The general is always teased

During the period when Zhao Rong was under house arrest in the Northwest Palace, two major events occurred in the capital.

First, there was a joint petition by a minister to impeach the Right Prime Minister and the Minister of the Ministry of War for colluding with each other, oppressing the common people, embezzling military pay, and enriching private pockets.

As soon as this matter came out, the evidence was conclusive, and the emperor was furious. He immediately ordered people to take off their official hats and sentenced them both to beheaded for public display. Among their family members, all the men were sentenced to exile, and all the women were served as officials. prostitute.

The second is that Changshan Marquis was deprived of his position because he sheltered a murderer, and he was demoted to a commoner.

Chang Shanhou is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager. The entire clan behind the Empress Dowager is the only one who has done something and has been relying on him to support him. Now even he has fallen. From then on, the clan behind the Empress Dowager has no possibility of turning around.

Both of these were revealed based on Li Yi's confession.

That night, as King Yu expected, Li Yi really wanted to escape, and he was also in King Yu's plan, successfully escaped from the dungeon of the palace. After he escaped, he went straight to the Northwest Palace without any doubt.

Outside the Northwest Prince's Mansion, Feng Bai and Bai Su had been waiting for a long time, just waiting for him to throw himself into the trap.

Li Yi stayed in the Northwest Palace for half an hour. Just as he was about to leave, he was arrested by Feng Bai and Bai Su who were guarding outside. He brought him back to Prince Yu's Palace and locked him in the dungeon.

When he returned to the dungeon of King Yu's Mansion and saw King Yu again, Li Yi knew that the situation was over and he was completely exposed.

It's just that when he explained the matter, he gritted his teeth and concealed some things, but under the medicine of old man Lin, he explained everything clearly without any reservations.

Li Yi explained a plan that night.

It's about how Rong Xiucheng entered Beijing one month later to take away Zhao Rong.

This strategy is vicious, once it succeeds, it will not only cause turmoil in the entire court and put Zhao Yin in a difficult situation, but also allow Zhao Rong and Rong Xiucheng to leave the capital smoothly and join their troops.

Although they had already guessed some of this plan from what Lin Lan explained and the information sent back by the person monitoring Zhu Yan, but it was not very detailed, and they didn't know the specific details. They didn't understand what the other party was going to do. If you do it, you will still be worried, but now, there is no need to be afraid.

Rong Xiucheng had been preparing for so long in the capital, and they already knew everything, so they almost took him down.

An important part of this plan is Zhu Yan.

The last thing to be done was also done by Zhu Yan.

King Yu originally wanted to send someone to capture Zhu Yan, but Shi Nanyue stopped them. They wanted to capture Rong Xiucheng, so it was best to hold back and wait until Rong Xiucheng entered the capital a month later, then they would be wiped out.

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Time flies, and a month passed quickly.

In this month, apart from those two major events, nothing else happened. The capital was as prosperous as before, but the border suddenly became strangely quiet.

And under this calmness, what hides is the coming storm.

Shi Nanyue had already played Zhao Yin half a month ago, asking Zhao Yin to transport the grain and grass to the northwest border first.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass will go first.

Zhao Rong's fief is in the northwest, and since he is already preparing for rebellion, he must have made full preparations long ago and will not stand still. Therefore, those foreign clans who have colluded with Zhao Rong will definitely send troops together during this period of time.

But the current calm is probably just to let the generals guarding the border relax their vigilance, so that when the soldiers are relaxed, they can seize the border town in one fell swoop.

Obviously, Zhao Yin also thought of this point, so after Shi Nanyue played, he directly issued an imperial decree to appoint Baisu as general and Bai as deputy general, and headed to the northwest border with food and grass.

After Bai Su and Feng Bai left Beijing according to the order, their days continued to be peaceful.

Shi Nanyue asked Shen Yijin to go back to the Imperial College as promised, but every three days, he would definitely go to bring Shen Yijin back to the General's Mansion in person, and send him there in person the next morning.

Shen Yijin refused, but every time she was kissed by Shi Nanyue until her cheeks flushed, she could only compromise in the end.

As for the Guozijian, after the previous purge, everyone has settled down a lot now, and they no longer have messy thoughts.

The students who stayed behind began to bury their heads in their books, preparing for the upcoming exam in the college.

Over the years, the imperial court has attached great importance to this examination of the Imperial College, and even the emperor will come to the scene in person, and the top three can be promoted to officials on the spot, so they don't have to go through the road of scientific examinations.

Therefore, this has also become a good opportunity for many students to show their talents. Everyone is very interested. Almost everyone reads at night, hanging on the beam, hoping to get a good ranking in the competition and show their face in front of the emperor. .

In a blink of an eye, it was the day before the academy competition.

On this day, Shen Yijin was taken back to the General's Mansion by Shi Nanyue.

