The river flows quietly, in the walled city by the river, it seems very quiet, and the unarmed brocade guards patrol the walled city, maintaining the last dignity and dignity of the Ming court.

In the bamboo house with oil lamps in the center of the walled city, Zhu Youlang, the monarch of the Ming Empire and a symbol of the Ming Dynasty's resistance to the Manchu invasion, turned his back to the two of them at this time, and his expression looked very solemn.

"Can't you take the queen mother and queen away together, and you have to abandon them here?"

Zhu Youlang's words were not loud, and from the time Mu Tianbo asked to see him and told him that he was going to take him out of this place, his whole person was in a state of entanglement.

Not to mention abandoning more than 1,000 people in the court, even the queen mother and queen had to abandon them all in the hands of the Burmese, and they could only take him and the crown prince away.

"Your Majesty, it's not that you don't want to, but you can't, today we are under house arrest by the Burmese people, if there are too many people, it may be difficult to protect the safety of the emperor and the prince!"

Mu Tianbo bowed, his voice was also not loud, but it was very firm, he had even made up his mind, if the emperor really didn't want to, he would take the prince to leave here together, and at that time, Da Ming would still have all hope.

Now he even regrets that he did not stick to the original idea before entering Burma, when he discussed with his uncle Wang Weigong and Dianxi Li Chonggui and said: When the emperor enters Burma, we should ensure that the prince enters Chashan, so that the camps can be dispatched, and the Burmese people can be feared, not to mention that this is also very important to us. But in the end, because the queen did not agree with this opinion, it was not implemented in the end.

Now Mu Tianbo has made up his mind, even if the queen is against it, when the time comes, he will insist on taking the prince away, only in this way can the Burmese people be jealous.

"But, the Queen Mother and the Queen ......"

Yongli looked at Mu Tianbo and tried to persuade him to agree and leave with the Queen Mother and the Empress. Before the Battle of Mopanshan, although the Qing army could not threaten the imperial court, he was already frightened. At that time, Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai hugged Emperor Yongli to board the Burmese passenger ship, not only the entourage of civil and military officials, but also many people, the ship did not land, and even the Queen Mother and the East Palace were not cooked. After Emperor Yongli hurriedly set off by boat, the Queen Mother said angrily: "The emperor has not come to the turbulence at this time, that is, he does not care about his mother? In this way, Zhu Youlang and others only anchored for two days, and by the sixth day of the first month, the waterway personnel were hastily ready, and they set sail south one after another.

Now, the reason why he seems so entangled and difficult to make a decision is not so much because he cares about the queen mother and the queen, but because he is afraid of the unknown fate after leaving the team.

"Your Majesty, now the Jin Domain and the Gong Domain have led tens of thousands of troops, ready to go south to capture Ava at any time, and Zhu Jingluo has sent tens of thousands of sailors to occupy the area of the estuary, and widely seal the local officials, now the Burmese people are already in internal and external difficulties, if their dogs jump over the wall in a hurry, I am afraid that the emperor will be in danger at that time, as the so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, now the emperor just leaves here, as long as the emperor and the prince leave the Burmese people's grasp, when the time comes, the north and south armies will come out by land and water, and the Burmese will dare to hurt the queen mother and the queen in the slightest?"

Mu Tianbo's words, listening to Zhu Youlang's ears, only made him, who was already a little hesitant, suddenly feel moved, but it was inevitable that he was still a little worried, so he said.

"Not to mention that leaving the Queen Mother in this matter and trapping me in unfilial piety means leaving the ministers of the court here, how can I bear it......"

Without waiting for Zhu Youlang to finish speaking, Mu Tianbo gritted his teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, if the emperor is willing to leave this place with the crown prince, the minister is willing to stay here to protect the queen mother, the queen and the court and the central government!"

Mu Tianbo, as the general of Zhengnan, is even more respected than the Ming Emperor in the eyes of the southwest Zhuyi, and because of this, when he said this, Zhu Youlang was naturally willing to believe that as long as Mu Tianbo was here, the Burmese would never do anything to the Queen Mother, the Empress and the princes of the court.

