Chapter 32: The Secret Passage
"Impossible, I think so too, but my old man doesn't think so, according to his old man, the hunch of those who gave him the news is the most accurate, and it is much more accurate than the national teacher's prediction of the general trend of the world."
"But it doesn't make sense. The emperor wants to build a big prison, is this to rectify me? It's too much fuss, isn't it? "Besides, it can't be because of this, what does the emperor really want to do to him, that is, the matter of preaching the will, there is no need to toss it so much.
"You think, this time you went to the book, everyone thought that someone else instructed you to do it, you are the gun in someone else's hand, some people say that it is Master Zhang who instructed you, some say that it is Xu Xiang, and some say that it is your master and Wei Guogong, anyway, there is everything. This is what the ministers and ministers think, but what will the emperor think? I don't think the emperor will point the finger at you, but he will also rectify the person who instructed you, which is called fighting cattle through the wall. Zhao Yang said slowly.
"But there's no such thing?" Besides, what he is most afraid of is that he will implicate others, and if he is implicated, he must be the closest and most important person to him.
As for Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie, he was not worried at all, one was the emperor, and the other was an old fox who had become a spirit, if they wanted to get out, it was easier than shaking off a fallen leaf on their bodies, no matter what the situation, they couldn't trap them.
Gao Gong has not expressed his position so far, and he has indeed cultivated to the realm of not touching the body.
"Second brother, then what kind of retreat is the retreat you are talking about, there is no other way but to escape?" Xiao Nier didn't care if she understood it or not, anyway, she could feel that there was danger, which was a big deal.
Xiao Nier understands that running away will not work here, even if it is at the end of the mountain, he will not take this road unless he is kidnapped.
"There's really no other way, this is not Nanjing, and you can't hide if you want to." Zhao Yang waved his hand helplessly.
"Do you mean the people around the emperor who are in the celebrant eunuch?" Besides, he had to consider the reliability of the source of information.
"No, it's the eunuchs and palace maids who serve the emperor to dress and eat, don't look at them as the eunuchs who don't have the honor and power of the eunuchs, in terms of understanding the emperor's thoughts, they are even better." Zhao Yang said.
Besides, his heart was confused, and he didn't know how to distinguish this news, but it must have made sense for Marquis Wu Ding to let his son inform him on a snowy day. He didn't know the inner workings of the court, so it was difficult to tell who was the most reliable.
It stands to reason that the emperor will not be wronged because of this. Moreover, I am still skeptical of this news and feel that it is unlikely.
"Runaway? How can he run, he can't escape from the capital at all now. I had already advised him to get out of here, but he wouldn't listen. ”
According to Xiao Nier's thoughts, besides, she shouldn't have continued to stay in the capital as an official a long time ago, what kind of official is this, it is purely house arrest here, where is it comfortable to return to Jiangnan to be a free and easy talent? When the second master of the Marquis Mansion of Wucheng, let alone mention.
But besides, he told her that since the day he stepped into the capital, all kinds of interests have trapped him like spider silk, and he can't go anywhere.
Zhao Yang smiled: "So, I've been busy these days, what are you busy with?" It is to find a way out for him. ”
"Did you find it?" Xiao Nier asked impatiently.
"Of course, that's it, please."
Zhao Yang said, unbuttoned the leather robe outside, untied the small coat inside, and then took out a brocade bag that was close to his chest with great dignity.
"Haha, second brother, what tricks do you have here?" And I was amused by him.
"What is it? Let you guess three times, if you can guess I'll take it out, if you can't, just wait to be punished. Zhao Yang said triumphantly.
"Second brother, don't sell it, okay." Xiao Nier was in a hurry.
"Hey, brother and sister, it's good for you to show some sincerity, you don't know how hard I put into the things inside, this is still fate, I found it, how can it be so easy to take it out." Zhao Yang invited merit.
"Okay, then I'll take a guess. Your planned runway. Besides, he laughed.
"This person is too smart to be boring, can't you deliberately not guess? It also gives me a sense of accomplishment. Zhao Yang said angrily.
"Then you can make it a little hard to guess, these three-year-olds can guess at once." Besides, there is nothing to do.
"That's it, you're cleverly in front of my family, second brother, you're playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong's door." Xiao Nier said triumphantly.
"Yes, yes, you two are beating gongs and drums, and you can't live?" Zhao Yang had a big expression.
"Well, take it out, you've got a good idea." Besides, he hooked his fingers.
Zhao Yang opened the bag and took out a piece of paper from it.
Besides, I took it and opened it, but I didn't understand that it was a rough painting, not only that, but the age of this paper was not short, and according to his lack of rich knowledge of paper identification, it was preliminarily judged that this was definitely a century-old thing.
"Second brother, what is this?" Besides, after looking at it for a long time, there are just pipe-like lines drawn on it. If this was the escape route, he couldn't see how to run.
"Well, there are things you can't understand." Zhao Yang was proud, and finally regained some face.
"Well, it's true that I can't understand it, thanks to the second brother's advice."
