The lights in the room were still warm, pancakes were spread out in the pot, and each other ate some.
They talked and felt the passing of the night outside. The topics varied, but most of them avoided places that might be scars, such as Cheng Min's "work" in Shangjing City, such as Lu Mingfang.
Tang Minjie told Cheng Min about some of his life in Liangshan in the southwest. At that time, the Chinese army had just withdrawn from the southwest, and the news of Mr. Ning's death came out again. The situation was quite embarrassing, including dealing with various people near Liangshan.
Yes, the Chinese Army was almost forced to split. During that most difficult time, everyone relied on will and hatred to take root in the vast mountains, open up forest land, build houses, and build roads...
"...the mountains in the southwest are actually quite interesting after looking at them for a long time...I didn't have enough to eat at first, so I wasn't in the mood to see them. There are deep mountains and old forests over there, and there are so many snakes, insects, rats, and ants that I just felt bored after looking at them. But
Later, when I could take a breather, I liked to stay in the watchtower on the mountain. At first glance, everything was covered with trees, but there were countless things hidden inside. It was sunny, rainy... there were many different weather conditions. Others said that the benevolent people enjoy the mountains.
, A wise man enjoys water, because the mountains remain unchanged and the water is ever-changing. In fact, the mountains in the southwest really have countless changes... There are also many fruits in the mountains, the only ones I have ever tasted..."
Cheng Min is from the Central Plains. She was kidnapped to the North when she was a girl. She has never seen the mountains in the southwest or the water in the south of the Yangtze River. The night waiting for changes seemed long, so she asked Tang Minjie about these things.
Jie Sansan said in a broken voice. She also listened with great interest. She didn't know if she looked so curious when facing Lu Mingfang.
Sometimes she also asked about Ning Yi: "Have you seen that Mr. Ning?"
Tang Minjie shook his head: "I haven't seen it before."
"No, that's a pity." Cheng Min said, "If I defeat the Jurchens in the future, if I can go south, I want to go to the southwest to meet him. He is really amazing."
"Did Lao Lu tell you?"
Cheng Min nodded: "He told me some things about Mr. Ning back then, such as leading a few people to kill 50,000 people in Liangshan, which was later called the inner demon. He also told me about his martial arts skills, which people in the world heard
Hearing his name, everyone is frightened. Recently, I sometimes think that if Mr. Ning had come here, he wouldn't be helpless looking at this situation."
Tang Minjie smiled slightly: "Mr. Ning also brought dozens of people with him to Liangshan, and he had already prepared internal support before going. In addition, Mr. Ning's martial arts skills..."
He paused for a moment, Cheng Min turned to look at him, and then heard him say: "...According to legend, he is indeed very tall."
"So, if Mr. Ning comes here, he might be able to secretly kill those bastards one by one." Cheng Min waved his hand like a knife, "Lao Lu also said before that Zhou Yingxiong actually died.
It’s a pity that if he had joined our side and secretly come to the North for us to arrange an assassination, those people in the Jin Kingdom would have died long ago.”
Although Cheng Min grew up in the Central Plains and has lived in Beijing for so many years, and without the need to pretend too much, her inner habits are actually somewhat close to those of women from the North. She is beautiful, and she actually has a heroic spirit when she is straightforward.
Tang Minjie nodded in agreement.
At this time, it was past midnight. While the two were talking, they were still paying attention to what was going on outside. They continued to talk a few words. Suddenly, the night outside shook. No one knew who it was, and suddenly fired a cannon very far away.
, the sound passed through the low sky and spread throughout Shangjing.
Tang Minjie and Cheng Min stood up suddenly and rushed out the door.
"A fight is about to begin..."
Tang Minjie murmured, and his face turned a little rosy. Cheng Min grabbed his tattered sleeves and shook them twice: "Something is going to happen, something is going to happen..."
They stood in the yard and looked at the dark night sky. The already quiet night around them gradually became commotion. I don't know how many people lit up their lamps and were awakened from the darkness. It was as if someone had dropped a ball into the calm pond.
