking. Lu Biao secretly glanced at Xiao Bei, waved his hand, and signaled him not to say more. Xiao Bei wondered in his heart, he didn't know what was wrong with what he just said, but seeing that Chongzhen was displeased, he also kept silent.

After a while, Chongzhen seemed to be angry a little, and said to Lu Biao: "Commander Lu, you tell Xiao Aiqing about my assassination. ”

Lu Biao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Xiao Bei: "Xiao Daxia, just three days ago, the palace was preparing for a martial arts competition. How do you know that in broad daylight, a woman with a black veil suddenly killed, without saying a word, forced into the imperial city, while breaking in, and shouted some disrespectful words, saying that she would assassinate the emperor and set up a new lord. ”

Xiao Bei suddenly felt strange and said, "Isn't this woman crazy?

Lu Biao continued: "We were like a great enemy at that time, how dare we be careless, and hurriedly sent troops to capture it, but as soon as the ordinary soldier approached the woman's side, he immediately fell to the ground covered in blood, as if he was cut by some kind of weapon. But we did know that the woman didn't do it, and we don't know how she did it. ”

Lu Biao paused, and then said: "Seeing this, Li Daao, the commander of the forbidden army, hurriedly ordered the forbidden army to shoot arrows, but the woman's figure was fluttering, and she jumped up in an instant, as if she was flying in the air, crossed a wall, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. The arrows occasionally hit the woman, but she was uneventful, and there was no blood dripping, so there was no way to trace her whereabouts. ”

Xiao Bei only felt that there were a lot of suspicious things in it, and he didn't speak, thinking hard about something.

Lu Biao peeked at Chongzhen's face, swallowed his saliva, and said: "Originally, we stopped this assassination, and we felt a little relieved, and planned to organize people to search for the assassin in the whole city." The next morning, the female assassin reappeared in the Imperial City, still shouting great rebellion, and went straight to the palace, although we reacted in time, but still broke through three walls for her, and then fled. ”

"Who would have thought that on the third day the female assassin would come again, and it was repeated for five days, and every time the female assassin appeared, she had to go deeper into the palace, and by the last time, the female assassin had already arrived outside the palace, almost to the emperor, but fortunately everyone worked together to stop her, but in the end she escaped. She hasn't been seen to this day, but we're too incompetent to find her whereabouts. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Bei asked, "That woman is very good, otherwise why don't you send someone to follow her?"

Lu Biao's face showed a look of shame, and said: "We have sent people to follow her several times, but every time the people we send will encounter accidents, either falling into a deep pit or covering their heads, I am afraid that someone is secretly obstructing." ”

After listening to this, Xiao Bei pondered for a long time, only to feel that this assassin was acting strangely, which was very different from his trembling mentality when he assassinated Sun Chuanting at that time. It's like assassinating the emperor is child's play.

Chongzhen snorted again at this time, and said coldly: "This time, the assassin has not been caught, and the guards in the palace cannot be removed." Commander Lu, there are still three days before the conference is held, and if it affects the process of choosing a son-in-law, you and Li Daao will do it yourself. ”

Lu Biao shook his hand again and again, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, don't worry, your subordinates will do their best to ensure the smooth operation of the conference." ”

Xiao Bei saw that Lu Biao was obviously full of martial arts, but he was so low-voiced, and he couldn't help but feel worthless for him.

The carriage soon drove into the Forbidden City, and Chongzhen walked into the harem surrounded by a group of guards, and instructed Lu Biao to take Xiao to wait in the side hall.

Lu Biao leaned over to accept the order, and then led Xiao Biao to the side hall.

Xiao Bei waited for Chongzhen to stay away, and asked Lu Biao in a low voice: "Lord Lu, why did you stop me from talking before?"

Lu Biao looked around and saw that no one was listening, so he also lowered his voice and said: "Brother Xiao, you and I are our own people, I'll tell you, although the emperor is talented and intelligent, virtuous and benevolent, but he has a scale, which cannot be touched." The reverse scale is called 'forming a party for personal gain'. ”

"Forming a party for personal gain? Could it be that if I help you say a few good words, you will become your henchman?" Xiao Bei said confusedly.

