For three days in a row, Nangong Yu led the government, and he was very busy with the review every night, and he also had to deal with the affairs of the household department and the military department. Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong had come to visit him, but they only had a brief conversation and left. Zhang Juzheng reminded Nangong Yu to be careful of what the Yan Party might be plotting, and it was definitely not the style of the Yan family to not play three days in the morning, and they would never admit defeat so easily.

Nangong Yu knew that what Zhang Juzheng said made sense, but he really didn't have time to think deeply, anyway, Zhu Houyu was only in retreat for a month, and at most he would work hard for a few more days.

The twists and turns of the matter happened on the fourth day, when Nangong Yu had just gone to court, a group of Praetorian Guards surrounded a person and walked into the hall. There was a commotion among the ministers, but when they saw the people who were hugging them, they all knelt down and bowed: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Chitose Chitose." ”

That person was the crown prince Zhu Zaiyuan, I saw that he was handsome, pale, but in good spirits, and he was not sick, and he came to the middle of the hall and said: "You are flat." ”

Then he saluted Nangong Yu and said: "Uncle Huang has worked hard to supervise the country, Xiao Wang's health has improved recently, and he learned that his father is in retreat, so he came to see what he can do to help." Nangong Yu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The prince is serious. The emperor is not there, the crown prince is in charge of the country, and since His Royal Highness's dragon body has improved, of course, His Royal Highness will lead the government. ”

Zhu Zai said with a smile: "My father has clearly ordered the imperial uncle to be the regent, how dare my nephew trespass, I am willing to listen to the imperial uncle's dispatch." At this time, Yan Shifan came out and said: "The emperor let King Ying Tian supervise the country only because His Royal Highness is sick with the dragon's body, if the emperor learns that His Royal Highness has improved, he will definitely let His Highness supervise the country, this is the ancestral system." Nangong Yu thought to herself, "If you really don't want to supervise the country, what are you doing with the Praetorian Guards? Isn't this deliberately putting pressure on me? But it's better for you to come to the prison country, and I just happen to be free." Then he said: "What Lord Yan said is that the position of regent belongs to the crown prince, and he really doesn't dare to sit down anymore." ”

Zhu Zaiyuan was no longer humble, walked to Nangong Yu's position and sat down, and said, "Let's continue to discuss with the court." After Nangong Yu walked down, Zhang Juzheng held the song in his hand and said: "The minister has something to do, although the disaster area in Shandong and Hebei has been relieved and pacified, but this year's land is still barren and difficult to use, the minister suggested that the grain from other provinces should be transferred to the two provinces and sold to the victims of the two provinces at a low price, and those who can't afford it are also allowed to borrow grain, and they will repay it after the autumn harvest next year." ”

Zhu Zaiyuan watched his recital and said slowly: "The imperial court has already helped them for a year, if the land is still barren next year, will it still be helped? Will the grain owed to the imperial court be repaid in time? Receiving help is not a way, but only to let the people be self-reliant." ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Disaster relief food is just a drop in the bucket, if we don't continue to provide relief this year, a large number of refugees will become beggars, flow to other cities, and even cause turmoil, such a vicious circle, the land is not cultivated, and the burden on the country will be greater." Zhu Zaiyuan smiled and said: "Do the Diao people still dare to rebel? If the people of the whole world are too lazy to farm, and they all count on the imperial court to feed them, they will already eat our Ming Dynasty into poverty, and this discussion is not allowed." ”

Zhang Juzheng sighed, swallowed the words, said "yes" and returned to the team, and Gao Gong glanced at each other strangely, Gao Gong pointed to the fold in his hand, Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and shook his head.

At this time, Yan Shifan and Yan Maoqing went out in turn, and the content was to expand the palace, increase taxation, and expand the area of mulberry silkworms in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

An hour after the end of the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong came to find Nangong Yu in civilian clothes, and Gao Gong asked directly: "What does the prince think of today's early dynasty?" Nangong Yu said: "It is reasonable for the prince to supervise the country, and there is nothing wrong with it." Gao Gong said: "Didn't the subordinate say this, it was the prince who vetoed Zhang Taiyue's proposal, and successively played the proposal of the Yan Party, doesn't the prince think it's strange?"

Nangong Yu knew the depth of officialdom, and he wanted to find out what they meant before he spoke, so he muttered: "Maybe His Highness has his own considerations, what do you two think." Zhang Juzheng said: "The prince should know that the prince and the Yan party have always been incompatible, even if the prince is in charge of the country, he will never favor the Yan party, but this is not the strangest." ”

Nangong Yu said: "What's the strangest?" Zhang Juzheng said: "The strange thing is that we only went to the prince's mansion three days ago to visit, the prince is still bedridden, the imperial doctor said that there is no sign of improvement, how come it only took two days to recover? Xiaguan and Su Qing are both the prince's masters, the prince has nothing to say to us, and our prince will definitely support it, but this morning court made us puzzled." Just now we went to the prince's mansion to visit, and the prince ordered the door to be closed, and no one was seen, so the lower officials and Su Qing felt strange and came to discuss with the prince. ”

Nangong Yu said: "No matter how strange the prince's behavior is, the prince is the prince, and he has his rights." Let's wait for the emperor to come out of the customs. Gao Gong said: "It's still early for the emperor to leave the customs, looking at today's trend, the prince seems to have joined forces with the Yan Party, and the situation is very unfavorable to us." ”

Nangong Yu really didn't want to participate in their partisan dispute, and said: "The crown prince has only been in charge of the country for a day, so let's wait and see what happens." Besides, there's nothing we can do about it, right?" Zhang Gao and the others glanced at each other, sighed, and got up to leave.

Who knew that the changes in the next few days not only made Xu Gaozhang and the others puzzled, but even Nangong Yu felt strange. The next day, Zhu Zaiyuan was relieved of his position as the secretary of Nangong Yuhu and handed it over to Yan Shifan again. On the third day, it was announced that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng would resign from the cabinet and be replaced by Yan Dang. On the fourth day, the deployment of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard was strengthened, and Yan Qingdong was promoted to the commander of the Ouchi Praetorian Guard. All the civil and military officials saw that this was the rhythm of "changing the sky", and removed two cabinet ministers in one day, and everyone was silent in the court, for fear that a wrong sentence would cause a big disaster.

In addition to Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, the people who came to Nangong Yu this night also included Xu Jie, Xu Jie's city was extremely deep, but now even he couldn't sit still. Nangong Yu met them in the study, and Xu Jie said: "The old man thinks that something must have happened to the prince's mansion, otherwise the prince would never be so abnormal." Nangong Yu said: "What does Elder Xu Ge think will happen?" Xu Jie shook his head and said: "Except for the upper court, the prince has been closed all day, and we have asked to see each other many times, and we have all eaten behind closed doors, which is incredible." The prince is also a member of the Zhu family, can you ask the emperor to go out of the customs early to preside over the overall situation, if it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that Daming will be in chaos. ”

Nangong Yu said: "I asked Liu Jin this morning, and Liu Jin said that the emperor's retreat is a door locked from the inside, and no one can open it. Moreover, the emperor has a clear rule that whoever disturbs him to meet with the gods will be killed. Gao Gong sighed heavily and said, "If the prince is allowed to make trouble, the gods will not be able to save Da Ming." Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "Su Qing is cautious." Lord Wang, we have a bold guess, can you hear if there is such a possibility. Nangong Yu said: "Pavilion Elder, please speak." ”

Xu Jiedao: "The old man guesses that the prince has some weakness in the hands of Yan Dang and is manipulated by them, otherwise he can't explain the situation in the past few days." Nangong Yu thought for a moment and said, "There is indeed such a possibility. Xu Jie said: "We are all foreign ministers, there are some things that we can't do and can't do, but the prince is different, only the prince can keep my Daming Sheji before the emperor goes out." Nangong Yu said: "The elder of the pavilion is serious, why is it a threat to Daming Sheji?"

