Jiang Bin has no status in the court, and almost everyone he meets will call himself a villain. Only in front of officials of the county magistrate can he show off his power, but it still doesn't work.

Chen Xi did not directly reply to Jiang Bin's words, Hu Lian next to him had already spoken: "Guard Jiang, we are here to pay homage to Your Majesty. Now we need to meet the saint in urgent need. Please pass it on your behalf."

Jiang Bin looked up at Xiao Tiaozi and Zhang Yong in the distance, wondering why the two didn't follow.

Compared to blocking Chen Xi, he was more willing to block those two people. In the end, the Minister of War in front of him was not easy to deal with by generals of his level. On the contrary, Xiao Zhuozi and Zhang Yong gained power because they were favored by the emperor. If they really had a status of half a pound of his weight, they would not be that scary.

Jiang Bin said: "Please forgive me, sir. Your Majesty is not here. The young man only came to Lingqiu for office work. As for what this adult said, the young man really doesn't understand... Please go back."

At this time, Jiang Bin really couldn't think of a better reason to make excuses, but he was very smart and knew what to do to be effective. He simply said that the emperor was not there. Anyway, you can't go in and verify it. Moreover, I have also received the holy order, which can prevent you from entering. Even if the lies are exposed in the end, I have no responsibility. Instead, you will have big trouble.

Hu Lian frowned: "Guard Jiang, aren't you talking lies with your eyes open? Your Majesty clearly came out with you, but now people are in the yard. Do you really think we don't know?"

Although Hu Lian usually treats military and political officials like Xie Qian and Wang Chang, he is basically as humble as Jiang Bin, but at this time he is very angry. After the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been humble in civil and military affairs. His dignified governor of the Xuanfu was played with by a general. At the same time, he looked down on Jiang Bin, who relied on being a charming villain who gained power and status by relying on being flattering, so he couldn't help but jump out and expose the other party.

Jiang Bin's face was full of embarrassment: "Please forgive me, sir, and you.... Some things are small, can only be said this. As for the truth, why is it not a villain who can make decisions without authorization... Lord Shen, you should understand the villain's difficulties, right?"

Because Jiang Bin dared not offend Chen Xi, even if he had the emperor's will, he would be frightened when facing Chen Xi. His words were filled with a pleading meaning, as if he was saying, you should understand my hint, it would be best to leave here, and we will not violate the river water.

Chen Xidao: "Then let's go back to the inn to rest first... We rushed over before dawn, and coupled with the previous hardship of travel, we were indeed a little exhausted."

"Ah!? Lord Shen, what did you... say?"

Qian Ning was very surprised. It had reached this point. No one expected that Chen Xi would retreat... Originally, everyone thought that Chen Xi would use his identity as the Minister of War to force Jiang Bin to submit, but in the end he was arrogant and chose to give in before Jiang Bin's fooling words, and then he lost the opportunity to face the saint.

Zhang Yong was anxious to wait behind. Seeing that there was no movement in front of him, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? Jiang Bin, do you want us to go in and see Your Majesty?"

Jiang Bin said with a slight smile: "Eunuch Zhang, you have worked hard all the way. Lord Shen said, please go back to the official office to rest first. The villain will not see you off. After all, the villain here has more important chores to handle... Please go back."

When he spoke, Jiang Bin felt relaxed. The person who thought he was the most difficult to deal with was actually sent away in just a few words. He felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, and he felt that even a big man like Chen Xi had to give him face. What a glory it was?

Zhang Yong was anxious: "Mr. Shen, aren't you yelling? We're here. Your Majesty is clearly inside, so why don't you go in and persuade Your Majesty to return to Beijing earlier?"

Chen Xi didn't want to explain a question many times, so she turned around and walked towards her mount. Hu Lian followed, and the remaining few people were not qualified to challenge Jiang Bin, so she could only follow Chen Xi.

