Twilight is approaching, the wind is like a knife, and although there is no snow, the city of Beijing is still very cold in the first month. At this time, thousands of scholars gathered outside the Zuo'an Gate of Chang'an Street, and they were passionate, or chanting Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi, or scolding Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and others, of course, some people scolded Xu Jin, the "boss behind the scenes" of the upstart faction, and demanded that the emperor take back the central decree and immediately release all the officials who were sent to the Fusi prison in Jinyi Weibei Town.

At this moment, Jin Biao, a thousand households of Jinyi Guard, is leading hundreds of Jinyi guards to stand guard outside Zuo'an Gate, and everyone is pressing the hilt of the knife to show a fierce light, so as to prevent these scholars from storming the gate.

Although these scholars are weak, they have all taken a medicine called "qijie", they are extremely violent, and they are not afraid of death, and if someone takes the lead in shouting an exciting slogan, these scholars may hula hula and bang on the door. For example, just over two hours ago, Yang Shen, a Hanlin cultivator, shouted: The 150th year of the National Dynasty has been raising soldiers, and the festival of righteous death is today. As a result, as soon as Yang Dacaizi finished speaking, hundreds of enthusiastic officials immediately followed him to the gate of Zuoshun Gate, and cried loudly, which made Emperor Jiajing, who was fasting in the Wenhua Palace, shocked and angry, and immediately ordered to arrest people.

The sunset gradually set in the palace, and the twilight was also vast, but there were more and more scholars gathered outside Zuo'an Gate, and there were more and more scholars coming from all directions. ".

No matter which dynasty it is, the most enthusiastic and the most easily provoked are the students, and Yang Shen's sentence "One hundred and fifty years of raising soldiers in the country, the festival of righteous death, is today" has been widely spread in the capital. The scholars of the Guozijian and the major academies were all stimulated by this generous remark that regarded death as home, so they came to Zuo'anmen to support the officials who protected the ceremony.

Jin Biao saw that the scholars were gathering more and more, and the situation was getting out of control, so he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and while sending someone to ask for help from his superiors, he reported the situation to the palace. However, at this moment, the enthusiastic group of scholars suddenly calmed down, and their eyes looked in one direction.

Jin Biao followed the gaze of the scholars and looked curiously, only to see that in the direction of Chang'an West Street, there was a group of people unhurriedly beating horses, about thirty or forty people, the leader was dressed as a scribe, wearing a square scarf, born with red lips and white teeth, and a calm and elegant temperament, it was Xu Jin, Marquis of Jinghai.

Next to Xu Jin was Fei Maozhong, Xie Erjian and Cen Lan were one stall behind, and behind Xie Cen and the two were thirty armed and murderous soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. Any of these pro-soldiers have more than a dozen lives on their hands, and how can they be compared to Jinyiwei, there is no need to pretend to be fierce with eyebrows and eyebrows, and the strong murderous aura naturally exuded from their bodies is enough to keep people from approaching.

In the face of the more than 1,000 scholars in front of him, Xu Jin's face did not change, he calmly beat his horse and walked slowly, how many corpses and mountains of blood broke through, this kind of scene is just a pediatrics for Xu Jin, not worth it.

"Look, this is the traitor Xu Jin who forced away Yang Ge Lao and Mao Shangshu, Xu Ziqian!" A scholar in the crowd suddenly shouted, as if a powder keg had been ignited, and someone immediately shouted: "The minister Xu Jin and Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao are in collusion to bewitch the emperor to violate the etiquette system and act perversely. ”

"One hundred and fifty years of raising soldiers in the country, the festival of righteous death, is today. Colleagues, kill the minister Xu Jin, eliminate traitors for the country, eliminate harm for the people, and rush with me! A stunned young man raised his arms and shouted, and after speaking, he took the lead and rushed over, and the scholars around him also subconsciously followed.

Click......

Dozens of flintlock pistols were raised in unison, and the muzzle of the black hole suddenly quieted the commotion of the crowd, and the stunned young man who took the lead was also startled, and subconsciously stopped, even his face turned white, and he stood in front of Xu Jin's horse at a loss.

In the face of death, how many people can really see death as home? Coincidentally, this stunned young man is not really stunned, just a guy who sells his reputation, thinking of taking this opportunity to gain fame, but unfortunately he miscalculated, Xu Jin's personal soldiers are all murderous and unblinking, if he hadn't stopped in time, he would have been beaten into a hornet's nest at this moment.

Xu Jin Gao was in Ma Bei, calmly looking down at this stunned young man who was full of cold sweat. Under the gaze of dozens of guns and dozens of pairs of eyes without the slightest emotion, the latter almost frightened to pee, and froze in place and did not dare to move.