Xu Jie said solemnly: "The old minister is by no means alarmist, the deployment of the prince and the Yan Party in the past few days is actually only for one thing. Nangong Yuqi said: "What's the matter?" Xu Jie said word by word: "Usurpation and rebellion." Nangong Yu gasped. Xu Jie said: "Seize the power of the prince's household, send Gao Zhang out of the cabinet, use his cronies, control the Praetorian Guard, what to do next is about to come out, and the prince can no longer be indifferent." ”

Nangong Yu groaned: "Okay, if they really want to do something rebellious, I will do my best to stop it." Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We are relieved to have the words of the prince, and now we can only rely on the prince." ”

After the three of them left, Nangong Yu pondered for a long time, thinking that Xu Jie's worries were still reasonable, and there must be something hidden in them. If the prince is really coerced by the strict party, then he must help him get out of trouble, which is not only the matter of the Zhu family, but also related to the rise and fall of the whole world. Thinking of this, he changed into a night coat, jumped out of the palace, and took advantage of the night to come to the prince's mansion.

The Prince's Mansion is always as bright as day, and it is always heavily guarded, but all of this is difficult for the current Nangong Yu. Now his martial arts are almost hot in addition to the internal strength, and he has become a master in all other aspects, and few people can compare with the light skills, and he easily jumped over the courtyard wall, evaded the patrolling soldiers, and came to the back of the main house in the inner courtyard. He lingered outside the bedroom and study for a while, but could not hear any movement, but went around to the front of the house, and saw that the main entrance of the hall was heavily guarded, so he thought that the prince should still be in the hall, so he went up to the room lightly, quietly climbed to the middle of the roof, removed the tiles a gap, and looked down.

This was a surprise, there were not only the crown prince in the hall, but also Yan Shifan, Yan Qingdong, and the charm that he had not seen since he left the Western Regions. Why is it that the charm is also mixed with the prince and the Yan party.

What made him even more unbelievable was that these people were all sitting, but the prince was standing there, with a face like Yan Shifan, and personally served him tea and water. "Even if you have a handle in Yan Shifan's hands, you shouldn't be so low, this kind of servility shouldn't appear on the prince.

I only heard Yan Shifan say lightly: "It seems that you still know who you are." Zhu Zaiyuan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Of course the villain knows his identity, and he will never forget the cultivation grace of the little pavilion elder." Yan Shifan said: "I heard that you spoiled a maid last night?" Zhu Houxi said embarrassedly: "Yes... It's the maid who seduces the villain, and the villain can't help but just... Yan Shifan scolded: "Things that don't have any interest, let alone the maid when the big thing is done, what's the difficulty of the three palaces and six courtyards, and there can't be a little wrong at the critical moment!" Zhu Zaiyuan hurriedly said: "Yes, the villain obeys the order." ”

Hearing this, Nangong Yu already understood what was going on, and was also shocked into a cold sweat, this Zhu Zaiyuan is fake, I don't know if it looks like or wears a human skin mask, in short, he is pretending to be the prince, Yan Dang must want to use this fake prince to seek power and continue to control the government, but where is the real prince? What about the crown princess Li family? It is really a shocking conspiracy, and now the prince and the princess must be rescued first, if the two are still alive.

Yan Shifan said: "What should I do in the next few days, you repeat it again." Zhu Zaiyuan said: "The villain will slowly replace the prince and Xu Gaozhang and their subordinates, and replace all important positions with our people, especially in military power." Yan Shifan said "um" and said, "It can't be too slow, it must be replaced within seven days." Especially Zhu Yu's boy's military department book, you must change it to me. If anyone dares to disobey, Mr. Charm will help you solve it. Zhu Zaiyuan nodded yes.

Yan Shifan paused, and said in a deep voice: "What I'm most worried about now is Dongchang and Jinyiwei, these two groups of people are only loyal to the emperor, and they may not necessarily follow us to get into trouble, if we can pull Liu Jin's old fox to our side, things will be secure." Zhu Zaiyuan said: "What do you want to do with the villain, please also ask the elder Xiaoge to make it clear." Yan Shifan said: "You can't deal with that old fox, so you can only leave it to my father." You play your play well, the prince's tone, movements, and habits must be exactly the same, recently we have reduced our contacts, don't let people notice, Mr. Jing Mei stays by your side, and asks him to tell us if there is something. ”

After Zhu Zaiyuan received the order, he said: "The villain still has something to ask, the real prince won't run out." Yan Shifan sneered: "Do your own thing, don't worry about the rest." With that, he got up and left. The ghost's voice was still as sharp as a needle, and she said, "I'll come back tomorrow." "And he walked away.

This was a good opportunity to capture the fake prince alive, but the fake prince didn't know where the real prince was, and saving people was a top priority. The vigilance of the charm is too high to be tracked, so she can only follow Yan Shifan.

Nangong Yu left the Prince's Mansion and followed Yan Shifan all the way back to Yan's Mansion, but Yan Shifan fell asleep as soon as he returned to the mansion, and nothing happened until midnight. I could only leave the Yan Mansion and walk on the quiet long street to think about the next step.

If you pick things apart and confront them head-on, the fake prince will be exposed even if he looks like him, as long as Zhang Juzheng asks a few words about the content of the lecture, it will be full of flaws, not to mention that the crown princess has disappeared. If it comes to that point, the Yan Party will definitely break the jar and break it, desperately bet, and use the real prince to threaten, if the prince is torn up, it will be equivalent to ruining the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Yan family is in charge of the Praetorian Guard and the official army stationed in Beijing, so Liu Jin's Dongchang and Jinyi Guards are very important, if they are also co-opted by the Yan family, even if Zhu Houxi goes out, it will be useless, no one can stop them from forcing the palace, and the Ming Dynasty will be surnamed Yan from now on.

Nangong Yu thought that the matter was urgent, and he had to go into the palace overnight to discuss with Liu Jin, he thought that no matter how much Liu Jin thought about it, no matter how deep the city government was, he was still loyal to Zhu Houxi, and the roots of the eunuchs were only in the palace.

Nangong Yu was the only one who could enter and leave the palace freely, but when he came to Xiyuan to inquire, he learned that Liu Jin was recruited by Zhu Houxi to protect the Dharma, and it was too late to say anything about the court. Nangong Yu secretly felt bad after leaving the palace, now Dongchang and Jinyi Wei Qunlong have no leader, and they will be easily recruited by the Yan family, although they are more disgusted with gangs, but at this time they can only come forward.

He didn't go back to the house, he came directly to the Beizhen Mansion Division, and it was the second master who was in charge today, Nangong Yu said: "I need to discuss a major matter with several commanders, please ask the second master to invite everyone to the secret room." The second master immediately found Tan Mian, the third master, the fourth master, the sixth master, the eighth master and Xiao Jiu.

After arriving at Qi, Xiao Jiu said: "I don't know what the prince summoned us to do late at night?" Nangong Yu said: "I don't know if you have heard of the recent things in the court?" Tan Mian said in a deep voice: "We have always been ordered to act, and whatever happens in the court, we don't do anything about Jinyiwei." His tone towards Nangong Yu was not polite.

Nangong Yu said: "What is the duty of the Jinyi Guard?" Tan Mian said: "Of course, it is loyal to the emperor." Nangong Yu said: "If someone wants to rebel and usurp power to force the palace, what should Jinyiwei do?" Several people glanced at each other in surprise, and Tan Mian said word by word: "There is no forgiveness for killing!"

Nangong Yu nodded and told what he had just heard in the Prince's Mansion. After hearing this, several masters looked at each other, and the third master said: "The prince really heard correctly. Nangong Yu said: "The Prince's Mansion is still closed, Princess Yu is nowhere to be found, as long as you want to check, you will definitely be able to find out." Now that Gonggong Liu has entered the customs to accompany the king, I don't know what your attitude is towards Jinyiwei. ”

After a period of silence, Tan Mian said: "We are naturally loyal to the emperor. Nangong Yu said: "The Yan family is powerful, and now that they have mastered the Praetorian Guard and the defenders of the capital, I believe that Yan Shifan will definitely talk to you, and don't forget your duties when the time comes." ”

Tan Mian said: "My subordinates know that the prince has an opinion on his subordinates because of Shen Jun's affairs, and thinks that his subordinates are a traitor seeking glory, and he does not hesitate to betray his boss Shen Lian in order to become a commander, right?" Nangong Yu said: "One yard is one yard, although Shen Jun is my senior brother, I will never involve my personal feelings in official affairs." ”

Tan Mian said: "Since the prince is the boss of the lower officials, it is necessary for the lower officials to explain." In the next day, it is inevitable that Shen Gong will carry him, and the heart of the lower official is also fleshy, how can he frame Engong for the sake of an official and a half-position, which will make his colleagues look sideways. The officialdom is deep, and there are some things that the officials have to do, even if the officials don't do it, others will do it, and the blame is only for Shen Gongtai who is upright, I don't know if the prince can understand this. ”

Nangong Yu nodded and said, "I understand." He heard that Tan Mian meant that framing Shen Lian was all instigated, and his immediate boss was Liu Jin, and Liu Jin only listened to the emperor's orders, but of course the emperor could not directly order Shen Lian to be executed, so he had to find someone to carry the black cauldron, this person was Tan Mian, and Shen Jun's real enemy was actually the emperor Zhu Houxi.

