Hou Hai, the warden of the royal palace, gave the order of the king of Han. Wang Yu of the hundred households received the order and took the soldiers of the Quan Yong team to do errands.

The suspect is a dead criminal, and his skills should be good, and he is very likely to carry a blade. Therefore, Wang Yu ordered the brothers to carry strong crossbows and other weapons, at least wear stern-lock mail, and protect vital parts. Still, Wang Yu felt that some brothers might be injured.

Wang Baihu took the Quan Yong team to an inn on Caihaizi's side, met the traitorous spy brothers hiding nearby, and determined the place. As soon as he gave the order, everyone made a surprise attack on the inn according to the tactics they had trained in advance.

However, Wang Yu saw an unexpected scene, and the outlaws were fighting among themselves!

Three people had died in the inn room, and the remaining three were fighting each other. After a while, Wang Yu understood the situation: one of them was the leader, who had already killed three of his own people and was about to kill the other two. Or is it to extinguish the mouth?

"Smack!" Wang Yu pulled the mechanism of the crossbow, and a crossbow bolt was inserted into the forehead of the "leader", and the battle suddenly came to an abrupt end.

The sergeants took advantage of the situation and rushed forward, knocking the remaining two live mouths to the ground.

Wang Yu ordered that the live mouth be tied up first and sent to the Han Palace. Not long after, the sergeant who went to Li Louxian's mansion reported that the suspect there was very vigilant and fled in advance.

…… Zhu Gaoxu got a reply, and when he was about to find someone to be responsible for the torture, Changshi Li Mo took the initiative to ask for help.

Li Mo was born in a family of military generals in the guard, but because he failed the exam, he failed to reach the military position. Li Mo has never been a criminal law official, but he is full of confidence and seems to have a lot of experience; Zhu Gaoxu casually agreed, and ordered Hou Hai to be in charge of the matter with him.

Unexpectedly, Li Mo did have some means, and two days later, he asked for a lot of useful confessions.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was in the study, sitting on a mahogany carved chair. The silk on the table was also red, and it was vaguely bloody for a while.

Li Mo handed over a misorganized confession, but most of the original transcripts of the confession were like this. He clenched his fists and said: "After the official execution, you can be sure that these people are from the Lao Tusi side." Of the two people arrested, one of them was Han Chinese and the other was from Annam. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Li Mo bowed and said: "There were seven of them on this trip, four died, one escaped, and two were captured. This time he infiltrated the capital city of Yunnan to assassinate a Han man named Chen Xingwang. ”

"Oh......" Zhu Gaoxu made a voice.

Li Mo said: "Chen Xingwang was originally an accomplice of the gangsters.

Chen Xingwang used to operate with several Han Chinese in Annam, Laos and other places, smuggling tortoiseshell, pearls, and rhino horn goods; A few years ago, he was employed by an Annan man named Chen An...... Chen An is dead, the same person who was killed by Wang Yu of the Hundred Households with a crossbow in the inn. ”

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and asked, "Why did they kill Chen Xingwang?" ”

Li Mo said: "The lower official also asked the reason. Chen An was previously responsible for guarding a mother and son, and Chen Xingwang was under him; Unexpectedly, Chen Xingwang kidnapped the boy without permission and ran to Kunming City. So Chen An led people to sneak into Kunming City, killed Chen Xingwang, and wanted to kidnap that kid. ”

Zhu Gaoxu listened, looked at the scribbled confession, and asked, "Are there any other confessions?" Who is Chen An employed, and who are the mother and son? ”

Li Mo replied: "The lower officials think that those two criminals don't know about this. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, and agreed with Li Mo's judgment for a while, after all, the two people he caught were just minions. He waved his hand and said, "Locked up for a few more days for questioning, if you can't ask anything else, you will be sent to the official prison...... Because of the foreign state, don't send it to the government office, and go straight to the commander of the embassy. ”

Li Mo bowed and said: "The lower officials obey the order." ”

Through these fragmentary news, Zhu Gaoxu confirmed a fact in his heart: the dead Chen An was not the mastermind behind the scenes. Otherwise, Chen An would not have been involved in danger himself, let alone have to fight infighting.

If you want to know more, there is also an informed living person: Chen Xingwang.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered what Shen Xu had said, Li Louxian and his wife wanted to meet and worship King Xie Han's great kindness. Zhu Gaoxu was not interested in this at first, but at this time he felt that he could meet him.

Just as he was thinking this, Shen Xu sent someone to deliver a letter. Zhu Gaoxu was still in the study, so he immediately opened Shen Xu's letter.

Shen Xu wrote that the boy brought back by Chen Xingwang was a very important person in Annanguo; Chen Xingwang found that someone had chased him to Yunnan Mansion and begged Shen Mansion for refuge. Shen Xu thought that this matter could not be concealed from the Han Wangfu, so he recommended the Han King to Chen Xingwang and asked the Han King if he was willing to pay attention to it.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered Wang Yu of the hundred households to bring someone to pick up Chen Xingwang.

…… When Chen Xingwang arrived at the Han Palace, the drum of Youshi had just beaten.

His skin was dark, almost as black as the natives, and his appearance seemed to be of a Han Chinese. Han people in many parts of Yunnan are also tanned, but there is still a bit of a difference in physiognomy if you look closely.