A pebble, the wave is pushing away.
"Wrap up the remaining pancakes. If the army enters the city and starts burning and killing, something might happen..."
"The best result is that the East and West mansions start fighting directly. Even if it's close, if Zong Qian and Zong Pan fight head-on, the Kingdom of Jin will be in big trouble..."
"Although it is a civil unrest, it is unlikely that the entire Shangjing City will be burned, killed, and looted. What I am afraid of is that I cannot control it tonight...but there is no need to flee..."
Tang Minjie talked nonchalantly, thinking about various possibilities. He returned to the room and went out to the yard outside. Although he had frostbite on his body, he didn't feel any cold at this time. When Cheng Min opened the door, he said:
"Put on your hat when you go out and calm down." His mood calmed down a little.
He still couldn't help but say: "Did you know that as long as there is internal strife between the eastern and western governments of the Jin Kingdom, the day when our Chinese army will destroy Jin Dynasty can be advanced by at least five years. Tens of thousands... or even hundreds of thousands of people will die less.
He couldn't hold back the cannons at this time, haha..."
He smiled suppressed and short, and it looked a bit strange in the light. Cheng Min looked at him. After a while, Tang Minjie took a deep breath and gradually returned to normal. But not long after, listening to the sound outside
There was no movement, but he still murmured: "The fight is about to start, start the fight quickly..."
"There should be a fight." Cheng Min poured him water and agreed.
…
The light of hope seemed to be hidden in the thick clouds. It suddenly bloomed for a moment, but then it was slowly buried deep.
The sound of the cannon at midnight did indeed cause a small commotion in the city, and tragedies may have even occurred in some places. But I don’t know why, as time went on, the riots that should have continued to expand did not continue to expand.
Halfway through the ugliness, it even gradually subsided and disappeared.
Without concrete information, neither Tang Minjie nor Cheng Min could analyze what happened that night. The night was quiet, and when it was almost dawn, there were no more changes. The martial law in the market was lifted at some point.
Cheng Min went out to check for a while. The only thing he could be sure of was that the killing last night had completely subsided.
Why was there such sound of cannons? Why did the tense two sides not start fighting after such sound of cannons? What happened behind the scenes? It is impossible to know now.
"I will go back to the building to inquire about the situation. Everyone will talk about such a big thing last night. If there is an emergency, I will come here tonight. If you are not here, I will leave a note. If
The situation is not urgent. The next time we meet is tomorrow morning...it would be better for me to come out in the morning."
Cheng Min said this, and then added: "Actually, if you can trust me, you can stay here for the next few days, and it will be convenient for me to come and find you. The investigation of the Black Flag spies in Beijing is not strict, and this house should be
It's still safe, and maybe better than renting a place secretly. Your hands and feet can't stand the cold."
As she spoke, she took out the key from her body and put it on the table. Tang Minjie accepted the key and nodded. As Cheng Min said before, if she had surrendered to the Jurchens, she would have been captured by now. The Jinren
Although some of them are able to keep their composure, they are not so depressed that they can only rely on a woman to talk to him to find out things.
"I'll stay here for a few days, and you... follow your own pace, protect yourself, and don't arouse suspicion."
Cheng Min nodded and left.
Tang Minjie also walked to the street and observed the surrounding scene. The tension last night must have spread to everyone in the city, but just from their words, he could not hear any clues. After walking for a while, there was something in the sky.
It started to snow again, and the white snowflakes covered everything in his field of vision like mist. Tang Minjie knew that the Jin people must be experiencing earth-shaking things internally, but he couldn't even think about it.
You can also wake up another intelligence officer and go to the black market to spend money to inquire about the situation, but in the current situation, it may be faster than not getting the news from Cheng Min. Especially without an operations team, even if he knows the information, he
It is impossible for one person to take actions that shake the balance of the entire situation.
This day was the 22nd of October in the first year of Wu Zhenxing, the 15th year of Jin Tianhui. Perhaps because he did not find out the key information, Cheng Min did not come over the whole night.
