Zhu Guobi sat on the chair, not long after entering May, the weather was not too hot, but he was sweating profusely. The maids and servants in the house had already been driven far away, and Zhu Guobi could only wipe his forehead and cheeks with his sleeves.

Opposite him, Shen Lian sat there comfortably drinking tea, looking unfazed, unaware of what kind of situation he had forced the dignified Duke of Daming to.

"Brother Shen, Chen, Qi Guogong, did he really say that?" Zhu Guobi wiped his sweat and asked again.

"Bao Guogong, the meaning of my Guogong is already very clear, follow him, you can keep your existing glory and wealth. Otherwise, Wei Guogong, Xin Chengbo, and Ruyi Bo will be a lesson from the past. Friend or foe, there is no third option! Shen Lian said coldly.

"I, I," Zhu Guobi hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, "Please Brother Shen tell Qi Guogong that from now on, I, Zhu Guobi, will only look forward to him and swear to death!" ”

Shen Lian nodded, stood up and arched his hand casually, and walked away.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not that I, Zhu Guobi, am disloyal to Daming, it's really the situation. Moreover, Qi Guogong is your son-in-law, and it is much stronger for the country to fall into his hands than in the hands of outsiders. Zhu Guobi muttered to himself. Chen Yue's powerful force and ruthless methods against Xungui made Zhu Guobi shudder, and he didn't dare to gamble with his net worth and life.

......

The celebrant and supervisor, Han Zanzhou fidgeted like an ant in a hot pot. Chen Yue came back and came back with a large army, only twenty miles away from Nanjing, like a sharp sword hanging above Han Zanzhou's head.

People who have done bad things will have a weak heart, and the same is true for Han Zanzhou. Although he blamed the murder of the three princes on Li Guofu, Li Guofu was severely tortured in the prison, but he couldn't bear it but admitted it, and he signed and detained. But Han Zanzhou himself knew that the evidence could not stand scrutiny at all, because there were many people who knew the secrets, such as Liu Kongzhao and the people of the Zheng family.

Han Zanzhou didn't even dare to hand over Li Guofu to the imperial court and hand it over to the cabinet, but he was secretly detained in the Dongchang prison, he was afraid that Shi Kefa would strictly order the criminal department to participate in it after knowing about the matter of the three princes, so that maybe he would be exposed. Fortunately, Shi Kefa's heart was on Lichu at that time, and he didn't care about Li Guofu at all, after all, Li Guofu was just a mere eunuch, and he couldn't be put in the eyes of the court boss at all.

Framing Li Guofu was just to make Chongzhen lose his trust in Li Guofu so that he could regain control of the inner palace. Now it seems that Li Guofu has become a bargaining chip for whether he can survive or not.

Han Zanzhou had already planned it, once Chen Yue really invaded Nanjing and asked about the cause of Chongzhen's stroke, he would put all the on Li Guofu's head, along with the killing of the three princes. There is a lot of evidence in his hand, enough to pull himself out of it.

Afraid that Li Guofu would retract his confession in the future, Han Zanzhou had already sent his henchmen to the prison to kill Li Guofu, and now he was anxiously waiting for news from the cabinet.

Zuo Maodi, the squire of the military department, was ordered to negotiate with Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, and when he returned to the city, Han Zanzhou had already learned that now Han Zanzhou wanted to know how the talks were, and whether he was involved or not.

From the bottom of his heart, Han Zanzhou did not want Chen Yue to enter Nanjing, and pinned his hopes on the tall city wall to keep him out of the city. can think about Chen Yue's past achievements, Han Zan Zhou suddenly felt desperate.

Han Zanzhou sent someone to the cabinet to inquire, but he had not returned so far, which made him very anxious.

......

Appointed by Shi Kefa, Wang Duo went to inspect the grain depots in the city today, the war is imminent, and the grain of dozens of grain depots is related to the 100,000 troops and millions of people in Nanjing, and it cannot be ignored.

In the afternoon, someone suddenly came to deliver a letter, saying that Zuo Maodi, who had gone out of the city to negotiate, had returned, and Wang Duo hurriedly returned to the cabinet and went directly to the first assistant duty room, but saw that the cabinet officials were all driven far away, and the door of the duty room was closed.

