surnamed Wang

Wang Yijing followed the old eunuch to turn left and right in the palace, and finally came to a remote garden.

This place is only separated from the cold palace by a wall. Even in broad daylight, it is very windy, and at night, there will be various weird noises from time to time. Usually, eunuchs and maids pass by, and they hurry up, for fear that a monster will jump out and claim their lives.

Wang Yijing walked into the yard, without looking around as if he had never seen the world, he directly set his eyes on an ancient banyan tree.

The old tree has existed for an unknown number of years. Its crown is as big as an umbrella, and it is lush and green covering half of the courtyard. The complicated root system is exposed to the ground.

The young man looked at the ancient tree in a daze, wondering what he was thinking.

"Wang Shaoxia, let's watch it later, Your Majesty is waiting ahead." The eunuch's words brought him back to reality.

"His Majesty?"

At first Wang Yijing thought that it was the father-in-law Li who wanted to find a place for his godson, but he didn't expect that it was the emperor who summoned him. According to his seniority, he didn't know how many generations of great-grandfather the little emperor had been.

Walking through the courtyard to the front of the house, the old eunuch made a gesture of invitation, then stood quietly aside, the young man understood, opened the door and walked in.

In the room, the young emperor who had just arrived was tasting tea. After seeing Wang Yijing, he showed an approachable smile, pointed to the seat opposite and said:
"Sir Wang, please sit down."

The latter was also polite, walked forward and sat down and said:
"I don't know why His Majesty summoned the grassroots people?"

The little emperor frowned slightly, raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for the other party:
"I heard that the chivalrous man Wang is very capable. When I am employing people, I would like to invite the chivalrous man Wang to serve in the palace."

Wang Yijing is not surprised that the other party knows him. For hundreds of years, every emperor of the dynasty has hidden guards in his hands, and all the big and small things in the capital and even the enemy's every move cannot escape their eyes.

He didn't feel inappropriate for his juniors to offer tea, so he picked up the teacup and said bluntly:
"Your Majesty wants to deal with Empress Dowager Liu?"

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, his eyes showed appreciation and said:
"Wang Xiashi is really smart, I have grown up, but the Queen Mother Chi has been unwilling to let go of power, relying on my mother's meddling in the government, the court has been messed up by the Liu family.

I don't want to be a string puppet, but most of the soldiers and horses are in the hands of the Empress Dowager. If it really gets to the point of tearing her face apart, her imperial decree will be more effective than my imperial decree. There are not many people who can use it inside and outside the palace, so I can only find Jianghu people like Wang Gongzi. "

Wang Yijing thought for a moment, shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, it is a big taboo for Jianghu people to get involved in court disputes. From ancient times to the present, few Jianghu people who help the court have a good death. Wang is born to be afraid of death, and he is afraid that it will be an embarrassing task.

Besides, I was employed by the second son of the Liu family. If I turn around and join the emperor to deal with the Liu family, I will inevitably be suspected of being double-decker. How dare your majesty use a wall of grass? "

The young emperor's original amiable face immediately darkened, and he showed the majesty that is rarely seen in the court:
"Although the words are true, but you know my plan, do you think I will let you go safely?"

Wang Yijing said tit for tat: "Your Majesty, you can try it."

The two met for a few words, and the atmosphere became tense for a while. The young man dared to do this to the emperor because of the magical powers he had not used three times.

If he wanted, he could have killed the demon queen and then rushed out of the palace. Although it was not in line with the "low-key behavior" requested by his grandfather, it was still considered a disaster.

It was also the first time for the little emperor to meet people from the rivers and lakes who dared to talk to him like this. He usually summoned them, which one was not grateful.

A person like the other party can't be a loyal dog, but he will stand on the side of righteousness, so he doesn't have to worry about luring wolves into the house.

……

After thinking for a while, the emperor said, "Liu Qing's family, come out."

