Soon, Luo Yang led the three of them back to Xingsheng Palace. a Xue Liu, still the stubborn appearance that is neither humble nor arrogant; A Wang Zhen, his face full of anger and shame; There is also a tall and thin officer, with broad shoulders and a thin waist, a red complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, there is no doubt that Tan Yuan is there, no matter judging from the conversation he heard earlier, or Tan Yuan's temperament and armor specifications in front of him, it can be clearly seen that he is at least a thousand households.

Zhu Di said coldly: "Tan Yuan, Wang Zhen is a hundred households under your command; He made mistakes, are you responsible? ”

Tan Yuan bowed his head and said, "Yes; Wang Baihu did not restrain his subordinates strictly, and it would be difficult to escape the blame. Please punish Your Highness. ”

Zhu Di continued to ask: "Wang Zhen, Xue Liu is your soldier; He made mistakes, are you responsible? ”

Wang Zhen's face was flushed: "Your Highness, the last general is not restrained effectively, please ask Your Highness to punish the last general." ”

Zhu Di looked at the thin and capable Xue Liu, and asked coldly, "Xue Liu, are you guilty?" ”

Xue Liudao: "The little one is not guilty." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Di glanced at him and did not raise his voice; Shen Ruoyu couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat.

Xue Liudao: "The little one is acting on orders, and he has to offend Lord Yao." The small ones only know that there are military orders, and they don't know that there are exceptions. ”

Zhu Di stared at him quietly and asked quietly: "Wang Zhen, Tan Yuan, what do you say, what should Gu do with Xue Liu?" ”

Wang Zhen glanced at Xue Liu with hatred, gritted his teeth, and said:

"Your Highness, according to military law, you should be fined sixty military sticks. Wang Zhen's discipline is not effective, Xue Liu is guilty, I am half responsible, please Your Highness reduce Xue Liu's punishment by half, and the punishment will be thirty strokes. ”

Tan Yuan said: "Your Highness, Xue Liu does not admit his guilt, this matter cannot be accommodated, and he should be an example." Xue Liu should be fined sixty strokes, and Wang Baihu could not be punished for him. ”

Zhu Di asked calmly, "Oh? So what do you think, what should Wang Zhen do? ”

Tan Yuan hesitated, looked at Wang Zhen, and said, "Wang Baihu is derelict in discipline, and the last general is also responsible; The last general should be punished with Wang Baihu, and according to military law, dereliction of duty under the law should be punished - eighty rods. ”

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Eighty sticks down, even the iron man will become mud." ”

Tan Yuan and Wang Zhen kowtowed in unison and said, "The last general deserves it." ”

Zhu Di stood up. "Well, since that's the case, then Lone will give the order."

Shen Ruoyu only felt that she was trembling. Luo Yang and Ma Sanbao both looked nervously at the three people on the ground.

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Pass on the order of the lonely king, Xue Liu is loyal to his duties, right and wrong are clear, remember the merit once, reward three ingots, one piece of rice, ten catties of meat, and give three days of leave." Clearly stated that the three armies were ordered to take Xue Liu as an example, and after that, they knew that there were military orders, but they did not know that there were exceptions. ”

Hearing that Zhu Di had such a rich reward, everyone was taken aback and looked at King Yan incredulously; Only Yao Biao smiled faintly on the side.

Zhu Di walked up to Xue Liu, picked up this ordinary soldier who was extremely surprised by the six gods and no master, and exclaimed:

"If all the soldiers can be like you, our army will be as solid as a rock, and we will be invincible and invincible. Attaboy; You have to stick to it and don't be impetuous. ”

Xue Liu was grateful, and immediately knelt down and said: "Your Highness's grace, although your subordinates are full of liver and brains, ten thousand deaths are not enough to report." But please forgive the two lords, they are both loyal to His Highness wholeheartedly, and they are all because they think about His Highness, so they will be confused for a while. ”

"Confused for a while, is it that simple?" Zhu Di frowned slightly, squinting his eyes and looking at Tan Yuan and Wang Zhen on the ground.

