Annan in June is rainy.But today it was clear and the sun was shining brightly.
A team of people from the Ming Dynasty capital had already passed the area controlled by Lang Sang Wei, and the section of the road under his feet was under the jurisdiction of Beijiang Prefecture.
The group was wearing straw hats and riding horses, and they were all sweating profusely. The sweat mixed with the dust on the post road, leaving people covered in dirt.
In addition to Ruan Jingyi, there were also eunuchs and soldiers from the Jinyiwei.
Jiji... The rice fields on both sides of the post road were filled with the noise of various insects and the croaking of frogs.There are no people under the scorching sun, but the environment is quite noisy.
The eunuch who accompanied him was Meng Ji, who was a person with a very different face than that of the Han people, had a more three-dimensional outline, his hair was curly black and gray, and his eyes were yellow in blue.
With his comparison, Ruan Jingyi felt that the Han people looked quite similar to the Annan people.
But Meng Ji spoke smoothly and with a very obvious Fengyang accent. Such a seductive person always made Ruan Jingyi feel a little strange.
Meng Ji reached out and held the straw hat, looked up at the sky for a while, and murmured: Will it rain this day?
Ruan Jingyi said: It’s hard to say that it’s normal to rain heavily during this season of Annan.
The two of them said a few words, but unexpectedly, after a while, the raindrops crackled onto the straw hat, and the rain became heavier and heavier in an instant.
There was a rustling sound on the post road and in the rice fields, and the surrounding scenery became blurred.
Eunuch Meng, there is a straw shed in front of you.A general said.
Meng Ji said: Let’s go and hide quickly.
Several people rushed forward, but Ruan Jingyi was still caught in the middle by the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard.
They got off the horse and went into the straw shed beside the rice fields. They found that there was no one inside and the place was not big, so they had to tie the horses outside to get wet in the rain.
Everyone stood at the door of the straw shed, swaying the rain on their bodies.Meng Ji said in a joking tone: Ruan Jingyi, you have returned to your own territory, so you won’t be thinking about running away?
Ruan Jingyi said: If I could run away, the emperor would not let me go.
Meng Ji smiled at the general of the Jinyiwei and said: What he said is quite reasonable.
The general glanced at Ruan Jingyi and nodded quietly.
Ruan Jingyi's expression was calm, but suddenly he felt a chill in his heart: To be honest, Annan Kingdom has no longer anything I miss.Now that I'm back here, it's not out of voluntary voluntary.
The eunuch Meng Ji seemed to feel something, and looked at Ruan Jingyi for a few consecutive times, but finally said nothing. After they stopped talking, the sound of rain outside seemed even louder.
Ruan Jingyi looked at the rain outside for a while and didn't know when the heavy rain would stop. He took the initiative to speak: Eunuch Meng should not be born in the Ming Dynasty.
That's of course, you can tell from our family's appearance.Meng Ji nodded.
Ruan Jingyi asked: Have your father-in-law thought about going back to his hometown?
Meng Ji glared and said: What are our family going back to do?Our family has nothing in Xifan, and we can't even say anything in our hometown. We are also a eunuch. After we go back, can people still respect our father-in-law?People like our family can only live in the palace, and even if they die in the palace, it is the best destination.
Ruan Jingyi said: I feel that I am almost the same as my father-in-law in some places now.
Oh!Meng Ji smiled and shook his head, "Did General Ruan ask our family to find a girl for you?"Can this be the same?
When the soldiers of the Jinyiwei heard this, they also laughed.
Ruan Jingyi couldn't laugh at all. He still said to himself: When I came back here, I suddenly felt that I had always been an outsider.
At this moment, the rain outside gradually became lighter.Meng Ji ignored Ruan Jingyi's words and greeted the people around him and went out to lead the horse to continue on the road.
...Meng Ji and others walked and stopped all the way, but the journey to Dongguan City was not far, and they arrived the next day.
Zhang Fu was in the Governor's Office and first read the official documents sent by Meng Ji, but there was no useful content. There was only the customs clearance seal issued by the Sili Supervisor and the Jinyiwei.
