Hundreds of death row prisoners, after killing a batch, they were immediately escorted up again, Li Jie, who was sitting on the roof of the carriage, looked at the heads that rolled to the ground one by one, and his mind was also blank, but every time the executioner's ghost head knife fell, he felt cold on his neck, and even in the end he wondered if his head was still on his neck?

"Cousin, what's wrong with you?" Liu Yi also discovered Li Jie's abnormality, and immediately grabbed his arm and asked.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing! Li Jie replied reluctantly, and even showed a smile, but he didn't know that at this time, his face was as white as paper, and his laughter was even more ugly than crying.

"It's all done, let's go down!" Liu Yi didn't dare to let Li Jie look at it again, so he jumped out of the carriage as he spoke, and then helped Li Jie to get off, and when he got out of the car, he found that Li Jie was soft all over, and he had to help himself when he got out of the car, otherwise he had to fall.

"Cousin, how are you feeling, do you want to find a doctor?" After helping Li Jie into the carriage, Liu Yi also asked with concern again.

"No, probably...... It may be that there is a little cold wind blowing and the body is not very comfortable. Li Jie forced a laugh again to explain to himself.

"Since you're not feeling well, then let's not go, let's go back and rest early!" Liu Yi also said immediately when he heard this.

"It's fine, but let me slow down before I go back, and don't tell my mother, lest she worry!" Li Jie also slowly calmed down at this time, took a few deep breaths of air, calmed down his frightened mood, and slowly recovered a little blood on his face.

Seeing that Li Jie's condition was improving, Liu Yi was relieved, but he still asked people to go to the shop next to him to ask for hot water for Li Jie to drink a few sips, which also made Li Jie feel better.

Originally, Li Jie felt that he was already a person who had died once, and he should have seen life and death, but when he saw the heads of living people being cut off with his own eyes, he suddenly realized that he really thought too highly of himself.

In fact, Li Jie's performance is also very normal, the reason why those onlookers are interested in watching the cruel program of beheading is because they know that the knife will not be cut on their heads, if they are also like Li Jie, they know that they will also become ghosts under the knife in half a year, I am afraid their performance will not be much better than Li Jie.

"Cousin, what happened to you just now?" Liu Yi saw Li Jie's expression improve, and at this time he couldn't help but ask again, he is not stupid, Li Jie's performance just now is not like being sick, but more like being scared?

Li Jie was in a very low mood, and was silent for a moment when he heard Liu Yi's inquiry, and finally said with a wry smile: "I'm thinking, if one day I am also escorted to the execution ground, and then my head is cut off with a knife, I wonder if there will be so many people watching?" ”

"Cousin, what nonsense are you talking about!" When Liu Yi heard this, he immediately reprimanded that Li Jie's words were too unlucky.

"Nonsense? Even if it's nonsense! Li Jie smiled bitterly again, he didn't know how to explain this kind of thing.

"How do you have that idea? Not to mention anything else, your grandfather is also the first founding hero of my Ming Dynasty, and the first prime minister of the imperial court, even if your relationship is not very good, but as long as there is this relationship, it is impossible to fall to the point of going to the execution ground, right? Liu Yi also calmed down at this time, and patiently analyzed with Li Jie, he was still worried that Li Jie would think wildly and there would be any mental problems.

"What can the prime minister do, cousin, have you forgotten Hu Weiyong?" Li Jie hesitated for a moment and finally said what was in his heart, some things are too painful to hold in his heart, and Liu Yi is a trustworthy person, maybe he can give some opinions after listening to it, after all, the bystanders are clear.

"Hu ......" Liu Yi was also angry when he heard Hu Weiyong's name, but soon he shook his head and said, "It's different, how can Hu Weiyong compare with your grandfather!" ”

"Why can't it be compared, when it comes to the power of the prime minister, Hu Weiyong's power when he was the prime minister is greater!" Li Jie smiled bitterly again, Hu Weiyong was autocratic and exerted the power of the prime minister to the extreme, which also caused a conflict between the imperial power and the prime minister's power, which led to his tragic end.

"It's just different!" Liu Yi insisted again, he seemed to think of something when he said this, so he patted his thigh and said, "It just so happens that let's stop by, I'll take you to a place, you will know it at a glance!" ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he gave a few words to the coachman, then the carriage turned, and soon came to a wide street, but the carriage stopped at the corner, and then the window was opened by Liu Yi, Liu Yi pointed outward and said to Li Jie: "Look what it is!" ”

Li Jie turned his head to look, only to see a luxurious mansion not far in front of him, with two stone lions standing in front of the tall gatehouse, but what attracted more attention was the long queue of people in front of the door, almost from the front of the mansion to the end of the street.

What shocked Li Jie was that most of these people in line were brightly dressed, and some were simply wearing official uniforms, and the grade seemed to be not low, but at this time, they lined up in front of the house with low eyebrows, and finally when it was their turn, they respectfully sent their name cards, but the slaves guarding the door looked like they had their nostrils facing the sky, and they did not have the slightest good face for these guests who came to visit.

