On this day, when the sky was getting dark, Peng Ji still stayed in a hidden room in his house, reluctant to leave.
There were fifteen large boxes placed in the room. Each box had its lid lifted, and the contents in the box glowed with a charming golden light under the candlelight, making the entire room glow golden.
yellow.
Each of these fifteen large boxes contains two hundred small gold bricks. Each small gold brick weighs about one kilogram, so the fifteen boxes add up to three thousand kilograms of gold!
And these three thousand kilograms of gold were Peng Ji’s astonishing harvest after two full days of work!
His own harvest!
"Three thousand catties! Three thousand catties...all gold! Red gold!"
Looking at the astonishing amount of gold in front of him, Peng Ji's expression was full of intoxication, as if he was already in heaven, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself again.
Peng Ji has repeated the same muttering to himself dozens of times, but he still doesn't feel satisfied.
But at this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded outside the secret room.
Peng Ji's body trembled, and he quickly stepped forward and quickly closed the lids of the fifteen large boxes.
Afterwards, Peng Ji calmed down his mood for a while, then turned around and opened the door, frowned and asked: "What on earth is disturbing me?"
Sensing the dissatisfaction in Peng Ji's tone, the soldier who reported the news was startled and said quickly: "To inform the Lord Guards, Zhao Gechen said that he has something urgent to ask you and asks you to see him immediately."
Urgent matter, immediately...
After noticing these words, Peng Ji couldn't help but look solemn, and then he didn't care to continue to be intoxicated. He immediately turned around and locked the door with his own hands, and then hurried towards Zhao Junchen's room.
After Zhao Junchen arrived at Jinzhou Camp, Peng Ji was afraid of He Yu's remaining power and did not dare to occupy the room in the General Military Mansion and give it to Zhao Junchen, so he simply vacated half of his garrison mansion and gave it to Zhao Junchen.
Therefore, Peng Ji and Zhao Junchen currently live in the same mansion, so it is convenient for them to contact each other and meet each other.
About a tea time later, Peng Ji had arrived outside Zhao Junchen's room. Before he could report to Zhao Junchen, Linghu Guang, who was guarding outside the room, had already opened the door, waved his hand and urged, "Peng Ji."
Guards, please go in quickly, Zhao Gechen is eager to see you, and there is no time to delay now."
Seeing Linghu Guang's behavior, Peng Ji felt that the situation was serious and hurriedly entered the room.
After entering the room, Peng Ji looked up and found that Zhao Junchen was the only one in the room, with an expression that was both solemn and angry.
"Chen Zhao, why are you so anxious to summon me?" Peng Ji asked quickly.
Zhao Junchen gritted his teeth and replied: "Yao Rang! That old eunuch, he deceived me! How dare he deceive me!"
Peng Ji was startled again and asked: "What on earth is going on?"
Zhao Junchen took a deep breath and answered again: "Three days ago, just in case, after we bribed Yao Rang, we also secretly bribed a close confidant around him, Jin Yiwei, because we were worried that Yao Rang would be an old eunuch.
He reneged on his word and wasted no time with us! In the end, I really didn’t waste any time!
Just now, I received news that Yao Rang has prepared relevant memorials and plans to report everything about our emptying of the Jinzhou camp army depot to the imperial court!"
Peng Ji was startled and said in a panic: "What? How did he... what should we do?"
Zhao Junchen had already regained his composure and sneered: "Didn't you have an idea before? Don't do it! Don't stop!"
After saying that, Zhao Junchen imitated Peng Ji's original movements and raised his hand to make a faint scratch on his neck.
Peng Ji was stunned for a moment, and then quickly calmed down.
Yes, this is Liaodong Town. There is no need to have any scruples in dealing with the eunuchs of the supervisory army. If this eunuch of the supervisory army dies in the battlefield, he will have no choice but to die in the battlefield. If this eunuch of the supervisory army dies in bed, he will have no choice but to do so. Death bed!
However, when the matter came to pass, Peng Ji was unwilling to take responsibility and asked: "What do you want to do, Zhao Gechen? I am at your command!"
Zhao Junchen said coldly: "Eunuch Yao has asked for instructions from this pavilion, saying that he will leave Jinzhou Camp early tomorrow morning and wants to go to the north of Jinzhou Camp to inspect Yan Zhen's military training! At that time, this pavilion has not received any instructions. The news, so he agreed! Looking back now, Eunuch Yao just wanted his messenger to take the opportunity to leave the camp and rush to the capital to deliver the message!
Therefore, without further ado, the time to take action is tonight! We must eliminate all hidden dangers before Yao Rang reports the news to the capital! Except for a few young eunuchs responsible for serving, Yao Rang only has more than 20 young eunuchs. It is not difficult to destroy them with the famous Jin Yiwei!"
