Jiang Xian saw that his subordinates were afraid of Zhu Quan's reprimand, but Wang Erhu and his gang were calm and unmoved, and they couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts, feeling that although Jinyi Wei was the pro-army of the Son of Heaven and was mighty on weekdays, in the face of these soldiers who survived the rain of swords, guns and arrows, they couldn't help but feel a little weaker. Since His Majesty the Emperor dictated that the arrest of Lan Yu's family was led by King Ning, it would be better to wait and see what happened. Thinking of this, he was silent and stood to one side.

Seeing that the situation was slowing down a little, Zhu Quan immediately took two steps in front of Wang Erhu, sighed lightly and said, "Erhu, if you are facing each other with swords, won't you be convicted of Lanyu's rebellion?" Put down your sword and go, for this king will not come to make things difficult for you. He remembered that before he followed the blue jade army to attack Gyeongju in the past, it was the Wang Erhu in front of him who followed him, and he really didn't want him to commit such a senseless suicide today.

Wang Erhu heard Zhu Quan say this, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma in his heart, knowing that his actions of leading the crowd to resist the Jinyi Guard of the Son of Heaven like this undoubtedly confirmed Lan Yu's crime of rebellion, thinking that these brothers behind him had many families, and they were not comparable to themselves, so he turned around and said in a deep voice to the group of Lan Yu's personal soldiers behind him: "His Royal Highness King Ning has already spoken first, you can leave later." ”

"Where did the second brother Wang say that the brothers followed the general to fight bloodily, where did they come from? It's a big deal, the fish is dead today, and the net is broken. A tall and fierce man with a sword in his hand gritted his teeth and said fiercely. ”“

Wang Erhu frowned and said angrily: "If we only want to be quick for a while, won't we harm Brother Lan's net worth?" ”

You must know that Wang Erhu was originally a hundred pro-army households under Lan Yu in the past, and he was known as a prestige among the brothers, this bloodthirsty man with a dry knife edge couldn't help but weaken his momentum when he heard him say this, and the war knives in his hands that angrily pointed at the brocade guards couldn't help but slowly put down.

Seeing that Jinyi Wei was eyeing the tiger at this moment, the situation was about to erupt, dangerous and abnormal, and a group of former military siblings were still hesitant to leave, Wang Erhu couldn't help but be furious, waved his hand and slashed his head and face with the back of his knife, only to hit a few people with blood on their foreheads and cheeks.

Seeing Wang Erhu's furious situation, the hundreds of pro-army households led by him finally gritted their teeth and stomped their feet, knelt down on their knees at the Liangguo Mansion, and kowtowed heavily. A group of Lan Mansion soldiers followed the hundred households and kowtowed, then turned around and walked out.

Behind Jiang Xian, a brocade-clothed guard Qianhu saw that this group of rough embryos in the army wanted to swagger around and leave, and couldn't help but take a step forward, bowed down and said urgently: "My lord......"

"The king has already said let them go." Zhu Quan saw that Jiang Xian's Jinyi guards were still noisy, so he turned his head and said.

Seeing Zhu Quan glaring at him coldly, the brocade-clothed guard Qianhu involuntarily took a step back in fear, and the rest of the words could not be spoken.

Jiang Xian knew very well that at this time, although the Jinyi Guard and the Ying Tiancheng garrison had already besieged the Lanyu Mansion, but the group of soldiers in front of him who regarded swords as grass mustard were not good men and women, if he had to kill them all, he was afraid that there would be a fight on the street. If this matter is full of storms in the city and out of control, it will be difficult to explain in front of His Majesty the Emperor, thinking of this, he waved his hand and said coldly: "Since His Highness has a word first, let them leave on their own." ”

How could the subordinates of the Jinyi Guards be willing to fight with this group of fierce and vicious soldiers? Hearing such an order from the commander, I couldn't help but feel like an amnesty, and I hurriedly dodged one after another, making way out of the crowd.

Seeing that the backs of the group of Blue Mansion soldiers disappeared, but that Wang Erhu was still holding a war knife and standing silently outside the gate, Jiang Xian couldn't help but take two steps and said angrily: "Your Highness is kind enough to let you wait for a safe departure, do you still have to be so ignorant?" ”

Alone, Wang Erhu, who was alone and independent, looked up at the dense brocade-clothed guards behind Jiang Xian in front of him, but there was no fear in his eyes, he just smiled miserably: "The villain's parents and brothers, they all died at the hands of the Tartars in the past, and there is no one in the world." Brother Lan took the two tigers to kill those Tartar soldiers all over the field, that is the great benefactor who helped the two tigers avenge their hatred, if I watch you arrest his family today, I will never have the face to see Brother Lan on the Huangquan Road. ”

Jiang Xian said coldly when he heard this: "How are you doing?" ”

Wang Erhu looked at Jiang Xian and Zhu Quan coldly, slowly raised the knife in his hand, and said lightly: "Erhu is a rough person, and he can't say anything big, so he can only give Brother Lan an explanation with this cheap life." Without hesitation, he slashed his neck with a backhand, and his straight figure fell down in the blood spatter.

