Author: Ran Xi Nian

Hearing Qiu Yu's words, Qiu Shuang nodded in agreement. She also felt that when it was really a matter of life and death, what couldn't be done?

Maybe these two people might actually join forces.

However, Lu Yaoyao smiled.

"It may be possible, but you have forgotten someone."

"Um?"

Both of them looked puzzled.

Lu Yaoyao pointed to it and said, "It is impossible for the emperor to give the two of them a chance to join forces."

The purpose of Emperor Hongwen letting Duke Zhen go was to use his strength to let him and Prince Li fight against each other. How could they join forces?

She felt that as long as these two people had the tendency to join forces, Emperor Hongwen would destroy them.

It was even said that as long as he left the capital, Emperor Hongwen might arrange someone to make the two of them form a deadly feud.

Her guess was really not random.

Not two days later, the people from the Military and Horse Division searched almost the entire capital, but could not find any clues. The same was true for the imperial troops who had blocked the four gates.

Someone in the court immediately expressed that Duke Zhen Guo might really be dead, and advised Emperor Hongwen not to fight again. In just two days, people throughout the capital were in panic.

If this continues, I'm afraid there will be big problems.

Emperor Hongwen had no choice but to give up and let people prepare for the funeral of Duke Zhen. At the same time, he also recalled the people from the Forbidden Army and the Military and Horse Division.

As soon as the capital was relaxed, the Duke of Zhen and his party left the capital in disguise that day.

"Mr. Zhen Guo, we have already done what we agreed to do. Shouldn't you hand over the things?"

After leaving the capital, Xiao Cheng immediately asked Duke Zhen for something.

Only when the things are in hand will everything they do be considered in vain.

However, Duke Zhen Guo just glanced at him lightly and said, "When I get to the north, I will naturally give you the things."

"I'll give it to you now. I'm afraid my father will not make it to the North with his life."

Xiao Cheng was furious and said coldly, "When you get to Beidi, I'm afraid you won't be able to hand over your things."

Just kidding, the Northland is the lair of your prince, who knows how many people are hidden there.

"Isn't your eldest brother the commander of the army in the North? He has two to three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, so how can he be so afraid?"

The Duke of Zhenguo showed contempt on his face.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Cheng wanted to call someone out immediately to capture this bastard, and then torture him severely.

Feeling the change in him at that moment, Duke Zhen smiled lightly and said, "I advise you not to act rashly, otherwise I will not mind letting you die."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers in costumes appeared all around.

"you"

When his voice fell, more than ten masters from Prince Li's Mansion also appeared around him, and the two sides faced each other with swords.

"Escort my prince well to the Northland, and everything will be given to you when you arrive in the Northland."

"We have a common enemy. I don't want to confront you and let others take advantage of us."

After the Duke of Zhenguo finished speaking, he waved his hand, and his men immediately retreated.

Seeing this, Xiao Cheng thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and asked his people to retreat.

"You are right, there is no need for us to confront each other."

He is not a fool. He knows what Duke Zhen Guo means. Their target is Emperor Hongwen. If they confront each other at this time, wouldn't it be to allow Emperor Hongwen to reap the benefits?

Besides, Duke Zhen Guo also brought many people with him, so he really had no confidence that he could capture him directly.

The confrontation between the two sides was clearly seen by those hiding behind.

Seeing both sides suddenly stop fighting, the leader of the Imperial Guard thought for a moment and whispered a few words to a colleague next to him.

Soon one of the emperor's guards returned to the capital.

"Since they are unwilling to take action, let's help them and remember to do it cleanly."

Emperor Hongwen's voice was very soft and cold.

The emperor's guard retreated in response.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of this town actually has hidden power. He wants to go to the North so much. Is there more hidden power there?"

"There must be some. After all, that is his home base. In the past years, he alone had the final say there."

Back then, when Lord Zhen Guo suppressed Dongzhou, the North Land was actually his territory.

Even the officials in the North are all appointed by the Duke of Zhenguo.

If he uses some means to raise a group of private troops, it will be really easy.

In addition, the previous victory over Zhen Guogong was too smooth. This abnormal success made Emperor Hongwen always wary of him.

Why didn't he beheaded directly later?

Do you really think it’s because King Jin wants to investigate what happened back then?

This is only a small part of the reasons. The real reason is that he wants to keep Zhen Guogong and dig out the hidden strength behind him.

After all, it is easy to kill the Duke of Zhenguo as if it were the case, but if he can arrogantly follow him to the capital, isn't he afraid of being killed?

It's obviously impossible, so there must be some hidden method.

He even said that as long as he really died in the capital, the stability of Dongzhou would be difficult to maintain.

Now I finally saw a little bit of Duke Zhen Guo's hidden power, and confirmed that he indeed hid a lot. Emperor Hongwen was quite satisfied with this.

"How is the investigation of the situation in the capital going?"

"Who are those people who are secretly related to the Duke of Zhen?"

Since the Duke of Zhen Guo can still freely communicate with the outside world while under house arrest, there must be someone here to help.

These must be investigated one by one and dealt with.

"Commander Huo Di has been investigating, and a few have been found so far."

As he said this, Wang De also presented a secret document.

Emperor Hongwen took it and unfolded it, only to see four names written inside. Under these four names, they also recorded their relationship with Zhen Guo Gong and the things they had done for Zhen Guo Gong.

"They are all civil servants, but I underestimate him."

He has always felt that all the power in the hands of Duke Zhen Guo belongs to the generals.

As for the civil servants, when the Duke of Zhen was still powerful in the past, he was frequently impeached by the civil servants.

He even dealt with many civil servants. It can be said that many civil servants hated Duke Zhen Guo deeply, but they dared to be angry and dare not speak out.

I never thought that he actually had people in the civil service camp.

Emperor Hongwen still had some impressions of these four people on the secret book. They had all impeached Duke Zhen Guo and were punished by him.

Under such circumstances, no one would have thought that these four people were actually members of Zhenguo Gong's sect.

"However, just these four people may not be able to do it, right?"

"That's true. Commander Hodi thinks so too. It's just that those guys are hidden too deeply. We still need time to investigate them one by one."

Emperor Hongwen nodded and said, "Then investigate quickly. As for these four people, we will arrange for someone to keep an eye on them and deal with them together when the time comes."
Chapter completed!