25. Deep mountain hell
Hearing that the fourth prince Zhu Di was in Jiming Mountain, Yao Miaoyi was overjoyed and said, "The fourth prince also knows me, I ...... Participated in helping the four princes investigate a case. ”
The soldier leading the horse hesitated and asked, "Are you the female doctor who found out the cause of the death of the female officer Xingniang?" ”
Yao Miaoyi nodded. Xingniang's husband is Zheng Qianhu of the pro-military governor's mansion.
The soldier's face immediately had a look of reverence, and he said: "The doctor has a good method, and he brought down the two brothers of the Zheng family in one fell swoop, Zheng Qianhu and Zheng Commander almost single-handedly covered the sky in the pro-soldier Duwei Mansion, and they didn't know who they were, and even the female officials around the queen dared to poison them, and they also made a big fuss in the Zongren Mansion to find trouble for the four princes." Now the dead are dead, the depreciation is degraded, and after a period of purging, the Governor's Mansion is much cleaner than before. ”
Yao Miaoyi didn't expect that her small move would actually cause an uproar and change the power structure of the Governor's Mansion, and sighed: "It's a pity that a two-faced villain like Guo Yangtian is still there. ”
Shameful traitor!
The soldier smiled: "You see that he got up today, and he will go to bed at some point." The little one has been in the army for many years, and he has seen a lot of big people, this Guo Yangtian is nothing, a traitor, and the emperor may not really believe him, we old people still follow Master Mao Xiang and Mao to do things, he is really reliable. ”
Yao Miaoyi was calculating in her heart how to assassinate Guo Yangtian without knowing and undecided, firstly, to avenge the secret party of the Ming Sect, and secondly, because he had just made insulting remarks to her, foul language, hum, see if I don't kill you!
Just thinking about it, the soldiers took Yao Miaoyi to a very hidden stone cave in the depths of Jiming Mountain, and walked into the stone cave, which was really a cave, it had been hollowed out, it was a warm place in winter and cool in summer, with torches and giant oil lamps carved from stone in it, shining like day, but the air was very fresh, without the dirty, dull and rancid smell of prison.
The stone cave was so long that there was no end in sight, Yao Miaoyi followed behind the soldier and asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”
The young soldier said: "Jiming Mountain Heavenly Prison, in the past, the filial piety tomb was originally selected here, and later the Qin Tianjian calculated that the stars and the emperor clashed, which damaged the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and the construction was stopped less than half, and it was rebuilt on the other side of the mountain, and it was not abandoned here, but simply made a heavenly prison." ”
Prison? Yao Miaoyi was dumbfounded, her father-in-law said that the Bright Elder of the Ming Sect was imprisoned in the heavenly prison after being ensnared by Guo Yangtian, and he still does not know whether he is alive or dead.
The soldier hurriedly explained: "Commander Guo wants us to lock up Dr. Yao, we dare not disobey the military order, but Dr. Yao is an innocent daughter, and being locked up in an ordinary prison will damage your reputation, and we are also worried that those messy jailers will take advantage of you." This is a prison, heavily guarded, all of them are our own people, and they are all big people, you can rest quietly here for one night, and when we find Mao Qianhu or have the opportunity to report to the four princes, we will release you immediately. ”
I see!
Yao Miaoyi immediately thanked: "You military masters are really thoughtful, thank you, if there is a place to help in the future, you just go to the Baihetang of the second brocade workshop to find me, I don't have any outstanding skills, just see a doctor and know a thing or two." Dare to ask your military masters' names? ”
The five soldiers reported their names one by one, among which the most eloquent tongue, the one who has been chatting with Yao Miaoyi is called Qiu Fu, and he is also the captain of this five-person team, his father is the first batch of Anhui Fengyang people who followed Emperor Hongwu to join the Red Turban Army, after his father's death, he posthumously sealed a thousand households, his elder brother attacked the official position of a thousand households, and Qiu Fu joined the Governor's Mansion, and is now a small banner.
Yao Miaoyi arched her hand and said: "It turns out that after Qiu Junye was the founding hero, he was disrespectful and disrespectful. ”
Qiu Fu's face turned red, "We, the younger generations, are just enjoying the glory of our fathers, and what happens in the future depends on our own creation." ”
Qiu Fu also specially moved a brand new futon and placed it, and said before leaving: "Doctor Yao, don't panic, the night will pass quickly, there is only one person around you, this person has not spoken much since he entered the prison, this place is very clean, just sleep with his head covered." Don't worry, there are our brothers guarding outside, and the scum under Guo Yangtian doesn't dare to come to the prison. ”
One by one, the doors were closed and locked, and the cell fell silent, except for the crackling sound of the wick burning.
