Xu Cuiyun refused to leave, but she also promised not to betray them, so the helpless Gonggong Li abandoned her and hurriedly walked towards the west palace gate with Zhang Meiren in disguise.

When she arrived at the palace gate, Zhang Meiren couldn't help but tremble despite her composure, but fortunately, the two guards carried the cage in front of her.

Gonggong Li walked over with the holy decree in one hand, and said in a deep voice: "Our family is ordered to leave the palace and open the door." ”

The guard of the palace door is the son of Tang and the soup vessel, so he ordered the eunuch and his subordinates on duty to check the authenticity of the holy decree, the two did not dare to peek at what was written on the holy decree, according to the rules of the flip over and over again, carefully unfolded the holy decree below, the inscription is impressively covered with a jade seal, covered with a jade seal, there is no doubt about it.

However, the eunuch from the East Palace had some doubts in his heart, frowned and asked, "What's in the box?" ”

Gonggong Li immediately sneered: "Our family will bring some things out of the palace by the way, can you manage it?" ”

Without waiting for the eunuch to speak, the soup vessel waved his hand and said, "Don't ask much about the will, Gonggong Li, please." ”

Gonggong Li, who was arrogant and worried in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and after all, it was Xu Gongzi who had already arranged this way.

The eunuch shook his head and didn't say much, and stared suspiciously at Zhang Meiren, who walked in front of him, and secretly said What is Gonggong Li doing when he takes a palace lady out?

Seeing this, Tang Qi smiled and said, "Haven't asked your father-in-law for your surname?" It's the first time we've been on an errand together tonight, and we've got to be close. ”

"The youngest surname is Ma, and he is from the family of the imperial concubine." The eunuch's attention was suddenly diverted, and he replied with a smile and a humble expression.

After all, the soup vessel facing is a dignified letter to the Duke of the Kingdom, and the old Duke of the Kingdom was filial piety in his hometown of Fengyang for two years after his death, and he returned to the capital for a year to serve as the avant-garde commander of the government army, guarding the west side of the Forbidden City.

"Ma Gonggong is disrespectful and disrespectful." The soup vessel smiled and talked with his hands, and looked at the back of Zhang Meiren who was about to leave without a trace, and said that the mother and the princess should take care. Xu Hao dared to risk the whole family being killed, and would rather die than save his mother's life, and bluntly asked me to make it convenient, Xu Hao was my brother, and I couldn't take a risk with him, but I was demoted to the title and returned to my hometown to farm.

There was a carriage parked in the corner of the street outside the palace, Gonggong Li helped Zhang Meiren into the car, and the guards carried Princess Baoqing who was hiding in the cage into the car.

The carriage drove forward all the way, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, Zhang Meiren hurriedly looked outside along the curtain, and saw Cao Guogong Li Jinglong riding his horse without saying a word.

"Don't be afraid. Li Guogong is here to see us off the city. Father-in-law Li whispered comfort.

At this moment, Zhang Meiren really had mixed feelings, just because she recognized Xu Hao as her godson that day, but she was rewarded with something during the New Year's holidays, and she met a few words of intimacy on weekdays, but she didn't expect it to be like the prophecy of the saint that day, the righteous son will have a blessing in the future, and tonight he made a big move for himself, and even the two princes were willing to risk their lives for him, and I really don't know how to repay this kindness.

Carrying Zhang Meiren with a lot of emotion. The carriage hit the city gate without danger and drove away, how dare the generals defending the city stop Cao Guogong?

Li Jinglong smiled slightly and muttered: "The third brother, you begged me to help you do it, and the beauties of Qunfang Pavilion will all laugh unceremoniously." You say you're worth it for a godmother? ”

At a remote wharf three miles away from the capital, Gonggong Li and Zhang Meiren, who successfully left Beijing by virtue of the holy decree Xu Hao received that day, were shocked.

Halfway through, a group of knights who suddenly appeared were followed from a distance, and it was impossible to see what the road was in the dark. I thought it was Xu Hao's brother again.

