When Zhu Houzhao was intrigue with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Chen Xi was stranded in Taiping Prefecture. It was not yet known that Zhu Youzu died of illness and that Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne.

The Shangyuan Festival has passed, and half a month has passed since Zhu Youtu died of illness. However, Lingnan is far away from the capital and it is difficult to pass through the official road. Especially Taiping Prefecture is located in the southwest border of Guangxi, and the transportation of the mountains and ridges is extremely inconvenient, so the news has not yet been heard.

At this time, Chen Xi had already begun to establish his own message delivery channel. Through the unsafe Feige Pass and the relatively reliable Kuaima Pass, the message delivery time can be greatly shortened, but this system is not perfect, and he is trying to strengthen it, except that he has no better way.

Although Chen Xi didn't know what was happening in the capital, the first people who knew that he had investigated the case of robbing a civilian woman had arrived in Nanning Prefecture City.

These people did not come from the capital, but officials from the Guangxi Censorate Department who had already set out before the court ordered the case. These people stayed in Nanning Prefecture City to investigate the situation. Chen Xi, as the left censor who was appointed as the Minister of War, represented the dignity of the court and did not need to go back to Nanning Prefecture to be questioned.

Chen Xi had no plan to send troops in Taiping Prefecture, and the court did not want him to lead troops to restore Jiaozhi. The troops of the Jiaozhi Prime Minister Mo Zhu'an voluntarily evacuated Zhennan Pass, which caused Chen Xi to lose the opportunity to contact him and enter Jiaozhi under the pretext of pursuing pursuit. He also stationed in Taiping Prefecture with peace of mind and just waited for the end of the first month to lead the army to retreat north.

The plan has been arranged and there is no need to think too much. Chen Xi is now thinking about a question, should he solve Liu Jin first?

Chen Xi had this idea before, but thinking that history may have gone to a fork, it is difficult for Liu Jin to become a powerful eunuch. Before, Liu Jin lost power and even was exiled, which made him feel murderous.

But as Zhu Houzhao followed Liu Jin out of the capital, the court then intends to recruit Liu Jin back to the court, which made Chen Xi realize that the future Emperor Zhengde seems to be obsessed with Liu Jin. Now that it is the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, Zhu Youting's health is getting worse day by day. The best way is to kill Liu Jin and end it all.

If others were to be the eunuch of power, they would not be able to do as Liu Jin. Liu Jin was the most accomplished by Zhu Houzhao. He helped the newly ascended Emperor Zhengde consolidate the imperial power and completely eliminated the "opposed" civil servant group. If it were others, it would be difficult to reach such a "disaster disaster to the country and the people".

This is a very troublesome choice.

Logically speaking, Chen Xi could kill Liu Jin without being known, but as the commander of the army, killing a military supervisor was always not glorious. Moreover, Chen Xi felt that the main reason why the Emperor of Ming Dynasty valued eunuchs was to check and balance the civil servant group.

Sometimes Chen Xi believes that it is not a bad thing for someone to deal with the civil service group, at least from a selfish standpoint. Only when Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others withdrew from the court can he have a chance to stand out.

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On the 18th day of the first lunar month, Chen Xi held a banquet in the army to reward the meritorious soldiers.

The main generals in the army, plus the top 20 soldiers with the highest military merits, were invited to the Central Army's tent for a banquet. On that day, Chen Xi had a plan to get Liu Jin drunk, find a place to kill him, and then bury him. He asked Ma Jiu and Yun Liu to take charge of this matter, and all the details were explained clearly.

Just waiting for Liu Jin to get drunk, when he returns to his bedside or goes out, he covers his head and takes him out of the camp, kills him and buried him in a digging pit.

Although Chen Xi felt that doing this was a bit inhumane and even suspected of killing innocent people indiscriminately, Chen Xi felt that this was responsible for Zhu Houzhao, because once this old guy returned to the capital, he would have a good chance to become a capable general around Zhu Houzhao and let history return to the right path.

Chen Xi is in a very contradictory mood now. On the one hand, he does not want to travel through a mediocre life, but on the other hand, he is afraid of losing control of history and losing his way forward.

That night, the banquet began, and the central army tent was lively. In addition, the surrounding area was full of burning bonfires. Except for the soldiers on duty, the other officers and soldiers from all over the three armies sat around the fire. Today's barbecue and wine were enough, and there were even entertainment programs. Taiping Prefecture Jiaofangsi sent musicians, dancers, singing girls and other actors to perform.

Amid the music, many people drank with their hearts. This was the most comfortable and relaxing day for the soldiers in the army to come from the southern expedition. Chen Xi came out to toast in person, and Su Jingyang and Wang He and other lieutenant generals were accompanied by Shen Xi.

As for Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, they stayed in the central army's tent to enjoy it, they had basically nothing to do during the entire southern expedition, but they only made some discordant sounds occasionally, and they were just against Chen Xi.

When the banquet was at the middle of the meeting, someone began to toast Chen Xi. Chen Xi did not intend to drink much because he had to keep his mind clear. After all, he had to take action against Liu Jin tonight. If he got drunk, he might be mishandled.

