Half an hour ago, in the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion on the right.
When Tu Danyi was working, he strictly prohibited any other people from approaching him. There was silence around the study room, and even the servants who occasionally passed by in the corridor outside the courtyard walked softly.
When he went to Tai Chi Palace to see Guo Ning, he paid no attention to Chi Zhan Sa Gai's head or the related documents and files. He neither mentioned a word nor glanced at it. But in the final analysis, he was showing his ease to calm people's hearts.
The number one political enemy in the hall and the right-hand man of Wan Yan Gang, the number one Yuan Rong minister in the army, died. How big a deal is this?
In response to this situation, there are many things to do in the future, so we must not ignore them! This head and the file are both of great use!
So when he left, Tu Shanyi winked slightly, and his subordinates collected these two things and brought them back.
At this time, the wooden box containing the head of Sakai was placed at the end of the long desk in the study. The documents and files were spread out, some of which had been read, and some of which had been read to the beginning.
Tu Shanyi held a pen and stared at the contents of the file, sometimes thinking deeply and sometimes writing quickly. On the paper spread out beside the case, more than half of it was densely written.
The study room is spacious, facing the pool on three sides, and the lighting is very good. Most of the windows are open at this time, and the few that are closed are also made of precious open tiles. But just as Dan Yi is writing, the sky is gradually dimming, and the cornices are
The shadow gradually covered the desk.
Tu Danyi paid no attention at all and continued to write furiously. However, his eyes were dim and his eyes were almost glued to the paper when he looked through the files.
At this time, the sound of steady footsteps came from outside the study. A young scholar pushed the door open and entered, gently placing an exquisite candlestick with a yellow-green glaze in front of Tu Danyi.
Then, he stood aside quietly and waited calmly.
The candlelight illuminated the table. Tu Shanyi was not surprised or asked, and continued writing.
Although there are many secrets in his study, he has just given instructions that if the scholar comes, there is no need to stop him.
Nowadays, talents inside and outside the Dajin court are withering, but this scholar is a rising star that Tu Shanyi is extremely optimistic about. He will become a great weapon in the future. He was called here because he wanted to give him an important task and temper him.
After a while, Tu Danyi stopped writing, rubbed his forehead tiredly, and took a short rest.
He is really not young anymore. Since he became the Right Prime Minister last year, he has been thinking very hard, which has accelerated the decline of energy. In previous years, he reviewed official documents overnight and carried out important military and political tasks. He went to court the next day and was still in high spirits. But today, I just thought about it.
Half an hour later, he felt that the blood vessels in his forehead were throbbing, and the handwriting in front of him seemed to change into two and three, and then close together again.
He sighed: "I'm old!"
After sighing, he was lost in thought for a moment, and then said: "There is something that is not that easy. But I have looked at all the students in my sect and you have to do it to make people feel at ease."
The scholar respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Tu Shanyi frowned slightly, thinking about it, and said slowly: "Today I saw an evil tiger, and I wanted to use it for myself in case of an emergency against the powerful ministers. However, the evil tiger was extremely unruly and wanted to
To use it, it must be equipped with an extremely heavy and strong iron chain. But I am also worried that this evil tiger is so wild that it cannot be restrained by the iron chain, and instead stretches out its claws towards the owner of the iron chain."
"In other words, the iron chain on the master's side must play its role as an iron chain; on the evil tiger's side, it must make the evil tiger happy and help him."
"That's right!" Tu Danyi nodded: "Are you willing to try it?"
The scholar thought for a while: "What to do requires careful planning. You Cheng, I have to see first what kind of person this evil tiger is."
"If you go to Changyi Gate now, you can see it." Tu Danyi winked slyly: "If you are lucky enough, you can also see this evil tiger leaping and biting people."
The scholar was surprised: "Zhangyimen? Is it in Zhongdu?"
"That's right!"
Tu Danyi couldn't help laughing: "Although this evil tiger came to the door today with a gift, there was a threat in his tone. He really doesn't know how high the world is. Therefore, I have to let him suffer a little, so as not to
He underestimated the Jin court. More importantly, this is a necessary test."
"test?"
"The reputation of the evil tiger is true, and his actions are indeed ferocious. However, the enemy I want to use him to fight against is not the crowing of chickens, dogs and thieves before. The place where I need him to perform is not in the mountains, lakes and lakes. So..."
Shan Yi said slowly: "There should be a test."
"So, who is in charge of the test?"
"Just a single golden life."
"Tushan Jinshou? Judge of the Wuwei Army?"
Tu Shan Jinshou was a fierce general in the armed guards. He was said to be powerful enough to defeat a hundred men. Most of his troops were elites who could fire three-stone powerful crossbows and ride bad horses. Scholars had long admired his name.
But he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked suspiciously: "I remember that this person is a maverick in the Tudan clan, and he seems to have always been at odds with You Cheng? And I heard that he has recently been in an argument with He Shilie.
Very close?"
Tu Shanyi smiled and said nothing.
The scholar suddenly realized: "That's it!"
He thought again, took half a step back, and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty is really far-sighted and far-sighted."
His voice is rich and deep, and when he opens his mouth to praise, people can feel his real sincerity from the heart.
Tu Shanyi pointed at the scholar: "Don't be so flattering!"
