Seeing that someone was relieving the siege for herself, Empress Dowager Sun nodded hurriedly, turned her head and instructed Jin Ying: "Just do what Yu Shilang said, send Xing'an and Ma Shun to go together, and be sure to bring King Yu into the palace as soon as possible." ”

Not long after, the great eunuch Xing'an, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Ma Shun, rushed to the palace.

Should I say it or not, when they first entered the door, Xing'an and Ma Shun were very happy. Because looking at the lively frame in the palace, it is obvious that the king is still there. As long as this prince is still there, the court will still have the backbone.

However, when the two saw the princess and saluted, they heard the princess say with a smile: "Are the two of you giving a reward to His Royal Highness on behalf of the empressant, hard work." It's a pity that unfortunately, our Royal Highness hurriedly went out early in the morning. ”

The two were stunned when they heard this, and Xing'an hurriedly asked, "Your Highness went out early in the morning?" Where did it go? ”

The princess also asked with a puzzled face: "Our Royal Highness has gone south to Hangzhou to recuperate under the order of the Queen Mother." Dare to ask my father-in-law, this is the Queen Mother's personal approval, is there any problem? ”

Xing'an replied eagerly: "There is a big incident in the imperial court, the queen mother has an order, please enter the palace immediately." ”

I heard that it was a major event in the imperial court, but the princess didn't dare to ask in detail, nor did she dare to stay for a long time, so she was busy arranging a silver reward.

Xing'an and Ma Shun took the reward and thanked the princess, so they hurriedly took the brocade guard, and went south to chase the king.

……

But it was said that King Yu and his entourage settled on the side of the road, had lunch, and rested for half an hour.

Cheng Jing stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, shall we continue to set off?" ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Don't be busy, you go and gather everyone over, I have something to say." In addition, bring us the boxes containing gold and silver jewelry. ”

Cheng Jing didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't ask questions, and hurriedly ordered people to move the boxes containing gold and silver from the carriage, and beckoned everyone to gather in front of Zhu Qiyu, and stood in turn, waiting for instructions.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said with a smile: "I won't talk a lot of nonsense, those who can abandon their families and businesses and follow me out of the capital are all loyal."

From now on, you will be my confidants, I have no knowledge, and I can't explain any great truths such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.

Anyway, I just have one sentence: In the future, if there is a bite of me, there will be a bite of you.

Come, Mr. Cheng, open the box. ”

When the box was opened, the neat silver ingots, gold ingots, and dazzling jewels dazzled everyone's eyes.

Zhu Qiyu paid attention to everyone's expressions, although most of them showed envy, but no one showed a look of greed and obsession.

Zhu Qiyu nodded secretly in his heart, he was lucky, although there were not many henchmen under him, he was indeed quite capable.

So Zhu Qiyu continued: "I don't know most of you well, so let's stand up and introduce yourself." Where are you from, what are your life experiences, what skills do you have, what are your preferences, etc. ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little nervous. It was Cheng Jing who stood up first and took the lead in introducing himself.

This Mr. Cheng is also open-minded and does not shy away from his experience of being sentenced for crimes. After hearing this, everyone sighed with emotion.

After Cheng Jing finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu promised very seriously: "Mr. Cheng, I am here to promise you that it will not be long before I will redress your unjust case." ”

Cheng Jing was skeptical of this, but he didn't show it on his face. As soon as Zhu Qiyu's voice fell, Cheng Jing knelt on the ground to thank him, crying incessantly.

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly helped Cheng Jing up, so that he could comfort him. Then he took two ingots of gold and two ingots of silver from the box, stuffed them into Cheng Jing's hand, and then grabbed a large handful of jewels and presented them together.

With Cheng Jing throwing bricks in front, the people behind also relaxed, and the atmosphere became positive and enthusiastic.

After everyone finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu also presented a share of gold, silver and jewelry.

In the end, each of them received two minas of gold, two minas of silver, and a handful of jewels.

These treasures are worth the entire net worth of most people. But Zhu Qiyu did not hesitate, after all, his foundation was too shallow, and he urgently needed someone to use it.

As for whether these people in front of him are talents or not, Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to delve into it, because not only does he have no time to pick and choose now, but he also has no other choice, who else can he use without these people.

So you can only use these people first, after a long time and a lot of things, you will naturally know who is traitorous and who is loyal, who is virtuous and who is stupid.

After sending the money, Zhu Qiyu gave an order: Let's go!

Everyone responded in unison, first hugged Zhu Qiyu and got into the carriage, and then got on their horses and continued to hurry.

I have to say that Zhu Qiyu has done a very good job in this ideological work, and his subordinates are very energetic, screaming and rushing forward, more than two hours, running out of fifty miles.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu's carriage was luxurious enough, and the official road was smooth enough, so he didn't suffer much from the bumps.

At this time, it was already dark, and everyone ran again, missed the post town, and had to camp in the wilderness and spend the night.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, and when they were about to hurry, they heard a noisy sound of horses' hooves, apparently a large number of men and horses galloping towards them.

Everyone stopped to watch, and after a while, they saw dozens of brocade guards, galloping in front of everyone.

