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Chapter 19 The Drummer in the Preliminary Exam

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Zhu Gaoxu came out of the front hall and walked out of the hall, looking surprised again.

I saw a group of people standing next to the screen wall inside the gate. Such a group of people stood there, and they all said tacitly without saying a word, which made it look very strange. The moment before Zhu Gaoxu stepped out of the door, he had no idea that there was a group of people there!

"Prince! Prince..." The three people standing in front found Zhu Gaoxu, shouted immediately, and rushed over quickly.

The sudden situation caught Zhu Gaoxu off guard. Several people looked very excited, just like a group of hungry wolves seeing chicken, and their saliva was about to flow out.

They are all adults, why are they so uneasy? Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered his feelings in his previous life. As a person at the bottom, his connections and resources are very narrow, and the opportunity to go up to another class is very small. There is something to say that when you meet noble people, you have been "fighting less" for twenty years. If you encounter an opportunity, you usually attach great importance to it. As the grandson of the Taizu, isn't Zhu Gaoxu the group of noble people in front of you?

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu understood them very much.

"The prince is finally back!" "We came yesterday..." The three of them chattered and refused to give in to each other, as if there were thirty people, which made Zhu Gaoxu dizzy.

He placed his thumb on his temple and rubbed it gently, trying to recall these people who had "first meeting".

A man with round eyes and rough and dark skin should be named Wang Bin. This man has a short and round face, high cheekbones, hard beard, and not old. However, because his skin is like leather and his hair is like thatch, he looks very old. His round eyes look fierce, but somehow, his serious look seems to be full of joy.

Another man with a shoe-horned face and white skin is not tall but very strong. This person is called Veda. Veda is at least in his thirties and looks younger than Wang Bin, who is in his twenties. The importance of good skin... The candidate for the county princess Xu fell in love with last year was his daughter.

These two are officers from hundreds of households and serve in Zhu Gaoxu's Yi Guard.

The remaining one was a civil servant, with a bird embroidered on his belly, a green robe and a cow horn belt, named Hou Hai, a professor from the ninth rank... In addition to a "not-class" grade name, his grade was already at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and stared at them. The three of them finally shut up one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu then had the opportunity to speak: "Don't worry, what can you do when you go to the capital? Don't be nervous. Today we will part, we will do our own things." After saying that, he glanced at the civil servant Hou Hai, and waved: "I have something to ask Professor Hou and went to the house to say."

The two of them walked inside one by one. Behind the screen wall, there were a row of houses on one side and a wall on the other. Zhu Gaoxu found a room casually, walked in, and sat down on a chair of the Grand Master.

Hou Hai stood there and bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "I left Peking for two or three months. What happened here?"

Hou Hai immediately took two steps forward, looked back at the doors and windows, and bowed and whispered: "Weda's daughter, she had an engagement before! He actually concealed the truth and turned against her to the prince in order to win over the original engagement! The other party's person has been found out, and she is called Li Mo..."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he said unhappily: "I am asking about the big things in the world!"

Hou Hai said with a bitter face and hurriedly: "The whole family of King Zhou was taken into the capital by Duke Cao, demoted to a commoner, and exiled to Yunnan. King Dai and King Qi were taken to the capital to be detained. I heard that King Dai was taken to Sichuan again. The worst was King Xiang. Someone sued him for forging the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. When the officers and soldiers came to the door, he shouted for injustice. In shame and anger, he took the princess and his children all died! Now, everyone is panic..."

"I know all this." Zhu Gaoxu was already a little impatient.

Hou Hai suddenly said, "Song Zhong brought tens of thousands of people to Kaiping's border, saying that there were not enough troops, and the emperor issued an order to send troops to reinforce from the guards of the King of Yan. The commander and governor of Peking were all replaced."

These news are interesting, but they are all eye-catching personnel transfers in the local area, which is really easy to inquire.

"Okay, okay." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand.

He thought that the civil servants around him would miraculously be talented, but it seemed that he was thinking too much.

Just as Zhu Gaoxu was disappointed and sighed secretly, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately asked with interest: "Even the Veda family was not even noticed by the people of the Prince of Yan's Mansion. It seems that it is unknown. How did you find out?"

"This..." Hou Hai hesitated, "By chance, the officials found that Li Mo went to Wei's family and asked Wei Da to help with the 'competition'. The prince knew that the military positions of hereditary fathers had to pass the Dusi competition first. The first time the salary was reduced by half, and the second time he became an ordinary military household.

