Chen Xi came out of the Military Academy, and the carriage outside was ready.

The Military Academy was not far from the Leopard House, and Chenxi could have walked, but he knew that undercurrents inside and outside the capital were surging, and the road was inevitable, and someone must protect him.

Before Chen Xi's carriage set off, there was a sedan chair coming in front of him and greeted him from a distance: "Is it the carriage from Xie's mansion?"

One of the Wang Lingshou horses took the lead, blocked the sedan chair and shouted: "This is the carriage of the Ministry of War!"

The sedan chair stopped and walked out of it. When the follower raised the lantern, Chen Xi looked through the curtain of the car and found that the person coming was Jiao Fang.

"I won't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing..."

Facing the cabinet minister, Chen Xi could not put on airs, so he could only get off the carriage to greet him. When he appeared, Jiao Fang took the initiative to greet him.

Jiao Fang looked Chen Xi up and down and asked, "Sir Xie Shaofu is here?"

Chen Xi observed his expression and knew that Jiao Fang had searched Xie’s Mansion, the Ministry of War and some major yamen, and finally found the military school. He said, “Didn’t Mr. Xie be sick and rest at home today? If Mr. Jiao wants to find Mr. Xie, he shouldn’t have been here.”

Jiao Fang was not very hostile to Chen Xi, and said in an elder's manner: "I had visited Xie's mansion before. I was told that Xie Shaofu left the mansion at dusk. I guess he would probably come to see you... Why, didn't he come?"

Chen Xi remained silent: "Xie Ge Lao and visit in the future..."

Hearing Chen Xi's words, Jiao Fang's face suddenly became unpleasant and frowned, "So Xie Yuqiao is the same. Since he is sick, he should stay in the mansion. Why should he run around? So thick, do you know that someone in the court today impeached the eunuch Wei Bin, the supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervision, saying that he bullies others and bullies the emperor and the emperor?"

Chen Xi nodded: "I heard a little, Master Jiao is looking for Mr. Xie for this matter?"

“That’s right!”

Jiao Fang said, "I thought Mr. Xie would come with you to meet the saint... By the way, the night is already dark, where are you going?"

Speaking of this, Jiao Fang looked alert, but Chen Xi went home on the same road as he went to the Leopard Room, so he was not sure where Chen Xi was going.

Chen Xi bluntly said: "Go to the leopard room."

Jiao Fang was stunned, a fierce look flashed in her eyes, and she asked coldly: "Isn't Zhihou going to report this to His Majesty and take the blame, right?"

"Master Jiao's words are puzzling. As the Minister of War, I will naturally talk about the military affairs... Now that the war in Xuanfu is in full swing, can't I go to meet the saint?"

Chen Xi had no intention of giving in, and said calmly.

Even though Jiao Fang has a high status in the Hanlin system, Chen Xi is not meeting as a lecturer in the East Palace. As the Minister of War, there is no need to worry about Jiao Fang at all. After all, the cabinet ministers are just second-ranks, and they have the same official ranks.

Jiao Fang stared at Chen Xi. As the minister of Liu Jin's group with the highest status in the capital, Jiao Fang now plays the role of the eunuch party's umbrella.

"I will go with you to meet the saint!"

Jiao Fang was decisive and knew that Chen Xi would definitely not admit that the purpose of going to the leopard room was to impeach Wei Bin. In order to avoid accidents, he simply proposed to accompany Chen Xi to the side of the saint.

This obviously disrupted Chen Xi's plan. He frowned and asked, "Does Grand Secretary Jiao not believe it, so he should supervise it?"

Jiao Fang waved his hand: "Zhihou, don't get me wrong. It's just that impeachment of the internal supervisor of the army is of great importance. This matter has had a significant impact in the court. I have visited Kedao before. Someone from Liuke and the Censorate came forward to impeach. The report was detained in the cabinet and could not be reached. I also want to take this opportunity to meet the emperor and report this matter."

The reason seems to be sufficient, but in fact it is just to follow Chen Xi and wait for an opportunity to move.

Chen Xi thought to himself, Jiao Fang came too much, and I was just about to meet the saint, but you bumped into me.

Seeing Chen Xi hesitating, Jiao Fang couldn't help but ask, "What, can you say, "You don't want to face the saint?"

"go."

Chenxi Road, "The military situation cannot be delayed in urgent need of military information, but the matter reported below involves confidentiality, so it is not convenient to meet with Grand Secretary Jiao. If Grand Secretary Jiao is in a hurry, please take a step first and then arrive later."

