"Chief soldier, chief soldier, the news is here!"

A junior colonel close to Qiu Lei suddenly ran over and shouted outside the lobby.

"But the prefect has returned?"

Qiu Lei stopped when he heard the sound and hurriedly recruited people into the tent. I can't hide the eagerness in my heart. He now knew that Zuo Mengeng's family was neatly hanging outside the gate of the palace in Jiangling City!

And Li Guoying, Lu Zuguang, Xu Yong, and Hao Xiaozhong did not fall well, they all lost their military power, the troops were reorganized, and he became the general Guoyi or mighty general of the Dashun Army, and there was no longer a good life in the past - Li Zicheng's means of reorganizing and annexing miscellaneous cards was unexpected, but it was also reasonable. After all, after he was defeated at Shanhaiguan, he was constantly betrayed by the generals of the former Ming army who took refuge in him, which can be described as a profound lesson!

The little colonel said to Qiu Lei: "Chief soldier, the prefect didn't come back, but he sent a handwritten letter." ”

"A handwritten letter?" Qiu Lei was stunned, "Show me." ”

Xiao Xiao Xiao glanced at the little prince Zhu Cizhao and Princess Zuo Mengmei, who were sitting high in the hall, and whispered: "...... Chief soldier, the letter is for the princess. ”

"What? For the princess? Qiu Lei was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at his daughter.

Zuo Mengmei stretched out her hand: "Take it to me." ”

Qiu Lei took an envelope from the little school's hand, and asked the little school to leave, and then handed the envelope to Zuo Mengmei.

Zuo Mengmei took the envelope, tore it open, took out the letter paper inside, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, and a pair of beautiful eyebrows unconsciously twisted into a ball.

"What does the letter say?" Qiu Lei's eyebrows were raised, and he looked at Zuo Mengmei.

"The prefect said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived at the Hukoudu camp...... Also, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see me! ”

"What?" Qiu Lei was stunned.

"What does he want to do?" Daniel Zhang also shouted.

"Don't go ......" this is the little prince Zhu Cizhao shouting - he was still drowsy just now, and as soon as he heard that his brother was going to see his wife, he immediately became vigilant.

"Lord Wang!" Zuo Mengmei glared at Zhu Cizhao angrily, Zhu Cizhao immediately fell silent, and looked at his wife aggrievedly.

Only Jin Shenghuan didn't make a sound, watching quietly from the side.

"Girl, look at ......" Qiu Lei had no idea, so he had to ask his daughter.

"I'll go!" Zuo Mengmei smiled, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can still eat me?" ”

Zhu Cizhao nodded vigorously - the prince is going to eat you! You must not go......

Zuo Mengmei saw Zhu Cizhao nodding his head, so she asked with a smile: "Lord Wang, do you want to go with me?" ”

"Go...... What are you going to do? Zhu Cizhao asked.

"Go and plead guilty!"

"Please sin ......" Zhu Ci said with a weak heart, "I, I'm not guilty!" ”

Zuo Mengmei smiled and snapped her slender jade fingers, "Lord Wang, you don't have the door on your mouth, what nonsense is the words of King Qingjun, this is the crime of shaking the country!" Jingzhou Mansion is the fief of the prince, and now it has lost most of it, which is the sin of losing land!

These two sins are not small, shouldn't they be pleaded guilty to? ”

"Don't go, don't go......" Zhu Cizhao's voice trembled.

He's a half-sized kid, and although he's a little silly, he's not ignorant of anything. The sin of losing land is okay, now half of the Ming Dynasty is gone, and he is not the only prince who has lost land. And Jingzhou Mansion hasn't lost all its glory yet, has it?

But as a prince, he fanned the country and tried to save the throne...... It is possible to give death!

"You don't go," Zuo Mengmei said, "then I'll go...... I will take all the charges down, and I will punish the prince as he punishes him. ”

"Don't!" Zhu Cizhao's tears burst out, "Don't go, the prince won't let you go!" ”

Zuo Mengmei smiled: "Lord, if the prince cures my sins, he will forgive your sins...... Lord Wang, if the slave is not by your side in the future, you must be more careful, don't talk nonsense, and don't think anything wrong! ”

"Wow......"

was frightened by Zuo Mengmei, Zhu Cizhao couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.

Zuo Mengmei ignored him, but said to Daniel Zhang and Jin Shenghuan: "Brother Feixiong, Jin Zongrong, let's go with me...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has nothing to do with you, and now is the time to employ people, so I guess I won't embarrass the two of you. ”

Jin Shenghuan still looked like he didn't care about himself, but arched his hand and said, "The last general will take the order." ”

Daniel Zhang patted his chest, "Don't worry, princess, if His Royal Highness the crown prince wants to embarrass the princess, I will definitely reason with him!" ”

Zuo Mengmei nodded at him: "Then thank you Brother Feixiong." ”

......

In the Hukoudu camp, Zhu Cihong's six dragon flags, the reincarnation flag of Emperor Taizu Gao and the three army flags are flying high in front of a gold-roofed tent.

