After being grounded and ordered to stay at home for reflection, Xu Ping's court was also much deserted for a while, and after this incident broke out, all the officials in Beijing estimated that there would be a big rift in the friendship between King Shun and Xu Ping's monarchs. Especially the demote of the former Ming Dynasty, he was even more reluctant to cause trouble for himself at this time, and some people who had befriended Xu Ping fell into the ground, hoping to clear up the relationship with Xu Ping.

However, Huang Naiming didn't wait a few days before coming to visit again, and said with a smile after seeing Xu Ping: "Brother Xu is now confined to his home, and he doesn't even have to go to the early dynasty, and I can't go out of the city all of a sudden, so I have to come to you." ”

Huang Naiming's freedom in Beijing was also restricted, and he was generally accompanied by Dashun officials when he walked around the capital, and if he wanted to go out of the city, he needed high-ranking officials to be by his side. Huang Naiming is an idle person, and he always wants to go out of the city and go on outings without any official business in Beijing, and most of the others are reluctant to get too close to a person with a special status like Huang Naiming, for fear that too close a relationship will bring trouble to themselves. But Xu Ping has been an orphan since he was a child, and after knowing his life experience, every time he sees Huang Naiming, he will think that this is his only relative in the world, which affected his military operations in Hangzhou, weakened his guard against Huang Naiming in the counterinsurgency war, and the same in Beijing, he always tries to squeeze out time and accompany his brother out of the city to relax.

Now that Xu Ping has been grounded, there is no high-ranking official in Shunting who can often accompany Huang Naiming out of the city.

"Brother Huang is involved," Xu Ping discovered a very coincidental thing a long time ago, that is, his title to Huang Naiming is the same as "Brother Huang": "Brother Huang is looking for me for something?" ”

"I'm really bored and panicked, I don't know when you will be able to completely defeat the sweat and let me go home," Without waiting for Xu Ping to speak, Huang Naiming proposed: "Brother Xu, let's play chess." ”

Xu Ping shook his head and said, "I don't know how to play chess." ”

"Can't play any chess?"

"Nothing."

"It's okay, I'll teach Brother Xu Go, this is a game of the wise, the fighting spirit of both sides is very interesting."

Xu Ping couldn't bear to refuse his brother's intentions, so he began to learn chess, but he didn't expect that Huang Naiming would come almost every day from then on, and the cronies and guards in the house began to dissuade him, and finally found Zhou Dongtian.

"My lord, at the beginning, you always accompanied the prince of Qi on his trips, and at that time, the holy family of the Lord was strong, and he also accompanied you on the expedition for more than a year. But now the Lord is angry, and Xiao Xiao is talking bad about you in the Lord's ear all day long, and now you receive the prince of Qi every day, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? ”

"People are VIPs from afar, VIPs of King Shun, VIPs of you and me." Xu Ping didn't listen to Zhou Dongtian's words now, and defended: "The civil and military officials are so busy, and I am not even allowed to go out of the house now, don't I just receive him?" ”

"My lord," Zhou Dongtian had a feeling, as long as it came to Huang Naiming Xu Ping, he was so stubborn that he couldn't listen to the persuasion, and it started in the counterinsurgency war: "Although the lord has not yet called the emperor to ascend to the pole, but this is a matter of time, you have just been punished, at this time even having a grudge is a big crime, you write a letter every day, the lord may not believe that you have no complaints at all, but the lord is good, not only do you not write a letter of guilt, but also communicate with the envoy of the enemy country - the prince of Qi Guogong every day, Sir, are you not afraid that the Lord will be suspicious? ”

"What's the doubt? I can't even get out of the gate now, will the Lord be worried about me fleeing? Let's not mention that I have a grudge against Qi Guogong for killing my son-in-law, but what can I do if I can escape to that projectile land? Could it be that I, the Duke of Qi, can still give the position of the Duke of my country? Am I afraid that the Lord will have no excuse to kill me, and I am bent on waiting for the Lord to cut me with a thousand knives after attacking Fujian and Guangdong? Xu Ping said a long series of rhetorical questions in one breath, and finally retorted: "The Lord shares weal and woe with me, and the Lord is magnanimous, and he will not doubt me for this little thing." ”

"Of course, the Lord is extremely magnanimous, but I am afraid that the three of them will become tigers, and the adults are now in the land of right and wrong." Zhou Dongtian still did not give up his efforts: "How many times have your subordinates said to your lords, at least write a few more chapters to ask for sin, and although the lord has explicitly ordered you to reflect in the house, half of this great shun world is beaten down by you, if you go to see the lord at night, the lord will not be gone, and you will tell the lord about so many years of hard work......

