"What did Your Majesty tell you?" When Zhang Mu left the courtyard, Mao Xiang couldn't wait to ask.

Zhang Mu said with a smile: "It's just that I asked some parents about their shortcomings, and they were all some uneasy words." It seems that His Majesty should not be angry, but it also scared the little one enough. ”

Mao Xiang smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty Tianwei, how can you understand this little child?" Speaking of this, Mao Xiang looked left and right, and asked in a low voice, "What is Master Jiang doing?" ”

Zhang Mu knew that Mao Xiang was testing him, after all, Zhang Mu suddenly appeared here, he always felt a little weird, so he smiled and said, "Master Jiang is investigating Li Guan's case." The specific, small ones are also not clear. ”

Mao Xiang saw that his expression was sincere, but it didn't look like he was telling a lie, and then he was still young after all, and he was unscrupulous, so he opened his mouth and said Jiang? so he waved his hand and said: "Jinyiwei case, don't talk about it to others." Play for the day today and go home in the evening. ”

"That's a lowly resignation." Zhang Mu hurriedly bowed and raised his arms to bow twice and retreated.

Zhang Mu came out of the gate, wondering in his heart what this Mao Xiang was doing to Jiang? I'm afraid that he doesn't trust it so much, otherwise he wouldn't have asked on purpose just now, but Zhu Yuanzhang threw it away without looking at the note, obviously he knew what was going on, so he was in his chest.

Zhu Yuanzhang went on patrol this time, first, to inspect farming, after all, agriculture is the foundation of the country, especially in ancient society now, this is the top priority, farmers do not eat food, the world will be in chaos. However, the more important reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to take advantage of this patrol to kill the enemies lurking around him.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Mu vaguely guessed that there was such a meaning, then, this time he only brought Mao Xiang with him when he went out to patrol the ministers, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't trust Mao Xiang, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered him to go to the state capital to transfer Li Yunchang, thinking about it, Zhang Mu suddenly realized.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to kill Mao Xiang, and Mao Xiang also wants to kill Zhu Yuanzhang, it is very likely that the person who reported to the White Lotus Sect is Mao Xiang, he wants to kill Zhu Yuanzhang with the hand of the White Lotus Sect, and he, as Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard, will be done as soon as he releases the water a little.

As for the reason why Mao Xiang wanted to kill Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Mu is not very clear, in the Hongwu Dynasty, the undercurrent is surging, which can be seen, but Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, wants to kill Mao Xiang, isn't it very easy? Why go to such great lengths at the cost of risk?

Zhang Mu felt that there was only one explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to take advantage of Mao Xiang's incident to do something bigger, Zhang Mu thought of this, and immediately gasped, as if he had seen the scene of Ying Tianfu's blood flowing and drifting, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher's knife was raised high.

Zhang Mu thought of this relationship, and still carried Lao Zhu's secret letter in his arms, where he dared to stay in Yan's house, hurriedly found Yan Su and Yan, and found an excuse at random, so he said goodbye to Yan's family, went straight to Yongkang's house, returned home, without saying a word, returned a suit of clothes for the people, changed the carriage into a donkey cart, pretended to be the subordinate of the mansion that Zhang's house was repairing, and took advantage of the dawn to go out of the city from the West City Gate.

Yan Su didn't know what Zhang Mu was doing, but he was silent all the way, so he just let Yan Yan hurry, playing with the jade Ruyi piece given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang in his hand and said, "Who is that guest?" Why did I ask my grandfather, he only took care of the branches, he took those subordinates, it seemed that they were all coaxing, and he really regarded our family as their family. ”

"It's a good thing to think of your home as theirs, and you know how much the world can't ask for this kind of favor. Do you know that the whole world belongs to their family, let alone your Yan family. Zhang Mu smiled bitterly.

Yan Su was unconvinced when he heard this: "What a big breath, in this whole world, only the emperor can say that the whole world belongs to their family." Saying this, Yan Su was taken aback, looked at Zhang Mu in amazement, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you mean, that person is the current emperor?" ”

"Phew!!" Hearing this, the stern who was driving the donkey cart in front of him trembled in his hand, and almost drove the donkey cart into the ditch, hurriedly pulled the reins, lifted the curtain and asked, "Really?" ”

"Do you know who the old man you just told us is?" Zhang Mu said with a smile.

Yan and Yan Su shook their heads like rattles, and Zhang Mu said: "He is the famous Jinyi Guard Commander Mao Xiang, Lord Mao." Who are you talking about who can make the Jinyi Guard commander wait? ”

"My good man, he, he turned out to be His Majesty the Emperor. I really didn't see it, but what does he have to do with our grandfather? How can you come to our house? Yan Su was ready to break the casserole and ask to the end.

"I'll find out when you go back and ask your father." Zhang Mu looked out the window and said uneasily.

The brother and sister were stunned, and after a while, they waved the reins sternly, whipped the donkey's buttocks, and hurriedly ran towards Chuzhou.

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Mao Xiang stood upright, standing behind the gate of the back garden of the Yan family, like a stone sculpture, a few insects landed on his cheeks, but Mao Xiang did not move.

Although he is over half a hundred years old, he has not put down his martial arts for a moment, and now he can produce three bowls of rice in one meal, so his figure is still strong.

In the early years, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the south and the north, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he pacified the anti-thieves, expelled the Japanese invaders, fought horses all his life, and was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, although he was in a high position, but because of the special duties of the Jinyi Guard, he stood guard for the emperor, and he had already practiced this standing skill, and sometimes the emperor went to court for several hours, he was able to stand motionless outside the main hall.

If it wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang's most trusted person, how could Lao Zhu give him full authority for his personal safety?

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng drinking and laughing in the back garden, the two of them only talked about some customs and customs, such as how much food they beat in a year, whose children have the ability, and what the neighbors and towns are talking about, Mao Xiang was a little in a trance when he listened.

Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang hated Zhang Shicheng, hated that he couldn't sleep at night, and the food was tasteless, and Zhang Shicheng's name was written on his long case, and he had to look at it several times a day. He was completely angered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and ordered him to be beheaded on the same day.

It's just that the cell where Zhang Shicheng was held that day accidentally caught fire, and Zhang Shicheng was burned alive, however, when he arrived at Yan's house today, Mao Xiao knew that Zhang Shicheng was not dead, but still alive.

Seeing the two of them talking and laughing, Mao Xiang felt that this scene was weird and indescribable.

I secretly wondered in my heart, maybe Zhang Shicheng reached an agreement with Zhu Yuanzhang after he was detained, after all, although Zhang Shicheng was arrested at that time, the rest of his troops were still resisting in the remnants, and there was Meng Yuan in the north, so Zhang Shicheng survived.

At this time, a brocade guard quietly walked to Mao Xiang's side and whispered: "That Zhang Mu did return home, and the little one didn't see him come out again." ”

Mao Xiao just nodded and waved his hand to let him step back.

Yu Guang glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already gray-haired, Mao Xiao couldn't help clenching his fists tightly, and a trace of killing intent spread under his eyes, but then, it recovered like an ancient well, without waves. Still expressionless, standing there loyally, motionless.