Capital.

night.

The young Minister of War Zhang Jinyan was about to rest when the housekeeper suddenly rushed in.

"Master, a guest is here to visit." said the housekeeper.

"Who?" Zhang Jinyan was surprised. It was so late that who would come to see him? Moreover, the butler knew his rules. It was so late, but the butler still took the risk of angering him to inform him, indicating that the identity of the visitor was extraordinary.

"Li Shouqi, the No. 1 of Xiangcheng." said the housekeeper.

Zhang Jinyan's face changed suddenly.

...

"What did you say?" In the secret room, after hearing Li Shouqi say it, Zhang Jinyan jumped up in shock.

Li Shouqi looked at him coldly and repeated: "Theft of military crossbows was found in Zhang Chunhou, Shanliu Camp and Dong Qi in Jingwu Camp. Both of them seemed to have noticed that they were planning to make trouble. In case, under the order of Empress Dowager Zhang, King Ding had secretly transferred Bai Guangen's Yutian soldiers and Tang Tong's Miyun soldiers to the capital. Now their troops were only thirty miles away from the capital, and they would enter the capital before dawn. Please ask the Ministry of War to prepare barracks and food and salary for them immediately."

As he said that, he handed the decree in his hand to Zhang Jinyan: "This is the Empress Dowager's imperial decree. Please read this soldier."

Zhang Jinyan took it with both hands, looked up after reading it, his face turned pale, and he stammered: "Since Empress Dowager Zhang has an order, the emperor will implement it. It's just... I'm transferring foreign troops to Beijing, why did I not know about such a major matter in advance..."

Li Shouqi looked at him and said coldly.

Zhang Jinyan suddenly understood and raised his hand and said in surprise: "I understand. You tamper with it..."

Ten days ago, Li Shouqi was appointed as the assistant manager of the Beijing camp by King Ding and connected with the Ministry of War. Four days ago, King Ding summoned Bai Guangen and Tang Tong to Beijing to report their duties, and the Ministry of War was sent to the Ministry of War. Zhang Jinyan did not doubt it and issued the official documents of the Ministry of War normally, but unexpectedly, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong both brought troops.

Needless to ask, it must be that Li Shouqi tampers with the official documents of the Ministry of War, or that Bai and Tang did not abide by the official documents at all, but directly listened to King Ding's secret order!

However, even if there is anything wrong with Zhang Chunhou and Dong Qi and other Beijing generals, the soldiers of the Beijing camp will never follow them to make trouble. As long as King Ding comes forward, tells the truth, and takes Zhang Chunhou and Dong Qi, everything will be calmed down. Why should foreign troops be transferred into Beijing?

Is there any other intention?

Although he is still young and has a shallow experience, Zhang Jinyan was a Jinshi after all, and he instantly realized the unusualness of things and the huge dangers in it... As the Minister of War, he became an accomplice unknowingly, but he didn't understand that the prince was killed and His Majesty was critically ill. The one in the world was His Highness Ding. Why did His Highness Ding make other plans?

Didn’t the Crown Prince die?

Thinking of this, the cold sweat on Zhang Jinyan's forehead fell like raindrops.

He realized that there was a big chaos in the capital.

"It was not my tampering with it, but it was the imperial edict of Empress Dowager Zhang. In order to avoid leaking the news, I had to do it. Can this army understand?"

Li Shouqi was cold and stared at Zhang Jinyan like a knife.

Zhang Jinyan was sweating coldly and finally nodded: "Yes, the official understands."

Old Li Shouqi smiled on his face: "That's good. I hope my soldier will keep in mind what he said today. Don't let it go in front of all the cabinet masters and important officials, otherwise I will spare you, and the Empress Dowager and King Ding will not spare you!"

...

In the dark night.

On the official road.

The torches were beating, the carriages were lofty, the military flag was flying, and countless figures were surging.

"Quick, speed up, you must arrive in Beijing before dawn!" A general shouted the order.

...

Tongzhou.

Zhang Ninghe, the governor of Tongzhou, was suddenly awakened, but the housekeeper came to report that the head of the city had urgent matters and asked for a meeting, and now he was in the flower hall of the front hall.

Zhang Ninghe knew that there was something big, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to see him.

Du Yinxi was walking anxiously in the flower hall. When he saw Zhang Ninghe coming out, he didn't even care about the greetings. He went straight to meet him and suppressed his voice: "Mr. Zhang, something big happened, you and I must make a decision immediately!"

"What's the matter?"

Although Du Yinxi was in the Lijin Bureau for only one year and Zhang Ninghe had been with him for only one year, he knew that Du Yinxi was a person who had a constant distortion in the mountains and the color of the mountains. Even when the bloody battle in Tongzhou last year was in conflict with arrows and stones, Du Yinxi had never panicked. But tonight, he saw the panic in Du Yinxi's eyes. What's wrong? What happened? What a big deal happened, so that Master Du, who was always calm, actually showed panic?

