Daming prepares the emperor

Naturally, there were not many houses in the place where the army camped. It was just a simple firewood house built by fishermen for rest. It was full of pungent fishy smell, dark and damp, and there was not even a flat place on the ground. Once Zhang Ziming was thrown into it, He bumped into a raised rock and almost fainted.

In a drowsy state, he felt a pair of dry and cracked hands touching himself, touching the side of his face, and said in a low voice, "Wake up, wake up..."

It turned out that when Zhang Ziming was discovered by the patrolling soldiers, the defeated demon turned into his original shape and fell to the ground in a hurry. Although he showed Zhang Ziming five pairs of shoes, they were just for display. In fact, there was only one pair of shoes in his real body. .

After all, he is one defeated monster, not five or ten.

This tattered sandal did not attract the slightest attention.After Chen Youliang's men captured Zhang Ziming, Bai Xiyao secretly followed the trail and followed him all the way here.

Zhang Ziming had a splitting headache, barely opened his eyes, and wanted to reach out to support his head, but he couldn't move.His two hands were already twisted and tied behind his back, and his feet were firmly bound by hemp rope.

Only then did he realize that he couldn't close his mouth anymore. Someone stuffed a bunch of rags into it, probably because he was worried that he would bite his tongue and kill himself.

Bai Xiyao threw the crutch aside, bent down and hugged Zhang Ziming, letting him lean on himself, while taking out the cloth that was stuffed in his mouth, he said worriedly: "I saw they took your letter away! "

Zhang Ziming seemed to be struck by lightning, he didn't even care about the tingling sensation of cold sweat flowing into his eyes, he struggled like a bug in a fire, trying to sit up.

The old man hurriedly wanted to untie the ropes on his hands and feet, but Zhang Ziming, who was still somewhat rational, stopped him suddenly, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, slow down, don't move! Don't move! Let me tie them like this, and they will still If you come in, you will be suspicious!"

"Okay, okay, I won't move, I won't move." Bai Xiyao stopped and asked worriedly, "What should I do next? I'll steal the documents for you?"

"No need to go, no need to go." Zhang Ziming panted, and whispered, "If I were Chen Youliang, I would have burned things long ago. Seeing the marshal's reply, their morale will be disturbed."

The old man was stunned for a while, and said: "Since the things are gone, let's go, I will take you out secretly. I will send you to Hongdu City, and you will explain the matter to the coach, and this ordeal will be complete .”

Zhang Ziming said anxiously: "No! If you send me out, you are interfering in important affairs, and you will be struck by lightning! Go away and leave me alone. You can get out as you came here."

Bai Xiyao smiled, his wrinkled face and cloudy eyes showed a smile, and said freely: "It's nothing, I'm satisfied if I can send you out, I've stayed in the cemetery for a long time , It’s also very boring, it’s good luck to meet you.”

"How can you say that?" Zhang Ziming said, "I know you look old, but in fact it's just your appearance. If you tell your fortune according to the age of monsters, you still have many, many years to live!"

The late red glow came in through a very small window and shone on the old man's face. The light spots trembled on his body made of hay, forming a strange and fragile scene.

For a moment, he looked like a grandfather and a father, like Zhang Ziming's grandfather and father.

Such a phantom made Zhang Ziming a little flustered, and the silence of the defeated demon made him feel that something was wrong, so he gritted his teeth and continued: "They caught me and took away the documents but didn't kill me. There are other plans, maybe I will be fine, grandpa, you can go."

Bai Xiyao finally spoke. He didn't mention Zhang Ziming's letting him go, but asked: "If they don't kill you, what will they ask you to do?"

"There are many things they will let me do! They can make me surrender, tell me the position of the marshal, and let me draw a map of the city's defense..." Zhang Ziming said a lot in one breath, and when he had nothing to say, he said nothing. He glanced nervously at the old man.

The old man nodded slowly.

Zhang Ziming breathed a sigh of relief, and urged impatiently: "Let's go, let's go, wait for me on the hillside where we rested before, Grandpa, I will definitely go!"

