On the evening of the second day of the first month of August, Shen Ke and Xing Yuan protected Princess Zhaoren Zhu Yuyuan into Shandong. It wasn't until I entered Jiushan Town, Jinan Prefecture, and saw the banner and soldiers and horses of the Shandong Army, that the fear of the past few days disappeared.

Stationed in Jiushan Town, there was a hundred households in the Shandong Metropolitan Division, and Shen Ke asked his subordinates to send their number plates to the hundred households, and it didn't take much effort to guard the hundred households and hurriedly greet them with people.

Shen Ke is now a hot figure in the Shandong army, in charge of Zhu Ping'an's personal defense of Zuo Qianhu, a place of 100 households, where would he dare to offend such a person. Therefore, when the town guards got the news, they greeted them as soon as possible.

Shen Ke killed the Jingshi this time, and along the way, he had arranged for people to constantly inquire about Cao Wuxian and Zhu Yujiao, but he still had no clue. The specific situation has also been fed back to Yin Shigang of the Shandong Military Intelligence Department, and I think that there is an intelligence network of the Military Intelligence Department, and the two of them will be found soon.

Zhu Yuanyuan suffered from the wind cold when she was on the road, and she was not accompanied by Zhu Yuanjiao, so she was very weak these days. Shen Ke watched the hundred households hurriedly send people to find a doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment, and couldn't help laughing, "The hundred households don't have to be in such a hurry, finally when we arrive in Shandong, we can also relax and not be in a hurry at this time!" ”

Baihu even called it sluggish, but it was a headache on his face, "Lord Qianhu doesn't know, there was news from Dengzhou yesterday evening, saying that Dashuai's fleet will come to our Jiushan Town port early tomorrow morning." Today, all the adults of Dengzhou will come to Jiushan Town to greet them. Therefore, it seems that there are some people who are understaffed in this defense area, but they are treating thousands of adults slowly, which is really a sin! ”

Shen Ke was really taken aback, but he didn't expect that Zhu Ping'an's army, like himself, had just arrived in Shandong. When I asked, I found out that Zhu Ping'an's fleet had just left Tianjin Wei. When they reached the open sea, they encountered hurricane weather that had not been encountered in ten years, and the fleet deviated from the course and hovered at sea for more than ten days, which delayed the trip.

Listening to the words of the hundred households guarding the town, Shen Ke's heart was a little secretly strange. Tong Wanjun is a veteran of the water division. He has lived at sea all his life, and this time he has mobilized the most elite group of sailors of the Denglai Naval Division, how can a hurricane delay the fleet for so many days.

Although I was puzzled in my heart, I was always shocked to hear the news that Zhu Ping'an's army was about to return to Shandong.

The crown prince came to Shandong this time, and Fang Yuegong, the governor of Shandong, and other dignitaries were all coming to greet him personally. Originally, Zhu Ping'an meant that the fleet would go directly to Penglai and land, but the crown prince Zhu Cihong was in a hurry to Nanjing, so he did not seek the near and far. Choose to land at the port of Jiushan Town in Jinan Province and go overland to Nanzhili.

Early this morning, Fang Yuegong and the others had already arrived at Jiushan Town, which is why this small town seemed so crowded and panicked.

It was getting late, and the town was crowded with all the officials and their entourage, and the hundred households could only place Shen Ke and others in their own hundred households, and wait for Zhu Ping'an's fleet to enter the port and land early tomorrow morning. Again guild and.

Wait until the doctor invited to give Zhu Yuyuan a diagnosis and treatment, and prescribe the medicine. And boiled the medicinal juice, it was already the middle of the night. After taking the medicine, although Zhu Yuyuan was groggy, she still snuggled tightly in Xing Yuan's arms and refused to let go. Xing Yuan could only hold her and lean on the bed to barely sleep.

But when it came to the fourth watch, a sudden shouting of horses and neighing woke Xing Yuan, and Xing Yuan suddenly opened his eyes. Suddenly regained his vigilance on the road. Fortunately, Zhu Yuyuan didn't wake up, Xing Yuan carefully placed her on the bed and looked out through the window.

The streets outside the palace were chaotic, with flickering fires coming into view, and from time to time shouts and exclamations could be heard from outside the courtyard.

