Chapter 53: The Shepherd
After that, Lu Yunzhi and the others went to the tent of Zhu Qizhen together, Yang Zhun went to report first, this was an opportunity for Yang Shan to give Yang Zhun an opportunity to thank him for sending gold and silver and letting himself get acquainted with Lu Yunzhi and others. It is said that it is not far to report in advance, it is nothing more than the time to leave a cup of tea early, Yang Shan slowly turned his head to Lu Yunzhi and asked: "After you go back, I think you will have a big move to cry ghosts and gods." ”
Lu Yunzhi shook his head, he liked this smart little old man very much, so he replied seriously: "No, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, Lord Yang, what we need now is to combine all forces, so as to consolidate our strength, and we can't compare with the high-ranking and powerful Yu Qian." Yang Shan gave a thumbs up and laughed: "Smart, I don't know if I can participate, I think since you are guarding me without concealing this, then you must have an idea." ”
Lu Yunzhi replied with a slight smile: "I don't see that Lord Yang is still a person who likes to join in the fun, it's true, but I won't put you in trouble for my own selfish desires, so you just don't know to help me." The most important thing is that you are old, and when I am successful, you should also be in your old age, but I don't want you to take this risk, so you can sit back and watch my success or failure. ”
Yang Zhun was in front of him, and he was indescribably happy in his heart, and when he saw the emperor himself, he would behave well, maybe the day of adding an official to the knighthood was coming. After walking for half an hour, he saw only a small dilapidated tent, a man sitting in the grass, biting half of the grass in his mouth, and staring blankly at the sheep grazing around him.
Yang Zhun rode on horseback and pointed at the herdsman with a horsewhip and asked, "Do you understand Chinese?" The herdsman raised his head, his eyes were a little sluggish and did not answer, Yang Zhun sneered, and muttered: "Barbarian, it seems that he doesn't understand Chinese." As soon as the words fell, a person ran out of the broken tent and shouted at Yang Zhun: "Be bold, don't get off the horse quickly." Yang Zhun was startled by this shout, obediently dismounted, and then suddenly remembered before shouting: "What kind of dog are you, dare to talk to Lord Ben like this." ”
"I am the school guard Yuan Bin, who are you when you see the Emperor Taishang, why don't you worship." The man shouted. Yang Zhun looked at Yuan Bin and the shepherd who was sitting on the ground with empty eyes in a dumbfounded manner, and his mouth seemed to be choked a few times, and then he hurriedly bent down and bowed his hand: "Emperor Taishang, Weichen deserves death." After speaking, he didn't see the shepherd's movements, let alone listen to his answer, Yang Zhun's cold sweat ran down his neck, and he knew that he had messed up this time.
The shepherd suddenly sighed and said: "I think that I, Zhu Qizhen, was originally the king of a country, but now I meet my Ming courtiers and don't know it, it's sad and lamentable." Sure enough, the shepherd was the Emperor Zhu Qizhen, Yuan Bin stared at Yang Zhun angrily, Zhu Qizhen still looked sad, Yang Zhun stood there motionless and didn't dare to move, covered in cold sweat, and the three of them were only there.
After a while, Yang Shan, Lu Yunzhi and others had already come to him, Yang Shan hurriedly dismounted, bowed deeply, put his hands on his head, and said to Zhu Qizhen with enthusiasm: "Weichen has come to welcome the emperor back to Beijing." But the words were backward but he didn't hear Zhu Qizhen's reply for a long time, only the low crying voice, Yang Shan looked up and looked sideways, only to see Lu Yunzhi and Zhu Qizhen looking at each other opposite each other, and they were already in tears. Yang Shan secretly said in his heart: Lu Yunzhi, this kid is so fast, he is one step ahead of me, there is no trick to win, no sound is better than sound, and he defeated my tongue so easily without words, amazing.
Lu Yunzhi grabbed Zhu Qizhen's forearm, and after being silent for a long time, he said softly: "Your Majesty, I am Lu Yunzhi, do you remember?" I'm here to pick you up. Zhu Qizhen nodded vigorously, raised his hand to wipe his tears and said, "I remember you, you are a senior disciple of the Zhongzheng lineage." I didn't expect you to be so loyal, and in the end, it was you who came to pick me up, go home, that's a good point. I'm going back to my home in Daming. Regardless of the difference in identity, the two hugged each other and cried.
Next, everyone gathered in the tent, Lu Yunzhi told Zhu Qizhen about the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the turmoil of the Zhongzheng line, Zhu Qizhen nodded while taking out a bell from his arms and said to Lu Yunzhi: "This is my royal bell, which was originally made by Yao Guangxiao, once someone counts me or the bell of the vassal king holding the bell, the bell will ring more than once." After I was captured, the bell rang day and night, so I picked out the bell inside, in fact, there are ancestors who have passed down the secret rumor, as long as my main bell does not ring, the remaining eight auxiliary bells will be invalid. Lu Yunzhi took the bell and looked at it and said: "It turns out that this is the main bell among the nine royal bells, can Your Majesty let me keep it for me, I want to take a closer look." ”
Zhu Qizhen did not hesitate: "I'll send you, it's useless for me to keep anyway." I just want to be an ordinary idle king after returning to Beijing, just do nothing, it's too tiring to be an emperor. I miss home, and I miss my Qian. "Qian is the queen of Zhu Qizhen, and she is also the woman Zhu Qizhen loves deeply, perhaps in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to his son Zhu Jianjun, the prince of the East Palace, there is only his lover Qian.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "If you can't reset after returning to Beijing, then I won't allow you to go back!" Zhu Qizhen looked at it, that person was Yexian's younger brother Boyan Timur, he had a very good relationship with Zhu Qizhen, and for a long time, without Boyan Timur's care, Zhu Qizhen would not have been able to live until now. Zhu Qizhen looked at Yang Shan and Yang Zhun with frightened eyes and asked in a low voice: "Don't say anything, you will kill me like this, I don't want to be the emperor, I just want to live, I just want to go home." Boyan Timur hugged Zhu Qizhen with excited hands and said, "Why are you confused, if you go back like this, it is better to stay in Warat, maybe you can save your life." Saying that, the two looked at each other, and there was infinite emotion.
He also snorted coldly and reprimanded: "Boyan can't mess around, I have already discussed it with Mr. Yang, and Sect Master Meng He has also agreed, how can I change my hexagram." Your treatment of the emperor of a friendly country like this is a loss of the tradition of our grassland people, and there is no need to say more about the return of Zhu Qizhen. After saying that, he opened the curtain and walked out angrily. Boyan Timur has always been loyal to his brother Yexian, but he has been blocked by Zhu Qizhen many times before, and he is also angry about this, thinking that although Zhu Qizhen is the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, he is always his own captive, and his younger brother respects a captive, and he is a bit embarrassed by the face of a hot-blooded man. At this moment, seeing that Boyan Timur was still fighting for the affairs of Zhu Qizhen, forcing himself to break his promise, he was naturally angry, and after putting down this sentence, he didn't want to look at it for a while, and after leaving this dilapidated tent, he galloped back to the camp with the guards.
Meng He also glanced at Lu Yunzhi, and the two walked out of the tent one after another, and the two were going to talk about the details after the alliance.