Bachelor

Chapter 186 Hot Night
Xiyuan, Leopard Room, at dawn.

Located on the west side of the Forbidden City, Xiyuan was the royal garden of the Ming Dynasty.Since the Yuan Dynasty, the kings of all dynasties have built many exquisite buildings around Taiye Pool.Therefore, although it is outside the Forbidden City, it has actually become a forbidden place for ordinary people.

Moreover, since Emperor Zhengde was unwilling to live in the boring palace, he left the Forbidden City and moved into the new Leopard House in the northwest of the Imperial City, and this was also the place where the cabinet was valued.Therefore, the area around Taiye Pool has become the political and military center of the empire within a radius of twenty miles.The original pronunciation of "Leopard Room" comes from the homophony of "Ba-Fen" in Arabic, which is transformed into "Leopard Room", and its free translation is "Skills Academic Research Center".

Therefore, the leopard house mentioned by later generations is actually the lewd pleasure center where Emperor Wuzong raised wild beasts, without any factual basis.

Of course, this is nothing more than false rumors and far-fetched conclusions by later generations.

At this moment, Huang Jin and Feng Zhen are shuttled between the densely packed palaces under the leadership of an eunuch.As ancients, these two of course didn't know that since Emperor Zhengde moved the political and military center of the empire to this area, the next few dynasties without exception turned this place into the core and secret of this huge oriental country. In later generations, there is a name that makes everyone's ears like thunder - Zhongnanhai.

This is the first time Feng Zhen has been to such a critical place, and he was dizzy when he turned around inside. He just felt that he had never seen so many houses and so many exquisite scenes in his life.Under the turmoil of the mood, the breathing did not feel disordered, and the majestic generation of Southern Boxing masters were a little short of breath.The majesty of the Tian family, which was unimaginable in the past, is now vividly presented before the eyes.

There was no one around.

The footsteps of the three of them echoed in the surrounding red walls and green tiles.

"Why, tired, do you want to rest?" Huang Jin has been observing Feng Zhen. As a master of martial arts, with such a representative of Southern Fist by his side, Huang Jin subconsciously maintains the height even if he is his teammate. vigilance.

This is the heart of guard between warriors and warriors.

"No...what?" Feng Zhen was a little trembling, and asked anxiously, "Huang Gong, where is my master? Is he all right?"

Huang Jin said coldly: "What do you care about these things now, the group of rebellious officials and thieves will arrive soon, you must stop them before them, this is what your master wants."

"Enenen." Feng Zhen couldn't help nodding: "My master has told me to listen to Mr. Lu before entering the palace, and you can do whatever you say. My breath is a little messy, probably because I am nervous. "

"Hehe." Huang Jin seemed to have heard something funny, and said in a sarcasm tone: "Following our family, there will be times when you will open your eyes. If you are here, you will naturally give you a background. As long as you fight bravely, In the future, entering Jinyiwei to become a hundred or even a thousand households is not a matter of Xiao Luzi's words."

There was a hint of joy on Feng Zhen's face, but he immediately shook his head: "Old Huang, you can't be like this. Feng Zhen was down and out at the beginning. If the master hadn't picked me up from the street, Lao Feng would not know what it is now. What a situation. As a human being, it doesn't matter anything, but the word loyalty must be strictly abided by."

Huang Jin originally intended to recruit Feng Zhen, but now that he was so dishonest, he sneered: "You have to follow a young scholar, and you are free. Anyway, what happened today, our family doesn't expect you to contribute much. We will see Zhu Huan later. , I have to take care of it, but you blocked some of his minions for me."

Huang Jin and Feng Zhen sneaked into the Leopard Room, their eyes darkened, they didn't know what was going on inside and outside the imperial city, and they didn't know where Zhu Huan and the others had gone.

Zhu Huan is the commander of Jin Yiwei, who is in charge of the palace ban. If he wants to enter the city, he can call the door in a big way, unlike Huang Jin and Feng Zhen, who are three points faster in speed.

Therefore, as soon as Huang and Feng entered the city, they urged the insider to run wildly in the Leopard Room. They ran so fast that the insider was foaming at the mouth, and he was about to be unable to hold on.

"Okay, let's go here." The inside line couldn't help panting, in front of him was a long corridor with red walls on both sides: "This is only 600 meters away from His Majesty's abode, and it is the only way."

