The sudden arrival of the envoy from the capital can be said to be unexpected and reasonable for the old salted fish, but it can also be said to pour a basin of cold water on him who is burning in his heart. He hasn't done enough work on Zhang Shou, and the attitude of many martial arts sects in Cangzhou hasn't had time to investigate, and he hasn't even had time to make up for the knowledge points of farming from the little monk Guantao!

What if someone finds a flaw in this?

He saw with his own eyes that the carriage from the capital stopped directly in front of the hall of the Changlu County Ya, and immediately after, the person who was shrouded in a black cloak from head to toe was personally taken in by Zhu Tingfang, and then even Zhu Ying was "kicked out" from the lobby sullenly, and then Zhang Shou and Zhu Er rushed over.

He wanted to inquire about the situation, but this eldest lady was not as easy to deceive as Zhu Er, so he couldn't ask anything, and he was teased twice. And when he wanted to get closer, there were guards in front of the lobby, and he couldn't find a chance to snoop at all, and most importantly, when he turned around and tried to think of a way, he found ......

Ah Liu didn't know when it started, he followed seven or eight steps behind him, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do anything else.

Fortunately, my heart is like an ant on a hot pot, but the old salted fish who still keeps calm on his face will not have to worry about it soon. Because Ah Liu, who had been hanging behind him, suddenly heard something and walked straight over the wall. But before he could have any thoughts, the man came back over the wall, glanced at him, and then said lightly: "The envoy wants to see you." ”

Although he has always prided himself on being bold and careful, when he heard these simple five words, Lao Xianyu couldn't help but be nervous.

He didn't see many characters on the official face - the one who wanted to fund them to go to sea to find people back then was full of official authority, and later, such as Xu Cheng, the commander of Changlu County, etc., even if they looked at it from a distance, they were high-level, in comparison, Zhu Tingfang, the seemingly cold and majestic General Mingwei, was more approachable.

Because Zhu Tingfang at least won't make people feel that he disdains you, thinking that with a press of his little finger, he can pinch you to death as a worm, and Zhu Tingfang's majesty and murderous spirit are all aimed at criminals, and he has a peaceful attitude towards ordinary people...... Of course, Zhang Shou is even more different, standing in front of people, he only thinks that he is a boy next door, and he never feels that the other party has any official authority.

And Zhu Er, Zhu Ying, and Zhang Chen have their own arrogance, but they will not be majestic in front of people like him.

Thinking about it, the old salted fish had unconsciously followed Ah Liu to the outside of the lobby. When he crossed the threshold, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but when he saw the old man surrounded by people like stars holding the moon, he only felt that his heart fell back to the same place at once.

It's just that when the other party spoke, he quickly became nervous again.

"Do you recognize me?" Ge Yong's question was abrupt and direct, and, without waiting for the old salted fish to explain, he said with a smile, "You don't have to rack your brains to think about how to fool me, my old man has lived for most of his life, and his eyesight is very good, I know when I look at your expression that you recognize me." ”

"Yes, the villain has indeed seen Master Ge before." Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the old salted fish simply admitted quickly, "But because it has been too long, I only saw you once from afar, in fact, I am not very sure, just because I saw that General Zhu and Dr. Zhang have a very different attitude towards you, and the villain dared to guess it, and he guessed it." After all, there are few people who can be as uninhibited as you when they are old. ”

"It's useless to say good things about me, old man, I'm an envoy this time."

Ge Yong smiled, and then said slowly: "You don't need to be a villain, you listen respectfully, but in fact, you are hiding vigilance and alienation. Zhang Shou has probably told me everything about you......"

Hearing this, the old salted fish really almost jumped up in shock. Zhang Shou wouldn't really just say things like overseas Yiren so straightforwardly, right? There are also Zhu Tingfang and Zhu two brothers here!

If it weren't for the fact that the former was thoughtful and the latter had no heart, how could he ask Zhu Ying to help him keep it secret?

And Ge Yong didn't seem to see through the old salted fish's forced calm expression, and stood up from his seat with a handrail: "Okay, I don't care how you recognize me, since you and that Xian Yunhe in the palace are uncles and nephews, then follow me for a trip." Zhang Shou, you take Ah Liu, Zhu Dalang and Zhu Erlang, you stay and watch Xiao Yingying, don't let her run around behind again. ”

When the old salted fish followed Ge Yong and Zhang Shou out of the county office and got into Ge Yong's carriage, he was stunned for a while. Zhu Ying's carriage that was once taken to the lower courtyard of the Tibetan Sea, he found an opportunity to lift the curtain and peep once, only to feel that although the sparrow was small, it was full of internal organs and extravagance, but now that he boarded this car, he realized that he still had too little knowledge before.