"I made a mistake this time, I don't want to plead with the Lord, and I can't help Brother Yu and the Jiang family the most this time, even if I ask for forgiveness, I have to go to them. As for what is the land of right and wrong, I have always been in the land of right and wrong, and I have never been in the land of right and wrong. ”

Zhou Dongtian was stunned for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked to the door, pushed open the door and walked out to look around, then walked back and closed the door tightly, leaned in front of Xu Ping and asked, "My lord, what are you going to do?" If the adults really want to rebel, the subordinates swear to follow. ”

Seeing that Xu was quietly looking at himself not being born, Zhou Dongtian hurriedly said: "My lord, the hero still needs three gangs, if the adult is really dissatisfied with King Shun, and there is already any agreement with the Duke of Qi, please tell your subordinates quickly, and your subordinates should have a plan and prepare in advance." ”

Xu Ping sighed softly, as early as after the attack on Beijing, King Shun was ready to promote those generals under Xu Ping who had worked hard, so that they could lead the army alone and no longer be completely controlled by Xu Ping. At that time, Zhou Dongtian was also among them, but although Zhou Dongtian knew that only by leading the army independently could he win his own merits and get ahead in the future Shun court, Zhou Dongtian insisted on staying by Xu Ping's side to make him the chief of staff.

"Does it mean that I do not cry out to the Lord for forgiveness, and I do not weep bitterly and humiliate myself? Do you even think this way, Brother Zhou? ”

"If you are a obedient servant with all your heart, then what is the shame of crying and weeping to the Lord? Unless the adults have never regarded King Shun as a monarch's father. Zhou Dongtian replied unceremoniously: "My lord is so reckless and willful, there is a bit of a courtier there?" ”

Seeing that Xu Ping was silent, Zhou Dongtian said coldly: "If the adults really want to rebel, they should say it as soon as possible, even if they are defeated in the end, their subordinates will have no complaints, but now the adults don't want to rebel, and they don't have the duty of a minister, so their subordinates don't want to die unjustly." ”

Then Zhou Dongtian took another step: "If you don't want to burden your subordinates, then go to the Lord tonight to ask the Lord for mercy, and don't see the prince of Qi in private in the future." ”

"I don't know how to repay Brother Zhou's friendship with me, but if I continue to hide my heart from Brother Zhou, it will be too unrighteous." Xu Ping pondered for a while, and didn't first let Zhou Dongtian swear by the curse: "What I want to tell Brother Zhou is very important, I know that Brother Zhou will definitely not spread it......"

After narrating his life history to Zhou Dongtian, Xu Ping said: "The prince of Qi is my own brother, we have been separated for more than 20 years, I can still see him now, and after he returns to Fujian, I am afraid I will never see my brother again in my life." ”

After Zhou Dongtian reacted, the first question was: "Does the prince of Qi know that the adult is his younger brother?" ”

"I don't know, I'm never going to tell him." Xu Ping shook his head and said, he felt that Qi Guogong had a good relationship with Huang Naiming's father and son, and he was unwilling to destroy all Huang Naiming's family affection - this was something Xu Ping did not have.

Zhou Dongtian thought for a while: "Who else knows the life experience of adults?" ”

"The Lord also knows," ignoring Zhou Dongtian's stunned expression, Xu Ping said flatly: "The Lord treats me well, and besides, didn't you just say that I am a courtier, and the Lord is the monarch's father?" I don't want to be guilty of deceit. ”

"Then ......" Zhou Dongtian thought for a while and asked, "Don't you have any thoughts in your heart?" ”

"How could it not be, I once had a dream, more than once, I dreamed that my life experience fell in broad daylight, and the two capitals and most of the world were occupied by the Lord or the Duke of Qi, and someone - sometimes it was you, sometimes it was someone else, persuaded me to ascend to the throne as soon as possible and regain the world of my ancestors. And in my dreams, I would reply every time: 'The destiny of the Ming Dynasty has not changed, the legacy of the father and the emperor is still there, the lonely sun and the moon are still unified, and the lonely Ming Dynasty has no Zhongxing, if the old territory of the ancestors cannot be restored, the lonely is still a sinner in the world.' Every time, I will raise an army to fight for the world with the Lord or the Duke of Qi. But this is only a dream, in which I can do anything, it can be the son of my father; But when I woke up, I could only be obedient to Xu Ping, the Lord treated me really well, so far I don't remember the Lord doing anything to be sorry for me, I will never betray him. ”

Zhou Dongtian couldn't think of anything else to persuade Xu Ping, and before leaving, he couldn't help but ask: "My lord, don't you envy the prince of Qi - your brother, he has everything, and you have nothing." ”

