Father can be an enemy to the country

The next day, Lee Seong-gye, who missed his father, rushed to Jeonra Island.

He was accompanied by Goryeo Right Governor Jin Tao, Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zheng Mengzhou, and the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief Feng Cheng.

Feng Cheng suffered a defeat in Yunnan and was demoted to a thousand households by Boss Zhu. He made meritorious contributions in front of the army. Later, he bravely killed the enemy in the Dingbian Battle, which was considered to have washed away the shame.

But then again, in the Ming army that was invincible, if there was a stain of defeat, generally there was no hope of getting ahead again.

But Feng Cheng was the son of the Duke of Song, so he was naturally an unusual situation, so it was only two years later that he became a commander again. Of course, Feng Sheng couldn't do too much, so he let his son come to this corner to be promoted, so as not to cause controversy and be impeached by the censors.

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"Dad!"

Li Chenggui was born a military general. After getting off the boat, he rushed into the general manager's office. After being searched, he knelt down in front of Zhu Zhen, hugged his legs and cried: "Ten years have passed, I miss you so much!"

"..." Perhaps because he hadn't begged for food for many years, Zhu Zhen's face became a little thinner, and he felt a little ashamed: "Okay, Dad misses you too, get up quickly."

"Yes." Li Chenggui choked up and stood up, looking at Zhu Zhen with admiration. "Dad is handsome and heroic, and his style is better than before."

Shen Liuniang, who was standing by, got goose bumps all over the floor, thinking that this was nonsense, the prince was just a teenager ten years ago...

"Son, how come you have aged so much?" Zhu Zhen looked at Li Chenggui in surprise. After ten years, he went from a strong man in his prime to an old man with gray hair and beard.

"Oh, don't mention it." Lee Seong-gye sighed, "I am exhausted, not only tired, but also scolded by the king all day long, bullied by colleagues, how can I not get old?"

"Oh, Wang Yu has grown up, dare to bully my son?" The Goryeo king in Zhu Zhen's mind is still the child back then.

"Yes, the king has grown up." Lee Seong-gye smiled bitterly and said, "In recent years, his temper has become more and more irritable, and he also listened to the slander of some people, thinking that the child wanted to usurp the country, so he targeted me everywhere." As he said that, he looked at Zhu Zhen with tears in his eyes and said, "Dad, you have to make the decision for your son."

"You said that you were bullied by colleagues just now. Are you referring to Jin Tao or Zheng Mengzhou?" Zhu Zhen looked at the people who had just walked to the gate and asked in a low voice.

"It's Zheng Mengzhou." Lee Seong-gye hurriedly replied, "Brother Jin Tao is as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as the child, we share the same ideals."

"Oh? Are you saying that Zheng Mengzhou is not loyal to the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhen asked faintly.

"..." Lee Seong-gye looked back at Jung Mong-ju who was approaching, and nodded with gritted teeth: "Yes."

"Okay, let's see how your father will vent your anger." Zhu Zhen said lightly.

Hearing this, Shen Liuniang couldn't help but want to complain, hey, do you have to be so spoiled? Have you been out for too long and missed your son?

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"Your subjects greet the prince, may the prince live a thousand years!" At this time, Jin Tao, Jung Mong-ju, Feng Cheng and others came to Lee Seong-gye and knelt down to greet him.

"All stand up." Zhu Zhen nodded slightly, glanced at everyone and said unhappily: "Why didn't the King of Goryeo come?"

"Ah this..." Zheng Mengzhou and others were stunned, thinking that it turned out that Lee Seong-gye came first just now, not because he missed his father, but because he wanted to feed his godfather with cannon powder.

Although it is normal for "kings not to see kings", Zhu Zhen is a prince of the Celestial Empire, and the third prince after the crown prince. The King of Goryeo was only a county prince, and was obviously not qualified to play evasive games with Zhu Zhen. He was supposed to come to see him.

"My Lord," Zheng Mengzhou had to bite the bullet and answered, "Our king is ill in bed and cannot come to see you in person. He is very sorry. He ordered me to apologize to you and present a small gift to express my apology."

"Is that so?" Zhu Zhen smiled and looked at Jin Tao.

His eyes were as clear and gentle as spring stream water, but Jin Tao was out of breath.

"This, this..." He murmured for a long time without saying a word.

Zhu Zhen was not angry, so he looked at his eldest son. Li Chenggui shook his head decisively and said:

"My father, Zheng Mengzhou is talking nonsense. Before I left Beijing, I rode with the king, but when I asked him to come to meet the king, he firmly said 'no'."

"Why didn't he come? Can I eat him?" Zhu Zhen asked angrily.

"He said that as a king, he didn't want to kowtow to others." Li Chenggui directly said to Wang Yu.

"Li Chenggui, don't spit blood!" Zheng Mengzhou was furious when he heard it: "The king is sick and has been bedridden for many days. How can he have the strength to ride with you?!"

"Haha, you dare to lie with your eyes open in front of my father. You deserve to die!" Li Chenggui confronted him.

"Shut up." Zhu Zhen snorted, and both of them shut up obediently. Then he asked Jin Tao again: "Old Jin, I'll ask you again, who is lying between the two of them?"

"Of course, you can also say you don't know. Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you." He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Jin Tao's head and said:

"Now, give me an answer."

Jin Tao knew that the prince was not asking for an answer at all, but his position.

He finally ended the fierce ideological struggle, made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "Hanchengbo is right, Zheng Lianfang lied, the king... No, Wang Yu is not sick at all, he just pretended to be sick to avoid meeting the prince."

"Jin Fangbo, you!" Zheng Mengzhou's face turned pale, and he stamped his feet anxiously and said: "How could you betray the king?!"

"Sorry, Zheng Lianfang, I am the governor of Goryeo in Ming Dynasty." Jin Tao made up his mind and his expression was much more relaxed.

"Well said!" Li Chenggui praised: "Ten years ago, we were already officials of Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Lianfang is the same! But you, Zheng Lianfang, are an official of Ming Dynasty, but you are a traitor and have read so many sage books in vain!"

Zhu Zhen raised his hand, and Li Chenggui quickly shut up again, listening to his adoptive father say to Zheng Mengzhou in a deep voice: "Old Zheng, the king has always admired you."

"Yes, without the favor of the prince, I can't be the censor." Zheng Mengzhou hurriedly said respectfully.

"But you are really disappointing. I treated you so well, but you cheated on me." Zhu Zhen said coldly: "And your king, not only was he rude to me, but he also dared to find excuses not to go when my father summoned him several times. Does he still have the Ming Dynasty in his heart? Does he still regard himself as a minister of the Ming Dynasty?!"

"Of course the king has the Ming Dynasty in his heart, and he has always regarded himself as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty..." Zheng Mengzhou is also courageous. He dares to hide his needle at this time.

He said that Wang Yu was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, which was to remind Zhu Zhen that their king was the ruler of his own country. They should not ask their king to follow the usual rules.

"Let's put aside whether he is a minister or a vassal." Zhu Zhen still said to him calmly: "Just now, Jin Tao seized the second chance that I gave him. Now I will give you another chance - as long as you bring Wang Yu to me within three days, I will forgive you this time!"