In the garden of the Han Palace, after a light rain, there are water droplets on the petals and green leaves, and pear blossoms are sprinkled all over the brick floor. is like the princess Guo Wei, pear blossoms with rain. No matter how much Zhu Gaoxu comforted her, he couldn't teach her to be happy immediately.

The whole family of Guo Fu was convicted, and Guo Wei's father was convicted of death! The premise that Zhu Gaoxu wanted to help her was to win the war and return to Beijing; And this premise is still in the air. However, Zhu Gaoxu felt that if he couldn't succeed, it would be pointless to worry about Guo Ming's family, after all, everyone had to finish playing.

The only thing Zhu Gaoxu can do is to spend more time with Guo Wei in the past few days.

A few days later, the eunuch Wang Gui hurriedly walked into the garden behind the front palace. Zhu Gaoxu beckoned Wang Gui to come over, and Wang Gui saw that there were a group of eunuchs and palace maids next to him, so he whispered next to Zhu Gaoxu: "Lord, Governor Wei has a secret envoy to Kunming City, and the secret envoy is the person who guards the North Division of the Imperial Palace." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Guo Wei beside him. Guo Wei showed a reluctant smile: "It's important for the prince to do business, you can go." ”

"The princess goes outside a lot, don't stay in the room all the time." Zhu Gaoxu admonished, and said to the others, "You are serving the princess all your life." ”

Yao Ji's voice said: "The concubine accompanies the princess to relieve her boredom, and the prince can rest assured." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at them and saw that Yao Ji's hand gently held Guo Wei, and Guo Wei was also very close to her. He didn't care much about the relationship between the women, so he called Wang Gui to go south.

The North Division of the Imperial Mansion is doing the work of the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Division. Before and after the Han Dynasty army occupied Sichuan, it sent many soldiers of the Northern Division to operate in Sichuan; When Zhu Gaoxu left Sichuan, these sergeants were all under the orders of Weida.

After all, compared with other generals, Wei Da, a military general who followed Zhu Gaoxu in the Gaoyang County Palace, is more reliable.

Zhu Gaoxu came to the study room of the front hall and met the sergeant of the Beisi from Sichuan. The sergeant claimed that he had been ordered to deliver Veda's secret letter, and presented the letter with both hands.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the secret letter and looked at what Wei Da wrote on it...... The imperial court sent Lu Zhen's son-in-law, Zhang He, the head of the household department, to make a detour from Shaanxi to Guangyuan and go to Chengdu to see Mu Sheng, but was first arrested by Wei Da. Zhang He's apparent errand was to trade with the Han Palace, exchanging Qian Xun and others for the captured Imperial Court Household Shangshu Guo Zi.

Mu Sheng sent Xu Tao, the deputy general of the left, to send Zhang He out of Chengdu on the same day. When the group passed through Longquanyi, Xu Tao had seen Zhang He alone, and then sent his entourage back to Chengdu City.

After reading the letter, Zhu Gaoxu immediately realized that there might be some unsavory depravity here! No wonder Zhu Gaoxu is suspicious, Zhang He, Xu Tao and others are indeed very strange, if they are really above board, many of them are completely redundant.

"Where did Xu Tao and the others go, and when did they arrive in Kunming?" Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

The eunuch Wang Gui looked embarrassed, and no one in the study could answer this question.

Zhu Gaoxu rummaged through a pile of official documents on the bookcase and found a report from the Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion. He looked at the time of payment and estimated that Xu Tao and the others would be able to arrive in Kunming City tomorrow morning.

"Go down." Zhu Gao waved his hand.

The messenger clenched his fists and said, "The little one is gone." "The office of the North Division of the Imperial Mansion is in the Han Palace, and of course the sergeant of the North Division does not need to be arranged by Zhu Gaoxu or Wang Gui.

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair facing the door, stretched out his hand and rubbed his flat forehead, and did not say anything for a long time. Before and after thinking about it, he pondered a lot of things. But in the end, extra attention was paid to the person sent by Mu Sheng: Xu Tao.

Xu Tao is this person, Zhu Gaoxu remembers his name. used to be the chief military officer of Dali Mansion, Mu Sheng harbored Jianwen's father and son in Dali, this person not only knew about it, but also tried to obstruct Hu Hui. There is no doubt that Xu Tao is the most trusted general under Mu Sheng!

I don't know how long it took, when Zhu Gaoxu raised his head, he saw Wang Gui still standing at the door. Wang Gui didn't say anything, just now Zhu Gaoxu was still thinking about himself, and thought he was leaving.

"Wang Gui." Zhu Gaoxu called.

Wang Gui immediately arched his hand and said, "What does the prince command?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and pondered for a moment, and said, "You go to Mu Mansion, and in the name of the princess, invite Mu Zhen to come to Han Wang's Mansion early tomorrow morning...... Fish watching. ”

Wang Gui said: "The slave and maid will do it immediately." ”

That night, Zhu Gaoxu went to bed in Guo Wei's room, and he didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night. He tossed and turned, and accidentally woke Guo Wei up several times.

He knew very well in his heart that although Mu Sheng didn't seem to be good at fighting, it was not useless.

The Yi areas in western Sichuan and Yunnan are still quiet for the time being, and they have a great relationship with Mu Sheng's refuge in the Han Palace. In the Han army, most of the soldiers of the Yunnan Guard have also worked with the Mu Mansion for many years, and Zhu Gaoxu's descendants are actually less than 20,000 people...... If it weren't for Mu Sheng's refuge in the beginning, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to raise troops smoothly and quickly dispatch from Yunnan, I'm afraid it would not be so easy.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered repeatedly, thinking that it was impossible for Mu Sheng to fight back! However, that kind of faint apprehension still does not accept intellectual control.

