Imperial Palace, Wuying Palace.

Zhu Di knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang upright, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat expressionlessly behind the dragon case, hanging his head and reading the ministers' recitals, the father and son confronted each other quietly in a silent way, in the silent atmosphere, an insurmountable gap was gradually separating the father and son, and the air seemed to have solidified into a block, which was suffocating.

The five phoenix bells in front of the noon gate rang, and the melodious bell rang eight times, and it was already late in the afternoon.

Zhu Di's burly body moved slightly, raised his head, and silently looked at his old father with gorgeous hair, and a sad feeling rose from his heart.

Once, he was his father's favorite son, he was brave and resolute, he was witty, he led the soldiers of Beiping Mansion to find the grassland desert, kill the Tartars, capture the enemy chieftain, the Northern Yuan Dynasty court was defeated under his blow, and the name of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, changed the color of the Tartars.

At that time, his father praised and appreciated him!

Every time he returned to Beijing, his father would always give him the highest level of greeting, as well as the rewards and smiling faces that he never spared about.

When did his father become indifferent to him?

Zhu Di's stiff cheeks couldn't help but start twitching.

A prince who enjoys all the glory and favor, his father suddenly became cold to him, who can stand such a gap?

Strong remorse filled Zhu Di's heart.

When he said that in the imperial garden, if he hadn't said that disrespectful words to Zhu Yunwen so impulsively, he must still be the prince most valued by his father, or the meek and polite, but not the heroic His Royal Highness King Yan.

If you want to achieve great things, you must first endure and endure all the unfairness, so that you have the strength to conquer the world.

Zhu Di realized that he had lost a step, he couldn't bear it at a critical moment, the loss of this step was very fatal, his fiefdom, his military power, his ambition, may all be ruined by this step, at the same time, he also lost the favor of his father, and the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty seems to be getting farther and farther away from him.

Thinking that he might die of old age in the future, and from now on be a down-and-out imperial uncle who has no power and no power, and is always worried about being purged by the new emperor, Zhu Di's body couldn't help but tremble.

I am a generation of heroes, how can I die like this?

Contend! Fight again! I still have a chance!

A bang slammed his head on the scarlet carpet in the Wuying Palace, and Zhu Di's voice was a little sad and choked.

"Father! The son said today that he asked his father for his life again, the Northern Yuan Tartar beggar Jisi Department committed my Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers surrounded the fiefdom of the son of Beiping, which was a great provocation to my Ming Dynasty, and it was a great insult to the son, the son begged his father to be gracious, sent the son back to Beiping, led the army to defeat the Tartar, and reported this shame! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's hand looking at the recital suddenly stopped, and he didn't say a word for a long time, without any expression.

Zhu Di clenched his fists tightly, and he felt a thin layer of sweat in his palms.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, raised his eyes to look at Zhu Di, and his eyes exuded a thorough light, as if he had seen through Zhu Di's heart at a glance.

"Di'er, go back to Beiping...... Is it really that heavy on you? Zhu Yuanzhang's hoarse voice revealed deep exhaustion.

Zhu Di's heart beat wildly, but his expression remained unchanged and kowtowed again, making an awe-inspiring look, and said: "My father has given Beiping Mansion to my son, this is my father's trust and favor to my son, since ancient times, the fief of the son was besieged by a small tribe, so deep hatred, it really made the son feel humiliated, the son of the son of the leader of the Qiergis tribe over the years has repeatedly fought with the leader of the Qiergis tribe, the ghost power of the red is often beaten by the son of the army, and the army is broken, and now this barbarian leader actually took advantage of the absence of the son in Beiping, and blatantly surrounded my city, If the son doesn't behead him this time, as a prince, how can he be worthy of his father's favor? How to face the Manchu civil and military ministers? How to set an example for the emperor's brothers and nephews? The son's words are from the bottom of his heart, asking his father to be gracious! ”

After speaking, Zhu Di kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang hard, and then fell to the ground, and the tears in the tiger's eyes fell on the scarlet carpet, drop by drop, blooming and shattering like a splash...... The Wuying Hall returned to silence, and in the spacious hall, only Zhu Di's sobbing sound was heard, echoing in the hall leisurely.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the dragon case, staring at him without moving, but there was a deep hesitation in his eyes.

