"Da Biao, what did you ask?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about Xu Yunzhen. When he saw Zhang Dabiao coming in, he asked again.
Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said: "We were worried that An Guogong would be in her hands, so we did not use torture to avoid any harm to An Guogong."
"I didn't expect that girl to be very tough-talking. No matter how we tried to scare her, she just refused to speak."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Da Biao, you did the right thing. Maybe An Guogong is really in her hands!"
Zhang Dabiao and Gong Yonggu looked at him in surprise when they heard this.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Gong Yonggu and said, "Since you suspected that she was a woman before, didn't you realize that she looked like a person?"
Gong Yonggu thought for a while and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, you mean she is Li Yan's sister?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "Yes, when she came in, we noticed that she was somewhat similar to Li Yan. Later, we saw that her body skills were the same as those of the Red Lady, so we suspected that she was Li Yan."
"And Niu Quan also said before that Li Yan helped Duke An Guo enter Li Jiantai's mansion. She didn't do anything after entering just now. Maybe she came to deliver a message for Duke An Guo."
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu's face flashed with joy, and then he said with some confusion: "If she came to deliver a letter, why didn't she say anything..."
He suddenly stopped as he spoke, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I'll go take a look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Okay, but this is just our guess. We don't rule out that she did it deliberately, just to lure you forward, so you must be careful."
After Gong Yonggu agreed, he was about to leave in a hurry, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Just when he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in confusion, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang saying to Zhang Dabiao: "Dabiao, take Ping Xihou to a safe room, and then take Li Yan there."
"Remember, let her feel that she is the only one with Ping Xihou, but you must also ensure Ping Xihou's safety."
After Zhang Dabiao bowed in agreement, he took Gong Yonggu and walked out.
"Xu Da, Xu Da, you are loyal to us, but how can the younger generation you teach be so cruel and ungrateful that they dare to become our enemies?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang waited for Gong Yonggu to leave, he murmured to himself somewhat sadly.
It turned out that he had previously heard that the reason why Han Zanzhou, the garrison eunuch of Nanjing, transported food as scheduled was because Xu Yunjue said that Zheng Hongkui had sent troops. At that time, he suspected that the matter was related to Xu Yunjue.
Because of Xu Da's relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to investigate further.
But now that Xu Yunzhen is hyping up the robbery of Nanliang, it is confirmed that the Xu brothers have betrayed him.
Originally, it was not difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill the Xu brothers, but since he traveled through time, he always felt lonely and missed the people before him more and more, so he hesitated.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have met Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others again, returning to the days of fighting and fighting, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Your Majesty, Duke An Guo is not dead!"
While Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Gong Yonggu hurried in and spoke excitedly in a lowered voice.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he said slightly nervously: "Have you confirmed it?"
Gong Yonggu nodded vigorously and said: "What Li Yan said is basically consistent with our news, and she also told about the birthmark on An Guogong's right armpit, so it shouldn't be wrong."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Okay, okay, just live...Do you know how An Guogong is doing now?"
Gong Yonggu said: "Dong An Guo was slightly injured, but he is no longer seriously injured. I would like to go and fetch Duke An Guo back now. Can I ask your Majesty's permission?"
Zhu Yuanzhang just nodded subconsciously in agreement, but suddenly looked at Gong Yonggu and said, "Where is Duke An Guo now?"
Gong Yonggu saw the sudden change in his expression and said with some confusion: "Dong An Guo is now in a valley not far outside Yu County. According to this, it should only be six or seven miles away."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "No, if Duke An is fine, why doesn't he come by himself instead of waiting for you in the valley?"
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu explained: "Your Majesty, Duke Anguo has arrived in Yu County this afternoon, but I heard that you have sent him to Liaodong."
"In order to avoid being recognized and ruining your plan, he left Yu County again and asked Miss Li to inform me."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "This is even more wrong. If An Guogong is afraid that his identity will be exposed, wouldn't it be safer to find a place to hide instead of walking back and forth like this?"
Gong Yonggu bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I also have doubts about this, but according to Li Yan, someone was looking for Duke An Guo in Yu County at that time, so they left."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said: "We still feel that something is wrong. Think about it, people here don't know the life and death of An Guogong, so they shouldn't look for it."
"The people looking for him can only be rebels, but if they are rebels, they will not send a fake body, although they may also want to use this to force An Guogong out."
"But we just saw that Li Yan's martial arts are very good, and An Guogong's martial arts are not bad either. In addition, they are on our territory. Even if the rebels can find them, they can't capture An Guogong. How can they suffer such a thankless loss?" Something about?"
After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis, Gong Yonggu felt a little suspicious and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you mean that Li Yan is lying to us, but what is her purpose?"
"You must know that with her skills, she had a chance to hit us hard just now, and in order to eliminate my suspicion, she voluntarily stayed in the military camp to wait."
"Could it be that she is prepared to trade her life for her, but if I don't go there in person, then won't she throw herself into a trap, and she may even lose her life?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "This matter is indeed a bit strange. With Li Yan's personality, he should not do such a thing."
After he finished speaking, he called Zhang Dabiao in and asked him to take a few people to quietly go to the place Li Yan mentioned to check, and then asked Gong Yonggu for details.
Gong Yong collected his thoughts and told what happened before.
It turned out that when Gong Yonggu first met Li Yan, Li Yan still just looked at him and didn't speak.
Gong Yonggu guessed that she was afraid of leaking information about Liu Wenbing, so he took the initiative to reveal his identity and asked her about Liu Wenbing's characteristics.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan told Gong Yonggu about the birthmark right away. Then she asked Gong Yonggu a few things related to Liu Wenbing. After Gong Yonggu answered everything, Li Yan revealed Liu Wenbing's whereabouts.
Gong Yonggu had already believed most of Li Yan when he told her about the birthmark, but he still asked Li Yan in detail about rescuing Liu Wenbing.
According to Li Yan, in the name of returning to her hometown, she and the Red Lady were actually secretly clearing away the armed landlords in Shanxi who supported the Ming Dynasty.
They had little success at first, but they unexpectedly caught Li Jiantai in Baoding.
The red lady thought that Li Jiantai was a cabinet minister, and wanted to force him to surrender in order to damage the morale of the Ming soldiers.
Unexpectedly, before the red lady could speak, Li Jiantai repeatedly begged for mercy and took the initiative to tell Liu Wenbing's hiding place in order to beg for his life.
The red lady was overjoyed and asked about Liu Wenbing's situation in detail.
When she learned that Liu Wenbing only had hundreds of cavalry around him, she immediately led her army to capture Liu Wenbing.
Unexpectedly, although Liu Wenbing had few troops, he was very brave, and the Red Lady's two thousand men were almost defeated by him.
Later, it was Niu Quan who led his army and successfully besieged Liu Wenbing.
After a fierce battle, almost all of Liu Wenbing's men were killed, and Niu Quan also found the body of the general wearing Liu Wenbing's costume. He thought Liu Wenbing was dead, so he reported the matter to Li Zicheng.
