Zhu Yuanzhang's martial arts are actually not very good. He did not use martial arts to conquer the world in his previous life. Although he knocked down a villager with one punch when he was fighting in Xigu Village, it can only be considered as the level of elite soldiers facing ordinary people. If he went to the battlefield and faced with a martial arts warrior, Zhu Yuanzhang might not be able to win.

Zheng Yanfu's strength was obviously beyond that of an ordinary soldier, and he could be regarded as a powerful general. Zhu Yuanzhang could not escape his murderous sword.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to hide. He just stood quietly and looked at Zheng Yanfu's sword slashing over without even frowning. The distance between Zheng Yanfu and him was several meters. If this sword was to hit Zhu Yuanzhang, he had to take a big step forward and use the foot he stepped out as the support point of strength to make the force work.

This step was heavy and powerful, and it should have taken root. However, when the front leg landed, Zheng Yanfu felt a weak lower plate... It turned out that the site was not real ground at all, but a small pit filled with soft grass leaves...

He was shocked, but his feet were like water coming out, how could he stop in the middle? He couldn't even collect them, so he could only let his feet step into the pit, and his body suddenly tilted. This feeling was like when a person was going down the stairs, when he went down the last two steps, he originally thought there was another step ahead, but the foothold was empty... that feeling was as if the entire center of gravity had lost support, and the feeling of losing was very bad.

The balance of his entire body was destroyed. The knife he slashed out became crooked and he was unable to do anything. He tripped his feet, and his back foot was in a mess. He staggered two steps and almost fell down.

"Not good! I've been trapped..." Zheng Yanfu was very anxious. He saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was much shorter than him and his body was not as strong as him. Zheng Yanfu took it lightly. In addition, he had been holding his murderous aura and drank blood wine, so his head was completely unthinking. Now after thinking about it carefully, he realized that people dared to wait for him here and threatened to arrest him to see an official. How could he be unprepared?

However, it is too late to think about anything now. Zhu Yuanzhang could not miss such a good opportunity. He digs a pit on the ground in advance, just waiting for this great opportunity to take action... Just as Zheng Yanfu staggers and his head is hooked, Zhu Yuanzhang also takes a step forward, swings the Park Knife at his waist and the scabbard on his waist, and cuts it on the back of Zheng Yanfu's neck with a "bang".

Zheng Yanfu felt that his eyes were dark, the pig-killing knife in his hand was loosened to the ground, and his body fell down softly...

"What a pity! Zheng Yanfu, Chengcheng, your uprising would have been famous in history, but because of my appearance, this incident will not happen in history again." Zhu Yuanzhang tore off Zheng Yanfu's clothes, tied up his hands and feet with these strips, then carried it on his shoulders, and walked back towards Qingliangyuan.

The cool night wind blew, and the dead trees and grass made rustling sounds.

Not long after walking, Zheng Yanfu woke up. He struggled on Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder a few times and found that he was tied up tightly. The pig-killing knife also fell on the other party's waist and hung it. He immediately said angrily: "The lackey of the imperial court, kill me."

"I won't kill you!" Zhu Yuanzhang whispered: "I will hand you over to Zhang Douyao and let him deal with you. And I will get a large reward for my contribution to the thief, and may be promoted by the government."

"You bastard, lackey, loyal dog!" Zheng Yanfu cursed angrily: "You are going to kill all the people in our Chengcheng* County..."

"Bump!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly punched Zheng Yanfu in the stomach. The force of this punch was quite strong, and the impact of the latter's five internal organs and six entrapments seemed to have been moved. Zheng Yanfu's body arched, and his facial features were so painful that he squeezed together. He had not come back to his senses for a long time and his angrily cursed.

"I don't have time to talk nonsense to you. Even if I say it, you won't understand." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "So, shut up too."

He carried Zheng Yanfu to the side of Qingliangyuan, carefully tied him up again, tore off the cloth strip from the corner of his clothes, blocked his mouth, and threw him into the grass. This man must stay alive for Zhang Douyao to force out the villagers from his mouth. Only after the government arrested all the people who were preparing to rebel, would he commend Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements.

These villagers committed serious crimes of treason, and after being arrested, they had only one way to die. Zhu Yuanzhang still had some pity for them, but he would not let Zheng Yanfu go or let these villagers go because of this pity. Because of his pity, he would indulge them into bandits, and turn from kind villagers into cruel bandits, but he still would not have a good end. Instead, he would have buried the entire Ming Dynasty with them.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not a Bodhisattva and had no intention of saving them. What he wanted to save was the Ming Dynasty and look at all the country and country in the world.

After hiding Zheng Yanfu in the grass, he slowly walked back to Qingliangyuan, intending to rest for one night. After dawn tomorrow morning, he would leave the bride-sending team and carry Zheng Yanfu to Chengcheng * County to perform his merits.

When he walked into the Manjushri Palace, Wang Er immediately came up and said with a smile: "Brother is coming back so quickly. What's the result of the follow-up?"

"I didn't follow any results." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "The man walked for a while, and suddenly he disappeared after a flash. I was not familiar with the road and was afraid of getting lost, so I dared not follow him."

