On April 26, Chen Xi and his party arrived at Xuanfu.

The incident in the capital was learned by Chen Xi. He had not received a reply from Xie Qian at this time, but he knew that returning to Beijing at this time was definitely more dangerous than ever before.

"...Sir, Eunuch Liu has now taken over the power, and the civil and military officials in the court are silent, and no one dares to criticize him. You may be in danger of returning to Beijing this time."

Yun Liu's eyes were full of worry, especially after learning that Liu Jin was unscrupulously suppressing the court officials, he was even more worried and could not sleep all night.

As everyone in the servants knows that Liu Jin is doing something wrong today, but the emperor doesn't know that no one in the court dares to compete with Liu Jin head-on, and the banner that fights with Liu Jin is about to be handed over to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi's face was a little tired, and he shook his head and said, "When Liu Jin returned to Beijing, I had expected that there would be today. Facing him, I was not helpless... On the contrary, the once extremely powerful civil servant group left me helpless!"

In order to bring down the civil service group led by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Chen Xi had to push Liu Jin out. After Liu Jin was in power, Chen Xi expected that he would face the enemy head-on one day. At this time, the prediction became a reality and he was still calm in his heart. He even wrote a letter to Xie Qian in advance to let Xie Qian be prepared for this.

Yun Liu said: "But sir, Eunuch Liu is becoming more and more lawless now. It is reported that among the ministers who entered the palace, He Yan, the head of the Ministry of Works, Lu Shen, and Zhou Chen, the chief of the Hanlin, and the regent Zhou Chen of Shuntian, were punished until he died. Even the Minister Xiong of the Ministry of War was a stick for him. Now the Minister Xiong is bedridden, and his life is hanging on the line."

Chen Xi looked at Yunliu and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Yun Liu lowered his head, feeling a little reluctant, and said, "Sir, it's better to seek a release earlier. If the adults don't prepare, the adults will be unchanged after returning to the court. Eunuch Liu will not let the adults go."

Chen Xi knew that Yun Liu cared about him and said with some regret: "Since I chose to be an official, I have to face all challenges in the officialdom. Now, no matter how I say it, I am the Minister of War. I can't find a legitimate reason. Even if Liu Jin is the magistrate of the Secretariat, he will have no way to deal with me."

"After returning to the court, I will abide by my duty. If anyone does not offend me, I will not offend others. If Liu Jin really wants to go against me, I will not let him have a good life."

"As for your reminder, I know it, and it is useless to say more. If I don't stand up this time, I'm afraid the court will become Liu Jin's court. Even if I go far away, he will be entangled and cannot escape."

Chen Xi's initial mentality really wanted to avoid Liu Jin, but he didn't want to have a head-on conflict with him. He followed the development of history and returned to the court after Liu Jin embarked on the road to destruction.

But later, after thinking, this idea was a bit too natural. Liu Jin was killed because of some coincidences in history. Under the influence of the butterfly effect of Shen Xi's arrival, it is hard to say whether history will repeat itself. Chen Xi knew that Liu Jin would not be far away from him, and returning to Beijing this time was the best choice for Chen Xi.

Yun Liu said no more and said he left after giving the salute, while Chen Xi was busy at the desk until late at night.

He is writing a letter.

In addition to writing letters to Xie Qian, there are also letters to the emperor and family members...

It was midnight in the blink of an eye. Just as Shen Xi was about to go to the bed to rest, a noise came from the yard and the fire was bright. Chen Xi came to the window in surprise and heard the chaotic footsteps coming from the stairs.

Soon the knock on the door sounded, and Chen Xi asked casually, and Ma Jiu replied outside the door: "Sir, catch two people who are trying to poison the well."

Chen Xi nodded slightly, opened the door, and then Ma Jiu and several guards escorted people into the guest room.

Two innkeepers with big ties immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "This adult, the villain and his companions are just going to fetch water, not to poison them."

Ma Jiu said angrily: "You are sneaky, holding medicine powder in your hand, and you have captured the stolen goods. At this point, you still dare to be cunning? Are you looking for a fight?"

Chen Xidao: "It's useless to make things difficult for them. After all, I can't help myself. Tell me, who sent you, or... who assigned your errands?"

The two postmen still knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to answer. Ma Jiu asked for instructions: "Sir, I have questioned it before, but I have not said it. Please give it to me."

Chen Xi stood up, shook his head and sighed: "Liu Jin wanted to make trouble on my way back to Beijing, and even used despicable means to kill human life. It was simply in vain!"

"Now that Liu Jin is in the court, he can say that he has only one hand to cover the sky. Don't he want to show off his might in front of me? Could it be that these two people are the scapegoats he found, wanting me to know his deep hatred for me? Or, just send a few people to kill me to sacrifice to the flag?"

When the two postmen heard that Chen Xi was about to kill him, they were so scared that they trembled all over and kowtowed harder.

Ma Jiu asked, "Sir, do you need military law to deal with it?"