"Could it be ...... here" Li Jie also showed a shocked expression when he saw the scene in front of him, the carriage was a little far away from the mansion gate, and he couldn't see the words on the plaque on the mansion gate, but Li Jie vaguely guessed whose mansion this was.

"Yes, this is your grandfather's Korean mansion, you look at these people in front of the mansion, all of them have come to visit your grandfather, but as far as I know, no matter how heavy the salute they prepare, it will be difficult for them to see your grandfather, at most they will be invited in for a few sips of tea, but even so, these people are still happy to do it, and they can't even get rid of it!" Liu Yi introduced again.

However, when Li Jie heard this, he glanced at Liu Yi with a strange gaze and asked, "Cousin, do you think this is a good thing?" ”

"Of course it's a good thing, your grandfather has been the prime minister for so many years, his protégés and former officials are all over the world, and the officials who are transferred to Beijing from other places are the first thing to come to visit your grandfather, every year your grandfather's birthday, even if His Majesty doesn't come, he will send the prince to congratulate him, other people's death-free iron coupons, can only save himself from death, but your grandfather can avoid two deaths, avoid the death of his son, and only your grandfather has this kind of honor in the Manchu Dynasty!"

Originally, because of Li Jie's matter, Liu Yi was quite dissatisfied with Li Shanchang, but when he mentioned Li Shanchang's merits and rewards, he showed an excited look.

Li Jie also shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this, and then he pointed to the long dragon in front of the mansion and said: "In my opinion, these people are actually life-urging ghosts, the more people they come, the faster our old Li family will die!" ”

"What do you mean, cousin?" Liu Yi also showed a shocked expression when he heard this.

"It's very simple, cousin, haven't you heard of Gong Gao Zhen......

Before Li Jie could say the last word of "Meritorious Shock", Liu Yi's face changed drastically and he covered his mouth, and then lowered his voice and said, "Cousin, you don't want to die, how can you say this kind of thing casually?" ”

"I'm just telling the truth!" Li Jie smiled bitterly again. However, judging from Liu Yi's performance, he should understand what Li Jie meant.

Liu Yi didn't dare to discuss this issue with Li Jie anymore, so he immediately ordered the coachman to leave here, and kept urging the coachman to hurry up along the way, as if some wild beast was chasing them behind.

When he returned to Li Jie's house, Liu Yi pulled him back to the inner house in a hurry, until he was sure that there was no other person around, and then Liu Yi said eagerly again: "Cousin, don't talk nonsense, if you let Jinyiwei hear it and spread it to the palace, I'm afraid you will really be sent to be beheaded!" ”

"It's just a matter of time or later, cousin, you are so scared, do you also think that my words make sense?" Li Jie asked with a slight smile.

"I ......" I saw that Liu Yi also hesitated for a moment, and after a long time finally replied, "Actually, I heard my father say that your grandfather will not be the prime minister tomorrow, but he still has close contacts with the civil and military officials in the court, this is the way to cause trouble!" ”

"Uncle really said that!" Li Jie was quite surprised when he heard this, it seems that his uncle is not simple, the reason why he went home early to be a marquis of Anle is probably because he has seen through the court, and even more so Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Of course, my father also said that most of the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty were from our Huaixi, and many of them were promoted by your grandfather, and these people formed gangs in private, but your grandfather didn't know how to avoid suspicion, and he would definitely suffer a big loss in this matter in the future!" Liu Yi spoke again, these words were the words of their father and son in private, and he had never said them to others.

"Huaixi Xungui!" Li Jie also secretly smiled bitterly when he heard this, Zhu Yuanzhang is a native of Huaixi, and he also relied on Huaixi people to start his business in the war, and the military generals from the twenty-four generals of Huaixi represented by Xu Da at the beginning, to Chang Yuchun, Fu Youde, and Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong among the civil officials, are all Huaixi people, and these people are collectively known as Huaixi Xungui.

Zhu Yuanzhang relied on Huaixi's gang to fight the world, and even more relied on these people to govern and stabilize the world, but as the Son of Heaven, what he was most afraid of was that his courtiers would form gangs and factions, so as to hollow him out as an emperor.

This is not that Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious, in fact, Hu Weiyong has done this before, vainly trying to suppress the monarchy with the power of the prime minister, but he was slaughtered by the old Zhu, and a large number of people were implicated, and although Li Shanchang did not really do it, he has the ability to do it, with Hu Weiyong's experience, Zhu Yuanzhang also became suspicious of Li Shanchang, which is also the real reason why Li Shanchang was killed in history.

"Unwilling! Very unwilling! Li Jie thought of the above, but his heart was becoming more and more anxious, he obviously did not participate in these things, but he was implicated by Li Shanchang, not only him, but his father, mother, and even his sister Di'er, who had seen it before, all of them could not escape death!

"No, even if the moth that falls into the cobwebs has to flutter twice, although it may die faster the more it struggles, there is at least a slight possibility of escaping from the net, and if it doesn't struggle, it will definitely die!"

Li Jie also showed a determined look when he thought of this, he was in the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't help it, this game was not something he didn't want to play, but there were countless reasons to force him to play!