"Build high walls, accumulate grain, and slow to become kings". At the beginning of Zhu Yuanzhang's rise, he relied on this nine-character mantra, and Jinhuacheng was an important turning point in his life. Jinhua has thousands of miles of fertile fields, the people are rich and the soldiers are strong, the people are outstanding, Song Qian and Liu Ji and other celebrities are in Jinhua City to become Zhu Yuanzhang's guests.

His grandfather, Xie Zaixing, captured the city and swore to defend it to the death, and he was a figure like a needle in the sea in Zhu Yuanzhang's rear.

But why did he betray Zhu Yuanzhang after the two most glorious battles to defend Jinhua?

Xu Miaoyi is Xie Zaixing's granddaughter, so when she watched Liu Chen state the incident in a flat tone, she substituted her own position and emotions, and always felt that something was wrong with her grandfather, and there were many doubts.

It was already dusk, and the summer sunset was shining through the window, pulling out a long shadow of her reading figure, and she rubbed her swollen temples and continued to look down.

According to Liu Chen's description, before his grandfather went to Suzhou to seek refuge with Zhang Shicheng, he had a dispute with Zhu Yuanzhang, the reason was that there were two senior generals around his grandfather, a Zuo general manager, and an elk Wanhu, these two often went to Zhang Shicheng's territory to sell goods. Xie Zaixing held the power of the army and managed the army, and the two cooperated tacitly.

However, Luan Feng secretly reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that Xie Zaixing's side Manager Zuo and Lu Wanhu went to Zhang Shicheng to do business privately, and they made a lot of money, and leaked the military aircraft to Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and ordered the head of Manager Zuo and Lu Wanhu to be beheaded, and the heads of the two were hung in Xie Zaixing's military tent to remind him that he had committed the crime of negligence.

Seeing this, Xu Miaoyi took out the handwritten letter written by Luan Feng to Zhu Yuanzhang from the file, and the content was indeed the same. Then there was a letter, which said that after his grandfather Xie Zaixing saw the hanging head of the military tent, he was furious, rushed to his prefect's yamen to make a fuss, smashed his yamen plaque, and made a complaint against the lord Zhu Yuanzhang, scolding Zhu Yuanzhang for being "stupid and incompetent" and "indistinguishable from the good and the bad".

even invited the local opera troupe to sing "Dou E's Injustice" at the door of Luan Feng's prefect's yamen, and complained about the grievances of Manager Zuo and Elk Wanhu. Xu Miaoyi opened Zhu Yuanzhang's reply letter to Luan Feng again, first comforted Luan Feng, and then ordered Xie Zaixing to return to Jinling City to wait, and sent his henchman Li Mengeng to Jinhua City to temporarily replace Xie Zaixing's military power and guard Jinhua City.

Looking at this reply, Xu Miaoyi felt Zhu Yuanzhang's strong dissatisfaction with Xie Zaixing, otherwise how could he remove Xie Zaixing, who had captured and protected Jinhua City, and replaced him with Li Mengeng? Perhaps the contradiction intensified at this moment.

The next thing is more bloody, Li Chen wrote down the whole process of Xie Zaixing's rebellion according to the confessions of the maidservants and singers of the Jinhua Yamen at that time:

General Li Mengeng took the warrant of the lord Zhu Yuanzhang to replace Xie Zaixing. Luan Feng, the prefect of Jinhua, set up a banquet to pick up Li Mengeng, and Xie Zaixing was of course invited.

But when handing over the token, Xie Zaixing suddenly attacked, and stabbed a sword at the prefect Luan Feng, Luan Feng fled for his life in all directions, and his wife Wang rushed out when she heard the news, stopped in front of her husband, and begged Xie Zaixing to put down the sword.

Xie Zaixing didn't listen, first killed the Wang family, and then sealed Luan Feng's throat with a sword, and the husband and wife both entered the Yellow Spring. Li Mengeng drew his sword to fight back, but his martial arts were far inferior to Xie Zaixing, and he was cut on the spot.

The next day, there was news that Xie Zaixing had defected to Zhang Shicheng and betrayed his lord Zhu Yuanzhang with the general Li Mengeng as his name. It is rumored that Li Mengeng insisted on not surrendering, was killed by Zhang Shicheng, and was crushed and scattered.

After the news came out, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

After Xie Zaixing took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, he immediately took the initiative to invite Ying, led troops to attack Jinhua and other important cities, but was defeated repeatedly and was defeated by Li Wenzhong in Dongyang Yiwu, and the whole army was annihilated, only Xie Zaixing escaped alone and returned to Suzhou City.

After a fiasco, Xie Zaixing asked for war again, persuaded Zhang Shicheng to order troops and generals, and led the troops to go out, but he was beaten to the ground, without any wolf bèi, after a fiasco, Xie Zaixing disappeared, and never appeared, legend has it that he absconded in fear of crime and died in the chaos.

