"That's the thing, if you want to help the old man, you can help, if it's troublesome, you can also enter the palace with your uncle and tell Your Majesty the original matter."

In the study room of the Yingguo Mansion, when Fu Youde and Zhu Gaochu explained the ins and outs of the matter, Zhu Gaoxu learned the reason for the abnormal atmosphere in the Guogong Mansion.

"This kind of thing, the people of the Guogong Mansion can actually show such an attitude, I'm afraid that in the entire Guogong Mansion, there are not many people who belong to the Fu family......"

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the atmosphere in the mansion, and then thought of the things in Fu Youde's mouth.

With Fu Youde's sophistication, even if the spies in the palace all know that the princess of the Jin dynasty sent someone, I am afraid that they will not understand the content too deeply.

If you want to commit perjury, you are still somewhat sure.

It's just that...... Do you really have to commit perjury?

Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously glanced at Fu Youde, he was still as calm and calm as ever.

On the contrary to him, Fu Zhong and Fu Rang were extremely nervous, and even their fists were subconsciously clenched.

"Save him, in case he and Feng Sheng, Xie Cheng, and Wang Bi all survive, then what should I do?"

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu did not think of the contradiction between the two mansions of Jin and Yan, nor did he want to take the opportunity to attack the Jin Mansion, but thought of the Battle of Jingjing a few years later.

He didn't think that his father could fight against the Southern Army group with Fu Youde, Xie Cheng, Wang Bi, and Feng Sheng at the same time.

If these four people can die, then Yan Mansion will definitely be the biggest beneficiary in the future, but ......

In his thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu thought of Fu Youde and Feng Sheng's dedication to teaching him these days.

"If I don't have them, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to learn the current skills, and my understanding of Daming is not as comprehensive as it is now."

Zhu Gaoxu's face was not shocked, but Fu Youde still saw a little struggle in it, but he didn't think it was very strange.

To commit perjury, or to perjury in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, this kind of pressure is not something that anyone can bear, even Zhu Gaoxu.

"I can try ......"

After thinking about it again, Zhu Gaoxu still thinks that he can help Fu Youde's family, but he is not because of getting along and learning in the past few months, but for his future self.

Four of the five sons of the Fu family joined the army, except for Fu Rang's lower official position, several others could help him, especially the third son Fu Mao, who served as the commander of the Yunnan capital.

Yunnan Capital Division 19 Wei 21, most of them are Fu Youde and Fu Mao's old troops, with nearly 40,000 soldiers.

Whether they ascend to the Jingyan battlefield or defend the western region with the Mu family, they will be a heavy bargaining chip.

With the support of the Fu family, not only can you get the support of most of the Yunnan Metropolitan Guards, but also the support of Fu Youde's old departments in Shanxi, Liaodong, and Beiping.

This is indeed a bargaining chip that is difficult to refuse for Zhu Gaoxu, even if Fu Youde will die eventually, but Zhu Gaochu remembers that the Fu family lived well after his death, but they themselves don't want to be officials, otherwise with Lao Zhu's guilt towards the Fu family, the Fu family can still have a very heavy voice in Yunnan.

The kindness of sending charcoal in the snow is enough for them to help themselves in the future.

"Good ......"

In the study, seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was willing to help, the two Fu Zhong brothers breathed a sigh of relief, and Fu Youde also began to express his thoughts:

"I want you to tell Your Majesty about the matter, but there is something that needs to be hidden from the Princess."

Fu Youde wanted to keep his daughter, Zhu Gaoxu nodded without thinking after hearing this: "If it's just like this, it's not difficult to do, I just need to confess to you Guogong." ”

"Good!" After Fu Youde heard this, he made up a set of confessions with Zhu Gaoxu.

said that it was made up, but in fact, it just concealed the participation of the Jin princess Fu and changed it to someone else using the concubines of the Jin princess Fu to meet Fu Youde privately.

Everyone knows who this other person is, even if they don't mention his name, Zhu Yuanzhang can know if they want to come.

After Zhu Gaoxu and Fu Youde confirmed that their testimony was correct, he was ready to go to the palace to "inform".

