At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news that Zhu Biao had died, and hurriedly rushed over from the Qianqing Palace, and as soon as he entered the door, he cried loudly: "Biao'er, Biao'er, why did you leave like this, how can I live in the future, and who should a huge country entrust to me?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to Zhu Biao's bed and looked at the prince lying quietly, this is the work of his life's work, and now it is in vain. This murderous man was like a numb eye, and the sixty-year-old man who came from the army of ten thousand horses cried like a tearful man. The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, the eternal pain, the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains had no one to support, the eternal sorrow, the pain and sorrow, the five inner like a hanging, made him crazy, he rushed to the outside of the hall, raised his hand to the sky, and cried: "God, I have done something wrong, why should I be punished like this." ”

He turned around suddenly, pointed at the envoy of the Fang Yuan and the others, and said coldly: "The diagnosis and treatment of the Tai Hospital is not effective, and all the people are martyred for the prince." ”

After Jiang Huan, the commander of the Jinyi guard waiting outside the hall, listened to the order, he waved his hand, and the captains rushed up like wolves and tigers, dragging the envoy and a few imperial doctors out.

Tai Hospital is located in the capital Zhengyang Gate in the Qinglong Street, opposite is the six, next door is Zhan Shifu, at this moment the sky is not clear, the bright torch will be the long street like day, Song Zhong with Zhang Shixing and other hundreds of Jinyi lieutenants will be surrounded here.

Jin Yiwei commanded Song Zhong to detain the envoys, judges, officials, thirteen imperial doctors, pharmacists and others in the main hall, which was full of stuff.

Song Zhong took the roll call according to the book, and after the counting, he sighed and asked the envoy of the Fang Academy: "The envoy of the Fang Academy, there are fifty-four people on the list, and now there are only fifty-three people, where is there another imperial physician?" ”

The envoy of the Fang Yuan sat on the chair and said without raising his head: "A thousand households can go and ask you Zhang Zongqi about this matter, he asked our imperial doctor to go to Huai'an Mansion, and he will never go back after that." ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to the matter, when the imperial doctor Wang was on the way back to Beijing, when he took a boat to Jiangdu County, he fell into the water and his whereabouts are unknown. ”

Song Zhong shouted: "Confused, you rush to Jiangdu County to investigate immediately in the morning, you want to see people alive, and corpses when you die." No one on this roster should be missing. ”

After speaking, Song Zhong said to the envoy of the other court: "Envoy of the Fang court, it's time to go on the road, it is also your honor to be able to accompany the prince." ”

The envoy of the Fang Yuan glanced up at him and said, "If anyone does not die, sooner or later." ”

He pointed to the documents on the table and said, "This is the account books and cases of the Tai Hospital, and I have compiled them all so that when the successor takes over, he will not be at a loss." ”

Song Zhong thanked him and said, "The envoy of the Fang Yuan is really atmospheric. ”

The envoy of the courtyard took out a jar of flower carving wine and a large white porcelain bowl from under the table, and said to everyone with a calm expression: "Since the prince returned to Beijing, I have been ready, come, come, come, everyone will drink this bowl of wine and go on the road together." ”

Everyone hugged their heads and cried, and some said, "I will never be a doctor again in my next life." ”

The knife Liu ran over and grabbed Zhang Shixing's arm and shook it desperately, crying: "I'm just an egg-cutting person, please, Mr. Zhang, it's okay, let me go, let me go down and cut the prince's eggs?" ”

Zhang Shixing turned his head and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, his heart hurt as if he was being caught.

Song Zhong shouted: "Dao Liu, what nonsense are you talking about, be careful to cut your tongue, and then let you go down to accompany the prince." ”

The envoy of the courtyard poured a bowl of wine first, raised his head and drank it all, and said with a sad smile: "This wine is specially prepared by me, it is painless and unconscious, and the taste is myriad, you and I have taken the first step." ”

As he spoke, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, nose and mouth, and his head tilted, and he died.

The doctors in the house were crying and scurrying around, and Song Zhong hurriedly ordered the captain of Jinyi to come in and pour poisoned wine on everyone, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls in the house gradually stopped.

The sky is bright, the sun is rising, Zhang Shixing escorted more than ten carriages out of Chaoyangmen, all the way to the east, to the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain, under the Ming Tomb.

The Ming Tomb was built in the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1381 AD), and the following year Zhu Yuanzhang's Empress Ma died and was buried in the Tomb of Filial Piety. The name of this mausoleum is "filial piety", which is taken from the filial piety word in the nickname "filial piety" of Queen Ma, and also has the meaning of "ruling the world with filial piety".

Filial piety is based on the mountain, surrounded by mountains and water, the ridge is beautiful and the peak is clear, the clouds and smoke are swirling, the forest and the sea are pine, and the deer roars in the meantime, it is like a fairyland.

Zhang Shixing jumped off his horse in front of the dismount, and the soldiers guarding the tomb waved their spears, blocked the way, and asked: "The imperial tomb is heavy, and the trespasser is dead." ”

Zhang Shixing flashed his waist card and said: "Jinyiwei was ordered by Qin to send the Tai Hospital to the martyrdom of Dongling, and the person who blocked it will die." ”

As soon as the guard stuck out his tongue, he immediately retracted his spear and said to himself, "Could it be that the prince has died?" It's unlikely, Your Highness is in the prime of life. ”

Zhang Shixing did not answer, silent, led the convoy to continue to move forward, passed the Golden Gate, the wheels ran over the pebbles of Shinto, making a squeaking sound, such as crying, tear-jerking, and heartbreaking.

