In a daze, "Liu Gang" saw his crying and scolding mother, only to feel that his scalp was numb and his brain was blank, as if he should not stay anywhere in this world.

Addicted to gambling, sooner or later you will face such a situation. has "confessed" many times to admit his mistakes and change his past mistakes, and his credit will definitely be completely bankrupt, and even his mother doesn't believe him anymore.

He woke up suddenly!

He sat with his eyes fixed for a long time. Seeing the antique carved windows and hearing the people next to him, "How could the second brother fall asleep here", he gradually came back to his senses and remembered that he was already Zhu Gaoxu in the Ming Dynasty.

And the person who spoke just now was the third brother Gao Sui. Gao Sui's gaze looked at Zhu Gaoxu's face, "Second brother dreaming?" ”

Even in his dream, Zhu Gaoxu's heart didn't want to hurt the people around him, and he also wanted to be good to his relatives and be recognized, but he didn't have money and went the wrong way.

Zhu Gaoxu's chest was "plopping", and his mood was in chaos...... He couldn't help but sigh a little: Perhaps the original sin of men is poverty and powerlessness, and often harbors desires and hopes.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, what he has is very important. Keep everything you have! This desire is also becoming stronger.

Gao Sui's voice said again: "Big brother is sick!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, stood up from the bamboo couch, and turned his head to look at Gao Sui, "Big brother's body has always been bad. ”

Gao Sui frowned and said, "But this time it's not light, it's like an emergency, vomiting and shouting pain, and there are a lot of sesame-sized red bumps on my body!" I'll have to look for Lang Zhong. ”

"I'll go see Big Brother first." Zhu Gaoxu said, "You go to the door and ask the Jinyi guard who guards to find Lang Zhong." ”

Gao Sui nodded.

"Third brother." Zhu Gaoxu stopped him again, "Tell the captain of Jinyi Wei to inform the fourth uncle (Xu Zengshou) first." I heard that the fourth uncle likes to associate with strangers in the rivers and lakes, and maybe there is a way. ”

"I'll go."

Zhu Gaoxu also walked out of the door afterwards, and suddenly a wave of heat came to his face. I remember that when I first moved here, it was still raining in the spring. In the blink of an eye, the weather was already so hot.

Walk a little west along the inverted hood house to see the foyer of the inner house. Zhu Gaoxu slept outside at noon, so Gao Sui asked him just now why he fell asleep here.

The brick walls of a row of overhanging hilltop houses absorb the gray-black dirt, and there is a stale and smoky smell in the air. Since King Yan was divided into Beiping, this huge mansion has been uninhabited most of the time, only three or two slaves watching.

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the foyer and glanced back. Under the banana tree in the corner of the outer wall, there is nothing, and the small white flowers that once bloomed there are gone.

…… Shizi was sick, although he asked Jinyiwei to tell Xu Zengshou first, but Xu Huizu was the first to come. Xu Huizu and a companion surnamed Qu followed the imperial doctor of Taichang Temple to visit the condition.

The imperial doctor looked at the symptoms carefully and cut his pulse, but he couldn't ask Shizi himself, who was already groggy and couldn't speak very clearly. This imperial physician only determined that Shizi's illness was "real".

In the afternoon of the same day, more than a dozen imperial doctors immediately came! The prince's condition was real and serious, and the court immediately paid special attention to it.

More than a dozen imperial doctors with the most exquisite medical skills in the Ming Dynasty were unable to diagnose the illness of the prince! Some people think that it is the heat that causes symptoms such as fever, rash, and vomiting, but the slow pulse cannot be explained.

Some people think it's poisoning, but it's impossible to tell what poison it is...... And when it comes to poisoning, the imperial doctors have a worried expression, and most of them are silent.

Outside the prince's bedroom, Xu Huizu called a maid, who had just come out of it with a copper basin. Xu Huizu asked: "When the prince of the plain world eats, the slaves and maids around him bring it over?" ”

The maid buried her head and said, "The slave doesn't know very well, most of the time." ”

Xu Huizu immediately asked again, "The prince is inconvenient, and their brothers are harmonious, except most of the time, the third prince...... Will the king of Goyang also serve the prince to eat? ”

Or because of the mention of brotherly harmony, the maid immediately nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Xu Huizu asked again: "The son of the world is vomiting, where is the filth?" ”

"The slaves and maids have long since packed up and dumped them."

"Oh......" Xu Huizu waved his hand, "You tell the people who serve the prince that if the prince vomits again, don't lose the things, the imperial doctors may be useful." ”

"Yes." The slave and maid hurriedly curtted their knees and said, "The slave and maid are retired." ”

The companion next to Xu Huizu didn't say a word, just stood aside and listened to him silently. Xu Huizu beckoned, "Let's go to the kitchen and take a look." ”

This companion surnamed Qu is named Qu Neng, is a capable military general, took the post of commander of Sichuan, made a lot of contributions in Sichuan, and only returned to Beijing not long ago to report on his work, he and Xu Huizu have known each other for a long time. Qu Neng, a military general who has nothing to do with the government, has a better relationship with Xu Huizu.

The two walked all the way to the kitchen in the outer courtyard, and Xu Huizu looked around, and his face showed a look of disappointment. Now is not the time to cook, there is no one in the kitchen, pots and pans are neatly organized. Xu Huizu turned around and looked at a ditch outside the kitchen, which led from under the wall to the outside of the mansion, and the ditch had also been washed with water.

