Kou Ji left Yanfu Palace with doubts in his heart. As soon as he walked out of the palace complex where Yanfu Palace was located, Chen Lin caught up with her with small steps.
"Kou Ji..."
Chen Lin called out softly from behind Kou Ji. Kou Ji stopped, turned around, and glared at Chen Lin.
"How dare you, an old slave, call me by my first name?"
Chen Lin and Kou Ji also have some friendship.
He was not upset that Kou Ji rebuked him like this, and he knew that Kou Ji would not really care about this matter with him.
Chen Lin trotted up to Kou Ji and bowed, "Don't glare at our family. We have come to talk to you on orders from the officials."
Kou Ji put his hands in front of his body and glanced at Chen Linjing, waiting for the next step.
Chen Lin bowed her back and told Kou Ji the ins and outs of how Fang Mei framed Prince Zhao Run.
"The officials have already dealt with several noble people, so you don't need to investigate anymore..."
After hearing what Chen Lin said, Kou Ji raised his foot and kicked Chen Lin.
Chen Lin stood there, motionless, and forcefully received Kou Ji's kick.
After Kou Ji kicked Chen Lin, he snorted coldly, "Why don't you hide?"
Chen Lin smiled dryly and said: "Our family is indebted to you, and this kick is what our family deserves."
Kou Ji shouted, "Not only should you kick me, but you should also lose your head."
Chen Lin smiled calmly and said: "The officials will not kill our family, and others have no right to touch our family."
Kou Ji pointed to the location of Yanfu Palace and said angrily: "The matter of Fang Meiren has been left to me by the official family, and I order you to fully cooperate with me.
You found something, but you didn't tell me. Instead, you quietly told the officials.
You are disobeying the Holy Order and should lose your head."
Chen Lin laughed dryly and was about to open her mouth to defend herself.
Just listen to Kou Jiyou say indignantly: "Let me tell you, how come Wu Desi, who is usually well-informed, became deaf and blind when it came to the house beauty.
Nothing can be found, nothing can be caught.
We have been making trouble for a long time. You are not deaf or blind. You are just pretending to be deaf and dumb in front of me.
Do you think that I, Kou Ji, is easy to bully, or do you think that with the favor of the officials, you can be lawless?"
Chen Lin coughed lightly and said dryly: "The royal scandal should not be spread. Our family is doing it for the sake of the royal family."
Kou Ji said angrily: "Am I the kind of person who talks too much?"
Chen Lin lowered her eyebrows and said calmly: "Of course our family can trust you, but our family can't trust others."
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin fiercely and asked, "I'm leaving soon. The royal family has something to worry about, and I'm too lazy to ask further.
I just want to ask you, can you find out the story about the beautiful woman framed the prince, and can you find out about the missing gunpowder, muskets and cannons?"
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment and slowly shook her head.
Kou Ji flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.
Seeing this, Chen Lin chased her and asked loudly: "What do you mean?"
Kou Ji snorted coldly without looking back, "You didn't find anything fatal, but you did your best to find out the dangerous things.
Wu Desi cannot escape the charge of dereliction of duty.
Tomorrow I will lead the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, please dismiss the Wude Secretary."
Chen Lin was shocked, "No, our family also has its own difficulties. It is not our family that has the final say in Wudesi. At most, our family just spreads the word between Wudesi and the officials."
Chen Lin shouted vigorously.
Kou Ji, however, seemed to have heard nothing and strode out of the palace.
When we returned to Zhuyuan, it was still dark.
Kou Ji rushed to the backyard and woke Xiang Yan up from bed.
"Ms. sir..."
After Xiang Yan was forcibly awakened by Kou Ji, she looked at Kou Ji in confusion.
Kou Ji said with a gloomy face: "There is something wrong in Bianjing City. You should pack your things and take Hui'er to live in Xiongyuan outside the city."
Xiang Yan stared in surprise, "My husband means that Bianjing is not safe."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "About... there is no news about the lost gunpowder, muskets, and artillery. I have a bad feeling, so you take Hui'er to the bear garden outside the city to hide.
