The Qin system is thirty miles and ten miles and a pavilion, so a pavilion is set up about every ten miles on the post station road, which is responsible for providing services such as pavilions and supplies for the post messengers. Later, it also became a place for people to stop and send each other off on outings. Words such as Changting, willow, fine wine, and Nanpu often appeared in the farewell poems of the ancients, and were given specific meanings for thousands of years, and they are the most representative and symbolic text symbols in the farewell poems. "Send the king ten miles to the long pavilion, break the branch of the bridge and weeping willows" is the classic scene of the ancients' farewell.

Perhaps by the Ming Dynasty, this pavilion had become a term of history, and the pavilion that once spread all over China had long since disappeared into history, leaving only a few remains. But now in Jiangbei, between the "service areas" of the official road, there are also long pavilions for people to rest and shelter from the rain, and this long pavilion is just a pavilion, and naturally there is no official difference such as the pavilion chief. However, despite this, the pavilion has been re-assigned its specific meaning, and it is a place of farewell.

Even since the construction of this long pavilion, there have been literati and writers who have left farewell poems here. Today, outside this long pavilion, there are people shouting, and tens of thousands of troops are marching along the official road to the north.

Northern expedition!

The army is on a northern expedition!

When they left Qinghe, hundreds of thousands of people cheered and jumped along the streets, and they all believed that after this Northern Expedition, the Qing captives who had enslaved them would be driven out of China, and when the time came, the world would return to the hands of the Han people, and they would be able to see the future again.

In the sixteenth year of Yongli, even the most unconfident people would not doubt this, they believed that the Northern Expedition would be successful, after all, when the first lunar month was about to emerge, Li Ziyuan of Shanxi, the newly crowned king of Chu, had ordered the "Chu army" under his command to leave Taiyuan and enter Zhili, and directly take the Beijing division.

And now, the loyal and righteous army under the command of King Huai has also started the Northern Expedition, if the world of the Ming Dynasty is not restored immediately, it will really be unreasonable!

For the Ming Dynasty, the sixteenth year of Yongli seems to be a good year, this year is auspicious, a sign of smoothness, and a sign of the restoration of orthodoxy in the world.

But as one of the participants, Shi Lei's whole person seems a little lost, he did not appear in the palace, but waiting for the king in this long pavilion, now, when the 100,000 Northern Expedition army marched north, in the woodland outside the long pavilion - when renovating the official road, the 3 zhang wide official road on both sides was left with a 40 zhang wide green belt, was planted with willows, poplar-based trees, and now often oak trees, this is the navy's timber forest, but in this long pavilion, there is a forest, This is the remnants of the old forest, in the woodland, facing the king, Shi Lei opened his mouth.

"Great, great king, but, but the emperor ...... later"

His voice was a little hoarse, his eyes were red, he stared at Zhu Mingzhong, and when he asked this sentence, his whole person was completely in a desperate state of mind.

After returning from Yangzhou, he has been entangled in this problem, and he has never relaxed for a moment, because ...... Shi Zhao, his daughter, is only his nominal daughter. Now that she has married into the Huai Wangfu, she, she is the daughter of the former emperor.

"What?"

Looking at Shi Lei in surprise, Zhu Mingzhong asked puzzled.

"Four stones, what are you talking about?"

What first emperor after?

I'm not a soul wearer, but I'm a dignified and direct crossing, what does it have to do with Chongzhen? Our physical body is the physical body that has passed through the "five poisonous invasions" of the 21st century.

"The First Emperor?"

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"Do you think it's possible?"

Is it possible?

His rhetorical question made Shi Lei stunned for a moment, and then he was surprised.

"King, if it weren't for the first emperor, then the garden would be ......"

Closed?

In an instant, Zhu Mingzhong understood, his gaze staring at Shi Lei became colder and colder, and the change in his gaze fell on Shi Lei's eyes, which also made his mind sink more and more, could it be ......

"You know ......"

"Great, great, you, you really are...... For, why, Xiao, Xiao Zhao, I, I told you......"

Shi Lei's words trembled a little, and now his heart was full of remorse, why, why is this happening......

Xiao Zhao?