"Well, just wait here." Huang Jin nodded, "You can go."

As soon as the voice fell, the insider immediately ran away and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Huang Jin leaned the water and fire stick in his hand against the wall: "Our family is a little tired after walking such a long distance, Feng Zhen, seeing how nervous you are, hurry up and breathe, if you guessed correctly, we will go to Lao Zhu ahead."

As soon as the words were finished, there were chaotic footsteps in the distance, and then frantic shouts: "Escort, escort!"

Looking up, the front is full of dazzling torches, and some pavilions are already on fire, burning bright red in the dark night.

Huang Jin's complexion changed drastically: "Zhu Huan should be damned for making such a big commotion."

Zhu Huan thought it was obviously not enough to control the situation with the twenty or so confidantes in his hands. In order to create chaos and restrain the guards of the imperial city, Zhu Huan and his subordinates kept throwing torches in their hands towards the nearby houses.

Fires continued to be lit, shouts and gongs were heard everywhere to put out the fire.

The cries and shouts became louder and louder, instantly turning the entire Xiyuan into a mess.

Feng Zhen was still panting loudly, the torch in front was getting closer and closer, and the sound of loud footsteps gradually filled the entire long passage.

With the light of the torch, you can see the gorgeous flying fish suit in front of you.

Huang Jin suddenly took a step forward and stood in the middle of the passage.He closed his eyes, opened his arms wide, and murmured: "I've waited for this day for 16 years, I don't want to wait any longer, come on!"

Either win or die, anyway, I will never go back to a small place like Anlu.

The most tragic thing in life is to have great ambitions in vain, but just hang around in a remote corner and wait to die.

The sky is healthy, and a gentleman should be brave, enterprising and self-improvement.

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Xiyuan, the cabinet is on duty.

The cabinet office is only [-] steps away from Zhengde's abode, separated by a small yard.

When Guo Xun walked out of the room, he was immediately sweated by the heat coming from inside.

It's already March, and the fire is still burning inside. The elders of the three pavilions are all very old, and there are no other small officials to serve them. They are all sitting on the chairs, arguing feebly.They are all over sixty years old, and their blood energy has been weakened, so they can't bear the spring cold at night.

Guo Xun was born as a warrior, a man of strong body, once he entered the house, he was so hot that he couldn't stand it.He couldn't help slandering: In this Xiyuan, there is only one patient, a group of Yin people with incomplete five roots, and then three old men, the Yin Qi is too heavy.

"The three pavilion elders are all here, I thought you all returned home?" Guo Xun smiled slightly, and cupped his hands at the three of them.

The cool wind he brought in when he entered the room made Yang Tinghe frowned, shrugged his shoulders, and looked up at him.There was a hint of vigilance in his tone: "Master Guo, what are you doing in Xiyuan in the middle of the night?"

"What are the elders doing, what am I doing, old Guo?" Guo Xun touched his face, feeling a little rough.He sighed: "I am on duty today. Your Majesty is so sick. I am worried and lead the team myself. By the way, the elders seem to be talking about something, and there is nothing wrong with it. Tell me, Lao Guo. , it’s good to kill some time.”

When Mao Ji heard this, he immediately got excited. He stood up and said angrily: "Old Guo, you came at a good time, and you come to judge this reason. Your Majesty is so sick. We, as assistant ministers, haven't seen each other for a month. I've been to His Majesty before, but I don't know what the Holy Majesty looks like now. To be reasonable, we should all go to see him. But Yuanfu said that there is no need to worry, everything is arranged. Hmph, arrangement, what arrangement, what arrange?"

He flicked his sleeves, and couldn't help but exploded: "No, I'm going to make a breakthrough today."

Yang Tinghe said quietly: "President Mao, it's not necessary."

Guo Xun smiled: "Old Mao, you are still talking about this matter. Since His Majesty said so, naturally there is his reason. We, as ministers, just follow it. What are you thinking so much about?"

Mao Ji said angrily: "Master Guo, what are you talking about? It is really his will that His Majesty does not see us. I don't think so. There are villains around Your Majesty, but there are decrees. It is all up to Sun Dan, a commoner, and Bi Yun." This eunuch conveyed, the devil will know if it is true or not?"

Guo Xun put on a horrified look: "Pretty much, isn't it?"