Tan Mian continued: "There is no monarch in the world who is not, since we are Jinyi guards, we only recognize the emperor as a master. As long as you go to the soup for the emperor, you will never give up, and the prince said what to do. Several of the other leaders did the same. Nangong Yu said happily: "Then I will rest assured, the top priority now is to rescue the prince, don't act rashly before that, it is your specialty to inquire about the news, I don't need to say more." ”

Tan Mian instructed: "Second master, you will personally preside over the search for the prince, and you can choose whoever you need." The second master got up and took the order. Tan Mian said: "What other arrangements does the prince have?" Nangong Yu said: "In addition to Jinyiwei, Dongchang is also a target that can be wooed, but I am not familiar with the people in Dongchang, and I don't know who to trust, so it is really difficult." ”

Tan Mian said: "If Gonggong Liu is not there, the East Factory will be led by the great eunuch Chen Hong, and the villain will have a good relationship with Chen Hong, he will definitely be loyal to the emperor, and the villain will personally go to lobby." Nangong Yu said: "That's great, please remember that you must not act rashly before finding the prince." If the Yan family comes to you, you don't have to agree or refuse, just delay. Tan Mian said: "Yes, the villain understands." ”

However, the process of searching for and rescuing the prince was not smooth, there was no news for several days, and the Yan family's plan was also in progress. Nangong Yu's military department has been replaced by the Yan Party's people, and the important positions of each ministry have also been replaced by Yan Party's people, the reason why the palace was not immediately forced is because Jinyiwei and Dongchang have not yet expressed their position, but the Yan family's people have been pressing step by step, Tan Mian and Chen Hong have no words to push, if it drags on further, it will cause the Yan Party to be suspicious, if the swords and soldiers meet, the capital will be in chaos, and I don't know how many people will die.

At night, Nangong Yu was getting ready to go to bed, and someone came to report that Xiao Jiu asked to see him. Nangong Yu's heart moved, and she met Xiao Jiu overnight. Xiao Jiu said directly: "We have found some clues, although we are still uncertain, but they should be related to the prince's affairs." ”

Nangong Yu said: "What clues?" Xiao Jiu said: "We found the whereabouts of Tang Zheng, an outcast of the Tang Sect, outside the city, although he grew a beard and wore a hat, he was still recognized by us. Nangong Yu was surprised: "Tang Zheng has already joined Dongying Jiahe Valley, could it be that this matter is related to Dongying?" Xiao Jiu said: "Such a big thing, the villain doesn't dare to talk nonsense." Nangong Yu thought to herself that the best way for Dongying to dismantle the Ming Dynasty was to disintegrate it from within, and it was not surprising that Dongying and the Yan Party secretly colluded.

Nangong Yu asked, "Where is Tang Zheng now?" Xiao Jiu said: "The person who is watching will notify me when he finds out, and he will leave marks along the way, and we can find them if we follow." Nangong Yu said: "Let's go now." ”

The people who went were Xiao Yunxi and Pang Mingyang, these two people were not only Nangong Yu's good friends, but also their right-hand men, with them, Nangong Yu was confident that he would deal with any danger.

Xiao Jiu led them out of the city on fast horses and came to a hillside forty miles away. It's a remote place, and all you can see is an eerie light in a ruined temple deep in the forest. In the shadows outside the forest, Jinyiwei and Dongchang's people had been ambushed, and Chen Hong and Tan Mian were waiting for Nangong Yu to preside over the overall situation. Their abilities can be single-handed, but in the face of such a big event, they must find a person in charge.

Chen Hong is a fifty-year-old long and thin eunuch, looking at his bearing and skills are undoubtedly a master, he saluted Nangong Yu and said: "The idea is in the temple, please make a decision." Nangong Yu nodded and said, "Is it all arranged?" Chen Hong said: "Our people have surrounded the earth mountain three times, all equipped with flame bombs, no matter where the Japanese invaders break through, they can immediately go to respond, it can be said that nine times out of ten, but I don't know if this will be the place where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is imprisoned, so I don't dare to act rashly." Nangong Yu said: "Does the elder Xiaoge know about this matter?" Chen Hong said: "This matter is only known to our family and Commander Tan, we are only responsible for the emperor and Gonggong Liu, they are not there, the prince is our master, and no one else has the right to know our actions." ”

Nangong Yu said: "Okay, you stay here, I'll go to explore first." Chen Hong showed a worried look, but Tan Mian didn't speak, he knew Nangong Yu's martial arts, took two flame bombs and gave them to him, and said, "As soon as the flame bombs go to the sky, we will besiege them." Nangong Yu answered, loaded the flame bomb and walked towards the forest.

He quietly approached the ruined temple, and when there was still a distance of twenty zhang, he was alarmed, and looked into the deep grass pile on the side, and could not see anything, but he was sure that someone was guarding inside, so he cautiously approached, and bent his finger to the grass pile and volleyed twice, and one of them snorted and fell to the ground.

Nangong Yu did not rush forward, but walked around, and sure enough, he found three more secret whistles, all of which were silently put down by him.

In front of the ruined gate of the ruined temple sat two Dongying warriors, eating wine and talking quietly. Nangong Yu went around to the back of the temple, and saw that no one around flew to the room, and he didn't make a sound, so he broke the tiles and looked inside.

I saw that there were six Dongying people chatting in the temple, and one of them was Tang Zheng. In addition, there are two beds in front of the Buddhist shrine, lying a man and a woman, the man's face is haggard, sleeping groggy, the woman is crying silently, and she is holding a one-year-old baby boy in her arms. Nangong Yu recognized that the man was the real prince Zhu Zaiyuan, and the female was the crown princess Li, holding the little prince Zhu Yijun in her arms. Who would dare to think that in this ruined temple, the two future kings of the Ming Dynasty were imprisoned. If the Dongying people didn't have so many ideas, but killed them directly, the Ming would already be in a mess. Fortunately, the two sons are safe and sound, and it is even more impossible for the conspiracy of the Dongying people to succeed now.

When he was about to shoot a flame bomb, he suddenly smelled a strong smell of medicine, and he found that there was still a person sitting in the corner of the ruined temple, a woman, holding a fan to boil medicine, while reading a book. When he saw the woman's face clearly, he was shocked, it was Xiuzi who he hadn't seen for a long time.

Nangong Yu's heart sank, he had thought that if he met again, he might be an enemy, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly. "Kidnapping the prince" is a sure capital crime, and even he can't protect her. Thinking of the marital vows under the moonlight, the lingering love on the island, how could he bear to send his wife to the inhuman prison of Dali Temple. Thinking of this, he put the flame charge back away and decided to solve the matter himself. He suddenly thought of the Dongying master who attacked him in the Shaolin Temple, that person's skill is by no means under the 'Eight Masters', I don't know if he will also be here. Although he had never seen the man's appearance, he could feel the temperament of the master, and he carefully observed everyone in the temple and every corner where he could hide, and only relieved himself when he was sure that the person was not here.

He jumped directly from the roof and landed in front of the crown prince and the Li family, as long as the Dongying master was not there, he didn't take these people seriously. There was a commotion in the Dongying people, and they all picked up weapons and surrounded him. Hideko's delicate body trembled, the book in her hand fell to the ground, and Xiu's eyes shot a complicated and incomprehensible look, and she also picked up the ninja thorn and surrounded it. She knew that Nangong Yu not only did not die at sea, but also became a prince, and this time she came to the capital to act, she wanted to see him, but she was afraid to see him, the identities of the two were different, and now they could only face each other with swords.

Tang Zheng's face was full of murder, Nangong Yu was not only his rival, but also helped Tang Fan seize the position of his own master, causing him to live in a foreign land, like a lost dog. His purpose in worshipping Jiahe Valley was very clear, that is, to take revenge on the Tang Sect, especially Tang Fan and Nangong Yu.

