Seiwa

The three brothers Zhu Gaochi returned home like an arrow, and traveled day and night, and finally arrived in Peiping in mid-June.

Song Zhong, who was stationed outside the city, was shocked when he saw Shizi and others return.Although the ability to command in battle is not comparable to that of King Yan, Song Zhong, who was once the commander of Jinyiwei, is quite experienced in political struggle.

King Yan has only three sons, all of whom are legitimate sons. They are held in his hands, what a hostage!Why did you put it back?

If the man is released, is there any other way to control King Yan?

Unlike Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, Song Zhong has always been skeptical about King Yan's madness. Jin Yiwei's work experience told him that there are many doubts about this matter. If King Yan is really pretending to be crazy, the picture must be big!

It's a pity that Zhang Bing and Xie Gui didn't listen to him. Bao Zhao didn't like his last job very much, and he even looked down on Song Zhong himself. Who made Jin Yiwei's reputation in Hongwu Dynasty really bad?

Under such circumstances, even though Song Zhong had a thousand mouths and all kinds of ideas, there was nothing he could do.I can only order Yu Zhen and others to lead troops to patrol day and night to prevent and eliminate all potential dangers.

As everyone knows, the danger is hidden in Yu Zhen's frontier army and Yanshan guards.

Yang Duo's tandem work in the army was very successful. Xu Zhong, the commander of Kaipingwei, also stood by King Yan. As long as the city issued an order, everyone would follow the order, even if only a few thousand people participated in the operation. If the "battalion" is successful, the [-] army will collapse in an instant.

Inside and outside the city, Zhu Di, the king of Yan who pretended to be crazy, Zhang Bing, the governor of Beiping who was kept in the dark, Xie Gui, the commander of the capital, and Song Zhong, the governor who was in a state of panic, competed with each other both openly and secretly. , The seemingly peaceful situation will soon be broken by the return of Zhu Gaochi and others.

Emperor Jianwen personally returned the trump card he had obtained to Zhu Di, which was equivalent to sounding the horn of the army for King Yan.

The three sons returned to his side, and King Yan no longer had to worry about the future.

Even if Emperor Jianwen said a hundred times "I regret not listening to Huizu's words", it is useless.

The team passed through the camp of Song Zhong's army. Looking at the tents lined up and the wooden fences piled up to keep horses away, the three brothers Zhu Gaochi were terrified.

Meng Qinghe had already come out from the rank of prince, and was riding in the ranks. Seeing several military officers in scarlet robes and green robes walking out of the barracks, he could not help tightening his fingers, and the wound on his back that had healed was aching again.

Song Zhong, Yu Zhen.

Lowering his eyes, he concealed the hatred and murderous aura boiling deep in them.

These two people once wanted his life.

He swore in the ice and snow that as long as he is alive, he must get it back exactly!

So what if the mayfly shakes the tree?As long as he, a little shrimp, sets foot on a large ship that is stable enough to sail long distances, the two in front of him will eventually become powders that can be easily crushed.

You don't have to do it yourself, just use the momentum.

He is very familiar with this way of working.

Meng Qinghe sneered, Shen Xuan rode his horse and walked past him, "Get off the horse, I have met the governor of Song Dynasty."

A faint sentence without too much emotion.Meng Qinghe raised his head, looked at Shen Xuan's jade-like face, looked at those dark eyes, and bent his mouth.

Shen Qianhu, like him, holds grudges.

Song Zhong greeted the three Shizi brothers, and when he saw Shen Xuan standing behind the three, his eyes turned cold.As for Meng Qinghe who was following Shen Xuan, he was ignored.

Dudu Song had already forgotten such a small role.But what happened in the future told him that a small role can play a big role, and it can also kill people.

"The three lonely brothers are worried about their father and are in a hurry to enter the city. Please forgive me for being rude."

"Don't dare, the son is pure filial piety, I admire you."

Only praising the eldest son, but not promoting Yangjun Wang and Zhu Gaosui, is obviously suspected of provoking.

