Zhang Shixing entered the territory of Guangxi, only to see the post road, the shop soldiers came and went, extremely busy, he ambushed in a secluded place, captured a shop soldiers, opened the official document to see, only to know that Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, had led the troops to Longzhou, Guangxi last month, has been sending troops, collecting grain and grass, and did not go south, he felt a little strange, Zhu Neng has always been a soldier in the war, unexpected, how to be cautious this time, not like his style, I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in the gourd.

Zhang Shixing hurried to the city of Longzhou, found an inn to live in, changed into a night suit with black clothes and black pants, covered his face with a black scarf, and sneaked into the Longzhou Mansion at night, climbed over the wall and crossed the ridge, came to the backyard, and fell on the corner of the eaves, saw the lights on in the main hall, but there was no human figure, and felt that the whole courtyard was lifeless, and there was no tense atmosphere before the war.

As he was looking, he saw several generals walking into the courtyard, the first of whom was a dark complexion, tall and shaped like an iron tower. When Zhang Shixing saw this person, he couldn't help but tremble, as if he had seen a ghost, because this person looked almost exactly the same as the Zhang Yu who was killed by him.

Zhang Shixing was about to take a closer look, and the group of people walked into the main hall, and judging from the shadows reflected outside the window, they walked into the room on the right.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly walked around the courtyard wall, came to the eaves of the main hall, hung a golden hook upside down, gently pierced the window paper, and squinted to look inside.

I saw the general who looked like Zhang Yu sitting on the edge of the bed, and the rest of the people gathered around.

The face of the person on the bed was like charcoal, and Zhang Shixing recognized this person as Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo. I saw Zhu Neng holding the man's hand and saying: "Zhang Hou, it seems that my illness will not be cured for a while, I have written to the imperial court and ordered you to lead the whole army on your behalf, and immediately go south to defeat Li Rebellion." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard Zhu Neng say this, he remembered that this general who looked like Zhang Yu turned out to be Zhang Yu's son, Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, who was the right deputy general of Zhengyi.

Zhang Fu excused himself and said: "Cheng Guogong, you take care of your illness, don't think nonsense." Besides, I am still qualified, if Cheng Guogong is really unable to serve due to illness, it should be the left deputy general Mu Hou to lead the whole army, how can it be my turn, isn't this messing up the country's system, how can I serve the public? ”

Zhu Neng coughed a few times and said, "It's urgent." Although Mu Hou has a noble status, he has never experienced a big war, how can he command these hundreds of thousands of troops? You and your father have followed the emperor since the beginning of the war, and have gone through dozens of wars, which can be described as knowing soldiers. These hundreds of thousands of troops are in your hands, and I have no regrets when I die. ”

Zhang Fu saw that Zhu Neng was excited, afraid of causing him to have a seizure, so he hurriedly comforted: "Cheng Guogong, you are just not accustomed to water and soil, causing diarrhea, how can you talk about life and death?" You take care of your illness and don't think too much. I'm leaving. The rest of the generals also stepped forward to comfort Zhu Neng, and Zhang Fu led the generals out of the house.

There was only a small servant left in the house waiting for Zhu Neng, and Zhu Neng suddenly shouted, "Help me up." The little guy hurriedly helped him up, Zhu Neng staggered to the corner of the house, sat on the toilet and pulled it up, but this was the tenth time he had diarrhea today, it was really impossible to pull, it was all some yellow water, Zhu Neng's expression was painful, and he sat on the toilet for a long time before asking the little guy to help him up, wipe it clean, and then lay back on the bed step by step, moaning in pain.

The little guy went out with the toilet and found a place to wash it. Only Zhu Neng was left in the house.

Seeing this opportunity, Zhang Shixing fell from the eaves and stepped into the house gently. Zhu Neng was lying on the bed, heard footsteps, thought that the little guy was coming back, and shouted in a weak voice: "Little four, my mouth is dry, pour me a cup of tea." ”

Zhang Shixing slowly approached the bedside, and saw that Zhu Neng, a famous general who had been in the past in the past, had a face like charcoal, describing his emaciation, and his heart was relieved of hatred and emotion.

