Bright Spring

He thought to himself: In thunderstorm days, in the natural landscape where the electricity is discharged, the thunder will have a certain delay, and it will take a while to hear it...

Maybe it's the same with many things. The more extensive and complicated things are involved, the more obvious the delay in effect will be?And you can't go back on your word, just like cloud discharge, the thunder will be delayed, but you will definitely hear it!

It’s also like steering a large ship’s rudder. After turning the direction of the rudder, the hull can only turn slowly;

Zhu Gaoxu repeatedly weighed,! "

Eunuch Wang Gui said: "Xue Siqing, please."

Xue Yan walked to the door of the study, stopped suddenly, and turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu who was in the farthest part of the room.Zhu Gaoxu also looked up at him, and the two looked at each other for a moment without saying a word.After a while, Xue Yan turned around and stepped out of the threshold.

During the brief confrontation just now, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help savoring Xue Yan's meaning alone.This official participated in the negotiations of the "Battle of Jingnan" and the Battle of Conquering Annan, and he still has some experience and knowledge. He turned around just now, as if he was carrying a solemn reminder of the war?

Zhu Gaoxu did nothing all morning, waiting for Xue Yan to leave the study and then leave Kunming City.

At this time, although Zhu Gaoxu's heart was full of ups and downs, he still had no reason to shake the established decision.

Chapter 372

Two days later, a heavy fog suddenly fell in Fucheng, Yunnan.Zhu Gaoxu walked out of Chengyun Gate and walked on the wide brick floor, seeing a vast expanse of whiteness, he could not see the front hall in the distance.There was a trace of weirdness in his heart, but he was sure: as long as he continued to move forward, the front hall, the Chengyun Hall, would definitely appear.

Sure enough, the majestic silhouette of the Chengyun Hall appeared in the mist.Zhu Gaoxu went straight to the study and saw the eunuch Wang Gui waiting at the door with a strange man.When I asked, it turned out that it was a servant sent by Mu Sheng.

Zhu Gaoxu took the letter from the servant, tore it open, and there were a few lines of words written on it: If the King of Han is free, can we meet in private today, and where was the last time we met?

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it, and immediately said to the servant who delivered the letter without hesitation: "Go back and tell your master, half an hour later."

The servant said goodbye and left the door of the study.

"Find some ordinary clothes." Zhu Gaoxu glanced down at his tuanlong suit, then turned to Wang Gui and said, "Ask Zhao Ping to meet in the study."

Wang Gui bowed and said, "Your maidservant will do it immediately."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the letter paper in his hand again, and the very simple content was clear at a glance.However, when he took a closer look, he found that the strokes seemed a little unstable; he couldn't help guessing that Mu Sheng's mood might also be unstable.

After a while, when Zhu Gaoxu looked up into the distance, he felt that the morning fog seemed to have dispersed a lot.

The last time I met Mu Sheng was before Zhu Gaoxu's expedition to An Nanguo, and the meeting place was in Shen Yuan.Thinking back, what he talked with Mu Sheng last time doesn't seem to be very important now.

Zhu Gaoxu waited for two quarters, and felt that Zhao Ping had almost gone first, so he also took a carriage and went out from the Zunyi Gate on the west side of the palace.

It was another sunny day, and the fog cleared away quickly after the sun came out.The rising sun is above the city in the east, and through the mist in the sky, it seems that there is a halo of halo around it.The street seems to be about the same as usual. If you observe carefully, you will feel that there are fewer people, as if it is not very prosperous.

The national mourning had only affected the people for more than a month. At this time, the sound of silk and bamboo in the Liyuan could be faintly heard.Zhu Gaoxu and a group of men hurried through the aisle next to the theater, and went straight to Shen Garden.

Since Mu Sheng said in the letter that it was the place where they met last time, Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the exact same hall.Before Mu Sheng came, Mrs. Shen Xu came to greet him first.She made Kung Fu tea for Zhu Gaoxu with her own hands, and while she was doing trivial things, she glanced at Zhu Gaoxu from time to time.I saw that she was wearing relatively plain clothes today, only slender floral patterns were embroidered on the hem of her clothes.Light makeup is applied on the face, only the thick small mouth|lips are very red.

Both of them were relatively silent, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say to Shen Xushi.

Not long after, Mu Sheng walked in alone, cupped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhu Gaoxu also stood up politely to return the salute.The two then sat down beside the marble coffee table.

Mu Sheng glanced at Shen Xushi, and Shen Xushi said softly: "The tea is ready, please both of you to pour the tea yourself." After saying that, he bent his knees lightly and was about to leave.Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand to stop her, and said, "It's okay, Madam Shen listens. Madam also took the risk, so I should let you know."

Mu Sheng ignored it, his complexion was a bit sallow, and he seemed to be haggard a lot, his sideburns must have been messed up by himself after he went out, and he didn't look very well.

"May I ask His Highness the King of Han? I heard that the guards of the King of Han who were detained in Guizhou have returned? Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan came from Annan for peace talks?" Mu Sheng asked.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The Marquis of Xiping is right."

