"Your Majesty, I believe that not only the accuracy of Li Mou's information should be considered, but also Li Mou's abnormal behavior should be considered."
Liu Wenbing hesitated for a while, then bowed and saluted.
As Liu Wenbing's words sounded, Gong Yonggu looked worried, while Shen and Huang were grateful with a bit of approval.
After Zhu Yuanzhang took in everyone's expressions, he looked at Liu Wenbing with a smile but not a smile, and said slowly: "Oh, tell me, what's abnormal about Li Mou's behavior?"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's captivating gaze, Liu Wenbing calmed down and said in a deep voice: "According to Li Mou's story, he has completed Li Thief's mission."
"At this time, he only needed to hide in the dark and wait for the rebels to open the city gate when they attacked the city. But why he suddenly moved to Ford Tower, he did not explain this."
"There should be some things happening here that we don't know about. If we can figure out the key here, maybe we can make a more accurate judgment on Thief Li."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "In your opinion, what may have happened here?"
Liu Wenbing spoke at this moment, not only because he wanted to take over Huang Nilu's responsibility, but also because he wanted to fulfill his duty as a minister.
At this moment, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, so he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "According to Wei Chen's analysis, the time when Li Mou moved to Fude Tower should be after Cao Desi and his son were beheaded alive."
"And Cao Desi and his son are members of the eunuch party, so Wei Chen boldly guessed that Li Mou may have colluded with the eunuchs in the city."
"When he learned about this, he was worried that His Majesty would take action against the eunuch and discover his whereabouts, so he hurriedly moved the location."
After Liu Wenbing said what he was thinking in one breath, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang nervously.
After listening to Liu Wenbing's story, Zhu Yuanzhang admired him even more.
Because in Li Mou's confession, it was indeed mentioned that Li Wan and Zhang Kui had colluded with some eunuchs in the city.
It's just that Li Mou has always disliked eunuchs, and in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't know much about what happened.
In order to avoid causing party strife and affecting the defense of the city, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately concealed the matter, but unexpectedly Liu Wenbing revealed it.
However, although he was happy in his heart, he still pretended to be angry and shouted: "So, do you think that the eunuch beside us has colluded with Li Mou, and we did not act appropriately in letting Li Mou go and sending Wu Mengming and others out of the city to persuade him to surrender?"
When Liu Wenbing heard this, his body trembled, and he knelt down and said: "I don't mean to slander your Majesty's close ministers, but at this moment, the rebels are besieging the city and the people in the city are panicked. Your Majesty must beware of people with double-minded intentions."
"Especially after it was rumored that Hui Shiyang, one of Donglin's five tiger generals, defected to Li Thief, it caused quite a stir in the capital. Now that the capital is trapped, many people are extremely active."
"People like Zhou Zhong, a concubine in the Hanlin Academy, Shizhong Shimin, and Gong Dingzi from the Military Science and Technology Department. We have not always had close friendship with each other, but they have often gathered together in recent days. I feel that I must be on guard against them."
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of speaking, he continued: "As for the release of Li Mou, Wei Chen did not think it was inappropriate. After all, what Li Mou told should be the truth, and it is imperative to persuade him to surrender."
"It's just that we still need to plan for what happens next, so as not to miss anything and fall into Thief Li's scheme."
After Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, he looked at Gong Yonggu and Huang Nilu and said, "Do you think so too?"
When the two heard this, they immediately knelt down and said, "Wei Chen thinks that what Xin Lehou said is true. Please think again, Your Majesty!"
"What about you? What do you think?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Shen Zhanran again.
When Shen Zhanran heard this, he was not as panicked as Gong and Huang. Instead, he smiled and said: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and far-sighted, and a humble minister will never fail."
"It's just that I feel that the reputation of eunuchs among the rebels is not good, and Thief Li may not place all his hopes on them."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed when he saw Shen Zhanran's smile.
Then, he looked at Liu Wenbing and the others and said with a smile: "Okay, you all get up!"
After Liu Wenbing and others heard this, they stood up slowly and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw everyone's surprised looks, a trace of hesitation flashed across his face.
Then he said in a deep voice: "If you plan to do something in the future, feel free to speak out boldly, regardless of right or wrong, as long as you plan with all your heart, I will never blame you!"
