Chapter 167 Shattered to pieces
He should have understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, so he did not dare to delay and left in a hurry.

Not long after, someone came hurriedly. The eunuch bowed and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, there... there... there is a fight..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in deep thought, but when he heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"I also heard that... His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan was also with Captain Deng... Marquis Jian suddenly brought 150 of his retainers and fought directly with the captain of the Captain..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was terrifyingly cold, like an iceberg, and he murmured two words unconsciously: "Family general..."

Zhu Yuanzhang certainly knew the origins of these so-called family generals.

Lu Zhongheng has always been known for his bravery. He brought many of his clansmen to serve Zhu Yuanzhang. These people... have experienced hundreds of battles...

That is to say...

Zhu Yuanzhang paced back and forth, asking, "Has Xu Da not arrived yet?"

"When the news came, Duke Wei had not yet arrived..."

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, and he felt more and more that... things were beyond his expectations.

This matter... has completely gotten out of control.

What made Zhu Yuanzhang even more suspicious was that...the most crucial point of this matter was that it was too unusual.

Deng Qianqiu’s abnormal behavior is fine, but Lawrence Lu…where does he get such courage?
He has always been good at judging people, so he naturally knows Lu Zhongheng's character. Although he is reckless, he is definitely not a person who can't figure things out.

Unless...someone gave him the courage?

His purpose... is really to kill Deng Qianqiu?
Then Zhu Di was also there, would he still dare to kill Zhu Di?

“Lu Zhongheng is crazy!”

It seems that this is the only assertion we can make at the moment.

But... this assertion still could not dispel the many doubts in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

The most important thing right now...is not to guess these things.

But... Deng Qianqiu only has a hundred captains and lieutenants under his command. Now that Lawrence Lu has gone mad, these 150 family guards... I'm afraid that if they work together, Deng Qianqiu's head will fall off.

Zhu Di is here too!
Most of those captains were new recruits who had never been in battle. When they encountered a man like Lu Zhongheng, let alone a hundred captains, even three hundred and five hundred captains would probably not be enough for Lu Zhongheng to kill.

Zhu Yuanzhang became increasingly confused.

His face was livid, his eyes were filled with cold murderous intent, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, okay, very okay, if you don't want to live, then don't blame me for killing you, I will smash you all to pieces and turn your bones into ashes."

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have returned to the military tent several years ago. He sat upright with his sword and golden horse, with no expression on his face, but with the decisiveness of a commander. At this moment... he didn't even care about anyone's life. He just said in a deep voice: "Explore again!"

"Yes." The eunuch retreated quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes. Now... he could assume that Deng Qianqiu had already died a martyr, and Zhu Di's life or death was unpredictable. The reason why Deng Qianqiu had to die was because since Lu Zhongheng was determined to take action, he would never give Deng Qianqiu any way to survive.

So what should we do next?
Next…

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Someone hurried to the Secretariat.

The Secretariat was as peaceful as ever.

The left and right prime ministers each lived in their own public housing.

When the clerk was tidying up Hu Weiyong's public room, Hu Weiyong smiled and asked, "What is Mr. Wang doing?"

"In reply to Lord Hu, Lord Wang is dealing with the memorial."

Hu Weiyong nodded and said, "He is not young anymore, so it is not easy."

Hu Weiyong sighed, then remembered something. He took a small package from the desk and handed it to the clerk, saying, "I almost forgot that these tea leaves were sent from Fujian. They should suit Mr. Wang's taste. Send some to Mr. Wang to try."

"Here."

The clerk hurried away.

But not long after the clerk left the house, he came back.

At this time, Hu Weiyong was kneeling behind the desk and began to process documents.

He seemed calm, as if the major events that happened had nothing to do with him.

Hearing the footsteps, Hu Weiyong looked up curiously and asked, "You're back so soon?"

"Mr. Hu..." The clerk, still holding the tea bag in his hand, seemed a little flustered.

Hu Weiyong glanced at the open door of the public housing unit.

The clerk came to his senses and hurriedly turned around to close the door before whispering, "Mr. Hu, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan... is by Deng Qianqiu's side... This is the news we just received... There's more..."

Hu Weiyong looked indifferent and just said, "I understand."

The clerk said, "Maybe something big is going to happen."

Hu Weiyong still looked calm and said, "This is Lu Zhongheng's fault. He can never redeem himself even if he dies a thousand times."

The clerk was relieved a little: "I heard that Lu Zhongheng has already taken action."

Hu Weiyong sighed, "He has followed me for so many years, but he has not made any progress. What a pity, what a pity... Oh, there is one more thing... How is Pingyuan Marquis Fei Ju now?" The clerk looked at Hu Weiyong deeply, a sharp light flashed across his eyes, and he replied meaningfully, "Student understands."

"It should be clean." Hu Weiyong still spoke calmly, sighing: "It wasn't easy for him. When he was successful and famous, he ended up like this. Let's make it go."