Shi Lei's words made Zhu Mingzhong immediately understand the reason, he looked at Shi Lei with a desperate expression and mixed grief and anger, and immediately understood why he was so out of shape.

"Sishi, I said that I am not a clan bloodline."

When he said this, Zhu Mingzhong's tone was full of crying and laughing, how did this become like this?

How did I become a clan bloodline, and Shi Zhao ...... She's a serious clan! And it's Chongzhen's daughter!

"If that's the case, how can I abandon human ethics and reason?"

Zhu Mingzhong's voice was not loud, and his tone was questioning when he stared at Shi Lei.

"Could it be that in the eyes of your Shi Lei, Lone is as absurd as that Qi Xianggong."

During the reign of Qi Xianggong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he was absurd, mediocre and incompetent, because of incest with his half-sister Wen Jiang, and "famous through the ages", Zhu Mingzhong's questioning made Shi Lei's heart panic, and he realized at this time that his questioning represented a fundamental denial of the king, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Minister, minister dare not ......"

Although Shi Lei, who was sincerely afraid, still had a lot of doubts in his heart, he subconsciously believed that the king in front of him would never do such a thing, let alone be as absurd as Qi Xianggong.

Looking at Shi Lei kneeling on the ground, Zhu Mingzhong did not continue to reprimand, he knew that Shi Lei's current problem was more about standing in the role of "father", since he knew about the closure of the garden, then he needed to explain.

"More than ten years ago, after the first teacher rescued Lonely, he took Lone to travel all over the north and south of the river, and when he healed people for a living, he learned the identity of his adopted son Wang Shiyuan in the Wang family of Fengyang Mansion...... For he is a king! ”

For it was the king...... How naïve is this Zhu Cihuan, he actually gave such a name, shook his head and said softly, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"Later, after pacifying Jiangbei, when ordering people to renovate the imperial mausoleum in the capital, Gu remembered the bloodline of the first emperor who was in the Wang family, so he sent someone to find it, and then found his whereabouts in Jiangnan, so he was invited to Yangzhou and fed, after all, no matter what, he was the blood of the first emperor, the first emperor was martyred, begging the rogue not to hurt the people, and he could let the first emperor be the heir, and sit back and watch the son of the first emperor fall into the people's ......"

Of course, what he said was righteous and awe-inspiring, but in fact, when he sent someone to find Wang Shiyuan, he couldn't bear to sit idly by, it was entirely because Zhu Mingzhong wanted to give himself an extra bargaining chip, if it was necessary or necessary, he didn't even mind putting Wang Shiyuan on the throne, of course, this was the last choice.

In fact, in the troubled times, it is probably the same, even Li Ziyuan knows that he has found a few clan relatives to support, on the surface, he can't bear the blood of the emperor, but in fact, everyone's mind is very clear, if necessary, the big guy is likely to launch an emperor, as long as the emperor's surname is "Zhu", as for the future, the throne of the past and present can be conceded.

Maybe Zhu Mingzhong has not touched the meaning of "Zen concession" for the time being, but whether it is putting Yongli in his hands, or finding Wang Shiyuan, or even deliberately finding the lost clan of the people, they are all supported in Fengyang, of course, it is to guard the emperor's mausoleum, all they do is to let them have one more chip in their hands, so that they can have more room for maneuver.

"The Great King is loyal."

Although the king explained this, Shi Lei knew that this Wang Shiyuan was more of a bargaining chip in his hands, after all, whether it was as a brocade guard, or in business over the years, he had seen too many people's hearts, and the king in front of him may be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he had to consider it for himself and for the thousands of people in the Qinghe Huai Palace, and he didn't think there was anything strange about it.

Even, even Shi Lei himself has taken the initiative to find the lost folk clans many times, and then wrote to the king and asked the king to make offerings, the reason why this is so is because as long as those clans are in Jiangbei, for the king, it is a bargaining chip, and with these chips, no one knows when they will be able to use it.

As for the money that was offered to the clans...... It doesn't take much, these people are like insurance, just like the insurance of a sea vessel, and the current investment is just equivalent to buying an insurance. No one knows when those insurances will be used.

