"The concubine thanked His Royal Highness the King of Jin on behalf of the prince." Guanyin Nu lowered his slightly heroic eyebrows and saluted Zhu.

Zhu secretly stared at Guanyinnu until Guanyinnu raised his head and didn't know it.

Guanyinnu's face was flushed, and he said, "Your Highness, be careful on the road." ”

With that, she hurriedly turned and left the hall.

Zhu lost his soul in place, and only in this moment, he forgot the scars all over his body.

He didn't know what attracted him to Guanyinnu. The first time he saw Guanyin Nu at a banquet, he imagined the scene of him and Guanyin Nu galloping on the grassland.

Aside from the eldest brother, Guanyin Nu is the only one who can make him say all the words hidden in his heart.

She seemed to be able to bring him freedom and steadfastness.

At the end of spring, the willow warblers and swallows on the streets of Xi'an are green, fat and red.

The pomegranate trees everywhere spread their bronze wings, guarding Xi'an like a guard, guarding the well-being, prosperity and prosperity here.

The pomegranate flower has just ushered in its flowering season, and the bright red buds are quietly blooming shyly. Overnight, the city of Xi'an was dressed in red and competed with the sun.

Zhu did not leave Xi'an, but found an inn to stay.

He had to think about whether he was going to make a change to his plan.

He originally wanted to recommend tobacco leaves to the King of Qin in the name of curing diseases, but now in the face of a general who was about to go on an expedition, what should he do?

There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid that if there is a heart, everything will not be too late, and he remembered another person, Ning Zheng.

Late at night, Ning Zheng, the general of Pingqiang, did not expect that Zhu Zheng, the king of Jin, would come to him.

He and Zhu had almost no intersection, and only met a few times in the palace.

Zhu did not rush to the doctor for a sudden illness, he had two solid reasons for looking for Ning Zheng.

First, Ning Zheng was at odds with the King of Qin.

Ning Zheng was in charge of Shaanxi's army and managed it in a very strict way, while the king of Qin always interfered with Ning Zheng's management methods as the supreme ruler of Shaanxi, and the two often disagreed.

Second, the prince saved Ning Zheng.

Ning Zheng misjudged the terrain during a unified army, resulting in too many casualties among soldiers and horses, and heavy losses were huge. Zhu Yuanzhang gave Ning Zheng death, the prince pleaded again and again, and Ning Zheng finally escaped with his life.

"General Ning, you are going to go on the expedition tomorrow, and this king has something important to discuss with you." Zhu went straight to the point, as if Ning Zheng had become a close friend.

"King Jin, please speak." Ning Zheng is neither humble nor arrogant.

He was an upright man who had never done anything against his conscience, and he had never had to be inferior to anyone.

"The crown prince General Yu Ning has a kind ......," Zhu said as he watched Ning Zheng's reaction.

"The prince's great kindness to the last general will never be forgotten." Ning Zheng said angrily.

"Good! This king came to the general tonight to discuss with you about avenging the eldest brother. Zhu turned around with his hands behind his back, leaving Ning Zheng with a sad back.

"Revenge?" Ning Zheng was confused.

"Yes, the eldest brother did not die of illness, but was secretly poisoned by the gangsters." Zhu's back twitched.

"Poisoned?" Ning Zheng raised his thick eyebrows and clenched his fists, just like Zhu Yi couldn't believe his ears when he first heard that the prince had been poisoned.

"I know you must be unbelievable, but it's true, and this king has already found out who poisoned it?" Zhu turned around slowly.

"Who is it?" Ning Zheng stared at Zhu Zheng motionlessly with eyes as big as copper bells.

"Will you lay down your life to avenge the crown prince?" Zhu did not give Ning Zheng a chance to breathe.

"Yes!" Ning Zheng blurted out without hesitation, and his tone was resolute.

"King Qin!" The words that Zhu spit out hit Ning Zheng like a bullet.

Ning Zheng took two steps back, his rough and bold eyes becoming more and more puzzled.

"Do you understand? It was King Qin who poisoned the crown prince! Zhu repeated again, "You must kill King Qin!" ”

Zhu directly gave Ning Zheng an "order."

Ning Zheng did not speak.

"What's wrong? Are you scared? Zhu saw that Ning Zheng's resolute attitude was completely different from that just now, and he was secretly worried in his heart.

"King Qin killed the crown prince? Does King Jin have a certificate? Ning Zheng puffed up his chest, no one could let him do things that violated his conscience, even the emperor.

"You don't believe in this king?" Zhu took out the wolf sand from his arms, "This is the poison that King Qin gave to the prince during the cockfighting competition, called wolf sand." It comes from the Western Regions. ”

Ning Zheng's eyes stared at the snow-white medicine bottle without blinking.

"Whether King Qin has dealings with the people of the Western Regions, you should know it."

Ning Zheng began to waver.

Zhu took advantage of the victory to pursue: "The king of Qin has always coveted the position of the crown prince, and he has repeatedly hinted to the emperor that the prince is obese and can not be literate, which damages the prestige ......of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu squeezed out a few tears: "The eldest brother is gone, and the throne is naturally the king of Qin...... He's been plotting for a long time! ”

"King ...... Jin" Ning Zheng was a little overwhelmed when he saw Zhu so moved.

