Chapter 220: The boy returns to Gusu City
Seeing this, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, you think so, but the court doesn't think so." ”
"What does the imperial court think, how do you know? Let me tell you, since the time of Emperor Renzong, the imperial court has no longer pursued this matter, let alone the rotten grain of Chen sesame seeds a hundred years ago. Don't worry, even if the court knows your identity, it doesn't matter at all. It's all a matter of the descendants of the Zhu family, what's not to discuss?"
"Big brother, this matter is not so easy, now there is such an organization, which specializes in hunting down people like me, and they still have the edict of Chengzu in their hands. "Besides, I'm really anxious, this big brother is really the one who is covered when the sky falls, and he doesn't care about anything. However, this is a matter of life, not to mention that it will also involve others.
"I know that the people in that organization are like rats in the gutter every day, and a few pop up from time to time, holding the edict of Chengzu as a blessing. Tell you, if it really makes trouble, no one in the court will pay attention to them at all. What's wrong with Chengzu's edict, His Majesty Emperor Jianwen is the person officially designated by Taizu's edict to ascend the throne, and he is the monarch's father who is unanimously supported by the ministers, can Chengzu's edict be abolished?"
Besides, my mind couldn't turn for a while, too, which of the edicts of Taizu and Chengzu counted? It should still be the edict of Taizu.
"Mother, what do you think of the old man?" Wucheng Hou respectfully asked his mother.
Mrs. Tai stroked the top of her head, and said distressedly: "Poor child, I have suffered so much since I was a child, and this is all to provoke whom." Don't think about it, listen to your eldest brother, don't say that you are the descendant of the courtiers who followed His Majesty Emperor Jianwen back then, if you are the descendant of His Majesty Emperor Jianwen, we still have to bow down and greet him, and the monarch and the ministers will give a big salute. Even Yongle Ye didn't dare to abolish His Majesty Jianwen's emperor title back then. If you don't say this, my mother won't tell you about it, in fact, His Majesty ran away and lived in our house for more than a year. ”
"What, Your Majesty has stayed in our house!" Wu Chenghou exclaimed in surprise.
"This matter is now known to my mother alone, but many people knew about it at that time, but no one said it. His Majesty first lived in Longxing Temple, and later, Hu Ying and the others didn't know how to find out, so they searched around Longxing Temple every day. The abbot of Longxing Temple at that time told our ancestor that let His Majesty hide here for a while, and it was our ancestor who personally led the guards to pick up His Majesty. ”
"Will those people give up?" he asked.
Of course, they won't give up, but they are all buried in the ground by their ancestors, that is, in the back garden, and the flowers in the back garden bloom luxuriantly in those years. Mrs. Tai said, smiling slightly.
"Our ancestor is domineering, second brother, don't worry, who dares to inquire about you, the eldest brother has buried them alive, and the flowers and plants in the garden are short of fertilizer. Wucheng Hou rubbed his hands and was eager to try.
Besides, the Great Khan, these are all fierce people, and they don't bother to kill them, so they are directly buried alive as flower fertilizer.
"So, my identity doesn't get in the way?" he asked.
"What's in the way? If it's anyone's business, do as your eldest brother says. We can't fall into the majesty of our ancestors. Mrs. Tai smiled.
"But what if the emperor knows?"
Marquis Wucheng said with a smile: "What if the emperor knows? Let me tell you, the emperor doesn't know, but there is no way to lift the edict of Yongle Ye, so he can only close his eyes and pretend not to know, let those people do nonsense, in fact, the right and wrong of this matter, the emperor is also clear in his heart." So this kind of thing can't reach the emperor at all, and in the emperor's heart, there is no such thing for a long time. ”
Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "Son, you don't know, this matter is also a confused account in the Yongle period, do you know who the so-called chief leader of the Qinwang faction is?"
"Who?" of course I don't know.
"It is the Daoyan monk who helped Yongle Ye to lay down the country, commonly known as Yao Guangxiao. ”
"What? How could it be him?"
Besides, the shock is inexplicable, this is almost the same as Chengzu himself being the leader of the Qinwang faction.
Dao Yan is Zhu Di's greatest hero in seizing the world, and it can also be said that without him, Zhu Di would not have succeeded at all, and in the end he would have been defeated and died. But how could he become the leader of the Qinwang faction that protected Emperor Jianwen, this is simply a big joke in the world.
"This is true, His Majesty Emperor Jianwen has been on the run all his life and has never been discovered, because Dao Yan knew all the whereabouts of the people who pursued them in advance, and he took precautions in advance. Yongle Ye also knew about this, but he couldn't do anything about Daoyan monk, he didn't dare to kill this first hero, not because he was afraid of anything else, but because he was afraid that there was really a will of heaven to dominate all this, and he would attract the retribution of heaven. Mrs. Tai continued.
It's all right, but what else can't happen, can't happen?
Besides, it still feels ridiculous, this thing is too weird to be inferred and understood by common sense. Just as the success of Chengzu cannot be explained by common sense. It is inconceivable that Jing can succeed.
