I am the carpenter king

The willows are swaying, the breeze is blowing, and in late autumn, the weather becomes cool and a lot.Martial law has been imposed on the Nanjing Wharf, and a whole team of soldiers stood on the wharf. It was really a guard at every ten steps, and a sentry at every five steps.

These soldiers were different from those in Nanjing. Although they were wearing mandarin duck armor and had knives around their waists, each of them carried a musket on their backs.The important thing is to be energetic, not to see a sluggish look, but to look resolute.The eyes are also so sharp that people dare not look at each other.

A boat was moored on both sides of the bank, and people began to come down from the boat one after another, but there was no boat in the middle.Until a three-story lucky boat sailed slowly towards here, no matter whether it was soldiers or people on both sides of the strait, they all knelt on the ground neatly, with their heads lowered, and no one raised their heads.

Emperor Tianqi walked down from the deck with a slightly gloomy face. He already knew the news about the closure of Nanjing.Dang Han was driven back to Nanjing by Emperor Tianqi after delivering the news, and now there are spies from Jinyiwei delivering letters to Emperor Tianqi every day.Although the city of Nanjing was sealed, the news never stopped.

Before anyone arrived in Nanjing, Emperor Tianqi already knew what happened here, and Emperor Wei Guogong and Luo Sigong's plan also knew about Emperor Tianqi.Emperor Tianqi was greatly relieved that there was no major accident.Arriving in Nanjing today, Emperor Tianqi had no acquaintance with anyone, and there was no guard of honor to greet him, so everything seemed quiet.

"Your Majesty, set up camp outside the city! The situation in Nanjing is unstable. Your Majesty should not go to the city for the time being!" Chen Hong walked up to Emperor Tianqi, and said with a bit of worry on his face.But he shook the fly in his hand tightly, he knew that Emperor Tianqi might not listen to his advice.

After waving his hand, Emperor Tianqi saw that Sun Chuanting and others wanted to speak, and said: "When I arrive in Nanjing, I will naturally live in the palace. You open the way ahead! Don't waste time, I'm going to the city to take a good look at these ministers of mine. .”

Emperor Tianqi's reaction was already expected. Seeing that Emperor Tianqi's attitude was very firm, no one spoke.Under the guard of a thousand men and horses from the Beijing camp, Emperor Tianqi headed towards the city of Nanjing.

Under the city of Nanjing, Shen Quan and Yang Shu were waiting quietly.The news has already passed in, presumably there will be news soon.

"What's the matter? Why haven't you come out yet?" The two of them were a little impatient. Half an hour had passed, and there was still no news from Nanjing, Shen Quan couldn't help complaining.

"We have more than 1 people here, and these people should be more rigorous!" Although Yang Shu was a little impatient, he still tried to persuade Shen Quan.

Without waiting for a while, the gate of Nanjing City slowly opened, and people and horses rushed out from inside.The leader was a young man.Dressed in a snow-white gown and without weapons, he looked like a young master traveling on a trip.Judging by his appearance, he is also a handsome young man with a faint smile on his face.

"Are there two generals, Shen Quan and Yang Shu, in front? Young Master Mu is here, come and see!" The team stopped after walking out of the city gate, and a big man shouted at Shen Quan and Yang Shu at the top of his voice.

Shen Quan and Yang Shu were a little dazed for a moment, but they didn't dare to delay at all. There are not many young masters Mu in this world.The only one who can appear here is Mu Tianbo.Emperor Tianqi regarded Mu Tianbo very highly, he was an official in the Military Aircraft Department.The status is naturally extraordinary.

However, Mu Tianbo is not the Minister of Military Aircraft, so he is not qualified to let the two of them visit him. However, the identity of Young Master Mu is not something to talk about.The two asked their guards to wait in place, and Da Ma walked over.They had met Mu Tianbo, and they had already confirmed that the boy in white was Young Master Mu.

In front of Mu Tianbo, Shen Quan and Yang Shu got off their horses.Respectfully cupping his fists on his chest, he said: "The last general, Shen Quan, and the last general, Yang Shu, have met the young master!"

Mu Tianbo also got off his horse, he is not Duke Qian yet.Mu Tianbo didn't have that much arrogance either.He walked up to the two of them, helped them up, and said with a smile: "There are some things in the city, the two generals have been waiting for a long time!"

"Young master, please be polite! Please take me out of the city to welcome you, I will kill the last general!" Yang Shu said politely as the two dared not talk to each other.

Looking behind the two of them with a smile, Mu Tianbo asked urgently: "Two generals, you have already arrived, did the holy driver also arrive?"

"Back to the young master, we came here at the emperor's order. As for the whereabouts of the holy car, we will never know!" Shen Quan had a smile on his face. Of course he knew that Emperor Tianqi was coming soon, but he couldn't say that.No matter who the other party is, if he privately reveals the emperor's whereabouts, he will be beheaded.

Nodding his head slowly, Mu Tianbo knew very well that if these two people came, Emperor Tianqi must also be here.But if they don't say it, they can't help it.After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, "I don't know why the two of you are here on order? I wonder if I can help you?"

