In a quiet night, somewhere in a quiet house, a figure suddenly stood up from the bed.
The faint moonlight stole into the house, revealing the dignity of His Highness King Qin of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Xi sat on the bed, staring at the blank wall in front of him with wide eyes.
"Damn bitch!"
boom.
After cursing, Zhu Ping fell down on the pillow.
Not long after, the sound of snoring came from the house again.
Thousands of miles away in Dongmeng County, Shanxi Province, the smell of wine on the city wall has not dissipated, but the people have disappeared.
In the county government house in the city, it seems that the Japanese bandits also know what things should be kept.
In the county government office that survived, Zhu Yunxi held a copper heater in his hand and stood on the porch, looking at the snow in the courtyard.
There was not much drunkenness on his face, and his eyes were extremely bright. He looked at the dimly lit courtyard, recalling the drinking and conversation with his third and fourth uncles at the top of the city.
Zhang Hui arrived at the corridor quietly, and behind him was Tang Keke, whose name and appearance gave a huge illusion.
"Your Majesty, I see His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."
Zhang Hui stood aside with a bow, while Tang Keke knelt on one knee and clasped his fists with both hands.
"You've done a great job."
In the dim corridor, Zhu Yunxi spoke calmly.
Tang Keke nodded and said, "I will always remember the grace of Your Highness to survive."
Zhang Hui stood aside silently. Ever since Zhen Fu and Tian Mai went north to search for the traitor Liu Zongsheng and others, he has been dealing with matters surrounding His Highness that cannot be disclosed to the public.
It was precisely by inadvertently taking over these things that Zhang Hui suddenly realized that the things he did in prison were nothing at all.
Who would have known that Zhang Zhiyuan, the little killer who was already famous in the army, would be surrounded by someone from his grandson.
And who would have known that Zhang Zhiyuan, the little murderer, was actually Taisun's son.
The moment Zhang Hui found out, cold sweat broke out all over his back. He couldn't help but look around him, and immediately thought about whether the woman in his room might be the person arranged by his grandson.
But after he knew this, he also knew that he had probably fallen into the eyes of his grandson. Even though his grandson didn't have any doubts about him at the moment, he believed that if he dared to do anything outrageous, he might not end up easy.
Where to.
Zhu Yunxi handed out the copper heater in his hand, and Zhang Hui immediately stepped forward to carefully catch it.
Zhu Yunxi, on the other hand, spread his hands and five fingers, and then rubbed them together.
Then he lowered his head and looked at Tang Keke who was kneeling on the ground: "Get up, the ground is cold."
His tone was very calm, but when he heard it in Tang Keke's ears, it felt completely different.
Things are different now.
The Ming Dynasty became increasingly prosperous, both internally and externally. Many people and things were different from the past.
Tang Keke thanked him respectfully and humbly and stood up.
Hold your hands in front of your abdomen, bow your head and bow your head, as if listening.
"Have you gotten used to staying in Peiping in the past two years?" Zhu Yunxi asked very kindly. According to his memory, Tang Keke seemed to be from the south.
Tang Keke nodded and said: "It's the same wherever you are in the army."
"Have you ever missed home?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
Tang Keke's eyes swayed, and his eyes revealed a deep sense of homesickness.
However, he still shook his head: "A good man has his ambitions in all directions, but until he achieves great things and cannot return home in rich clothes, everything will be in vain."
"I think I should have thought about it..." Zhu Yunxi paused and then said: "The Crown Prince said that he wanted to expand the Jin Yiwei to cope with the current situation of the court and the world under the New Deal. Since you want to return home in Jin Yi, you can join the Jin Yiwei.
Wear the flying fish suit. When the time comes, you will return to your hometown in glory and glory."
A person's life encounters are always so wonderful.
When Tang Keke, who was still thinking about taking the imperial examination, would have thought that he had become a secret guard, lurking in the city of Beiping. How could he have thought that he would be in the Jinyi Guard situation.
The trajectory of life was deviated due to an accident.
But Tang Keke also knew that with his current status, it was impossible for him to become an official in the imperial examination and become a yamen official who would sit in the hall.
From the secret guard to the royal guard, it seems to be a good choice.
More importantly, it allows him to come back to the stage from the dark, and he no longer has to worry about his identity being discovered.
"minister……"
Although Taisun always spoke very calmly.
But Tang Keke just felt that it was so heartwarming.