Then a Confucian scholar in green shirt walked out of the back room, it was Liu Baoqing.

The man approached slowly, and said:

"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with the knight I recommended to you?"

Without waiting for the emperor to answer, Wang Yijing interjected first:
"Second Master Liu, where are you singing?"

"Scholars of my generation should take it as their duty to help the country. Although Liu was born in the Liu family, he can't understand their style of work. This kind of moth of the country should be eradicated as soon as possible."

Wang Yijing couldn't help clapping his hands and exclaimed after hearing the words: "Liu Ergong's righteousness, I really admire it! It's just..."

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, and Liu Baoqing said with a half-smile:

"Are you trying to say that my son eats inside out?"

"I didn't say that. Since Second Master Liu agrees to deal with the Liu family, I naturally have nothing to say. Your Majesty, how many troops can we command?"

Seeing his skinless and shameless appearance, the emperor began to regret his decision a bit. Is this kind of person really reliable?

For Liu Baoqing's sake, he said patiently:

"The guards in the palace can mobilize hundreds of people, and the guards in Beijing and Beijing only have the guarding school lieutenant who is willing to obey my command."

"Isn't there only 500 people?"

Wang Yijing obviously knew the establishment of the guards of the capital very well. The captain guarding the gate was nominally a captain, but his official position was only rank six, and he had four hundred soldiers, far less than the other three captains in the capital.

Liu Baoqing then said:

"There are more than 5000 guards in Beijing, including the guards in the palace and the guards in the palace and the officers and soldiers of the capital's yamen. There are a total of [-] people. Our soldiers and horses are less than a fraction."

"Isn't that hitting a rock with an egg?"

"Used properly, 500 people can also turn the world around." Liu Baoqing shook the folding fan lightly, looking confident in his chest.

……

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Yijing walked out of the room with a thoughtful expression on his face.

The old eunuch was still leading the way, and the two walked out. When they passed the ancient banyan tree, the young man stopped again.

This time the old eunuch didn't urge him, and let the other party get close to the ancient tree, stretching out his hand to caress the few notches on the tree.

This is not the first time Wang Yijing has come here. To be exact, he used to run here all day when he was a child.

At that time, Grandpa had just left, and he came back to attend the so-called "funeral". The other princes, regardless of whether they were really filial or not, snotted and cried, and almost went with the late emperor.

Wang Yijing's grandson couldn't help laughing because he knew that the old man had faked his death, and seeing the funny faces of everyone at the funeral.

Facing the surprised gazes of the people around him, Wang Qianshan couldn't hold back his face, and drove his son away from the funeral. The young man had nothing to do, wandered along the palace wall, and came to a remote courtyard.

There was a banyan tree in the yard with a bowl that was as thick as a bowl. The boy picked up a piece of broken porcelain from the soil and wrote his name on the tree with his butt pouted.

Just finished writing, a gentle voice came from behind:

"Your name is Wang Yijing?"

The young man turned his head and met a pair of beautiful eyes. The other party was bent over, looking at the words on the tree with interest.

The boy didn't know that there were still people living here, so he stood up and looked at him curiously, saying:
"who are you?"

The woman squatted down, reached out and touched the opponent's head and said:

"My name is Chu Yan, the chosen servant in the palace, who are you?"

"My name is Wang Yijing, and my father is Wang Qianshan, the general stationed in the Northwest." The young man held his head high, quite proud.

"Are you a prince?" The woman was a little surprised, "Why didn't you go to the emperor's burial today?"

"I wanted to go, but my father drove me back because I accidentally laughed out loud."

"..."

This kind of bold thing, the woman named Chu Yan dared not even think about it. Seeing the other party's indifferent expression, she smiled and said:
"I have some preserved fruit just sent by the maid, do you want to eat it?"

"it is good."

The young man was not afraid of life, and followed the other party into the house.

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I have something to do today, so I posted it late, please forgive me, I will post it normally tomorrow