He then summoned the eunuch Meng Ji alone and talked with him for a while.
After the two talked for a long time, Zhang Fu finally gradually understood the whole story of Meng Ji's trip, as well as the matters about Ruan Jingyi and Chen Xianzhen.
The room was very cold, but Zhang Fu had become restless and his face became increasingly ugly.
Zhang Fu realized that he had made a very ridiculous and completely unnecessary mistake!
For a moment, he could hardly help but feel ashamed and wanted to slap himself. He is a noble who relies on military merits and is not a general of the Jinyiwei. Why do he want to take rats and want to send women to the palace?
Now, Chen Xianzhen is giving away, it seems like an assassin.Zhang Fu was easily tricked by a woman.
Zhang Fu suddenly looked back on his previous actions, but for a moment he couldn't figure out why he had to do that thing?
Meng Ji's voice said: Chen Xianzhen was not convicted, the emperor sent her to Fengyang.The emperor also said, "Zhang Fu is a good general, so this matter is just that, otherwise he would be afraid of causing big and small storms and causing bad storms to be unfavorable to him."
When Zhang Fu heard this, he was filled with mixed feelings. He didn't think much about it for the time being and hurriedly said: The emperor is so kind, I don't know how to repay him.
Meng Ji, the eunuch, was quite good at speaking and immediately said: The Marquis of Xincheng is a person who does big things. Do you know how to repay them? Are you worried about the emperor?
Zhang Fudao: What Eunuch Meng said is extremely true. Only by having a night of clothes, food, liver and brain, can I repay the holy kindness in case.
Meng Ji clasped his fists and said: Our family’s errands have been done, and the person has been handed over to the Marquis of Xincheng.The emperor ordered that the Annan people let the Xincheng Hou deal with it, and you have the final say in your life or death.
Zhang Fu said politely: Eunuch Meng has worked hard all the way.
No, how many people in the palace want to do the job for the emperor, but they can't do it.Meng Ji smiled and said, "Let's not bother us anymore, so I will say goodbye."
Zhang Fu said: I will send someone to take Eunuch Meng to rest... Someone comes!see a visitor out.
After Meng Ji left, Zhang Fu walked back and forth for a few steps, suddenly swept the table angrily, overturning all the teacups, decorations and other items on it to the ground, and there was a ding-kang clang sound.
Anger in his heart suddenly burst into his head.
Dashen, who made you angry?The voice of the general Huang Zhong came from behind.
Zhang Fu turned around and looked at Huang Zhong. Seeing that Huang Zhong had already walked into the door, he didn't know how to answer Huang Zhong's question.Zhang Fu thought about it and then cursed: Li Li!It’s Li Li who has caused me a lot!
What's wrong?Huang Zhong asked carefully.
Zhang Fu refused to answer, and took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down a little, and he sat down next to the messy cases on a chair.
Huang Zhong did not dare to ask too much, so he had to bow and stand beside him.
Although Zhang Fu was very excited and his emotions were very complicated and chaotic, he had already understood the pros and cons of this matter in a short period of time.
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to enter the emperor's circle of confidants; but now he was plotted and used by Li Li to give an assassin to the emperor, which was simply a mistake.
Before, when the war in Annan ended, Zhang Fu gave up the matter of going to Beijing to offer prisoners to Liu Sheng and gave up the possible military merits to the Japanese.
But in the end, he couldn't find a way to deal with Li Li and did not make any contributions here.
In this situation, Zhang Fu was irritated and it was difficult to resolve it.
But he still has some gratitude and fear.
Fortunately, the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu is a sensible person, and he is also very cunning and will not be deceived at all; otherwise, as long as the emperor is suspicious of Zhang Fu with ulterior motives, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Because Zhu Gaoxu himself was a general, he knew how to appreciate Zhang Fu's talents, but instead planned for Zhang Fu and guarded against the court officials in advance.
Otherwise, this incident will definitely make people find all kinds of faults and charges, so that Zhang Fu will not finish it. If that is the case, it is hard to say whether the military achievements of the attack and destruction of Chen Jikuo this time can offset the crime. In short, Zhang Fu will definitely be in vain.
