Hu Guang and the others watched Yang Rong get on the boat, then glanced at each other, shook their heads and sighed, and were about to return to the city.

After walking a few steps, a strange voice suddenly came from the side: "Do several adults still want to be martyred?" ”

The four of them turned their heads, but it was Jiang Zhonglong, the editor of Hanlin.

Whew, several people's faces flushed in an instant.

Jiang Zhonglong is a good friend of Zhou Shixiu.

In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di's army approached, entered the city from the Jinchuan Gate, and saw that the general trend had gone, in line with the concept of loyal ministers not to do two kings, and martyrs not to do two husbands, Zhou is Xiu was determined to die as the emperor.

He left a message to his family, said goodbye to his friends Jiang Zhonglong, Xie Dashen, Hu Guangda, Xiao Yongdao, etc., and handed over the aftermath.

Then he agreed with Yang Shiqi, Xie Jin, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Huang Huai, and Hu Yan to die together, but when the matter came, the four people in front of him and Xie Jin did not go.

Only Zhou is Xiu lived up to the agreement, dressed neatly at dusk, entered the Tianfu School Palace, worshiped the first teacher, and hanged himself in the Zunjing Pavilion, only forty-nine years old.

Hu Guang didn't commit suicide, and after Zhu Di entered Beijing, he surrendered as soon as possible and was reused.

Now that Jiang Zhonglong met these people, he deliberately mentioned it.

Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Huang Huai, and Hu Yan were ashamed and angry, and they didn't dare to look at them.

These people were all famous ministers in history.

But who will remember the ugly story of them going back on their word and betraying their friends to seek glory.

Huang Huai was a little unwilling, and quickly retorted: "You didn't surrender Your Majesty at the beginning. ”

"I didn't say I'm going to the disaster?" Jiang Zhonglong said with a smile.

He had long wanted to help Zhou Shixiu take revenge and say that this matter was sarcastic to them, but these people were popular in front of Zhu Di before, and he didn't dare to speak out, and now he finally got the opportunity.

There will be a lot of officials around the scene, and everyone will look at these four people with a smile.

Someone in the crowd suddenly laughed and said, "What's your majesty, Your Majesty has gone to Beiping." ”

"Hahaha." A laugh ensued.

Jin Youzi was ashamed and angry, and he stomped his foot: "I won't descend again, it's a big deal not to be this official." ”

Hu Guang and Hu Yan expressed their stance one after another, wanting to resign and go home.

Cut, there was a taunt in the crowd.

On the river, at this time, more than 100 ships had left the port one after another, and Mu Su was on a merchant ship full of grain.

Behind his ship, there were all ships loading and unloading grain.

Seeing the flag coming from the front, Mu Su turned around and said to his subordinates: "Let the front drive slower and distance yourself from the prince's fleet." ”

"Whoa"

Behind it was a group of ships transporting craftsmen and their families.

Pang Ying was on the first boat in the row.

When hundreds of ships left with full loads, they drove for nearly two hours.

When it was their turn to ship, the boat of the prince and Meng Shanshui was gone, and it was nearly dusk.

This thing is also bold, thinking that there are no soldiers and horses stationed in the Jingshi now, and there are only a small number of brocade guards and servants who have not left, so he immediately said: "If you don't go, let's stop." ”

The boat was suddenly cheering, and the craftsmen and their families did not want to leave Jingshi.

"Go back to Longjiang Shipyard, work as usual, and when King Han comes, there will be a reward." Pang Ying shouted directly on the boat.

The cheers at the scene of "Wow Roar" were louder.

Many people on the shore saw it, and they didn't know what was happening, but they didn't react much, and now Jingshi is an empty city.

A few days later, when the prince's fleet reached the vicinity of Dengzhou in Shandong, a fleet suddenly appeared in the rear, which was none other than Chen Xuan's troops, who had been stationed in Zhenjiang and surrendered to the rebels.

The prince was shocked when he heard the news, and regardless of the other ships, he ordered all the heavy objects on the ship to be thrown away, and fled in a hurry.

In the end, the prince fled to Tianjin with dozens of ships and went ashore from Dagu.