The three hundred households around the Bear Garden are all members of our family.
If there is any danger, they will rush to the garden to protect you.
Liu Heng put a batch of firearms in the Bear Garden, and you can take them out for them to use if necessary."
Xiang Yan looked at Kou Ji with a worried look on her face, "Are you going to stay in Bianjing City?"
Kou Ji sighed and said: "Bianjing City is getting more and more chaotic. At this time, the less I can leave. With my status, once I leave Bianjing City and seek refuge, there will definitely be greater panic in Bianjing City."
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
Kou Ji now holds the position of Prime Minister, and his existence is a pillar.
He is sitting calmly in Bianjing City, letting the people in Bianjing City see him, and the people in Bianjing City will feel at ease.
If he hurriedly sought refuge outside the city.
People in Bianjing City will become more panicked.
At that time, we still don’t know what time slots there will be.
Xiang Yan was not a mother-in-law person either. After listening to Kou Ji's explanation, she said decisively: "I will instruct my master to prepare things, but I will have to go to the palace after dawn to pick up my daughter-in-law.
Since Bianjing City is in danger, the most dangerous place must be the imperial palace.
It’s not safe for my daughter-in-law to stay in there.”
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, I'll leave this matter to you."
After Kou Ji handed over everything in the house to Xiang Yan, he stopped paying attention to this matter.
After Xiang Yan got up, she woke up the servants and maids and started to pack the things at home.
When Kou Tianci left Beijing, he almost emptied the Kou mansion.
Now, after several years of business, it has become wealthy again.
Xiang Yan carefully picked up some precious things and packed them into more than a dozen cars.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Xiang Yan sent his confidants and first left Bianjing City with a share of the property.
After Xiang Yan packed her things, she put on her royal clothes and hurried into the palace.
When they arrived at Concubine Zhang Xian's palace, Xiang Yan took Princess Baoqing out of the palace in the name of her mother-in-law, took her belongings and went straight to the Bear Garden outside the city.
After Xiang Yan left with everyone in the house, Liu Heng, Kou Ji, and a hundred guards were left in the bamboo courtyard.
In the study room.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng were lying leisurely on the recliner drinking tea.
After Liu Heng took a sip of tea, he couldn't help but said: "Fourth brother, something is wrong in Bianjing City..."
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and sighed: "You can feel it, which means something is really wrong with Bianjing City."
Liu Heng said funnyly: "I have never seen you letting your sister-in-law go out to avoid trouble before. Now you have let your sister-in-law live outside the city. If I still don't notice, then my life will be in vain."
Kou Ji said angrily: "Do you want to hear it, or did I remind you?"
Liu Heng nodded without hesitation.
Kou Ji wanted to mock Liu Heng, but when his words came to his lips, they turned into a deep sigh, "Gunpowder, muskets, and artillery were lost one after another, and no trace was found. There must be a big conspiracy behind it.
I blew up the equipment workshop and made the matter bigger.
Those people holding gunpowder, muskets, and artillery can no longer hide.
If my prediction is correct, they will definitely take action within these three or two days.
I just don't know what their purpose is in taking gunpowder and firearms.
I don't know where they will attack.
So I can only wait quietly."
Liu Heng asked with a smile: "What if the other party is scared?"
Kou Ji shook his head firmly, "They won't give in, and they can't give in. If they sit still and wait to be killed, Bao Zheng will find them sooner or later.
So as long as they are not stupid, they will definitely take action."
Liu Heng nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Will the other party come to the house?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "It's hard to say."
Liu Heng's pupils shrank, "Is the other party's target really you?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Not sure... The other party must be doing something big by mobilizing troops like this. I can't guess what it is specifically, but I have guessed three targets that are worthy of the opponent using firearms."
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji with a solemn expression.
Kou Ji didn't say anything. He just pointed in the direction of the palace, the Great Song Bank, and then himself.
Liu Heng stood up from the recliner with a groan and said solemnly: "I can't control anything else, but if they want to touch you, I will let them come and go.
I will take the guards to arrange it now."
"Need not……"
Kou Ji raised his hand to stop Liu Heng, but Liu Heng had already left the study.
