Hu Chonglian accepted the "wonderful strategy" taught to him by the Minister of Works. Two days later, he immediately set off for the Hanlin Academy. He stood at the door and poked his head around. He glanced through the crack of the door for a while, but he did not see any movement inside.
So he shouted loudly, banged the door and shouted: "Is Academician Ge in the courtyard?"
After talking for a long time, a man in official uniform came out, opened one side of the door and asked him: "Who are you... Mr. Ge is not here now."
Hu Chonglian hurriedly saluted: "I am Hu Chonglian, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry. The adults in the court asked me to ask Xueshei Ge some questions, but I didn't find him. I'll wait a little longer."
The man opened both doors and said seriously: "Xueshi Ge went to the Libu Yamen, and he won't be able to come back for a while. I am Chengsu, the editor of this college. I can make decisions for you on some matters. Come in and talk about it."
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Hu Chonglian glanced at him hesitantly and thought to himself: "The minister once told me about the contingency plan, but today he is not here, so it can be implemented..." After thinking about it, he smiled at the editor and walked into the Imperial Academy.
In the courtyard, he was invited to sit down in the middle hall. The editor-in-chief first reported it to the attending bachelor. The bachelor knew that he had been in charge of trivial matters for a long time, so he left him to his own devices and did not participate.
"As editor-in-chief, you should be aware that a few days ago, Academician Ge went to the imperial palace to meet the Holy Spirit. He should come back with an edict. Why is it that two days have passed and the edict has not been announced yet?" Hu Chonglian frowned before he could sit down.
, asked urgently.
Cheng Bianxiu replied: "Xueshi Ge went to meet the Holy Spirit, but he said it was an official matter and did not mention the issue of drafting an imperial edict. This may be because you are overly worried."
Hu Chonglian shook his head: "No, no. Since Chen Shilang took him with him, the Ministry of Officials must have told him to draft an imperial edict, otherwise the explanation will not make sense. He didn't tell you, maybe he has concerns.
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In this way, you write me a document in the name of the Hanlin Academy, saying, "The edict may be lost, send someone to look for it." Let me enter the forbidden area and ask for a message as soon as possible, so as not to make all the adults uneasy.
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Cheng Su heard that he often threatened the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and he felt bored, but he did not dare to disobey. He thought to himself: "Anyway, they are responsible for anything that happens, so I will write!" He picked up the pen and wrote for him immediately.
The next document was handed over with the approval of the bachelor's student.
Hu Chonglian was very happy. He stuffed the document into his arms, thanked the editor hastily, and prepared to act according to the plan originally planned by the minister: take this document and go to the ban camp to see the two officials.
This forces them to cooperate with themselves.
With his wishful thinking, Hu Chonglian reached the forbidden road in a blink of an eye. Because he showed the documents to the defenders, he passed without encountering any obstruction. However, as a small official, he had never been to such a heavily guarded place. He only watched
The thoroughfares on all sides are extended with winding corridors, corner gates, and main gates. There are countless corner gates, and the main gate is suddenly dazzled. I can't recognize the road. I can only ask the defenders for help, and I can gradually explore it.
"That military master!" He was so anxious that he was sweating and panting heavily. He put his hands on his hips and yelled to the defenders on the gate tower, "Is the camp of Cun Si Jin to the east?"
"Ah..." The soldier put down his weapon and turned around quickly. Just as he opened his mouth wide, his expression changed and he closed his lips tightly again.
Hu Chonglian looked anxious and waved his hand again: "I said, the army..."
"Stop fucking asking!" A thick arm suddenly put on his shoulder, causing him to stumble - it turned out that there were three or five eunuchs with fierce eyes standing behind him.
"You are acting suspiciously, what are you doing here? How dare a person wearing such clothes dare to trespass into a forbidden place!"
Hu Chonglian's face was so frightened that he almost lost his color: "I...father-in-law, if I can't enter, how can the sergeants let me go?"
"Then say it! Say it!" The leading eunuch shook his shoulder.
"I'm here for the Hanlin Academy. I'm looking for the imperial edict... Anyway, it's the intention of the Hanlin Academy." He didn't even know how to answer for a moment.
"We don't understand whether you are speaking in human language or not!" The eunuch opened his eyes, "Let's go, let's take you to Manager Shen first. You must explain clearly!" Hu Chonglian couldn't help but tell him, and several eunuchs took him forcefully. Gone.
"Have you found out the truth?" Shen Jing crossed his legs and held his beads. Hearing the approaching footsteps outside, he glanced over with cold eyes. But Lu Xinzhong, who was standing beside him, was different from this calmness. Nervously motionless, he raised his eyes anxiously and looked at the approaching eunuch.
"Eunuch Shen, this person said that Ge Xueshi came to see the Holy Spirit a few days ago and brought back the imperial edict. However, he did not declare the edict. For some reason, he deceived a document and came here to ask about the imperial edict."
"Why did he want to find the chief minister?" Shen Jing put down his prayer beads, pondered for a while, and suddenly slammed the table, "No! These people must have colluded to mutiny in the palace!"
After hearing this, Lu Xinzhong's hair stood on end and his heart pounded.
"Eunuch Lu, what do you think?" He turned his head.
Lu Xinzhong reacted in time and quickly knelt down at his feet: "Eunuch Shen's speculation is reasonable! I never thought that these people are so evil that they dare to subvert the government! I beg Mr. Shen to send someone quickly to inform Prime Minister Liu and tell him to hurry up. Send troops inside and outside the capital to quell the rebellion!"
Shen Jing nodded hurriedly and sent him to deal with the matter. Lu Xinzhong walked outside the palace. Seeing that it was getting dark, he called one or two eunuchs who were nimble on their feet, all with lamps, to send oral messages. Zhongshu Sheng also said to himself, "Cun Zhao, if something happens to Tai Su, he will be provoked to rebel and hold the emperor hostage, which may not be conducive to suppressing the rebellion. I will go to their camp to stabilize their mood and wait for reinforcements!" "Everyone didn't know his details, but they believed him to be true. They watched Eunuch Lu riding out and galloping in the direction of Cunzhao's camp.
The dark color completely covered the sky. Without waiting for the torch, Lu Xinzhong hugged the horse's neck and rushed into the camp desperately. He ran twice on the school field until the dust on the ground spread a line of smoke. , just stopped the horses.
Cunzhao heard a horse roaring outside and hurriedly went out of the tent to take a look. He was surprised when he saw Eunuch Lu's face was sallow.
"Cun Zhao!" Lu Xinzhong flicked the horse whip vigorously and wiped the mud splashed on his body. "Manager Shen issued another strict order, restricting you to make five thousand instruments today! Call the craftsmen, my father-in-law wants to Count them one by one!”
Cunzhao immediately understood that something had happened outside, but he still pretended to be calm and sneered, gritted his teeth and played out the show with him: "What if I don't hand it over?"
"If you don't hand it over, we will throw those lazy craftsmen out of the market and behead them, along with you, Master Si Jin!"
After hearing this, all the soldiers immediately started making noises in the school grounds, holding weapons in each hand to protect him and prevent him from taking a step away.