Tan Yuan and Wang Zhen already understood what King Yan meant, and kowtowed: "The last general should die; Please punish Your Highness. ”

"It's not just punishment;" Zhu Di said sternly: "You two are still generals, with you being so casual and treating military orders as child's play, how can you still set an example and set an example?" How else do you lead troops to war? - Especially you, Tan Yuan; A dignified family, always frizzy and frizzy, I don't know how to use my brain! How can I rest assured that you will be able to do great things? ”

The two men were so frightened that they buried their faces on the ground and did not dare to move.

Yao Biao interjected: "Your Highness is inevitably harsh; After all, General Tan had received a prior command from His Royal Highness before he asked Xue Liu to let him go. Outside the Duanli Gate, although Lord Wang was very angry with Xue Liu, he still carefully asked the names of Ruo Yu and Yuan Tingyu, and then said that inviting us into the door was not a dereliction of duty. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Di asked.

Shen Ruoyu said: "That's true. ”

Zhu Di's color softened a little, still very serious, and said: "You two still seem to understand the reason, but you just teach Xue Liu a lesson, you are really too ignorant." Are you ashamed in your hearts? ”

The two of them kowtowed again and again, and they were ashamed.

Zhu Di saw that Wang Zhen was already ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, so he asked Tan Yuandao:

"Tan Yuan, you don't seem to be very ashamed when you look at you?"

Tan Yuan said: "Your Highness, Tan Yuan does not distinguish between right and wrong, and does not distinguish between the important and the serious; The last general knew in his heart that fortunately it was Lord Yao this time, if on the battlefield, if he casually put in an enemy spy, then the last general would be to blame for his death. The last general's face was born so red, even if he was ashamed, he couldn't be red anymore until he died. The last general only asks His Highness to punish him heavily, otherwise he will not be able to relieve the remorse and shame in my heart. ”

Zhu Di said calmly: "It's good if you understand." After returning home, the two men each made a flag, wrote down their mistakes, and hung them on the flagpole by the playground for three days, so that the soldiers of the whole army could take warning. This is not an example; If it happens again, then there is only a need to eat military sticks, and there is nothing to say. ”

The two men replied in unison, "The last general obeys; Please rest assured, Your Highness, there will be no next time in this matter. ”

"Let's go down."

Zhu Di watched the three of them withdraw, returned to his seat and sat down, and smiled at Yao Biao. Ma Sanbao and Luo Yang looked at each other, and they both showed relieved smiles.

Shen Ruoyu looked at Zhu Di with great admiration, thinking that it was no wonder that the imperial court talked so much about King Yan; With such a talent for governing the army, King Yan only needs to give an order, and his soldiers will be desperately loyal to him, fighting for the country, even if the corpses are all over the field and the blood is flowing like a river, he is willing. And Zhu Yunwen, the son of heaven in the palace of Emperor Ying, is just a weak scholar, it seems that he probably can't even ride a horse, and the ministers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, who rely on him, are also Confucian ministers, and they are far away from the generals, and they are not involved in the army. What kind of comparison of strength is this?

Zhu Di opened his mouth and said, "Ruo Liao, go on." If you have anything else to discover in Yingtian, let us those of us who have not been to Jingshi for a long time hear about it. ”

Shen Ruoyu came back to his senses and hesitated. At this moment, having just seen King Yan's fairness and reasoning, Corporal Lixian, the question that had kept him haunted for three months rushed to his chest like a blazing fire, rushing to the tip of his tongue, and he could no longer bear it. From then on, whether he stayed in Beiping and was desperately willing to lead a horse for King Yan, or was he disheartened and hid back in Wudang Mountain to find a lifetime of purity, or he simply angered King Yan and ended up with a corpse in a different place - everything should finally have an answer today.

He mustered up his courage and made up his mind, and said, "Lord, I have something very important to report to you; Can you please - invite everyone else, all out? ”

Yao Biao looked at him in surprise. Ma Sanbao and Luo Yang were also puzzled. Shen Ruoyu looked at the expressions of the three people and said softly:

"It's not that I don't trust the three adults, it's just that this matter really has nothing to do with the three adults, but it's a big deal, so I'm - please prince-"

Zhu Di said: "That being the case, Shude, Luo Yang, Sanbao, you all go down first." Everyone else went out too. Bring the door shut. ”

Yao Biaohu glanced at Shen Ruoyu suspiciously, got up and went out without saying a word. The only few officials and palace maids in the hall also walked out. Luo Yang and Ma Sanbao followed at the end and closed the door of Xingsheng Palace tightly.