Daming: From the end of Hongwu

247 Chapter 245 - Winning the Nine Gates

In Zhu Di's bedroom.

Zhu Di was still talking heartfelt words, trying to win Zhang Xin over, until he felt that the heat was almost ready, before he asked what he cared about most: "Then how is Xie Gui arranged now?"

Since the court already knew that he was going to rebel, the next thing he had to do was to break the situation.

When he planned to rebel, he was not afraid that the court would find out.

Zhang Xin's identity changed naturally, and he said without thinking, "Xie Gui has already made people he trusts guard the Nine Gates of Beiping. As long as the emperor's order arrives, they will be shocked and quickly surround the palace. At that time, there will be heavy troops outside the palace, and there will also be heavy troops at the Nine Gates of Beiping. What should I do if I surround my Highness with two layers."

After Zhen Wu heard this, he frowned in embarrassment.

For him, this kind of scene is no longer just a few words in history, but something that is actually happening. He participated in the battle of wits and courage, and felt the heavy pressure and murderous intent.

Even if he knew that Zhu Di would win, it could only give him firm belief, but it would not bring about an improvement in the situation.

Xie Gui's arrangement is very appropriate, Zhen Wu has to admit that no matter how incompetent Xie Gui is, Xie Gui has been a soldier for most of his life, so there will be no major mistakes in such matters.

This kind of method is definitely not something they can think of to be safe and sound, not to mention that they are plotting against Xie Gui's soldiers.

Zhen Wu saw that Zhu Di was also lost in thought, and reminded him: "Your Highness, do you want Master Daoyan to come over for a consultation?"

Zhu Di came to his senses immediately, and quickly sent someone to invite Dao Yan.

The old monk was very sad, and pondered about Zhang Bing and Xie Gui for a long time, and he must have a good plan.

Unexpectedly, after the old monk came over, he said calmly, not only did not say anything, but instead asked them to wait for the imperial edict to be issued.

And while they were discussing, Zhang Bing, the chief envoy of Peking, was triumphant at home, and King Yan's rebellion was finally revealed. For him, not only did he not feel that arresting King Yan would be dangerous, but he also paid back the expected arrest. Looking forward to the early arrival of the court's decree to cut the nobility.

He was waiting to use this to become Zhu Yunxuan's favored minister, hoping that his official career would be smooth and he would be on the top. He was in this vanity fair very early on, and he had dreamed about the scenery of the top for a long time.

As for the danger, Xie Gui's arrangement was perfect in his opinion, not to mention relying on King Yan alone, even if he borrowed a few hundred soldiers from King Yan, it would definitely make it difficult for King Yan to fly.

He firmly believed in this point, because he put himself in the situation and thought that even if he was the king of Yan, under such an arrangement, he could only accept his fate and surrender.

Think of this.

"King Yan? Hmph, so what if you are a prince? Why don't you want to be humble in front of the old man." Zhang Bing snorted coldly and said to himself. Insolent.

And the prince's showing weakness, the refreshing feeling brought by this difference in status, was enough to satisfy his vanity to the point of explosion.

At this time, his favorite concubine came in and saw him in a daze in front of the desk. The concubine smiled slightly, twisted her weak willow waist, came slowly, took out the ink stick gently, and added ink to the stone inkstone. Add some water and grind it finely.

She knew that Zhang Bing would practice calligraphy for a while at this time.

And Zhang Bing came back to his senses, glanced at the concubine, and nodded in satisfaction, secretly glad that he did not bring his wife with him when he came to Peiping this time.

How can the wife of the main house have such a sentiment, how can she count the time to come here to add fragrance to her red sleeves.

Zhang Bing was just a little excited today. After seeing the beauty of the concubine, he couldn't help being a little excited again, and he immediately wanted to play with it wantonly.

Red sleeves add fragrance, how can it be comfortable to count the right and wrong.

Come on.

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Compared with Zhang Bing's ability to play, Zhen Wu's life is much simpler. When he came back from the Yan Palace, he cleaned up his mood at the door of the house, not wanting his slightly nervous state to affect his family members. .

He put on a smiling face, greeted Liang Fang, and walked towards Zhang Yuqing's yard in Jufuyuan.

Zhang Yuqing was chatting with Zhang Xin's mother at this time, she heard that Zhen Wu had specially invited someone to accompany her to relieve her boredom, although she complained that Zhen Wu was messing up and wasting other people's work, she was very happy in her heart.

