Chapter 40: Return to Beijing
Early the next morning, the news of Zhu Yunxi's assassination reached Ying Tianfu.
For a moment, the entire court was shaken.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and almost kicked the dragon case over.
This is simply a naked provocation against him, and it is obvious that he dares to assassinate the emperor and grandson under his eyelids, which has obviously reached a point of madness.
Everyone in the court was silent, for fear that they would accidentally touch the moldy head.
Zhu Yuanzhang killed people, but he was not merciless.
If Long Yan is angry and has a big pot stew, then he will be unjustly killed.
Liu Sanwu and Huang Zicheng were shocked, Lu Ben looked at the eyes of everyone looking at him, and he couldn't stop cursing in his heart:
"What do you see Lao Tzu doing?"
"This is not what Lao Tzu did!"
But the more he was like this, the more uncomfortable his expression became, and finally he didn't dare to look directly into everyone's eyes.
"Oh......"
Everyone let out a soft oh in their hearts, as if they saw the truth behind the matter, and nodded frequently.
"I'm rubbing! You're all sick! ”
Lu Ben felt like he was sweating all over.
Liu Sanwu looked at his appearance and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
Huang Zicheng glared at Lu Ben fiercely, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident:
"We didn't do it, you're afraid of a fart!"
Lu Ben struck a spirit, and said secretly in his heart:
"Yes, it wasn't Lao Tzu who did it, why should I bow my head?"
"Why don't I dare look at you?"
Thinking of this, he raised his head and glanced at everyone with disdain.
"Oh......"
Everyone felt a light voice in their hearts: "This guy must be a thief with a weak heart, and he deliberately put on a look that he has nothing to do with himself." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eagle-like gaze slowly swept over the ministers, and finally he snorted coldly and left the Fengtian Hall without saying a word.
When the emperor left, the ministers naturally dispersed.
It's talking again while walking.
"Did you see it, that guy Lu Ben is uncomfortable."
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't think he's so brainless, even if he wants to do it, he should do it somewhere else, so he might choose this place."
"And who do you say it will be?"
"How do I know that? But maybe it's a bitter ploy. ”
"Huh? Do you mean to say that the assassination of the little third master is a play written and acted by himself? ”
"I didn't say that, you're going to say it's your business."
"Yes, yes, we didn't say anything."
The ministers actively used their brains, and various versions of the conjecture soon spread.
Liu Sanwu and Huang Zicheng walked together, the two were silent for a long time, and then Liu Sanwu sighed:
"I didn't expect Lan Yu's old guys to be so insidious, and staged a play at this juncture, and it was really high."
Huang Zicheng also nodded and said:
"That's right, the time and place are just right, and it seems that there must be someone superior among them."
As soon as they said this, the two couldn't help but look at Li Shanchang at the same time.
Playing with brains in Daming, except for the dead Liu Bowen, no one dares to say that he can compete with this person.
But at this moment, Li Shanchang was also confused.
He didn't believe that Lan Yu dared to do this, because there were too many flaws in doing so.
Lan Yu may not have thought of it, but Fu Youde should have thought of it no matter what.
So it's true.
Zhu Yunxi was really assassinated.
As for the person behind it, he, like Zhu Yuanzhang, did not dare to jump to conclusions.
So everything still has to wait until Zhu Yunxi comes back to make a decision.
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The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.
Xu Miaojin has been immersed in excitement for a while.
Zhu Yunxi responded to Tianfu when the news of Zhu Yunxi's victory in Checher Mountain came to Tianfu, and she became like this.
Looking at Zhu Yunxi's letter all day long, he smirked, and sometimes he blushed and heartbeat inexplicably.
Zhu Yunxi's military order when he left said that if the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were exterminated within a year, His Majesty would marry him and Xu Miaojin.
I didn't expect this day to come soon.
Xu Miaojin remembered Zhu Yunxi's evil smile again, pursed her red lips and muttered to herself:
"This guy hasn't coaxed me well yet."
"Wouldn't it be too cheap to marry him like this?"
The sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the gate of the mansion, and it was obvious that Xu Huizu had returned from the morning court.
Xu Miaojin raised his head instantly, looked at Xu Huizu who walked in, and asked repeatedly:
"Big brother, is General Lan going to arrive at Yingtianfu tomorrow?"
Xu Huizu looked at his sister with a concerned face, and shook his head secretly in his heart.
"I'm afraid you want to ask Yun Xi how long it will take to come back, right?"
He quipped.
Xu Miaojin blushed, but she grabbed Xu Huizu's sleeve and said coquettishly:
"Big brother, you talk nonsense."
"You know if you talk nonsense."
Xu Huizu said angrily: "He was assassinated by assassins a hundred miles away from Yingtianfu. ”
"What, what did you say?"
