Qin Fugui told the story of the future, and finally solved Zhu Cian's confusion, but his face turned pale with fright: "You mean that the factory owner brought five or six hundred troops?"
"Well, there are about seven hundred people. They are all tall and powerful..." Qin Fugui did not notice that the Prince Heng in front of him was already shaky and unsteady.
"Hey, it's coming, your highness, look at it." Qin Fugui, who was bragging about how powerful the soldiers of the two battalions of Dongchang were, raised his hand and pointed to the due north. Everyone looked along and saw nearly a hundred people riding slowly by the Beiyang River a few miles away. Come slowly.
It’s really here! Zhu Cian was so shocked that he sat down on the ground. Hu Yang and other guards rushed to help him, but Qin Fugui was still in high spirits: "How can we still have a lie?... Oops", but he was kicked over by Hu Yang, the chief guard of the palace. : "Can I just say a few words less about him?"
"Yes, yes, yes" Qin Fugui got up slightly embarrassed and waved towards the north: "The factory governor is here, Prince Heng is here, come quickly!"
Zhu Cian's vision suddenly went dark and he fainted!
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince." When Zhu Cian woke up leisurely, the crooked melon and cracked date of Populus euphratica came into view, and he exhaled for a long time: "Your Highness, you are awake."
"Where is this?" Zhu Cian glanced briefly and found that he was by the river. Then he looked at the place where he had planned to have a picnic. He didn't hear Hu Yang and others talking and was suspicious. He was about to ask, but he saw everyone around him staring at the same place. So I followed the trail and saw a person not far away feasting on the delicacies they had brought from the palace for the picnic.
"Who is that person?" Zhu Ci'an felt nervous.
"That's the governor of the East Factory," Hu Yang said in a low voice. At that moment, the man turned around and saw a young man with a tired face. !
"Liar, we have been fooled!" Zhu Cian jumped up and said, "How could the governor of the East Factory be a young man..." However, he immediately shut up as soon as he jumped up.
Because only then did he see clearly that there were nearly a hundred strong men beside the young man. Qin Fugui was uneducated and could only say "big and tall", but what the hell, he was just "big and tall". He was tall, strong and full of murderous aura. At first glance, he looked like that Zhu Cian even thought that they only needed ten people at most to kill all the nearly a hundred guards in his house, these brave warriors who crawled out from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood!
The young man looked at Zhu Cian and smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness is awake." He threw something. Zhu Cian stretched out his hand to catch it. It was a waist sign. On the back, it said "come here". The so-called "drive" means as if I were here in person. Only the factory supervisor's waist This is the only card that has it. On the front: Imperial Commissioner of the East Jishi Factory... Zhu Cian glanced at it without even reading it completely. He held the waist card in both hands and trotted to Chang Yu's side and bowed to offer it: "Zhu Cian of Prince Heng's Palace has met Mr. Factory Master." ".
Dongchang's reputation was too great, and the shadow left by Wei Zhongxian on the Ming Dynasty was too deep. When he was in power, the officials in the capital lined up to call him daddy, and the princes and nobles would not follow suit, let alone the vassals outside. The emperor's younger brother Xin Wang Chongzhen had to act like a good boy in front of him.
So even after decades, the name of Dongchang is still shining brightly, and the little vassal prince must keep his tail between his legs, because the director of Dongchang is the emperor's confidant! To be disrespectful to him is to be disrespectful to the emperor. Sometimes it only takes one sentence to get you.
"Jiu Wenheng Wangfu was in the good man in Qingzhou, and His Royal Highness was so polite to know that our family was exhausted all the way to prepare for the food for ten miles away. He joked.
Zhu Cian looked a little embarrassed and said quickly: "It's fine if the factory owner doesn't mind the coarse tea and rice. I will let the factory owner and all the soldiers eat and drink well when I return to the city."
Chang Yu laughed loudly and patted Zhu Cian on the shoulder: "His Royal Highness is also an interesting person." Zhu Cian was shocked to realize that the young eunuch in front of him was actually taller than him and very strong. He quickly raised his hand and said: "Mr. Sir, can we enter the city now?"
"That's fine, the situation is urgent. Let's go to the city early to make preparations." Chang Yu nodded and replied, but Zhu Cian shivered. It was obvious that he was thinking too much, so he couldn't help it anymore: "Factory Supervisor, please forgive Cian for asking boldly, do you Why did you come to Qingzhou Mansion?"
Chang Yu was startled: "I have been ordered to protect Prince Heng's Mansion!"
ah! Zhu Cian was confused. Wasn't he here to ransack the house for protection? What does it mean: "Ci'an doesn't understand, so please ask the factory supervisor to clarify."
