In order to avoid unnecessary complications, no one entered Prince Dai's Mansion for the entire afternoon.
That night, Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing left Nanjing with their soldiers, and there were several letters on the table in Prince Dai's Mansion.
The three personal guards who stayed here were responsible for delivering them to the Xu family, the prince and Concubine Guo respectively the next day.
As for the matter of asking the emperor for forgiveness, we can only wait until we return to Datong Mansion with a memorial.
Fortunately, the part of leaving the city that worried Zhu Gui the most passed without incident.
Although the officers and soldiers guarding the city expressed special concern that so many people were leaving the city overnight at such a late hour, when Zhu Gui revealed his identity, the officers and soldiers immediately let him go.
I don't know whether it was because of the prince's identity that they really couldn't afford to offend him, or whether these officers and soldiers were also very taboo about the name of the prince.
After leaving the city, Zhu Gui did not stop. After leading the crowd for more than two hundred miles overnight, he found a small village to camp outside at dawn.
The soldiers started to light a fire to cook, while Xu Miaoqing went to sleep directly.
"It should be almost done here." Zhu Gui finally felt a little more at ease.
Although the Jinyi Guards have excellent military equipment, they may not be able to keep up with people like Zhu Gui based on their war horses. They were carefully selected from the Mongols.
But at this moment, Zhu Gui had no clue as to who Jin Yiwei was instructed by.
If one goes by the general view of people of this era, one must undoubtedly think it is the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, Jinyiwei only takes orders from the emperor.
But after all, Zhu Gui was not from this era. He had a more specific understanding of the Jin Yiwei. He knew that during the Hongwu period, the Jin Yiwei was at its peak in power just a few days before the Jin Yiwei was abolished.
So no matter what, Zhu Gui didn't want to have anything to do with these Jin Yiwei.
After resting all morning, Zhu Gui decided to continue on his way at noon because the sun was not hot.
Only when you return to Datong Mansion can you feel completely at ease.
Although Xu Miaoqing did not have a good rest, she still respected Zhu Gui's decision.
This journey lasted five days.
Today is the tenth day of October, which is also the birthday of Prince Zhu Biao.
And Zhu Gui finally arrived less than twenty miles away from Datong Mansion.
This relieved him.
He looked back in the direction of Nanjing, thinking about Prince Zhu Biao, and felt a little guilty in his heart.
At this moment, dozens of riders suddenly galloped out of the woods not far away.
Speeding towards Zhu Gui.
The one running at the front was already less than 500 meters away from Zhu Gui and the others.
The man, dressed in black, suddenly raised his right arm, and with a "swish" sound, something flew out of his arm and shot toward Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui quickly jumped off the horse.
As a result, a black crossbow arrow the size of a palm was inserted into the head of his war horse.
The war horse fell to the ground and died on the spot.
Zhu Gui attacked angrily, pulled out his pistol and called for everyone to fight.
When the man in black saw that he missed a hit, he immediately drew out his long knife and wanted to fight at close range.
Zhu Gui noticed the lines on the opponent's scabbard and immediately recognized it as Jin Yiwei's standard embroidered spring knife.
Unexpectedly, they actually ambushed here and dared to assassinate a feudal king.
It can be seen that these Jin Yiwei are really arrogant and domineering to the extreme.
I am afraid that except for the emperor and the prince, there is no one they dare not touch.
He remembered that someone in later generations had mentioned that the 'factory guards' were half responsible for the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The guards in the factory guards referred to Jin Yiwei.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was merciless in killing famous officials, felt that Jin Yiwei's methods were too cruel, which shows how ferocious Jin Yiwei was at this time.
However, Zhu Gui is not a vegetarian. Compared with these Jin Yiwei who can only do some assassinations, his soldiers have all come from the battlefield.
When the two sides met, a fierce battle began without saying a word.
The Jin Yiwei are proficient in all kinds of cold weapons and hidden weapons, and they have already set up an ambush here, which is equivalent to waiting for work.
On Zhu Gui's side, although they had the advantage in numbers, due to the long journey, everyone was not in good condition either in physical strength or energy.
However, thanks to the advantage of suppressive firepower, the two sides were inextricably linked for a while.
After one stick of incense, more than a dozen people on both sides had fallen.
Seeing this, the leader of the Jin Yiwei raised his hand and came out and said: "On behalf of the king, the emperor already knows about you killing the Jin Yiwei and escaping from Nanjing. We are also ordered to take you back to Nanjing. Please don't embarrass us."
As he said that, he actually took out an imperial edict.
On Zhu Gui's side, everyone except him was stunned for a moment.
"Zhu Gui, what should I do?" Xu Miaoqing raised her gun and asked worriedly.
"Hmph, Jinyiwei is so brave. He even dares to forge imperial edicts. What else do you dare not do?" After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he shot him.
The leader of the Jinyiwei was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that his tried and tested method would be exposed by the opponent. As a result, he was hit between the eyebrows by Zhu Gui, and he fell off his horse and died immediately.
Upon seeing this, the other Jin Yiwei immediately fled in all directions, but they did not flee, they still moved as fast as the wind, and soon disappeared.
Zhu Gui asked his soldiers to pick up the so-called imperial edict in the hand of the leader of the Jinyi Guards, opened it, and found that there was not a single word in it.
Seeing this, Xu Miaoqing's face suddenly turned cold: "Are these Jinyi guards too bold? Do they really dare to falsely pass on the imperial edict?"
If Zhu Gui hadn't mentioned it, Xu Miaoqing would have been unable to imagine such a thing.
Zhu Gui is also a little worried. Has history changed again because of him?
During the Hongwu period, the Jin Yiwei was deposed by Zhu Yuanzhang for torturing and killing ministers. Will he become a 'killing prince' this time?
But if he insists on resisting, Jin Yiwei will not have the opportunity to be abolished, and will Zhu Yuanzhang believe his words or Jin Yiwei's?
Zhu Gui would know the answer if he thought about it with his toes.
If this is the case, it seems to be a dead end, and he will never be able to wait for the Battle of Jingnan.
Just when Zhu Gui was in a daze, the sound of horse hooves sounded again not far away.
But this time the person taking the lead was Xu Yingxu.
It turned out that the patrol soldiers in the direction of Datong heard the gunshots and immediately reported to the guards. Although Xu Yingxu was not sure that it was Zhu Gui who had returned, because firearms were at stake, he still came with his cavalry to check.
"Brother, why are you here?" When Xu Miaoqing saw it was Xu Yingxu, she was surprised and delighted and rushed over.
"Your Majesty, Princess, the Emperor's birthday has not come yet, why are you back? What is going on? Is this the Imperial Guard?"
After all, Xu Yingxu came from a well-known family, and he immediately recognized the marks on the corpses on the ground.
Zhu Gui remained silent, so Xu Miaoqing had no choice but to explain to him what happened.
After hearing this, Xu Yingxu's face became uglier than ever: "Your Majesty, we are in big trouble now. The Jin Yiwei represents the emperor's will."