Saying this, but being able to take advantage of the situation in a hurry, Tu Danyi was actually a little proud. After a pause, he couldn't help but said: "If the evil tiger passes the test, then we will have more people in our hands who can fight with the strong ministers."
A person who has the strength to resist. If the evil tiger cannot pass the test, then Shan Jinshou will rely on this move, which will just relieve some people's suspicions, and he will be of little use in the future. In this way, it can be said that it is suitable for both advancement and retreat."
"Then, I'll go to Changui Gate first to see the evil tiger."
"Go for it!"
After chatting with the scholar for a few words, Tu Danyi was in a good mood. Seeing the scholar respectfully retreating to the door of the study, he called him back and said, "Actually, if Tu Shan Jinshou can catch this evil tiger, it will be enough to kill someone."
These people have proven themselves. You go to Zhangyimen and secretly send a message to me so that he can stop it and don't have to go to war."
The scholar nodded in agreement, turned around and left the study.
He had followed Tu Danyi for several years, and after hearing this sentence, he understood two things:
First, Tu Dan Youcheng actually admired the evil tiger very much, so he finally decided that Tu Dan Jinshou would be more relaxed and the difficulty of the test would be lowered.
The scholar and Tu Shan Jinshou, who holds an important position as a judge in the Armed Guards, are strangers to each other and have never had any contact with each other. But when these words are heard today, the scholar has stepped into the core of the political force of Tu Shan Yi and will be able to contact more people.
Lots of secrets.
Thinking of this, the scholar hurried out and urged his horse to gallop in the direction of Changui Gate.
However, when he approached Zhangyimen, he saw the people walking around in panic. After all, in the past two years, Zhongdu City had been attacked twice by the Mongols. The people had long been frightened. When they suddenly saw a large gathering of soldiers, many people immediately
Running in all directions, shouting and shouting, the whole street was crowded with people, sometimes dispersed, sometimes squeezed into a black mass.
The scholar hurriedly dismounted and relied on his height and strength to push several groups of people away.
When he got close to the city gate, he took another look at the gate. His eyes instantly crossed the few people in the gate and landed on the cavalry outside the city. He exclaimed in surprise: "How could such a formation be started?"
At the same time, Guo Ning squinted his eyes and looked at the people outside the Zhangyi Gate, who were approaching with their swords drawn.
These soldiers are very different from those who guarded the city gate just now. They all have fierce looks and well-equipped weapons. Guo Ning himself is a veteran on the battlefield. He can tell at a glance that many of them have strong murderous auras on them. They have obviously been in battle for a long time.
He has killed people with his own hands and rolled over piles of corpses!
Such masters, if placed in an ordinary army, would at least be defeated. A few hundred of the backbone officers of Pu Liyan's level could support tens of thousands of people.
Guo Ning's 2,500 soldiers at the Xijunhe camp are the only remaining essence of the hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside the boundary trench, and I dare not say that they can be compared with them.
What's more, there are hundreds of those people, waiting in formation outside the city gate!
No matter how brave Guo Ning is, it is impossible for him to break out of this stacked military formation with one against a hundred. What's more, the group was not prepared to fight, let alone attract attention, and they were not wearing armor!
Guo Ning's thoughts went crazy.
There should be someone on the gate tower of Changui Gate watching from a high position; and these hundreds of people were hidden in the houses on both sides of the road outside the city gate. When the people watching from high places saw their party entering the doorway, they immediately sent out a signal, and then
Hundreds of elites rushed out.
According to the normal time of passing through the doorway, Guo Ning and others should have been surrounded by hundreds of people the moment they stepped out of the doorway. However, Guo Ning avoided the cart carrying charcoal in the doorway and was delayed for a while, so the cavalry showed up.
Although he was outside, Guo Ning and others were blocked in the doorway.
But it makes no difference.
The difference is that the former is trapped in a trap; the latter is almost the same, it can be said to catch a turtle in an urn... Bah, it can be said that you are invited to enter the urn.
What can I do?
The soldiers in front of them were well prepared, and drums even sounded from behind the military formation. The drums rumbled, frightening the people near the city gate to scatter in panic, and frightened the birds sitting on the city head, fluttering their wings. The drums sounded in the deep and long doorway.
With the reverberation, even the ground beneath the feet of Guo Ning and others seemed to be shaking.
Du Shisheng said angrily: "We came so quickly, how could it be possible... Someone must have leaked our whereabouts! There is probably a spy in Chongxuanzi's Taiji Palace! You don't need to say anything, Sir, I'll answer it!"
He was the one who arranged this trip to Zhongdu. He immediately thought about where the omission was in the arrangement, and then thought about what kind of words he could use to escape.
Zhao Jue said in a deep voice: "That's a bullshit answer! I'll rush out first and attract their attention! Liulang, please slow down a step before you move, and see if you have a chance."
He is a man who dares to die, so he thinks about how to find an opportunity in a certain death situation and use his own life to win for the general.
Guo Ning shook his head: "Why do you want to go out?"
He looked at the people around him, with an eager smile on his face: "If you can't move forward, then retreat! I told you earlier that this Zhongdu City is a casino. Everyone, let's go back and have some fun in the city.
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Note: The candlestick mentioned in the article is collected in the Datong City Museum. It is really beautiful.