Just when Zhu Song was sitting with Song Minglin in Jiaxing Mansion, waiting for Geng Xuan to come to the door to find excitement, he was in the palace of Nanjing City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhu Yunwen summoned close ministers such as Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, as well as military generals such as Xu Huizu, the tall Duke of Wei.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen did not sit on the dragon chair, but frowned, pacing back and forth in a small hall in the Taihe Palace.

Sitting next to Xu Huizu on the left is a man in his forties, dressed in a first-class official robe, this person's name is Li Jinglong, and he is the son of Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao Guo.

Two years ago, the king of Yan raised an incident, Li Jinglongguan worshiped the general, led the imperial army to conquer the king of Yan, but was defeated by the Yan army in Zhengcunba and Baigou River successively, and lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so that the offensive and defensive situation reversed, and fled back to Nanjing after the defeat, and is now responsible for inspecting the defense of the city.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen wandering around the small hall irritably, Li Jinglong's eyes flashed, and he said: "Long live, today's events are too strange, General Zhu Shaoqian Zhu is a hereditary earl, both generations have been favored by the emperor, and he is even more loyal to my court, how can he have a rebellious heart?" ”

"Yes, hooray!" Qi Tai also said: "Today's incident must have been framed by King Yan, and Governor Zhang was just deceived by the villain!" ”

Zhu Yunwen stopped, glanced at Huang Zicheng, who was sitting at the top of the right hand side and had not spoken, and said, "Huang Qingjia, what do you think?" ”

Huang Zicheng seemed to have expected Zhu Yunwen to ask him, first stood up and saluted Zhu Yunwen, and then said:

"Long live, Weichen thinks that King Yan is cunning and cunning, and this matter will definitely not be so simple! Governor Zhang had said before that Lord Zhu would be opposed. Based on Weichen's understanding of Lord Zhu, the Lord has always been cautious, so what Governor Zhang said, Weichen didn't believe it. ”

"Lord Huang's words are wrong!" Fang Xiaoru stood up and retorted: "After being summoned by Banzai, Weichen has already sent someone to Zhenjiang to investigate!" found that in Zhenjiang, in addition to the rumors that Lord Zhu must be opposed, there was another completely opposite message! ”

"Oh? What is the message? Zhu Yunwen's heart moved slightly, and said, "You tell me in detail!" ”

"Another message......" Fang Xiaoru thought for a while and said: "There are some people in Zhenjiang who say that General Zhu is loyal and courageous, and is determined to live and die with Zhenjiang, even if he dies outside the city, he will never let the Yan army step into Zhenjiang half a step!" What makes Weichen feel most incredible is that at the same time as this rumor spreads, there are many small stories, and the protagonist of the small story is naturally Zhu Shaoqian! ”

Speaking of this, Fang Xiaoru hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and said: "Two completely different rumors have spread wildly in Zhenjiang, and even some of the soldiers stationed in Zhenjiang have begun to distrust Zhu Shaoqian!" ”

"Huang Qingjia, in your opinion, what is the purpose of this?" Zhu Yunwen's eyes narrowed, flashing with suspicion.

The other Jianwen ministers and generals also turned their eyes to Huang Zicheng

Huang Zicheng also began to pace in the small hall, and only said after a while: "Two diametrically opposed rumors, this assertion is not groundless, there must be a behind-the-scenes promoter behind it. What Wechen cares about most now is, who came out of these two news, where is the source, and why do you want to release such rumors? ”

"Do you still have to guess?" Fang Xiaoru sneered and said, "Who else can there be besides Zhu Di, the king of Yan?" ”

"But this ...... What's the use? Li Jinglong was a little puzzled, "If you talk about this first rumor, it can be concluded that it was put by King Yan, but this latter news ...... Why did he do that? ”

"Why bother, Lord Li?" Fang Xiaoru shrugged his shoulders and said, "Master Li may not know that Zhu Shaoqian had worked with King Yan in his early years, and the relationship between them was very close, maybe he, Zhu Shaoqian, had already been in cahoots with King Yan, but it was just to win the trust of the imperial court that such rumors were deliberately spread!" ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded, and seemed to agree with Fang Xiaoru's opinion.