At this moment, I suddenly saw Zhu Gaochu walking towards this side alone, and when he met Xu Huizu's eyes, he heard Zhu Gaochu speak: "A humane gentleman is far away from cooking, and his uncle has an honorable status, why did he come to the stove room?" ”

Xu Huizu was slightly embarrassed, and said, "I'm here to see if this kitchen is clean, I'm afraid that the prince will have a bad stomach." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and looked at the person next to him, "This is ......"

Qu Neng, who was wearing a gray cloth robe, hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Command Qu Neng in Lower Sichuan to meet the king of Gaoyang County." ”

Zhu Gaoxu's expression was calm, and he couldn't see a little flustered, and he also returned the salute, "General Qu, I'm glad to meet you." ”

Today, Xu Huizu did not hold up the shelf of the elders, nor did he reprimand, he looked at the nephew in front of him, but there was a bit of equality in his eyes. Although Zhu Gaoxu is tall and strong, he is only a teenager after all, and his face is still faintly childish. Only those eyes, bright and revealing a kind of experience, are extremely incommensurate with age.

Maybe it's a delusion. Xu Huizu only felt incredible in his heart.

Xu Huizu suddenly sighed on a whim, "Many people do things, it's very interesting......

Zhu Gaoxu asked with great interest: "Why don't you talk about it, uncle, what's interesting?" ”

Xu Huizu smiled and said, "Temptation." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu's head was slightly sideways, "What does uncle want to test?" ”

Xu Huizu shook his head, inhaled from between his teeth with a "hiss", and frowned thoughtfully, "Or because he doesn't know everything, and he can't confirm what others think, so he does a little bit, looks at a little, and keeps speculating and confirming." It's a safe ......."

He said that his eyes did not blink, staring at Zhu Gaoxu's face.

Zhu Gaoxu looked dazed and said, "Is my uncle talking about hooking up with my little lady?" ”

Xu Huizu was stunned for a moment, embarrassed again, and said with a straight face, "The prince is seriously ill, you don't have a proper shape as a brother, and you still want that obscene thing!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly stood there with his fists clenched.

"Humph!" Xu Huizu flicked the sleeves of his robe, lifted his legs and left. Zhu Gaoxu's voice came from behind him, "Uncle, General Qu go slowly." ”

Xu Huizu and Qu Neng got out of the mansion and left on horseback.

Qu Neng beckoned his entourage to slow down, patted his horse to catch up, and asked, "Wei Guogong met the king of Gaoyang County in the kitchen, I don't know what the meaning of those words is?" ”

Xu Huizu looked back left and right, and said in a deep voice: "I just thought today that Gao Xu killed that official last month, maybe he was originally planning to test the imperial court!" ”

"This ......," Qu Neng muttered.

Xu Huizu said quietly: "I just went out, I want to ask the Jinyi Guard Captain at the door to check, is the prince poisoned?" But it's also in vain to say, and now Jinyiwei has no right to torture and investigate, unless he first asks the court and orders from above, Jinyiwei will search the palace. I couldn't help but say nothing. ”

Qu Neng responded, but was noncommittal. The two of them could not say more, and soon fell silent.

Xu Huizu had an intuition in his heart: The poisoning of the prince may have been done by Gao Xu!

But there is a lack of evidence and some unconscionability, so he will not say it rashly. He said in his heart: This is the case in the world, others are suspicious of themselves, and they are also suspicious of others.

Thinking of this, Xu Huizu shook his head with a wry smile.

Qu Neng looked at him suspiciously, not knowing why.

Xu Huizu immediately regained his serious expression, looked back at Qu Neng, no longer talked about the son's condition, and instead said: "My nephew Gao Xu was cunning and fierce when he was a teenager. Later, he went to Beiping with his father, practiced the art of archery and horse riding, and often taught the soldiers to arrange the troops.

This time I went to Jingshi, and I paid special attention to him. Now it seems that it is more than in the past, and it is a little more ...... Terrible! ”

Qu Neng was a little surprised by Xu Huizu's words, and quickly echoed: "After all, the king of the county is of the Taizu bloodline, and he is more martial than ordinary people. ”

…… Xu Huizu just walked on the front foot, and Xu Zengshou came on the back foot. After Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Nanjing, he really never saw the two brothers appear at the same time.

The next to the house was Wang Ning, the concubine, and Wang Ning's eldest son, Wang Zhenliang. Everyone is a relative, and it is inevitable to ask for warmth and express their concern.

Xu Zengshou also brought a monk, saying that he was trying to drive away evil spirits.

Zhu Gaoxu asked the monk about his origins, and privately said that he was a monk in Qingshou Temple.

Keesu Temple? Zhu Gaoxu remembered that there was a strategist beside his father, who was a monk with the Dharma name Daoyan and Yao Guangxiao. And Yao Guangxiao happens to be the host of Qingshou Temple.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Xu Zengshou with meaningful eyes several times. What Xu Zengshou, the uncle, is doing behind the scenes, it seems to be more interesting.

Zhu Gaoxu did not take the initiative to mention this matter again. With the relationship between monks, Xu Zengshou is suspected of having close contacts with Yanwangfu; But there's another layer to it...... Yao Guangxiao is also the person designated to assist the prince. Internally, the relationship between Xu Zengshou and the Shizifu seems to be closer.

People have different relationships with each other, it just depends on who they compare with.