He Tengjiao was led to a large hall by the chamberlain, and Zhu Cihong was pacing back and forth, looking a little restless.

"Your Majesty!" After He Tengjiao came in, he was a little panicked, but at the same time he realized that the emperor did not trust the party.

At this time, Zhu Cihong stopped, and suddenly stared at him for a while, "He Ge Lao, there are only you and me here, you and I are the two monarchs and ministers, you honestly tell me, is it true that Wang Ge Lao played?" ”

He Tengjiao was stared at very uncomfortable, but he immediately shook his head and denied it, "Your Majesty, something may have happened in Wuchang, but it will never be like what Donglin said." Wang Ge Lao's accusations against his ministers were even more groundless. ”

Saying that, he glanced up at Zhu Cihong, and suddenly reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the national policy of the imperial court has just changed, and the taxes in Jiangnan have not been cleared up, and the party members have this incident, and they are also aimed at their subordinates, among them~"

He Tengjiao knew what the emperor meant, and hoped that he would confess, but confession was tantamount to admitting that he had deceived the king, and a person who deceived the king, even if the emperor did not treat him at this time, he would definitely have to deal with him in the future.

Zhu Cihong wanted He Tengjiao to confess, but He Tengjiao was not naïve, and would not leave a stain on himself, but hinted at Zhu Cihong with some grievances, I am your person!

Zhu Cihong's face was gloomy, and he began to pace back and forth again, and sighed halfway, "Let's go back first!" ”

He Tengjiao saluted and retired, he hurriedly came out of the palace, returned directly to the mansion, and then immediately went to instruct the doorman to ask Wang Shicong and Li Hu to see if Gao Yihuan had any news to deliver.

Before noon, the doorman came to report, but there was no news from there, and the mansion and the post house seemed to be being monitored.

This made He Tengjiao feel that the situation was even more serious, Jiangnan was Donglin's territory after all, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to do it this time, so he could only hurriedly let people go to Huguang to check.

It was night, He Tengjiao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and when he was about to fall asleep in the second half of the night, the door was knocked on by someone.

"Master, someone has come to ask to see you!" The doorman whispered.

He Tengjiao hadn't fallen asleep at all, but when he heard this, he was refreshed and hurriedly dressed and sat up.

Not long after, He Tengjiao walked into the living room, and there were already two people sitting inside, one was Gao Yihuan's nephew Li Hu, and the other was Ma Hongshan, a wealthy businessman from Huai.

Li Hu He Tengjiao knew, and when he saw him coming at night, He Tengjiao's face suddenly became happy, "General Li, but your family has sent news!" ”

Li Hu said: "The Yangtze River waterway can't go, you can only take a detour to Runan and go to Jiangbei, sent by the horsemen, and arrived in Nanjing this afternoon." ”

Ma Hongshan saluted and said: "Old Ma Hongshan, I have seen He Ge Lao!" ”

He Tengjiao said with a smile: "The business outside the horse crew is very big!" By the way, does the Ma Shi Ying Ma Pavilion have anything to do with the horse staff? ”

Ma Hongshan stroked his beard and said lightly: "Ma Ge is always an old uncle. ”

He Tengjiao's eyes narrowed, and he was in awe, "I'll just say, it's a bit like miles!" ”

After saying this, He Tengjiao's face changed, and he asked straight to the point: "What news did the Korean minister send, and what did he do in Wuchang?" ”

Li Hu said: "The marshal disarmed Zhang Yingxiang's troops in Zuozhen, and also cut down more than 300 left soldiers who harmed the people. ”

Ma Hongshan said: "After that, the left army was defeated and nearly 40,000 people were captured!" ”

He Tengjiao didn't sleep all night, and just picked up the teacup after asking, put a mouthful of strong tea into his mouth, and immediately squirted out when he heard it, "What, he really beat Zuo Zhen and annexed the Zuo army!" ”

He Tengjiao was speechless for a while, a little disheartened, he thought it was Donglin spreading rumors, but he didn't expect Gao Yihuan to really make such a big deal, this time it really made him miserable.

Li Hu said: "Zuo Zhen took advantage of the time when the marshal was fighting against the Tartars, crossed the river and attacked us, stabbed us in the back, and poisoned the people of Jingxiang. Now I am preparing to fight Wuchang and ask for an explanation. ”

After listening to the words, He Tengjiao raised his eyebrows, and the whole person seemed to come back to life, "Is it Zuo Zhen's provocation across the river?" ”

"That's right! We have proof! After Li Hu finished speaking, he handed over a large bag of things.

He Tengjiao hurriedly took it and opened the baggage, which was full of files, and there were hundreds of them.

He couldn't wait to pick it up and watch, the first three were the confessions of Zhang Yingxiang and others, talking about the left army crossing the river and sneaking up on Jingxiang, and the back was the state of the people of Hanchuan, all of which were about the bad things that the left army did in Hanchuan County, one of which was brilliantly written, and it was from Wang Jinshi.

In the end, it is Gao Yihuan's recital, the whole piece is a meaning, Gao is a piece of pure heart, and he doesn't want the court to stab me. Now I am very disappointed in the imperial court, Gao is fighting against the Tartars for the imperial court, but the imperial court wants to get rid of me, which really makes the loyal ministers feel cold.

Now that Gao has been wronged, and the court doesn't give an explanation, Gao is going to go crazy and take revenge.

After reading this, He Tengjiao already had a bottom in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh and ask, "Did your Guogong start attacking Wuchang?" ”

"Not yet!" Li Hu said.

He Tengjiao breathed a sigh of relief, and praised in his heart, Gao Yihuan was still very restrained, "That's good, whether this matter is occupied by your Guogong or not, Wuchang can't move, fortunately, your Guogong is a little measured." ”

Li Hu shook his head, "He Gebu, I didn't fight because of restraint, I heard that there was no boat to cross the river!" ”

He Tengjiao almost held back his internal injuries, and was speechless for a while, before picking up those scrolls in a half-loud voice, "With these things, things will be easy to handle." You leave the matter of Nanjing to me, but you have to tell Han Gong, so that he must refrain and wait for me to deal with it, and don't cross the river! ”

Li Hu said: "He Gebu, what our handsome means is not just to calm down this matter, but also to compensate us!" ”

He Tengjiao wanted to scold his mother in his heart, Gao Jingzhong was really hard to change, so he knew that he reached out and asked for money.

At this time, He Tengjiao suddenly understood that as a cabinet scholar, all he wanted to do was to solve this trouble, as well as Donglin's threat, and defeat Donglin, but he started from the interests of the court and himself, in fact, he didn't want Gao Yihuan to continue to grow, he just hoped that he would be obedient and not do things.

But Gao Yihuan's appeal is not so simple, he wants to take this opportunity to grab benefits and expand the territory.

If Gao Yihuan is unwilling to stop, then He Tengjiao must persuade the court to give Gao Yihuan benefits.

Otherwise, even if Nanjing punishes Donglin and Zuozhen, as long as Gao Yihuan is not satisfied, he will continue to make waves, and when the time comes, He Tengjiao will still be implicated.

In the final analysis, Gao Yihuan was not controlled by the imperial court, and he sent people to send these things, not to admit his mistakes and explain to the imperial court, but to ask for an explanation.

For a while, Lao He was a little angry in his heart, "You guys just force this pavilion!" ”

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