Daming heir

Chapter 508 The Last Chance at the Ferry Station
In normal times, the emperor's voice is always quiet.

This is called the emperor's demeanor, and it is also called not leaking.

However, the emperor's voice echoed throughout Fengtian Hall.

Putting her hands on the ground, Jiang Yu raised her head carefully, and just glanced at the emperor who was a little blurred by the distance on the dragon chair.

The commander who has been in charge of Jinyiwei for many years and can make children stop crying, has a respectful posture and a humble tone: "Return to Your Majesty, everyone is here on the Shogunate Mountain today."

Jiang Yu replied, and the hall returned to silence once again.

On the dragon chair behind the case, Zhu Yuanzhang's right hand was lightly clasped on the case.

Under his palm is a folder with rush notes.

The seal above has been removed, and the contents inside have obviously been reviewed by the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled silently, and looked up at the commander of Jinyiwei who was kneeling on the main hall: "All the boys from every family have arrived? Did that kid Xie Jin lead his group of proud students to write a few masterpieces?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, except for Wei Guogong who was in the cabinet, he never passed, and all the children in Beijing have passed."

Without any elaboration or embellishment, Jiang Yu said straightforwardly and calmly: "Mr. Xie Ge and his students each wrote a poem on the topic of ascending the heights."

on the dragon chair.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were calm, making it impossible to guess what the founding emperor was thinking.

I saw him speak calmly: "The cabinet seems a little deserted."

Jiang Yu lowered her head, but countless conjectures had already arisen in her heart.

The number of cabinet ministers to increase again?

As the most timely and sharpest killing knife in the hands of the emperor, Jiang Yu is very clear about his duty, which is to faithfully fulfill the emperor's will.No matter how many words you hear and how much you know the holy will, it is impossible to bring you much benefit.

But the emperor's test could happen every moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Jiang Yu lightly, then laughed lightly: "Since the topic of climbing a height is the topic, there is no need to read any poems and articles. But those old cows in Ming Dynasty would fall to their deaths from time to time, and they had to It’s better to wait for the centralized breeding that the supervisor of Shanglin Garden has done recently.”

Only then did Jiang Yu smile, and said, "I heard that Master Yuan was very annoyed recently, saying that he should go outside the pass with His Royal Highness, and see for himself what the pastures outside the pass look like."

He originally just took this matter as a joke and told the emperor to listen.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flickered twice, and the fingers clasped on the rush book also tapped lightly.

Thinking back to what was written in the rush note sent back by that kid, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously showed a smile on his lips.

Good boy.

I, the Zhu Family of the Great Ming Dynasty, don’t need to worry anymore, things like the old Tang Dynasty will happen again.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang fixed his eyes on Jiang Yu who was kneeling on the ground: "I remember, there is a hundred households named Zhang Hui in your Jinyiwei Prison?"

Jiang Yu was taken aback.

The emperor is omniscient.

But the emperor even knew about a hundred households in Jinyiwei Prison who were in charge of torture and interrogation, and even mentioned it in front of himself, which was a bit surprising.

Did it fall into the eyes of the emperor?
Jiang Yu nodded immediately, and said softly: "Zhang Hui is in charge of the torture and interrogation of the Jinyiwei Prison, and he is a rare talent. He also has many contacts with the Imperial Hospital. What a compliment."

Since the emperor specifically asked about Zhang Hui, it was obvious that he had not committed any crime, but somehow got into the emperor's eyes.

Jiang Yu didn't mind being a favor at this time and giving Zhang Hui a lift.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised.

That kid just ordered this man from Jinyiwei Zhang Hui to use it, but he never thought that Zhang Hui was still valued so much by the Grand Hospital.

He suddenly asked curiously: "He is a hundred households in the imperial prison, how can he be praised so much by the Imperial Hospital?"

The emperor suddenly began to investigate carefully, which made Jiang Yu not know how to answer for a while.

Is it necessary to tell His Majesty the Emperor all about Zhang Hui's glorious deeds?

Jiang Yu pondered for a moment, and before he had time to think about it, he could only vaguely say: "Zhang Baihu and the interrogation team are quite in-depth. It just so happens that it happens to be in the hospital. need……"

He tried to be as vague as possible, but also let the emperor understand what was going on.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yu lowered his head and let out a silent breath.

For the first time in so many years, he didn't know how to explain something to His Majesty the Emperor.

But when he thought of the scenes in Jinyiwei Prison, he felt that he had better not commit something one day and then fall into the hands of Zhang Hui.

