The assassination of Xu Rui in the sixteenth year of Hongwei came to an end, and the subsequent Hongwei Emperor carried out an unprecedented purge of the "dark chess" in the country, which lasted for seven years and involved more than 30,000 people.

Of course, only God knows how many of them are real dark chess, and how many of them are excluded dissidents in the name of dark chess.

All this has nothing to do with Xu Rui, when he returned to Liu's mansion, the ladies had already cried, and Mrs. Liu, whose eyes were red and swollen, took his hand and said all night, if he didn't bring a team of guards from now on, Mrs. Liu would never let him go out.

Xu Rui was made to cry and laugh, but the feeling of being cared for made him very moved.

This also made him realize that he was no longer the single dog who fed the whole family alone, and with the sweet burden on his back, his life was not his own.

A deep sense of responsibility germinated in the seventeen-year-old boy's heart, and the original idea of playing the world changed dramatically.

I'm still too vulnerable, even for the sake of those who care about me, I can't go on like this.

Now my biggest reliance is actually just some unreliable relationships, as well as some dispensable false names, but when it comes to critical moments, relationships and false names sometimes not only can't save lives, but will become a noose for life.

Relying on the mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, even if your dear parents can shelter you for how long? In this world, it is always better to seek others than yourself.

The next day, Xu Rui lay on the bed and thought about it for a long time, until Mr. Changpo and Wu Tong, two old men, broke in in a rage and said that they would give him a full body examination.

Xu Rui was stripped into a bare pig, and he was examined for a long time with half-hung Western medicine theory and traditional Chinese medicine methods, but no so-called internal injuries or hidden dangers were found.

In the following days, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit Xu Rui, except for Liang Tongfang and Li Guangzu, the generals in the army almost already lived in Liu's mansion, King Yu, King Su, and Fan Taibao visited in person, and Mr. Dongli sent people to care for and condole, and even those Qingliu and civil officials who did not know each other sent condolences or gifts.

Above the officialdom, the emperor's attitude is the direction of the wind, and during the time when Xu Rui was robbed, the soldiers and horses running around the city are already very revealing.

No one is stupid, and those officials who don't know each other may not have the intention of clinging, but it is human nature to follow the crowd and avoid being resented.

However, Xu Rui couldn't laugh, and under the seemingly lively wave, he smelled a cold undercurrent.

From the third day after the escape, he instructed the Liu Mansion to close the door and thank the guests, only saying to the outside world that he was frightened and needed to recuperate, and even those familiar generals persuaded him to go back, leaving only Yuan Zixiong, the head of the Yuan family, to accompany him.

Almost at the same time, the liquidation of the "dark chess" in the court quietly kicked off, and for a while, the storm surged, but Xu Rui, the party, stayed out of the matter.

Xu Rui hasn't stepped out of the door in the past few days, and no one knows what he is planning or waiting for inside.

It wasn't until the seventh day after escaping that a middle-aged man in brocade clothes quietly entered Liu's mansion with an old man with a dead face, and Xu Rui's door opened again.

In the room, Emperor Hongwei was holding a bowl of tea, blowing a few tea leaves with a faint expression.

Xu Rui knelt on the bed, kowtowed, and said, "Minister Xu Rui sees the saint." ”

Emperor Hongwei glanced at him: "Now that you call me like this, do you want to be friends with me?" ”

Xu Rui wanted to get off the bed, but Emperor Hongwei waved his hand and said, "Don't move, since you are pretending to be sick, then you can lie on the bed and sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, I don't like it." ”

Xu Rui smiled, then sat on the bed and said, "The saint is the saint of the minister, and he is also my friend, so there is no conflict." ”

Emperor Hongwei sneered: "I know that I call myself a minister, it's not bad, let's talk about it, what do you think?" ”

Xu Rui sighed and said, "I didn't think too much, but I found that without the protection of the saint, the minister was as fragile as a rabbit." ”

"Humph!"

Emperor Hongwei snorted heavily, got up suddenly, pointed at Xu Rui's nose and said hatefully: "I let you enter the officialdom, you hide far away, don't do your job all day long, do some strange things, as a descendant of Guigu, how can you be so naïve?"

Do you know that the study of the ghost valley is the study of the rise and fall of the world, you are not only powerless, but also involved in all living beings in the world, isn't it the real husband who is not guilty, and he is guilty?

The husband should hold a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements!

I don't expect you to really charge ahead, and I don't want you to take that risk, but if you are willing to follow the rules and strategize, you will help me win the world and achieve a thousand years of achievements.

You can promote the thousand-year-old reputation of your Guigu Gate, and you can also complete our friendship between monarchs and ministers, and it is a good destination for you to settle down, I can't figure it out, why are you so jumping? ”

Xu Rui looked at Emperor Hongwei with a sneering expression, and said helplessly: "The minister also wants to behave properly, but the minister is not a person with rules, and the officialdom is not interested in the minister, but he likes those yellow and white things tightly, and the minister is born like this, and he can't help it." ”

Emperor Hongwei rolled his eyes and sat down again, Xu Rui's words were obviously a scoundrel, if it was someone else, I am afraid that he would have been pulled out by the emperor and cut down, but for some reason, when it came out of his mouth, the emperor's face looked a little better.

"As a human being, even I have a lot of things I don't want to do, but don't you do it? Do you want to be killed again? ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's better not to, the minister has been scared enough this time, besides, the minister doesn't want you to worry about the minister anymore, right?" ”

The emperor laughed: "I have a lot of opportunities, do you have that spare time to worry about you?" Stick less gold on your face. ”

Xu Rui said curtly: "Yes, yes, the Holy Lord just took the time to worry about the minister, and the minister was grateful." ”

Emperor Hongwei glanced at him, and said angrily: "Okay, you are still a little worse in terms of sycophancy, you don't need to say these words against your will in front of me, you want to make friends with me, but your age is a little worse, and I treat you as a nephew." ”

"Why is it a nephew again...... Could it be that people in this world like to take advantage? ”

Xu Rui pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice.

"Why, you still don't want to?"

Emperor Hongwei asked in a cold voice.

Xu Rui hurriedly showed a smiling face: "How can it, to be promoted like this by the saint, it's too late for the minister to be happy." ”

Emperor Hongwei waved his hand: "Others are probably happy, you, saying that there are ten ** will say that I am bad behind your back!" ”

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect the emperor to guess the score correctly, and sincerely stretched out his thumb and said: "The saint is really bright, and the minister's careful thinking can't escape your eyes at all." ”

Emperor Hongwei shook his head: "Okay, don't delay with me, I will come sooner or later, you know what I am going to do with you this time and leave the court that is about to fry the pot and come to see you alone, right?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Rui's heart tightened, and the secret meat drama finally came.

The emperor is a very special creature, no matter how much he likes you, he will always show his fangs to you for some messy things, Xu Rui secretly reminded himself that he must be careful from now on, because a wrong word may cause irreparable consequences.

"The minister knows the meaning of the saint, but before the minister answers the saint, the minister wants to ask the saint to answer a few questions from the minister."

"Hmph, I haven't said it yet, but you asked first, is there anyone in this world who is thicker than you? Say, what do you want to ask me? ”

Emperor Hongwei said angrily.

Xu Rui pondered for a moment, suddenly bowed deeply to the emperor, and asked at the same time: "The minister wants to ask the saint, do you want immortality or the world?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Hongwei instantly stared at Xu Rui, and his eyes burst into light.