Jiao Fang sneered, thinking that she would not say goodbye easily if she had mastered the Shenxi Mingmen.

"Don't worry about Zhihou. Let's talk about it later in the leopard room. Besides, what changes have happened in the army... As a minister of the cabinet, how can I ignore it? I believe even Your Majesty would not deliberately conceal it..."

"Yeah?"

Chen Xi looked at Jiao Fang, "If the border is defeated, will the Xuanfu defenders be defeated thousands of miles?"

Jiao Fang's face changed drastically. After a while, he shouted: "Zhihou, don't talk nonsense. It's only a few days. How could such a situation occur? The Tatars have been in civil unrest for many years, and their troops are no longer as good as those in the past. Moreover, even when they are in full swing, our Ming army can resist the city and defend..."

Chen Xi smiled faintly, turned to the carriage, and said with his back to Jiao Fang, "Master Jiao wants to go with you, please do whatever you want. As for whether Your Majesty is willing to see you at the same time, I will say something else."

When Chen Xi got on the carriage, Wang Lingzhi rode his horse forward to open the road, and the car headed towards the leopard room.

Jiao Fang quickly urged the sedan chair bearer to follow.

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When I arrived at the place, I realized that several ministers had gathered here, and I and Jiao Fang were not alone.

Under the dim lanterns, the guards blocked the gate of the leopard room and did not allow ministers to enter. Carriages and sedan chairs were parked on the streets.

Chen Xi got off the carriage and walked slowly, but Jiao Fang rushed to the front of the Leopard's room first. At this time, there were six or seven ministers waiting there, including Zhou Jing, Minister of Rites, Minister of Justice, Tu Xun, and Minister of Works, Li Yu.

In addition to Chen Xi, the current Minister of War and Jiao Fang, who also serves as Minister of Personnel, five ministers suddenly came to Baofang.

It was the first time that the important officials in the court ran to the leopard room to ask for the emperor.

Among those who arrived first, Zhou Jing, the Minister of Rites, had the highest status. When he saw Jiao Fang and Shen Xi coming, he stepped forward to greet him first and bowed his hands to salute:

"Even Brother Meng Yang and Brother Zhihou have come here. Now the six ministries are about to get together, right?"

Zhou Jing has a very old experience. He was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Tianshun and has been an official for forty-six years.

Chen Xi and Zhou Jing are old acquaintances. Chen Xi was just a disciple back then. When he visited Liu Daxia, he met Zhou Jing, who was once the Minister of Revenue.

At that time, the Ministry of Revenue was deficient, and Zhou Jing lost his post. It was not until Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and became emperor that Cao Yuan, the governor of Gansu who was accused of rebel Liu Jin, was recommended by Cao Yuan, and was able to return to the court to serve as the Minister of Rites. Cao Yuan was Zhou Jing's son-in-law.

In terms of status, Zhou Jing, who is the Minister of Rites, is higher than Chen Xi, the Minister of War.

Chen Xi had a good impression of Zhou Jing. The deficit case of the Ministry of Revenue that year actually had little to do with Zhou Jing. After that, ministers continued to recommend Zhou Jing to return to the court over the years, which shows that the people had a good discussion on Zhou Jing. Chen Xi stepped forward to see the greetings, Zhou Jing nodded at Chen Xi, but then he turned his eyes on Jiao Fang and asked, "Brother Meng Yang was also coming to impeach the eunuch Wei Bin, the supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervision?"

Jiao Fang didn't know how to answer for a moment. He didn't expect to see so many colleagues outside the leopard room. He looked at Chen Xi and said, "I'll come here, he said there is an urgent military situation to report to Your Majesty."

Zhou Jing, Tu Xun and others were worried about not being able to meet the saint. When they heard this, Tu Xun quickly came forward and asked, "Is it the military information on the front line of Xuanda?"

Chen Xi bowed slightly in front of everyone's eager gaze, smiling without saying a word, which made the ministers present a little embarrassed.

Li Jue, the Minister of Works, had a good relationship with Chen Xi and didn't want to ask more questions. The rest of the people felt that Chen Xi was a little ignorant. The elder asked, but he didn't answer.

It was Zhou Jing who came out to relieve Chen Xi and said with a smile: "It seems that the matter of Zhihou's report is of great importance. Since that's the case, I'll go in and report it, and I can follow him in and meet the saint. Let's take a walk!"

The ministers were called by the Zhou Jing and walked to the leopard room. When they arrived at the gate, they were still turned away by the guards.

