Xu Miaojin knelt in front of her sister's spirit, burning the paper and crying at the same time, she felt that this family had completely changed, and there was no human touch at all. In the past two days, many things have happened in the family, the fourth brother died, the eldest sister also died, and then the second brother became strange and sent people to kill more than 20 maids and servants; The eldest brother came back today, but he didn't worship the eldest sister at all, but pulled the second brother into the wing, not knowing what he was talking about.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Miaojin heard the door of the wing room open, she pricked up her ears, and vaguely heard the eldest brother and the second brother talking in a low voice, and then a burst of footsteps sounded, but it became farther and farther away, and finally felt that she had left the courtyard door. Xu Miaojin hurriedly turned around, but found that the second brother Xu Yingxu was the only one in the courtyard, staring in his direction, thoughtful; And the eldest brother Xu Huizu has disappeared. The fire in Xu Miaojin's heart suddenly burst out, and she turned around and rushed to Xu Yingxu: "Second brother, where is the eldest brother?" Where does Big Brother go? ”

"Huh?" Xu Yingxu woke up like a dream, looked at Xu Miaojin in front of him, and subconsciously said: "Big brother has gone to Xiaoling, go to see the emperor!" ”

"What? And he just left? Don't you have time to burn incense for the eldest sister and fourth brother? Does he still have a bit of humanity? ”

Looking at his sister who looked excited in front of him, Xu Yingxu didn't know what to say. After a long time, he looked at Xu Miaojin fixedly and said: "Miaojin, don't blame the eldest brother, everything the eldest brother did was for this family, all to keep the reputation and title that his father won in a hundred battles, do you understand?" ”

"Second brother, can you tell me, what happened to our Xu family?"

"Okay, the second brother told you that the second brother also happens to have something to discuss with you!"

Xu Yingxu ordered the guards to put the hospital door and not allow anyone to enter, and then turned around and walked to the wing, Xu Miaojin was stunned for a moment and followed closely.

"Miaojin, there are some things that the eldest brother and eldest sister don't want you to know, but the second brother thinks it's better for you to know!"

"Well, second brother, please speak!"

"The Xu family is now facing a catastrophe, and the root cause of this catastrophe is the eldest sister!"

"Huh? How can it be? ”

"Hehe, how could it be?" Xu Yingxu's voice suddenly raised an octave, and then forcibly suppressed her voice: "In order to avenge Yan Yi and her sons, the eldest sister used some of the original letters to threaten Li Jinglong, King Chu and others, so that they had to rebel, so this earth-shattering disaster happened!" ”

"How is this possible? I often spend time with my eldest sister, why didn't I notice it at all? Xu Miaojin was a little stunned and couldn't accept this fact.

"Hehe, I didn't find out either, but it's a fact!"

"Well," Xu Miaojin was silent for a while, as if he remembered something, but did not say it, but said, "Li Jinglong? I can understand this, this is a straw bag with two ends of the head of the mouse; But why is the king of Chu? ”

"King Chu, hehe, his princess is the daughter of Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, when Wang Bi rebelled, he had correspondence with the King of Chu, after Wang Bi was killed by Yan Rebellion, these letters fell into the hands of the eldest sister, and then she took them to Jingshi and became a talisman for some officials."

"Eldest sister, private letters? How can it be? She was a prisoner at the beginning! ”

"The second brother doesn't know how to do it, but the second brother guesses that this may have something to do with the fact that when the imperial court conquered Beiping, the eldest brother presided over the military affairs of Beiping. With the eldest brother here, no one dared to search the eldest sister for the first time, so some letters would be saved by luck. ”

"Isn't it, isn't it?" Xu Miaojin's face turned pale and opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

"Third sister, you understand now, what the eldest sister did was enough for the Xu family to be wiped out, so after she returned to Beijing, she immediately committed suicide by taking poison, and before she died, she told the second brother the names of the people she had used, and the second brother had already executed them all according to the list."

"That's the rough story! You understand why Big Brother is in such a hurry now, right? ”

"But," Xu Miaojin calmed down, and suddenly said: "But the court has already killed the fourth brother, can it be useful for the eldest brother to go to see the emperor?" ”

"You have to give it a try, the eldest brother is gambling, betting on the death of longevity, it is not the emperor's intention, someone is hindering it!"

