CHAPTER XLIV
Beiping Mansion is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, after Yongle moved the capital, changed Beiping to Beijing, officially became the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and also opened the Ming Dynasty, from Yongle to Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and the king died in the magnificent chapter.
Meng stood in front of the Desheng Gate, looking at the two-foot-high and nine-foot-high city wall, recalling that he heard the news from Sanbao's mouth that King Yan wanted to see him, and still had a very unreal feeling.
Whether it is the king of Gaoyang County or the eunuch of Sanbao, the celebrities in history appear in front of him, and he is only excited for a while.
But at the level of the Yongle Emperor, it is not something that can be described as excited.
Meng sat on the back of the horse and pinched himself hard, it hurt very much, it seemed that it was really not a dream.
"Hundred households, enter the city and get off the horse."
Ding Xiaoqi, who was accompanying him, stepped forward and reminded him in a low voice.
Although Beiping Mansion is not as good as Nanjing, it is the residence of the prince, and there are various regulations that must be followed.
When Meng dismounted, the eunuch Sanbao was handing over the royal waist card to the defenders for inspection, and Shen Qianhu and Zhou Baihu and others also dismounted one after another, and after the defenders confirmed, they followed Sanbao and others into the inner city.
In April, Beiping is not as windy and snowy as Saibei, but there is no spring at all.
The defenders of the city wore thick jackets, and the farmers and merchants they encountered along the road were also dressed in cotton clothes.
Sanbao took Shen Xuan and his party to the gate of Guangzhi in the palace quickly, and stood in front of the door of the lacquered copper nails, and the defenders in front of the door immediately stepped forward to inquire.
The guards guarding the door checked the waist card and asked for the identities of Shen Xuanmeng and others, and learned that Shen Xuan was named by the prince to see, so he didn't dare to delay, and immediately asked someone to open the door.
The group was about to enter the mansion when a fast horse suddenly came from the direction of Xizhimen, followed by a group of guards in vermilion jackets.
The man on the horse was dressed in a scarlet military attache uniform, with a robe woven with small flowers, a rhino belt around his waist, and soap boots on his feet. He is tall and strong, with a square chin, and narrow eyes under thick eyebrows, which seem to have a cold light when looking at people.
This person is the commander of Beiping, Xie Gui.
Xie Gui approached, the guards in front of the door saluted, Sanbao said with a smile, "Our family has seen Commander Xie, but Commander Xie has official business?" ”
While speaking, he swept Xie Gui with his eyes, in front of the palace, should he get off the horse?
Xie Gui ignored it, and condescendingly swept over Sanbao, Shen Xuan and the others, his gaze stayed on Meng for only a few seconds, but it was as if a knife had scraped on his body.
Meng Shishilang couldn't help frowning and biting his lip.
This one, I'm afraid he has bad intentions.
"Ma Tingshi often goes out of the city these days?"
"Our family is also on the orders of the king." Sanbao bowed slightly, hiding the smile on his face, "The prince values family affection, and he still thinks of the deceased former Dingyuan Marquis during his illness, and sent our family to Kaipingwei." Our family has no other skills, so we can solve the worries of the prince, and we have also fulfilled our duty as a slave. ”
"Oh?" Xie Gui's eyes narrowed, and he didn't even see his pupils, as if he had only cut two thin slits under his eyebrows, but his gaze became more and more fierce, "Former Dingyuan Marquis?" But the accomplice of the rebel Lan Yu's rebellion? ”
This is a rather unkind question.
Whether the former Dingyuan Marquis was really involved in Lan Yu's rebellion, and even whether Lan Yu was really in rebellion, everyone knew in their hearts.
But the case was ordered to be tried by Emperor Hongwu, and the crime was also set by Emperor Hongwu, and it was Emperor Hongwu's personal will to send Shen Liang to serve as an army, knowing that Xie Gui was scolding people in front of him and poking people's hearts, Shen Xuan still couldn't argue.
Said that the former Dingyuan Marquis did not rebel? Was it a miscarriage of justice?
Xie Gui was able to take Shen Xuan down and kill him immediately.
If he doesn't say anything, let Shen Liang be so scorned by Xie Gui, not to mention his reputation, I'm afraid it will also involve King Yan. After all, it was King Yan who was thinking of his righteous brother, and this righteous brother was designated by his father as an accomplice of the anti-thief.
This is a bureau, Xie Gui has been a villain, but the villain is extremely cunning.
