Zhang Fubao walked towards his residence with all his thoughts.

Master Zhang lived in Xuanmiaoguan when he was in Suzhou, but along the way, the emperor seemed to have suddenly become very interested in Taoist knowledge and skills, and often asked nearby for advice. So after arriving in Hangzhou, Master Zhang also lived in the emperor's walking.

Eunuch Du arranged a unique courtyard for him in the East Cross Courtyard. When Zhang Fubao came, he moved out of the courtyard where the princess lived and returned to live with his brother.

Zhang Fubao returned to the room in a bad mood, took off her shoes and went to the bed to sit cross-legged for a while, but she was still uneasy, so she had to put on her shoes and go out and turn to her brother's room.

Zhang Tianshi's residence is three rooms inside and outside. The outermost room is a study and a living room, and the middle one is a bedroom. It uses antique and elegant screens to divide the bed, meditation room, toilet and other small rooms. The innermost room is used as a temporary elixir room medicine room.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a strong smell of medicine. The fragrance of medicine was not bad. It seemed that he was refining some elixirs to strengthen the body. Zhang Fubao turned into the bedroom and saw his brother. He was wearing a Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on a cushion, meditating quietly.

The quiet room and bed separated by a screen were surrounded by plum blossoms and pine and crane patterns. The translucent screen in the middle revealed the back of the Tianshi.

Zhang Fubao wanted to walk over, but hesitated and stopped halfway. She turned to her brother's bed room in a depressed mood, sat on the couch, and sat quietly for a while, and finally couldn't help saying, "Brother, have you always wanted to know the four verses that Dad left for me? I'll tell you if I'm fine today?"

Master Zhang moved his shoulders for a moment, but he didn't say anything. Zhang Fubao knew that he was practicing martial arts luck, and meditated quietly, and was inconvenient to speak halfway through. This would be better. Although he was a brother and sister who had been with him since childhood, he was embarrassed to say this. If the brother really answered, she would not have the courage to say it.

Sitting quietly for a moment. Zhang Fubao said quietly: "'Half a bright moon is a river, and red silk is on the White Bone Mountain. When the war starts, the spring shadows move, Laojun is like Xu Liangren in front of me. These are the four verses that my father has approved for me about lifelong affairs. Brother, I tried every means to hide, but finally walked to his ground. Now even the last verse has come true."

"...Brother, do you know who that person is?"

She bit her lip and said quickly: "That person is Yang Ling."

Master Zhang moved again, Fu Bao sighed: "I don't know what to say. As the saying goes, 'Marriage is destined to heaven'. I am the daughter of Master Tian, ​​but I can't escape the arrangement of this life. I hide and hide. Who knew that King Ning would rebel, who knew that the emperor would lead the army in person and eventually brought him to me."

She glanced at her brother resentfully and said, "There is also the statue of Laojun that you personally cast and consecrated. Didn't you say you would present it to the emperor? Now it was inexplicably placed in Yangling's study. It's over. Even Laojun Li helped him. What should you do if you want them?"

Zhang Tianshi sat quietly without movement. Zhang Fubao pouted and said, "He... He knew that I had a relationship with him. He knew two years ago that this guy was so sinister and always pretended to be fine. Now I know too, which makes people embarrassed to see him."

Seeing that her brother still didn't speak, she couldn't help but jump out of the bed with annoyed and shyness, and stomped her feet and said, "It's all your fault! You have to take someone out. If you don't bring me out, will this happen? That guy must be smiling proudly in his heart, laughing at me and sending me to the door. Everyone who should talk to you. You are my elder brother. You...you can do it."

The meaning of Zhang Fubao's words was very obvious, and she knew that the elder brother could hear it. So as soon as he said it, his face turned red with shame, and he rushed out as soon as he finished speaking.

Under the side corridor, two guards turned out and looked at Zhang Fubao's leaving figure and said, "What's the little Tianshi doing when he leaves so urgently?"

Another shook his head and said, "What should I care about so many things? Keep a close eye on it and don't let the idle people wait in and disturb the emperor."

The two of them slowly slipped down the gable walls of the house again. There were several stone benches and a bunch of flowers. The sun was shining there, warm and fragrant.

