Capital, the official road in the north of the city.
A horse gallops, and the wind blows his empty left sleeve.
The woman on the horseback had messy hair, scratches on her face, and mud on her clothes. She looked embarrassed and exhausted. She shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get out of the way!"
Businessmen and people along the way gave way and looked sideways, but saw only a shadow, drifting away in the wind.
When he was three miles away from the city, Mo'er turned over, threw away the reins and ran towards Jinchuan Gate. The imperial court prohibited people from dismounting from their horses and walking at the Sanli boundary marker, except under special circumstances such as post envoys.
Mo'er didn't want to be shot by the sergeant, so she had to abandon her horse and leave.
At this time, the early sun was peeking into the world, and it was already very hot.
Enter the city.
When Mo'er arrived at Yangshi Bridge, he looked at the Second Security Bureau in the distance and smiled relaxedly. As soon as he lifted his steps, a voice came from behind: "Why does a dead person still show up here?"
The sword at the waist is slightly lowered.
Mo'er looked back and saw a one-eyed man looking at her. Although it was only one eye, it gave people a different kind of coldness and power.
"Who are you?"
Mo'er asked with gazing eyes.
"Security Bureau, Gu Yun. I heard that there was a robber who robbed the horses of the inn along the way and came towards the capital like crazy. It must be you, Bai Lianmo'er!"
Gu Yun stared at Mo'er, his sword unsheathed three inches.
Although she was no longer as beautiful as before and no longer wore that red dress, Gu Yun could still recognize her at a glance as someone who had been offered a reward by the Security Bureau for a long time.
Mo'er looked back at the Second Security Bureau, then looked at Gu Yun: "I want to see the emperor, and I have urgent information. But I don't believe you. I want to see Cong Pei'er and Chu Yun. If you want to stop me, just one eye Isn’t it enough?”
Gu Yun frowned and sheathed his sword: "You have urgent information and you have to meet the emperor. Is this the purpose of your coming to the capital?"
"I don't want to die."
Mo'er replied softly.
Gu Yun nodded slightly and made a gesture. Not long after, Cong Pei'er and Chu Yun came out. When they saw the person coming was Mo'er, Cong Pei'er had a murderous look in his eyes, and Chu Yun was also surprised.
Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen was handling government affairs, and the chamberlain hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Security Bureau, Tang Buping, has urgent matters to see."
"Let him come."
Zhu Yunwen was reviewing the documents.
Tang Buping entered the palace, saluted, and reported: "Your Majesty, the one-armed man from Xuzhou has come to the capital."
Zhu Yunwen raised his head slightly and looked at Tang Buping: "Are you talking about the guy in the Bamboo Garden?"
Tang Buping solemnly said yes.
Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment and said calmly: "There is no reason why a person who has been a husband and raised children for many years suddenly appears."
Tang Buping said bluntly: "According to the information currently available, she should have set off from Xuzhou two days ago and snatched four stage horses along the way. One of the horses ran to death and one fell to death. Gu Yun found it outside the city I stopped her at Yangshi Bridge and asked, and she said that she had urgent matters and wanted to see the emperor."
Zhu Yunwen sighed: "What urgent matter can a woman have? Isn't it because Zhu Youyi and Zhu Zipei are ill?"
Tang Buping couldn't figure it out either: "She said that she didn't speak when she didn't see the emperor, and her expression was serious. It didn't seem like an ordinary thing."
"Let her come. If it's a private matter, I won't spare her."
Zhu Yunwen still decided to meet her. Bai Lianmoer had been silent for many years. If nothing happened, she would have died in the mountains and forests. When she suddenly appeared, she thought something was wrong.
Not long after, Bai Lianmoer walked into Wuying Hall and looked at Zhu Yunwen, who had not been with him for many years, with mixed feelings in her heart.
Zhu Yunwen became more calm and even more
Introverted, he is no longer the sharp-edged young man he once was, and has entered middle age where he hides his edge. Especially after many years of political management, he seems to be thirty-seven or eighty-year-old when he is only thirty-two years old.
But that pair of gazes were particularly deep, and their eyes were as black as the abyss, so dark that they shone brightly.
"Caomin Mo'er, please see your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
Mo'er knelt down and worshiped.
Zhu Yunwen threw a memorial aside, put down his brush, looked at Mo'er who looked embarrassed and still had injuries on his cheeks, and frowned slightly: "Tell me, what is it that deserves to leave you with a broken body?" Running seven hundred miles?"
Mo'er raised her hand, took out a rope from her neck, held the bamboo tube, pulled hard, broke the rope, stretched out her hand, and exposed the bamboo tube: "For this."
The chamberlain stepped forward and took the bamboo tube. He did not dare to hand it directly to Zhu Yunwen. Instead, he opened it and poured out the note inside. After making sure that there was no problem, he handed it to Zhu Yunwen.
Tang Buping remained motionless and stared at Mo'er.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the note, and there were only eight words:
Northwestern star position, no worries about success.
Looking at these simple words, Zhu Yunwen felt a sense of depression and heaviness in his heart, and looked at Mo'er: "Is this?"
Mo'er shook his head: "The common people have no idea who wrote this, where it came from, and to whom it was sent. This is a bamboo tube and message carried by a carrier pigeon. It fell in the bamboo courtyard due to wind and rain. middle."
Zhu Yunwen glanced at the note again and asked in a deep voice: "Then why did you send it to me?"
Mo'er lowered her head and gritted her teeth and said, "A long time ago, Mother Buddha once mentioned a person who played chess. She said that this person had no worries about his chess moves, and that this person was planning something all the time. He is the most powerful person in ancient and modern times. After seeing these horoscopes, ordinary people had an intuition that behind this note, there is probably a chess player."