Yang Shu didn't say anything, he waited for Shen Quan to speak, and led his troops all the way here, so he didn't know what to say.Shen Quan came from Emperor Tianqi, and it was he who really took the will.

Clasping fists to Mu Tianbo, Shen Quan said with a smile: "My lord, we have two purposes here, one is to eliminate the traitors in Nanjing, and prepare for the welcome of the holy car. The other is to capture the traitors according to the order." Yes, we want to see Wei Guogong, please trouble the young man to lead us to Wei Guogong."

Sure enough, it was because of this matter, Mu Tianbo shook his head with a bit of helplessness on his face, and said, "Let's go! I'll take you to find Wei Guogong, but are your troops going to the city too?" Although he didn't want these troops in his heart Entering the city, but Mu Tianbo also knew that he could not decide on this matter.

"My lord, what is the situation in Nanjing?" Shen Quan asked without answering Mu Tianbo's question.

"There is indeed a rebellion in Nanjing City, but Wei Guogong has led people to clear it up, and there is no serious problem now. In my opinion, it is good for the two generals to bring a few people in, and the large force is still stationed outside the city!" Mu Tianbo Still said what he meant, quietly waiting for the two to make a decision.

Shen Quan glanced at Yang Shu, and said in a deep voice: "Yang Shu, you lead the army to camp, and I will bring 1000 people in!"

Slowly nodded, Yang Shu naturally understood, looked at Shen Quan meaningfully, and said, "Be careful!"

In the imperial palace in Nanjing City, Wei Guogong stood at the gate of the palace, and opposite him was an old eunuch.His face was covered with wrinkles and his body was a little stooped, but his eyes were unusually intimidating.

"My lord, this palace is not an ordinary place. Anyone who wants to come can come here. As for the rebels you mentioned, there are no here. The lord should not go out to judge! Our family is ordered to guard this place, naturally There won't be any problems." After listening to Wei Guogong's words, the old lady quickly smiled and waved her hands, saying.

Wei Guogong was no stranger to the old eunuch in front of him, and his status was not low.Before Wei Chao, the capital of Dongchang, came to power, there was a very powerful eunuch in the palace named Chen Ju.Chen Ju Eunuch Chen entered the palace at the age of nine. He was quite upright and was called a "Buddha".

Chen Ju was deeply trusted by Emperor Shenzong, so he was a very powerful eunuch, but Chen Ju was an upright person, and he didn't have any bad reputation, so he was not that famous.Chen Ju's power can be seen from his position.At that time, Chen Ju was also in charge of the East Factory as the eunuch in charge of the seal, which was rare in the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin, who was in power for a while back then, was just the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor. Although the East Factory was controlled by his party members, he did not concurrently control the East Factory.From this point of view alone, Chen Ju's status is so high.

The old eunuch in front of me was named Chen Ling, who was Chen Ju's godson. He also had a godbrother, who was also Chen Ju's godson, and he was the current eunuch Chen Hong, Bingbi, the supervisor of rituals.After Chen Ju passed away, Chen Ling went to Nanjing to look after the palace, while Chen Hong stayed in the capital.

Wei Guogong and this Eunuch Chen can be considered old acquaintances, knowing his character, naturally he said that there are no traitors here, that means there are no traitors.Although this Eunuch Chen is showing signs of aging, Wei Guogong knows that this is definitely a ruthless character.I don't know the reason back then, maybe it was because of Chen Ju's despondency after his death that he came to Nanjing.

From Wei Guogong's point of view, if Chen Ling stayed in the capital, he would at least be the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and he might even be in charge of the East Factory.

"In this case, the Duke of the country will leave! But there is a word to remind Mr. Chen that the emperor is coming to Nanjing soon, and the palace still needs to be well prepared. The assassination of the imperial envoy happened in the palace of the imperial envoy. You still have to pay attention." Wei Guogong was still a little worried, so he couldn't help but said.

Arching his hands at Duke Wei, Chen Ling smiled and said, "Master, this palace is different from the outside. There are people like our family everywhere here. What do you think is the problem?"

Wei Guogong was a little embarrassed at once, there are all eunuchs here, and whoever is most loyal to the emperor must be these eunuchs.What's more, Chen Ling is a master of this way, so his worries are a bit unnecessary.Smiling, he turned and wanted to leave.

But he didn't go far, Mu Tianbo came over on his horse, and Shen Quan and the five hundred men and horses of the Jingying camp followed him.

When he came to Duke Wei, Mu Tianbo got off his horse, saluted with a smile, and said: "My nephew has seen the Duke, this is from the capital, following the emperor's order!" Then he let Shen Quan out.

Shen Quan quickly lifted up his clothes and knelt down on the ground, saying respectfully: "The last general, Shen Quan, has met Wei Guogong."

Nodding slowly, Wei Guogong was more polite to Chen Ling, but not so polite to Shen Quan.After accepting Shen Quan's worship, there was no return, but he just said, "Get up!"

"Grandpa Xie!" Shen Quan hurriedly got up from the ground, as for Duke Wei not returning the gift, that was really normal, it would be strange if he did.Except for the commander of Jin Yiwei, the rest of the commanders are probably not in Wei Guogong's eyes. (To be continued..)