Outside the capital city, the Royal Villa.

In front of the yard where the old man lived, under the grape rack where tender leaves had just grown, a big pot was rumbling open.

Park Bucheng was wearing a scarf and sat on the bench watching the oil residue bubbling in the pot. The air was filled with tempting sweetness.

Beside him, an old Taoist priest who was a deer-headed rat, stuffed firewood into the stove pit with anger on his face. His back was facing Pu Bucheng, and his mouth was silently moved, obviously there was nothing good to say.

This old Taoist is Xi Yingzhen, who has been kept in the village. In name, he lives here, but in fact he is in disguise of house arrest.

"Damn it, grandpa is free and happy all his life. When he is old, he falls into the hands of the Zhu family's grandson and is entangled in this yard all day long. The women have no alcohol and are not free. They look at people's faces everywhere. What kind of evil have I done?"

Thinking of it, he couldn't help but shake his head, and continued to feel annoyed, "A man just can't show off. If he didn't take action to treat Zhu Laoba and let him die, how could he have so many troubles to come to grandpa afterwards? I can't say that the grandpa was happy in the yard at this time!"

Suddenly, Park Bushen's voice came from behind him.

"Slow down, boil the water and boil the oil but it can't be stir-fried out!" Park Bucheng whispered, "A good pot of oil is ruined. Look at whether the old man comes out and kicks you!"

Xi Yingzhen was stunned with a little black old face and turned around and grinned, "Hehe, the person named Zhu eats lard, it's hard to say or not!"

Park Bucheng rolled his eyes, "If you have the ability, the old man will come out later. You can say it again!"

"Are you stupid? " Xi Yingzhen also rolled her eyes, but then said with some concern, "You won't tell him, do you?"

"Work quickly, don't mumble anymore!" Park Buchengheng glanced at him, "I'm not happy to talk anymore, the family will put you in the stove pit!"

"You old castrated man!" Xi Yingzhen cursed in her heart, but turned around and honestly made up the fire.

When he was moving his hands, he couldn't help but look back at the back. Somehow, the lights in the room made him tremble suddenly.

~~

In the room, the old man put his hands in his sleeves and leaned against the back of the chair and fell tilted.

He was covered in an ordinary coarse cloth robe, looking like a small landlord in the countryside.

Two sturdy figures knelt respectfully in front of him, one on the left and one on the right, and were deeply immersed in their heads.

On the left, the general Ping'an was the general of the capital camp.

On the right, the prince-in-law Mei Yin, the former chief of the Huaixi Daying, the former chief of the Shandong Dushi, the Henan Dushi, the former chief of the army commander of the Five Army Governor's Office, the former commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Jingying Youth Army. Currently, the governor of the Right Army of the Five Army Governor's Office is a false position.

Needless to say, Ping An is the adopted son of the old man. However, his adopted son is slightly different from his adopted son like Mu Ying back then. However, no one dares to say that loyalty is the first, if it comes to second.

The prince-in-law Mei Yin is very strange in terms of official positions. He has served as the chief officer of many key departments. The Huaixi Camp is the most elite unit outside the Jingying Camp. Earlier, the Sixth Battalion of the Jingying Camp, was the military brigade of the Jingying Camp. He also participated in the military training of the garrison in Shandong and Henan, but now he is a vacant position.

His family was not simple. During the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Mei Yin's uncle, the founding country of Runan, Mei Sizu, was once the Marshal of Wanhu of the Mongolian Yuan. Marshal of Wanhu were both powerful Han people, and this origin meant that he had received a better education than the traditional Huaixi nobles. Later, because Mei Sizu surrendered to Liu Futong, Wang Baobao chopped his father into meat sauce.

Although his uncle Mei Sizu was also ranked as a marquis, he was never one of the nobles of Huaixi. Maybe he wanted to squeeze into the circle of the nobles of Huaixi, and took the wrong path and kept leaning in Hu Weiyong's direction. But strangely, this man had a good end in his later years.