When the alchemy room was opened, Zhang Tianshi walked out sweating profusely. The alchemy room was temporarily set up. The ventilation conditions were not good. The emperor was meditating in the outdoor room. He was afraid that the smell would swell the emperor, so the door was covered with a strong and only the window was open to ventilate, and his face was flushed.

"Your Majesty, I have already refined the medicine to relieve elixir."

"Oh?" Emperor Zhengde sat there, digesting the strange news he had just heard. When he heard this, he was surprised and happy. He quickly stood up from the cushion and greeted him, saying happily: "Has it been refined successfully?"

"Yes, the emperor, these twelve pills are all. The imperial concubine takes one pill every day, and after twelve days, she can remove the toxicity left by taking arsenic from the body."

Zhengde was surprised and happy, and took the small box with a precious treasure and said excitedly: "As long as you remove this poison, you can become pregnant?"

Most Taoist masters are proficient in medicine. He has diagnosed the emperor's pulse and face. He looks at his complexion and face. It does not seem like a sign of no descendant. However, Master Zhang Tian is not giving away his son Guanyin, and he will never guarantee him. So he just smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. After arriving in the capital, he will refine a furnace of dragon and phoenix elixir to offer it to the emperor. The emperor's blessings are unmatched, and his descendants will naturally become rich in the future."

Taoism uses not only the magic medicine for nourishing elixir, but also the knowledge of mercury, silver, arsenic and other things. Emperor Zhengde originally had an empress and many concubines. Now he gets married to Tang Yixian and has sex more frequently, but he never has any children. As the king of a country, the inheritance of offspring is not just one person or one family. It is a major event that concerns the stability of the country. How can he not be anxious?

Since he saw that Mr. Zhang had long seen that Princess Yongfu and Yang Ling had a husband-and-wife ability, he asked him for help in private. Mr. Zhang was both proficient in facial appearance and medicine, and actually saw that there were poisons left on Tang Yixian. Zhengde asked Tang Yixian, and then Tang Yixian realized that the arsenic that he had taken to make his skin was so great that he now thought of being a mother. He regretted it.

Tang Yixian has such a physical constitution and is righteous. Master Zhang Tian looked at him and asked questions and knew that he was born with thin sperm and thin yang. Fortunately, this emperor was still restrained and only needed medicine to strengthen the roots and cultivate the source. Then it would be better not to have children.

Although Emperor Zhengde heard his words vaguely, his tone was very certain. He knew that this was a problem that was an example of a minister, and whoever talked to the emperor would reserve a way out. His tone was so calm that he should be at least 80% sure. Thinking that his beloved wife would soon be able to conceive his own child, Zhengde was immediately happy and held the box of treasures and put them down.

Zhengde wanted to ask Tang Yixian to take a pill first immediately. He turned around and wanted to leave, suddenly remembering what happened just now. He couldn't help but stop, turned around with a smile, and said slowly: "Tianshi, I just meditated here according to the method you taught me to meditate, and suddenly I had a whim. I calculated with my fingers and calculated a strange thing."

"Oh? The emperor's posture is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people. Before he could enter into meditation, he could sense the heavenly beings? I wonder what the emperor had calculated?"

Zhengde said it mysteriously as Zhang Fubao's secret love just now. Master Zhang Tian knew that his father had once made a fortune for his favorite little daughter's life, but he never knew the specific words. At this time, he heard what Zhengde said had a nose and eyes, so how could he not believe it?

He said in surprise: "This is actually happening! It turns out that the person with my sister Di Zhensheng is actually Duke Wei!"

He said this, suddenly, the emperor had already promised his two sisters to Yang Ling, who had become relatives with the emperor, but he didn't know if his sister would be happy if the emperor would be happy.

Zhang Tianshi was nervous. Emperor Zhengde laughed and said, "Since I heard about this secret, I should take charge of the Tianshi. Leave this matter to me. Just wait for my beloved concubine to preside over the big gift for the order sister whenever there is good news, okay?"

Master Zhang Tian breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Yes, I obey the emperor's arrangements!"

Zhengde nodded, suddenly his face turned solemn and said, "Tianshi. Cough, can you calculate for me? How many more women does my brother-in-law want to marry?"