Xu Miaojin was shocked, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat, and a pair of big eyes stared at Xu Huizu tightly.
"He's fine!"
Xu Huizu said: "The assassin attempted suicide. ”
The panic in Xu Miaojin's eyes disappeared suddenly, and he patted his chest lightly, but his apricot eyes opened in an instant, and he said angrily:
"Who did it, big brother, do you know who did it?"
"You ask me? Who am I going to ask? ”
Xu Huizu shrugged his shoulders and said angrily.
He was also very strange that anyone had the courage to do such a thing under the emperor's nose. This man is either mentally retarded or insane.
Xu Miaojin was stunned, and suddenly remembered Zhu Yunwen in her heart.
A terrible thought rose in her mind, and she stomped her foot, turned around and walked out without saying a word.
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Zhu Yunwen also heard the news of Zhu Yunxi's assassination, at first he was excited, then he was annoyed, but now he has become depressed and angry.
"These people don't think I instructed someone to do it, do they?"
He burned at the thought of it.
But later, after hearing his grandfather Lu Ben say that this incident was likely to be a bitter ploy written and acted by Zhu Yunxi, he became extremely angry again.
"This kid usually looks silent, but I didn't expect it to be so insidious and cunning."
He slapped the table hard, and the hatred for Zhu Yunxi in his heart became even more palpable.
At this moment, a coquettish shout came from outside the house:
"Zhu Yunwen, you come out!"
With this voice, Xu Miaojin walked in.
I saw her face full of anger, raised her hand and pointed at Zhu Yunwen and shouted:
"I didn't expect you to be so despicable and use such indiscriminate means to get me."
"Zhu Yunwen, I look down on you!"
"From now on, you and I will have no affection!"
After finishing speaking, Xu Miaojin snorted coldly, didn't look at Zhu Yunwen again, and walked out again.
Xu Miaojin came and went, and Zhu Yunwen looked stupid.
It took him a while to react, and he shouted, "Miaojin." Don't get me wrong, it's not me, it's not ......."
He chased him out, but where could he still see Xu Miaojin's figure.
"Damn, Zhu Yunxi!
You actually used such despicable and obscene means to compete with me for Xu Miaojin, don't you dare to compete with me fairly like a man? ”
Zhu Yunwen shouted at the air, a pair of fists clenched to death.
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The army will arrive at Yingtianfu tomorrow.
All the soldiers were beaming, and this expedition could be described as smooth sailing.
The whole process is completely like playing, and exterminating the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is just a matter of convenience.
What made them happiest was that according to the reward and punishment method in the Ming army, all soldiers could get a lot of rewards.
So at this moment, all the soldiers were not sleepy, they gathered around the piles of bonfires, drinking wine and eating meat, shouting loudly, laughing heartily.
Zhu Yunxi sat quietly in the corner, watching all this with a little fascination.
He was flanked by ten Mongolian guards, all looking around with eagle-like eyes.
Since the assassination incident, these people have not left Zhu Yunxi, even if they are sleeping, there must be four guards standing in front of Zhu Yunxi's bed.
Zhu Yunxi was quite helpless about this, he was really not used to a few people standing next to him staring when he was sleeping.
But Su He and the others insisted on doing this, in their words, they were still happy with the little third master, and they couldn't let the little third master make a little mistake.
Wang Jinghong, who was old and long, still squinted his eyes and stood beside Zhu Yunxi silently.
His thin body looked extremely thin, but no one dared to underestimate this old eunuch anymore, and they all looked at Wang Jinghong with a trace of awe in their eyes.
The old king's appearance is obviously pretending to be forced...... Zhu Yunxi looked at Wang Jinghong, and there were a lot of grooves in his heart.
"Hey, are your claws a strong eagle claw?"
Zhu Yunxi tilted his head and asked.
Wang Jinghong gave him a strange look, and lowered his eyelids again.
It's quite stylish...... Zhu Yunxi thought about it and said to himself:
"That must be the Shaolin Thirteen Claws!"
The corners of Wang Jinghong's mouth twitched, and he wanted to laugh a little.
"Come on, don't talk about it."
Zhu Yunxi saw that Wang Jinghong didn't care about him, and he was not angry, and suddenly remembered the appearance of the man in black who was trembling all over his body and his eyebrows and hair were frozen after receiving a finger from Wang Jinghong.
He was a little curious.
This is a bit like the blue-winged bat king Wei Yi's method of smiling in the novel "Heaven and Dragon Slayer....... Zhu Yunxi secretly pondered, raised his hand, pointed at Wang Jinghong and asked:
"Lao Wang, don't you have anything to do with the Blue Winged Bat King Wei Yixiao, right?"
This sentence is pure nonsense, but I didn't expect Wang Jinghong to twitch his eyebrows, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes.