The next day was October 23. In the early morning, Tang Minjie heard the sound of cannons.
This time it was not a conflict of gunfire, but regular gunfire that shook the dawn sky like a drum. When he opened the door, the heavy snow outside was still falling, but the festive atmosphere gradually began to appear. He was in Beijing.
Not long after walking on the street, among the crowd, I understood the whole story.
Just yesterday afternoon, after discussions between the heads of the various branches of the Wanyan clan of Dajin and Zhu Bojilie in the palace, Wanyan Dan, the son of Wanyan Zongjun and the adopted son of Wanyan Zongqian, was finally selected as the third emperor of the Dajin Kingdom.
, to rule the world. The title of the Lili year is: Tianjuan.
Tang Minjie listened silently to the speaker's reading of this matter in the wind and snow. Countless Jin people cheered in the wind and snow. The matter of the three princes seizing the throne had been bothering them for many days. Wanyan Dan's
Coming to power means that the princes and generals who are the pillars of the Jin Kingdom no longer have to fight over each other, and there will be no large-scale liquidation after the new emperor succeeds to the throne. The prosperity of the Jin Kingdom can be expected, and everyone in the world celebrates it.
That night, Cheng Min still didn't come over. When she came to the small yard here, it was already the morning of the 24th. She looked tired and had bruises on her face. Tang Minjie noticed
At this time, he shook his head slightly.
"That bunch of beasts drank too much last night and had a little too much fun. But thanks to them, everything was found out."
Tang Minjie handed over a bottle of ointment. Cheng Min looked at it and waved her hand: "How can a woman use this kind of thing on her face? I have better ones." Then she started to tell what she had heard.
After Wanyan Quan succeeded to the throne, there was a noisy carnival in Shangjing City for almost the whole night. A group of distinguished nobles who went to Cheng Min's side took out the inside story and publicized it, almost telling the whole story. The whole story of Shangjing City in the past six months
The situation was arranged by the late emperor Wu Begging, and then Zong Han and Xi Yin were in control of it. On the night of the 22nd, it was Zong Han and Xi Yin who personally lobbied all parties and suggested that the younger generation Wanyan Dan should be established.
As the king, he can break the deadlock in Beijing that may be bloody at any time.
Zong Qian and Zong Pan were naturally unwilling at first, but the big nobles standing on both sides had already taken action. This power struggle started because of Zong Qian and Zong Pan. Originally, they could not escape a big fight. Who knew it would still be Zong?
Han and Gu Shen were scheming, turning their hands into clouds and rain, and solved such a huge problem with just a few moves. From then on, everyone in the Jin Kingdom could temporarily put aside their grudges and work together to contribute to the country. A group of young nobles talked about this
At that time, they almost worshiped Zong Han and Xi Yin as gods.
At the same time, they also unanimously felt that such powerful figures had failed in the battle in the southwest. The black flag in the south might be as terrible as the two described, and sooner or later it would become a serious problem for the Jin Kingdom. So a group of
The young man was drinking and carousing in a brothel while shouting that he would definitely defeat the Black Flag and kill all the Han people in the future. The "Black Flag Threat Theory" brought by Zong Han and Xi Yin seemed to have come true.
"...What happened to the cannon that night?" Tang Minjie asked.
"The rumor is that Zong Han sent people to fire a cannon outside the city to deliberately cause a commotion." Cheng Min said, "and then forced all parties to make concessions and make peace."
Tang Minjie sat quietly on the stool in the room. Seeing that the Kingdom of Jin was about to be in chaos that night, he was so excited that he couldn't suppress his emotions. At this moment, the look in his eyes had cooled down. He turned his eyes and spoke countless words.
Thoughts are jumping in it.
"My enemy is a bandit, and my enemy's hero." Cheng Min looked at him, "Is there anything else I can do now?"
Tang Minjie looked over calmly and spoke after a long time, his voice a little dry: