Chapter 17: The Mansion of the Duke of Wei (1)

"By the way, Your Majesty, when it comes to Julong Mountain, I still think of something, and I feel a little strange."

"What's the matter? Tell me about it? ”

"That is to say, what kind of bullshit Julong and Five Tigers were originally entrenched in Julong Mountain, although it was to harm the people, but it was only to plague Baokang County and several neighboring counties, but this time there was a Mr. Dai who brought them news, saying that Zheng Fengming, the prefect of Jincheng, Shaanxi, went home to retire and retire......"

"This Zheng Fengming." Zhu Yuanzhang said hatefully, "He was originally Xu Da's general, and he also made a lot of military exploits when he fought with me, and he was put on the local government to be an official.

“…… Then Zheng Fengming went home to care for the elderly. Zhu Wenyu waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish complaining, and continued: "After passing through Xiangyang, the person named Mr. Dai told the bandits on Julong Mountain, saying that Zheng Fengming would pass through Xiangyang when he would be, and he also carried 200,000 taels of silver embezzled, and it was a fat sheep, so Julong Mountain went down the mountain to kill Zheng Fengming's family. ”

"Little monkey, why do you mean that Mr. Dai knows so clearly? Do you know how much silver he brought? Do you know when he passed through Xiangyang? ”

"yes, that's what I meant." Zhu Wenyu slapped his thigh and shouted. Gao Yu looked at the side and shook his head in his heart, this Zhu Wenyu refused to even say the words "Emperor Shengming", how could he look like a gentleman? Isn't this a common thing to talk to the emperor? "That Mr. Dai also has a personal entourage, what is Mr. Gong, his martial arts are very high, and the five tigers of Julong Mountain are not his opponents combined, if he makes a move, Zheng Fengming's family will definitely not survive. It's just that I overheard the Julong Five Tigers talking, saying that Mr. Gong hadn't come when Mr. Dai first came to reveal the news, and I thought it was because he didn't come, so I relied on the robbers of Julong Mountain to deal with Zheng Fengming. Anyway, let's talk about it, that Mr. Dai went for Zheng Fengming's silver, and he also took the silver and left afterwards, Your Majesty, tell me, who can know Zheng Fengming's whereabouts and details so well? I thought about it, and I thought it would have something to do with the imperial court? Only people in the court will know when he will leave office and how he will go, and only those who know the inside story will know that Zheng Fengming embezzled a lot of silver with him, and he will do whatever it takes for the silver, and he will kill all of them as soon as he makes a move, and he will not let go of any of his porters. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang groaned. "Then have you figured out the origin of that Mr. Dai?"

"The beggar gang inquired about Mr. Dai's whereabouts for me, we followed from afar, who knew that there was no trace of him when I arrived in Jiujiang, and there was no news after waiting for several days, so I had to go back to the capital, Your Majesty." Zhu Wenyu said helplessly.

"Try your best to find out where that Mr. Dai came from." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and said while groaning: "Also, do your best to find out the details of the Tianyi Alliance, as well as their purpose, you can call it Du ...... Du what? The one who ambushed you in Danling? ”

"'Blood Knife Death' Du Feng."

"Yes, Du Feng, start with him and those killers, unite your friends in the martial arts, and find out all about the Tianyi Alliance, and then catch them all, and you must not leave any troubles. Destroy the Tianyi Alliance, find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and when necessary, you Zhu Wenyu can cut first and then play, and call local officers and soldiers. Little monkey, do a good job for me, make meritorious contributions for the court, and repair those uncompetitive Wang eight cubs for me. Zhu Yuanzhang stopped and patted Zhu Wenyu on the shoulder.

"Hehe, don't hide it from the emperor, the little monkey was sent by you to the Nangong family and the Tang Sect last time, and it was already put on the brazier by you, and the Tianyi League assassinated me several times, it seems that they are treating me as a stumbling block to them, and they have to take my life, and now I can't do it if I don't want to deal with them." Zhu Wenyu smiled bitterly.

"Hahahaha, that little monkey, you will do your best to eliminate this hidden danger for the court, for me, and for yourself." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

Zhu Wenyu took the Yu Lu that Gao Chan ordered someone to take from the Internal Affairs Office for him, as well as one hundred taels of gold given by Zhu Yuanzhang, and went out of the south study.