It's just that when he walked out of the door of the study, Fu Youde stopped him: "Boy! ”

"Huh?" Zhu Gaoxu looked back in confusion, thinking that Fu Youde had something else to explain, but Fu Youde just looked at him and didn't say anything for a long time.

"The kid quits ......"

Unable to get an answer, Zhu Gaoxu withdrew from the study, and Fu Youde saw that his figure disappeared, and he was unable to sit on the chair next to him.

"It's okay now." The younger Fu Rang patted his chest and took a few breaths.

Compared with him, Fu Zhong seemed a lot calmer: "The matter has not settled, and the result is still unknown." ”

After that, Fu Zhong looked at his father, Fu Youde, who was sitting on the chair, as if he had aged several years.

"Drive!"

While the Fu father and son were waiting for the results, Zhu Gaoxu had already led Chiyu to the West Chang'anmen Street, and rode his horse to Xihuamen on the left and right of the imperial road.

On horseback, while driving the red donkey, he imagined many pictures in his mind when he met Zhu Yuanzhang.

He seems to have watched movies in his heart, but the protagonists of these movies are only him and Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I hope it will be ...... smoothly"

Riding his horse to the Xihua Gate, Zhu Gaoxu handed over the red horse to the Jinwu guards guarding the gate, and walked towards the Forbidden City.

After passing through the long Xihuamen Palace Road, he came to the inner gatehouse of Xihuamen.

Walking here, what appeared in front of him was the familiar Wuyingdian Square, and hundreds of steps away was the Wuyingdian that he often went to.

"Relax." He said this as if he were saying it to himself, but he was saying it to others.

Gathering up his courage, he walked towards the Wuying Palace.

The distance of hundreds of steps made him extremely tired at the moment, but in the end he still came to the outside of the Wuying Palace.

"Yan Yan's second son is coming!"

"Biography!"

Listening to the singing sound in the hall, Zhu Gaoxu tidied himself up and walked towards the Wuying Palace.

In his mind, the next scene had been rehearsed countless times, and he tried to make himself the same as usual, but such efforts were crushed in the next moment.

"Yan Yan's second son, bow to grandpa."

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Wuying Hall with his head down, and then knelt down and bowed five times and bowed three times.

He thought that he would hear Zhu Yuanzhang's voice in the next second, but he didn't hear this voice for a long time, and all he could hear was the sound of the music in front.

It was as if there was some invisible pressure, and every time it sounded, it brought him tremendous pressure.

"I'm going to be stupid to death this time......"

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu secretly scolded himself in his mind for being blinded by the immediate interests, and he actually believed that Fu Youde could blindfold the ears of the Jinyi Wei spies.

"Lao Zhu shouldn't know." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but raise his head and take a look.

Seeing this, his heart tightened, because Zhu Yunwen, who was usually in Wuying Hall in the afternoon, was not there.

In the huge Wuying Palace, in addition to the eunuchs who were the celebrants, there were only Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting behind the dragon case, and the two young eunuchs who served him left and right.

One of them, Zhu Gaoxu, is very familiar with Yizha, who brought him to Wuyingdian at the beginning, and Yizha at this moment also collided with Zhu Gaoxu's eyes.

What Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect was that Yishaha, who was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, shook his head slightly.

"What do you mean? Let me stop talking? ”

Zhu Gaoxu was very grateful for Yiha's actions at this moment, but he was even more puzzled by the meaning of shaking his head.

"Look around ......"

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang closed the recital, and said something meaningfully.

His words made Zhu Gaoxu a little scared, and he didn't know whether to reply or not for a while.

Just when he hesitated, there were footsteps outside the hall again, and a eunuch on duty walked into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, Li Yan is serving and meeting you." ”

"Pass him in" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have waited for this person for a long time, and interrupted him without waiting for the eunuch to finish speaking.

"Slave maid takes ......the order," the eunuch on duty returned the salute and exited the hall, and then another footstep came from behind Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing that the person he wanted to see came, Zhu Yuanzhang also glanced at Zhu Gaoxu: "Get up, stand aside and think about how to deceive me before I speak!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was very flat, but it was like thunder in Zhu Gaoxu's ears.