Zhu Quan stepped forward and leaned down, seeing the blood gushing out of Wang Erhu's neck, he couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "Second Tiger ......" The rest of the words were unspeakable, he had witnessed the eldest brother of the Second Tiger dying under the Tartar knife in the past, and he had also witnessed the Second Tiger following Lan Yu across the desert, killing the Northern Yuan Golden Horde Army in the battle of Fishing Erhai, and the corpses were all over the field, knowing that in the heart of this dying man, Lan Yu was the eldest brother who helped him avenge his hatred. If he watched Jin Yiwei arrest Lan Yu's family today, he was afraid that the rest of his life would be worse than death. In the heart of this happy man, there are some things that cannot be seen or touched are far more important than his own life.

The corners of Wang Erhu's mouth were bleeding, and he suddenly recalled in his mind the scene when Lan Yu was depressed and sat alone after the suicide of that Tartar wife, and he mustered up his last strength to reach out and suddenly grabbed Zhu Quan's sleeve and hissed: "Bring him the long sword in Brother Lan's room." After saying that, he stared at Zhu Quan and did not move, he was already dead of anger.

Zhu Quan stretched out his right hand and closed Wang Erhu's round eyes, placed his body on the side of the door, and ignored the Jinyi Satellite TV who poured into the mansion of Liangguo like a tide on his side, and slowly walked into the mansion looking for Lan Yu's bedroom and walked away alone.

When a group of brocade guards followed Jiang Xian into the Blue Mansion, Fang Xiaoru, who was wearing a green shirt and a square scarf, was sitting alone in the study to read, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he looked up, and only heard the voice of a family member outside the door of the study saying: "Master, Lord Lang Qi of the Ministry of War, Lord Zhuo of the Household Branch has come to the mansion to ask for a meeting." ”

Fang Xiaoru heard that Qi Tai and Zhuo Jing came together, so he immediately put down the scroll in his hand and stood up and said in a deep voice: "Please sit in the living room of the two adults, and I will go over." ”

In the living room of Fangfu, Qi Tai and Zhuo Jing sat in the guest seats, and were taking the teacup put by the maid, and when they saw Fang Xiaoru slowly entering the room, they immediately stood up and saluted.

After some polite red tape, Fang Xiaoru saw that Qi Tai and Zhuo Jing were both worried, and immediately smiled and asked, "I don't know if the two of you are visiting today, what do you have to say?" ”

After the thick eyebrows and big eyes Qi Tailuo groaned, he slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Brother Xizhi, Brother Wei Gongxian and I are here today to come for Lan Yu's rebellion and conviction. Speaking of this, he looked at Fang Xiaoru, who was frowning and silent, and continued: "Although Lan Yu is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, he was loyal to Prince Yiwen in the past. In the opinion of this official, it was too strange for Jiang Xian to denounce his rebellion and rebellion under the command of Jinyiwei. "As a squire of the military department, he can be said to be the civil official who has the most contact with the Ming generals among the civil ministers, and he has always had doubts in his heart since he sent a decree to the emperor to take it down from Lan Yu this morning. Lan Yu commanded the army to exterminate the Yuan Dynasty's subordinate general Yuelus Timur's father and son, and did not lead the army to rebel, but after the class returned to the dynasty, when Ying Tian was speechless to resist, he exposed the rebellion, which is too unthinkable and difficult to believe.

Fang Xiaoru heard Qi Tai's words, frowned and stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "I don't know what Brother Shangli wants? ”

"What this official means is to invite Brother Xi into the palace, and ask His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun to mediate in front of His Majesty, even if Lan Yu is stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner, he must leave a life." Qi Tai said in a deep voice. As a squire of the military department, his official position and power are very important in the court, but it is most appropriate to think that this matter is best presented by Zhu Yunwen, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and Fang Xiaoru, although Huang Zicheng is not as good as himself in terms of official power, but he is a teacher who teaches Zhu Yunwen to read, and he speaks better in front of His Royal Highness the prince, so he and Zhuo Jing visited Fangfu together today.

