After reaching the top of the mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang reined in his horse and looked at his great rivers and mountains.
Ping An immediately stood aside and looked around vigilantly to prevent any unexpected events.
"People say that Jinling 'sees the cow's head in the spring and visits Qixia in the autumn'. It's a pity that we came early. If we had waited a few months at night and waited for the mountain flowers to bloom, it would have been extremely beautiful." Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said:
"But at that time, the people who came to play were all gone, and we men couldn't even find a place to talk quietly."
Ping An was shocked when he heard this. He was not stupid. He heard that there was something in Boss Zhu's words.
The emperor was so heavily guarded that not even a fly could get close to him. What could he not say?
Do you have to throw away the guards and run to a deserted mountain to say it?
"You guessed it right." Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of clouds, and he gritted his teeth and said: "There is a traitor in the mansion of our own army captain!"
"Which one?" Ping An blurted out and asked, then regretted it.
"It's not which one, you should ask which ones?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "A while ago, we wanted to inspect the Deqinghou Mansion. To be sure, we put the most trusted pro-military Duwei Mansion in charge."
"Yes." Ping An nodded. If the Ouchi guards were not trustworthy, the emperor would not be able to sleep peacefully.
"But we never expected that they would also have problems." Zhu Yuanzhang was shaking with anger.
Of course he couldn't tell Ping An the reason...
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In fact, Boss Zhu was not suspicious at first, because just as Ping An thought, if there were problems in the pro-military captain's mansion, he would really have trouble sleeping and eating.
Besides, in the pro-military captain's house, either the orphans of the fallen soldiers or the high-ranking officials were the children he watched grow up. And their futures were bright... Generally, they would serve Boss Zhu for a few years.
They will be released to serve as officials, and all of them are first-class and good jobs.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang generally would not suspect that this was their fault.
But unexpectedly, an unusual situation occurred.
The problem was discovered when he went to Liu Bowen to apologize.
Ordinarily, Zhu Yuanzhang would not do such a humble thing, but who told his sixth son to stop doing human affairs? The father had no choice but to wipe his son's butt.
Who would have thought that something would go wrong with this wipe. Liu Bowen actually had the habit of retaining manuscripts... This was something that the Huaixi thugs, including Hu Weiyong, who was proficient in writing, did not expect.
Zhu Yuanzhang compared the remains with those and found that the text was basically consistent. But when he looked at the content, apart from making Liao Yongzhong a little embarrassed, there was nothing ulterior!
Then why did Liao Yongzhong or his family members burn the letter?
Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to appease the Liao family and raised this question to his eldest son Liao Quan.
As a result, Liao Quan told him that his father, a big boss like him, only entered the study room once every few months. The last time he entered the study room, it was not yet the twelfth lunar month.
As for their family members, it is even more impossible. The study is a confidential place and is guarded by servants day and night. Who can get close to it?
The servants guarding the study were not evacuated until the guards who ransacked the house came in, so the family had no chance to burn the letter.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liao Quan might not be telling the truth, but it was more likely that he was telling the truth.
Then there is a high possibility that someone among his bodyguards might be cheating!
For pro-military guards who require absolute loyalty, it is enough if suspicion arises.
But this is where Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking carefully. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he did not attack immediately or even investigate further. On the surface, everything was as usual.
Because the Imperial Guard's Mansion was too involved, he had to be cautious. Those noble children were connected to their father and brother, and to the entire Huaixi Honor Group.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to prevent his nobles from becoming rebellious, so he kept their disciples by his side to win them over, which also served as hostages.
At the time, it looked like there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.
But he didn't expect that now it would be the other way around, and Zhu Yuanzhang would take action on his own. So he could only deal with the matter urgently, and after a while quietly transfer the suspects out, and then replace them with someone he could trust.
"Well, at least it is trustworthy at the moment." Zhu Yuanzhang secretly added.
Such as peace...
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"Bao'er, anyway, remember, our bodyguards and soldiers can no longer be trusted." Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ping An in a deep voice: "As for who is trustworthy and who is not, we will slowly figure it out. Anyone who dares to betray us, we will
Forgive no one!"
"Yes, foster father!" Ping An quickly clasped his fists in fear.
"So the only ones we can rely on now are sons like you." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ping An with sad eyes.
"Please rest assured, adoptive father, I will swear allegiance to my adoptive father to the death!" Ping An quickly expressed his position: "If you dare to betray your adoptive father, my whole family will die immediately!"
"No need to swear, we can trust you. If I still can't trust my husband, then I won't be the emperor anymore. I'll hang myself from a crooked-neck tree on Niushoushan Mountain." Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder and expressed his hope.
Hope says:
"So we have to give you a top-secret errand..."
"Father, please speak."
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and told Ping An about his plan to let the princes go to Fengyang to practice as civilians. He asked him to protect their safety.
Ping An was dumbfounded. He didn't expect to take on such an outrageous and important task.
Then I heard Zhu Yuanzhang warn in a deep voice: "You know this and I know it, and no leaks should be allowed. This also includes King Qin and King Jin. If you let them know that you know their existence, you will mess up the job."
"Understood!" Ping An agreed without any hesitation, promising to complete the task.
"Actually, there is someone else who needs to know," Zhu Yuanzhang originally planned to keep it a secret, but after thinking about it, he thought it might increase unnecessary risks, so he decided to tell the truth.
"Han Yike, Magistrate of Linhuai County."
"Han Yike? Kuai Kou Yushi?" Although Ping An is a military commander, everyone has heard of this man's name.
Because just last year, this man became famous.
One day in August last year, Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood. After going to court, he invited Hu Weiyong, the imperial censor Chen Ning, and Zhongcheng Tujie to have fun together.
The three of them sat around the emperor and flattered him, making Zhu Yuanzhang smile from ear to ear.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Han Yike, a young censor who had caused great disgrace, would jump out and accuse Hu Weiyong and the other three of them of being traitorous ministers who were infatuated with their master.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his nose turned crooked, so he cursed: "You dare to talk to the censor so quickly that you dare to seduce the ministers!"
Therefore, Kuai Kou Yushi is by no means a good name, but it means something similar to ‘you are a troll’…
Then Zhu Yuanzhang arrested him and wanted to behead him, but after he calmed down, he let him go.
Perhaps because he didn't want to have a troll hanging around in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly demoted him to Linhuai County Magistrate.
I heard these gossips from my brothers during the Chinese New Year. But I didn’t expect that the emperor not only did not blame Han Yike, but also entrusted him with important tasks...
Zhu Yuanzhang was on the top of the mountain, carefully instructing Ping An and all the matters to be done after arriving in Fengyang.
It wasn't until the guards were about to catch up that the emperor stopped talking...
ps. It’s Chapter 8, right? It really takes two hours to check. I started checking at 11:30...
