Bright Spring

Shen Xu said again: "The concubine has rearranged a cup of tea, why don't your highness change to another place to raise your mood?"

Zhu Gaoxu's mood was indeed a little disturbed, and he said, "That's fine."

The two then changed to a room next to it, and it was only a few steps up the corridor.The decoration inside is simple and elegant. A delicate young lady in a white dress is kneeling and sitting in front of the desk, concentrating on carefully fiddling with the tea set, and a fresh fragrance blows over her face.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the young lady, then turned to look at Shen Xu.Shen Xu covered her mouth and smiled, and said softly: "It's just tea. Although it's a noisy and colorful place outside, she is very clean. She is a young girl. She has been bathing and fasting for three days because she wants to accompany her Highness with tea. "

"Hey." Zhu Gaoxu laughed after hearing this, and joked, "I said why I always like to come to my wife's garden, so it turns out that every time I am treated as a VIP."

Mrs. Shen Xu hurriedly said: "Tea-tasting pays attention to the two characters of tranquility and tranquility, which makes His Highness laugh at you."

Zhu Gaoxu walked in, and the little lady knelt down on the futon, bowed her body and gave a slight salute, without much courtesy or compliment, and then concentrated on making water and tea.

Zhu Gaoxu sat in this quaint and elegant place, and all he could see were refreshing and simple decorations, and even the surface of the wooden table was not painted.The surroundings are very quiet, and there is a fresh and faint tea fragrance in the nose.The lady making tea next to her is also fair and clean, with very little makeup on her face, just carefully trimmed.She is dressed in a plain white dress without lace, and her hair is curled up with black hair, which reminds people of green mountains and green waters.

After a while, the young lady finished making tea, but she held up the teacup with both hands, took a sip first, then held it in front of Zhu Gaoxu, and said softly: "Your Highness, please have some tea."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at it, and there was a slight red mark on the edge of the white porcelain.He didn't make a fuss and asked the girl, why did you drink first?He pretended to be calm, casual as if he was used to it, picked up the teacup and sniffed it first, and took a small sip.

There was a smile on the girl's face that made people feel like a spring breeze, "Your Highness, besides the fragrance of tea, what else have you tasted?"

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly took another sip, and muttered, "Cherries."

"Yes." The young lady smiled again, and pretended to press her red lips with her white fingers, as if covering her white teeth in order not to show her teeth in a smile, and reminding Zhu Gaoxu that the cherry flavor in the tea was the rouge on her vermilion lips .

She pondered for a moment, and then sang softly: "The jeweled necklace of fire Qi, hanging on the green cocoon silk. The secluded birds didn't even realize it, and broke new branches with the dew."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard it, he was stunned because he didn't know whose poem it was.For example, he knew some ancient poems by Li Bai and Du Fu, but he didn't study them if they were a little out of the ordinary.

He thought for a while, feeling the artistic conception in the poem and the fragrance on his lips, and then picked up the teacup again.A big rough hand that had been exposed to wind, sun, and weapons, was placed on the white porcelain cup. Until now, he didn't realize that there was a bit of an abrupt contrast.

However, no matter how elegant this yellow-flowered girl raised by a merchant is, he still doesn't want to push her to the ground here.Maybe if you really do that, you will be a little bit off, after all, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't think he is the chief of a barbaric tribe.

He was going to finish his cup of tea before going back home to get down to business.

Chapter 3 and Five

Walking into the Hanwang Mansion from the quiet Shen Garden, the weather changes, and the flat and wide brick floor and the magnificent palace come into view.Zhu Gaoxu was in the gatehouse and saw several civil and military officials coming out of the government office, bending over to avoid the side of the road.

He passed by those people, turned around and looked at Zhao Ping among them, and asked, "Where is Queen Annan's natal family, does Chen Xingwang know?"

Zhao Ping immediately clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what to say to the prince. The last general asked Chen Xingwang about it, but he didn't know."

After he finished speaking, he walked forward, followed Zhu Gaoxu, and said, "However, for a person like the queen, it is not difficult to find out where her home is. Today, Pei Boqi, the former official of the Annan Kingdom, was arrested at Yuqin Station. We only need to wait for the army to arrive. An Nanguo, you will find out if you catch the lowered officials and ask."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded, taking it for granted.

Zhao Ping came back from the Laos Propaganda and Consolation Commissioner, but found nothing, and reported the incident to Zhu Gaoxu.Zhao Ping said again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, now that Chen Tianping is dead, the queen has returned home after going through many twists and turns, but she is safe and sound."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu immediately turned his head and said, "Zhao Bazong thinks so?"

Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, and said: "The meaning of the prince's words, there must be something untrue in this matter?"

As Zhu Gaoxu walked towards the study, he couldn't help but said: "The news we have heard from Chen Xingwang and the city of Mengsaowa in Laos is unreasonable in itself, how can people believe it?

According to Chen Xingwang's news, Queen Annan's mother and son were detained by Chen Tianping's people on the ground in Laos because Chen Tianping bribed the Lao king with a lot of money.Because Chen Tianping wanted to be the king of Annan Kingdom, he wanted to endanger the lives of his mother and child; therefore, at the queen's request, Chen Xingwang brought the little prince to Yunnan Mansion.

