Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 261 - Princess Yong'an and Princess Yongping

There were not many bandits in Jiuquan Mountain, only more than 200, but fortunately, Cheng Ji did not bring many soldiers and horses, only [-] soldiers to escort them.

In his heart, he may be certain that these troops, together with those from the county seat, are enough to handle the errands properly.

But no matter what he thought, he didn't expect that some bandits would dare to attack the imperial soldiers and horses, and this group of bandits was unexpectedly brave and fearless, as if each of them could give up their lives.

Although the number of people was small, when the court soldiers and horses were unprepared, they suddenly exploded, which really threw the court soldiers and horses into chaos.

After they rushed into Zhen's house, they kidnapped Mrs. Liang without saying a word, and several girls from Mrs. Tang rushed outside together.

After some brave and chaotic rushing, finally he really rushed out again.

Cheng Ji was frightened at first and hid behind the tables and chairs. Later, he saw that the gangsters had no intention of hurting his life, and ran away after kidnapping him. He was almost thankful.

When the gangsters ran away, Cheng Ji, who was still in shock, thought of his errand, and then jumped out again, blaming the generals and soldiers in a straight and angry manner, that he was not good at doing things.

The army general saw Cheng Ji's appearance just now, and he couldn't help but look down on this military adviser. He only felt that Cheng Ji was quick to bully others, but he was useless when he encountered desperate bandits.

But he had a military order, so he didn't dare to argue with Cheng Ji. After enduring Cheng Ji's reprimand, he quickly stabilized the soldiers and gave the order to chase them out.

He took the lead, feeling ruthless in his heart, as if he planned to take the anger he took on Cheng Ji on those bandits.

However, after he chased them out, he realized that this group of bandits were very familiar with the city, and after leading them around the city twice, they escaped out of the city gate in a panic.

The general of the army asked his subordinates to continue to chase, and he looked at the guards who hurried over with a dark face.

"Who told you to leave your post without authorization?" He asked through gritted teeth suppressing his anger.

A small banner guarding the gate tremblingly said: "Our general banner asked us to help you arrest people."

"Arrest people? How can I use you trash, who is the general banner? Stand up for me!"

Xiao Qi pointed to the corpses at the gate of the city, and said still tremblingly: "Zong Qi is dead, it's right there."

The general of the army followed his gaze, and his heart suddenly rushed up, but he looked at the trembling Xiaoqi, but he had no reason to send it out to Xiaoqi.

He could only curse angrily and said: "Damn it, it's a big deal for me to be bad, and it's not a pity for the dog to die."

After cursing, he didn't feel much better. He took a deep look at Xiao Qi, stopped arguing with Xiao Qi, and hurriedly chased outside the city.

And that Xiaoqi looked at the backs of the group leaving, he had been suppressing his breath, and then he let it out gently, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and when he thought of the matter of Mr. Zhen's house, his face flashed with sadness again Passed away, he sighed slightly in his heart, he tried his best.

Speaking of which, he is also a member of the Zhen clan, but his family has been dilapidated for a long time. If it was not for the help of the old lady Meng Zhen, his parents could not afford to buy a coffin. Live the grace of his family.

Now that he helps them out of the city, it can be regarded as repaying some kindness.

It's just that he didn't repay him with death, which is a bit guilty, but he has younger brothers and sisters to take care of, so he has to cherish this body and his heart.

Then, he thought of what Tang said to him when he went to inform everyone in the Tang family to leave the city through this city gate, saying that there would be good rewards in the future. He laughed at himself, how could he be worthy, let alone how Will they plan their future rewards? !
Putting these aside, in his opinion, Tang Corps and the others have no future.

Even if the members of the Tang family left the city, they would not be able to escape the pursuit.

In such a situation, where is the reward.

It's better to think about where to find a daughter-in-law who doesn't dislike the burden of his younger siblings. He has the appearance and figure of the girl from the Liu family in his eyes. He likes tight ones, and he often thinks about them at night.

But with his conditions, he might not be able to marry a girl from the Liu family in this life.

Every time he thought of this, he would feel a pain in his heart for no reason. He only had this life, so why couldn't he marry the girl he wanted.

