Chapter 90: King Lu is dead
Li Jie stood at the bow of the boat, holding on to the railing and looking at the tumbling river under his feet, and the words at the beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms naturally came to mind:
The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.
Success or failure turns empty.
The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.
On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.
A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.
How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking.
Li Jie liked to watch the Three Kingdoms most when he was young, and he didn't have a deep understanding of this poem, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Tang He and other characters who only exist in history books, he had a deeper understanding of this poem.
Li Jie suddenly thought that Luo Guanzhong seemed to be alive now, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms should be finished, and the Water Margin was also in his hands, but it was a pity that these two books were not officially published during Luo Guanzhong's lifetime, and it is said that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was not published for the first time until the Jiajing period.
Thinking that he had the opportunity to see Luo Guanzhong, Li Jie couldn't help but feel a little excited, but then he sighed again, thinking of his grandfather Li Shanchang, as the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he really deserved it, but as he grew old, he was overwhelmed by power, and he was constantly caught in it, even if Li Jie reminded him several times, the other party still failed to make the right decision.
Originally, Li Jiedu didn't plan to pay attention to Li Shanchang's affairs anymore, but he couldn't stand his father's request, so he finally relented and wrote the four words "illiterate Ding" to Li Shanchang, the so-called "Ding" refers to Li Shanchang's nephew Ding Bin.
In history, the reason why Li Shanchang was involved in the Hu Weiyong case was because of this Ding Bin, at the beginning, it was only Ding Bin who was arrested, and Li Shanchang relied on his old age and high merit to write several times to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to let his nephew go.
It is estimated that Li Shanchang thought that as he did ten years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang would look at his face and let Ding Bin go like he let go of his younger brother Li Cunyi, you must know that Li Cunyi and Hu Weiyong are sons and daughters, and the two families have close contacts, and there is even evidence that Li Cunyi should have been involved in the Hu Weiyong case, but even so, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill Li Cunyi, but placed their father and son in Chongming.
However, Li Shanchang forgot that it was not ten years ago, and Zhu Yuanzhang's patience with him had long since worn out, so instead of letting Ding Bin go, he let people interrogate him strictly, and as a result, Ding Bin first confessed to Li Cunyi's father and son, which also led to Li Cunyi's father and son being arrested again.
What is even more unexpected is that after Li Cunyi was arrested, he actually dragged Li Shanchang in, saying that Hu Weiyong sent him to persuade Li Shanchang to participate in the rebellion, and it was Li Cunyi's confession that led to Li Shanchang's death, and the whole family was beheaded!
"If Li Shanchang didn't care about Ding Bin, would his fate be different?" Li Jie whispered to himself at this time.
Li Jie himself has no answer to this question, but his opinion is still pessimistic, because the fundamental reason why Li Shanchang was killed was that he blocked Zhu Yuanzhang's way, so even if there is no Ding Bin, there may still be Jia Bin, B Bin, and Bing Bin.
However, if Li Shanchang doesn't care about Ding Bin, maybe he can postpone the time for him to ask for the crime, and if Li Shanchang can wake up during this time, he may even think of a way to save the Li family, after all, Li Shanchang is not Li Jie, and the energy he can use and the means he uses are much stronger than Li Jie.
Thinking of the above, Li Jie also sighed again, he spent nearly half a year, every day, almost desperately fighting for his life to barely save the life of his family, this is already Li Jie's limit.
For Li Shanchang's side, Li Jie really can't help, unless he can cross ten years in advance, and then lay out a little bit of layout, it is possible to pull Li Shanchang's family out of the quagmire, but God only gave him half a year, so all he can do now is to help Li Shanchang delay a little longer.
"Boy, what are you doing there, come and drink with me!" While Li Jie was pondering, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the cabin behind him.
Li Jie adjusted his mood when he heard this, and then turned around with a smile, and when he saw Tang He with a red face in the cabin, he also stepped forward with a smile and said, "Grandpa Tang, you seem to be in a good mood today, is it because of the reason for leaving the capital?" ”
"Want to know?" Tang He winked at him, then patted the chair next to him and said, "If you can get me drunk, I'll tell you!" ”
"Grandpa Tang, you're embarrassed for me, who doesn't know that you are massive?" Li Jie walked into the cabin and sat down, but said with an embarrassed expression on his face.
Today, Tang He's performance is also very strange, before dawn in the morning, he sent someone to pull Li Jie into the carriage, and even did not let Li Zhu and his wife send Li Jie, and directly pulled Li Jie out of the city to the dock by the Yangtze River, and left the capital in a hurry.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm happy today, let's not get drunk and go home!" Tang He said and reached out from under the table to bring out a jar of about ten catties of fine wine, slapped open the seal and poured a bowl for each of them.
Li Jie saw Tang He actually drinking wine with a bowl, his face was almost green, he didn't like to drink in the first place, and the amount of alcohol was also very shallow, it is estimated that he would lie on the ground directly before he finished drinking this bowl.
