Daming: From the end of Hongwu

210 Chapter 208 - Zhen Wu vs Sapphire
Soon.

Nanjing City was in sight, and the Sanshan Gate in the West City, even at dusk, still had a lot of pedestrians coming in and out. Lanyu's personal guards had already rushed forward to drive away the crowd without Lanyu's order.

The orderly crowd immediately became chaotic, but when they saw that the people who were Liang Guogong, whether they were ordinary people or some small officials, they all calmed down, and those who dared to be angry and dared not speak quickly avoided, so that Lan Yu could wait for him. People pass.

Sapphire watched coldly from a distance.

Until the city gate was vacant, and then arrogantly took the crowd into the city without even looking at the crowd.

At this time, it will be late.

After Lan Yu returned to the Duke of Liang's mansion, she sent someone to deliver a memorial to the imperial city to ask for an interview tomorrow, and at the same time sent her cronies to acquaintances to inquire about Ye Sheng.

After finishing all this work, it was completely dark. Sapphire took the lantern in the hand of the entourage, waved the entourage to retreat, and carried the lantern into the study by herself.

According to his rules, there is no need to wait in the study, and without him, no one is allowed to get too close to the study.

squeak.

Sapphire pushed open the door of the study, walked to the candle table, blew on the fire book, and lit all the candles in the study one by one.

In the study room, it soon brightened up.

Sapphire rummaged through the bookshelf for a while, found all the correspondence with Ye Sheng, lit a candle and threw it into a copper basin, until all the letters in the copper basin were turned into ashes, Sapphire finally put Look away.

After the brightness given by the firelight dissipated quickly, the room lit by the candles became dark with a drop.

"Cough~" Lan Yu coughed lightly, raised her hand and slapped her nose.

The study room was filled with smoke due to the burning of paper. Sapphire went to the window and opened it. Fresh air flooded in instantly. He took two deep breaths, which also made his thoughts much clearer.

He has been with Ye Sheng for many years, so how can there be no shameful things.

This was also one of the reasons why he came back in a hurry after Ye Sheng was arrested. There were some things he needed to know, and on some occasions only if he came forward, the things would not spread wantonly.

Sapphire waited for a long time in the study.

Finally, the person who inquired about the news came back.

Lan Yu went out of the study and came to the outer room of the next room. After listening to the report of his cronies and hearing that Ye Sheng's case was involved in the arrest of a Wei Zhen Fu in Beiping City, he was relieved.

As long as the emperor didn't come to mess with him, some shady and illegal things would not bring him down, Duke Liang.

Just when Lan Yu was thinking about how to save Ye Sheng, the confidant said with grief: "Master Ye, Ye Houye has been executed by the emperor, and he is going to confiscate the noble and confiscate the house. This morning, Jin Yiwei searched Ye Houye. mansion, and sent people to Henan, fearing that Lord Ye’s family would be implicated by this.”

Sapphire stood up in shock.

How could this be so? !

He hurried and hurried, but he still couldn't catch up.

"Master, what do you think we will do next?" the confidant asked sadly.

Sapphire's expression changed several times, and the thoughts in his heart were also chaotic. He paced back and forth in the room twice, and quickly came up with an idea.

"In this way, you take people to Henan tonight, and after you go there, you don't need to worry about money. You must try your best to keep Ye Sheng's family."

"Yes." The confidant said, and then waited for Sapphire's next order.

Lan Yu's mind was still spinning fast. He didn't know what the emperor had found in Ye Sheng's investigation. He couldn't help feeling a little panic in his heart, and even worried, thinking that the emperor really wanted to deal with him.

Thinking about it, Lan Yu asked, "Who did you say was the one who arrested Ye Sheng?"

"The king of Yan guards Zhenwu from thousands of households."

"Zhen Wu?" Lan Yu chewed a bit, and finally hit the table with his fist. His strength was so strong that the table shook, and even the kettle and water cup on the table moved.

He soon thought that Zhen Wu was the one who killed his adopted son Zhang Quan.

Although he has many sons.

Zhang Quan is not his favored adopted son, but Zhang Quan also represents his face outside.

After hearing that Zhen Wu beheaded Zhang Quan before, he wanted to send someone to Beiping City to take revenge, but at that time the emperor was furious because of the Liaodong incident, and even scolded Zhu Biao for it.

Zhu Biao also dissuaded him many times because of this, and Zhang Quan was indeed caught in the trap, so he couldn't face it in a fair manner, so he endured it. He didn't expect to be bitten by this flea again today.

Tolerable or unbearable.

Lan Yu gritted her teeth and said, "It's this brat again, do you really think I, Lan Yu, is easy to bully?!"

