He put down the secret report and asked the Brocade Guard who had brought the secret report, "This secret report, aside from us, has anyone else seen it?"
The Imperial Bodyguard immediately replied, "This is an urgent secret report. Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to see it, so no one has seen it."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
"Go back and call Luo Sigong here. Oh yes, and Zhang Jing, call them too. Tell them that I have something to tell them."
The Imperial Bodyguard bowed his head and retreated. Then Zhu Yijun said to Wang De, the chief eunuch next to him, "Go and make arrangements. When Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong arrive, close the palace gate tightly. No one is allowed to enter or leave. No one is allowed to stay within ten steps of the palace. Arrange people to keep watch outside ten steps. If anyone tries to approach, kill them on the spot!"
Looking at the murderous Zhu Yijun, Wang De was shocked. However, Zhu Yijun had not finished speaking.
"Arrange for ten strong eunuchs and give them the ten flintlock muskets that Xiao Qing gave to me. Let them hide in the palace. I will smash the cup as a signal to appear immediately and subdue Luo Sigong and Zhang Jing!"
Wang De's eyes widened.
"Your Majesty … you are …"
"Do it quickly! Don't ask why! "
Wang De shuddered, forced himself to calm down, and nodded.
"Yes! This old servant understands! "
Wang De immediately left and made arrangements according to Zhu Yijun's instructions. When Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong were waiting at the palace gate for the emperor to summon them, everything was ready.
"Send them in!"
Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong soon appeared in the palace. After they entered, the palace gate was closed. The two did not suspect anything. It was normal to receive them like this.
"Luo Sigong (old servant Zhang Jing) greets Your Majesty!"
The two knelt on the ground and greeted Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand to help them up.
"Get up!"
The two immediately stood up.
"I called you all here to ask if you all know what happened in Shanxi?"
Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong glanced at each other. Luo Sigong took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the news of the fall of Shanxi's Taiyuan has spread far and wide. There are voices calling for Wang Shiyang to be killed everywhere. There are also people saying that Wang Shiyang's intentions should be punished, that he actually allowed a general to hold the power of a governor, and that his entire family should be executed. The former voice is small, but the latter is especially loud."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
"You've done a good job. You've managed to gather so much information in such a short period of time. Good, good job. We will reward you heavily."
A strange emotion emerged in the hearts of Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong.
What was wrong with the Emperor? Why does it feel so weird?
"However, before I reward you, I have something to ask you."
Zhu Yijun turned his back to Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong.
"Your Majesty, please ask!"
Zhang Jing said.
"Let me ask you, in the Datong area of Shanxi, is there a custom called grain storage?"
Zhang Jing's pupils shrank, and then immediately turned to look at Luo Sigong. He found that Luo Sigong was also looking at him with the same eyes, quite surprised.
Could it be …
"It's the kind of custom that has been hiding for many years, and even hiding millions of stones."
Zhu Yijun still had his back to them, but they felt a trace of coldness sweeping over their bodies.
Then, accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, Zhu Yijun smashed his teacup. Then, ten masked eunuchs with guns quickly appeared in the palace, pointing their guns at them as if they were ready to shoot at any time.
Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong were directly stunned.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! This … "
Luo Sigong and Zhang Jing were bewildered by this sudden turn of events. They could not react at all and were directly controlled.
Zhu Yijun turned around and looked at them with a very sad and indignant expression.
"I never expected this! The two people that I trust the most, the two confidants that I trust the most, are actually hiding something from me. Zhang Jing, Luo Sigong, you are not burdened by your families. You are completely my confidants. I can't understand why you can betray me! "
Zhu Yijun waved his hand, and a piece of paper fell in front of them. The two immediately reached out to take it. Zhang Jing was very fast. He directly reached out to grab it and read it. Luo Sigong immediately leaned over to read it.
At a glance, the two realized that there was not a traitor around them, but an unexpected disaster that they could not have predicted.
Xiao Ruxun did not know how he found out the fact that the Jin merchants in Shanxi were storing grain on a large scale. He even deduced that this matter was led by someone among the Jin merchants and told the emperor through a secret guard. Luo Sigong thought that Xiao Ruxun would not know these things, so he did not control this only secret line. As a result …
He did not expect that Xiao Ruxun would dare to reveal such a thing to the emperor.
Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong looked at each other and then realized something. Suddenly, in the cold weather, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped directly from their foreheads to the ground.
"The Imperial Bodyguard is responsible for monitoring the world, and the East Faction Guards is responsible for monitoring the Imperial Bodyguard. At the same time, they can monitor all the officials. The two of you, the Imperial Bodyguard and the East Faction Guards, are the foundation left to me by my ancestors. You are my left and right arms. But I never thought that it would be my left and right arms who have been hiding this from me the most.
Zhang Jing, Luo Sigong, how dare you! You can hide this kind of extermination from me, together with those bastards outside. I can understand them because they are burdened by their families. But the Imperial Bodyguard and the East Faction Guards are all managed by people who are not burdened by their families. Why did you betray me? "
Zhu Yijun walked up to Luo Sigong and Zhang Jing and suddenly exploded. He kicked Luo Sigong and Zhang Jing hard and roared, "Why did you betray me?!"
As an emperor, the last thing he could allow was betrayal.
Especially when it was the betrayal of the closest and most trustworthy person.
Zhang Jing and Luo Sigong were kicked to the ground. They endured the pain and crawled to Zhu Yijun's side, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing.
"Your Majesty! It's not that this old servant has betrayed Your Majesty. This old servant doesn't dare to betray Your Majesty. It's just that this old servant doesn't know much about this matter. This old servant is only responsible for supervising the officials and the Brocade Guard. This old servant didn't send anyone to Shanxi to tell this old servant! "
Zhang Jing quickly extricated himself and abandoned Luo Sigong. Luo Sigong panicked and was shocked. He really did not expect to be abandoned by Zhang Jing so quickly.
No, there was no way out now. He was about to be killed by the emperor. He had to confess!
So Luo Sigong said loudly, "Your Majesty! I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I … I … I really can't do anything about this matter! The previous commanders of the Imperial Bodyguard all knew about this matter, but none of them dared to tell Your Majesty! If you tell Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be a disaster! "
Zhu Yijun laughed at Luo Sigong's excuse.
"Disaster? It's really a disaster for such a group of rats to appear in my world! Luo Sigong, you let me down! You really let me down … "
With that, Zhu Yijun reached for a flintlock and aimed it at Luo Sigong.
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