The snow-white velvet carpet is spread on the floor, the wall of the compartment is inlaid with crystal lamps, the seats are made of rosewood with a warm feel, three or four large pillows with a brocade face are scattered among them, and a small silver incense burner is placed on the three-layer drawer cabinet on the side, which reveals a refreshing fragrance. It can be said that even if you study hard for a lifetime, it is impossible to achieve such a rich life.

And the next moment, Zhang Shou's words pulled him back from his reverie: "This is the car that the emperor lent out because of the teacher's long-distance travel?" Are we considered to be touching the light of the teacher, and taking a ride in the car of the Son of Heaven? ”

"Of course not. If you really take the car of the Son of Heaven, it will be arrogance, not to mention you, my head will have to fall off! ”

Ge Yong snorted angrily, and then said lightly: "The emperor has always liked to run out in micro-clothes, and since the queen mother can't stop it, she has to get him a seemingly inconspicuous car to spare." A thin steel plate is sandwiched between the walls of this compartment, which can block ordinary muskets and hidden arrows. It's just that the emperor hasn't sat twice, so it's cheaper for me and you. ”

"The emperor said several times that he would give me the car, but I directly said no. I'm a bad old man, why do I want a car like this? Anyway, I'm a native of the capital, if it's not like this time, how can I still run a long way at a young age? ”

Knowing that Ge Yong's identity was extraordinary, Lao Xianyu was only a little surprised when he heard that this was the car of the Son of Heaven's micro-service. But when he heard Ge Yongli give the car from the Son of Heaven, he couldn't help but be in awe.

"Master Ge is really humble and ......"

"Humility? I'm not a saint, and of course I'm selfish. But I have no money and no money, and I can't afford to support this carriage and horse. See the tall horse pulling the cart? This car is too heavy, you have to prepare at least two such high-headed horses to rotate at any time, and if you go a long way, you have to rotate four horses, that is, a rich person like Zhang Shou's future father-in-law can afford it! ”

In one sentence, Ge Yong was not afraid of people laughing at his philistine, but he looked at Zhang Shou and said: "Zhang Shou, what you didn't have time to say in front of Zhu Dalang and Zhu Erlang just now, let's talk about it in detail now." Outside, Ah Liu was driving, and Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi, who were ordered by yourself, were following the car, and the rest of the people were hanging behind, so no one should be able to eavesdrop. ”

Although Ge Yong doesn't like to swagger, but when he came to Cangzhou, there were hundreds of personal soldiers with him, so even if he didn't sound the gong to open the way, the Taishi banner was hung high in front, and the pedestrians on the street naturally made way for it.

Zhang Shou heard the noise on the side of the road outside, and knew that it would be difficult to eavesdrop in this environment, so he whispered that the old salted fish had gone to a certain continent where the Ming ship was in distress and sank, and brought back a batch of Yiren.

Of course, he all followed the original story of Lao Xianyu, that is, he mentioned that Lao Xianyu gave him some fragments of stone tablets that were suspected to be similar words in Taizu's manuscript, but as for his guess, he didn't say a word.

When Ge Yong heard the end, he looked at the old salted fish thoughtfully and asked, "How long have you been over there?" ”

"Villain......" Seeing Ge Yong's sharp eyes, the old salted fish hurriedly changed his words, "I stayed for about two months." ”

"Two months?" Ge Yong thought about it carefully, and then said in a deep voice, "You didn't report it, and you hid the overseas Yi people, this matter really needs to be investigated, it's enough for you to lose your head." Think about how long it took your ship to get there, what its course was, what the dying old seafarer had said to you, and what the people were like over there. ”

Without waiting for the old salted fish to think about it, he stretched out his hand to stop him: "You don't have to rush to tell me first, you have to write a notebook carefully when you go back...... If you can't write, let Zhang Shou do it for you. In short, this matter must be played to the emperor, but whether it is necessary to let other people in the court know, I will make another judgment. Before that, you and Zhang Shou and other insiders were all silent. ”

"Teacher, don't worry, Yingying has already instructed Zhu Hong and Zhu Yi, and I will naturally keep it secret first." Zhang Shou said with a smile, "After all, the story of Taizu Mengtian Emperor is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the existence of the ball instrument is also leaked, so someone set sail for the sea, and finally found the continent east of the sea, but in the end he couldn't come back because the ship sank, which is also a possibility." ”

"If only it were that." Ge Yong sighed, but stopped talking.