Damn… Zhang Fu cursed, stood up from the chair, and walked back and forth in the study.
After a while, he seemed to want to calm himself down again, so he walked to the window and looked at the scorching sun outside without saying a word.
Huang Zhong said behind his back: What did the general think the strategy proposed to the Governor's Office was proposed before?
Zhang Fu didn't say anything.
Huang Zhong said again: Li Li was just a fugitive, neither having money nor food nor a soldier to fight.Just when the rainy season passes, we will issue the "Continuous Position Law" to kill all those who conceal military information and help the rebels, and then send troops to attack and eliminate Lili's rebels.
Zhang Fu turned around: Your method is very useful to weaken the rebellious forces in a short period of time, but you have to submit a report to the court first and ask the court to modify the general idea of pacifying Annan, otherwise it would be against the court.
Besides, this stupid method is almost useless to deal with one or two designated people.To the west of Annan Country, there are so many jungle mountainous areas. Isn’t it a needle to find someone in a haystack?In the west of Annan, there are Laos, Zhenla, Siam and other places. Even if we send hundreds of thousands of people to dig the ground three feet into Annan, we may not be able to find Lili.
Huang Zhong asked tentatively: The person the Grand Marshal wants to deal with the most is Li Li?
Zhang Fu looked calm, but his words were very ruthless: Yes, if I don’t kill him, I will not eat well or sleep well!There is no more reason.
Huang Zhong looked embarrassed and speechless.
Zhang Fu was silent for a long time and suddenly said: Go and bring Ruan Jingyi over, I want to see him in person.
Huang Zhongdao: Finally, I will find someone to do this.
Zhang Fu said: You go in person, Ruan Jingyi’s identity cannot be known to you, and it will be kept confidential from now on.
After hearing this, Huang Zhong clasped his fists and said seriously: The last one will be ordered!
Zhang Fu's face was still bad, but compared with his confused anger at first, he seemed to have found the direction of thinking and his pace was slower.
He lowered his head and walked slowly while meditating on something.
A team of people from the Ming Dynasty capital had already passed the area controlled by Lang Sang Wei, and the section of the road under his feet was under the jurisdiction of Beijiang Prefecture.
The group was wearing straw hats and riding horses, and they were all sweating profusely. The sweat mixed with the dust on the post road, leaving people covered in dirt.
In addition to Ruan Jingyi, there were also eunuchs and soldiers from the Jinyiwei.
Jiji... The rice fields on both sides of the post road were filled with the noise of various insects and the croaking of frogs.There are no people under the scorching sun, but the environment is quite noisy.
The eunuch who accompanied him was Meng Ji, who was a person with a very different face than that of the Han people, had a more three-dimensional outline, his hair was curly black and gray, and his eyes were yellow in blue.
With his comparison, Ruan Jingyi felt that the Han people looked quite similar to the Annan people.
But Meng Ji spoke smoothly and with a very obvious Fengyang accent. Such a seductive person always made Ruan Jingyi feel a little strange.
Meng Ji reached out and held the straw hat, looked up at the sky for a while, and murmured: Will it rain this day?
Ruan Jingyi said: It’s hard to say that it’s normal to rain heavily during this season of Annan.
The two of them said a few words, but unexpectedly, after a while, the raindrops crackled onto the straw hat, and the rain became heavier and heavier in an instant.
There was a rustling sound on the post road and in the rice fields, and the surrounding scenery became blurred.
Eunuch Meng, there is a straw shed in front of you.A general said.
Meng Ji said: Let’s go and hide quickly.
Several people rushed forward, but Ruan Jingyi was still caught in the middle by the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard.
They got off the horse and went into the straw shed beside the rice fields. They found that there was no one inside and the place was not big, so they had to tie the horses outside to get wet in the rain.
Everyone stood at the door of the straw shed, swaying the rain on their bodies.Meng Ji said in a joking tone: Ruan Jingyi, you have returned to your own territory, so you won’t be thinking about running away?
Ruan Jingyi said: If I could run away, the emperor would not let me go.