However, to Li Jie's surprise, Tang He did not force him to drink, but picked up the bowl and drank it all by himself, as for Li Jie, it didn't matter how much he drank or how little, even if he accompanied him to take a sip of wet mouth.
In this case, Li Jie's bowl of wine was only half drunk, but Tang He had already drunk seven or eight bowls, and the whole person was also six or seven points drunk.
"Boy, do you want to know why I'm so anxious to pull you out of Beijing, and why I'm so happy?" Tang He finished the bowl of wine again, and then put the bowl on the table heavily.
"Of course!" Li Jie said and poured a bowl of wine for Tang He again.
"Hehe......" This time Tang He was not in a hurry to drink, but smiled drunkenly, and then burped before saying, "It's okay to tell you, I just received the news that King Lu is dead!" ”
"What!" Li Jie was also taken aback when he heard this, Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, is also the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, his mother is Concubine Guo Ning, who once temporarily managed the harem after the death of Queen Ma, and Concubine Guo Ning's two brothers, Guo Ying and Guo Xing, are one of the twenty-four generals of Huaixi like Tang He, and both of them are also marquis for their military exploits.
Zhu Tan is the only son of Concubine Guo Ning, and there are two powerful uncles behind him, so Zhu Yuanzhang is also quite fond of him, Zhu Tan was named the king of the vassal after only two months of birth, and the fief is still Lu Di in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, it can be said that in addition to Zhu Biao and other sons-in-law, Zhu Tan has the highest treatment.
Seeing Li Jie's shocked appearance, Tang He chuckled and said, "What's so surprising, Zhu Tan, this bastard should have died a long time ago!" ”
"Wait a minute, I remember that King Lu seems to be your son-in-law, right?" Li Jie suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked again in shock, Tang He's daughter seems to be married to Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, but now listening to Tang He's words, it seems that he wishes that this son-in-law would die early?
"Son-in-law?" Tang He's hand holding the wine bowl suddenly trembled, and then he slammed the wine bowl suddenly, and roared with a hideous face, "Lao Tzu's daughter is gone, what kind of bullshit son-in-law!" ”
Li Jie was also startled, and then saw Tang He's grandson Tang Sheng running in from outside, and immediately stepped forward to help him and persuaded: "Grandfather is angry, my aunt's affairs have passed, you must not be angry because of this incident!" ”
Maybe it was his grandson's persuasion that worked, and Tang He finally sat down slowly, but at this time, his old eyes were red, and two cloudy tears rolled down, and the whole person seemed to be much older all of a sudden.
"Brother Tang, what the hell is going on?" Li Jie was full of questions at this time, so he asked Tang Sheng in a low voice.
I saw that Tang Sheng also sighed at this time, and then told the truth of the matter, it turned out that Tang He's daughter who married Zhu Tan was dead, and she was given death by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Speaking of Zhu Tan, Li Jie knows something, the most famous person of this person is a superstitious alchemist, taking Jindan, it is nothing for him to die by himself, even if he eats all the periodic table, it is no problem.
But Zhu Tan took the wrong path, he listened to the words of the warlock, and actually used the boy's lower body to practice medicine, which caused the resentment of the people in Shandong to boil, Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, and he couldn't kill this son with his own hands, but after all, he was his own son, and he couldn't do it, so he killed his daughter-in-law Tang, on the grounds that she did not fulfill her responsibility to admonish her husband.
Of course, Zhu Tan was not happy, Zhu Yuanzhang sentenced him to punishment, that is, shaving the hair of the whole body, the so-called body hair and skin, and the parents, Zhu Yuanzhang shaved his son's hair, which is almost equivalent to not recognizing this son.
"Brother Li, my aunt died too unjustly, she has always been timid, King Lu wants to do anything wrong, how can my aunt be persuaded to stop it?" Tang Sheng also cried at the end and said, he was only a few years younger than that aunt, and he often ran behind his aunt when he was a child, but he didn't expect to suffer such a catastrophe.
Li Jie also sighed after hearing this, he used to feel that Tang He's attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang was a little strange, it seemed that he was four points of fear, four points of respect, and two points of resentment, he didn't know where these two points of resentment came from before, but now he finally knows.
However, this also made Li Jie's heart cold, even Tang He, the daughter of such a hero, was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang when he said to kill, if he didn't explain the conditions to Zhu Yuanzhang that day, I'm afraid his father and mother would also be in danger, assuming that Zhu Yuanzhang really took advantage of his absence and killed his father and mother directly, I'm afraid Li Jie would be the same as Tang He, there was no way at all.
"By the way, how did King Lu die?" Li Jie asked again.
"How else can you die, of course you will die by taking pills!" Tang He also regained his composure at this time, and immediately snorted coldly, for this son-in-law, he has long hated him, if it weren't for him, how could his daughter die?
"I see, King Lu's death, Your Majesty will definitely be sad in your heart, maybe you will vent your anger on the court, and those officials who are involved in Hu Weiyong's case are probably going to be unlucky!" Li Jie's heart sank in the end, and in this way, Li Shanchang seemed to be more dangerous.