In this way, under the escort of thirty imperial guards led by Xu Yingxu, Zhu Gui and his party, who were still a little worried at first, left the palace smoothly.
This made the palace maid Shuangyue, who quietly joined the team halfway, dumbfounded.
And why did Zhu Gui choose Honglu Temple as the location?
First, because Honglu Temple is outside the palace and is responsible for handling some matters related to the Ministry of Etiquette. The funeral of the late emperor was indeed handled by Honglu Temple.
At the same time, Zhu Gui has already arranged manpower here, and they are all Hu Shidao's people. Naturally, they are not reliable.
So when they came to the nearest street near Honglu Temple, Xu Yingxu made excuses and left with the people.
And Hu Shidao's people also arrived here in a carriage.
However, he only brought one carriage. Unexpectedly, Zhu Gui brought out more than ten people, so he had to ask his men to prepare the carriage.
Soon Hu Shidao's people got three more carriages, but problems arose.
Nanjing has just concluded the funeral of the late emperor and the coronation ceremony of the new emperor, and the whole city is still under martial law. It would be too conspicuous for four carriages to leave the city together at this time.
Hu Shidao reported the situation to Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui thought about it and found a solution. He took Guo Huifei to drive a carriage alone, while the others went to the Nanjing branch of the Datong Chamber of Commerce to contact Mr. Lu, and then sent them out of Nanjing in the name of a caravan and rushed to Datong Prefecture.
Hu Shidao felt that something was wrong, so he asked his two capable men to protect Zhu Gui and Guo Huifei all the way. These two people were also old people from the Salt Gang in Datong Prefecture. They were also very familiar with Zhu Gui, so they naturally had nothing to say about their loyalty.
So everyone started to act separately.
In order to prevent long nights and many dreams, Zhu Gui immediately asked one of the men named Yuan Wu to drive a carriage and leave the city immediately.
Since there was a Datong Chamber of Commerce sign, I was let through without any difficulty from the gate guards.
But what Zhu Gui didn't know was that just half an hour after he left the palace, another group of guards rushed into Concubine Guo Hui's bedroom.
But there was no one in the palace.
Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen, soon learned the news. He immediately understood that Zhu Gui must have sneaked into the palace and rescued Concubine Guo Hui.
This made him even more angry because he had not caught Zhu Gui. He directly ordered the city to be sealed off again, and at the same time, he began to search the whole city. The focus was on everyone related to Zhu Gui, especially the Dai Wangfu and the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
This operation directly caused the already tense situation in the city to become increasingly chaotic, and even many courtiers were implicated.
It's just that Zhu Gui didn't learn all this until a long time later.
He drove non-stop all the way, and because he was worried about running into Lan Yu's troops, he deliberately took a small path.
Not only is the road condition bad, but the distance is also much longer.
After walking on the road for three days, he finally received news from Datong Prefecture.
Princess Xu Miaoqing has not yet arrived at Datong Mansion, but Lan Yu has already led a thousand people to the boundary of Datong Mansion. However, the Datong Mansion garrison, which is now the Yunzhou Army, was not smoothly taken over by him as Lan Yu imagined.
The two sides are confronting each other on the territory of Datong Prefecture.
Gongsun Ming's letter was asking Zhu Gui how to deal with Lan Yu. After all, on the surface, the other party was a general of the imperial court, and there was an oral order from the emperor for this trip. If they insisted on not letting the other party enter Datong Mansion, it would be almost equivalent to rebellion.
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After Zhu Gui saw the letter, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
Things were pretty much as he expected, and even Gongsun Ming's performance was much better than he imagined.
At least he did not completely fall to the imperial court, and even had the courage to confront the famous general Lan Yu, which is already very commendable.
So Zhu Gui wrote back to Gongsun Ming, saying that Lan Yu could be allowed to enter Datong Mansion, but he could not give up the command of the Izumo Prefecture Army, and that the entire army should be prepared for war.
Naturally, Zhu Gui would not let Gongsun Ming and Lan Yu directly confront each other.
First of all, Gongsun Ming may not be Lan Yu's opponent, even if his equipment and numbers are superior.
Secondly, even if he did give the order, Gongsun Ming might not listen to his order because he was afraid of the situation. On the contrary, it might be counterproductive. After all, when the situation is not yet clear, the imperial court still has absolute rule over the four territories of the Ming Dynasty.
Powerful.
So Zhu Gui decided to stabilize Lan Yu's side first, and then wait for him to go back before deciding whether to break up with the other party.
Zhu Gui didn't think Lan Yu would let him go under such a good opportunity, and Zhu Gui also wanted to take this opportunity to do Zhu Di a 'little favor' and resolve this biggest uncertainty.
Finally, another half month later, Zhu Gui finally returned to Datong Mansion.
However, as soon as he entered Datong Mansion, he felt a strange atmosphere, which was not at all the same as when he returned in the past.
Just when Zhu Gui was wondering if it was his illusion, a group of people came galloping over.
When the leader saw Zhu Gui on the carriage, he immediately got off the horse and said, "My lord, you are finally back."
Zhu Gui recognized this man. He was really a Qianhu member of the Yunzhou Army. He didn't expect that he would be reduced to patrolling the border.
"Yue Qianhu, what happened? Tell me quickly," Zhu Gui said.
"General Lan Yu has stationed all his troops in Datong Mansion, and issued an announcement saying that the prince has rebelled. Many aristocratic families in Datong Mansion have been suppressed. The Datong Chamber of Commerce and Datong Bank have also been forcibly disbanded. They have also attacked Blackwood City.
Now except for the Yunzhou Army, everything in Datong Mansion is in chaos."
Yue Qianhu said with a sad face.
"Hey Lan Yu, do you really think that I am a soft persimmon? You dare to mess around in my home. Today I will let you know how powerful I am."
Zhu Gui's eyes were cracked. He didn't expect that the order he spent more than half a year to establish in Yunzhou would be almost completely destroyed by Lan Yu in this half month.
So he immediately asked Yue Qianhu to gather all the Yunzhou troops, while he himself asked Yuan Wu to drive the carriage to the location of the guard post, and he returned to Datong Mansion with another of Hu Shidao's men.
The city gate of Datong Mansion has been taken over by Lan Yu's people, and no one can even be seen entering or exiting.
When Zhu Gui saw this scene, the hatred in his eyes deepened. You must know that Datong Mansion has become a commercial city, with dozens of caravans coming and going every day, and now it is like a ghost town.
Zhu Gui and his men were about to rush inside, but were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.
"Stop, who are you?"
"Who is this? I am the acting king? This is my fiefdom. Who are you?"
Zhu Gui scolded angrily.
When the soldier heard this, his eyes widened, and then he rubbed his eyes again. He suddenly thought of something, took two steps back, and shouted loudly: "Come quickly, the rebel king Zhu Gui is back."