Those who are good at fighting, have no illustrious military exploits, and are good at deciding the outcome outside the battlefield are the real gods of war. On the premise of stabilizing the current results, Wan Lei asked the Peking Army groups to seize the time to train, and at the same time sent a large number of elite guards , first of all, "auxiliary route" for the army.
A good agent can be as good as a reinforced battalion. This is not true at all. Under the instigation of Liu Wan and others, the news that Wei Guogong secretly colluded with the Peking thieves surged like an undercurrent, and the Xu Mansion fell into rumors. surrounded by.
In fact, the reason why rumors can spread is that in addition to the people who spread the rumors, there must also be people who are willing to believe the rumors. Xu Huizu's extraordinary achievements in quelling the rebellion made most of the civil and military officials in Jinling City envious and jealous. They all wished to see the Xu family in misfortune.
The so-called talent and civil and military skills are not enough, and the crime is a crime. In Chinese history, people with great achievements usually have no good end. Sometimes the emperor himself may not want to die, but the following is A group of civil and military ministers would fan the flames and encourage the emperor to kill the hero.
Why? One word, power!
Instead of getting rid of the one who has the most merit, people like them who have no merit will take over?
In a cruel power struggle, the most convenient way to gain power is to step on the corpses of others. Just like climbing a mountain, if you want to move forward bravely at the pinnacle of power, you must pull down the people above you and use them as stepping stones. .
Unfortunately, Xu Huizu was now in the eyes of civil and military ministers, and they were thinking of how to pull him down as a back-up. As soon as there was any rumors, these people with political senses as sharp as dogs began to pick up on the rumors and started to add fuel to the flames.
Although three people make a tiger, if you want to kill a hero, you must have evidence. Regardless of whether the evidence is real or forged, the most important thing is to make the emperor who holds the power of life and death believe it. Liu Wan has been active in Jinling for so long For a long time, it was "evidence" for Xu Huizu's "Luo Zhi" to have an affair with the Peking Army.
On the tenth day of October, the north wind blew and the temperature dropped sharply. A few dozen miles west of Jinling City, two fast horses galloped eastward. When they saw a small tea stall on the roadside, the two people jumped off their horses and headed towards Someone from the tea stall shouted: "Shop, bring a pot of hot tea, hurry up."
"Hey, here we come." A waiter came out of the store, "Two gentlemen, please come in. We have hot tea and snacks here."
"No need, fill up this pot and pack a bag of snacks. We have to go on our way. If we miss important military events, we may lose our heads." A military man threw a kettle over, and the waiter hurriedly followed it, trying to ask them for money. , was glared at by them, and retracted his words as soon as he spoke.
There is no way, the officials of the Ming Dynasty had this kind of virtue, especially during the war, wherever the officers and soldiers went, it was the most common thing to eat ladles. Some people with evil intentions would use knives to steal wealth and sex, and even They will also kill good people and take credit for their merits. All in all, these little kings of hell are really untouchable.
The waiter didn't dare to mess with the two military masters, so he quickly poured hot tea and made a big bag of steamed buns, trying to send the King of Hell away as soon as possible. The two military masters were also very moral and only ate the scoops. No problem. But when they left, the small shop began to close, because the big bag of buns they just gave away was a deadly thing.
The two military men were still running all the way, munching on the meat buns as they ran. Of course, because they scooped too much, they couldn't finish it. But they saw that the buns tasted good, so they kept them for now. Maybe take it to your brothers for a try. After all, they have just returned from the front line and know how valuable the food in the war zone is.
However, as soon as the two military masters ran a few miles away, they saw a group of uniformed guards approaching and immediately surrounded them.
"Everyone, we are on the order of General Liu to deliver a letter to the Duke of Wei. This is a customs clearance document. Please make it convenient." The Taoist military master begged. After all, he came to Beijing this time for private matters rather than official matters. , if he really wanted to be investigated, he would be considered a deserter. And he also knew the arrogance of Jin Yiwei, so he didn't dare to offend him.
"We know you are here to deliver a message, so we all got off our horses and opened our bags for us to see." The leader was a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu named Ma Degong. He was not a member of Xu Huizu, and even had some personal grudges with Xu Huizu.
This is a long story. To put it simply, when the last time he was promoted to Jinyiwei Commander Qian Shi, Xu Huizu used his connections to arrange for the promotion of one of his own, and pushed out Ma Degong, who was also eligible for promotion. .
Seeing that he had lost his official position, Ma Degong was naturally angry. In normal times, he would not have dared to do anything to Xu Huizu. After all, he was a duke, and he could kill him with just a few words. But things are different today. A few days ago, King Gu actually found him and asked him to find out about Xu Huizu's reputation. He also promised that as long as Xu Huizu was brought down, he would speak well of him in front of the emperor and recommend him to be the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Ma Degong was not a fool. He knew that the prince's thighs were thicker than those of his father-in-law, so he immediately hugged him and secretly sent people around to collect evidence of Xu Huizu's crimes. Unfortunately, there were too few clues about Xu Huizu, and he actually caught him for a while. Can't live.