Bai Xiyao nodded again, stretched out his hand, and patted Zhang Ziming's head. Without saying anything, he took a deep look at him, changed into his original form, and squeezed out through the crack of the door.

Seeing that he finally left, Zhang Ziming struggled to move a few times on the ground, rubbed against the rag in the dim light, and stuffed it into his mouth again, while crawling on the ground indiscriminately, erasing the traces of the old man's activities.

After doing all this, his head, which had already been beaten so hard, became even more dizzy. Zhang Ziming passed out without knowing how long it took.

When he woke up again, a bucket of cold river water was splashed on him.

"Cough cough..."

A few people came in, lifted his feet with one hand, lifted him with the other, and someone else supported his body, walked around in disorder, and moved Zhang Ziming out of the house.

He opened his eyes and saw that the crescent moon was in the sky, and it was already midnight.

He lost consciousness when he came here, but now he is awake and being moved, Zhang Ziming can finally see the situation clearly.

The people who moved them were all wearing simple armor, presumably some small soldiers. There were tents everywhere, campfires were set up every few steps, and there were many guards. At a glance, there was no end to it. It must be Chen Youliang. In the base camp!

Thinking of this, Zhang Ziming was carried past the side of a large ship. His huge figure and exquisite workmanship made him determine his position.

Although there is suspicion of lack of self-confidence in saying this, they themselves do not have such a good ship.

After a long time, Zhang Ziming arrived at his destination.The destination was Chen Youliang's main tent, the lights inside were brightly lit, obviously he was waiting for someone, and he was the one waiting!

The soldiers stopped, carried Zhang Ziming to stand still, did not announce, did not speak, just stood there quietly.

After a long time, light footsteps came, and Chen Shan lifted the curtain, and he was relieved to see a few soldiers carrying people over—he was always afraid of making a mistake.

"Put people here and leave."

The legs of the little soldiers were going to go numb, as soon as Chen Shan said that, he quickly obeyed: "Yes, Your Highness."

Your Highness?

Zhang Ziming tilted his head and squinted his eyes to look at Chen Shan, sneered in his heart, his next order was weak, his voice was weak, and his momentum was weak, so he dared to be a prince?

Presumably his father is also a coward, not as good as my lord, becoming the emperor is all due to luck!

As far as my lord is concerned, he is qualified to be called emperor now, but he is humble and forbearing, so he is not so aggressive, the so-called appearance of the lord is nothing more than this...

Chen Shan knelt down and took out the cloth from Zhang Ziming's mouth, untied the rope on his feet, and said, "Come in."

Zhang Ziming intends to disobey his orders, but thinking that the master is still inside, it would be a waste of energy to focus on the small dishes, and then he will not be able to concentrate on the main meal, so he followed him, vowing not to give in to Chen Youliang.

No matter what request he made, he would never agree to it, and would never betray him.

On the table was the map that was just taken down by Chen Shan today. Chen Youliang put his hands on the table and lowered his head to study something, as if he didn't notice anyone coming in at all.

He didn't raise his head until Chen Shan yelled, Father.

Zhang Ziming's heart trembled when he saw Chen Youliang's figure. He quickly understood that this person was very difficult to deal with. He was completely different from his son, and he was a hero.

Subconsciously, he lowered his head, not because of fear, but because a very bold plan suddenly appeared in his mind.

But Chen Youliang happened to miss Zhang Ziming's firm eyes, only saw him lowering his head, mistook him for a weak messenger, looked at him for a while, and felt less guarded than before.

He beckoned to his son to come behind him.After Chen Shan walked over, Chen Youliang asked, "What's your name?"

Zhang Ziming gritted his teeth, and knelt on the ground with a thud, thinking in his heart that this was a tactic to delay the attack, and it would not be terrible to get the gold under his knees dirty, and he could pay back a reward, and replied: "Little Zhang Ziming."