"Didn't that guy tell you?" Chang Yu raised his hand and pointed at Qin Fugui, who was still grilling fish by the river: "The Tatar army of tens of thousands is about to attack Qingzhou Mansion..."
"The Tatars are here again!" Zhu Cian took a few steps back, his face turning pale and livid. The people in Dongchang are certainly scary, and the Tatars are even more inhumane. If Li Shiyuan hadn't fought to defend the city two years ago, the Tatars would have Prince Heng's Mansion was defeated. At that time, he also went to the city to watch the battle and saw the brutality of the Tatars. He had nightmares for months, and the shadow left was too deep. How could he not be shocked when he heard about it again now.
After all, he is a young man who has not yet fulfilled his important duties. In less than an hour, Zhu Cian was frightened repeatedly and his spirit became a little confused. He was babbling something in his mouth, and suddenly bowed to Chang Yu: "Factory Supervisor, please excuse me." "Ci'an wants to go first." As he said this, he was about to get on his horse but couldn't climb up. Hu Yang hurried over to help him get on his horse. At this moment, more than a hundred riders came running from a few miles to the south.
"It can't be your dad, oh, Prince Heng is here, that's too polite." Chang Yu raised his eyes and said with a faint smile.
It was not King Heng who came, but a city guard general. It turned out that Zhu Cian's brothers were riding horses back to the city. The first time they asked the city gate guards to report to Li Shiyuan, there was a group of suspected horse thieves ten miles north of the city, who were fighting with Heng. Prince Wang confronts him.
Horse thief, prince? The officers and soldiers did not dare to neglect. Before the news was reported to Li Shiyuan, the general led his troops and horses to rush for reinforcements. He shouted from a distance: "Your Highness, please don't panic. The traitor will surrender quickly and will not be killed!"
As he got closer, he saw Zhu Cian winking at him vigorously. He was also a shrewd man. Seeing the extraordinary momentum of Chang Yu's troops and wearing military uniforms, he knew that things were a bit complicated. He asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, where are these people from?" ".
"The Great Eunuch of Dongchang"! Zhu Cian sighed, turned around, hugged Chang Yu, and galloped away with his horse.
General Pi was stunned, and Chang Yu walked past him with a smile: "This general is so powerful!"
"Young Chen Huacheng has met the factory master!" The general kowtowed quickly, and Chang Yu smiled slightly: "General Chen, let's go back to the city together."
"I don't dare to be called a general. I'm just a general." Chen Huacheng said quickly, and Chang Yu hummed: "Do you know Li Shiyuan?"
"I will obey the orders under General Li." Li Shiyuan was the Qingzhou garrison and was fully responsible for the city defense. Originally, the commander of the Qingzhou Guards was above him. However, when the Qing army besieged the city two years ago, the commander Huang Huan died in battle. The court was busy suppressing bandits and had no time to do this. The position has been vacant. To put it bluntly, Li Shiyuan is now the military boss of Qingzhou City.
After telling the governor about Li Shiyuan, Chang Yu got on his horse and ran south. Chen Huacheng followed closely and vividly told how Li Shiyuan saw through the Qing army's attempt and heroically killed the enemy and defended the city, and finally saved Qingzhou City from the ravages of the Tatars.
All in all, Li Shiyuan is a god, the patron saint of Qingzhou Prefecture.
Chang Yu listened quietly to Chen Huacheng's vomiting along the way, his expression was calm and he didn't say anything. After crossing the Nanyang River for a few miles, he saw many people surrounding the north gate of Qingzhou City.
Not long after, Qin Fugui, who had been in front, ran over again with a silly smile on his face: "Mr. Factory Governor, Prince Heng is waiting for you at the city gate."
Cough cough cough, Chang Yu almost choked, Zhu Youyi actually came to the city gate to greet him?
The king is the brother of the emperor, and his position is extremely high.
Eunuchs, servants of the emperor, have a very humble position.
Even when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the vassal king was frightened and flattered him, but he still retained his due identity in the scene. This was a rule that could not be exceeded, otherwise it would be an insult to the royal family.
When Chang Yu arrived in Da Da, the acting king Zhu Chuanji (Huo Qi) didn't even greet him at the gate of the palace, not to mention the king of Taiyuan Zhu Shenxuan, the vassal king who had the best relationship with Chang Yu. He had not greeted him, but Prince Heng, whom he had never met before, rushed to the city gate to greet a eunuch. Although he was the boss of Dongchang, this was really humiliating, and if this matter spread, it would inevitably happen again. Someone took advantage of the topic... The great eunuch of Dongchang was in power and forced the vassal king to go out of the city to meet... all kinds of dirty water.