"But if you don't speak impartially and just try to figure out our feelings, no matter how right you are, I won't reward you. Do you understand?"
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
After Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, he looked at Liu Wenbing and said, "Liu Qing, do you think what Shen Qing said is reasonable?"
After hearing this, Liu Wenbing was silent for a while and said: "Since Shenzong sent eunuchs out to collect mining taxes, the people's dissatisfaction with eunuchs has exceeded that of ordinary corrupt officials."
"Although Thief Li is cunning, he can't get rid of this emotion even after thinking about it. Therefore, Wei Chen also feels that Thief Li will never trust eunuchs. He should do this because he wants to use Li Mou, an abandoned son, to cover our ears."
"Wei Chen makes a bold guess that Thief Li may have some confidants lurking in the capital, and his target may be some powerful officials in the court."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Then tell us who his targets should be?"
Liu Wenbing knew that Chongzhen was accustomed to entrusting others to others. When he saw him asking questions at this moment, he wanted to prevaricate in order to avoid being settled by the queen.
But when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he immediately remembered the words "plan with all his heart" just now.
So he collected his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know who the specific person is, Thief Li's target should be someone who holds real power and is guarding the city gate."
"Because only in this way can he be sure to enter the imperial city at an auspicious time, so as not to affect his grand plan."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Didn't you just suspect that Li Mou's confession was deliberately made by Li Thief? Why do you, Liu Qing, still believe that Li Thief will enter the city at an auspicious time?"
When Liu Wenbing heard this, he realized that Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry before, but was actually testing them, and he was shocked again.
He calmed down and said slowly: "Although I have not seen Li Yan, Li Mou and others, I have heard about them and know that they were Li Thief's confidants."
"So if Thief Li wants to deceive them, he must not lie entirely, especially about daily habits and other matters, let alone falsehoods."
"So I believe that Li Thief still has an auspicious time, but this time is not the time that Li Mou knows."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked with a smile: "Then when do you think their real auspicious day is?"
Liu Wenbing shook his head and said: "Wei Chen doesn't understand this, but I have heard Master Zhang talk about this matter before. It seems to be very complicated."
"It is said that the person who predicts good luck must not only be proficient in Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, but also know the birth date and horoscope of the person to be predicted, and then coordinate it with the geographical location."
After that, he glanced at Shen Zhanran secretly, and when he saw the other person's smile, he continued: "If your Majesty is interested, you might as well ask Master Shen."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he looked at Shen Zhanran with some surprise and said, "Shen Qing, do you also know the art of choosing good luck?"
Through today's observation, Shen Zhanran knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was thoughtful and highly intelligent, and ordinary magic tricks could not deceive him.
So he smiled and shook his head and said: "Wei Chen also read a few divination books in his spare time. Most of these books are summaries of experience. They are just using the magic of yin and yang to create mysteries. I really don't dare to tell the emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, the way of heaven is far-reaching, how can an idle person try to understand it. However, our monarch and his ministers have the right to chat today, so you might as well tell us."
Shen Zhanran smiled and said: "Since Your Majesty is interested, I would like to analyze Song Xiance's deduction skills as a way to relieve His Majesty's boredom."
After that, he pondered for a while and said: "Although I don't know the birthday of Li Thief, but since he came to Beijing today at the time of application, it should be understood that fire overcomes metal."
"I boldly speculate that his life is the Fire King, who likes earth, metal, water, and hates wood and fire, so he will break through Juyong Pass and come from the north."
"The twenty-fifth day that Li Mou mentioned was Guichou, which was originally the god of joy for Li Thief. However, since Li Thief was ambitious, he did not like to be defeated. Besides, if they were to attack the city on the twenty-fifth day, they would not have to arrive today. "
"Because today is Yisi and tomorrow is Bingwu, both are days when wood and fire are strong, which is not conducive to Li Ze. Only the day after tomorrow, when fire generates earth, can be considered auspicious for Li Ze."
"But dry soil can't relieve the fire. If my prediction is correct, Li Thief may still be looking forward to a light rain. This would be perfect..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked after listening to Shen Zhanran's story.
Because the confession he showed to Shen Zhanran did not mention Xiaoyu and other matters, but Shen Zhanran unexpectedly told them all.
At this time, he suddenly thought of Liu Bowen, who was proficient in Feng Shui skills, and his expression became solemn.
