A mere centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was enough to frighten Master Zhang so much that he led his gang of lackeys away in utter terror.

For a long time afterward, Master Zhou even stayed indoors and dared not exploit the people around him anymore.

He even hired these people to work for him at a normal wage.

This shows just how severe the fear Zhu Yunwen instilled in him tonight was.

He was even afraid that if he did something wrong, another centurion would appear in his house and confront him.

After achieving his goal, Zhu Yunwen returned to the house and told Zhou Dashan and the others that they could rest assured and no longer worry about Zhang Yuanwai's revenge.

Of course, it is still recommended that Zhou Dashan's family live in the county town for a while. Human nature is hard to fathom, and it would be bad if that Master Zhang used some underhanded means to target Zhou Dashan's family.

After resting for a night at Zhou Dashan's house, Zhu Yunwen left the village early the next morning with Zhao Qingzhu and the Jinyiwei centurions, continuing their journey towards Taihe County in Ji'an Prefecture.

It took Zhu Yunwen only half a day to arrive at Ji'an Prefecture.

After asking around, we arrived in Taihe County in the afternoon. Taihe County is a small county in Ji'an Prefecture.

Upon arrival, Zhu Yunwen led everyone to a restaurant for a proper meal.

They found another inn and checked in. It was getting dark, and since they had already found a place, finding the person was only a matter of time and there was no rush.

That night, four Imperial Guards stood watch outside Zhu Yunwen's room at the inn.

Zhao Qingzhu, in the next room, was also keeping a close eye on what was happening in Zhu Yuntong's room.

After all, they have been out for so long. Even if they are careful and don't want to reveal their identities, some people with ulterior motives must have realized that Zhu Yunwen has left the capital and will inevitably follow the clues to find him.

Therefore, the guards also need to be more careful and cautious.

In fact, the fact that Zhu Yunwen had left the capital was already known to many people in the capital.

This includes Zhu Yunwen.

When he learned of this news at the Jianwen Prince's residence, he was so excited that he almost burst out laughing.

He immediately went to find Lady Lü and told her the news.

Lady Lü immediately said to Zhu Yunwen:

"We absolutely cannot miss such a good opportunity. We must pretend that we do not know that Zhu Yunwen has left the capital, and at the same time, we must quickly bribe assassins to find Zhu Yunwen and kill him. Once he is dead, it will save us countless troubles, and your position as the crown prince will be secure."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "Son understands. I have already sent reliable people to bribe the assassins and am also sending people everywhere to search for clues about Zhu Yunwen."

Once Zhu Yunwen is discovered, I will absolutely kill him, no matter the cost.

Lady Lü nodded, then went to her room and brought out a box containing a lot of gold and silver treasures.

She said to Zhu Yunwen:

"This is all my possessions over the years. If converted into silver, it would be worth 100,000 taels."

"Use all this money to hire assassins. Zhu Yunwen must be killed; he must not be allowed to return to the capital safely."

Zhu Yunwen accepted the box of gold and silver jewelry, then, with a gloomy expression, muttered to himself:

"Zhu Yuntong, you are doomed to die this time."

Besides Zhu Yunwen plotting to kill Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di, far away in Beiping, also received the news.

At this moment, he had already harbored resentment towards Zhu Yunwen.

There are three reasons for the dissatisfaction. One of them is that when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to wipe out the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan, Zhu Yunwen actually came up with the idea of ​​having Feng Sheng and Fu Youde use Zhu Di's personal guards.

This incident resulted in severe losses for Zhu Di's personal guards, almost destroying the border army that this border prince had built up over the years.

Just as Zhu Di was preparing to recruit soldiers again and form his own personal guard to defend the border.

On Zhu Yunwen's advice, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Fu Youde to Beiping to recruit soldiers and build up border troops for the court.

This directly replaced Zhu Di and did the work that Zhu Di should have done.

Moreover, it was nominally a punishment for Fu Youde.

This left Zhu Di with no room for argument.

As a result, Zhu Di had almost no opportunity to establish his own personal guard on the border of Beiping, which seriously damaged his power and interests.

The third reason for disliking Zhu Yunwen is the various remarkable qualities he has shown, and his becoming the Crown Prince.

After all, Zhu Di was ambitious; ever since his elder brother Zhu Biao died, he had been eyeing the throne.

Therefore, regardless of whether it was Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Yuntong, whoever became the crown prince, he would regard that person as his enemy.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen became the crown prince, and naturally became an enemy in Zhu Di's eyes.

Based on the three points above, Zhu Di not only had no goodwill towards Zhu Yunwen, but even wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhu Di preferred Zhu Yunwen to be emperor.

After all, Zhu Yunwen actually had no talent, and no powerful military generals supported him.

If Zhu Yunwen had become emperor, Zhu Di would have had a very good chance of successfully rebelling.

If Zhu Yunwen had become emperor, the military generals behind him would have given Zhu Di a tremendous headache.

Putting everything else aside, if Lan Yu had lived long enough to assist Zhu Yunwen in ascending the throne, Zhu Di would have had no chance at all.

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