Peng Ji was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Zhao Junchen to be so eager. He couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Isn't this... too hasty? It's not too late to wait until Yao Rang leaves the Jinzhou camp tomorrow! You can also ask The court reported that Yao Rang accidentally encountered Jianzhou Jurchen plundering troops while inspecting the border troops!"
Zhao Junchen waved his hand and said: "No! Yao Rang is cautious and has prepared several memorials with the same content. If we wait until he leaves the camp tomorrow before taking action, I am afraid that he will send out multiple messengers as soon as he leaves the Jinzhou camp. Those who broke away from the team were all rushing to the capital via different routes with their memorials. If we miss one of them, we will fail!
What's more, there is Yan Zhen who is training troops outside the camp. He may not cooperate with us! It may cause unexpected changes! To be sure, we must take action tonight! We must eradicate the roots! Not only must we kill all Yao Rang and his followers, We also want to burn down the entire Supervisory Army Mansion and completely eliminate all hidden dangers!
Afterwards, they reported the news to the court and said that Yao Rang died in the fire! Even if the court center had doubts at that time, it would be better to let the court center get conclusive evidence! Besides, based on the reputation of Liaodong Town, regardless of whether Eunuch Yao was No matter what the method of death, the central government will definitely become suspicious, so we might as well do things simply and neatly! After I return to the capital, as long as there is no conclusive evidence, it will be easier to suppress this matter!"
Zhao Junchen's statement made sense. After Peng Ji hesitated for a moment, he finally made up his mind and nodded firmly: "Okay! With the strength of a humble position, I want to deal with Yao Rang and the more than 20 Jinyi guards under him. It’s not difficult, when it gets ugly tonight, I will send out my henchmen to kill everyone in the Supervisory Army Mansion!”
Zhao Junchen shook his head again and said: "No, you can't just send out your cronies, you have to personally lead people to do this!"
Peng Ji was stunned again, feeling that it was unnecessary. Just as he was about to raise his head to question, he saw Zhao Junchen's sinister gaze, and couldn't help but feel timid.
At the same time, Peng Ji also thought he had guessed the reason why Zhao Junchen forced himself to lead the people to do it.
Because of Yao Rang's betrayal, Zhao Junchen now doesn't trust anyone, not even Peng Ji anymore, so this matter must be done by Peng Ji himself. After Peng Ji kills Yao Rang, it is equivalent to surrendering a warrant.
Only then can Junchen continue to trust Peng Ji.
So, Peng Ji nodded and agreed: "Okay! Tonight, I will personally lead the people in my humble position, and I will not let Zhao Gechen down!"
After Zhao Junchen took a deep breath, he walked to the window, looked up at the night outside the window, and said: "Also, the troops stationed in the camp who are loyal to you cannot be idle. I urge them to fully control the camp tonight.
The internal situation in the camp, once the movement of the Supervisory Army Mansion attracts the attention of all parties, ask them to immediately dispatch, in the name of the recent unstable situation in the camp and preventing mutiny, to prevent all parties from approaching the Supervisory Army Mansion. In this way, you will
I can deal with Yao Rang and those Jinyi guards without any worries!"
Peng Ji's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "It makes sense. Currently, the only remaining troops in the camp are the Liaodong Iron Cavalry who are loyal to Wu Jiyun, the remnants of He Yu's party headed by He Rensheng, and thousands of garrison troops who are loyal to their humble positions. But recently, Wu Jiyun and He Rensheng are two
People are very unhappy, and conflicts can break out at any time, so we use this reason to order them not to act arbitrarily, and no one can find fault!"
Speaking of this, Peng Ji hesitated and said: "However, although the humble position is sure to stop those ordinary military attaches, he has no confidence to stop Wu Jiyun and his Guan Ning cavalry! Zhao Gechen, you also know that although Wu Jiyun is only a
Qianhu, but he is a Qianhu of Liaodong Cavalry, and his status in Liaodong is no less than that of ordinary guards..."
After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he seemed to have given up the fight and said: "As for Wu Jiyun, I will personally intervene to stop him. With my status, even if I cannot completely stop him, I can at least buy a lot of time!"
After saying that, Zhao Junchen turned his head and stared at Peng Ji closely, and said: "I personally come to buy time for you. You must not let me down! Remember, you must eradicate the root cause!"
Peng Ji also looked solemn, nodded and swore: "I will never let Zhao Gechen down in my humble position. I will definitely eradicate it tonight and never hold back!"
Zhao Junchen nodded slightly, seeming to believe Peng Ji's assurance.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen was also secretly grateful to the dead He Yu.
