Hong Zhou lowered his head and said: "Please forgive me, my son. I promise my son that I will definitely come back to see you."
Seeing him like this, Princess Yu shook her head helplessly and said nothing more.
Two days later, Hong Zhou went to Shengjing with a dozen guards, and spies disguised as porters, merchants, and farmers. The capital was not close to Shengjing, but they traveled day and night, and arrived in Shengjing four days later.
Beijing.
As soon as he stepped into Shengjing, he could feel the tension in the air. In less than half an hour, Hong Zhou saw three groups of patrolling soldiers on the street. The people on the street were all in a hurry and did not dare to go.
Staying too much.
"Your Majesty, would you like me to go down and inquire about the way to the General's Mansion?" Faced with Ning Er's inquiry, Hong Zhou smiled, pointed at a middle-aged man walking towards them and said, "Why do we need to inquire about this?
Are you here?"
While they were talking, the middle-aged man had already arrived in front of them, cupping his hands and saying, "I'm sorry to see you, Prince, and I hope you are safe, Your Majesty!"
Hong Zhou raised his hand and said, "Excuse me, who are you?"
"Replying to the prince, my name is Zheng Boming. I am a clerk in the general's palace. The general was very happy when he learned that the prince came to Shengjing. He specially ordered me to come to greet the prince." After saying that, he turned sideways and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please
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Hong Zhou nodded and motioned for him to lead the way. Ning Er said in Hong Zhou's ear with a vigilant look on his face: "Your Majesty, we have only been in the city for half an hour. How did General Shengjing know that we are coming? Could he be calculating?"
Can’t make it?”
Hong Zhou smiled coldly and said in a low voice: "Didn't you notice that as soon as we entered Shengjing, there were a few more tails behind us? Hong Zhou bribed officials everywhere, how could he forget the capital? Even though I came to Shengjing,
Not everyone knows it, but there are a lot of people who know it. I am afraid that as soon as I leave the capital, they will have already received the news and are waiting for my arrival."
Hearing this, Ning Er's face tightened, "So, wouldn't it be very dangerous for us to go here? Otherwise... we'd better not go."
"The king is here just to see him, why wouldn't he go?" Without waiting for Ning to say anything, he added: "He will not take action rashly before he finds out the details of my trip. In addition, I
Arrangements have been made, just feel at ease."
Seeing what he said, Ning Er said nothing and followed him step by step. In the time it took him to touch a stick of incense, Zheng Boming stopped in front of an extremely grand mansion with the words "General's Mansion" written on the door.
Hong Zhou calmly glanced at the vermilion door, which had sixty-three shining golden doornails nailed on it, arranged in a pattern of eight horizontally and nine vertically. It was only one row less than the nine horizontally and nine vertically in the Forbidden City.
The prince's palace in the capital is even higher. He is a prince of the first rank. The door nails of his palace are only seven and nine. General Shengjing is only a first rank. With door nails of this size, Hong Shan's heart... is clearly revealed.
Stepping into the general's mansion, you can see the extravagance and excess everywhere. Hong Zhou looked at it coldly without saying a word. When he arrived at the main room on the West Road, Zheng Boming said: "Your Majesty, the general was sick a few days ago. He is currently in the hospital."
Recuperate inside."
Hong Zhou nodded, pushed the door open and walked in. He saw a person lying on the bed with his eyes half open and half closed. He looked quite weak. Although Hong Zhou had not seen Hong Shan for nearly ten years, he still recognized him at a glance.
He walked up and asked with concern: "Thirteenth brother, how are you?"
Hongsheng opened his eyes a little, and after seeing Hongzhou clearly, he struggled to stand up and said: "They told me before that they saw the prince coming to Shengjing. I thought they were wrong, but I didn't expect it to be true.
." After saying that, he lifted the quilt and went to the ground to salute. Hong Zhou quickly supported him and said: "We are brothers of the same clan. There is no need to be so indifferent. Just call me fifth brother, unless you don't treat me as a brother.
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After Hongsheng drank the medicine from his servant's hand, he said: "In this case, I won't be polite. Fifth brother, speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for almost ten years, right?"
"Yes, I haven't seen you since you came to Shengjing. This time I heard that you were sick, so I came over quickly. How about it? Did the doctor tell you what the disease is? Is it okay?"
"I've seen it, and it's said to be a disease caused by wind and cold. It's not a serious illness at first, but I'm weak and my condition is more serious than that of ordinary people. I haven't recovered after so many days of rest, and I can't even go to the emperor's summons. I'm really scared.
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Hong Zhou comforted him: "There's nothing we can do about it. Don't worry, the emperor didn't blame you. It's the emperor's intention that I come here this time."
Hongsheng said with a grateful face: "Your Majesty, I really don't know how to repay you for your kindness." After saying that, he added: "Actually, I have gotten better in the past few days. I can walk a few steps on the ground. In a few days, I will be able to walk a few steps."
I will go to Beijing immediately to see the emperor."
Hong Zhou smiled and said, "There's no need to rush. It's rare for me to come to Shengjing, and I want to take this opportunity to look around."
"It's natural, but Fifth Brother has been traveling for days, and it must be hard. It's better to rest for a night first, and wait until tomorrow to regain enough energy to watch again." After Hong Zhou agreed, he ordered someone to take Hong Zhou there.
Rest in the west wing room.
After they left, Hong Chang looked away from his sick look and said in a cold voice: "How is the situation?"
Zheng Boming bowed and said: "General Qi, I have checked carefully and found no one else except the dozen or so guards brought by the prince."
Hongsheng smiled coldly and said: "You dare to come to Shengjing with only a dozen people. It seems that you are really impatient with life."
Zheng Boming's expression changed and he said: "General, you can see that you are in a humble position and asked someone to take them down?"
"There's no rush. It won't be too late to wait until the general understands his purpose." With that said, he asked, "How are the preparations?"
"Don't worry, general. Our 60,000 troops have already gathered together. As long as the general gives the order, we can attack the capital. But..." Zheng Boming looked at his expression and hesitated.
Hong Cheng was an extremely shrewd person. Seeing his expression, he had already guessed something. "Do you think that with these 60,000 troops, you can't capture the capital?"
Zheng Boming sighed: "Although the governors and governors who have contact with us have promised to send troops to help, the humble statistics show that the total is only one hundred thousand. Such a number is really small; and Wang Shen was found a few days ago.
He has already admitted that the secret report was sent to the emperor. Once the emperor becomes wary, it will be even more difficult for us to succeed."
"What if I tell you that I deliberately asked General Wang Shen to send the secret report to the capital?" Zheng Boming was greatly surprised by Hong Sheng's words. He said in disbelief: "It's the general? Could it be that General Wang Shen is the general's man?
But if that's the case, why did the general kill him again?" After finding out that Wang Shenjiang had rushed eight hundred miles to report Hongzhang's plot to Hongli, Hongzhang ordered him to be killed.