Xie Jin kowtowed again and thanked him, then got up and took his leave.

Zhang Shixing sent him out, and gave him a war horse, Xie Jin thanked him, flew on the horse, and walked away.

After Zhang Shixing came back, he complained to Huang Zhandao: "Senior brother, this Xie Jin took refuge in the Yan thief back then, instead of choosing to flee, how can he submit to me at this moment." You shouldn't have come out to recognize him and reveal Master's secrets. ”

Huang Zhan said apologetically: "Senior brother, it's me who is greedy, and I always want to gather more strength so that I can return to the country as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "Kong Zhi, you don't have to blame your senior brother, it's me who is not good, I am too soft-hearted to be ruthless, so I lost the country." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he hurriedly knelt down with Huang Zhan and the others, and said, "Master is benevolent, with God's blessing, it won't be long before he can return to the country." ”

When Emperor Yongle heard that the rebellion in Annan had risen again, he ordered Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, to hang the seal of the general of Zhengyi, and sent Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan to command the envoys and the three guards of the King of Shu in Chengdu, totaling 40,000 people, to quell the rebellion.

On this day, the army of the Ming Dynasty came to the Shengji River to set up camp and face the Dayue army across the river. The Vietnamese army on the opposite side was the 10,000 horses led by Zhang Shixing.

Zhu Yunwen heard that Mu Sheng was leading the troops to come, and said to the apprentices: "The person who led the troops opposite is Mu Sheng, can we send someone to contact him and hold a big event together?" ”

Huang Zhan shook his head and said: "Master, this time is different from the past, that Mu Sheng has been promoted to the Duke of Qianguo, hereditary replacement, Yongzhen Yunnan, a very popular minister, how can he help us restore the country?" Let's stop thinking about it as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said: "I think that Mu Ying has been loyal and martyred all his life, but his descendants are so unscrupulous, willing to be instructed by the traitor." ”

Wang Shu said: "It seems that we have no choice but to disregard the past and have a big battle with him." But the Ming army is outnumbered, but our side is a rabble, how can we win? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "It seems that in this battle, we can only outwit and cannot be defeated." ”

At the time of the second watch, Mu Sheng was checking the map of Annan in the Chinese army tent, thinking hard about how to break the enemy, and suddenly the army came to report, saying that an envoy from Annan had arrived to meet the Duke of Qianguo.

Mu Sheng ordered his soldiers to bring the messenger and asked him what he meant.

The messenger glanced at Mu Sheng left and right, Mu Sheng understood, retreated left and right, and asked, "What is the matter with you, just say it directly." ”

The messenger took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng took the letter, took out the letter, read it, and saw that the letter was a few words: "The Duke of Qianguo is a head, Yunnan is goodbye, it has been more than a year, I miss it very much, tomorrow afternoon, please meet with the Qianqiu Pavilion of Daling Mountain, see you or leave." Writing. ”

Mu Sheng was taken aback when he saw it, it turned out that this letter was Zhu Yunwen's own handwriting.

He hurriedly asked the messenger, "Who sent you to deliver this letter?" ”

The envoy said: "I am a personal soldier under the command of Chen Zhi, the general of the Great Yue Kingdom on the other side, and he ordered me to come to deliver the letter." ”

Mu Sheng frowned and said, "Who is this Chen Zhi from your country, and why did he send this letter to me." ”

The envoy also said with a blank face: "This villain doesn't know, but General Chen Zhi seems to be a lay disciple in which temple before, and his master and two senior brothers are still in the army." ”

Mu Sheng came to his senses, it turned out that Zhu Yunwen and others had joined the Vietnamese army now, and one of his apprentices had become a general. So why did he ask me to meet? Could it be that he still wants to contact me to return to China together? That's impossible. Then whether this Zhu Yunwen has seen it or not, he must see it, and he must kill him and kill him, so as not to leave any trouble.

With his mind already decided, Mu Sheng said to the messenger: "You go and talk back, saying that this prince will definitely go to the appointment." After that, he ordered someone to take out a few Daming treasure money, rewarded the messenger, and sent him out of the camp.