But thinking that Mu Tianbo was willing to put himself in danger in order to protect the imperial court, Zhu Youlang couldn't help but hold his hand with some emotion and said.

"Guogong, in this way, there will be a labor Guogong......"

Holding Mu Tianbo's hand tightly, Zhu Youlang thought that Sun Kewang surrendered to the Ming Dynasty again, Guizhou was lost and recovered, and the civil and military officials in the capital of the Ming Kingdom in Yunnan were all added to the ranks, only Mu Tianbo received the emperor's favor in the world, and he could not repay the imperial court, and he did not dare to accept the new seal on the grounds that he resigned.

How many of them were so loyal?

When Zhu Youlang sighed, Mu Tianbo said again.

"Your Majesty, if the emperor returns to the Southern Capital this time, he must find a way to entrap Zhu Mingzhong."

The reason why Mu Tianbo mentioned this matter so solemnly was because he knew that after the emperor left Myanmar this time, he did not have any cronies around him, so he could be said to be alone.

"Oh?"

Zhu Youlang nodded in response.

"This I naturally know, after all, Zhu Mingzhong has contributed to my Daming, no matter what, I will not treat him badly,"

In Zhu Youlang's view, it is not only that he cannot be treated badly, but if he can return to Nanjing safely. Even if Zhu Mingzhong is crowned king, what's the matter?

He has long had enough of these days of being displaced and sending people under the fence.

"Your Majesty, not only because Zhu Mingzhong has contributed to my Ming Dynasty, but because the emperor must rely on him and support him after arriving in Nanjing!"

Look at the emperor. Mu Tianbo explained seriously.

"Now that the Northern Expedition of the King of Yanping has recovered the south of the Yangtze River, although the King of Yanping and Zhang Cangshui are both loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty, but after all, their hearts are in the Tang Domain, the Lu Domain, and there are always some reservations about the emperor...... Once the emperor returned to Nanjing, only Zhu Mingzhong would be able to wish the emperor a helping hand. ”

Zhu Youlang, who was born in the royal family, was reminded by Mu Tianbo, and naturally understood what he meant, he was worried about Zheng Yanping and Zhang Cangshui, but he still asked with some puzzlement.

"But isn't Zhu Mingzhong a subordinate of King Yanping?"

"What the emperor said is extremely true, but since Zhu Mingzhong sent people from thousands of miles to greet him, it means that his heart is here with the emperor, and the emperor only needs to solicit him and give him grace, and he will definitely be able to accept this person's heart. Besides......"

Looking at the emperor who seemed to have an understanding, Mu Tianbo continued.

"What does Gangnam look like now? It's still not very clear that he, Zhu Mingzhong, is thousands of miles away and sent someone to meet him. Naturally, he wanted to show himself in front of the emperor. The emperor only has to add him to the rank and knighthood, and try to maintain the balance of the three of them, and Daming Zhongxing will be just around the corner. ”

Mu Tianbo's reminder made Zhu Youlang nod for business. He knew why he had such an advice, as long as he could use Zhu Mingzhong's support to restore the prestige of the imperial court in Nanjing, in a few years, when the prestige of the imperial court was restored, he, the emperor, would be firmly seated.

But now, he had to rely on these three men!

"Thank you Mu Qing's family! I know how to do it. It's just hard work for Mu Qing's family! ”

Again, Zhu Youlang saluted Mu Tianbo slightly, he knew what he might face if he stayed here alone, and if he stayed here alone, his life might even be in danger.

There are so few loyal courtiers like this!

"Please rest assured, as long as the minister's breath remains, he will definitely protect the queen mother and the queen!"

Mu Tianbo looked at the emperor and said, and then he told the emperor to pay attention to confidentiality and never let others know about it. Then he left the emperor's residence and began to make some preparations for sending the emperor out.

The night was getting quieter, the river was vast, and several small boats were slowly rowing in the river, and the mist on the surface of the river was almost difficult to attract the attention of others, and the boatmen on the boat, dressed as Burmese, were all armed with sharp blades, and not only that, but each of them carried two double-barreled self-fired guns on their backs.

