Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55 Return
Sun Chuanting in front fought all the way to Ruzhou. Zhu Yixi was terrified when he saw the good news.

From Tongguan on August 29th to August [-]th, from Tongguan to Luoyang and then to Ruzhou, it takes only six or seven hundred miles, almost half a month, which is equivalent to running across.

Its supply line, if counted from Xi'an, has been stretched to more than a thousand miles.

After expressing his concerns, Tongguan guard Li Jizu was a little surprised and said:
"The thieves are vulnerable. We used to be like this often. This time, the supervisor is well-prepared. Naturally, there is no need to deal with the intruders."

"You, I really worry too much. The emperor is not in a hurry for the eunuch."

As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing.

In Tongguan for many days, Zhu Yixi drank with the guards every now and then, and Li Jizu, the main general, naturally often.

Some time ago, he made extra money, but this time he spent a lot of money on it. In just half a month, he spent thousands of taels.

Being so bold, he naturally made a few friends.

A general like Li Jizu is no exception.

"Even a fool can see that this is a trick to lure the enemy!"

Zhu Yixi murmured, looking at the majestic Tongguan, he couldn't help thinking that, from this point of view, Sun Chuanting should soon be defeated.

"Brother Li, trespassers are powerful, you guard Tongguan, and I will go back to Xi'an, brother."

Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice.

"Why go back to Xi'an?"

Li Jizu was at a loss.

"Recruit troops for the governor!"

"Where are there any soldiers in Xi'an now?"

"Hey, don't say it!"

Zhu Yixi smiled softly, rode resolutely, and ran away.

Looking at his leaving back, Li Jizu was a little surprised: "Could it be that this kid got a private message from the Governor's Mansion?"

Zhu Yixi led the hundred youths very fast.

"Well, inspector Zhu, it's all right for you to go back to Xi'an to recruit soldiers, why did you bring me with you?"

Zhang Daoku clutched his waist, rode a mule, and wailed: "This old man is getting old, running back and forth is fatal."

"I have a place for you."

Zhu Yixi was sitting in the carriage, and the bumpy road made him feel quite uncomfortable.

However, he still held back and took out a letter.

"Huh?" Zhang Daoku saw it, and it turned out to be Sun Chuanting's reply to him.

Regarding Zhu Yixi's concern about the ambush, Sun Chuanting said bluntly that everything was within his expectations and the battle must be won.

"Governor Sun is so confident, it seems that the thief is really dead."

Zhang Daoku grinned, showing a few yellow teeth and said with a smile.

"You once said that since you often draw symbols and write letters on behalf of others, it must be possible to imitate handwriting!"

Zhu Yixi looked at him and smiled.

"I know a thing or two about poverty." Zhang Daoku nodded triumphantly, and then said in amazement: "You don't want me to imitate Governor Sun's handwriting, do you?"

"That's right!" Zhu Yixi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "This time I'm going back to the city to recruit soldiers and horses. I must have the support of the governor. I'm not qualified on my own."

"But, but, if you only rely on your handwriting and don't have a seal, how can others believe it?"

Zhang Daoku shook his head with doubts on his face.

"The private seal is next to him, so naturally he can't get it."

Zhu Yixi showed a smile: "But the official seal is still in the Governor's Mansion. When the time comes, I will have to rely on you, the Taoist."

"Me?" Zhang Daoku showed a bitter face, "Inspector Zhu, you really think highly of me for such an unfortunate event."

"It's okay, I trust you!"

Zhu Yixi said calmly, and took out a dagger from his waist.

"My knife, isn't it beautiful? The supervisor gave it to me personally. I haven't drunk blood yet."

Zhang Daoku was taken aback, he quickly nodded and said with a smile: "Where is it, I should serve you."

"The Taoist priest has worked hard."

Zhu Yixi nodded and said: "I have always persuaded people with reasoning, and it would be great if you can be persuaded."

"Yeah yeah!"

Zhang Daoku smiled humbly.

However, within two days, the group of people who walked away in plain clothes returned to Xi'an City.

Zhu Yixi first went to meet his epidemic prevention soldiers, two thousand troops equipped with flintlock guns.

Of course, it includes and is not limited to ten [-]-jin Fran cannons, and thirty tiger crouching cannons.

Manpower is extremely insufficient.

"It's not enough to be a musketeer, you have to have a meat shield."

Zhu Yixi muttered.

"Jingming, why are you back?" Wang Yan was particularly surprised by Zhu Yixi's sudden return.

"The governor is facing off in front, and the troops are insufficient. He specially asked me to come back to organize the civilian husbands. I am having a headache because of this."

Zhu Yixi said casually, without any trace of lies.

"Oh!" Wang Yan didn't even think about it, he devoted himself to the craftsman camp.

After inspecting the lower craftsman camp, Zhu Yixi told the former chief craftsman and now the deputy chief craftsman:

"Prepare five or six thousand spears for me, other armor, shields, as many as you want, take them all out."

"I have made a lot of spears this month, and I can get them together in two days."

The assistant craftsman did not suspect him, thinking that this person came back to get the equipment himself: "There are only a few hundred sets of armor, but there are many shields."

"Then prepare them together, and I'll pick them up in two days."

Zhu Yixi ordered bluntly.

The assistant craftsman can only accept his fate.

Afterwards, Zhu Yixi brought Zhang Daoku, who was dressed as a Taoist priest, to the Governor's Mansion.

When Mrs. Zhang saw Zhu Yixi, she was a little surprised and said, "Jingming, why are you back?"

"lady!"

Zhu Yixi saluted respectfully and said: "The Taoist priest said that there are unknown items in the Governor's Mansion. I am afraid that it will affect the war. In addition to transporting food this time, I will remove the unknown things for the Governor's Mansion."

"This—" Zhang Shi panicked when she heard that it might affect the war.

People in the country are like this, they would rather believe in what they have than in nothing.

Anyway, it's the way to do it, and it won't delay anything.

"Then what should we do?"

Zhang said in a deep voice.

"It doesn't need to be too troublesome, as long as everyone gathers in the courtyard, Pindao does it himself, and inspects each room, then we can naturally catch this ominous situation."

Zhang Daoku freshened up a bit, and he has a bit of a fairy character, no wonder Zhang Chengzu and his party have a lot of trust in him.

So, the whole family, including servants, hundreds of people gathered in the courtyard, and Zhang Daoku drew amulets to drive away ghosts.

"Ok?"

After Zhang Daoku went to get the seal, Zhu Yixi stayed in the courtyard, half comforting, half supervising everyone, but suddenly felt two eyes staring at him.

He looked around and saw that they were two young girls.

A girl with snow-white skin and bright eyes and bright teeth looked at him furtively, and when they made eye contact, two red clouds immediately appeared on her cheeks.

The other one has a baby's fat face and looks cute and cute. It is roughly similar to the other girl, but it is a bit bold, staring straight at it.

Needless to say, they must be Sun Chuanting's two daughters.

The white as snow is Xueniang, and the bold and lovely one is Damselfly.

He smiled politely, and after waiting for about half an hour, Zhang Daoku came out slowly.

"Daoist, have you ever discovered that unknown?"

Mrs. Zhang asked hurriedly.

"The poor Taoist has already been expelled." Zhang Daoku said politely, "Madam, don't worry."

"Then I also bid farewell."

Zhu Yixi saluted, glanced at the two girls before leaving, smiled, and left directly.

"Inspection!"

After getting into the carriage, Zhang Daoku took out some white papers with official seals from his pocket, Zhu Yixi was overjoyed.

"Okay!" Zhu Yixi said loudly: "It's ready, and it's time to act."

(End of this chapter)