Meng Ji smiled at the general of the Jinyiwei and said: What he said is quite reasonable.
The general glanced at Ruan Jingyi and nodded quietly.
Ruan Jingyi's expression was calm, but suddenly he felt a chill in his heart: To be honest, Annan Kingdom has no longer anything I miss.Now that I'm back here, it's not out of voluntary voluntary.
The eunuch Meng Ji seemed to feel something, and looked at Ruan Jingyi for a few consecutive times, but finally said nothing. After they stopped talking, the sound of rain outside seemed even louder.
Ruan Jingyi looked at the rain outside for a while and didn't know when the heavy rain would stop. He took the initiative to speak: Eunuch Meng should not be born in the Ming Dynasty.
That's of course, you can tell from our family's appearance.Meng Ji nodded.
Ruan Jingyi asked: Have your father-in-law thought about going back to his hometown?
Meng Ji glared and said: What are our family going back to do?Our family has nothing in Xifan, and we can't even say anything in our hometown. We are also a eunuch. After we go back, can people still respect our father-in-law?People like our family can only live in the palace, and even if they die in the palace, it is the best destination.
Ruan Jingyi said: I feel that I am almost the same as my father-in-law in some places now.
Oh!Meng Ji smiled and shook his head, "Did General Ruan ask our family to find a girl for you?"Can this be the same?
When the soldiers of the Jinyiwei heard this, they also laughed.
Ruan Jingyi couldn't laugh at all. He still said to himself: When I came back here, I suddenly felt that I had always been an outsider.
At this moment, the rain outside gradually became lighter.Meng Ji ignored Ruan Jingyi's words and greeted the people around him and went out to lead the horse to continue on the road.
...Meng Ji and others walked and stopped all the way, but the journey to Dongguan City was not far, and they arrived the next day.
Zhang Fu was in the Governor's Office and first read the official documents sent by Meng Ji, but there was no useful content. There was only the customs clearance seal issued by the Sili Supervisor and the Jinyiwei.
He then summoned the eunuch Meng Ji alone and talked with him for a while.
After the two talked for a long time, Zhang Fu finally gradually understood the whole story of Meng Ji's trip, as well as the matters about Ruan Jingyi and Chen Xianzhen.
The room was very cold, but Zhang Fu had become restless and his face became increasingly ugly.
Zhang Fu realized that he had made a very ridiculous and completely unnecessary mistake!
For a moment, he could hardly help but feel ashamed and wanted to slap himself. He is a noble who relies on military merits and is not a general of the Jinyiwei. Why do he want to take rats and want to send women to the palace?
Now, Chen Xianzhen is giving away, it seems like an assassin.Zhang Fu was easily tricked by a woman.
Zhang Fu suddenly looked back on his previous actions, but for a moment he couldn't figure out why he had to do that thing?
Meng Ji's voice said: Chen Xianzhen was not convicted, the emperor sent her to Fengyang.The emperor also said, "Zhang Fu is a good general, so this matter is just that, otherwise he would be afraid of causing big and small storms and causing bad storms to be unfavorable to him."
When Zhang Fu heard this, he was filled with mixed feelings. He didn't think much about it for the time being and hurriedly said: The emperor is so kind, I don't know how to repay him.
Meng Ji, the eunuch, was quite good at speaking and immediately said: The Marquis of Xincheng is a person who does big things. Do you know how to repay them? Are you worried about the emperor?
Zhang Fudao: What Eunuch Meng said is extremely true. Only by having a night of clothes, food, liver and brain, can I repay the holy kindness in case.
Meng Ji clasped his fists and said: Our family’s errands have been done, and the person has been handed over to the Marquis of Xincheng.The emperor ordered that the Annan people let the Xincheng Hou deal with it, and you have the final say in your life or death.
Zhang Fu said politely: Eunuch Meng has worked hard all the way.
No, how many people in the palace want to do the job for the emperor, but they can't do it.Meng Ji smiled and said, "Let's not bother us anymore, so I will say goodbye."