In particular, Zhang's mother is about the same age as her. Their sons are both promising and have similar experiences. They both inherited their father's position and rose through the ranks. So the two of them just chatted about their sons, and the topic immediately opened up. Yes, talk nonsense and still be enthusiastic.

Zhang's mother was also happy to have someone chat with her, and Zhang Xin agreed, she not only trusted, but was also willing to get close to Zhang Yuqing.

The two were talking, and now they talked about the weather and the region.

"Speaking of which, when the child's father was working in Yongning, he didn't think anything of it, but later he followed the child to that place in Guizhou, and it was really hard. The weather in that place was very hot. I can't go on, all kinds of flying insects are flying around, don't worry about it, you can't do anything about them, now that I'm in Peiping again, I really feel that everything is getting better." Mother Zhang said.

Zhang Yuqing said with a smile: "People in this world say that the north is bitter and cold, but if you really live for a long time, you are really not used to going to other places."

Mother Zhang smiled and said yes.

It is bitter cold in the north, but no matter how bitter it is, there are people who yearn for it.

Yongning is located in the north of Juyongguan and south of Kaiping. It also belongs to the guard station of the capital of Beiping. In the early years, Zhang Xin's father commanded the Yongning Guard and was often recruited by Zhu Di. This is one of the reasons why Zhang Xin has a good impression of Zhu Di.

Zhang Yuqing sighed suddenly at this moment: "To tell you the truth, my hometown is actually in Huainan, but when I was young, there was a turmoil in my hometown. At that time, all the messy people were fleeing for their lives, so I was dragged to flee for their lives. The rest are now I can’t remember anything, I just remember that there was an aunt holding a child in front of me at that time, and she was running and running desperately, so I ran and ran with her, hoping that she would give me a hand, but at that time Just running away, who has the time to take care of others, but luckily running for his life, he met the child's father."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuqing sighed again: "At that time, the child's father said he would take me back to find relatives, but he didn't realize that he was getting farther and farther away from Huainan after going around in circles. When he came to Peiping, he lived for 20 years in the blink of an eye. Years, now, even if I go back, I’m afraid I won’t know her anymore, but I don’t know if I’ll have the chance to go back and take a look in this life.”

"Since you want to go back, let the county horse take you back. It should not be difficult for the county horse."

Zhang Yuqing shook his head, and said: "In recent years, the eldest of the family has rarely been out of the war, and even if he didn't go out, he would often accompany King Yan to patrol the borders. You can't let him delay the errand just to take me back to Huainan , the children are busy defending their homes and the country, we mothers, can you delay the children for a little pretentious matter?"

These words reached Zhang's mother's heart. Both of them are mothers who love their children, and they have the same point of view. They nodded repeatedly: "Yes, no matter what, we must not delay the child."

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed heartily, as if they hated seeing each other late.

But Zhen Wu, who was standing outside the door and heard this, sighed sadly.

However, Zhen Wu quickly suppressed this feeling, he pushed the door open with a smile and walked in: "Look at the two of you chatting happily, I was worried that you wouldn't get along well, this reassures me. "

Zhang Yuqing and Zhang Yuqing both looked over when they saw Zhen Wu coming in. Zhang Yuqing asked in bewilderment, "You just came back from the outside? Why did you come home at this hour?"

"I'm delayed by something today, can mother eat?" Zhen Wu replied to Zhang Yuqing's words and asked casually.

Zhang Yuqing nodded, glanced at Zhang's mother and said with a smile: "Eat, my old sister accompanied me to eat." At this point, she pretended to be angry and said: "Speaking of it, I want to blame you, the old sister who worked for nothing ..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhang's mother smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm also bored at home."

Zhen Wu took advantage of the situation and said: "Then you stay at my house for a few more days, and the two of you will also accompany you to relieve boredom."

Zhang's mother didn't know, so she didn't know that she came here this time to stay at Zhen Wu's house.

Zhen Wu said bluntly: "Recently, Beiping may be a little unstable. Commander Zhang will be busy and may not be able to take care of it, so I will take care of it. You are welcome. I usually have many guards at home. Even if I am busy, You don't need to worry about your safety when you are with my mother, so Commander Zhang can rest assured."

Zhang Yuqing didn't understand why Beiping was unstable, but Zhang's mother immediately realized what Zhen Wu said.

She instantly thought that this was Zhang Xin's refuge with the King of Yan, and the King of Yan asked Zhen Wu to protect her to relieve Zhang Xin's worries. After thinking about it, Zhang's mother stood up and thanked Zhen Wu solemnly.

