Zhu Xiuli, who was originally overly frightened, finally came to her senses in Zhu Houxi's arms, as if she had thought about what had just happened, and then shook her head slightly when the hearts of the young man and the others were about to raise their throats.

Zhu Xiuli said softly: "I said that my brother would accompany him to pay for clothes, but he said that the clothes were very expensive, and my brother couldn't afford to pay for them, and then I was scared." ”

Zhu Houxi knew that it was his sister's fault, and the other party didn't beat anyone, even if Zhu Xiuli was crying urgently, he was not good at attacking, after all, he represented the Zhu family and the Ming royal family, so he could only pick Zhu Xiuli up and walk towards the jade lion in the night, and at the same time instructed Wang Zuo: "Lose money." ”

Chang Sui collapsed to the ground with relief, and he didn't have the heart to care about the young man who had been scared stupid by Zhu Houxi's identity.

As soon as he returned to Xingwangfu with Zhu Xiuli, Zhu Houxi said to Wang Zuo: "Go and investigate the identity of that young man." ”

Watching Wang Zuo take the order away, Zhu Houxi felt that although the young man was not guilty to death, as an elder brother who protected the calf, this matter must not be left like this, he wanted to teach the young man a lesson, let him know the meaning of the four words social sinister.

Wang Zuo didn't let Zhu Houxi wait too long, and after dinner, Wang Zuo brought all the news of the young man.

Young Lang is the youngest grandson of Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and is now studying in the country.

After learning the identity of the young man, Zhu Houxi said: "Let people arrange it, the toilet of Guozijian needs to be repaired." ”

Of course, Wang Zuo knew that his prince was a belly full of bad water, and immediately commanded: "Yes." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, there was a boiling thing in the whole capital, and the little grandson of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu fell into the toilet of the Guozijian.

Zhu Houyu in the leopard room, listening to Zhang Yong talking about the interesting story of the Guozijian, Zhu Houxi, as the initiator, did not have any look on his face, but just threw the Zhou Zhang in his hand on the face of Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"The scandal of your family has spread all over the city, how can you, as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, have such an insulting person, go back and discipline your grandchildren strictly, don't let this king educate your children for you."

"Yes, yes, what the prince said is that the official must teach his grandson strictly when he goes back."

Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, really couldn't understand how his grandson was the victim of this incident, so he became the culprit of this matter.

Another month passed, and the weather was so cold that his hands were frozen, and Zhu Houxi remembered Zhengde who was far away outside the gate in the leopard room.

"I don't know what happened to my eldest brother now, so far there has been no battle report, which is really worrying."

Seeing the emotion on Zhu Houxi's face, as a eunuch serving Zhu Houxi, of course Zhang Yong had to speak out to persuade him, otherwise he would not be of any importance here.

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, the slave maid feels that Your Majesty must be the first victory, and the battle report will come soon."

"Your Highness, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, asks to see you."

Hearing the voice, Zhu Houxi said casually: "Let him come in"

Yang Tinghe walked in with a happy face, although he was over half a hundred years old, there was wind under his feet.

"Your Highness, good news, good news."

Zhu Houxi ran to Yang Tinghe, snatched the good news in his hand, looked at the battle report on it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Zhengde is really a military wizard.

On October 3, Zhu Shou, the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of the Governor-General, led his army to attack the Wuliang Habu at Hekal Shiqi, killing more than 2,000 enemies.

On October 6, the army besieged the remnants of Uliangha at Choibalsan and killed 1,000 enemies, and Khalkha led his troops to come and kill more than 100 enemies.

On 14 October, the army confronted Khalkha on the shores of Lake Bell and killed more than 2,000 enemies.

October 16......

The more Zhu Houxi looked at it, the more frightened he became, he really didn't understand how Zhengde only had an army of 100,000 people, how could he dare to go deep into the hinterland of the grassland, and still kill people there, so he was not afraid of being given dumplings by others, and he would never come back, becoming the second Ming God of War.

Yang Tinghe, who was still happy, saw Zhu Houxi's sad face, and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Highness, don't you like Your Majesty's victory?" ”

Originally, Yang Tinghe thought that Zhengde and Zhu Houyu might really be brothers, but now seeing Zhu Houyu's face so embarrassed, Yang Tinghe felt that he might think too much, how could there be so much true affection for acting, and he was dissatisfied with Zhu Houxi's selfishness at the moment.

"Don't like it? You've only seen Big Brother win a big victory, but have you ever thought that Big Brother went deep into the enemy's hinterland without logistical support? ”

Yang Tinghe is not a military general but a civil official, but it does not prevent him from understanding Zhu Houxi's words, and after Zhu Houyi's reminder, he immediately understood the key to the problem.

Zhengde's 100,000 army, there is no logistics supply at all, it has entered winter on the grassland, it can be said that it is very difficult to find food, and the treatment of injuries and diseases must also be a problem, in such a vicious environment, the hope of survival can basically be said to be slim, and it is likely to cause a mutiny in the army, even if Zhengde is the emperor, it may not be able to suppress the whole army.

Mr. Yang's dissatisfaction quickly vanished, replaced by a state of worry.

"This ...... How can this be? ”

Seeing Yang Tinghe ask himself, Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes, he didn't know who to ask, how could he answer Yang Tinghe's question.

Zhu Houxi sighed: "Now I can only pray, the eldest brother can return to the court as soon as possible when he has played enough." ”

How unreliable Zhengde is Yang Tinghe Of course he knew, praying that Zhengde could take the initiative to return to the court, it was better to expect the princes who accompanied the army to bully the monarch and tie him back to the capital.

Zhu Houxi patted Yang Tinghe's shoulder and said, "Elder Yang Ge doesn't have to worry, after all, the eldest brother's battle report is good news so far, if the eldest brother encounters difficulties, he will definitely send news back and let the imperial court send troops to rescue." ”

Yang Tinghe pondered Zhu Houxi's words for a while, and found that it seemed to be the case, and he was much more relieved at the moment.

Zhu Houxi can't help it, I'm really afraid that this old man will be scared out, if that happens, the cabinet may have to re-elect a cabinet elder, and many things will need to be rearranged at that time, unlike the current Yang Tinghe, although he can't be trusted, he is easy to use.

Yang Tinghe thought for a while and asked out loud: "Your Highness, should we send another army to meet Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Houyu has had this idea before, but now there is really no candidate for a trustworthy general who can lead the troops, Zhu Houyu in order to ensure the safety of Zhengde, sent out all the Guogong who can be used by the Ming Dynasty, and now it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Who does Elder Yang Ge think can be in charge? Aren't you afraid that when the time comes, there will be a general who will not be affected by the king's life? ”

Zhu Houyu said the worries in his heart directly, Yang Tinghe only then understood what Zhu Houxi was afraid of, Zhengde is not in the capital now, if the person in charge has a different heart, he will not be able to resist it at all, Zhu Houyu is only a prisoner of the country after all, not the emperor.