Kou Ji sighed and whispered: "I still have some guesses that I haven't said yet."
Liu Heng doesn't care about Kou Ji's other speculations now, he cares more about Kou Ji's safety.
Liu Heng led his guards to set up defenses in the bamboo courtyard, while Kou Ji packed salted fish in the study.
In the evening.
Bao Zheng hurried to the door. After seeing Kou Ji, he said straight to the point: "Sir, you blew up the equipment workshop?"
Kou Ji did not hesitate and nodded slowly.
Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "So, the opportunity you mentioned is the explosion of the equipment workshop?"
Kou Ji nodded again and asked, "You won't miss the opportunity I created for you, right?"
Bao Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Although the students had doubts before, they would never miss such a good opportunity. After the equipment workshop exploded, the students guessed that someone would not be able to help but show their faces, so the students investigated some carefully, and finally caught them.
Some clues."
Kou Ji pondered: "Tell me carefully..."
Bao Zheng said in a deep voice: "In addition to the palace official in charge of purchasing, there are others involved in this."
Kou Ji frowned, "Who?"
Bao Zheng narrowed his eyes and whispered: "A few old palace men, they got the gunpowder into the palace through the waterway between Genyue and Yanfu Palace..."
Genyue is a hill to the east of Yanfu Palace. After Zhao Guangyi's three defeats in the Northern Expedition, there were complaints from both the government and the public. Zhao Guangyi also realized that no one else was to blame for the three defeats in the Northern Expedition. It was his fault.
So he imprisoned himself in Genyue and gave an explanation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
Although this matter was not stated explicitly, everyone in the civil and military dynasties knew what was going on.
As a king's father, Zhao Guangyi punished himself by imprisoning himself.
People in both the government and the public can no longer complain about this matter.
After the resentment finally dissipated, Zhao Guangyi also left Gen Yue.
Since then, Genyue has become a forbidden place for the royal family.
On weekdays, except for some old palace people who take care of things, there are no outsiders.
There is a waterway under the palace walls of Yanfu Palace and Genyue.
If the old palace people bring things into the palace from where they are, they will not attract anyone's attention.
Kou Ji stood up slowly, stared at Bao Zheng with burning eyes, and said, "Is there someone up to no good?"
Bao Zheng nodded heavily.
Kou Ji stood there for a long time with narrowed eyes and said to Bao Zheng: "Follow me into the palace!"
Bao Zheng nodded and followed Kou Ji out of the study.
As soon as he left the study door, he saw a guard rushing over. After seeing Kou Ji, he bowed and said: "Master, there is a person outside the door who says he is your old friend and wants to see you."
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said, "I don't have time to see any old friends now, so let him leave."
The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "But the person who came here holds an imperial edict in his hand."
"Imperial decree?!"
Kou Ji frowned.
As the Prime Minister, 99% of the imperial edicts that can be transmitted require his seal.
What's more important is that in recent days, he has issued all the decrees in the court on behalf of Zhao Zhen.
He knows better than anyone whether there is any imperial edict concerning him.
Kou Ji ordered the guards, "Go to Liu Heng and ask him to bring ten people to the door of the house."
The guard agreed and left the courtyard where the study was located.
Kou Ji said to Bao Zheng: "Come on, accompany me to see what kind of secret decree the officials have given me."
Kou Ji took Bao Zheng to the door of the mansion and saw an old man standing at the door of the mansion with his hands behind his back.
Kou Ji frowned when he saw the old man's appearance.
The old man saw Kou Ji and said calmly: "What? You don't know me anymore? If I remember correctly, I am your first Shangguan after you entered the official career."
Kou Ji stared at the old man coldly, "Zhang Lun, if you are not guarding Yongzhou, why did you come to Bianjing City?"
Zhang Lun said calmly: "Of course I came to Beijing under the imperial edict."
Kou Ji asked coldly: "Whose edict did you receive? I don't remember signing the decree calling you to the capital!"
Zhang Lun seemed not to have heard Kou Ji's words, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Why, if you don't invite me to come in and sit down, are you afraid that I, a sixty-year-old man, will be rough with you?"
