Ping An Biography

No one knew that what really angered Zhu Zhanji at the beginning was the sentence in Zhang Ning's letter, "Emperor Xuande is very capable today."

That sentence is indeed suspected of slander, because Taizong's preference, Zhu Zhanji can be regarded as a well-informed and intelligent emperor, but he is indeed a young emperor in his thirties, and he is used to being pampered. He still has some youthful vigor and a high self-esteem mentality; so someone despises him so blatantly, coupled with the shame of several failures in his heart, sudden anger is inevitable, it is really human.

... Of course, if you use this sentence to say Renzong Zhu Gaochi in the past, Zhu Gaochi probably won't care.Because Zhu Gaochi was fat and dull before his death, he was not seen by his elder brothers for a long time, and he was angered by Han Wang's younger brother many times. He was used to being despised, and he was a very calm person.

A few days later, Zhu Zhanji's anger subsided a little, and then he recalled Yang Shiqi's past events. As the former official of Renzong (Zhu Zhanji's father), Yang Shiqi was implicated in prison several times during the reign of Yu Yongle for protecting Renzong, and his relationship with the late emperor very deep.But things have progressed to the present, and there is no turning back, and it is extremely difficult to recover; the suspicion in Zhu Zhanji's heart has not been relieved.The relationship between Yang Shiqi and Renzong actually faded a lot in the Xuande Dynasty after a generation.

Things had to be allowed to develop like this. Zhu Zhanji was going to proceed step by step according to the rules, and the courtiers only proceeded to take Yang Shiqi's son. This was just the beginning.However, Zhu Zhanji kept this matter on his mind, and only asked Wang Gou'er what Yang Shiqi was doing when he was working in the morning. [

Wang Gou'er said that he went to the Xingyuan office of the Ministry of Rites in Yangzhou early in the morning.Everything was normal. Before Yang Shiqi was suspended for investigation, he could only live on as usual, but there were people monitoring his movements at any time.

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There are often signs before things start, the most obvious ones are like the impeachment memorials that came one after another before Yang Shiqi's downfall; It's almost impossible to get people's attention.

The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty are usually promoted once every three days to ask questions, but the officials in Beijing have to go straight every day, and usually only take a rest once every ten days.Yang Shiqi went out as usual the next day, staying in the official office for a whole day, and would not go out and go home in a sedan chair until the next day.

Peach Blossom Fairy has been preparing near Hongyao Bridge for a long time, because officials must cross this bridge when going south from Beicheng River Palace.They stopped by the river with a carriage, and the attendants around them pretended to be chatting. Some people were throwing stones into the river for fun, and some were chatting with each other, as if they were waiting for someone.This Hongyao Bridge is also called Ershisi Bridge. The salt merchant took the meaning of "24 bridges on a moonlit night" in the Tang poem. He rebuilt the building in the poem here, thinking that 24 bridge refers to the name of a bridge.

The Peach Blossom Fairy in the carriage was wearing a round-neck gown, with her hair in a bun and a gauze hat, covering her face with a light veil, looking at the situation outside from time to time.Sitting opposite her was a very ugly man, none other than the eunuch Wang Zhen.

Peach Blossom Fairy said: "If we ask the prince to withdraw the follower, if something happens in the future, we have to investigate to the end, and it will be dangerous after all if the paper can't cover the fire; or if you are discovered by Fan Zizuo and you are forced to suppress it, it will still be suspicious. Yes. This kind of method is really difficult for the strong. So let Wang Gonggong come in person and tell us the manpower arrangement of the factory guard in detail, so that even if something happens, it is easy to find the responsible person. God knows you know I know."

Wang Zhen didn't express any dissatisfaction, he had already obtained Wang Gou'er's approval to do this matter.

As Peach Blossom Fairy said, both Wang Gou'er and Wang Zhen felt that it was not too risky to participate in secret affairs like this. They didn't have any tails exposed, and with Wang Gou'er's power, it would be easy to blame others for the consequences.

"After crossing the bridge, there are seven people around the whole street." Wang Zhen said calmly.There were seven people following Yang Shiqi along the way, and they watched Yang Shiqi like this for a long time. This is already a very high standard of surveillance, and only a big man like Shoufu is eligible to enjoy this kind of treatment.

"Did you see the pavilion in the middle of the river by the bridge? It's called Wan in the middle of the water. There is a man without a hat inside. From the pavilion, you can see every move on the bridge and at the end of the bridge." "Then Sishui Street East The teahouse facing the highest one, you can only see the building here, not the one facing the street... As long as you start counting from the north, there is our person watching in the third door. Here you can look down on this section of the road from a high position, and you can monitor the situation Momentum." "There is another person waiting around under the archway at the intersection. After a while, Yang Shiqi's sedan chair crosses the bridge and is handed over to the people here. situation above."

"The last group of people is arranged on the fork in the middle of Sishui Street. There are two groups of people in total. They are both on the west side of Sishui Street. You can see the movement in the teahouse on the east side. The first group of people can be at most three. If there is any situation, People in the teahouse send signals from a high place, and the group with more people here will send people to support them."

