Zhu Houxi, who was beside Zhengde, suddenly saw Duan Fei, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Huang, isn't that Lord Duan?" Lord Duan is back! ”

Zhengde was overjoyed, and when he looked back and saw that it was indeed Duan Fei, he immediately smiled and said, "Aiqing, aren't you injured?" Just now I used a telescope in the back to see Aiqing suddenly attacked by someone, I almost died, but fortunately, Aiqing stabbed the thief in two pieces with great might, Aiqing chased the thief into the forest and came back so quickly, didn't he already catch up and kill them? ”

Duan Fei stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, Wechen didn't catch up with them, let them escape, Your Majesty, this is a premeditated assassination, I suggest that the emperor immediately end the autumn hunt, return to the capital, and block the hunting ground to search for the assassins and leave it to Wechen to handle it." ”

"Oh?" Zhengde looked at the two assassins and asked, "Assassinate me?" Do you have to go back to Beijing immediately? Is it so serious? ”

Duan Fei said: "Yes, these people will not ambush here for no reason, their target is obviously the emperor, Weichen just accidentally stepped into the trap first, they wanted to shoot the minister with a hidden arrow at first, so as to lead the emperor over, who would have thought that but the minister's horseman stood up and blocked an arrow for the minister, the minister did not die, so that their ambush failed, they had to retreat, these people even stayed as a dead soldier to delay the pursuit, it can be seen that its organization is tight, the belief is firm, for the sake of safety, the emperor is still good to return to Beijing." ”

Zhengde kicked a man in black in the chest and shouted angrily, "Who sent you? ”

The two captured men in black were covered in blood, obviously suffering many injuries before being captured, they snorted and sneered, and said: "Dog Emperor, count your fate, the seamless trap has been stepped on first, but don't worry, this time will not work and there will be next time, sooner or later our people will cut off your dog's head and export evil anger for the people in the world who have been poisoned by you!" ”

After the man finished speaking, he bit his tongue violently, and blood sprayed wildly in his mouth, seeing that he was hopeless, one of the guards who was holding him was caught off guard, and he successfully committed suicide, and the other was not so lucky, and the guards beside him quickly stuck their hands in his mouth, although they were bitten bloody, they succeeded in saving the prisoner's life.

Hearing this vicious curse, Zhengde was so angry that Zhang Rui stepped forward to comfort him to no avail, and another eunuch standing next to Zhang Rui said gloomily: "Your Majesty, the assassin sneaked into the hunting ground to ambush and no one knew about it, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are guilty of negligence, Lord Duan, what do you say?" ”

This person is the chief eunuch Kou Ang, the second leader of the ceremonial supervisor, Zhang Rui lost Dongchang, and he originally recommended him, but he gave Duan Fei to stir up the situation, and Dongchang fell into the hands of Guo Zhen, this person is Zhang Rui's henchman, and he hated Duan Fei into his bones, Duan Fei said solemnly when he heard this: "Gonggong Kou is right, the emperor is in danger, Jinyiwei is indeed guilty of negligence, please rest assured that the emperor will thoroughly investigate this case and capture these assassins one by one!" ”

Kou Ang said: "This case must be as soon as possible, if there is a slight delay, the mastermind will be at large, Lord Duan does not know when to give the emperor a satisfactory answer?" ”

Duan Fei secretly cursed a few words in his heart for the dead old eunuch, and seeing that Zhengde was also looking at him expectantly, he thought about it for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is not sure how long it will take to solve the case, but the minister can tell the emperor some details about the assassin now." ”

Duan Fei paused and said: "Chen suspects that these assassins are all soldiers or related people, they are disciplined and sophisticated, but the secret is that they still use the standard knives in the army, and even the child who attacked me is holding a folding Zhuge crossbow in his hand, which is the same as the system I have seen in Jinyiwei, Your Majesty, these people have a murderous aura, they must be habitual generals on the battlefield, there should not be too many such people near the capital, as long as you find someone to identify the corpses, you can know where they came from." ”

Zhengde's face gradually sank, and he shouted: "Come on, search the surroundings for me, and see if there are any things left behind such as the fire system?" ”

Duan Fei's heart jumped, and Zhang Rui blurted out in surprise: "Does the emperor think it's the Divine Machine Battalion......?"

