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Chapter 9 The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks

After leaving the gate of Wenhua Palace, Peng Ke let out a long sigh.

Regal is unpredictable!
I didn't expect such a hot task to be set up in an ordinary job report.

Although since he took over as the commander of Jin Yiwei, because of the remaining prestige of the two seniors, Peng Ke has been called the living hell king by the officials of the court, and he can't avoid it.

However, in the past two years since he took over as the head of Jinyiwei, it has been relatively peaceful, and he has not done any major affairs. He is immersed in development, and he has placed his own people in Jinyiwei to control the world's largest intelligence agency.

Unexpectedly, the first major case to be carried out now is to kill a prince.

"Now the title of Living Hades can be regarded as worthy of the name."

After Peng Ke laughed at himself, he cheered up and walked towards the Jinyiwei yamen outside the palace, ready to deal with this errand.

However, before he took a few steps, he encountered a group of court ladies and eunuchs surrounded by a walking chariot.

In this palace, those who can be surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs must be related to Emperor Hongwu, and they most likely have higher status than Peng Ke, so he had to quickly step aside and bow in salute.

After the queue approached, Peng Ke saw that sitting on the chariot surrounded by court ladies and eunuchs in the center was a very young looking boy with red lips and white teeth and an extraordinary bearing.

The four-claw python robe on his body was extremely conspicuous.

"what"

When the chariot passed by Penke, the young man on the chariot waved his hand and shouted to stop, looking at Penke in surprise.

"Master Peng? Coincidentally, you have already returned to Beijing?"

There can only be one person who can ride a chariot for transportation in this palace, and who is also a man and wears a four-claw python robe.

The son of the former prince, the grandson of the emperor who was established by Emperor Hongwu himself!
Peng Ke immediately saluted and replied: "Grandson Gong'an, I just returned to Beijing today, and I have received His Majesty's order to come to see Your Majesty."

"Oh?" Taisun waved his hand, motioned Peng Ke to excuse him, then thought for a moment, and then said bluntly: "Grandfather asked Mr. Peng to go to Song Guogong's mansion for business?"

Peng Ke raised his head and glanced at his grandson, muttered a few times, and then replied: "The Holy Order is in my body, I am sorry for the inconvenience of telling Your Highness."

Taisun laughed, he had already got the answer he wanted.

If there is no denial, it is an admission.

Taisun smiled and waved his hands and said, "It's Ben Meng Lang. Since Mr. Peng has some errands to do, I won't bother you any more."

After speaking, the chariot continued to set off and headed for Wenhua Hall.

The grandson who turned his head and left turned his back to Penke and smiled contemptuously, his eyes full of sarcasm, and he was in a very good mood.

On the other side, looking at Taisun's back that was drifting away, Peng Ke's eyes were also uncertain.

Peng Ke's front foot is holy, and the back foot is grandson. Is there such a coincidence?

Song Guogong, Taisun's political enemy.

If it is said that Song Guogong's death, who has benefited the most and who is the happiest, it must be the grandson.

Feng Sheng is King Zhou's father-in-law. Once he is bestowed to death, King Zhou's influence in the court and the military power he won in the army will all disappear in a wisp of smoke because of Feng Sheng's death.

Originally, there was still a glimmer of hope, hoping that Emperor Hongwu would be magnanimous, and the king of Zhou, who let Song Guogong go, would also lose power completely and become the target of the grandson's arbitrary rubbing.

While walking towards the Jinyiwei yamen with his head buried, Peng Ke kept weighing and thinking in his mind.

Should he tell King Yan now about Emperor Hongwu bestowing upon Duke Song to die?

Anyway, this matter should be known all over the country in a few days, but if he can inform King Yan as soon as possible in advance, King Yan will have to accept this favor.

Because King Zhou and King Yan have the same mother!
The two are blood brothers of the same mother!
King Zhou's loss of power is equivalent to cutting off King Yan's siblings.