This son he has always loved the most, he ...... Is it really disobedient? Does he really covet the treasure? Is it true that he has always been in disobedience to my father?

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes, his old face showed a look of pain, he didn't want to believe that the father's kindness and filial piety over the years was actually just a play for the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been the emperor for 30 years, he has always been suspicious and suspicious of ministers, every person who has doubts, he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, he is approaching seventy years old, he dares to swear to the sky, he has never been suspicious of the descendants of the Zhu family, this world is the world of the Zhu family, I give you a hereditary throne, give you brocade clothes and jade food, give you supreme glory, how can the descendants of the Zhu family not be satisfied? What more could you want? Want power? Want the throne? No! It's not yours! It's Yun Bing!

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes suddenly, and the tired color in his eyes turned into two sharp swords that were as sharp as just out of the sheath, and the silent atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn and solemn.

"Di'er, tell me that the beggar Guisi troops are besieging Beiping, and you really didn't plan it behind your back?" For the first time in his life, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke to his son in an eerie tone.

Zhu Di trembled unconsciously, and suddenly felt a layer of cold sweat on his back, facing Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp and murderous gaze, Zhu Di felt for the first time that this seemingly old and decrepit father was not as simple as he imagined.

At that moment, Zhu Di puffed up his chest without hesitation, and said sonorously: "If my father regards his son as a person who communicates with the enemy, his son will not say more, and he is willing to die to show his son's innocence, father, take care!" ”

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to react, Zhu Di stood up, his expression showed an extremely resolute expression, he bit his teeth fiercely, and then lowered his head and slammed into the dragon pillar closest to him in the hall, as if he had made up his mind to die.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so shocked that he suddenly stood up from the chair, his old face turned pale with fright, and he shouted violently: "Di'er! Don't be reckless! Come! ”

As soon as the words fell, several brocade-clothed guards quickly ran into the hall, and when they saw Zhu Di crashing towards the palace pillar, the expressions of the brocade-clothed guards changed greatly, and they hurriedly rushed forward to wait for the block.

However, Zhu Di seemed to really want to die, and no matter how fast the brocade guards moved, they couldn't stop his lightning-fast figure.

With a loud "bang", Zhu Di's head hit the dragon pillar in the hall solidly, and then his body deviated, and he fell to the ground in a malaise, and the blood on his forehead quickly came out, flowing down the forehead to the ground, and soon mixed with the scarlet carpet in the hall.

The accident happened too suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang was so shocked that he gasped, and saw Zhu Di fall to the ground softly, as if he had no life, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and shouted: "Di'er——"

Zhu Di, who fell to the ground, did not react, and the expression on his face was a little unwilling and miserable.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the stunned brocade guards in the hall and said angrily: "What are you bastards waiting for? Hurry up and declare the imperial doctor! Fast! If Di'er can't be saved, you all have to die! ”

When the guards heard this, they were all excited, and immediately turned their heads and ran to the Tai Hospital outside the palace.

While speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already hurriedly walked to Zhu Di and squatted down, his withered hands trembling to support Zhu Di's head, and his cloudy eyes were already old tears.

"Di'er, Di'er...... Why do you bother doing this! Why bother—"

The son begged for death in front of him, and when he was old, he ended up with a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, what if you are the co-master of the world? What about enjoying the reverence of the world? Such a bleak and desolate evening scene, how can glory and wealth fill it?

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he became more and more sad and sad, holding Zhu Di's head, wailing and crying.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's heart-rending crying and shaking, Zhu Di finally had some vitality, and his original silent chest recovered a slight undulation.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, and said with tears in his eyes: "Di'er, Di'er...... You've finally woken up, I'm not dead, how can you leave me first? You are unfilial! Unfilial! ”

The gray-haired old man was crying like a child at the moment.

