After all, one day, the mother couldn't get up anymore when she lay down, she just took the hand of the "dog" and said, "Child, go by yourself, whether you can live or not depends on your creation." At this time, Lu Yunzhi, who was already eight years old, understood that his mother was also dying, and he began to cry, the incomparable loneliness and fear of life without his mother's care frightened the child, and he cried and asked his mother: "Where should I go?" The mother thought for a while, and then said: "Go to Beijing, to the imperial city maybe you can still live, remember to go to Dongzhimen, I heard that Beijing's Dongzhimen is the city gate for transporting building materials, if you can survive must become a pillar of the country, remember to get ahead." As she spoke, her mother closed her eyes forever.

Young Lu Yun set out on the journey alone, with no money or clothes in his backpack, only the books he was reading and a mother's headscarf tucked into his arms. On the way, he made a living by asking for food, and walked to Beijing step by step, the rush on the way made him ragged and gray-faced, he threw away his books, he didn't want to be an official at the moment, he just thought that being able to eat a full meal was the happiest thing, he walked and walked, and finally arrived in Beijing.

Lu Yunzhi suddenly remembered what his mother said about going to Dongzhimen, so he walked around the city, and when he arrived at Dongzhimen, he had no so-called motivation to be an official, and it was indeed a miracle for a child that he could walk to Beijing alone. Now he just wanted to fulfill his mother's dream, so he muttered on the street: "Mother, I have arrived in Beijing, I will definitely get ahead." A pair of warm hands patted Xiao Yunzhi's shoulder, who was alone and confused about where to go next to beg for food.

He turned his head to look at the uncle in his forties with three strands of beard in front of him, and asked, "Did I stop you from walking?" The man shook his head, and Lu Yunzhi breathed a sigh of relief, along the way, many people who bullied him beat themselves in the name of blocking the road. The man smiled, bent down and said to Lu Yunzhi: "Child, come with me, although I dare not say that I can enjoy all the joys of glory and wealth, but I can let you live a good life, are you willing?" Lu Yunzhi nodded, he believed in this man, although he didn't know why, but the man's kind eyes revealed a kind of gaze worthy of his trust.

The man led Lu Yunzhi to sit in a small sedan chair, although the sedan chair was very small, but the internal space was very spacious, and the seat was very comfortable, he sat next to the man, trying to stay away from the man. He was a little flattered, he was afraid that his clothes would stain this man's neat clothes, this kind of thing would make this dinner just come to ruin, Lu Yunzhi thought. The man didn't dislike Lu Yunzhi, and kept stroking Xiao Yunzhi's hair that hadn't been washed for a long time, and then his mouth let out a praising tone.

The man suddenly spoke: "What's your name?" "Dog" Lu Yunzhi didn't even think about it, and said the name used on the way to escape the famine. The man shook his head and asked again, "What's your name?" Lu Yunzhi suddenly remembered that he had another name, and he almost cried when he thought of his parents with mixed feelings for a while, but he held back strongly, using the strength he had just learned on the way to escape the famine, so he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Yunzhi, the son of Lu Chuansheng." Who are you? The man laughed: "Yunzhi, Lu Yunzhi, good name, good name." My name is Shi Fang, so you can call me Mr. Shi. Lu Yunzhi bowed slightly in the sedan chair and said, "Mr. Shi Yunzhi is polite here, dare to ask where you want to take me?" Mr. Shi's eyes were full of love, and he scraped Xiao Yunzhi's dirty nose with his fingers and said, "You are still pretending to be a little adult, where are you going?" Go home. ”

Lu Yunzhi saw the real love in Mr. Shi's eyes, which he hadn't gotten for a long time, and it was also his longing and dreaming look, he didn't ask questions, but lowered his head and couldn't calm down for a long time. The sedan chair shuttled quickly through the streets and alleys, and when it stopped, the sedan chair driver opened the sedan curtain, and Mr. Shi took Lu Yunzhi's little hand and walked into the house next to the sedan chair.

Lu Yunzhi's eyes widened, although the mansion was not like a fairyland, but the big mansion that entered and exited really shook Xiao Yunzhi's heart. But what shocked him the most was that there were two rows of people standing in the door, ranging in age from their thirties to their own size, and they were neatly lined up on both sides of the gate, about forty people. When Mr. Shi and Lu Yunzhi stepped through the door, everyone shouted in unison, "Master." Lu Yunzhi didn't know why, but what shocked him even more was that it was far from these, but a few lines of big characters written on the wall of the shadow wall of the compound: Don't seek the world, don't count the emperor's orders, don't interfere in government affairs, violators, destroy the nine clans - Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ming Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang! Lu Yunzhi stopped and looked at the so-called Mr. Shi in a daze, Mr. Shi took Lu Yunzhi's hand and just smiled at Lu Yunzhi, but did not speak. Lu Yunzhi asked the most innocent but simple sentence: "Mr. Shi, who are you?" ”

Mr. Shi laughed so happily, then glanced at the people lined up in the door, and repeated, "Who the hell is it?" More than forty people replied in unison: "Heaven and earth." ”

Lu Yunzhi didn't know what heaven, earth and man were, but he knew that his fate had changed from this moment, and he was confused where he would point. Lu Yunzhi obediently followed Mr. Shi into the house, and everyone on both sides looked at Lu Yunzhi, Lu Yunzhi lowered his head a little embarrassed, because although the clothes of the people on both sides were simple, they were also clean and generous, revealing a solid atmosphere, and he was extremely dirty in rags, and he could only walk with his head down under the gaze of everyone.

Mr. Shi patted Lu Yunzhi on the shoulder and said, "Yunzhi, walk with your head held high, you are a man of heaven and earth who walks between heaven and earth, and you must stride forward wherever you go." Lu Yunzhi suddenly strutted his head, ignoring the eyes of the crowd and followed Mr. Shi in.

Just as Lu Yunzhi walked into the door of the mansion, in the palace not far away, the young Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen, who was lying on the bed, and slapped the table fiercely: "I want to destroy their ten clans." "The extermination of the ten clans was invented by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and in addition to the nine clans, protégés and friends were also added, which was the highest punishment in the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Zhen was treated by the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor saw that the emperor was angry and trembled in fright, Wang Zhen waved his hand, and the imperial doctor bowed and retreated. At this time, Wang Zhen's face was still pale, he didn't know why Mr. Shi, who didn't seem to be strong, could have so much strength, Wang Zhen said weakly: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be, must not." Although I don't know the origin of this guy, they have Emperor Taizu Gao's death-free pill book, as well as Emperor Yongle's death-free card, and even the emperor's edict, let's avoid it. Wang Zhen is always so bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, so this dooms him to failure and scolding behind his back.