The current Jinyiwei Prison is a living purgatory!
Even he, Jiang Yu, the commander of Jinyiwei, had to admit this fact.

Zhu Yuanzhang has also reacted.

There was a little strangeness on his face, but it disappeared quickly.

After all, those who can be imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison will basically never have a chance to get out.

If I can make some contributions to the Tai Hospital, I don't have to delve into the details anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand from the rush book, and waved at Jiang Yu: "Tell Zhang Hui, order the manpower, and set off to do errands as soon as the palace orders."

Jiang Yu immediately cupped his hands and cupped his fists: "This humble minister leads the decree."

After finishing speaking, he stood up cautiously, bowed his waist and slowly stepped back.

Don't wait for him to take a few steps back.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the steps, spoke again: "Tell those bastards, find a day, and go hunting in Baohua Mountain in Beijing before winter, and tell these bastards to vent their energy and stop making troubles all day long." of!"

Jiang Yu rolled his eyes.

Your Majesty means to hold down the nobles in the court.

Immediately, he bowed again: "I accept the decree, and I will leave."

Finished.

Jiang Yucai continued to exit Fengtian Temple cautiously.

After Jiang Yu left, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention back to the rush book in front of him.

After a long silence, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a relieved smile on his face.

"Grandpa believes you this time..."

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Qinghe County, Guangping Prefecture, Hebei Province.

Qinghe County is located on the southeast side of Hebei Road, bordering Dongchangfu on Shandong Road, and facing Wucheng County and Linqing Prefecture across the Grand Canal.

Qinghe is famous, and the name lies in the clan figures.

When people talk about Qinghe, they will think of the Cui family of Qinghe.

Since the Han Dynasty, the Qinghe Cui family has risen as a prominent family in the Kanto region.The Wei and Jin dynasties have already crowned each other, reached their peak during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and reached their peak in the early years of the Northern Dynasties.

Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty incorporated it into the four surnames of 'Lu Cui and Zheng Wang'; in the Tang Dynasty, it was ranked among the ten families with seven surnames, and there were 12 prime ministers from generation to generation.

It's just that all of this came to an end with the prosperity of the imperial examination system, as well as the atrocities of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Yuan Dynasty.

The world has been transferred from the powerful and famous families to the noble and gentry families.

Everything, even if it is at its peak, will disappear with time.

And in the southeast of today's Qinghe County, the ferry post by the canal.

The bustling canals and official road stations are extremely crowded as the new year approaches.

At this time, it is already before the early winter, and the temperature in Shandong and Hebei has already made people feel icy cold.

In the early winter in the north, countless gray and black smoke columns rose in the sky, and then drifted under the blue sky, as if to turn this blue into gray.

Due to the overlapping of canals and official roads, the Ferry Station is also larger than ordinary stations.

Around the post station, a large number of buildings were built, forming a small area for officials, gentry, merchants, and common people to rest or transfer goods.

The window on the second floor of a wine shop near the river can overlook the position of merchant ships on the river. Zhang Hui, dressed as a bodyguard of the escort agency, holds a wine glass in his hand, and there are some small dishes on the table to accompany the wine.

And he had no intention of drinking, he just looked at the ferry trestle by the canal below.

He had been waiting here for five full days, and his intuition and all signs indicated that the man would definitely go ashore here, pass through Hebei Road, and enter Shanxi Road.

Zhang Hui looked at the trestle bridge where merchant ships kept coming and going, his eyes tightened slightly.

You must disembark here!
According to the news from Fengyang to Yingtian, then to the pause in the middle, and then to rushing to get here, Zhang Hui earnestly deduced it back and forth, probably in the past two days .

It can basically be concluded that Wen Feiren is with the traitor of the White Lotus Sect.

According to the news from Taisun, Shanxi merchants were involved.

There are people in the White Lotus Sect, Shanxi merchants are rich, and those who are ruined must be taken to Shanxi Road.

And it is impossible for them to enter Shanxi Road through Henan Road, because His Royal Highness is on Henan Road, investigating the accidents that happened on the river.

It is impossible for the members of the White Lotus Sect to show their faces on Henan Road and attract the attention of the grandson.

Then walk the canal all the way, disembark at Dukou Station in Qinghe County, and then go northwest to avoid the official road, hide their identities, and enter Shanxi Road from Jingshan Station in Zhending Prefecture, which is their best choice.

It must be so!