Zhu Di groaned and opened his eyes blankly, but the blood on his forehead covered his entire face, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly raised the sleeve of the dragon robe and carefully helped him wipe the blood on his face.

After a while, Zhu Di gradually came back to his senses, and said in a hoarse voice: "Father, son...... Not dead? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was happy and angry, his expression became extremely complicated, and he shouted angrily: "Of course you are not dead!" You are not a filial son, you can't say anything well, you have to hit the pillar with your head, is this what the son of man should do? ”

Zhu Di smiled miserably and said weakly: "Father and Emperor are suspicious of his son...... fornication with the Northern Yuan, the sons and ministers are irrefutable,...... The only dead ear! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang mourned and said: "My father is wrong, my father believes in you!" You have conquered the Northern Yuan Dynasty several times, and have repeatedly performed miraculous feats for my Ming Dynasty, killing Tartars, beheading enemy chieftains, and the merit is in Sheji, I shouldn't doubt you, I shouldn't——"

Zhu Di smiled weakly: "Father and Emperor wish to believe that the sons and daughters are innocent, and the sons and daughters ...... Die without regrets! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "In the future, you are not allowed to speak lightly!" The Angzang man is just standing tall and looking at the heroes of the world, how can he learn from the attitude of that child? ”

"The son's surname is as fierce as fire, and he would rather bend than bend, but now he has suffered an injustice that is not in vain, and this injustice is imposed on his son by his father, what else can his son do except die?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stop crying, hugged Zhu Di's head and choked up: "Father believes in you, father believes in you...... Di'er, my father will issue an order to order you to return to Beiping to lead the army, use your sword to drive the Tartars out of the Great Wall, let those barbarians once again enjoy the majesty of King Yan, and let my Ming banner flutter in the desert grassland! ”

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and then he quickly dimmed, and said weakly: "Thank you for your trust, son...... May I swear a blood oath with the blood on my head today! King Yan is in the same vein, and he will never rebel against the king for generations! If this oath is violated, the son is willing to be thundered for nine days, and he will not be able to live beyond his life! ”

"Good! Good! Good son, good son! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't cry, his pale white hair seemed to be declaring to the world that he was no longer the Huaiyou cloth who once dominated the world and commanded the universe, at this moment, he was just a poor old man who felt sorry for his son.

The years are like big waves, sweeping away the heroes.

Two days later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order, Zhu Di, the king of Zhuyan, to return to Beiping to lead the army, fight against the Northern Yuan Qi'er Jisi Department, and transfer dozens of thousands of households in Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi, and nearly 80,000 officers and soldiers accompanied them to the expedition.

This holy decree caused an uproar in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Huang Zicheng, the official of Chunfang, was the first to object, Huang Zicheng and Xiao Fan's views are the same, King Yan is a tiger and wolf, and he can only stay in the capital and cannot be put back in the fiefdom. This is very detrimental to Zhu Yunwen's future throne.

Huang Zicheng played several concerts in a row, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not send them, and he did not get the approval of a word.

Just when the Manchu Dynasty was shocked or suspicious, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a second holy decree.

But there is something more profound about this decree.

The holy decree said that after King Yan led 80,000 officers and soldiers in Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi to defeat the Northern Yuan Qierjisi Department, the officers and soldiers of the three places did not have to return to the original construction, and were stationed on the spot at the junction of Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi and Beiping Mansion, and each established a new thousand households, so as to prevent the Northern Yuan Tartars from counterattacking in the coming year, and after relieving the siege of Beiping, Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, led the officers and soldiers of the three places.

After the defeat of the Tartars, the soldiers of the original Beiping Mansion were transferred back to Beijing by fifty percent, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies added Xinding to Beiping Mansion.

This decree confused all the ministers, and some careful ministers hurriedly took a map to look at it, and couldn't help but gasp.

Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, where are these three places? All are close to Beiping Mansion! Located in the east, south, and west of Beiping respectively, it can be said that 80,000 guards are stationed at the junction of these three places and Beiping, from another point of view, it is equivalent to completely blocking all the roads to the south of Beiping, and faintly forming a three-sided encirclement of Beiping.

The first holy decree can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's show of grace to the fourth prince Zhu Di, but the second holy decree is to exert authority on him.

What does the Son of Heaven mean by doing this?

Did he want to prepare for the cutting of the domain, or did he trust the prince too much?

The sky is unpredictable, and before they figured out what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, all the ministers shut up, including Huang Zicheng, who was the most fierce.

When Xiao Fan heard the news, he sighed heavily, a shadow knotted in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction was in his expectation, he couldn't bear to deal with his son, and he was worried that his son would rebel against his grandson in the future, so he transferred troops to encircle Beiping, and took the lead in strategy, the political significance of this move is greater than the military significance, Zhu Yuanzhang intended to warn Zhu Di and let you go back to Beiping, but you be careful, don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have.

From Zhu Yuanzhang's point of view, this can be regarded as strangling Zhu Di's disobedience in the cradle.

But from the perspective of Xiao Fan, a traverser, Zhu Yuanzhang's approach doesn't make much sense at all, if the tiger returns to the mountain, if the dragon enters the sea, what is the 80,000 soldiers on the periphery of the world like Zhu Di? When it is time to rebel, he will rebel in the same way.

When all parties in Beijing were in turmoil, Xiao Fan led Zhang Sanfeng into the palace to meet Tianyan.

Even if it is a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, it is not so easy to bring a stranger to see the emperor, you still have to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to report, and then the Ministry of Rites will verify it, and finally report to the Son of Heaven, after the Son of Heaven nods and agrees to the announcement, Xiao Fan and Zhang Sanfeng can enter the palace.

The reporting process went very smoothly, Zhang Sanfeng went to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites by himself, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites all took him as a liar, and Xiao Fan led him there, so the effect was very different.

Since Jinyi Wei Xiao Tongzhi said that he is Zhang Sanfeng, then he must be Zhang Sanfeng, even if he is not, in the future, His Majesty will blame, and the responsibility will all lie on Xiao Fan.

So the officials of the Ministry of Rites were happy to do a favor, and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang without saying a word, Zhu Yuanzhang heard that the world-famous Zhang Lao Immortal actually came to Beijing, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately waved his hand and announced it!

That afternoon, Xiao Fan led Zhang Sanfeng into the palace.

Xiao Fan has been in the palace many times, but this time he was the most nervous.

There are rumors about the scandal between him and the county lord of Jiangdu in the court and the market in Beijing, I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang has heard about it, if he hears about it, how will he react? Will he cut himself off as a destroyer who destroys other people's families? Strictly speaking, the county lord of Jiangdu has already promised to marry the son of the Marquis of Changxing, and Xiao Fan is really the husband who seduces other people's wives now...... How will Zhu Yuanzhang treat this annihilator who seduces his granddaughter?

What is certain is that Zhu Yuanzhang will never praise him for picking up girls...... The annihilator is now leading the master of Sanfeng, carefully walking through the Chengtian Gate and the Jinshui Bridge.

After crossing the Jinshui Bridge, Xiao Fan's expression became more and more uneasy.

Looking at the brocade-clothed forbidden army lined up along the road, there was a faint aura of slaughter in the forest, Xiao Fan was a thief, and he always felt that they were looking at him with bad intentions, and he was becoming more and more scared at the moment.

Swallowing his saliva with difficulty, Xiao Fan chatted with Zhang Sanfeng beside him while walking, trying to relieve the pressure in his heart.

"Uncle...... How is your apprentice Sun Wuji's child doing? ”

Zhang Sanfeng said: "Who is Mowgli's child?" ”

Xiao Fan also said: "Zhang Wuji, uncle, are you sick again?" Your fifth apprentice, Zhang Cuishan's son, Wuji child, the bitter child who fell into the palm of the Xuanming God when he was a child......"

