The Taiwei Mansion at night was shrouded in thick darkness, and the lantern in front of the mansion emitted a dim light, swaying by the wind. In front of the gate stood twelve guards with guns, facing each other expressionlessly, showing the majesty of Zheng Guo's highest military palace.

A groan came from the bedroom of the back house, Taiwei Zhu Wennan didn't know whether he woke up from a coma or a coma, Zhu Zhipu, who was dozing off on the side, heard the moaning and immediately woke up, bent down and leaned into Zhu Wennan's ear and whispered: "Father, father." ”

Zhu Wennan's lips trembled for a long time, and he snorted softly. Zhu Zhipu asked, "Father, you haven't eaten for two days, what do you want to eat?" ”

“…… Extend...... Shen ......", Zhu Zipu hurriedly picked up the ginseng soup on the table, scooped it with a spoon and sent it to Zhu Wennan's mouth, Zhu Wennan drank two sips, had some energy, tilted his head to avoid the even, and continued: "Wang...... Wang Keming......"

Zhu Zhipu came to his senses, his father was talking about the birthday of King Keming of Shen Guogong, and hurriedly said: "I asked Jing'er to congratulate Shen Guogong on his birthday." ”

Zhu Wennan closed his eyes and gasped with difficulty, and a wave of sadness surged in his heart. His three sons only have one Zhu Zipu left, Zhu Zhipu Shoucheng is more than enterprising, the Son of Heaven sees that for the sake of the Zhu family's loyalty, after his death, Pu will succeed to the Tai Lieutenant, Tai Wei is the head of the military attaché, and the simplicity has no outstanding military exploits, how can he be able to suppress the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals by relying on the family background alone.

After his death, the most prestigious among the generals is Wang Keming, the Duke of Shenguo, Wang Keming is arrogant by nature and a relative, it is impossible to compete for the position of Tai Lieutenant, he has some incense with him, and he can get his full help, and it is not a problem to be a ten-year Ansheng Tai Lieutenant. Ten years later, Yi Feng will be able to inherit the family business, and no one will be able to shake the position of the first place in the Zhu family.

On Wang Keming's 60th birthday this time, he asked Zi Pu to congratulate him, but not only did he not go, but he also asked his eldest son Zhu Yijing to go on behalf of the Zhu family. Jing'er is the eldest son of the simple grandson, in terms of identity, he can represent the Zhu family, and the simplicity makes him go to be selfish, but what kind of person is Wang Keming, how can he take Jing'er to heart, a son of a family who has never been on the battlefield can't even speak in front of him, but it is a pity that Shan'er and Liang'er died early, otherwise the Zhu family would not have fallen to this point, I hope Feng'er can grow up quickly and support the Zhu family's portal.

Three days later, An Guogong and Taiwei Zhu Wennan died of illness. The Son of Heaven went to mourn and dropped out of the dynasty for three days to show his mourning, and he mourned after his death. Zhu Wennan was nicknamed "Wu Yi" and was buried in the Xuanling Tomb, and his son Zhu Zhipu took over the post of Tai Lieutenant. The Zhu family is as graceful as ever, but a discerning person can see the essence of the strong and middle-aged cadres outside the Zhu Mansion, and there are not a few people who secretly covet it.

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After the death of the emperors of Zheng State, they were buried in Qilong Mountain in the Yunxing Mountains, more than 120 miles away from the capital. The mausoleum is built according to the mountain, the above-ground buildings and the underground tombs are combined, and the uneven arrangement is arranged on the mountain of "the dragon pan and the phoenix", the scale is large, majestic and magnificent. The cemetery is modeled on the construction of the imperial city, there is a high palace wall on the periphery, ordinary people can't get in, and the people inside don't want to go out, the guards who guard the city can be rotated, and the people in the cemetery have no possibility of going out in this life.