Xing Yuan's heart pounded. At this time. The gate of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and Shen Ke and several of his subordinates broke in with torches and blue faces.

"Miss Xing!" Shen Ke didn't rush into the door, he stood outside the door and shouted, his voice revealing a sense of anxiety.

"Lord Shen!" Xing Yuan hurriedly opened the door. "What's going on outside the hospital, and why is it so noisy?"

Shen Ke's face was full of anger. "It is a sin to disturb the rest of the girl and the princess. But right now, there is a mess in Jiushan Town, and the soldiers and horses from nowhere are suddenly killed, I don't know what the intention is, the top priority, the lower officials can only send Her Royal Highness the princess and the girl to Dengzhou first! ”

After listening to Shen Ke's words, Xing Yuan's legs were weak, and he never expected that after entering Shandong, he would encounter such a mess.

But Xing Yuan secretly warned himself that he must not panic at this time, and finally calmed down, rushed back to the house in three steps and two steps, and held Zhu Yuyuan in his arms. followed Shen Ke and the others and walked out.

From the inner courtyard to the front yard, the sound of the street became louder and louder, but there was no one in the hundred households, and it was thought that all of them had been sent outside, and they could walk to the gate, but the two gates were suddenly opened from the outside.

Immediately, a group of soldiers holding torches and holding various swords and guns broke in, Shen Ke was caught off guard, and it was too late to retreat to the inner courtyard at this time, so he could only take a few of his subordinates to guard Xing Yuan and Zhu Yuanyuan tightly.

Looking at the color of the armor and uniforms, these soldiers were not dressed by the Shandong army, and with the swords, guns and weapons in their hands, they forced Shen Ke and others to the corridor of the main hall.

A laugh suddenly sounded, "I don't want to meet Shen Qianhu here, it's really worth it!" ”

The crowd parted, and several generals with armor and armor walked to the front surrounded by everyone, and the first one took off the iron helmet on his head and looked at Shen Ke with a smile.

"King Lu?" Shen Ke was taken aback.

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was dressed in a military uniform, although there was a smile on his face, but he was full of murderous aura, and there were several people standing next to him, among them, there was Feng Da, the eunuch of Shandong's prison army, and one person, but it was even more surprising to Shen Ke, it was actually Tong Wenhuan, who was supposed to be stationed in Haizhou. There were a few people next to him, but they were very eye-catching.

"His Royal Highness King Lu, Tong Wenhuan, you led troops into Jiushan Town late at night, what do you want, do you want to rebel?"

Feng Da snorted coldly, "Hugh is talking nonsense, we people came to Jiushan Town to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince. The crown prince is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and in the near future, he will be the new monarch of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ping'an and you are both courtiers of the Ming Dynasty. What a rebellion! ”

Shen Ke ignored Feng Da, but glared at Tong Wenhuan angrily, Tong Wenhuan's face turned red, but he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Shen Ke.

Feng Da continued: "Zhu Ping'an, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, is abnormal. Unwilling to obey the prince's edict, our family obeyed the decree of His Royal Highness the Prince, but he wanted to take over the military and political affairs of Shandong, and this General Liu Zhicun was the son of Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong commander-in-chief, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had appointed him to take over the post of Shandong commander-in-chief. In the future, Shandong's military and political affairs will have nothing to do with Zhu Ping'an. ”

"However", Feng Da changed his words, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted, and he thinks of Zhu Ping'an's meritorious service." I still can't bear to hurt his life, and I will give him a title in the future, and enjoy wealth and glory forever, and so on, as long as these henchmen put down their swords and guns and surrender to the prince, the prince will definitely not be counted, on the contrary, it may be reused......! ”

"Full of nonsense!" Shen Ke was furious. But Xing Yuan beside him grabbed the corner of his clothes first.

Although Xing Yuan is not familiar with Shandong's affairs, the current situation. Coupled with what Feng Da said, I finally understood some of the strangeness. The prince has prejudices against Zhu Ping'an, which is a secret in the palace from time to time, and Xing Yuan also learned some of the inside information from Zhu Yujiao's mouth.