"What do I envy him for?" Xu Ping didn't allow himself to be envious at all, because it was his uncle's bag at the beginning, if he envied Huang Naiming, it meant that he had complaints about his uncle who raised him as a person: "If my uncle hadn't left me behind, then my fate would have been the same as Huang Xiwen, I would have died in the hands of the righteous army, and I wouldn't have had a chance to meet my brothers, such as me and Brother Zhou, you will never have a chance to meet." ”

……

In the future, as long as Huang Naiming comes to visit, Xu Ping is still hospitable, the ban order given to him by Shun Court has not been revoked, Xu Ping does not know when King Shun intends to let himself reflect, at first he was still a little anxious, and he was too lazy to pay attention after a month, thinking that this is not bad, he has not lived in a building with a roof for a few days in a few years, and now it is a pleasure to be idle at home. After a while, Xu Ping had already considered raising a few dogs, or birds.

During the days when Xu Ping was recuperating at home, the northern front was full of good news, Wu Sangui easily recovered the western Liaoning corridor, and after Yu Shenhe arrived with reinforcements, the guards battalion planted the military flag on the heads of Liaoyang and Shenyang successively.

"The three brothers of the Jiang family, Wang Qinian, Ji Xinghui and Zhou Xuzu, none of the six of them fled to Fujian." When playing chess today, Xu Ping told Huang Naiming that he had just seen the Di report, and these rebels fled to the Liaonan Peninsula after the general trend of the Khan was gone, and at this time, the Funing Navy Division was carrying out blockade and guerrilla missions in the Liaodong Peninsula according to the alliance agreement of Shunming, and these people surrendered to the Ming army together after seeing the banner of the Funing Army.

"Yes, what Brother Xu said is right, we took the initiative to report this matter to you, so it can be seen that we have no intention of concealing it." After the Funing army accepted their surrender, they reported the matter to Fujian, and the Qi State Mansion immediately issued a document to notify the Shun court, and the Shun court notified the front-line officers and soldiers, and the generals of the Shun army, who had not been able to find the whereabouts of the third battalion of firefighting, were completely relieved.

"What is Ling Zun going to do with them?" Xu Ping asked.

"Of course, he will be imprisoned and punished for his crimes." Huang Naiming replied briskly.

"That's good, besides, the third fire battalion heard that it surrendered with the military flag."

"Not bad."

"Could it be that Ling Zun is still planning to rebuild the fire camp?" The new army in the Northern Alliance committed many evil acts in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and Taiyuan and other cities became empty cities, Xu Ping reminded Huang Naiming that this was also what he saw with his own eyes: "If Ling Jing builds a fire camp, I am afraid that Ling Zun's reputation will be damaged." ”

"Wang Qinian's crimes are outraged, but the third firefighting camp was not theirs in the first place, it was created by Jiayan and was hijacked by them," Huang Naiming saw that Xu Ping had a lot of dissatisfaction on his face, so he said roundly: "But in my opinion, Jiayan will definitely not rebuild the firefighting camp." ”

"I have promised others to clean up the fire camp, I think the existence of this camp will only bring shame to Ling Zun." Xu Ping changed the topic and then talked about the question of the six foreign generals: "The six of them killed so many good people in the north, is it possible for Ling Zun to return them to us?" ”

"Brother Xu, is this making a request on behalf of King Shun?" Huang Naiming smiled: "I don't remember that Brother Xu was allowed to leave the house." ”

"This is my personal meaning, but I think King Shun also has this intention, I wonder if Brother Huang can repair a book and ask Ling Zun for us to return these traitors."

"Brother Xu, this is really embarrassing for me, now Ming Shun is an alliance, the so-called alliance, it should be whose spoils of war are whoever surrenders, right?" Huang Naiming replied: "The Jiang brothers surrendered to the Ming army, so of course they are our prisoners. Unless the Celestial Empire has led the vassal state to the expedition, there is a so-called return of the word, and the Ming Dynasty is not a vassal state of Dashun now, right? ”

"Could it be that the Duke of Qi wants to protect them?" Xu Ping became a little uneasy when he heard this, and began to get a little angry: "Aren't they traitors to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Of course they are, that's why we have to fall on our own, Brother Xu, although rest assured, we have not accepted any of their conditional surrenders, as Jiayan told King Shun, he only accepts the unconditional surrender of these traitors. We just have to deal with these traitors with our own hands, Brother Xu, you can't help but have too much heart, right? Huang Naiming laughed: "Now is the time to celebrate the victory of our alliance side by side, why does Brother Xu seem to want to ask the teacher for guilt?" ”

"I'm sorry, it's rude, and I hope Brother Huang Haihan." A big stone fell to the ground in Xu Ping's heart, and he suddenly felt guilty again: "It's me who is confused." ”

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