Zhenfu Si Zhao Prison, just a few months ago, it was still empty, but now it has been filled with prisoners, during this time Jinyiwei arrested people everywhere, everyone in the court was in danger, and almost all of them who could be caught here were former magnates, but now they have become prisoners under the ranks, which also makes many people angry, and they have been screaming and scolding after being caught.

And in the southeast corner of the Imperial Prison, there is a separate cell, said to be a cell, in fact, it is more like an ordinary small room, the bedding and utensils in it are all ready, and even the three meals are carefully prepared by the jailer, and they dare not snub the prisoners inside, because the person inside is Li Shanchang, who is known as the first founding hero of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the irritability of other prisoners, Li Shanchang seemed very calm, since he was brought into this cell, he had been sitting quietly behind the table, with no sadness or joy on his old face, no one knew what he was thinking?

In the second half of the night, the prisoners in the edict prison were also tired and hoarse, this was not their home, and no one served them to drink tea to moisten their throats, so many people quieted down, and some of them had big hearts, and they simply went to sleep.

However, at this time, the commander of the Jinyi Guards commanded Mao Xiang to come to the Imperial Prison in person, he did not come alone, but accompanied a tall man with a black robe and hooded head into the Imperial Prison, and personally led him to the outside of Li Shanchang's cell.

"Open it!" The black-robed man commanded, and from his old voice, he could tell that he was not young.

Mao Xiang respectfully agreed, and then opened the cell door with his own hands, and then presented the food box he was holding in his hand, the old man reached out to take it, and walked in, while Mao Xiang personally guarded the door.

"You're here." Li Shan, who was behind the table, said without raising his head, he was too familiar with the person who came in, just by listening to his footsteps, he knew the identity of the other party, in fact, he had been waiting for the other party.

The old man in the black robe did not answer immediately, but walked over and put the food box on the table, and then took off the black robe, which was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"You're leaving, I'll give you a ride!" I saw Zhu Yuanzhang stretch out his hand to open the food box, then put a few small dishes inside on the table, and finally took out a pot of good wine and two wine glasses from it, and personally poured a glass of wine for Li Shanchang.

On the table are two cold and two hot four side dishes, which are fried tofu, fried greens, garlic and white meat plus a cold cucumber, Li Shanchang looked at these four dishes and was stunned for a moment, and then smelled a smell of wine, which made his face show a rare smile and said: "It's rare that you still remember these!" ”

I saw that Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed and said: "When you took refuge in me, I invited you to drink for the first time, and we ate these dishes. ”

Li Shanchang did not answer, but reached out to pick up the chopsticks, took a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth, and then took the wine glass and drank it all, but then shook his head and said: "The dishes are still the dishes of the year, and the wine is also the wine of the year, but unfortunately it has lost the taste of the year." ”

"People have changed, and hearts have changed, so naturally they can't taste the taste of the past." Zhu Yuanzhang also took a bite of food, and then nodded in agreement, but then he hesitated and said, "Do you regret it?" ”

"Nothing to regret!" Li Shanchang poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all again, "Ever since I was locked up in this small cell, I have been thinking about a question, why did I fall to this point? ”

"Is there a result?" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his chopsticks and asked again.

"Yes!" Li Shanchang put the wine glass on the table and said, "Thirty-seven years ago, I met you who was preparing to attack Chuzhou, when I saw you for the first time, I knew that you were a person who did great things, and since then, I have been determined to assist you with all my might, and you have not disappointed, sweeping away the heroes, expelling Meng Yuan, and achieving a great cause that has never been seen in the ages!" ”

Li Shanchang paused when he said this, and then continued: "On the day you ascended the throne, I was happier than anyone else, and you also began to learn to be an emperor, and you are getting better and better, even far beyond my imagination, it can be said that you are becoming more and more like a real emperor, and I ...... But he lost himself in power and forgot his duty as a courtier! ”

Hearing Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang also showed a complicated look on his face, I don't know when, he became more and more distrustful of Li Shanchang, and even felt that he was getting more and more stupid, and he no longer had the shrewdness when he followed him to fight the world, but today Li Shanchang finally regained his former brilliance after losing everything, this is the Ming Prime Minister in his heart!

It's a pity that all this came too late, if Li Shanchang had woken up a few years earlier, I'm afraid they wouldn't have come to this point.

However, after Li Shanchang said this, he seemed very calm, only to see that he reached out and wanted to pour himself another glass of wine, but Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead, and then personally poured him a glass of wine.

