In the seventeenth year of Zhizheng, September 18.

Tianwan Marshal Ming Yuzhen sat on the Qizhou Road, and the Marshal Mansion of Qichun City was the seat of his road governance. A young man dressed in brocade clothes and dressed as a noble son couldn't help but come to this time period when there was some rumor due to the turmoil of the day.

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"Lin Jialangjun, you deceived Ben Shuai so hard. You and I have known each other for a while, but I have always regarded you as a friend, but I can't think of it...... Heh, you Lin Cheng are a spy who inquires about the news! Above the lobby of the Marshal's Mansion, after shielding the left and right, looking at Lin Cheng, who was honestly revealing his identity to him, as if he was deceived by the brocade-clothed noble son in front of him, the only intact eye narrowed, and the face that was still smiling couldn't help but be shrouded in dissatisfaction and chill in an instant.

Such an appearance, with the dozen or so dead soldiers around him who were clutching their sabers at their waists and ready to draw their knives at any time, couldn't help but make people shudder.

However, in this regard, the dark guard brigade general named Lin Cheng standing in the hall was not intimidated by the scene in front of him, but laughed as if no one was around, and said, "Marshal, we don't talk darkly. Marshal, you have been trading with me for so long, don't you have the slightest suspicion of your identity?

If this is the case, a certain person should make amends! ”

"Oh, hahahaha. Good you Lin Cheng, you are really a little bold to talk to Ben Shuai like this. Ming Yuzhen smiled and praised, but also acquiesced to Lin Cheng's words.

So next, Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but wave her hand to Lin Cheng who was standing in the hall and let him sit in his seat again.

"Ben Shuai has always admired His Royal Highness King Chu, so Ben Shuai can also pretend not to know about this spy. After drinking this cup of tea, you can go back and forth from where you want. Although he asked Lin Cheng, the spy of the secret guard, to sit down again, Ming Yuzhen's expression was still indifferent and cold.

Obviously, he didn't want to have too much to do with his neighbors who had already coveted Jiang Xi and Tianwan at this time.

However, when he heard his words, Lin Cheng, who was sitting down, couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Seeing this, Ming Yuzhen, who felt as if she had been teased, couldn't help but look more gloomy, so she couldn't help but ask in a dissatisfied tone: "Why are you laughing?" ”

"Haha, I laugh at Mingshuai, you don't know if you're dying!"

"Oh, you don't want to speak again. I'm Ming Yuzhen, but I'm not a three-year-old child, and I'm being deceived by others. When Ming Yuzhen heard this, although her tone was extremely disdainful, she did not let people drive out Lin Cheng who said this crazy words.

Seeing this, the strong and calm Lin Cheng couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

While secretly saying "there is a door" in his heart, he couldn't help pretending to be calm and took a sip of tea from the teacup, so as to sort out his own clues.

"Ming Shuai, don't you really think that as long as you keep to yourself, you can be at peace with Chen Youliang, who attacked and killed Ni Wenjun and took the peace chapter by himself." After sorting out the rhetoric in his mind, looking at Ming Yuzhen who was sitting on the main seat, Lin Cheng couldn't help but talk confidently, "You don't want to think about it, what kind of person Chen Youliang is."

When this son started the army, he was not taken seriously at first. It was all because he defected to Ni Wenjun's account and got Ni Wenjun's blue eyes that he was able to become a major general of Tianwan's army. It can be said that although Ni Wenjun is a thief, for him Chen Youliang, he really has the grace of carrying and rebuilding.

But even because of this, for personal purposes, Chen Youliang still mercilessly killed Ni Wenjun, who had a great favor to him. Because of this, this person's heart is so unkind, greedy and powerful. Once such unrighteous and greedy power ascends to a high position and holds great power. Oh, Ming Shuai, you said, how would he Chen Youliang treat a "heavy general" like you who has had many dirty conflicts with him and whose prestige in the army is second only to him Chen Youliang.

Thinking about it, he was nothing more than pretending to win over Ming Shuai when his foothold was not stable. However, when the foundation is solidified, he is looking for a trumped-up charge to get rid of Ming Shuai! Mingshuai, what do you think? ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Ming Yuzhen swallowed a mouthful of spit, and the whole person couldn't help but widen his eyes all of a sudden, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly, so that he didn't even care about the tea in the cup spilled.

And the reason why there is such a reaction is really because what Lin Cheng said is not bad at all.

