The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 362 Shoufu's Weird Letter

Bai Mu led the order to go out, and soon brought a person in.

It's just a man who looks very capable. Although he is not tall and his appearance is ordinary, his eyes are full of shrewdness.

"This is His Royal Highness King Qin." Bai Mu brought the man to Jiang Chuan and said loudly.

The man quickly glanced at Jiang Chuan, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, obviously surprised that the famous King Qin was so young.

"The villain Meng Tao pays his respects to His Highness, His Highness is a thousand years old!" The man only glanced at Jiang Chuan, then quickly looked away, knelt down to pay respects, and his etiquette was impeccable.

"Meng Tao? Are you a member of Meng Junze, Minister of the Ministry of War?" Jiang Chuan immediately thought of Meng Junze, who is now the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty and in charge of the defense of the capital, when he heard that this person claimed to be surnamed Meng.

In ancient times, many servants would follow the surname of the master.Of course, these are the ones who have signed a lifelong contract, or the ones who were raised by wealthy families.

Generally, hired servants and maids keep their own surnames.

Surprise flashed across the visitor's face, and he said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Highness, this villain is Lord Meng's family member. By the order of my master, I sent a letter written by my master to His Highness."

After speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and held it high above his head.

Bai Mushan took the letter, squeezed it with his hands to make sure there was nothing else in it, and then stepped forward to hand it to Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan first took a look at the envelope, which read: "His Royal Highness Qin Qin", signed "Chen, Meng Junze"

Looking at the seal again, the lacquer seal on the seal is intact, and there is a small seal on it, which is obviously Meng Junze's private seal.

After making sure that the envelope was intact, Jiang Chuan tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper inside and read it.

The letter was written by Meng Junze to Jiang Chuan, and it was written in a personal tone, not in his current capacity as the chief assistant of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of War.

When he opened the letter, Jiang Chuan thought that Meng Junze was going to explain the truth to him, and he wanted to use the words of a loyal minister and filial son to hold him back and let him lead his troops to the capital to serve as the king as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, after reading the letter, Jiang Chuan was a little surprised, even a little shocked.

This letter is actually very short, except for a few opening words expressing admiration, the core meaning is a few words: "The foundation of the Ming Dynasty is rotten, the building will collapse, and no one with knowledge will be buried with him. This old man knows your Highness With high ambitions, I don't ask His Highness to support the imperial court, I only hope that His Highness can quickly send troops to save the Ming imperial family."

"In the future, the south, the north, and the south of your highness all depend on good fortune. If God's will is in the king, the old man will definitely help you. The protection of the emperor will also be of great help to your highness's future great cause, so please send troops quickly to relieve the crisis in the capital. Do your best to keep the capital from being breached by the rogues, and wait for the arrival of His Royal Highness' army."

Meng Junze's letter was written very straightforwardly. I don't know if it was because the chief assistant was born in the military, so his style was rough, or because Jiang Chuan, who read the letter, could understand it more clearly, so there were not so many polite words and twists and turns.

But strictly speaking, these words can really be said to be treasonous. If the emperor finds out, he will definitely be sent to jail in no time.

But from the perspective of the general trend, these words are all true.

Jiang Chuan was silent for a long time after reading it, with a strange expression on his face.

Hu Zongxian at the side saw that Jiang Chuan's expression was wrong, and said to the able-bodied man named Meng Tao, "Go down and rest first, and your Highness will call you if you have something to do."

Meng Tao didn't know what was written in the letter, and he didn't know who Hu Zongxian was, but seeing him sitting next to the King of Qin, he was obviously a loyal minister of the King of Qin, so he didn't dare to say more, he bowed and retreated with Bai Mu.

When there were only himself and Hu Zongxian left in the room, Jiang Chuan handed the letter to Hu Zongxian: "Ruzhen, take a look too. What does Meng Dapao mean?"