"Why not? I've heard people say that the emperor is unconscious now, and he might do something great at any time." Mao Ji's eyes glistened with tears, "It's absurd that we, as assistant ministers, can't see His Majesty. It is a matter of the country, Prime Minister Yang and Prime Minister Jiang are unwilling to take responsibility, and I, Mao Ji, is the second assistant, and I am in charge of this matter. Today, no matter what, I have to ask His Majesty for a word."

With that said, he was about to walk out the door.

Guo Xun stopped him with one hand: "Mao Xiang, Your Majesty is seriously ill. If you rush over so rashly, you will be in trouble if you are shocked. Even I, who is in charge of the palace ban, will suffer. You still don't want to Make it difficult for me!"

Mao Ji was about to speak, when suddenly there was a tsunami-like noise outside, and then a blazing fire burst into the sky, illuminating the night sky in the southeast brightly.

Such a big movement immediately alarmed the other two people in the room, and even Jiang Mian, who had been sitting on a chair in the shape of a wooden figure, stood up abruptly, trembling all over, and said to Yang Tinghe: "Mr. Yang, what's going on outside, what's the matter?" Hurry up and think of a way!" When he said this, there was a trace of crying in his tone.

Yang Tinghe closed his eyes as if everything was expected, and said calmly: "No mess, no mess, don't move, stay here." Although his tone was flat, there was an indescribable majesty.

Seeing the chaos outside, Mao Ji knew that Ping Qiuli and the others had already started, so he naturally refused to hang around here. Hearing Yang Tinghe's words, and seeing Guo Xun blocking his way, Mao Ji immediately got angry and roared: "Let me let you go!" Come on, as the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, the chaos outside is like this, but you don’t pay attention to it, which family’s rules are it. Mao will go to the Leopard Room to escort and see who dares to stop me."

Guo Xun was like a mirror in his heart, "I don't want to offend Prime Minister Mao today. Lord Yuanfu also said just now, let everyone stay still, Guo Xun naturally obeys orders."

"How dare you!" Mao Ji slapped the table fiercely: "Guo Xun, who gave you the courage, what's going on with the commotion outside?"

"Guo doesn't know what's going on, but it's difficult for Prime Minister Mao to get out of this house today." Guo Xun suddenly tore off his robe, revealing his scarred chest, standing in front of Mao Ji like an iron tower : "Mao Xiangruo wants to go out today, Guo Xun must not agree to the more than 100 scars and arrow wounds on his body."

"Rogue, ruffian!" Mao Ji's face was distorted.

"Yes, Lao Guo is going to be a hooligan today. Prime Minister Mao, our sage is the most wise and heroic lord in history. What is the disturbance outside? Do you need to worry about it? I advise you, Just wait for the decree."

"You..." Mao Ji was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of hot blood.

At this moment, there was a sound of orderly footsteps outside.

The four people in the room looked up at the same time, but saw two people walking in the courtyard outside.

One of them was Bi Yun, the personal eunuch of Emperor Zhengde. He had a sad face, and he stumbled as he walked, as if he was about to fall down at any moment.

The other person is Sun Dan.

Sun Dan was dressed in civilian clothes, with neither sad nor happy expression on his face.He was wearing a green robe, holding the skirt in his left hand, and holding a yellow damask in his right hand. His steps were even and steady, as if every step had been calculated, neither long nor short, exactly one and a half feet.

A clear voice came: "Where is Yang Shoufu, there is an imperial decree."

Yang Tinghe stood up abruptly, his hands trembling like autumn leaves in the wind, tears filled his eyes: "Yang Tinghe is here!"

Guo Xun and Mao Ji, who had been arguing just now, calmed down at the same time, with two lines of tears streaming down their faces:
"Chen, Guo Xun is here."

"Chen, Mao Ji is here."

Sun Dan seemed to be slow, but he walked into the room in an instant. He held up the imperial decree and said quietly: "His Majesty the Emperor has done a great job, and he has a will for all the cabinet ministers and Guo Xun."

"Your Majesty!" Bi Yun who was following Sun Dan limply fell to the ground, crying loudly.

Yang Tinghe only felt that his whole body was as soft as noodles: "Chen, Yang Tinghe accepts the order." He was about to kneel down.

