Chapter 319: Thirteen Years of Yongle
A few meters away from the tree, I felt a cool breeze, in sharp contrast to the sweltering heat just now.
Although the wind is very strong here, the leaves hanging down from the willow tree have not moved at all, which makes me a little surprised, everyone knows that the willow tree belongs to the yin, but I don't know what the relationship between this willow tree and the wandering corpse is, but the place where the zombie is sealed, there can't be a locust tree willow!
With doubts, I followed Master to the village chief's house, which was a small bungalow with a large yard for each family, so it was easy to find.
An ebony gate that has been pitted, the red on the couplet has almost faded, it feels like it was pasted last year, the door is closed, but there is no lock on the knocker, proving that there is someone in the house.
Master took the knocker and knocked on the door a few times.
"It's coming!" A childish voice responded and opened the door.
Everything here makes me have a preliminary prediction for the village chief, it should be an old man in his sixties and seventies, the captain of the original army, and his children have guarded this secret for generations, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.
The door was opened with a creaking sound, and a young man of seven or eight years old waited for us to look at us with big puzzled eyes, and then asked timidly: "You, who are you looking for?" ”
"Looking for you......" I was going to say that I was looking for your grandfather, because I guessed that this child might be the grandson of the village chief.
As a result, before the words could be spoken, a middle-aged man came out of it: "Xiaoquan, didn't I tell you not to open the door casually?" Who are you and who are you looking for? ”
"Are you the village chief?" Master finally spoke up and asked him.
"I am, are you looking for me?" The middle-aged man quickly admitted. As soon as he admitted it, I was a little glad that the one who looked for your grandfather didn't say it, otherwise it would be a really big oolong.
"You called the day before yesterday for help, and we were sent to help you, you know?" The master smiled and showed his intention, and after listening to the master's words, the village's shrugged shoulders collapsed suddenly, and he quickly bowed to the master, bent down and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
In our hometown, this is a gesture to welcome the most noble guests, and the village chief can't enjoy it. I followed Master like this, and then he trotted in front of us and continued to show us the way.
Inside it is a courtyard house, with trees in the middle. After he had taken us to the hall and sat down, he said to the child, "Izumi, go make tea." ”
After a while, Koizumi brought up three teacups, which were already cracked, and even one of the cups had a small notch, and the notched cups were given to the village chief as a matter of course.
Just when I thought it should be a cup of tea from Yamanomura, Master actually said, "I can't imagine that there is such good tea in a smiling village, it's really surprising!" ”
Master didn't drink it, but sniffed it lightly, and was actually a little excited. Master tasted countless teas, although a few dollars a pound of tea foam and tens of thousands of tea leaves can be drunk, but there are very few people who can say good tea in his mouth, I didn't expect this cup of tea to deserve such an evaluation, thinking of this, I quickly tasted a cup, and asked: "Master, what kind of tea is this, what special is it not drunk?" ”
"This has been Pu'er for many years, and I don't know the specific year, but it will definitely not be able to be stopped for more than ten years." Master said with a smile.
"It's over, my father stayed, I hope you don't dislike it." The village chief smiled humbly at the master.
Although I didn't drink any special taste, I still drank a few glasses, and looking at Master like this, I guess I won't be able to drink it in the future.
After greeting each other for a while, Koizumi also did it, and the village chief said to the master, "Before I get down to business, I'll tell you a story." ”
"Listen up." The master put the teacup down and replied solemnly.
This story starts with Zhu Yunwen.
After Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he and his cronies Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others took a series of measures to reduce the feudal domain, trying to weaken the vassal king established by Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning. At the same time, he began to send heavy troops to monitor Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, Zhu Di, when Zhu Di was named the king of Yan, and Zhu Yunwen's first step was to weaken his military power.
Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore and rebelled in 1399 AD, and then waved his army south and launched the famous Battle of Jingjing. Zhu Yunwen immediately used the veteran Geng Bingwen to lead the Northern Expedition, and sent Li Jinglong to continue the crusade, but unfortunately Zhu Yunwen did not have any strategy, which directly led to the main force being annihilated by Zhu Di. Finally, Zhu Di seized the opportunity and captured the imperial capital Yingtian in 1402 AD, which is today's Nanjing, Jiangsu.
In the war, the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen are unknown, some say that he died by self-immolation in the palace, and some people say that he escaped from the tunnel, and then hid in the Yun and Gui areas and became a monk, of course, no one knows how it happened. In the same year, Zhu Di ascended the throne and became the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.
There is no record in history that Zhu Di was in the thirteenth year of Yongle, but the village chief told us that Zhu Di quietly left Beijing and did not return to Nanjing, and where did the Yongle Emperor go at that time? The answer is that at the beginning of Yunnan, a zombie came out, and batches of villagers died, and the population of Yunnan, which was already quite thin, plummeted by two-thirds.
At the beginning, Zhu Di took a great priest and went to Yunnan to subdue this zombie.
This group of Taoist priests, who grew up in the palace since childhood, was raised by Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, experienced three emperors, and the henchmen and ministers were replaced by a batch, but this group of Taoist priests has always been in a very high position, no one dares to offend them, and the emperors of previous dynasties have also set them as guests.
Although the status is very high, it is obvious that this is also a group of Taoist priests who have been completely brainwashed and are loyal to the royal family. This group of people followed Zhu Di all the way south and came to Yunnan, and after more than half a month, half of the dead and wounded, they were finally sealed. At that time, this zombie was only one step away from evolving into a wandering corpse. Although these people are Taoist priests, they have always grown up in the palace, and their Taoism is not very high, and after sealing, they cannot be killed by it no matter what, and finally decided to seal him forever, and the remaining living people are responsible for guarding it for generations.
"That's what it was meant to be." The village took a wooden box from the table and handed it to Master.
Without waiting for the master to open it, I don't know why, my back instantly soaked my clothes with sweat, I stood up abruptly and asked: "Zhu Yunwen disappeared in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and the zombies were found in Yunnan, this, what does it matter, if not, why did you focus on Zhu Yunwen's story!" ”