"Thank you, Lord Ma, for interrupting me." After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she couldn't help thinking that it was the right choice for Zhang Xin to seek refuge with the King of Yan. Could Wang and Zhen Wu be good people? !
Zhen Wu didn't know Zhang's mother's thoughts, so he waved his hand, indicating that you are welcome.

Zhang Yuqing was very happy. It was the first time she had a guest resting in her yard, so she hurriedly asked the maid beside her to clean up the guest room. Ask Zhen Wudao: "Have you eaten?"

Zhen Wu shook his head.

"Then you go back quickly, your wife has left food for you, don't disturb our sisters chatting here." Zhang Yuqing waved Zhen Wu away.

Zhen Wu responded angrily.

But after coming out, Xia Ju was called. Xia Ju is now the steward of the courtyard. Zhen Wu told Xia Ju to keep a close eye on Zhang's mother. Seeing that Xia Ju understood what Zhen Wu meant, he returned to his courtyard. inside.

When he arrived at his own courtyard, Zhu Yuying, who had heard the news a long time ago, had just finished heating up the meal. Zhen Wu teased his son twice, and with Zhu Yuying's company, he chatted warmly while eating the hot meal.

Sometimes Zhu Yuying would smile sweetly and act coquettishly wanting to have another bite, so Zhen Wu would tease Zhu Yuying on purpose, put the food around Zhu Yuying's mouth and put it in his own mouth.

The provoked Zhu Yuying resented endlessly, and her cheeks turned pink again.

Although this life is not as stimulating as Zhang Bing's, it is still the best in the world.

……

Time flies by.

During this period, there was a rainy day when Zhu Di and Daoyan were discussing matters, and the tiles on the eaves were blown off, which alarmed Zhu Di.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Di, who was already uneasy, became even more uneasy, thinking that this was not an auspicious sign.

However, Dao Yan said it was an auspicious sign.

Zhu Di cursed, the old monk lied and compared nonsense.

However, the old monk didn't panic, and just explained with a smile: "Don't your Highness know that the flying dragon is in the sky, so there is always wind and rain? Now it's not right for your highness to fly into the sky, and the tiles are falling. God wants your highness to change to a yellow house." live."

Zhu Di pondered for a while, then laughed heartily again with a dog face.

Secretly hypnotize yourself with what the old monk said, great things will surely come true.

In a twinkling of an eye, it was July, and the secret edict to cut down the king of Yan and arrest the officials of the Yan prince's mansion was sent to the office of the chief secretary at high speed. Go and inform Dusi Xie Gui, Zhang Xin and others.

Chief Secretary Li Youzhi and Naiheng took the grass and went to the capital's yamen.

But the two of them looked at each other as soon as they left the yamen. Both of them felt that the matter was not simple. They both knew what the secret edict looked like. When they came to a corner, they boldly opened the grass and looked at it, but this Seeing that both of them were shocked.

After a while, both of them came back to their senses.

"What do you want?" Li Youzhi asked Naiheng calmly.

Naiheng narrowed his eyes and said: "King Yan has not done anything wrong these years, how unfair it is, not to mention how preferential treatment King Yan treated us in the past, how can he just refuse to save us now."

When Li You heard that Naiheng had the same opinion as him, the tension in his heart loosened. He nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, so I plan to inform His Highness secretly, what do you think?"

"Yes." Nairen agreed without hesitation, but then asked, "But how did we meet King Yan?"

He was anxious, and he knew they couldn't delay much.

If King Yan could not be notified as soon as possible, their existence would be meaningless.

Li Youzhi was also thinking anxiously, his eyes turned sharply, but soon he had an idea, and said in a deep voice: "I have a way, I have a good relationship with Zhen Junma, let's take a detour to his house first, and inform him , he will be able to inform His Royal Highness King Yan."

Naiheng's eyes lit up: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go, let's walk faster on the road, and we can buy some time."

After finishing speaking, the two rushed towards Zhen's residence in a hurry.

At this time, Zhen Wu was walking around restlessly in the martial arts hall at home. He counted the time and estimated that the imperial edict would arrive in Beiping in just a few days. Prepare for changes.

But for some reason, he couldn't calm down today, and his spirit kept beating restlessly.

Under such circumstances, when Zhen Wu heard that a servant came to report that Li Youzhi had come to visit, Zhen Wu straightened up immediately, and then ran towards the main hall like a rabbit.

