Daming prepares the emperor

Under the quiet eaves, the moonlight lightly shines on the ground.

The sound of frogs in the distance is like waves, ups and downs, far and near, creating a tense and frightening atmosphere for no reason in Xia Ye.

Wei Zhongde, who had been asleep for about two hours, was called up from the bed by the little eunuch, touched his face with cold water, put on his clothes and stood in front of Zhu Biao's room.

Zhu Biao can see things without lighting a lamp at night, so people often can't tell whether he has fallen asleep or is reading.

But Wei Zhongde was different, he was the closest person to Zhu Biao, and after knowing his schedule, he was sure that Zhu Biao was asleep at this time.

He thought about what the little eunuch said, and then thought about the people waiting outside, raised his hand slightly, and knocked on the door frame.

"Master, master..."

The moment the voice came out, Zhu Biao woke up on the bed.He rubbed his forehead with one hand, supported his body on the quilt with the other hand, and asked, "What's the matter? Come in and tell me."

Wei Zhongde pushed open the door, walked to the bed in the dark, bowed and said: "Master, there is a Mr. Zhang from the Guard Division who came to you and said he has something important to report."

For a moment, Zhu Biao couldn't think of Master Zhang in the Arch Guard Division, and after a while, he remembered that he threw Zhang Ziming to the Arch Guard Division to practice, and then ignored him.

According to the current state, he was able to enter the palace at night, and Wei Zhongde called him Mr. Zhang, which seems to have given him a high status.

"I'm going to see him."

"Yes." Wei Zhongde knew the terrain here like the back of his hand, walked to the hanger in the dark, picked up Zhu Biao's outer robe, and wanted to serve him to put it on.

"Go and light the lamp."

"Back to the master, which one to order?"

"That candle on the table."

When Wei Zhongde lit the candle, Zhu Biao had already put on his clothes and walked out.

Seeing the figure of the young man walking towards him from a distance, Zhang Ziming knelt down neatly.

"Your Highness."

"What news, tell me." Zhu Biao stood still in front of Zhang Ziming, carefully studying this man who was constantly improving.From sending the letter, his life is destined to be no longer ordinary.

Zhang Ziming knelt on one knee in the shadow of the porch, dressed in black clothes, his eyes were deep and calm, and his breathing was extremely light. Since he joined the Arch Guard Division, the most important skills he has learned are concealment and lurking, and Make yourself look less than alive.

"Yes." Zhang Ziming threw a thunderbolt, "Your Highness, Xie Zaixing killed Zhizhou Luanfeng, brought the army to Shaoxing today, and defected to Zhang Shicheng."

"...Where is Wu Ce, when did Wu Ce come?"

"Return to Your Highness, Lord Wu and his subordinates entered the mansion together after they got the information at the same time."

In other words, Comrade Zhu knew about this matter no earlier than he himself.

Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, waved at him, turned and walked into the room.

Wei Zhongde, who had been waiting at the corner, came quickly and said in a low voice: "Master Zhang, I will lead you out, you can follow me."

Only then did Zhang Ziming stand up from the ground, nodded solemnly, pulled down his hood to cover his face, and followed behind Wei Zhongde who had extinguished the lantern.

Zhu Biao returned to the house, staring at the candle beside the inkstone in silence, the yellow-red light danced in his eyes.

He needs to take a good look at this matter.

Xie Zaixing was not the only one involved, if things went wrong, less than half of the generals would have to change.

Xie Zaixing was an important general guarding the outside world. He joined the army with Zhu Yuanzhang very early and made many contributions. When Zhu Biao was still young, he became the deputy marshal of the center wing and defeated Zhang Shicheng's army several times.

Earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that a manager beside him and Wanhu were secretly doing business in Hangzhou under the control of Zhang Shicheng. They were buying and selling salt.

He killed those two people, and suspected that Xie Zaixing had betrayed him, so he called him to Yingtian, arranged for him a new supervisor, emptied his power, and sent him back to be closely monitored temporarily.

At the same time, in order to ease the relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang acted as a matchmaker in the middle, and arranged for Xie Zaixing's eldest daughter to marry Zhu Wenzheng and his second daughter to Xu Da, making him his in-laws and his favorite general. In-laws, want to appease him.

It's just that even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't imagine that Xie Zaixing still didn't repent under such preferential treatment.

The above are the stories that Zhu Biao knows, but there are actually other things that he doesn’t know. There is no relevant record in history to explain Xie Zaixing’s ending. It would be bad to know, probably death in battle or Ling Chi.

However, the Empress Xu whom Zhu Di married was Xu Da's daughter and Xie Zaixing's granddaughter, so all the subsequent emperors of the Zhu family had his blood on them.

There was gradually a commotion outside, although the distance was far away, Zhu Biao could hear it clearly, except Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think of anything else that could cause disturbance in the commander's mansion.

It can only be him.

Now that there are frequent wars, Zhang Shicheng's territory is indeed rich and has attracted many people to rebel. After all, no one can tell or guess what the final outcome will be.

There are many examples of tall buildings collapsing overnight.

I can firmly believe in the establishment of Daming, in addition to the trust in my father's ability, the trust in myself, more comes from the memory of history.

The people who followed the war back then didn't have much culture and foresight, and they were used to defecting and betraying, which is not unusual.