When Zuo Mengmei came to report the news of the guilt to the big tent, Zhu Cihong was drinking tea and talking with an old grandmother.

The old woman was in her seventies, dark-skinned, tall, and somewhat fat, and sat there like an iron tower.

But the most eye-catching thing is the old lady's dress, she is not wearing women's clothes, but wearing a python robe of a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a unicorn complement on the python robe. In the entire Ming Dynasty, of course, there is only one grandmother who can be dressed in this outfit, that is, the Shizhu Xuanfu Envoy, and the governor knows Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu The stone pillar of the old lady's territory is located in the northern part of the jurisdiction of Chongqing Wei, about twenty or thirty miles away from the Yangtze River. However, it did not guard the main road from the Yangtze River to Chongqing, because the stone pillar and the Yangtze River are directly separated by a northeast-southwest Shima Mountain.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, it has been hereditary rule by the Fufeng Ma family from Shaanxi, and has gone through three generations of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, until now - in the original history, the Ma family's rule in the stone pillar has been maintained until the liberation of the stone pillar in 1949...... It's almost a thousand-year-old family!

The mistress of this thousand-year-old family was invited to help by Zhu Cihong - there was too little experienced generals around Prince Zhu. On the Jingzhou battlefield, which brought together nearly 100,000 troops, the "general" that Zhu Cihong could trust was Wu Guoyong, but more than a year ago, he was just a middle- and lower-level officer commanding a thousand cavalry, and it was really uneasy to rely on him to command an army of 100,000. Moreover, Wu Guoyong was born in the Guanning Army, and the only time he fought with Liukou was in the Battle of Tianjin.

But he doesn't know his current opponent at all!

However, Qin Liangyu's stone pillar soldiers have been fighting and dying with Liukou for many years, and they still know the enemy's situation relatively well, so they can at least be a good staff officer if they find her.

"Princess Xuanchu, Daniel Zhang and Jin Shenghuan." When Zhu Cihong heard that his subordinates had come to report the arrival of Princess Chu and others, he smiled and announced, and then said to Qin Liangyu, "Governor of Qin (she has just been promoted by Zhu Cihong to a level, and now she is the Right Governor), let's meet this Princess of Chu with this palace...... She is also a husband among women, at least much stronger than the King of Chu. ”

Qin Liangyu smiled: "The prince is still young, what do you know?" Teach it well, and it will be fine. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "What the governor said is the same, but I, as an elder brother, don't have the time to teach, so I have to let Zuo Mengmei, a lady, teach, I should be able to teach well." ”

When the two were talking and laughing, Zuo Mengmei, Daniel Zhang, and Jin Shenghuan had already followed Yin Xi in.

Du Yinxi and Zhu Cihong went to the Hukou camp with their front and back feet, and also said a lot of good things for the King of Chu and the Princess of Chu. Now he knew that Princess Chu was coming, so he hurriedly followed, ready to help say good things again.

"Concubine Chu Princess Zuo Mengmei respectfully invites His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Jin An!"

"The minister blocked Yinxi respectfully asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Jin An to ......"

"Minister Jin Shenghuan has asked the prince for peace!"

"Chen Daniel Zhang kowtowed to the crown prince!"

The four of them knelt down and saluted respectfully, and their hearts were full of ups and downs.

"Arise all and give your seats."

Zhu Cihong is still as approachable as ever, and he greets them with a smile - they are all loyal ministers and concubines! Prince Zhu likes it all!

"Princess Chu, why can't you get up on your knees?" Zhu Cihong found that Zuo Mengmei was still kneeling there, and he didn't know why?

In addition, this girl is not dressed correctly, and she is dressed in white ...... It's good-looking, but it's not polite! It's a bit like filial piety, wouldn't it be that Zhu Cizhao's bastard boy died?

Thinking that his younger brother might be dead, Zhu Cihong began to sympathize with Zuo Mengmei in his heart...... Such a good girl, she has been widowed twice! It can't be Kefu's life, right?

"The concubine is guilty and wants to be invited, so I don't dare to get up ......" Zuo Mengmei replied in a soft and glutinous voice, which made people sympathize when she listened.

"Oh, then kneel first!" Zhu Cixun sighed, and looked at Jin Shenghuan and Daniel Zhang, these two were also a little weak-hearted, and did not dare to sit down, "Why don't you sit down?" Is there also a sin to be asked? ”

Jin Shenghuan immediately shook his head: "No, I'm not guilty......"

Daniel Zhang hurriedly said, "I'm not guilty." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "That's good, that's good...... The two of them are loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty, loyal to the liver and courage, loyal and unspeakable, how can they be guilty? Sit down, sit down and listen to Princess Chu's plea?

Brother and sister, don't be afraid, no matter how big your sin is, this palace will definitely be punished lightly! This palace is not Li Zicheng, not so unreasonable. ”

Hair from lightly? Then give it a good explanation! Zuo Mengmei also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, although she felt that Zhu Cihong would not be angry with the stupid boy of King Chu, but it was difficult to talk about the affairs of the emperor's family.

Now that there is this sentence, it seems that it is not a big deal.