Bright Spring

At this moment, Zhang Xin leaned forward and stretched his upper body over, and Zhu Gaoxu quickly cooperated with him and stretched his head forward.Zhang Xin said in a low voice: "There is an urgent order and a secret decree issued by Qi Tai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War in the court, asking me to arrest|arrest King Yan tomorrow!"

"Ah?!" Zhu Gaoxu was also startled, he wanted to win over Zhang Xin, but he didn't expect a big event to happen all of a sudden!

After Zhang Xin finished speaking, he let out a long breath and sat back on the bench again.After a long while, he spoke again: "Why did Qi Tai choose me?"

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said: "Last time I asked General Zhang if he had offended Qi Tai recently, but you didn't say it. Isn't it obvious that General Zhang was tricked this time? Thinking carefully, there is more than one pit in it!"

"That's all!" Zhang Xin frowned, "This is the end of the matter, it's useless to care about those nonsense now!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately asked, "Did General Zhang bring a secret decree?"

Zhang Xin was silent.

At this point, Zhu Gaoxu really started to get impatient, "General Zhang will follow me to Prince Yan's mansion immediately!"

Zhang Xin still sat still, lowered his head and frowned tightly, and asked again, "King Gao Yang came to see me, is it King Yan's intention?"

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and said, "Of course it was the father's intention. He just didn't have any specific arrangements... General Zhang, don't worry, I am the father's own son. I will prosper and the other will suffer. Life and death are related. What else can there be?"

"Okay!" Zhang Xin clapped his hands on the table, and he stood up.

Zhu Gaoxu secretly let out a long breath, walked to the window and poked his head out, glanced down, then turned around and said, "General Zhang, wait a moment, wait for Wang Gui to bring the felt car over before leaving. Poor Han City is indeed hit I don’t see anyone in the officialdom, but it’s better to take a car when we arrive at King Yan’s Mansion later.”

After hearing this, Zhang Xin nodded and said, "King Gaoyang is thoughtful and meticulous."

After the two finished talking, Zhu Gaoxu took Zhang Xin downstairs first.When Wang Gui drove a felt cart to the door, the two went out. Zhang Xin stretched out his hand to press down on the big cap, and got into the carriage nimbly and neatly.

"Rebuke!" Wang Gui yelled and flicked his whip.

The carriage swayed for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu opened a corner of the straw curtain to look out, turned his head and said, "It's almost here... General Zhang, you and Wang Gui will stay in the car for a while, and I will go in to see my father first."

Zhang Dao: "Okay."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Have you brought the secret decree?"

Zhang Xin was stunned for a moment, and finally stretched out his hand into his bosom, and there were a few "pop" sounds of the needle thread breaking. He finally took out a small bamboo tube, but held it tightly in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I can only To King Yan himself!"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at his hand and had to give up.

When the carriage entered the gate of King Yan's Mansion and stopped, Zhu Gaoxu first clasped his fists at Zhang Xin, seeing Zhang Xin staring at him like a torch, he nodded his head.The two were speechless, Zhu Gaoxu opened the curtain of the car and went out.

A eunuch was waiting outside the car, and when he saw Zhu Gaoxu, he immediately took him inside.

When Zhu Gaoxu and the eunuch arrived at the place, they saw horses guarding the gate of the square outside the small courtyard.Ma He said: "King Gao Yang, why are you here so late? Hurry up and go in."

Zhu Gaoxu gently bowed his hands to Ma He, and strode into the courtyard.

He heard voices, followed the voices into the door, and saw King Yan sitting on a chair in disheveled clothes, he probably pretended to be crazy and didn't have time to clean up, standing next to the fat prince and monk Yao Guangxiao.

The crown prince turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu, his eyes were indeed very unfriendly!

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to pay homage: "I pay my respects to my father and eldest brother."

The prince said: "You still think I'm the elder brother?"

Zhu Gaoxu calmly said: "You are my eldest brother, and you can't change in this lifetime."

King Yan asked, "Gao Xu, you poisoned the prince with Junyingcao in the capital?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, several people looked at him.Then Zhu Gaoxu glanced over Yao Guangxiao, clasped his fists and said, "Father, elder brother, who did you listen to?"