Just this life is not perfect.

At the same time, in the Zhen family's ancestral house, the other elders of the Zhen family looked at the Zhongshan hall with bright eyes. They looked at each other, and they all saw the inevitable victory in each other's eyes.

Old Master Zhen passed it on to his grandson before he died.

But how long can a rebellious traitor live?
The imperial army is about to reach Zhending Mansion, and the traitor is still the patriarch of the fart.

This is the authentic hall name, isn't it that they compete with each other to decide the winner?

As for that Zhen Wu.

Go to hell.

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Zhuozhou City has always been a battleground for military strategists. It leads directly to Beiping in the north, and there are three wide official roads in the south, leading in all directions to various places in Ming Dynasty.

One goes west, passes through Qingyuan, enters Zijing Pass, and from this pass can jump the Taihang Mountains into Shanxi, one passes through Baoding, enters Zhending, and leads to the boundary of Henan, and the last one passes through Xiong County, crosses the river, and leads to Shandong Territory.

It can be seen from this that a Zhuozhou is connected to Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and north to Beiping. Such geographical advantages are not unimportant. This is also an important reason why Zhu Neng must lead the army southward in the first place.

Time passed in a hurry, and it was early August in a blink of an eye.

After Zunhua reorganized the army, Zhu Di finally led the army to Zhuozhou City. They were in urgent need of rest all the way, and when they arrived in Zhuozhou City, they could be regarded as the frontline base camp, so Zhu Di selected some soldiers to supplement Zhuozhou City. At the same time, he ordered the rest of the sergeants to rest, and then went south to join the battle.

After Zhen Wu and others made all the arrangements, Zhu Di led everyone to the Yamen.

However, just as everyone came to the Yamen, the voices of a few women not far away attracted everyone's attention.

"Da Wu, Da Wu..."

Zhen Wu turned his head to look, and saw his aunt Tang Shi at first sight, and then saw Erniang Liu accompanying her.

Both of them looked embarrassed, with disheveled hair and unclean clothes, as if they had suffered a lot.

Zhen Wu walked over, waved the soldiers who stopped the two of them back, and asked in surprise, "Auntie, why are you here? Why...how did you end up in this state?"

When Tang saw Zhen Wu, looking at Zhen Wu's majestic armor, there was already a hint of moisture in his eyes. When Zhen Wu's gentle voice sounded, he couldn't help it anymore, and tears flowed out.

She choked up and said, "You...you...grandfather and grandmother were all killed by the people of the court."

Accompanied by Tang's crying voice, these words had a shrill feeling, and the volume was not low, so that not only the soldiers on the left and right heard it, but even Zhu Di and others not far away heard it clearly.

Everyone was taken aback.

Zhen Wu's heart trembled inexplicably, and his brows immediately frowned. He helped Tang to ask her, but Tang cried and wailed, as if he had been suppressed and strong for a long time. When he saw Zhen Wu, he finally Unable to control it anymore, all the sad emotions wanted to be released.

Listening to Tang's cry, Zhen Wu felt a little uncomfortable seeing this elder crying without manner in front of him for no reason. He turned his head to look at Liu Erniang, and his tone became irritable for a while.

"What's going on, tell me."

Liu Erniang knelt down with a thump, she organized her words, and briefly described the incident to Zhen Wu, from the court soldiers and horses surrounding the Zhen family, to the time they led people to rescue the Tang family and others, and then died all the way Nearly 100 people were killed, and the Liang family also died on the road because of his advanced age. Among the daughters of the Zhen family, except for the Tang family, only three women are still alive, one is the concubine of Uncle Zhen Wu, and the other two She is said to be the goddaughter of the Tang family recognized by the Tang family, but in fact she can be regarded as the little maid who served the Tang family after the ruins.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath and asked, "Where are they?"

"Still staying in the mountains, my concubine heard that my master was coming to Zhuozhou City, so I brought my wife to Zhuozhou City to wait for my master."

Zhen Wu was about to say something, but at this moment Zhu Di said, "Zhen Wu, take your aunt and the others to wash up first, it's a place where you won't talk outside."

