Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and didn't say anything.

Chu Liuyan said with a smile: "Wu Guogong, if someone is duplicitous, pretends to be righteous, and has a great fortune, and has a small momentum, he will look down on poor relatives and friends. When he saw the unrighteous money and the desire of his thoughts, he forgot the integrity he had upheld all his life, and he could be regarded as a good man. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "What my country's public hates most in his life is this kind of person who forgets his righteousness and is greedy for vanity. ”

Chu Liuyan said with a straight face: "Now there are people in the army who say that Wu Guogong has achieved success because of people, and when his deeds are completed, when the situation is stable, he can't treat the heroes well, and he is ungrateful, which is simply heartless. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect Chu Liuyan to say what he said, and he was really surprised in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask with a black tiger face: "Who is spreading rumors like this, why do you want to say that your country is ungrateful." ”

Chu Liuyan naturally knew that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, was dissatisfied with what he had just said, but although Chu Liuyan knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was angered by his words, he had no intention of waving his hand to let him leave.

Naturally, it also shows that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, wants to know what kind of comments people in the army have on him.

As the commander of the army and the de facto owner of Ying Tiancheng, matters such as Yuedan characters are also highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and when the discussion is boiling, it is naturally a time when people are confused. Zhu Yuanzhang, as the Duke of Wu Guo, is responsible for the people's pastoral, and he should be responsible for yin and yang, and he is not to blame, so he is naturally extremely concerned about this point.

What's more, at present, the army of the Han King Chen Youliang is pressing the border, if there are signs of rebellion in the army, even if Zhu Yuanzhang has great ability, he will not be able to withstand the army of the Han King Chen Youliang.

Chu Liuyan figured out Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and said in a more and more calm tone; "There are many generals in the army who are dissatisfied with Wu Guogong's imprisonment of General Xu Da."

"It's just some generals who are good friends with Xu Da, but the Chu military division knows that more than 100,000 soldiers in Chuzhou are coercing their own citizens to kill Xu Da." Zhu Yuanzhang said unhurriedly.

"I have heard of it." Chu Liuyan didn't dodge the topic and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang defended himself in his heart and said: "In this case, why do the soldiers of our army complain that Zhu Yuanzhang treats Xu Da like this, how can I say that the soldiers of Yingtian are also subjects under my command, but I don't know why I have to arrange it like this, I have to say that I, Zhu Yuanzhang, am an ungrateful person." ”

Chu Liuyan saw that Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu Guogong still refused to admit the matter, and said angrily: "No matter what, there is a boiling of things in the army, this is a fact, if Wu Guogong is holding a sword against my head today, I will also tell this matter, even if I die in front of you, I will ask Wu Guogong to release General Xu Da." ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chu Liuyan say that he was willing to die in front of him for Xu Da, he suddenly thought of what Li Shanchang said to him, and he couldn't help but turn pale, and said to Chu Liuyan: "But I don't want to be righteous, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knows the truth of tying the knot with kindness and repaying with death, but although this matter is not what I want, I have to do it." At present, the Han King Chen Youliang is pressing the border, and I have to pay attention to the opinions of the Chuzhou soldiers, if they offend the more than 100,000 soldiers in Chuzhou, these people will turn against each other, and Ying Tiancheng may soon be leveled by the Han King Chen Youliang. ”

Chu Liuyan smiled and said, "If the soldiers of Chuzhou will fight each other with swords, even Chengjue will not send tens of thousands of soldiers to help you." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart, and a slightly puzzled expression appeared on his face, understanding that Chu Liuyan had already known about the Chuzhou generals sending troops to help.

