Chapter 595: Tricking the Dead
Zhu Gaochi came suddenly this time, obviously not just chatting with Jianwen, there was always a eunuch behind him holding a tray with a wine jug and a cup on it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Jianwen noticed at the beginning that he was also a person who had been the emperor, and he knew about this kind of thing. Bringing wine with only one glass is obviously giving someone the rhythm to death.
Seeing that Jianwen's eyes would drift to the eunuch behind him from time to time, Zhu Gaochi smiled and didn't hide it from him, saying: "This is the poisonous wine I prepared for you, it's up to you to drink it or not!" ”
Jianwen didn't reply, just with a wry smile on his face, he thought that he would die of old age, but he didn't expect that he would die in this way.
At Zhu Gaochi's signal, the eunuch put the wine on the table, Zhu Gaochi glanced at Jianwen one last time, got up and left directly, and when he came to the staircase, he heard him say: "Although you are a defeated general, you are always a member of my Zhu family, as your junior, no matter what grudges you have before, you should be respected." A place has been prepared for you in the Imperial Mausoleum, and I will not bury you. ”
Jianwen's face twitched slightly, stood upright, and bowed deeply to Zhu Gaochi's back as he left. Being able to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death shows that he is still accepted by Zhu Gaochi, and the Zhu family still has his place.
Jianwen's eyes were slightly moist, and he turned to look at the poisonous wine on the table, his expression was very hesitant. It's not that he's afraid of death, but hesitant to let those subordinates who are still hidden in the shadows be exposed.
Zhu Gaochi was able to bury him in the imperial mausoleum, which made Jianwen not only grateful, but also suddenly unable to have hatred for Zhu Gaochi, since this is the case, there is no need to keep those subordinates who are still hidden in the dark.
The world of the Zhu family has always been inherited by the people of the Zhu family, and the expression on Jianwen's face gradually became firm. Turning around and coming to the desk on the side, he picked up his pen and wrote a letter.
"Give this letter to the emperor and tell him that the old man never owes others favors, and this is the old man's reward for his decision."
After speaking, Jianwen resolutely turned around, picked up the wine jug and poured it down, and he drank all the small jugs of wine in one go, leaving not a drop.
"Smack!"
The empty wine jug was thrown directly to the ground, and in the splash of debris, Jianwen calmly sat on the rocking chair and waited for death.
The eunuch took the envelope, carefully hid it in his arms, and said with a sharp smile: "The old gentleman really has a good amount of alcohol, this pot of distilled liquor is specially prepared for you by Tang Wangye, and it is said to be as fierce as fire." But the old gentleman still didn't change his face after pouring it in one go, and the miscellaneous family really admired it. ”
After the eunuch finished speaking, he stopped staying and went downstairs directly.
Jianwen seemed to hear a little bit of off-string sound, and frowned and pondered the eunuch's words. This wine was prepared by Tang Ming for himself, why did he prepare it for himself?
Jianwen, who was waiting for death, only felt the surging of alcohol but did not wait for the poison to attack, and after an hour, he finally determined that it was not poisonous wine, but just ordinary high-altitude wine. Obviously, this time he was dumped by Zhu Gaochi and Tang Ming, deceived his feelings, and directly asked him to expose those hidden subordinates.
After Jianwen was stunned for a moment, he let out a wail, his expression became lonely, and he now began to wonder if Zhu Gaochi would really let him be buried in the imperial tomb after his death.
In the imperial study, Tang Ming and Zhu Gaochi set up a table of homely meals, Zhu Gaochi was obviously in a high mood, and his face was even more smiling.
"Do you think Jianwen will be fooled this time, my performance just now was impeccable, and I saw that he seemed to have awakened when I left, but it seems unlikely that he would expose those hidden subordinates like this!" Although Zhu Gaochi was happy to dump Jianwen Er, he was unsure whether he succeeded or not.
Tang Ming took a sip of wine, his injured left hand had fully recovered, he pursed his mouth, and said unhurriedly: "Wait until you know the result, why do you need to be so serious!" He can't be fooled, and it doesn't matter much to us anyway. ”
"Emperor Qi, Gonggong An asks to see you!"
As soon as Tang Ming's words fell, a notice sounded outside the door. Zhu Gaochi's face was overjoyed, and he immediately shouted: "Come in!" ”
Father-in-law An was the person who served the poisonous wine just now, and at this moment he was full of smiles, and as soon as he entered the door, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, after you left, the old man wrote a letter to the miscellaneous family to hand it over to you, and he poured the poisonous wine in one go." ”
As soon as Zhu Gaochi heard that there was a letter to him, his heart moved and he hurriedly shouted: "The letter is there, submit it quickly!" ”
Father-in-law An didn't dare to slack off, and immediately presented the carefully collected envelope, and Zhu Gaochi quickly opened it and looked at it. After a while, I saw him laughing, and in a good mood, he directly rewarded Gonggong An with ten taels of gold, which made him retreat.
Tang Ming glanced at Zhu Gaochi's overjoyed look, and knew that the plan was successful, and Jianwen was finally fooled.
Sure enough, Zhu Gaochi laughed and said: "That old thing is finally fooled, you are still smart, and I can't accept you now." ”
Tang Ming saw that the emperor praised himself, but he was not polite at all, and he accepted it directly. He smiled and nodded: "How is it, are there many of his subordinates?" ”
"Many!"
Zhu Gaochi responded categorically, but soon smiled again: "But there are no more officials, and if there are any, they have all been replaced by me." Most of them are just some masters in the rivers and lakes, and there are still many people in the palace, and there are more than a dozen of them on Jeju Island! ”
Tang Ming nodded, there was indeed no threat anymore, but after hearing that there were still more than a dozen of them on Jeju Island, he immediately grabbed the letter and looked through it himself.
After seeing that the dozen or so people were all shopkeepers of some maritime merchants, he breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Jianwen's assassination of himself last time was indeed a warning, accounting for most of it. He has nothing that can really threaten himself and Zhu Gaochi now!
"Come, toast this toast, and celebrate our avenging of the arrow." Zhu Gaochi was worried for two months, and finally got liberated, and there was no need to worry about it anymore.
Tang Ming would not defeat Zhu Gaochi's interest, so he drank wine and him. Afterwards, he said with a smile: "I dare to guarantee that Jianwen must have killed me at this moment, he has been calculating others all his life, and today he finally tasted the taste of being calculated, and I don't know if he can bear such a blow." And when he dies, will you really bury him in the imperial tomb? ”
Zhu Gaochi raised the letter in his hand and said, "If he doesn't give me this letter until he dies, he will definitely not let him get his wish." But this can actually be considered, it depends on his future performance! ”
It's a pity that Jianwen will never hear what he said, and someone came to tell him that night that Jianwen hanged himself in his small building. In the end, he couldn't bear such a blow and chose to take his own life. (To be continued.) )