When General Zhao arrived in Laos, he learned that the queen's natal family had bribed the monk and the two guards of the temple with money to redeem the queen... Since the king of Laos already knew that Queen Annan was in the city, if the king had not won Agreed, how can a monk let go of Queen Annan? "

Zhao Ping hurriedly said: "At that time, the general also felt that this matter was strange, but he couldn't find the monk when he turned around. The general could only guess, maybe the monks and guards in the temple were greedy for money and let the queen go without permission."

Zhu Gaoxu then asked: "Zhao Bazong met the king of Laos. The king himself said about his deal with Chen Tianping?"

Zhao Ping said with shame on his face: "At that time, the language was not fluent, and it was difficult to communicate, so I couldn't ask about this matter. I didn't do things well, please forgive me!"

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand: "That's all, there is another puzzling thing. The queen can go back to her natal home, why didn't she entrust Chen Xingwang to take the little prince back to her natal home, but sent him to Yunnan Mansion coming?"

Zhao Ping bowed and said: "What the prince said is very true, the final general is stupid!"

At this time, several generals and eunuchs accompanied Zhu Gaoxu, because the affairs of the Annan Kingdom's clan were not a secret, and there was no need for Zhu Gaoxu to avoid the people in the palace.So when everyone heard his sharp words, they all showed awe... Obviously the King of Han is not easy to fool!

A group of people walked to the door of the study, Zhu Gaoxu slightly raised his right hand, and everyone stopped outside the door.Only the eunuch Cao Fu followed in, serving tea and water.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down on his mahogany chair, and was dazed again for a while.

The army is about to go out, but he is very concerned about the whereabouts of Queen Annan.Now the whereabouts of the queen is really related to the overall situation, and it is related to the stability of the Annan country after the war.

If you can't find the little prince's relative|mother, what's the use of a four or five-year-old child, how can you prove his identity to be convincing?

Chen Xingwang's narration, as well as what the Queen said, and what the people from the Laotian Consolation Commissioner told Zhao Ping...Zhu Gaoxu did not overthrow or doubt everything.He only felt that as long as the words were reported from people's mouths, most of them were true or false;

What Zhu Gaoxu is most worried about now is that the entire An Nan Kingdom is controlled by Hu's father and son. Can the queen's natal family really keep her?

...In Shen Yuan, Zhu Gaoxu said something to Mu Sheng, he is already a prince, and military exploits mean nothing to him.

The implication is that there is no room for the prince to be promoted. The prince is the one who is below the emperor and has the highest status. If the court hadn't chosen him, he would not be willing to go to war against Annan, and there would be no profit for him.

Mu Sheng didn't have any doubts about this sentence, but Zhu Gaoxu lied to Mu Sheng.

Zhu Gaoxu really wanted to win this battle with a high winning rate, and he wanted to win cleanly!

Hu's father and son killed the envoys and soldiers of the suzerain state in front of the Ming army, and killed the king of the Annan country that had been appointed.If Zhu Gaoxu can use this to prove his martial arts to the world again, the benefits will be very great.

The fate and nightmare that he would be burned to death made Zhu Gaoxu always have hidden worries in his heart!On that day, it will be a great advantage for one's prestige and ability to be recognized by the world.

If a person is doomed to be defeated, who would be willing to risk death with him?People fight wars because they want to win!

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu worked very hard to prepare for this war.He even extended his queue training to all 10 horses under his command to improve his military prestige.

...In late June of the fourth year of Yongle, the army set off according to the deployment.

Zhu Gaoxu bid farewell to his family members, first put on his gown and went to the ancestral temple in the southeast of the Han Palace. After offering sacrifices, he changed his armor and ordered the army to leave the city.

Countless people gathered on the side of the cross road and near the city gate in the city of Yunnan Prefecture. Zhu Gaoxu suspected that all the people in the city came out to see him off.This battle is related to the honor and disgrace of the Ming Dynasty, and people are all looking forward to the victory or defeat.

There are four words written on the banner of the Chinese army: Convict the people and punish crimes.Then there is a military flag with the word "Ming" written on it, and a flag with the word "Han".The iron armor on the road is like a torrent, the flags are like clouds, and the battle is very large.

The East Route Army led by Zhu Gaoxu has 5000 soldiers, more than 10,000 civil servants and eunuchs, and tens of thousands of people; horses, mules, donkeys, and wheelbarrows are nothing.The total number of people is 50+, which is said to be [-], and they left the Yunnan Fucheng from the four city gates.

Going south from Yunnan Fucheng, the roads in Daming territory are more rugged. Zhu Gaoxu divided the whole army into four roads and went south from different post roads to avoid congestion.The army marched within the borders without much threat, and it was easier to obtain local supplies if they marched separately.

Wang Bin, the Commander of the Guards of the King's Palace of the Han Dynasty, was the vanguard. He led an army of [-] troops out of the city from the south gate first, followed by all walks of life.

The road to advance is mountainous in Yunnan, and goes south to the Red River Basin; when it reaches Jiling Pass along the Red River, the terrain and road become flat instead.

In the early stage of the strategy, Wang Bin took the lead to capture Jiling Pass, and then people from all walks of life gathered in Jiling Pass...

Zhu Gaoxu has been haunting various battlefields since he was a teenager. He has gone through countless battles for more than ten years, and he has not stopped for too long. He is more used to marching and camping, living in tents, eating and sleeping.But on the road, occasionally the Chinese army would be stationed in a native village, so I could sleep more comfortably on the bed.