He wanted to explain, but after meeting Zhu Yuanzhang's ancient and waveless gaze, he couldn't help but bow his head and dodge.

In the end, he could only get up with his head down and obediently stand aside.

That is, a thirty-year-old military attache walked into the hall and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.

This person Zhu Gaoxu has seen and often serves Zhu Yuanzhang, but he doesn't speak often, and he always has an expression on his face that no one is allowed to enter.

Things have come to this point, no matter how stupid Zhu Gaoxu is, he should know the identity of this person.

If he guessed correctly, from the open to the secret Jinyi Guard, it was the military attache surnamed Li who was in control.

Thinking about this, Zhu Gaoxu even breathed a lot lighter, for fear that this Li Yanshi would say something unfavorable to him.

"Your Majesty......" Li Yanshi glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and seemed to be saying that there were too many outsiders.

However, in the face of his hints, Zhu Yuanzhang responded softly: "Say it truthfully, let this kid listen to it." ”

When he said this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but raise his head, but in the next moment, he collided with his gaze and had to lower his head again.

"Yes......" Seeing that the emperor said so, Li Yanshi also began to play, and the matter of his performance was really related to the Jin dynasty's contact with the Yingguo Mansion on behalf of the Jin king.

"At five o'clock last night, the personal maid of the princess of the Jingjin Mansion went to the Yingguo Mansion under the cover of Zhang Chunbaihu, the left guard of the government army, and dictated the affairs of the King of Jin and the Ying Guogong, Shouchun and the horses, and the Jinwu guard to calm Fu Rang."

"At four o'clock, this woman left the Yingguo Mansion."

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Erzixu entered the Yingguo Mansion and left the ...... at two o'clock."

Li Yanshi explained everything that Jinyiwei investigated, and at this moment, Zhu Gaoxu only felt that all the pores of his scalp were stinging and uncomfortable like pins and needles, and his head and ears were hot.

"Have you figured out how to deceive me?"

"Grandson doesn't dare!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words frightened Zhu Gaoxu so much that he hurriedly made a move.

"I'm not scared enough to get down on my knees." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson's knees, not knowing what he meant.

It's just that when Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was scolding himself for making a mistake and not kneeling, so he hurriedly knelt down.

"......" Seeing him kneeling, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned instead.

Based on his understanding of Zhu Gaoxu, in the face of this situation, Zhu Gaochu must have stretched his neck and shouted that he was right, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to kneel down with his own hands.

"This kid's temperament has changed, and he has become a little weaker."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head in his heart, and then asked, "What did they teach you to say?" ”

He first asked, and then added, "You'll talk to me when you're ready." ”

"Go back to grandpa......" Zhu Gaoxu felt that time was so slow at the moment, and he hesitated in front of telling the truth or not telling the truth.

Although he was afraid of death, he always felt that Lao Zhu was cheating himself, but he didn't dare to gamble.

It's just that when those words came to his lips, he thought of Yishaha's shaking of his head, so he decided to gamble again.

He believed that with his identity, even if he said the wrong thing, he would not be punished too much, so he stubbornly spoke:

"Li Baishi is most right, but the specific thing is like this......"

Zhu Gaoxu said the good words one by one, and said that the princess of the Jin dynasty was a "helper" who did not know the truth, and put the mastermind on Zhu Li, the king of Jin.

Regarding the content of Zhu Li's words, Zhu Gaoxu also explained 1510:

"The third uncle said that the grandson is young and doesn't know about national affairs, and he still has to come to Nanjing to help you in this matter, so I want Ying Guogong to give a few words to the people below, so that they can play, please grandpa, you let the third uncle, or the son of the world, enter the Wuying Palace to govern."

After Zhu Gaoxu said this, the Wuying Hall fell into a deathly silence, and there was no more sound.

"You stand down first."

"You got it right!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded, Zhu Gaoxu also waved a punch excitedly in his heart.