"Bai Guangen and Tang Tong are leading troops into the capital. At this time, it is only ten miles away from our Tongzhou." Du Yinxi said.

Zhang Ninghe was shocked and could hardly believe it: "They are foreign troops, how dare they enter Beijing?"

"It was the order of King Ding and the Ministry of War!" Du Yinxi's face was solemn: "Suqing, you and I must stop it, otherwise there will be a disaster in the capital!"

Zhang Ninghe, name is Suqing.

"How do we stop it?" Zhang Ninghe asked solemnly.

"I'll go to meet Tang Tong, you go to meet Bai Guangen. During the Battle of Tongzhou last year, Tang Tong and I guarded the South Gate, and you and Bai Guangen guarded the new city. We are familiar with each other. They should believe our words." Du Yinxi said.

"What does Zhongyan mean?" Zhang Ninghe was suspicious.

Du Yinxi, whose courtesy name is Zhongyan.

"Su Qing must have heard of the rumors in Tongzhou City recently?" Du Yinxi looked at Zhang Ninghe's eyes.

Zhang Ninghe nodded.

Du Yinxi said: "Tell me the truth, Su Qing, the rumors are spread by me!"

"Ah?" Zhang Ninghe was even more surprised.

Without waiting for Zhang Ning and asked, Du Yinxi had already explained solemnly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince was not killed at all. He was returning to the capital with his troops. However, the traitors around Ding Wang were unwilling to see Your Highness return. They were determined to presume that the King was on the throne. Not only did they spread false news, saying that Your Highness the Crown Prince had been killed, which distracted the people's hearts, but also performed a good show of Ding Wang assassination. Then, using this secretly to transfer Tang Tong and Bai Guangen to the capital, hoping to use two foreign troops to control the capital, so as to achieve their ulterior motives!"

Zhang Ninghe opened her mouth wide in surprise and couldn't close her for a moment.

Although shocked, he believed that Du Yinxi would never say falsehood.

Not only because he believed in Du Yinxi's character, but also because he also vaguely felt the strangeness in the court during this period.

Du Yinxi stared at Zhang Ninghe, his voice clear and firm: "The loyal and kind-hearted in the capital have revealed the news to me. In order to defeat the conspiracy of the traitor, Du had to send someone to spread the real news to shock the traitor. Now, the traitor is like a desperate person to jump over the wall. They secretly transferred Tang Tong and Bai Guangen to the capital, and they were afraid that they would make a last try."

Zhang Ninghe understood, without hesitation, bowed and said solemnly: "How to do it, sir, please give me instructions!"

"The reason why Tang Tong and Bai Guangen obeyed the treacherous slander was just thinking that His Highness the Crown Prince had already died and that the world was the King Ding. They could seek wealth and honor if they defected to the King Ding. But as long as they were informing them, His Highness the Crown Prince was not killed and was on the way back, they would never dare to take the world's ruthlessness and lead troops into the capital!"

"So, Du wanted to ask Su Qing to go out of the city together, meet Tang Tong and Bai Guangen in person, tell the truth, convince them to give up their plan to enter Beijing and turn back to their original place. In this way, the situation in the capital will turn danger into safety, and the treacherous and treacherous rebellion will fail."

"I understand." Zhang Ninghe was anxious: "We'll leave now!"

"No, in order to prevent accidents, we have to make some arrangements..." Du Yinxi said.

...

In the dark night,

The east gate of Tongzhou opened gala.

Generally speaking, after the city gate is closed, it will not open again until the next morning.

But tonight was an accident.

Two top officials in Tongzhou City, Du Yinxi, the head of the Lijin Bureau of the Fifth-rank Ministry of Revenue, and Zhang Ninghe, the governor of the Fifth-rank magistrate, appeared at the city gate at the same time. The soldiers guarding the gate knew that there was something big, so they ordered to open the city gate. Then, two carriages, one in front and one behind, and under the escort of more than a dozen people, left the east gate of Tongzhou and followed the official road to the east.

But after just after leaving less than five hundred steps, he suddenly heard a whistle. In the darkness on both sides of the official road, many people suddenly jumped out, surrounding Du Yinxi, Zhang Ninghe and others. The horses neighed and the people were panicked. When they heard the movement outside, Zhang Ninghe lifted the curtain of the car and looked out. At this time, the torch had already lit up. Zhang Ninghe widened his eyes and found that the blocking of them were dozens of men in black. Some were torches, some were bowing and crossbows. At the brightest point, he saw a middle-aged man in gray robe standing in the center of the official road with his hands on his back, looking at them with a smile on his face.

And behind the man with gray robe, there was a carriage. It seemed that he came by a carriage, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time...

Zhang Ninghe didn't know the man in gray robe, but Du Yinxi knew him, and his face changed suddenly.

"Who? You dare to stop the official and dodge it quickly!"