Early the next morning, Mu Sheng brought 500 soldiers to the Qianqiu Pavilion of Daling Mountain to ambush, as long as he saw Zhu Yunwen, he gave an order, and immediately shot him on the spot, unaware of the ghosts, forever rid of the trouble. Although there is the name of killing the lord, but it can't control that much, if the Yongle Emperor of the current dynasty knows that he has something to do with Emperor Jianwen, it is a great crime to exterminate the clan.

At noon, Mu Sheng saw that on the mountain road, three horses came from afar, and the people on the horses, wearing monk's robes and no hair on their heads, were undoubtedly three monks.

Mu Sheng ordered his soldiers to wait for the three of them to run closer, and then fire their bows and arrows, making sure to hit them with one blow.

Before the three men came near, they suddenly noticed something, turned their horses' heads, and ran toward the river.

Mu Sheng was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered people to get on his horse and chase after him, and when he led his troops to the river, the three people were already on a big ship, far away from the shore, and the arrows could not be shot.

Mu Sheng shouted on the shore: "Master Kongwen, in Xia Qian Guogong, don't you have something to say to me, why do you avoid it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen responded on the boat: "Qianguo Gong, I will send you eight words: 'Protect the territory and the people, and be loyal and good for generations.'" 'Remember, remember. ”

With that, the ship went down the river and disappeared in a moment.

Mu Sheng was full of wonders, what kind of medicine was sold in this Jianwen Emperor's gourd, could it be that he found out that I had bad intentions, so he gave me these eight words? No, he must have another trick.

Mu Sheng suddenly woke up, this is the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, he turned his horse's head, and was about to rush back, when he suddenly heard the direction of the big camp cannon in the sky, shouting and killing constantly, he hurriedly beat his horse and galloped towards the big camp.

Zhang Shixing had already sent a horse to ambush near the Ming army camp to inquire about the news, and after Mu Sheng left the camp, he immediately ordered all his soldiers to cross the Shengji River by boat, and then burned all the ferries to show their determination, and then led the army to kill the Ming army camp.

The Ming army originally despised the Dayue army, thinking that they were just a group of civilians, a rabble, so they did not take precautions, and the army was transferred from various guards, the command was not smooth, and the commander Mu Sheng did not know where to go, under the fierce attack of the Dayue army, scattered and fled, all commanded Huang Zhong to lead the crowd to run first, and Liu Jun, the military secretary of the counselor's military affairs, could not break through the siege, and died by himself, and Liu Xian, who participated in politics, was killed in battle, and Li Qi was captured and escorted to Zhang Shixing's horse.

Zhang Shixing jumped off the horse, personally untied Li Qi, and said, "Li Yushi, don't come to harm?" ”

Li Qi looked at him carefully, his face full of suspicion. At this moment, Zhang Shixing was dressed in a military uniform, majestic, and the original appearance was like two people, of course he couldn't recognize it.

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Li Yushi is really a noble person who forgets things, I am the monk Kongzhi of Jiming Temple." ”

Li Qi thought about it and said in surprise: "It turned out to be you." ”

Zhang Shixing pulled him to a secluded place and whispered: "Don't hide it, I am Zhang Shixing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard of the Jianwen Dynasty, the Yan thief usurped the throne, and the people and gods are angry, I want to contact people with lofty ideals to restore the country, Li Yushi is interested?" ”

Li Qi asked, "Then where is Emperor Jianwen now?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Emperor Jianwen is still in the world, and after we defeat the Yan thief, we will welcome him back to Beijing to restore the throne." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "No wonder it is rumored in Jingshi that Emperor Jianwen ran away during the Renwu Change, it seems that the rumors are true." The current emperor sent Zheng He to lead the fleet to Nanyang in order to visit the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I have always admired Li Yushi's personality, and now that our army has won a great victory, and the Dayue Emperor has also united with us, and there is hope for the restoration of Qiankun, why doesn't Li Yushi and us hold a major event?" ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and blessings and misfortunes lurk in waiting." Although you have defeated Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, the imperial court will definitely send the British Duke Zhang Fu to come again, and it will be difficult for you to deal with it at that time. ”

He paused again and said, "Brother Zhang saved my life in Fuliangjiang last time, and now he spared my life, it stands to reason that I should listen to Brother Zhang's words." But the mandate of heaven has been decided, there is no hope for Emperor Jianwen to restore the throne, I can't obey it, look at Brother Zhang Haihan. "Say it, give a deep salute.