Unexpectedly, the so-called heavenly prison is not in the Criminal Department, nor is it the Yamen of Yingtianfu, but it is actually an underground prison cell transformed from an abandoned tomb! Yao Miaoyi thought about what Qiu Fu said before leaving, and began to have a thought, thinking that she would try her luck.
She first used the wooden bowl of the stone cell to rhythmically knock on the iron door, and then hummed a song of the Yuan Dynasty with the song card of Kunshan tune "Soap Luo Robe", "Ancient vines and old trees faint crows, small bridges and flowing water, ancient roads and west wind and thin horses, the sun sets, and the broken intestines are at the end of the world." ”
This is the special joint code of Mingjiao, and Yao Miaoyi's code name in Mingjiao is the faint crow.
Soon after the singing stopped, I heard the sound of stones knocking on the iron door of the third cell on the left side of the door.
"Cast into the fox trace Xing rabbit hole, how many heroes. Dingzu is three and a half points and a half waist folded, do you know that he is Wei Ye? Do you know that he is Jinye? ”
It's a fox trail! The fox trail that was trapped by Guo Yangtian! The code name of the Bright Elder of the Ming Sect is Fox Track!
Yao Miaoyi suddenly became excited, she really had nowhere to find her iron shoes...... Ahem, it took a lot of twists and turns.
Yao Miaoyi said in a low voice: "Senior Fox Trace, I'm a faint crow, don't be impatient, we will find a way to save you." ”
"Help me? No need, lest your identity be revealed. Just now I heard the conversation between you and Xiaoqi of the Duwei Mansion, it is not easy for you to find here, find a way to kill Guo Yangtian, a traitor. If he lives for one day, King Xiao Ming will be more dangerous. ”
An old man with a clear face approached the iron gate, to Yao Miaoyi's surprise, his face seemed to have no scars and traces of torture, the cave was a little cold, he was wearing a new dark cotton coat, except that he couldn't see the sun and his face was pale, his spirit and muscles were quite good.
She thought that Guo Yangtian would serve all kinds of tortures in order to pry open the mouth of the Bright Elder Fox.
Fox Trace smiled faintly, "Don't worry, Zhu Yuanzhang, the biggest traitor in the Ming Sect, wants to save my life and hand over King Xiao Ming in the future." Guo Yangtian didn't want me to do half a point, and he didn't dare to do anything to me, and every time he came, he persuaded me to surrender with him. Crow, you are careless, if I have turned my back on Mingjiao and used myself as bait to lure you into the game, at this moment you are like catching a turtle in an urn, and there is no possibility of escape. ”
Yao Miaoyi said: "If you turn your back on the Ming Sect, King Xiao Ming and Elder Wisdom would have been living in the Heavenly Prison at this time. Fox Track, it's not that King Xiao Ming doesn't want to rescue you, in fact, to be honest, they don't even know where the prison is, and they think it's a prison of the Criminal Department. Guo Yangtian rebelled, and we lost half of our parishioners, and we were weak-"
"In that case, why do you want to venture into the bombing of the filial piety tomb?!" The fox trace lost his temper and roared in a low voice: "With heavy losses, you should retain your strength and recuperate, how can you do such a stupid thing?" Making fearless sacrifices? What else did you say about hurting the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty, and King Xiao Ming and the Commander Elder actually believed in this kind of feng shui heresy? Blowing up the imperial tomb to save can shake Zhu Yuanzhang's throne? Sling the bull! ”
The fox shook his sleeves, "It's just to hurt the dragon vein, why don't you go to Fengyang and blow up Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral grave?" What are you doing here and blowing up an empty tomb under construction? Confused! ”
After the accident of the filial piety tomb under construction, Guo Yangtian and the fourth prince Zhu Di both came to the prison to find the fox trace for questioning, and the fox trace heard it in his heart, and he was eager to break the body of the person who made this decision into pieces.