King Yan said in a thick and steady tone, "You just answer."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If you go back to your father, no."

The crown prince raised his arm and pointed at Zhu Gaoxu: "At first I didn't think much about the signs, but I realized later, you still want to argue? Someone saw you pull out the King Shadow Grass!"

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little guilty when he heard the first half of the sentence, thinking that the son had a lot of clues, and instantly had the idea of ​​"confessing", just like countless times in his previous life, he confessed to his family and gambled!

However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, he immediately dismissed the idea...

It is impossible for anyone to see him pull out the King Shadow Grass!Zhu Gaoxu was very sure that no one saw it.As Zhang Xin said, "he handles things very meticulously", especially for such an important matter, Zhu Gaoxu cannot be careless, he is very patient when doing things, and waited for a long time.

"Junyingcao is poisonous? Eldest brother is saying that there is Junyingcao in Nanjing Mansion?" Zhu Gaoxu had a cheeky look on his face, "Elder brother, don't listen to some people's slander, I have nothing to do to pull out Junyingcao ?”

At this moment, King Yan let out a "hum" in his nose.The prince and Zhu Gaoxu both looked sideways carefully, as if they didn't understand who King Yan's tone was aimed at.

The prince said angrily: "You are lying! If I can't believe it, why would I ask you to come to my father? Gao Xu, you just say one thing, why do you treat me like this?"

Zhu Gaoxu had already determined that the son was a fraud, so he pretended to be beaten to death and refused to admit it.

The prince said again: "I only recently found out that that thing is poisonous..."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly thought: Du Qianrui didn't betray himself at all, at least until now... Otherwise, the prince would talk like this, just tell what Du Qianrui saw and heard.

However, Zhu Gaoxu felt that it would be more and more unfavorable for him if he allowed the son to reason like this.

He immediately interrupted the son's words: "Eldest brother, wait a minute. Father, my son is here today, and there are other important matters that cannot be delayed!"

Chapter 31 The Work of a Dog and a Horse

Zhu Gaoxu interrupted the son's words, and with the permission of the King of Yan, he clasped his fists solemnly and said: "Father, the commander of Beiping, Zhang Xin, wants to join us..."

Yao Guangxiao's voice immediately said: "My lord, beware of fraud."

Without turning his head, Zhu Gaoxu immediately rushed to say: "Zhang Xin has obtained the imperial court's secret decree, asking him to come and arrest the father, but he is already at the gate. When the father sees him, he can tell the truth from the secret decree!"

At this time, the son clasped his fists again and said: "Father, my son still has something important to say..."

It can be seen that Shizi is really acting out of emotion this time, and is very persistent.

King Yan turned his head, his brows were tightly frowned, and his face was angry, but soon his anger subsided, and the words he said were serious: "If Gao Xu really wants to harm you, why are you still standing here?"

Shi Zi's face turned red for a while, and pale for a while, with his mouth open and hesitant to speak.

King Yan raised his hand, pressed the teacup in his hand heavily on the table with a "bang", and reprimanded, "Have you had enough trouble?"

When Zhu Gaoxu and the prince were arguing with each other just now, King Yan said very little and did not make a clear statement.But now he just throws out two short words, and immediately chokes the prince, and dare not say a word!

King Yan's meaning was very clear, he only wanted to put the big things first, and the little emotional damage of the son was not worth mentioning at all.At this moment, it would be inappropriate to stir up even the slightest bit of internal conflict. When it's time to unite and unify to the outside world, why do you allow the prince to continue talking?Is it necessary to distinguish between right and wrong and black and white in everything, and intensify conflicts?

The prince's lips were darkened, Zhu Gaoxu saw that his hands in his sleeves were shaking like sifting chaff, and he was afraid that he would faint on the spot!

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu is actually the person who understands the son's feelings the most.I remember that when I was short of horses on the way back to Beiping, the eldest son was frustrated and exhausted, so he decided to stay by himself, and said that "many people don't care about his life"... But now, because the father has greater pressure and needs, it is true. Don't care about his feelings, Shizi's inner depression and desolation can be imagined.

King Yan turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu: "Zhang Xin brought a secret decree?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I brought it back to my father's words."