"You were the one who killed Hu Weiyong's son just now, right?" The woman wrapped the silver whip into a small roll and tucked it around her waist.

"Hmm." The man nodded.

"Liang, Uncle Wu ordered you to come?"

"Uncle Wu ordered me to protect you secretly."

"Humph! He just couldn't trust me. ”

This woman was Nong Tieshu, who was ordered by Uncle Wu to disturb Hu Weiyong's son's carriage. No, Hu Weiyong's guards were so skilled that they couldn't get rid of them along the way, and they almost died under their hands.

The man obeyed Uncle Wu's order, his name was Liang, and he was also ordered by Uncle Wu to kill the frightened Hu Gongzi.

As his name suggests, his face, his limbs, his expression, and his voice all make people feel like they have fallen into an ice cellar, and the chill is deep to the bone.

"You can go, those two people were beaten away by you, I'm okay now."

Nong Tieshu looked down at his left shoulder and didn't look at Liang anymore.

Liang didn't move, as if he hadn't heard Nong Tieshu's words.

"Hey! What are you doing? Why are you staying here? I'll let you go! Nong Tieshu was a little anxious, she wanted to check the wound on her left shoulder.

Liang didn't know Nong Tieshu's intentions, thinking that Nong Tieshu hated him, his brows frowned slightly, and he didn't understand that Nong Tieshu was still joking with him just now, why he hated him again in a blink of an eye.

Maybe this is another joke made by Nong Tieshu?

Liang secretly speculated that for him, a woman's mind was more difficult to figure out than any martial arts cheats in the world, but fortunately he only needed to ponder one woman.

In the end, he decided to avoid Nong Tieshu first, joking or not, and it would soon be clear.

The cool figure flickered and disappeared from Nong Tieshu's sight.

He didn't go far, quietly hiding behind a tree as he had just done.

At this time, he must not leave Nong Tieshu, and Hu Weiyong's guards may return to the woods at any time.

Nong Tieshu let out a long sigh of relief, lowered his head and gently unwrapped the clothes on his left shoulder with his right hand.

Seeing this scene, Ryo, who was hiding behind a tree, blushed shyly with his face that was as pale as ever.

He quickly turned his head, leaned his back against the trunk of the tree, and exhaled softly to calm his mood.

However, the boiling blood and beating heart of his whole body were not so easy to deal with, and Liang vomited repeatedly, imagining the quietest night sky, the calmest lake, and the most lonely mountains and forests, until he returned to the past—the ruthless self that locked his heart.

At the second moment, the rooster in the courtyard of Kunning Palace accurately reported the time with one loud cry after another, and it was raised in the courtyard of Kunning Palace by the son of tomorrow, conscientiously supervising the emperor's diligence.

Zhu Yuanzhang cleared his throat and spit a large mouthwash into the mouthwash basin, which was mixed with a little blood.

Since being bitten by a poisonous snake in Xuanyuan Temple, Zhu Yuanzhang has felt weak, and his body is not as good as day by day.

More than a dozen imperial doctors treated him every once in a while, and they all said that the snake venom had been removed, but it would take time for the internal organs to recover and be strong.

For the sake of figurative and easy to understand, the imperial physicians likened this to a battle.

In the difficult battle against Venom, the internal organs contribute a huge amount of energy. They are exhausted due to overconsumption, which affects their functioning. After a period of recuperation, they can regain their original vitality.

Zhu Yuanzhang was skeptical, he felt that something was wrong from coughing up blood every morning, but his understanding of war was much deeper than that of ordinary people.

He waited patiently for his soldiers to regain their heroic posture and leap on their horses.

Queen Ma personally served Zhu Yuanzhang to wash up. Seeing the bloodshot in the basin, she swallowed hard.

She didn't say a word, she couldn't let Zhu Yuanzhang see her worries.

On the contrary, she smiled and told Zhu Yuanzhang to lose his temper less and listen to the opinions of the old ministers in the usual way.

This is the basic principle of her virtuous internal help as a son of heaven.

"Your Majesty, when you went to court, if you were unhappy in your heart, come back and talk to your concubines. Hehe, when we were young, we always tried to deal with those who were jealous of you, and now you can't leave your concubines behind! ”

"Hmph, you always stand on their side, talk to you for a long time, and in the end you don't let me kill them, and you can't even scold them."

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be angry, but in fact, he was glad that he had such a good queen. Because of Queen Ma, he killed many people, many of whom he would regret after killing.

"The emperor sometimes eats one bowl of rice, and sometimes eats two bowls of rice. Every time he ate two bowls of rice, the emperor always regretted eating too much. ”

"Yes, yes, there is a queen staring at me, I have eaten a lot less, but I have also regretted a lot."

"Hehe, don't blame the emperor for making the emperor lose weight."

"It's hard to buy a thousand gold, and it's hard to be old and thin, and it's lucky to have a big horse." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled mischievously at Queen Ma, this smile dates back to when they first met.

