"Your Majesty, can you see this poisonous needle clearly?" Yang Chen opened his mouth and said.

There should be no problem with making meritorious contributions now.

Hongwu took a light breath: "I see it clearly." ”

Yang Chen threw the silver needle on the ground, and Emperor Hongwu took a deep look at Yang Chen: "Yang Chen, your silver needle is untraceable, before I saw it, I didn't even know that there was a silver needle shooting towards me, you were still some distance from me just now, how did you notice it?" ”

"This has something to do with my previous life as a child." Yang Chen said slowly.

The corners of Hongwu's mouth gradually raised, as if he had walked out of the fear just now, and wiped his sweat: "Yang Chen, if Ying said that your martial arts are extraordinary, I didn't believe it at first, I thought that she could have any insight as a little girl." Today, I saw that it was true. It is said that connoisseurs know the way, and now I ask you, what do you think of these guards I brought, what is the standard? ”

"They're all masters." Yang Chen said meticulously, the solemnity on his face meant that he was answering Emperor Hongwu's question very solemnly.

Just kidding, can this not be answered seriously.

"Master? What kind of master? Hongwu asked curiously.

"Average master." Yang Chen shrugged.

"Oh? How do ordinary masters compare to you? Hongwu actually smiled, and he felt very unusual for Yang Chen's answer to be an ordinary master.

"They're no match for me." Yang Chen grinned.

Hongwu raised his eyebrows: "Are you saying that they are not your opponent when they fight alone, or are they not your opponent combined?" ”

"Combined, they're no match for me." Yang Chen replied lightly.

He didn't brag.

I don't like to brag either.

Emperor Hongwu looked at the battle ahead. But on his lips, he was happy with Yang Chen, and even laughed: "You are so shameless." ”

He said that Yang Chen was shameless, but he didn't mention Yang Chen's bragging.

"The grass people just don't want to commit another crime of bullying." Yang Chen said with a smile.

"Today, I'm careless. I didn't expect that someone in this white mansion would set up a net for me to wait for me. Knowing this, I brought more people. Hongwu said calmly.

Yang Chen listened to Hongwu say this, but he didn't think so, he didn't think that this emperor was so easy to kill, at least, this Hongwu brought more than just the surface, just the poisonous needle just now. It did bring some trouble to Hongwu. But Yang Chen didn't feel that he would die if he didn't make a move.

The reason why he didn't help earlier was because he sensed that someone was secretly there.

Originally, I thought these people were assassins, but I found out after thinking about it. These people are secretly protecting Emperor Hongwu.

Even if he didn't stop the silver needle just now, he believed that someone would make a move.

But if he can stop it, it's not something he can guess.

"Yang Chen, I will ask you one more question." Hongwu's voice was calm: "You have to answer me truthfully." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." Yang Chen said.

Hongwu stood with his hands in his hands. Calm as a spring breeze: "You say." You just said that you only kneel down before me if you respect me. Then I ask you now, why did you save me just now, did you save me because you were afraid of me, or did you respect me and save me? ”

"The answer is very clear, isn't it, if I am really afraid of you, the emperor, I will not save it." Yang Chen said with a smile.

Hongwu heard this. The corners of his mouth raised: "Why do you suddenly respect me?" ”

"Because the emperor gave the grass people a chance, a chance to speak. This means that your Majesty, you are not an unreasonable person. Yang Chen said directly: "These are enough grass people Yang Chen to respect the emperor." ”

He said that these were indeed heartfelt words.

The feeling that Emperor Hongwu gave him was indeed not simple.

He felt that Wan Renjie's cleverness was shrewdness, so Hongwu's cleverness was another realm.

If it were someone else, just now he looked at the poisonous needle that almost claimed his life, and sat on the ground with a frightened butt, what about this Hongwu? After three or two breaths, he regained his calm, and talked and laughed with him like a nobody, can this be an ordinary person?

Hongwu laughed: "Yang Chen, I found that I like you a little. ”

As the two spoke, the assassin seemed to sense that something was wrong, and he shouted at some point: "The wind is tight,!" ”

For a while, these assassins disguised as family members retreated one after another, and a few of them did not escape safely and were immediately beheaded, but most of them were quick to go, and in the blink of an eye, no one was gone.

"Yunde, you take a few brothers to chase, and the others stay." Hongwu waved his hand.

"Yes!"

The guard, Yunde, with his knife in hand, and his brothers chased after the assassins.

There were also a few guards who grabbed the corpses of several family members, looked at the tattoos on the arms of these assassins, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, it's the assassin of the Black Eagle Hall!" ”

"It's Black Eagle Hall again, it's Black Eagle Hall again!" Hongwu took a deep breath, his chest was angry, and his words were low.

After a long time, Hongwu Fang waved his hand, revealed the matter of Fang Cai, looked at Yang Chen, and said with a serious expression: "Yang Chen, you saved me just now, and I should reward you, but you didn't kneel to me just now, this merit is offset." Do you have any comments? ”

"The grass people have no opinion." Yang Chen hurriedly bowed down and thanked him.

"Yang Chen, you are a good martial artist, if you do nothing, it will be a pity." Hongwu said slowly.

"The emperor means ......" Yang Chen didn't know the meaning of another layer in Emperor Hongwu's words.

Hongwu said: "If you don't kneel when you see me today, I can give you credit to offset it, but if you meet me again by chance in the future, and you don't kneel, what should you do?" Don't lie to me, I know you didn't even want to kneel for me. ”

"This ......" Yang Chen was speechless when Hongwu asked a word.

Yes, he didn't kneel when he saw someone today, he was pardoned by luck, and he didn't kneel when he saw him another day, how could you let the emperor keep you? People want to save face. The most important thing is that he wanted to enter the court and investigate his master's affairs, but if he met Hongwu by chance a day later and didn't kneel, what would it be?

This emperor is indeed not so easy to see, for ordinary people, they can burn high incense when they see each other. But what if, what if we see it again?

Seeing that Yang Chen was embarrassed, Hongwu's tone was stiff, and he behaved without discrimination, completely casual: "Now, there is an opportunity in front of you, I released a message to the entire Yunzhou a month ago to conduct a martial arts competition and select my personal guards. Everyone is eligible to participate, and if you can win this tournament and win the championship, you will be eligible to serve as my personal bodyguard! ”

"The tournament was just three days away. Yang Chen, I hope you can participate, if you can win the championship, I am a personal guard, and the official residence is the third grade. A mansion was rewarded, two thousand taels of gold, and sixty were given to the family. In addition, not only did I ask you about not kneeling today, but I also allowed you not to kneel when you see me in the future! ”

After saying this, Hongwu winked at Yang Chen again.

Where would Yang Chen not understand what this meant.

After all, some words are not easy to say on the surface, and this Hongwu Emperor is hinting at him. (To be continued.) )