At this time, Zhu Bai just walked to the Lu'an Guanya Station. Lao Zhu asked someone to send him a letter quickly, telling him that he didn't have to come back to mourn and continue to Changsha.

At the same time, he asked Lu'an to strengthen his guard at the guard post along the way to Yingtian, in case Zhu Bai did something irrational.

As long as Zhu Bai doesn't move, leave him alone.

Originally, Zhu Bai traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, and he also brought four beauties, so he was not happy.

When he received the letter, he locked himself in his room and cried bitterly, ignoring anyone who called him, and he didn't come out for several days.

The guards were all sad, the king of Xiang looked indispensable, in fact, he was only fourteen years old, and he left his hometown in just a few days, losing his relatives, which was really pitiful.

When Lao Zhu received the news, he felt sorry for Zhu Bai and asked the team of the Guanya Bureau to send a handwritten letter and Zhu Bai's nurse to appease him.

The convoy of the Guanya Bureau set off from Yingtian and went to Lu'an to meet Zhu Bai.

I don't know if Lao Zhu's letter worked, or if the nurse came, Zhu Bai felt better.

Anyway, Zhu Bai finally came out of the room early the next morning.

Although his eyes were red and swollen and his spirit was sluggish, he ordered to continue his journey to Changsha.

A few days later, he finally arrived at the palace, and only said that he wanted to rest, so that people should not disturb him, and just leave the nurse.

Zhang Wufu and they also have to settle down, and everyone goes out.

Zhu Bai locked the courtyard door and grabbed the nurse's hand: "Mother, I have waited for you so hard, if you don't come again, I'm worried that the fake will come true." ”

The nurse sighed lightly: "Alas, poor Xiangyun, died for me." ”

This turned out to be Concubine Hu Shun, who was wearing the clothes of a nurse with a plain face.

This is all Zhu Bai's ploy to get Concubine Hu Shun out of the palace.

Xiangyun looks like Concubine Hu Shun, and at the request of Zhu Bai, she has been learning to walk with Concubine Hu Shun in the past few years.

In order to test the results, she and Concubine Hu Shun often swapped outfits and walked in the garden, but no one found out.

Moreover, Zhu Bai calculated that if Lao Zhu smelled the corpse, he would not carefully inspect the corpse at all.

In addition, Zhu Tang hugged Xiangyun and cried, so Lao Zhu and they didn't suspect it at all.

And sure enough, it worked.

Now buried in the imperial mausoleum is Xiangyun.

Zhu Bai: "Hmm. ”

Concubine Hu Shun said again: "Poor orange is alone in the palace. ”

The most difficult part of this plan is not to let Xiangyun die instead, when Zhu Bai discussed the plan with Concubine Hu Shun, it was Xiangyun himself who proposed to die for Concubine Hu Shun.

Concubine Hu Shun stayed, and finally accompanied the funeral. Xiangyun will also die when the time comes.

The hardest thing is to convince Zhu Tangerine.

Because she is with Concubine Hu Shun every day, it is impossible to hide it from her.

And only if she cooperates, Lao Zhu will believe it.

Zhu Biao put his arm around Concubine Hu Shun's shoulders and comforted her: "In two years, when she is older, I will tell my father to marry her to Changsha." ”

Concubine Hu Shun nodded with tears in her eyes.

Although the Xiangwang Mansion built by Zhu Bai was not as big as the Qin Palace, it was enough for him and Concubine Hu Shun to live.

Moreover, when he was repairing at that time, he specially repaired the large courtyard next to each other. Even if the two courtyard gates are closed, there are still small doors in the middle that can be crossed by each other, and the people outside don't know.

Everyone really thought that Concubine Hu Shun was Zhu Bai's nurse, and no one doubted it.

People who know the situation, such as wealth, naturally they will not say it.

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Zhu Biao had already started his tour, and this time it was Zhang Yu who set off with him.

Lao Zhu's meaning is very clear, he wants Zhang Yu to introduce Zhu Bai's connections to Zhu Biao.

