It was getting late at night, but the atmosphere in the Dongchang Yamen suddenly became tense, or very strange. Logically speaking, when the people from the field came back, the Yamen should be lively and lively.
But this time it's different.
Chang Yu sat in the lobby with a gloomy face, looking at the stove in the corner. Chunxiang and a kind of personal attendant, while the commander stood outside the hall with his head lowered. Everyone's expressions were serious and even a little panicked.
big eater!
Chang Yu scolded, and the hearts of everyone outside the hall became tighter, and they quickly kowtowed: "You are incompetent in your humble position, please punish me, Lord Governor!"
"Thousands of people surrounded and suppressed him, but he was still able to escape, even if he lost his mouth. You are not only incompetent, it is simply shameful. It's a shame that you are always bragging! Dongchang has disgraced you all.
!" Chang Yu shouted sharply. Although Li Zicheng had rich experience in escaping, this was not the reason for them to return empty-handed. If they just let it go casually, it would be difficult to lead the team in the future, not to mention that he was in a bad mood today.
"Eldest Brother" Chunxiang took a step forward and knelt on one knee in front of Chang Yu: "That intruder is really cunning. He used many tricks to spread suspicions and made us busy running around without catching anything... Brothers, I haven't slept for more than ten days.
Have a peaceful sleep... If there is any blame on the Emperor’s part, I will bear it.”
"Can you carry it!" Chang Yu roared and slammed the table: "You all know how important this animal is to the court and the emperor. If he is captured, the den of thieves in Xi'an will be destroyed, and the court will be able to
How much food will be saved, how many battles will be fought by the soldiers, how many people will die, and how many crimes will be suffered by the people! But..."
"I am willing to be punished for my humble position." Outside the door, Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong and others knelt down.
"Get out!"
With a sharp shout, Chang Yu's aura burst out, murderous aura spread throughout the hall, and everyone outside the hall suddenly trembled. These people are all murderous demons who can defeat a hundred on the battlefield, but at this time they were killed by the great eunuch.
The aura was extremely stressful.
Upon seeing this, Chunxiang quickly waved for everyone to leave first.
"Brother, has the emperor punished you?" After everyone left, Chunxiang walked to the table and made another cup of tea for Chang Yu. Chang Yu sighed, sat back slowly, and put his hands on his face: "Chun Xiang
Xiang, I am very tired."
Chunxiang didn't know what to say for a while. He seemed to feel that he could understand Chang Yu's state of mind. Those who are capable work hard. The seemingly omnipotent Governor of the East Factory actually has to bear too many things and is under pressure.
It was too much, this kind of pressure was so great that his spirit was once on the verge of collapse. It was fine if he had nothing to do on weekdays, but if he was too worried, he would easily lose control.
He must have been scolded by the emperor, otherwise he wouldn't have become so angry.
This was the first time he saw Chang Yu get so angry, and it was also towards him.
But he was not sad at all. Instead, he felt that this little big brother was so pitiful.
"Brother, that intruder is really..." Seeing Chang Yu's face remained motionless for a while, Chunxiang didn't know how to comfort him, so he wanted to find a topic and explain why his efforts were in vain this time.
"I know." Chang Yu interrupted Chunxiang, sat upright, reached out and took a sip from the tea cup: "You and I have only been working in the Dongchang from an unknown little eunuch for less than a year. Although we have learned a lot of skills,
Most of them are still talking on paper, which is far inferior to the dozens or decades of actual combat experience of the intruders, especially the experience of escaping."
"It's not entirely because of this." Chunxiang scratched his head: "Although I have little actual combat experience, there are many experienced veterans in our yamen and the army. It's just... the intruders left too many obstacles. Many times
Just when I was about to grab his tail, I was spoiled by those stumbling blocks."
"Throughout the ages, those who have achieved great things have always had cunning rabbits and cunning rabbits, although they have no head and six arms. The thief comes from the green forest, has a good foundation in the common people, and is good at deceiving people. It is not an easy task to hunt him down." Chang Yu sighed: "Since there is no success, let's give it up.
, but we need to conduct a thorough inspection to see where the mistakes were made, such as where the intruder slipped away."
"Actually, I re-examined the deduction on the way back. After leaving Beijing, we followed the traces to the Yanqing Mountains. We thought he had escaped into the mountains and searched the mountains extensively, but we found traces of his escape south. We followed the traces and chased him to Hebei Province.
Going around and around Shandong..."
Chunxiang was interrupted by Chang Yu: "After thinking about it carefully, in Shandong and Hebei, it was just his hidden mines that exploded to cover his whereabouts, but you even thought that he was nearby.
accessible”.