Shen Xuan lowered his eyes, his face became more and more cold, his fists were clenched, and the back of his hand was bruised.
Sanbao's face sank, but he couldn't say anything either.
Meng grinded his back molars fiercely, and Ding Xiaoqi pulled his sleeve behind him.
The meaning is very clear, you can't be impulsive, and you can't make a sound.
Fighting with Yu Yao, Song Zhong still almost beat him to death. In front of the commander of the second grade, a small hundred households are just ants that can be easily crushed to death.
Former Mukushiro is well aware of this truth, and Meng learned it from the lesson of blood.
Meng moved his wrist lightly and motioned for Ding Xiaoqi to let him go. He won't be impulsive, at least not yet.
King Yan specially sent someone to find Shen Xuan from Kaipingwei, and he would never sit idly by and watch Shen Xuan being insulted like this. This is not only Shen Xuan's business, but also about King Yan himself. Just now, out of the corner of Meng's eyes, a palace guard turned around and entered the mansion, believing that it would not be long before the people who broke the siege arrived.
Xie Gui was still on his horse, staring at everyone, and he was also waiting, waiting to see the reaction in the palace.
Is King Yan really seriously ill?
Or feign illness?
Emperor Jianwen of Nanjing waited for news, and the inner Ying in the palace always said nothing, and only sent out a prescription. What does a prescription represent? If I haven't seen King Yan himself with my own eyes, no one is really sure. Xie Gui and Zhang Hao were in a hurry, but they couldn't enter. Knowing that Sanbao took Shen Xuan and others back from Kaipingwei, Xie Gui realized that this was an opportunity and hurried to find fault.
What if you anger King Yan?
There was the southern army he brought with him in the city, and Song Zhong's 30,000 troops were stationed outside the city. Yongqing left guard, right guard respectively stationed in Zhangde, Shunde, Yanshan Weizhong Jing Zhuang was - pumped - transferred to Tai half, Yan Wang's side of the guard force is limited, most of the army that can be controlled is in the border stop, Xie Gui has no fear, Yan Wang is really reversed at the moment, but there is a lot of trouble.
Everyone in front of the door was making their own calculations, Sanbao opened his mouth several times, wanting to take Shen Xuan and others into the mansion under the pretext of King Yan's order, Xie Guiquan couldn't hear it, and blindly entangled, until a young man in a red suit strode from the mansion, and the horsewhip in his hand waved hard, and the sound of breaking the sky startled the military horse under Xie Gui's crotch, and the stalemate was broken.
"Commander Xie is so majestic!"
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, was dressed in red like fire, his words were angry, and he waved out a whip when he spoke, and in the neighing of the horse, Xie Gui almost fell off the horse, and was supported by the guards on the side, so he didn't make a fool of himself in public.
"Why is this?"
"Why?"
Zhu Gaoxu's face was even more angry, and the whip pointed at your master, "Can you recognize where this is?!" Before the palace, he rode the horse, but he regarded Taizu's decree as nothing? Lone is the king of the county, Lone's father is the prince, and Emperor Taizu is the son! Even the emperor of Nanjing had to call his uncle uncle when he saw Gu's father, what are you, dare to be presumptuous in front of the palace?!
After a scolding, he was still angry, and directly ordered the palace guards, "Beat Lonely, kill it!" The consequences are alone! ”
The left and right guards agreed in unison, picked up the waist knife they carried with him, waved the scabbard and slapped it over.
Sanbao took two steps back and didn't say anything, obviously not surprised by the arrival of the King of Gaoyang. The palace guards are also accustomed to the violent temper of the king of Gaoyang County, a commander of the second grade, who does not dismount in front of the palace, and is so presumptuous, purely looking for death.
Officials stop in front of the palace gate and the palace gate and dismount, which is the rule set by Emperor Hongwu.
Xie Gui himself is unruly, no matter what the purpose is, he can only be considered unlucky.
If it is Zhu Gaochi who comes out, there may be room for maneuver and resolve the matter peacefully. It's Zhu Gaoxu who came out, then I'm sorry, I didn't discuss it!
This person has to pull three points if he doesn't pay attention, not to mention that he is reasonable at this time?
The guards brought by Xie Gui and the palace guards brought out by Zhu Gaoxu were in a scuffle in a blink of an eye.
Although Zhu Gaoxu said that it didn't matter if he was killed, Xie Gui also hated itchy, but the people under his hands had any scruples. really made a fuss in front of the palace, there is a case, it is not himself who is guilty?