All the grain and some of the officers and soldiers of the sailors were surrendered to the king of Han.

——

Huang Huai didn't say anything about resigning just now, but he felt that he was also humiliated by Jiang Zhonglong.

He didn't go to martyrdom that year, which was the only stain on his life.

But people are always like this, if they can live well, why should they die?

If Zhu Gaoxu had not raised troops, he Huang Huai would have been a famous minister in history in the future, a heavy minister of Yongle, and a legacy in the history books.

Posterity will not remember that he had this stain.

But now everything has changed, and he has become the target of everyone's ridicule in Jingshi.

When he first entered the city, other people deliberately asked him, "Are you still martyred?" Then there was laughter all around.

But Huang Huai doesn't matter, you laugh, as long as King Han reuses me in the future, how happy you are laughing now, how disappointed you will be in the future.

Huang Huai has a good mentality, a peaceful and gentle personality, and is decisive and knowledgeable, which is reused by the emperors of the three dynasties in history, which can be seen.

So when Hu Guang and the others said that they would not be officials just now, he didn't snort.

After entering the city, Huang Huai immediately went to the house of Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

After arriving at Lu Zhen's house, Lu Zhen has not come back yet, and he should be like him, he has just returned home from outside the city.

He drank tea and waited at Lu Zhen's house.

After a while, I heard Lu Zhen's voice.

He hurriedly walked to the door, and saw Lu Zhen's excited expression with a smile on his face from a distance, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Lu Zhen was still followed by a person, Huang Huai didn't know him, the two said as they walked, Lu Zhen's attitude was excited, and he was faintly respectful.

This dog official, Huang Huai scolded in his heart, and seemed to guess something.

After a while, Lu Zhen took the man into the house and introduced to Huang Huai, this is the bear shopkeeper, my distant relative.

Then asked Huang Huai again, is there anything wrong with Huang Shiyu?

The implication is that he has something to do with the bear shopkeeper, and you have nothing to do and leave quickly.

Huang Huai didn't think about it, and immediately said: "Xia Guan wants to discuss with Lu Butang how to persuade King Han to ascend the throne legally." ”

He repeated the word legal.

Brush, the bear's shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and Lu Zhen's face also changed greatly.

After a while, the bear's expression froze, and he looked deeply: "Huang waiter reads—right?" ”

"Xiaguan Huang Huai." Huang Huai said calmly.

"What do you think?" Shopkeeper Bear asked in a deep voice.

Huang Huai confirmed even more that this was the person of the King of Han, and as soon as the prince left, Lu Zhen was mixed up with the people of the King of Han, and it was impossible to say that there was no contact before.

But now he can't do that.

Immediately said: "The king of Han raised troops in the name of the emperor (Jianwen) and got the support of officials all over the world, but after success, who is the emperor?" ”

"Although the emperor (Jianwen) is not here now, but - King Huai (Zhu Yunwen's second son Zhu Wengui) is still there." (Imprisoning Fengyang)

Huang Huai even suspected that Emperor Jianwen was still there.

Otherwise, Gu Cheng, Qu Neng, Sheng Yong, and Ping'an, why did they all oppose the water and support King Han.

If Zhu Yunwen is still there, who is the emperor?

Huang Huai must have known that Zhu Gaoxu wasted so much effort to drive Zhu Di back to Beiping, and it was impossible to give up the emperor's throne to the Jianwen Department.

The bear shopkeeper asked quietly: "If Lord Huang has any ideas, just say it." ”

changed from Huang Shiyu to Lord Huang, and his tone was also a lot more polite.

Lu Zhen also looked at Huang Huai expectantly, Lu Zhen engaged in conspiracy and trickery, and others were very good at yin and yin, but if you asked him to think of this kind of thing, he really couldn't think of it, and he also wanted to see what Huang Huai had in mind.

"It is imperative to send someone to Fengyang as soon as possible to find King Huai (Zhu Wengui)."

"When the King of Han enters Beijing, King Huai can be appointed as the emperor."

Lu Zhen and the bear's shopkeeper's faces changed again.

"At the same time, the edict told the world that Zhu Di is a thief, so that the Han King's side will become an official army, and Zhu Di's side will become a rebel."

