What do you mean by that? That Li Chenggui still has a heart of disobedience? ”

"It's hard to say this Weichen, this person was originally a slave with two surnames, he was cunning and treacherous, ambitious, and he had a heavy army of Goryeo in his hands, so it was very easy to rebel."

"Interesting, interesting, hehe......" Lao Zhu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xuanzhong thinks I should agree to his request, and how should I treat him?" ”

"It depends on the emperor's attitude towards Goryeo, if you are determined to eat this piece of Goryeo, you might as well agree to his request and show his kindness; If you are not so greedy for Goryeo, you should never let firearms flow into Goryeo. ”

Lao Zhu rubbed his temples and said: "Gaoli's meat is not very fat, like chicken ribs, Emperor Yang and Taizong broke their teeth over there during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Liaodong Weijing I don't want to have another incident for the time being." ”

"If the emperor doesn't want to gnaw on this chicken bone, he can also divide and rule while they are in civil strife."

"Huh...... You seem to think that Li Chenggui will rebel, could it be that the White Tiger Star that the old monk said should be on him? ”

"Weichen didn't learn grandpa's feng shui celestial technique, so he can't see it, it's just a guess."

"You really don't know the treasure in Baoshan! That's it, I'll go back and invite this Li Chenggui to meet and tease the old fox you said! You just wait to see Chen Li and Mingsheng off. Lao Zhu licked his lips and seemed interested.

"By the way, the emperor, then Li Chenggui gave Weichen two hundred-year-old Korean ginseng to Weichen in order to let Weichen say a few good words," Ma Du took out the slender brocade box from his sleeve, "Weichen brought it, one just wants to recuperate for the mother, and the other wants to keep it for his own use when the concubine in the family gives birth." ”

"You're welcome!" Lao Zhu took the brocade box and glanced at it, and snorted in his nose, "This King of Goryeo is really not a thing, and what he gave to the palace is not as good as Li Chenggui's bribing you, I will accept it, and I will give it to you when your concubine gives birth." ”

The king of Goryeo said that he was very wronged, and since ancient times, most of the emperors who have been admitted to the palace have not been given the best, but they are not reluctant, but they are really worried that they will not be able to hand over the same quality in the coming year and be blamed.

Lao Zhu returned the brocade box to Ma Du, "Send it to the queen, check her body by the way, and accompany her to dinner before leaving." ”

"Wechen retires!" Madu took the brocade box, clamped it under his armpit, and bowed back.

Lao Zhu picked up the brush and was about to take a book to review and read, but the dragon case was empty, frowning and asking Yuansheng, "Isn't there a fold to be approved this afternoon?" ”

"The excerpt approved by the emperor has already been halved, and today's excerpt has already been approved in the morning."

"I'm not confused, and there are only sixty books of excerpts that I reviewed in the morning."

"The slave doesn't know, Zhongshu Province only sent these today, maybe Hu Xiang doesn't want His Majesty to work too hard!"

"Hey...... Hu Weiyong is caring! Lao Zhu's laughter was gloomy and compassionate, and it was very infiltrating.

Yuan Sheng took out a red wax pill from his sleeve and put it on the table, "This is when the slave maid went to the apse to look for something just now, and Han Dudu just sent someone to send it." ”

Seeing that it was a wax pill, Lao Zhu knew that this was very important information, took it in his hand and gently crushed it, and took out a long small note, on which were two lines of small characters, Lao Zhu casually took the magnifying glass on the table, glanced at it, and his face became more and more gloomy.

The small note was pinched in his hand, and it was slowly rolled into a small ball by the rough big hand, but Lao Zhu still kept grinding it with his fingers, and the strong knuckles became white, until the paper ball slowly turned into crumbs and scattered on the table.

Looking at the imperceptible hint of a sinister smile on the corner of Lao Zhu's mouth, Yuan Sheng couldn't help but shudder......

Lao Zhu went out of the horse, I don't know what he said to Li Chenggui, Li Chenggui actually promised Chen Li and Mingsheng to accompany him with the guards, but the number was not much, only five hundred, and the Goryeo mission received a rich reward from the Ming Dynasty, so he chose an auspicious day to prepare to set sail.

They would travel north by boat, and then sail to Goryeo by sea ship in Shandong, which would reduce the journey and risk of the sea route. Ma Du had to go to the dock to see them off, and patted the two on the shoulders, "Congratulations on your freedom, although the academy is an ivory tower, it is too small after all. ”

"Are we really free?" Chen Li asked in a low voice, but his eyes were on the five hundred soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion.

"Don't worry, they didn't come for you, and you two won't let the emperor send five hundred people to watch." Ma Du waved at the group of soldiers, and the person who took the lead ran over, and saluted Ma Du with a snap, "Please command!" ”

Ma Du replied with a salute: "I'm not your official, what is there to order, come, cat, I'll introduce you to two people!" ”

The cat is the cat of Hongdu, who has been a personal soldier for Mu Ying for several years, and he was sent to Goryeo by Lao Zhu when he was promoted to the thousand households of the Shenji Battalion, and what made him most depressed was that his real power of the thousand households was discounted, and there were only five hundred people under his hands.