Xu Huizu, who had not spoken, spoke, and he frowned and said, "Long live, the subordinates think otherwise!" According to the minister's understanding of Lord Zhu, he is not such a person who does not know the importance of it. The two rumors this time are eighty percent of the arrangements of King Yan, he just wants to use this to stir people's hearts, and at the same time provoke the relationship between Lord Zhu and our court. ”

"Not bad!" Qi Tai said: "This is clearly King Yan's counter-plan, as the so-called 'don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people', since His Royal Highness chose Lord Zhu to guard Zhenjiang, you can't doubt him, especially at this critical moment!" After all, with Lord Zhu's prestige in Zhenjiang, once the generals are changed, I am afraid that the entire Zhenjiang defenders will riot! ”

Yes, the people in the small hall were divided into two groups: one group of people led by Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, with the attitude of replacing Zhu Shaoqian; The other group of people, led by Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong, held an attitude of believing in Zhu Shaoqian and did not advocate a change of generals.

What is more strange is that Qi Tai, who has always worn a pair of pants with Fang Xiaoru and others this time, is on Xu Huizu's side.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the two groups of people who were clearly distinguished, and suddenly became a little uncertain.

"Hooray, make the order early!" Fang Xiaoru urged: "King Yan's rebellion against the party is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, he only launched a few attacks, and we lost 40,000 troops, which is all Zhu Shaoqian's responsibility......"

"Long live, changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and you must not do it!" Xu Huizu dissuaded.

"That's better than Zhu Shaoqian and King Yan colluding with each other and giving away Zhenjiang!" Huang Zicheng sneered, "Lord Xu, the lower officials know that the eldest lady of your Xu family is the princess of King Yan, and you are so desperate to defend Zhu Shaoqian, can the lower officials ......?"

"Huang Zicheng, you are presumptuous!" Xu Huizu glared at Huang Zicheng angrily and said, "My Xu family has been loyal to the Zhu royal family and the Ming court since my father!" You slander my father so much, and I swear not to break with you! ”

"You ......"

Huang Zicheng wanted to say something, but Zhu Yunwen directly interrupted them: "Okay! In this way, Zhenjiang is still guarded by Zhu Shaoqian, but Qi Qing's family, you lead the Jingwei to deploy defenses in the Jurong area. By the way, give Geng Bingwen another order, let him go to the edge of Nanjing to set up defenses, and the two of you must always pay attention to the movements of Zhenjiang in case of accidents! ”

"Command!"

Qi Tai knelt on his knees and received the order.

……

Jiaxing Night Market, the back hall of Splendid Zhai.

Zhu Song led the three little guys to lie here, this tea was drunk pot after pot, melon and fruit snacks were served plate after plate, left and right, but they couldn't wait for the third child of the Geng family to come over to find trouble.

Song Minglin personally poured tea for Zhu Song on the side, her movements were gentle, her pretty face was quiet, and she didn't look like she hated Zhu Song.

"Miss Minglin, your splendid Zhai has been opened all over our Ming Dynasty, but why haven't you seen it in Yingtianfu?" Zhu Song smacked his lips and said with a smile: "Don't you look down on Ying Tianfu?" ”

"Your Highness, you don't know!" Song Minglin said softly: "In the early years, my father also served as an official in the imperial court, although it was just an experience from the sixth grade of the political envoy of the Chengxuan Political Envoy, but it was enough to glorify the ancestors!" ”

"From the six pins!" Zhu Song nodded and said, "Indeed, in Nanjing City, the officials of the third and fourth grades have grabbed a lot of them, and they are indeed a little smaller from the sixth ranks. But why don't you become an official in the court again? ”

Song Minglindai frowned slightly, and said: "Just because my grandfather is old, and my Song family only has one son-in-law, this huge 'Jinxiuzhai' also needs someone to inherit, so when Hongwu was twenty years old, my father resigned and returned to Jiaxing Mansion and inherited the ancestral business!" ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhu Song said suddenly: "Ling Zun is worried that he will open Jinxiu Zhai to Yingtianfu, and he will often recall his past experience as an official, and he will inevitably be sad?" ”

"Yes and no!" Song Minglin nodded and shook her head, and said: "Mainly at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are too many dignitaries and nobles and children of the family, if we offend any of them, we Jinxiuzhai small families can't afford to provoke!" ”

"Yes, but Yingtianfu is also a gold cave, you don't open Jinxiu Zhai in Yingtianfu, but you will make a lot of money!" Zhu Song shook his head and said, "But this money can't be earned, and in this world now, it's enough to spend!" ”

Boom!

"All of them are fenced off by this official!"

While the two were still chatting, a commotion suddenly came from the outer hall.