"There are a lot of these things that have been handed down, so let's tell you slowly in the future, I didn't know that you still had this identity, so I didn't tell you this. I am saying this today so that you don't have to worry too much, and the reason is at ease in people's hearts. Mrs. Tai touched his head again and said lovingly.
"Second brother, it's too late for you to regret it now. I have already played the matter of your recognition of your ancestors and return to your ancestors to the emperor, and it was delivered by the Ministry of War 100,000 miles of urgent documents, and it is estimated that it has now reached the emperor's imperial case, and the emperor will have a holy decree in a few days. You can rest assured that you will be your second master here. Wucheng Hou laughed, very proud of his speed.
There have been too many things happening in the past two days, and there are too many things that are out of the ordinary, even if I am so smart, I feel a little indigestible for a while, and I feel a lack of oxygen in my brain all the time.
Seven days later, the emperor's holy decree came down, and he was specially approved to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors as a son of the Hou Shu clan of Wucheng.
There was only a small ceremony held in the Wucheng Marquis's mansion, and this kind of thing should be gathered by all the clans, and all the dignitaries from all walks of life should be invited to watch the ceremony to show their grandeur, but considering that the identity is a little delicate, it will save those red tape, and make this thing done first.
"Congratulations to the second master. ”
"I've seen the second master. ”
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The housekeepers and maids of all sizes in the Hou Mansion came to visit the second master, and they had to spend a lot of money, and the 10,000 taels of silver in their hands were gone.
After returning to the sect, everything became formal, and there were fixed rules for the servants and wives of the house, and after repeated refusals, they finally had to accept a mansion and dozens of maids-in-law's family servants.
After another ten days or so, he went to Longxing Temple again to see Zhou Dingcheng. Zhou Dingcheng told him that there had been some changes recently, and it was estimated that the people from the Ancestor Protector Sect and the people from the Empty Dao Gate were pouring here in large numbers, so he asked him to be prepared and ready to evacuate at any time.
"What about the matter of checking the secret file?" This matter really became a knot in his heart, and he was still unwilling to leave Fengyang without seeing the secret file of the royal family.
"Don't worry, I'll do it for you in the next two days. Zhou Dingcheng played a package ticket.
Zhou Dingcheng and Zhou Dingcheng were not surprised by the reaction of those two organizations, so many elites disappeared inexplicably, it is strange that these two organizations did not panic, especially the empty door and even the door master was lost,
In the next few days, besides, I stayed at Zuo's house with Xiao Nier when I had nothing to do, and I struggled with Zuo Ling's sideburns every day. Zuo Ling also guessed that this was going to leave, but she didn't feel inseparable, because she felt that they would definitely have a chance to meet in the future.
The following day, the Criminal Department asked Fengyang Mansion to cooperate with Fengyang Wei to investigate one thing: He Bingzhang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Xing Tian, the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, went to Fengyang Mansion on a business trip, why did they disappear inexplicably after entering Fengyang Mansion, and asked Fengyang Mansion to find out the whereabouts of the two.
The prefect of Fengyang Mansion looked at the official document from Wen Qing, but he thought in his mind: Lord He and Mr. Xing catch their heads, how can these two people seem to have met, where are they?
He couldn't remember anything, so he asked his servants one by one to catch them, and they all said that no one had seen these two adults, but outside the city, there were people who saw these two adults enter the city with their own eyes, especially He Shilang and many guards, and these people also evaporated in the air.
Xiang Wenqing felt strange: This Fengyang Mansion is not a Heaven Devouring Beast, how could someone come in and disappear?
So he ordered all the officials to go out together to inquire about the whereabouts of these people throughout the city, but they found nothing, and the memories of all those who saw them had long been erased, and no trace was left.
After a few days, many people came in the city one after another, including the government, the rivers and lakes, and many people who did not know their origins.
The people who came in were also inquiring about the whereabouts of some of the missing people, but the people in the city were at a loss and didn't know what to do. Witnesses found outside the city proved that the missing persons had indeed entered the city.
One of the biggest headless mystery cases in the Ming Dynasty was generated, but Fengyang Mansion did not handle this case, and it was those who later entered the city who handled this case.
Just when they were about to break their brains and turn into paste because of these strange things, they took Xiao Nier out of the city. Outside the city, Zhou Dingcheng was standing by a carriage waiting for him, the car contained two boxes, which were the royal secret files that he had been looking forward to day and night, and he didn't know what magic tricks Brother Zhou used and how he got it.
Xiao Nier was both happy and sad. Happily, I finally returned to Suzhou with the others, and the sad thing is, is that young grandmother really so fierce?
After Zhou Dingcheng waited for them to get into the car, he immediately urged the coachman to hurry up and leave Fengyang City like a storm.
It was a bumpy and tiring journey, and after half a month, the group finally returned to their hometown after a long absence. As soon as the carriage entered Suzhou City, the familiar breath came to his face, and his eyes gradually moistened, and he couldn't stop his heart from fluctuating and thinking. Even though he knew that his father and sister were no longer here, he still felt that this was his home.