Although Peng Ke didn't know much about the history of the early Ming Dynasty, anyone who has received modern nine-year compulsory education knows that the "little friction" between King Yan and his grandson ended with King Yan's difficulty in succeeding. The curtain came to an end.

It is obviously worthwhile to sell a favor to the future helm of the Ming Empire.

"My lord, are you back?"

A sound of condolences awakened Peng Ke from his thoughts.

It turned out that before he knew it, he had already walked to Jin Yiwei's mansion.

When he came back to his senses, Peng Ke glanced at Tongzhi, the commander of Jinyiwei who greeted him, that is, Song Zhong, the deputy commander, and nodded.

Song Zhong was promoted to Jinyiwei together with Peng Ke after Jiang Yu fell from power. They were in charge of all affairs of Jinyiwei.

When Peng Ke left Beijing, it was Song Zhong who defended Emperor Hongwu and was responsible for carrying out Emperor Hongwu's orders at any time.

He is straightforward, very upright, not at all like an intelligence worker, very upright, more like a single-minded general of the army.

It's no wonder that he can only retire under Peng Ke as a deputy. After all, Jinyiwei is not a pure military organization.

Although Jinyiwei is first and foremost the emperor's bodyguard and guard of honor, it is not just about protecting the emperor's safety.

And strictly speaking, isn't getting rid of people who might threaten the imperial power also protecting the safety of the emperor?

The leader of Jin Yiwei really can't be too upright.

However, Song Zhong's character, as his deputy, was responsible for protecting Emperor Hongwu's safety and responsible for the work of the guard of honor, which was indeed just right.

"Sir Song, send a report to the guards in Nancheng, asking them to deploy five hundred Tiqi to surround the Duke of Song's mansion."

"Ah Hu, take the bird feathers we confiscated from the southwest, and come with me to Duke Song's mansion."

As soon as Penke entered, he issued two orders.

This made Song Zhong, who was welcoming him, and Ah Hu, who was sorting out the information of the Mu family, bewildered.

The other Jinyiwei who were working in the hall all looked up at Penke suspiciously.

"This is His Majesty's order, just obey the order." Peng Ke waved his hand, dispelling the suspicious eyes of his subordinates.

Song Zhong's complexion changed several times, his expression was a little puzzled, and he said sadly: "Why is this, Your Majesty, why is this!"

"Song Guogong is the only surviving founding general in the world. If he acts like this, will the country be safe?"

"If the northern barbarians invade the south again, who should be the great general?"

After several major cases, the group of founding generals who followed Emperor Hongwu to conquer the world, expelled the northern barbarians, and restored the Han family, except for those who died naturally, were basically killed by Emperor Hongwu for various reasons .

Song Guogong, who is now the only remaining fruit, will also be given to death. This kind of thing is really a great tragedy for Song Zhong, an upright general.

"No, I want to see His Majesty and plead for Duke Song!" Song Zhong was a little impatient, and he was about to go out.

Pen Ke, who had quick eyes and quick hands, quickly grabbed him and dragged him to the empty square outside the mansion.

"Lord Song, the king wants his minister to die, and the minister has to die."

"Your Majesty's holy will has been decided, don't cause a decapitated end just because of a momentary conflict!"

Song Zhong was agitated by these two words of Peng Ke, and calmed down a little, but he still murmured in confusion: "Why is this, why is this!"

Peng Ke said meaningfully: "The grandson is only a weak crown. The nine kings of Sai are mostly the uncles of the grandson. If the generals in the court still have the generation with high meritorious service, where is the country?"

"Your Majesty's meaning, Mr. Song should understand."

Song Zhong, who has always been upright and upright, can't understand these political activities, and his heart is only devoted to serving the country with loyalty to the emperor, his face is blue and purple.

"It's really all the gnats and birds, and the good bow is hidden. The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking!"

After a long time, he shook his sleeves angrily, gave up the idea of ​​pleading for Duke Song's life, turned and walked into the guard.

(End of this chapter)