Yao Miaoyi explained: "Fox Trace, you misunderstood, we didn't do this, King Xiao Ming and the Commander Elder ...... They are not in Jinling for the time being, and the Mingjiao people are all under my command and arrangement, and I have not issued any orders except for routine surveillance operations. He will not make a stupid move to blow up the imperial tomb. ”
"Fox trace, someone pretended to use our Mingjiao identity to sneak into Jiming Mountain to blow up the imperial tomb, and maybe there was a plan to assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang or the prince and grandson. Almost everyone knows that the slogan of our Mingjiao is 'King Ming is born, and all living beings are universal'. It's so easy to impersonate us
Finish. ”
Fox Trace listened to Yao Miaoyi's explanation, and secretly thought that Elder Wisdom had always been wise and cautious to protect the safety of King Xiao Ming, even if Guo Yangtian rebelled, he would have escaped smoothly, and he should not have done such a stupid thing.
What the crow said made sense, and the fox trail pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is behind the trouble?" ”
Yao Miaoyi sat cross-legged on the ground, cupped her cheeks and pondered: "First of all, the strength of this force is not weak, otherwise such a large group of people would not be able to sneak into the tomb of Jiming Mountain with weapons and gunpowder; Then this force must have enmity with our Mingjiao and Zhu Yuanzhang at the same time, otherwise, how could they formulate such a plan to kill two birds with one stone? ”
"Hmm." The fox trace nodded slowly, "I think eighty percent of it is the Northern Yuan Imperial Court that is making trouble." ”
"Yes." Yao Miaoyi nodded and said: "Back then, as soon as our Mingjiao doctrine came out, there were many supporters, and there were rebels in the world, but only the Mingjiao Red Turban Army was the strongest. It was our Mingjiao that shook the foundations of the Yuan Dynasty, while Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Dadu and drove Genghis Khan's descendants to the steppe desert. If you say that Beiyuan hates the most, isn't it our Mingjiao and Zhu Yuanzhang. ”
It's a pity that the world is undecided, and the Red Turban Army committed suicide, and Zhu Yuanzhang became the final winner.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to assassinate Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, scuttled the ship, and falsely claimed that it was a traitor to the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty court colluded to lead to the death of King Xiaoming.
Only the court of the Yuan Dynasty knew the truth, because they were wronged, and they really didn't send anyone to assassinate King Xiaoming, and every one was just Zhu Yuanzhang's thief shouting to catch the thief.
Fox Trace said: "The Northern Yuan Dynasty court knows the contradiction between Mingjiao and Zhu Yuanzhang best, and uses the bombing of Xiaoling to provoke these two forces to fight each other, giving themselves a chance to breathe. ”
Yao Miaoyi added: "I don't think it's just about blowing up Xiaoling, they may not be able to assassinate the fourth prince Zhu Di, and they want to end up together." Zhu Yuanzhang values this fourth son very much, if Zhu Di dies, he will definitely not give up. ”
Fox Trace smiled miserably, "Haha, the Remnant Yuan Imperial Court really looks down on our Mingjiao, and actually thinks that Mingjiao has the ability to confront Zhu Yuanzhang, and it really looks down on us." ”
Locked in the prison for so long, the fox trace's loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon, but at the same time, he is also discouraged and depressed, speaking of this, the fox trace's eyes darkened, "Don't spread the news that I am locked up here, I am worried that my old subordinates will save me regardless of your opposition and danger." There aren't a few people left, so let's live longer. ”
Yao Miaoyi admired the thoughtfulness of the fox track, "Don't worry, I will only tell King Xiaoming and Elder Wisdom about this matter, and ask them to decide." However, Guo Yangtian is extremely dangerous, and I will find an opportunity to get rid of him, so as not to cause extraneous branches. ”
As long as there is a chance to get close to Guo Yangtian, Yao Miaoyi has at least five ways to kill him, but at the same time, it is a little difficult not to reveal his identity......
As for the father-in-law and Yao Jitong, these two are far away in Goryeo, and it is estimated that they will not be able to return until the end of the year or next spring. Zhu Yuanzhang will save the life of the fox trace to dig up King Xiao Ming, so as long as King Xiao Ming is okay, the fox trace can live.
Yao Miaoyi and the fox trail talked about something outside, and in the middle of the night, they suddenly heard the sound of the door opening in the distance, and the two quickly climbed to their respective beds to lie down and pretend to sleep.
Ma Sanbao carried a torch, and it was clearly the fourth prince Zhu Di who walked into the prison.