Zhang Sanfeng thought hard for a while, shook his head and said, "Poor Dao doesn't know what Zhang Wuji is...... Nephew, are you sick? Why can't you talk to four or six children? ”

Xiao Fan hurriedly said: "You just got sick, you forgot Zhang Wuji's awesome apprentice?" What do you remember in your head? Zhang Wuji doesn't remember, so do you remember Zhao Min? Do the two elders remember? Does Mingjiao remember? ”

Xiao Fan's questions came out one after another, Zhang Sanfeng shook his head vigorously, the deeper the confusion on his face, the more Xiao Fan asked, the more strange his expression became, and in the end, Zhang Sanfeng looked at Xiao Fan like he was looking at a madman...... Xiao Fan was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said angrily: "How did you survive when you were over a hundred years old?" I don't remember this either, I don't remember that either...... Exterminator, you always remember, right? ”

Zhang Sanfeng froze, and then his eyes lit up, and his eyes actually emitted an outstanding light: "What Shitai?" How old is it? Is it a good idea? ”

Xiao Fan: "............"

…………………… Hate stomped his feet, Xiao Fan said bitterly: "Why did you forget it all?" Back then, your apprentice grandson Zhang Wuji was your most proud disciple grandson, the leader of the Ming Sect, who dominated the martial arts, and even today's son was his subordinate...... Alas! ”

Zhang Sanfeng's eyes widened, and he said curiously: "There is still such a thing?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded lazily, and said listlessly: "Forget it, don't mention it, I think your brain is formatted, you don't remember anything, no matter how much you tell you, it's useless......"

After entering the Imperial City Tower, passing through the noon gate, and passing through the treasury of the Inner Palace, the two soon arrived at the Wuying Palace, where Zhu Yuanzhang often met with ministers.

After the eunuch entered the palace to report, Zhu Yuanzhang announced it.

Xiao Fan straightened his clothes, and then leaned into Zhang Sanfeng's ear and whispered: "Uncle Shi, this is an audience to meet the Son of Heaven, don't talk nonsense later, otherwise it will be a loss of honor in front of the king, and you will kill the head of the Zhu clan......."

Zhang Sanfeng smiled and said: "Don't worry, even the immortals have seen the poor road, not to mention the ...... of the emperor."

Xiao Fan was shocked: "'Mere' an emperor? ”

“…… Well, an emperor. ”

Xiao Fan only faintly regretted it now, did he find himself in a big trouble when he was full? Originally, Lao Zhu didn't want to kill himself, but Zhang Sanfeng made him angry, and he had to kill him if he didn't kill him...... The eunuch in front of the palace door sang loudly, the arrow was on the string, and it was too late to regret it, Xiao Fan had no choice but to put away his expression, and respectfully took Zhang Sanfeng into the main hall.

In the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, his gray hair was meticulously combed neatly, after seeing the two, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't glance at Xiao Fan, he arched his hand at Zhang Sanfeng for the first time, and said with a smile: "This, is it the old fairy Zhang who is known as the fairy among the people?" ”

Zhang Sanfeng looked Zhu Yuanzhang up and down, and then was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhang Sanfeng was silent, and immediately frowned slightly.

Xiao Fan was drenched in cold sweat, and said urgently: "Uncle Shi, salute quickly!" Bow down and prostrate ......"

Zhang Sanfeng squinted at Xiao Fan and said, "Why do you want to kneel?" ”

Xiao Fan was about to cry: "Because he is the Son of Heaven......"

Zhang Sanfeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he perked up and said, "You are the son of today?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded kindly and majestically.

Zhang Sanfeng stroked his beard, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a very arrogant attitude, and then pointed at Xiao Fan, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Listen to him...... Are you my grandson's subordinate? ”

…………………… There was a deathly silence in the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's old face turned black: "............"

Xiao Fan burst into tears: "............"

(To be continued)