Chen Xi said, "It doesn't make sense to kill them. Send them away... If you two can see the person who has entrusted your mission when you go back, you will say that I, Shen Zhihou, and Eunuch Liu, have no rift, so that he would better break the desire to kill me. After I go back, I just want to be an ordinary court official and don't want to be disgusted with anyone. If he really bullies others too much, he will force people to go to a dead end."

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Chen Xi is about to return to Beijing.

In the past, the court was indifferent to Chen Xi's affairs. Whether Chen Xi was good or bad had no direct relationship with the officials. When the civil servant group was in power, Chen Xi was completely a marginal figure, but was regarded as a local official with some ability and a teacher-student friendship with the emperor.

But this time Chen Xi returned to the court, it became a concern for the civil and military officials of the court.

Chen Xi was recommended by Xu Jin, who had fought with Liu Jin before, to return to the court to serve as Minister of War. Although Xu Jin failed to impeach Liu Jin, he won the respect of the upright ministers in the court, and the person recommended by Xu Jin was also highly expected.

Everyone knows that the significance of Chen Xi's return to the court was not how great he made in military achievements, but because Chen Xi, as the best among young officials, had the absolute trust of the emperor and was one of the few ministers who could challenge Liu Jin.

The court placed the last hope of fighting with Liu Jin on Chen Xi.

The reason why Liu Jin hated Chen Xi was so strong that Chen Xi returned to the court meant that some ministers favored the emperor and could even compete with him.

"...what? He really said that? Shen Zhihou wants to fight our family to the end, right?"

When Zhang Wenmian told Liu Jin truthfully what Chen Xi said to the two postmen, Liu Jin was almost angry. He was the one who wanted to kill Chen Xi for the fault, but now it seems that Chen Xi offended him.

Sun Cong said: "Dadonnacle, it seems that this Shangshu Chen is not very hostile to you. Perhaps as he said, after returning to the court, he did not want to be a direct enemy of his father-in-law. He had helped his father-in-law resolve the danger before."

With Sun Cong's thoughts, he did not want Liu Jin to fight with Chen Xilong. He hoped that Liu Jin could get along well with the Chinese civil servants in the court, rather than like now. Although everyone seemed to obey Liu Jin's will, in fact, every civil servant wanted to peel Liu Jin off his bones.

Hearing Sun Cong's words, Zhang Wenmian sneered: "I don't agree with Brother Sun's statement... The fundamental purpose of this Shangshu Chen's return to the court was to fight with Eunuch Liu. Since he knew that his father-in-law sent someone to kill him, he naturally knew who his biggest opponent was in the court. If he did not regard his father-in-law as an enemy, how could he not even ask questions? He would know that this was done by his father-in-law sent by someone?"

Liu Jin said angrily: "So what if he knows? Our family is going to get rid of him. If he has the ability, he will go to His Majesty to complain to see if His Majesty believes in him."

Zhang Wenmian hesitated: "Father-in-law, you have to be careful about what you said."

Liu Jin was stunned and then recalled that if Chen Xi really ran to complain to Zhu Houzhao, saying that Liu Jin sent someone to assassinate him. Even if Chen Xi had no evidence at all, Zhu Houzhao would still believe that even if Zhu Houzhao didn't kill him at that time, it would cause him a lot of trouble.

Liu Jin couldn't help but wonder: "This kid's greatest ability is to gain the absolute trust of His Majesty... But he is an imperial teacher and a civil servant. He will never tolerate His Majesty eating, drinking and having fun. As long as he sees His Majesty and corrects His Majesty's words and deeds, he will be hated by His Majesty. That's the time for this kid to die."

Liu Jin took many things for granted. He knew that Chen Xi was smart and wise, but he always used some corrupt Confucian thoughts to guess what Chen Xi did, thinking that he was sure to win.

Sun Cong said: "Dad, Shangshu Chen will probably return to Beijing within these few days. If he comes back and goes directly to the palace to meet the saint, will there be trouble?"

Liu Jin sneered: "Your Majesty is not aware when he comes back. Our family will try to keep Your Majesty in the leopard room outside the palace for the past few days... Your Majesty has not been to the court for many days, and even if Chen Xi comes back, he will not see Your Majesty."

Zhang Wenmian reminded: "Dadfather-in-law, beware that this person breaks into the leopard room directly. He had met His Majesty outside the palace before..."

Liu Jin's old face wrinkled, and after a little thought, he said, "The leopard room is not the simple courtyard before. Don't worry, the leopard room is completely under our control. If he wants to meet the saint, he must also see if the guards stationed outside agree. If he returns to the saint, it just means that he wants to fight with our family, and our family will definitely let him die without a place to bury him."

Both Zhang Wenmian and Sun Cong disagreed, but at the same time they chose to remain silent.

Liu Jin arranged again: "Send someone to watch. Once Chen Xi returns to the capital, he will tell us the first time that our family can make arrangements. He will make every move in the capital, and even in the Ministry of War, he must tell us truthfully that our family cannot let him do whatever he wants in the capital!"

Zhang Wenmian was full of confidence: "Don't worry, if you have any arrangements, you will definitely leave Shangshu Chen without any hiding."

"Um."
Chapter completed!