When Zhu Gaoxu finally arrived in Yunnan, it was already early August.

The journey was very difficult, and he was very impressed by the worn and smooth stones on the five-foot road. The group's shoes were worn out several times, so much so that they had to wrap cloth around the soles of their shoes to protect the soles of their feet from injury.

Zhu Gaoxu remembers it particularly deeply, as well as the situation at Dousha Pass.

At the place where the gate was engraved with the words "Stone Gate Pass", the guards checked their way. There is no falsehood in the road guide, it is indeed issued by the Yunnan government; Zhu Gaoxu and others also purchased a lot of Shu brocade in Sichuan's political envoy Siluzhou, which looked more like a merchant gang. But the general guarding the pass somehow sniffed out something strange, behaved very suspiciously, and asked a lot of questions. finally let him go, but Zhu Gaoxu secretly pinched a lot of cold sweat.

If the little-known Guancheng guard does not let him go, Zhu Gaoxu and the others will have to go back to Yunnan, and there will be some twists and turns.

In this world, only inanimate machines can operate accurately. But everything that someone is involved in is full of all kinds of turbulent causes. Perhaps people are inherently inaccurate, and various emotions, such as anger, fear, and impulsiveness, often completely overturn a decision at a given moment.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more that if he wanted to completely control everything, it would be in vain.

Fortunately, personal emotions do not affect everything, and most of the time people's minds are still traceable. It's just that it's a bit difficult to penetrate those subtle things.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others did not go to the Han Wangfu for the time being, they quietly went to a vacant restaurant first. When he returned to Yunnan, he decided not to alarm Mu Sheng first, so that there would be more room for detours.

The group of people entered the city and walked through the south gate, because there was a stronghold of the "palace guard". The stronghold was still left behind when the Assassins were investigated, but it was never removed because it was close to the city gate and easy to keep track of the movements in the city.

Zhu Gaoxu was sure that the sergeant from the Nancheng stronghold had found him, so he left the vicinity of the city gate. In this way, Wang Bin and the generals guarding the palace will soon know that he has returned to Yunnan.

…… This long-vacant restaurant was bought by Zhu Gaoxu a few years ago. At that time, the place where he and Yao Ji's family of three met was here.

The location of the restaurant is not very good, there are not many people passing outside, and there are many houses around; This is probably why the previous shopkeeper sold the restaurant? Zhu Gaoxu didn't pick much at first, but he happened to find that there was a place to pawn here, so he paid for it.

Everyone was tired, ate some dry food and drank some water, and by this time had found a house and lay down to sleep.

Zhu Gaoxu was also exhausted, and immediately lay down in a side room in the outer courtyard, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning!

As soon as he returned to Yunnan, he felt a thousand things, and he was stunned for a while.

After a while, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Zhu Gaoxu quickly thought: It may be that Wang Bin and others knew the news and sent someone over.

He turned over and walked out of the door of the chamber, when there was two more knocks at the door.

In addition, the courtyard was very quiet, and several people who accompanied them back to Yunnan had already fallen asleep, and no one noticed the knock on the door. Zhu Gaoxu didn't blame them, this way was indeed squeezing everyone's physical limit, especially the female eunuchs and Qi Taina literati were the most unbearable.

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the back of the door, and habitually glanced at the crack in the door first. He immediately noticed that something was wrong, because through the crack in the door, there was no one outside!

He was stunned for a moment, his tired and confused mind giving him the illusion that he had just been hallucinating.

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, gently pulled out the latch, and opened one of the doors. He poked his head out and looked at it, but saw nothing, and then quickly looked to the other side, but still didn't see anyone!

At this moment, a voice said, "Lord Wang, is it convenient for me to come in?" ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard it, he remembered after a while that this voice was very familiar, it seemed to be Yao Fang's voice! Zhu Gaoxu immediately said, "It's okay, come in." ”

Sure enough, Yao Fang flashed in, and Zhu Gaoxu immediately closed the door.

Yao Fang clasped his fists and said: "The last general just saw King Han and other eight people entering this place, and most of them didn't know each other, so he didn't rush over. ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't notice where Yao Fang was just now, he might have been too tired and didn't have so much energy to pay attention to the surrounding situation. Zhu Gaoxu was very surprised to see Yao Fang, but he still calmed down first and said, "Said in the house." ”

The two of them went back and forth into the room where Zhu Gaoxu slept just now, and the tables and chairs inside were all dust. However, Zhu Gaoxu was also very dirty, but he didn't care.

"Why are you in Yunnan?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Yao Fang said: "The last general only entered the city yesterday, and he first came here to see it, and when he saw that no one had come in, he stayed here for a night." ”

After Zhu Gaoxu came in, he also didn't pay attention to the traces of someone coming last night.

Yao Fang continued: "Hu Guang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and the first assistant of the cabinet, entered Yunnan from Guizhou and was ordered to win over Xiping Hou Musheng. At that time, Jinyiwei also wanted to send someone to follow, and it happened that the end of the year came to Yunnan, and he felt that he had experience and was familiar with the place, so he was selected. ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh briefly "heh", he seemed to be laughing at the ingenuity of human encounters.

