At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 160 The Emperor Raised a Brothel Outside
The guard of Juyong Pass is an old acquaintance, Uncle Xiuwu Shen Rong.

Kuang Ye, Zhang Yi, and Shen Rong all accompanied the emperor during the 14 years of Zhengtong's personal campaign, and they can be regarded as old comrades who have carried guns together.

Shen Rong was very surprised to see Kuang Ye and Zhang Yi, these two are not staying in the capital well, what are they going to do when they go out?
Unexpectedly, Kuang Ye scolded his head and covered his face: "Uncle Xiuwu, you are so brave!"

Monk Zhang Er, who Shen Rong was scolded by, couldn't figure it out and asked, "Master Kuang, did this old man offend you?"

"How dare you call yourself an old man in front of this old man?"

This is not bad, after all, Kuang Ye is 65 years old, and Shen Rong just turned [-] this year.

Shen Rong was not in the mood to argue with him about his age, so he asked: "Master Kuang, what happened to you, you came to Juyongguan to scold me for no reason?"

"Still pretending to be in front of me?" Kuang Ye said angrily, "Let me ask you, the emperor was on a tour, but he didn't receive any documents from the Ministry of Rites, and he was not accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites. Why did you let him go?"

"The emperor has left the customs?" Shen Rong asked in surprise, "When did it happen?"

Kuang Ye stared closely at Shen Rong, but found that he didn't seem to be lying.

Could it be that you are acting...

At this time, Zhang Yi came forward and said, "Uncle Xiuwu, this matter concerns the safety of the emperor, so don't dare to joke about it!"

Shen Rong hurriedly said: "What's going on, you two should explain clearly!"

Kuang Ye and Zhang Yi looked at each other, and asked suspiciously, "You really don't know?"

"What do you know?"

"The emperor didn't go out?"

Shen Rong was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, he said: "Where do you start with this?"

Kuang Ye saw that he really didn't look like he was lying, so he told the story in detail.

"Seven or eight days ago?"

Shen Rong seemed to think of something, and said: "There is a group of people who say that they are ordered to go out to inspect the construction of Mobei, but they didn't see the emperor!"

Kuang Ye hurriedly asked, "Who leads the team?"

Shen Rong thought for a while, and said: "The leader is a hundred households from Jinyiwei, I can't remember what it's called... Oh, yes, there is also a censor, whose surname seems to be Tang..."

A person flashed in Kuang Ye's mind, and he asked, "Tang Xinggu?"

"It seems to be such a name... there is a record, just wait!"

While talking, Shen Rong ordered the clerk to fetch the record of leaving the customs, and sure enough, there was Tang Xinggu's name.

Kuang Ye and Zhang Yi suddenly became tense. Tang Xinggu is the emperor's man, and it is very likely that he left the customs this time with the emperor.

"How many people are there this time?"

"Generally..." Shen Rong thought about it carefully, and then said, "There are only about fifty people, but most of them are coachmen and horsemen, who have transported a lot of food and supplies."

Kuang Ye was so angry that he jumped up, pointed at Shen Rong's nose and said, "The emperor may be in the team, why don't you take a closer look!"

Shen Rong was very aggrieved and said, "How would I know!"

"This is a serious dereliction of duty. I will settle the score with you when the old man comes back!"

After Kuang Ye finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Shen Rong hurriedly stopped him and said, "Both of you, it's getting late, even if you chase after him, you have to wait until dawn tomorrow..."

"Can't wait!"

Kuang Ye waved his hand and said, "There are only a few people around the emperor, what should we do if we encounter enemies outside the pass?"

Shen Rong also realized the seriousness of the matter, looked at the sky, and said: "In this case, I will bring some men and horses, and go after them with the two of you!"

"Don't go there, Juyongguan needs someone to guard it!"

"It doesn't matter!" Shen Rong said, "Monan and Mobei have been pacified, and Juyongguan has long been less important!"

"That's right..." Kuang Ye muttered, and then said, "It's not too late, let's go now!"

At that moment, Shen Rong counted fifty soldiers, held torches, and headed north.

The group traveled day and night, and finally arrived at Yumu River after ten days.

At this time, Yumuchuan had been built into an important town outside the customs. In just a few months, the people reclaimed a large area of ​​farmland. The barley seedlings in the field had grown to more than half a foot high. Looking from a distance, it was refreshing.

Kuang Ye couldn't help but said: "This old man always thought that the desert was a place of bitter cold, but he didn't expect that after reclamation, it would be no different from the pass!"

