Chapter 144
: The Imperial Commissioner Chu Nanzhangjing, the whole city comes out to welcome him!
Chapter 144 Imperial Commissioner Chu Nan returns to Beijing, and the whole city comes out to welcome him!
Chu Nan couldn't help but frown. So Zhu Yuanzhang had already predicted that Yao Guangxiao would escape, so the people he arranged to protect him were all soldiers he didn't want?
Or was it these soldiers that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eliminate? It was just that Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not want to do it, so he borrowed the hands of the Yuan people to carry out this matter.
Amazing!
Chu Nan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling. Zhu Yuanzhang was really amazing. He had taken everything into account.
"Your Majesty, then." Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang told the truth, Yao Guangxiao also asked directly.
"What should I do now?"
He probably won't have to die now, but he won't have a very good life either. Yao Guangxiao lost his patience and wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to tell him the result directly.
"What you have to do now is very simple." Seeing that Yao Guangxiao was so sensible, Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed.
"You don't have to do anything now. Just follow the main force and slowly return to Jinling. Just show up in front of the ministers from time to time."
"Your Majesty, doesn't you need me to do something?" Yao Guangxiao was puzzled when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words. Why did he have to do this?
"Don't you understand what I'm going to do?" Seeing that he didn't understand, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and looked at Zhu Biao.
"Biao'er, explain this to Mr. Yao."
"Yes, sir." Zhu Biao looked at Yao Guangxiao.
"Mr. Yao, my father has made a plan according to Mr. Chu Nan's idea. The content of the plan is..."
Zhu Biao then explained the situation.
"What!" The more Yao Guangxiao spoke, the wider his eyes widened in shock.
He didn't expect that they could come up with such a plan. In the end, he was kind-hearted and limited his imagination of vicious plans.
At the same time, he looked at Chu Nan and frowned. Other strategies were fine, but as for the matter of Queen Ma, wasn't it you, Chu Nan, who was pushing it behind the scenes?
He was also a very smart man. After understanding all this, he also understood Zhu Yuanzhang's intention.
"So, Your Majesty, you want me to be Chu Nan's shield? So that he won't be feared when he investigates in Jinling?"
As he said this, he looked at Chu Nan in surprise, Chu Nan, are you trying to trick me again this time?
You guys have done something great, and I'm just a shield? I might get chopped to pieces by people who hate me!
"That's about it. It depends on whether you are willing to do it." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
The other princes also looked at Yao Guangxiao to see if he was willing.
Chu Nan also looked innocent. "I'm sorry, Mr. Yao, I can't do anything about it. Either you die or I die? I can't die, right?"
After all, the Buddha said, if you don’t go to hell, who will?
"Your Majesty, I obey your command!" Seeing this scene, Yao Guangxiao realized that he had no room for maneuver and could only accept his fate.
"Yao Guangxiao, the guilty minister, is willing to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence!"
But he was so angry that he was about to explode. The hateful Chu Nan actually cheated me so badly. I hope you go to Jinling and don’t get killed!
Although many people hate me, I am under heavy protection. But you are in danger in Jinling.
"Okay." Seeing that Yao Guangxiao also agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing else to say.
"Then let's all go back and prepare."
"Yes, sir!" Everyone agreed, then left and went to prepare for their own affairs.
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The next day.
Above officialdom.
Chu Nan sat on a fast horse, accompanied by Fu Zhong, his twenty personal guards, and Zhu Yuanzhang's five hundred cavalrymen who were responsible for protecting him.
Chu Nan held the imperial sword in his hand, and they were moving at a very fast speed, just to get back to Jinling as quickly as possible, but this made Chu Nan suffer. He had just learned how to ride a horse, and it was so bumpy that he was exhausted. But he had no choice, and in the end, he hurried back to Jinling from the grassland in seven or eight days.
On the Jinling official road, Chu Nan, whose face was full of fatigue, finally relaxed.
He was really happy. He was finally back in Jinling. He no longer had to blow in the wind on the grassland or bump around on the official road.
However, he was a little worried. He was afraid that he would encounter many bad things when he returned to Jinling this time.
"Report!" But just as Chu Nan was imagining, a cavalryman came running quickly and reported to Chu Nan.
"Report to Lord Chu, the Chief Censor Tu Jie is leading his men towards us."
"Hmm?" Chu Nan frowned. How did Tu Jie come here? Historically, Tu Jie was Hu Weiyong's confidant and did a lot for him.
But Tu Jie was also a coward and eventually betrayed Hu Weiyong. However, after the betrayal, he could not escape death.
But now that he came, he must be representing Hu Weiyong's intention. Chu Nan had to take it seriously and then asked the soldiers questions.
"How many people came?"
"There was only him, a carriage, and a driver."
"You are really brave. But it is normal. After all, I am an imperial envoy now." Chu Nan nodded and gave the order.
"Don't worry about him, let's keep moving forward!"
"Yes!" Then Fu Zhong on the side gave the order to the rear.
"keep going!"
Afterwards, Chu Nan and others led the imperial guards and continued to move forward. Not long after, they saw Tu Jie.
Tu Jie was the Chief Censor of the Secretariat. He was in his forties, sinister and greedy, but very capable, so he was almost one of the top figures in Hu Weiyong's group.
When he saw Chu Nan, he started laughing.
"I heard that on the battlefield, Imperial Envoy Chu shot down Wang Baobao with one arrow. He was so impressive. Now that he has returned as an Imperial Envoy, even the warhorse he rides is so luxurious!"
"Huh?" Fu Zhong on the side got angry when he saw this. Why did he feel that Tu Jie's words were a bit sarcastic?
He is now Chu Nan's little fanboy, and his father is Fu Youde, Marquis of Yingchuan.
Although his father is not as good as Hu Weiyong, he is not afraid of you, Tu Jie. Then Fu Zhong will stand up for Chu Nan.
"Master Tu!" But before Fu Zhong could open his mouth, Chu Nan spoke first, sitting on the horse and looking down at Tu Jie.
"You are the Chief Censor, a second-rank official. I, Chu Nan, respect you."
"But I, Chu Nan, am also the Prince's Junior Tutor, the Right Censor-in-Chief, and even the Imperial Envoy, so if you have something to say, please speak directly. If you argue here and delay His Majesty's business, you will not be able to bear the consequences."
Although Chu Nan was afraid that Hu Weiyong and others would discover his identity as a poisoner, it did not mean that Chu Nan would tolerate these rampant officials.
If you don't fight back after it jumps on your head, what are you waiting for?
I am a second-rank official and the prince's teacher. How could I be afraid of you?
"Something's going on, something's going on." Seeing Chu Nan said this, Tu Jie stopped arguing and spoke.
"Sir Chu, Prime Minister Hu heard that the imperial envoy had returned to the city to investigate the matter, so he asked me to invite Sir Chu to his house for a chat."
As he spoke, Tu Jie showed disdain on his face: "Master Chu, Master Hu's status as a first-rank official should be enough to invite you, right?"
(End of this chapter)