Soon, the eunuchs and Li Yanshi in the palace retreated, leaving only Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing in place, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting in his position.

"What you say, nine points true, one point false, but I can hear it."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said his opinion while walking towards Zhu Gaoxu: "The woman of the Fu family is also involved in this matter, and she knows what she is doing. ”

"Fu Youde's old boy is lying, but in order to protect her, and you want his family to accept your love."

"Grandpa......" seems to have crossed the threshold in his heart, and Zhu Gaoxu is under a lot less pressure, so he made a wry smile: "I really didn't lie, I haven't changed a word." ”

"Since it hasn't changed, it's that you're provoking the relationship between your grandfather and my third uncle." Zhu Yuanzhang's hat for Zhu Gaoxu was bigger.

"As for the things that the third uncle did, why do you need me to provoke." Zhu Gaoxu's white eyes are about to turn up to the sky, but this white eye is not to Zhu Yuanzhang, but to Zhu Li.

One thing to say, he didn't know why Zhu Li was so brave, since he dared to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang when he had already established Zhu Yunwen's status, he clamored to enter the Wuying Palace to govern.

I felt speechless when I heard this, if Zhu Yunwen heard it, I am afraid that the kid would have to find a way to incite Lao Zhu and put to death all the people except Zhu Li and his wife and heirs.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Gaoxu is not surprised that Zhu Yunwen is no longer in Wuying Hall today.

originally thought that there was government affairs busy, but now it seems that Lao Zhu deliberately branched it out.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him.

He is already sixty years old, with some imperceptible old age spots on his face, and his body with a big waist and a round waist when he was young has become a little thin now.

It's just that no matter how his appearance changes, as long as he can still take a breath, the Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos.

It seems that Lao Zhu doesn't want Fu Youde's family to die, otherwise he won't let Zhu Yunwen go......

"Today's events, you rot into your stomach."

"Huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly called himself "I", which made Zhu Gaoxu stunned for a moment, and then he did not hurry up: "Grandson knows, grandfather, please rest assured." ”

"Hmm......" Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him with satisfaction, and finally commented:

"You guy, it's exactly the same as your father, cautious and calm on the surface, but bold in private, no wonder your father likes you."

"The boy is far worse than my father's." Zhu Gaoxu gave a modest return salute, but Zhu Yuanzhang slapped him on the hand he wanted to compose:

"Don't pretend in front of me, unless you're pretending to be the same now."

"That's not it, the kid has really changed his face!" Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang say that he was disguised, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly became anxious, God knows how much effort he spent in order to wash the dirty water of his predecessor.

"Makeover." Zhu Yuanzhang looked him up and down a few times, and nodded: "It's a bit human, not as bastard as before." ”

"That's ......" Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and chested, and Zhu Yuanzhang also shook his head with a smile and walked back to his place and sat down.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had become approachable, Zhu Gaoxu also stepped forward:

"Grandpa, the water in this capital is too muddy, can you let me go back to Beiping."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and discussed, but Zhu Yuanzhang could feel his sincerity.

"I heard that you met Gao Sui on the street a few days ago and was hit by an old woodcutter, and by the way, you presided over justice."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer Zhu Gaoxu's question, but instead raised a new topic.

In the conversation of people like them, avoiding the topic is actually refusal, and Zhu Gaoxu, who heard this, also understood, and did not continue to entangle but nodded: "Yes, boy......"

Zhu Gaoxu told the story of that day, he thought that Lao Zhu would say that he did not enforce the law impartially, but he didn't want Lao Zhu to frown and ask:

"That little flag officer, you only gave him ten sticks?"

"Yes......" Zhu Gaoxu nodded, but the next second he saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning and reprimanding: "Such a person, even a hundred rods is not too much, you still give him the money for medicine?" Pedantic! ”

"But the old woodcutter also made a mistake......," Zhu Gaoxu replied embarrassedly.

"Humph!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "A country woodcutter has just entered the city, how do you know what you can do and what you can't do?" ”

"Scold a few words, wave a stick to scare and scare him, he will know next time he comes, but what about the abuse of lynching?"