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Looking at Chen Xi's back as he left, Jiang Bin breathed a long sigh. For him, facing an extremely prominent figure like Chen Xi, the tension in his heart was indescribable. He thought to himself: "Why did he walk on the edge of the knife? Even if he helped His Majesty block the tiger, he seemed not as nervous as he is now."

When Chen Xi rode away, he remembered to go into the yard to report the situation to Zhu Houzhao. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong: "Mr. Shen has traveled all the way to Lingqiu. His Majesty is in the yard and he is basically in the yard. Why don't he insist on breaking in?"

With confusion, Jiang Bin walked quickly into the gate.

When he arrived at the backyard, Zhu Houzhao was ready to go to the bed to rest. After entering the city, Zhu Houzhao changed his previous routine and changed to a lifestyle of hiding day and leaving at night.

Jiang Bin quickly explained the situation when he saw Chen Xi before. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frown and said, "Mr. Chen is really here. Is he a little too aggressive in doing this? I'm just coming out to relax. Why did he chase after him so quickly, making me feel unhappy?"

Jiang Bin had an opinion on Chen Xi.

Jiang Bin, who is good at taking advantage of his tricks, understands that he will not be appreciated by a top civil servant like Chen Xi. As a villain, he has enough self-knowledge and knows when it is best to slander it. He immediately adds fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen suddenly comes, I am afraid that he will continue to harass His Majesty, so why not send him away... If you continue with an imperial order, I am afraid that Lord Shen will not dare to disobey, right?"

Zhu Houzhao turned dark when she heard this: "What do you know? As the Minister of War, Mr. Chen is both my husband and has just made great contributions in the war against the Tatars. I cannot help but give him face... He will come, and I will never see you. If you ask me to drive him away directly, it is equivalent to saying that I don't understand his good intentions. I may not necessarily hold a hatred for me in my heart, and will not do my best to give advice and govern the country in the future."

Jiang Bin immediately realized that he might have lost his words, but when he looked up at Zhu Houzhao, he found that Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to be angry, and seemed to be thinking about how to send Chenxi away.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while before saying, "I won't see them for the time being. You keep people outside. These days your job is to monitor their every move in the city while watching the door. You send someone to inquire. If you find any new trends, you can come and tell me that as long as it is not a good thing to disturb me, there is no problem."

"Oh by the way, you can tell the bullshit magistrate of Lingqiu and send you all the delicious food and fun things, especially those rich families. If you ask the government to tell them that as long as anyone can take out the good things that I can appreciate, I will be rewarded in the future!"

While Zhu Houzhao was thinking about how to dispense with Chen Xi, she was thinking about eating, drinking and having fun. It seemed that Chen Xi's arrival would not affect his desire to play.

Jiang Bin responded and thought about it: "What does Your Majesty mean? I know that Lord Shen is coming, and I don't rush to leave. I choose to avoid him. Should Your Majesty want to stay or continue traveling? What should I do to cater to your superiors and ask Your Majesty to affirm my ability to do things? Depending on Your Majesty's attitude, if I offend Lord Shen rashly, I will not have a good life in the court in the future."

Thinking of Chen Xi's threat, Jiang Bin felt a headache. Chen Xi seemed like a mountain in front of him, and he could not cross it at all.

"I am tired, you should step down first. Remember my instructions... My illness has not been cured yet!" Zhu Houzhao said intentionally or unintentionally at the end.

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Jiang Bin did not go to see Chen Xi and others, for fear of being made difficult. Before, he only saw Zhang Yong and Xiao Tiaozi in Weizhou City and felt under great pressure. Now that Shen Xi is here, he feels even more uncomfortable.

In the inn, Chen Xi and others sat in the lobby on the second floor.

From the opened window, Zhang Yong looked out and turned around and said, "There are many people outside staring at this side. Maybe we were targeted by the boy named Jiang. He deliberately blocked us from going to meet the saint... This guy is so tired of living. What's the benefit of doing this?"

Xiao Tiaozi coughed twice: "Is there any benefit or not? At least we don't have a direct way to meet the saint... Besides, what if we see Your Majesty? Your Majesty insists on not returning to the capital, who can disobey the saint's will?"