Only then did Zhen Wu react.

He supported Tang, let Liu Erniang follow, and followed Zhu Di into the back house of the county government office.

After arriving inside, Zhen Wu asked Tang Shi to wash up first, Tang Shi still couldn't calm down, Zhen Wu persuaded Tang Shi to calm down, and went to wash up with Liu Erniang.

Only now did Zhen Wu have the time to pay attention to the generals. He looked at the worried eyes of Zhang Wu, Tan Yuan and others, forced himself a smile and said, "I'm fine."

Afterwards, he said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, I have some private matters to deal with, I hope I will resign first."

Zhu Di nodded, but just before Zhen Wu walked out, he suddenly said, "Let's march all the way, I didn't get any information about this matter, otherwise..."

Zhen Wu understood that when Zhu Yunqi asked someone to do this kind of thing, it must be an urgent order or a secret order. Before taking action, who can predict this matter.

But Zhu Di couldn't accept this.

Zhen Wu is not only the number one general in his hands, but also his son-in-law. An accident in his family is tantamount to a slap in the face to him as the lord, so when Zhen Wu just left the house, Zhu Di was furious He slapped the table and got up, he looked at Yang Jing coldly.

Yang Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I'll go and investigate this lowly position, and I will definitely investigate this matter clearly with a stick of incense."

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face turned better, but he was worried and angry, and couldn't help cursing and angrily scolding: "You bastard, you can use this kind of dirty tricks, and he can do it! He holds the soldiers of the world in his hands!" Ma, if you still do this kind of thing, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"

Everyone knew this, Zhu Di was talking about Zhu Yunwen.

To be honest, no one present could have expected that Zhu Yunqi would use such a low-handed method. The two armies confront each other and use other people's family members to intimidate them. This is really shameless.

Zhen Wu didn't think of it either, or didn't fully think of it.

In recent years, he deliberately kept a distance from the clan, and even married Zhu Yuying without inviting people from the clan to come. From the outsiders' point of view, this is already a clean break. Zhen Wu did this in order not to implicate the clan. After Jing Nan is over, he will go to connect with the clan and replenish his core strength.

But I didn't expect Zhu Yunqi to do it like this. No matter what his feelings are, no matter whether he is wronged or not, he insists on using Zhen Wu's clan to do the same.

This really refreshed Zhen Wu's understanding of the Lord of Benevolence and Righteousness.

Zhen Wu was sitting in an empty room, feeling overwhelmed. Although he had been deliberately alienated these years, he had also gotten to know Mr. Zhen through Liu Erniang and others. He knew that the little old man had never done anything evil in his life. The scandal is that he stubbornly insisted on expelling Zhen Wu's father from the family.

But after going back and forth, in the end, he was not willing to cross off Zhen Wu's father from the genealogy.

Now the old man died because of him.

Zhen Wu couldn't say that he was very sad, but the guilt in his heart burned him like fire.

not long time.

After Tang shi washed up, she hurriedly found Zhen Wu again, and she told Zhen Wu what had happened in detail, and what Zhen Wu heard was mixed.

Clan Clan, if it can be left clean, it is not called a clan.

The old man no longer recognized his son on the surface, but he never regarded Zhen Wu as an outsider in his heart.

On the contrary, Zhen Wu, a modern person, thinks that he can get rid of it by making some distant movements, how ridiculous.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath and said, "I know about this. I'll send someone to pick up the others from the mountain, and I'll send someone to send you to Peiping when the time comes."

"Then..." Tang wanted to ask about revenge, but she couldn't get the words out of her mouth. She knew that Zhen Wu was conspiring against her. If she succeeded, revenge would be out of the question; What more.

Zhen Wu knew what Tang shi cared about, and said firmly, "You don't have to worry about it, I will kill Cheng Ji."

There is one thing he didn't say, which is the mystery of Zhu Yunwen's life and death, and it will definitely not happen again in this life.

That kind of person is really far away from Zhu Di, there is no need to waste air in the world.

Tang nodded, and for some reason, he suddenly became more relaxed, as if Zhen Wu could bring people an infinite sense of security and trust.