"Hu Guang went to the Xiping Marquis Mansion?" Zhu Gaoxu's smile disappeared in an instant, and he asked with a frown.

Yao Fang shook his head and said, "It is estimated that there will be at least three days before he can reach Kunming." The last general came to Yunnan Fucheng under the pretext of inquiring about the situation, and took a step ahead, but in fact, he wanted to tell King Han in advance. He paused for a moment, and then said, "The last general thinks that it has been more than a month since you left the capital division, and it is time to reach Yunnan." Why did the prince only come to Yunnan now? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "In order to avoid the party feathers in the East Palace as much as possible, let's take the five-foot road. It was a difficult road, and several sections of the road were completely unhorse-ridden, so it was difficult to trek on foot. Let's grit our teeth and hurry with all our strength to reach Kunming City today. ”

"I see, the Admiral understands." Yao Fang bowed and said, "Please show the King of Han, how to deal with Hu Guang?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and asked, "How many people are there around him?" ”

Yao Fang said: "Yunnan is the territory of the King of Han, Hu Guang came to disguise himself on this trip, and there were only three people in his party. There's also a groom. The official road they walked. ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked thoughtful, and after a long time, he raised his hand and said, "If you don't meet Hu Guang first, wait until I send someone to arrest him." ”

Yao Fang clenched his fists and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Brother Yao has made great contributions, if I succeed in the future, I will not be treated badly!" ”

Yao Fang said: "The three members of the last general's family are willing to do their best to assist the prince!" ”

When he said this, he immediately bowed and said: "The identity of the last general, the less people know about it, the better, so I won't meet with the prince's subordinates and say goodbye." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, got up and sent Yao Fang out, so that he could bolt the door again.

Before noon, sure enough, Wang Bin and Zhao Ping came to the restaurant. Zhu Gaoxu talked to them for a while, recounting what had happened. Then Zhu Gaoxu ordered Wang Bin and Zhao Ping to immediately follow the official road to Guizhou, find Hu Guang, and quietly arrest him back here.

Hu Guang is a civil official, with a groom; Wang Bin and other two generals who have fought in the war are enough to deal with them. Moreover, Hu Guang has been to Yunnan and entered the Han Palace, and the general Wang Bin has seen him.

Zhu Gaoxu said at this time: "There is still a groom by Hu Guang's side, and he will be killed on the spot, but the body must be hidden." This time has reached a critical time, you must be careful! ”

Wang Bin said: "Don't worry, don't worry, we have been the pawnshop shopkeeper in Jiangxi Lane, isn't it also very clean!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu sent the two away, pacing in the side room, still not sleepy.

When everyone was still in Wushan Taoyuan, what Qi Tai said, Zhu Gaoxu also agreed. Now the imperial court needs time, and he Zhu Gaoxu also needs time...... You must deal with the affairs of Mu Mansion first, otherwise you will not be able to openly raise troops!

If you can win over your own command, that's the best result, otherwise you have to find another way. In short, there is absolutely no way to avoid Mu Mansion before raising troops.

couldn't sleep left and right, so Zhu Gaoxu went to the kitchen to boil water and take a bath. This place has not been inhabited for a long time, but there is a well in the backyard, and there is a lot of firewood left.

After taking a bath, Zhu Gaoxu went to call Veda up again, asking him to wash the smell on his body as well.

The two rummaged around the house in the backyard, and finally found two old cloth clothes to change into. Fortunately, it is not cold in early August in Yunnan, and it will not be cold in the afternoon wearing a single coat.

Zhu Gaoxu was busy with Wei Da again, taking dry food to cook a pot of hot porridge.

Zhu Gaoxu added firewood and said, "Li Mo, the chief of the Han Palace, seems to have an old relationship with Commander Wei?" ”

Veda looked unspeakable and said, "Our two families have been in contact for many years. ”

Zhu Gaoxu knew the relationship between the two of them, and in the past, Weida's daughter and Li Mo had a marriage contract. Later, Zhu Gaoxu's mother fell in love with Wei Da's daughter, and the marriage contract was immediately torn by Wei Da...... It's just that the world makes people, but in the end, Zhu Gaoxu married the granddaughter of the Guo family, the Marquis of Wuding.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "I heard that his father is a hundred households, and he failed to pass the martial arts exam, and he failed to inherit the hundred households. Later, I didn't know what way to go, and I actually went to the Han Palace, and became a civil official. ”

Wei Da said: "The last general's favor for him has embarrassed the prince." ”

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "This matter doesn't matter, but the other thing can't be taken lightly, he is a spy in the East Palace." ”

"Huh?" Veda's face froze.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I haven't figured it out yet, how was he bribed, or what tricks were caught?" But I also have people over there, and Li Mo can't be wrong. ”

Veda said angrily: "Lord Wang, let the last general kill him with his own hands!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "When the time comes, I'll tell Commander Wei." ”

Wei Da hurriedly said again: "Although the last general has an old relationship with Li Mo, he is by no means a person who eats inside and outside!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, "Of course Commander Wei is not, you are the commander of the guards of the Han Palace, and you have followed me for so many years." In case I am unlucky one day, among the people who are cleared, your Wei family will definitely be indispensable. ”

Veda nodded vigorously: "The last checkmate will not take refuge in others." ”