Who knew that the leader was Xu Huizu, and speaking of which, Zhu Yunwen arranged for Zhu Gaochi's brothers to stay in the Wei Mansion in order to facilitate surveillance. The person in charge of this matter is Xu Huizu.

Xu Da has been hesitant after ten years of thinking, whether to gamble all his net worth to help his son-in-law Zhu Di get the world, in case Feng Wu's prediction is wrong, wouldn't he be buried in the dukedom of the country?

Xu Da doesn't care about life and death, the reputation and children and grandchildren he cares about, as the first duke of the Ming Dynasty, he is already a very popular minister, why did he help Zhu Di rebel? And even if Zhu Di becomes the Emperor of Yongle, he will be fine as his father-in-law's family.

Xu Huizu, who is loyal and patriotic, also has this kind of thought, there is no need to bear the infamy of a rebellious minister and thief, what is the sister who is married? There are also two sisters who are princesses, but the father and son are tacitly aware of this. Xu Da has never mentioned Feng Wu to anyone, nor has he prophesied to anyone, it is precisely because of Zhu Yuanzhang's existence that it is impossible for him to say one more word, just like Xu Hao, a fool will think of separating Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son, and the courtiers who have advised such things in the past are dead.

At this moment, Xu Huizu remembered his son's tragic death, and knew that this matter must have nothing to do with Xu Hao, so he said coldly: "It turns out that the three of them are hiding here, don't hurt the Zhu Gaochi brothers, can't let Xu Hao escape alive, I'm going to kill him with my own hands." ”

Suddenly, a dense rain of arrows flew from both sides, and dozens of knights were suddenly shot down in a miserable scream, and the furious Xu Huizu pulled out his sword with a sigh and simply shouted: "Kill them all, not one will be left." ”

"You give this king death."

Zhu Gaoxu jumped up from the tree with a cruel smile, holding the fierce wind, and hit Xu Huizu's head with a long stick in his hand.

The two guards on the left and right reacted quickly, and both raised their blades to intercept, Xu Huizu knew that although his nephew was young, he had excellent arm strength, so he grabbed the reins and shouted: "Be careful." ”

As soon as the words fell, the brave Zhu Gaoxu had already burst out of the brains of one of the guards who had been beaten with a stick, and his hands let go of the long knife that was shocked into the air like lightning, and the backhand knife stabbed the heart of the other guard, and the liver and intestines were sparsely broken.

Xu Huizu never expected his nephew's force to be so strong, and he held his sword and said sharply: "Don't be arrogant, if you dare to rebel against the king today, you will be able to rebel against your father in the future, and you can't be left behind." ”

"You're fucking-fart." Zhu Gaoxu, who was so killed, smoked from his seven orifices, and his uncle had always looked at him unpleasantly, so he had already held back his anger and yelled: "This king killed you." ”

Xu Huizu was about to step forward to fight with his nephew, when he saw that almost all of his subordinates were killed, and all the black and linen around him were the guards of Yan Wangfu, holding a bow and crossbow aimed at him, and he suddenly gasped.

Suddenly, Xu Hao's clear voice came from the boat in the distance, "Let him go, now is not the time to ask for his life." ”

Xu Huizu turned his head and said angrily: "Xu Hao, you dare to help the Yan Wangfu rebel and murder your fellow brothers." Convicted? ”

Xu Hao stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, and said disdainfully: "What does it matter to me whether your son dies or not?" Rebellion? Do you have a bixia decree? Robbed and killed the prince of Yan Wang and the king of Gaoyang County without authorization in the middle of the night, who was the rebel? ”

Xu Huizu sneered: "I don't want to talk to you and other juniors, whoever has a ghost in his heart knows it, I will let the three of you go tonight, and we will see you on the battlefield in the future." ”

Zhu Gaoxu sneered and said: "It's just a defeated general, if it weren't for the love of your uncle, this king would have cut off your head a long time ago." ”

"Humph!" Xu Huizu stopped talking nonsense, turned the horse's head and hurried away, leaving corpses all over the ground.