"Master Kuang's words are very true!" Zhang Yi followed up and said, "What kind of desert is this? It's clearly an innumerable granary!"

Shen Rong looked at the two of them and said, "You two, let's hurry up and get down to business!"

Kuang Ye nodded again and again, then found the local officials in charge, and learned that there was indeed a convoy from the capital, but they distributed some food and living supplies and left the next day.

The three hurriedly continued to chase north. Along the way, there was a village every ten miles, and there were newly reclaimed farmland everywhere. The old Mongolian horse ranch had become full of vitality.

However, the three of them were worried about the emperor's safety and were not in the mood to appreciate the scenery.

After chasing for more than ten days, there were two rains on the road, and everyone was muddy and disheveled. Looking from a distance, they looked like refugees fleeing for refuge.

However, that's not the worst!
Shen Rong suddenly realized that the dry food he brought with him was gone.

When I went out, I didn't expect to run so far. Moreover, if I brought too much food, it would slow down the speed of travel. Now that the food is gone, I suddenly feel worried.

Kuang Ye was dissatisfied and said: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Uncle Xiuwu, what did you do? How can you run out of food at this time?"

Shen Rong was also the boss' reluctance, and retorted: "Master Kuang, Master Zhang, do you still have the nerve to talk about me? I brought the food along the way from Juyongguan. You two came out from the capital, don't you know how to bring food?" ?”

Since the beginning of Juyongguan, these two adults began to teach themselves, especially Kuang Ye, who trained him all the way, even clay figurines are three points angry, not to mention that Shen Rong is still the imperial court canonized Uncle Xiuwu.

Kuang Ye was choked and speechless, and after a long silence, he said, "Is it because of your dereliction of duty? If at that time, you stopped the emperor in Juyongguan in time, what happened today?"

"My dereliction of duty?"

Shen Rong was restrained at first, but when he heard this, he immediately exploded.

"The emperor came out of the capital, right? It took seven or eight days for you to find out that such a large living person was not in the palace? According to your statement, what is the cabinet for? What is the Ministry of Rites for? Now something happened, Just push it on others, show some face, Mr. Kuang!"

"You... you... are simply unreasonable!"

Kuang Ye blushed when Shen Rong pointed at his nose and scolded him, but he couldn't refute.

"Okay, you two!"

Zhang Yi stepped forward and said to the two of them: "Now is not the time to divide responsibilities. We are officials ordered by the court, and we are also on business when we come out. Are you worried that there will be no food?"

Kuang Ye then nodded, yes, there are villages and farmlands everywhere along the way, and the desert is no longer what it used to be. It shouldn’t be difficult to stutter, but I’m worried that it will spread... making people laugh...

One is a scholar of the cabinet, one is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is a dignified martial arts uncle, and they have been reduced to the situation of living in autumn...

"Report!"

I saw a fast horse galloping forward, it was a sentry under Shen Rong.

"I found a lake ahead, and there is a village on the outskirts of the lake. It is very large, with tens of thousands of people!"

Zhang Yi couldn't help taking a breath, the scale of tens of thousands of people was almost catching up with a county town.

Unexpectedly, there are villages and towns of this size in the hinterland of the desert, which is quite different.

But it's okay, dinner is settled!

…………

In the evening, Tang Xinggu had dinner and lay in bed idly in a daze.

It has been a month since I followed the convoy northward every day, distributing supplies along the way, and condolences to the people.

He is a little suspicious of life now, didn't he agree to accompany the emperor on tour, but...

Where is the emperor?
"Tang Yushi, someone is looking for him!"

Tang Xinggu got up from the bed and asked, "Who is it?"

"He said he came from the capital, and I don't know him from a humble position, so you should go and see for yourself!"

"Is the capital here?"

Tang Xinggu looked puzzled, thinking that all the colleagues in the capital had been offended by me, how could anyone come to see me in the desert?
"You let them come to my room... By the way, make me a pot of tea!"

After finishing speaking, Tang Xinggu straightened his clothes and wrinkled his nose. He didn't take a bath or bring a change of clothes all the way. He just wore this outfit for a month, and his body smelled a little...

The other people in the convoy have clothes to borrow, but they are the clothes of the servants, we are people with status...

He was struggling, when he saw three old men walking in hastily.

One of them came to him and asked in a hoarse voice: "Tang Xinggu, you make us chase so hard!"

Tang Xinggu couldn't help frowning, he looked like an uneducated countryman who didn't know any rules.

The old man is an official ordered by the imperial court. Where did the country man come from?

However, why does this person look familiar?

Moreover, to be able to call out his own name, he must have known him.