The gently rowing boat soon approached the riverbank, and as it approached, figures jumped from the boat to the shore like civets, staring at a sentry post not far away, which was a Burmese sentry post, and a few tallow torches lit up the sentry post, but the Burmese soldiers on the cards seemed to be asleep, so that when the black shadows approached, they still did not react.

The Burmese soldier with a spear stood there, but his head was drooping, and his nose was snoring. Most of the other Burmese soldiers on the sentry post were also asleep, and the Burmese soldier standing there didn't even react at the moment when his mouth was covered, and the dagger stabbed into his neck, and the man fell down softly.

The Burmese soldiers in their sleep didn't notice that a dozen figures burst out of the surrounding grass and quickly approached them, stabbing their daggers into their necks as soon as they approached.

"Cleaned up!"

After making sure that the Burmese soldiers at the checkpoint had been killed, Li Le learned to call birds in the grass, and soon more than a dozen figures jumped out of the grass, but they did not walk in the direction of the checkpoint, but towards the bamboo wall of the walled city.

Zhang Fengyang, who was behind the bamboo wall, listened to the birdsong outside the wall, he hurriedly pushed away the bamboo wall that had been sawn open, and then waved his hand at a grass house, and after a few people in the grass house saw it, they hurriedly walked out, although Deng Kai's leg was broken, but he still held a cane, escorting the emperor and the prince, as well as the eunuch Li Guoyong, and two brocade guards, and no one else.

Because there are few people, so the action is very fast, after the emperor and the prince and his party out of the village, Xiao Xinren, who answered outside the wall, immediately asked his subordinates to escort them out of this place, but at this moment, he saw that two people stayed.

"Hurry up, Guogong!"

Zhang Fengyang looked at Mu Tianbo by the wall and said urgently.

"If you don't leave, you won't be in a hurry!"

"Zhang Junzheng, Mu Mou's life is favored by the country, it can be said that it is not important, although the emperor and the prince have left here today, but the emperor, the queen and the princes of the court are still here, how can Mu leave alone? Since then, the safety of the emperor and the crown prince has been entrusted to Zhang Junzheng! ”

Mu Tianbo saluted Zhang Fengyang, and said again in the other party's surprise.

"Zhang Junzheng, although Mu has never seen Zhu Jingluo, Zhu Jingluo can send Er and others to meet him thousands of miles away, so it can be seen that he is loyal, Ming Zhong, Ming Zhong, and he is a loyal and righteous person of the Ming Dynasty......"

After sighing, Mu Tianbo glanced towards the north, and then sighed.

"I also asked Zhang Junzheng to convey Mu's gratitude to Zhu Jingluo, and when he recovers tomorrow, Mu will thank Zhu Jingluo in person! Today, I also asked Zhang Jun to escort the emperor and the prince out of here quickly, as long as Mu is here, he will still be afraid of the Burmese people. ”

Looking at Mu Tianbo, who had made up his mind, knowing that he was staying here to protect the Queen Mother, the Empress and the people in the court, Zhang Fengyang, his eyes suddenly flashed with a little admiration, if it was someone else, I am afraid that he would have been impatient to leave, how could he put himself in danger, just to protect others.

"The country is righteous and righteous!"

Except for these four words, Zhang Fengyang couldn't say anything else, and Xiao Xinren on the side also looked at Mu Tianbo with a look of respect. At this moment, the first meeting with Mu Tianbo, this prince won his respect.

"Please take care!"

Tapped his right hand and chest, and while saluting, Xiao Xinren whispered that the order he received was very simple, that is, to escort the emperor and the crown prince out of Ava and arrive safely in Pingnan City, as for the others...... It wasn't his task.

Throwing a fist at Zhang Fengyang, Deng Kai said with a smile.

"Zhang Junzheng, the crown prince will please leave it to you, Deng is just a cripple now, so I won't drag you down!"

At this moment, in the face of the entrustment of the two of them, Zhang Fengyang felt a trust that he had never felt before, his eyes were hot, and he responded with a fist.

"Please rest assured that as long as there is still a breath in the next breath, the emperor and the prince will be safe!"