Peach Blossom Fairy silently remembered in her heart that although there were seven people, there were five sentinels. As long as the numbers were memorized, there would be no omissions.After listening to it, she asked Wang Zhen to repeat it again, and then she was sure.

She couldn't help saying a digression: "The ups and downs, the criss-crossing and the staring so deadly, are these people arranged by the prince himself?"

Wang Zhen said slightly embarrassed: "This morning the emperor asked godfather Yang Shiqi what he was doing. Godfather had to take care of the matters that the emperor cared about. Otherwise, if he was said to be negligent, who would take the responsibility?"

"What Wang Gonggong said is very true." Peach Blossom Fairy said, she opened the curtain again and ordered, "You drive slowly, walk through Sishui Street once, and I will follow on foot."

Then they walked through Surabaya Street in person, and Peach Blossom Fairy already had a plan in her heart.It should be said that the fans are really staring at each other, and it is not easy to find every secret post; but after mastering their detailed deployment, the situation is completely different. To a street completely blind.

Peach Blossom Fairy is used to walking the rivers and lakes, and she doesn't have the habit of thinking carefully, so she does it when she sees it.

... Before Youshi, Yang Shiqi's sedan chair appeared at Ersi Bridge as scheduled.It's just an ordinary up and down straight, not as ostentatious as a formal trip, so there are no signs such as "quiet" and "avoidance"; except for a sedan chair, there are only eight people outside, four for the sedan chair, two for the front and two for the front and back Follow on foot.However, as long as the sedan chair is a status symbol, it can almost be concluded that it is an official; because businessmen are not allowed to sit in sedan chairs according to the law. . [

Yangzhou is prosperous and there are many pedestrians on the road.Everything seems to be calm, just like a few peaceful nights, and no one who doesn't know can see any mystery in the market.

The sedan chair crossed the Ersi Bridge as usual, and pedestrians in the middle of the street gave way to the distinguished sedan chairs, but occasionally encountered the same sedan chairs, horse-drawn carriages or carts of peddlers, slowed down and passed carefully.

Surabaya Street is not as straight as an ink line, its shape is naturally curved.The sedan chair had just turned a corner when suddenly a woman disguised as a man came out from the west side of the street to block the sedan chair.The steward of Yang's mansion, surnamed Wang, hurriedly said: "Stop, stop the sedan chair!"

This point happens to be a dead end.Peach Blossom Fairy came out from the west side of the street. Although the tea house on the west side was tall, it was blocked by the paved building and could not be seen. The wide eaves also just blocked the sedan chair; there was no fork in the road nearby, and it was not within the scope of the horizontally arranged eyeliner surveillance; In order not to be discovered, the spies following behind kept a distance and temporarily out of sight after turning around, but they had to be quick, otherwise they would be seen if they hesitated.

In order not to attract the attention of passers-by, Peach Blossom Fairy showed some clues, instead of running, she walked quickly to the head of the sedan chair, and said to the steward who was dressed in a different costume in front of her, "Miss Luo knows me. Don't stop, let's go right away." He opened the curtain, leaned over and got in.

The sedan chair was soon carried forward again.Only then did Peach Blossom Fairy discover that besides Yang Shiqi and Luo Yaoniang, there was a five or six-year-old boy inside.She didn't bother to ask what was going on with the child, and hurriedly observed the situation outside from the back slit.After only a short while, she found the trailing eyeliner among the passers-by... Nothing happened, which proved that the meticulous work did not find anything unusual, otherwise the Peach Blossom Fairy's people would have taken action as a last resort.

Yang Shiqi was looking at Peach Blossom Fairy, Luo Yaoniang said: "Why do you meet on the street? There are always eagles and dogs working carefully."

"Now is not the time to explain the reason. I just told you that I didn't make a detailed discovery just now." Peach Blossom Fairy's expression was slightly nervous, but it was not easy to perform swiftly and calmly, let alone a woman.She immediately said: "I'm talking about the arrangement later, you two have to listen to me, I offended you for being rude. When I tell you to get off the sedan chair, you will follow me, you must move quickly, and then follow me closely , and the sedan chair continues to move forward... this child?"

Luo Yaoniang said: "It was agreed that the next day after the signal was sent out, that is today, you will take action, and you also agreed to let me stay in father's sedan chair. So we took this child with him, he is in charge The only son, Wang Yue; the steward wants to stay and deal with the aftermath, for fear of being implicated, so he entrusts his only son..."

"Okay, take the child with you." Peach Blossom Fairy interrupted her explanation, and then said to the child, "You can't cry or make trouble, be good and listen to Sister Luo."

The child was only a few years old, but his expression was different from ordinary people. He nodded sensiblely with his eyes wide open.

Peach Blossom Fairy took a deep breath, closed her eyes for a moment, then let out a long breath, and said, "I hope luck will be better again, and nothing will go wrong."