Chapter 88

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Commander Commander Jiang Huang standing before him, his brows knitted tightly as he asked,

"Commander Commander Jiang Huang, do you think winning a battle necessarily requires soldiers?"

The corners of Commander Commander Jiang Huang's mouth twitched slightly.

Do you hear what you are saying?

What does it mean that winning a battle necessarily requires soldiers?

If we can win!

If this could win, just see how many people will rebel tomorrow!

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's brows remained tightly locked.

He raised his head to look at Commander Commander Jiang Huang, then immediately waved his hand helplessly and said,

"You martial brute, you cannot understand such profound matters."

"Has that brat Su Qiao been well-behaved lately?"

Commander Commander Jiang Huang lowered his head helplessly and said,

"Well-behaved. Following Your Majesty's orders, I have kept him well-fed and comfortable while waiting for autumn."

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said,

"Then has he been frightened lately? If he is scared, remember to tell me."

"Uh... no. As the days draw nearer, Lord Su seems to be getting happier and happier."

"These past few days, he has clearly been talking much more."

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's expression sank; gritting his teeth, he asked in a low voice,

"Then what is he talking about?"

"He talks about everything. Even several accomplices of Hu Wei imprisoned in the Imperial Prison are giving him a thumbs-up."

"Last night, Lord Su stubbornly talked all the way from the Franks to the fourth young lady of the household of Marquis Marquis Marquis Yihui, Lord Liu..."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but snort coldly.

"He is quite a talent indeed. The Franks, Marquis Marquis Yihui... the fourth daughter of Squire Liu from our village?!"

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's aged face immediately dropped; hopping on his feet, he looked at Commander Commander Jiang Huang beside him and asked,

"What did he say about Squire Liu?!"

Commander Commander Jiang Huang lowered his head and said,

"Lord Su said that Your Majesty truly knows how to repay kindness with gratitude."

"This title of Marquis Marquis Marquis Yihui was absolutely bestowed because Lord Liu was willing to give Your Majesty land to bury Emperor Emperor Renzu back in the day."

"It was absolutely not because of any fourth young lady from Squire Liu's family."

"Even if the fourth young lady Liu and Your Majesty were childhood sweethearts in the village years ago, it is absolutely still a case of Your Majesty repaying kindness with gratitude..."

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's aged face turned iron-green with rage.

"I said not to let Tang He shout about this blindly, yet he still dared to tell Xu Da."

"Which of the old brothers from Fengyang does not know that Xu Da's mouth is incredibly loose?"

"When my sister was alive, she gave me plenty of cold shoulders over this fourth young lady!"

"Let him keep shouting; if the history books record this mark against me, I will settle the score with him sooner or later when I go down there!"

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Commander Commander Jiang Huang, panting heavily.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said,

"That brat must have a method."

"Today, I must get a clear answer from him."

Hearing this,

Commander Commander Jiang Huang's heart felt as though ten thousand horses were galloping through it.

Just this?

If there really were a method to win battles without using soldiers,

wouldn't all the aunties at the village entrance become Zhuge Liangs?!

Before Commander Commander Jiang Huang could even catch up to Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's pace,

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang had already stormed back,

pointing at Commander Commander Jiang Huang and saying,

"Tomorrow, send two people to Fengyang to ask how the fourth young lady Liu is doing lately."

"Yes... ah?"

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's expression sank.

"What do you mean 'ah'? I am just getting old and want to find a few old friends to chat with; is that not allowed?! If news leaks, I will cut off your head!"

With that said, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, his face iron-green, led Commander Commander Jiang Huang toward the Imperial Prison.

Inside the Imperial Prison,

Su Qiao's voice constantly echoed through the cells.

From time to time, bursts of mocking laughter rang out.

Even the prison guards of the Imperial Prison leaned against the bars with great interest, listening to Su Qiao tell stories.

After all, no ordinary people ever ended up in this place.

These prison guards did not even hold ranks as high as the prisoners inside the cells.

Stirred up by Su Qiao, the entire Imperial Prison instead became quite jovial.

"Lord Su, please tell us more about the story of Miss Liu Si from Fengyang."

"Alas, Miss Liu Si was also a woman of bitter fate; in her early years, she was the one flower in a lonely village."

"How was her fate bitter? Her father was a wealthy landlord, and she was a young lady since childhood; what bitterness could there be?!"

"At that time, Miss Liu Si had been married for only two days when His Majesty happened to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors."

"Then, guess what happened?"

The group of grown men in the Imperial Prison immediately perked up, looking at Su Qiao with high spirits as they asked,

"What happened? What happened?"

"Lord Su, speak quickly! Our hearts feel as if they are being scratched by cat's claws!"

Before Su Qiao could finish speaking,

with a loud "bang,"

the gate of the Imperial Prison was kicked open from the outside by Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In an instant, the entire Imperial Prison fell into dead silence.

All the prisoners had no choice but to awkwardly kneel on the ground and shout, "Long live Your Majesty!"

Su Qiao also had to sheepishly shut his mouth.

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's old face turned purple with a hint of red as he stared fixedly at Su Qiao, gritting his teeth to ask,

"Good lad, good lad indeed! You seem to know quite a lot."

As soon as his voice fell,

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang heard whispering from the neighboring cell:

"Ho, is this matter true?"

"Damn, I thought Lord Su was just making it up."

"We're done for; His Majesty won't silence us, will he?"

"Having entered this place, did you actually expect to leave?"

"That is true."

"..."

Looking at Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, whose eyes were wide with rage, Su Qiao helplessly looked at him and asked,

"Your Majesty, how do you have the time to visit this humble servant?"

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang stared fixedly at Su Qiao, forcibly suppressing the fury in his heart to ask,

"I am here now to ask you one thing."

"If things truly go as you wish, and the imperial clan of our Great Ming dies in battle beyond the passes."