Chu Liuyan ignored the change in Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion, and still said: "No one can hide the matter of the soldiers going out, since the Chuzhou generals have said this, it has already shown that the Chuzhou soldiers are also willing to help Wu Guogong fight against the Han army of the Han King Chen Youliang, could it be that Wu Guogong just said that the Chuzhou soldiers did not agree to the fact that it is not true?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly said to Chu Liuyan: "Once the soldiers provoke a mutiny, it will inevitably affect the overall situation, and the national public is very vigilant in this, General Xu Da is brave and good at fighting, and he is prepared for hardship, but he took the initiative to ask his own public to sacrifice his own life to make the Chuzhou soldiers attached, although the Chuzhou soldiers are willing to join, but they still want their own country to kill Xu Da, as a condition for obeying orders and me in the future." ”

"Xu Da, as a general in the army, has a good reputation, and he is also cautious towards Wu Guogong, there is no unruly thing at all, and he has made great contributions to Wu Guogong, can't Wu Guogong spare General Xu Da's life?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree to this, but said: "The national prince heard today that the soldiers under the command of Xu Da have fought a hundred difficult battles, and their sharpness is exhausted, and it is really 'the end of the strong crossbow, not enough to wear Lu Min', and after the battle with Chen Youliang, the king of the Han Dynasty, he immediately surrendered the customs defense, and laid off the soldiers under Xu Da, only half of the troops were allowed to be left, and the old and weak were eliminated. ”

Chu Liuyan was shocked when he heard this, although he couldn't figure out whether Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang really had this idea in his heart, if it was really as Zhu Yuanzhang said, he was bound to want to forcibly break up the soldiers under Xu Da's command, Chu Liuyan felt that he couldn't tolerate this incident, so he resolutely said: "Wu Guogong must not act so hastily, the generals under Xu Da's command work hard and are loyal and brave, and they are not comparable to other armies." Originally, the three armies were rewarded, and this strong force was moved to the front line, and the camera was held to prevent the Han army of the Han king Chen Youliang, so that the Han army could not rush. As for the soldiers who have been serving outside for a long time and the soldiers are tired and tired, Wu Guogong should have sympathized with his hard work and praised his bravery, not only should he not make a word of dismissal, so that his army will retreat, and he should be more careful to follow it, so as to show Wu Guogong's sympathy. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were just a test of Chu Liuyan, and when he heard Chu Liuyan defend the soldiers under Xu Da's command like this, he already knew in his heart that Chu Liuyan and the general's disobedience must be involved, but Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to blame Chu Liuyan for this matter. But I still want to test Chu Liuyan in my heart.

"Although there is some truth in what Chu Junshi said, I have been thinking about this matter for a few days, and now the generals under Xu Da are unruly, and my national duke has to do so."

When Chu Liuyan heard that Zhu Yuanzhang still had this attitude, he felt that Fang Cai's own exhortations were all like scythes on rocks, and his unmistakable explanation and sharp words failed to cut down the stubborn paranoia on Wu Guogong's body at all.

Now looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's face, which was not moved by his words at all, it was a completely unresponsive complexion, Chu Liuyan really couldn't guess from his deep and unrevealing expression whether he was thinking so in his heart.

Chu Liuyan was anxious in his heart, and said: "The soldiers under Xu Da's command are also to rescue General Xu Da, please ask Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, not to blame these innocent generals." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he knew in his heart that the disobedience of the generals under Xu Da was involved with Chu Liuyan, and it had a deep relationship.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a cloud of anger in his heart, he didn't expect Chu Liuyan to do this in order to rescue Xu Da, and even offended himself, could it be that in Chu Liuyan's heart, Xu Da was so important. In a trance, he felt that he had lost to Xu Da in some things, and this feeling of frustration and powerlessness made Zhu Yuanzhang anxious, and his tone of voice was also adjusted.

"The Chu military division must be in the way of his own country's public removal, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da's troops." Zhu Yuanzhang shouted with some resentment.

Chu Liuyan was stunned, and had already vaguely heard something else from the tone of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, Chu Liuyan thought for a while, and suddenly found that he had just said nothing, said the wrong thing, and leaked some things that should not be revealed.

Chu Liuyan felt a chill in his heart, he didn't expect that the dignified Wu Guogong would actually set such a trap and lure out his original intention.