When Zhang Shixing heard this, his face sank, and he didn't help him.

Li Qi took advantage of his unpreparedness, and pulled out his waist knife with a brush, and laid it across his neck. Zhang Shixing hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and shouted, "Li Yushi, no." ”

Li Qi said: "I have never done anything bad in my life, but it is a big shame to burn Xingsheng Temple." Chen An, Hui Yin, and Qingde, I'm here. With that, he killed himself with a horizontal knife, and blood splattered on the spot.

Huang Zhong led the defeated troops to escape from the camp, met Mu Sheng on the road, and fled to Huilong City with two combined troops, and played to the court, saying that the rebels were strong and difficult to resist, so please send reinforcements quickly.

Emperor Yongle was shocked when he heard the report, and urgently summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss how to deal with it.

Yang Qi said: "Your Majesty, Annan is newly attached, the traitors are powerful, and the Duke of Qianguo is difficult to support alone, so the British Duke should be sent to Annan to suppress the rebellion in order to quell the chaos." ”

Emperor Yongle nodded yes, then summoned Zhang Fu into the palace, and said in person: "British duke, Annan rebellion, you can't quell the rebellion, now I have awarded you as the general of the conquest, leading the troops south, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Fu kowtowed and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your praise, the minister will not disgrace his mission." ”

Emperor Yongle said: "The British Duke, the Mongolian Tatars, and the two departments of Warat took me to lead the troops to the south, and they had no time to look north, and they became stronger and stronger, constantly harassing the border, and I wanted to use troops to the north, but Annan was uneven, and it was difficult to take care of it. Therefore, you need to sweep the south of Ping'an as soon as possible, and then send your troops north to crusade against the Mongol tribes. ”

Zhang Fu kowtowed again and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Therefore, the imperial court granted Zhang Fu the seal of the general, and once again resent 47,000 troops from Gyeonggi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places, and the British Gong Zhang Fu went south to conquer Annam.

At this time, only Jiaozhou Mansion was in the hands of the Ming Army among the fifteen prefectures of Annam, and the remaining fourteen prefectures were all returned to the Dayue Kingdom. Emperor Xingqing of the Great Yue Kingdom officially ascended the throne in Thanh Hoa City, rewarded the ministers, and named Zhang Shi as a naturalized marquis, and ate ten thousand households, but took away his military power and returned all the soldiers under his command to Ruan Ding. In addition, he wanted to reward Zhu Yunwen and others, but the three of them insisted on refusing.

On this day, the four masters and apprentices met in Zhang Shixing's newly built Naturalized Hou Mansion to discuss the future action.

Huang Zhan sighed and said, "Senior brother, I miscalculated again and made a wedding dress for others. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Senior brother, I have long said that this Dayue Emperor is not a descendant of the Chen family at all, but a domestic slave of Chen Tianping, named Ruan Kang. It's just that Chen Tianping is dead, and there is no proof of his death, so he dares to pretend to be someone else. Now I have inquired clearly, that Ruan Ding is his own uncle, and there are other relatives surnamed Ruan who are all over the government and the opposition, causing the country to be in a miasma and bribing the public bank. That Ruan Kang is also unambitious and greedy for pleasure, I see that as soon as Zhang Fu's army arrives, this Laoshizi Dayue Kingdom will be wiped out. It's better for us to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard him say this, his eyes were full of tears and he said: "Then when will our road to recovery be completed?" ”

Seeing this, Wang Shu comforted: "Master, don't worry. Although the Ming army was strong, the people's hearts were not attached. Although Zhang Fu can pacify Dayue, is it possible that he can stay here for a lifetime, and when he leaves, Annan will become chaotic again, and we will still have a chance to restore the country. ”

Huang Zhan said worriedly: "I'm afraid of this Zhang Fuyi Mu Sheng story, Yongzhen Annan, we will never have a chance." ”

Zhang Shixing said resolutely: "Master, if this is the case, there is no need for us to stay here. It's better to look for opportunities in Nanyang. ”

Zhu Yunwen still didn't give up, and said: "Then let's see where this situation develops, and then make a decision." ”