Nangong Yu said lightly: "Since I am here, all your conspiracies and tricks will not succeed, seeing that His Highness is not injured yet, if you leave immediately, I can not kill you." "He said this all for Hideko, otherwise he wouldn't have been kind.

His reputation in the Kyoto Kicking Gym was still there, but these Toei ninjas didn't know who he was, and a few young and vigorous people saw that he was only one person, and shouted: "Yaga! It's too arrogant! Let's learn it!"

Hideko was their leader and signaled them not to act rashly, but a young ninja wanted to show off in front of Hideko and swung his katana and slashed at him. As you can imagine, he was hit in the head by Nangong Yu's fingers, fell into a pit, and passed out.

The rest of the ninjas were in an uproar and were about to rush up, but Hideko shouted, "Stop! Don't send you to death!" An older ninja said, "Team leader, he is only one person, we don't need to be afraid of him." Hideko said in Dongying's words: "He is the 'Hundred People Chop' of the Kyoto Kicking Gym, Nangong Yu, are you stronger than the Shibancho of the Shinsengumi?"

Xiuzi turned to Nangong Yu, sighed lightly, and said quietly: "Are you okay?" Although it was a simple greeting, Nangong Yu felt very uncomfortable in his heart, how much he wanted to leave Xiuzi and never be separated again, but he knew that it was impossible, nodded stiffly, and said, "It's okay." ”

Xiuzi glanced at Nangong Yu and said in a low voice, "Is there an ambush outside?" Nangong Yu bowed his head and also said in a low voice: "You have to be careful, the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei are here." After Hideko said "um", he instructed his subordinates in Dongying: "Give up the action, break it into pieces, and disperse and retreat." The ninja had no choice but to evacuate according to the order, and Tang Zheng glared at Nangong Yu fiercely when he left.

Xiuzi was the last to jump out of the window, she squatted on the windowsill and stopped, turned her head and glanced at Nangong Yu affectionately, and said, "Farewell, husband." ”

Nangong Yu sighed secretly, and then turned around to meet the crown prince and the crown princess.

Zhu Zaiyuan was still unconscious, but Li held the child Yingying and bowed down: "Thank you Uncle Huang for saving me." Nangong Yu hurriedly helped back the salute and said, "The princess doesn't have to be polite, how did you get kidnapped?"

Li said: "The elder of the small pavilion came to the palace as a guest, and said that he invited a divine doctor to check the pulse of the prince, but who knew that the divine doctor was a master of Dongying, and he took all of us out of the palace and quietly transported it out of the palace and imprisoned here. They plan to send us to Dongying tomorrow, but fortunately, Uncle Huang will arrive in time, otherwise the consequences will be really unimaginable. Nangong Yu said: "Does the princess remember what the divine doctor looks like?" Li recalled: "A middle-aged man with a polite and respectful manner, his eyes flashed blue when he made a move, which was very weird. ”

Nangong Yu thought that that person should be the master of Dongying, it seems that he is the mastermind behind the scenes, fortunately he is not here, so he said: "Dongchang and Jinyiwei's people are outside, let's send His Highness back to the house first." Li said: "It's okay, but I also asked the imperial uncle to bring the decoction made by the Dongying woman, and now it's time for His Royal Highness to use medicine." ”

Nangong Yu saw that the pot of medicine fried by Xiuzi was booming, so he took it and poured it into a bowl, ready to serve Zhu Zaiyuan. When the medicine came to his mouth, his heart suddenly moved, and he splashed the medicine on the ground.

Li Shiqi said: "Uncle Huang, what does this mean. Nangong Yu didn't need to explain, he heard a "stab" sound, and the ground was melted into a hole by the decoction, which was extremely poisonous. Li Shi was surprised: "How poisonous is this time, it was fine a few days ago." ”

Nangong Yu sighed, he understood Xiuzi. Although he is unforgettable about his old feelings, he is meticulous about the task, otherwise he would not have pushed himself into the sea in the first place. Now that he can't take Zhu Zaiyuan away, he will definitely find a way to kill him.

Listening to the "knock knock", the flames around the mountain rang out continuously, the defenders of the surrounding mountain and the Dongying ninjas who broke through the siege handed hands, and after a while, Chen Hong and Tan Mian led people to rush into the broken temple, and saw that their family was fine, so they breathed a sigh of relief and sent them back to the house overnight to protect them. Nangong Yu let them do it secretly and planned the next step.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs did not know what happened last night, and the next day he went to court as usual. When the hundred officials arrived, and the eunuch Gao Xuan "the prince arrived", Yan Shifan dragged in from outside the palace, and arrived at the same time as the fake prince.

Yan Shifan stood in the queue, smiling slightly, and did not salute the prince. Gao Gong strode out of the ranks, and said in a loud voice: "The minister wants to participate in Yan Shifan's rudeness and arrogance, and he has no eyes for His Highness, and commits a great crime of disrespect, please ask His Highness to coax him down from the palace." ”

The fake prince smiled: "This king has worshiped Lord Yan as a teacher, and he regards his master as a father, so he should bow to Lord Yan according to his courtesy." Gao Gong's lips trembled twice, and said: "Lord Zhang and his subordinates are the emperor's designated princes, and he Yan Shifan is not even a jinshi, what knowledge can teach His Highness?" Come on, give Master Yan a seat. ”

After Yan Shifan sat down, he said with a smile: "Brother Su Qing, we are both Taifu, His Royal Highness has been closer to me recently, why should you be jealous?" Gao Gong smiled and said: "I'm jealous of you?" shook his head and retreated to his team. The hundred officials glanced at each other, and saw that the second assistant Xu Jie, who was still standing, but Yan Shifan was sitting instead, and it seemed that the prince had completely fallen to the Yan party.

The fake prince said: "Recently, Yan Ge Lao has been in poor health, and he can't go to court early, so he will send the king's imperial doctor to consult after the next dynasty." Yan Shifan said: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

The fake prince said: "This king has a big announcement today. My father has become an immortal last night, and now the throne is officially passed on to this king. As he spoke, he took out the holy decree and handed it to the eunuch next to him.

All the officials were shocked, but they didn't dare to ask more, and they knelt down to listen to the order. Zhang Juzheng said: "The succession ceremony should be the same as the two monarchs, I don't know where the saint is now?" Yan Shifan said: "Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that the saint has become an immortal and has now been ranked in the immortal class, how can the 'two monarchs go together'?" Zhang Juzheng said: "Since the emperor has become an immortal, how can he write this holy decree? Could it be that the emperor expected that he would become an immortal and attain the Tao this time before the retreat? If it has been expected, why not arrange the succession ceremony in advance?" Yan Shifan said angrily: "Couldn't this holy decree be prepared in advance?" Zhang Juzheng, in front of the Holy Purpose, you are still chattering, such a big crime of disrespect, please ask His Highness to coax him down the palace. ”

The fake prince said "um" and said, "Come on, drive Zhang Juzheng to the palace." A hundred Praetorian Guards rushed out from both sides of the hall, and Yan Qingdong, who was the leader, grabbed Zhang Juzheng's collar and carried it out.

At this time, someone outside the hall suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Baiguan looked at it in a flash, only to see Nangong Yu leading Tan Mian, Chen Hong, Xiao Jiu and other Jinyi guards and Dongchang people to walk in from outside the hall. Nangong Yu tapped Yan Qingdong's wrist lightly, and the latter loosened his collar like a bolt. Nangong Yu pulled Zhang Juzheng into the team and said, "Lord Zhang is frightened. ”

Yan Shifan saw that the situation was unacceptable, and lowered his face and said, "Lord Wang, it's just too late for you to come early." Now that the crown prince is about to ascend the throne, are you here to force the palace with these people with swords?"

Nangong Yu glanced at the Praetorian Guards behind him and said with a smile: "The people brought by Xiao Ge Lao are not less than me." Yan Shifan sneered: "On the day the crown prince ascended the throne, the lower officials were afraid that someone would come to escort him, what is strange?" Nangong Yu said: "How do you know that I am not here to escort?"

The fake prince said sharply: "This king does not need to be escorted, and he will not retreat." ”

Nangong Yu smiled slightly, walked to the middle of the main hall, and said loudly: "Colleagues, the Royal Highness the Crown Prince you see now is fake!" The false prince had a weak heart, his lips trembled, and he didn't speak.

