On the eighth day of the 14th lunar month of Zhengde, Nanchang City is still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year's Festival, and only about six or seven percent of the shops on the street are open for business.

In the Ningwang Mansion in the south of the city, there are brand-new lanterns hanging on both sides of the golden lacquer gate, and the two stone lions squatting outside the palace gate are still so majestic.

However, if you look closely, you will find that there are twice as many guards guarding outside the palace as usual, and these guards all look solemn, and the atmosphere seems to be a little tense.

At this moment, in the secret room of King Ning's Mansion, Zhu Chenhao, King of Ning, urgently summoned his cronies to discuss major matters, a total of including: eunuch Liu Ji, chief staff Liu Yangzheng, Taoist Li Tiantian and Li Rifang, bandit leaders Ling Shiyi and Min Twenty-six, Ning Wang's four sons, and Wu Sanba, the leader of the lead mountain bandits who was rescued not long ago, is also impressively listed.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the secret room was unprecedentedly solemn, because the secret agent arranged by King Ning in Beijing came to report yesterday to Pegasus, and when today's son had already issued an order to remove the three guards of King Ning's mansion, and sent three Qin messengers to Nanchang to announce the decree and ask for guilt.

It is said that King Ning has long been disobedient, and a few years ago he secretly prepared an intelligence line from Nanchang to the capital, so as to grasp the intelligence dynamics in Beijing in a timely and rapid manner, so several Qincha in Beijing had just left Beijing, and King Ning, who was thousands of miles away, had already received the news.

If it weren't for the wind and snow, King Ning would have received the news a few days earlier, and as for the post office where the court party went out to fight the front station, I am afraid that he would only have walked half the way.

Ling Shiyi said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, now that the knife is on your neck, the emperor wants your life, don't hesitate anymore, instead!" ”

Min Twenty-six echoed loudly: "Yes, if you are against his mother, my subordinates are willing to lead troops to take Nankang and Jiujiang, and go straight to Anqing to take Nanjing." ”

Ling Shiyi and Min Twenty-six are both murderous thieves, living a life of licking blood from the knife edge, so naturally they will not put the one on the dragon chair in their eyes. What's more, they are all sheltered under the wings of King Ning in order to live so nourished, once King Ning is cut from the military power and imprisoned, their good days should come to an end, first of all, Jiangxi Sun Sui will not let them go, rather than sit and wait to die, it is better to give it a go, maybe the rebellion will be successful, and in the future, the king will worship the prime minister, and the wife and son will not be happy?

Wu Sanba smiled and said: "As long as the prince gives an order, his subordinates will definitely pick up the head of Sun Sui's old horseman for the prince." ”

At the end of September last year, King Ning sent troops under the banner of the bandit Ling Shiyi to break through Nankang City and rescue Wu Sanba, the leader of the lead mountain bandits, this guy will be raised for more than three months, and now his body has recovered to seventy-seven eighty-eight, and when he mentioned Sun Sui, his eyes were shining fiercely and full of hatred.

Wu Sanba was originally the right-hand man of King Ning, and after being arrested for more than two months, he withstood torture to extract a confession, and did not confess King Ning's crimes at all, so at this time, he was even more appreciated by King Ning, and his status seemed to be on an equal footing with Ling Shiyi and Min Twenty-six.

Hearing the statements of the three "fierce generals" under him, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, nodded with satisfaction, in fact, he also intended to immediately rebel, and after so many years of painstaking management, how could he be willing to be relieved of his military power by a holy decree and wait for the Qin to come and raid his home?

"Ziji, what do you think?" King Ning's gaze turned to Liu Yangzheng, the chief thinker.

Liu Yangzheng, the word Ziji, a person from Fu'an County, has a lonely temperament, is known as a talent, and is familiar with military affairs, after the first time he participated in the examination after the middle lift, he declared that he would no longer participate in the future examination, and later took refuge in King Ning, and actively gave advice to King Ning, and the eunuch Liu Ji was called the "internal and external prime minister" of King Ning's mansion.

At this moment, Liu Yangzheng's heart was not frightened, but very excited, this guy thinks very highly of himself, and often compares himself with Guan Zhong and Liu Bowen.

Who is Bowen Liu?

The first person who assisted Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to lay down the Ming Dynasty, astronomy, geography, military and politics is all refined, it can be seen how high Liu Yangzheng's self-esteem is, how ambitious he is, assisting King Ning to ascend the throne and creating a career comparable to Liu Bowen, which is exactly what Liu Yangzheng is looking forward to.

Therefore, Liu Yangzheng stood up, trembled with both hands on the hem of the robe, and then knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "The minister should do his best to assist the prince!" ”

Liu Yangzheng changed his words to be a minister, and knelt on the ground to make a big salute, the meaning was self-evident, and the others followed suit when they saw this, and shouted: "The minister (the last general) must do his best to assist the prince!" ”

Zhu Chenhao was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "You Aiqing are flat, today we will discuss major matters, if he is the king of Japan and becomes the emperor, he will definitely not lose your Aiqing." ”

At that moment, everyone in the secret room stood up and offered advice.

