In order to avoid complications, no one entered the palace for the first time throughout the afternoon.

That night, Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing left Nanjing with their own soldiers, and there were a few letterheads on the table in the palace of the king.

The three guards who stayed here were responsible for handing them over to the Xu Mansion, the Crown Prince, and Concubine Guo Hui the next day.

As for the matter of pleading guilty to the emperor, he can only wait until he returns to Datong Mansion to use the recital.

Fortunately, the link out of the city that worried Zhu Gui the most had passed without danger.

Although the officers and soldiers guarding the city expressed special concern about the fact that so many people were going out of the city overnight at such a late hour, when Zhu Gui revealed his identity, these officers and soldiers were immediately allowed to leave.

I don't know if it's because of the identity of the prince, they really can't afford to provoke, or if these officers and soldiers are also very taboo about the name of the acting king.

After leaving the city, Zhu Gui did not stop, and after running for more than 200 miles with everyone overnight, he found a small village to camp outside at dawn.

The soldiers began to make a fire to cook, and Xu Miaoqing went to sleep directly.

"It should be about the same here." Zhu Gui finally felt a little relieved.

Although the Jinyi Guards are well armed, they may not be able to catch up with Zhu Gui and others by virtue of their war horses alone, but they are carefully selected from the hands of the Mongols.

But at this moment, Zhu Gui didn't have any clue about who Jinyiwei was instructed by.

If it is according to the general opinion of people in this era, it must be that it is the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, Jinyiwei only obeys the emperor's orders.

But Zhu Gui is not a person of this era after all, he has a more specific understanding of Jinyiwei, and knows that in the Hongwu period, the few days before Jinyiwei was abolished, it was the time when Jinyiwei was powerful.

So no matter what, Zhu Gui didn't want to have any dealings with these brocade guards.

After resting all morning, at noon, because the sun was not hot, Zhu Gui decided to continue on his way.

Only by returning to Datong Mansion can it be regarded as a complete peace of mind.

Although Xu Miaoqing did not rest well, she still respected Zhu Gui's decision.

That's five days.

Today is the tenth day of October, that is, the birthday of Prince Zhu Biao.

And Zhu Gui finally arrived, and it was less than twenty miles away from Datong Mansion.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked back in the direction of Nanjing, thinking of the prince Zhu Biao, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

At this moment, dozens of horses suddenly galloped out of the small woods not far away.

Speeding in the direction of Zhu Gui.

The one who ran at the front was already less than five hundred meters away from Zhu Gui and them.

The man, dressed in black, suddenly raised his right arm, only to hear a 'whoosh', something flew out of his arm and shot towards Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui hurriedly jumped off the horse.

As a result, a black crossbow bolt the size of a palm was inserted into the head of his warhorse.

The horse fell to the ground and died on the spot.

Zhu Gui struck angrily, pulled out his pistol and beckoned everyone to fight.

When the man in black saw that he missed the blow, he immediately drew his long knife and wanted to melee combat.

Zhu Gui noticed the lines on the other party's scabbard, and immediately recognized that it was Jinyiwei's standard embroidered spring knife.

Unexpectedly, they actually ambushed here, and dared to assassinate a vassal king.

It can be seen that these brocade guards are really arrogant and domineering to the extreme.

I'm afraid that except for the emperor and the crown prince, there is no one they dare not touch.

He remembered that someone in later generations had mentioned that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, half of the responsibility of the 'factory guard', the guard in the factory guard refers to the brocade guard.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who killed the famous ministers without mercy, felt that Jinyiwei's methods were too cruel, which shows the fierceness of Jinyiwei at this time.

However, Zhu Gui is not a vegetarian, compared to these Jinyi guards who can only do some assassination, his own soldiers are all from the battlefield.

The two sides met, and without saying a word, a white-hot battle began.

The Jinyi Guards are proficient in all kinds of cold weapons and hidden weapons, and they have long set up an ambush here, which is equivalent to waiting for work.

On the other hand, on Zhu Gui's side, although the number of people has an advantage, due to the long journey, everyone is not in a state of physical strength or energy.

However, fortunately, there was an advantage in firepower suppression, and for a while, the two sides were inseparable.

After a stick of incense, more than a dozen people on each side had fallen.

Seeing this, the leader of Jinyiwei raised his hand and walked out and said: "Acting king, the emperor already knows about you killing Jinyiwei and escaping Nanjing, and we are also ordered to bring you back to Nanjing, please don't embarrass us." ”

As he spoke, he really took out a holy decree.

On Zhu Gui's side, except for him, everyone else was stunned.

"Zhu Gui, what should I do?" Xu Miaoqing held up the gun and asked worriedly.

"Hmph, Jinyiwei is so bold, he even dares to forge the holy decree, what else do you dare not do?" After Zhu Gui finished speaking, a shot was fired.

The leader of the brocade guard was stunned, but he didn't expect that his tried and tested methods would be exposed by the other party, but he was hit by Zhu Gui in the center of the eyebrows, and immediately fell off the horse and died.

Seeing this, the other brocade guards immediately scattered and fled, but they did not flee, their movements were still as fast as the wind, and they quickly disappeared.

Zhu Gui asked his soldiers to pick up the so-called holy decree in the hand of the leader of the brocade guard, and when he opened it, there was indeed not a word in it.

Seeing this, Xu Miaoqing's face suddenly turned cold: "These brocade guards are too bold, right?" How dare they really falsely proclaim the Divine Decree? ”

If it weren't for Zhu Gui mentioning it, Xu Miaoqing would have been unable to imagine such a thing.

Zhu Gui is also a little worried, has history changed because of him?

During the Hongwu period, Jinyiwei was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang for abusing and killing ministers, will it become 'torture and killing of the prince' this time?

But if he insists on resisting, then Jinyiwei will not have a chance to be abolished, and will Zhu Yuanzhang believe his words or Jinyiwei's words?

Zhu Gui will know the answer if he thinks about it with his toes.

If that's the case, it seems to be a dead knot, and he can't wait for the battle of martyrdom at all.

Just when Zhu Gui was in a daze, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again not far away.

But the person who took the lead this time was Xu Yingxu.

It turned out that the patrol soldiers in the direction of Datong heard the gunshots and immediately reported to the guard, although Xu Yingxu was not sure that Zhu Gui was back, but because the firearms were very important, he still came with the cavalry to check it.

"Brother, why are you here?" Xu Miaoqing saw that it was Xu Yingxu, and rushed over with surprise and joy.

"Lord, princess, the emperor's birthday has not yet arrived, why did you come back? What's going on here? Is this Jinyiwei? ”

After all, Xu Yingxu was from a famous family, and immediately recognized the marks on these corpses on the ground.

Zhu Gui didn't speak, and Xu Miaoqing had to explain this incident to him.

After listening, Xu Yingxu's face became unprecedentedly ugly: "Lord Wang, this is a big trouble, but Jinyiwei represents the emperor's will." ”