"This is Guidehou, this is Guiyihou, you are escorting them to Goryeo this time, you must take care of each other in a foreign land, don't be bullied."

"When I arrived in Goryeo, but with the orders of the two marquis, I didn't hesitate to go to the soup!" Liu Mao saluted the two again.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Chen Li and Mingsheng waved their hands again and again, "In the future, we will take care of each other when we go to Goryeo!" ”

The two of them untied the jade pendant they carried with them and stuffed the cat, "A little courtesy, Liu Qianhu don't want to excuse himself!" ”

Looking at the two pieces of fine jade in his hand, the cat didn't know what to do, Ma Du said to him: "Is this a bribe, it's the reward given to you by the two marquis, just take it!" ”

Li Chenggui leaned over and said, "Two Hou masters, all your family members have already boarded the ship." ”

Chen Li said: "There is Deputy Envoy Lao Li, and the two of us will board the ship." ”

The two of them shook Ma Du in unison, "Take care, sir!" Then he turned and went up the trestle.

Li Chenggui arched his hand to Ma Du and said, "Thank you Lord Hou for your kind words, let the lower officials see the Ming Emperor." ”

"It seems that Your Excellency has not seen it in vain, and you have gained a lot."

Li Chenggui bowed his hand in the direction of the palace, "The Ming Emperor is merciful and generous, so naturally he will not let the foreign ministers return empty-handed." ”

Benevolence and generosity? Li Chenggui really fucking found the most inappropriate adjective.

"By the way, the Korean ginseng Benhou that Deputy Envoy Li gave me is dedicated to Niangniang, please send Benhou two more cars, and wait for Benhou's concubine to make up for her body after giving birth."

Li Chenggui said very simply: "No, the lower official is about to board the ship, and he has left!" He said to the cat again: "Liu Qianhu, please board the ship as soon as possible, the hour is not early." Then he turned and went up the trestle.

"Damn the stick, I'll turn my face when I'm done with it!" Madu muttered softly.

Maozi asked, "Master Hou, what kind of stick did you say?" ”

"It's nothing, you should get on the ship early, don't slack off when you arrive in Goryeo, and you must also train from time to time and restrain military discipline. Any Koreans who dare to touch your firearms will immediately collapse their heads, even if the other Goryeo king is merciful, there is Daming behind your back. ”

Maozi nodded heavily and said, "Xiaguan knows that Han Dudu, the commander of Jinyiwei, called me yesterday and said the same thing. ”

He handed the two jade pendants that Chen Li and Mingsheng had just rewarded to Ma Du, "It's useless for me to keep these in the army, please let Hou Ye transfer them to my mother and let her be by her side." ”

Ma Du stretched out his hand and pushed, "You can keep it for yourself, and I'll let people take her to my Zhuangzi when I go back, and I can still make her hungry!" ”

"Thank you, Master Hou! Well, there are still some things that Xia Guan doesn't quite understand, what to do when he gets to Goryeo, and who to listen to when he gets there. ”

Ma Du scolded angrily: "In the past, I thought you were quite clever, why is your head now an elm pimple, no matter where you go, you will naturally listen to the emperor, and you will do whatever the emperor asks you to do!" ”

After sending Chen Li and Mingsheng away, Ma Du returned to the city and found a random restaurant for a meal, and then returned to the house in the city to rest, preparing to wait for Lao Zhu to go to him after his lunch break.

Halfway through his sleep, he heard a noisy sound, he rubbed his eyes and reluctantly got up, and scolded in a low voice: "What is his mother's Zhang Wuliu shouting, he doesn't even let people sleep peacefully." ”

He rubbed his eyes and walked out of the bedroom, and heard Zhang Wuliu shouting loudly outside: "My marquis is not sleeping in the bedroom!" Hou Ye hurried ...... Ouch! ”

Ma Du only heard a hoarse and vague roar, and saw a figure enter the courtyard, only to see that the man's hair was scattered, his expression was hideous, and he was holding a goose feather knife in his hand and walking quickly towards him!

Suddenly, a pair of big hands hugged his thighs, and Zhang Wuliu was coiled on the man's legs like a koala, making him unable to move forward any further, "Master Hou, run!" The Duke of the Fallen Kingdom is going to kill you! ”

The scene in front of him was really confusing, and Ma Du patted his face, "Didn't I wake up and have a nightmare?" Or are you old Liao Fa Mo stunned? ”

Ma Du just took two steps forward, but Liao Yongan glared, and the Yanling knife in his hand shot at Ma Du quickly and quickly, as long as he was shot, he would definitely be pierced through.