Judging by the situation, although the prince has not yet arrived in Shandong, he has already planted people in Shandong early. It was to seize Zhu Ping'an's military power. Although Xing Yuan was anxious, he knew that in the current situation, it was not wise to fight hard.

Pulling Shen Ke, Xing Yuan stepped forward. "Since you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please see who this is!"

As he spoke, Xing Yuan took a few steps forward and hugged Zhu Yuyuan in front of everyone.

Feng Da only glanced at it, and was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "The slave didn't know that Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoren had arrived, and the crime deserved death!" ”

Zhu Yihai, Tong Wenhuan, Liu Zhicun, Liu Zhishan, Liu Zhigan and others were also shocked, but seeing Feng Da's face, they were confirmed, so they had to hurriedly salute.

"Your Highness has been rushing all the way from Beijing, and your body is also unwell these days. You are all ministers of the country, Her Royal Highness the princess is young, and the affairs of Shandong will not be ignored. But please don't frighten Your Highness. The matter of Shandong has been decided by His Royal Highness the Prince, and we never dare to say more, but this Shen Qianhu fought bloodily all the way, escorting Her Royal Highness the Princess to Shandong, and made great contributions, Her Royal Highness the Princess never wanted to see him and his subordinates suffer any harm, my lords, do you understand? ”

Feng Da hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the slaves and maids will definitely not hurt the lives of Shen Qianhu and the others!" ”

Xing Yuan turned to look at Shen Ke, but his eyes blinked silently, "Shen Qianhu, you can't shake the overall situation at the moment, or don't make any more senseless sacrifices, don't worry, with Her Royal Highness the princess here, you will definitely have nothing to do!" ”

Shen Ke wanted to speak, but Xing Yuan's eyes were extremely firm and decisive, and he had no choice but to order his subordinates to drop their blades, and when even Zhu Yihai's palace guards stepped forward and tied them up.

Taking advantage of Shen Ke's escort away, Xing Yuan said quietly: "Don't worry, I will find an opportunity to report to the marshal!" ”

Shen Ke was escorted down with a look of doubt and unwillingness. Tong Wenhuan also instructed his subordinates to strictly supervise them, but they were not allowed to be contemptuous, and they should not be cut off from food and drink.

Zhu Yihai also stepped forward to look at Zhu Yuyuan, who was still asleep, "Your Royal Highness's body is still weak, so I asked the girl to take more care, and this king and Feng Gonggong will find two maids to send over to serve, and when tomorrow's major event is over, this king will personally send the princess to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xing Yuan thanked him, and then went to the inner courtyard to rest under the guidance of Feng Da's men.

Zhu Yihai, Feng Da and others breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Zhicun replied: "The prince, the father-in-law, the more than 1,000 old troops convened by the lower officials, plus General Tong's subordinates are only more than 2,000 people, and now there are 2,000 soldiers from the prince's army, which is like a tiger with wings." However, around Jinan Mansion, Zhu Ping'an's henchmen Qiu Ze, Yue Jinfeng and others are surrounded by heavy troops, so we still have to be careful! ”

Zhu Yihai snorted, "This Shandong is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, and he Zhu Ping'an doesn't dare to be a chaotic minister and thief." As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrives in Shandong, who dares to question the righteousness of this court! ”

Tong Wenhuan hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "What the prince said is reasonable, but Zhu Ping'an has been in Shandong for a long time, and he has benefited the people a lot, I am afraid it is not appropriate to kill him, and please ask the prince and the prince to check it out!" ”

Feng Da squinted at Tong Wenhuan, "General Tong still has the face to say such a thing?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Liu asked the general to recruit loyal and brave men early in the morning, just to prepare for this morning. But you don't even dare to mobilize the more than 10,000 troops under your command, if it weren't for your disadvantage, why would we be so risky! ”

Tong Wenhuan's face turned red, and he immediately closed his mouth and didn't say a word again.

Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "Forget it, don't blame General Tong." Zhu Ping'an still has thousands of elite sailors and henchmen around him, let's plan for tomorrow's arrangement, capture the thief and capture the king first, we have to plan carefully, as long as Zhu Ping'an is controlled, the overall situation of Shandong will be at your fingertips! (To be continued......)