Brocade tears

On the third day of March, at the moment of maozheng.Meng Kuang and Guo Dayou were on their way to Fusi Government Office in Beizhen in a carriage driven by Luo Xun.

"Thirteen, I'm afraid you don't know why we were summoned today. In fact, besides you and me, there are elder brothers who were summoned today." Guo Dayou said, "Let me mention it to you first, of course it's all me. Guess with Big Brother."

He paused, and seeing Meng Kuang listening intently, he continued:

"An incident happened in the palace last night. His Majesty didn't know what happened. He was furious last night in Concubine Gong's Xianfu Palace and sent Concubine Gong to the cold palace. He was arrested and investigated by the internal officials, and the eldest son of the emperor was also resent to the North Fifth Institute. But the people in the palace followed suit, and they didn't know the reason for His Majesty's anger. They only heard that Concubine Gong secretly communicated with the outside world behind His Majesty's back. The old servant who has always had a very good relationship revealed that there seems to be a palace official who was favored by His Majesty missing in the palace. His Majesty has been mobilizing the palace people to look for her secretly these days, but requires that the information be kept strictly confidential and not leaked. So I I can almost confirm with my elder brother that the palace lady Li Huier should be the missing palace lady, and it was indeed Concubine Gong who sent her out, and His Majesty has already ascertained this fact. His Majesty summoned us today, probably because he wants us to find Li Huier , and bring her back to the palace."

Meng Kuang's heart gradually sank to the bottom following Guo Dayou's narration, and the blood on his face faded uncontrollably.The current situation can be said to be the worst.Before she had time to send Sui Er out, Guo Dayou already knew Sui Er's position in the emperor's heart.The worst thing is, if it is just Guo Dayou who can still deal with it, Luo Xun already knows about it. Meng Kuang wants to deal with Luo Xun ten years too early.There was no way she could use any special means to conceal the news.And the emperor found Jin Yiwei in time to find Sui'er.In this way, she has almost lost all the initiative, and Sui Er's fate is completely in the hands of Luo Xun and Guo Dayou.

"Thirteen...Are you okay? Why is your face so ugly?" Guo Dayou noticed the change in Meng Kuang's expression. Meng Kuang shook his hand and pointed to his stomach, indicating that he suddenly had a stomachache.

Guo Dayou didn't look into her lame reason carefully, and continued:

"If it is said that His Majesty's intention of summoning us is as I and my elder brother guessed, then what we have to do today is to conceal the fact that Li Huier is in our hands."

"?!" Meng Kuang was taken aback, and looked at Guo Dayou in surprise.Just listen to him:

"You can only catch big fish by setting a long line. Li Huier must have an important purpose when she leaves the palace. If we send her back to the palace now, all our clues will be cut off. She is in our hands now. No matter what, we can't escape. Eldest brother discusses, temporarily concealing the fact that she is in our hands. Anyway, the fact that we bumped into her on the mountain does not sound real, so as not to arouse His Majesty's suspicion, thinking that we are also with her. Let's first promise to look for Li Hui Er'er's mission, and then pretended to let Li Huier go and let her continue her mission. We will follow behind, and naturally we will be able to find out what they are planning without any effort. Not only will we capture her back, but also It is the best policy to clarify the truth to His Majesty at the same time."

Hearing this, Meng Kuang felt mixed feelings.The joy is that Luo Xun and Guo Dayou chose to conceal and not report, which undoubtedly gave her room for mediation.What is worrying is that even so, it is extremely difficult to get Sui'er out of Luo and Guo's surveillance.Jin Yiwei's tracking methods are so powerful, not to mention she is also a member of Jin Yiwei, it is really difficult to let Sui'er go without being suspected.If the special relationship between her and Sui Er is discovered, it will be difficult for Meng Kuang to stay in Jinyiwei, and she has not yet found out the death of her father and brother, so she cannot ruin her career in Jinyiwei.

But in any case, since she has gained room to breathe, she still has a chance.This matter needs to be planned in detail, and she must start immediately after she returns today.

"Besides, the commanding envoy came to us today for two purposes. One is to find the court lady Li Huier, and the other is probably related to the current military situation in Ningxia. These two things are very difficult, especially the latter. The relationship is so important that our patrol cannot afford it, so the commander must discuss the issue of manpower allocation with the elder brother. How to allocate these two things and who should carry them out is indeed a problem."

