After Zhu Hongyi followed Zhu Hongsan back to the big tent, he saw Zhu Hongsan being supported by the little eunuch to sleep, Zhu Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief, today's work is completed. Zhu Hongsan's current official position is the king of Wuchang County, the minister of the guard, the commander of the infantry army, the commander of the Yamen, and the commander of the Janissary Division, to put it bluntly, he is the head of Zhu Hongsan's Imperial Forest Army. This position has always been the closest person to the emperors, and the head of the Imperial Forest Army of the Ming Dynasty is the imperial horse supervisor, which is traditionally held by the eunuch, but when he came to Zhu Hongsan, he let his eldest cousin Zhu Hongyi do it, and his trust in Zhu Hongyi can be seen.

And Zhu Hongyi did not live up to Zhu Hongsan's high expectations, was loyal to Zhu Hongsan, and never participated in the disputes between various factions in the imperial court, thus leaving a good impression on Zhu Hongsan.

Today, after Zhu Hongyi finished his duty, he returned to his tent and asked the guards to bring a pot of soju and a few side dishes, and he was going to drink some for himself. Zhu Hongyi used to be the underworld leader in Nanchang County, and he was also unhappy with knives and fires, large pieces of wine and meat, and later because he was responsible for Zhu Hongsan's security work, he quit drinking.

Zhu Hongyi is four years older than Zhu Hongsan, and he is exactly thirty-five years old this year, which is the peak of a man. Now it is very cold in October in Zhejiang, and there is no heating equipment for later generations at that time, and the army has already sent out cotton clothes, but Zhu Hongyi doesn't care about those, and after entering his tent, he takes off the three-layer heavy armor he wears, and wipes the sweat on his body with a dry towel.

In order to serve Zhu Hongsan as a shield at any time, Zhu Hongyi wore a two-layer chain mail, and a layer of iron leaf armor on the outside, and his equipment was hundreds of pounds. Standing in this body for two hours, even with Zhu Hongyi's physique, he couldn't stand it.

Originally, the work of unloading her armor at home was done by the concubine Xu, and this Xu was the daughter-in-law of the Dong family who got it in Dongjiawubao, Henan, the eldest daughter-in-law returned to Qian Lide, and the second daughter-in-law was rewarded to Zhu Hongyi by Zhu Hongsan. At the beginning, the Xu family saw that he was rewarded to Zhu Hongyi, Zhu Hongyi was a hairy bear, and the second young master of the Dong family was not a little bit worse, but the Xu family couldn't help it, the life of people in the troubled world was like a mustard, and in order to survive, he could only serve Zhu Hongyi with tears.

But after following Zhu Hongyi for a period of time, he found that this black man was not what he thought he was at all, Zhu Hongyi was five big and three rough on the surface, but he was very gentle in his heart, and he could treat Xu with courtesy. And Zhu Hongyi's original eldest wife, Ma Chunhua, was even bigger than her heart, and when she saw another woman, she was not guarded at all, but handed over the family's financial power to the Xu family. In the second year, after Xu gave birth to a daughter for Zhu Hongyi, his status went to the next level, and Ma Chunhua gave birth to two sons to Zhu Hongyi, so Xu's daughter was favored by the whole family.

In the past, Zhu Hongyi was unarmored by the Xu family after work at home, but today because of the army expedition, he can't bring women, and it is his own soldiers who unload Zhu Hongyi's armor today. Of course, men's hands are not as delicate as women's, Zhu Hongyi frowned, asked the pro-soldier to stop, and wiped his body with a towel.

The pro-soldier had been following Zhu Hongyi for many years, and he knew that his master disliked his heavy hands, so he didn't say anything and went out to bring up the wine and food.

The wine jar brought up by the soldiers is five catties, but these wines are enough for Zhu Hongyi to have a drink, Zhu Hongyi is two meters tall and weighs three hundred catties, these wines are really not enough, this is going out to fight, it is not good to drink more, it just means.

Zhu Hongyi picked up the wine jar, drank half of the jar in one go, and let out a sigh of relief, feeling so refreshing.

Zhu Hongyi put down the wine jar, grabbed a pig's trotter, and asked while gnawing, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Back to the prince, it's nothing, but the villain got the news that His Majesty ordered Gonggong Cao to arrest the Qian commander!"

Zhu Hongyi was stunned when he heard it, the emperor grabbed Qian Lide? Why is that? I didn't get any news!

"What's the detailed reason?"

"I don't know the specific information, but I heard that it was because Qian Lide had a big mouth and talked nonsense about the emperor's previous affairs in Nanchang!"

Zhu Hongyi nodded, this Qian Lide should also be repaired, he can say anything, but there should be no worries about his life, and the emperor still misses the old.

Zhu Hongyi waved his hand to let the soldiers out, and he was ready to rest after eating and drinking, after all, he had been on the boat for a day today, and he had stood for two hours just now, even according to Zhu Hongyi's physical strength, he couldn't bear it.

Unexpectedly, the pro-soldier came back as soon as he went out, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the Jinyi guard outside the door is here with Wang Xian, saying that he is asking to see the prince!" ”

As soon as he heard that Wang Xian was coming, Zhu Hongyi knew that it was for the sake of Qian Lide, and Zhu Hongyi himself stayed away from court politics and did not want to get involved in these bad things.

"You go out and tell him that I'm already asleep, let him go back!"