Where would the old salted fish dislike Ge Yong's cautious attitude, he even wished that this one would be more cautious and cautious, and nodded again and again at the moment.

However, when he found that Ge Yong seemed to be very tired, he deliberately diverted from this topic that he had deliberately opened half-concealed, so he asked in a low voice: "Master Ge, I don't know what my nephew Yunhe plans to do with the imperial court?" ”

This time, Ge Yong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Do you know that Zhu Tingfang sent so many nitrate heads back to Beijing, and then what kind of punishment the eldest prince suffered when he returned to Beijing at the same time?" ”

How do I know...... I wish that the bullshit prince who ruined the reputation of his ancestors would die directly!

The old salted fish thought so in his heart, but of course he didn't dare to say it in his mouth, and hurriedly smiled: "Of course I don't know, the emperor will always judge impartially." ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid you're muttering in your heart, the emperor will definitely favor his son, pick it up high and put it down gently, right? Let me tell you, the eldest prince was greedy for the people, provoked the people's uprising, and didn't know how to remedy it afterwards, so he blindly entrusted Xu Cheng and those big families in Changlu County, and the emperor was angry that he was insatiable and didn't take responsibility, and threw him into Zongzheng Temple. ”

Speaking of which, seeing that the old salted fish was full of regret, and Zhang Shou was slightly curved at the corner of his mouth, Ge Yong knew that the former didn't understand the twists and turns of the royal family, and he didn't regret that the eldest prince had suffered such a severe treatment, probably because he felt that the punishment was too light, but the latter was based on the emperor's temper, and roughly guessed that such a result was not so simple.

He didn't bother to hide it for the disgraced eldest prince, and said bluntly: "According to the emperor's intentions, he will directly remove the eldest prince's clan and get out of the way." But the first assistant Jiang Ge insisted that the royal family should not lose face, but the second assistant Confucius scholar said that there was a precedent in the Taizong Dynasty, and the two quarreled upside down, and almost didn't fight, and the emperor threw the eldest prince into Zongzheng Temple in a fit of anger. ”

Although he is a Taishi, it doesn't hurt to call everyone in the cabinet by name, but Ge Yong did not rely on the old and sell the old, and still did not call him by name. But for the two elders who almost fought, he didn't shy away from it in front of outsiders like Lao Xianyu, but added a few words lightly when the other party lowered his head to hide the expression on his face.

"Zheng Huaien, the son of the heir and the king, broke the law and went to Shuntian Mansion, although he was punished with a rod and removed from the sect, but it was much lighter than entering the Zongzheng Temple. Entering the criminal clan of Zongzheng Temple, no one has ever come out, having a clan registration is equivalent to not having a clan registration, not to mention, Zongzheng Temple is a place where criminal clans are held, no matter who it is, as soon as you enter, it will be a hundred kills. ”

The mention of killing the mighty stick is more impressive among the people than in the officialdom, so the old salted fish couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but look up and say: "This time, General Zhu ordered that the servants should not kill or maim people, such as Master Jiang and others just picked up a life, and a pampered golden branch and jade leaf like the eldest prince can withstand a hundred rods?" There will always be mercy. ”

"That's because you don't know the system of our dynasty, there is no conclusive evidence of the crime, the criminal clan will not go down to the Zongzheng Temple, and once you go down to the Zongzheng Temple, then it means that there will never be a day, who will show mercy at this time? It is certain that they will not be killed or maimed, but these hundred rods ...... I heard that the eldest prince passed out several times when he was beaten, and each time he was woken up and continued to beat. ”

Speaking of this, Ge Yong saw that Lao Xianyu's face was finally getting pale, and Zhang Shou was also solemn, so he said lightly: "You also understand when you think about it, the eldest prince was punished again, and the emperor will naturally not be lenient when he captured the palace and held the eldest prince hostage." Even if the eldest prince once flatly denied that he was held hostage in front of people, the courtiers were not all blind and blind. ”

Zhang Shou could fully understand the emperor's mind. Just like Zhang Chen pretending to be a confidant of the second prince, as a result, he had to go directly to the emperor to plead guiltily and take a lesson, even if the emperor admitted that his son was an unsuccessful bastard, dragged people back and taught him a hard lesson, and even locked up the small black house in the future and deprived him of his inheritance, it does not mean that he will really take his son hostage and beat people into pigs' heads.

Sure enough, Ge Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The result of the preliminary discussion between the DPRK and the Central Committee is that the first eight people will be beheaded, and the remaining hundreds of people will all be exiled to Liaodong to fill the army. ”

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