A generation of heroes, so humble, died in the spurning of others, and the Xie family was wiped out, and then the seven-year-old Xu Miaoyi saw her grandfather's family commit suicide in the Xie family ancestral hall, and then her mother Xie was assassinated, Xu Miaoyi went to the end of the world and was adopted by Zen Master Daoyan......

Xu Miaoyi's eyes were sour, and she didn't know if it was because she had been reading for too long or because she was in a sad mood. The file contains a handwritten letter from his grandfather who collaborated with Zhang Shicheng, as well as an account book of buying and selling illegal salt and other goods with Zhang Shicheng, a list of silver bills and confiscated family property, and so on.

The real ironclad evidence is irrefutable. Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious by nature, seeing these evidence, as well as the fact that Xie Zaixing led his troops to fight with his former comrades, Zhu Yuanzhang will of course decide that he is collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion.

In anger, it is inevitable to overlook some suspicious details:

For example, the whereabouts of Xie Zaixing's henchmen and generals. Xie Zaixing surrendered and kidnapped Li Mengeng, but let go of his former subordinates Hu Ruming, Ye Wang, Ma Yun and others, these people later made contributions, and now they are famous generals in the court.

And the confessions of these three people all said that Xie Zaixing had no warning before collaborating with the enemy, and they never invited them to join Zhang Shicheng, and after hearing that Xie Zaixing betrayed, they were extremely shocked.

There is also the fact that Xie Zaixing was also a victorious general before, invincible, invincible, brave in battle, and charging into battle. But after taking refuge in Zhang Shicheng, Xie Zaixing's command and dispatch were in a mess, as long as there was something wrong, he took the lead in leaving his subordinates and fleeing for his life, just like a loser, burying all the hundreds of thousands of troops Zhang Shicheng gave him on the battlefield, and it was wasted.

Xu Miaoyi felt strange, it was also a surrender, and Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms could still pass five levels and kill six generals to play the vanguard for Cao Cao. But my grandfather was timid and cowardly, timid, and even didn't care about the life or death of his family, as if he had changed a different person......

"Miaoyi, it's getting dark, go back." Zhu Di pushed the door in, Xu Miaoyi was in a reverie, only to find that it was dusk, and she couldn't see the handwriting of the dossier at all.

Jinling City has a curfew at night, so be sure to go back before the curfew closes the city gates.

Xu Miaoyi wrapped the transcribed scroll, and Zhu Di pasted a new seal that he didn't get out of nowhere, and the red stamps on it were all real. The two of them left the Jiuzhou Yellow Book Library by boat, on the Xuanwu Lake, the evening breeze in early summer was gently blowing, which was refreshing, and the budding new lotus looked far away in the dark, like a corner of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Xu Miaoyi had no intention of appreciating the scenery, and her mind repeatedly thought about her grandfather's journey from the defense of Jinhua to the sudden turn of the world, becoming a traitor, and mysteriously disappearing after defeating Yiwu.

The stereotyped pavilion text on the dossier has become a scene, Xu Miaoyi's grandfather in her heart will always stay ten years ago, he loves her and Zhu Shouqian's two grandsons so much, he regards them as treasures, no matter how he says betrayal, he betrays him, and he doesn't think that his family will suffer a catastrophe at all......

Everyone could see that Xu Miaoyi was in a bad mood, and in the summer night, her constricted brows exuded a cold air, and no one should approach. Zhu Di said secretly: What is written in the dossier that makes Xu Miaoyi judge the two of them after she comes out of the library? The next time you find an opportunity, be sure to take a look at the dossier with your own eyes.

Caught off guard, Xu Miaoyi asked: "How is Liu Chen, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, having a stroke in the court?" ”

Zhu Di said: "This person has followed the left and right since his father raised the army, and later served under the account of Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and is a military staff officer, and now he is serving in the Criminal Department, and his father said that he is a capable minister." ”

The implication is that Liu Chen's backstage is Cao Guogong, and he is deeply trusted by Emperor Hongwu.

Xu Miaoyi asked again: "What was the relationship between Liu Chen and my grandfather back then?" ”

Zhu Di said frankly: "I don't know, Xie Zaixing conspired against the case, I was still young at the time and knew very little. ”

Xu Miaoyi said secretly, yes, how can Zhu Di know about this kind of thing, let's ask Mao Xiang in the future, Mao Xiang is well-connected, and even the eight generations of ancestors can find out......"

Just thinking about it, the boat docked, Xu Miaoyi got off the boat and changed horses, Zhu Di followed, and the two entered the city from the Taiping Gate, which was really a coincidence, and the city gate was closed immediately after they entered the city.

Running through the north and south of Jinling City is a straight avenue, the name is also very popular, there is Zhu Yuanzhang's pragmatic style, it is called Datong Street. To the east of Datong Street is the high wall of the Daming Palace.