He pushed his legs hard, and the speed was extremely fast.

Without much breathing, he came to the main hall.

When Li Youzhi saw Zhen Wu coming, his face immediately burst into joy, he quickly pulled Zhen Wu aside, and said in a low voice, "Quickly inform King Yan." He said and handed the weed to Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu opened his eyes, his eyes swept over quickly, he was startled, Zhu Yunqi's imperial edict came so fast, but this is what they were waiting for, even Zhen Wu's restless heart calmed down after seeing the edict .

The war begins.

Just put your heart and soul into the battle, and you don't have to wait so anxiously.

Zhen Wu returned the weeding to Li Youzhi, and said, "Thank you, I will help you with this matter."

Li Youzhi almost thought that Zhen Wu was mentally ill, and rolled his eyes and said, "What kind of merit should I ask for? What kind of merit can I have at this moment? The King of Yan can't protect himself. Is it possible that I still expect the King of Yan to do me good? You Hurry up and inform the King of Yan, but our ability is limited, so we can't delay for a long time, less than two hours at most, and the soldiers and horses will definitely surround the Palace of King Yan."

Zhen Wu nodded: "Okay, the situation is urgent, so I won't tell you more, and I ask you two to delay as much as possible."

"You don't need to tell me, we naturally know." After Li Youzhi finished speaking, he left with Naiheng.

Zhen Wu looked at the backs of the two of them, and shouted: "I hope you can procrastinate a little longer, and you will definitely not regret today's decision in the future."

Li You waved his hands with his head behind Zhen Wu's back, as if he didn't care about Zhen Wu's words, but he was very grateful for today's action in the future.

Zhen Wu withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Cao Xiaoman!"

Cao Xiaoman was not far away, and quickly came over to hold his fists and wait for orders.

"You go to King Yan's mansion to inform King Yan, and say that the imperial edict has arrived, and let King Yan quickly notify the generals to rush to King Yan's mansion."

Cao Xiaoman didn't dare to delay after taking the order, he hurried to the stable, got on his horse and went to report to Yan Wang's mansion first.

Zhen Wu didn't waste time either. While walking towards the back house, he beckoned Ma Yi, who was waiting nearby, and said, "I shouldn't be able to come back these few days. The city of Beiping is going to be in chaos. You take your family and stay on guard." Good family, if there is any accident at home, I want your head, understand."

Zhen Wu said he wanted brains, but he really wanted brains.

Who dares to expect that a battlefield killer will have much compassion.

Ma Yi replied loudly and firmly: "Yes, uncle, even if the young one dies, he will never let outsiders step into the house."

Zhen Wu nodded and waved: "Hurry up and make arrangements."

While speaking, Zhen Wu had already arrived at the back house, and as soon as he entered, Zhen Wu shouted: "Jin'er Xiuer, put on the armor and get the knife for me quickly."

When the two heard Zhen Wu's order, although they were surprised, they still showed the excellent qualities from the palace, and moved quickly without asking any questions.

Zhu Yuying, who heard the movement, looked at Zhen Wu suspiciously.

Zhen Wu had already walked into the room quickly at this time, he stretched out his arms to ask Jin'er Xiu'er to help put on the armor.

His hurried demeanor and the fact that he had to put on his whole body, naturally made Zhu Yuying very worried.

Zhen Wu reassured: "Don't worry too much, I have been on the battlefield for ten years, and I have never had an accident. This time, there will be a little turmoil in Beiping City. You stay at home and protect the house. Our mother tends to think wildly. I also need you to appease me, and Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi are still young, and I need you to take care of them, and now the current situation has to let you take care of them."

Zhu Yuying nodded, she let out a breath, put all the worries and anxieties in her heart to the bottom of her heart, suppressed them firmly, got up and stepped forward to help Zhen Wu put on the armor.

She is the princess from the palace.

She married Zhen Wu, a warrior on the battlefield.

She knew this was what she should face.

Soon, Zhen Wu had put on his armor and hung up his knife. He looked at Zhu Yuying and kissed Zhu Yuying lightly on the forehead.

"I'm waiting for my husband to return in victory."

Zhen Wu nodded, and then strode outside with big strides, his figure seemed to stand upright, and his arrogance seemed to break through the clouds.

He took his bodyguard with him, rode on his horse and galloped towards King Yan's mansion.

Beiping City!
It's coming back to life!
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(End of this chapter)