Just now, Ma Degong received a secret report, saying that two people would send a secret message to the Xu Mansion, and it was a secret message of rebellion. Naturally, he was overjoyed when he heard the news. No matter where the report came from, it was true. No matter what the sex was like, he immediately brought someone to intercept him, so this scene occurred.
"Everyone, we are delivering a letter to the Xu Mansion. You have no right to search. If it delays Mr. Xu's important event, all your heads will be moved." The military commander who delivered the letter said.
"Haha, you have no right to search?! We can kill you now! If you know what you are doing, get off your horse." Ma Degong Hamama laughed loudly. With King Gu as his protector, his courage naturally became stronger, and he also knew that this The two of them were here to do private business. Even if he killed them, it could be said that he killed the deserters. Xu Huizu could only swallow his anger when he found out about it.
"You..." The military commander who delivered the message pressed his hand on the knife, preparing to resist, but another person traveling with him held his hand and shook his head. He frowned, jumped off his horse and said, "Search." You may search, but we will definitely report this matter to the Lord."
"Explain this matter? Let's wait until you are ordered to go back." Ma Degong waved his hand, and a dozen or so guards in uniform rushed forward and began to search randomly. Soon, a letter was found from a military master. However, this letter was just a payment reminder sent by General Liu to Xu Huizu. Although there were many complaints in it, there was no hint of rebellion.
After Ma Degong read the letter, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He was thinking about whether to kill someone to silence him, so as not to spread the matter to Xu Huizu's ears. But at this moment, a little Jinyi Guardsman snatched the gun from a military master. A pack of buns fell to the ground and was crushed one by one. When he stepped on the fifth bun, he found a wax ball inside. He immediately picked it up and gave it to Ma Degong.
"Okay, I hid the secret message in the steamed buns. There must be something wrong in my heart. Come on, scoop it up!" Ma Degong was overjoyed again, and the two military masters who delivered the message were even more dumbfounded, because these steamed buns were supposed to be The lunch they scooped out was “white”, but they didn’t know there was something in it.
Before the two military masters had time to explain, Ma Degong opened the wax pill and found that there was only a piece of white paper inside. His hopes turned into disappointment. But the captain who "picked up" the wax pill was overjoyed and low-spirited. The voice said in Ma Degong's ear: "Sir, you have made a great contribution this time."
"A great contribution? What contribution?" Ma Degong scooped up the blank piece of paper and became angry because this time the operation failed and the information he received was false. Now I am afraid that the only way to clean up this mess is to kill people and silence them. .
"Sir, since it is a secret message, of course not everyone can see it. This white paper is hidden in the wax pill. I dare say that there must be something inside it." The junior captain still said happily.
"Is there a universe within? This is obviously just a blank piece of paper." Ma Degong still didn't understand.
"Sir, this appears to be a piece of white paper, but it's actually a letter. I've heard of a kind of potion that can be used to write on paper. It looks like white paper, but when you soak it in rice water, it becomes clear. Will display words!"
"Ah, there is still such a thing, hurry up, hurry up and get some rice soup." Ma Degong was dead and came back to life, "Xiao Dezi, if this is really what you said, you have made a great contribution, brother. I will never treat you badly."
"Master Xie cultivates me, but don't be in a hurry to let it show the words. You should take it back and let it show the words in front of everyone. This can be used as proof." The man named Xiao Dezi said hurriedly.
"Oh, that's right. If the words are revealed now, maybe those people will say that I forged it." Ma Degong was not a fool. He rolled his eyes and said, "Xiao Dezi, are you sure you believe this?" Is it written with potion? Using rice water will surely make it visible?"
"I'm sure, a hundred percent sure. If you don't believe it, you can drip some rice water on the side, and you will definitely see the blue and black words." The little captain patted his chest and said.
"Okay, I believe you. Come here, take these two spies with you. Let's go back to the city and go to Prince Gu's Mansion!" Ma Degong stuffed the wax pills and "secret letter" into his arms and beat the horse up. Okay, behind him came the sound of the two military masters constantly shouting "Unjust", but the imperial guards didn't care about this, they had already tied them up and sealed their mouths.
Ma Degong and his party of dozens of people rushed into the city and went directly to Prince Gu's Mansion. The reason why he went to Prince Gu's Mansion first was mainly to ask for credit and reward, and also to ask for instructions on what to do next. After all, Prince Gu was his backstage .
As soon as King Gu heard about this, he asked someone to scoop up rice soup and put a few drops on the corners of the letter. Sure enough, he saw words appeared. He was even more happy and stuffed the "secret letter" into his arms. , and said: "Come here, prepare your horses, I am going to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."