Ping An Biography

"Kill Peng Tianheng? Not bad." Wu Yong, with a wide body, a fat body and a fair face, nodded, his tone was slightly surprised but his expression was still indifferent. He blew on the water in the teacup and then raised his head and said, "Just capture it alive. Why kill it?"

The middle-aged scholar-like person who bowed and stood aside without a hat said: "He has a secret agent, a woman, who was used as a bait by Xie Juan's self-assertion, but was caught by Peng Tianheng, and the end was tragic. Zhang Ning caught After arriving at the person, he was so angry that he killed the person with his own hands. It is said that Peng Tianheng died after stabbing and slashing 32 swords in a row."

"32 swords..." Wu Yong almost didn't spill the tea, it sounded like a joke to him early in the morning, "That female agent is very miserable, how can she be miserable?"

The hatless staff said in a straightforward tone: "One of the tip of the ru| was cut off, and the lower part of the body was scorched with a red-hot charcoal stick."

"As expected of someone who came out of Jinyiwei." Wu Yong said indifferently, "But because of this incident, Zhang Ning ignored the overall situation and killed important people. It really takes time to practice..." He flipped through the front of him The letter said, "I didn't see him suing Xie Juan in the official document submitted. Didn't Xie Juan disobey orders and make claims without permission?"

The aide said: "This subordinate is not very clear."

"The secret letter from the rebellious party last time, should it be time to go to Beijing?" Wu Yong pondered for a moment, "He has done a good job in this matter. It is useless to take a lot of trouble to get the letter to us, only Hu Butang Only then did I dare to identify the source. However, Zhang Ning sent it to Nanjing first, and we handed it over, so there must be a share of credit."

The staff hurriedly said: "Your Excellency has credit in the first place. Zhang Ning is one of His Excellency's subordinates. You have managed to manage the overall situation to achieve this."

Wu Yong said: "Young people are awesome. The mastermind behind the Qin case is that Peng Tianheng. As long as the head is put in the box and reported, the emperor will vent his anger and Zhang Ping'an will be promoted."

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As soon as the secret letter was delivered to Hu Butang, he was shocked. The handwriting was so familiar, it seemed to be the handwriting of the former emperor Jianwen!It is necessary to carefully screen and compare the manuscripts left by Emperor Jianwen who need to obtain the secret storage. If you add a few great Confucians who are proficient in calligraphy to judge together, the accuracy will be much higher.Things about Jianwen are taboo, and Hu Butang didn't dare to keep them privately, he just saw them before.

In short, Hu Ying would never dare to conceal this thing. After passing through the hands of several people, it cannot be concealed...Although he decided to play it as soon as possible, he already had a vague premonition that there would be some troubles.

After facing the saint, Zhu Di took the paper and looked carefully at the direction of the mullion window, then turned his gaze to Hu Ying who was standing in the hall: "This handwriting..." After speaking, he stretched out a hand from the sleeve of the dragon robe. After coming out, he made a slight movement, and the servant next to him walked back towards the door knowingly.

Hu Ying said: "As soon as Wei Chen got something, he immediately felt that he wrote it."

March 26, 29.Zhu Di's expression changed slightly, as if he was stung by the signing of this date. "He is indeed still alive." Zhu Di murmured.He looked up to the bright window, as if looking at the world outside the palace, imagining a certain person in a certain place.

For more than 20 years, there is no news about that person, but he must be thinking about him day and night.He is still alive!In fact, it is not surprising that that person is still alive. He is originally Zhu Di's nephew, a person of the younger generation. If there are no special circumstances, he should live longer than himself.It's just that the youthful appearance at the beginning may have traces of time now.

Hu Ying said cautiously: "Whether it is authentic or not, it is best to carefully screen and compare."

"Yeah." Zhu Di nodded, "I'll let Wang Gou'er fetch something later, and you can check it carefully, but don't let too many people know about it."

"The old minister complies with the order." Hu Ying bowed.

Zhu Di looked at the words on the paper in his hand again, there were not many words: The big event is at an urgent time, and Peng Tianheng was ordered to draw the attention of the fake court eagle dog regardless of loss. March 26, 29... He can memorize these two examples now, but he still reads them again without comprehending a word.

event?What are they going to do, what can they do?Rebellion... If you can succeed, you don't have to wait for more than [-] years. If you really want to rebel, Zhu Di feels that there is no pressure at all. He has fought for so many years. Emperor Gao led the army when he was fighting. Killing and setting|Fire is very familiar.Continue to send people to assassinate me? This should be guarded against, and trustworthy people should be around.

I really can't figure out the reason based on the two lines of writing, so Zhu Di said: "Hu Ying, you go down and write a secret note. How did you get this thing and what exactly happened? Write it down for me."

"Yes, the old minister will ask someone to understand it first, and then write those things into a document for the emperor to review."

... Hu Butang came back from the Forbidden City and rushed to organize and write it into a document according to the various reports below.Naturally, the emperor didn't have time to look at the scattered materials slowly, and it was enough for Hu Butang to sort them out.