"Oh!" Wang Er patted his shoulder and smiled, "It's okay, no matter who he wants to kill. I think that man is also a hero, and the one he wants to kill will not be a good person. Let's care what he does."

The two of them were talking casually, and the figure of Guard Fang flashed out from the side door. He obviously heard the conversation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er, and sneered: "I will lose it with me, useless guy... I told you not to do this useless work, take a break soon, and I will escort the lady's car tomorrow, so don't be listless."

Wang Er glared at Guard Fang, and Zhu Yuanzhang gently pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to fight with Guard Fang.

The two of them lay down again to rest and catch Zheng Yanfu. If anyone else had changed to someone else, they would definitely be so excited that they couldn't sleep. However, for someone like Zhu Yuanzhang who had experienced many difficulties and dangers, this was just a trivial matter like a sesame and mung bean. His mood was not affected at all. As soon as he lay down, he fell asleep deeply.

Early the next morning, before dawn and before the rooster crowed, Zhu Yuanzhang woke up from his sleep... He stood up gently, fearing that he would wake up Wang Er and the porters beside him. He stood on tiptoe and slowly moved to the gate of the hall, opened the gate of the hall with the lightest movement, and slipped out...

Although the sky was not bright yet, the air in the morning was still very fresh. When the dew came up, there was a little coldness. Zhu Yuanzhang left the cool courtyard and walked towards the place where Zheng Yanfu was hidden. The dewdrops in the morning wet his trousers, making him feel a little cool.

After walking a few steps, rustling footsteps suddenly came from the front. It seemed that someone was walking on the fallen leaves in the forest. Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly shocked. Could it be that Zheng Yanfu broke free from the bondage? No, I tied him up very tightly.

He listened carefully again and found that the footsteps in the forest were very light, weak and powerless, not like Zheng Yanfu's heavy footsteps, but like the footsteps of a woman. Moreover, there were more than one footsteps, two people walking in the forest.

Fortunately, it was not Zheng Yanfu, so Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move forward.

Bypassing a bush of dead trees and two rocks, two women suddenly appeared in front of them. Taking advantage of the blurry light in the morning light, Zhu Yuanzhang faintly saw that one of the short women was the little maid Zi Xincai. She was wearing a blue maid's uniform and lowered her head, as if she had just cried.

The woman walking in front of her could only see her back, about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a silk dress, emerald green and cloud-like black hairs from the back of her head, making her look gentle and generous. Unfortunately, she was facing her back and could not see her appearance, but just looking at this back, you can tell that she was a very outstanding woman. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately guessed: this person... should be the third lady of the Ma family who was raised in the deep boudoir and no one knew.

Hearing footsteps behind him, the third sister of the Ma family did not turn around. She just whispered to Zi Xincai: "Who is here?"

Zi Xincai glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then replied in a low voice: "Miss, it is Brother Zhu, the manager of the side courtyard."

"Oh, it turns out it's him..." The third young lady still turned her back to Zhu Ba and did not turn around. She just amplified her gentle voice a little: "Manager Zhu, it's so early!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be respectful and said, "Good morning, Miss."

"Manager Zhu..." Miss Third said in a slightly sad voice: "I didn't plan to explain to you. Since I met here early in the morning, I have a few words to say to you... Would you like to listen?"

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart that he was unlucky. He came out to do serious business early in the morning, but was stopped by the woman to talk. This was a waste of time. What can she and I have to explain? But the lady greeted him. How could he be a servant rude? He had to whisper: "Please give me some advice."

The third young lady sighed and said, "A few days ago, I ordered the maids in the backyard not to come to you. Are you blaming me?"

"This... the villain dares to blame the lady." Zhu Yuanzhang complained in his heart: Woman, let me do the serious business quickly, don't talk about these things, it's a waste of my precious time.

The third lady whispered: "The maids in the inner courtyard all grew up with me and were as close as sisters. I was very happy that they fell in love with you, and wanted to help them get together, so I sent Zi Xincai to help build a bridge. But... you are so arrogant and look down on them. I am afraid that they will be sad and cannot get off the stage, so they are not allowed to come to you. In fact, you are indeed very capable and can force the county magistrate to retire and return home. I think... they should not be worthy of you..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely bored. He was indifferent when Empress Ma died in his last life, and he never thought about it in his life.

The third lady was obviously a little lonely because she was about to get married, so she didn't finish her words. She continued: "A few days ago, Zi Xincai also told me that you don't want to help me find a way to refuse marriage... Alas... obviously I'm still blaming me! Now I'm leaving the Ma family, I hope you don't blame me anymore..."

She suddenly turned her body, faced Zhu Yuanzhang head-on, and whispered: "Before getting married, I will take a look at the last look at the man the sisters like, what does it look like."

When she turned her head, her face immediately appeared in front of Zhu Yuanzhang...

Zhu Yuanzhang only glanced at him and suddenly felt his heart and courage, and he was shocked. Blood all over his body surged and almost burst into screams! Miss Ma San's face looked so familiar. Her eyebrows, eyes, lips, and faint sadness were exactly the same as the woman Zhu Yuanzhang loved most in his previous life, Queen Ma!

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