"Like you, my eldest brother is also my benefactor. Without my eldest brother, there would be no me, and my eldest brother made me a new person...... I, I can't let my eldest brother give this life in vain......"

Zhu intensified, couldn't cry, and at the same time leaned down, as if he was overwhelmed by the pain in his heart.

"King Jin, the last general...... If, if it is really the hand of King Qin, the last general will definitely avenge the crown prince! Ning Zheng stretched out his hand to support Zhu.

Zhu raised his teary face and looked at Ning Zheng sadly: "If this king wrongs the king of Qin, General Ning will kill this king!" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

"This time, you and King Qin are on an expedition, and there are many opportunities to start on the way." Zhu raised his fists, "Please, General Ning must avenge the crown prince!" ”

"Yes, King Jin!"

After Zhu left, Ning Zheng's wife Wang walked into the hall from the back room.

"Xianggong is going to go on an expedition tomorrow, so let's rest first."

Ning Zheng sat in the room in a daze and did not answer.

Although he was a rough general, although he was temporarily shaken by King Jin's plea, he knew about the crown prince and the king of Qin after all, and he should not be gullible enough to say a few words, especially those from members of the royal family.

"Madam, rest first, I'll come when I go." Ning Zheng decided to rush to his friend Huangguan's house overnight to ask for advice.

Huangguan was the champion of Xinweike in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, and later revised the classics in the Hanlin Academy, and the official served in the Ministry of Rites.

Because of his outspoken advice, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and Huangguan was demoted to the palace of the king of Qin and became the teacher of the sons of the king of Qin.

Ning Zheng rarely admired Wenchen, but he had special respect for the emperor.

That's because once Ning Zheng and King Qin had a fierce dispute over the establishment of soldiers, and the emperor was clever and reasonable, and he relieved the siege for the two of them without losing dignity.

Since then, Ning Zheng has looked at the emperor differently, and always likes to ask the pope about something, and the emperor also regards the straightforward Ning Zheng as a close friend.

Ning Zheng succinctly explained the purpose of the late-night visit. After hearing this, the emperor's face was solemn.

He pondered for a long time and said, "I advise you not to act rashly. ”

"The teacher doesn't believe King Jin's words?"

"I can't tell if he's telling the truth or a lie, after all, we're outsiders, we don't know anything, we only hear his one-sided words."

Ning Zheng lowered his head. There was a hint of worry in his heart that he would become an ungrateful villain.

"I know you want to avenge the crown prince, but you can't be impulsive. Think about it, this is a war between two princes and the crown prince, can you participate in it? ”

"I ......"

"How do you know that King Jin doesn't want to sit on this throne? Maybe he's using you to get rid of King Qin, or maybe he's also being used by others. The history of the struggle for the throne is written in blood, and few people of the royal family are clean. ”

Ning Zheng sighed heavily.

"General Ning, as courtiers, we can do our duty and do our duty well, and we don't have to worry about anything else." Huangguan said earnestly.

"I see. Thanks to you as a mentor, I wouldn't have known how much trouble I would have gotten into. Ning Zheng made up his mind.

Ten days later, Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, returned triumphantly from the battlefield.

This expedition was particularly smooth, and the Ming army captured more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than a dozen wagons of baggage without spending a single soldier.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and rewarded Zhu Fan and Ning Zheng heavily.

Zhu Yi, who had been living in the inn for many years, was furious, not only did he not wait for the good news that Ning Zheng killed Zhu Rong, but ushered in their good news.

What else could he do?

King Qin's body must have become more energetic because of this victory, can his tobacco still be used?

Ning Zheng, who had the best chance to kill King Qin, also failed to do it, could he find any other opportunities?

Zhu walked around the cramped room of the inn dozens of times, and the little two who delivered the food were scolded by him so much that he was bloody.

"Wolf sand!" Zhu Dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and thought of a hundred ways - to poison King Qin directly.

In fact, it's not that he hasn't thought of this method, it's just that in King Qin's mansion, there are people from King Qin everywhere, how can he have the opportunity to be poisoned?

He held the wolf sand in his arms, determined not to look ahead or backward, even if he risked being caught red-handed, even if he died and the net was broken.

There was another knock at the door.

"Get out! If you bother Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will kill you! Zhu's helplessness turned into a raging storm and turned the whole world as an enemy.

"Faith!" The voice outside the door was sonorous, and a letter slipped in through the crack in the door.

Zhu hurriedly walked to the door, squatted down to pick up the letter, and opened the door.

The cold light of a strong, stocky, bald back and five shiny claws disappeared around the corner.

Zhu closed the door and opened the letter.

A secret letter sent from the imperial palace to the Shaanxi capital appeared in front of him.

The secret letter was issued two days ago, and the content was that the emperor's edict forbade the officials and troops of the capital to communicate with the palace guards without authorization.

The flesh on Zhu's face twitched a few times involuntarily.

It was as if a door had opened in front of him, and the light was shining in his face.

Even though he hadn't seen exactly what was waiting for him, he knew it must be a surprise.

The people who came were the guards of the Kulu tribe, and now they have become Zhu Di's guards, named Ah Yan and Arabic language.

Ah Lun went to Xi'an on the order of Hongshi, intercepted the messenger sent by the imperial court outside Xi'an, and delivered the letter to Zhu Yi.