In the late spring and early summer, the grass is knee-high, and the white wildflowers are waist-high. It was not dark and gray.

In the distance, the metasequoia trees stood tall and tall, like soldiers standing in array, and the view of the mountains beyond, and there was almost no large vegetation on the bare bluestone.

A group of soldiers, and two or three family members, opened the way in front, and Liu Ji rode behind.

A path undulated, sometimes too low, to disappear from sight, and sometimes chrysalis to the desolate hill of the deadhead.

There are a few scattered families at the foot of the mountain, and there is no fireworks in the world during lunch time.

The largest house, with its doors open, had many corpses lying down in it, all of them had died one night.

The Mongols ruled the country, and the people were divided into four classes, and the Han people were untouchables, and they could only be born with the name of their birthday, and if they were killed, the murderer did not even need to be imprisoned, only the same crime as killing a donkey.

The Ruan family was Liu Ji's best friend when he was in decline, and with such a large courtyard, he was already like a dragon and phoenix among the Han people, and he was extremely honored.

Since Liu Ji participated in the uprising, he and the Ruan family have not seen each other for many years, and this time he probably offended the Mongolian people, so he suffered this disaster. He was a step too late after all.

Liu Ji led his subordinates into the Ruan family's house, searched everywhere, and found a child in a corner.

The child was paralyzed there, there was no light in his eyes, and Liu Ji almost thought he was dead. He recognized him, the eldest of the Ruan family, called Ruan Hongque, who should have been eleven years old at this time.

Accompanying the report, afraid of stimulating the child, he whispered in Liu Ji's ear: "Only this one child survives, and the others are all destroyed." ”

He raised his eyes, met the child's eyes, and ordered his entourage: "All of them are buried." ”

Later, it was found that it was not a killer that ordinary people could do at all, and the male corpses were all like withered trees, thin like firewood, and their complexions were blue. Some people said that this was sucked dry and died, and Liu Ji dismissed it as nonsense.

For Ruan Hongque, this was the first time he encountered that kind of unbelievable evil ghost learning, and he buried the entire Ruan family at one time, leaving him alone.

Liu Ji ordered the burial of the entire Ruan clan and brought Ruan Hongque back, he had the heart to raise this child, his two sons were outside, he also had selfish intentions, and wanted to keep a righteous son under Cheng Huan's knees by his side.

To take him as a righteous son, the child must first agree to it, but since he was rescued, the child has not eaten or drunk, and he has no will to live.

He fought with Wu Guogong, and he didn't have the kung fu to accompany this kid all the time and let him turn around slowly, but there was no way to make this kid change his mind immediately.

"Master, the child still hasn't gotten a drop of water, do you want the slave to forcibly feed him?"

The old butler asked worriedly, holding a meal that had already been cold. Liu Ji pushed open the window and looked at the child sitting in the corner without saying a word.

"The child was sane, not frightened, but saw the whole family being slaughtered with his own eyes, and didn't want to live alone......"

Nowadays, the children of large families, which one is not pampered, extremely gentle, such a affectionate and righteous child is too rare, and he cannot be allowed to die like this. Even for the sake of his best friend Ruan, he can't let the Ruan family die. But what should I do to cheer him up?

In the early years of Hongwu, Ruan Hongque traveled with the Liu family for more than ten years, and the world was initially determined, and time passed.

Ruan Hongque was privately appointed to his fate in the court, and he did some errands to deal with the problems left over from the war, and he was in a hurry, and his job title was "ghost exorcism", and he was little known.

At this point, he finally bid farewell to his father-in-law and re-established the Ruan family by himself. has a distant relative in the past, who should have been unable to beat the eight poles, and he also forcibly climbed the relationship to call Ruan Hongque an elder.

He didn't refuse, and it was true that he hadn't seen his own people for too long, even if the blood relatives were far away, they counted. There is also the fact that he is alone outside, leaving some people with the same surname at home, and there is also some human touch.

In the days when he was running around with Liu Ji, he met Shen Rongkne, his family background was harmonious, and his people were also prosperous, which was very different from Ruan Hongque.

But Shen Rong was not very happy to return to his clan, and followed Ruan Hongque all day long, and he didn't know what the reason was.

He also chose to keep Shen Rongkne, because one more help he had, one more chance of winning. Later, Shen Rongknee was frank, saying that he was a person with broken sleeves and fell in love with him.

This made Ruan Hongque feel that it was really a big trouble, and because Shen Rongye had indeed made many contributions, he still left him behind, and never thought of treachery.

In the course of his position, he became acquainted with officials from all over the state, as well as families who specialized in the art of ghosts and gods.

Liu Ji has always said that he doesn't believe in this, and he can't help but dedicate some "Mandate of Heaven" to the Zhu family's superiority. Ruan Hongque thought it was ironic.

What he wants to do, he can't use his own people, so he wants to borrow the banquet of King Qin and borrow innocent manpower from Jiang Huai of the Jiang family.

With a rich house and an elegant courtyard, Ruan Hongque feels that people are living a really comfortable life now. Such comfort can probably make people forget all the humiliation in their early years?

He visited the King of Qin in the garden and privately accused Liu Ji of plotting to usurp the throne. King Qin was only a young man, and he was too busy to have fun, and he originally thought that this child should be easily instigated.

But King Qin sat on the soft chair, half-squinted his eyes, and rejected him with just one sentence.

"Do you know that my father intends to make Liu Bowen his uncle in private?"

The highly appreciated founding father, the important minister who is likely to be knighted, the "room of my son" in the eyes of His Majesty. King Qin didn't want to risk moving him, and there was no need to move him at all.

When Ruan Hongque left, he saw Ru Sanshui and Bai Zinan confronting each other in the garden, but at this time, he was not in the mood to meddle with her affairs, so he left directly to find Jiang Huai.

In the third year of Hongwu, Liu Ji was awarded the title of Sincere Uncle, and the scenery was glorious, and he was unique in the DPRK for a while. The following year, Emperor Yiji was old and returned.

There were few days of seclusion, and Liu Ji was ridiculed by Prime Minister Zuo because of the old things and was robbed. He was immediately summoned to Beijing to apologize, but he knew that time was running out and he did not dare to return to his hometown.

In fact, everyone knows that Tian Xing has "died of illness" in Kyoto, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the people, he Liu Bowen will not die in Kyoto again, so he must die after returning home.

Most of the attacks he received were written by Prime Minister Zuo, and they were also messages handed over by Ruan Hongque in secret.

No matter how heavy the meritorious deeds of the founding ministers are, they cannot compare with the suspicion involving the throne.

No, it should be said that the heavier the merit and the higher the fame, the more likely it is to suffer from the jealousy of those in high positions.

"The sages and sages are good, and my way is empty. This is Liu Ji's own sigh.

After living on thin ice in Kyoto for several years, in the eighth year of Hongwu, the emperor personally sent an envoy to send him home. After returning to his hometown, Prime Minister Zuo Cheng sent a medical envoy to visit Liu Ji.

After Prime Minister Zuo's medical envoy returned to Beijing, Ruan Hongque came to see him in person.

"I'm here to play chess with my father-in-law. He said.

Liu Ji sat in the hall, drinking a cup of tea with a calm demeanor, he knew the purpose of Ruan Hongque's visit to him.

"Now, you have fame, power, wealth, and fame, and you only need to splash me with a sword and blood in five steps, right?"

Ruan Hongque's smile disappeared, and he stood in front of him, slowly drawing the sword at his waist.

"After so many years, you should know why you have come to this point. Father-in-law. ”