Zhu Yunxi smiled: "There are too many nice things to say, so don't think about it anymore. If you have a chance next year to sort out the affairs outside the customs, you can report to the Jinyi Guards. For now, I will just give you a note.
A name that belongs to hundreds of Jinyiwei households."
Tang Keke's face flushed: "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Uncle Fourth...you don't have to keep an eye on me from now on."
Zhu Yunxi clasped his hands together and walked out of the corridor into the courtyard.
Several roosting birds were startled, and flakes of snow fell from the branches.
Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand and gently caught it, but it quickly melted into his palm.
Tang Keke couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past few years in Peiping, because of Zhang Zhiyuan, I could often see King Yan. And when I thought of one of my many tasks in Peiping, which was to monitor King Yan's daily movements, Tang Keke would see King Yan Zhu Di every time.
, they all feel that they will be exposed at some point.
However, this kind of thing cannot be explained to outsiders.
Even Tang Keke didn't know whether there were people like him around His Royal Highness King Yan in the Ming Dynasty, and whether there were others secretly monitoring the other clans and vassals.
This is a taboo within the royal family.
But it has been bothering Tang Keke for a long time. Every night when he goes to sleep, he is afraid that he will tell the truth in his dream and others will hear it.
"My ex-girlfriend has also been visited over at your home. They are all very good, so you don't need to worry. When things at the border are settled, you will finally be able to go back in perfect condition."
Zhu Yunxi only talked about the family's shortcomings tonight and nothing else, but it made Tang Keke's heart feel warmer and warmer.
He was even more moved: "Your Highness' kindness, I can't repay you for it."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "There has never been such a saying here in Gu. If you work for Gu and sacrifice yourself, Gu will naturally make you have no worries."
Tang Keke, a man with a height of seven feet, a man's head and a horse's head, and a burly body, suddenly turned red all over his face, and even his eyes were red.
Zhu Yunxi turned around and waved to Tang Keke, who was already unable to control himself.
Tang Keke immediately stepped forward, bowed and nodded.
"There is something I forgot to tell you."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxi had a smile on his face.
However, Tang Keke looked confused.
"Do you still remember the marriage your family originally planned for you?"
Zhu Yunxi looked attentively, looking at Tang Keke's face that was gradually turning red, and couldn't help laughing.
Tang Keke nodded, and then there was some regret in his eyes: "Remember, I heard that she is a good girl, but it is a pity that I can no longer marry her back home."
The girl is good-looking, gentle and elegant, and I heard she is a good woman who knows how to run a household.
Such a woman should have been a matron who could prosper for three generations.
But it's a pity that I don't have the chance to do it.
Zhu Yunxi looked at Tang Keke who looked regretful and laughed twice: "It's a good job to do things. If you make new achievements next year, it won't be in vain that this girl has been waiting for you all these years."
Tang Keke's face was immediately filled with doubts, and surprise and astonishment gradually appeared in his eyes.
"That woman...she..."
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Tang Keke lightly and curled his lips and said: "The girl said at the beginning that if you die, she will stay a widow for you for the rest of her life. If you are disabled, she will take care of you for the rest of your life. But that girl is also a smart person. See
The people who came to Gupai actually guessed a lot. She said that now that the marriage has been arranged and the deed has been exchanged, it means that the two surnames are one family, and she is waiting for you."
Tang Keke, a seven-foot-tall macho man, finally had his eyes blurry.
He tilted his head silently, his Adam's apple trembling a few times.
Zhu Yunxi reached out and patted the other party's shoulder with some difficulty.
But he opened his mouth and said: "As I said before, you just have to make a good living, and I will always be generous with rewards. When you finish the affairs here at the border, I can give the girl a royal title, which is my reward for you."
Tang Keke felt that at this moment, even if he had to sacrifice his life for his grandson, it would be worth it.
He immediately knelt on the ground and bowed heavily.
"I thank you, Your Highness. I am willing to devote my whole life to Your Highness until I die."
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "The word death is too unpleasant and unlucky. Say it less in the future. If you all die, there will be no one to do things for you, so you all have to live a good life for me."
Tang Keke nodded heavily.
"Go ahead and go back early."
In the quiet courtyard, a few wisps of flying snow began to fall.
Zhu Yunxi's voice echoed among the falling snow and branches.
Tang Keke left with the thought of dying for his grandson and endless expectations for the future.
But Zhang Hui was left behind.
Tang Keke left and faced the emperor's grandson alone.
