Looking at Xu Jin dressed as a eunuch in front of him, Jiajing's face turned red with excitement, and her voice trembled a little, Princess Yongfu covered her small mouth, and her surprised appearance had an indescribable beauty, but Empress Dowager Jiang's expression was shocked, but Princess Yongchun's eyes sparkled and looked at the other "little eunuch" behind Xu Jin, as if she had discovered a new world, and her expression couldn't help laughing.

The "little eunuch" behind Xu Jin was tall, tiger-headed, and had cunning eyes, it was Xie Sangun, Princess Yongchun obviously recognized him, after all, the two had met many times before.

Although Xie Sangun's kid is only eighteen years old this year, the small yellow fluff on his lips has not completely faded, but this kid is like his father, who is already more than one meter eight, but the eunuch clothes he found temporarily are too small, and he is tightened on his body, his pants are hung high, and the crown and hat can be put on the tip of his head, which looks nondescript, and people can't help but want to laugh.

Xie Sangun, this kid was stared at by Princess Yongchun, and he turned his face to the side and rolled his eyes.

At this time, Jiajing finally calmed down in the excitement and asked suspiciously, "Why did Xu Qing dress like this to see me?" ”

Xu Jin Zhengrong said: "The matter is urgent, I hope that the emperor and the queen mother will not be surprised, and in addition, the matter of the minister's entry into the palace must not be publicized." ”

Jiajing and Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts when they heard this, and the former scolded the palace maids and eunuchs in the house: "But listen to it, Xu Qing's entry into the palace must not be quiet, if anyone dares to leak the news, he will be killed on the spot, and he will not be tolerated!" ”

Those eunuchs and palace maids turned pale, and they knelt down awe-inspiring to obey the order!

Xu Jin saluted the Empress Dowager Jiang again and said, "Empress Dowager, the minister has a rude request, I implore the Empress Dowager to agree." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned lightly when she heard this, and said, "Brother Jin, let's listen to it!" ”

"I hope that before tomorrow, everyone in Shouning Palace will not be allowed to leave the palace gate for half a step!" Xu Jin said solemnly.

Empress Dowager Jiang was shocked: "Including the mourning family? ”

Xu Jin nodded without changing his face, and Empress Dowager Jiang's face suddenly sank, this request was really rude.

Jiajing and Yongfu Yongchun all changed their faces, and the eunuchs and palace maids around them lowered their heads even more awe-inspiringly, tsk, Lord Xu is so bold, isn't this to put the queen mother under house arrest?

Empress Dowager Jiang was obviously extremely displeased, and said coldly: "What is the reason? You have to give the mourning family a reason! ”

"Xu Qing, what happened?" Zhu Hou asked in disbelief, he expected that Xu Jin secretly sneaked into the city, and disguised himself as a eunuch to enter the palace to see him, there must be something extremely important, but looking at Xu Jin's current actions, the matter seemed to be more serious than he expected.

Xu Jin also knew that if he didn't tell him frankly and let the Empress Dowager Jiang understand the seriousness of the matter, the Empress Dowager Jiang would obviously not be willing to cooperate with his actions, so he said: "The minister dares to ask the Empress Dowager to prepare a secret room, and the minister will explain the reason to the Empress Dowager and the emperor." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang nodded and said, "Then let's go to the warm pavilion in the back to talk!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Xu Jin hurriedly said.

Empress Dowager Jiang turned around and walked to the back, only the old eunuch Hu Dahai followed, and the other palace people stayed with interest. Xu Jin glanced at Princess Yongfu, who was still speechless, and said, "The two princesses might as well come and listen together." ”

Yongfu Qiao's face was slightly hot, showing a hint of joy, his eyes looked at Zhu Hou, and saw that the latter nodded, so Lianbu moved lightly and followed behind Xu Jin.

When everyone arrived at the warm pavilion at the back, Zhu Hou immediately couldn't wait to ask, "Xu Qing, what happened?" ”

"There are ghosts in the city!" Xu Jindao.

Everyone present changed color in shock, and Zhu Hou blurted out: "Who?" ”

Xu Jin said bluntly: "The minister initially suspects Guo Xun, the British Duke Zhang Lun, the Lingbi Marquis Tang Shaozong, and ...... Lu Bing! ”

"What!" Jiajing and Empress Dowager Jiang were all silent.

Jiajing's face was cloudy, and now, he finally understood why Xu Jin pretended to be a eunuch to hide people's eyes, but he didn't believe it very much, and he couldn't accept that Lu Bing would betray him, others could say that Lu Bing was his hair small, and he grew up eating the milk of the same person, and the Lu family was originally a retainer of Xingwangfu, and they had a close relationship with each other, how could they betray themselves?

"Xu Jin, do you have any evidence?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked with an extremely unkind expression, he was not like his son Zhu Hou, who had an almost blind trust in Xu Jin, so he was a little suspicious that Xu Jin said this in revenge against Lu Bing.

Xu Jin naturally felt Empress Dowager Jiang's anger and Jiajing's suspicions, but he had a clear conscience and said calmly: "The minister does not have definite evidence, but he will not be untargeted. The reason why Guangning Gate was easily broken by the Tartars is that it is Guo Xun's ghost, according to investigation, a fugitive general of the Yaowu Battalion is now hiding in Guo Mansion, as long as he is arrested and interrogated, it can be revealed, and in the past few days, Guo Xun has secretly met with the British Gong Zhang Lun, Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong, and Lu Bing, and they are suspected of plotting against each other! ”

Zhu Hou's face became extremely ugly, a few days ago, Guangning Gate suddenly fell, he also felt a little incredible, and he had already sent Lu Bing to investigate secretly, but there was no result yet.