The two sides seem to have a tacit understanding, the knife is not out of the body, only use fists and scabbards to beat each other, but it is also a fist to the flesh, the knife is smashed hard, and after a while, each nose and face are swollen.
If you are ordered to fight, you must hang the color, and you must hang it in the open, otherwise everyone else will have blue eyes, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and your face will be swollen like a pig's head, and you will be clean and clean, and there will be no injuries at all, and you will definitely be regarded as a cheater and a fool, and you will be despised by your comrades.
At this time, it doesn't matter if you get injured, the more serious the injury, the better, and there is no problem if you don't get injured.
As a result, dozens of strong men brandished their fists and weapons, and launched a group-beating like a black-society-group-beating-general.
In the dust, anyone who falls to the ground will immediately be kicked by a group.
Meng smacked his tongue, as if many of the brocade guards in the Chengzu period were from the palace guards? It's really extraordinary.
In the chaos, I don't know which one was bold, kicked Commander Xie not far from the battle circle from behind, and the red-eyed men didn't see which one was flying from mid-air at all, and thought it was a sneak attack by the other party, and the big fist of the bowl swung out three or four at a time, among which there was Xie commanding his own camp, banging a few times, and Commander Xie in free fall suddenly became tragic.
Meng turned his head and looked at Shen Qianhu incredibly, as if nothing had happened, and then looked at the long leg he had just withdrawn, his scalp was a little numb.
Such a person, is it really something he can work hard for?
The king of Gaoyang County smiled, walked over and put one hand on Shen Xuan's shoulder, "Xiao Wang admires!" ”
"What do you mean by the king of the county?" Shen Qianhu's face did not change, "I don't understand the humble position." ”
King Gaoyang didn't say it explicitly, he smiled and cocked his thumb, "No wonder my father values Brother Shen, Xiao Wang is convinced today." ”
The winner has not yet been decided in the field, but it is obvious that the palace guards are superior.
At this time, another group of people walked out of the palace, and the first one was the prince of Yan Wang, who was supported by two eunuchs, and the prince was followed by Shi Gecheng, the head of the palace, who looked anxious.
A group of people also came from outside the house, and the leaders were Zhang Yu, the political envoy of Beiping, and the interview envoy Bang Zhao.
Looking at the prince of Yan, who was walking slowly and could almost fit two Shen Qianhu, Meng blinked, this is Zhu Gaochi? Zhu Gaoxu's half-brother, the future Mingrenzong?
Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Hao arrived, and this fight would definitely not go on.
Zhu Gaoxu snorted, preemptively explained the truth of the matter, regardless of anything else, grabbed Xie Gui and rode a horse in front of the palace, and did not respect the legal system of Taizu, so that he could look good.
"Commander Xie, is this really the case?" Zhu Gaochi also sank his face, it is a matter of principle, no matter how benevolent he is, he will be angry, not to mention that the relationship between them is not so harmonious, what Xie Gui and Zhang Hao are doing in Beiping, the Yanwang Mansion knows it.
"The ...... of the Prince"
Stopping Xie Gui, who still wanted to argue, Zhang Yu took a step forward, and admitted his mistake first, and then showed that after making such a big mistake, he must apologize to King Yan in person.
The palace chief Shi Gecheng lost no time in persuading him, Zhu Gaochi softened his face, and occasionally swept Ge Cheng's gaze with a vague killing intent.
No matter how Renhou is, he is also the grandson of Emperor Hongwu and the son of King Yan, who can also kill.
The king of Gaoyang County was impatient to listen to Shizi and Zhang Yu and others playing Tai Chi, without saying a word, turning around and leaving, with an arrogant attitude, and did not take Zhang Hao and Xie Gui in his eyes at all.
"Father is still waiting to see someone, what are you rubbing here?"
It doesn't count if you go by yourself, and you also called Sanbao and Shen Xuan and Meng away together. Zhou Zongqi brought by Shen Xuan and Ding Xiaoqi and others who followed Meng were not qualified to enter the inner hall, so they could only be arranged in the wings on both sides of the palace gate.
Strictly speaking, Meng is not high enough to meet King Yan, but King Yan specified that he wanted to see him, and he was accompanied by the King of Gaoyang County, and there was no reason for the palace guards to stop him.
The king of Gaoyang County took people away, and Zhu Gaochi didn't seem to care that this move was rude to himself, but instead expressed some apologies to Zhang Hao, and blocked all the words that Zhang Hao hadn't yet spoken.