Zuo Hong heard Zhu Quan's words, but the look on his face was unpredictable, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly, as a thousand households of the Jinzi Guard that only Zhu Yuanzhang could mobilize in the brocade guard, he naturally knew the emperor's ruthless temperament, and knew that Zhu Quan's words were true, and Zhu Quan followed the crown prince Zhu Biao to meet the emperor a few days ago, and he was actually safe and sound, which was a fact that he saw with his own eyes. As the Ninth Five-Year Honor, his own son is also fake, how big a joke is that? While he knew Zhu Quan's secrets, he also committed the taboo of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, if he denounced the other party, he and his family would be killed by the emperor afterwards. At this time, there is no way out, only effectively loyal to this Ning Wang Palace, there is a glimmer of life. After making up his mind, he no longer hesitated, leaned down and bowed, and said in a low voice: "The villain is willing to follow His Highness." His eyes couldn't help but glance at Jing Jun and Sima Chao on the side, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: I don't want to make a move with Zhou Jin today, but it completely fell into the eyes of Jing Kun and this strange man with high martial arts, fortunately, I didn't take the lives of these two sergeants after I masked my face today, otherwise I am afraid that I would have died in the hands of that strange man. Recalling Jing Kun's far-reaching scheming and Qin Zhuofeng's shocking martial arts, he deliberately showed his loyalty: "Your Highness, every three days, your Highness's every move will be transmitted back to the palace in a confidential way. If the news is cut off, I am afraid that the emperor will be suspicious, how to grasp the sense of proportion in the future news of the villain, and show it lightly. ”

Zhu Quan heard him say this, and said in his heart: As the king of Ning, the situation between himself and the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the crown prince Zhu Biao, and the king of Yan Zhu Di is extremely delicate, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang alone summoned himself and Zhu Di into the East Palace to accompany the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen, but did not summon other princes, this move seems to have a deep meaning, knowing that Jing Kun is resourceful, so he asked him: "Mr. Jing, what is your intention, Mr. Jing only summoned this king and the king of Yan into the palace to accompany him?" ”

Jing Kun pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Although the current crown prince Zhu Biao is generous, he is weak and weak. Therefore, the emperor's suspicion of Wei Guogong Xu Da, Tang He, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Mu Ying and other generals in the army is only afraid that he is still above Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, and Hu Weiyong in the past. It's just that although the Northern Yuan is far away from the desert north, it is a hundred-legged insect, and it is still vigorous when it dies without being stiff. In the foolish opinion of the old man, the emperor deliberately cultivated one or two generals among the princes, who could fight the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the outside and guard against this group of generals in the court. Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "If Your Highness can show the talent of a military general, he may be able to be divided into the northern region in the future, holding military power, and serving as the Great Wall of the imperial court to defend the frontier." ”

Zhu Quan heard him explain this, nodded and said: "This reason, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, naturally understands it, no wonder he also admires the art of arching horses, it seems that he has a plan." ”

Jing Kun asked in a low voice, "I don't know if the emperor summoned His Royal Highness to the East Palace to accompany him, but who is the teacher?" What kind of knowledge is taught?"

"It is a sour talent, named Fang Xiaoru, who taught the king the way of Confucius and Mencius, and said something but the Son of Heaven is ordered by Heaven, and the world is ordered by the Son of Heaven, and he can listen to those boring things. Let the king be drowsy. Zhu Quan smiled angrily.

"Confucianism, a long history, has its own merits, but the Son of Heaven is ordered by the Son of Heaven, the world is ordered by the Son of Heaven, this statement comes from the Han Wu Emperor Dong Zhongshu, but the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's move is quite profound, is to Fang Xiaoru such a learned person to His Royal Highness and King Yan imperceptibly, to restrain it. So that His Royal Highness will willingly be loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. Jing Kun smiled faintly.

When Zhu Quan heard him say this, he made up his mind and said to Zuo Hong: "When you pass the news to the emperor in the future, you can truthfully tell this king to practice the art of arching and horses in the palace every day, and do trivial words and deeds, as long as they do not involve confidential matters, you can tell the truth." After a slight pause, he continued: "It's just that Zhou Jin, as the head of the palace, suddenly disappeared, but how can he be good, so as not to make the people in the palace suspicious?" ”

Zuo Hong looked calm, bowed down and said: "Zhou Jin is a drunken and greedy person, who suffers from illness from time to time, and died of a violent illness last night. Leaving this matter to the small one will definitely not make others suspicious. ”

Zhu Quan couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard him be so obedient, indicating that he agreed.

