Half an hour ago, in the study room of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
When Tu Danyi was working, he strictly prohibited 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 Taiji Palace to meet Guo Ning, he paid no attention to Chizhan Sagai's head or related documents and files, neither mentioned a word nor glanced at them. But in the final analysis, it is to show peace and calm people's hearts. The number one political enemy in the court and the number one Yuan Rong minister Wan Yan Gang's right-hand man died. How big a deal is this?
In response to this situation, there are many things to do in the future, which must not be ignored! This head and the dossier 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 Chizhan Sakai's head was placed at the end of the long desk in the study. The documents and files were spread out, some had finished reading, and some had read the beginning.
Tu Shanyi held a pen and stared at the contents of the file, sometimes thinking deeply and sometimes writing quickly. The paper spread out beside the case is more than half filled with dense writing.
The study is spacious, facing the pool on three sides, and has good lighting. Most of the windows are open now, and the few that are closed are all made of precious open tiles. But as Tu Danyi wrote, the sky gradually dimmed, and the shadows of the cornices gradually covered the desk.
Tu Shanyi didn't pay attention at all and continued to write rapidly. It's just that his old eyes are dim, and when he looked through the files, his eyes were almost glued to the paper.
At this time, there were steady footsteps coming from outside the study. A young scholar pushed the door open and entered. He gently placed 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, and Tu Shanyi continued writing without being surprised or asking.
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 Jin Dynasty are withering, but this scholar is a rising star that Tu Shanyi is extremely optimistic about, and he will become a great person in the future. I called him here this time because I wanted to give him a heavy responsibility 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 too hard, which has accelerated his decline in energy. In previous years, he reviewed official documents overnight and attended to important military and political affairs. He went to court the next day and was still in high spirits. But today, after only thinking about it for half an hour, he felt the blood vessels in his forehead throbbing, and the handwriting in front of him seemed to change into two or three constantly shaking, 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, just in case I could fight 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 give it a try?"
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 Zhangyimen now, you can see it." Tu Danyi winked slyly: "If you are lucky enough, you can still 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 but laugh: "Although this evil tiger came to the door today with a gift, there was a threat in his tone. I really don't know how high the world is. Therefore, I have to let him suffer a little, so as not to He underestimated the Dajin 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 is not the rooster and dog thief 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's in charge of the test?"
"You only have a golden life."
"Tudan Jinshou? Judge of the Wuwei Army?"
Disciple 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. Are you 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!"
He said this, but Tu Danyi was actually a little proud of being able to take advantage of the situation in a hurry. After a pause, he couldn't help but said: "If the evil tiger passes the test, then we will have powerful people in our hands who can fight against the powerful officials. If the evil tiger fails to pass the test, then only Shan Jinshou can rely on this." It just relieves 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 Changuimen first and take a look at the evil tiger."
"Go!"
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 stopped him again: "Actually, just Shan Jinshou's ability to catch this evil tiger is enough to prove himself to some people. You go to Zhangyimen and secretly help me Send a message and let him stop it and don't have to go into a big fight."
The scholar nodded in agreement, turned around and left the study.
He had been following 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 to make the test easier for Tu Dan Jinshou.
The scholar and his disciple Shan Jinshou, who held an important position as a judge in the armed guards, were strangers to each other and had no contact with each other. But when these words were heard today, the scholar stepped into the core of Tu Danyi's political force and would have access to more secrets.
Thinking of this, the scholar hurried out and urged his horse to gallop in the direction of Changyi Gate.
However, when he approached Changyi Gate, he saw people walking around in panic. After all, in the past two years, Zhongdu City has been attacked twice by the Mongols. The people have long been frightened. Suddenly seeing a large gathering of soldiers, many people immediately fled in all directions, shouting and shouting. The whole street was crowded with people, and then dispersed. After a while, it was 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 door. His eyes instantly passed over the people in the city gate and landed on the cavalry outside the city. He exclaimed in surprise: "How did you start such a battle?"
At the same time, Guo Ning narrowed 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 strong looks and well-equipped weapons. Guo Ning himself is a veteran on the battlefield. He can tell at a glance that many people still have strong murderous auras on them. They have obviously experienced wars for a long time and have killed people with their own hands and rolled over piles of corpses!
Such experts, placed in an ordinary army, are at least key officers at the level of Mou Ke and Pu Liyan. A few hundred people are enough to support tens of thousands of people.
Guo Ning's 2,500 soldiers at the Xijun River camp are the only remaining elite 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, he can't really fight his way out of this stacked military formation with one against a hundred. What's more, the group was not prepared for a fight, and they didn't want to attract attention. They didn't even wear armor!
Guo Ning's mind was spinning.
There should be someone on the gate tower of Changui Gate watching from a high position; but these hundreds of people are 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 swarmed out.
According to the normal time for passing through the doorway, Guo Ning and others should be surrounded by hundreds of people the moment they step out of the doorway. But Guo Ning avoided the cart carrying charcoal in the doorway and was delayed for a while. Then Buqi appeared outside and blocked Guo Ning and others inside 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 be catching 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 rumbling sound of the drums frightened the people near the city gate and scattered them in panic. The birds that were sitting on the top of the city were startled and flew around with their wings fluttering. The sound of drums echoed in the deep doorway, and 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! Lang Jun doesn't need to say anything, I'll answer it!"
He was the one who arranged this trip to Zhongdu. He immediately thought about where the omissions were in the arrangement, and then thought about what words he could use to escape.
Zhao Jue said in a deep voice: "That's nonsense! I'll rush out first and attract their attention! Liulang, please slow down a step before moving and see if there is 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.
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