Even yesterday, Chen Youliang had already asked the envoy to contact him first, and promised him a lot of benefits.

Therefore, today, when he saw Lin Cheng, the messenger of Da Chu, Ming Yuzhen would seem so distant.

But now, after Lin Cheng's analysis, Ming Yuzhen's heart couldn't help but be a little flustered.

Think about it, judging from Chen Youliang's personality, even a benefactor like Ni Wenjun, Chen Youliang can kill him mercilessly. Then Chen Youliang killed him Ming Yuzhen, and took away the military power in his hands, so naturally there would be no psychological burden.

Moreover, even if you don't talk about Chen Youliang. Just thinking about it by himself and putting himself in his shoes, Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but feel that Chen Youliang really had too many reasons to kill him.

First, he Ming Yuzhen was not born in the Peng Party; Second, he Ming Yuzhen has a lot of prestige in the Tianwan Army.

In just these two days, he Ming Yuzhen is Chen Youliang's best object.

If Chen Youliang's foundation is solid, then Ming Yuzhen really can't imagine that with Chen Youliang's character of not destroying the heavens and the earth for himself, there will be any reason to let him go.

Thinking like this in his mind, in an instant, Ming Yuzhen's forehead couldn't help but be covered with cold sweat.

Although he has fought in the north and south over the years, he can be regarded as a person who is used to seeing life and death parting. But when such a matter related to the life of his family came to his head, Ming Yuzhen couldn't be indifferent in his heart. But in the end, it is a person who has been in a high position for a long time, and he has a bit of a city.

So after shaking his hand to wipe the water stains on his hands, Ming Yuzhen's face couldn't help but squeeze out a smile, and then took a deep breath and said: "Although I, Ming Yuzhen, am not a hero, but there are more than 20,000 warriors under my account.

Even if Chen Youliang has the heart of me, with this, even if he can't be with him, self-protection should not be a problem. ”

"20,000 athletes, to protect themselves." Hearing Ming Yuzhen's words, Lin Cheng, who was sitting in the hall, couldn't help but have a sincere smile on his face.

Obviously, Ming Yuzhen has now been moved by what she said. The reason why I say this now is just to use this as a basis to see what kind of treatment I can get from Da Chu.

After all, 'the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit'. Even if you are ready to change to a new camp for yourself, you can't let yourself be wronged too much because of this.

Secretly thinking about Ming Yuzhen's thoughts in his heart, Lin Cheng smiled when he took it, and he couldn't help striking while the iron was hot, and even knocked: "Ming Shuai's words are wrong. Not to mention that with the strength of Ming Shuai alone, can he protect himself and his children under the many shady methods of a ruthless person like Chen Youliang.

In the long run, we warriors, living in troubled times, in order to save our lives and make meritorious contributions, we must choose one of the masters in this troubled world to vote for! ”

After saying this, Lin Cheng paused again, sorted out his thoughts, and couldn't help but hug his fists to the west and said: "Thinking of the king of my family, since the Central Plains started the army, he has fought Nanyang, attacked Xiangjing, Xiahuguang, and entered Xichuan.

The enemy is too unspending, answering the loss of Badulu, and waiting for the Yuanmeng general, even if he looks at the world, his person is not a heroic man. But when you encounter my master, the one who won't break the halberd and sink into the sand, the army will be defeated and flee!? So that in just seven years, our lord dominated the three provinces of the Central Plains, Huguang and Xichuan.

the people under his rule, numbering in the millions; Soldiers with armor, in the millions. Such a majestic strategy, even if you look at the world and dare to ask Ming Shuai, there are a few people in this world who can be compared with my lord! Now my lord does not want to see the endless war in the south of the Yangtze River and the displacement of the people and intends to go to the west of the river.

It has a million-strong army coming eastward and down the river to recover the west of the river, which is different from exploring the bag and taking things. There is an ancient saying: A good minister chooses the master to do things, and a good bird chooses a tree to perch. At the juncture of life and death, Ming Shuai must not be rash, and the hard-earned gains of these years will be ruined once and for all. ”

"Whew!" Hearing this, Ming Yuzhen took a deep breath again, and the sweat on her forehead couldn't help but increase more.

was beaten by Lin Cheng like this, and now Ming Yuzhen is in a weak heart, and she can no longer say the words "But with the athletes under his command, it is enough to protect himself in troubled times".

