Just a simple conversation made Zhu Yunxi put down his hostility towards Zhu Yunwen, and at the same time made him feel that he was too small and insisted on jumping into the circle of seizing the reserve.
The nobles at the scene were also quite resentful of Zhu Yunwen, but now they are all relieved.
Probably only Zhang Ren is relatively sober. He feels that Zhu Yunwen deliberately performed these things for people to see, but because he is not dark enough and wants to win people's hearts.
Because Zhang Ren went to see Zhu Yunwen at the beginning, hoping that Zhu Yunwen could intercede for Xie Cheng and Xie Wen'an and his son together. After all, Xie Wen'an was also on Zhu Yunwen's side at the time.
But Zhu Yunwen's response was only indifference.
Zhang Ren did not expose Zhu Yunwen. If he did, everyone here would probably die.
Zhang Ren cupped his hands towards Zhu Yunwen and said, "Thank you very much, Your Highness, for coming here to see me off. We are still in a hurry, so let's say goodbye here."
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "I will send you off not far away. I would like to take this wine to wish you all a safe journey."
Zhu Yunwen said, raised a wine glass, raised it to everyone and drank it in one gulp.
Everyone also returned the favor to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen put down his wine glass and said, "Zhang Ren, please stay and talk to me first."
As soon as he said these words, Qianmianren and Lin Ling stood directly beside Zhang Ren. They were worried about Zhang Ren's safety. Jiang Wei had asked Qianmianren to protect Zhang Ren, and Lin Ling, on the other hand, I just feel that Zhu Yunwen is not a good person.
The convoy was not far from Jinling City at the moment. There would be any danger if the road was not secured, so the convoy still needed someone to escort it. Apart from Zhang Ren, Qianmen Ren and Lin Ling had the best martial arts skills.
So Zhang Ren shook his head gently towards the two of them and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. The most important thing now is to escort everyone to Ruchang. You go forward first, I will chase you later." ,please."
Thousand-faced Man and Lin Ling looked at each other, nodded towards Zhang Ren and continued to escort the convoy forward.
They knew that their martial arts skills were not as good as Zhang Ren's. If Zhu Yunwen really had any bad intentions, they would not be a burden to Zhang Ren here.
Seeing the motorcade gradually going away, Zhang Ren raised his hands towards Zhu Yunwen and said, "I wonder what else your Highness wants to say?"
Zhu Yunwen turned sideways and said, "Let's go into the pavilion to talk."
Zhang Ren didn't say anything and went directly into the pavilion.
Zhu Yunwen removed his harp, poured two glasses of wine on the stone table in the pavilion, and then said, "Now that there are no outsiders here, Brother Ren doesn't need to call me Your Highness. You should just call me Yunwen as before." .”
Zhang Ren said: "In the past, I was young and ignorant, so I would call His Highness by his first name. What's more, Your Highness is now the Crown Prince."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and shook his head, "How come Brother Ren has become so pedantic?"
Zhang Ren said: "Mr. Zicheng taught you that etiquette cannot be abolished."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and drank the wine in front of him. When he put down the glass, the smile on his face had disappeared. He said in a calm voice: "Brother Ren, you would not listen to Zicheng like this when you were at James's Mansion." As for sir, Mr. Zicheng also said that he must be loyal to the king. Now that I am the prince, can you do it?"
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Zhang Ren glanced at Zhu Yunwen, drank the wine in front of him, and then said: "Your Highness just wanted to kill everyone, but I can't do this."
Zhu Yunwen snorted coldly and said: "But even if Brother Ren doesn't want to do it himself, he shouldn't ruin my business. If you hadn't spoken just now, they would have been angry and attacked me. At that time, I would have had the means to kill them." Everyone in the world knows the reason, and they won’t say that I don’t miss my old feelings.”
Zhang Ren raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Yunwen, and said: "If it were His Majesty, if he wanted to kill them all, he would probably take action directly, but Your Highness cares too much about his own face. You want to kill them, but you don't want to be criticized. This kind of It’s really not a good idea to set up a memorial arch on the premise.”
After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen smashed the wine glass in his hand. He pointed at Zhang Ren angrily and said, "Brother Ren, in your eyes, I am
Is that so? Do you think I care about my face? I have ambushed five hundred soldiers in the forest. Eunuch Jia and Grandma Sun are here as well. If I suddenly attack, none of them will be able to escape. If I destroy my body and eliminate all traces, who in the world will come to peck me? "
Zhang Ren didn't speak, but poured himself another glass of wine.
Zhu Yunwen pointed to the retreating convoy and continued: "Brother Ren, you should know that as long as they are here, they will be a factor of instability for the Ming Dynasty. For the sake of the eternal stability of the Ming Dynasty, I should kill this person. If you weren't among them, , there will never be a single one of them alive today. Let me tell you, what I care about has never been about face. What I care about is the world, and even more so, the brotherhood between you and me!"
The wine glass in Zhang Ren's hand was still in the air, and the wine in the glass could not reach his throat. He sighed softly and slowly put the glass down.
How could he not understand what Zhu Yunwen said? But he has never been able to take action against innocent people. This is his bottom line.
Zhang Ren stood up, cupped his hands towards Zhu Yunwen, and said, "It's getting late, and I won't disturb Your Highness."
Zhang Ren turned around to leave, but heard Zhu Yunwen say: "Brother Ren, you are talented and capable, and you are more willing to speak out for the poor people in the world. You should be a good official. I promise you, I will let Zhu Yunxi and those noble family members go." , please stay and help me complete a great career and achieve a good story for my ruler and ministers."
If these words had been spoken in the past, Zhang Ren might have agreed.
But now he has seen too many intrigues and witnessed too many deaths. His heart has long been tired. He knows that the imperial court is not suitable for him, and the hustle and bustle of Jinling City is also incompatible with him.
Zhang Ren did not answer, but asked Zhu Yunwen: "Do you have paper and pen?"
Zhu Yunwen seemed to be well prepared. He took out the pen and paper and sharpened the ink for Zhang Ren himself.
Zhang Ren picked up the brush with a weird gesture, dipped it in ink, then turned around and wrote something on the paper.
After writing, he blew hard again, then folded the paper and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen was puzzled and asked, "Is this what it is?"
Zhang Ren replied: "You have said that I am intelligent, so consider this the tip I left for you. Officialdom is really not suitable for me, and the Ming Dynasty is so big, I want to see it."
Zhu Yunwen took the kit. He knew that Zhang Ren had decided to leave, so he did not try to persuade him to stay. Instead, he promised: "Brother Ren, if you want to come back anytime, you will definitely become my partner."
Zhang Ren nodded, "Thank you very much."
Zhu Yunwen sent Zhang Ren out of the pavilion and gave Zhang Ren a BMW.
After Zhang Ren walked away, Zhu Yunwen opened the bag of tips written by Zhang Ren and saw the words inside: Beware of King Yan.
Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly, shook his head and said to himself: "Brother Ren is still as ugly as before."
After saying that, he put the kit into his arms.
After doing this, he became a high-ranking prince again. He gave orders: "Let's go back to Jinling."
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of soldiers came out of the forest beside the official road. They tied ropes to the pillars of the pavilion, and with just a little force, they demolished the pavilion to pieces.
When everyone had moved away, the pavilion had long disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
Night rivers and lakes.
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