This is a promise, for Zhang Fengyang, this promise is not only on the way to Pingnan City, but also in the next time, he will use his life to protect the emperor and the crown prince. He is the military leader of the military department, and he is also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and he is loyal to the emperor, which is a matter of course.

After the group got on the boat, the boat quickly left the riverbank, but it was only a moment, and it was hidden in the mist on the river, and these dozen or so small boats full of rice grains went down the river like this, as for the people on the boat, they looked no different from ordinary Burmese boatmen, and even together with Zhu Youlang and his son, they also took off their Han family clothes, and they were completely dressed as Burmese.

At this time, Zhu Youlang's eyes were full of expectations for the future, he knew that as long as he could escape here, he would be able to get rid of the humiliating life under the fence, and at that time, he would still be the monarch of the Ming Dynasty.

While Zhu Youlang was looking forward to his future life, on another boat, Zhang Fengyang looked at Xiao Xinren and said.

"Actually, you should have put Guogong on the boat just now, you don't know, in the southwest, the prestige of the Mu family is by no means comparable to ordinary people, if he helps, the situation in the southwest will definitely change."

Zhang Fengyang's words made Xiao Xinren shake his head and said.

"Zhang Junzheng, didn't you see it? Grandpa Mu has already made his choice, if he doesn't do this, do you think the emperor, the emperor will let go of everyone and leave this place so easily? The reason why Grandpa Mu stayed here was precisely because of the status of the Mu family in the southwest, so he hoped to let Burma throw a rat trap by himself, so as to protect the safety of the Queen Mother, the Empress and the princes of the court. ”

Thinking that Guogong would leave safely in exchange for the crown prince at the expense of himself, Xiao Xinren first sighed, and then said.

"Now, we have left Ava, I wonder where Zhang Jun is preparing to disembark?"

Xiao Xinren's task has been half completed, and the next step is to send him safely to Pingnan City at the mouth of the southern river, as for Zhang Fengyang, he still has his task to complete.

Everyone has their own tasks, for the military officials of the military department, they are lurking behind enemy lines, and they always have their own missions, after learning that Mu Tianbo did not leave Ava, but chose to stay to protect the queen mother and the queen and the ministers of the court. Li Tianlin's brows furrowed, and his expression became solemn.

The most important targets they rescued were the emperor and Mu Tianbo, the emperor was the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what, this banner must be preserved. And Mu Tianbo's influence in the southwest is also needed by the strategy, and as for those ministers in the court, they are not in his consideration at all.

But now Mu Tianbo chose to stay. This made Li Tianlin feel that things were a little difficult to do, after all, his task had not been completed, in addition to rescuing the emperor, he also had a task. And this task can be said to be very important.

"It's going to be difficult now."

Li Tianlin was muttering to himself, while his fingers were dipped in tea and writing something on the desk, his brows became tighter and tighter, and his expression became more and more serious.

"It's difficult!"

It is indeed very difficult to do, if Mu Tianbo does not stay here, then this task will be simple. But now there is a conflict between the two missions. This made it difficult for Li Tianlin to make a choice for a while.

How can you complete two tasks at the same time? This is obviously a problem, sitting on the chair, the more he thinks about it, the more difficult it becomes, Li Tianlin even became a little irritable in the end, and kept complaining.

"It's really a shame that you're still the military leader of the military department, don't you know what the task is? Don't you know that you have to focus on the task at all times? If he doesn't want to go, can't you knock him out and take him away? ”

Li Tianlin, who became a little irritable because he couldn't complete the task, complained while secretly cheering himself up.

"It's really not good, it's really not good, just, it's ......"

A strong man's broken arm!

Li Tianlin's mind involuntarily had such a thought, the most important thing for him was the task, that is, how to complete the task.

Secretly weighing the pros and cons of this in his heart, Li Tianlin's eyebrows were raised again, and he said to himself.

"Otherwise, you can think of other ways......

Thinking so much in his heart, Li Tianlin's eyes couldn't help but look towards the north, and then secretly thought to himself.

"If you can plan it out, it's not impossible. I just don't know where Li Dingguo is now? ”