Queen Ma gently stroked Zhu Yuanzhang's back, and the two felt happiness from their eyes of love for each other.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left Kunning Palace, Queen Ma felt a wave of dizziness and tinnitus hit her, and they pushed her down on the bed like two demons.

"Queen Mother!" The palace maid exclaimed.

"Shhhh Queen Ma closed her eyes tightly and slapped her head, trying to drive the demon away.

"Yes, sissy." With tears in her eyes, the palace maid hesitated and said, "Niangniang, do you want to pass on the imperial doctor?" ”

"No, Hongu is fine, just take a rest." In order not to distract Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma was reluctant to summon even the imperial doctor.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang passed the ghost gate safely, Queen Ma stayed awake, accompanied by his side, personally cooled him down, and fed him medicine.

Together with him, she fought tenaciously against snake venom.

Zhu Yuanzhang recovered, and Queen Ma fell ill.

Queen Ma was pleased, she always firmly believed that Zhu Yuanzhang not only needed the imperial doctor at that time, but also needed her, and any difficulties would be retreated because of the power of family affection.

On the way to Fengtian Temple, Qingfeng did not send away some fatigue on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, but added a trace of solemnity.

Despite the imperial doctor's relief, Zhu Yuanzhang still had his own thoughts in his heart, and he had to plan for whether he would get better.

Hu Weiyong's reckless behavior and covering the sky with one hand is not only due to Hu Weiyong's personality, but also a trap set for him by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang plans to start closing the net, while he is still tough.

Outside the Fengtian Palace, the ministers of civil and military affairs waited on both sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang strode towards the throne of Jinluan, and the ministers entered the palace in turn.

After performing the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, the general Xu Da clenched his fists with both hands, calmly, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to report." ”

Hu Weiyong glanced at Xu Da on his right back with his spare eyes.

For some reason, he always felt that Xu Dayu's report was related to him, and he began to feel uneasy in his heart.

Xu Da generally doesn't speak in the court, except for the emperor's inquiry, and now that he takes the initiative to ask for a report, what will he say?

Could it have something to do with the fact that he killed the coachman two days ago?

Killing the coachman was just a trivial matter for Hu Weiyong, and before the blood on the sword was dry, he had already forgotten the sin he had committed, and he had never even felt that it was a sin.

All he had in his mind was the innocent and tragic death of his son,

Hu Weiyong was very sure that the ministers would pretend to be deaf and dumb on this matter, and no one dared to refer to him in front of the emperor.

Although Xu Da didn't look at his face, he never went against him, how could he be so weird today?

An unknown fear roamed around him, and he heard a shudder rattling in his bones.

"Prime Minister Hu Weiyong......"

Hearing the words "Hu Weiyong", the trembling in Hu Weiyong's bones turned into cold sweat, spreading on his forehead and back.

"When his son fell from the carriage and died, he became angry with the coachman and stabbed him to death on the spot. This kind of careless disregard for human life violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and please ask the emperor to decide! ”

Xu Da's atmosphere was awe-inspiring, and he did not show irrational anger and unreasonable hatred.

Zhu Yuanzhang moved his gaze to Hu Weiyong's face and stared at him without blinking.

Hu Weiyong felt that his face was slowly being peeled off by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the blood was falling down dripping, and every drop pierced his heart like a spike.

In the past year, he never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would look at him with such eyes.

At first, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Hu Weiyong's violation of law and discipline.

He told Hu Weiyong that his promotion of him to Prime Minister Zuo would be jealous of some people, so that he didn't have to mind, and one day others would see that he lived up to his name.

Hu Weiyong knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually using the struggle between the Zhedong group headed by Liu Ji and the Huaixi group headed by him to balance their power, which was an imperial technique.

Later, Hu Weiyong became more and more bold, often carrying Zhu Yuanzhang to privately criticize the chapter and deal with important matters on his own.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned a blind eye to his behavior and never reprimanded him.

At first, he would speculate about Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and he was also worried about whether Zhu Yuanzhang would settle the ledger with him.

A few months later, half a year later, Zhu Yuanzhang still ignored it.

Hu Weiyong felt a kind of self-confidence that he had never felt before, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a greedy and comfortable person, once he lived a rich life, how could he not indulge in pleasure?

Hu Weiyong definitely didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would be staring at him so brightly as he was at this moment for more than a year, but in the dark, when he didn't notice it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not only observing him, but also observing his relationship with other ministers.

Most ministers flattered Hu Weiyong on the surface, but they didn't dare to get too close behind the scenes, and a few ministers had close contacts with Hu Weiyong.

Since Liu Ji was forced to return to Beijing again after returning to his hometown, he changed his original style, no longer fighting with Hu Weiyong, and no longer admonishing him.

From head to toe, he looks like just an old man who cares about retirement and doesn't care about the world.

Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, has always had no good impression of Hu Weiyong, he despised Hu Weiyong for having no military exploits and only relying on sycophants, but he never publicly said bad things about Hu Weiyong.

Today, Xu Da played Hu Weiyong's evil deeds for the first time, and Zhu Yuanzhang planned to take this opportunity to start his overall plan.