King Yan was assassinated, and his condition is in crisis!

When the news broke, the whole country was shocked.

Princess Yan Xu Miaoyi wrote a notebook, saying that her husband was seriously ill and was about to die, and asked to let the three children go back to Beiping to see their father for the last time.

Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, and Yong'an County Lords, who were hostages in the capital, ran to their grandfather Xu's house to cry, and their two uncles, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, and the second

Uncle Xu Zengshou was all on the book to start playing Emperor Jianwen, and asked his nephews to return to Beiping to do their filial piety at the sickbed.

Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen is famous for his virtuous and filial piety, and he can't stop Zhu Gaochi and the other three from doing their filial piety, after all, King Yan is about to die.

But just let Zhu Gaochi and them go back, in case ......

Although he got the information of Ge Cheng, a spy in the palace of King Yan, King Yan was indeed assassinated, hit in the abdomen with a knife, stabbed in the cross, and was in danger, but Emperor Jianwen was suspicious, and still ordered his cronies Zhang Yu, the political envoy of Beiping, and Xie Gui, the commander of the Beiping Guard, two ministers of civil and military affairs, to visit Zhu Di, the king of Yan, with two imperial doctors and medicinal materials.

In midsummer July, Yanwang Zhu Di was unconscious, his body was hot and feverish, his lips were chapped and molting, but he was talking nonsense: "It's so cold!" It's so cold! Hurry up and start a stove! ”

Xie Gui was shocked, "King Yan, this is?" ”

Princess Yan Xu Miaoyi hid her face and cried beside the sickbed, "Since the assassination, the prince has had a high fever for days, is delirious, and talks nonsense every day. ”

Zhang Yu glanced at the two imperial doctors.

The imperial doctor said: "Princess Yan, the emperor gave the palace a secret medicine for wounds, and specially ordered Weichen to change the medicine for King Yan to treat the disease. ”

Xu Miaoyi hurriedly got up from the sickbed, looking like she was in a hurry to go to the doctor, "Hurry up, you give us a good look at the prince, the secret recipe in the palace is naturally much better than the people, maybe our prince will be saved." ”

The imperial doctor carefully untied the gauze wrapped around Zhu Di's waist, washed the dressing, and sure enough, it was a dagger stabbing wound, and it pierced the entire waist, the wound was red, swollen and ulcerated, rancid and smelly, and the wriggling intestines could almost be seen!

It seems that what Princess Yan said is true, if she is injured like this, it is all summer, and King Yan will definitely die!

In the capital, in the imperial study, Emperor Jianwen was undecided, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, has always been a hardliner who tends to cut King Yan first, "Weichen feels that we can't let the three hostages go back to Beiping, as long as King Yan doesn't die for a day, we can't let people go." “

Taifu Huang Zicheng said: "But if the emperor refuses repeatedly, he will be criticized for violating human ethics and disrespecting filial piety." ”

Fang Xiaoru, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, said: "Since it is true that the imperial doctors have said that King Yan is seriously ill, they will not threaten them again, and we have no legitimate reason to force them to stay." And there is no need to force it to stay, why let the emperor bear the infamy of violating human ethics and filial piety? Weichen felt that it was better to let them go back. ”

Qi Tai strongly objected, "No! Even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, you can't let the three children go back to Beiping! ”

Fang Xiaoru took out a notebook and said: "This is the statement of intercession for his younger brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, before the assassination of King Yan, he said, 'If Wang Hu of Zhou does it, his deeds are ambiguous, and he is fortunate to miss his relatives, and he will take a lenient loan with all his flesh and blood. As it goes, the ancestral teachings are all there, how dare the ministers discuss it. The foolishness of the ministers, only hope that His Majesty will have the heart of the ancestors, the light of the sun and the moon, and the virtue of heaven and earth'. Your Majesty, King Yan's letter has been printed in the imperial palace newspaper, and the civil and military officials, and the vassal kings and clans all know it, and every word is mentioning the love of flesh and blood and the virtue of heaven and earth. ”

"Your Majesty, we will definitely reduce King Zhou to a commoner. And Kaifeng and other places, as well as the pleading tables for the king of Zhou, piled up. The way of governing the country should be a combination of rigidity and softness, and we cut the king of Zhou under pressure to show toughness, so we should make some small concessions in other aspects to show mercy. ”

Huang Zicheng agreed with Fang Xiaoru's opinion, "Grace and power are the way of the Ming monarch." If you are blindly tough, I am afraid that the world will think that the emperor is too cold and not a benevolent monarch. ”

Under the persuasion of the two teachers, Emperor Jianwen said: "Since King Yan is about to die, we must also cut off King Zhou, so let the three hostages go back to Beiping to show the mercy of the imperial court." ”

Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu, and the county lord of Yong'an received the holy decree, shouted long live, and immediately set off for the north.

After the holy decree was issued, Emperor Jianwen was faintly uneasy in his heart, and in less than two hours, he changed his mind and ordered: "Spread my word, quickly chase the three brothers and sisters of Yanwangfu, and secretly detain them back to the capital!" ”

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, didn't you just issue a holy decree to release them?" The Divine Decree is not child's play. ”

Emperor Jianwen said coldly: "Everyone thinks that if I let them go, I will really let them go, but - at the funeral of King Yan." As for their late return, they can only blame the journey for being too long and delaying the time, what does it have to do with me? ”

The eunuch praised, "The emperor's clever plan!" The slave and maid will do it. ”

In the middle of summer night, the sound of frogs and horses' hooves came from far and near, and the frogs were run away.