"Yes, yes, a force suddenly appeared a while ago, and its cruel and ruthless behavior made us believe that we have touched it..." Chunxiang detailed that experience, Chang Yu nodded slightly: "It should be
He is a dead soldier, but I don’t know whether it was someone who lurked in advance when the intruders entered the capital, or whether they were sent by Li Guo to respond or set off smoke."
"Now that I think about it, I still don't know if they were lurking in advance, but I'm sure they came to set off smoke bombs," Chunxiang said with certainty.
Chang Yu shook his head: "Maybe they didn't know they were here to set off smoke bombs, because the intruder never went south at all, he was always in the mountains to the north!"
Chunxiang slapped his thigh: "That's what I wanted to tell you just now. I thought about it carefully on the way back. In fact, I was deceived by him when I was in Yanqing. He deliberately left traces of his journey south. In fact, he was hiding in the mountains to pursue him.
After being deceived by the soldiers, he secretly escaped along Shanxi Road, but I don’t know how he escaped through all the checkpoints.”
Alas, Chang Yu sighed again: "All roads from the capital to Shanxi have set up checkpoints and issued portraits for interrogation, but it is not foolproof after all. He is good at hiding under makeup, and there should be green forest roads to help him secretly..."
Hey, Chunxiang suddenly interrupted Chang Yu: "Since eldest brother knows that he is escaping from the west, why didn't you make arrangements earlier..."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Actually, I am just a hindsight. At that time, I thought like you that he had escaped from the south. It was not until Song Xiance confirmed that he had escaped that he had escaped. After thinking about it carefully, I felt that I might have fallen into his trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.
".
"Is that why eldest brother got so angry?" Chunxiang chuckled: "Maybe he felt that he had been tricked by the intruder and became angry."
Chang Yu laughed loudly: "That's right. After fighting with him for a year, I always had the upper hand. Now that he's messed with me, I'm really angry. I'll take the opportunity to give you a beating."
"The emperor is not to blame, right?" Chunxiang is most concerned about this. Compared to Chang Yu, he has a very serious idea of imperial power. He is not as big as the emperor in the world.
"The emperor was also furious, but he didn't punish me for it." Chang Yu sighed: "But we can't be complacent about this. The thief's escape not only slapped the court in the face, but also slapped us in the face."
, but fortunately, although the intruder got an advantage this time, he didn’t have the shame to behave.”
What do you mean? Chunxiang was a little confused, Chang Yu smiled: "He just won't admit that he has been to the capital."
"Why, if he admitted it, wouldn't he be able to slap us in the face? Would he miss such a good opportunity?" Chunxiang was puzzled.
"Because he also wants face. If he admits it, it will prove that the people being hunted by the court are like lost dogs. Even though they have escaped, their faces will be tarnished. Furthermore, if they want to make peace, he has to save some face for the court."
"Oh, brother, is it possible to make peace?" Chunxiang asked. Chang Yu sighed and leaned back: "It's almost done. Even if the negotiation doesn't go well, we can calm down for a while."
Chunxiang snorted and said casually: "Brother, I find that you like to sigh more and more recently."
"Um, really?" Chang Yu was startled, then smiled bitterly: "The more incompetent a person is, the more he cannot do what he does. He will always sigh. It seems that I am becoming less and less capable."
"Haha, elder brother is just joking. If elder brother has no ability, the court will be full of rubbish." Chunxiang laughed, but Chang Yu couldn't laugh no matter what. He was not modest, but in fact he felt really powerless. He had just traveled through time.
Because he knows the direction of history, he can always be one step ahead. But in the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the trajectory of history has undergone tremendous changes. No one knows the future direction. Everything depends on one's own ability. At this time, he seems a little embarrassed.
, the calm and calm demeanor of strategizing before was gone.
"Chunxiang, I will leave Beijing for Xuzhou tomorrow." Chang Yu said this after a while, and Chunxiang said, "Is it possible that I want to mobilize the Gaojie Department... Yi, the eldest brother is going to get married!" Chunxiang jumped up immediately.
He stood up and said, "When will we leave tomorrow? How many people will we bring to welcome the bride..."
Seeing his excited look, Chang Yu waved his hand for him to sit down: "I'll go alone, you have to stay in Beijing..."
"How can that be done? My eldest brother is getting married, how can I not go?" Chunxiang suddenly became anxious, and Chang Yu's face darkened: "Do you want everyone in the world to know that I, the great eunuch, am going to marry a wife? Or should I?"
Our Yamen is closed down. Can’t you tell the difference between public and private affairs?”
Chunxiang finally calmed down: "But..."
"No but, I'll just take you there next time." Chang Yu interrupted him and said casually. Chunxiang was startled, smiled bitterly and shook his head, got it!