But Xie Zaixing happened to be Zhu Wenzheng's father-in-law.

Even if this wife was married by Zhu Yuanzhang, any ordinary person would doubt whether the rebellious Zhu Wenzheng would have any accomplices.

The wife's father is always closer than other people, right?What's more, they were all dissatisfied with Comrade Zhu.

The direction of things is becoming clearer and clearer. The rain is about to come, and the wind is about to blow.

"Madam, please, please find a way to save my brother."

Zhu Minjing knelt on the ground, holding Ma Xiuying's leg and weeping bitterly. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. Her eyes were full of fear and worry. Tears fell one by one. When she couldn't breathe, she almost fainted several times.

Beside her was a floor of shards of china, splintered wood, and scattered pillows.

The tea kettle was tilted beside the table leg, and the liquid that flowed out slowly soaked along the carpet, turning the complex pattern into a dark color.

The room was in a mess, everything was not where it should be, and there was no maid to clean it up. Ma Xiuying and Zhu Minjing were the only two people here.

She stroked Zhu Minjing's hair and sighed: "It's not that I won't help you. Look, your uncle just lost his temper and has rushed back to his study to deal with things. What do you want me to do?" Advise him?"

Zhu Minjing found her by hearing the sound. The roar and the falling porcelain woke her up from her sleep. She lived not far from Ma Xiuying's small courtyard.

After getting up in the middle of the night and leaving the house, Zhu Minjing waited outside for a long time. Zhu Minjing, who was like a frightened bird, finally saw Zhu Yuanzhang leaving angrily, so she dared to ask what happened. How did she expect such desperate news.

She thought of the way her uncle roared in a quick glance, it looked like a beast, with an extremely intimidating aura.After the tiger howled in the forest, no one dared to speak out.

"You might as well write a letter to Wenzheng as soon as possible, and persuade him to explain to your uncle, and be subdued." Ma Xiuying said, "You are his sister, so it is different after all."

"No, auntie, you don't understand, and even mother can't persuade him. He, he is determined to plot rebellion!"

Zhu Minjing regained consciousness from the horror, stared and raised her head, the body next to Ma Xiuying was trembling constantly.

Her hair was already messed up, her hair was scattered, sticking to the side of her face and neck in strands, as if she fell into the water and was picked up again.

"No matter what I say, even if he is forced to die, he will not give up." Zhu Minjing suppressed his voice, afraid that the servants outside would hear, "This time Xie Zaixing's rebellion will definitely irritate my brother, he will take action ...Uncle will not let him go!"

"What action?"

"Either he will go to Shaoxing with him, or because he is afraid that his uncle will suspect him, so he will do it early inside!"

Ma Xiuying fell silent, and after a while, she stretched out her hand to help Zhu Minjing: "The chief manager secretly bought and sold salt with Wanhu, that's why your uncle was furious, but Wen is in Jiangxi independently approving the matter of going to Zhangjia Salt Farm to buy salt. do you know?"

Zhu Minjing, who had just stood up, felt her legs go limp, and sat back down with a plop.

"Brother, brother is in Jiangxi..."

"I know you had a hard time before." Ma Xiuying said softly, "But Chongba and I also came out of the hard times, and we have the conditions to live a little extravagantly, which is human nature, but it can't be too much .”

She gazed into Zhu Minjing's eyes and said the last few words slowly.

"Aunt, madam..."

"What did he do in Hongdu City? Killing people, taking money, silencing people, kidnapping people's wives and daughters, how many people wanted to impeach him, but they dared not. Some people went to the Yamen to report him, but he sent someone to cut off his tongue Dropped. So reckless, he doesn't think of anyone but your uncle."

"Li Yinbing, isn't there an imperial censor named Li Yinbing?" Zhu Minjing said eagerly in a tone of grasping at straws, "Brother apologized, and he said he would change it."

"Then why did you say earlier that he was determined to seek rebellion?" Ma Xiuying said, "Min Jing, calm down first."

Zhu Minjing covered her face with her hands and began to sob and cry.

"Good boy, Wenzheng will be called to Yingtian by your uncle in a few days, listen to me, you go home first, wait for Wenzheng when you get home, persuade him well, let him understand what's going on now situation."

About half an hour later, Zhu Minjing finally recovered from the suffocating panic, wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeves, and did not stop until she blushed her cheeks.

"Ma'am, I listen to you. But I still want to beg you, no matter what my brother is, no matter how arrogant he is, for the sake of his contribution to the Zhu family, and for the sake of our father being the eldest brother of the prince, I will never give up." Don't kill him!"

"I will advise your uncle to think twice."

"Then I'll go back."

The story of Xie Zaixing quickly spread throughout the upper circles of Ying Tianfu.It set off a huge invisible wave. All the generals related to Xie Zaixing were in danger, and the officials who secretly had contacts with Zhang Shicheng were also panicked.

At this critical time, Zhu Wenzheng's younger sister returned home.

Why did she go back?Will the prince really punish his nephew?What is the attitude of the princess and the prince?In case the position of the great governor becomes vacant, who can take it?Xu Da or Chang Yuchun?Or soup and?

On the surface, the yamen are working as usual, but secretly, countless ears are waiting for the boots that have not landed.