The cronies dare not answer.

A stern flash flashed across Lan Yu's face, she looked at her cronies and said, "After a while, find fifty good hands for me, and also inform the two brothers Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao to clean up that one with me tomorrow." Cub."

Two brothers, Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, are talented and powerful. They joined Lan Yu's command in the early years, and they were often regarded as forwards by Lan Yu. They were often invincible, and their reputation spread far and wide in the capital.

"My lord, Zhen Wu was made a Yibin by the emperor, and he is going to marry the princess of Yan Wangfu, are we sure we want to do this?" the confidant asked uncertainly.

Sapphire glanced coldly at the accomplice, his acquaintance jumped in confidence, and quickly shut up and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lan Yu withdrew her gaze. He knew that the cronies were doing it for his own good, but the cronies didn't know that Zhen Wuruo was just a thousand householders, so he really didn't dare to touch Zhen Wu casually, because he was afraid that the emperor would push Zhen Wu out as a dead person Let him kill him, and then the emperor took the opportunity to deal with him, but the emperor gave Zhen Wu his status, so Zhen Wu is obviously not the emperor's abandoned son, and Zhen Wu, as the son-in-law of King Yan, probably only Zhu Di is targeting him.

Sapphire is not afraid of Zhu Di's words against him.

However, Lan Yu still wanted to go over and try it out, to see how the emperor would react after beating Zhen Wu.

But he couldn't say these words to his cronies, so he had to say proudly: "Don't say that Zhen Wu hasn't married the princess yet, even if I marry the princess, why should I be afraid? Although I obviously can't kill him, but if I beat him half to death, he So what? Looking for Zhu Di or the emperor?!"

The further back Lan Yu spoke, the more arrogant and arrogant her tone became.

As if seeing nothing in the world.

The look of disdain on his face seemed to regard Zhen Wu as an ant that could be trampled on at will.

"Okay, you go down, finish the work, and take people to Henan as soon as possible." Lan Yu waved.

After the confidant nodded, he slowly retreated.

Lan Yu watched his cronies walking away with the lantern, the world in his sight became dark, and his face became more and more serious.

……

That night, Zhen Wu was so preoccupied that he didn't want to sleep. What happened recently had a great impact on him. Zhen Wu didn't need to think about Lan Yu's ability, just looking at Lan Yu's past achievements.

If he didn't have extraordinary intelligence and bravery, how could he have made so many great achievements in battle, and how could he have gathered so many confidantes under his command!

But it is such a character, in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, there is no place to fight back. This somewhat makes Zhen Wu speechless. Although Zhen Wu does not expect Lan Yu to fight Zhu Yuanzhang, at least he has to do a few tricks. Otherwise, the status of the Duke of the Kingdom seems too vulnerable.

But looking at it now, Lan Yu might not even be able to compare with Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang.

However, it may be because Zhu Yuanzhang's control over Daming is getting stronger and stronger. After all, the whole Ming Dynasty has been sorted out by Zhu Yuanzhang in the morning, and it is more and more like what he imagined.

Especially since several of his sons have already started to take charge of their own affairs, he doesn't have to be careful with the military, let alone spoil some people. In his vision, after the enfeoffment of the vassal king, if his Zhu family is not in chaos, the world will not be in chaos. And the Zhu family's various vassals guarded the capital and restrained each other. Given the disparity in power, the capital was also at ease.

How can such a situation be afraid of a sapphire.

such a pity.

There was no problem dealing with Lan Yu, but his old Zhu's family ended up in chaos.

No matter how good the design is, it can't stop the successor from messing around.

Thinking about it, Zhen Wu turned sideways again in annoyance, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind made Zhen Wu a little anxious, which made him realize the gap between him and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Traveling can only bring him a long-term and broad vision, but it can't improve his mind. He can't help thinking, it seems that in the future, he should not only read more military books, but also learn more about tactics.

See Xian Siqi.

In the middle of the night, Zhen Wu finally fell asleep in a daze. During the half-dream and half-awake, Zhen Wu thought that he could not only have the power that Zhu Di knew, he must find some power that was only loyal to him as soon as possible, otherwise if Zhu Di became the emperor Afterwards, every move he made was in Zhu Di's eyes, and it was inevitable that he accidentally committed taboos.

If that day really comes, it will be even easier for Zhu Di to deal with him, and he will be even more miserable than Sapphire.

……

After dawn, Zhen Wu hurriedly got up to freshen up. While eating breakfast, Zhen Wu faced Zhang Wu, and Xue Lu said, "Hurry up and eat. After eating, let's go back to Peiping early."

