Originally, the minister was looking for Zhu Houzhao to persuade the Holy Lord to return to Beijing, but now Zhu Houzhao is anxious to go back, but he can't find anyone to persuade him.

If Chen Xi didn't come, Zhang Yong, Xiao Taozi and others would have been carrying the errands of persuasion and could come directly to meet and make suggestions. But now Chen Xi people are in Lingqiu City, and Zhu Houzhao's face is there, so he will no longer listen to the persuasion of the servants around him.

More importantly, Xiao Taozi, Zhang Yong and others also understood that they could not be outspoken, and the matter would still be left to Chen Xi.

In the end, Zhu Houzhao even took the initiative to send Jiang Bin to help find someone, which made him, the emperor extremely depressed.

At this time, in Zijing Pass, Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui had led their troops to the pass, and the continuous marching general Zhu Hui was very tired.

The two of them did not go to see Empress Dowager Zhang before leaving Beijing, but they both knew that their purpose of coming to northwest Shanxi was not to suppress the rebellion, but to find the emperor and play a role in protecting the situation.

Even Yang Yiqing knew that the purpose of sending troops was to prevent Chen Xi from invading the enemy and causing trouble. After all, Yang Yiqing had met Yang Tinghe and accepted the orders of the three auxiliary assistants of the cabinet.

Yang Tinghe did not choose to meet Zhu Hui, because Zhu Hui was a duke-level nobleman and had a great status in the army. Yang Tinghe did not fully trust Zhu Hui.

"...I said Yingning, why are we going so fast? The bandits in this place have been raging for half a year, so there is no need to rush to calm down."

Zhu Hui was very cunning. He knew the errands he was very clear about, but he deliberately pretended to be confused. The main reason was that he didn't want to bother himself too much. No matter whether he was the emperor was safe, even if he changed to the emperor, he was still a powerful Duke of the State. As a hereditary nobleman, he didn't want to use all his strength to find the king.

Yang Yiqing had met the general of the Zijing Pass before, but Zhu Hui did not travel with him. Yang Yiqing probably understood that Zhu Hui wanted to get out of the matter.

This time Zhu Hui followed him with him from the instructor of the empress dowager, and the meaning of balance was very obvious, so Yang Tinghe always had some warning about Zhu Hui.

Yang Yiqing had a full understanding of the situation and said immediately: "The prince has a hard journey, but now he still has to travel overnight... Now he has received the exact news that His Majesty is in Lingqiu. Before, the Queen Mother told us to do our best to protect His Majesty. At this time, we have to work harder!"

"Yeah?"

Zhu Hui deliberately pretended to be confused, with a confused look on his face, "Why don't I know that I have given this order? Could it be that Yingning, you heard it wrong? Yingning, you went to the palace to see the queen mother before leaving the capital, or you received the queen mother's decree?"

Yang Yiqing cursed in his heart, but he still replied respectfully: "Has the prince seen the imperial edict issued by the Empress Dowager?"

Zhu Hui sighed, "The Empress Dowager just ordered me to lead troops to combat the bandits, and didn't say that he wanted to protect His Majesty... How could His Majesty be in a small place like Lingqiu? Oh, by the way, where is Zhihou? That child is more appropriate to do things. Didn't he say that he had already pursued His Majesty? Where is the person?"

Yang Yiqing's face was a little unkind: "It's probably about to arrive in Lingqiu County."

"Haha, let him protect His Majesty, why are we joining in the fun! His goodness is not ordinary, I am very relieved to him. When he was a baby, I witnessed him leading his troops to Yuxi River, defeating the Tatars with artillery, saving Liu Shiyong, and making great achievements..."

Zhu Hui was like a chatterbox, deliberately making some useless gossip. Yang Yiqing realized that it was indeed not easy to deal with the old fried dough stick Zhu Hui, and he could not just talk about things that were not good for the emperor. Otherwise, if Zhu Hui's big mouth spreads, he would have big trouble.

"Mr., Lingqiu is now in front of you. Protecting Your Majesty's errands are of great importance... Without further ado, we must set out tonight."

Yang Yiqing was very impatient because he really wanted to meet with the emperor earlier. Even if he couldn't persuade Zhu Houzhao to return to Beijing, he could at least make certain achievements. But for Zhu Hui, marching urgently was too tormenting, and he didn't want to break up his body halfway.

Zhu Hui said: "Ying Ning, even if you are eager to protect yourselves, you have to consider the actual situation. Look at what your soldiers have been tormented by you these two days? Since I received the order to send troops, I have marched all the way, and I only have a little time to rest every day. In this way, the soldiers are not energetic and energetic. If I really encounter bandits, they will win a battle like soft-legged shrimps?"

Yang Yiqing was speechless after hearing this. This was the remark of the former three-sided governor and a very famous frontier meritorious general, the Duke of the Protected Kingdom?

