When Gong Yonggu saw the person coming, he rushed over and stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, but did not take action.
His move was not out of fear, but because he knew that Zhang Dabiao and others were highly skilled in martial arts, so the fact that the other party could break through the defense and come to the hall must be something special.
If he cannot subdue the opponent after taking action, he will lose deterrence and make Zhu Yuanzhang more dangerous, so he uses this method to delay time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang behind him saw the man, he clenched the hilt of the sword with his right hand and stared at him solemnly.
Strangely enough, the soldier didn't attack them after he rushed in. He just kept looking at the two of them, and finally his eyes fell on Gong Yonggu.
"You little thief, suffer death!"
At this time, Zhang Dabiao and Li Sanbao rushed into the hall and attacked the thin soldier.
When the soldier heard the sound, his body twisted strangely, causing Zhang and Li's attacks to fail.
Zhang Dabiao let out an angry shout unwillingly and rushed towards the soldier with an angry face.
Seeing this, a trace of disdain flashed across the corner of the soldier's mouth. Instead of confronting Zhang Dabiao, he suddenly jumped upwards more than one meter high, then bent his knees and rolled back, kicking Li Sanbao hard who was about to attack her from behind. On the body.
"Bang!"
"ah!"
Zhang Dabiao and Li Sanbao collided with each other, let out a scream, and immediately turned into a pair of gourds rolling on the ground.
When Gong Yonggu saw this, his expression became more solemn, while Zhu Yuanzhang showed doubts.
The soldier seemed very confident in his move. After casting a contemptuous glance at the wailing Zhang and Li, he looked at Gong Yonggu again.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly let out a scream and was subdued by Zhang Dabiao and Li Sanbao.
It turned out that Zhang Dabiao saw the soldier's agility when he broke into the hall. Although he was confident of capturing the soldier, he was also worried that the soldier would take advantage of the opportunity to injure Zhu Yuanzhang during the fight.
That's why he and Li Sanbao co-acted the embarrassing scene before, and then took advantage of the other party's success to capture him by surprise.
"You brat, I asked you to kick me, I..."
Li Sanbao was kicked by the soldier just now, and his back was still hurting badly. When he saw that the three people who came after hearing the news had tied up the soldier tightly, he cursed and prepared to fight back.
But before he took action, he saw Zhang Dabiao winking at him.
Only then did he remember Zhu Yuanzhang behind him, and he quickly knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty..."
"Tell me, who instigated you to assassinate me?"
Li Sanbao spoke just now, but Gong Yonggu suppressed his words loudly and shouted at the soldier.
The soldier heard this and ignored him. Instead, he kept looking at Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Dabiao, what's going on?"
Zhu Yuanzhang had doubts and asked Zhang Dabiao.
Seeing that Gong Yonggu had stopped Li Sanbao in time, Zhang Dabiao knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's identity could not be exposed at this moment, so he bowed and said: "The general was out patrolling just now and found this person's whereabouts strange, so he stepped forward to inquire."
"Unexpectedly, he actually said that he was a personal guard of An Guo Gong and came here specifically to ask for help. He also took out An Guo Gong's waist card. The general was unaware of it and he broke in."
After Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, he bowed and handed over an ivory waistband.
At Zhu Yuanzhang's signal, Gong Yonggu took the belt and inspected it carefully, and said with excitement: "Yes, this is An Guogong's belt."
"There is still a crack on it, which was left from the last battle at Chaoyang Gate. It is absolutely unmistakable. It must be..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning slightly. He immediately remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's previous reminder and hurriedly calmed down to avoid affecting his judgment.
After he calmed down, he found that the soldier was also secretly sizing him up.
However, after meeting his gaze, he immediately avoided it.
When Gong Yonggu saw this, he became even more suspicious. After carefully recalling Liu Wenbing's personal guards, he found that there was no such person among the personal guards.
He thought about the previous incident of Liu Wenbing's corpse, and couldn't help but suspect that the other party wanted to use this to assassinate him, and immediately shouted angrily: "Tell me, how did you get An Guogong's belt?"