This Jingshi Zhenwu didn't want to wait at all.

Zhang Wu and Zhang Wu nodded, Zhang Wu ate and ate, and said excitedly: "I have been tired of staying in the capital for a long time. Speaking of which, I have been homesick for a long time. A few days ago, I was thinking about the two sages. Someone should write a letter, but they asked me for ten pennies, the problem is that I am too embarrassed to say so much, and this has caused a lot of trouble.”

"I asked you to read and write before, but now you know the benefits of reading." Zhen Wu said angrily.

Zhang Wu chuckled and said, "I'm just going to tell my elder brother about this. When I get back to Beiping, lend me two books so that I can learn to read and write."

Xue Lu interjected at this time: "Lend me two books, I also want to learn. This time I came out for a trip, and found that many households in the Beijing camp can read and write, and we can't be compared with others."

Zhen Wu nodded and said: "It's good to have this idea. When I go back, I will pick two books for you. If you have anything you don't understand, just ask me. Maybe there are long histories in the army. It's not shameful to pester them to learn things." .”

He is quite satisfied with the attitude of Zhang Wu, Xue Lu, and others. Unlike Gu Ming, who is very resistant to literacy, but in this age, if you want to continue to move up, literacy and hyphenation are the only way to go, and reading is not required. How many books, but at least you must be able to read and write.

As for that guy Gu Ming, after becoming a hundred households, he has no intention of making progress at all. He only wants to let his son know some words, and then wait for his son to be promising before climbing up.

But, no accident, as long as they don't die, they can move up a bit, and in the end one of them counts as one. These grassroots people have to learn if they don't learn, or they are not worthy of virtue, but instead There may be death.

Zhen Wu took a sip of porridge, thought of something, raised his head and asked Xue Lu: "Who is the current master of martial arts in Xiaoling Village? You remember to catch this matter, half-grown children have to practice drills from time to time, don't go to the battlefield at that time A gust of wind can blow it away."

"Sure, I've made a note of it, and I'll keep an eye on it later, but the people in the village are so stubborn that they are always reluctant to let their children have enough to eat."

"Hey, take your time. I'll find some farm tools and cattle for the village later. With these, we can cultivate more land." Zhen Wu said, taking a mouthful of rice.

Xue Lu said with a smile: "That's great. After many people in the village have been transferred to the standing army, we now have a shortage of strong laborers. If we can't grow the land, we won't be able to harvest."

……

The three of them babbled about some things while eating, and after finishing their meal, the three of them moved quickly. After they packed up their things, they needed to go to the military camp five miles outside the city to get Zhang Wu and Zhang Wu together. Xue Lu took the two men and horses with them and returned to Peiping together.

But when the three of them had just left the mansion and hadn't gone far on horseback, a sound of horseshoes sounded from behind, and then a group of infantry suddenly appeared and surrounded the three of them.

Lan Yu rode on a horse, walked slowly in front of Zhen Wu and the three of them, looked at Zhen Wu arrogantly, then raised his arm and held the whip in his hand, pointed at Zhen Wu, and asked with cold disdain in his eyes.

"You are Zhen Wu?"

Zhen Wu's eyes narrowed, just judging from the other's broad palm, he knew that the person coming was definitely skilled, and looking at the person's upright body and cold eyes, he knew that he was a mighty fighter.

"The lowly position is Zhen Wu, who is the general who is here?!"

"Bold."

A person beside Lan Yu scolded: "Mr. Liang is in front of you, how dare you not get off the horse, and find death?"

Zhen Wu frowned, he didn't expect it to be Lan Yu, let alone Lan Yu came to the door so soon, he felt bad for a while, he often heard that Lan Yu was wanton and arrogant, but at this moment he didn't have time to think about it, He said to Zhang and Wu in a deep voice, "Let's dismount."

The three of them got off their horses, then clasped their fists and bowed their heads at the same time to see Sapphire.

Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty do not need to kneel when facing non-direct leaders, at most they touch the ground on one knee.

Lan Yu looked at Zhen Wu, and didn't ask Zhen Wu and the three to stand up. After the people who were bustling around had dispersed, they didn't hide away like the people in Beiping. Instead, they all looked at them boldly. Sitting on the attic watching with great interest, this made the three of Zhen Wu, who lowered their heads and clasped their fists, feel extra humiliated.

half an hour.

Lan Yu's voice sounded: "I heard that you are quite brave. I just want to see and see. Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, you go and try to see if the hero from Peking is really brave."

"Yes."

Two men with a height of about 1.8 meters [-] and a strong back came out from the crowd. The muscles on their thick arms were bulging, and they looked at Zhen Wu playfully while fisting and palming each other.