After all, Zhang Yu has traveled with Zhu Bai many times, and Zhang Yu also knows people who Zhu Bai is familiar with.

The first stop was Shandong.

In order to make it easier to act, Zhu Biao dressed in simple clothes and asked the guards to call him "the eldest son". Nor did they inform the various political envoys in advance.

Although Ying Tian went to the Guanya Bureau Post Station in Shandong Province and had already received an order from the General Administration to cooperate with Zhu Biao, everyone was still secretly surprised when they saw Zhang Yu following Zhu Biao.

After thinking about it, it is just that the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and there is nothing to be done.

As soon as he crossed the Yangtze River, Zhu Biao felt like he was away from home.

At night, I stayed at the post station of the Guanya Bureau in Huai'an Prefecture.

Although the conditions of the post station are very good, it is impossible to be better than the East Palace.

So Zhu Biao was so tired that he couldn't sleep.

He always felt that Zhu Bai always wanted to run because the outside world was attractive.

Now I feel that it is really bitter.

After a day of horseback riding, the waist, back, hips, thighs and calves are all sore.

Think about Lao Zhu and the others used to sleep on horseback all day long, sleeping in the open, swords and swords, and dying for life.

It's not easy to come by.....

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Zhu Biao intended to investigate the Liangji Canal, so when he arrived nearby, he kept walking along the canal to Jining.

In the 26th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the previous dynasty excavated the Huitong River, connecting the Jeju River in the south, and connecting the Yuhe River to the northwest through Shouzhangji, Shawan, and Zhangqiu to Linqing.

Nowadays, most of the military rations going to Beiping are transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Beiping through the Grand Canal.

The Liangji Canal is a very important section of it.

After Zhu Bai's inspection, the Grand Canal in the surrounding prefectures and counties of Yingtian has been well maintained.

The transportation is unimpeded, and the military and civilian officers are relaxed.

The distance between this place and Yingtian is only a few hundred miles, but the situation of the canal is one in the sky and one underground.

The river is clogged with sediment, the banks are collapsing, and the weeds are overgrown.

Countless ragged and thin-skinned men with ropes tied around their waists were carried in sacks of sediment in the river and carried to the shore.

There are also officers and soldiers supervising the work next to it.

As soon as Zhu Biao saw it, the fire in his heart came out, and motioned for the others to wait in place, and he and Zhang Yu dismounted and walked over.

He bowed his hand to a young man on the shore and asked, "May I ask this young man, who are you and why are you working here as coolies?" ”

The man whispered, "We are all farmers in Jining. ”

Zhu Biao frowned: "This kind of thing should not be done by Cao Yun or conscription, this is the time of summer grain harvest, why don't you wait to harvest grain." ”

The man sighed: "Jining is responsible for the Cao Yun and the military transport, and the cost of the military transport is borne by the peasants. At the beginning of the summer flood, the Yellow River burst its banks, silting up the Huitong River and washing away our crops. We don't have the money to pay for military freight, so we have to contribute. ”

Zhu Biao clenched his fist and clicked: Sure enough, he was going to come down and take a look. Otherwise, how could you know that in a peaceful and prosperous world, there are such things as people who are not able to make a living, and are corrupt and pervert the law.

Seeing that he was talking, the official shouted from afar: "Don't be lazy, hurry up and work." ”

The little brother hurriedly turned his head and didn't dare to pay attention to Zhu Biao anymore.

Someone over there suddenly fell to the ground, and someone next to him went to see it, saying that he was fainting from hunger.

The servant told him to go back and eat his fill, and then come back to work.

It turns out that when I came here to work, I had to take care of my own food

Zhu Biao was so angry that the sword on his waist seemed to be "buzzing", waiting to be unsheathed and killed.

However, the officials were also ordered to act, and perhaps they were also born poor, so it was useless to kill him.

Zhu Biao endured his anger and walked back, got on his horse and continued along the Liangji Canal.

The situation was similar along the way.

The fields are full of yellow mud, and the hungry people are all over the land.