...

Soon after, Emperor Zhengde wore a Taoist robe and carved a wooden box, and walked out of Zhang Tianshi's room. Zhang Tianshi followed behind and vaguely heard Emperor Zhengde muttering: "I have to give him an order. If I don't nod in the future, I can't accept it..."

The emperor left Hangzhou and returned to Beijing. It took nearly half a year to leave Beijing. When he left Beijing, the north wind had just blown. When he returned to Beijing, the city was full of flowers and green willows were shady.

Emperor Zhengde did not stop any longer during this journey. The army was very fast. The Explosive Post kept traveling back and forth between the capital and the emperor's post, conveying various messages.

The army landed in Dezhou and changed to land. When Beijing was ready to welcome the emperor to return with great victory, the emperor suddenly slowed down the marching speed, making the land in Beijing dizzy, and could not guess where the emperor was now. He knew where he was, and there was no average speed to calculate how long he would have to arrive in Beijing.

On March 26, Emperor Zhengde arrived in Tongzhou and sent an order. The army stationed in Tongzhou and stopped moving forward. Emperor Zhengde no longer followed the Heavenly Master to meditate, and Yang Ling looked solemn and no longer had a romance. The prefect of Tongzhou was shocked to find that there were so many small Tongzhou, including the Jinyiwei, who suddenly emerged from where so many places came in and out of the emperor, like an ants weaving.

Emperor Zhengde is going to carry out a major cleanup. Judging from the list obtained by Prince Ning, there are not many officials in the capital who hold heavy troops and are loyal to King Ning. However, Emperor Zhengde does not know whether this book records all those who have an affair with King Ning.

More importantly, some of these people are Jinyiwei who usually serve in the palace, and some are eunuchs in charge of the Sili Supervisor. So are there any people who have similar status and positions, and are more hidden and loyal to King Ning? These people do not need to hold thousands of troops in their hands. As long as they have three-foot long silk and a cup of poison, they may silently kill people.

It is too dangerous to carry out a large-scale purge in Beijing. Once the action is launched, it is difficult to ensure that no one will take risks. Yang Ling’s plan is to let him control the political situation remotely in this place not far from Beijing, and to deal with those who have collusion with King Ning on the premise of absolute safety, and to complete the reshuffle of military and political leaders in various prefectures across the country.

There was still one hour before the palace ban. The war drums of the Central Governor's Office roared. The left, right, front, and back five armies who heard the news came hurriedly. The governor and the assistant generals of the governor's office.

Ding Guo Duke Xu Guangzuo sat upright in the central army lobby with a python robe and jade belt. Duke Xu looked like a heavy date, a black beard, and his face was full of murderous aura, and he seemed to be powerful without anger. On the left, one was holding the Shangfang sword in his hand; the other was holding the emperor's imperial edict. A golden arrow was inserted in the lacquered wooden frame on the case in front of him.

The magpie's nest was occupied, and the left and right governors of the Central Army Governor's Office also stood aside in a daze. Obviously, they didn't know what had happened.

"Tiger Testing Tiger Talisman Gold Buying Arrows!"

The five military governors' office interrupted the affairs of the officials immediately stepped forward to inspect the tiger talisman and the arrows, and confirmed that they were correct. They said loudly: "The arrows matched the arrows!"

"Open the edict!"

Hulala fell to his knees in the lobby, all of whom were senior military officers from first, second and third ranks.

"According to the edict, the Governor's Office of the Five Army will be temporarily merged into the Governor's Office, and will be commanded by Ding Guo Duke Xu Guangzuo. The heads of the Governor's Office of the Five Army will hand over the military talisman and seal letters and wait for the command and dispatch of the Governor Xu Guangzuo, and there must be no mistakes!"

The governors and officers of the Five Army Governor's Office were all disgraced. The emperor suddenly deprived him of the power to transfer troops, and something big must have happened in the capital.