Sun Dan stretched out his hand holding the hem of his clothes, supported Yang Tinghe, and said sadly: "Mr. Yang doesn't need to kneel. The Emperor Daxing said that you are old and you don't need to kneel to receive the order. The Emperor Daxing also said that his behavior these years is ridiculous. , caused Yang Xiang to suffer a lot of grievances, I'm sorry."

Hearing this thoughtful words, Yang Tinghe felt a pain in his heart, and spit out a mouthful of hot blood all over the floor: "Returning to Your Majesty, Yang Tinghe's duty lies, and he dare not have the slightest complaint. Your Majesty treats my ministers with kindness and righteousness. I can only do my best and die. already!"

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Xiyuan, the passage outside the Leopard Room.

The torch was approaching, and Jin Yiwei's gorgeous flying fish suit was everywhere.In the blink of an eye, the echoes aroused by the roaring "escort" on the red walls on both sides merged into one, layered on top of each other, blowing toward us like a gust of wind.

At this time, Huang Jin moved. He raised his left foot and swept towards the long stick leaning on the wall. The slender stick popped out like a spring, and flew forward with a sound, just hitting the one in the front. Jin Yiwei's nose hit him until he screamed, blood was all over his face.

At this time, Feng Zhen saw that Huang Jin's body shrank and bounced up instantly, like a strong macaque, screaming "Hit!" sharply.He grabbed the Water Fire Prisoner Dragon Stick in mid-air, and with a "Crack!" it swept across the neck of a Jin Yiwei guard, breaking that man's neck.

Feng Zhen also knew that shopkeeper Huang was a powerful character, but he didn't expect his martial arts to be so high.From the looks of it, he was a master of the same level as himself.Moreover, this person's stick technique is fast and weird, if I were to fight against him hastily, I'm afraid I would suffer a little loss.

What a Huang Jin, the person is still in the air, and the long stick in his hand has already fallen like raindrops: "Da Da Da, we will beat you with a stick and beat the turtle so that it will not come out!"

The tragic screams continued continuously. Huang Jin had been preparing for this move for a long time, and it was the essence of his martial arts.In an instant, three more Jinyiwei guards lay down on the ground, losing their fighting power.

The aisle was already narrow, so many people squeezed in at once, and Jin Yiwei's superiority in numbers could not be brought into play. After being hit by this sudden blow, it immediately became a mess.Someone was shouting: "Shoulder to shoulder, divide this thief!" Someone panickedly drew the Xiuchun knife on his waist.

The enemy's chaos was in Huang Jin's arms, so naturally he refused to give up and gave up. As soon as Pu hit the ground, he slammed a stick at the head of a guard again.If this stick is implemented, even if this person does not die, he will become an idiot.

"Crack!" With a sound, a long spear hit, just in time to stop the long stick in Huang Jin's hand.

An uncomfortable counter-shock force came, and Huang Jin took advantage of the momentum and turned backwards, turning somersaults, before dispelling this force invisible.

He let out a strange cry, the long stick sticks to the ground, the whole body hangs on it, like a big macaque, his eyes are still blinking.

Standing in front of Huang Jin with a spear in his hand was Zhu Huan, commander of Jin Yiwei.

Because the passage was too narrow, he waved his right hand, and several guards in front of him retreated at the same time.

Zhu Huan's eyes lit up: "You are so handsome, are you Eunuch Huang?"

Huang Jin jumped off the stick, curled up into a ball again, and yelled sharply: "It's our family, Zhu Huan. If something happens to you, you'll be arrested before you put your hands up."

Zhu Huan looked at the alleyway and laughed out loud: "Eunuch Huang, you chose a good location, where Zhu's advantage in numbers can't be fully utilized, I admire you! However, since Zhu became the commander When you are a dead person, you have never been afraid of anyone, and you are not worthy of arresting someone without a fight!"

Huang Jin's face was full of viciousness. Before he could speak, Zhu Huan took another look at Feng Zhen: "Old Feng, you are here too. There is some trouble tonight, do you want to go together?"

Feng Zhen's body stopped shaking, and he walked out with a straight waist, his steps were steady and powerful, and he looked like a master: "I still ask for advice!"

Zhu Huan smiled, "Sure enough, we have to go shoulder to shoulder. One is a master of cudgel and the other is a master of southern boxing. Zhu Huan's trip is worthwhile!" Guan and Han Yue shouted: "Leave this to me, and you two will lead your men to break through the wall and pass by to escort you."