Over the years, Peng Ji has been carefully living in the shadow of He Yu, and he will be beaten from time to time. Therefore, Peng Ji does not have a tough attitude like the ordinary Liaodong town attache. Instead, he has an unexpectedly weak temper, and is easily
Will compromise.
Therefore, when Zhao Junchen encouraged and guided Peng Ji to do things, it was much easier than imagined.
*
While Zhao Junchen and Peng Ji were talking, Yao Rang, the eunuch of the Supervisory Army, also sent a royal guard to secretly visit He Rensheng.
In the past few days, due to the constant conflicts between He Rensheng and Wu Jiyun, Yao Rang has also changed his previous low-key attitude and will appear in person from time to time to ease the conflicts between the two parties.
Yao Rang's behavior actually made He Rensheng look at him.
At the same time, He Rensheng could also feel that every time Yao Rang stepped forward to ease the conflict between the two parties, he would be slightly biased towards him. Although He Rensheng did not understand the reason why Yao Rang was biased towards him, it also made He Rensheng's feelings for Yao Rang even more intense.
A hint of good feeling.
Therefore, after seeing Yao Rang sending another Jin Yiwei to see him, He Rensheng thought that Yao Rang wanted to maintain the stability of the situation again, but he did not dare to neglect, and immediately summoned the Jin Yiwei to talk.
However, the situation this time is different.
After seeing He Rensheng, the Jin Yiwei hinted that He Rensheng would step back and wanted to talk to He Rensheng privately.
He Rensheng was slightly startled, but he still asked a few people around him to leave the room.
Then, the Jin Yiwei took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to He Rensheng, saying: "He Qianhu, the Lord Supervisor ordered me to bring you two things. One is this secret letter, and the other is
These are ten sets of uniforms for the Imperial Guards."
"Jinyiwei's jersey? Why did Yao Jianjun give me Jinyiwei's jersey?"
"This... humble position is just to do things according to orders, without knowing why."
He Rensheng didn't get an answer to the question, so he had to open the secret letter and check it first.
Then, He Rensheng's expression suddenly became serious.
I saw only one sentence written on the secret letter - "Zhao, Wu, and Peng seem to be secretly connected. Tonight, at two o'clock in the evening, we made an appointment at the Supervisory Army Mansion to discuss matters. We didn't see you too early. We didn't wait at the wrong time."
"Zhao" means Zhao Junchen, "Wu" means Wu Jiyun, and "Peng" means Peng Ji!
Yao Rang discovered signs that Zhao Junchen, Wu Jiyun, and Peng Ji were secretly connected!
What do these three people want to do in secret? Is there anything in Jinzhou Camp that warrants the three of them secretly collaborating?
He Rensheng felt shuddered when he thought of this.
No wonder Yao Rang was so cautious when sending messages!
It's no wonder that Yao Rang gave He Rensheng ten sets of Jin Yiwei's uniforms. Apparently, he wanted He Rensheng to disguise himself as a Jin Yiwei and sneak into the Supervisory Army Mansion to prevent Zhao Junchen and others from noticing anything unusual.
As for Yao Rang's saying "If you don't see me too early, you won't wait until the time comes", it may be because Yao Rang has been secretly monitored by Zhao Junchen and others, and only the period around the second quarter of the day can divert the attention of the monitors.
After thinking for a moment, He Rensheng believed that such an important matter must be paid attention to. Thinking that Yao Rang had been showing kindness to him in recent days, He Rensheng also decided to trust Yao Rang for the time being.
So, He Rensheng quickly nodded and responded: "Please report back to Yao Jianjun. Tonight, in the second section, I will definitely go to the Jianjun Mansion to see you on time!"
After the Jinyiwei nodded and left, He Rensheng immediately became busy, either contacting the military attachés still loyal to He Yu in the Jinzhou camp and asking them to wait for news tonight, or selecting suitable candidates to accompany him today.
In the evening, go to the Supervisory Army Mansion to visit Yao Rang.
But He Rensheng didn't know that while he was busy contacting and selecting people, Jinzhou defender Peng Ji was also busy with the same thing, but the specific details were different.
*
Just as the undercurrent was surging inside Jinzhou Camp, Liaodong veteran general Yan Zhen, who was training his troops on the plain ten miles north of Jinzhou Camp, also heard a report that an envoy from Zhao Junchen was coming to see him.
Yan Zhen did not dare to neglect and summoned the envoy immediately.
And this envoy was none other than Zhao Junchen's confidant Niu Fude.
After Niu Fude saw Yan Zhen, he immediately handed a secret letter from Zhao Junchen to Yan Zhen.
After Yan Zhen opened the secret message, his expression immediately changed!
The secret letter read - "Peng Ji intends to launch a mutiny and return to the Jinzhou camp as soon as possible!"