Du Yinxi and Zhang Ninghe's men naturally did not know the men in gray robes. They screamed in panic, asking the strong men in black to give way.

The strong men in black did not move at all and just looked coldly. At the same time, the crossbows in their hands were tighter, but Du Yinxi and the others were moving arbitrarily and would immediately shoot.

"The night is late, the people are quiet, the two adults look hurried, the carriages are in a hurry, where are you going?" At this time, the man in the gray robe's cold but high-pitched voice drifted with the night wind.

No one agreed.

"Sir Duyou, you are hiding in the car, don't you want to meet Xiao?" The man in the gray robe smiled again.

Du Yinxi was called Wuyou.

The curtain was lifted up, and Du Yinxi got off the carriage with a heavy face, came to Xiao Hanjun, and bowed: "It turned out to be Xiao Zhaomo, who is indifferent to respect. Emergency official business, please ask Xiao Zhaomo to give way."

Xiao Hanjun looked at him and suddenly laughed: "What urgent official business? Two sirs, shouldn't they go to see Tang Tong and Bai Guangen at night?"

Du Yinxi's face remained unchanged, and he said with a needle hidden in the cotton: "Du doesn't know what Xiao Zhaomo is saying? Official affairs are urgent, so please ask Xiao Zhaomo to give way, otherwise it will delay the major affairs of the court, and you and I can bear it!"

Xiao Hanjun still laughed: "Why should you hide and hide? You and I are both in Tongzhou. You know my affairs, and I also know your affairs, but the difference is that I am the underground shooting department of the Military Information Department after all, and I always know more than adults. The two adults discussed secretly late at night, and hurriedly left Tongzhou and headed east. If they hadn't met Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, what would have been for?"

Du Yinxi was silent.

At this time, the footsteps sounded, and Zhang Ninghe couldn't help but follow him and shouted, "Why do you have to talk nonsense to them? Let them get out of the way, otherwise we will hit him, but if you are surprised, let them all take the blame!"

Xiao Hanjun smiled: "Mr. Zhang is so arrogant. The two masters are of great identities. Naturally, I dare not hurt you, but I am afraid that none of these entourages around you can survive."

Zhang Ninghe's expression changed: "You are so brave. You dare to talk to me like this. I will sign up. I should know who you are?" As he said that, he pointed at the man in black holding crossbow arrows around him: "And you, Langlang Qiankun, under the feet of the emperor, you actually dare to intercept me. Do you still have the king's law in your eyes?"

No one answered, and all the men in black were cold.

Xiao Hanjun suddenly laughed again: "Mr. Zhang's double act is very difficult to delay time. If he hadn't known it, Xiao would have thought that Mr. Zhang was a reckless person, so he had a few arguments with Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Ninghe's expression changed. Unlike just now, this was the real expression changed. He stared at Xiao Hanjun: "What do you mean?"

Xiao Hanjun looked at the silent Du Yinxi and smiled and said, "Transfer the tiger away from the mountain and attacked the west. Lord Du and Lord Zhang walked through the east gate with great fanfare, and sent their confidant family members to quietly leave the west gate with your two of you, and quickly go to see Tang Tong and Bai Guangen. This move is really beautiful. If Xiao hadn't known that Lord Du had a lot of strategies, he would have been careful and kept guarding. While staring at you, he would not forget others, and maybe he would be fooled tonight. Lord Du, do you think so?"

Zhang Ninghe's face suddenly sank.

This Xiao Hanjun is so treacherous!

Du Yinxi's face was deep and he looked at Xiao Hanjun with a very solemn look: "Xiao Zhaomo, it's true that he is not an ordinary person. No wonder His Royal Highness will use it more for you, but... Is Xiao Zhaomo repaying His Royal Highness's kindness in this way?"

"Everyone has their own ambitions, so Master Du won't understand Xiao's ambitions." Xiao Hanjun avoided Du Yinxi's sharp gaze, and then quickly changed to a topic: "Do Master Du think Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's armies will pass through Tongzhou and go to Dongzhimen to Beijing? You are wrong, they will not pass through Tongzhou at all, so even if Xiao doesn't stop him, Du Gong's people and letters will not be sent."

Du Yinxi understood that the treacherous people had already guarded him, and they still looked at Xiao Hanjun and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is on his way back. Even if King Ding controls the capital, what's the use? With the ability of the Crown Prince, how could King Ding be the one? Xiao Zhaomo is so smart, doesn't he want to leave a way out for himself and a reputation for future generations?"

Xiao Hanjun had a blank expression: "Xiao never leaves a way out for things. He doesn't care about the reputation or reputation. If he can't eat five cauldrons, then he cooks five cauldrons. Whether it's life or death, whether it's tolerant or humiliation, from the moment he took a step, Xiao left it behind."

As he said that, he made a deep repertoire: "But Mr. Xiao still appreciates the feelings of his lord."

He stood up and said, "Come on, have a drink!"

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