"After the rebels are extinguished, King Huai is young, and he will definitely let his uncle Zen."

The bear shopkeeper looked at him with a smile: "If King Huai refuses to retreat, wouldn't King Han make wedding dresses for others?" ”

Huang Huai's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "As long as the ministers support it, King Huai will not retreat, but will also retreat." ”

The shopkeeper Xiong was noncommittal, thinking to himself, if King Huai is called the emperor, and Emperor Jianwen suddenly comes back, wouldn't it be a mess?

"This matter will be discussed from the beginning, I believe that King Han has his own opinion, but Lord Huang is right, we must send someone to Fengyang immediately."

At this time, there were no soldiers and horses from the original Zhu Di court on the side of Zhili, and the soldiers and horses of the King of Han had just entered Anqing.

Lu Zhen will come forward and quickly recruit Jinyi Wei to calm Mu Su, and Mu Su will immediately set off with people and go to Fengyang.

——

In early September, Kaifeng soldiers and horses gathered, and people's hearts were panicked.

Chen Mao, who was stationed at Hangu Pass, received the prince's order and came to Kaifeng with his soldiers and horses to meet Liu Sheng.

Here in Kaifeng, there are 20,000 Jialiusheng, one of the three guards of King Zhou, about 20,000 people.

Chen Mao has more than 10,000 under his command, and the total of the two armies is close to 30,000 or 40,000, which is also considered a strong army.

According to the prince's intentions, Emperor Zhu Di's arrangement, Chen Mao and Liu Sheng wanted to withdraw from Henan and take the king of Zhou to retreat to Beiping and Shandong.

After the two, one guarded Dongchang and the other guarded Shunde, protecting the southern defense line of Beiping.

At that time, Liu Sheng, who was Kaifeng, was closer to the prince, and he also received the order first.

But he didn't set off immediately, but waited for Chen Mao to come over to discuss in Kaifeng.

Liu Sheng's reason was also very good, and he asked King Zhou if he was willing to go, and King Zhou said that he could go, but he took a lot of things with him, including property, materials, grain and grass.

There are so many things to be transported, and they have to be prepared for a long time.

And Chen Mao soon came to Kaifeng with soldiers and horses, and the two met in mid-September.

That night, Chen Mao hosted a banquet for Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng took a few of his own soldiers to Chen Mao's temporary mansion in Kaifeng, and after entering the main house, he found that there were three people in the room besides Chen Mao.

One is like a young civil official, and the other is Li Bin's son Li Xian.

Isn't Li Xian in the capital? When did you come over? Liu Sheng was still a little surprised.

But when I saw the last person, I was shocked.

"Governor Liudu." A young military general smiled bitterly at him.

"General Zhang?" Liu Sheng was shocked and moved.

This General Zhang is Zhang Fu's confidant, and he is also Zhang Fu's clansman, Zhang Quan.

According to the imperial court, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, ambushed Zhang Fu the year before last and killed Zhang Fu, and Zhang Quan, who was also in Annan at the time, must have also died.

I didn't expect to see Zhang Quan now.

Liu Sheng was Zhang Yu's subordinate in the Jing Martyrdom, and he was regarded as a confidant of Zhang Fu's family, and when he saw Zhang Quan coming, he suddenly realized something.

"This is a confidant civil official under the command of King Han, Li Mo." Chen Mao introduced him again.

Another young civil official turned out to be Li Mo of the Han Palace.

Liu Sheng's face was a little unnatural, he looked at Chen Mao dissatisfied, as if to say, you actually secretly contacted King Han?

"Come on, come on, sit down first, and talk while eating." Li Xian laughed and laughed.

How could Liu Sheng have the heart to eat, his face was very unsightly after sitting down, and after thinking about it, he still looked at Zhang Quan: "Is it okay to believe in Anbo?" ”

Zhang Quandao: "It's good to believe in Anbo, in Yunnan." ”

Liu Sheng nodded heavily, Zhu Gaochu really didn't kill Zhang Fu back then, Zhu Gaochu married Zhang Fu's daughter, and it was impossible to kill his father-in-law.