Around the way, Duke Xu's personal soldiers pressed the handle of the knife, and were full of murderous aura, but one of them opposed it. It was immediately the ghost under the knife. Under the strict surveillance of Duke Xu, the governors obediently handed over the military talisman seal letter, and then Duke Xu issued a general order: "

The guards in charge immediately changed their defenses and left the palace. The guards of the imperial horses were supervised by Tengxiang Left Guards, Tengxiang Right Guards, Wuxiang Left Guards, and Wuxiang Right Guards took over the defense of the palace city. The four camps of Fighting Wu, Yaowu, and practicing martial arts, and Xianwu entered the city to change defenses with the Nine Gate Defense Forces. Dare to brave, brave, and brave, and drum bravely. The four camps of Kung Fu immediately established their authority, extended their power, showed their power, and steadily changed their garrison. The order was immediately followed, and those who missed the opportunity to fight would be killed without mercy!"

The sixteen roads signed the letters of the governors of various departments and ordered arrows to continue, and the command of the troops was galloping wildly in the capital, and the sun was approaching dusk. However, the nine cities in the capital suddenly became nervous. Most of the people entering and leaving the city gate rode horses and sat in a sedan chair, and were in a hurry.

At the same time, Lu Wan of the Ministry of War suddenly beat the drums and gathered all the generals in the capital to read the sacred edict. Then he selected more than 20 meritorious generals from scattered positions and immediately followed Zhang Yong to transfer the military power with the senior generals of the 12th Regiment Battalion. The Shenji Battalion, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Guo Xun of Wuding, entered the capital city, and five thousand battalions and three thousand battalions moved to the capital.

Du Fu, the leader of the Silijian, who had secretly returned to Beijing, replaced all the eunuchs in the 12th Regiment camp with the military cooperation of General Xu Tai. Important internal yamen such as the Silijian and Shangbaojian were guarded by Xu Tai. At the same time, the four foreign troops, as the only mobile force without fixed defense, were also moved to the city of Beijing, with their swords drawn out, bows skeletons, and murderous aura.

As the orders were sent to the various yamen, they saw that inside and outside the palace, outside the city, soldiers and horses were flowing all the way, people shouted and neighed, and lanterns and torches were like long dragons. The people in the city were panicked, wondering what had happened on such a large-scale military mobilization.

Wu Jie of the Inner Factory and Miao Kui of the West Factory sent a large number of local officials and Qianhu, leading the apostles to visit the Silijian, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei, and arrested a group of eunuchs in charge, Jinyiwei, the assistant magistrate, the assistant rank of the East Factory, Qianhu, the criminal officer and others. At the same time, the figures of foreign guards appeared at the doors of important officials such as the six ministries and nine ministers, which were both surveillance and protection. In short, they were not allowed to enter and exit.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sun shone on the Forbidden City on the front line of the East, another group of officials in the court, led by the Jiangxi Road Inspector General were ordered to stay idle and arrest him.

The uneasy civil and military officials were summoned to the front of the palace. The three great scholars came out to read a strange imperial edict to the so-called ministers. When the civil and military officials saw the three great scholars standing in front, they knew that Yang Tinghe was also implicated, and his future might be worrying.

Jiao Fang is the oldest in the cabinet, but the first assistant has become Yang Tinghe. Because she is too old, Jiao Fang has gradually retreated behind the scenes. The last time the emperor implemented a new system reform, Yang Tinghe was presided over in the court. Jiao Fang, as the oldest in the cabinet, took the excuse to appease the place and leave the capital, which led to the wind of Yang Tinghe.

However, now it is Lao Jiao Fang who read such an important decree, with Grand Secretary Liang Chu ranked behind, and Yang Tinghe ranked last. Although this is just a public position, it is a very subtle sign in the officialdom, which is enough to remind these old foxes who have been in the officialdom for many years about personnel changes.

What shocked them even more was that the content of the will was incredible. Although I had known that the emperor's usual idea was to be wild and wild, it was hard to imagine that he would issue such an imperial edict. Jiao Fang said clearly: "

Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and ordered the five prefectures, six ministries, the chief inspector, the Tongzhengsi, the Dali Temple, the Honglu Temple, the Jinyiwei, the thirteen departments, each yamen was left with one official in Beijing, and the rest were also in the cabinet, royal relatives, princes, son-in-law, and earls, all of them were here!"