Yan Shifan's face also changed color, and he said angrily: "Presumptuous! You are talking nonsense with your eyes open, the prince is right in front of you, how can it be fake?" Nangong Yu said: "Find a person who looks like you to pretend to be the prince, Xiaoge Lao's courage is really big enough!" Yan Shifan took a deep breath and said, "Since you say that the prince is fake, where is the truth? Don't believe it without evidence." ”

Nangong Yu smiled and said, "Please invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace." The four eunuchs of Dongchang carried up a soft chair, on which lay the weak Zhu Zaiyuan. At this time, he had already woken up, pointed at Yan Shifan, and said weakly: "Thief!

This time, Yan Shifan's face completely changed, and Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong both lost their voices: "Lord, it's really the real prince!" Yan Shifan reluctantly insisted: "Who can prove that your prince is real?"

"I can prove it. Concubine Li walked up to the palace with Xiao Shizi in her arms and said to the fake prince: "You said that you are really Your Highness, then you tell me, on the day of the wedding, what was the gift that my father gave us?" The fake prince was covered with cold sweat and was silent. Imperial Concubine Li continued: "Tell me again, what did you say to me when you handed over a glass of wine in the cave room?" The fake prince couldn't say a word, and at this time, the hundred officials no longer had any doubts, and then they realized that they had been fooled by a fake prince these days, and they were all furious.

Imperial Concubine Li said coquettishly: "Come on, take off that person's dragon robe, and take it down with Yan Shifan!" Tan Mian and Chen Hong responded in unison and led people up. Yan Shifan shouted, "Where are the guards!" The Praetorian Guards led by Yan Qingdong also rushed forward to protect Yan Shifan. However, the attitude of the Praetorian Guards has been a little hesitant, and now that the situation is clear, they are unwilling to die for the false prince, and they all have the heart of surrender.

Yan Shifan said loudly: "Mr. Charm, now it's your turn to make a contribution." As soon as he finished speaking, a person walked out from behind the Praetorian Guard, and it was none other than the masked ghost. Tan Mian said: "Mr. Wei Mei, you and I have both worked for the emperor, why are you helping thieves now?"

Yan Shifan smiled fiercely: "Whoever is alive now, whoever says it is the truth, at least we still have Mr. Wei Mei, you still have no certainty of victory, it's a big deal to fight to the death." ”

Wei Mei smiled slightly and said, "We are not people in the same boat, and the old man doesn't have to break the net with you." Yan Shifan looked back in surprise and said, "Sir, what do you mean by this... Before he finished speaking, he was pointed at by the charm. Yan Qingdong exclaimed, "Dad!" was also hit by the charm.

Wei Mei came to Nangong Yu, knelt down and saluted: "Yan Shifan has been arrested, please deal with it." Nangong Yu said: "Are you going to make meritorious contributions?" and "The prince misunderstood, the old slave was ordered to lurk around the Yan Party, and at the critical moment, he wiped them out." ”

Nangong Yu said: "Whose order did you take? The charm smiled and took off the mask. Everyone was taken aback, but they didn't expect that Wei Mei turned out to be Liu Jin.

Nangong Yu was also surprised: "Father-in-law Liu?" Liu Jin said: "The emperor has long suspected that Yan Dang is suspected of usurping the throne, and deliberately let the old slave take refuge in them to collect criminal evidence. As he spoke, he took out a stack of letters and said, "These are all Yan Shifan's letters about rebellion over the years. ”

At this time, Tan Mian had already let people take down the Yan family's father and son, and the Praetorian Guards all surrendered. Nangong Yu read a few letters and said, "Although the evidence of the Yan family is conclusive, it cannot prove that the father-in-law was not involved. ”

"I can prove it for him. I don't know when Zhu Houxi, who was dressed in casual clothes, walked out and sat on the dragon chair. Nangong Yu and other officials hurriedly shouted long live.

Zhu Houxi smiled and said: "Liu Jin has always been my person, and I sent him to Yan Shifan's side, so don't worry." Nangong Yu bowed and said, "Yes." I don't know when the emperor came out of the customs?" Zhu Houxi laughed and said: "Such a big thing has happened, how can I still be in the mood to retreat." As soon as Yan Shifan found Liu Jin's pretending to be a charmer, I expected what he wanted to do, and he was already out of the customs. ”

Nangong Yu was puzzled: "Then why didn't the emperor preside over the overall situation earlier and let Yan Shifan do nonsense for so long?" Zhu Houxi sighed: "At that time, the prince had been stolen from the dragon to the phoenix, and I was afraid that they would jump over the wall in a hurry and harm the prince, so I didn't dare to act rashly." Besides, the opportunity is rare, and I am going to take advantage of this matter to see who is loyal and who is traitorous. ”

Nangong Yu thought to herself, you can calm down, no wonder when you were in the Western Regions, you can have Zhu Houxi's blood powder, it turns out that he is Liu Jin. Some people say that Wei Mei is rich and rivals the country, it should be Liu Jin who used Wei Mei's identity to collect money and give the money to Zhu Houxi. The identity of the charm is just a money-making tool for Zhu Houxi.

Zhu Houxi faced Yan Shifan and said: "I have never treated your Yan family poorly, why do you oppose me." Yan Shifan cried: "The minister is confused for a while, the crime deserves death, the minister knows that he is wrong, please ask the emperor to be gracious." Zhu Houxi said coldly: "Don't dare to do it, don't let me look down on you." Even if you don't say it, I can guess that you are secretly colluding with Dongying, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do such a thing if I borrowed your guts. Yan Shifan couldn't stop crying.

Zhu Houxi said: "I only ask you one thing, what you have done, does Yan Song know?" Yan Shifan said in horror: "My father has been seriously ill in bed recently, and he doesn't know what his subordinates are doing. Zhu Houxi said coldly: "I think so." With Yan Song's old scheming, even if he wants to do it, he will do it more intelligently, and he won't do it at all. With the power of your father and son, what is the difference between sitting in this position? Yan Song would not be so stupid. Yan Shifan repented of breaking his liver and sausage, and kowtowed vigorously to beg for mercy.

Zhu Houxi waved his hand and said, "Take it to the prison of Dali Temple and interrogate it strictly." After the Yan family's father and son and the fake prince were escorted away, Zhu Houxi asked Nangong Yu to hand over the letter of the Yan family's rebellion to Tan Mian, and said: "These people who don't want to live will be handed over to you Jinyiwei to arrest, so that everyone can understand a truth, the disloyal will die." You should know how. Tan Mian put away the letter and said, "Don't worry, the subordinates understand." ”

After Jinyiwei, Dongchang and the Praetorian Guards all evacuated, Zhu Houxi turned his face and smiled: "The anti-ministers are hateful, and it is not a pity to kill." Loyal ministers are rare, and they should be rewarded. If he hadn't found out the truth in time, took measures, and rescued the prince, the Ming Dynasty would have been in danger of being destroyed. In addition to continuing to be in charge of the two ministries, King Ying was also crowned as the protector of the country, and usually took the position of regent and led the government. ”

Zhu Houxi favored Taoism, although the 'protector of the country' was just a fictitious position he came up with, but the 'regent' manipulated the power of the world, less than one person, and more than 10,000 people. Nangong Yu is now difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only receive the order to thank him. Zhu Houxi also commended Chen Hong, Tan Mian, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and other meritorious officials.

Three days after the turmoil subsided, Nangong Yu went to Xiyuan to give Zhu Houxi gas. After finishing, Zhu Houyu left him to chat, and said, "Yan Song came to see me last night and begged me to let the Yan family go, what does King Ying think?" Nangong Yu knew that Zhu Houyu had already had an idea, and said, "Please show me the saint." Zhu Houxi said: "Yan Song is a third-generation old minister, and he has done a lot of things for me, I don't want to kill them all, Yan Shifan can't stay, Yan Song, don't kill it, I don't think he can survive this winter." I was worried that if I did this, it would be too much of a woman's kindness. ”

Nangong Yu said: "The emperor is too worried, and the world will only miss the emperor's grace and never forget the old feelings." The younger brother has another proposal, I don't know if there is one more person left besides Yan Song?" Zhu Houxi said: "Who else do you want to stay?" Nangong Yu said: "Yan Qingdong." Zhu Houxi said: "He is the son of Yan Shifan and one of the accomplices in this incident, how can I spare him." ”

Nangong Yu said: "You can exile him to another country, leaving only one life." There are too many people to kill this time, and leaving one person for the Yan family can also appease the Yan party members who are still in office, they will only be grateful for the emperor's kindness and be more loyal to the emperor. ”

Zhu Houxi thought for a while and said: "You are a meritorious hero of the society, I will not refuse your proposal, but I can only let Yan Qingdong go, and the other men, women and children of the Yan family must be killed, and I want everyone to know the fate of the betrayal." Nangong Yu felt a chill in his heart, thinking that it was only Yan Shifan who rebelled, his children, grandchildren and relatives may not know what happened at all, maybe his grandson is only the size of Guoguo. Why did these innocent people also die with Yan Shifan? Other dynasties only exterminated the nine tribes, and only the Ming Dynasty exterminated the ten tribes.