Zhu Gaochi smiled honestly, but didn't speak.

Compared with the officials in Nanjing, Song Zhong's provocative methods are not enough.

Zhu Gaochi responded to all changes without changing, and asked the eunuch to help him to go up. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui did not have such a good temper as him.

In Nanjing, they had to swallow their anger and return to their own territory, and then let people push their noses and face their faces. This is not their style.

However, Song Zhong is the governor of the first rank anyway, so he can't move easily, as for the others...

Zhu Gaoxu was riding on the horse, and the horse snorted. Yu Zhen, who was standing aside, looked at this black horse with diamond-shaped white spots on the forehead. The more he looked at it, the more he looked familiar, and the more he looked, the more he looked like Wei Guogong Xu Huizu's favorite a mount.

Thinking about it in his heart, surprise appeared unconsciously on his face, just happened to be seen by Zhu Gaoxu, without saying a word, he threw a whip over.Yu Zhen dodged instinctively, but was still swept across the side of his face by the horsewhip. After being numb, there was a burning pain, and his palms were covered, and his hands were bright red.

"you!"

"How about Gu?" Zhu Gaoxu sat high on the horse's back, put away his whip, and tapped his palm, "Gu just saw a fly and gave him a whip, why is Commander Yu dissatisfied?"

Yu Zhen was furious, and put his hand on the knife at his waist, but was stopped by Song Zhong.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, "What, Song Dudu has something to say?"

"The king of the county, you have to forgive others and forgive others."

No matter what happens to the future of King Yan's family, now that Zhu Gaoxu is the king of the county, he is the royal family, and Yu Zhen, a mere commander, dares to draw a sword against the king of the county.

"Song Dudu's words, Gu can't understand, when will Gu not forgive?" Zhu Gaoxu flicked the whip again, and it was on the other side of Yu Zhen's face, very symmetrically, "Gu is just those Tired of the buzzing flies on weekdays, I want to whip a few times when I see it, Song Dudu understands it?"

Song Zhong gritted his teeth, "I understand."

As he spoke, he pressed Yu Zhen's shoulders, forced him to kneel on the ground, "Apologize to the county king!"

Yu Zhen's face was bright red, and he forcefully squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Song Zhong and Yu Zhen with livid faces, Zhu Gaoxu laughed wantonly, and Zhu Gaosui also learned to flick his whip twice, which did not hurt anyone, but only forced Song Zhong's officers to take two steps back.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled even more flamboyantly.

Contemptuous eyes, as if to say, Xiao Wang is arrogant, what can you do to me?

"Second brother, third brother, it's getting late."

Zhu Gaochi's voice resounded in front of him. The honest and benevolent eldest son only reminded the two younger brothers to pay attention to the time, but never mentioned that Zhu Gaoxu commanded and used the whip to the second rank, as if he didn't see the two bloody wounds on Yu Zhen's face at all. .

When the son spoke, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui naturally stopped entanglement, as Song Zhong said, they spared Yu Zhen this time.

Walking in the team, Meng Qinghe glanced at Song Zhong and Yu Zhen, even though he didn't do it himself, he still let out a bad breath.

When the group entered the city, Song Zhong suddenly yelled, "No! Miscalculation!"

"Captain?" Yu Zhen clutched his wound, and someone under his command immediately went to tell the doctors in the army, "What's wrong?"

"The king of Gaoyang County must have provoked us on purpose, so that we could not stop the guards from entering the city!" Song Zhong's face became more and more ugly, "Our army is stationed outside the city, Commander Xie controls the nine gates of Beiping, King Yan is trapped in the city, The royal palace has limited guards, like turtles in a urn. King Yan’s son has [-] guards accompanying him, if they come along the way, if they get in touch with the armies under King Yan’s command, things will be in danger!"

"Is the governor too worried?" Yu Zhen said, "With only 800 people, what can be done? And the governor is just guessing, why not send someone to inquire about each guard first, then we can find out."

"It can only be so."