"Stupid! How could the Divine Machine Battalion sneak attack me! Zhengde's expression was very unsightly, Duan Fei's heart flashed, and he suddenly understood who was trying to sneak attack Zhengde, although the Shenji Battalion was an important force in the Gongwei Jing Division, but the Shenji Battalion had not fought for many years, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had long since lost their murderous spirit, and they had no reason to attack the emperor, and there were murderous soldiers around the capital, and those who hated Zhengde so much, the only possibility was the four outer armies of the year!

The so-called outer four armies, that is, when Jiang Bin was favored, Zhengde listened to his words, and transferred the border army from the four towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, and Yansui to enter the Beijing division, and the four armies outside the number were divided by Jiang Bin and Xu Tai.

The Praetorian Guards, who were searching everywhere, quickly reported: "Report...... Your Majesty, it's dangerous here, please leave the emperor as soon as possible, we not only found the fire system, but also found a lot of rockets, firewater and other firearms, please stay away from danger as soon as possible! ”

Zhang Rui was taken aback, hurriedly hugged Zhengde and turned around and left, the forbidden army present was also panicked, Duan Fei shouted: "You don't have to panic, the people who set the traps have already been caught and fled, no one has lit those firearms are all dead, what is there to be afraid of?" Everyone protects the emperor and retreats to a little farther away. ”

Zhengde broke away from Zhang Rui's hand, and shouted with red eyes: "I don't leave, I want to see, who dares to kill me!" ”

Seeing the hideous expression on Zhengde's face, no one dared to persuade him, the guards had to surround him, Duan Fei saw that Zhengde was basically safe, turned around and shouted: "Everyone take all the firearms you searched for to a distance and put them together, and then deal with them after I have checked them!" ”

Zhengde said coldly behind the flesh wall: "Duan Aiqing, find out for me, I want to kill them!" ”

Duan Fei's heart sank, and after agreeing, he came to his horse, there was a huge poison on the arrow, the horse was dead, Duan Fei found his arquebus under it, the arquebus was originally burning, and now it has been crushed by the horse's body.

Duan Fei sighed lightly, closed his eyelids to the poor horse, his eyes suddenly fixed in front of him, only to see a lead sticking out of the grass that fell next to the horse's head, if he hadn't broken into this trap by mistake, the killer in ambush would have a way to lure Zhengde over, and then the hidden arrows, firearms, mines, and grenades exploded indiscriminately, even if Zhengde was guarded by 100,000 forbidden soldiers, in this defenseless situation, it would be more than lucky.

Duan Fei carefully dug out the thing connected to the lead, it was clearly a mine, but the volume was also too large, when Duan Fei was researching, someone said behind Duan Fei: "This is the earth-shaking thunder, generally used to defend the city, a sky-shaking thunder dropped the city, it can kill people within a radius of twenty steps, and all within a hundred steps will be shaken." ”

Duan Fei looked back and saw that it was Xingxian Wang Zhu Houxi, Duan Fei hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, why are you here, it's dangerous here, it's better for you to go farther." ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "Didn't you say that the thief dies to death, captures the captured, escapes, and no matter how powerful the firearm is, it is no different from a dead thing if no one ignites it?" I'm not the emperor, so it's okay, can you find out where these firearms came from? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I have to find someone from the Ordnance Bureau to recognize it." ”

Zhu Houxi said with a smile: "Lord Duan, turn this earth-shattering thunder over and look at the bottom, maybe you can find the number left when it was prepared, and you can check it all the way to the Ordnance Bureau with the number." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Thank you for your advice, Lord Wang, you should stand in the distance, you are standing here, my heart is hanging." ”

Zhu Houxi smiled and retreated into the distance, Duan Fei suddenly had a good impression of this prince, and soon these firearms were sent to a distance and stacked together, Duan Fei ordered people to record the type and number and then let people throw this pile of dangerous things into the lake not far to the west, no matter how powerful the gunpowder is, it will be useless after soaking in water.