Zhen Wu didn't wait for Lan Yu to let him stand up anymore, since the other party was not kind, he didn't need to be cowardly all the time, Zhen Wu straightened his back, and looked at Lan Yu with the same coldness in his eyes.

"Mr. Liang, what is the meaning of this?"

"It's just a competition, it's just the two of them and you alone, um, yes, don't worry, I will only break your two legs, and I won't let them beat you to death."

Hearing this, Zhang Wu and Xue Lu took a step forward together and stood by Zhen Wu's side.

"Brother, these two people are not simple at first glance, we will be with you." Zhang Wu whispered beside Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu didn't speak, and glanced at Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao again.

Leaving aside the majestic figures of the two, just at the moment when Sapphire asked the two to make a move, Zhen Wu knew that the two were not easy.

But at this time, Lan Yu snorted coldly, and said with a stern voice: "What are you two?

As Lan Yu said, she stretched out her finger and pointed at the pawns surrounding Zhen Wu and the three of them, then grinned cruelly: "At that time, I'm afraid I can't help but let someone kill you three on the spot, do you want to try it?" try."

Zhou Chong looked at Zhen Wu jokingly and said: "I advise you to compete with us honestly, don't be afraid, we will beat you to death at most, we won't kill you, and it will be very fast, just like you blinked." , you will find that your leg is broken, and in the blink of an eye, your arm is also broken, and in the blink of an eye, you will start lying on the ground and calling your mother."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Chong burst out laughing. The two brothers have been on the battlefield for so many years, and they have absolute confidence. What's more, Zhen Wu doesn't look tall, and he is not very old. In their hearts, he is no different from a brat.

Zhou Gao said to Zhou Chong in dissatisfaction: "Brother, don't say that, it's no fun if you scare him. I want to tease him."

The two of you said something to each other, but they didn't pay attention to Zhen Wu at all.

At this time, the wind here also alarmed many people to watch.

Especially this place is where the rich and powerful gather, like the northeast side of this place, in an attic not far away, Geng Bingwen was watching this scene, his eyes sized up Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, secretly envious of Sapphire in his heart.

He knew that Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao were extremely talented and powerful, and few people could withstand a blow from the two of them in a fight.

With such a strong general, he dare not go to any battlefield.

It's a pity for the thousands of households under King Yan, I'm afraid they will suffer a lot. I don't know if King Yan will marry his eldest daughter to this person if his arms and legs are broken.

Yuan Hong, who happened to be visiting Geng Bingwen's house, couldn't help but gloated and laughed. Speaking of which, he and Zhen Wu had no enmity, but the emperor wanted to marry Yan Wang's eldest daughter to his second son, but he didn't expect to kill her suddenly. There was Zhen Wu, which made Yuan Hong very upset.

Can a little thousand household compare with his second son?

Simply ridiculous.

When placed on a woman, it is nothing more than the gap between a daughter of a boudoir and a woman in a brothel.

Yuan Hong looked at Zhen Wu, thinking in his heart.

Now it's all right, being forced to compete with brothers Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, how can it be a good deal?

One must know that Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao were in the capital, known for their bravery and martial arts, few dared to fight with these two people, this was their prestige.

Before the two became famous, there were many dissatisfied people in the capital, but they were all dealt with by Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao after they came to the door, including some military juniors who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, such as Li Jinglong.

……

At this time in the field.

Zhen Wu looked at Lan Yu, his whole body became cold, and he said indifferently: "Do you really want to learn from each other?"

Lan Yu disdains Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu looked at Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao again, and suddenly Zhen Wu laughed, but the coldness in the smile was undisguised: "You two are so confident that you can beat me?"

Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao were displeased with Zhen Wu's expression, he looked at Zhen Wu like a clown in his eyes, and said with disdain: "You motherfucker, stop talking nonsense, I will break your leg earlier, so I can finish it sooner. Go back and drink."

Ah.

What a crazy person.

He didn't pay attention to him at all.

He really wanted to see what the Zhou Chong brothers were capable of.

Zhen Wu narrowed his eyes and swept over Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, and finally landed on Lan Yu, who had always been high above him. leg.

In that case, there is nothing to say.

"Zhang Wu, Xue Lu, you two step back." Zhen Wu said in a deep voice, but there was a hint of madness in his tone.

What Zhang Wu Xue Lu wanted to say was interrupted by Zhen Wu directly raising his hand.

He scowled.

No one in this world knows how much power is contained in his body.

And no one knew how far Zhen Wu could develop his strength after practicing day and night.

Since someone provoked him, he would let everyone in the capital see what bravery is.

What is fucking bravery.

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(End of this chapter)