When the soldier heard this, he turned his head to the side and ignored him at all.
When Gong Yonggu saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Then he thought that the people who had delivered Liu Wenbing's body were still in the camp. If they were accomplices, they might be familiar with each other.
When he was about to lock the soldier and those people together to see if he could find anything, he saw another personal guard running in hurriedly, delivering a document that was urgently needed from the capital.
When Gong Yonggu saw the document, he immediately remembered the robbery of Nanliang and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some worry.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmly signaled Zhang Dabiao to take the soldier down, and then took Gong Yonggu's document.
But he only glanced at it, and his expression immediately darkened.
Seeing this, Gong Yonggu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, is everything okay in the capital?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and handed the document to him.
Gong Yonggu took the document and looked at it, his expression changed instantly.
It turned out that this document was sent by Shen Zhanran. The letter said that many nobles in the capital somehow knew about the robbery of Nanliang, and they were talking fiercely in private.
In order to maintain the stability of the capital, Zhu Cihong asked Ni Yuanlu to come forward to deny that Nan Liang had been robbed, and increased the supply of grain on the market, so that the matter calmed down a little.
Unexpectedly, Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen, Marquis of Yangwu Xue Lian and others requested to see Zhu Yuanzhang many times on the grounds of the safety of the capital.
Zhu Cixiang was forced to go out and send them away in person, and secretly warned them not to talk nonsense.
Unexpectedly, they ignored Zhu Cixiang's warning and continued to discuss the matter in public, leading to heated discussions.
Many wealthy households are now selling their belongings and preparing to flee south, fearing that the Ming army will be defeated and the rebels will come back again.
In addition, Wu Mengming also discovered that Chen Mingxia and Gong Dingzi secretly interacted with each other during the Ministry of War incident, and several censors were also ready to make moves, all of which seemed to be related to the south.
In addition, Feng Quan, who once flattered Wei Zhongxian, also came to the capital from Hebei and had close contacts with some wealthy businessmen in the capital.
Finally, Shen Zhanran mentioned that Song Yingxing had entered Beijing, but was assassinated on the way to Beijing. Fortunately, his followers fought to save him and saved their lives.
Gong Yonggu read the document and said with an unsatisfied expression: "Your Majesty, Xu Yunzhen and Xue Lian are both princes of the imperial court. When the rebels besieged the city, they were afraid of life and refused to defend the city. Now they have added insult to injury. It is really hateful. It’s really…”
The more he talked, the angrier he became. He was about to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to punish them, but suddenly he found that Zhu Yuanzhang's brows were frowning, as if he was thinking, so he stopped, but he was still very angry with Xu and Xue.
It turns out that the two people Gong Yonggu mentioned, Xu and Xue, were both famous generals.
Xue Lian was the eighth grandson of Xue Lu, the famous general of Jingnan, and was the Marquis of Xiyang Wu. He once served as the governor of the Chinese Military Mansion and the prince's grand master.
The Duke of Ding, Xu Yunzhen, was a descendant of Xu Da, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty.
Originally there was only one Duke in the Xu family, but during the Jingnan Rebellion, Xu Da's third son Xu Zengshou was beheaded by Zhu Yunwen because he was on good terms with Zhu Di and informed Zhu Di about Nanjing's troop deployment.
In gratitude for his contribution, Zhu Di named Xu Zengshou the Duke of Dingguo, and allowed his son Xu Jingchang to inherit the title.
Later, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, and Xu Zengshou's family also came to Beijing.
Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, stayed in Nanjing and became the current Duke of Wei, Xu Yunjue.
Xue Lian and Xu Yunzhen were both senior generals in the Beijing army. When Li Zicheng invaded the capital, Chongzhen had high hopes for them, hoping that they would be able to show their prowess like their ancestors. Unexpectedly, they all excused themselves from feeling unwell and were unwilling to guard the city. city gate.
Chongzhen was furious and dismissed them from their posts, but still retained their titles. He did not expect that they would do such a thing now.
