Chapter 427: Yu Shuo robbed on the road
After Mei Zhixing was forced to accept Zhu Hongwu's appointment, Zhu Hongwu finally dismissed his ministers.
Looking at the confused Mei Zhixing, Prime Minister Li Ru shook his head helplessly.
He didn't know what to say about Mei Zhixing's clever idea of wanting to save more ministers.
It is true that these ministers have been rescued by Mei Zhixing, but will any of them be grateful to him?
In the eyes of his ministers, Mei Zhixing was more like a clown.
No one will thank him, and no one will remember his life-saving grace today!
Thinking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but feel that Mei Zhixing's behavior was not worth it.
However, Li Ru still has the Li family's entire family to support and they all depend on him.
So Li Ru just walked up to Mei Zhixing and patted him on the shoulder.
"Minister Mei, I wish you good luck on your journey to the Three Kingdoms."
"If everything goes well , when you come back, I will treat you to a drink at the largest restaurant in the capital!"
After saying that, Li Ru patted Mei Zhixing on the shoulder and walked towards the palace gate.
Looking at Li Ru's departing back, Mei Zhixing smiled self-deprecatingly.
"It seems that my passion is nothing but a joke in the eyes of others."
"Prime Minister Li, I will remember your kindness!"
Facing Li Ru, the only one who came forward to comfort him, Mei Zhixing bowed deeply to his departing back.
The next morning, Mei Zhixing bid farewell to his family and left the city gate of Qi's capital with a team of guards prepared for him by Zhu Hongwu.
But when Mei Zhixing looked back at his team of guards, he felt even more sad.
It turned out that the team of guards that Zhu Hongwu arranged for Mei Zhixing included someone other than his commander.
The rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no combat capability at all!
Looking at these old, weak and sick people, Mei Zhixing said with a wry smile.
"Everyone, I'm sorry to bother you on the way to the Three Kingdoms ."
"If you encounter any accidents on the way, you can leave on your own and don't worry about Mei."
After hearing Mei Zhixing's words, the leader of the 500 guards said with a smile.
"Minister Mei, there's no need to say these words."
"Brothers all know that once we leave, we may not be able to come back."
"Alas, it's all the fault of that tyrant king. He insisted on killing that envoy a few days ago."
The commander said this with a self-deprecating laugh, and the other guards also laughed.
Seeing that these guards had put their lives at risk, Mei Zhixing smiled with relief.
In this way, the group headed towards the Three Kingdoms in the northwest direction.
But before the group had walked for half an hour, they were stopped halfway by a group of black-armored cavalry!
The leader, looking at the team of more than 500 people, couldn't help but shook his head.
"You are the Qi ministers who are going to the Three Kingdoms to seek help, right?"
In response to the cavalry commander's question, Mei Zhixing strode forward and bowed to him.
"Exactly. General, you are...?"
As Mei Zhixing finished speaking, the cavalry commander began to laugh.
"Ahaha, it's you I've been waiting for. I'm Yu Shuo, a general from the Yan State!"
"Since we have met you, I would like to trouble you, the envoy, and I to go over to you!"
After saying this, Yu Shuo waved his hand without caring whether Mei Zhixing agreed or not.
Following Yu Shuo's order, all the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp rushed forward.
Soon, Mei Zhixing and his group were surrounded.
Looking at the thousands of soldiers from the Shenshu Camp around him, the guard commander gritted his teeth and was about to draw the long sword at his waist.
When he wanted to lead the 500 veteran soldiers behind him to fight a bloody way out for Mei Zhixing, Mei Zhixing grabbed his hand.
"General, don't be impulsive. If the Yan general wanted to kill us, he would have done it long ago."
"How could they surround us like this? If my guess is correct..."
"I'm afraid this Yan country general wants to take us to see someone."
After saying that, Mei Zhixing smiled and let go of the guard leader's hand.
Seeing what Mei Zhixing said, the guard leader had no choice but to take his hand back from his sword.
Yu Shuo, who saw this scene, smiled slightly and couldn't help but feel some admiration for the envoy from Qi.
Soon, Yu Shuo brought the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp and brought Mei Zhixing and his party to the Yan State camp.
"You just follow me in, and the rest of you just wait here!"
After entering the camp, Yu Shuo dismounted and spoke to Mei Zhixing and his group.
So, Mei Zhixing followed Yu Shuo into a tent.
As Yu Shuo led Mei Zhixing into the tent, a young man in black Confucian robe caught Mei Zhixing's attention.
Looking at this young man, Mei Zhixing actually felt a hint of majesty from him.
Thinking of Yu Shuo's respectful attitude towards the young man, he didn't have time to think about it.
Mei Zhixing bowed and prostrated himself before the young man.
" Mei Zhixing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War of Qi, greets His Majesty the Emperor Yan!"
Seeing that Mei Zhixing had guessed his identity, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile and nodded.
"You are very good. I can tell based on your vision."
"You didn't volunteer to be Qi's envoy to the Three Kingdoms, did you?"
As Jiang Chen's voice fell, Mei Zhixing couldn't help but be slightly startled.
He didn't expect that the emperor of Yan State had guessed everything.
Looking at Mei Zhixing who was somewhat speechless, Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Okay, I didn't kidnap you here to tell you this."
"Well, I'll let you meet two people, and then you'll understand."
Jiang Chen said this and looked outside the tent.
Immediately afterwards, under Mei Zhixing's somewhat confused gaze.
Lin Xing brought Xu Chengye slowly into the big tent and bowed to Jiang Chen.
"General Lin Xing (Xu Chengye) greets Your Majesty!"
"Okay, everyone, get up, both of you, and help this envoy from Qi to solve his puzzlement!"
Jiang Chen waved his hand and said to Lin Xing and the others with a smile.
Lin and Xing turned around and looked at Mei Zhixing, who was a little at a loss, and told him everything about how Zhu Hongwu killed Tian Min and took his place.
After hearing the whole story, a hint of anger flashed in Mei Zhixing's eyes.
He clenched his fists in anger and spoke through gritted teeth.
"Damn Zhu Hongwu, how dare you kill your majesty!"
"How hateful! How hateful! How hateful that the entire court is still being kept in the dark by him!"
Jiang Chen, who was standing aside, looked at Mei Zhixing, whose face was filled with anger, and said calmly.
"Mei Zhixing, now, do you still want to work for that Zhu Hongwu pretending to be Tian Min?"
As Jiang Chen finished speaking, Mei Zhixing gritted his teeth and his expression became more determined.
"Mei Zhixing, meet your majesty!"
