Daming: From the end of Hongwu

245 Chapter 243 - Whistleblower and Whistleblower

Compared with Qi Tai, everyone in Beiping City confirmed that Zhu Gaochi and the others had made it home safely after receiving the letter from Feige from the capital. Getting ready.

Even after they felt the urgency of time, they couldn't help but lose a little of their previous caution.

In June, Zhu Gaochi and others returned safely to Peiping. Before Zhen Wu and others were happy for a few days, King Min of Yunnan was convicted and deposed by Zhu Yunqi as a commoner, and moved to Zhangshui, Fujian.

The kings were already frightened, and they panicked a little bit more for a while, lest Zhu Yunqi would burn their own heads, and Zhu Yunqi would find two reasons at random, and directly abolished them, so most of the princes were honest and honest. In fact, in his own fiefdom, hiding in the palace and not daring to go out, living cautiously is not as good as a commoner.

However, Zhu Di and others, who were unwilling to stand still, were on the contrary, becoming more busy at the more severe moment.

This is also a matter of no choice, Zhu Di obviously only ate one bowl of noodles, but Zhu Yunwen insisted that he ate two bowls of noodles, what should I do?
You can't follow the example of King Xiang to shave your stomach. The best way is to eat another bowl and let Zhu Yunqi take a look.

At least not from that injustice.

On this day, the weather was a bit cloudy, and the temperature in the whole of Beiping seemed to have dropped a few degrees. Under this weather, the civil and military officials who worked in the Yanwang Mansion on a daily basis were in a much better mood, especially when the time was approaching. Familiar people sat and chatted together with smiles on their faces, waiting to get home from get off work.

Ni Liang is no exception.

But when Ni Liang walked to the gate of King Yan's Mansion after he was settled down, he raised his head and saw Zhen Wu's figure. He was willing to face to face with Zhen Wu, but the next moment he stood firm.

Do you still use Bi Zhen Wu now? !

Speaking of which, the conflict between the two is serious, and Ni Liang also hates Zhen Wu thoroughly.

He is jealous of Zhen Wu, and also afraid of Zhen Wu, he is afraid that one day Zhen Wu will come to trouble him when he is in a bad mood, although Zhen Wu has not taken the initiative to target him in these years.

But whether it is possible or not is not the same thing, and he can't accept this alone.

However, it is also because of his great fortune, times come and go, this kind of life is finally coming to an end, the life of Prince Yan's Mansion is beginning to be difficult, and Zhu Di, Zhen Wu's biggest reliance, is crazy, and even seriously ill.

He couldn't wait to see Zhen Wu's face after Zhu Di's death. He had imagined more than once in the dead of night how he would humiliate Zhen Wu at that time.

Even those guard soldiers who rejected him and looked down on him, he had to humiliate them one by one. He could do this, because he would not be affected by Zhu Di's downfall. The love between him and Zhu Biao in the early years made him very simple They caught up with Zhang Bing and Xie Gui.

He is trusted by these two people, he is an undercover agent!

Will he tell others about his proud identity?

Ni Liang snorted secretly.

30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, although Zhu Di is not dead yet, and it is not time for him to take revenge, but now it is time for him to be arrogant.

So, Ni Liang straightened his back and strode towards Zhen Wu. As he walked, he thought about how to say a few words so that he could lightly show his high profile and show a little respect to Zhen Wu. A touch of humiliation.

This is a bit difficult, but it's not too difficult. He has simulated it countless times in his heart, and he has been waiting for this day.

As the two got closer, Ni Liang had a high-profile smile on his face, and his eyes were on Zhen Wu early on. After Zhen Wu looked over, he planned to humiliate him first and ask for some money back. Interest, so as to relieve the humiliation accumulated over the years.

However, Zhen Wu didn't know what he was explaining to Cao Xiaoman at this time, he turned sideways and talked non-stop to Cao Xiaoman, his attention was not on the road at all, he kept passing Ni Liang, without even looking at Ni Liang .

Ni Liang was in a hurry.

How can you pass by without pretending.

Unwillingly, he shouted at Zhen Wu: "Zhen Wu."

Zhen Wu and Cao Xiaoman stopped talking, looked back, and wondered why this bastard had avoided him in the past, why he took the initiative to call him by his name today, he must have taken the wrong medicine.

But today he is really busy, so he doesn't have time to deal with this old thing.

Zhen Wu nodded, and waved his hand in distaste, as if chasing away an old dog.

Ni Liang was about to explode, and immediately wanted to yell, but the next moment he held back, he didn't want to lose his status like that and lose his lofty posture, so he deliberately smiled, but gritted his teeth and reminded Zhen Wu: "Your Highness is already Seriously ill, do you know that?!"

