Chapter 16: Pervasive

After eating, the three of them chatted a few more words, and the prince Zhu Biao led ** Bo out of the palace. Walking on the wide royal road of the imperial city, ** Bo's heart fluctuated, recalling that today he actually saw the famous Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in history, as if in a dream, thinking about the words and deeds of Zhu Yuanzhang just seen, and thought: Although he killed countless people, the means were quite brutal, which made people feel afraid. But in his heart, he faintly felt that this person was not exactly the "tyrant" who only knew how to kill as recorded in the books he had seen before, and he could summarize the whole picture.

Sending ** Bo out of the imperial city, the crown prince Zhu Biao earnestly told ** Bo a few words, asking him to take care of his body more, and then turned around and went back to his East Palace.

**Bo looked at Zhu Biao's distant back, and was quite moved in his heart, and said in his heart: Whether Zhu Yuanzhang is good or bad, it is difficult to explain, but my eldest brother is a good person through and through, thinking that the temperament of the father and son is completely different, and there is a feeling of going in the opposite direction, I can't help but feel a little emotional.

Today's sky is clear and sunny, and the hour is still past noon. **Bo Nai is a young man's lively heart, seeing the bustling streets, crowds, extremely prosperous, fun, unwilling to go back to the house in such a hurry, immediately sit in his own prince's car on the streets of this Yingtian City to play.

In King Ning's mansion, the chief manager Zhou Jin hid alone in his room after he entered the palace with the prince, like sitting on pins and needles. Seeing that it was past noon at the moment, **Bo had not returned home, and he felt even more anxious. I wanted to pack up and flee several times, but as soon as I thought of the poison that Qin Zhuofeng, who had such an incredible means as ghostly, and fed him, he immediately lost the courage to escape. was wandering, only to hear the sound of his own door, turned his head to look, but saw a person wearing armor, walked into the room, it was Zuo Hong, the general who was responsible for guarding Ning Wang's Mansion.

Zhou Jin was in a restless mood at this time, and seeing that Zuo Hong, who was usually in awe of himself, actually swaggered uninvited, broke into his room, and couldn't help but say angrily: "What are you doing in my room without being called?" ”

At this time, Zuo Hong completely lost his usual low-eyed attitude, and said coldly when he heard the words: "The last general came here to ask the Lord Steward, His Highness's abnormal behavior today." It turned out that although he was usually the guard responsible for guarding the palace, and Zhu Quan did not get along day and night, he also knew that King Ning was still sick in bed yesterday, and when he went out with the prince Zhu Biao today, he seemed to be in good spirits and had recovered.

When Zhou Jin heard him say this, he was frightened, and he reprimanded himself in his mouth: "You little general, where do you have the power to accuse His Highness?" Although his tone was tough, his face was already sweating slightly.

Zuo Hong saw that the other party's expression was undoubted, no longer hesitated, walked up two steps, reached out and held the other party's right wrist tightly, and said with a gloomy face: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I am the Jinyi Wei Qianhu of the Emperor's Qin faction." With that, he took out a small bronze medal from his arms and handed it to Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin looked carefully, only to see that this brand was actually carved by brass precision, with a "gold" word engraved in the middle of the brand, and a line of small characters engraved below, but it was the words "Daming Jinyi Wei Qianhu".

Zhou Jin only felt as if his wrist had fallen into the iron tongs, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't help but want to confess, but when he thought of the intestinal poison that Qin Zhuofeng had given him, he had to endure it and said angrily: "You said that His Highness behaved abnormally, but what evidence did he have?" If there is anything unusual about him, can he follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet the current emperor? ”

Zuo Hong was stunned by his question, today **Bo followed the prince Zhu Biao into the palace to meet the emperor, he saw it with his own eyes, could it be that this young man who pretended to be King Ning was able to deceive the prince Zhu Biao and then the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang?

Zhou Jinnai is an extremely well-behaved person, and when he saw the other party's expression at this time, he knew that Zuo Hong had no real evidence, and he became arrogant again, and said angrily: "If you want to be presumptuous again, I will go to Your Highness and say that you have committed a crime with bad intentions." ”

Zuo Hong suddenly became a strong point, and he also felt a little helpless, so he had to let go of Zhou Jin and sneered: "Lord Chief, the means of our Jinyi Guard, I think you have also heard of it, if you dare to publicize today's affairs, this thousand households have their own way to make you unable to survive and die." Then he turned and went out.

Zhou Jin heard that he was so intimidated, his heart was cold, and he sweated through his clothes. He has been in the capital for a long time, so he naturally knows the means of power of Jinyiwei. What I thought in my heart just now was that Qin Zhuofeng's old monster was going to kill this Zuo Hong, and at this moment, he also scared the other party without a trace.

It had been dark for half an hour, ** Bo finally returned to the mansion, Zhou Jin secretly cursed this little ancestor who didn't know whether to live or die in his heart, although he hated it in his heart, he still smiled with him on his face, and came to the backyard with him. Walking up to the small building where ** Bo lived, there were two people sitting under the bright lights, one was Jing Kun, and the other was Qin Zhuofeng, a thin man in black clothes.