Facts have proved that Guo Dayou's guess basically fits the facts.After arriving at the Beizhen Fusi Government Office, the three of them had just entered when they saw the commander Luo Sigong coming out of the gatehouse. He had been waiting here, waiting for them.After a brief face-to-face meeting, Luo Sigong and the three of them boarded the carriage again and headed for Xi'an Gate, ready to enter the palace.On the carriage, Luo Sigong and the three of them explained the general situation of His Majesty's summoning today.Finally, he asked Luo Xun:

"Fifth, you know the experts of the patrol station best. Look, who is more suitable to perform these two tasks?"

Luo Xun thought for a while and replied: "Finding the missing maid is not an urgent matter. There can be fewer but better people to carry out the task. In fact, after I heard that some maids in the palace sneaked out some time ago, I asked the eighth and ten San followed up on this matter, oh, and Zhou Jintong under Thirteen has also been following this matter, so it is more appropriate to let them do it now. The military situation in the Northwest is urgent, and there are not enough spy personnel, and their abilities are not outstanding. It doesn't matter, the main thing is to have enough manpower. I think that [-]% of the Jinyiwei with more than three years of experience in the institute can be allocated to participate, and the spying and transmission of military information should not be a problem, and I can personally check this matter."

Luo Sigong thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, I will follow your arrangement, and I will report to His Majesty in a while."

It is necessary to arrange for Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang to follow up on Sui Er's affairs, otherwise this plan of fishing for big fish with a long line will be difficult to operate, and there will be unexpected complications. Luo Xun's arrangement is obviously an inevitable choice under the pressure of the situation.And Luo Sigong would never interfere in Luo Xun's decision-making, basically he would arrange whatever Luo Xun said, and he trusted Luo Xun very much.However, Guo Dayou and Meng Kuangben were also the first Jin Yiwei to bring back Ningxia's military situation before, and they have important experience in spying on Ningxia's military situation. It is hard to say whether the emperor will agree to such an arrangement.

Today the emperor arranged the meeting place in the west side hall of the Qianqing Palace. Before entering the palace, Luo Xun changed into the uniform of Jinyiwei in the car, and a group of four people then showed their tokens to enter the palace, and hurried all the way to the Qianqing Palace. The holy face in the temple.This is the first time Meng Kuang has entered the palace to face the saint since he joined Jinyiwei.When going through the palace ban, she was asked by the imperial army to take off her mask many times. The first few passes were fine. For Luo Sigong's sake, she was allowed to wear a mask. But before entering the Qianqing Palace, all the weapons carried by the group , or any items that seem to pose a threat must be taken off, including Meng Kuang's mask, which is considered disrespectful and intimidating to His Majesty.

The group discussed for a while outside, and finally Meng Kuang had to make a compromise, took off the mask, and handed it to the servant for safekeeping.As soon as she took off the mask, the whole face was immediately exposed to the eyes of Luo Sigong, Luo Xun and Guo Dayou.These people are all resolute and resolute, and they don't pay much attention to people's appearance, so Meng Kuang's beauty does not shock them much. On the contrary, her fair face and soft contour lines make her look a bit feminine Come on, I can't help but make people care a little bit.But this idea is only fleeting, and no one has ever mentioned it at this juncture.So finally, under the guidance of the great eunuch Zhang Cheng, he stepped into the hall and knelt down to worship Miansheng.

When waiting outside the hall, Meng Kuang could see the scene inside the side hall through the bead curtain.The emperor was very bored today, leaning on the luxurious red sandalwood arhat bed in the west side hall, propping his forehead with his fists, and resting his mind with his eyes closed.He was wearing a round-neck gown with red brocade embroidered with golden dragons, and his black gauze wing crown was placed on the small table beside him, as if he had just returned from the front hall to listen to the administration.In recent days, the emperor, who has not been in court for many years, has also become a little anxious, and the time spent on daily government affairs has begun to increase day by day.After Zhang Cheng reported, the emperor sat upright, took a sip of tea from the teacup at hand, and said:

"Let them in."

Meng Kuang followed Luo Sigong, Luo Xun and Guo Dayou into the room, kowtowed and paid homage.

"Exemption from etiquette," said the emperor.When everyone stood up straight, bowed their heads and waited for the emperor to ask questions, the emperor saw Meng Kuang at a glance, pointed at her and said:

"That young junior, is Baihu Meng Kuang?"

