Wanli Xinming

Chapter 12 Night Kill
Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang were still on duty in the cabinet yesterday.Zhang Juzheng first heard that the emperor had stopped speaking at the Wenhua Palace, and he wanted to make some remarks after returning to the cabinet, so he was in the process of drafting.However, when he received the imperial decree, he didn't know what to do, and he was very anxious. He hurriedly arranged for his own people to inquire, and sent people to notify the various ministries, and told the officials and officials not to arbitrarily discuss the matter of locking the palace.

The news in the palace was initially obscure and difficult to understand. When the palace gate was locked, the inside and outside were isolated, and no news came out.Zhang Juzheng was restless, and after working hard all afternoon, a bunch of blisters appeared on his mouth.Lu Diaoyang advised: "Don't worry about the first assistant, since the empress dowager's decree made it clear, perhaps the palace is really investigating theft, the emperor and the empress dowager are together, and there is Feng Bao in the palace, so you can worry about it." Where is Zhang Juzheng? Don't worry, I don't know what is in the palace. For a while, I am afraid that there will be a change in the palace and the country will be shaken. For a while, I am afraid that Feng Bao will be broken - after all, Feng Bao is the head of the inner court. If there is a change in the palace, Feng Bao will send a message to his ally, but It's a difficult matter. Now that there is no news, how can Zhang Juzheng have the heart to work?
In the afternoon, Zhang Juzheng was busy with people coming and going in the room. Some of them were really discussing things, but most of them were just talking. There was a high-level person who directly asked Zhang Juzheng what was wrong. Zhang Juzheng showed the empress dowager's decree and dealt with it calmly, but he was also full of energy. tired.

At dusk, someone close to him walked in and told Zhang Juzheng: "Xu Jue, the housekeeper of Feng Bao's house, is in a hurry to see the master outside the palace gate." I already know, it has nothing to do with his master. Let him go to the mansion and make You Qi entertain him." The man responded with a sound.

In the evening, Zhang Juzheng returned to the mansion and entered through the side door of Zhang mansion. No one in the mansion knew about it except for those close to him.After entering the study, he asked someone to let You Qi in.

After You Qi entered the study, Zhang Juzheng stepped back and pushed open the study window. There was no one outside the study.Because the study room is adjacent to the water, the gas-dead wind lantern opposite the pool illuminates the light from a distance, and the garden is dark.Zhang Juzheng looked at him from afar, and You Qi stood silently behind him, without saying a word.After a while, Zhang Juzheng spoke in a low voice, the voice seemed to come from a very distant place, and asked, "What can you find?"

You Qi lowered his hands and replied in a low voice: "Today, there is a big robbery in the palace. The chief eunuch has been imprisoned in the Qianqing Palace. Hundreds of palace people have been captured—" Zhang Juzheng breathed a sigh of relief, but he was not aware of You Qi's real The hottest news came out: "Feng Bao has broken something. The news is that he stole the Emperor's "Along the River During Qingming Festival"."

Zhang Juzheng's eyebrows trembled when he heard the words. Although he tried his best to suppress it, a trace of unease came out, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Really?"

You Qi also had a worried expression on his face, and stretched out his five fingers: "I spent this amount and got a letter from the Qianqing Palace vigil, saying that Feng Bao and the other three chief eunuchs are still locked in the palace, but everyone else has been released. "

Zhang Juzheng's mind was spinning, and seeing You Qi's face was worried, he said solemnly: "What are you panicking about? Go to Feng Bao's mansion quickly, activate all the hidden lines, focus on checking his study, and send letters between him and all the ministers, etc. Take out everything. The factory guard may not be here, hurry up!" You Qi answered and went, Zhang Juzheng stopped again: "Wait, where is Xu Jue now?"

You Qi said: "He is now waiting for the master in the front hall, and the second master is accompanying." Zhang Juzheng pondered after hearing the words, and then changed his instructions: "Feng Bao may not keep all those letters in one place, don't go to Feng's house, Arrange for your nephew to go there and tell him that if he can't do anything, he will burn down his study! Come back later with me to meet Xu Jue in the front hall." You Qi agreed and ran out without looking back.

At this time, all the civil and military officials knew about the news of the day lock palace, and the slaves and housekeepers of each family were like headless flies, scurrying around the capital to inquire about the news.There were many guests in Zhang Juzheng's mansion, but they were all told that the prime minister had not returned to the mansion, and those who were willing to wait were all waiting in the side hall.

When You Qi returned to the study, Zhang Juzheng ordered You Qi to serve, put on his official uniform again, and took him to the front hall.

In the front hall, Zhang Juzheng's second son Zhang Siwen was drinking tea and chatting with Xu Jue.Xu Jue was coaxed by Zhang Juzheng in the afternoon and stayed in the prime minister's residence all the time. At this time, there was no obvious anxiety on his face.With a faint smile on his face, Zhang Ju stepped into the front hall, and both Zhang Siwen and Xu Jue stood up.Zhang Juzheng glanced at Xu Jue's face, nodded, but said to Zhang Siwen, "Xu Jue is here?"

