Just when Zhu Wenyu and the others were drinking hot, King Yan in King Yan's mansion was a little restless.

The day before yesterday, he received a secret decree from the emperor, saying that Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was seriously ill, and the imperial court would issue an order to Xu Da to return to Beijing to recuperate from his back disease, and the responsibility for the defense of northern Xinjiang was temporarily taken care of by King Yan, so that he would "lead the army and rectify the officers and soldiers in detail", pay close attention to the movements of the Mongolian army, and organize officers and soldiers to actively defend. Rectify what? And how to rectify it? One question after another swirled in Zhu Di's mind, did this imply that the imperial court had accepted his last performance and had taken precautions against Xu Da? This time Xu Da's back disease, it is said that it is not heavy, although he can't recuperate in Wei Garden, but he still deals with military affairs every day, without the slightest delay, and now the Mongolian army is ready to move, at this juncture, it can be said that even if Xu Da can't do anything, as long as he lies in Wei Garden, the Mongolian Tartars will never dare to act rashly, but why does the imperial court want to make Xu Da, the commander of the army like a god Tartar, return to Beijing to recuperate, and hand over the military power of hundreds of thousands of troops to himself? and ordered him to "reorganize" Xu Da's army? Does it mean that the imperial court suspects that the officers and soldiers only have Xu Da in their eyes and no Ming court, and they are afraid that they will follow Xu Da to rebel? If this is the case, how should I rectify it? Will those generals and soldiers who have been through a hundred battles listen to his command? If you don't listen, how can you appease and secretly make arrangements to keep the army firmly in your own hands?

Zhu Di further pondered, now the crown prince Zhu Biao is in charge of the country, although he is his eldest brother, but he seems to be faintly dissatisfied with himself, probably because he is too shrewd and capable, there is a lot of praise in the court, and he has been praised by his father Zhu Yuanzhang many times, the eldest brother is wary, afraid that he will take his throne, for example, a while ago, he transferred his two second-grade officials who had a good relationship with him from the ministry and sent them to the Ministry of Industry. Although this matter is not big, Zhu Di always feels that there is a crisis, and faintly seems to see the eldest brother staring at him coldly with wide eyes. The conscience of heaven and earth, as the fourth son of the emperor, in addition to the prince and two elder brothers, how can he have the heart to compete with the eldest brother for the throne? Soon after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was the bloody foundation of his father, he Zhu Di just wanted to assist his father to govern the Ming court, if his father died in the future, he would assist the new emperor and seek the welfare of the people, how could he have half the heart of fighting for power and taking the throne? It's ridiculous how can those villains think of themselves like this, I'm a dignified seven-foot man, these villains look at me like this, it's a stain on my name. But then again, the king of Hades is so difficult to keep the little ghosts at bay, these villains chew their tongues from the crown prince and their father, and they don't know when they succeed, the crown prince or the father is confused and gets rid of himself as a disaster, and I, Zhu Di, will die too unjustly. Now the father will recall Xu Da back to the capital, and hand over hundreds of thousands of troops in the north to his own hands, if he can rectify it well, replace it with a cronie cadre, and become his own soldiers, with these hundreds of thousands of tiger and wolf divisions who can fight well, anyone who wants to move himself has to think about it, even if the crown prince does not dare to pinch himself around like dough casually, the eldest brother used to adjust his own people like this, at the mercy of his own people, is it not just to see that he has no soldiers in his hands, and his strength is weak, and even a second-grade minister with soldiers is not as good, Can't you make a name for yourself? If there are hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, who else in the world would dare to underestimate my Yan King Zhu Di?

Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little enthusiastic, it was October at this time, Beiping City was located in Yanshan, it was cool in autumn, Zhu Di pushed open the window of the study, a gust of autumn wind hit, and he suddenly felt refreshed. "I'll go to Wei Yuan tomorrow!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Di shouted: "Someone!"

A subordinate who was specially waiting in the study ran over, this subordinate was carefully selected by King Yan, he was a mute, and he was illiterate, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he had been in charge of Jinyiwei for two or three years, and he knew that these people were pervasive, and he had mastered the sore feet of many ministers through Jinyiwei, but who knew if others would also calculate that he would send people to his house? It's better to be careful, once on the street, I happened to meet a child who sold children as slaves, was a mute, at that time, I was in a thought, I happened to receive a person in the study, I couldn't read the paperwork and couldn't write, and I couldn't speak, and I couldn't reveal any news. As for Zhu Wenyu, I don't know why, although he really can't get used to Zhu Wenyu's casual habit in his heart, he is not afraid of Zhu Wenyu leaking any secrets, and he doesn't know why, he is so relieved to let this little ruffian sleep in his study at night, maybe because he can see at a glance that this person doesn't take this power seriously at all, he won't fight anyone, and he won't casually unite others to plot and deal with himself, right?