When Fang Xiaoru heard Qi Tai's words, his brows furrowed even more, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm afraid that Fang Mou can't do anything about this matter." ”

Zhuo Jing is far older than Fang, and Qi and the two are lighter, at this time, when he heard Fang Xiaoru's words of evasion, he couldn't help but stand up and say: "The following officials are foolish, although Lan Yu is arrogant and domineering, and there are many illegal things, but his commander is invincible in battle. Today, the talent of the Ming generals is gradually aging and withering, if His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun has a few good words to save the life of Lan Yu, then when His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun ascends the throne, Lan Yu will definitely be able to serve the dead, and when he cuts the domain, he can not build Zhou Yafu's merits. The Zhou Yafu he was talking about was a famous general who was the official to the Taiwei of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the marquis of Jiang, and the commander of the Xiliu Battalion to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

Hearing the words of this young man who had been on the high school list in the former palace examination mentioned the cutting of the feudal domain and the famous general Zhou Yafu in the Han Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but be moved, his heart was quite moved, and he remembered that he had heard about Lan Yuyin, the Duke of Liangguo, insulting the concubine of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the past few days, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't know if the two of you have ever heard of Lan Yu's insult to the concubine of the Northern Yuan Dynasty after the battle of the fishing sea in the past. ”

Qi Zhuo and the others couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, and they couldn't help but be silent, it turned out that the two of them had also heard about Lan Yu's matter, and at this time, they heard that this Fang Xiaoru, who had always been upright, suddenly mentioned this matter at this time, and a chill surged in their hearts.

"What is the matter of reading the books of the sages? Right and wrong should be the primary righteousness, in the past, the Yuan Dynasty Tartars occupied my Han people after the country and the country had many such beasts, if only because he had a great contribution to the country, such a yin wife and daughter's beast behavior turned a blind eye, heard but did not hear, then we are different from beasts? "Fang Xiaoru has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he often attaches the most importance to the Outline of Etiquette. In his opinion, Lan Yu's adoption of a righteous son and encroachment on people's land were nothing compared to such a move by a wife and daughter.

Qi Tai, although Zhuo Jing is not quite the same as Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng's pedantic temperament, they are also people who have been influenced by the Compendium of Etiquette and Law.

Fang Xiaoru stood up and said solemnly: "If Fang Mou wants to say something about this heinous person, it is absolutely impossible. With that, he picked up his teacup.

Qi Tai, Zhuo Jing saw that this old scholar made the act of serving tea to the guests, although he was full of helplessness, he had to stand up and leave with a sad brow.

When he stepped out of the Fang Mansion, looking at the dark clouds in the sky, as if it was about to rain, Zhuo Jing couldn't help but sigh, and whispered to Qi Tai, who was about to step into the sedan chair: "Just talk about the crime of leading the army to attack the Xifeng Pass in the past, conniving at the slaves to occupy the people's land, and expelling the imperial history, Lan Yu is already an unforgivable crime, but Your Majesty wants to convict this crime of rebellion. ”

Qi Tai heard Zhuo Jing's words, and suddenly recalled in his mind that Hu Weiyong's rebellion case in the past was very widely implicated, even if he was respected by the Korean prince Li Shanchang, it was difficult to escape the connection, and he fell into the whole house, and his mood couldn't help but become more and more heavy.

At dusk, in the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Quan's report, saying that Jinyiwei had arrested Lan Yumanmen and imprisoned him in Jinyiwei's edict prison.

When I heard that Jiang Xian returned, saying that it was a Ming army of thousands of households who committed suicide by wielding a knife in front of the Lanyu Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning slightly, he had also led the army to fight in the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the past, and he heard and witnessed it in the army, and knew that in the eyes of these bloodthirsty soldiers fighting in the sword, what emperor's holy decree was too far away, the military order of the main general, the brotherhood of the comrades was the most credible, although Lanyu was arrogant, but his commander of the army to conquer the Quartet, has always been clear rewards and punishments, and there are countless generals and colonels who have been raised by his hands, It's hard to guarantee that there will be no one to do that bold act of robbing the prison, thinking of this, after a little silence, he glanced at Zhu Quan coldly, Jiang Xian and the others said lightly: "Lan Yu's crime of rebellion is unforgivable, it is inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, and there will be more branches, and the two of you will send him on his way in the edict prison tonight." ”

Zhu Quan knew that the Hongwu Emperor in front of him had seen too many bloody battles in the troubled times, and when he decided to deal with a person, he would never hesitate at all, when Lan Yu was taken by Jinyi Wei in the early dynasty, he was already destined to be doomed, and at this time, he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang secretly ordered himself and Jiang Xian to execute Lan Yu tonight, but there was no sense of surprise in his heart, and he silently bowed down and took the order.

In the dead of night, the torches swayed in the strong wind, and it became apparent that a heavy rain would fall.

Zhu Quan held a long sword and stood in a small courtyard of the Jinyi Guard's Prison, the hem of his robe was blown by the strong wind.