Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 71

After reaching the top of the mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang reined in his horse and looked at his own great rivers and mountains.

Ping An immediately stood aside and looked around vigilantly for any accidents.

"People say that Jinling is 'looking at the head of the cow in spring and visiting Qixia in autumn'. It's a pity that we came early. If we wait for a month in the evening, it will be beautiful when the mountain flowers bloom." Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said:

"But at that time, all the people who came to play have disappeared, and we men can't even find a place to talk quietly."

Ping An was stunned when he heard the words, he was not stupid, and he heard that there was something in Boss Zhu's words.

The emperor was surrounded by strict guards, not even a fly could get close to him, so what could he not say?
Do you have to get rid of the guards and run to a deserted mountain to say?
"You guessed right." Zhu Yuanzhang's face was covered with clouds, and he gritted his teeth and said, "There is a traitor in the mansion of our pro-military captain!"

"Which one?" Ping An blurted out and regretted it.

"It's not which one, which one should you ask?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "A while ago, we were going to search the Deqinghou's Mansion. In order to be safe, we asked the most trusted pro-military Captain's Mansion to be responsible."

"Yes." Ping An nodded, if the Ouchi guards were not trustworthy, the emperor would not even be able to sleep soundly.

"But we never expected that they also have problems." Zhu Yuanzhang was trembling with anger.

Of course he couldn't tell Ping An about the situation...

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In fact, Boss Zhu wasn't suspicious at first.Because just as Ping An thought, if there were problems in the pro-military captain's mansion, he would really have trouble sleeping and eating.

Besides, in the mansion of the pro-military captain, there are either orphans of fallen soldiers, or empresses of honorable and meritorious officials, all of whom are the children he watched grow up.And the future is bright... Generally speaking, after a few years of posting for Boss Zhu, he will be released to be an official, and they are all first-class jobs.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang generally would not suspect that it was their fault.

However, something unusual happened.

The problem was discovered when he went to Liu Bowen to apologize.

Ordinarily, Zhu Yuanzhang would not do such low-key things, but who told his sixth son not to do personnel affairs?The father had to wipe his son's ass.

Unexpectedly, after wiping, there will be a problem.Liu Bowen actually has the habit of keeping manuscripts... This is also something that Huaixi old men, including Hu Weiyong, who is proficient in writing, did not expect.

Zhu Yuanzhang compared with those wreckages and found that the text basically matched.But when watching the content, apart from embarrassing Liao Yongzhong, there is nothing to hide!
Then why did Liao Yongzhong or his family members burn the letter?

Zhu Yuanzhang took this opportunity to appease the Liao family and raised this question to his eldest son Liao Quan.

In the end, Liao Quan told him that his father was such a rough man that he only entered the study once in a few months.When I entered the study last time, it was not yet the twelfth lunar month.

As for their family members, it is even more impossible.The study room is a confidential place, guarded by servants day and night, who can approach it?
It wasn't until the guards who confiscated the house came in that the servants who guarded the study room were withdrawn, so their family members had no chance to burn the letter.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liao Quan might not have told the truth, but it was more likely to tell the truth.

Then, among his bodyguards, it is very likely that there will be something that eats the inside out!

For pro-military guards who need absolute loyalty, as long as there is suspicion, it is enough.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's meticulous mind is here. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, he didn't attack immediately, and he didn't even investigate further. On the surface, everything was as usual.

Because the pro-military captain's mansion was too involved, he had to be cautious.Those honorable children are connected to their father and brother, and to the entire Huaixi Honorable Group.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to prevent the nobles from giving birth to a rebellious heart, so he kept their children by his side to win over them, which also served as hostages.

At the time, this arrangement seemed perfectly fine.

But I didn't expect it to be the other way around now, making Zhu Yuanzhang throw himself into the trap.So he could only postpone the matter in a hurry, and after a while, he quietly transferred the suspect out, and then replaced him with someone he trusted.

'Well, at least it's credible at the moment. 'Zhu Yuanzhang secretly added.

For example, Ping An...

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"Bao'er, anyway, remember that our bodyguards are no longer trustworthy." Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ping An in a deep voice, "As for who is trustworthy and who is not, we will figure it out slowly. Those who dare to betray us, we will Forgive none!"

"Yes, adoptive father!" Ping An hurriedly clasped his fists in horror.

"So the only ones we can rely on right now are your sons." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Pingan with sad eyes.

"Father, please don't worry, I swear to be loyal to my father!" Ping An said quickly, "If you dare to betray your father, my whole family will die immediately!"

"You don't need to swear, we can trust you. If you can't trust your own men anymore, then let's not be the emperor, and just find a tree with a crooked neck on this Niu Shou Mountain and hang yourself to death." Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder, full of emotion. Hope said:
"So we're going to give you a top-secret errand..."

"Father, please speak."

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice, and told Ping An that he planned to let the princes go to Fengyang to practice as civilians.Let him keep them safe.

Ping An was dumbfounded, but he didn't expect to accept such an outrageous and critical job.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang warned in a deep voice: "You know this matter and I know it, and you must not leak it. It also includes King Qin and King Jin. If you let them know that you know their existence, it will be considered that you have screwed up the errand."

"Understood!" Ping An agreed without a word, promising to complete the task.

"Actually, there is someone else who needs to know," Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to keep it a secret from him, but after thinking about it, it might increase unnecessary risks, so he decided to tell the truth.

"Han Yike, magistrate of Linhuai County."

"Han Yike? Kuaikou Yushi?" Although Ping An was a general, he had heard of this man's name.

Because just last year, this person became famous.

One day in August last year, Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood.After going to court, Hu Weiyong was greeted to chat with Chen Ning, the imperial historian, and Tu Jie, the prime minister.

The three sat around the emperor and flattered, coaxing Zhu Yuanzhang from ear to ear.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Han Yike, the young imperial censor who was so disastrous, jumped out to impeach Hu Weiyong and the other three for being treacherous ministers who flattered the Lord.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his nose was crooked, so he scolded: "Quickly talk about the censor, you dare to trap the minister!" '

So Kuaikou Yushi is by no means a good reputation, but something close to the meaning of 'you troll'...

Then Zhu Yuanzhang arrested him and wanted to behead him, but after calming down, he released him again.

Xu didn't want a troll hanging around in front of him, so Zhu Yuanzhang quickly demoted him to Linhuai as the county magistrate.

These gossips, during the New Year's Eve, I heard the gang of godbrothers talk about it.Unexpectedly, instead of blaming Han Yike, the emperor would entrust him with a heavy responsibility...

Zhu Yuanzhang was on the top of the mountain, carefully instructing Ping An, and all matters after arriving in Fengyang.

It wasn't until the guards quickly caught up that the emperor stopped talking...

ps.Chapter 8, right? It really takes two hours to check. I started checking at 11:[-]...

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