Your support is about to fall, and Ni Liang is in full bloom, looking forward to seeing Zhen Wu's anxious and frightened expression.

But Zhen Wu still just said lightly: "I know." After finishing speaking, as if he didn't want to talk to Ni Liang at all, he turned his head and talked to Cao Xiaoman again, and walked forward while talking go.

Ni Liang couldn't bear it anymore, and ran directly in front of Zhen Wu to block Zhen Wu's way.

Zhen Wu frowned.

Ni Liang's face also turned cold. He was very dissatisfied with Zhen Wu's appearance, and reminded him again: "Do you still remember the time when you instructed Zhang Wu to bully my son? Do you regret it now?! Let me tell you, Hmph, it's too late for you to regret, I..."

However, before he finished speaking, Zhen Wu asked suspiciously: "Are you sick? Go back and take your medicine early if you are sick, so as not to delay my work."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu muttered to himself: "The dog is so fucking annoying at the time."

Ni Liang was so angry that he couldn't help pushing Zhen Wu, saying: "You..."

Zhen Wu was pushed back a step, and the fierce light in his eyes suddenly appeared, he was already busy getting angry, wishing that one day would pass two days, and Ni Liang would come to influence him, which made Zhen Wu violently irritable in an instant up.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed Ni Liang's neck, and forcibly touched Ni Liang's toes to the ground. Zhen Wu grinned fiercely and said, "You motherfucker, try to say one more word to me. I will knock out all your teeth. If you have the guts, try saying one more word."

Ni Liang's collar was pinched by Zhen Wu, he couldn't breathe, his face flushed quickly, he struggled for a while, but he couldn't match Zhen Wu's tremendous strength, thinking of Zhen Wu's past achievements, he heard Zhen Wu's words again , It was shocking and all.

He wanted to try talking, but he didn't dare to bet.

But fortunately, Zhen Wu didn't have time to talk to him, and he didn't let Ni Liang get tangled up for long, so he directly threw Ni Liang aside, and took Cao Xiaoman straight to the back garden of Prince Yan's mansion.

Ni Liang looked at Zhen Wu's back, his face was hot, as if he felt that everyone around him was laughing at him, which made him feel humiliated, and the hatred in his heart became stronger. At the same time, he felt that he didn't dare to speak just now. Shame and indignation.

He just wanted to kill Zhen Wu to wash away this feeling.

He gritted his teeth in a deep voice: "Zhen Wu, you wait for me."

And after Zhen Wu walked a little way, and explained all the things to Cao Xiaoman, he realized what Ni Liang meant just now. This idiot thinks he is doing it again? !

So fucking interesting.

On the other side, after Ni Liang gritted his teeth and ravaged Zhen Wu in his heart again, he felt better. He was walking home, and the cloudy wind blew his mind a little clearer.

He suddenly realized something abnormal in Prince Yan's mansion recently.

The work of Yan Wangfu is not busy recently, why is Zhen Wu so busy, no, not only Zhen Wu, he carefully recalled Guan Tong, Zhang Yu, and even Monk Dao Yan he saw, each of them seemed to be busy with something .

This matter made him unable to figure it out, and he was not in a hurry to go home. He returned to King Yan's Mansion, looked at the gate of King Yan's Mansion, thought for a while, and walked around the courtyard wall of King Yan's Mansion.

Walking all the way to a side door, he saw a smear of black ash on the ground.

Ni Liang squeezed it up and looked at it.

It turned out to be carbon.

On June Day, how could Prince Yan's Mansion use carbon?

Ni Liang became more and more suspicious, and then went directly to the house of a small official whom he had tried to instigate a rebellion for a long time.

This little official is very popular in Yan Wangfu.

When Ni Liang arrived at the small official's house and the two sat down in private, Ni Liang directly explained his intentions: "You can guess it these days, I am from the imperial court, and now the imperial court intends to cut down the feudal clan, and you are just a dead end with King Yan One, I will give you another chance now, you are willing to join the imperial court."

The little official's face was troubled, these days he was troubled by this matter.

Ni Liang snorted coldly and said: "Do you still think that King Yan can defeat the imperial court? You might as well take a look at King Zhou and King Xiang? So what about King Qi, King Dai, and King Min? Now is the opportunity to make meritorious deeds." Put it in front of you, do you want to seek death with all your heart?"

The little official still didn't speak, but his face became more tangled.

Seeing this, Ni Liang added a strong dose of medicine, and quietly added: "What's more, you think your actions can be hidden from the eyes of the imperial court. Recently, the Yan Palace has bought a lot of charcoal. The imperial court has already prepared it, so let's see it now." How do you make a choice, even if you don't think about your own future, don't you think about your family?"