Su Jingyang suddenly came over mysteriously and whispered: "Mr. Shen, an official from the government office came over and said that he had already greeted the Jiaofangsi and prepared a clean escort for you. Then he would send someone to your tent!"

Since the Jiaofangsi came to perform, it would naturally prepare a "entertainment program" for Chen Xi. After all, Chen Xi is now in a remarkable position, and Taiping Prefecture is a region where local officials and liu officials exist. Even if liu officials do not want to flatter Chen Xi, local officials will not "disappoint" a strong dragon like Chen Xi.

However, since it is said to be a vain prostitute, the woman sent is probably not from the Jiaofangsi, it may have been plundered from the people, or it may have been a "dedication" from local ethnic minorities.

Local officials are equivalent to local local emperors. They have maintained their rule for hundreds of years here and lived a free life than the emperor. Now Shen Xi brings troops here, drives foreigners away, and restores their governance power. In return, it seems reasonable to send a few women over.

Chen Xidao: "I know, leave the person behind, what will be done by me in the future? Let me tell you another question!"

Chen Xi did not intend to keep the woman sent by the local officials, but did not send her away immediately. This was a kind of commendation for the local officials to express their loyalty.

In fact, in theory, he was ridiculously accepted and brought it back to the capital, or simply transferred it to his subordinates. No one would stop him. However, since Chen Xi is not short of beauties around him, he does not have that much demand for women, and he respects women, so he will never make mistakes for this.

The banquet is almost over, and the plan to "kill Liu Jin" has begun to be implemented.

Before, Chen Xi asked Wang He to deliberately to the wine of Zhang Yong and Liu Jin, so that by this time the two military inspectors were drunk and unconscious.

Later, Chen Xi asked Ma Jiu to support Liu Jin and Zhang Yong back to the tent and rest, deliberately staggered the two of them, first sent Zhang Yong back to the tent, and kidnapped the person when sending Liu Jin.

Chen Xi stayed in the Central Army's tent to entertain the soldiers. When the banquet came to an end, Yunliu and Xier came over in men's clothing and saluted Chen Xi, and at the same time came forward to report the details about Liu Jin.

Chen Xi suddenly hesitated and said, "In this way, people will not be killed for the time being..."

Yun Liu was stunned. According to Chen Xi's previous statement, why did he suddenly change his plan temporarily? He didn't understand it very well.

At this time, Wang He and Su Jingyang were already drunk, their eyes were red and their eyes were confused, and they kept shouting that they wanted to toast Chen Xi.

When Chen Xi was drinking, he mostly spilled the wine into his sleeves. In addition, he was the one who would blush when drinking some wine. He pretended to be in a state of alcohol, but he looked decent. He held his forehead and shook his head, saying that he was no longer able to do it. Then he asked Yun Liu to take Xier and retreat first, and he returned to the tent accompanied by the guards.

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The banquet finally dispersed, and many soldiers were helped to leave.

Especially Su Jingyang and Wang He, the two were equivalent to Chen Xi who was responsible for blocking the wine. In addition, many of them toasted him and were almost carried away after getting drunk.

After Chen Xi returned to the tent, the clean guard prepared for him was already waiting in the tent.

The local officials in Taiping Prefecture were very considerate and sent four women to Chen Xi at one time. Although these four women were dressed in Hanfu, their wheat-colored skin and high noses and deep eyes looked like minority women, and they were all around twelve or thirteen years old. After all, the Ming Dynasty was young, but girls in Guangxi got married earlier, so they had to send "clever prostitutes" to this age.

He looks 70 to 80 points each. In later generations, he is a school beauties of school beauties. He is not much different from Chen Xi. However, as an open-minded modern person, even if he is a 15 or 16-year-old girl like Xie Hengnu, he is a little unable to do anything about Chen Xi, not to mention these little girls who are the first time they meet and are still extremely afraid of him.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you..."

Chen Xi said something and suddenly realized that these little girls might not understand what he was saying. Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the four little girls looked confused.

Just at this moment, the voice of the guard came from the door: "Sir, Guard Yun is asking for a visit!"

Chen Xi did not let Yun Liu enter the tent, and walked out by himself. When he saw Yun Liu at the door, he asked, "Aren't you letting you deal with Liu Jin's affairs? Why did you come back so soon? Have you handled it?"

Yun Liu bowed: "Sir, I just got the news, it was an urgent report from the capital..."

"News from the capital?"

Chen Xi frowned, and saw Yun Liu's serious look, he knew that something was wrong.

Chen Xi took the letter written with special materials. Because the night was dark and he couldn't see clearly what was written on it, so he simply asked, "Tell me, what's the matter!"

Yun Liu seemed very reserved: "Your Majesty has passed away!"

"oh!"

Chen Xi responded to the province without showing much surprise. He frowned and pondered for a while. He turned to the bonfire in front of him, approached the beating flames, carefully read the contents of the letter, and then sighed and said to himself:

"I didn't expect that it was so fast, more than four months ahead of history, and it was still on the first day of the first lunar month. In this way, we can only change the era next year!"

Yun Liu asked for instructions: "Sir, then Eunuch Liu... or not to kill?"
Chapter completed!