It's just that after thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Tang still said with a little worry: "Then Wuji... Mrs. Zhen..."

Zhen Wu smiled, and then said sternly: "There are some scum in the clan, and I, the clan leader, always have to clean it up. Auntie, don't worry, I will bring you and my mother back to Wuji in a beautiful way. .”

There was a trace of expectation in Tang's eyes.

It has been a long time since this sect has been so majestic.

……

On the other side, Yang Jing went to investigate the matter, and got news soon. In fact, they marched all the way, and the news could not be received in time. Now Yang Jing mobilized the information sent by the spies in detail, and was willing to find it quickly. There were letters about this matter, especially after the matter had already happened, and there were more relevant information sent by spies.

Yang Jing told Zhu Di what he found out, and Zhu Di clenched his fists instantly when he heard that not only Zhen Wu's family had an accident, but also his second son-in-law's family had been arrested by Zhu Yunqi.

It's been a long time.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, slowly let go of his fist, and said with some sentimentality: "Let's pass the news back to Beiping. As for Li Rang... let him go and keep it as he likes."

Although he is ruthless, he is not willing to put his son-in-law in a dilemma, he just hates himself for being powerless now.

Yang Jing nodded.

Zhu Di sighed again, and then he devoted his mind to the battle to the south. The top priority is to win this war. He needs to hurry up and learn about the latest battle situation on the front line.

"Okay, you go down, let someone go outside to inform Zhu Neng that Gao Xu and Gao Sui have come to Zhuozhou to discuss matters."

"Yes." Yang Jing should be the last, and slowly retreated.

……

Let's not mention it here.

Beiping soon received a letter from Yang Jing, which was related to the family affairs of the two county horses, and Dao Yan immediately handed it over to Zhu Gaochi for handling.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhu Gaochi thought about it, and then asked someone to notify Princess Yongping and his wife and Zhu Yuying to come, because the letter contained not only the arrest of Li Rang's family members, but also the death of Zhen Wu's grandfather and the death of Tang's family. Waiting for someone to come to Peking.

However, as soon as the person who went to notify left, Princess Yongping ran over crying, taking Li Rang who was panicked behind him.

As soon as Yongping saw Zhu Gaochi, he came forward crying and said: "Brother, the imperial court sent a letter to Li Rang, saying that he had kidnapped Li Rang's family members and threatened Li Rang to go to the capital. What should we do? You must help my sister think of a way to save his family."

Zhu Gaochi was surprised and said, "Did the imperial court write to my brother-in-law?"

Princess Yongping nodded repeatedly, and at the same time quickly handed the letter in his hand to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi took it with one hand and read it. The letter written by Zhu Yunqi was magnificent, but the meaning in it was self-evident. He almost said that all of Li Rang's family members, including his relatives, were arrested. Then he will raise his butcher's knife and refuse to forgive each other.

After reading it, Zhu Gaochi smiled wryly: "I also just got the news, but... Don't talk about me about this matter, my father can't help it."

"Why can't we do anything?" Yongping was anxious.

"Later, let's talk about it when the eldest sister comes." Zhu Gaochi said.

"Eldest sister is coming too? What is she coming for?" Yongping didn't know why.

Zhu Gaochi explained: "Someone from the elder brother-in-law's clan also had an accident."

"Big brother-in-law?"

Yongping muttered something, and the next moment she was still crying, she suddenly laughed happily: "Yes, yes, the elder brother-in-law holds such great power in the army, how could the court let the elder brother-in-law go, Only for Li Rang."

After saying this, Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly.

But at this time, Zhu Yuying's cold voice came in from outside: "We are all a family, you can also say this kind of thing? Why do you listen, it seems that you are hoping that something will happen to your elder brother-in-law. "

Following the voice, Zhu Yuying walked in step by step.

In fact, Yongping regretted a little after saying that sentence, but when he heard Zhu Yuying complaining to her, and seeing Zhu Yuying's indifference to her, he suddenly felt unhappy again.