The pro-soldier nodded and went out, but he didn't expect to come back just after going out, holding a letter in his hand, and said: "Lord, Wang Xian said that he wanted the prince to see this letter!" ”

Zhu Hongyi glared at the pro-soldier, "Third brother, did Wang Xian beg you?" ”

The third brother of the pro-soldier was the younger brother of Zhu Hongyi when he was the boss in Nanchang County, and he and Wang Xian were also good brothers back then, so they brought Wang Xian's letter into the tent.

was told by Zhu Hongyi about the central matter, the third child blushed and said: "Boss, Wang Xian was born and died with us back then, and he also blocked a knife for me on the Xiguan Wharf, I am repaying the favor!" ”

Zhu Hongyi thought to himself that it would be better to look at what was written in the letter, and then decide what to do when the time came.

Zhu Hongyi opened the folded letter and looked at it, only one sentence was written on it, "If the prince doesn't speak now, who will speak for the prince in the future?" ”

was a short sentence, but Zhu Hongyi was very shocked when he saw it. This sentence is exactly what Zhu Hongyi is worried about.

Zhu Hongyi is a thoughtful person, as early as when Wuchang slaughtered the Guo family, he knew what kind of person Zhu Hongsan was, but at that time, he had no choice, he was already too deeply involved, so he could only follow Zhu Hongsan to the dark. Although Zhu Hongyi is now the prince, his eldest son Zhao Hu has also married Zhu Hongsan's eldest daughter, and his family is really red and purple in the court. But Zhu Hongyi knew that although his family was prominent, the destruction was all between Zhu Hong's three thoughts. Therefore, Zhu Hongyi has become more and more secluded in recent years, and has no contact with anyone, giving people the impression of being a "lonely minister".

Originally, Zhu Hongyi thought very simply, he didn't go out of the door, and his wife was peaceful as his own rich man, but could Emperor Zhu Hongsan let him go? Most of the generals of Zhu Hongsan's new army are from the teaching regiment outside Nanchang County that year, and the first and second batches of non-commissioned officers and students were brought out by Zhu Hongyi, which made Zhu Hongyi have great influence in the army.

If you change someone else, it is easy to do it, and you can directly find a trumped-up charge and kill the matter, but Zhu Hongyi is different. Not to mention that Zhu Hongyi and Zhu Hongsan were originally small, and they ate and slept together for more than ten years. is Zhu Hongsan's mother Zhao Chunhua asked Zhu Hongsan to take care of Zhu Hongyi's life before she died, and Zhu Hongsan couldn't be ruthless to clean up Zhu Hongyi. And Zhu Hongyi is very low-key, unlike the big-mouthed Qian Lide, so Zhu Hongsan is still very relieved of him.

It is precisely because of his peace of mind, coupled with Zhu Hongyi's influence in the army, that he was favored by Empress Ma Xiaofang, isn't such a person the guarantee that his son will be the emperor smoothly? Therefore, under the operation of Ma Xiaofang, he was ready to marry Zhu Luo to Zhao Hu, which could be regarded as an insurance for the position of Prince Zhu Hai.

And Zhu Hongsan is also very willing to see the successor he chooses to have a strong person to escort him, so Zhu Luo married Zhao Hu, and Zhu Hongyi, who wanted to stay away from politics, was pulled into the battle for succession by Zhu Hongsan.

And Zhu Hongyi didn't want to make enemies with other princes after getting in touch with the crown prince, so Zhu Hongyi has always maintained a good relationship with the forces of the King of Qin and the King of Chu. But this balance was broken by his second son Zhu Bao more than ten days ago.

Ma Xiaofang's death was definitely a major blow to the princelings, and Ma Ruyan, who immediately ascended the throne, was even more prepared to let his son ban the prince, so he encouraged Zhu Hong's three relatives to bring the king of Qin with him, so that the king of Qin could make war achievements.

And Zhu Hongyi's second son did not have his eldest brother Zhao Hu's city at all, and immediately showed his dislike for him after knowing that King Qin became his subordinate, and after Tong Yangjia's old guy fanned the flames, Qin King Zhu Jiang was almost deposed, which made Zhu Bao completely become King Qin's sworn enemy. Zhu Hongyi is worried about this, it is good to say now, the princes are still young, and they don't have much power in their hands, but what about the future? With the successive victories of Emperor Zhu Hongsan, the princes have increased their power as they get older, and it is really hard to say how their own family will end up at that time.

Zhu Hongyi has been very troubled these days, of course, he will not say this kind of thing to outsiders, but he didn't expect that his heart was seen by an outsider, which really made Zhu Hongyi afraid, if this person publicized his thoughts, it would be over.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyi hurriedly asked the third soldier to go out and bring Wang Xian in, and he wanted to ask who could know his thoughts.

After Wang Xian entered the room, he stood upright, saluted, and said: "Report to the instructor, the second class of recruits Wang reports honestly!" "Wang Laoshi is Wang Xian's previous name, and I don't know how his parents got their names, it's really strange that an underworld bastard is called honest. Wang Xian is his own name after he developed, and he obtained the meaning of developed dignitaries, originally wanted to call Wang Dafa or Wang Xiangui, but the land was going to die, and later only one word was called Wang Xian.

Zhu Hongyi shook his hand and said: "Wang Tongzhi, you don't have to salute me, I'm not your instructor now, and you're not a recruit, let's still be commensurate with our official position!" ”

"Don't dare, one day as an instructor, a lifetime as an instructor!"

Zhu Hongyi saw that Wang Xian insisted on this, and there was no way, he saw Wang Xian today to ask about the letter, this is the point, as for what to call Zhu Hongyi, how can he care about this.

Zhu Hongyi raised the piece of paper in his hand and said, "Who wrote this letter?" ”

When Wang Xian saw the letter, he quickly took out another letter from his arms and handed it to Zhu Hongyi, and said, "Instructor, that person said, if you can see me after reading the first letter, let me give you the second letter!" ”