Song Zhong nodded, his complexion never getting better.

It was time for dinner in the city, but King Yan was not like in the past, haunting the streets and alleys of the city, contributing to the income generation of the people.

According to the news from the palace, King Yan's condition worsened. In addition to intermittent mental illness, he also had sudden hemiplegia, and he could not even stand up while lying on the bed.

After the three brothers Zhu Gaochi returned to the palace, they didn't care to wash off the dust all over their bodies. They walked quickly through the Chengyun and waited for the hall deliberately, and came to the palace where King Yan was recovering from illness. On the ground, facing the position of the bed, he raised his voice, "Father, my son is late!"

King Yan, who was lying on the bed and pretending to be sick, was very happy at first. His son came back from Nanjing in full health!I just wanted to get up from the bed and say, "My father and son can be reunited because of God's help!"

As a result, the three brothers Zhu Gaochi knelt down and howled, which almost made King Yan lose his temper. I'm not dead yet!What a howl!

Ever since, Yan Wang Zhu Di, who was paralyzed from the hemiplegia, got up abruptly, picked up everything he could grab, no matter the pillow or the incense burner, and threw it at his son.

Unfilial things, one by one cursed me, just throw them to death!

"Father!"

Zhu Gaochi moved slowly, the flying pillow slapped his face, but fortunately it was not a porcelain pillow, otherwise his face would be full of flowers.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui moved one step faster and dodged the first wave of attacks. They saw their father start copying large pieces, standing barefoot on the ground, holding up the six screens, and Zhu Gaochi was kneeling on the ground stupidly. They didn't think so Too many, run back again, one person and one arm to help Zhu Gaochi up, if you don't run, you will die!

The three brothers ran in front, the king of Yan chased after holding the screen, and the four father and son were playing eagles and chickens in the room.

The door was closed, and the guard outside heard the movement and was about to go in, but was stopped by Monk Daoyan who came from the corridor.The gray-browed monk twirled the beads and proclaimed the Buddha's name, "This is a chance for the father and son of the Tian family, so don't disturb it lightly."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Xuan, then at Meng Qinghe, "The two benefactors also have great opportunities."

Shen Xuan didn't speak, and bowed back to Dao Yan.

Meng Qinghe rolled his eyes. Monk Daoyan is a miraculous figure. Later generations selected the ancients who were suspected to be time travelers. He was on the list every time, second only to Wang Mang of the Han Dynasty.

However, seeing the real person several times, Meng Qinghe was convinced that this person must be a native of the Ming Dynasty.It's just that his ideals and pursuits are more high-end and higher-end than ordinary people. Other monks recite scriptures all day long, and he thinks about rebellion all day long... that's all.

"Benefactor," said Monk Daoyan, who is in his sixtieth year, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, "poor monks don't lie. Everything can wait for the future."

Meng Qinghe was noncommittal, Monk Daoyan proclaimed the Buddha's name again, stood outside the door, and waited until the movement in the room became quieter, then opened the door and walked in.

"Qianhu, what does the Great Monk mean?" Meng Qinghe looked at the closed door and couldn't help asking.

Shen Xuan glanced at him quietly, turned her head, and said nothing.

Meng Qinghe scratched his chin and looked up at the sky. The ancients probably liked this way. They left half of their words and didn't tell you the answer when they knew it. Just two words, you guessed.

Half an hour later, the door opened again, Dao Yan walked out from inside, and smiled at Shen Xuan and Meng Qinghe, which was very meaningful.

Meng Qinghe's teeth started to ache, what kind of mystery is this great monk doing?

The three Zhu Gaochi brothers then walked out. Zhu Gaochi was covered in censer ashes, Zhu Gaoxu had a black eye socket, and Zhu Gaosui had a big swelling on his head.

Although he looked embarrassed, there was a dreamy smile on his face.Apparently, after King Yan cleaned up his son, he distributed sweet dates to the three of them.