Chu Liuyan fell silent and did not say a word. To be honest, now that Zhu Yuanzhang has insight into his true intentions, no matter how he expresses his position, he can't save Wu Guogong's mind, and now he is still smart to remain silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Chu Liuyan had no words, and he affirmed the idea just now in his heart, and understood that Chu Liuyan was determined to rescue Xu Da.

Thinking of this in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly rejoiced, fortunately, he had already let Xu Da move to an extremely safe place, if he hadn't taken precautions in advance, maybe Chu Liuyan would have already encouraged the soldiers under Xu Da's command to go to the prison in Yingtian City to rescue Xu Da.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but deeply misunderstand the relationship between Xu Da and Chu Liuyan in his heart.

Thinking of this, Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and secretly felt that he was fortunate to have quick eyes and hands, and secretly sent someone to lift Xu Da out of Yingtian's prison and put him under house arrest in a place where it was extremely difficult for outsiders to find out, otherwise, Xu Da would have been rescued by the generals under his command.

These thoughts flashed in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became more and more gloomy, but Chu Liuyan on the side didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang had actually guessed such a thing.

Chu Liuyan was silent for a while, and pleaded with Zhu Yuanzhang; "Wu Guogong, the soldiers under Xu Da's command have already sent someone to inform me, and want to ask me to come to Wu Guogong's mansion to meet Wu Guogong on their behalf, hoping that Wu Guogong can release General Xu Da, who has been detained by Wu Guogong until now, and reinstate General Xu Da's military position, and still let him lead the group of generals to help Wu Guogong fight against the Han King Chen Youliang, otherwise, the generals under Xu Da's command will disobey the order, no matter who Wu Guogong sends, they will not pull out the camp to fight against the Han army."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this.

It seems that Chu Liuyan is determined to help Xu Da, even if he wants to persuade Chu Liuyan well, I am afraid it will be difficult to speak, Chu Liuyan is still oriented towards Xu Da in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought sadly in his heart, if he and Xu Da were to get along in another place, I don't know if Chu Liuyan would be willing to do these things for himself.

A sad feeling came up in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was really suffering too much, and he would still consider this matter in such a critical situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang collected his mind and began to carefully consider the pros and cons of Chu Liuyan's words, and suddenly realized that it was a good thing to follow Chu Liuyan's meaning, not only would he not lose a general who could take charge of himself, but he could also say that the problems that plagued him these days were solved.

After thinking about this, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Chu Liuyan: "The opinion of the military advisor is not unreasonable, but please allow me to think about it and make a decision." ”

Chu Liuyan originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would not agree to him, but he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang's tone to loosen up, and he vaguely meant to let Xu Da go, so he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and his mood was a little messy.

After a brief look at the messy mood, Chu Liuyan said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "This matter is not a smoke but a peck, but the wishes of the soldiers of the three armies, Wu Guogong must not turn a blind eye, otherwise the army will inevitably be scattered, now that Wu Guoguang has this word, Chu Liuyan will not want to be strong, as long as Wu Guogong remembers today's words to me, and let Xu Da have a way to live, Chu Liuyan can ensure that the soldiers under Xu Da's command will still be the same as before, only Wu Guogong will be the first." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he smiled slightly, nodded at Chu Liuyan and said, "Since this is the case, the national prince is bound to think about it, please rest assured." ”

Chu Liuyan saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had agreed to him, and knew that the purpose of coming today had been achieved, so he said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang and still returned to Xu Da's camp outside Yingtian City.

After Chu Liuyan left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat down and thought about it all, knowing that he was working hard to support Ying Tian's situation, if he didn't invite Xu Da out again, I am afraid that Ying Tian would not be able to keep it.

At present, the army is not united enough, how can it cope with the offensive of the powerful Han King Chen Youliang.

Thinking of the terrible consequences of Ying Tiancheng being captured by Chen Youliang's Han army in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang was terrified, and then got up, hurriedly walked out of the house, and hurried to a particularly secret mansion in the palace of Wu Guo.

