Entering the "Lotus Garden", it was a refreshing coolness. That bamboo forest, I dare that someone must take care of it from time to time. Lingyun didn't rush me, let me linger here. I am used to seeing Hu Zhen's buildings, and when I return to Daming to see this ancient style of pavilions, I can almost immediately understand my own mind, or this style suits me. It seems that at this moment, I am more sure of my decision to leave Hu Zhen.

Walking further in, it was the familiar lotus pond again, and a person by the lotus pond walked over quickly after seeing me come in, knelt down all of a sudden, and said in a trembling voice: "Miss, how are you?" ”

"Jiang Ningyu?" I exclaimed, hesitantly.

"It's a subordinate." Jiang Ningyu raised her head and looked at me, with tears in her eyes.

I quickly reached out to help him up, his face was agitated, but he was much older than when I left, and I had a feeling that I had been gone for a long time. In fact, it is more than a year and ...... It can be seen that he must have worked a lot of things for more than a year.

"You...... Are you okay? By the way, how is your wife? "Somehow, as soon as I saw Jiang Ningyu, I thought of his lady who advocated freedom of love and spoke straightforwardly, and I hoped that she would be okay too.

She ...... She's fine. In fact, after the young lady left, the general did not strictly investigate who was Ding Xiang's person, nor did he pursue it vigorously. It was only later that the people of the Fourth Highness came, and the general had to split up to chase them. Later, the general did not return, and the city was still guarded by the generalissimo. At first everyone was talking about the young lady and the general, and the generalissimo issued a ban and was no longer allowed to talk about it publicly. Later, when the news came that the young lady had been stabbed to death, everyone did not dare to talk about it anymore. It's just that the admiration and regret for the young lady are well known to everyone. "The things that Jiang Ningyu said seem to be very vague again. Who is the general? It's like a memory of a past life. Blurry but deep into the bone marrow, it is like a spring pressed into a box, as long as the box is opened, it will pop out in its entirety, and it cannot be hidden...... So, I want to stop this action before opening the box......

"I don't care about these things anymore. Needless to say. How is Vice General Jiang doing this year?" I don't know where to start, I just don't want him to continue the topic of "generals".

"Me? His subordinates are still deputy generals, and they still work under Hong Junshi. This year. According to the leader's wishes, I have re-installed a new 'Black Cloud Warrior' in the current army, although there are not as many as the original, but I need to gain insight into the movements of the Ming army. Still no problem. Jiang Ningyu said. Looking at Ling Yun, Ling Yun nodded slightly.

I turned my head to look at Ling Yun, and doubts rose in my heart. It was only this month that I decided to go back to the Ming Dynasty, but he had been arranging the internal response in the Ming army since a year ago, could it be that he had already guessed that I would come back? Or, as he said, prevent it before it happens?

Ling Yun already understood what I was wondering about at my glance, and smiled, "You just treat me as an unpredictable prophet." I gave him a blank look. What is the prophet of the unknown, that I do not believe him?

It's just that now I don't bother to pursue it. I sat down on the stone bench and listened to Jiang Ningyu tell me about the current situation in Ancheng and the imperial court. I'm sure Ling Yun knows all of this, but he also listens patiently, as if this is the first time he's heard it. I don't want to ask why he didn't tell me before, but let Jiang Ningyu talk about it.

The situation in Anseong has not changed much. The city was guarded by Marshal Du, and Hu Zhen had no loopholes to exploit. It's just that now Marshal Du no longer comes out to train often, probably because of his age. Now that a new general has been appointed, speaking of this general, Jiang Ningyu smiled and said: "It's Miss's old acquaintance." I groaned for a moment, and then guessed, "Could it be Zheng Yu?"

Jiang Ningyu smiled and said: "It is Zheng Yu, Marshal Du went to the imperial court on the grounds that he had made miraculous achievements in the battle with Hu Zhen, and made him a general. It's just that the rank is slightly lower, from the second grade, and the deputy general. However, just the title of general can already make all the lieutenants obey him. “

I thought about it for a moment and said, "But this Zheng Yu is obviously ...... Jiang Yunxiu's person, now that Jiang Yunxiu is in the capital, how can he be in Ancheng?"

Jiang Ningyu shook his head and said: "This subordinate is not very clear, anyway, after Miss Chuan died a year ago, General Zheng came back, and he was supposed to resign, but he was left by Marshal Du and was named a general." ”

"General Zheng?" Somehow, I find this title bizarre.

Jiang Ningyu understood what I meant, and said, "This is what General Zheng asked us to shout like this, saying that it is to distinguish ourselves from the former generals." Slowly, everyone got used to it, and now everyone calls him that. ”

Zheng Yu, why is that? I want to know, but I'm not sure what I'll do if I see him. Or, I didn't have the courage to see him and make him think I was dead, wouldn't it be better.

Jiang Ningyu saw that I didn't speak again, so she continued to "report". Now Zheng Yu is in charge of the defense of Ancheng, and Marshal Du will only appear on a big day. And for more than a year, Hu Zhen has not made any moves, so the city has returned to a thriving scene. After the previous battle to defend Ancheng, probably out of respect for me, Ding Xiang's daughter, as my "follower", several other lieutenants did not embarrass Jiang Ningyu anymore. Now the army of Anseong is exceptionally harmonious and harmonious.

On the contrary, the imperial court far away in the capital has already fought fiercely. The emperor originally had a clear tendency, that is, he wanted the fourth highness Jiang Yunlin to succeed to the throne, but since the ninth highness Jiang Yunxiu returned to Beijing, this sure thing has slowly undergone subtle changes. Originally, Jiang Yunxiu put Jiang Yunlin first in everything, and many people regarded Jiang Yunxiu as Jiang Yunlin's force before. But since Jiang Yunxiu exterminated the Ding clan and returned to Beijing, the discerning person saw the problem. First, it was rumored that Jiang Yunxiu was killed by a deputy general of the Praetorian Guard, but this deputy general was the favorite general of the Fourth Highness Jiang Yunlin. After returning to Beijing, Jiang Yunxiu did not give any explanation to Jiang Yunlin, although Jiang Yunlin is famous for his "virtuousness", it is difficult not to leave a knot. After Jiang Yunxiu was sick and recuperated in the house, Jiang Yunlin went to visit the patient many times, and the two were fine before, but for some reason, they were repeatedly turned away. At the same time, Jiang Yunlin originally wanted to tell Jiang Yunxiu about the widow who was loyal and brave, although this widow was a married woman, but she was the granddaughter of the current generalissimo, the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, and Jiang Yunxiu was a childhood sweetheart, which could have become a good story, but Jiang Yunxiu categorically refused. These few things in a row made everyone feel that these two princes had fallen out of harmony, but they didn't expect it to evolve into a later situation. (To be continued......)