There is a more strange point here. Hu Weiyong was killed in the 13th year of Hongwu, and Mei Sizu died of illness in the 15th year of Hongwu.

The Hu Weiyong case was probably not involved in much, and once someone involved it, the family would be destroyed.

How did Mei Sizu escape unstoppably?

What's even more strange is that not long after Mei Sizu's death, his son Mei Yi, the commander of Liaodong, was inexplicably killed because he was involved in the Hu Weiyongyu case.

With the old man's temper, he never talks about any reason for those who violate him. As long as he is involved, he will kill him to the end. But as the nephew of the Marquis of Runan, he is not only fine, but has been promoted year by year.

The year when his uncle Runan Hou died, he was ordered to train troops in Shandong, Henan.

The year when his cousin's family was killed, he led troops in the Huaixi General Camp in Fengyang.

Some people say that the reason is that he is the son-in-law of Princess Ningguo, and Princess Ningguo is the eldest daughter of Empress Ma's biological son-in-law, and the old man loves the house and the Wuwu.

Is this really the truth?

With such a noble background in Ningguo, why did he choose a marquis who was outside the circle of nobles in Huaixi and who served in Liu Futong and Zhang Shicheng?

Mei Yin was good at shooting and was proficient in cavalry but never had the courage and civilization. Among the second generation of nobles, he was known as Mei Yin's scholar. He also served as a pure civil servant like Shandong Xuezheng.

According to common sense, his family and the Mei family died under the knife except his family. Even if his wife was Princess Ningguo, he could not be used so much, and he had no real achievements that could be made.

But it was just that among all the prince-consorts, he was the most decent.

Moreover, even the old killers in the capital who looked at everyone with a slant of their eyes were treated with three points.

"History of Ming Dynasty" records a passage that Emperor Hongwu was always serving him when he died in his later years. Moreover, Emperor Hongwu said to him, "You are honest and loyal, and I can entrust Zhu Yunwen to you."

There is even a secret meaning.

"If someone disobeys, you can ask them to kill them, no matter who they are!"

Just imagine, is this something a prince consort can participate in? Does he have the ability to kill others?

If the old man is alive, you are the brother-in-law of the kings, and if the old man dies, you are nothing.

You kill others? Why do you kill the Zhu family? What are you relying on?

In history, he assisted Emperor Jianwen. After Li Jinglong's defeat, he had 400,000 troops to guard Huai'an, and he cut off the nose and eyes of the envoy sent by Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, with Zhu Di's character of living Hell, would he still use cover to kill someone?

But it was Zhu Di who secretly instructed the Jinyiwei and secretly pretended to accidentally make Mei Yin drown. After Mei Yin's death, Zhu Di gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.

He even dared to implicate the ten clans of others, and Ping'an was so ashamed that he committed suicide. Why did he pretend that it was not Mei Yin's death had nothing to do with him?

No one knows the truth.

But it is certain that Mei Yin must have some different effect in the old man's mind.

Perhaps, besides the blue eyes...

~~

"Bao'er!" The old man spoke slowly, his voice a little tired.

"I am here!" Ping'an kowtowed, walked forward, and knelt at the old man's feet.

The old man's eyes drooped, "We can trust you!"

Dongdong, Ping'an didn't say anything, kowtowed hard.

"The Emperor can trust you too!" The old man continued, "Your father was calm. He was Chang Yuchun's right-hand man and the most hard-core man. It's a pity that he died in the battle and died young. He was raised in the palace and accompanied by the prince's side, and he was inseparable from his shadows and feet."

Dongdong, Ping An kowtowed again.

"The emperor is right to choose you as the general officer of the Beijing camp!" the old man continued, "But, it's not enough!"

In an instant, Ping An looked up with a little confusion in his eyes.

"Silly boy!" the old man laughed and scolded, "If you are smarter, you will have given you a title long ago. Who will you follow me stupidly?"
Chapter completed!