Zhu Neng suddenly found a masked man dressed in black standing in front of the bed, and couldn't help but be startled, and asked hoarsely, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Shixing immediately stepped forward, covered his mouth with his left hand, and slapped the candle on the table with the palm of his right hand.

Zhang Shixing's right hand was withdrawn, and he was about to slap it down on the top of Zhu Neng's head, this palm would definitely make his skull shatter and his brain burst.

But in the darkness, Zhang Shixing heard Zhu Neng's heavy breathing, felt the cold sweat on his forehead flowing onto the back of his hand, and seemed to see Zhu Neng's eyes full of fear.

He really couldn't bear it, if this was on the battlefield, he would not hesitate to cut it down with a knife, just like killing Zhang Yu. But at this moment, let him kill a patient who has no ability to resist, he really can't do it. Zhang Shixing let out a long sigh, sent his hand away, and said to Zhu Neng: "You are a usurper, and there will be a curse." ”

With that, he dodged out of the house, up and down a few times, and disappeared into the night.

When the little servant returned to the house, he saw that the candle was extinguished, thinking that it was blown out by the wind, so he lit it again, closed the window again, and looked back at Zhu Neng, only to see that his face was pale and covered in sweat, and he was about to find a towel to wipe him.

Zhu Neng said in a low voice: "There are assassins, you go and invite the Marquis of Xincheng to come, you have to go quietly, don't alarm others." ”

The little guy was stunned when he heard this, and he almost couldn't move, Zhu Neng scolded: "What are you afraid of, go quickly." ”

The little servant hurriedly ran out of the house, and after a while, Zhang Fu and his people hurried over, and searched up and down, left and right, but only found a few footprints, but did not find the assassin.

Zhu Neng retreated left and right, leaving only Zhang Fu, and said strongly: "Zhang Hou, I can't do it anymore." You don't have to comfort me, I'm self-aware. These hundreds of thousands of troops will be handed over to you, and I will leave you to the imperial court at the meeting, and recommend you as the chief officer of the conquest army. After my death, you will mourn me in Longzhou with great fanfare, so that everyone can know about it, so that Li Yi will not be guarded. Then you secretly lead the army straight into the enemy's territory and kill him by surprise. ”

Zhang Fu tearfully agreed.

Zhu Neng finally put his mind at ease, smiled, and passed away suddenly.

Zhang Shixing left Longzhou, went all the way south, crossed the mountains and mountains, bypassed Zhennan Pass, and finally returned to the territory of Annan. Along the way, he was quite annoyed, this Zhu Neng was obviously his mortal enemy, and he had fought several times on the battlefield, why did he want to do this woman's kindness. Now I want to involve the master and the brothers to die together, it seems that what the master Zhang Songxi said about walking on the straight path is not so easy to do. How to choose is really a university question. Right now, he just wants to rush back to Xingsheng Temple as soon as possible, and join his master and brothers, whether they are dead or alive, they are all together.

Zhang Shixing walked slowly on the road for more than ten days, and finally returned to Xingsheng Temple on this day, the guards of the forbidden army at the gate were still there, they recognized Zhang Shixing, and when they saw him coming back, they did not stop him, but gave a thumbs up.