When he was talking, Xiao Twist looked at Chen Xi, as if he was asking for instructions.

Chen Xi looked at Zhang Yong and said, "Eunuch Zhang, you seemed to be very concerned about the matter of the Saint opposite you before. In fact, you can go and mention it to Jiang Bin in person. Maybe you have the opportunity to go directly to meet His Majesty?"

Zhang Yong said: "Mr. Shen, what are you kidding? Our family and others follow you... You don't even make a move, so why are our family joining in the fun? You said you just replied before, but those who don't know thought you were afraid of a boy named Jiang."

Xiao Guozi also had some questions: "Mr. Shen, you are Your Majesty's gentleman after all, and you are the pillar of the court. Now you can only persuade Your Majesty... Why don't you insist on meeting?"

Chen Xi smiled and asked back, "Will you still have a chance in the future?"

"When will it be a good opportunity to meet the saint?"

This time, even Qian Ning interrupted, "We have all chased us here. If Your Majesty insists on avoiding us, and even issues an edict to drive us away directly, will we have a way to get in the court after we go back? Or will we just follow His Majesty all the time? We may not be able to follow us!"

This time, Zhang Yongxue became smart and no longer aggressive. He just smiled and watched Chen Xi being questioned repeatedly... It just so happened that Qian Ning and Xiao Guozi were asked the question he wanted to ask, just listen to the answer.

Chen Xidao: "I have your own idea when to meet the saint... If a few people think it is not appropriate, they can go to meet the saint by themselves, as long as they can see Your Majesty, and what they say will be useful to Your Majesty."

Hu Lian said relievedly: "It seems that Secretary Chen has made arrangements long ago. Don't worry. With Secretary Chen here, what else do we need to worry about?"

"Well, okay."

Zhang Yong waved his hand with a smile. At this time, he began to deliberately restrain his temper and no longer linger with Chen Xi, as if everything was under control.

On the contrary, Xiao Guozi was not so calm, but he also knew that Chen Xi's existence was too special. As long as the team had Chen Xi, they were not qualified to talk directly with the emperor. Originally, they went to Weizhou to persuade the emperor to return to Beijing because of Chen Xi's instructions. Now that the main owner has come, they don't need to do anything extra.

Chen Xi said to Hu Lian: "Brother Chongqi, you must be careful of your Majesty's sudden departure in the past two days. More people should be sent to guard the city and outside the city."

Hu Lian hesitated and said, "Shangshu Chen, our manpower... isn't enough?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "There should be enough manpower. This time, the Jinyiwei has arrived in total, and there should be no problem in guarding four city gates. If it is really not enough, you can still recruit local troops. Although the Lingqiu County Magistrate, the County Captain and the Chief Corps did not come, they also sent helpers. Is it okay for us to second some eyeliners?"

"unnecessary."

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "It is not what we should do. In addition to maintaining Your Majesty's stability, we must also maintain Your Majesty's prestige. Many things are not conventional at all, so we need to do them in person... In addition, even the people we bring cannot be publicized everywhere and discredit your Majesty 0."

Hu Lian blinked, not quite understanding, but he still saluted respectfully: "Then do things as the Secretary of Chen told me."

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Chen Xi entered the city and did not rush to meet the saint. Zhu Houzhao was a little uncomfortable when she discovered this.

Jiang Bin was not greedy for me and said something like "striving to stop him" and when he found that Zhu Houzhao was feeling a little depressed the next day, he began to realize that things were not that simple.

"...Mr. Chen didn't come to see him last night? It's been a day in the city. What exactly did he mean? Is he trying to wait for me to see him?"

Zhu Houzhao asked with an unhappy look on her face.

Jiang Bin couldn't answer, so he could only ask tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you need to say something to Lord Shen, such as asking him to take someone back?"

"Just you can help Mr. Chen away? Forget it, Mr. Chen is an old minister valued by the late emperor, and he is also my husband. Although he has lost face to chase me this time, it is understandable... Oh, right, is there any news in the capital?" Zhu Houzhao asked again.