"Meng Baihu, I told my father that from today onwards, you don't need to go back to the frontier. You will stay in the palace as a guard, and you will still be a Baihu."

It was Zhu Gaochi who spoke, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were reminiscing about the sweet dates given by King Yan. Now someone told them that the moon is square, and neither of them would object.

"Humble son, thank you King Gaoyang, thank you third son!"

"Get up, my father wants to see you and Meng Baihu." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, "Later, I want to hear you tell the old man's story."

"Humblely obey."

"Okay, I'm going to see my concubine mother, my second brother, and my third brother, come and support me as my brother."

Hearing Zhu Gaochi's words, Meng Qinghe raised his head in surprise, but saw that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui had no objections. The two supported Zhu Gaochi, followed by several eunuchs and palace servants, and walked to the corridor on the left.

Is the sun coming out of the west?

The words "brother, friend, brother respectful" actually appeared on these three brothers?

"Shen Qianhu, Meng Baihu, the prince has an invitation."

San Bao, who was wearing a blue sunflower shirt with a round collar, came out of the room. Compared with the last meeting, San Bao didn't change much, but his attitude towards Shen Xuan and Meng Qinghe was obviously much more cordial.

Meng Qinghe took a deep breath, and sure enough, he made the right bet.

As long as the three of them come back from Nanjing, even if they are just an inconspicuous guard, the tide will surely rise.

The scattered incense burners and other objects had been cleaned up by the eunuchs and palace people. King Yan sat on top, his face was rosy, and he seemed to be much fatter than a month ago.Meng Qinghe bowed his head, an illusion, it must be an illusion!

"Humble to see the prince!"

"stand up."

King Yan signaled the two of them not to be too polite, and asked, "What's going on with Ni Liang?"

"Back to the lord, Ni Liang wanted to falsely accuse the son of lawlessness, so he humbly asked the prince of the past son for instructions, and arrested him."

boom!

King Yan slammed his fist on the table, his tiger eyes showed a fierce light, "Okay, what a Ni Liang!"

Shen Xuan took out the detailed list of works that Ni Liang confessed from his bosom, apart from the people from Yanwangfu in the capital, Shi Gecheng, the head of Yanwangfu in Beiping, conductor Lu Zhen, and even the professors from the Wangfu who taught the prince were all on the list.

Ge Cheng and Lu Zhen had long been on King Yan's blacklist, but Professor Wang Fu was really unexpected.

"Gu treats them well, but actually repays Yu Gu like this!"

Yan Wang's fingers closed little by little, and he tightly squeezed Ni Liang's confession into a ball.

"My lord, calm down."

"How does Gu appease his anger, how to appease his anger?!"

The three sons returned safely from the capital, and the closeness to each other did not seem to be fake, King Yan was very happy at first.I don't want to be splashed with cold water immediately, and know that there are a lot of secret agents around me, even the guards chosen for my son are the same!

From clear sky to dark clouds, lightning and thunder, but the blink of an eye.

King Yan put away his furious expression, and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Shen Xuan."

"Humble!"

"I ordered you to command the Yanshan guards, and all the guards brought back from Beijing belong to you, to protect the palace!"

"Follow your orders!"

"Meng Qinghe."

"Humble."

"You are still a hundred households and belong to the Yanshan Guard."

"Humble and obedient!"

"Three guarantees."

"The servant is here."

"Together with Meng Baihu, bring a few people along," King Yan threw the balled confession to San Bao, "arrest all of them!"

"The slaves obey."

"As for Ni Liang," King Yan sneered, "have someone peel his skin!"

"Yes!"

Meng Qinghe lay on the ground, listening to King Yan's last words, a chill rose from his spine, and quickly rushed to his limbs.

Once again, he clearly realized that the person in front of him was the King of Yan, the Emperor Yongle who was decisive in history and frightened Meng Yuan and other nations!

The little bit of pride that had just risen was quickly crushed.

When working under Zhu Di, one must be cautious, and one must not be cocky.

Caution is the boat.

Only those who are cautious can live long.

