In the small courtyard of Li Jie's house, the pots and pans in the kitchen rang out, Li Jie was humming a song in the kitchen to prepare the ingredients, today is his birthday, so he also took a day off, although his family is not around, but Li Jie has long been used to it, after all, in his previous life, he worked alone in a strange city, and he has always celebrated his birthday alone.

The same ingredients are processed and placed on the plate, and some dishes that need to be cooked for a long time have also been cooked in the pot, such as the small stove next to it, where braised pork and braised pig's trotters are placed respectively, and it takes at least an hour to cook for the flavor.

"Cousin! Cousin! I'm going to die! But at this moment, I suddenly heard Liu Yi shouting exaggerated in the courtyard.

Li Jie looked out the window, and sure enough, he saw Liu Yi with a loveless face, which made him ask curiously: "What is going to die, today is my birthday, cousin, why do you say such unlucky words?" ”

"What I'm saying is that I'm going to die, and the court is going to recruit me to the army, you say that I'm a small physique, what is it that I didn't go to the army to find death?" Liu Yi came to the window with a depressed face, he had just received the news.

"You're going to the army?" Li Jie finally stopped his movements when he heard this, and his face showed a look of disbelief, although Liu Yi is his cousin, and he is also a little smart, but to be honest, Liu Yi is a gentleman who is not good at martial arts, and if he is allowed to go to the army, it will not be a good thing for him or the army.

"Does my uncle know about this, he can't let you go to the army, right?" Li Jie suddenly thought of Liu Ying again, and immediately asked again.

"My father can't protect himself now, how can he take care of me?" Unexpectedly, Liu Yi spread his hands and said again helplessly.

"Uncle can't protect himself?" Li Jie was also startled when he heard this, and immediately walked out of the kitchen quickly and asked, "What's wrong with my uncle, why didn't I hear any wind at all?" ”

"Cousin, you misunderstood, my father is fine, but he is about to return to his hometown, and it is not okay if he doesn't leave." Liu Yi hurriedly explained.

"Back home? Why? Li Jie was even more confused.

"This matter has something to do with your family." Liu Yi sighed and said again.

"My family?" Li Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then came to his senses, "Are you talking about the previous case?" ”

"That's right, not only was your family unlucky before, but also Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong, Pingliang Hou Feiju, Nanxiong Hou Zhao Yong, Xingyang Hou Zheng Yuchun, Yichun Hou Huang Bin, Henan Hou Luju, etc., were all implicated in the case and killed, and even Yingyang Hou Yang Jing, Jining Hou Gu Shi and others who had already passed away were also questioned!"

When Liu Yi said this, his face also showed a look of fear, after all, the titles of these people were no worse than his father's, but now they are all dead, even those who survived are walking on thin ice, and they have honestly shrunk their heads during this time.

Li Jie also sighed when he heard this, Zhu Yuanzhang killed too many people this time, and even after these people died, he didn't plan to let them go, but compiled the crimes of these people into "Three Records of Showing the Traitorous Party", and announced it to the world, so as to warn the people of the world.

"But even if he killed so many people, His Majesty was still not at ease with Xungui, so he issued an order to let the princes in the court return to their hometowns, including Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, Chang Sheng, the founding Duke of Cao, Li Jinglong, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, Deng Zhen, the Duke of Ying, and Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, as well as Xie Cheng, Zhao Yong and other ten marquises, all of whom are among the ten marquis who have returned to their hometowns!" At this time, Liu Yi spoke again.

"Uncle is also among the ten Hou masters who have returned to their hometowns?" Li Jie also asked again when he heard this.

"Not really." Liu Yi shook his head.

"What kind of hometown does my uncle go back to?" Li Jie was speechless, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the princes to return to their hometowns, mainly because they were worried that these nobles would hold military power and threaten the imperial power, but Liu Ying was just a happy marquis, and he usually didn't care about anything, so he was not qualified to be listed by Zhu Yuanzhang as one of the princes who returned to his hometown.

"But my father is afraid, so many princes have lost their heads, and the six princes and ten princes who have returned to their hometowns are all top nobles, and even they have been driven out of the capital, do you think my father is afraid?" Liu Yi said with palpitations again, "In addition, not only my father, but most of the remaining nobles also plan to return to their hometowns, after all, this place in the capital is simply not a place for people, if you stay any longer, maybe one day the butcher's knife will fall on your head!" ”

After hearing this, Li Jie also felt that there was some truth, but then he asked: "Since your uncle is ready to go back to your hometown, why were you drafted into the army, don't you go back with your uncle?" ”

"I would like to go back together, but Your Majesty has already decreed that an iron book army will be established, and my name will be on the list." Liu Yi said that he once again showed a face of lovelessness, his family's title was picked up by luck, he and his father didn't have any ambitions, they just wanted to be a happy marquis who was waiting for death, but now Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't even plan to give them this opportunity.