Chen Xingwang took a four or five-year-old boy, and after searching his body, the two were taken straight to the study in the front hall of the Han Palace.

The boy's face was really a little different from that of a Han child, and he looked timid and dazed. Chen Xingwang was like a frightened bird, his fear overflowed on his face, and when he saw him, he "pounced" and knelt on the ground and said: "Please let Your Highness save the lives of the grass people and the prince of Annam!" The great grace is unforgettable. ”

Prince of Annam? Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that this matter was getting bigger and bigger, and he said kindly: "Chen Xingwang, don't worry, that assassin has been eliminated by the palace guards. ”

Chen Xingwang said: "It seems that there are still fish that have slipped through the net!" They come from a big ...... If we don't get rid of the grass people, we will never give up. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You are now in the mansion of the prince of the Ming Dynasty, how big are they?" ”

This sentence made Chen Xingwang settle down a little.

So Zhu Gaoxu got up from the mahogany chair, walked to the table, and said, "You get up and speak." ”

Chen Xingwang stood up and stood there bent over, his hands were still trembling, as if he was very afraid.

Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "There is a chair next to you, sit down and relax." Come on, serve tea. ”

Chen Xingwang looked flattered. Zhu Gaoxu didn't think so, a prince didn't need to put on a stand in front of the common people, he persuaded him kindly: "You have to tell me the ins and outs, so that I can help you, right?" If you come from the truth, and this king protects you as a common man, wouldn't it be easy? ”

Chen Xingwang kept nodding his head as if he was pecking rice, and after a while, when he spoke, his speech was still a little unclear, "The little prince Chen Zhengyuan is the widow of the former king of Annan, and the queen was born......

Zhu Gaoxu listened, and looked at the children standing in the study again. At first glance, the child was a little timid and curious, but he was very well-behaved and quiet, and when he entered the house, he did not say a word or cry.

"Chen Zhengyuan?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out.

Chen Xingwang nodded and said: "The prince was born in the second year of Jianwen, and he was born a few months after the assassination of the first king of Annan, and the queen gave him the name. ”

At this time, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the second year of Jianwen (1400) will be renamed "the thirty-third year of Hongwu". Chen Xingwang is still using the Jianwen era name, and he doesn't know how to avoid it, it seems that he has indeed just returned to the territory of Daming.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu remembered what Shen Xu had said, the queen of Annam was very beautiful, and the powerful minister Hu wanted to occupy her, so he plotted to kill the monarch and usurp the throne. So Zhu Gaoxu became more and more curious, and couldn't help asking, "How did you kidnap Chen Zhengyuan?" ”

Chen Xingwang hurriedly shook his head and said, "How dare the grass people kidnap the prince of Annan, it's not even better...... At that time, it was only because of the queen's entrustment that the grass people were willing to risk their lives to do this! ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, some conjectures appeared in his mind...... Cleopatra fell into the country and the city, Chen Xingwang was fascinated when he saw it, and he was willing to die for it.

Of course, he didn't say anything, paced two steps on the wooden floor, he reached out and rubbed his broad forehead, and said, "You start slowly, what is going on?" ”

"Where do the grass people start...... Chen Xingwang muttered.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, seeing Chen Xingwang's restless appearance, he said whatever he wanted, so as not to disturb his thoughts.

After a while, Chen Xingwang finally spoke: "The grass people have committed human lives in Yunnan Mansion, and the bounty list is posted everywhere, so they dare not stay in Yunnan Mansion anymore."

The grass people fled all the way south, and met several other Han villagers on the ground in Laos, so they followed them to do the business of licking blood from the knife edge, often running around the border of Laos and Annam, just wanting to eat with their mouths. There were also several Annam and Lao natives among the accomplices.

Later, through the introduction of fellow Annan people, Caomin and others got acquainted with Chen An, a native of Annan. Chen An has a manor in Annan country, and we followed him and lived in a mountain villa in the north of Annan country for several years. Everyone's life was much more stable and comfortable, so they devoted themselves to serving it. In the second year of Jianwen, a woman with a sixth honor came to the manor......"

"This person is Queen Annam?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help asking.

Chen Xingwang nodded and said, "Exactly!" It was much later that the grass people found out who she was. ”

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be curious, and casually asked again: "What does it look like?" ”

Chen Xingwang fell into silence, looking distracted, unable to say a word for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu observed his expression and roughly guessed that King Annam should be born very beautiful. Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Don't think about her yet, continue to finish talking about your business." ”

Chen Xingwang woke up like a dream, and hurriedly bent down and said, "Yes." From the first time I saw her, the grass people were ...... in their hearts Although I didn't dare to blaspheme, I always wanted to see her again, and I just had to look at her every day...... The queen must have noticed the grass people, but she never spoke to them. ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked like he was listening, nodding his head from time to time to indicate that he was listening. When he heard this, he said in his heart: There is a follow-up to this disparity between men and women, and they must have spoken to each other, otherwise how could the little prince of Annan be with Chen Xingwang?

When Chen Xingwang said this, he paused for a while, and he looked like he was recalling the past, as if he remembered countless beautiful pictures, and he was quite engaged.