After the death of Emperor Su, Feng Zhong was sent to the tomb of Su Ling, and repeated every day to sprinkle and sweep, add incense, worship and other things, boring and boring, making people numb, in his own small residence, Feng Zhong often remembered that he held a lot of power, and the civil and military officials were afraid in front of him. Except for Lu Mingli who often sent people to send some daily necessities, Feng Zhong had no visitors, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the same cemetery were very exclusive to this declining secret guard overseer, and no one paid attention to him at all.

Moving the dilapidated recliner to the porch, Feng Zhong looked at the square sky above his head, he knew that his time was short, Huang Xi's wolf cub would not let go of himself, and he had too many private affairs in his hands when he was the commander of the secret guard, including Huang Xi is Texas scholar Zhang Bojin bribed Tang Wenzhong to change his name and surname and hide in the palace in order to get rid of his guilt, and most of Tang Wenzhong's death was because of this incident. I thought that I could hold Huang Xi's handle and pinch him, but Emperor Su died too quickly, and I was sent to the mausoleum by the Son of Heaven before I had time to do it. He was too careless, thinking that Emperor Su would live for at least ten years, and he didn't care about currying favor with the prince, so he could only swallow this bitter fruit.

Groggy as if he was asleep, someone outside the door screamed, "Feng Zhong, someone has come to see you." ”

Feng Zhong sat up, and sent someone to see him before he came to see him, why did he come again. A middle-aged man walked into the courtyard, wearing a eunuch costume and a bare chin, Feng Zhong was stunned, and pointed at the visitor: "You, you ......"

The man preemptively said: "Father-in-law Feng, your family asked me to bring a few words, let's talk in the house." ”

The person who came was Yan Qingze, before Emperor Su was about to die, Feng Zhong entrusted his relatives who had taken refuge in Beijing to Yan Qingze just in case, Yan Qingze abandoned the official and left, took his family and his own family out of Beijing and disappeared, I didn't expect to appear here today. Yan Qingze shaved off his beard, obviously dressed up as a eunuch in the palace, but fortunately, Lu Mingli often sent people to watch him, and those guards let him go when they got the benefits.

When he came to the house, Yan Qingze fell to the ground and said astringently: "Qingze has seen Feng Gong, and Feng Gong has suffered. ”

Feng Zhong pulled Yan Qingze up and hurriedly asked, "Is everything okay?" ”

Feng Gong rest assured, Qing Ze didn't dare to be trusted. Qing Ze had already sent Gong Feng's family to live in Huazhou, and he took them to the Western Regions with a stir. ”

Feng Zhong put his mind at ease, let go of Yan Qingze's arm, sat down in the chair, and said, "In this way, our family can also die with peace of mind." ”

Seeing Yan Qingze's tears in his eyes, Feng Zhong was moved in his heart, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a bowl of water for Yan Qingze, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's all old tea in the palace, Qingze and moisten your throat." Our family is in power, the officials bow their heads, and the only friends we really make are Lu Mingli and Qing Ze. ”

"Qing Ze has Feng Gongxin, how dare he not repay him with death. Yan has already arranged his family, so he will not leave after this handover, just find a place to live outside the mountain mausoleum, and have time to come and see Feng Gong, although there is a separation between inside and outside, it can be regarded as a companion with Feng Gong. Yan Qingze said. Yan Qingze knew that Huang Xi was ruthless, and he would want to be quick about this former boss, and the Son of Heaven did not have a good impression of Feng Gong, so he would definitely acquiesce to Huang Xi's attack.

Feng Zhong smiled and said, "Our family is nearly sixty years old, enjoying all the wealth in the world, and since the family is safe, we will have no regrets in this life." Qing Ze doesn't have to stay with me, you sell our family's property in Beijing, this money is enough for you and my family to be rich for a few lifetimes, I will give you those spare things, and burn them in a few years. Our family has often dreamed of Emperor Su these days, and I think he is calling me to go. ”

Emperor Su was about to die, Feng Zhong felt bad, sent Yan Qingze away, and handed over some secrets copied in the secret guard to Yan Qingze, including the content about Huang Xi entering the palace under his name and killing Tang Wenzhong. After the death of the Son of Heaven, Feng Zhong was sent to the mausoleum first, and there was no communication between inside and outside, and no one told him that the family property he had placed had already been confiscated by Huang Xi and sold for money and sent to the inner treasury.