Li Shanchang was not polite, picked up the wine glass and drank it again, and then said, "Is Qi'er okay?" ”

"Fortunately, I'm going to let him and Lin'an go to Jiangpu to live!" Zhu Yuanzhang said honestly, Li Qi married his eldest daughter Princess Lin'an, and for this son-in-law, Zhu Yuanzhang also opened the net, and did not arrest him to the edict for questioning.

"That's good!" Li Shanchang said slowly, but a trace of unbearability finally flashed on his calm face, because he knew that he would not be able to escape death this time, and his children would probably be implicated, but Li Qi, who was a concubine, should be able to escape, and it could be regarded as leaving a bloodline for their Li family.

"Why don't you ask the Li Jie family?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.

Hearing the name Li Jie, Li Shanchang also showed a very complicated look on his face, and after a while, he said slowly: "This kid is simply a demon, I even doubt that he is my grandson?" ”

If it had been placed in the past, Li Shanchang might not have made such an evaluation of Li Jie, but after being detained, he carefully considered Li Jie's performance from beginning to end, and the more he thought about it, the more surprised he became.

Even Li Shanchang vaguely felt that Li Jie seemed to know that the Li family was going to be unlucky in a short period of time, so he did so many things, from reminding him at the beginning to trying his best to become a colt later, all of this seemed too deliberate.

"Whether he is your grandson or not, I have to ask your son, but your grandson is really capable, and he exterminated the Japanese in less than a month, and I have promised him before, as long as he exterminates the Japanese invaders, I will never embarrass his parents!" Zhu Yuanzhang actually teased Li Shanchang in a rare way, and then said a piece of news that Li Shanchang didn't know.

"He exterminated the Wakos?" At this time, Li Shanchang also showed a surprised expression again, as an important minister in the court, he knew better than anyone else the problem of the Japanese Bandits, before Li Jie and Tang He went to inspect Haiphong, in his opinion, it was just a formality, but he didn't expect him to really do it.

"Yes, he met Zhang Dingbian in Ningbo, and I don't know how he persuaded Zhang Dingbian, so that the other party could find the nest of the Japanese invaders overseas through some old ministries back then, which allowed Tang He to easily exterminate the Japanese Kou, so this time his credit is only under Tang He!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in detail again.

"Zhang Dingbian is still alive, and he can be moved by Li Jie's words, this kid really has some ability!" Li Shanchang was even more surprised when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Zhang Dingbian, an old man, was involved.

"Not only that, but at the same time as he reported the victory, he also wrote a letter, in which he explained the root cause of the emergence of the Japanese pirates, and also asserted that if we only use the current method of clearing and suppressing them, within a few years, a new group of Japanese pirates will appear along the coast!" Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned that Li Jie also seemed to open the conversation, in fact, apart from Li Jie, he and Li Shanchang seemed to have nothing to talk about.

"Since he dares to write this letter, there must be a solution, right?" When Li Shanchang heard this, he immediately came to the same judgment as Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yes, I think so too, he has now arrived in Zhenjiang Mansion, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the capital tomorrow afternoon, and I will have a good chat with him then!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded admiringly, after so many years, Li Shanchang finally thought of going with him again.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, I didn't expect our Li family to have such a talent!" Li Shanchang arched his hand to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Hehe, Li Jie is indeed a rare talent, with him, I don't have to worry about the prince being unavailable in the future!" Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled happily and said, at Li Jie's age, not only Zhu Biao, but even Zhu Biao's son's generation can use Li Jie, which is why he has always been very tolerant of Li Jie.

"This grandson of mine is the smartest person I have ever met, and I hope he will not follow my old path in the future!" Li Shanchang picked up the wine jug as he spoke, and filled it again for himself and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang also took the wine glass and drank it all, and then the two no longer talked about Li Jie, but talked about some things back then, Li Shanchang seemed to forget about life and death, and at this time they also talked very much, and the two also chatted very happily, until the wine was finished and the dishes were eaten, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and said goodbye.

Li Shanchang personally sent Zhu Yuanzhang to the door, and the two seemed to say goodbye to each other like a pair of friends who had not seen each other for many years, and then Li Shanchang returned to the cell, and when Mao Xiang sent Zhu Yuanzhang back again, he found that Li Shanchang had committed suicide by hanging himself, a generation of founding ministers, and thus ended his controversial life!