Besides, although he didn't plan to run away at all, it was not easy to brush off Zhao Yang's hospitality, and besides, in case of a real catastrophe, he didn't plan to let Xiao Nier and Zhou Dingcheng accompany him to the funeral, and a way out might still be useful for them.
"It's easy to say, an underground passage, and you can go directly through the moat to the outside of Beijing." Zhao Yang said.
"What? Second brother, are you not mistaken? The passage from the inner palace to the outside of the city is in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, not Beijing, are you confused. ”
Moreover, of course, it makes sense to say this, it is said that Emperor Jianwen sneaked out of Nanjing City through a secret passage in the palace, and then disappeared without a trace.
"Whether there is that passage in the Nanjing Imperial Palace or not is still a legend, at least no one has seen it with their own eyes. Is this ...... Hum. Zhao Yang snorted twice, and sold the guanzi again.
"You went on to say that you saw this passage with your own eyes?" Besides, I'm a little confused, could it be that there is also a passage here in Beijing?
"Of course, I left the capital from this passage yesterday, and then came back, so I determined the reliability of this passage." Zhao Yang was afraid that he wouldn't believe it, so he swore an oath.
"But how can there be such a passage in the capital, doesn't anyone find out?"
Besides, the brain can't turn around, the city is built to manage the entry and exit of the city, and the government will never allow such a passage to exist, could it be that the smuggler dug it up?
At that time, the so-called smuggling was basically the smuggling of salt, and the imperial court did not practice rice, flour, cloth, and silk*, so naturally there was no need for smuggling. Very few maritime trade goods are shipped inland, and even if there are, they are either needed by the imperial court or special goods for powerful bigwigs, which can be transported in a high-sounding manner, and they are not afraid of investigation at all.
"I don't know about this passage at all, and I haven't heard of it. I don't know what kind of brain hole my old man opened, and suddenly thought of a story he heard his grandfather tell him when he was a child. ”
"What a story, second brother tell me quickly." Xiao Nier likes to listen to stories the most, and besides, the stories told to her have been more than a thousand and one nights, and she still likes to listen to stories.
"That's the case, my ancestor originally followed Chengzu to raise troops, when Yongle Ye was trapped in the capital, there were only the later British Duke Zhang Ying and Rongguo Duke Yao Guangxiao in the house, and the other was the 800 heroes who were secretly recruited, and these 800 heroes were ready to fight to the death with the defenders of Beiping." Zhao Yang said.
"Well, I know this, at that time, Emperor Yongle was still King Yan, and his three personal guards were all removed by Emperor Jianwen, and transferred out of Beijing, King Yan only had these eight hundred strong men in his hands, and he was still training in King Yan's mansion, casting weapons, etc., in order to be afraid that the sound of training and casting weapons would spread out, he also asked people to raise a lot of chickens and ducks, and made chickens and dogs jump every day to cover up these sounds."
Besides, if you are familiar with history, of course you know the various episodes before King Yan ascended the throne, and there are many more strange things than this. But what does this have to do with that channel?
"It is said that the matter of the passage was brought up by the British Duke Zhang Ying, according to the meaning of the Duke of Rongguo, there is no need to prepare anything at all, Yongle Ye has the destiny of heaven, and he can seize the world no matter what. At that time, Yongle Ye and the British Duke actually didn't believe much in Rong Guogong's words, so they had been secretly preparing and digging a passage from the Yanwang Mansion at that time to the outside of the capital. At that time, the plan was to use 800 strong men to resist in case the defenders blocked the gate of the mansion, and then Yongle Ye fled outside the capital with his family and gathered the old department outside. ”
"And this one? But there are no such records in the Yongle Record. Besides, I was surprised.
"This is a matter of Yongle Ye's face, how can it be on paper, even if not many people knew it at the time, my ancestor was a leader among the eight hundred guards at that time, and personally supervised the excavation of this passage, and this matter has been passed down from generation to generation in my family, everyone doesn't take it seriously, thinking it's a story of coaxing children."
"Since the passage is inside the palace, how did you enter the palace?" Besides, he wondered.
"Of course I can't enter the palace, let me tell you, the starting point of this passage is not in the palace." Zhao Yang said triumphantly.
"Didn't you say that it was originally a passage dug in the Yanwang Mansion, the starting point must be in the Yanwang Mansion, and the current palace is expanded on the basis of the Yanwang Mansion." Besides, it's still a little confusing.
"You just don't know one or the other, the palace is indeed expanded on the basis of the Yan Palace, but it doesn't mean that the Yan Palace's Mansion is included. The place where Yongle Ye trained his troops was outside the imperial city, but no one knows about these things now. ”
"Yes, yes, our ancestors are smarter than us." Xiao Nier was as happy as a child.
"I've been so busy these days, what are you busy with? I rummaged through the things left by my ancestors at home. The sky lived up to his wishes, and he actually found this drawing, which was drawn by my ancestors. Zhao Yangyan stood up and put on a smug posture.