This decree was made. Only one second-in-command was left at the various yamen in Beijing to handle daily affairs. Almost all other officials, including royal relatives, heroes, ministers, spy chiefs, etc., were all going to Tongzhou to pay homage to the emperor. The political center of the world suddenly changed from Beijing to Tongzhou.

The decree was announced, and the public was in an uproar. The officials were shocked and suspicious, and they were talking. Jiao Fang and the three great scholars were as deep as water, standing above without saying a word. Only when the civil and military officials in front of the Meridian Gate were talking louder and louder, someone finally shouted angrily: "This is a conspiracy! Why did the emperor issue such an order? It must be a conspiracy!"

"Yes! Someone must have threatened the emperor and lured all the civil and military officials of the court and royal relatives to Tongzhou. Mr. Jiao Ge, don't be fooled!"

A little more steady, the wording was gentle: "The three great scholars, the emperor did not return to the capital, but he wanted all the civil and military officials to go to Tongzhou. This is a strange story that has never been seen before. In the past, Emperor Yongle and Emperor Yingzong personally led the army to the north, and never brought so many officials. Did he return the order and submit a memorial to the emperor?"

People wearing ordinary guard clothes around them have actually been replaced by Western Factory players. These people watched coldly, who were frightened and who spoke inciting, and all the civil and military officials in the court were all in their hearts.

When they were almost in trouble, several neat teams suddenly emerged from all over, with tassels and spears as like forests, blades as sharp as snow, armor, bright yellow battle robe, and a trembling swan feather on their caps.

Four Outer Army! This is the Emperor’s personal army, the Imperial Army in the Imperial Army, and the Emperor personally commanded the mighty general of the three armies. The front of the Meridian Gate suddenly calmed down. As the neat team approached step by step, the sonorous steps made a thick and heavy sound like steel. The civil and military officials felt a sense of being suppressed and breathless.

With a hundred steps in front of him, the team stopped moving forward with a "kneel" sound. However, the suffocating and depressing feeling did not disappear at all. The soldiers all looked cold and solemn, like a forest of steel casting on the ground.

What should a scholar do when he meets a soldier?

The 'scholars' rode horses, and those who were sitting in sedan chairs, left Beijing in groups. Under the escort of Xu Tai's army, they rushed to Tongzhou City to meet the emperor. Some senior officials had heard of it or speculated that they had some understanding of what happened in the capital. Most people, especially those royal relatives who did not usually care about the government, were confused and did not know what was so-called.

In Nanjing Prison, a general in a distinctly-clad manner sat on a chair, in a sturdy military uniform, and under his military boots, his body was covered with bloodstains and his hands were slumped on the wet and dirty ground, like a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

Jiang Bin smiled sinisterly: "Mr. Qian, how does it feel?"

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, there was no reaction, ah! I forgot, Lord Qian is like a man when dealing with women. Do you have to find a woman to come to you? What a pity. In this military prison, women are not allowed to come in. What do you think you should do?"

"Um...um...um..." Qianning struggled for a moment, with a ball of rag stuffed in his mouth, unable to speak at all.

He didn't know how to do his lower body, and his stern was erect, but his root was tied tightly by cow tendons. He didn't know how long he had been congested. The color was shiny and purple because of the congestion for too long. Jiang Bin's sharp whip tip poked on it, and purple and black blood beads were smeared. It seemed that the swelling blood had already deteriorated or even solidified inside, otherwise he would have to splash out if he had just broken the hole.

Jiang Bin said with a smile: "Brother Qian, my brothers are quite considerate in serving you? Haha, it is not just the people in the Jinyiwei who are serving you. There are many talents in the army."

Qian Ning's eyes were about to spit out fire. When he fell to this stage, what else could he be afraid of? Now he is no different from eunuchs, and he is even worse than eunuchs. Although he has not touched the drip of water for a few days, there is still urine. But now he can't be discharged at all. His belly is as hard as iron, and the pain is indescribable."

"You bastards!" Jiang Bin turned his head and cursed at his subordinates: "How many times have I said that Lord Qian and I have no friendship without fighting. Is it comfortable for you to serve Lord Qian? It seems that the adults are not comfortable enough. I don't worry at all!"

“Yes, yes!”
To be continued...