"Which one?"

Kuang Ye was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Tang Xinggu, don't you recognize the old man?"

Tang Xinggu smiled politely and said, "Please forgive me for my clumsy eyes, I don't know..."

Kuang Ye became angry from his heart, raised his hand and slapped him on the face.

Tang Xinggu was sitting upright, but unexpectedly disaster fell from the sky, the slap made him dizzy, and little stars appeared in his eyes.

When he realized it, he was about to call someone, but the other party had already pointed at his nose and cursed.

"Tang Xinggu, you old Mapi, open your dog eyes and see, who is this old man?"

Tang Xinggu was stunned, wondering why this old man was so fierce...

Wait a minute, why does that sound so familiar?

He took a closer look and asked in surprise, "Kuang... Mr. Kuang?"

It's not his fault, Kuang Ye and the others were not prepared at all when they came out. They caught up with two rains these days, and their clothes were covered with mud. Nobody would doubt a beggar who was fleeing.

Kuang Ye's beard was about to explode, and he said angrily, "I ask you, where is the emperor?"

Tang Xinggu said blankly: "Yes, where is the emperor?"

Kuang Ye became even more angry, grabbed Tang Xinggu's collar, and said, "I asked you, why did you ask me instead?"

"I, I... I don't know either!"

Tang Xinggu broke free and said, "I never saw the emperor at all!"

"Are you lying to ghosts?" Kuang Ye continued, "If you don't hand over the emperor today, I will never end with you!"

Zhang Yi and Shen Rong also came forward, as if they couldn't see the emperor and vowed not to let go.

Tang Xinggu was very helpless, and said truthfully: "When I left the capital, I really got the emperor's will, but since the day I came out of the capital, until today, the officials have never seen the emperor's face. If you don't believe me, how can you You can look for it by yourself, if you find the emperor, please let me know, the officials are also waiting to see the emperor!"

Hearing this, Kuang Ye was stunned on the spot, seeing Tang Xinggu's expression, but it didn't look like it was pretending.

Could it be that the emperor really didn't leave Beijing?
"Tang Xinggu, is what you said true?"

Tang Xinggu sneered: "If there is a lie, you can take off the head of the subordinate official and play it as a ball, okay?"

The expectation on Kuang Ye's face gradually disappeared, and this result was really unacceptable.

You ran all the way from the capital to Mobei, tell me now that the emperor never came!

At this time, Shen Rong said with an aggrieved face: "Let me just say, there was no emperor in the team at that time, otherwise, I would have seen it a long time ago!"

It can be said that people sit at home, and the pot comes from the sky.

I was pointed at the nose and scolded for no reason, and I worked hard for 20 days, but it turned out that... I made a mistake!

Are you kidding me?
Kuang Ye turned his head to look at Zhang Yi, who was also in a daze.

"No, it's impossible for the Shangshan supervisor to lie, the emperor is really not in the capital!"

Things came to a deadlock, the four of them sat around the table, everyone had something on their minds, and kept drinking tea.

Finally, Kuang Ye couldn't help but said: "Is it possible... that the emperor is living outside the palace? Shang Shanjian only said that the emperor is not in the palace, but did not say that the emperor is out of Beijing!"

After listening, Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "It's reasonable to live outside the palace occasionally for a day or two, but it's unlikely that you won't be there for seven or eight days..."

"There's nothing impossible about this. It's not that I heard that the emperor raised a brothel girl in the Huangzhuang outside the Chaoyang Gate..."

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Yi coughed twice in embarrassment, and said: "That woman's status is quite special, and she is only recovering from her injuries in Huangzhuang at present, so take ten thousand steps back, if such a thing really happens, how can the empress dowager and empress let it go ?”

"makes sense……"

Kuang Ye scratched his head and murmured: "But, where is the emperor..."

Among these few people, Shen Rong was the most aggrieved, and immediately said angrily: "Think about it carefully, what major events have happened in the court recently, the emperor can't leave Beijing for no reason!"

Kuang Ye was startled suddenly, and blurted out: "Annan!"

Zhang Yi also came to his senses and said, "Could it be that you went to Nanjing with the Jing'an Prince's team?"

Immediately afterwards, he said: "That's not right, when the king of Jing'an County left, the emperor went to see him off in person, and later summoned me to wait for him to talk all morning..."

Kuang Ye thought about Zhang Yi's words carefully, and then asked, "Are we done talking?"

"After talking..."

Zhang Yi recalled a bit, and said: "We went back after the talk, but King Yi stayed behind, and talked for a long time alone."

(End of this chapter)