Without waiting for Ma Du to fall to the ground, he only heard a sound, and the knife fell to the ground, Lao Liu held a knife in one hand and his pants in the other hand in front of Ma Du, looking at the exposed half-pulled ass, and estimated that he was shit just now.

Lao Liu didn't care about tying the waist of his trousers, put the knife on Liao Yongan's neck, and asked sharply: "What do you want to do!" ”

Ma Du bent down to pick up the knife that Liao Yongan had thrown, rubbing his fingers against the edge of the knife, and the sharp feeling told him that it was not a nightmare or a joke.

He sighed puzzledly, "Didn't Zhang Wuliu say just now, the Duke of the Fallen Kingdom wants to kill me!" It's just that Ben Hou doesn't understand why the Duke of the Fallen Kingdom wants to kill me? Speaking of which, you and I are old friends, there is no grudge in the past, there is no hatred in the near future, and the prince of the fallen country draws a knife at me, why is this? ”

Who knew that Liao Yongan suddenly sat down, raised his face and cried, "My brother is dead!" My own brother is dead! Just an hour ago, he was given death by the emperor for the crime of overstepping the system! Ah——!h My brother! My own brother! ……”

Liao Yong'an is not like a battlefield warrior, but like the mother-in-law of a dead man, slumped on the ground and waving his arms and kicking his legs and feet from time to time, flowing wantonly on the face full of old tears.

Ma Du only felt a chill rise in his back, rushing down his spine to his head, he staggered back two steps, and took the Yanling knife in his hand to stand up.

Seeing that Lao Liu was going to come over to help him, Ma Du waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, you go out with Wuliu and don't let anyone get close to this yard!" ”

"Master Hou, how does this work! I'm not leaving! Zhang Wuliu got up from the ground and stood in front of Ma Du.

"If the Duke of the Fallen Kingdom really wants to kill me, you will die just now, get out!" Ma Du handed the knife in his hand to Zhang Wuliu, and then took out a short gun from his waist and held it in his hand, "Now you can rest assured, I have something to say to the Duke of the Fallen Kingdom!" ”

Lao Liu nodded and said: "If there is something, Hou Ye just shouts loudly." Then he pulled Zhang Wuliu out of the small courtyard.

When Lao Liu went out, Ma Du sat down cross-legged in front of Liao Yongzhong and asked softly, "Is it because of what you said in Yixian Tower two days ago?" ”

Liao Yongan couldn't cry anymore, and asked rhetorically: "What else can there be besides that sentence?" Whoever doesn't have a dragon or a phoenix in the decoration of the noble house, this is a trumped-up crime at all. ”

"So you think I told the emperor?"

Liao Yongan's eyes widened, and the bloodshot eyes were very terrifying, "You're going to face the saint that afternoon, who else is there besides you!" My own brother, I watched him kill himself with a knife in front of me, and he didn't believe that the emperor would kill him until he died...... Woohoo......"

Liao Yongan cried again as he spoke, and Ma Du felt sad when he listened to it, "Why do you suspect it's me?" Don't forget, three of his subordinates were there that day. ”

"Those three are all our old brothers brought out of Chaohu, they won't betray us, and they won't see the emperor."

"I can't see that the emperor still has a brocade guard, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and someone can sell them for promotion and wealth, let alone brothers. In comparison, I am the least suspicious, not that I am more noble than anyone, I don't care about promotion, I have a way to make money, not to mention that the emperor doesn't want anyone to know about such a thing, including me, I don't have any benefit from telling the emperor to me, am I so stupid in your eyes? ”

Ma Du patted him on the back and soothed: "Actually, you probably think so in your heart, otherwise you killed Zhang Wuliu just now, and you would have worn me to the cold before Lao Liu rushed out of the thatched house." ”

Liao Yongan wiped the tears on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "What's the use of what you say, my brother is dead, my two brothers have fought for the emperor for half their lives, bleeding and sweating, and I have been imprisoned by Zhang Shicheng for ten years and suffered countless tortures, the emperor is really ......ruthless."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Ma Du hurriedly covered his mouth, "Trouble comes from the mouth, beware of causing trouble again!" Brother Ling's disaster today was actually doomed from the moment he first scuttled the boat, fortunately, he did not implicate the family, you will be the pillar of the Liao family in the future, take care of yourself! ”

Liao Yongan pushed Ma Du away, "Pretend! If I hadn't listened to you to find Yang Xian's ideas, how could there be today's affairs, you and Yang Xian are not good things! ”

Ma Du spread his hands helplessly and said: "If you say so, then I am really not wronged, if you want to kill, you have to scrape and listen to the honor!" ”

At this moment, I saw Lao Liu rushing into the courtyard with Guan Jia quickly, only to see his face full of joy, and he said breathlessly: "Congratulations to Master Hou, congratulations to Master Hou!" The third lady gave birth to a big fat boy an hour ago! ”

Without waiting for Ma Du's reaction, Liao Yongan suddenly exclaimed, "An hour ago? Didn't you hear that, my brother came to you to collect the debt! ”