"Go, call Mr. Deng."

After a while, Deng Shaoru came in, and Zhu Di instructed: "You go and invite Master Zhu over, I have something to tell him." ”

"Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu is out."

"Oh? Where did it go? ”

"I don't know, it seems that a girl brought a few generals, saying that they were selected from the Wei army to inquire about the Mongolian military situation, and they just arrived in Beiping City today, and Lord Zhu invited them to drink."

"Oh, forget it, you go down." Zhu Di waved his hand. "This Zhu Wenyu is really unacceptable, mixed with those soldiers and ruffians, and he is not afraid of losing his identity!" Zhu Di thought indignantly. "Forget it, let's look for him tomorrow."

Zhu Wenyu and the others were responsible for the protection of King Yan, and they didn't dare to drink too late, so they asked General Ding to greet these brothers well, and he returned to King Yan's mansion after a few drinks, and originally wanted to ask a few of them to drink with them for a while, but Nangong Ling was not good at words, and he had to discuss things well when he went back to the desert, as for Tang Yun and Maya, the two girls' families, it was not okay to drink with a bunch of vulgar men, so they simply let Ding Ying entertain them and let them drink a few glasses happily, just told Ding Ying not to make trouble, and paid for the wine first, and came back.

Early the next morning, Zhu Di ordered the chief manager Deng Shaoru to call Zhu Wenyu.

"Lord Zhu, the emperor decreed that the Duke of Wei Guogong should return to Beijing to recuperate, and the Northern Xinjiang army will be led by me, and I must take a trip to the barracks." Seeing Zhu Wenyu come in, Zhu Di was not polite, and he went straight to the point while drinking tea.

"The prince is going to Wei Garden?" Zhu Wenyu was quite surprised.

"Exactly, I'll leave tomorrow, do you have a frown about the assassins?" Zhu Di said calmly.

Zhu Wenyu scolded in his heart: "The assassins haven't come yet, there's a bullshit eyebrow?" I wanted to use you as bait, but who knew that you were going to run away again, and there was no bait, and the ghost fish was hooked? Still looking for me to look at my eyebrows? "Sit there silently.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Wenyu, who was silent in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more annoying he felt, just like Zhu Wenyu, from head to toe, how did he look like a deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard? Not much stronger than the ruffians, a typical scoundrel, this is also a third-grade member of the imperial court? Zhu Di also thought in his heart. "Will you follow me out or will you continue to stay in the palace?" Zhu Di asked casually, he also knew that this assassin had to be his own bait, otherwise this play would not be able to sing. This time he is going to Wei Yuan, and Zhu Wenyu has to follow if he wants to.

Zhu Wenyu's heart flashed, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly had an idea, so he said to Zhu Di, the king of Yan: "Lord Wang, my subordinates have an idea, I don't know if it will work." ”

"Say it." Zhu Di put down the tea bowl and looked at Zhu Wenyu.

"That's the case, the prince doesn't know if he can quietly leave the city, go straight to Wei Yuan, and do his own thing, but the news is blocked to the outside world, so that the assassins still think that the prince is in the palace, and we are waiting for the assassins to take the bait?"

"You're not afraid to keep the air?" Zhu Di also felt that this method was good, and a rare smile flashed on his face, but it did not disappear, and he immediately resumed his indifferent and cold tone.

"Since Ouyang Xiwei inquired about the news, we have been waiting in the mansion for these days, and it has been almost a month, if the assassin really wants to assassinate, I'm afraid it will be soon, maybe it's just a few days. If the prince quietly goes out of the city and hides people's eyes and ears, the thief should be difficult to detect in a short time, and he will not find Wei Yuan, and if he comes, he will only come to the palace. Last time, in order to find out the Mongolian military situation, I selected ten capable people from the Wei army, and the team was led by Wei Guogong's personal chief soldier, named Ding Ying, and now these people have come to the city, and I arranged for them to live in the inn next door. The prince can order them to go back to Wei Garden with you, personal guards, me and a few friends will wait for rabbits in the palace for a few days, to see if we can catch one or two, maybe the Mongolian military situation has also been settled, hehe. Zhu Wenyu probably felt that this was a good way, thinking while talking, he seemed a lot more casual when he spoke, and the more he talked, the more he was proud, the more excited he was, and he almost didn't feel that he was talking to King Yan, the cold-faced prince, until he finished speaking, he woke up, and he was busy and retracted his form, and replaced the cheeky smile that could never be changed, and wanted to change it to a respectful and solemn color, but the contrast between these two expressions was too great, and they turned too fast, and they couldn't adapt to it for a while, but instead became a strange look that seemed to laugh and cry and cry and squeeze his eyes. Let Zhu Di see it, and he frowned even more in his heart.

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