Zhang Fu said: I will send someone to take Eunuch Meng to rest... Someone comes!see a visitor out.
After Meng Ji left, Zhang Fu walked back and forth for a few steps, suddenly swept the table angrily, overturning all the teacups, decorations and other items on it to the ground, and there was a ding-kang clang sound.
Anger in his heart suddenly burst into his head.
Dashen, who made you angry?The voice of the general Huang Zhong came from behind.
Zhang Fu turned around and looked at Huang Zhong. Seeing that Huang Zhong had already walked into the door, he didn't know how to answer Huang Zhong's question.Zhang Fu thought about it and then cursed: Li Li!It’s Li Li who has caused me a lot!
What's wrong?Huang Zhong asked carefully.
Zhang Fu refused to answer, and took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down a little, and he sat down next to the messy cases on a chair.
Huang Zhong did not dare to ask too much, so he had to bow and stand beside him.
Although Zhang Fu was very excited and his emotions were very complicated and chaotic, he had already understood the pros and cons of this matter in a short period of time.
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to enter the emperor's circle of confidants; but now he was plotted and used by Li Li to give an assassin to the emperor, which was simply a mistake.
Before, when the war in Annan ended, Zhang Fu gave up the matter of going to Beijing to offer prisoners to Liu Sheng and gave up the possible military merits to the Japanese.
But in the end, he couldn't find a way to deal with Li Li and did not make any contributions here.
In this situation, Zhang Fu was irritated and it was difficult to resolve it.
But he still has some gratitude and fear.
Fortunately, the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu is a sensible person, and he is also very cunning and will not be deceived at all; otherwise, as long as the emperor is suspicious of Zhang Fu with ulterior motives, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Because Zhu Gaoxu himself was a general, he knew how to appreciate Zhang Fu's talents, but instead planned for Zhang Fu and guarded against the court officials in advance.
Otherwise, this incident will definitely make people find all kinds of faults and charges, so that Zhang Fu will not finish it. If that is the case, it is hard to say whether the military achievements of the attack and destruction of Chen Jikuo this time can offset the crime. In short, Zhang Fu will definitely be in vain.
Damn… Zhang Fu cursed, stood up from the chair, and walked back and forth in the study.
After a while, he seemed to want to calm himself down again, so he walked to the window and looked at the scorching sun outside without saying a word.
Huang Zhong said behind his back: What did the general think the strategy proposed to the Governor's Office was proposed before?
Zhang Fu didn't say anything.
Huang Zhong said again: Li Li was just a fugitive, neither having money nor food nor a soldier to fight.Just when the rainy season passes, we will issue the "Continuous Position Law" to kill all those who conceal military information and help the rebels, and then send troops to attack and eliminate Lili's rebels.
Zhang Fu turned around: Your method is very useful to weaken the rebellious forces in a short period of time, but you have to submit a report to the court first and ask the court to modify the general idea of pacifying Annan, otherwise it would be against the court.
Besides, this stupid method is almost useless to deal with one or two designated people.To the west of Annan Country, there are so many jungle mountainous areas. Isn’t it a needle to find someone in a haystack?In the west of Annan, there are Laos, Zhenla, Siam and other places. Even if we send hundreds of thousands of people to dig the ground three feet into Annan, we may not be able to find Lili.
Huang Zhong asked tentatively: The person the Grand Marshal wants to deal with the most is Li Li?
Zhang Fu looked calm, but his words were very ruthless: Yes, if I don’t kill him, I will not eat well or sleep well!There is no more reason.
Huang Zhong looked embarrassed and speechless.
Zhang Fu was silent for a long time and suddenly said: Go and bring Ruan Jingyi over, I want to see him in person.
Huang Zhongdao: Finally, I will find someone to do this.
Zhang Fu said: You go in person, Ruan Jingyi’s identity cannot be known to you, and it will be kept confidential from now on.
After hearing this, Huang Zhong clasped his fists and said seriously: The last one will be ordered!
Zhang Fu's face was still bad, but compared with his confused anger at first, he seemed to have found the direction of thinking and his pace was slower.
He lowered his head and walked slowly while meditating on something.