"This, this," Xu Miaojin didn't know what to say, after understanding the truth, she seemed to feel that the sky in Xu's Mansion was suddenly darkening, and everyone in Xu's Mansion was like ants on a chopping board, powerless to escape, powerless to struggle, and could only pray that the knife would not fall, but could things really do what they wanted?

……

After a long time, the sky darkened, and Xu Miaojin and Xu Yingxu were still sitting on the edge of the table, motionless.

"Miaojin, the second brother wants to ask you something, you must answer me truthfully!"

"Okay, second brother, please speak!"

"Miaojin, you, you," Xu Yingxu suddenly blushed and stammered.

"What's wrong? What is the unspeakable hidden of the second brother? ”

"Well," Xu Yingxu pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Miaojin, does the emperor want to admit you into the palace?" ”

"Second brother, why did you suddenly talk about this? And the eldest sister and the fourth brother have just passed away, so it's not appropriate to talk about this kind of thing! ”

"No," Xu Yingxu shook his head, and continued: "Miaojin, this is very important, this is very important to the Xu family!" ”

"Important?" Xu Miaojin thought about it for a while, and immediately understood, and her face turned even paler: "Second brother, are you letting me enter the palace to protect the Xu family?" ”

……

Xu Huizu didn't know what happened after he left the Xu Mansion, and he didn't mention Xu Miaojin to Xu Yingxu, this was purely Xu Yingxu's own opinion, but even if Xu Huizu was present, I am afraid he would not object.

Xu Huizu went out in time, and finally before the city gate was closed, he took ten guards out of the city and rushed to Xiaoling. What he didn't know was that today's city gate was closed a quarter of an hour late because of him. After Xu Huizu's carriage left the city, the city gate was immediately closed, and Xu Kai and Geng Xuan, who were in charge of the defense of the capital, stood on the city wall, looking at the back of Xu Huizu and his party fixedly, with solemn expressions, but they did not speak.

Filial piety mausoleum, is the mausoleum where Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma were buried together, and was named after Queen Ma's nickname "Queen Xiaoci Gao". After Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, Zhu Yunwen immediately set up a filial piety guard, responsible for guarding the safety of the filial piety tomb.

Xu Huizu set out from Chaoyang Gate and went to Xiaolingwei for about 40 miles. He slept in the car for an hour, then rode forward on horseback, and arrived at Xiaolingwei around the same time, but unfortunately he did not see the emperor, but was taken to the tomb of his father Xu Da, and gave him a dossier to read.

“……”

"Xu Yihua played an extremely important role in this rebellion, her letter first forced Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong on the way to Ningxia, visited the king of Chu, the king of Chu had no choice but to rebel together."

Then by chance, Feng Xingjian, the king of Taiwan and the director of the Investigation Department, was also involved, and the former was dissatisfied and felt that he should inherit the throne; The latter was worried that the emperor would purge him, and after the matter of framing King Zhou at the behest of Huang Zicheng's order was revealed, Feng Xingjian felt that he had lost the emperor's trust, and some other things were added before he resolutely decided to rebel. ”

"Feng Xingjian's rebellion was extremely harmful, and he recruited some officials who were dissatisfied with the imperial court, and of course some officials who had anything to do with Yan's rebellion."

“……”

"Another important traitor is Luo Haichao, the commander of the Yangtze River Water Division, who was originally from the Dongting Lake Water Division and had a deep friendship with the King of Chu, so he accepted the secret order of the King of Chu to control the Yangtze River, intending to prevent the emperor from returning to Beijing; At the same time, he also had to assist Li Jinglong, Wakou and others to assassinate the emperor, which was also a heinous and unforgivable crime! ”

"The last group of traitors was the Japanese Kou, who failed to reach a compensation agreement with the imperial court, so they took a desperate step and colluded with Li Jinglong to ambush the guards in Liuhe Mountain, Jiangpu County, with the intention of assassinating them. Fortunately, thanks to the emperor's Hongwu Qitian, the guards fought bravely and skillfully, easily defeated the rebels, and captured more than 3,000 people under Li Jinglong and the Japanese invaders, and they have been escorted to Beijing! ”

"The rebels have a total of more than 7,000 people, and their grain and grass are transported by Luo Haichao, and the source of grain and grass also comes from the imperial court, and Xia Yuanji, the household servant, is responsible for deploying it!"

“……”

Xu Huizu looked at it in a cold sweat, this time it was really over, the emperor knew it clearly, and it was impossible to hide it anymore, but he seemed to be in the emperor's hands all the way, what did he want to do?