The little official looked at Ni Liang in shock, and Ni Liang looked at the little official calmly as if holding a wisdom pearl.

After a while.

The little official finally nodded discouragedly.

Ni Liang endured the joy in his heart, and said: "Since you plan to make meritorious service, tell me everything you know, and I will ask the imperial court for a reward for you."

The little official organized his thoughts for a while, and then said in a clear voice: "Indeed, recently the palace has not only bought a lot of charcoal, but also brought a lot of pig iron into the palace. Not only that, but once I heard a father-in-law say that It’s because His Royal Highness King Yan’s illnesses are all feigned…”

As time passed, whispers kept ringing in the room of the two of them. When Ni Liang left, Ni Liang still couldn't suppress the shock in his heart.

How dare Zhu Di rebel?

But if not, how to explain these abnormal behaviors?

At night, in the dead of night, Ni Liang still tossed and turned in bed unable to fall asleep, the faces of Zhu Di, Zhen Wu and others kept flashing in his mind.

It's not that he didn't secretly regret his marriage with Zhen Wu's family before, and he also fantasized about what his family would look like now if he married Zhen Wu's family.

But now he is really happy.

Fortunately, I regretted my marriage.

Otherwise, this is a great crime to punish the Nine Clans!
How dare they?
What a bunch of lunatics.

Ni Liang thought about it, and didn't know when he fell asleep in a daze. The next day, Ni Liang didn't inform Zhang Bing and Xie Gui immediately, he wanted to make sure.

He pretended to be as usual, and came to King Yan's Mansion as usual, but at this time he had other thoughts, always thinking of trying to slip into the back garden of King Yan's Mansion in his spare time.

However, Yan Wang's mansion was strictly censored, and he couldn't go to the back garden at all.

However, when he was lingering around the courtyard wall in the back garden, he heard a faint sound of iron striking besides the crowing of chickens and ducks, which made him completely sure that Zhu Di was indeed preparing for rebellion.

In the afternoon of that day, he came out of King Yan's Mansion and hurried to the Dusi Yamen.

Xie Gui in the capital's yamen heard about this, and hurriedly called Zhang Bing and Zhang Xin over. When the three heard the news that Zhu Di was trying to rebel, they were all shocked for a long time.

In the end, it was Xie Gui who recovered first and calmed down.

He said: "Well, let's report this matter to the emperor quickly, and at the same time..." Xie Gui looked at Zhang Dao: "Pull up the soldiers and make them guard Yanwangfu strictly. Soldiers surrounded Yan Wang's mansion, we have 3 people, we are not afraid that Yan Wang has other thoughts."

Zhang Xin should be.

Afterwards, several people began to discuss how to play it to the emperor. After the words and sentences were carefully considered, Zhang Bing wrote it, and several people signed it, and sent it to Nanjing City in a hurry.

And Xie Gui dispatched troops several times to make arrangements, ready to arrest Zhu Di at any time. After this arrangement, several people settled down in their hearts, thinking that Zhu Di could not escape.

After the few people left, Zhang Bing, Xie Gui, and Ni Liang were all excited, feeling that the time had come to make contributions, but Zhang Xin was on the way home, but his mind was heavy.

He was not reconciled to Zhu Di. Since the late period of Hongwu, he had heard a lot about Yan Wang Zhu Di's achievements on the battlefield. In his opinion, Zhu Di, the vassal king, really spread his prestige outside the domain, not to mention his father had served under Yan Wang's subordinates.

Thinking all the way, Zhang Xin was still restless when he got home. He instinctively wanted to chat with his mother, but he found that his mother was not at home. After asking, he found out that his mother had gone to Qingshou Temple to offer incense.

He knew that his mother was kind-hearted, and after his father left, he began to worship the Buddha, mainly to help him atone for the killing karma on the battlefield, and pray for his longevity, so that he would not die at a young age like his father.

At this time, Zhang's mother had just come out of Qingshou Temple. She and the maid got into the carriage and walked slowly towards the house.

Mother Zhang seemed to be reminiscing what she had heard in Qingshou Temple, and sighed: "The master here speaks really well."

The servant girl smiled and praised Zhang's mother: "No, I didn't feel it before, but now I also feel that Buddhism is boundless. And if you are so sincere, as the master said, you and the master will live a long life."

Mother Zhang was really happy when she heard this, but she pretended to be angry and humble.

"What do you know, little girl? If you want to live a long life and be rich and honored forever, you must do what the master said. You must not do evil, let alone help the evildoers. Speaking of which, Beiping is really as the master said. It is really a blessed place. I don’t know what’s going on, but since I came to Peiping, my body feels much lighter.”