"This guy dares to beat the woodcutter today, will he dare to use a knife against the flat-headed people tomorrow?"

Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang felt puzzled, and faced the door of the hall: "Arrest that little flag officer, and fight thirty kills first!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the figure of Li Yanshi walked out on the left side of the hall entrance.

He bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and the others in the hall, and then stepped back, obviously according to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, looking for someone to teach the little flag officer a lesson.

Looking at his back, Zhu Gaoxu also said shamefully about Zhu Yuanzhang's approach: "What you said doesn't seem to be the same as what you wrote......

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaochu thought that he was going to be reprimanded, but he didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to smile heartily: "Since ancient times, most of those who can achieve things say one thing and do another." ”

"How many of those things do you think can be implemented?"

"Forehead ......" Zhu Gaoxu was speechless, and after thinking about it, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then responded: "My grandson thinks that those who fall into the city can account for fifty percent, the township can account for thirty percent, and the remote villages are less than one percent." ”

"Good!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Zhu Yuanzhang happily patted him on the shoulder:

"You kid dares to tell me the truth, it's much better than your brothers and sisters."

"You ask me, and I'll answer it truthfully." Zhu Gaoxu bared his teeth, just because the weight of Zhu Yuanzhang's slap was really not light.

From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for the previous generations of the old Zhu family to produce a few brave and warlike princes and county kings, and this gene is not bad from the root.

"Humph!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's flamboyant tongue, Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his hand, but said:

"That's a good thing to say, but that's not what you do......"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Gaoxu suspiciously, and couldn't help but think of what he just said, "say one thing and do another".

He had already reacted, but Zhu Gaoxu hadn't reacted yet, and kept talking nonsense: "How dare you, besides, even if I want to deceive, I can't deceive your eyes, grandpa." ”

Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his shoulders, licked his smiling face in response, and acted like a pampering child.

Of course, at his age, doing this in front of Zhu Yuanzhang is not inconsistent, but makes Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.

Since Zhu Biaoxue's death, he has rarely seen people around him chatting with him so freely, even Zhu Di, who has the same temperament, tries to maintain a sense of distance between monarchs and ministers in letters.

As for Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunxi and other Zhu Biao's sons, they all keep a distance from themselves as monarchs and ministers, and they are more like monarchs and ministers than grandchildren.

"You're not bad," Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly, and then walked back to his position.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu followed, but before he could get closer, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was seated, opened his mouth to change the topic again.

"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the Yingguo Mansion, you just need to study."

"In addition, you go to Chunhe Palace again and tell your eldest brother that from tomorrow onwards, the elders of the three mansions of Qin, Jin, and Yan will be summoned to the Wuying Palace to coordinate governance."

As soon as he said this, Zhu Gaoxu immediately became a little embarrassed, and he raised his hand and said, "Grandpa, it's not good for me to go to this matter." ”

"Go early, you can go home for a meal before the dusk drums are done." Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Zhu Gaoxu room for bargaining, but urged him.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu could only sigh that Lao Zhu was capricious, obviously he was still in harmony with his grandson one second, and he began to dig a pit for himself the next second.

Let yourself inform Zhu Yunwen that the elders of the three mansions will enter the Wuying Palace to govern, if you don't do it well, I'm afraid you will be jealous and hated by Zhu Yunwen.

"Grandchildren retire ......"

Although he knew that there was a pit ahead, Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to take on this task head-on, and left Wuying Hall after Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the song and dealt with it.

Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's footsteps getting farther away, Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the door, his eyes were complicated.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to be in troubled water, but his performance in the past few months was destined for him to help Lao Zhu in troubled waters many times, not because of how strong his ability was, but because his identity was special enough.

Many things that Zhu Yunwen can't do, he can do.

As Huang Zicheng said to Zhu Yunwen, under the same situation, Zhu Gaochu has no chance of being on the throne in his life, which is why Zhu Yuanzhang will use him, and it is also the reason why Zhu Yunwen does not like Zhu Gaoxu, but he does not target him too much.

His identity was placed in the Taiping period, and he was already an existence that could be seen at a glance.