Zhu Houxi said: "In addition to the people of the Yan family, the same party who followed the Yan family to rebel in the DPRK and China cannot be spared. Saying that, he handed Nangong Yu an excerpt and said, "These are all Yan Shifan's comrades, I decided to kill them all, and no one will be left." Nangong Yu took the thick book with a heavy heart, opened it and saw that it was densely filled with names. Among them, there are also the names of Wang Hanli, Leng Yueji, and Li Junxian, these people plus their families, how many people will be killed.

Nangong Yu hurriedly knelt down and said: "These people are just accomplices, and I hope that the emperor will be merciful and spare their families." Zhu Houxi said: "Among these people are my ministers, concubines, and wealthy merchants in the capital, and everything about them is given to them by me. Now they want to rebel against me, a bunch of people who eat inside and out, I can make them rich or leave them with nothing. Nangong Yu said: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and I hope that the emperor will put the world first, and kill less to demonstrate strictness, and don't kill indiscriminately." ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "It's better for you to be this emperor, so that whatever you say is what you say." Nangong Yu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The courtier brother has no such rebellious thoughts, what he said just now is all for the sake of the emperor, please let the emperor know." Zhu Houxi laughed and helped him up, and said, "Don't be nervous, I didn't doubt you or test you, but I was seriously discussing one thing with you." ”

Nangong Yu wiped a cold sweat, sat down again, and said, "What does the emperor want to discuss?" Zhu Houxi said: "My son is frail and sickly, and he is bedridden. My grandson is only two years old, it is difficult to take on a big responsibility, I am dedicated to mysticism, I have no intention of government, and I want to pass on the throne to you, what do you think. ”

Nangong Yu was so frightened that he hurriedly got up, Liu Jin helped him back to his seat with a smile, and said, "The saint is asking the prince what he said, and he didn't let the prince kneel, the prince replied." Nangong Yu hurriedly said: "The younger brother has no such intention, please don't doubt it." Zhu Houxi smiled: "I said that I was not trying to test you, but I really intended to spread it to you." Nangong Yu said: "As the regent, the younger brother is already sincerely afraid of being a regent with two ministries, and he will never dare to have extravagant hopes." I only hope that after the rebellion of the Japanese invaders is calmed down, he will take his family to the countryside, and what his brother says is from the bottom of his heart. ”

Zhu Houxi sighed and said, "It seems that you still don't believe me, so I will open the skylight and say something." Actually, I've already tempted you. Do you remember that Concubine Leng seduced you? That's what I instructed Liu Jin to let Concubine Leng do. She recognized Liu Jin as her godfather, thinking that she had found a backer in the palace, but she didn't know that Liu Jin was only loyal to me and didn't hide anything. I deliberately let Concubine Leng seduce you and test your loyalty, and I am very satisfied with your performance, so I decided that you are a person who can do great things, and I have the idea of passing on the throne to you. This throne originally belonged to your Taizu lineage, and God made my son weak and sickly, just to let me pass on to you, all of this is fate. ”

Nangong Yu said: "The prince is still here, and there are Xu Gaozhang and other virtuous ministers to assist, in the future, after his condition improves, he will be able to become a generation of Ming monarchs. Zhu Houxi glanced at Liu Jin in surprise, and Liu Jin said: "What the emperor is worried about is that there is no successor to the Ming Dynasty, and the prince is also a member of the Zhu family, so he can't watch the country fall by." Nangong Yu said firmly: "Since the younger brother is the regent, he swears to keep the Ming Dynasty safe." ”

Zhu Houxi glanced at him deeply, nodded and said, "Okay, this matter will be discussed later, and you will think twice after you go back." Now let's talk about something pleasant. The wealth accumulated by Yan Shifan in the past few decades is not inferior to that of your Nangong family back then, and the heavy responsibility of raiding the family will be handed over to you to ensure that all the money of the Yan family is handed over to the treasury. Of course, if you like something, it doesn't hurt to stay. Liu Jin smiled and said: "It's a fat mistake to copy the Yan family, isn't the prince grateful?" Nangong Yu Shili said: "Thank you for the emperor's trust, and the courtiers promise that every penny will be handed over to the treasury." ”

The next day, Nangong Yu went to Yan's house to raid the house. In half a day, only a third of the accounts were settled, but the amount was already shocking. At the end of the evening, the gold and silver treasures from the raids were piled up in the backyard. When Nangong Yu was about to return home, Chen Hong mysteriously led him to a hut, and said: "The prince has worked hard today, these are a few small things that the villains picked out from the things that were copied from the house, please smile at the prince." As he spoke, he opened a box, which was full of carefully selected treasures, each of which was priceless.

Nangong Yu glanced at it lightly and said, "I have promised the Holy Lord that everything copied out will be handed over to the treasury, and these are no exception." Chen Hong said embarrassedly: "The emperor's purpose of letting the prince preside over it couldn't be more obvious, that is, he wants to give the prince benefits, and the prince doesn't want it in vain." Nangong Yu said with a smile: "I promised the emperor that I can't change it, and all these things are sealed and stored in the warehouse." Chen Hong smiled dryly: "If the prince doesn't want it, the little ones don't dare to take it, and the little ones all look to the prince." Nangong Yu smiled: "How should you take it, as long as you don't let me see it with my own eyes, I won't ask." Chen Hong was stunned and said with a smile: "The prince is so high-spirited, how dare the little ones eat alone, just seal the warehouse." ”

As soon as Nangong Yu came out of the room, Tan Mian, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward and said, "The prince took a step to speak." Nangong Yu followed him to a secluded place, Tan Mian said: "The people who should be arrested are almost caught, but how to deal with a few people, Dali Temple still can't make up its mind, and specially let the villain come to ask the prince." ”

Nangong Yu said: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you don't need to ask me." Tan Mian said: "Yes." However, that Li Junxian only wrote a few flattering letters to Yan Shifan, and there was no intention of rebellion. His people have been arrested, and it is not difficult to make up a crime of beheading, I don't know if the prince wants us to do this. ”

Nangong Yu originally wanted to say that since he was innocent, he would let it go. But thinking of his attitude towards Haiqiong, he took back the words that came to his lips, and said lightly, "Kill." ”

Tan Mian said: "I understand." Wang Hanli's situation is similar to him, and how Yan Qingdong should be exiled, please ask the prince to show him. Nangong Yu thought for a while and said, "Yan Qingdong was exiled to the Western Regions and was not allowed to return to the Central Plains for the rest of his life. Wang Hanli, you can do it yourself. Tan Mian said: "The villain understands, the last thing." We found several letters from Yan Shifan and Tongtian Gang leader Situ Xiong in Yan's Mansion, and Yan Shifan hoped to ask Situ Xiong to lead the gang masters to the capital to help him rebel. He also promised to make Situ Xiong a general after the deed was completed. Situ Xiong didn't refuse, but just said that he had been busy recently and couldn't get out. Presumably, Yan Shifan couldn't wait that long, so he did something in advance, if there was a master of the Tongtian Gang to help him this time, success or failure would still be said. ”

Nangong Yu frowned and said: "How come the Tongtian Gang is also involved? Does the emperor know about this matter?" Tan Mian said: "The emperor is very worried when he knows about it, the Tongtian Gang has 100,000 people in the country, and if it really rebels in the future, it will be a problem for my Ming henchmen." Nangong Yu said: "I know a little about Situ Xiong, his ambition is only in the rivers and lakes, if he wants to oppose my Daming, he has already joined forces with Dongying, he should not be unfavorable to my Daming." Tan Mian said: "The emperor means to take precautions, a gang of 100,000 people in my Ming Dynasty may set off a big rebellion at any time." Even if Situ Xiong has no intention of rebelling for the time being, it is a big trouble after all, and the emperor decided to take this opportunity to eradicate the Tongtian Gang. ”

Nangong Yu groaned: "The Tongtian Gang will not rebel, eradicating them is to force them to rebel, I will go to the emperor to talk." Tan Mian said: "The prince doesn't need to go, the emperor's holy decree has been issued to Dongchang and Jinyiwei, this encirclement and suppression will not pass through your military department, Gonggong Chen and the villain are responsible, and the emperor will not take back his fate." ”

Nangong Yu said curiously: "Let Dongchang and Jinyiwei go to encircle and suppress local gangs, what are we doing in the military department?" Tan Mian said: "This villain doesn't know." Nangong Yu paused and said, "Can I ask the commander to do something?" Tan Mian smiled slightly: "But about Shen Jun?" Nangong Yu nodded and said, "If my second senior brother falls into the hands of the commander, can I let him go?" Tan Mian said: "If the villain falls into the hands of Shen Jun, will the prince let him let me go?" Nangong Yu didn't know how to answer. Tan Mian smiled bitterly and said: "Shen Jun is bent on avenging his father, even if the prince persuades him, it is useless, hey, the lower official has resigned."