He is simply a fool who implicates the three armies, and he is even more hateful than those eunuchs who like to make tricks and tricks.

Yang Yiqing looked straight: "Master, if you don't rush to travel all night, who will take care of your Majesty if you have any trouble?"

"Whoever takes responsibility will take responsibility? The court has not given us a deadline. We cannot hold the shit basin on our heads. Our Majesty's safety is beyond our reach. We need to fight steadily and we cannot rely on our hopes to become a fat man in one bite..."

Zhu Hui started to talk, and Yang Yiqing realized how unreasonable this person was.

Yang Yiqing said angrily: "Since the master is tired, the troops will stay in Zijing Pass for one day and set off early tomorrow morning. This is already at the limit of patience. If the master does not leave, please forgive me for taking a step forward. The master will lead a few people in the palace."

"Ying Ning, what are you talking about?"

Zhu Hui had a good temper before and was kind and looked at each other in a blink of an eye.

Yang Yiqing didn't care about explaining to Zhu Hui that from a certain perspective, Zhu Hui's status and face were greater than him. If he did not use some threats and coercion, he could only obey Zhu Hui's arrangements in everything and be controlled by others everywhere, that was not the result he wanted to see.

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When Yang Yiqing found that Zhu Hui was not concerned about the protection of the emperor, he quickly wrote a letter to the capital to inform Yang Tinghe about the situation here.

It’s not that Yang Yiqing has no idea or something, but that he thinks that since Yang Tinghe is in charge of this matter, it’s best to report to Yang Tinghe what happened. However, he still kept a little care. While sending Yang Tinghe, he also sent a copy to Xie Qian, who was stranded in Yongguan. This copy brought personal emotions and was more comprehensive, and it was not as official as when reporting to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Yiqing understood that although Chen Xi rose, he never joined the cabinet. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Xie Qian has absolute voice over the civil servant group. Now the question of who Xie Qian wants to train to be the successor is very important.

On that day, a fast horse sent a letter from Zijing Pass to Juyong Pass. And when Xie Qian was still resting in the middle of the night that day, Yang Yiqing's letter was delivered.

Xie Qian didn't have time to rest, so he quickly read the letter. The information he got from Zijing Pass was more comprehensive than the information he got from Weizhou.

Xie Qian looked at Yang Yiqing's letter and couldn't help but sigh: "It is indeed necessary to arrange the right people to go to the right place, so that the news will be much smoother... Zhihou is capable, but he may not be in the same way as me, otherwise why would he ask me to get the news from Zijing Pass?"

Because of the letter, Yang Yiqing basically confirmed that the emperor is well now. After all, Zhu Houzhao met local officials after arriving in Lingqiu. Xie Qian went to find Wang Chang overnight, preparing to ask Wang Chang to bring the news back to the capital.

Wang Chang was very distressed. He was woken up by someone in the middle of the night and was arranged for an errand. This made him very upset. It was obvious that he wanted to run errands.

Wang Chang stared and said, "Yu Qiao, if you have a letter, just send it to the capital, and you have to let me, the Minister of War, send it? Do you know that many people in the court are wary of the Ministry of War. Isn't this matter the most appropriate to send it in your name? What the Empress Dowager cares about the most is your memorial."

Wang Chang's meaning is already very clear here. The person the Queen Mother trusts the most is you. Just just report the memorial yourself. Why do you have to go to my side to go to the process? Are you trying to give Shen Zhihou a step, meaning that this memorial was instructed by Shen Zhihou to the Ministry of War?

Xie Qian said angrily: "Don't I know what the Empress Dowager wants to see? But the two father-in-laws in the Silijian..."

"Ahem!"

Wang Chang finally understood, and couldn't help but cough twice, sighing, "It's still the same as Zhihou, let me tell the people in the Silijian, "You, can't you go to see the people in the Silijian by yourself, and you have to bother me?"

Before, Shen Xi had many things to do by herself, so that Wang Chang could convey them. At that time, Wang Chang thought for a long time before realizing that Shen Xi did not want to contact the people in the court directly, so as not to deepen the court's suspicion of him. This is a concrete manifestation of Shen Xi's tolerance attitude.

But Xie Qian's actions made Wang Chang feel unusual, because in Wang Chang's opinion, there was no need for Xie Qian to avoid anything.

Xie Qian sighed: "My current identity is also very embarrassing. I can indeed make a decision in the court affairs, but in disguise, because of my strong relationship with me, the Chinese military in the court will question me. Now that the mentor is doing things properly, let him be temporarily responsible for handling the memorials and votes. If the empress dowager has any important matters, you can ask him. I will stay in Juyong Pass to maintain the stability of the people and horses."

