The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang looked surprised was that not only did he not expect Zhang Huangyan to go south, he also did not expect that the other party would force Zhu Youlang to surrender with only a thousand cavalry.
But he immediately thought that Zhang Huangyan was already a high-ranking member of the party, so it would be a bit rash to still use his body lightly.
What's more, Wuchang's geographical location is very important, and Zuo Xianmei who is confronting Zhang Huangyan is an unusual person. In addition, Li Ruolian and Du Yinxi have been alone for more than a month, and the situation in Shaanxi may change at any time.
If Zhang Huangyan goes south at this time, it is very likely that he will miss his opportunity.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned when he thought of this.
However, although he was dissatisfied, he thought that Zhang Huangyan was always cautious in his actions and would make proper arrangements for Wuchang before going south.
In addition, the other party was already a high-ranking official in the border area, so he could not easily express his dissatisfaction in front of others, so he asked indirectly, "Where is Zuo Xianmei now?"
When Brother Li Wu asked, he hesitated and said: "According to Zhao Erhu's letter, Zuo Xianmei seems to have entered Sichuan, but the Jin Yiwei over there has not yet confirmed it."
Brother Li Wu said as he respectfully presented the secret letter.
Zhu Yuanzhang casually took the secret letter and pondered: "How could she enter Sichuan at this time? Could it be that Li Zushu has already invaded Sichuan?"
Brother Li Wu shook his head and said, "This should not be possible. Although our Jinyiwei has been slow to build a stronghold in Yunnan due to the war, and the information we have obtained is limited, they should still be aware of such a major event if it happens. "
"And not long ago, they also sent news that the Duke of Guizhou, with the help of Master Yang (Yang Weizhi) and others, successfully repelled Sha Dingzhou's troops who invaded Chuxiong."
"Since Sha Dingzhou's army is still attacking Chuxiong and Li Zushu has no soldiers, there should be no possibility of entering Sichuan."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "We have also heard about this. It seems that Shadingzhou has signed an agreement with Myanmar and other countries. Is this confirmed?"
Brother Li Wu said: "There were such rumors before, but Jinyiwei did not find any evidence. They only found that Li Zushu was very concerned about this matter and seemed to have secretly traveled to Myanmar. However, we don't know who he met specifically. It’s so clear!”
A flash of murderous intent flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and then he said in a deep voice: "Tell the Jinyi guards to keep a close eye on Li Zushu. If there is a chance, we can capture him alive. We must deal with this beast properly!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at the secret letter in his hand, then looked up at Brother Li Wu and said, "Besides Zhu Hengjia's incident, are there other weird things happening in Jiangnan?"
Brother Li Wu thought for a while and said, "The Wenxiang Sect was quite violent before, but since Master Zhang returned to take charge of the overall situation, they have calmed down a lot. Apart from that, there seems to be nothing special!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said, "Where is Zhang Xianzhong? Is there any new situation?"
Brother Li Wu shook his head and said, "No, they are still active in the Guizhou area. Even Li Dingguo, who was previously in the Jingxiang area, also went to Guizhou!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and said, "Brother Li Wu, do you think something is wrong?"
Brother Li Wu probed: "Your Majesty, are you talking about Shaanxi and Sichuan?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, it stands to reason that news from Yunnan and Guizhou should be more difficult to convey than Shaanxi. However, although the news from these two places is less, it is still conveyed."
"But there is no news from Shaanxi and Sichuan. Could it be that someone deliberately intercepted the news and wanted to take advantage of it?"
Brother Li Wu agreed: "The general also feels this way, because the general arranged for three groups of people to go to Shaanxi, but there was no response. It seems that someone does not want us to know the situation in Shaanxi."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said sternly: "No matter what method you use, we must clarify the affairs of these two places in the shortest possible time!"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's solemn face, Brother Li Wu hurriedly responded, but did not leave. Instead, he stood aside respectfully, with a hint of uneasiness.
After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he quickly browsed the secret message and did not notice anything strange about Brother Li Wu.
When he read the secret letter, he found that what was written in the letter was roughly the same as what Brother Li Wu said. When he was about to give instructions to Brother Li, he suddenly found that there was another secret letter underneath, which had not yet been opened, and he couldn't help but frowned.
It turned out that since the last time Wang Dehua poisoned the letter paper, except for some special secret letters that Zhu Yuanzhang personally checked, other letters were checked by Jin Yiwei before being submitted to him.
There was no special mark on this secret letter, but Brother Li Wu didn't open it, which made him a little surprised.
Zhu Yuanzhang carefully checked the secret message and after confirming that it was not a special secret message, he looked at Brother Li with some dissatisfaction and said, "What's going on?"
When Brother Li Wu asked, he said with shame on his face: "This was sent by Zuo Xianmei's people in the Jinyi Guards. He said that it can only be opened by His Majesty himself, otherwise the consequences will be serious!"
As he spoke, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang change his expression, he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the general has asked someone to check this letter. There is no problem..."
Zhu Yuanzhang threw the letter on the ground and shouted: "Where are the people, bring them to us!"...
Brother Li Wu said in embarrassment: "That man has already committed suicide!"
"Killed yourself again?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "What about the others? Don't we believe that this is the only female officer among the Jinyi Guards?"
Brother Li Wu saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty and said: "The general had already suspected that person before and secretly sent people to monitor him and related people. Just because of the sudden incident of Fan Fucui, the general was not aware of it for a moment and let him go." Everyone else fled."
"The general is incompetent and has disgraced the court. Please punish him!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he became even more angry.
However, he immediately thought that Brother Li Wu had only been back for a few days, and with the troubles one after another these days, it was really not easy for the other party to do this.
You must know that Jinyiwei's foundation is already poor, but he has successively recruited a thousand tiger dead soldiers and nearly two thousand elite soldiers from them, and there are very few people who can really use them.
So he signaled Brother Li Wu to get up and said calmly: "That's all, this matter is not your fault!"
"However, the rectification of Jinyiwei is urgent, so we will grant you the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu, and you will be fully responsible for the affairs of Jinyiwei in the capital, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places."
"If you do well, we will reward you again. If you don't do well, you will be punished. Do you dare to take on this responsibility?"
Brother Li Wu thought he would be punished, but unexpectedly he was promoted. He was stunned for a moment.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "Why, you don't want to?"
When Brother Li Wu heard this, he said as if he was waking up from a dream: "General... I am willing, thank you for your kindness!"
As he spoke, he knelt down again to thank him.
After Zhu Yuanzhang signaled him to stand up, he glanced at the secret message on the ground and said, "Zuo Xianmei's move seems to be a gesture of goodwill to us, but why would she do this?"
Brother Li Wu was also a smart man. He hurriedly picked up the secret letter from the ground, raised his hands above his head, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Zuo... the head of Wuchang County (Zuo Xianmei's title) doesn't know how to hide his clumsiness, you might as well Look at what she wrote so that you can teach her a lesson!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be dissatisfied and snorted coldly, saying: "Open it and see what she wrote!"
Upon hearing this, Brother Li Wu hurriedly opened the letter, but did not check it. Instead, he respectfully handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Seeing that Brother Li Wu was so knowledgeable, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded secretly in his heart before looking at the secret letter.
When he saw that there were only words written on it: "The strings are continuous, the brothers are fighting against each other, the southwest is slow and the southeast is flat, the world can be settled in three years", he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