It was really because of Lin Cheng's words that he began to face up to the huge disparity in strength between Tianwan and Da Chu.

Thinking about it, the state capitals that are now occupied now add up to only one-third of the province in the west of Jiangsu.

But Da Chu not only occupies nearly ninety percent of the Central Plains such as Huguang and Xiangjing, but also occupies most of Xichuan Province not long ago.

In this way, what can his more than 20,000 soldiers and horses who have not even been able to match the armor be counted for him.

So in this way, Ming Yuzhen's heart to wait for the price and sell couldn't help but dissipate a lot.

Even in the next step, he couldn't help but take the initiative to stand up from his seat, and faced Lin Cheng, who was sitting in the hall and looked confident, and said: "Vulgar martial artist, cloudy eyes don't know the current affairs, fortunately Brother Lin mentioned it." Therefore, the Laurin brothers reported to the king on behalf of a certain person, and the ministers were willing to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, raise troops and return to obedience, and be the king's precursor! ”

As she spoke, Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but face Lin Cheng, clasping her fists with both hands to the ground.

However, in this regard, Lin Cheng, who is only a general of the Great Chu Secret Guard, will naturally not receive a great gift from Ming Yuzhen because of this. So at the same time that Ming Yuzhen bent down deeply and bowed, Lin Cheng couldn't help but hurriedly stand up, and dodged sideways to the side.

Then, Lin Cheng first returned the salute to Ming Yuzhen, and then hurriedly helped Ming Yuzhen up.

"The heart of the handsome man is already known below. Therefore, please rest assured that the meaning of the Ming Shuai will definitely inform the king in the original form. Thinking about it, with the ability of Ming Shuai, the king will definitely reuse it. ”

This appeased Ming Yuzhen, and then the two agreed on the time of the next meeting. Lin Cheng, who could be said to have completed the task perfectly, couldn't help but hurriedly leave Ming Yuzhen's Shuai Mansion, and prepared to inform Jiangling of the good news in the form of a flying pigeon.

And Ming Yuzhen, who had already made up his mind to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", couldn't help but send his henchmen to the house after Lin Cheng left, and summoned his right-hand man in the army, who was also his brother-in-law Wan Sheng, to the mansion to discuss this matter together.

However, they didn't know that it was also today, in the palace of Dehua City, the capital of Tianwan in Jiangxi Province, Xu Shouhui, the son of Tianwan who had just experienced the murder of Ni Wenjun, couldn't help but at this time, in the name of diagnosing and seeking medical treatment, he once again passed Mr. Yu, a famous Jiangxia doctor in Dehua City, to the palace to diagnose himself.

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"Mr. Yu, I'm going to trouble you again this time. Hey, it's all because Ni Wenjun, a dog thief, led the troops to attack the palace and tried in vain to kill the king, so that His Majesty was frightened. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this! In the slightly shabby palace of Dehua City, Chen Pujie, who has always served as the commander of the Tianwan Forbidden Army, looked at Yu Ke who was just a Langzhong, and his tone was not lacking in respect.

But even so, Yu Ke, who was praised as a miracle doctor by Tianwan, did not have half of his support in words.

Instead, he politely and respectfully replied to Chen Pujie, and then under the personal leadership of Chen Pujie, he came to the bedroom of Xu Shouhui, the son of heaven.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yu is here!" Holding a knife and stepping through the door, Chen Pujie couldn't help but shout at Xu Shouhui who was lying in the back room.

In terms of tone and behavior, there is really no respect that a courtier should have.

But in this regard, everyone around him, even including Yu Ke, a miracle doctor, all looked strange and accustomed to it.

Obviously, it is no secret that Xu Shouhui, the puppet emperor, is up and down the sky.

So in this regard, Xu Shouhui, who seems to have accepted his fate, is not half dissatisfied with this. Even lying on the bed and looking sick, he even said hard work to Chen Pujie, and then asked people to invite the master and apprentice of Yu Ke who would diagnose him in.

"Alright, I'll leave everything to sir. Ben will have some chores to deal with, so he will take his leave. "Because the teachers and apprentices who came to see the patient were all people who knew Chen Pujie well, and this time happened to be the period of the transfer of power within Tianwan.

Therefore, after bringing people here, Chen Pujie still did not stay for a long time, but just glanced at the eunuch who was waiting for Xu Shouhui and several guards around him, and left without looking back.

I didn't see the meaningful smile that appeared on the corner of Yu Ke's mouth.