"Alas, the emperor has experienced ups and downs, first ascended the throne at a young age, and secretly lived under the watchful eye of Wei Zhongxian, a thief, and life and death were in the hands of others. The emperor endured humiliation and used clever means, and finally wiped out the eunuchs. But this incident also left a shadow in the emperor's heart. After that, the emperor would punish all the ministers who heard that they were protecting each other. For example, the case of Qian Qianyi a few years ago is a lesson from the past. Lu Biao said with a sad face.

"It turns out that there are so many famous halls among them. Xiao Bei suddenly realized.

"Brother Xiao, the companion is like a tiger, the officialdom is like a battlefield, if you want to stand tall in this court, you must remember the words of the elder brother. Lu Biao said earnestly.

Xiao Yi nodded slightly, but said in his heart: "When I find out that Xiao Yan's true body, I will leave after cracking the trick of the Sword Xiao Palace, and your things have nothing to do with me." ”

While talking, the two walked into the side hall. There was already a person waiting in this side hall, Xiao Bei looked at it, and was immediately surprised, just because this person was not an outsider, it was Wang Yangming who became Wang Xiangong.

Lu Biao knew that Wang Xiangong was a celebrity in front of Chongzhen, and Xiao Jie was from the Academy of Truth, and Wang Xiangong was the dean of the Academy of Truth, so he smiled all over his face, stepped forward, and said: "Dean Wang, I am fortunate to meet you, you are worthy of being a scholar of the heart, not only are you a pedantic, but even the students you teach are both civil and military." No, this Brother Xiao also has the favor of the saint, and he has been awarded the title of General Shouning of the Forbidden Army, and it will be a blink of an eye to pay homage to the prime minister in the future. ”

Wang Yangming sent a message to Xiao Bei: "Brother Xiao, we pretend that we are not familiar. Then he greeted Lu Biao and said with a fake smile: "Commander Lu, I have a good reputation, I am only a shallow learner, this Xiao Daxia is his own talent, this is such an achievement, and it has nothing to do with my teaching." If it weren't for the fact that I had no leisure and had a good relationship with Xiao Daxia, maybe I would have to apprentice to Brother Xiao and ask for advice. With that, he laughed to himself.

Seeing this, Lu Biao also laughed. The two are like acquaintances, patting each other's shoulders and beating their chests, and their words and deeds are very affectionate.

Xiao Bei had never seen such a communication method in officialdom, and he was stunned for a while, and goosebumps broke out all over his body.

Wang Yangming and Lu Biao laughed for a while, Lu Biao smiled slightly, and said, "Dean Wang, I have to track down the whereabouts of the assassin in the future, so I will leave first, and you and Brother Xiao will talk slowly." With that, he arched his hand, turned around and said hello to Xiao Bei, and then left slowly.

Xiao Bei watched Lu Biao stay away, grabbed Wang Yangming's sleeve, and said hurriedly: "Old Wang, what do you mean by dragging me into the water this time?"

Wang Yangming said unhurriedly: "Brother Xiao, don't be so anxious! If there is anything to say, come on, come on, you first taste this newly paid tribute Yun Jian Maofeng tea with me, and then listen to me." With that, he pulled Xiao Bei and walked towards the tea table.

Xiao Bei didn't have such idle time, and said sharply: "Lao Wang, if you are talking nonsense, beware of me making public the fact that you spied on other people's privacy in Guizhou back then." ”

Wang Yangming suddenly changed color, took two steps back, and muttered, "Didn't you mean...... After I help you get rid of Wang Ruolan's entanglement, will you never mention this matter again?"

Xiao Bei said angrily: "What do you call helping, you are simply trapping me in injustice, and then I was plotted by Wang Ruolan and tied to the Mingyan Dojo to suffer, and it will be counted on your head." ”

Wang Yangming let out a long sigh and said, "If you lose your horse, do you know if it's a blessing?" Okay, what do you want to ask?"

Xiao Bei said: "You give me honest hospitality, you keep saying that you want to deal with Jianxiao Palace, but you help Sun Chuanting guard Hanzhong for a while, act as a stand-in for Sun Chuanting for a while, and now you are pretending to be a ghost next to Chongzhen, saying that I am his nobleman." What's the conspiracy?"

Wang Yangming smiled slightly, sat down on a chair, and said unhurriedly: "This matter is very complicated, if you don't think it's troublesome, I'll tell you as it is." ”