As for Wang Shiyuan, it was a more solid insurance that the king found himself, but whether this insurance can be used may cause some controversy in the future. But no one can deny one thing, if the king's "insurance" is the blood of the first emperor when everyone is using "insurance", then what is the use of other people even if they launch a pro-domain? It's just a side branch of the distant domain. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the bloodline of the first emperor is the most orthodox, and since this is the case, the orthodoxy of the world is here in the king.

After all, there is no basis for empty words!

But after thinking about it, Shi Lei thought of Shi Zhao again, isn't her identity also empty words? Although the king's explanation made Shi Lei no longer have any doubts, he still had some doubts in his heart.

"But, why does Wang Shiyuan call the king "royal brother"? ”

"Brother Huang"!

Hearing these two words, Zhu Mingzhong's brows suddenly locked, and he almost immediately thought of the reason, and the shocked expression he had when he met Wang Shiyuan for the first time immediately appeared in his mind, and of course, the "imperial brother".

Brother Royal......

Is he really like that royal brother?

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong's whole person fell into silence, his brows were tightly locked, and he even thought of his own bloodline...... There is nothing possible either.

Even Zhu Mingzhong is not actually surnamed Zhu, his great-grandfather's generation was because his aunt who had married into the Zhu family did not have children, so his great-grandfather succeeded to the Zhu family, and his surname was Zhu from then on, so he could not have the blood of the Zhu family at all.

But if two people look alike, how do they need blood?

Just like some similar-looking stars in later generations, how could they ever have the slightest blood relative?

"The surname of the lonely ancestor is Guan, because the great-grandmother has no children and succeeded to the aunt's family, so that the surname was changed to Zhu, after the natural disasters in the north, the wandering continues, the father took the family to the south of the Yangtze River to take refuge several times, settled in Jiading, and barely made a living, when the Qing army slaughtered Jiading, Lone was already twelve years old, although in the sea of blood, many of the past have been vaguely remembered, but the family has never dared to forget ......"

After Zhu Mingzhong half-truthfully told his family history, he shook his head and said.

As for why Wang Shiyuan is the "imperial brother", I don't know, but I think people in the world probably have some imagination. ”

The reason why he deliberately explained his origin is because Zhu Mingzhong knows very well that for him, what he needs most now is his identity, explaining his origin and origin, maybe this half-truth explanation is the best explanation, after all, the explanation of "saving the master in the sea of blood and corpses" in the past is too far-fetched, after all, he was twelve years old at the time......

And now, after such an explanation, Zhu Mingzhong believes that this statement can fully explain his origin and origin, so that he can have a "legal identity" in this era.

In the face of the king's answer, Shi Lei was silent, at this time he realized what he had done, he actually accused the king so much, it was really a crime that deserved death, fortunately, only the two of them knew about it, if the news came out, even if it was not true, the king's reputation could be said to be completely ruined in his hands, and when the time came, he would be a real sinner.

"Great King, Minister...... Minister......"

Squeaked, Shi Lei only felt a burst of cold sweat break out all over his body, and he couldn't speak for a while.

"Four Stone ......"

With his back to Shi Lei, Zhu Mingzhong knew that because of the relationship between the guards nearby, and the hustle and bustle of the people on the official road, no one would hear their conversation, but this matter must teach Shi Lei a lesson.

Let him know what to ask and what not to ask.

"Why are you looking into this?"

The king's question made Shi Lei kowtow again and be silent, why?

"As Zhao'er's adoptive father, you should inquire about this matter, but as a military letter, do you inquire about the matter of this king? Could it be that when you were a brocade guard, you also investigated the emperor's private affairs? ”

Kowtow again, silent again, Shi Lei, who knew that he had made a big mistake, was just silent, seeing his silent appearance, Zhu Mingzhong sighed and shook his head.

"That's it, let's leave it at that, as for the future, ......"

This army is Zhengcheng, no matter what, it has to be replaced, whether it is Shi Lei's identity as Shi Zhao's "father", or Shi Lei's mistake this time, it shows that he needs to be replaced, who is more suitable?

"Please rest assured that the minister is guilty, and please ask the king and the minister to have a chance to make meritorious contributions. After the Northern Expedition, the minister should resign! ”

Kowtow again to apologize, Shi Lei knows that the Northern Expedition is the most important now, he can't resign now, he still has to make meritorious contributions,