Early the next morning, the people in Mu Mansion took the carriage and sent Mu Zhen to the Han Palace. The eunuch Wang Gui took her to the study in the front hall.

Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the study, he didn't sleep well last night, his head was a little dizzy, but he still greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Miss Mu, don't come unharmed?" ”

Mu Zhen was wearing a light red silk skirt, with a blouse tied around her waist in the skirt, and her increasingly bulging breasts were contrasting, and her figure looked graceful and flexible. On her delicate peachy face, her moon-like eyes smiled slightly, which made people feel like a spring breeze, like a hundred flowers blooming.

Mu Zhen reciprocated with a smile and made a blessing: "Meet His Royal Highness the King of Han, congratulate the King of Han on his victory and defeat of the puppet emperor's army!" Then she whispered, "I know that it is the meaning of the King of Han, how can the princess ask me to reward any fish?" ”

"Please." Zhu Gaoxu pretended not to hear. He turned around and glanced at Wang Gui, raised his head slightly, and made a slight movement. Wang Gui bowed down and left without saying a word.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The princess feels uncomfortable this morning, so she needs to rest for a while." At noon, Miss Mu went to dine with the princess, and then enjoyed the fish in the afternoon. ”

Mu Zhen didn't answer, she didn't laugh at Zhu Gaoxu, she still seemed to have a faint smile on her face.

The two walked into the study together, and Zhu Gaoxu found that Mu Zhen had been looking at him, so he couldn't help but look down, "What's wrong with me?" ”

Mu Zhen shook her head: "Before, many people said that there were hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, and there were many generals, far better than the Han army. I accidentally wandered just now, wondering if the King of Han was invulnerable, how could he outnumber? ”

Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of the situation and said, "Then you sit on the chair here, and I'll tell you slowly." ”

Mu Zhen smiled and said, "King Han still tells me first, what place can I be used today?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment when he heard her say this, and his face was a little embarrassed.

"In the eyes of Miss Mu, this king is actually such a person?" Zhu Gaoxu said.

Mu Zhen lowered her head and said in a very small voice: "Even if King Han does that to me, it doesn't matter. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "I have never had any ill will towards Miss Mu, and I will not harm you." ”

Mu Zhen pursed her lips, revealing the sweet smile she had before, and nodded briskly. After a while, she didn't know what she thought, her face suddenly turned red, and she buried her head and said nothing.

Zhu Gaoxu saw a pair of Go in the wooden cabinet under the bookshelf, got up and took it out, and said, "Miss Mu will accompany me to play a game of chess?" ”

Mu Zhen said: "Chess is only interesting when you meet an opponent, I am not very proficient in chess. ”

"I only know the rules, encircling and killing without eyes is dead chess, whoever occupies the most squares wins, and I don't understand anything else." Zhu Gaoxu said, "But let's play something simple, play backgammon." ”

The rules of backgammon are very simple, as soon as they say it, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't think it's interesting, he just wants to keep Mu Zhen here. Mu Zhen is full of interest, and when anything is new, it will not be too boring, just like a woman. What's more, Mu Zhen is not very old, and younger people are always more enthusiastic about all kinds of things.

The two of them were killing time in the study, and when it was almost noon, Wang Gui went to the door to report: "Lord Wang, General Xu and Director Zhang have arrived." ”

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to look disapproving, and said, "Bring them here." ”

Wang Gui said: "The slave and maid obey the order. ”

Mu Zhen asked cautiously, "Don't I have to avoid it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the chessboard and said, "After this game, I'm going to win!" In the Han Palace, who else do I need to give face? ”

Mu Zhen smiled: "Of course." Now, in the whole world, King Han doesn't have to give face to anyone. ”

"If you want to talk about the world, even the emperor would not dare to do that." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

After a while, there was a voice at the door. A voice said: "The last general, Xu Tao, on the order of the Marquis of Xiping, escorted the head of the household department Zhang to see the king of Han." Another voice said: "Xia Guan is Zhang He, the head of the household department." ”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately saw a look of surprise and abruptness on Mu Zhen's face. This little lady is not very old, but she is familiar with Mu Sheng and seems to know a lot of things.

"The two of you are tired from the journey, so you will be excused and sit on the chair." Zhu Gaoxu said. With that, he touched another sunspot and placed it on the chessboard. Mu Zhen was suddenly overjoyed, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu carefully, pointed to the chessboard and made a mouth shape, as if to say: I won!

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Zhen'er, you asked Wang Gui to lead you to see the princess first, I am done with my business, and then I will accompany you to play chess." ”

When Mu Zhen heard the salutation, her face turned even redder, and her voice was strange, "The concubine is retired." Uncle Xu, Director Zhang, I'll avoid it first. ”

Xu Tao looked kind, nodded and said, "Okay, good." ”

Zhu Gaoxu opened the sleeves of his robe, and said with his fists together: "It's rude, I didn't know that there would be a guest today, and I didn't change my clothes, don't blame Zhang." ”

Zhang He hurriedly got up and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Han treats him politely, and the officials thank you." ”

"This king has heard a report before, my eldest brother wants to use Qian Xun and others in exchange for Guo Zi?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Zhang He said: "The meaning of the saint is to grant pardon to Qian Changshi and others, and I also hope that His Royal Highness the King of Han can release Guo Butang and return to the dynasty...... Probably this is the meaning of the words of the King of Han. ”

"Wait, people?" Zhu Gaoxu muttered thoughtfully.