It was really the place where Zhu Yuanzhang put Xu Da under house arrest, because of the secrets, no one knew that the place where Zhu Yuanzhang put Xu Da under house arrest was actually in Wu Guogong's mansion.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the outside of the house, and when the guard in charge of guarding saw that Zhu Yuanzhang came in person, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang must have come here to see Xu Da, so he didn't squeak, but silently gave Zhu Yuanzhang a salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to it, and hurriedly stepped into the somewhat hidden mansion.

The beautiful trees in the courtyard are lush, and the winding paths are quiet, but it is also very quiet and gratifying.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in watching these at the moment, and hurriedly passed the bamboo path and walked to the door of a small bamboo building.

Although the bamboo building is small, it is guarded by several guards.

Several guards were a little stunned when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang in such a hurry, and just wanted to step forward to salute, but Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, signaling that the guards did not need to salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his finger and pointed to the big lock at the door of the bamboo building, and hurriedly said to a few guards; "Open the door quickly, my lord wants to see General Xu Da."

Hearing Wu Guogong's eager tone, the guards naturally didn't dare to slack off, so they stepped forward and opened the door.

With a few clicks of the big lock, the door of the bamboo building was opened, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately walked into the house.

The intuition lit up, and the white was a little dazzling.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, and saw Xu Da dressed in indiscriminate clothes, reading at the window of the bamboo building with his back to him.

After his eyes adjusted slightly for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed dryly, took a few steps forward and grabbed Xu Da's hand, and said to Xu Da: "The military situation outside Yingtian City is like fire, but the elder brother is hiding leisurely, so leisurely, he really has a kind of spirit that floats out of the dust." ”

Xu Da looked at it in a blink of an eye and already saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, his face was stunned, and then he said: "It's hateful and peaceful, Jiangnan is idle and kills Lao Shangshu." Wu Guogong Xu Da really didn't dare to take it seriously, Xu was placed here by Wu Guogong's public security, and he had nothing to do every day, so he had to take some poetry books to cultivate his temperament. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang heard Xu Da's reply, but his heart relaxed a little, and his doubts about Xu Da were also reduced a little. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart that Xu Da's disobedience was more or less instructed by Xu Da, but now it seems that Xu Da does not seem to know about it, that is to say, Xu Da's recent rebellion has nothing to do with Xu Da, if this is the case, I believe that it will be much easier to clean up this chaotic situation now.

"Hahaha, my brother's words are very reasonable. However, the elder brother was forced by the pressure of Chuzhou before, so he had to treat the elder brother like this, and I think the elder brother will not blame me. Zhu Yuanzhang gently patted Xu Da's shoulder, looked at Xu Da's eyes very eagerly and said.

Xu Da moved his shoulders to the side, and replied with a smile: "How dare your subordinates blame Wu Guogong, Wu Guogong's distress Xu Da naturally understands." ”

Xu Da's withdrawal made Zhu Yuanzhang's hand that had slapped Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly fall short, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be stunned for a while, but fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang thought very quickly, and felt that it was possible that Xu Da was still blaming himself and refused to let him go.

"It's not a secret, this time the elder brother came here specifically to invite the elder brother Xu to come out of the new mountain and still be in charge of the old department." Zhu Yuanzhang changed his tone and said to Xu Da with a sincere face.

If it had been someone else, he might have already obeyed the order when he heard such news, but Xu Da didn't do that, but sighed faintly and said: "Wu Guogong values Xu Da so much, Xu Da should have come out immediately, but Xu Da has figured out one thing in the bitter and boring days these days, and he doesn't want to put on his robe again in the future." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was extremely surprised, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know what truth Brother Xu Daxian has realized, why he acts like this." ”

Xu Da smiled bitterly and said: "It's not a big reason, I just feel that heaven and earth are not kind to all things as dogs, Xu Da is just a lowly person among the insignificant beings, and there is really no talent that can turn the tide." What's more, once the success is done, Xu Da does not want to make more killings during his lifetime, so as to make peace with the sky. ”