When night fell, twilight enveloped the entire Huai'an City.

The Huai'an Yafu was brightly lit, and dozens of strong-armed guards stood with swords one by one.

A middle-aged man in a green robe paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, looking very anxious, and after a while, he returned to his seat. A young man next to this green robe, dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, compared with the man in the green robe, but his expression was much more indifferent, sitting on the side, playing with a gold-sprinkled folding fan.

This green-robed man had a white face and a slightly clear face, and was about forty years old.

After a while, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and the green-robed man suddenly got up from his seat and said to the brocade-clothed young man: "Your Highness, it is Commander Wu who has arrived." ”

Several Herod horses' hooves sounded, the sound was noisy, and soon, the door of the mansion opened, dozens of soldiers came in from the outside, and a general in a flying fish suit hurried towards the house.

The man in the green robe had already caught up, and as soon as the general in the flying fish suit entered the room, he waved at the man in the green robe and the young man in brocade, and said, "General soldier Liu, His Royal Highness King Lu." ”

The young man in brocade stood up and hugged the flying fish suit: "Commander Wu has worked hard. ”

Qingpao said: "What, have you caught it?" ”

Feiyu said with a gloomy expression: "I chased it to an alley, but it was gone." ”

The brocade-clothed young man looked flustered when he heard this, and the gold folding fan in his hand fell unconsciously, and said hurriedly: "This, how can this be good?" ”

The green-robed man hurriedly said to the brocade-clothed young man: "Your Highness, don't worry, he can't escape from Huai'an, I will order a blockade of Huai'an now, as long as he is in Huai'an City, he can't escape from our palms." ”

The green-robed man quickly said to a general beside him: "Pass my order, order to block the gates of Huai'an on all sides, and search for the whole city." ”

The general took the order and left.

The green-robed man took out a tube of letters and handed it to Feiyufu: "This is the order that Lord Qian just delivered, and he ordered to catch King Fu as quickly as possible and control the other vassal kings, so as not to have many dreams at night." ”

The Flying Fish Man took the letter, looked depressed, and said, "I am incompetent below, and I have high hopes for Lord Qian." ”

The young man in brocade said, "Commander Wu, can you tell me about the situation at that time." ”

Feiyu was ashamed of his face, and said: "Your Highness, at that time, King Fu's guards were all killed by us, and I had already caught people, but I actually gave him a way out, we chased all the way to an alleyway, and when he turned into the alley, the person was gone, I think he must have entered a house, so we searched from house to house, but still didn't find it, it's really strange." ”

The young man in brocade said, "How is it possible? ”

Feiyufu suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Please Your Highness be aware that there is no idea of protecting King Fu in your Majesty, and you are dedicated to supporting Your Highness, but you are just ......"

The young man in brocade hurriedly helped the flying fish suit up and said, "I believe in Commander Wu, but if he is allowed to take the lead, ...... first."

Qingpao said: "Please let your Highness put 10,000 hearts, King Fu is just a down-and-out son now, even if he is now in Nanjing, and there is no court member to support, His Royal Highness is supported by the Donglin Party led by Lord Qian, why be afraid, I heard that Lord Shangshu Shi of the Ministry of War also supports you." ”

The young man in brocade said: "If it is the grace of God, you have made a meritorious decision, and you are not far from paying homage to the marquis." ”

A few days ago, he heard that most of the important members of the imperial court in Nanjing supported King Lilu, and Liu Zeqing, who was good at political speculation, learned that all the vassal kings were in Huai'an, so he immediately ordered to find King Lu, and decided to escort King Lu all the way south to Nanjing. Soon, Qian Yiqian, the head of the Donglin Party in Nanjing, sent Jinyi Wei to command Wu Mengming to Huai'an, one to find King Lu and protect him calmly to the south, and the other to control the rest of the vassal kings, especially King Fu.

Wu Mengming had almost caught King Fu during the day, and he didn't want to kill Zhou Hao halfway, so he reported the results to Liu Zeqing to King Lu at this time.

The night is deeper, the city gates on all sides have long been closed, but it is composed of torches The long dragon wanders between the streets and alleys, the horseshoe made of steel is particularly loud on the bluestone street, and the guards in strong clothes draw out their long knives, crack through the door and directly split the door lock, kick open the door, and search door to door.

In a deserted village outside the city, due to the war and famine, there was no one in the village for a long time, and Zhou Hao didn't know where he hunted a half-starved dog, which had been skinned and boiled in a pot.

Zhu Yousong came in with a door panel on his back, threw it on the ground, and said, "I didn't find the firewood at all, but I found a door panel in the east of the village." ”

Zhou Hao looked at the door panel thrown on the ground, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, although he had a silver ticket, he couldn't use it as money, this was really poor enough to burn the door panel. Zhou Hao put the door panel in the corner of the wall, picked up his thick-backed Yanling knife, penetrated the knife body, split the door panel, and put it in the stove.

After a while, a burst of meat fragrance came to his nose, Zhu Yousong was hungry for a whole day, and he salivated when he smelled it, and said, "It should be cooked." ”

Zhou Hao was also so hungry that his stomach growled, but he forcibly suppressed his hunger, knowing that it would take a certain amount of time for the dog meat to be stewed, and said, "Your Highness, wait a little longer." ”

Zhu Yousong said: "Don't call me Your Highness, I'm just a down-and-out son who is on the run, and you will call me Brother Zhu in the future." ”

Zhou Hao knew that it was easy to attract the attention of officers and soldiers by calling His Highness, so he also agreed, and said, "Okay, what should Brother Zhu do next?" ”

Zhu Tongsong looked confused, shook his head for a moment, and said: "I don't know what to do next, Luoyang's home was burned down by thieves, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court here are chasing and killing everywhere." ”

Zhou Hao knew that it was Zhu Yousong who obtained the support of the warlords of the four towns of Jianghuai in the history books and forced the Donglin Party to recognize his status and call himself the emperor of Nanjing. In any case, you must rely on your own ability to make the blessed king Zhu Yousong the emperor of Nanjing, and there is hope for your career.

Zhou Hao saw that Zhu Yousong was silent for a moment, and calculated in his heart, the history books said that Zhu Yousong found the support of Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Fengyang garrison, and then Lu Jiude sent a request for help to the warlords of the four towns of Jianghuai and obtained the support of the warlords from all walks of life.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the power of the garrison eunuchs was very strong, not to mention that Fengyang was Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and the Fengyang garrison eunuch Lu Jiude could control the general soldiers of the four towns.

The history books say that Lu Jiude used to be a confidant and little eunuch next to Zhu Yousong's grandmother Zheng Guifei, and after Zheng Guifei passed away, he was released from the palace to the army to supervise the army. From the emotional point of view, Lu Jiude has always regarded the Fuwang Zhu Yousong department as his "mother's family".

Zhou Hao was alone, and he didn't use any strength at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so he could only do what the history books said. Don't lie to me in the history books, otherwise don't say that Zhu Yousong's life is difficult to protect, I'm afraid that my own life will not be saved, you must know that if you are involved in this political whirlpool, once you fail, Zhou Hao, who has seen Chinese history, knows the end.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hao's heart beat wildly, although he had thought that after crossing over, he could crisscross the world and embrace the red and green with the knowledge of the ancients, but it was not so simple to really do it.

The smell of dog meat in the pot was fragrant, Zhu Yousong finally couldn't help it, and when the lid of the pot was lifted, a rich smell of meat came to his nose, and the white heat was rising.

Zhu Yousong took out the dog meat, handed a piece of dog meat to Zhou Hao, and said, "Brother Zhou, you come to eat." ”