Li Mo's dead father was also skilled in archery and horses, but his son was thin and tender and didn't learn any martial arts from his father. In the first competition, he almost shot the drum beater to death, and was directly insulted by the examiner and drove him out of the school field. If he failed the second time, he would be a tragic person. It would be better to be a commoner than to be an ordinary military household...

Li Mo probably knew that he was self-aware. He heard that the daughter of the Wei family wanted to be a princess and no longer bothered with the engagement, but at least he needed some compensation? So he went to Weida."

"Oh." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Hou Hai said: "The officials conclude that Veda will come to find the prince in less than two days, but he has no way to Dusi."

"Oh." Zhu Gaoxu nodded again.

After listening to the details of the matter for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu decided that Hou Hai was suitable for investigation and the investigation was very detailed.

Zhu Gaoxu deliberately learned Hou Hai’s actions just now because he felt it was inexplicably funny: he stretched his neck and glanced at the door and window, put his head over, and whispered mysteriously: "You check the details of the people in the Prince's Mansion and report them back."

Hou Hai looked surprised, as if he had the illusion that he suddenly became a close confidant. He nodded several times, "Don't worry, the emperor will do it."

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a moment and said, "The little girl I just brought back is named Du Qianrui. She comes from the Fuleyuan in the capital. She said she is from Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi. You also want to check me about what's going on at home and why did you go to Fuleyuan."

"This... I only know it's from Raozhou Prefecture? Ah!" Hou Hai immediately said seriously again, "It's okay, please don't worry, the prince!"

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be serious: "You can only do this errand, just go."

"The lower official gave up." Hou Hai clasped his fists.

After sending Hou Hai, Zhu Gaoxu stood at the door of the room and looked at his palace; he also thought of the few subordinates he had just met, plus the Yi Guard, there were only more than 200 people... The difference between him and the prince he felt was a bit big.

The grandson of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the dignified prince, is that little strength?

Zhu Gaoxu felt depressed for a while and gradually faced the reality: the one who really had some strength was King Yan. Zhu Gaoxu was only sixteen years old, and no matter how strong his personal force was, he was still dependent on his father and was just a card in the hands of King Yan.

The current situation also puzzled Zhu Gaoxu.

The army outside Beiping looked around and was surrounded; even the Beiping City, the old nest of King Yan, was mostly under the control of the court. I vaguely felt that the real control of King Yan Zhu Di was only the royal palace.

The pressure on King Yan must be very high at this time, but Zhu Gaoxu is a little confused now because his father has not yet discussed major issues with him.

Zhu Gaoxu himself was under greater pressure! Not only was he the same risk as the King of Yan, but he had to face the destined end: he was burned to death by the prince's son.

With this little strength at the moment, how can you struggle?

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a long time in the troubled and chaotic situation and quickly identified two general routines: reserve strength, but he could not make Zhu Di and the prince feel that he had ulterior motives.

How could it be done? He couldn't think of it for a moment, so he could only take one step at a time. But it is impossible to be in the world without routines!

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the hall and saw Wang Gui coming from the corridor under the eaves. Wang Gui looked up and trotted over, bent over and said, "I have slept for too long and found that the prince has gotten up."

"Wang Gui..." Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have not listened to him.

Wang Gui hurriedly bent his waist deeper, "I am here."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him: "I remember you came from your father's mansion."

"Yes, yes..." Wang Gui hurriedly said, "But my heart is already the prince's. The prince regards me as a human being, how can I still be so cruel?!"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "What are you talking about? I want to ask you, you are from there, you must know some eunuchs from the Yan Prince's Mansion?"

Wang Gui said: "Of course! At that time, King Yan made a lot of books and invited a gentleman to teach eunuchs to read and write in the mansion. We eunuchs are together every day, and who doesn't know who? Hehe, if you say a gentle word, everyone is considered classmates."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's great. Go to the warehouse to collect some goods and walk around with your classmates. What are the officials and generals in Peking City? I've found out clearly and come back and tell me."

He paused and said, "We just returned to Peking, and we were blind. No one knew about the newcomers. It was really uncomfortable to just wait for fate."

Wang Gui said: "I obey the order! How much money should I get?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You can do it yourself. Haven't you studied in the Yan Prince's Mansion? I'll get an account in a while and let me take a look."

"The prince trusts so much, and I am so grateful." Wang Gui said.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "I heard that the first thing you do when you come back is in the warehouse. It's very good, and you have to do things like this in the future. Don't be careless and even let down my current trust."

"Yes, I have recorded it." Wang Gui said.

When Wang Gui retreated, he turned around and secretly looked at Zhu Gaoxu, with surprise in his eyes.
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