A group of men and horses ran here, and there was a fork in the road in front of them, and the man at the head whispered: "You go to the left, I will run to the right, and half of the pursuers will be divided." ”

"But—"

"No, don't worry, they won't dare touch me."

The soldiers split into two routes and continued to flee.

On the left, he fled all the way to a ferry, but he was surrounded by pursuers.

"Two Highnesses, please return to the capital with you!"

The horse of the county lord of Yong'an was already tired and fell, and she stubbornly straightened her spine, "What are you going to do when you go back?" We would rather die than be hostages and drag down our parents! ”

Zhu Gaochi clenched the double knives in his hand, "Don't be afraid, eldest sister, I'll protect you, these pursuers look at the crowd, but in fact, none of them can fight." ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw the pursuers behind him show their weapons, and the leader immediately turned around and said, "Be careful, as long as the emperor is alive, he can't be killed." ”

The pursuer whispered, "Yes!" ”

A sword pierced the chief's throat! A few muffled grunts followed, and half of the pursuers fell to the ground.

Why did the soldiers who were still chasing him just now turn against each other and start infighting? Zhu Gaochi and the county lord of Yongan were both stunned.

Ji Gang and Mingyue dismounted, swapped their waist cards with the dead soldiers, and scratched the corpse's face and threw it into the Yangtze River.

Ji Gang said: "Don't be afraid, we are all the internal responses of King Yan, from tonight onwards, we are all 'dead', and we will be loyal to King Yan's Mansion from now on." ”

The purpose of changing the waist card is to cover up the truth with death to protect Hu Shanwei, who is still in the palace.

On the fork in the road on the right, when the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, the fleeing man fell from the top and rolled into the grass, and the pursuers hurriedly dismounted and tied the man.

The man looked back and smiled, "Hey, why are you still chasing after me Second Master Xu?" The second master, I am romantic, but I never owe the money. ”

It was actually Xu Zengshou of the Wei State Mansion!

The pursuers were furious, "What about the prince of Yan? ”

Xu Zengshou pretended to be stupid, "I know?" It's not that I'm talking about you, your eyes are too bad, although I look similar to my nephew, but I'm obviously a little more handsome than him! It's all wrong! ”

Xu Zengshou deliberately shaved his beard, and wore exactly the same clothes as the prince of Yanwang, at first glance in the night, the nephew and uncle were especially similar.

The chasing soldiers were so angry that they wanted to beat Xu Zengshou. Xu Zengshou took the initiative to stretch out his neck, "Hit!" Come on, come on, hit here, it's better to stab me to death!" Eliminate harm for the people! In this way, my eldest brother Wei Guogong doesn't have to be blocked at the door all the time to chase gambling debts! ”

"You're looking for death!"

"Wait!" Another pursuer stopped: "Wei Guogong is not easy to mess with, not to mention that the emperor has repeatedly said that he wants to live." Bring it back first and wait for it to fall. ”

Xu Zengshou was thrown into the prison of the Criminal Department, and as soon as the morning dawned, he was taken away by his eldest brother Wei Guogong.

Hearing the news that the three brothers and sisters of the Yan Wangfu had escaped, Emperor Jianwen was furious, "Continue to chase me!" Whether you live or die, you have to chase me back! ”

Emperor Jianwen urgently summoned the minister of Gu Ming, and when Qi Tai heard the news, his face changed greatly, "Your Majesty, King Yan deceived us and let us go with a bitter trick. As long as they return to Beiping, King Yan will rise up and rebel! ”

Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru also regretted it, "King Yan is treacherous! The emperor hurriedly cut the domain! lest the nights be long and dreamy, and the vassal kings will also rebel with King Yan! ”

Emperor Jianwen patted the imperial case, "Cut the domain!" I want the vassal kings to be crushed! ”

In July, King Yan's brother-in-law, the acting king Zhu Gui's family, was arrested in the capital, deposed as a concubine, and imprisoned Fengyang. The former princess Xu Miaoqing was taken to the Duke of Wei Mansion by her brothers.

In the same month, Zhu Yang, the king of Min, was accused of rebellion, deposed as a concubine, and imprisoned in Zhangzhou, Fujian.

In the same month, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, was accused of printing treasure money privately, and when he was about to be escorted back to the capital by Li Jinglong for interrogation, the proud Zhu Bai locked his whole family in the ancestral hall*!

Zhu Bai laughed loudly before he died: "I have seen with my own eyes that many ministers who have been convicted under □□ do not want to be humiliated and commit suicide to death, I am the son of Emperor Gao, how can I be insulted by the prison guards in order to find a way to live!" I'm willing* to prove my innocence! ”

In the same month, Zhu Bo, the king of Qi, was accused of rebellion, deposed as a concubine, and imprisoned Fengyang.

In the first year of Jianwen, on the sixth day of the seventh month, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, announced that the traitorous ministers in the court were in charge, persecuted the royal family, and raised troops to serve the king. 166 Reading Network