Xu Jin was very calm, but Cen Lan was trembling with anger, she turned over and jumped off the horse, strode forward and slapped the stunned young man in a circle.

"You...... How can this be reasonable, how dare a little woman hurt someone? The stunned young scholar covered his hot face and ate authentically.

Cen Lan crossed his hands to Xiao Man's waist, and scolded angrily: "What if you beat you, if on the battlefield, General Ben also slaughtered you with a knife!" ”

"Look at you people, one or two are rubbish!" Cen Lan glanced at the scholars around him with a cold face, and scolded: "When the Ming Wanli Sea Frontier was invaded by thieves, where were you? Where were you when the people of the coast were slaughtered by the thieves?

A group of waste, except for playing with the pen and stick, they don't have the ability to fart, if it weren't for Xu Daren to turn the tide and wipe out all the thieves in one fell swoop, would you still be able to stay in the academy and study safely?

Lord Xu braved the arrows and stones on the front line, commanded the army to fight bloodily, protected the people in life and death, and guarded every inch of my Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier, and what about you, you sit at home, enjoy the prosperity and stability of the country, and enjoy the quiet years, just rely on you, what qualifications do you have to insult Lord Xu? ”

Cen Lan reprimanded him heartily, and the scholars around him were red-faced, and they lowered their heads silently. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that since Xu Jin became an official in the court, he has promoted the planting of sweet potatoes, presided over the re-clearing of the land, Shandong disaster relief and quelled the rebellion, sent an envoy to Jiangnan to quell the thieves, and asked for a ban on the sea.

As the so-called justice is in the hearts of the people, these scholars were just carried away by a moment of anger, and after being reprimanded by Cen Lan Yitong with righteous indignation, they all suddenly sobered up, and the scholars who were still angrily denouncing Xu Jin just now lowered their heads in shame.

At this time, Fei Maozhong arched his hands in all directions and said loudly: "Everyone, Lord Xu has no idea about today's events, and he is planning to enter the palace to ask the emperor to mediate this matter, get out of the way quickly, don't dare to delay!" ”

When those scholars heard this, they all got out of the way, and the stunned young man who had been slapped by Cen Lan also ran away.

Xu Jin rode on horseback and glanced at the crowd around him, and said loudly: "Although this official does not agree with your approach, but defend your right to speak, no-no, everything must be done according to the rules, whoever dares to make violent trouble, why is this official afraid to sacrifice the butcher's knife again!! ”

A group of scholars couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring in their hearts, and one of the leading scholars arched his hand and said: "Lord Xu is angry, we just want to ask the emperor to take back his order and release the arrested minister of ceremonies, and the original intention is not to make violent trouble." Since Lord Xu plans to enter the palace to meet the emperor, I hope that Lord Xu can present his feelings in front of the emperor, convey the voice of our people, and give an explanation to the majority of scholars and the people of the whole country! ”

Xu Jinjian raised his eyebrows, and said loudly: "This official should do his best, it is about to get dark, so let's disperse as soon as possible, don't add fuel to the fire on this joint." ”

The leading scholars glanced at each other, discussed a few words in a low voice, and the leader of the group said: "It is rumored that Lord Xu has always promised a thousand gold, since this is the case, then I will disperse and wait for good news." Let's go, let's all disperse, Lord Xu guarantees that the arrested Minister of Rites will be safe and sound! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, when did he promise it? But it was hard to say anything at this time, and just like that, the scholars gathered outside Zuo'anmen dispersed one after another.

All the brocade guards breathed a sigh of relief, and Jin Biao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Lord Xu!" ”

Jin Biao can also be regarded as Xu Jin's old "subordinate", who followed Xu Jin to Shandong for disaster relief, and after coming back, he was promoted from 100 households in Jinyi to 1,000 households in Jinyiwei.

Xu Jin turned over and dismounted, stumbling and almost falling, but Xie Er's swordsman next to him quickly helped him.

Only then did Jin Biao notice the blood stains on the hem of Xu Jin's robe, and couldn't help but be taken aback and said, "Lord Xu is injured?" ”

Xu Jin frowned his sword eyebrows slightly painfully, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just a slight bruise, Jin Qianhu, where is the emperor now?" ”

It turned out that Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong were on the way back to the city on horseback, and they accidentally fell off their horses, but fortunately there was no major problem, but their palms and knees were broken.

"The emperor is still in the Wenhua Palace!" Jin Biao hurriedly said.

Xu Jin waved his hand and said, "Then quickly take this official to see the emperor, and the palace gate will be closed later." ”

Jin Biao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked people to open the Zuo'an Gate to let Xu Jin enter the imperial city, but Xu Jin's personal soldiers had to stay outside the door and wait.