"Oh, does the little third master also know that the Blue Winged Bat King Wei smiled?"
His shrill voice was a bit harsh and uncomfortable to sound.
I'm a good girl, is there really such a person in this world?
...... Zhu Yunxi was stunned in an instant.
"I'm talking about the characters in the novel!"
He shouted in his heart, not knowing how to answer Wang Jinghong's question for a while.
Wang Jinghong smiled, looked at the bonfire not far away, and did not continue the topic.
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At ten o'clock the next day, the army was only ten miles away from Ying Tianfu.
The majestic city tower could already faintly see an outline, and Zhu Yunxi couldn't help grinning when he remembered the figure on the city tower that day.
"Will she come and pick me up?"
He thought to himself, but the sound of war drums rang in his ears.
"What's going on?"
He looked sideways at Sappy.
I saw Lan Yu smiling all over her face, and her expression was quite excited.
"Your Majesty has come ten miles out of the city to meet us."
Chang Sheng shouted.
The sound of war drums was mixed with the sound of whining trumpets, and a group of men and horses rushed out of Yingtian City.
The first person, the yellow coat, the yellow umbrella, the yellow horse, and behind him are a group of civil and military ministers, but it is Zhu Yuanzhang, the son of today.
Lan Yu shouted, led the generals to gallop on horseback, and quickly greeted him.
For a while, the war drums of Ying Tianfu and the Blue Jade army sounded together, and the horns were repeated.
Zhu Yuanzhang's speed is relatively slow, he is the emperor, so he has to take it easy.
The people of Lan Yu galloped hard, and the two teams of men and horses soon approached.
Plop!
Lan Yu led the crowd to turn over and dismount, fell to his knees, and shouted:
"Chen Lanyu is fortunate not to disgrace his life, and he exterminated the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Checher Mountain, and returned to the dynasty today to pay the decree to His Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, jumped off the yellow horse, and picked up Lan Yu with both hands.
"You kid really still have the courage of the year!"
Zhu Yuanzhang hammered Lan Yu's chest with his fist, just like the two of them were on the battlefield back then.
Lan Yu's heart was moved, and tears almost fell from her eyes.
"Alright, look at your little bit of talent!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and looked at Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi also fell to the ground on his knees, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang looking at him, and immediately kowtowed again.
He shouted: "Minister Zhu Yunxite pays the military order to His Majesty." ”
Is this a reminder from the stinky boy?
....... Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and pulled Zhu Yunxi up as soon as he stretched out his hand.
He looked left and right, and looked Zhu Yunxi up and down.
Then he touched Zhu Yunxi's head again, and then smiled:
"Good boy, you have made a meritorious service!"
Zhu Yunxi showed a shy smile, shook his hands for a while, and said loudly:
"This great victory, first, the emperor's grandfather Long Wei is mighty, and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty cannot escape.
The second is because my uncle and grandfather are strategizing and commanding.
The most important thing is that my Ming soldiers are united, and they are all good sons who are not afraid of death! ”
"As for me......"
Zhu Yunxi grinned: "I'm actually a little follower, and I'm stained with the light of all the soldiers, so it's really not worth mentioning." ”
These words were high-sounding, quite a bit of the taste of an old oilman, and Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard it.
He glanced at Chang Sheng and asked with a smile: "These are all what you taught Yunxi?" ”
How could I have thought of such hypocritical words...... Chang Sheng looked bitter and immediately replied:
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has never taught Yunxi."
This is strange, this kid couldn't let out a fart before, could it be that the war made his brain shine?
...... Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Fu Youde and Lan Yu.
The two immediately waved their hands again and again, and had the same thoughts in their hearts as Chang Sheng:
"Such hypocritical words, I can't say it!"
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were rolling around, but he didn't see the long-awaited figure, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Maybe she's shy, right?"
Zhu Yunxi remembered the appearance of kissing Xu Miaojin in front of everyone that day, and couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"If she dares to come, Lao Tzu will dare to make a smack in her face!"
Thinking in his heart, he saw Xu Huizu in the crowd, and immediately ran over screaming.
"Uncle, is my Miaojin okay?"
"Why didn't she come?"
Xu Huizu was so shocked by Zhu Yunxi's eldest brother that he almost fell off his horse.
He said with a calm face: "The third master must not talk nonsense, and he has insulted my sister's name." ”
Zhu Yunxi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly at everyone:
"Seems to be a little early, huh?"
"But I can't wait long, guys, don't chew your tongue!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone stared at Zhu Yunxi with a monster-like look, and they collectively lost their voices.
Lan Yu and the others gasped, and a thought rose in their hearts at the same time:
"Not only is this kid terrifyingly hypocritical, but he's also terrifyingly thick-skinned!"