He sent the imperial guards to arrest people, and the officers and soldiers to protect those people. How could there be such a coincidence in the world.
It was obvious that the Lord was on the side of the tiger-shaped flag. At least the Marquis of Funing was already on the side of the tiger-shaped flag.
Deputy Xu Qianhu secretly observed the powerful eunuch in the imperial city with the corner of his eye.
Although he belongs to the other party, a Marquis who holds military power is not something he, a small deputy Qianhu, can easily provoke.
"Go and find Marquis Funing for our family!" the eunuch Yang Guorui suddenly said.
Hearing this, Deputy Xu Qianhu was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself and asked with a look of disbelief: "Father-in-law, are you asking me to ask my subordinates to invite Marquis Ning? I'm afraid this is not appropriate!"
He felt bitter in his heart.
He is a deputy of the Jinyi Guards, and if he goes to invite a powerful Marquis, even if the Jinyiwei commander is not allowed to come forward, he will still send a Jinyiwei commander and advisor. If he goes, he will not even be able to see the Marquis.
"It's really not suitable for you to go." The big eunuch Yang Guorui also found that the person he sent to deliver the message was not suitable, so he turned to the little eunuch beside him and said, "Little Lizi, go and invite Funing Hou to our family. In the palace.”
"Yes, my child, go right away." The little eunuch responded and then exited the room.
Seeing the young eunuch leaving, Deputy Xu Qianhu thought of the purpose of his visit and asked cautiously and tentatively: "Father-in-law, do you want me to arrest the envoy of the Tiger Flag?"
The matter had already involved the Lord, and he wondered if there was no need to arrest anyone.
However, before he could be happy, he heard the eunuch Yang Guorui say: "Of course we have to arrest people, but you first have people keeping an eye on their residence, and we will decide whether to arrest them after our family meets Funing Hou. "
Xu Fuqianhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The other party's big turn almost shocked him.
When gods fight, mortals suffer.
He now felt like he was a mortal caught between two fighting gods, and he might be affected by the aftermath of the fight between the gods at some point.
Marquis Funing came to the Duke of Wei's mansion.
"Marquis Funing, please wait a moment. My father will be here soon." Xu Yinjue, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei, sat beside Marquis Funing.
Funing Hou was sitting in the study, holding hot tea sent by the Duke's servants in his hand, drinking tea in the company of Xu Yinjue, and chatting from time to time.
While the two were talking, the door of the study room was pushed open, and Wei Guogong walked in from outside the house with the support of his servants.
"Father."
"The Duke."
Seeing the visitor, Xu Yinjue and Funing Hou stood up from their seats.
With the help of his servants, Duke Guo of Wei sat down on the main seat of the master's house. After sitting firmly, he waved his hand to Hou Ning and said, "Hou Fu Ning, please sit down too."
The Marquis of Funing bowed to the Duke of Wei and then sat back in his seat.
The crown prince Xu Yinjue walked to Wei Guogong and stood beside him.
cough!
Duke Wei coughed hard, and the prince next to him, Xu Yinjue, hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, held it with both hands and placed it on Duke Wei's mouth.
A mouthful of phlegm spat out from Duke Wei's mouth onto the handkerchief, then he picked up the tureen beside him, took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth.
The servant waiting in the study brought a spittoon and took the mouthwash from Wei Guogong.
The prince Xu Yinjue handed the sputum-stained handkerchief to the servant and asked him to take it off and clean it up.
"Marquis Funing came here unexpectedly today, but what's the matter?" Wei Guogong put down the tureen he was using to wash his mouth and asked.
After hearing this, Marquis Funing leaned forward slightly and said: "Today, some Jin Yiwei went to the place where the envoys of the Tiger Character Banner live. The envoys who wanted to capture the Tiger Character Banner were temporarily driven away, but I am worried about the Jin Yiwei. I won’t give up easily.”
"You took action so quickly. That guy is really anxious." Wei Guogong snorted coldly.
Funing Hou said: "I heard that the envoy of the Qing Dynasty brought the complaint to the eunuch in the palace, which attracted the royal guards. Fortunately, the envoy of the Tiger Character Banner did not foolishly follow the royal guards, otherwise the people would have been there by now. He was taken to the prison of the Zhenfu Division."
"Is it someone among the Qing envoys who was killed?" Wei Guogong asked.
Funing Hou nodded and said: "Yes, that's it, and the officers and soldiers patrolling at night have already figured out the whole thing. Those corpses were all moved out from the yard of the envoy of the Tiger Character Banner. It can't be The people from the Tiger Character Banner carried the corpses back to their own garden after killing them. It is obvious that the person who went to assassinate last night was sent by the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, and now it is also the man named Fan who is shouting to catch the thief."
The more he talked about it, the angrier he became. These Qing envoys were quite good at beating them up. He must be more cautious when he comes into contact with people from the Qing Dynasty in the future.
"Not many people care about what the facts are. Everyone only cares about the facts they want." Wei Guogong said in a calm tone.
Funing Hou said: "We are still thinking about peace talks with the Tiger Flag. If the Jin Yiwei people capture the Tiger Flag envoy, then peace talks will really be impossible."
He didn't care who killed whom or how many people he killed. What he cared about was whether he could ensure that the peace talks could proceed smoothly.
"Didn't you send someone to protect them?" Wei Guogong asked.
Funing Hou replied: "We have sent people to protect us, but the Jin Yiwei will definitely not let go easily unless the eunuch behind the Jin Yiwei gives up the alliance with the Qing Dynasty."
"What's the attitude of those big turbans?" Wei Guogong asked.
Funing Hou frowned slightly and said: "There was not much movement in the court, but there were voices everywhere among the people denouncing the envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner. Especially after the Jinyiwei arrested people, those who did not know the truth seemed to believe that The person who committed the murder was the envoy of the Tiger Character Banner."
"Then what do you want to do?" Wei Guogong asked.
Funing Hou was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I just don't know what to do, so I don't want to come here to ask you for an idea!"
"You're not asking me to make a decision, you're asking me, an old guy, to take the lead." Wei Guogong glanced at Funing Hou in his seat.
Funing Hou, whose thoughts were exposed, said without changing his expression: "I listen to you, the Duke, and I will do whatever you say. If you say you don't care about the envoys with the tiger character flag, I will immediately ask my subordinates to take care of the officers and soldiers there." bring back."
"There is no need to provoke me with words." Wei Guogong waved his hand towards him and said immediately, "Those big turbans are mostly people seeking fame, and they can do countless things. The key is still the one in the palace. The only way is to make him give up the idea of the Northern Expedition. , peace talks can be successful.”
After hearing this, Marquis Funing nodded.
Three of the five auxiliary ministers are from their lord's side, one is from the palace, and the remaining chief ministers are also from the palace.
Their lord never took the chief minister of the cabinet too seriously.
They, the lords, despised such people from the bottom of their hearts because they became auxiliary ministers by working for eunuchs.
(End of chapter)
