The Ming Dynasty: Starting with taking Old Zhu on a journey to the future

I've seen those whose achievements overshadowed their superiors.

I've never seen someone with little merit who still overshadows the Lord.

If His Majesty is truly wary of a second-generation meritorious official with no military achievements.

That would be truly the end.

Li Zengzhi immediately stood up: "Brother, you can stay here and worry. I have other matters to attend to at the Front Army Commandery, so I'll be leaving now."

The Five Military Commands Office.

The two brothers occupy two seats.

His elder brother was the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army Commandery, and he himself was the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army Commandery.

Although the Left and Right Governors-in-Chief were of the same rank, the Left Governor-in-Chief held a higher position than the Right Governor-in-Chief.

In a sense, one of them was in charge of the Left Army Commandery, and the other was in charge of the Front Army Commandery.

This is why he was entrusted with such an important task.

Li Zengzhi did not believe that the emperor would suspect them.

Before Li Zengzhi could leave, the servants in the house hurried away.

"My lord, Jiang Huan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, requests an audience."

Upon hearing this, Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi's expressions changed instantly.

Jiang Huan was the one who denounced Lan Yu for plotting a rebellion.

He was also the person in charge of the Lan Yu rebellion case.

It was also a sharp dagger in the emperor's hand.

After a long silence, Li Jinglong sighed and said, "Second brother, they will come, they will come sooner or later."

Li Zengzhi felt heavy-hearted.

Has the emperor really begun to distrust even them?

During the Hongwu reign, although many nobles married into the imperial family, they were not truly imperial relatives.

There were only two groups of people.

One was Zhu Wenzheng's son, and the other was them.

"If I had known this would happen, I should have kept my talents hidden. Otherwise, how could His Majesty have been so wary of me?"

"That makes sense. It's only natural that His Majesty would be wary of someone with my talents."

"Yes, let Commander Jiang in."

Li Zengzhi felt somewhat powerless. He, who was not worried before, was now in a state of confusion and began to feel anxious.

I even started to explain it to myself.

Not long after.

Jiang Huan, dressed in a flying fish robe, entered with his sword at his side.

Before he could speak, Li Jinglong stretched out his hands: "Commander Jiang, I am willing to cooperate. I beg Your Majesty to spare the Duke of Cao's mansion for the sake of my grandfather and my father."

Jiang Huan's eyes were somewhat blank.

However, seeing Li Jinglong reach out his hand, Jiang Huan instinctively wanted to handcuff Li Jinglong out of professional habit.

But then I thought about it again.

Hmm? I don't think I'm here to arrest anyone.

It was simply a blood-drawing ritual performed according to the emperor's orders.

So he quickly pulled his hand back.

He bowed and said, "Lord Cao, you are too kind. You have not committed any crime, how dare I arrest you without cause?"

Li Jinglong was slightly taken aback.

"You didn't come here to arrest me?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zengzhi's tense nerves finally began to relax.

Jiang Huan coughed lightly: "Duke Cao is overthinking it."

In response to Lan Yu's rebellion, the imperial court arrested many meritorious officials.

This naturally caused widespread anxiety, which is understandable.

Li Jinglong felt somewhat puzzled.

"They're not here to arrest me? Then what brings Commander Jiang here?"

As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Jiang Huan's visit essentially sealed his fate.

It's impossible for someone to visit without a reason.

Jiang Huan immediately said, "I brought this here to obtain some of the Duke of Cao's blood."

"Draw blood?" Li Jinglong asked, puzzled.

"Yes."

"What use is my blood?"

This is the first time I've ever heard of the Imperial Guards coming to collect blood.

Blood test for kinship?

Jiang Huan coughed lightly: "His Majesty's decree is beyond my ability to speculate. I hope that Duke Cao will cooperate."

The emperor wants blood?

Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi exchanged a glance.

Despite my confusion, I did as instructed.

Jiang Huan worked for the emperor without any reason, so he would not have fabricated anything the emperor wanted to do.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Huan immediately ordered someone to bring a basin of water forward.

He handed over a silver needle with great skill.

He smiled and bowed, saying, "Please."

Under Jiang Huan's watchful gaze, Li Jinglong took the silver needle and prepared to prick his finger.

Just as he was about to begin, Li Jinglong turned around and asked, "How much does Your Majesty need?"

This question left Jiang Huan completely bewildered.

The emperor didn't say how much he wanted, and neither did Lan Chen.

Of course, according to the immortal talisman used by Lan Chen, the more blood, the better.

The more blood contained in the talisman.

The longer the time travel can be maintained.

Time travel, naturally, the longer the better.

However, if too much blood is given, the body cannot withstand it.

Therefore, he dared not give a number, after some thought.

Jiang Huan smiled and said, "You decide."

Li Jinglong remained silent for a moment.

What does "look at it" mean?

Was the emperor certain he wanted to draw blood, or was it a metaphor?

In some storybooks, he often saw many short stories from historical records.

In the past, when emperors killed someone, they didn't simply order their death; instead, they subtly hinted that the person should commit suicide.

Could it be...?

Alas, it seems that in the end, it was his exceptional talent that made him a target of the emperor's jealousy.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong immediately drew his sword and prepared to cut his wrist.

Jiang Huan was terrified when she saw this.

"Lord Cao! There's no need for such generosity!!!"

"Just a few drops of blood will do! Just a few drops will do!"

The emperor held court almost every day, almost without interruption.

Therefore, the time travel should be at most one day.

A few drops of blood should be enough.

After the blood sample was taken, Jiang Huan quickly left the Duke of Cao's residence.

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The Imperial Palace, the Study.

Jiang Huan handed a basin of water containing a few drops of fake blood to Lan Chen.

Lan Chen stared at the blood streaks in the basin of water.

This time, they were more generous than last time.

At least you can still see the blood vessels.

After taking the basin of water, Lan Chen immediately began drawing talismans on the spot.

While waiting for Lan Chen to draw the talisman, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Did that boy from Jiujiang ask anything?"

Jiang Huan responded.

"The Duke of Cao did not ask any further questions."

"However, when drawing blood, the Duke of Cao did not know how much blood His Majesty needed, so he prepared to cut his wrist to draw blood."

"Fortunately, I intervened, and the matter was dropped."

"It must be because of Lan Yu's rebellion that Duke Cao is still wary, thinking that His Majesty's blood test is a warning to him."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily.

"Jiujiang is a good kid in every way, except that he sometimes overthinks things."

Aside from overthinking, Li Jinglong has no flaws.

He became a duke at a young age, unlike Lan Yu who was arrogant, or Chang Mao who was disdainful of others.

Originally, barring any unforeseen circumstances...

After he eliminated Lan Yu and others.

Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi later became the pillars of Zhu Yunwen's army.

Thinking too much can be a good thing sometimes, and a bad thing sometimes.

However, there was one thing Li Jinglong was overthinking.

He wasn't afraid of Li Jinglong.

A mere lad who has never been on the battlefield and has only trained as a soldier is not enough to make him wary.

He fears no one.

Because he can control it.

But Zhu Yunwen was different.

It's undeniable that Zhu Yunwen couldn't control Lan Yu.

If Zhu Yunwen can't even control Li Jinglong... then he really has no way out.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Huan slowly stepped forward and said softly, "Your Majesty, the ship has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial he was holding.

He took off his yellow robe.

I changed into some more ordinary clothes.

The yellow robe was too conspicuous and quite inconvenient.

This time travel is simply to find out whether Zhu Yunwen really listened to those civil officials and forced the Prince of Xiang to his death.