Hu Zongxian accepted the letter with curiosity, and after reading it quickly, his complexion became strange. He put the letter on the table, pondered for a moment and said: "Everyone can understand the superficial meaning, but I don't know that this Meng Ge is always trying to let you My lord, Hurry up and send troops to Kingqin said this on purpose, or it was just what he thought in his heart."

Jiang Chuan nodded and said: "That's the problem. It stands to reason that as a minister of Ming Dynasty, and also the chief assistant of the cabinet, it can be said that he is deeply favored by the emperor, and the holy family is prosperous. According to normal logic, he also has to put on a swearing to defend the emperor. He came here with the attitude of defending Daming and trying his best to turn the tide. But this one is lucky, he is so straightforward, it makes me a little confused."

The reason why Jiang Chuan felt strange was because the letter was so abnormal.

This Meng Junze had never dealt with him before, and he was also the chief assistant of Daming, but he actually told himself clearly in the letter: His Royal Highness Qin Wang, I know your ambitions, you will not be satisfied with the little prince.

I also know that the roots of the big tree of Daming are already rotten, and no one with a little sense will fall into the ditch with it. I understand all this.

It's just that as a courtier of Daming, the last point of my loyalty to Daming is to ask you to bring people to fight Li Zicheng away as soon as possible and rescue the emperor.

After saving the emperor, whether you want to be the emperor or a courtier depends on your fate.

If you really rescue the emperor, it will be very helpful to your future reputation.And if you want to climb to the top in the future, I will definitely support you.

so.Hurry up and bring people here, I can hold on to the capital for the time being.

The meaning is very clear, but what puzzles Jiang Chuan is what is Meng Junze's real motive?Is it to deceive myself to go to Qin Wang as soon as possible?Or do you want yourself to serve as the king, but also want to use this letter to express your attitude of wanting to be attached to yourself?

Hu Zongxian thought for a while and said, "My lord, I don't think that Meng Junze's words are because he has any evil intentions, but because he sees the situation too clearly, and sees too clearly the result that this wrecked ship of Ming Dynasty will sink. This person should not be the kind of foolish and loyal person, nor the Donglin Party kind of person who only has selfishness, but a truly wise person."

Jiang Chuan was silent, got up and walked around on the ground twice, then nodded and said: "What Ruzhen said is reasonable, this person can see my true ambition, and made no secret of his attitude. He only wants to save the emperor, but he doesn't Bao Daming, it coincides with our previous thoughts.

And since he dared to write such a letter to me, and even stamped his private seal, it actually showed his attitude.Otherwise, if he wants to deceive the king, we only need to hand this letter to Emperor Ming, and his fate can be imagined. "

Hu Zongxian smiled with his beard: "My lord's words are very true. It's just that Mr. Meng didn't know that our two armies had already set off. In this case, the lord will do him a favor and let him appreciate the lord. In the future, the lord's subordinates will also You can have one more important minister."

Jiang Chuan had an idea in his mind, so he sat behind the table and quickly wrote a reply letter. After writing it, he read it again and stamped his royal seal.

After sealing the envelope, Meng Tao, the man who asked someone to deliver the letter, handed the letter to him: "Go back and tell Master Meng that I respect him very much. What he asked for has been answered in my letter. Just say that this king respects him very much. Keep your promise and never break your promise. I also hope that Mr. Meng Ge can do what he said in his letter."

Meng Tao nodded and said loudly: "My lord's words, the villain will definitely report back to my lord. The villain will leave now and return to the capital."

Jiang Chuan nodded, and said to Bai Mu on the side: "Give him a token in the army. If you meet our soldiers along the way, you can pass through with the token. If you are in danger, you can also hold the token to Di Qing and Shanjia. General for help."

A look of joy flashed across Meng Tao's face, and he hastily kowtowed: "My villain, thank you for your kindness."

After Bai Mu took him out, Jiang Chuan went to the huge map of Daming and stared at it in thought.

(End of this chapter)