Jiang Bin suddenly couldn't answer again. After all, they had been wandering around for a long time, and their contact with the court was basically interrupted. They had never thought of getting to know in advance, so they could only tell me some of the situations they had accidentally found.

"Your Majesty, there is no news in the capital. I heard from the Lingqiu local government officials that the Empress Dowager sent someone to Juyongguan and took over Lord Shen's military power."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became angry: "When did this happen?"

Jiang Bin thought about it again: "Maybe Lord Shen led his troops into Juyongguan shortly after. I heard that the cabinet chief Xie also arrived at Juyongguan and was entrusted with important tasks by the Empress Dowager. I think Mr. Shen has no official position, so he came alone to persuade His Majesty to return to Beijing. As for more things... the small ones can also be investigated."

Zhu Houzhao's face became worse. She muttered for a long time, and finally said angrily: "Have you started to interfere in my work in the capital now? I have only been out for a few days to play, and deprived Mr. Chen of military power and promoted Old Man Xie to the throne... Could it be that the mother could not stand the loneliness and wanted to deprive me of my power and rule the country from behind? For this reason, she did not hesitate to drive Mr. Chen, my good helper, from the court in advance?"

Jiang Bin has no way to answer this question. After all, there is a conflict between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, so how could he, a slander, get involved?

However, Jiang Bin suddenly realized that Chen Xi, who had been standing opposite Zhu Houzhao before and came to persuade Zhu Houzhao to go back, suddenly became a "positive character" in the eyes of the little emperor. The two stood together because of what Empress Dowager Zhang did.

This situation made Jiang Bin very depressed. The result he most hoped to see was that Zhu Houzhao and Chen Xi was constantly in conflicts and disgust, so that he had the opportunity to take office. Once the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Chen Xi was restored to harmony, his chances of winning the favor would be greatly reduced.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Since Mr. Chen does not come to see me on his own initiative, then check the situation in the capital and Juyongguan to see what Old Man Xie is doing now, and whether the people in the capital are suspicious of Mr. Chen... I don't want the heroes of the Ming Dynasty to end up with a bleak end. He is the minister I rely most on. He has to rely on him to help me maintain the stability of the country, rather than those villains who like to provoke discord but do nothing!"

Jiang Bin originally wanted to say that he was powerless, but when he thought that all the emperor ordered him to inquire about the news, it seemed that it was not that difficult, so he hurriedly saluted: "The villain obeyed the order."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "If Mr. Chen comes next time, please see me, you will say that I am unwell these two days and need to be calm and recuperate, so that he will not come for the time being, and wait until he recovers a little later."

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Jiang Bin is not a fool. From the changes in the emperor's attitude, he found that Zhu Houzhao seemed to be less concerned about continuing to travel.

It seems that Zhu Houzhao hopes to return to the capital as soon as possible at this time.

"Thinking about it, Your Majesty is in the capital, whether it is the palace or the leopard room, there are countless beauties, and there are the best opera troupes from all over the country to perform for Your Majesty, and there are also fun things such as fighting beasts and zajus. Why do you spend so much effort to get into such a ghost place where birds don't poop? Perhaps when Lord Shen comes and talks to Your Majesty, His Majesty will change his mind and go back to the capital. But now it seems that Lord Shen is not in a hurry."

"No, this is a snake hitting seven inches. Perhaps Lord Shen is just a chess and has taken over His Majesty's little thoughts. If it were Xiao Tiaozi and Zhang Yong, he would be too impatient to meet the saint at this moment. At that time, the initiative is on His Majesty and me. Lord Shen is really powerful. It is a sharp attack on people's hearts. He must not underestimate him in the future."

When Jiang Bin found that Chen Xi was very good at doing things, he suddenly became alert.

Jiang Bin, who could soar into the sky in history and remained in favor of Emperor Zhengde for ten years, had a very good job. His style was very different from Liu Jin and others, so he could maintain his status for a long time.

This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Xi is so cautious about Jiang Bin.
To be continued...