At this moment, Yan Ruofei came to the study. Although Hu Butang needed a quiet environment to think, seeing Yan Ruofei coming to the study, he immediately put his pen on the inkstone: Yan Ruofei is not a sloppy person, There should be more important things to say here.

Sure enough, Yan Ruofei bowed and said: "I report to Mr. Hu, the news I just got, two things."

"Say." Hu Ying stopped everything she was doing.

Yan Ruofei said: "First, Peng Tianheng, the owner of Peach Blossom Villa, died, Zhang Pingan killed him, and arrested several rebels. Second, there is news about the 'little matter' that Mr. Hu told you last time. It was found that Zhang Ping'an was the adopted son."

"Submit it to me." Hu Ying stretched out her hand to come over. It was about the Peach Blossom Villa incident. He had to figure out the ins and outs of the incident first, and then he could answer when the emperor asked. He read it and said, " Pass the head to the capital and keep it in ice and salt."

"Yes."

"There is no report about Zhang Ping'an?" Hu Ying asked after turning the pages a few times.

Yan Ruofei said in a deep voice: "According to Hu Butang's order, I found my confidants to investigate secretly, but there was no movement, and there was no paper record. The person who handled the matter came back and just dictated."

Hu Ying nodded.

Yan Ruofei said: "Before Zhang Ping'an's county examination, he asked the students of this county to recommend him. Maybe those few Shangyuan students didn't know the truth. As for Zhang Ping's real origin, there was no record on the birthplace file, only He is the eldest son of Zhang Jiuyin in Shangyuan County. So there was no problem with this matter at first. But our people secretly visited a few older folks nearby, and finally found out the truth; Neighbors know that they picked it up, but due to housing changes and population changes, many people who know about it are hard to find for a while.”

"I picked it up..." Hu Ying thought casually, raised her thick eyebrows slightly, when was 22 years ago?In this era, sons are favored over daughters, and there are more things about abandoning baby girls. A baby boy is not easy to find even if there is nothing wrong with it. Could it be that something happened to Zhang Ping's biological parents?At that time, the civil and military forces of the Jianwen Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty were in Nanjing, and many families were destroyed. It cannot be ruled out that Zhang Ping'an was the baby of one of them.

Hu Ying pondered for a long time, and said: "Even if there is a problem with his background, I should be fine. I just intercepted an important secret letter not long ago, and now I have killed a rebellious party. It will not have anything to do with the rebellious party."

"Yes." Yan Ruofei responded with one word, and did not express his opinion, he was just narrating the matter.

Hu Ying really didn't want to mess with Zhang Ning because he knew that Zhang Ning was related to Yang Shiqi's daughter.Besides, Zhang Ning has more or less friendship with several people in the East Palace, except for Yang Shiqi and Yu Qian, no one else knows about Lu Zhen, and Hu Ying doesn't know that he flirts with the East Palace?In short, it is more troublesome. Maybe Zhang Ning will not be involved too much if he is unlucky, but it is not serious, but it is an offending matter... Hu Ying saw Zhu Di today, and felt that the emperor seemed to be getting old again. Jing's air is obviously not as good as last year.

"Don't make this matter public, only a few of us know about it." Hu Ying raised her head and instructed, "Zhang Ning works under the old man's errand, and if he is fine, it has nothing to do with us; If there is a problem, it is the negligence of the local officials when they were in office, and it is not up to us to judge the responsibility."

"Yes." Yan Ruofei said simply.

Hu Ying raised his hand and put it down again, doing a lot of trivial and useless movements, his mood seemed not very stable, and he said: "It's just... this person is not very innocent after all, so we should be more or less guarded, and we can't let him participate in secrets." Wu Yong should be given the credit for finding the Peach Blossom Villa as much as possible... But in this way, will Yang Shiqi have any objections to me?"

He was a little hesitant, actually, this was Hu Ying's strengths and weaknesses. Over the years, he has always been able to be both right and wrong without offending, but it has also affected his achievements. Indecision will always miss some opportunities.

But soon he didn't have to make up his own mind, Zhu Di helped him, leaving him no choice.

After Hu Ying sorted out the memorial and handed it in, Zhu Di soon called for another interview.Zhu Di asked who killed the person, Hu Ying had no choice but to say Zhang Ning, Wu Yong could not go to the ground in Yangzhou to kill people in Nanjing; then asked who intercepted the secret letter, Hu Ying mentioned Wu Yong, and in the end it was There is no way to avoid Zhang Ning.

Zhu Di quickly remembered Zhang Ning, and said: "He can achieve results in a short period of time. This person is capable of handling things. You give him more power and let him follow along to investigate. Find out where that person is!" As he spoke, Zhu Di's tone gradually became anxious.

The shadow of "that person" has always lingered deep in the emperor's heart, but now the handwriting stimulated him even more.It seems that "that person" is very close, and you can really feel his breath when you close your eyes.

What else can Hu Ying do, the emperor personally mentioned it, it is an imperial decree, so there is no need to worry about it.