Zhang Hui's eyes swept across the boats on the river that might berth at the trestle.

bass.

Behind him, there was a sound of a sharp knife being unsheathed.

Zhang Hui turned his head, only to see a servant coming up empty-handed.

The Jinyiwei officers and soldiers guarding the stairs, who also hid their identities, looked back at Baihu, and after confirming that they were allowed to go, he pressed back the half-exposed knife.

The servant walked up to Zhang Hui nervously.

This group of Jin Yiwei who hide their identities seems to be big men who want to do big things, but they are not something that a small man like himself can offend.

The boy bent over, bowed his head and said in a low voice, "My lord, there is a boat coming from the south, and I think there is something wrong."

Zhang Hui looked sideways at the boy, this was the first time he heard of a problem in five days.

He groaned and said, "What's the problem?"

As he spoke, Zhang Hui turned his head to look at the pier trestle outside the window.

The young man clenched his hands, moved his throat, and said in a low voice, "I have been squatting in the south for the past few days. When I saw that boat today, it clearly looked like a merchant ship and the flag style of the Jiangnan side. But the draft of that boat However, it is very shallow. There must not be much cargo on board.

But if that's the case, the New Year's Eve is approaching now, except for the Nanchuan ships returning from the north to the south, which will be empty, they will basically be filled with goods so that they can be sold. "

Zhang Hui frowned and said, "This alone is not enough to explain anything."

Because it is also possible that a lot of goods were moved down halfway, and then the goods continued to be transported northward, and then the goods were loaded from the north and went south.

But the boy shook his head and said: "No! I can see clearly that the people on the boat don't look like people on the boat. Moreover, there is a young man who walks out of the cabin from time to time with a young woman. , walking around on the boat, looking towards the shore. I remember that the person the official is looking for is also such a pair of young people, so I think there must be something wrong."

Brother son!young woman!

Zhang Hui's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but he quickly calmed down again.

Because if Wen Feiren was taken away by the rebels of the White Lotus Sect, then according to common sense, it is impossible for these rebels to give Wen Feiren and his wife a chance to move freely on the boat.

Aren't the rebels afraid of the ruined couple jumping into the river to survive?

This is not normal!
It can't be said that the useless man is really in collusion with the traitor?Or is it that he can become a confidant with the traitor?

impossible!
Zhang Hui kept denying it in his heart, but his eyes turned to the pier involuntarily.

Even if it's just a possibility?

Finally, in front of Daming Sheji, Zhang Hui chose not to let go of any possibility, he got up and waved at the servant.

The boy quickly breathed a sigh of relief, and ran down the second floor in a hurry.

Facing this gang of Jinyi guards, he had no intention of getting any rewards at all. If he didn't get caught by these Jinyi guards, it would be a blessing from his ancestral grave, which he had cultivated in ten lifetimes.

Zhang Hui looked at his subordinates on the second floor: "Follow the plan. Once it is confirmed that it is that person, we will create chaos in the Ferry Station. I will personally lead someone to stop that person to investigate."

"Subordinates obey!"

The officers and soldiers of Jinyiwei on the second floor clasped their fists to accept orders. Except for those who wanted to follow Zhang Hui, all the others dispersed, and soon mixed into the crowded crowd at the ferry station and disappeared from sight.

Zhang Hui didn't stop, and quickly led people downstairs, sneaked out from the back door of the restaurant, and hid in a hidden place on the shore where the pier could be observed.

And on the river at this moment.

The boat with the "Jia" merchant flag has slowly lowered its sails, and its speed is also slowing down bit by bit.

At the bow, Liu Zongsheng, Han Mingwang and others had already put on wide hats, pressing their faces under the shadow.

The congregants of the White Lotus Sect who accompanied them to the north also had their own attire.

Zhu Yunxuan was also covered with his face, holding Qiu Niang who was wearing a silk scarf, surrounded by the White Lotus Sect disciples.

He looked up at the pier where he was about to dock, with worry in his eyes.

I have already arrived at the Ferry Station, if I can't send the news here, there will be no official way until I enter Shanxi Road, and I will never have the opportunity to send my news.

Bang.

A muffled sound came from the side of the hull, followed by the entire ship shaking.

The boat is docked at the pier.

Zhu Yunwen lowered his head.

In his ears, Liu Zongsheng's voice was already heard: "Young Master Zhu, we are no longer in danger when we leave the Ferry Station, and when we enter Shanxi Road, we can raise our voices and create a great cause together! "

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