As a pavilion elder, Wang Duo naturally didn't care about this, and walked up to push the door.

"Elder Wang Ge, Yuan Fu has orders, he is discussing with Zuo Shilang, and no one can disturb him." A scholar who was on duty in Shi Kefa's class room greeted him and stopped him.

Wang Duo's eyes widened: "Am I someone else?" ”

The scholar hesitated: "This ......"

At this moment, a deep voice came, "Is Wang Ge Lao back?" Let him in. ”

As if there was an amnesty, the people of the Zhongshu House hurriedly pushed open the door of the duty room for Wang Duo.

"Elder Wang Ge," Zuo Maodi hurriedly stood up and saluted Wang Duo. Shi Kefa only nodded slightly from Wang Duo.

"Yuanfu, Zuo Shilang, what are you talking about with Qi Guogong?" Wang Duo asked hurriedly.

Shi Kefa waved his hand at Zuo Mao, "You can tell Elder Wang Ge again." ”

Zuo Maodi nodded, and carefully said the two requirements made by Chen Yue during the negotiation, but did not mention the matter of taking Han Zanzhou and the princess's edict. But even so, it has already made Wang Duo very angry.

"Feng Wang is the governor of the capital, and the Duke of Qi is going to be Cao Cao! There is also the princess in charge of the country, which is even more unheard of, what does the Duke of Qi regard the court as the Ming Dynasty, is it what he wants? ”

Wang Duo shouted angrily, Wang Duo contributed a lot to the establishment of the Tang King as the supervisor of the country, and also got great benefits, if he agreed to Chen Yue's conditions, everything he had done before would be in vain.

"Motosuke, what do you think? Are you ready to agree to Chen Yue's unreasonable request, you must know that Tang Wang's succession is the result of the joint decision of the six ministries and nine kings, and the princess is even more unheard of. Yuansuke, you must make up your mind! ”

Shi Kefa slapped the table, "Who said that I would promise Chen Yue the dog thief, the princess is really ridiculous!" If you agree to his conditions, it won't be long before this Ming will be stolen by Chen Thief! ”

Zuo Maodi interjected, and said worriedly, "But the two elders, Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, is strong and strong, what if he really attacks the city?" ”

Wang Duo turned around and looked at Zuo Maodi: "Lord Zuo, you have been to Chen Yue's camp, how many soldiers and horses did he bring here?" ”

"About 30,000 people." Zuo Maodi thought for a moment and replied.

Wang Duo laughed when he heard this, "Thirty thousand, hahaha, thirty thousand, Lord Zuo, you are a soldier of the military department, don't you know how many troops we have in Nanjing City?" Together with the Caojiang Battalion in Beijing, plus Fang Guoan in Jiangdong, Wang Zhiren in Zhejiang, and Zheng Zhibao in Fujian, the total number of troops in the city was no less than 100,000.

Our army is several times that of Chen Yue, and we have a strong Nanjing city wall as a basis, Lord Zuo, do you say that we can't even stop Chen Yue's 30,000 people? ”

"However, although we have a large army, we don't have a general who is used to fighting, and the Duke of Qi has been on the battlefield for a long time and has won a hundred battles." Zuo Maodi said with a sad face.

"Smack" Shi Kefa slapped the table again, "Needless to say, even if Chen Yue is invincible, we must not listen to him usurping the Ming Dynasty!" The order went down, and the noble generals in the city were convened at Zhengyang Gate to discuss the matter, and the pavilion should deploy how to deal with Chen Yue in the name of the superintendent! ”

Wang Duo hurriedly praised, "Yuan Fu is wise! However, in addition to the generals in the city, shouldn't the six Metropolitan Inspectorates also send people to participate? ”

Shi Kefa shook his head, "It's useless if there are too many people, but it's noisy, but you can send someone to the palace and let the celebrant Han Gonggong also participate, he is the commander of the East Factory, and now there is no Jinyi Guard, and the overseers in the city can only rely on the East Factory." ”