Mu Sheng turned his head and asked cautiously, "How did King Han reply?"

Zhu Gaoxu calmly said: "Nothing has been negotiated. In order to confuse the opponent with a plan to slow down the army, I asked Xue Yan to go back and report back, and come back in a month. But within a month, I should have raised the army."

Maybe it was because Zhu Gaoxu's tone was not even a little turbulent, Mu Sheng was slightly surprised when he heard it.Shen Xu also looked sideways.

Mu Sheng froze for a moment, then frowned and thought about something. He stretched out his hands and rubbed his face vigorously.Zhu Gaoxu saw it, and was a little worried that he rubbed the skin off.

Shen Xu stepped forward to resolve the embarrassment at the right time. She picked up the small teacup, squeezed it with the fingers of one hand, and gently held the bottom of the cup with the fingers of the other hand.Zhu Gaoxu first took a cup of tea and thanked him.

Mu Sheng took the small cup, stared at the brown cup and said: "When you hold this kind of cup, you have to be careful, if you don't pay attention, the tea will be spilled and the table will be dirty... Ouch!" His hand loosened, The teacup immediately fell onto the marble coffee table, and with a "clang", Mu Sheng reached out to catch it again, but immediately overturned the teapot too!All of a sudden, the tables were filled with tea and water, and it was a mess.

In this sudden "accident", Shen Xu did not move, she was indeed a woman from a wealthy family.Of course, this kind of thing can't scare Zhu Gaoxu, he and Shen Xushi looked at Mu Sheng silently.

Mu Sheng said: "I'm really sorry. I was very careful not to spill the water in the cup, but I didn't expect to make a mess of all the tea!"

Shen Xu got up and said: "It's okay, Marquis Xiping wait a moment, I'll go get a rag."

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: In the past, Mu Sheng was a full-fledged aristocrat, and he was very picky about what kind of incense to burn and what kind of tea to drink. However, he was not as stable as his old brother when it came to such a big event of sacrificing his family and life.

Mrs. Shen Xu had already brought a piece of cotton cloth, stretched out her onion-like fingers to gently wipe the surface of the desk, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with her inner double eyelid eyes from time to time.Her skin is really well nourished, five years have passed, Zhu Gaoxu really didn't notice any difference between her and when he first met.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "If this king makes peace with the capital, the Marquis of Xiping may have to burn this garden down."

But his joke didn't seem funny, and no one in the hall laughed.

After a while, Mu Sheng sighed and said, "The king of Han is right."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "With Marquis Xiping forming an alliance, it is not difficult to successfully raise troops. The main thing is to fight out as soon as possible, so as to give the people of the world more basis for judgment, and the situation will not be as dull as it is now."

Mu Sheng asked: "Han Wang thinks he has a chance of winning?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If there is no chance of winning, why don't I just make peace? At least I can have more time to play.

A group of people planned and prepared for everything day and night.As Zhu Gaoxu said to Mu Sheng, it is not difficult to raise troops this time.Gao Chi had just ascended the throne, so he didn't have time to take care of complicated local affairs, not to mention that Yunnan was thousands of miles away, so it would be too soon to reach out!

Now Mu's Mansion is the top snake in Yunnan, and the whole Yunnan was brought down by their troops, and they have been guarding this place; Zhu Gaoxu has Mu Sheng's help, and he has [-] elite guards in his hand. He can't think of anyone who can stop him from raising troops!

Even so, it seems that there are a lot of things to do in detail, after all, the time is relatively short.And everyone has to think about the real problem this time... how to get out of Yunnan?

In the middle of the night, all the people bid farewell to each other and went home to rest for a while.

The eunuch Wang Gui came to see them off with a lantern, but there were lanterns everywhere in the palace of the King of Han, even if there were no lanterns, the road could still be seen.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the picture that was still on the table, then picked up the lamp stand and put it over, staring at the lines on it for a long time.These maps are very simple, but the post roads are marked, and the army has supply requirements, and generally they can only take the main road...where there is no main road, sometimes they can go if they are in a hurry; except for some specific terrain, such as bean paste Guan drew the Hengduan Mountains.

Chapter 373 Unruly

On the official road outside the city of Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion, pedestrians left the road to wait and see.The army lined up like a long dragon occupied the official road, and the sound of neat footsteps with different rhythms, far and near, echoed with the hooves of horses running along the roadside, one after another; countless iron helmets with wide eaves faintly glowed in the sun, shaking everywhere, and there was a big battle .

The official road passes outside the city gate.On the city wall, many soldiers and soldiers from the military and civilian government were also watching, and saw that the vanguard of the people and horses on the road had already come to the city gate.

The helmets and clothes of the Ming army are similar, and it is impossible to tell where they are from just by looking at the sergeant.However, the banners of this group of people and horses have the words "horse", "Ming" and "commander of the Yuezhou Guard" written on them. The officials on the city wall have already seen that they are military households of the Yuezhou Guard.

Yuezhou Wei has [-] military households. Looking at this battle, I am afraid that all the main troops in Yuezhou have been mobilized.

A general shouted from the top of the city: "Who will you transfer?"