As soon as she got emotional, she couldn't help but said: "What's wrong with me? I'm not allowed to say a few words? Besides, I was right. If something happened to Li Rang's family, the father would be lazy to take care of it, but Zhen Wu may not Now, who in Beiping doesn't know that my father likes Zhen Wu, and his family has an accident, and my father will be willing to work hard to take care of it, so why don't you just save my Li Rang's family by the way."

Zhu Gaochi frowned even deeper, and reprimanded: "Yongping, be careful with your words."

Zhu Yuying was not happy when she heard Yongping's words, but fortunately the two sisters grew up together and knew Yongping's temperament. General knowledge.

She looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "What happened? Why does it sound like something happened to the Junma family?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded, opened his mouth and wanted to tell him personally, but thought of the detailed description in the letter that Mrs. Zhen committed suicide, leaving only a few women, suddenly he was a little speechless.

He took out the letter, gave it to Zhu Yuying, and motioned Zhu Yuying to read it for herself.

Zhu Yuying took the letter, only glanced at it twice, and couldn't help but take a step back in panic. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and then mustered up the courage to read it in detail again.

After reading it, Zhu Yuying's head was dizzy, and her heart was in a mess. She suddenly wanted to see Zhen Wu, and even wanted to hug Zhen Wu. She knew that Zhen Wu paid special attention to her family, so she guessed that this matter must be for Zhen Wu. It was a big blow, which filled Zhu Yuying's heart with worries about Zhen Wu.

But rationality told Zhu Yuying that she couldn't cause trouble for Zhen Wu at the moment, all she needed to do was to settle down her family and wait for Tang and others to take good care of them when they arrived in Beiping.

Zhu Yuying was in a state of confusion, and after returning the letter to Zhu Gaochi, she didn't want to stay in the palace any longer, and said: "I know about this, I'm a little confused now, so I won't stay any longer."

After speaking, Zhu Yuying walked out in a daze, she needed to go back and calm down.

Seeing this, Yongping suddenly became anxious: "Sister, you don't want to save people anymore?"

Zhu Yuying stopped, turned to look at Yongping, and finally put her eyes on Li Rang. She smiled wryly: "Saving people? You think this is a few years ago? How can my father have the energy and ability to go to the capital to save him?" people."

This sentence is like a death sentence.

Both Li Rang and Yongping took two steps back in despair, Li Rang even went limp and fell to the ground.

But Yongping was completely anxious all of a sudden, pointing at Zhu Yuying and said: "Impossible, why can't I save it, did my father only save Zhen Wu?"

Thinking of this possibility, Yongping suddenly became more excited: "It must be like this, you and Zhen Wu are so affectionate, if something happens to Zhen Wu's family, how can you let it go."

Yongping, who was so excited, looked like a shrew.

"Zhen Wu, Zhen Wu, you don't even want to call out your brother-in-law?" Zhu Yuying said dissatisfied.

"Why should I call him brother-in-law?"

Yongping was dissatisfied by Zhu Yuying, and his irritated anger also rose, as if he still thought of the unfair treatment he had received since he was a child. For a while, these emotions gushed out in unison: "My father has loved you since I was a child." , I want you first, even when you get married, I will personally buy the princess mansion for you, what about me? I have nothing, you have everything I have, and you have what I don’t have. Why, just rely on you Is it sister?!"

"It's better now, I'm more biased, save your husband-in-law, why not save mine, your husband-in-law holds a lot of power in the army, and is trusted by his father to discuss everything, how about me? Why should my husband-in-law Just idle in Beiping, just because you are the boss? I don't accept it!"

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Yuying looked at the somewhat hysterical Yongping, both of them were a little shocked.

They never thought that Yongping would feel unfair for the few people of the same mother and compatriots, and hid their complaints for a long time.

Zhu Yuying's face darkened, she had to talk to Yongping about some things, so she walked towards Yongping step by step.

She said with great pain in her heart: "Royal father loves me first, because of what, you don't know, but they know Gao Chi Gao Xu, father, queen, mother and concubine, they know, if you don't have a conscience, I'm not afraid of you complaining about me and jealous of me , but you shouldn't say your brother-in-law."