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was wearing a python robe, Xu Jue only said that he was busy with official duties before returning home at this time. He was busy paying homage to the side, and saluted with a smile: "It's been hard work for the minister, I don't know how the situation in the palace is?"

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand with a smile, and said to Xu Jue, "Can Xu Qianhu eat?" After Feng Bao's dictatorship, Xu Jue's waters rose and he was falsely awarded a thousand households with brocade clothes, so Zhang Ju was called it. (Press: The original time and space Xu Jue later gave Jin Yiwei the command of the incident, which is the fourth grade)
Zhang Siwen hurriedly replied, "Father, my son has already eaten with Xu Qianhu." Xu Jue paid tribute to the Prime Minister's residence again.

Zhang Juzheng nodded and said: "Well, today I fought a lawsuit with the Ministry of Rites for a long time, and I got stuck. Because many of the isolated books in the palace were lost, the queen mother was furious and was looking for robbers in the palace, the main hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, and imperial history. Entrusted, the factory warehouse, etc. have been thoroughly checked. The Wenyuan Pavilion's Rites Department should be in charge, so I went there in person - Duke Shuanglin was also stumped by this matter in the Jingchang factory, and because of the internal and external barriers, just sent a letter to me. "

Xu Jue is in charge of Feng Bao's outer house. After nightfall, there is no communication between inside and outside. Feng Bao must encounter it when he is in the inner palace. Hearing it, he is not suspicious.

Zhang Juzheng paused and said, "Because the messenger didn't find you, he asked me to tell you--said that some Song edition scriptures are also kept outside the palace, do you know where they are? Come and put them at my place. , but I will take it to the palace tomorrow."

After hearing this, Xu Jue said, "Master's books are kept in the hall where he often goes." Zhang Juzheng pretended to be unintentional and interrupted casually, "But where is Duke Shuanglin's official documents and letters?" Xu Jue It was just that Feng Bao said that he knew about Zhang Juzheng, and he immediately replied, "Exactly." Behind Zhang Juzheng, You Qi's fists and knuckles turned white, and he heard the words and let out a long breath.

Zhang Juzheng nodded indifferently when he heard the words, and said calmly, "It shouldn't be too late, or Shuanglin will not look good tomorrow. Let You Qi accompany you and fetch the book." Xu Jue and You Qi both responded. .

The two of them exited the front hall, You Qi looked back at Zhang Juzheng before going out, and sure enough, Zhang Juzheng watched them both.Seeing You Qi looking back, he made a cross-cut gesture with his right hand beside the python robe. You Qizhong lowered his head, indicating that he understood, and followed Xu Jue out.

You Qi took Xu Jue out of the mansion through the side door, and sat on the two sedan chairs of Zhang mansion. Xu Jue instructed the sedan chairman in a low voice, and Kong Wu's powerful sedan chairman lifted the sedan chair and merged into the dark night.

In Zhang’s house, Zhang Siwen ordered the meal, and Zhang Juzheng said, “Send the meal to the study, I will eat it there.” Mrs. Xuxian Wang came over to change him into big clothes, but Zhang Juzheng also said that it was not necessary, and told Zhang Jingxiu that all future guests would be sent away. Now, still wearing the python robe, he went to the study.

When the drum was approaching the third watch, there was a knock on the door outside the study. Zhang Juzheng woke up from his deep thoughts and opened the door himself and put You Qi into the study.You Qi stood with a blue leather bag on his left shoulder and a box in his right hand. He came in and kowtowed, "Feng Bao's mansion has been surrounded by Jin Yiwei, it's not close!".

Zhang Juzheng's hands trembled, and he asked in a low voice, "Where is the Appreciation Hall—"

You Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Feng Bao really guarded Xiangye, all the letters from the Appreciation Hall are here, and the little ones looked through them, and they were all letters from Xiangye, and he also left a copy of his letters to Xiangye. This." After speaking, he untied the blue leather bag he was carrying on the big case.

Zhang Juzheng lowered his head and checked it carefully, then closed his eyes to recall, nodded and sneered: "But it's not a little, where are the people?"

You Qi leaned over and said: "Everyone who knows has been dealt with, and in another hour, follow Yexiang out of the city." After opening the box in his right hand, Zhang Juzheng glanced, his eyelids trembled, and said softly: "Forget it, you Find a suitable place to burn and bury it."

Yu Qi responded in a low voice.Zhang Juzheng waved his hand, and You Qi bowed and carried the box out of the study.

In the study, Zhang Juzheng picked up the letters from the major case, read them carefully, and burned them all in the warm cage.Looking at the flames rising in the warm cage, his expression was complicated and incomprehensible, but he finally turned into a long sigh.

At this time, the sky was the darkness before dawn. When the dawn was shining on the palace city, the palace gate opened, and the Qianqing palace gate opened at the same time. Zhang Cheng stood at the door, followed by two warriors, he said softly: "Eunuch Feng, the emperor asked you to grow vegetables in the Xiaoling Mausoleum, you should start now!"

　Since I was out of town with my family, I have been typing on my mobile phone until now, please bear with me. ——It’s too tiring to type on the phone ⊙﹏⊙, woohoo.

　　
　
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