That night, to celebrate the safe return of the three sons, the palace held a family banquet.

While King Yan's family toasted to celebrate, a team of guards, led by eunuchs carrying lanterns, kicked open the door of the palace's chief history and professor.When Chief Shi Gecheng was arrested, he found a secret letter written to Beiping Chief Envoy Zhang Bing under his pillow. There was only a short sentence in the letter;

Yu Liang, the general banner who was ordered to arrest people, changed his face drastically, and immediately sent someone to report to King Yan.

At that time, Professor Wang's House had thrown a trap in his house, and his family had thrown a well.Meng Qinghe picked up the posthumous letter he left on the table, and the whole article denounced the king of Yan for being unfaithful and disloyal.

"Baihu, how to deal with it?"

Meng Qinghe knew very well that a piece of paper and a few lines of writing would determine the fate of a clan.Even if not now, it will be the same when King Yan ascends the throne.

"Hundred households?"

"Submit to the prince."

Meng Qinghe handed the paper to the eunuch who was with him, since he chose a different path, he must be prepared to suffer the consequences.

He admired Professor Wang's uprightness, and also admired his courage to die generously, but with different positions, he was doomed to put away the pity in his heart.

Once you make a decision, you can't regret it.

He was not the only one who saw this piece of paper, and if he wanted to hide it, he definitely couldn't hide it.

Once he succeeds, his bones are exhausted, since he decided to follow King Yan on the path of Jing Nan, and become a traitor, some things will eventually be unavoidable.

Shi Gecheng, the head of the palace, was arrested, the professor's family committed suicide, and more than [-] eunuchs, palace servants, guards and officials in the mansion were also arrested.

Lu Zhen, the commander of the Yanshan guards, was missing. After Meng Qing met with Zhou Rong, he quickly realized that something was wrong. San Bao personally reported to King Yan, but it was still a step too late.It turned out that a female official next to the princess was also a secret agent, and secretly passed the news to Lu Zhen. Leading his two guards, he slipped out of the palace with the waist card he had prepared.

Lu Zhen went out of the mansion and went straight to the Yamen of the chief envoy of Beiping, asking to see Zhang Bing, the chief envoy.

The news that King Yan pretended to be crazy can't be concealed, but the imperial court has not yet issued an order. Zhang Bing and Xie Gui can't do anything to the dignified prince, so they can only send a letter to Beijing immediately. Duan Duan Li and other four-door passages besieged the palace.

The reason why King Yan pretended to be crazy was to buy time to build weapons and prepare food and fodder.Now that the hundred secrets were sparse, Zhang Xinxie Gui took the first step, and it was too late to dispatch the army, the situation was extremely dangerous.

The atmosphere is already tense, and now the competition is who is faster and whose heart is more ruthless!

In the palace, Yan Wang and Tong Daoyan discussed countermeasures, while Meng Qinghe and other guards stood outside the door.

At this time, the palace is already brightly lit, and every step of the way is on duty.

A chilling atmosphere filled the air, almost suffocating.

Xie Gui was anxiously waiting for an order from the capital, while Zhang Xin sat in the side room, silent.

Zhang Xin has a personal relationship with the King of Yan, and he is also very appreciated by the King of Yan. Now that the King of Yan is in danger, he is also very contradictory.

Should I pursue righteousness and serve the court, or...

Zhang Xin was indecisive, and he could only make a decision when the capital's order was issued.

History has turned a little bit here. The guard Ni Liang failed to report the lawlessness of King Yan's son, and King Yan did not send officials and hundreds of households Deng Yong to Beijing. Bing's memorial was delivered.

After Emperor Jianwen received Zhang Bing's memorial, he immediately issued an edict to arrest King Yan and his officials.However, through Qi Tai's hand, Zhang Bing and Xie Gui were issued the order to arrest the officials of King Yan, and the arrest warrant of King Yan still fell into the hands of Zhang Xin.

Facts have proved that what should come will always come, and the inertia of history is ultimately irreversible.