The brocade guards turned over and dismounted, and the two leaders approached and asked, "May I ask who is in charge here?" ”

Cheng Jing stood up, and when he saw the two of them, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand, while laughing and saying, "It turned out to be Gonggong Xing, what wind blew your old man here?" ”

Xing'an hurriedly returned the salute while complaining: "I said Lao Cheng, what are you doing so fast, I and Commander Ma have almost never met all night." In order to chase you, you look at our eyes, they are all red. ”

Xing'an often travels to and from the palace of the king of Yu, and he is an old acquaintance with Cheng Jing. The two had a brief exchange, Cheng Jing and Ma Shunhan had a few words, and they were about to say more, but Xing'an interrupted:

"Lao Cheng, there is a big incident in the court, Your Highness, I want to meet Your Highness immediately."

When Cheng Jing heard this, he was surprised: His Royal Highness has the ability to predict the future, and he hurriedly left Beijing with his front foot, why did something happen to the court on his back foot.

Xing'an saw Cheng Jing in a daze, and hurriedly urged softly. Cheng Jing came back to his senses at this time, led Xing'an and Ma Shun, walked quickly to Zhu Qiyu's carriage, and said, "Your Highness, Gonggong Xing and Commander Ma ask to see you." ”

"Got it."

Zhu Qiyu responded lightly, then lifted the sedan curtain and got out of the carriage.

As soon as Xing'an and Ma Shun saw Zhu Qiyu, they bowed down and said with a crying voice: "Your Highness, it's not good, Your Majesty's pro-conquest army was wiped out in Tumubao, and the 500,000 army was all over, and even Your Majesty's whereabouts are unknown." ”

However, to the surprise of the two, Zhu Qiyu reacted coldly, and just patted Xing'an on the shoulder to show comfort. Then he sneered:

"Don't listen to those bastards in the military department, what 500,000. I didn't put a stone on their heads to help them sober up, they thought they were possessed by Wu Anjun first.

There are 500,000 or 500,000 at every turn, how can there be so many 500,000 in this world, you should be chopping cabbage. ”

Xing'an and Ma Shun were stunned by Zhu Qiyu, and looked at Zhu Qiyu in a daze, speechless for a long time.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and ordered: "You two go back, just tell the Queen Mother, I am very worried about the imperial brother, and I am also very willing to contribute to the imperial court." But my headache is even worse, and I am likely to die soon, and if I go back, I will also cause chaos in the court.

So I still follow the order of the Queen Mother and still go to Hangzhou to recuperate. ”

When Xing'an heard this, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, if you don't go back, who else can supervise the country." At that time, the imperial court will not have a backbone, how can it hold the capital division and rescue the emperor. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "King Xiang is virtuous and has experience in supervising the country, so it is natural to invite King Xiang to Beijing to preside, which is the right way." Don't bother with me, believe me, tossing back and forth in a big circle, and in the end it has to be King Xiang's prison. Those civil servants will not accept my imprisonment. ”

Xing'an and Ma Shun had no choice but to get up, and after discussing with each other, they returned to Zhu Qiyu.

This time it was Ma Shun's turn to speak, only to see the Jinyi Guard commander arch his hand towards Zhu Qiyu and persuade loudly: "Your Highness forgives your sins, this matter is a big matter, it is a matter of survival of the Beijing Division, and Your Highness must be tied back today." ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he turned his head to look at his guards lightly.

All it took was Zhu Qiyu's look, and a group of palace guards guarded Zhu Qiyu one after another, drawing their swords against Ma Shun.

Seeing this, a group of brocade guards also drew their swords one after another and surrounded them.

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Good, good, good, worthy of Jinyiwei, they are quite bold." But I think you all know that according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, killing the prince is the crime of rebellion, and the nine clans will be punished. ”

When the brocade guards heard this, they all retreated and hesitated.

Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the situation and shouted: "If you have a kind, you don't care about Ling Chi, you don't care about the Nine Clans, just take the embroidered spring knife and stab me in the heart, I respect you as a gentleman." If you don't plant it, don't bluff with me, quickly put away this broken knife, and fuck me off. ”

All the brocade guards were yelled at by Zhu Qiyu, and they were all shocked. Without waiting for Ma Shun's order, he put away his knives one after another, took ten steps back, and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Anyway, no one wants to go so far as to punish the Nine Clans for such a thing.

It's useless to scare the prince with a knife, Jinyiwei is not a fool, now that the emperor's whereabouts are unknown, he really wants to offend His Royal Highness the King in front of him, and he will retaliate fiercely if he doesn't get people in the future.

So why bother, if you don't give money or land, you can't offend the king like this.

Zhu Qiyu also accepted it when he saw it, waved his hand casually, and said with a chuckle: "Okay, okay, let's get up." You're all on business, and I'm not a cautious person, so that's it. Go back, go back to your life. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu got into the carriage and ordered everyone in the palace to continue on their way.

However, Zhu Qiyu just looked busy, but in fact, he was not in a hurry. The king of Dayuan Huai, the right prime minister of Zhongshu, and the old master outside Juyong Pass didn't have much interest in attacking the Ming Jingshi, and he had to wander leisurely in Shanxi for fifty days.

Zhu Qiyu's next goal is to run for three more days, rush to Baoding Mansion, and then play in this larger mansion for a few days, eat a donkey meat by the way, and wait for the court officials to come and ask for three visits before going back.