After Duan Fei dealt with this matter, he returned to Zhengde and reported the matter to Zhengde, Zhengde hummed and said: "This matter will be handed over to Aiqing, just now I have ordered that no one is allowed to tell this matter, whether Aiqing investigates the case or arrests people, it must be carried out in secret, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Duan Fei was about to suggest it to Zhengde, but he didn't expect him to say it first, Duan Fei was stunned for a moment, and replied: "The minister obeys the order, and the emperor is wise." ”

Zhengde explained to him: "This idea was not thought of by me, but Yongfu proposed it to me, I really didn't expect that Yongfu was quite anxious. ”

Duan Fei looked at Princess Yongfu beside Zhengde in surprise, Princess Yongfu hung her head shyly, but Duan Fei saw her glance behind her quickly.

Duan Fei suddenly realized, this idea of secretly taking revenge from his parents must have been told by Zhu Houxi, and then asked his sister to tell Zhengde again, Zhengde has returned from the southern tour, and his words and deeds have been much more restrained than before, and he finally came out of the autumn hunt, if the news of being assassinated came out, wouldn't the Manchu Dynasty civil and military suddenly make a fuss? In the future, it will be difficult to come out and play, with the temper of Zhengde, it is difficult to return to the old road of confrontation with the Manchu Dynasty, which will make the dynasty unstable and the world will be restless, and the ordinary government will not be of much help to investigate the assassins, just hand it over to Jinyiwei or Dongchang, why make it known to the world? If you don't know what, someone wants to write a book to blame Zhengde for the crime: self-proclaimed righteousness and morality, and if you don't cultivate morality, the world will rebel, and heaven will punish you!

Duan Fei remembered reading a story about history, and Hai Rui, an official of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a letter criticizing Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty is bankrupt and the Buddha is getting worse, and the room is like a hanging rock. ’”

directly takes the emperor's year name to talk about things, and it is ironic like this, it can be seen that many courtiers in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of death, Zhengde is much more absurd than Jiajing, and I don't know how those courtiers scolded him.

All in all, turning big things into small things is good for the emperor, the government, and the people of the world, and it is better to hide this matter from everyone.

When this happened, Zhengde was in no mood to hunt, he took people back to the palace, and seeing that Zhengde was in a bad mood, Duan Fei thought about it and said to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, how about the ministers perform some small tricks for the emperor?" ”

"Little tricks? What little trick? Zhengde asked casually.

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The minister can't turn stones into gold, but it's also a little interesting, I don't know if the emperor has a "Daming Card"?" The minister put a card in front of the emperor, the emperor drew one out of it, the minister did not need to count the cards to see the cards, but he could guess what card the emperor drawn, the emperor wanted to try? ”

Zhengde was aroused and said, "What if you can't guess? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "If the minister guesses wrong once, he will punish the minister for a month, if the minister guesses correctly every time, what reward does the emperor have?" ”

Zhengde smiled: "What do you want?" ”

Duan Fei said without thinking: "The minister wants to ask the emperor for something for a friend......

Zhengde said: "Let's hear it? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's not too late to wait for the ministers to win the reward. ”

In the palace, Zhengde sat a few times ago and munched on the food in front of him, Liu Niangniang did not come to the autumn hunt, sitting on the left side of Zhengde were Princess Yongfu and Zhu Houxi, Zhang Rui stood behind Zhengde, his eyes staring at Duan Fei.

Duan Fei is holding a new card in his hand, the card is no problem, this is still Zhang Rui pre-Zhengde to play cards, specially brought out, only to see Duan Fei is not very skilled in shuffling, cutting cards, and then ask Zhengde to check the card, and draw one out of it, covering the table, Duan Fei then asked Zhu Houxi and Princess Yongfu to draw a card each, and when they all saw their cards, Duan Fei announced what card the three of them drawn.

Duan Fei asked with a smile: "The emperor drew the king of spades, the prince of Xingxian drew the Q of diamonds, and Princess Yongfu drew the 7 of hearts, Your Majesty, I don't know if I guessed right?" ”

Zhengde turned over the cards in his hand in surprise and said, "You really guessed correctly, what's going on?" ”

Zhu Houxi and Princess Yongfu's cards Duan Fei also guessed correctly, the two were also surprised, Duan Fei smiled: "Your Majesty, if you say it, it won't work, does the emperor want to continue to draw cards for Weichen to guess?" ”

Zhengde said with great interest: "Come on, let's play again!" ”

After several rounds in a row, Duan Fei guessed not bad at all, seeing that Zhengde's surprise had turned into surprise, Duan Fei was about to uncover the mystery, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in fact, this is just a small trick, it is not worth a sigh after being exposed, the reason why the minister was able to guess every card was because the minister was holding a small bronze mirror in his hand, hiding it in his palm and seeing the emperor's cards through the reflection." ”

After Duan Fei finished speaking, the bronze mirror in his hand moved rapidly between the sleeves and palms of his hands, and his words and actions attracted attention, so that the four pairs of wide-open eyes at the scene did not see it.