There is a saying that good people will not come, and those who come will not be good.
Zhang Lun, a person who should not have appeared in Bianjing City, appeared in Bianjing City and even arrived at the door of his house.
There must be a plan.
"please!"
Kou Ji invited Zhang Lun into the Bamboo Garden.
After Zhang Lun entered the Bamboo Garden, he looked around the Bamboo Garden and commented on the scenery while shaking his head.
Kou Ji followed Zhang Lun quietly, intending to see what Zhang Lun would do.
After the three people arrived at the study door.
Zhang Lun stopped, looked up and glanced at the inscription on the lintel of Kou Ji's study door, curled his lips, "I won't go in the study... You are an ignorant person, even if you come to the study, there is no smell of books...
"
Kou Ji was speechless.
Bao Zheng said with some dissatisfaction: "Sir, you are a scholar of heaven and man, how can you, an old man, evaluate him?"
Zhang Lun snorted, took out a decree from his sleeve, and said: "Kou Ji takes the decree!"
Kou Ji did not bow or salute, but stared at Zhang Lun coldly and said, "You can just read it."
Zhang Lun's expression turned cold, he stared at Kou Ji and said, "Is this how you treat the official's orders?"
Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "Even if the official is here and declares the decree personally, I will do the same."
Zhang Lun gritted his teeth and unfolded the yellow scroll, "The edict says... Prime Minister Kou Ji, with high moral prestige and great achievements, is bestowed upon the King of Liao with a first-class title, and he has control over thousands of miles of Liao land from Gubeikou to Weishi...
I admire this..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and stared straight at Zhang Lun.
Bao Zheng's expression changed drastically and he looked shocked.
Kou Ji said coldly: "The officials finally conquered the Liao region, but now they have given it to me easily. Isn't it too generous?"
The decree read by Zhang Lun can be said to be absurd.
In the decree, Kou Ji was named the King of Liao, the King of Liao who cracked the earth for thousands of miles.
From Gubeikou to Weishi, thousands of miles of Liao land all became Kou Ji's fiefdom.
Unless Zhao Zhen was crazy, it would be impossible for him to issue such a decree.
Even if Zhao Zhen went crazy and issued such a decree, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty would not recognize it.
Zhang Lun faced Kou Ji's question and said calmly: "The official family is naturally generous. Not only have you been granted the title of King of Liao, I have also been granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo, with food for thousands of households."
Kou Ji looked at Zhang Lun as if he were looking at a dead person, "I didn't know that the official you were worshiping would be so generous? The official I know would not give a cruel official like you the title of Duke."
Zhang Lun smiled calmly and said: "Of course he is the Fifth Highness of the past and the Emperor Tianyuan of today."
Zhang Lun said with a smile: "It is a great disrespect to call an official by his name!"
"Take it!"
Kou Ji shouted coldly.
Liu Heng rushed out from the side with ten guards, each holding a musket in their hands, and the muzzle of the musket was pressed against Zhang Lun's forehead.
Zhang Lun was not afraid in the face of danger, stared at Kou Ji and sneered: "Kou Ji, I have accepted the new official's order, and everyone is in peace. If not, the scandalous things you did in the past will be made public.
When the time comes, you, a hero of the Song Dynasty, will become a traitor of the Song Dynasty.
You, the Kou family, will also become traitors."
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Everyone has his son to punish the rebellious ministers and traitors."
Zhang Lun laughed heartily, "Kou Ji, if someone calls me a traitor and a traitor, I will admit it. If you call me a traitor and a traitor, I will not recognize it."
You, Kou Ji, are the biggest traitor and traitor in our Song Dynasty."
At this point, Zhang Lun stared at Kou Ji and asked with an arrogant expression: "Do you think you and Cao Li have parted ways, and you can clean up your identity as a traitor?
Do you think you can cleanse the identities of those Qiu Ba hidden in Han by using tricks out of thin air?
I have been in Yongzhou for twenty years and have done nothing but focus on you.
In your Korean land, I not only discovered the fierce mountain army famous in Jiaozhi, but also the Yuanshan Iron Cavalry famous in the Western Regions.