Empress Dowager Jiang said in shock and anger: "Then what are you waiting for, immediately arrest and interrogate the Yaowu camp hiding in Guo's mansion, and bring these chaotic ministers and thieves to justice?" ”

"The queen mother is in a hurry, presumably Lord Xu is worried about startling the snake, so he secretly entered the palace." Princess Yongfu said softly.

Empress Dowager Jiang snorted coldly: "When you continue to suffer from its chaos, it is the so-called night dream, this situation should be cut through the chaos quickly, so as not to cause a catastrophe." ”

Jiajing glanced at Xu Jin, who was calm, and said in his heart: "Xu Qing, what are you going to do?" ”

Xu Jin explained his plan and inventory, Jiajing and Yongfu both fell into deep thought, but Empress Dowager Jiang's brows were furrowed, as for Yongchun, the optimist, obviously she didn't have to listen at all, anyway, it was not her turn to stand up to the sky when it fell.

"Brother Jin, your plan is good, it's just too risky." Empress Dowager Jiang shook her head and said.

Zhu Hou waved his hand and said: "No, I think Xu Qing's plan is very good, the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen, I just take this opportunity to see the face of the ministers in the Qing Dynasty and sweep away all the ghosts." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and said, "Okay, I hope Brother Bing'er won't be confused." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang has a good relationship with Lu Bing's mother Fan, and Lu Bing also grew up under her watch, almost as half a son, she really doesn't want to believe that this child will collaborate with the enemy and plot against her.

"Brother Jin, the mourning family will cooperate with your arrangement, but you must ensure the emperor's safety, if there is an accident, the mourning family will not spare you!" Empress Dowager Jiang warned sharply.

Xu Jin said solemnly: "The Queen Mother, please rest assured, if the emperor really has an accident, the minister will definitely be dead!" ”

Princess Yongfu's pretty face turned white, and she blurted out: "Lord Xu, don't say such unlucky things. ”

Zhu Hou was moved in his heart, stretched out his hand and put his hand on Xu Jin's shoulder and said: "Yongfu is right, Xu Qing must not say such unlucky words, our monarchs and ministers are of the same heart, and its benefits will be golden." Don't forget the steam engine, our Ming territory is still too small. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be arrogant when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The minister thought that the problem of the southern widow was solved, and then he would solve the northern captives after a few years of strong national strength, but I didn't expect the northern captives to invade my capital first. ”

Xu Jin's tone was calm, but he revealed a strong confidence and indignation, which made Empress Dowager Jiang and Yongfu Yongchun look sideways. Zhu Hou waved his fist excitedly, changed his recent depression, and said in a deep voice: "What Xu Qing said is very true, if you don't destroy the Tartar, it will be difficult to snow today's shame, and it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in your heart!" ”

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In the Wu Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing announced a series of military deployments, such as transferring the Teng Xiang Left Guard of the Imperial Horse Prison to the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace for defense; and transferred Teng Xiang's right guard to the defense of Donghua Gate in the palace; The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was handed over to Yang Yiqing for direct leadership, but the 12th Regiment Battalion of the Beijing Battalion was still led by the Governor of the original camp, but the defense areas were transferred to each other.

For Emperor Jiajing's sudden large-scale adjustment of military deployment, the officials who have no ghosts in their hearts naturally do not feel that there is anything wrong, and the people who have ghosts in their hearts are not steady, such as the British Gong Zhang Lun, the Yong battalion led by him is guarded at the Fucheng Gate in the west of the inner city, just opposite the Xihua Gate of the palace, and now the emperor transferred Teng Xiang Zuo Wei to Xihua Gate, and immediately formed a clamp on the Dare Yong Battalion, you must know that Teng Xiang Zuo Wei is a cavalry.

So at noon, Zhang Lun, Lu Bing, Tang Shaozong, and Guo Xun met secretly. Lu Bing was the least determined participant among the four, and took the opportunity to say: "The emperor suddenly mobilized the army on a large scale, will he be alert, or this time it will be canceled!" ”

Guo Xun sneered: "Cancel? What we're doing now is to exterminate the Nine Clans, do you think that children are playing at home, and there is no turning back when they open their bows. In my opinion, this is just to cope with the normal movement of the Tartar siege, don't you see that the governors of the twelve regiments and battalions have not been replaced? What's more, if the emperor receives the news, do you think we can still sit here and talk? ”

Zhang Lun nodded and said: "Lao Guo said this is a bit reasonable, if the emperor learns of our attempt, it is estimated that he will capture us at noon!" ”

"Wealth is in danger, no matter how much it is, act according to the plan tonight!" Guo Xun said.

Lu Bing's eyes flashed, and now that he was on the thief ship, it was not his turn to stop, and he said in a deep voice: "Then act according to the original plan, but the ugly words are ahead, I will only act if the city is broken!" ”

Guo Xun sneered: "That's natural, but Bing Shao had better not be lucky, once the incident happens, you can't run away, so everyone is still with one heart, and there is no good end at both ends of the first rat!" ”

Lu Bing snorted coldly and didn't answer!

The four of them discussed some details again, and only dispersed after half an hour!