Zhu Yuying's back was straight, and there was a sense of pride that Zhen Wu often had in her demeanor. She said proudly: "Your brother-in-law holds great power because he fought with his father for ten years and was never absent. It's because He always goes first in every battle, leaving countless scars on his body, and it is because he is unparalleled in bravery, and his achievements surpass all generals. Even if I lost you, I should be trusted?! You are so wrong! The father agreed to marry me because he respected your brother-in-law, not because he got the trust because he married me. You must do this to me Clearly, with or without me, your brother-in-law will be the proud general in the hands of the father, and it will not affect the slightest bit, and with your brother-in-law's ability, there is no need for me to pave the way for him, you understand this for me."

Zhu Yuying paused when she said this, she calmed down the excitement just now, and finally said deeply: "It doesn't matter if you blame sister, but your brother-in-law's achievements and glory cannot be smeared like this, by the way, about the imperial court Threatening matter, let me tell you one last thing, my father’s current situation is difficult, if you want to beg your father for help, you just beg, don’t involve me, because your brother-in-law’s family members don’t need to help, your brother-in-law’s In order not to embarrass your brother-in-law, grandfather committed suicide by throwing himself against a pillar, and only a few women in the entire Zhen family escaped, so there is no need for rescue!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuying looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "I'm not feeling well, so I'm leaving first."

Zhu Gaochi nodded again and again: "Eldest sister can do whatever she wants, Yongping...Yongping, I will persuade her."

Zhu Yuying nodded, then turned and left.

After Zhu Yuying walked away, Zhu Gaochi sighed and said: "Yongping, you are too much. Why did the elder father always favor the eldest sister since he was a child? It is because the elder sister not only does not fight or grab, but also often divides her things. Give us a few, not to mention more, when my father caught four rabbits, how did the eldest sister divide them? We each have one, but the eldest sister didn’t keep one for herself. Do you want to say that the eldest sister also has one? The eldest sister is just the father. The king ordered people to buy it overnight, but the father did not catch it with his own hands. Do you understand the difference? With such a heart, how can the father not take care of it."

After speaking, Zhu Gaochi looked at Li Rang again.

He sighed again: "Brother-in-law, don't blame the father, the father is really difficult now, and there is really no way to go to the capital to rescue your father and the others, but the father also sent a message, saying that you want to go to the capital Let you go to save your relatives, father and king will not blame you, and we will not blame you either."

In the room, following Zhu Gaochi's two words, there was a sudden silence.

But not a few breaths.

Li Rang suddenly burst into tears, crying heartbroken, as if he was saying goodbye to his family members, and also as if he had decided to accept the ending of his family members' death, crying made people feel pitiful.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't bear to look at each other.

But when Li Rang cried and bowed his head, when no one saw him, there was a thick hatred in his eyes, as if it had materialized, and this hatred was even more confusing, because it It was not aimed at the imperial court, but aimed at King Yan, Zhen Wu, and Zhu Yuying.

In Li Rang's view, if King Yan hadn't raised his troops, how could his family have suffered such a life-and-death disaster, and if the old master of Zhen Wu's family committed suicide, how could he turn his back on King Yan, and how would the world treat him like this? Lee's.

As for Zhu Yuying, how could he turn a blind eye to the embarrassment of his wife like this today.

For various reasons, how could he not hate.

Li Rang cried for a while, and suddenly made a decision in his heart, and soon became firm.

He looked at Zhu Gaochi with tears in his eyes and said: "Your Highness, in such a critical situation, Li Rang is determined not to turn his back on His Highness. It's just that the court has harmed my family, and Li Rang's anger is hard to dissipate. Please allow Li Rang to enter Zhuozhou to participate in the war. I want to stand against the imperial court!"

Zhu Gaochi wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Li Rang's resolute look, he didn't know how to persuade him.

In the end, Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to nod, and promised to arrange a hundred soldiers to escort Li Rang to the south to join the battle.

Zhu Gaochi stood up and sighed.

Hey.

I don't know when this family will return to the peace and friendliness of the past.

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　Thank you for the reward of 'Forgotten Things', thank you boss.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)