"The Iron Book Army?" Li Jie hesitated and pondered this meaningful name, and then asked again, "Does this iron book refer to the iron coupon for avoiding death?" ”

"That's right, it's an iron coupon to avoid death, as long as there are nobles with this thing in the family, all of them must send their eldest son to the army, and they must prepare more than 100 followers as slaves, I can see it now, what kind of bullshit iron coupon is simply a life talisman, there is this thing at home, it is like being remembered by Lord Yama, and it will be difficult to escape death sooner or later!" Liu Yi is also full of complaints now, and he even said a lot of disrespectful words in anger.

Li Jie was also secretly shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness when he heard this, it was really not easy for the Ming Dynasty's Xungui to eat under him, first kill a batch, and then drive the rest back to his hometown, and before leaving, he had to leave their son as a hostage, this is Zhu Yuanzhang, if an emperor dared to do this, maybe his people would have rebelled a long time ago.

"Cousin, the death-free iron coupon is a dead thing, more of an attitude of His Majesty, but it must not be taken seriously, whoever takes it seriously is really stupid, you see my grandfather, the death-free iron coupon is written on the death-free iron coupon to save yourself from two deaths, and to avoid the death of your son, but in the end, isn't it useless?" Li Jie immediately opened his mouth to persuade him.

However, as soon as Li Jie's words fell, he heard someone cough outside the door, which scared Li Jie and Liu Yi away, and there were a lot of disrespectful words in the words of the two of them just now, if this reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, with Lao Zhu's temper, he would definitely not mind chopping them into meat sauce.

In the nervous eyes of Li Jie and the two, they saw a figure appear outside the door, and then Zhu Yunxi walked in, which made Li Jie's heart suddenly relieved, if it was just Zhu Yunxi who heard the conversation just now, it would be easy to do, after all, he is young, and he is close to himself, as long as he fools a few words, he should not go to the informant.

However, before Li Jie could be happy, he saw a fat figure behind Zhu Yunxi walking in, and it turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, and Li Jie and Liu Yi were so frightened that they almost jumped up.

"See Your Highness, you ...... How did you get here? Li Jie showed a smile that was more ugly than crying and stepped forward and saluted, he never dreamed that Zhu Biao would come, and just now he was still saying bad things about Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was heard by someone's son, this is simply death!

Liu Yi in the back was also trembling with fright at this time, he knew Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxi, thinking of what he said just now, he felt that his life was completely over, maybe his head would move after a while!

I saw Zhu Biao smile rather playfully: "I heard Yun Xi say that you are on your birthday today, and I happen to have something to go out of the palace, so I came with him, and by the way, I will have a meal here with you, you won't be unwelcome, right?" ”

"Your Highness is coming to the Humble House, of course the ministers are welcome!" Li Jie hurriedly said again, but he was uneasy in his heart, he didn't know when Zhu Biao came, and how much did he hear the conversation between himself and Liu Yi just now?

"Your yard is quite chic, I'll walk around, don't worry about me!" Zhu Biao said and walked around the yard on his back, he also came to Li Jie's house for the first time, and he probably didn't expect Li Jie's house to be so small.

Seeing that Zhu Biao had gone to the backyard, Li Jie pulled Zhu Yunxi over and asked eagerly, "Your Highness, how long have you been here?" ”

"I've been here for a while, and you were still talking about the return of the prince, and my father wanted to hear your opinion, so he waited outside for a while." Zhu Yunxi said with some schadenfreude.

"It's over!" Liu Yi, who was next to him, was about to collapse to the ground when he heard this.

Fortunately, Li Jie's eyes were quick, and he helped him and persuaded: "Cousin, don't worry, the prince is my father-in-law, and he shouldn't do anything to us!" ”

I saw Liu Yi crying and saying with a sad face: "Yes, the prince is your father-in-law, but not my father-in-law, I am really dead this time, cousin, don't forget to collect my body in the future!" ”

"It's not that serious, the prince is still very generous, and he shouldn't ask us for a few words!" Li Jie persuaded again.

"The prince is generous and divides, but he is generous to you but may not be generous to me!" Liu Yi was still very pessimistic, but then his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he grabbed Li Jie's sleeve like grasping a life-saving straw and said, "Cousin, I heard that the prince also has a daughter who is about to become an adult, and I am also a little marquis, do you think I still have a chance?" ”

"Cough~" Zhu Yunxi next to him finally couldn't listen to it, and immediately coughed dryly, staring at him with annoyance, Li Jie was just worried about his eldest sister, but this Liu Yi dared to think about his second sister, it was just a toad who wanted to eat swan meat!

Li Jie couldn't cry or laugh at this time, Liu Yi was a few years older than him, and he remembered that Liu Yi had been engaged a long time ago, but now he just didn't officially marry, but now he wanted to think about Zhu Yuning's sister, which was too late.