Zhang Shixing felt strange, hurriedly came to the backyard, and as soon as he entered the house, Huang Zhan and Wang Shu stepped forward to pick him up, turned around a few times in place, excited, and said, "Senior brother (brother), I can bring you back." We are finally free. ”

Zhang Shixing asked with a blank face: "Senior brother, junior brother, what happened here?" ”

Wang Shu asked strangely, "Senior brother, didn't you assassinate Zhu Neng?" ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head and said: "When I arrived in Longzhou, that Zhu Neng was very sick, and I really couldn't bear to do it, so I hurried back and thought of a way." That old thief didn't embarrass you, did he? ”

Huang Zhan said: "This is strange, a few days ago, it was rumored that Zhu Neng, the general of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness in Shenglong City, and the old thief thought that you assassinated him, and the Ming Dynasty said that he died of illness in order to cover it up." Therefore he gave us many treasures as a coil to come and go freely. We didn't leave, we waited for you to come back. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "It seems that Zhu Neng is really sick and died." God has eyes, these usurpers will be punished by God. ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded beside him and said, "What Kong Zhi said is reasonable. Anyway, we finally regained our freedom, and everyone hurriedly packed our bags, and it seemed that we were going to continue our journey south to the country of Srivijaya for a while. ”

Everyone listened to him, hurriedly packed their luggage, said goodbye to the abbot of Qingde, and then said goodbye to Chen An's mother and son, Chen An held everyone's hands and begged them not to leave with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Yunwen touched his head and said: "Pure heart, there is no feast in the world, we will definitely meet again." ”

Li Shengpuppet pulled Chen An away, and also waved goodbye to everyone with tears.

Zhu Yunwen and others went out of Xingsheng Temple, walked more than ten miles, came to the wharf, and prepared to hire a boat to go down the river, to the mouth of the Tao River, and then change to a sea boat, you can go straight to the South Seas, to the country of the Three Buddhas.

Zhang Shixing came here, but he touched the scene, thinking that he brought Chen Tianping and Ruan Kang's master and servant here to prepare to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty by going up the river. Who would have thought that Nguyen Kang would dive into the water for the savior, life and death are unknown. Chen Tianping was arrested again and chopped to death. But this Taojiang River is still red in color, flowing endlessly, the mountains and rivers are still the same, and things are not people.

Suddenly, at the end of the long street, he remembered the familiar sound of horses' hooves, and in a trance, Zhang Shixing thought that his thoughts were still trapped in memories and couldn't extricate himself, until the exclamations of Huang Zhan, Wang Shu and others pulled him back to reality, only to see that Li Cheng personally led a team of cavalry galloping over, just like that day.

Zhang Shixing opened his posture, protected Zhu Yunwen and the others behind him, and said to Li Cheng: "Li June, I swear by high-fives with your father, I kill Zhu Neng, and you will let us go." Now that Zhu Neng is dead, what is the purpose of you still leading your troops to chase after you? ”

Li Cheng sneered on the horse: "Then Zhu Neng was really killed by you?" ”

Huang Zhan said on the side: "What's the difference, anyway, he is dead, and he has fulfilled one of your wishes." ”

Li Cheng said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I suspect that you are a traitor, and you should cooperate with the Ming army to destroy me. ”

Zhu Yunwen changed color when he heard this: "Envoy Li, how can you say this?" We are monks, and we don't care about mundane affairs, so you can raise your noble hand and let us go. ”

Li Cheng pointed at Zhang Shixing and said: "He is not a monk, otherwise why would he be nosy, save the thief Ruan Kang, and cause such a big disaster." In addition, that good apprentice of yours, Kongyin, thought of a good plan, saying that as long as he killed the commander of the Ming army, he could retreat from the enemy. As soon as Zhu Neng died, we relaxed a lot, thinking that it was done, but who knew that it was a scam. Now the Ming army has killed the Baihe River in my Dayu. ”

Huang Zhan said: "Impossible. The commander of the Ming army died of illness, even if he did not retreat, the imperial court wanted to reappoint the commander, and it would take at least two months to come and go, how could he kill here in just a dozen days? ”

Li Cheng said: "Do you believe it, look at what is floating in the river?" ”

Zhang Shixing and the others came in a hurry just now, and they didn't take a closer look at what was in the river, but now when they heard him, they hurriedly looked towards the river, and saw many one-foot-square wooden signs floating in the river, with words engraved on them.