The next morning, Nangong Yu was still in the court as the regent to listen to the government, and went to Xiyuan to see Zhu Houxi after the next court. After reporting the situation of the early dynasty, Zhu Houxi smiled and said: "You are the regent, you can just make up your mind about these things, and you don't have to tell me." Nangong Yu said: "Yes, in fact, the younger brother still has something to ask for." The younger brother thought that the Tongtian Gang would not rebel, and asked the emperor not to order encirclement and suppression, otherwise he would really force them to rebel. If the emperor is not at ease, the younger brother can go to recruit Situ Xiong and let them submit to my Daming, wouldn't it be better?"

Zhu Houxi said: "How can I have so many official positions for those thieves, Situ Xiong did not explicitly reject Yan Shifan in the letter, which shows that he has no intention of being subordinate." I won't negotiate with a bunch of thieves, and you don't have to go, just leave it to Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Nangong Yu saw that Zhu Houyu had made up his mind, so he had to retreat and say: "Can the matter of encirclement and suppression be handed over to the subordinate brother to be responsible?" Zhu Houyu smiled and said: "Your military department has more important things to do. Nangong Yu said: "What's the matter?" Zhu Houxi smiled: "Suppress the widows." Nangong Yu exclaimed, "Suppress the Japanese?" Zhu Houxi said: "The Japanese are becoming more and more rampant in the southeast, Ningbo and Taizhou have fallen, and the coastal people are miserable. ”

Nangong Yu said: "With the two generals Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou here, what can the younger brother do?" Zhu Houxi said: "Qi Jiguang They are only on defense at the moment, and I want you to take them to attack." Nangong Yu said: "Attack, where is the attack?" Zhu Houxi smiled: "Dongying is the mainland." ”

Nangong Yu's greatest wish is to completely solve the trouble, which is also the only reason why he did not resign, thinking of the people who were captive and suffering in Dongying, he couldn't wait to immediately lead the troops to rescue, so when Zhu Houxi named him "General of Zhengdong", he gladly accepted. There are many things to prepare for the anti-Japanese war.

First of all, he dispatched troops and generals, and in the name of the military department, he transferred 40,000 soldiers and 20,000 sailors from all over the country, and selected generals from the court who could fight well. In addition, the "Hero Post" was widely distributed to convene people from all over the world to raise major events. He still remembers the tragedy of the Shaolin Temple last time, Dongying's explosives killed almost half of the anti-Japanese people, and greatly damaged the vitality of the Central Plains martial arts. The reorganization of the martial arts anti-Japanese people is not only his own wish, but also the last wish of his master Yao Guangzi.

As soon as the hero post was sent, the Quartet responded, the martial arts heroes led by Shaolin Wudang responded one after another, almost all of the heroes who did not die in Shaolin last time came, within two months, the capital post station was full of people from the rivers and lakes, Nangong Yu entertained everyone, speaking of the tragedy in Shaolin, everyone was sad and wept, but also full of expectations for this counterattack, united as one, and high morale.

On this day, the autumn was crisp, the Ming army was ready to go, Nangong Yu's wives also came to see him off, Nangong Yu was wearing a military uniform, golden helmet and golden armor, heroic spirit, Wei Yurou hung a peace charm around his neck, and said: "Husband is precious, we are waiting for you to come back safely." Nangong Yu smiled and said, "I know." Zhu Xinqi said: "Xianggong, if you think about taking me with you, people can also do martial arts, and they won't cause you trouble." Nangong Yu said with a smile: "It's not a troublesome problem, how can you bring a home when you march and fight, and I can't set this precedent as the commander-in-chief." Zhu Xinqi had no choice but to do it. Xiao Yunxi and his wife also came to see them off, after all, Xiao Yunxi had lived in Dongying for a few years, so it was inconvenient to go.

The army left the capital with a clear banner and bright armor. After five days of marching, they joined Qi Jiguang's troops at the frontline positions. Qi Jiguang's military camp is neat and orderly, just like his people, simple and straightforward. He had a white face and a slight beard, his eyes were blazing, he was wearing armor inside and a red robe outside. Nangong Yu hurriedly supported him with both hands and said, "General Qi, please excuse me, please introduce the current battle situation." ”

Qi Jiguang said: "The Japanese have now occupied Taizhou and Ningbo Mansion, and the last general is organizing a counteroffensive, and he is worried about the shortage of troops and food and grass, so the prince has brought troops here, which is really timely rain." ”

Nangong Yu said: "What is the situation of the widows. Qi Jiguang said: "The commander of the Japanese is Wang Zhi, with about 100,000 troops under his command, who is both a merchant and a pirate. After the destruction of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he has been occupying it all the time, and he is our biggest opponent. Nangong Yu said: "What I'm curious about is how Wang Zhi, a Han man, can make so many Japanese people bow down to him." Qi Jiguang said: "Wang Zhi has the shrewdness of a businessman and the ambition of a hero, and Dongying is just giving him a chance." Now his power is stronger than any of the Toei daimyos, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave him three points.

Nangong Yu said: "Toyotomi Hideyoshi is bent on invading my China, why didn't he cooperate with Wang Zhi, isn't the power of the Japanese Invaders even greater?" Qi Jiguang said: "What the prince said is right, although the ambitions of the two of them are very big, Wang Zhi just wants to dominate the sea and be a hero, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to annex my Middle Earth, and the two have different ambitions, so they will not join forces." According to the latest battle report received by the last general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army has occupied Korea, and the king of Korea has asked our Ming for help, and once Korea is killed, it will attack the northeast of our country immediately. Nangong Yu said: "I didn't expect Ryukyu and North Korea to be so vulnerable, North Korea and my country are bordered, and they have to be saved." Qi Jiguang said: "The last general guesses that the emperor should plan to fight the Japanese invaders first, and then save North Korea, after all, he must first clear up the affairs in front of his own house." ”

Nangong Yu said: "The emperor's will is to counterattack Dongying and attack Dongying itself. I don't know how we should act?" Qi Jiguang said: "First of all, we will recover Taizhou and Ningbo Prefecture, and then attack the headquarters of the Japanese Invaders, that is, the original Ryukyu Kingdom. Nangong Yu said: "Just rely on General Qi." ”

The war went very smoothly, and the Japanese were actually just a group of Dongying Ronin composed of Youyong, lacking organization and training, and usually bullying the common people like a fish in water, and of course they were not as good as the Ming officers and soldiers when they really started fighting. These days, Nangong Yu got information that Dongchang and Jinyiwei had broken through the general altar of the Tongtian Gang, Shen Jun and Tan Mian were all killed, and Situ Xiong was nowhere to be found. Nangong Yu and Pang Mingyang were sad and sad for a long time after knowing about it, but Shen Jun finally got what he wanted and avenged his father.

After the lost territory was recovered, Nangong Yu and Qi Jiguang led the warships to attack the headquarters of the Japanese Invaders, and in a night attack, Nangong Yu and a master of the rivers and lakes were captured by Wang Zhi. met Situ Xiong in prison, and it turned out that Situ Xiong had been arrested and returned to Dongying in advance because he did not cooperate with Dongying, and forced him to teach Dongying martial arts. Zhou Zitong's martial arts can not only absorb internal force, but also transmit internal force, and he and Zhou Zitong both transmitted internal force to Nangong Yu, hoping that Nangong Yu could escape.