On a summer night in Jinling City, the lanterns of the shops on both sides of Datong Street are hung high, and the lights of thousands of homes are very lively, just like the stars of the Milky Way in the sky. Xu Miaoyi and Zhu Di galloped on Datong Street, with the people they liked, no matter how long the road was, it was very short. Zhu Di felt that it didn't take long for him to arrive at Xujiazhan Garden.

Zhu Di asked, "When will you come back from Shaoxing?" "Zhu Di is the Zuo Zongling of the Zongren Mansion, in charge of the affairs of the royal family, and now several princesses are mainly handling marriages, and the brothers are building their own palaces, he is very busy, and it is impossible to accompany Xu Miaoyi to Shaoxing to investigate the case.

Yes? Xu Miaoyi suddenly remembered her agreement with Zhu Di, should she not be Princess Yan? This is a strict question, which is related to the happiness of the rest of her life. However, her grandfather's rebellion case pressed on her heart like a big stone, and before solving the mystery of this decade, Zhu Di's problem will be put behind.

Xu Miaoyi said: "Shaoxing is a long way away, and I still have to investigate the case, it is estimated that I will come back in July, if something is delayed, I am afraid it will be autumn." ”

Autumn? I really waited until the flowers were gone.

Zhu Di felt that he might be facing the most difficult summer ever.

Xu Miaoyi returned to Zhan Yuan, and wrote a letter to Song Xiu'er overnight, asking her to go through the way of Guò's personal soldiers and the Governor's Mansion, and check the whereabouts and details of Liu Chen, who recorded her grandfather's rebellion, her grandfather's former subordinates Hu Ruming, Ye Wang, Ma Yun, and Luan Feng, Li Mengeng's family, who died under her grandfather's sword.

If it was before, this kind of thing would have been called the secret agents of the Ming Sect to help investigate, but now that she is out of the Ming Sect, Xu Miaoyi has no available people in Zhan Yuan, thinking about it, the only one who can be entrusted is Song Xiu'er.

Early the next morning, Xu Miaoyi and her second brother Xu Zengshou bid farewell to their father's eldest brother, sister-in-law and three younger sisters and went to Shaoxing. Jiangnan River network is dense, go

The waterway is convenient and comfortable, and the family bids farewell to the brother and sister at the Longjiang Post Station, the junction of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. Only the sister-in-law Chen said that she was sick and did not send her off in person.

The second lady Xu Miaoqing gave Xu Miaoyi a few sachets, "There are many mosquitoes in summer, don't bite them." ”

The third lady, Xu Miaoxi, cried and wiped her tears, "Woo, I want to go too, but my father won't let me ......"

Fourth Miss Xu Miaojin pulled Xu Miaoyi's skirt, "Big sister, you come back early." Since Xu Miaojin knew that her eldest sister had a relationship with Mingjiao, and saw that her sister was very concerned about the affairs of the Xie family, she vaguely guessed that her sister might be pretending to have amnesia, and in order to check the past, she took refuge in Mingjiao and deliberately denied her father. Thinking about it this way, it is easy to understand the unusual behavior of the big sister.

Hiding this secret in her heart, Xu Miaojin felt very hard, but there were words of suffering, as if she had grown up overnight, and she was more mature than her third sister Xu Miaoxi.

Xu Da said: "Go and come back quickly, don't delay too long." Xu Da was worried that his daughter would fall too deep and make the emperor dissatisfied.

Xu Zengshou was the only one in the family who was happy, and he grinned heartlessly: "Daddy, don't worry, I will always follow my sister, and I will not even have a single hair when I keep it." "As long as he can escape the clutches of the country's eunuchs, he doesn't have to recite the words of those saints, let alone go to the prosperous and rich Shaoxing, even if he goes to the northwest to blow wind and sand, he is willing!

Big sister is really a lifesaver for me!

The official ship slowly sailed out of Longjiang Station, unfurled its sails with the official ships of Zhu Shouqian, Mao Xiang and others, and rushed to Shaoxing day and night.

The Yangtze River is wide, and the two big official ships are almost going hand in hand, Xu Miaoyi stood on the bow deck blowing the river breeze, thinking about her grandfather's case, and someone on the opposite bow came out to say hello, "Miss Xu." ”

It is actually the eight thorns bought by the prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, on the left is Li Jinglong, the prince of Cao Guogong, and on the right is Chang Sen, the third master of the Kaiping Palace.

"Chang Sen?" Xu Zengshou was taken aback when he saw his good friend on Zhu Shouqian's official boat, "Why are you here?" Aren't you studying in Guozijian? ”

Chang Sen smiled: "I sneaked out and hid in the official ship, and they can't catch up anyway." ”

Xu Miaoyi saw a group of people who were pressed by the black, and even the prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who had ill intentions and fanned the flames everywhere, and couldn't help shouting in her heart: I am going to investigate the case, and by the way, I am looking for treasures, not playing in the mountains and rivers! Get out of here!