Xu Hao said to Zhu Gaoxu: "You take someone to return to Beiping to report the news." Remember to hide your name and don't give the court truth. ”

Zhu Gaoxu grinned and said, "I know." After saying that, he took 300 of his subordinates and flocked to another boat, sailed to the opposite shore, disembarked and changed into mounts, changed direction from time to time through the province, and rushed all the way to Beiping.

Zhang Meiren, who had weak legs here, was helped by Gonggong Li to get on the official ship moored on the shore, Xu Hao picked up the sleeping Princess Baoqing and said with a smile: "In the end, it is a princess, not afraid of life and death." ”

Zhang Meiren said with a pale face: "Baoqing and I can't stand the blood, fortunately she fell asleep." ”

At that moment, Xu Hao instructed the palace maid to send Zhang Meiren's mother and daughter to rest, and he took Gonggong Li into the cabin. Zhu Gaochi, the prince of King Yan, frowned and sat inside.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on in the capital?" The gates of the city were closed that night, and no news could be delivered. ”

Gonggong Li sighed: "The saint is safe and sound, but the will cannot leave the Qianqing Palace." But Xu Gongzi still asks for condolences, your uncle's whole family has passed away. ”

"What?" Zhu Gaochi said in shock: "What happened to the emperor's grandfather?" What happened to the Xu family"

At that moment, Gonggong Li told him what he knew. Xu Jingqin's death made Xu Huizu ruthless, and temporarily arranged for Mei Yin to shoot Xu Yaozu first, taking advantage of the situation to support Zhu Yunwen to control the palace, and the respected Xu Da came forward. Who doesn't look at the scenery from the noble home of the capital? In the final analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was old and lying in bed, lost the ability to deter the ministers, and it was also because he was unpopular for many years.

Xu Hao and Zhu Gaochi, who were in comparison with each other, looked at each other when they heard it, and Gonggong Li secretly observed his words. After all, how much does tonight's incident have to do with these two?

Soon the big ship Yang Fan slowly left the dock and sailed along the Yangtze River to the sea, Xu Hao was very sure that Zhu Yunwen would never send a sailor to intercept the official ship of Yanwangfu with great fanfare before he ascended the throne.

Zhu Gaochi stood at the stern of the boat and looked at the direction of Jinling that was getting farther and farther away, and sighed: "Sure enough, as you expected, my grandfather finally chose Zhu Yunwen." ”

Xu Hao raised his head to feel the cool evening breeze, and said softly: "Do you still want to expect the Xu family to hold the emperor hostage and abolish the emperor's grandson, and then support your father and son to enter Beijing?" Don't dream, let's not talk about who Xu Danai is? Even if he is old and confused, he will do this, is it really impossible to be a civil and military official? Ten years of seclusion in the Xu family has long lost the prestige of the public, the nobles are scattered, the only remaining Changxing Marquis and Wuding Marquis in the founding heroes are far away, and now they are the head of the Wenchen. ”

Zhu Gaochi said with a complicated expression: "With my grandfather in charge, how can I resist the imperial court?" Even if my brother is incognito and gives his father some time, sooner or later he will not be an opponent of the court! ”

Xu Hao said leisurely: "I still say the same thing, today's Xu Da is no longer the invincible generalissimo of the past, Zhu Yunwen is not Bixia, and even the court will be more wary of the Xu family than your family, if the court obeys Xu Da's policy in everything, it is nothing more than directly admitting defeat." ”

Zhu Gaochi asked, "I'm curious why you guessed that your grandfather would definitely choose Zhu Yunwen that day?" Get our brother out first. ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "I didn't guess at all, Lao Tzu is going to run away, can I bring you two with me?" Our brothers are blessed and enjoy hardships together! ”

Zhu Gaochi was stunned and smiled bitterly. (To be continued......)