Zuo Hong knew that he had just returned at this time, and he was no better than Zhu Quan's henchmen such as Jing Kun, so he didn't dare to hear too much about secrets, so he retreated downstairs.

Jing Jun and Sima Chao saw that Zuo Hong, a thousand households in brocade clothes under the command of the emperor, gave Zhu Quan a few words and obeyed his orders, and couldn't help but have a trace of joy hidden in his heart.

Zhu Quan waited for Zuo Hong's footsteps to go away, and smiled at Jing Kun: "In addition to practicing martial arts daily, does this king also want to read military books?" ”

Jing Kun pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "In my old opinion, it is better for Your Highness not to read any of the works of the military family at present?" Seeing Zhu Quan's unexpected expression, he hurriedly continued: "I have never experienced bloody battles on the battlefield, and I don't know anything about the study of soldiers and the way of generals. The art of war books handed down by the ancients, no matter how excellent, are also made by themselves by combining the strength of the warring parties at that time, terrain, weather and many other factors. ”

"It's better to learn horseback archery first, go to the battlefield of life and death, chop people with knives, and don't be scared to pee your pants is serious." Qin Zhuofeng was a person who survived the wars in the troubled times in the past, and when he heard their words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Have you ever seen the scene where locusts shoot arrows to thousands of soldiers, and thousands of horses gallop and trample people into meat scraps?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed his right sleeve, pointed to the four hideous scars on his arm, and continued: "If you can't make a scarred soldier who can survive on the battlefield, you will memorize Sun Tzu's art of war backwards, but what can you do?" ”

Jing Kun heard Qin Zhuofeng's words with ridicule, and he didn't think he was angry, but nodded with a smile on his face, knowing in his heart that although he was well-read and had a good strategy, he had never experienced the hellish battlefield of Shura, and he was completely unqualified to argue with Qin Zhuofeng in this regard.

Zhu Quan heard Qin Zhuofeng's words, and couldn't help but nod his head, and suddenly recalled in his mind the fierce and unusual taekwondo competition he participated in before he traveled to this ancient time. Obviously, he has also received strict training, but as soon as he walked on the field and competed in front of everyone, many of them became soft-footed shrimp, and his strength could not be used as much as he was practicing. Why? Naturally, it's because of the kind of pressure that people who haven't played before can't feel at all. It seems that this military talent also needs to wait until he has been on the battlefield and has personal experience before he can really improve. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "It seems that this is the way of generals, but it is the same as learning martial arts, but it is practice to produce true knowledge?" ”

Several people on the side heard his incisive words, and they couldn't help but look at him blankly, speechless.

Zhu Quan saw their expressions, and he also secretly complained in his heart, and said in his heart: It seems that you should be more careful when you speak, don't mess with such words, in their opinion, shocking words.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Quan got up, was standing by the window and stretching his waist, but his eyes were hazy, but he saw a white-clothed figure standing far away in the hazy smoke by the small lake, it was Xu Ying's back, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic, and rushed downstairs.

Zhu Quan ran behind Xu Ying with joy, and was about to speak, when he saw Xu Ying turn around and the frosty expression behind him, as if he had been poured a basin of cold water on his head, he couldn't help but be stunned, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't speak, and after hesitating again and again, he whispered: "It's coming, it's so early." ”

Xu Ying saw Zhu Quan's disheveled clothes and hair standing on end, she couldn't help but laugh in her heart, coughed lightly, her face straightened, and she bowed solemnly and said, "People's daughter Xu Ying, meet His Royal Highness King Ning." ”

Seeing her say this, Zhu Quan suddenly felt at a loss, and said hesitantly: "There are no outsiders here, don't call it a prince or something, it feels so awkward, let's not want these red tapes, it's good to make friends." ”

"The identity is different, the prince is the prince, how dare the people dare to climb high?" Xu Ying said angrily.

Zhu Quan has a strong nature, seeing that she is so indifferent, with an expression of rejection thousands of miles away, he also feels slightly unhappy in his heart, and suddenly recalled Xu Ying's sad and disappointed eyes when he saw him kill Zhou Jin last night, and the back of the rain in the distance, he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, and said softly: "What happened last night is really for a reason, I hope you listen to me explain one or two." Just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted by Xu Ying waving his hand, only to hear her say lightly: "My son is a person who keeps his promises, since he promised to teach you martial arts yesterday, he should keep his promises, and we will only teach art in the future, and nothing else." ”

Zhu Quan said complacently: "Since you are conceited and pay attention to your promises, then I have to listen to me explain what happened last night before I follow you to practice martial arts." Otherwise, you will not be able to fulfill your promise, and if you owe me all your life, remember me for the rest of your life. Later, he couldn't help but smile on his face.