Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1360 Dad is the best in the world

Inside the Tamra Governor's Mansion.

Zheng Mengzhou was as if struck by lightning. After a long while, he slowly shook his head and said with difficulty: "I am sorry, Your Majesty. I am sorry that I cannot obey your order. My family has served the Goryeo royal family for generations, and I am the top scholar selected by King Gongmin. I really cannot go against our ancestors. I am sorry to the late king."

"Stop pretending. Everyone in the country knows that Wang Yu is not the descendant of King Gongmin, but the son of Sin Don?" Lee Seong-gye refuted with a sneer, and then volunteered:

"Father, please let me go! Three days is a little tight. I promise that I will bring Xin Yu to you within five days!"

"No need, this is not the duty of the governor." Zhu Zhen shook his head and told Feng Cheng, "You go there."

"Yes, sir!" Feng Cheng took the order and left without saying a word.

Lee Seong-gye was so moved that he thought to himself that Dad didn't want to dirty my hands, he really cared about me...

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After receiving the order, Feng Cheng immediately sailed north. Driven by the strong ocean current, he arrived at Licheng Port two days later.

This gateway port of Goryeo's capital was handed over to the Ming army ten years ago, and a Ming army coastal defense thousand-household stationed there.

After Feng Cheng landed, he ordered the captain of the coastal defense to immediately gather his troops and rush with him to Kaifeng, which was thirty miles away, overnight.

The next morning, he led his army to the city of Kaifeng.

The Goryeo imperial guards who guarded the city chose to stand on Lee Seong-gye's side in the coup d'état ten years ago. In the following ten years, they formed a close alliance and fought fiercely with the royalists in the court.

So they opened the city gate directly and let Feng Cheng and his party into Kaifeng.

There was also a guard stationed in Kaesong City, whose full name was the Ming Dynasty Goryeo Military Command Kaesong Guard. Although only the officers were from the Ming Dynasty, and all the soldiers were Goryeo people, they were proud of being the Ming Dynasty's official army and had completely forgotten their motherland and the king.

At Feng Cheng's command, they immediately picked up their weapons and rushed to the gate of the palace.

The people guarding the Goryeo palace were not Lee Seong-gye's men, but the Goryeo king's confidants. Seeing the large group of people coming towards the palace gate with murderous intent, they hurriedly wanted to close the palace gate.

But it was too late. Feng Cheng's vanguard cavalry came galloping and blocked the half-closed city gate:

"By order of the king, the Korean military commander is entering the palace on official business!" The commander showed the golden medal of the king's order bestowed on Feng Cheng by Zhu Zhen, and shouted: "Open the palace gate immediately, and anyone who disobeys will be charged with treason!"

The Goryeo Yulin soldiers inside the palace gate had already drawn their swords and strung their arrows, but now they dared not move.

In fact, none of them recognized the gold medal, but they knew that the people coming were the Celestial Empire’s garrison in Goryeo. Who would dare to act rashly?

Since Goryeo had become a foreign province of the Ming Dynasty, naturally, there were official reports delivered on time. In addition, Feng Cheng and other Celestial Empire people vigorously promoted it, at least everyone in Kaifeng knew that the Ming Dynasty soldiers had completely wiped out the Northern Yuan Dynasty and captured the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Now that the power of the Ming Dynasty was at its peak, who would dare to touch the tiger's whiskers?

So they knew very well that even if they defeated the Ming army, the king would hand them over as scapegoats to appease the anger of the Celestial Empire.

In the end, the Goryeo Yulin Army obediently opened the city gate and made way...

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Inside the palace bedroom.

Wang U, the King of Goryeo, was playing music with his beauties. He was young and romantic, and was good at playing various musical instruments, especially the qin.

At this moment, he sat cross-legged, playing the piano with both hands. Queen Li played the piano, and favorite concubine Cui held the flute, and they played Goryeo's "Gang Kong City Song" together.

Diamond finger means the strong city wall. It is said that this was when the King of Goryeo was driven to Ganghwa Island by the Mongolian army for refuge. After the Mongolian army retreated, the king returned to the palace. The people were very happy and thus composed this song.

The melody of this song is sonorous and passionate, which is very different from the tune that Wang Yu usually likes. The two beauties don’t know why he has changed his personality, but since the king likes it, they just go along with it.

Halfway through the performance, the young king suddenly raised his hand and stopped playing. The two beauties also stopped and looked at the king in confusion.

"You played it wrong." Wang Yu shook his head and said, "In order to fight against the Mongols, our ancestors took refuge in Ganghwa Island. After many attempts, they finally saved the royal family and allowed our country to continue. So when people composed this song, they were full of joy for surviving the disaster and gratitude for God's blessing." "Isn't it our own credit?" asked the young queen with a blink of an eye.

"Ourselves?" Wang Yu said with a self-deprecating smile: "You think too highly of us."

"But God will bless Goryeo." Cui said crisply: "No one can take away the king's kingdom."

"Haha, well said, that's exactly the feeling!" Wang Yu looked at his favorite concubine with appreciation and said, "Come, let's play it again."

"Yes." The two girls responded in a sweet voice.

The music sounded again, and this time it became much more gentle and ethereal.

Wang Yu smiled with satisfaction, and immersed himself in the embrace of music...

Amid the sound of music, the fully armed Ming army rushed into the palace.

Panic footsteps broke the silence of the bedroom. The eunuch suddenly pushed open the door and screamed, "Your Majesty, it's not good. The Ming army is coming in!"

"Ah?" The two beauties turned pale and the music stopped.

"Don't stop, finish playing it." Wang Yu said in a deep voice, and continued playing the piano.

"This..." The two beauties had to suppress their panicked hearts and trembling hands and continue playing music.

The eunuch and the guards who arrived later were all dumbfounded. It was already so late, why didn't he run away and still play the piano? What the hell was he playing?

The chief guard was about to step forward and forcibly carry him away, but Wang Yu shouted, "Don't come over!"

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly! It will be too late if you don't leave now!" said the captain of the guards anxiously.

"Where are we going?" Wang Yu said with a wry smile while playing the zither, "If it wasn't for Lee Seong-gye complaining, would the Ming Dynasty care about our affairs? Since it was Lee Seong-gye who was causing trouble, can we still leave?"

He knew that this day was destined from the moment Li Chengliang's coup d'état ten years ago.

"..." The guards stopped their actions immediately. They could already imagine the tragic scene of escorting the king out of the palace, being surrounded and attacked by the imperial guards, and then all of them being killed.

During this moment of hesitation, the bedroom was surrounded by the Ming army. The Ming soldiers armed with swords and guns rushed into the palace gate one after another. The guards and eunuchs quickly retreated to the king's side and stood in front of him.

"Your Highness, our prince invites you." Feng Cheng held the hilt of the sword and strode in with his head held high.

"Can't General Feng wait for me to finish playing this song?" Wang Yu said helplessly.

"Okay, then we'll all be listeners." Feng Cheng took off his helmet and held it around his waist with one hand.

"Forget it, I'm not in the mood anymore." Wang Yu sighed and stood up and said, "I can go with you, but please don't hurt the palace ladies."

"Your Majesty..." The beauties looked at him with tearful eyes.

"Don't worry, this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can burn, kill or loot." Feng Cheng had no choice but to put on his helmet again and said in a deep voice.

"Then I'm relieved." Wang Yu nodded and told the eunuch, "Bring me my seal."

The eunuch hurried to the Shangbaojian to get the golden seal and put the purple ribbon on Wang Yu's belt.

Wang Yu left his palace with the Ming army as the beauty bid him farewell with tears in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)