"Yes!" As soon as the order was given, two guards in brocade clothes held their big axes and slashed at the wall desperately, trying to force a hole in it.

"Bold!" Huang Jin was startled and angry, but before his voice fell, a gust of wind rushed towards his face.A huge gun head suddenly appeared in front of him, and it was pointed straight at his throat.

Huang Jin was startled, and pressed the stick in his hand, trying to entangle Zhu Huan's spear.

But at this moment, the tip of the gun suddenly disappeared, and Feng Zhen's voice came from his ear: "Be careful!"

Huang Jin was horrified, and subconsciously jumped back. He was in mid-air, but his chest hurt.

When he landed and looked down, he couldn't help taking a breath.It turned out that Zhu Huan's shot had already sliced ​​through his front, leaving a shallow wound on his chest.

A large amount of hot blood gushed out and scattered all over the ground.

If he hadn't been quick to see the opportunity just now, Zhu Huan's shot would have pierced his chest.

Feng Zhen yelled loudly, and his right fist hit Zhu Huan's back with a sound of "Hoo!".The fist made a whistling sound in the air, showing the explosive power contained in it.

Zhu Huan knew how powerful it was, so he didn't dare to take it hard. The end of the gun was on the ground, and he kicked up the wall like a big gecko, and flicked towards Huang Jin, "Huang Jin, aren't you fast? Let's compare it today." , let's see who is faster!" While speaking, he shot more than a dozen shots.

There was a crackling sound of wall sticks hitting each other in the air.

"It's so fast!" Feng Zhen's pupils shrank, and he stepped on the gossip direction, skating forward like an ice skater, and was about to join the battle group.

Huang Jin screamed like a knife: "Feng Zhen, you idiot, I can't die, stop the other thieves, don't let them detour!"

Only then did Feng Zhen realize that the other Jinyiwei had already cut a hole the size of a bowl in the wall.

Feng Zhen had no choice but to stop and rushed towards them.

Two figures jumped out, one wielded two sabers, the other kept both hands empty.It was Qin Guan and Han Yue.

These two were originally Feng Zhen's defeated opponents, not his opponents.But today's situation is different. Both Qin and Han are wearing thin leather armor, and Feng Zhen has both hands empty. Once the fist hits them, no one knows how much force is left.Moreover, the toe of Qin Guan's official boots was inlaid with two iron heads. If he kicked him, even a cow would be killed immediately.

"Old Feng, our brothers admire your martial arts very much." Qin Guan shouted: "It's just that today's matter is up to you. I won't show mercy, and I may not do my best to Brother Feng."

Feng Zhen yelled: "You talk too much nonsense." After speaking, he punched out.This punch was powerful and heavy, bringing up a gust of wind, and it hit Qin Guan's iron shoe in an instant.

"Dang!" With a sound, there was a sonorous sound of gold and iron.

"Ah!" Huang Jin cried out in pain again from behind.

"Haha, Lao Huang, you shot me again. You can't compare to me in terms of speed, and you can't match me in terms of strength. What do you use to block me?" Zhu Huan laughed loudly.

"His grandma, our family can't lose, and our family doesn't want to go back to the backcountry in Anlu, where no shit!" Huang Jin continued to scream, but his hands didn't stop, and he fought fiercely with Zhu Huan while fighting , cursing sharply: "Sun Dan, Sun Dan, what the hell are you doing, why don't you come here, our family is dying, come here quickly!"

Some hot blood splashed from nowhere, and fell directly into Feng Zhen's neckline, making him tremble.

Feng Zhen didn't look back, he just punched forward.Although he also hit Qin and Han consecutively, but the armor on these two people was very strong, and he couldn't defeat them for a while.

I saw the blood gushing out of the mouths of these two people, obviously they had suffered serious internal injuries, but their movements were still fierce and fast, as if they were desperate.

In front of my eyes were countless shadows of legs and Han Yue's fast and slow double knives.

Over there, Jin Yiwei suddenly cheered: "The way out!" Then there was the sound of bricks falling to the ground, and a thick cloud of dust filled the alleyway.

Feng Zhen's heart sank, and his movements slowed down.The short knife in Han Yue's hand took the opportunity to cut a two-inch-long gash on his waist.

Feng Zhen was dripping with cold sweat from the pain, and shouted in his heart: Master, why are you not here yet? It's almost too late!
(End of this chapter)