Yes, it is indeed soft-legged shrimp.Shrimp with soft feet is good, some talk about it.

Chen Youliang showed a warm smile on his feet, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't be afraid, look up and see me."

Using the cover of his sleeve, Zhang Ziming quickly pinched his leg hard, forcing tears, looked up at Chen Youliang, and quickly lowered his head to pretend to be panicked.

Although the time was short, it was enough for Chen Youliang to see the tears in his eyes clearly, nodded in satisfaction, and continued: "I saw the letter in your arms, have you seen Zhu Yuanzhang?"

"See, see."

"What did he tell you?"

"Commander, no, he, Zhu Thief said that he would send troops to rescue Hongdu soon." Zhang Ziming was very smart and changed his address to Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the same time began to lie, trying to make Chen Youliang less wary of the reinforcements, "But, but The villain looks at the situation of his subordinates in the army, this may be just an excuse for comfort, it is really difficult to come here to save the city."

"Oh?" Chen Youliang said happily, "What do you mean, he can't come?"

Zhang Ziming lowered his body, put his forehead completely on the ground, "shuddering" and said, "I'm afraid it is."

"Aside from that, did he say anything else?"

Although he would not tell Chen Youliang the truth, Zhang Ziming could not help recalling the conversation with Zhu Yuanzhang at that time.If the general asked anything other than military affairs, it would only be...

Ah, by the way, the Marshal asked about the son's whereabouts, and he asked if he had arrived in Hongdu.Zhang Ziming had never heard of the name of the oldest son, nor had he seen what he looked like.

He only knew that the eldest son was the wife's legitimate son and their young master.Although the young master is still young, he still has to come to the Hongdu battlefield. He must have a great plan, which may have a key impact on the battle situation.

Zhang Ziming shook his head, indicating that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything.

Chen Youliang pondered for a moment, then said: "Ziming. Well, Ziming, I will give you a title. When Hongdu is conquered, I will seal your farm and house. You will do something for me!"

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Tomorrow when we attack the city, you shout in front of the two armies to persuade the people in the city to surrender, and you say that Zhu Yuanzhang has been held back by me, and it is impossible to come to the rescue."

Zhang Ziming raised his head slightly, hesitantly on purpose, and sure enough, he attracted Chen Youliang's attention. With a cold light in his eyes, he frowned and said, "Why, do you think the rewards are too small?"

"No, no, I, ah, my subordinates want to say that it is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to come to the rescue..."

Chen Youliang was stunned for a moment, then he felt better, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, this is not a lie, just tell the truth tomorrow!"

"Yes." Zhang Ziming kowtowed.

"Go down, ask someone to take you to rest, and you will see me again tomorrow morning."

After Zhang Ziming walked out, Chen Youliang added another person, and ordered: "Follow him back to the room, and pack up his things for him, pick up those sharp, iron, copper, whatever, and make sure he doesn't have any Weapons available."

After finishing these things, he looked back at Chen Shan: "If you have any ideas, let me hear them."

Chen Shan didn't expect that there was something of his own involved, so he quickly shook his head and said, "No, Father is very considerate."

"Employees are like this, you have to guard against them." Chen Youliang walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back, looked up at the crescent moon and clouds in the sky, felt the cool air from the river wind and the bloody smell brought by the battlefield.

"If you want people to surrender, you must give them benefits. Other things are nothingness. The world is full of prosperity, and they are all for benefits. If you give enough things, no one will be unable to betray."

Chen Shandao: "I remember it."

"I can't remember it, you have to use it!" Chen Youliang stared at his weak son, always saying one thing, and the king who killed without counting showed a helpless expression, "Your temperament is too peaceful, you should grow up. If one day I die ,what would you do?"

"My son, my son..." Chen Shan pursed his lips tightly, almost pulling his mouth into a straight line, tears gradually filled his eyes, "Father is blessed with great blessings, so naturally we can see the day when my son will become a man."

Chen Youliang smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and walked away. His boots happened to be at the intersection of moonlight and shadow.