The reason why Shi Nanyue took Shen Yijin back to the General's Mansion was because the exam tomorrow was the most important part of Rongxiu City's strategy. He had to explain it to Shen Yijin and make him fully prepared so that he could protect himself.

When they returned to the General's Mansion holding hands, the sky had already completely darkened.

But tonight happened to be the fifteenth, the moon was round and bright, and the moonlight shone down, dispelling the darkness, and the night it illuminated was very bright.

The General's Mansion was very lively today, and there were many people there. Even Zhao Lang sat aside, curiously listening to old man Lin teach He Zhang, even though he didn't understand the names of those strange herbs.

Seeing Shi Nanyue and Shen Yijin come back, Uncle Yang bowed to them, and then respectfully said: "General, Mr. Shen, the dinner is ready, this old slave is going to order the kitchen to serve."

"Okay." Shi Nanyue nodded, and then pulled Shen Yijin to the only two empty seats at the round table and sat down.

Old man Lin was sitting beside Shen Yijin. Seeing Shen Yijin sitting down, he stopped to analyze the medicinal materials with He Zhang, turned his head to look at him, and stretched out his hand and said, "Boy Shen, give me your hand."

He wanted to take Shen Yijin's pulse. This month, under his treatment with various medicines, Shen Yijin's body, which was depleted due to falling into the water, finally recovered some, but her constitution was still too weak, and the medicine couldn't stop her.

Shen Yijin stretched out her hand as she said, and let old man Lin give her pulse. Lin Yan sat opposite him, looked at him and asked concerned: "How are you doing these days, do you cough again?"

A few days ago, Shen Yijin caught a cold, but it was not serious, just a little cough.

Shen Yijin shook her head, and smiled back at Lin Yan: "No more coughing."

Lin Yan also smiled, "That's good, you have to go to bed earlier tonight, and you can't continue reading." The reason why Shen Yijin caught the cold was because he stayed up late that day to read.

"Well, I know." Shen Yijin responded obediently, and then smiled with confidence, "I'm ready for tomorrow's exam."

Lin Yan nodded, and after a while, he said seriously, "You must protect yourself."

Staring at Lin Yan, King Yu smiled softly. He patted the back of Lin Yan's hand lightly and said softly, "Don't worry, Xiaoyan. General Shi will be here tomorrow, and there will be many imperial guards, and this king will also Someone will protect him."

Even so, Lin Yan frowned slightly.

At this time, Old Man Lin had his pulse. He let go of Shen Yijin's hand, glanced at Lin Yan and said, "Boy Shen is in the Imperial Prison, there are many people, and Shi Nanyue is here. What can happen? What are you worrying about?" You have to worry more about yourself, you will be in danger tomorrow, then since Zhao Rong already knows that you can threaten the kid next to you, I am afraid he will send someone to attack you tomorrow."

What Old Man Lin pointed out at this time was exactly what worried King Yu very much.

Since his elder brother already knew of Lin Yan's existence, he certainly wouldn't let him go easily. Although he had been restless this month and never took any action, it didn't mean he gave up.

For so many years, it was rare for someone who could influence and threaten him to appear. He believed that his elder brother would never let him go easily.

And the manpower he placed in the capital, even though he had already obtained the list from Li Yi and Qin Yu, would catch them all, but there was no guarantee that any fish would be caught.

Because with my brother's suspicious nature, he would not easily trust a person to the point of telling him everything, and he would definitely leave behind him.

Grabbing Lin Yan's hand, King Yu thought for a while and said, "Xiaoyan, you will go to the Imperial College with us tomorrow."

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he smiled and said, "An Xian, I can't enter the Imperial Prison." He patted the back of King Yu's hand with his other hand, and said softly, "It doesn't matter, didn't you stay here?" Do people protect me? Besides, I will protect myself too. "

"You can't stay in Prince Yu's mansion alone."

Before King Yu could speak, old man Lin opened his mouth first, and he became very serious, "You follow and go to the Imperial College with them."

Lin Yan heard the words, looked at old man Lin, and said helplessly, "Father, I am not a student of the Imperial College, nor an official, how can I get in?"

Shen Yijin interjected: "Brother Lin, you can go in if you want."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, Rong Xiucheng's martial arts skills are not low, and the Northwest King is eyeing you. If you don't go with Prince Yu, I'm afraid it will indeed be very dangerous."

Hearing this, Lin Yan pondered for a while, and asked, "Then how do I get in?"

"It's very simple." Shi Nanyue smiled and said to Lin Yan: "You can pretend to be Prince Yu's book boy and go in with Prince Yu."

King Yu said: "It doesn't have to be like this."

Holding Lin Yan's hand tightly, King Yu tilted his head and smiled softly at him, and said, "Just use Lin Yan's identity and come in with me. You are the person in my heart, and you are an upright person. Yes, there is no need to hide it, as for His Majesty, you don’t need to worry, he won’t say anything.”