Yan Qingze saw Feng Zhong smiling, looking like he was light and light after seeing it, he sighed secretly, he really couldn't bear to tell him that it was true. There was a noise in the distance, Feng Zhong was startled, the mausoleum was very quiet, how could anyone be noisy, the habit he had developed in the secret guard for many years made him feel bad, and he hurriedly said to Yan Qingze: "You go quickly." ”

Yan Qingze didn't dare to delay, and when he came out of the corner gate of the courtyard, he heard the front door being pushed open, and someone shouted: "Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong come out quickly." Yan Qingze's heart moved, and he didn't leave immediately, he saw a broom on the courtyard wall, pretending to be cleaning the alley outside the courtyard.

The footsteps were chaotic, many people poured into the courtyard, and Feng Zhong's voice sounded: "Our family is Feng Zhong, what's the matter?" ”

"Gonggong Feng, you've made a mistake." A loud shout rang out.

Feng Zhong smiled lightly: "Xu Liang, don't pretend, Huang Xi asked you to come." Our family has been prepared for a long time, how to just do it. ”

A cold laugh sounded, and Xu Liang said: "Gonggong Feng is interesting, he always lets others on the road, today Xu Liang has the honor to invite Gonggong Feng on the road, don't be stunned, hurry up, our family has to rush back to resume life." ”

Xu Liang is also a eunuch in the palace, he was originally Feng Zhong's cronies, and was appointed by Feng Zhong as the deputy commander of the secret guard, and after Feng Zhong fell, he took refuge in Huang Xi, and Huang Xi asked him to kill Feng Zhong and sent him a certificate of surrender, so he naturally had to come.

Yan Qingze held the broom tightly, his heart was like a knife, for most people, Feng Zhong was a damn leader of the secret guard, many people died unjustly in his hands, some people wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, but for Yan Qingze, Feng Zhong had the grace of knowing him.

Slowly walking into the distance, the noise behind him gradually became inaudible, people are close and close, Feng Zhong's death made Yan Qingze's heart sad, if Feng Zhong died at the will of the Son of Heaven or was impeached and convicted by his subjects and died, Yan Qingze would only collect his body and bury it for him, but Feng Zhong died under the assassination of his former subordinate Huang Xi, Yan Qingze could not help but avenge his benefactor and blood hatred.

After leaving the mausoleum and coming to no one's place, Yan Qingze cried loudly, he knew that Feng Zhong was finished. After crying for a long time, Yan Qingze wiped away his tears, thought about it for a while, and did not enter Beijing, but went straight to Huazhou. If you want to avenge the benefactor, you have to use the Huazhou Economic Strategy to make Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi and Huang Xi are life and death rivals, so he went to vote for him, and sooner or later let him avenge the blood hatred for the benefactor.

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The court is preparing to clean up the acres of fields in the country, and the original Qingtian Division Yamen is a little small, and the right phase Duan Cizong plays the son of tomorrow, and allocates a set of three-entry houses to the Qingtian Division as a yamen, and Huang Ping selected a hundred people among the Jinshi this year. There is a story of clearing the fields and acres in those years, and those selected jinshi are all gearing up, ready to show their skills and be rewarded for their meritorious service. The story of Jiang Zhuangyuan was known to the world, but he didn't know that he was the next one.

At the end of July, the reports of the self-inspection of the fields and acres of land in the prefectures were delivered, and the inspection envoys of the 27 prefectures were finalized one after another, except for Pan Heyi, who was designated by the Son of Heaven to go to Huazhou, and the inspectors of the other prefectures were selected and transferred from various yamen, and each inspection group was composed of 20 people. Huang Ping asked the officials of the Qingtian Division to explain to these Jinshi how to check the acres of land, and there were only eight days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Huang Ping was ready to let these inspection teams go on the road after the festival.