Not only did you support Cao Yongli, you also supported Yuan Shan.
You use them to raise soldiers and horses privately, split the land and seal the territory, deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, and plot evil.
Every piece of evidence is evidence that the officials are rebellious and traitorous.
Each and every one of them is a serious crime of beheading and genocide."
When Bao Zheng heard this, his eyes widened and he looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.
Liu Heng's eyes showed a fierce look. As long as Kou Ji opened his mouth, he would immediately send Zhang Lun back to the west.
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Lun coldly without saying anything.
Seeing this, Zhang Lun shouted loudly: "Kou Ji, after accepting the order of the new official family, no one will mention this matter again. You are still the hero of the Song Dynasty, and you can also become the king of Liao who is comparable to the official family."
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If you don't accept it, what you have done will be publicized immediately, and you will become the biggest traitor in the Song Dynasty, and you will be reviled by everyone in the Song Dynasty.
As long as you have some sense, you should know how to choose."
After Zhang Lun finished speaking, Bao Zheng stared at Kou Ji, trembling all over and said, "First... sir... is what he said true?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "What he said is true. The former King of Jiaozhi County and the current Lord of East Tianzhu is indeed Cao Lili, the former Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty.
At that time, Cao Cao was framed by Ding Wei and sent to a thousand miles away.
On the way, a eunuch tried to kill him, but I saved him.
He also gave him horses and allowed him to establish himself in Leizhou.
After he grows up in Leizhou, I will order him to hide overseas and wait for the opportunity.
When the chaos in Jiaozhi broke out, I saw the opportunity and ordered him to lead his troops into Jiaozhi, replace the king of Jiaozhi, and become the new king of Jiaozhi.
Yuanshan's original name was Zhang Yuan, who is now the lord of Western Tianzhu.
He is a servant of our government.
Because of his good strategy, he was sent to the Western Regions by me to manage the Western Regions.
During the battle between Song and Xia in Hexi, I ordered him to lead troops to help the battle, and I also helped him find a place to settle down, and even helped him find an official position in the vassal.
Later, in the Song Dynasty, he dealt with Heihan and Qingtang.
I also took advantage of my authority to help him and made him the dominant figure in the Western Region."
Kou Ji did not seduce Bao Zheng, he told the truth.
Bao Zheng's eyes were red, with tears in the corners of his eyes. He clenched his hands, his whole body was trembling, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "Why...why?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "I said I did it for the Song Dynasty, do you believe it?"
Bao Zheng gritted his teeth and spit out two words, "I believe it!"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "But in the end, it cannot change the fact that we raise soldiers and horses privately, split the soil and seal the borders, and deceive the superiors and conceal the truth."
Bao Zheng clenched his fists, lowered his head, his teeth clenched, and tears burst out of his eyes inexplicably.
Zhang Lun laughed wildly when he heard Kou Ji's admission, "Kou Ji, since you have admitted what you did, you should know that joining the new official family is your only choice.
Although Zhao Zhen favors and trusts you, he will never tolerate your evil intentions.
As long as you accept the new official's will, restrain all officials, restrain the imperial army, and lead them to recognize the new official's accession to the throne.
Then you can continue to be in a high position and gain both fame and fortune."
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Lun and said coldly: "I'm very curious, when did the fifth prince recruit you, and when did you start to plot to usurp the throne?
What means do you have to make Tai'a hang upside down?
The official family is still alive in Yanfu Palace!"
Zhang Lun chuckled, "Everyone in the government and the public is your partisans. I have evidence of your evil intentions in my hand, but I can't hand it over to the officials.
So I went to see Concubine De.
The new official has just begun to learn how to speak. How can he seek to usurp the throne?
It is Concubine De who feels that you, Kou Ji, have evil intentions and can take advantage of you.
How can Tai'a hang upside down?
Isn’t there you, the powerful little bandit?
In order to make you, the little bandit, willing to work hard, the new official family has given you thousands of miles of territory.
As long as you, the little bandit, are willing to submit to the new official, all other civil and military officials will naturally do so."