"Chess player!"
Zhu Yunwen's expression became solemn.
"Chess player?"
Mo'er frowned.
Zhu Yunwen glanced at Tang Buping, who explained: "You have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, so you don't know how much news there is. Now, the Security Bureau has arrested Yang Wushan. In ancient and modern times, only the chess players and Ding San are out, and their traces are unpredictable."
"Have you caught Gu Jin?"
Mo'er was surprised.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Mo'er: "You seem to be surprised."
Mo'er lowered his head and said cautiously: "Chess players work for the past and present."
A smile appeared on Zhu Yunwen's face. Yes, chess players are just people playing chess, but someone needs to take over the chessboard. Otherwise, the chess player will mess up the world, and he will not be able to prove that he is successful, just like For Yao Guangxiao in history, he needed Zhu Di to ascend to power to prove that he was right. If Zhu Di dies and fails, it will only prove that his talents, ambitions, and methods are all rubbish!
Yao Guangxiao is not a person who just urges rebellion and lights the gunpowder fuse and ignores it. He needs a result to prove himself.
Likewise, chess players also need to prove themselves!
If they are caught in ancient and modern times, what do chess players use to plan and prove themselves?
Jin Wang Zhu Jixi was just a stand-in.
The sad thing is that he doesn't even know when he became a substitute, nor does he know who he is replacing.
The real past and present are still in the dark.
A real chess player is still planning the game!
Zhu Yunwen put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "The northwest star position, no worries about the outcome? Where is the northwest, Shaanxi, Xijiang, no, it should be Wala, right? The Ming Dynasty and Wala signed a peace covenant. If Wala openly breaks the covenant, what will happen? Sheo Daming, then there is no need for Wala to exist in this world."
Mo'er felt a killing intent rising from the ground and going straight into Tianling Gai.
, couldn't help but shuddered, and said: "I was thinking that what the Buddha Mother said was 'if the chess falls, there will be no worries, and if the chess falls, the sky will change', and on this note, only the northwest star position was mentioned , the game will fall without worries..."
Zhu Yunwen walked to the map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, looked to the northwest, then to the north, to the northeast, his face became more solemn: "Tang Buping, urgently ask the governors of Gansu, Lanzhou, Datong, Daning, Jizhou, Hetao, and Liaodong, Quickly report the news of Wala, Tatar and Duoyanwei."
"According to the order."
Tang Buping accepted the order and made arrangements.
"The northwest star position is not enough for a game of chess."
"Chess players, ancient and modern, do you want to make a big move?"
"Well, after eleven years of governing the country, eleven years of military training, eleven years of reforming the government, and eleven years of raising the people, I haven't tried my best. Since you want to do something big, you might as well let go completely. See if I can accompany you."
"Send someone to send a document to Yuan Yue, asking him to enter the capital first. The army will be handed over to his deputy and temporarily stationed in Kaifeng."
"Chuan Jie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Tie Xuan, Xu Huizu, Xuan Qingshu..."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Mo'er: "Get up and talk."
Mo'er stood up with difficulty, her steps a bit shaky, her smile filled with sadness: "The news - I delivered it."
The words fell.
Mo'er closed her eyes and fell backward.
Tang Buping took two steps forward, grabbed Mo'er's shoulder with one hand, frowned slightly, and when he raised his hand, a bone clicked. Then, Tang Buping twisted Mo'er's arm, and there was another bone cracking sound.
Mo'er, who was unconscious, groaned in pain.
"Your Majesty, her arm was dislocated. It was treated hastily, but it was not connected correctly. In the long run, the person will be disabled."
Tang Buping spoke.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Mo'er, who had passed out and had a bloodless face. She had traveled seven hundred miles day and night for this piece of information, which was considered her sincerity. He said, "You risked your life to send the information. I will note it down. Let Cong Cong know it." Take good care of Pei'er and send her down."
Soon after, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others entered the palace, and the map was spread out. Flags representing different forces were placed on the map.
Zhu Yunwen looked at everyone and smiled calmly: "This time, we are afraid that we will have to fight a multi-front war, involving Tatars, Oara, Duoyanwei, Japanese troops in Korea, and Japanese Japanese troops on the three islands! Since ancient times, there have been many multi-front wars. Defeated. But this time, I may have to mobilize the best of the world and activate the potential of war to fight a battle of annihilation!"
"Five-front battle?"
Xu Huizu took a deep breath, Tie Xuan and others looked solemn.
Jie Jin looked at Zhu Yunwen uneasily: "I am not surprised that the Tatars took action. But Wala, do they really dare to take action? Those Duoyan Wei and Fu Yuwei are my vassals of the Ming Dynasty, do they dare to cause trouble?"
Yang Shiqi glanced at Zhu Yunwen and sighed: "I have to. It seems that the emperor has no choice. In this way, the situation has changed, but we have not yet received a more urgent report."
Tie Xuan also felt that the situation was serious: "If they really attack together, it would be a problem. But Your Majesty, is this news accurate?"
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said calmly: "Whether it is accurate or not, we will know in half a month. It's just that someone bought us precious time, and I don't intend to waste this half month. The situation may change at any time, and I hope you can Find a countermeasure. After this war, there should be no enemies around the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Shiqi, Xu Huizu and others were surprised. They looked at Zhu Yunwen and asked, "What does this mean? The emperor plans to eliminate all enemies, including Nawala, Tatar, Duoyanwei..."
Battle of Extinction?
The amount of military and civilian power required for this will exceed that of previous wars, and it can be called a war that will overwhelm the country!