"Here."

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When Xu Da and his men arrived at the marquis's mansion, they could already smell the stench of blood from afar.

Xu Da raised his eyebrows, shocked. His speed was already very fast, but he still didn't expect it to come to this.

They actually dared to fight under the emperor's feet.

"Sir...so many corpses..."

Xu Da said nothing more, but rode his horse forward quickly, only to see corpses being carried out one after another.

When the captains saw Xu Da, someone hurried in to report.

But someone inside shouted, “Lu Zhongheng, you are such a shameless dog. You have taken advantage of me and now you want to frame me!”

At this time, another person said, "I will never reconcile with you! How dare you insult me? I am a founding marquis, and you, Deng Qianqiu, are just a thousand households. What qualifications do you have to interrogate me?"

“You still dare to be stubborn now… Didn’t you say you gave many Hu concubines to me? Come, bring those Hu concubines to me… Ahhh… You beast, you beast, you have ruined all these beautiful women, you are not a human, you are a beast!”

What Xu Da heard here was Deng Qianqiu's voice. Deng Qianqiu was furious, and his voice seemed to have become sharp because of his anger. Only Deng Qianqiu's hysterical screams could be heard inside and outside the courtyard wall.

Xu Da: "..."

He walked quickly into the house.

"Duke... Duke of Wei..."

The first person to see Xu Da was Zhu Di, who was feeling very proud at the time.

As soon as Zhu Di saw Xu Da, he felt guilty, the smug look on his face disappeared immediately, and he stood there obediently with his hands behind his back.

Deng Qianqiu also hurried over to pay his respects.

Xu Da only took a quick glance and saw Lu Zhongheng tied to the ground.

Xu Da was also from Huaixi, but he and Hu Weiyong had a deep conflict, and the two were almost irreconcilable. As for the Huaixi people who were hanging out with Hu Weiyong, Xu Da ignored them all.

Therefore, looking at Lawrence Lu, his face was just indifferent.

"What's going on?" Xu Da asked neither lightly nor seriously.

Zhu Di stepped forward and said, "We wanted to arrest Lu Zhongheng, the corrupt and law-breaking fellow. Who knew that he would go crazy and dare to charge out with more than a hundred family generals? Fortunately, I... fortunately, my mentor was calm and composed, commanded well, and everyone worked together to defeat him and these damn family generals. Now that Lu Zhongheng has been captured, Duke of Wei... did you bring my father's order..."

"What?" Xu Da frowned, a look of surprise flashed across his face. He stared at Zhu Di: "Lu Zhongheng was defeated by you?"

He almost said, "We were defeated by a bunch of you guys?"

Xu Da didn't care about this case. How it would be dealt with in the end was His Majesty's business. He didn't care who was meritorious or guilty.

But... what he was interested in was this battle which took him by surprise.

Only then did he remember the many corpses just now, plus Lu Zhongheng who was now tied up.

So he hurriedly asked: "How many troops do they have?"

"One hundred and fifty people."

"what about you?"

"A hundred people." Zhu Di replied honestly.

Xu Da still raised his eyebrows, he felt a little unbelievable.

He lowered his head and glanced at the corpse on the ground, as if he could feel that this man must have been a fierce soldier when he was alive.

But these captains of Deng Qianqiu...what are their qualifications and abilities?

As for Lu Zhongheng, he was a famous general in the army. There were not many people who were awarded the title of marquis for their bravery. After all, Lu Zhongheng's IQ has always been touching. With such a touching IQ, if he could be awarded the title of marquis, how could his bravery be false?

If it is still difficult to understand, it is equivalent to that if a person always fails in mathematics but always ranks among the top in the exams in the grade, then his Chinese... must always get shockingly high scores.

"By you?"

These three words, coupled with the tone, are full of disbelief.

Zhu Di was a little unconvinced and muttered, "What's so great about this? We didn't hurt many people and we killed them all. I also...my mentor is a good commander and a good trainer."

Xu Da was not interested in listening to Zhu Di's chatter.

He walked forward, his eyes fell on Deng Qianqiu, and said, "Captain Deng... I didn't expect there is such a talented general."

Deng Qianqiu hurriedly said, "No, no, Duke Wei, this is just other people's exaggeration. I was just lucky, it's nothing, this is all due to everyone's efforts. Of course, this little achievement is far from being worthy of Duke Wei's approval."

After hearing this, Xu Da began to nod in his heart. Although he still had a stern face, he couldn't help thinking, no wonder His Majesty loves this kid even more, what kind of talent is this, at such a young age, he has such ability, not to mention this kid is so modest, it's really hard to dislike him.

So Xu Da, who had been expressionless at first, finally smiled, and his voice became noticeably gentler. He said, "I am here by imperial decree... Your Majesty will make the final decision on your affairs, but you must follow me into the palace."

(End of this chapter)