The servant girl smiled and said, "Didn't the master say that this Peking has a dragon spirit?"

"Right."

……

The two chatted all the way, and they didn't feel the passage of time. Soon they arrived at home. Zhang's mother entered the back house with the support of the little maid, and found that her son had been sitting in her room.

Seeing Mother Zhang coming in, Zhang Xin quickly got up and said, "Mother, you're back."

Mother Zhang nodded with a smile.

Zhang Xin said: "I see that my mother is in a good mood today. What would you like to eat? I asked people to prepare it early. You have been out for a while. You should eat something good. You can't lose your mother's body."

"Look at what you said, how can you still lose your health after just walking a few steps? These days, you have changed ways to take care of your mother's appetite. Mother knows that you are filial." Mother Zhang was very happy for her son's filial piety.

However, knowing a son is like a mother, in this simple moment, she can see that her son has something on his mind.

So, Zhang's mother asked, "What's bothering you? Come on, sit down and have a good talk with your mother."

Zhang Xin struggled for a moment, then shook his head, unwilling to let his mother worry about it with him.

But Zhang's mother pretended to be angry: "Say it or not? Do you think that your mother will not be able to give you advice because your official position is getting bigger and bigger? Your father didn't discuss everything with me back then."

"No."

Zhang Xin quickly shook his head. Although he also knew that his mother was not really angry, he was unwilling to disobey her. He glanced at the little maid, waved his hand to make the servants in the room retreat, and then sighed anxiously.

"Hey, my son is really in trouble now. The court is afraid that his son will arrest the King of Yan. Since the new emperor came to power, several princes appointed by the Taizu have been severely punished one after another. Now even the King of Yan will not be spared. It's a pity This is a testament to King Yan's achievements in guarding Beiping for many years."

While talking, Zhang Xin sighed heavily. He was also a general who grew up in the frontier battle. He had a natural feeling of closeness to the border commanders, especially Zhu Di, a commander with great military exploits.

They are a kind of people who naturally admire and attract each other.

Just like civil servants with similar political views.

Zhang's mother was shocked, and quickly asked about the specific situation of the matter. After Zhang Xin finished talking to Zhang's mother in detail, Zhang's mother said anxiously: "My son, you must not act recklessly. Your father was under the tent of King Yan before his death. You once told me that the king of Yan is extraordinary, and he will definitely have great promise, don't you often praise the king of Yan all these years?"

"What's more, I heard people secretly say in Beiping that the king of Yan is rich and powerful, and he will go to the Jiuyou Hell instead of doing the right thing. Moreover, Beiping is a blessed land, and King Yan has the dragon spirit. Don't implicate your family. .”

Zhang Xin said distressedly: "Then what can I do? Is it impossible to resist the order?"

Mother Zhang said anxiously: "Have you ever heard what the people say? Now that the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne, he can't tolerate people. He continues to attack his uncles and kill the king of Xiang. This is a terrible crime. You You can't help the evildoers, my son, you have always been pure filial piety, not for the sake of the family, but you can't do it just for the sake of your mother. Is there a time when you lose?"

Zhang Xin thought for a while, then shook his head, King Yan really hasn't lost his way these years.

"That's it, you have to find a way to avoid this job."

Zhang Xin shook his head again and said bitterly: "I can't escape, I was sent here by the emperor to monitor King Yan."

"Then what should I do?" Zhang's mother was also impatient.

The mother and son babbled in the room for a long time, Zhang Xinchunxiao didn't want his mother to worry too much about this matter, so he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, how about I help King Yan?"

Mother Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it, she nodded solemnly and said, "I think it makes sense."

Zhang Xin also nodded heavily following Zhang's mother, as if he wanted to strengthen his mind, then he stood up and looked out the window, he didn't know whether he was doing right or wrong.

But he knew that if he was allowed to choose with his heart, he would be willing to help Zhu Di.

Then there is nothing more to say.

A general who rushes to kill on the battlefield never hesitates in doing things.

Zhang Xin looked at Zhang's mother and said, "Mother, since it's been decided, I can't delay any longer. I'm going to Yan Wang's mansion to inform Yan Wang, so that Yan Wang can make preparations in advance."

Mother Zhang was a little worried, but when she thought of the remarks she had heard in the city these days and the instructions she had received in the temple, she immediately felt a lot more at ease.

She nodded.

Zhang Xin took a deep breath, strode out the door, and headed towards the Yan Palace.

Ni Liang and Zhang Xin, informer and informer.

The first confrontation between Zhu Di and the imperial court ended in a tie.

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(End of this chapter)