At this time, the three corpses in the room were gone, and the blood stains in the room were no longer visible, so it was thought that Qin Zhuofeng had taken care of them. Zhou Jin saw that Qin Zhuofeng handled it cleanly, and his heart was a little calm, and he wanted to say Zuo Hong's matter several times and let Qin Zhuofeng deal with it, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that he had heard about all kinds of cruel methods of Jinyiwei in his daily life, and finally he didn't dare to speak, so he had to go downstairs to Zhang Luo's dinner for the three of them.

Jing Kun saw that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and he was secretly strange in his heart, and he didn't say anything.

**Bo asked about Xu Ying, and when he learned from Qin Zhuofeng that she had returned home safely, he completely let go of his worries.

Jing Kun asked about the situation after **Bo entered the palace today, and when he heard Huang Zicheng's actions when **Bo entered the palace, he couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, and said lightly: "Let's get lucky today, but when we get along with Prince Zhu Biao in the future, remember not to have rude words and deeds." "At that moment, I also taught the etiquette that should be followed when meeting the emperor and the crown prince and the ministers of the court.

While he was talking, Zhou Jin, the head of the palace, held a tray in his hand and brought up the food for the three of them.

When Zhou Jin put the food on the table, Jing Kun saw that there were five slightly dark blue on Zhou Jin's right wrist, as if he had been held hard, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he didn't ask. Qin Zhuofeng naturally saw it, but seeing that Jing Kun didn't make a sound, he didn't have anything to say.

Zhou Jin saw that the three of them seemed to have something to say, so he went downstairs.

**After Bo entered the palace today to rescue Xu Ying, he was in a good mood, and when he saw Zhou Jin serving the three of them tremblingly, he felt a little unbearable in his heart, and his face was unconsciously revealed.

Qin Zhuofeng said suddenly: After dark today, when I entered the mansion, I vaguely saw a person wearing a general's uniform walking around outside the mansion, and he actually had martial arts, which was quite strange. ”

Bo smiled dumbly and said: "What is strange about a military general who has two hits? ”

Qin Zhuofeng glared at him, and said slightly angrily: "The kid is ignorant, how can this general's bow and horse skills and Jianghu skills be generalized?" ”

Bo was in a good mood today, and he didn't care about his words, but only smiled and nodded yes.

Jing Kun heard what Qin Zhuofeng said, and then thought of the strange look of Zhou Jin, the head of the palace, and already understood three points in his heart, his eyes flashed, and when he saw the relaxed demeanor on his face, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Although this son is smart, after all, he is still young, he is not deeply involved in the world, and he doesn't know the sinister hearts of people, how can he think of a way to wake up to him?

While eating, Qin Zhuofeng recalled what he said to the prince Zhu Biao and **Bo when he entered the palace to meet Zhu Yuanzhang before, and couldn't help but sigh softly at this time, and said with emotion: "In the past, Chen Youliang was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle of Poyang Lake, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen were also wiped out, and even the Mongolian cavalry that roamed the world also beat him far away from the desert. The old man still thought that it was because of Zhu Yuanzhang's talented subordinates, and it was inevitable that some luck would happen. Listening to what Hai Bo said today, I realized that I still underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang, an old man, and only looked at his punishment of corrupt officials and attention to the livelihood of the people, at least he can be regarded as a diligent and loving king. ”

**Whenever Bo heard Qin Zhuofeng talk about Zhu Yuanzhang before, he was full of hostility, but today he actually had two points of praise and admiration for this Hongwu Emperor, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart.

Qin Zhuofeng saw ** Bo's face, smiled, and told his origin. It turned out that he was a powerful subordinate in Chen Youliang's army in the past, and he was responsible for spying on the military situation of the Yuan Dynasty army and assassinating Yuan Dynasty officials who were in key positions. Later, on the eve of the battle between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang in Poyang Lake, he infiltrated Xu Da's army, saw that his army was clean and clean, and did not kill soldiers and people indiscriminately, and admired Xu Da's strict army, unlike other righteous army generals, who had many tricks and plunder, rape and plunder, so he became friends with Xu Da and never returned to Chen Youliang's side.

**Bo used to read about Zhu Yuanzhang in the book, as if the first sentence was that he wantonly killed the loyal ministers of the founding of the country, and he was a ruthless and unrighteous villain. When I met Zhu Yuanzhang today, I could hear that he paid attention to the livelihood of the people and severely punished corrupt officials, and I couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in my heart, whether the judgment of Zhu Yuanzhang that I had seen before was unfair? At this time, seeing that Qin Zhuofeng was so well-informed and his martial arts were shocking to him, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that this Zhu Yuanzhang is at least not a faint king. ”

Qin Zhuofeng heard his childish words, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, with a sneering look on his face.

"In the past few years, the Ming monarch will have to kill and decide, and those who should be killed must be killed. A kind-hearted person may not be able to be a good emperor. It is a great injustice to criticize the ninety-five people who rule the people of the world, and to criticize Confucius and Mencius for their pedantic benevolence. Jing Kun groaned.

**Bo heard Jing Kun's words, which seemed to imply that the crown prince Zhu Biao might not be able to be a good emperor, although he was not very convinced, he couldn't find any words to refute.