It stands to reason that if a courtier receives a gift from the emperor, he must use a clean tray, put the things given by the emperor in the tray, hold them with both hands, respectfully carry them all the way to the house, put them on top of the offering, and then burn incense and bathe, clean his hands and bow to the ground, first thank the emperor for the grace of the gift, and then carefully open the given things to see. If it is not something to eat, but only an object to use, it is not dared to be used, and it must be offered on the table, covered with yellow silk, and then burned incense every day to worship, in order to show the awe of the emperor and the cherishing of gifts. But this Zhu Wenyu actually casually made a blanket and carried it on his back, swaggering out of the inner palace, those guards looked at him carrying a bright yellow burden, knowing that it was a gift from the emperor, but he didn't dare to take the initiative to laugh with Zhu Wenyu casually, Zhu Wenyu didn't open his mouth They stood still solemnly, staring at Zhu Wenyu and watching Zhu Wenyu go out of Donghua Gate leisurely.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw that Desert and Tang Yun were already waiting in the hall, and when he saw him come in, he made a look and walked towards the inner room. Zhu Wenyu knew that something must be wrong, so he threw the bright yellow burden containing gold and silver on Xiao Gaozi's body and entered the back room.

"I just went to the capital to split the rudder, and there is news of Mr. Dai." Without waiting for Zhu Wenyu to sit down, the desert said hurriedly.

"What? That's great. "Zhu Wenyu's spirits are greatly lifted." Where's this kid? ”

"It's in the capital."

"What? Just in the capital? "Zhu Wenyu was surprised, he couldn't imagine that there was nowhere to find the straw sandals, and the person he was looking for was actually under his nose." Where is it in the capital? ”

"I heard from the helmsman of the capital that broke the rudder, saying that he had seen this Mr. Dai three or four days ago, but this Mr. Dai may not be small."

"Not small? What do you mean? Zhu Wenyu didn't react for a while.

"He is from the Duke of Wei's mansion."

"What? The Duke of Wei's Mansion? Zhu Wenyu was surprised again and again today.

"Yes, Master Qian said that there were beggar disciples who saw him enter and leave the Wei Mansion, and then inquired in many ways, only to know that this Mr. Dai's name is Dai Xingcheng, and he is actually the account keeper of the Wei Mansion."

"The Mansion of the State of Wei, the Mansion of the State of Wei." Zhu Wenyu muttered.

Zhu Wenyu never expected that this Mr. Dai would actually be from the Wei State Mansion. This Wei Duke Xu Da Zhu Wenyu is very familiar, Zhu Wenyu lived in the palace Xianlan Courtyard when he was a child, that Xu Da often accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang for a walk in the harem, and the two monarchs and ministers would always come over to talk to Old Master Chen when they turned to Xianlan Courtyard, and also teased him. Zhu Wenyu also likes his straightforward personality, laughs heartily at every turn, sometimes pesters him to tell stories, and likes Xu Dan's beard on his chin, and specially nicknames him "Big Beard". Later, Zhu Wenyu also grew up, and Xu Da was stationed in the north of Xinjiang, so he slowly saw less, and Zhu Wenyu never saw it again after moving out of the inner palace to live in Zhu Yuanzhang's house, Zhu Wenyu only knew that the Wei Mansion where Xu Da lived was in the south of the city outside the palace, but he had never been there.

This Wei Duke Xu Da is the emperor's right-hand man, and the Duke of Hubei often Yuchun together are the founding heroes of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who laid down the Ming Dynasty, often Yuchun died young, among the generals in the court, Xu Da has been the top of the top ministers, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty because of the lack of tranquility in the northern Xinjiang, Xu Da has been guarding the western part of Beiping for many years, and has made great contributions to the safety of the Ming Dynasty. At present, the Chinese officials of the imperial court are gradually rising, and the military generals are gradually losing the favor of the emperor, but this Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, has always been the most trusted right-hand man of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the most powerful person, and he is also a pillar and heavy minister in the imperial court, and there is a large archway personally given by Zhu Yuanzhang in front of the Duke of Wei's mansion, with the word "great merit" written on it, known as the Great Meritorious Workshop, such an important minister, deeply favored by the emperor, Mr. Dai will actually be a person in his mansion? Zhu Wenyu really couldn't believe his ears, but he knew that the desert was a thoughtful person, and things like this must have been repeatedly confirmed before he could tell him.

Zhu Wenyu's heart became extremely chaotic. If this Mr. Dai is not a member of the Tianyi Alliance, then how can it be Xu Da who colluded with bandits to kill people and seize wealth like this? As a general, Xu Da has more than 10 million taels of military and horse food, and he will also look at this mere hundreds of thousands of taels of silver? If this Mr. Dai is really a member of the Tianyi Alliance, doesn't it mean that this Wei Guogong Xu Da is the person behind the Tianyi Alliance? Xu Da is already the head of the military generals of the imperial court, and one person is above 10,000 people, how can he still make such a move to seize power? What's more, Xu Dazhen guarded the northern frontier precisely to resist the former Yuan Mongol forces and then go south to the Central Plains, if he was the commander of the Tianyi League, then how could there be Mongols and Western Regions lamas among the people who chased and killed him Zhu Wenyu in Chongqing Mansion? Could it be that Xu Da still has a secret collusion with the Western Regions of Mongolia?