On the night of the day when she was about to escape, Tian'er came to release Nangong Yu. It turned out that Tian'er had become Wang Zhi's favorite concubine, and the last time Nangong Yu went to Dongying, Yan Gang said on the boat that "Tian'er is also there." ”

Nangong Yu was let go by Tian'er, but she didn't go with him, and she also had true feelings for Wang Zhi. After Nangong Yu went back, he found that the person who betrayed them was Dongfang Su, and Dongfang Su's real identity was the leader of Dongying's "Iga Valley", even Xiuzi was his subordinate, and he was also the person who attacked him in Shaolin Temple. Yang Yitang's madness and murder were also manipulated by him with the sound of a flute. Dongfang knew that he couldn't hide it, so he simply fought with Nangong Yu. Now Nangong Yu has obtained the internal strength of Situ Xiong and Zhou Zitong, and even Dongfang Su is not an opponent, and he was imprisoned after being defeated.

After a while, Aunt Gongsun suddenly came to the door and begged Nangong Yu to release Dongfang Su. Nangong Yu learned that Aunt Gongsun was actually her mother, but she had a two-sided personality, and she was another cold side when she was in the Western Regions. The combination of her and Nangong Ce was just an accident, she was pregnant with Nangong Yu and handed it over to the Nangong family, she did not have any more dealings with Nangong Ce after inheriting the master of the Shenzhen Gate, but she was good with Dongfang Su, and she also knew his secrets, so she and Dongying are also inextricably linked. Nangong Yu did not agree to her request, even his mother could not let him abolish his father-in-law for personal reasons, and Aunt Gongsun had to leave gloomily.

At this time, Zhu Houyu was also seriously ill, which was caused by taking pills for a long time, even Nangong Yu's 'fire dragon qi' could not make him better, but Zhu Houyu still let him wave his army to North Korea to resist the Japanese invaders.

Nangong Yu set out again and led a large army to Korea. After a long period of fighting, the Ming army finally defeated Dongying, and finally the two sides negotiated peace and exchanged prisoners, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked for the body of Dongfang Su to be exchanged, Nangong Yu put explosives made by the Tang Gate in the coffin of the corpse of Chengyu, and killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and would rather not take prisoners but also blow up Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

After the victory of the war, Nangong Yu returned to the dynasty with his troops and solved the problem of the Japanese invaders. On this day, in the early days of the dynasty, Tokugawa Hidetada came to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of Toei. It turned out that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's successor, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was unwilling to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty anymore, so he not only sent back Zhou Zitong and other hostages, but also returned all the Ming slaves, only asking for friendship between the two countries. Although Nangong Yu promised, he understood a truth, that is, no matter who was in power in Dongying, their ultimate goal was to invade China, and peace was just a delaying tactic. The bushido spirit of the Dongying people destined him to be a warlike people, and he only obeyed the strong, and only by defeating them by force could they be feared and respected, so Nangong Yu actually killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi regardless of the life or death of the captives.

Zhu Houxi's illness is getting worse and worse, and Zhu Zaiyuan has already died. The officials begged Zhu Houyu to move to the newly built palace, but Hai Rui's letter of opposition made Zhu Houxi furious and put Hai Rui on death row. Haiqiong went to beg Nangong Yu to save his brother, in fact, Nangong Yu had already begged Zhu Houxi, but Zhu Houyu had to kill Hai Rui. Nangong Yu begged Zhu Houyu again for Haiqiong, and Zhu Houyu told him that only the emperor has the absolute control of life and death, and if you want to save Hai Rui, you must become such a person, that is, the emperor.

Nangong Yu finally agreed to Zhu Houyu, and Zhu Houyu immediately asked Liu Jin to write a holy decree, making Nangong Yu the next emperor. Zhu Houxi died soon after, and Nangong Yu ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Three years later, Zhu Junlai told Nangong Yu that Zhu Ce died of unintentional poisoning, and he didn't know who the murderer was, but the body was allowed by Tokugawa Ieyasu to be sent back to Middle-earth, and it is now buried. Nangong Yu followed him to worship his father, kowtowed in front of his father's grave and swore that he would find out the murderer and avenge his father. At this time, Song Yi said: "Your father is not dead. Nangong Yu wept and said, "Uncle Song, don't comfort me." Song Yi said: "Everyone knows that it was the Dongying people who secretly killed Zhu Ce to vent their anger, but there is no evidence." And we had expected this day for a long time, so someone died for your father, but in fact, your father is still alive. ”

Nangong Yu was surprised: "Then where is my father?" Song Yi glanced at him meaningfully and said, "Far away in the sky, close in front of you." Nangong Yu seemed to have guessed something, and looked at Song Yi suspiciously. Song Yi sighed lightly and said, "The old man is your father." Nangong Yu couldn't say a word in surprise.

Song Yi explained: "Each generation of our Zhu family will have a stand-in, and the stand-in for his father is the dead Zhu Ce, and his only duty is to take risks for his father." And your stand-in is Song Ming. Nangong Yu still couldn't believe it and said, "Uncle Song... You... Is it my father?" Song Yi's eyes suddenly became gentle, and he smiled: "You are my biological child, how can I bear to leave you as a father, in fact, I have always been by your side." Nangong Yu was in a complicated mood, bowing her head and being silent. Song Yi held his shoulders and said, "For my father, I know that you can't accept it for a while, you are a good boy, take care of yourself in the future." ”

Nangong Yu suddenly raised his head and said, "Dad, where are you going?" Song Yi showed a tired smile and said, "It's time to rest, I've been running around for all these years, and I'm tired." Nangong Yu said: "That... What about my father's great cause?" Song Yi laughed and said: "Our great cause is to make you the emperor, you are now the king of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no great cause for your father." Nangong Yu said: "Then can we meet again?" Song Yi smiled and said, "Let it be." ”

In this way, Nangong Yu was the emperor for fifteen years, and after the little emperor Zhu Yijun became an adult, Nangong Yu died by fraud and passed the throne to him. Nangong Yu did not let his children inherit the throne, because he knew that growing up in the emperor's house was not a kind of luck, and people should have a pair of free wings.

In the early morning of this day, Nangong Yu's family left Yingtianwang's Mansion and moved to the Pearl Chain Water Pavilion. When he walked to the gate of the city, Qin Yu smiled and said, "Husband, don't you want to bring another person with you?" Nangong Yuqi said: "Who else to bring?" Qin Yu smiled and said, "Husband, think about it." Nangong Yu immediately understood, sighed lightly, and said, "Then I'll try it, you go first." ”

After Li Junxian was executed, Haiqiong has been widowed at home, usually doing some needlework and selling money, living in a small wooden house, and rarely going out. Nangong Yu had visited her a few times, but she had only had a brief conversation outside the door, and Haiqiong also politely refused any help from Nangong Yu.

When Haiqiong opened the door, she saw Nangong Yu change into cloth clothes again, bowed down and saluted, "I've seen the saint." Nangong Yu said: "I'm not the emperor anymore, I don't know... Can you say a few words to Madame? Haiqiong nodded lightly and said, "Let's go to the courtyard." ”

When Nangong Yu pushed open the courtyard door and walked out, he was the only one. "Some people will change sooner or later, and some people will never change, just ask if they are mentally strong. ”

Nangong Yu, Pang Mingyang, Xiao Yunxi and their families lived peacefully in the Pearl Chain Water Pavilion for two years. The Water Pavilion is more lively than before, and several new houses have been added. On this day, when they returned from hunting, they returned to the valley with a smile, and saw Zhu Xinqi running in a hurry, shouting, "Why did you come back?" Nangong Yu smiled: "You are not young anymore, why are you still babbling." ”

Zhu Xinqi was in no mood to quarrel with him, and said, "A guest is here." Nangong Yu said: "There are still guests? Could it be that Uncle Zhou came to play chess?" Zhu Xinqi said: "No, it's a woman, guess who it is?" Nangong Yu's heart moved, put down the prey, and said, "Who is it?" Zhu Xinqi smiled: "Tell you how boring it is, you can see it yourself." Nangong Yu quickly followed her to the deck, came to the door of the living room, and suddenly became nervous, when she pushed open the hidden door, she saw a pair of embroidered shoes.

But who is the owner of the shoes? is it Haiqiong or Hideko?

(End of book)

Because I want to write a new book, the ending is a little hasty, but the plot has been clearly expressed, I hope you understand.