Wang Chang shook his head and said, "These men and horses can be left to the military personnel, and even the Ministry of War can leave without paying attention."

"You can't let go!"

Xie Qian was a little anxious when he heard this, "Zhihou left without saying goodbye, but he was quite steadily doing things. Let Quanqing go to the capital and take charge of the Ministry of War first, and you stayed in Juyongguan, which is a reasonable arrangement of control. Now that Your Majesty is on a trip, the biggest problem is the stability of the army. The Minister of War is suspected and has to look for Your Majesty. As a veteran in the court and the Minister of War, shouldn't you do something?"

Wang Chang's eyes widened and asked, "Then what should I do?"

Xie Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was obvious that the Minister of War was not unaware of it, but pretended to be confused in front of him, or that this was also a manifestation of Wang Chang's mean mentality.

Xie Qian, Lu Wan, Yang Tinghe and others could charge, but Wang Chang was very restrained and belonged to the conservative existence in the Ministry of War.

Xie Qian said: "No matter what you are next, you will first pass the news from Zijing Pass to the two father-in-laws of the Silijian. Then, go back to the Queen Mother and ask the two father-in-laws of the Silijian to return to Beijing earlier and leave you and me here. As for Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, don't be too nervous... I will just do the matter with the Queen Mother, just inform the Silijian."

Wang Chang asked: "It's late at night, can you go and disturb me? Can you go back tomorrow morning..."

Xie Qian said angrily: "No, you must go right away. Brother Han and Ying, we are all old guys, so young people can't be looked down upon."

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As Wang Chang spread the news to the Sili Supervisor, and the people in the Sili Supervisor passed the news back to the capital, Empress Dowager Zhang, Yang Tinghe and others immediately learned about the general situation of Zijing Pass and Lingqiu County.

Empress Dowager Zhang was most concerned about her son's safety. After confirming that Zhu Houzhao was safe and fine, she felt a little relieved after being infected with a small illness, but she still couldn't feel completely at ease about it. She looked at Yang Ting and his tone with a little urgent expression.

Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "When will the emperor start to walk to the capital? Haven't you seen the emperor's people with Duke Baoguo and Shangshu Yang?"

Yang Tinghe was a little dissatisfied with the news he received now. Yang Yiqing had just sent him a letter, but he had not yet clarified his clues. In a blink of an eye, news came again from Juyongguan. The news on both sides did not reach a complete symmetry. He did not want the news from Empress Dowager Zhang to be delivered by others, and he hoped that all the news would come from his report. But obviously his power has not reached the point where he can cover the sky with his hands. Empress Dowager Zhang has a certain limit on his trust in him.

Yang Tinghe said: "As long as the troops arrive at Zijing Pass smoothly, they will be able to meet the saint in less than two days, and they can persuade Your Majesty to return to the capital at that time... But now I don't know what Your Majesty's attitude is."

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed: "If the emperor is willing to come back, there will not be so many people. This time, let the Duke Bao protect the emperor and put the emperor's safety first in everything."

"yes."

Yang Tinghe looked very reserved, and after the salute, he looked a little avoided. Obviously, there were some things that he could not explain to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Then Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "Did the Shen Qing family have seen the emperor? Now others have arrived in Lingqiu?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "I guess it's been there, but it's still unknown whether he has succeeded in meeting the saint. The Empress Dowager's clear understanding is that although the distance from Lingqiu to the capital is not very far, due to the blockage of the news, many things will be communicated in a few days. Shen Shangshu has not reported to the court about the matter in Lingqiu City until now, which... is somewhat uneasy."

"【.】Um."

After nodding slightly, Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "That means, the Shen Qing family may still be unfavorable to the emperor, right? In fact, there is no need to worry too much, it is not that the emperor is all good? There are so many Jinyiwei here, and Eunuch Zhang and Xiao Tiaozi and others to protect the emperor. Even if you can't persuade the emperor to come back, you can still protect the safety of the emperor, right?"

Only then did Yang Tinghe realize that when Empress Dowager Zhang heard that her son had come out to scold the local officials for being ineffective in doing things, she no longer felt at a loss as she had caused by tension before. At this time, Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to be more willing to accept her son's nonsense and was less willing to doubt a powerful official like Shen Xi.

At this moment, when Queen Mother Zhang was most nervous, there was nothing news, only Shen Xi sent back to the capital that the emperor was temporarily missing when he went out for a trip.

Yang Tinghe was very wise. He knew that some things could not be deepened by random things. Forcibly provoking the relationship between Empress Dowager Zhang and Chen Xi was not a wise move. Even if Yang Tinghe was dissatisfied with Chen Xi, he would not say that because of Chen Xi's rise, he would completely violate the principle of a minister and asked him to do some malicious slander. He would also disdain it.

Yang Tinghe himself is also very principled.
Chapter completed!