The Shinto spirals up the mountain, in the shape of the Big Dipper. It stretches out from east to northwest and goes straight to Baoshan. On both sides of the Shinto, six kinds of stone beasts, such as lions, pigs, camels, elephants, unicorns, and horses, kneel in pairs, stand in the middle of the road, and look solemn.

After passing the Lingxing Gate, the convoy turned east and arrived in front of the Prince's Mausoleum. Dongling is a hundred steps east of the filial piety tomb, the regulation is slightly smaller than the filial piety tomb, the mausoleum gate is a single eaves rest on the top of the mountain palace gate, the three-hole coupon door, covered with green glazed tiles, followed by the five-open intermittent mountain top of the enjoyment hall, the enjoyment hall is also covered with green glazed tiles, only because the prince Zhu Biao has not yet ascended the throne, so with the prince regulation.

The convoy bypassed the hall of enjoyment, and behind it was an open space with a depth of 100 steps and a width of dozens of steps, which was a place of sacrifice, with a road paved with gravel, and trees on both sides, covering the sky and the sun. There is a stone bridge at the end of the road, commonly known as Shengxian Bridge, and at the end of the stone bridge is Baoshan (tomb).

Zhang Shixing took the convoy across the stone bridge, turned his head and prayed silently to the corpses of the Fang Yuan envoy lying on the car: "Fang Yuan Envoy, I have taken you across the Shengxian Bridge, and you can ascend to heaven with the crown prince." ”

After praying, he handed over the convoy to the guards guarding the tomb and instructed: "This is a martyr, take care of it, and when the time comes, he will be buried with the prince." ”

The guard exclaimed, "The prince?" ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, Zhu Biao's past situation of mentioning his life to himself suddenly appeared in his mind, just like Master Yan's loving father, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and he didn't answer, turned around and ran wildly, until he ran out of the mausoleum gate, and then cried loudly.

Zhang Shixing returned to the lower place, changed into civilian clothes, took a few changes of clothes, and simply put on a baggage, and when he saw the book given by Tana, his heart moved, and he hurriedly put it in his arms. Since returning to Beijing, he has not had the opportunity to see Tana, and he cannot ask about the origin of this book, whether Guanyinnu's suicide is related to this, and even whether the death of the prince is related to it, I don't know, he doesn't dare to think about it anymore. When he went out of Beijing to find the imperial doctor, he had to find someone who knew Mongolian to see what was written in the book.

Zhang Shixing boarded the boat at the Waijinchuan Gate, went down the river, and arrived in Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture in one day, and he found an inn to live first.

Early the next morning, he hired a small boat to patrol the place where the imperial physician had fallen into the water.

When the boatman saw that he looked strange and seemed to be searching for something on the river, he asked, "Guest, did you drop something in the river?" ”

Zhang Shixing didn't raise his head and said: "Last month, a friend of mine fell into the water here, and he couldn't see anyone alive or dead, so I'll investigate." ”

When the boatman heard this, he raised his head and laughed: "The guest officer is really carving a boat to ask for a sword." ”

Zhang Shixing said angrily: "Don't I know that I have already traveled to the major yamen such as Wenhe Road, Caoyun, and Jiangdu County, and I can't find them all over, so I came to investigate in person to see if I have any clues." ”

As soon as the boatman heard this, he hugged his fists and said, "It turned out to be an official of the imperial court, and he was disrespectful." The river, Caoyun, and county government all have corpse recovery teams, if they don't find anyone, then this person is not dead, I'm afraid he is hiding. Where is this friend of yours from? ”

Before Zhang Shixing came here, he had found out from the archives of Tai Hospital that Wang Taiyi was a native of Shao Bo Town, Jiangdu County, and replied: "This is the name of Shao Bo Town, Jiangdu County." ”

The boatman smiled and said, "Look, you see, as soon as I guessed it, Shao Bozhen was fifty miles upstream, and your friend fell into the water here, I'm afraid he would have gone ashore and gone home." ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said, "How do you say this?" ”

The boatman pointed to the canal in front of him and said: "Lord, please see, this Huaiyang Canal was called Hangou in ancient times, from Huai'an Mansion to Yangzhou Mansion, it is not more than 300 miles long, not more than 10 zhang wide, only more than 10 zhang deep, the wind and waves are calm, the waves are not prosperous, if people fall into the water, a little watery, flutter a few times, and then go to the shore. Even if you can't get to the shore, the boats in this river are like shuttles, and it is not difficult to save people. Little Lao'er thought that your friend fell into the water, and if the body was not found, eighty percent would have been rescued or swam away by himself. The master can inquire about his family, and there will be results, which is like casting a net all over the sky here. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "If he has the heart to escape, will he dare to go home?" ”

The boatman nodded and said, "That's what the master said, did there be anything unusual about your friend before he fell into the water?" ”

Zhang Shixing thought for a while and said: "Before he fell into the water, he was admiring the moon on the boat, talking to me about Li Bai's fishing for the moon, and also talking about what to paint." ”

The boatman said: "Oh, when Tu, I also went to the boat when I was young, which is today's Taiping Mansion. The prince was born there, what a good prince, my Ming Dynasty suffered this misfortune. After saying that, he shook his head again and again, and it seemed that the news of the prince's death had spread all over the world in just one day.

This sentence is really a sentence to wake up the dreamer, when Tu, the prince, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, the imperial doctor must not be dead, he must be hinting at something, so why did he spend this big effort to hint to him? What's the secret behind all this?

As the boat family said, if the imperial physician did not die in the water here, he must be hiding, so where is he hiding, is it the Taiping Mansion?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Shixing said categorically: "Boatman, let's turn around and go to Taiping Mansion." ”

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