The guard leader said, "Sir, don't let the young people make things difficult for you. This place is not a place for all saints. If you want to meet the saints, it is better to move to the palace gate. If you stay for a long time, I can't bear it... Please go back home early so as not to be difficult for us!"

Zhou Jing was like a smiling Buddha, and he said happily: "What's the difficulty... Just go in and report it. There is urgent military affairs at present. You should know this. Minister Chen from the Ministry of War. He is a person valued by His Majesty. He has important military information. Do you still have to keep it out? If the military situation in front changes, I wonder if you can take it?"

Zhou Jing threatened to use military and national affairs, and those loyal guards could no longer hold on.

The guards' forefather's face changed and he said, "Sir, wait a moment, I will go in and report it."

Everyone knew that the guards in front of them could not withstand the fright. Zhou Jing sent his leader in a few words to report, thinking that he would soon see Zhu Houzhao.

Only Chen Xi knew that if he wanted to meet the saint tonight, it would be difficult.

Sure enough, the guard leader returned soon and bowed politely: "Please forgive me, sir, you are still not allowed to enter!"

Even Zhou Jing, who always smiled, couldn't help but be stunned and asked in surprise: "Why is this? Is Your Majesty ignored the military situation in front of you? This general has ever seen Your Majesty..."

The guards' foreman remained silent.

Chen Xi knew from his erratic eyes that he did not see Zhu Houzhao after entering, but met his bosses, such as Qian Ning, Zhang Yuan, Dai Yi and others, who were sent out to prevent the minister from entering.

Jiao Fang glanced at Zhou Jing with a slant and said, "Bo Chang, since you can't see Your Majesty, it's late at night, it's time for me to go back. Zhihou, do you want to go back home?"

Among these people, only Jiao Fang came not to impeach Wei Bin.

Jiao Fang's intention was clear. He tried his best to pull back what the civil servant group wanted to do, especially what Xie Qian and Shen Xi had to do, and he had to stop it.

It seems that Chen Xi has a low status now, but the eunuch party is actually the only one who fears the most. After all, Shen Xi is now deeply favored by the emperor, and he can act across the cabinet and the Sili Supervisor. As for Xie Qian, who has a more respected status, he is a puppet with nominal status. The power of the cabinet is mainly in the hands of Jiao Fang, who is colluding with the Sili Supervisor.

Chen Xidao: "Since it is an emergency military service, we naturally have to face the emperor and report it. If we don't see each other now, we will be willing to watch it at night."

Jiao Fang thought Chen Xi would retreat when she saw the difficulties, but she didn't expect that this kid was also a stubborn donkey. He thought to himself: "How come he has the same personality as Xie Yuqiao? This is essentially different from the worldly-sleek Shen Zhihou I heard of before. Could it be that he has a different purpose? Or did he want to wait until I left before trying to meet the saint, impeach Wei Bin, or even impeach Liu Yu and me?"

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "Since I have to wait so much, I don't rush to go back, so I'll wait here together... These days, the sky is clear, the temperature in the capital has risen rapidly, and it feels like a hot summer. I can just blow the wind and cool down here, and talk about it by the way."

Tu Xun, Minister of Justice, Minister of Works, Li Yu, Minister of Works, and Zhang Luan, Minister of Dali Temple behind, and Wang Chang, the envoy of Tongzheng, all came to respond to Zhou Jing's words and expressed their willingness to wait together, which made Jiao Fang even more annoyed.

If these people are not gone, if he leaves alone, it means that he will know nothing about what happened here.

Zhou Jing was very happy and said, "Since you don't leave, you are just here to chat. Let me discuss the affairs of the court with you... How strong do you think?"

Chen Xi smiled and nodded: "It's great!"

Chen Xi said and looked at Jiao Fang, saying, "Old Jiao Ge is old after all. If you want to go back to the house to rest, you will go back early and I will send you off."

Jiao Fang—thinking: "A group of cunning foxes, both old and young."

No one left, and Jiao Fang himself did not plan to leave. He chose to stay with a stern face, wanting to know what tricks Chen Xi wanted to play.

The guards salute: "Sir, it's really hard for villains to stay here!"

“What does it matter?”

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "I'll stay away from the gate and won't disturb you all... Brother Mengyang, Zhihou, let's take a few steps to talk, this is not a court."

Jiao Fang looked at Chen Xi, but saw that Chen Xi's expression was normal and there was no change. He couldn't help but guess Chen Xi's intention.

Several people walked to a place three or four meters away from the gate of the leopard room. Zhou Jing asked the servant to move out the horse stool from the carriage and said, "The place is simple, there are no tables and chairs, so do it cheaply!"
To be continued...