Meng Kuang bowed his hands and saluted, but did not answer. Luo Sigong saw this and said on his behalf:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this son is indeed Meng Kuang. Because of his temporomandibular injury, he has not spoken for many years. Please forgive me."

"Oh, so that's the case. I heard Commander Luo mention this son's situation. He is really a handsome young man. It is said that he has been wearing a Shura mask. Where is the mask?" The emperor curiously asked Zhang Cheng beside him.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the mask is horrific in shape. It is really disrespectful to wear a mask. I didn't let him bring it in."

"Oh, why is this so? Since Meng Baihu has a jaw injury and must wear a mask, I allow him to wear a mask and walk in the palace without hindrance. Take his mask," the emperor said.

"Here."

While speaking, the emperor glanced at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng understood, bowed and retreated.

The emperor wanted to avoid the group of eunuchs to investigate this matter... Meng Kuang had an intuitive impression of the emperor's intentions.

The emperor exchanged a few words with Luo Sigong, then looked at Luo Xun who was standing beside him, smiled, and said:

"Luo Qianhu, I will rely on you this time."

"Your Majesty, please order, my humble minister Luo Wuwan will not refuse to die." Luo Xun said respectfully with his hands crossed.

"Recently, I have two worries. One is the rebellion in Ningxia in the northwest. There is no news and there is no scout. It is really difficult for Wei Xuezeng's news to reach the capital. I need a timely, detailed and pragmatic military report. Commander Luo asked you to arrange the matter, and the patrol station may have to make great efforts, Luo Qianhu, I would like to trouble you to choose a good person to handle this matter."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, weichen and Luo Qianhu have agreed to select [-]% of the Jinyiwei who have more than three years of experience in the institute to be dispatched, and to listen and deliver news day and night. Weichen and Luo Qianhu will take command and will fulfill their mission." Luo Sigong bowed and replied.

"Okay, I believe in your arrangement." The emperor was very satisfied with this answer, and then said:

"The second thing is that a Duren escaped from the palace. This incident is really unheard of. If it is an insignificant Duren, it will be fine. This woman has a key role to me, and she seems to be involved I can't let her run away due to a very complicated network of forces. This girl's name is Li Hui'er, she was in the Shangfu Bureau when she entered the palace, she was once appreciated by the Queen Mother, served there, and later also followed Concubine Gong for a while, Then I returned to the Shangfu Bureau. I just escaped from the palace a few days ago, and I should take advantage of the opportunity for the distribution of tributes in each palace. I want you to find out how she left the palace and who was involved in this matter. What kind of power is hidden behind the woman, and what is the purpose of her leaving the palace. This matter must be kept in absolute secrecy, and you must not reveal your identity. I will entrust this matter to you for investigation, not to the internal officer in charge of the matter. , Supervisor of Rituals, because I don't want anyone to know that I am investigating this matter. The news that comes out of the secret investigation will be directly reported to me."

Luo Xun glanced at Luo Sigong, saw that Luo Sigong didn't answer, so he bowed and said: "I understand, I will hand over this matter to Deputy Guo Qianhu and Meng Baihu, both of whom are the most elite inspectors in the institute." In Jinyiwei, Deputy Guo Qianhu is very good at obtaining information, and Meng Baihu is the number one in tracking. I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"

The emperor frowned, and asked, "The two of them had scouted intelligence in Ningxia before, and they did a good job. Will the arrangements for this matter... have any impact on the spying of military intelligence?"

Luo Xun cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is top secret, these two people can be trusted."

At this time, Zhang Cheng went out to deliver Meng Kuang's mask.The emperor approved, Zhang Cheng entered and presented the mask to Meng Kuang.Meng Kuang took the mask, knelt down, put it on, and pulled the leather strap tightly behind his head, as if sealing his mouth with force, and then kowtowed down.Guo Dayou immediately knelt and kowtowed silently.

The emperor stared at this scene. For him, there was no scene that could prove Luo Xun's recommendation better than the scene of Meng Kuang putting on the Shura mask.A Jin Yiwei who can't speak will not talk nonsense.

"Since that's the case, I will hand over this matter to Deputy Guo Qianhu and Meng Baihu for investigation." The emperor issued an order.