Zhengde suddenly realized and said: "I see, I almost thought that you were really a half-immortal, and I was ready to push you out and cut you." ”

Zhengde was naturally joking, but Duan Fei pretended to wipe a sweat on his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers will have a lot of tricks, if the emperor wants to behead me, I don't dare to show it anymore." ”

Zhengde smiled: "I scared you, what other tricks will you play?" Shake them all out and take a look. ”

Duan Fei used poker to play a few more tricks, although the technique was not very skilled, but Zhengde and the others, who had never seen what magic was, were already surprised to see these magic tricks and saw the immortals.

Fortunately, Duan Fei explained the principle of magic afterwards, otherwise Zhengde would really have to deal with him as a demon.

The poker magic in Duan Fei's memory soon came to an end, but fortunately, at this time, a eunuch walked in and asked Zhengde if he had started lunch, and Zhengde said unsatisfactorily: "There are really a lot of things in Aiqinghui, now you can eat with me, and play after dinner." ”

Duan Fei smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you must be prepared to play magic, it is better to play some large-scale magic tricks for the emperor after returning to Beijing, such as turning a beautiful woman into a leopard, and then turning a leopard into a beauty, or cutting people into several pieces and then putting them back." ”

After hearing this, Zhengde's eyes lit up and said, "Is there really such a miracle? If Aiqing can really do it, I really want to see you as a first-class person! ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are no immortals in this world, the immortals are all looking at us in the sky, and what the ministers want to play for the emperor is just some deceptive tricks." ”

Zhu Houxi suddenly asked, "Lord Duan is talking too much, right?" Is there really no god in the world? Didn't Peng Zu, Zhang Tianshi and the like become liars in the eyes of Master Duan? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The prince asked well, what the official said is just his own speculation, it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, but the emperor is the lord of a country, and every word and deed has a lot to do, if I start to believe in the gods and ghosts because of the few tricks I played, it will be my mistake." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Aiqing is right, I have always believed in ghosts and gods, but if Aiqing can turn a beautiful woman into a beast in front of my eyes, I have to believe that you are the reincarnation of a god." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is very simple for a beautiful woman to become a beast, and a magician who turns a stone into gold and is invulnerable will do it, but these things have to be prepared in advance, and there is no way to perform for the emperor today." ”

Junchen chatted about magic and fairy magic, lunch was served, Zhengde arranged a few zhang for Duan Fei on the right side, Zhengde and Duan Fei chatted while eating, Zhu Houxi and Princess Yongfu did not speak, but Zhang Rui interjected from time to time, questioning Duan Fei's words.

After lunch, Zhengde did not let Duan Fei play magic again, but once again held the bow and mounted the horse, and what happened in the morning did not have much impact on Zhengde's heart.

Duan Fei and the others naturally followed, and Zhengde said to Duan Fei: "Aiqing's marksmanship shown in the morning is really accurate, but unfortunately Aiqing's car was killed by assassins after being frightened, since you blocked a disaster for me, I will give you a good horse, Zhang Rui, to bring my jade unicorn over." ”

"Jade Qilin?" Duan Fei was surprised, and Zhengde explained with a smile: "After I saw the Water Margin, I thought that this name was really good, so I changed the name of my love horse, and the horse under my crotch is called Thunderbolt Fire, not bad, right?" ”

Duan Fei praised: "The emperor has changed it so well, this horse is red and galloping, and sure enough, the horse is as good as its name!" ”

A snow-white tall and handsome jade unicorn was brought over, and Zhengde smiled: "Aiqing's horse is not bad, Aiqing has outstanding wisdom and bravery, I hope that Aiqing will ride it to punish and eliminate evil, do the right thing for heaven, kill thieves and destroy criminals, and even seal the wolf Juxu, become an immortal name, and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty!" ”