Wu Sanba said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, that Sun Sui is the biggest constraint, if something happens, it must be removed first." ”

Wu Sanba hated Sun Sui who killed him, and he also found out that the second child of the Xie family, who had caught him, was serving Sun Sui as a personal soldier, and this time he just took revenge together.

A flash of murderous intent flashed in King Ning's eyes, Sun Sui, the old horseman, was against him everywhere, and he had long wanted to kill him, so he nodded and said, "Do you have a good plan to get rid of Sun Sui?" ”

Liu Yangzheng smiled and said: "This is easy, it will be the Shangyuan Festival in a few days, when the prince will invite the hundred officials of Nanchang, Sun Sui will definitely attend." ”

"Clever plan!" King Ning was overjoyed when he heard this, and when the time came, he could take advantage of the situation to wipe out all the local officials in Nanchang, and those who followed me prospered, and those who opposed me died.

The eunuch Liu Ji reminded: "Lord Wang, it is only the eighth day of the first lunar month, and there are still seven days before the Shangyuan Festival. ”

King Ning couldn't help but sweat and nodded, "What you said is extremely true, how is this good?" ”

Ling Shiyi said coldly: "Don't worry, as long as you send someone to guard the post road, all the messengers from Beijing will be intercepted and killed, and you can be safe!" ”

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On the eighth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Zhengde, Xu Jin and his family set off from Shangrao County and went to Yugan County by carriage.

The weather was cold, and the roads were muddy and slippery after the rain, Xu Jin spent four days to rush to Ruihong Town, Yugan County, at this time it was already the twelfth day of the first month, and there were three days left to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival.

The newly bought house of the Xie family is in Ruihong Town, which is a two-entry courtyard, nearly 400 square meters, with a total of ten rooms and two small courtyards before and after, and now it has been repaired and dressed up.

When Xu Jin and the others arrived in Ruihong Town, it was already afternoon, and the old man Xie Qing arranged for them to settle in the front yard, and the backyard was naturally reserved for Xie Yidao as a wedding room.

At dusk, the sky was getting dark, and in the front yard hall of the Xie family's new house, a sumptuous meal was placed on the table.

Xu Jin was dressed in a white robe, and his lips were red and his teeth were white after the new bath, Xie Xiaowan sat next to his father-in-law, and smiled sweetly and gave his younger brother Xie three shots.

I haven't seen him for a few months, Xie Sangun, this kid has grown taller again, and he picked up the rice and made a fuss, and he killed a bowl of white food at once.

"Brother Jin, eat chicken legs!" Mother-in-law Jiang smiled and put a chicken leg into Xu Jin's bowl.

Xu Jin glanced at Xie Sangun, who was tiger-headed and tiger-brained, this kid was obviously secretly swallowing saliva, so he put the chicken leg into this kid's bowl and said with a smile: "Three guns, brother-in-law doesn't like to eat chicken legs, here you go!" ”

"Hehe, mother, brother-in-law doesn't like to eat chicken legs, it's mine!" Xie Sangun happily feasted on a large piece.

Jiang couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Foodie, you know how to eat!" ”

Xie Xiaowan glanced at her father-in-law sweetly, and sandwiched a piece of steamed pork ribs into Xu Jin's bowl.

Xu Jin smiled and asked, "Big brother, when will the second brother come back?" ”

Before Xie Yidao could answer, Jiang Shi said angrily: "Speaking of this, I am angry if I have no conscience, I haven't gone home for the New Year, and his eldest brother will not come back to help Zhang Luo when he wants to get married, and he will write back and say that he can't rush back until the day of the Shangyuan Festival, isn't it just to be a personal soldier for the governor, what are you busy with?" ”

Xie Qing glared at his mother-in-law and said, "It's good to be able to ask for leave to come back, the soldiers are supposed to be on standby all day to protect the safety of the main general, or do you think it's so easy to get five taels of silver a month?" ”

Jiang Shi muttered: "Xiangyin is high, but you can't treat people as cattle and horses, and you won't have a holiday during the New Year." ”

Xu Jin hurriedly smiled and said, "Lord Sun is estimated to be transferred next year, and the personal guard is going to be disbanded, and he should find a stable errand for the second brother in the army." ”

Jiang Shixi said: "Brother Jin, can you seal a thousand households or something?" ”

"This ...... It depends on the performance of the second brother, if there is a great contribution, this estimate is possible! Xu Jin said.

Xie Qing said angrily: "Don't daydream, it's good to have one, and there are thousands of households!" ”

Jiang Shi said unconvinced: "What's wrong with Qianhu, with our two swords' skills, the commander can also deserve it, not to mention our ancestors...... Ahem, Brother Jin eat more, look at you seem to be thinner, alas, sprouts, how do you take care of Xianggong? ”

Xie Xiaowan bit her chopsticks depressedly, and then glanced at her husband, who had been raised by herself, and then ...... I sandwiched a piece of oily braised pork into Xu Jin's bowl.

Xu Jin couldn't help crying and laughing.