This made Zhang Hui couldn't help but recall all the bad things he had done since he could remember.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but laugh out loud as he looked at this Jin Yiwei, who had made great achievements in medicine.
He thought it was funny.
But Zhang Hui's shoulders trembled and he quickly knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness, please confess."
"When I was young, I peeked at the widow next door taking a bath."
"When I'm older, I'll go and watch the daughter-in-law taking a bath at the entrance of the village."
"I also secretly killed the cattle belonging to the rich man Zhang's family in the village."
"While I was in Jinyiwei, I also smuggled the money of those who were imprisoned. I have confessed."
"Yes, I even hid a skeleton at home, in order to better understand the structure of the human body..."
When he heard the end, even Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but open his mouth and widen his eyes.
But Zhang Hui's face was full of sincerity: "Your Highness, this is what I have done..."
"Second brother is indeed right..." Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhang Hui in front of him and couldn't help but think of the previous accusations made by Zhu Yunwen and himself.
Zhang Hui frowned slightly and immediately said: "That Bai...that speaker?"
Zhu Yunxi burst out laughing: "He said you were a fool, and you still think he is an idiot all day long."
Hearing this, Zhang Hui's whole face turned blue.
"Your Highness...you don't understand what I went through at that time..."
Zhang Hui complained weakly.
Zhu Yunxi ignored it and said quietly: "You brought the skeleton home and you didn't feel scared? Can you sleep well at night?"
"I was killed by you while I was alive, so what can I do if I'm dead?" Zhang Hui blinked, thinking that this was nothing, but looking at those skeletons, he slept more peacefully.
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes, there was probably something wrong with this person.
"I called you here because I have something to tell you."
Zhu Yunxi glanced at this idiot, who cared who he had seen take a bath, or how he slept with the skeleton.
Zhang Hui's expression suddenly brightened: "Please give the order, Your Highness."
"Let your disciples carefully interrogate the local officials and officials in Shanxi Province. As for the gentry and merchants involved in the case..."
Zhu Yunxi closed his mouth and looked at Zhang Hui calmly.
At this time, Zhang Hui was no longer so stupid.
With murderous intent in his eyes, he said decisively: "I will tell you, no matter how big or small, or whoever it is, as long as something is illegal, I will not spare anyone and dig them out."
Zhu Yunxi was very satisfied with Zhang Hui's answer.
Shanxi's roads up and down need to be cleaned up through this rebellion.
Officials during the Northern Patrol are openly investigating local governments and civilians, but they always pick the most important people and issues to deal with such matters that involve all aspects.
But Zhu Yunxi obviously wanted more than that.
After cleaning the house, we could move in the new furniture of Hongwu New Deal.
The old and the young cannot be left behind.
The next day.
Outside the city of Meng County, a large army gathered and set up flags, blocking out the sky and the sun.
In front of the city gate, Zhu Di commanded the three guards and horses of the Prince of Yan's Palace and the soldiers and horses of the Peiping Dusi. They were all dressed in military uniforms and had a ruddy complexion.
"Let's go, don't send it off."
Zhu Fan raised his head and looked at Zhu Di on the horse. He felt that the other person was pulling too hard, so he curled his lips and said, "No one is going to give it to you, so get out of here and don't worry about eating our Shanxi Road food!"
Zhu Di snorted twice: "Next time, I will kill you, Third Brother, under the wine table!"
Zhu Yunxi crossed his hands and said, "Fourth uncle, walk slowly. My nephew will see you off not far away."
Who would have thought that the three uncles and nephews of the old Zhu family were the ones Zhu Di could not drink the most.
Don't like to play with little paicai.
Zhu Di's face turned red, he turned his head, and said gloomily: "Don't forget about your fourth uncle's campaign to conquer the North General. If you give it to someone else, I will go and cry in front of your grandson's house!"
Having said that, Zhu Di had already raised his riding whip and loudly ordered the army to set off and return to Peiping.
Zhang Zhiyuan faithfully performed his duties as a vanguard general. His eyes passed by the gate of Mengxian City, and then he led his soldiers and horses to rush to the front of the army.
Watching the Yanwang Banner gradually disappear.
Zhu Fan then clasped his hands together in front of his chest, moved to one side, arrived in front of Zhu Yunxi, and bumped him with his shoulder.
Zhu Yunxi turned his head.
Zhu Fan had a look of disdain on his face and moved his mouth towards King Yan Qi who was walking away.