Chapter 7 If Life Is Only as First Seen
In the palace, San Yisheng rode in, and the internal guards on both sides of the palace gate had no intention of blocking it at all, and seemed to be accustomed to it. All the way through the Xuanwu Gate, Shaohe Gate, and Taihe Gate, until in front of the Chengtian Palace, he turned over and dismounted and walked towards the main hall.
Gonggong Hong got off his horse as early as Xuanwumen, handed over the horse to the guards, and ran inside in a hurry, muttering in his heart: "You have such a big face as an adult, and ride into the palace." Our family is really miserable, and we have to use our two little thin legs to race with the horses......"
When San Yi gave birth to the horse, another eunuch in the palace had already come out, this eunuch was older than Gonggong Hong, with the same white and tender skin, and stepped forward and said, "Dean, Your Majesty has been waiting in the imperial study for a long time. ”
San Yisheng nodded: "There is Father-in-law Lao Li leading the way." ”
Gonggong Li hurriedly didn't dare to reply, and took him to the side hall of the Chengtian Palace, which was the emperor's imperial study. Emperor Hongwu started from the grass, but he admired the scholar the most, and the imperial study was also the place where he lingered in the palace for the longest time. If it weren't for this, Guozijian would not have such a transcendent position in the Great Xia Dynasty.
San Yisheng opened the curtain of the door and saw that the emperor was concentrating on reading a book behind the bookcase, he walked to the emperor's side, stood and waited, not daring to disturb.
The emperor was holding a volume of "Miscellaneous Records of the Two Beijings" and reading it with relish. Speaking of "Miscellaneous Records of the Two Beijings", there is an interesting story about its origin:
With the economic development of the western region, and in order to strengthen the connection with the Western Regions, the capital was moved to Chang'an City in the west, but Bianliang is still an important economic town and prosperous in the world. Therefore, the people of the world are accustomed to call Bianliang as Tokyo, Chang'an as Xijing, and collectively known as Liangjing.
In the heyday of the previous dynasty, a talented man named Sima Xiangru lived in Bianliang, Tokyo, and was treated by a wealthy businessman in Bianliang at that time, firmly believing that he was talented and would rise to the top in the future, so he married his only daughter Zhuo Wenjun to him and funded him to participate in the imperial examination.
This imperial examination is in the form of a liberal arts examination to select the meritocracy, the people can go to the examination, as long as the examination can be entered as an official, but after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, it was abolished, changed to the current inspection system.
Sima Xiangru lived up to expectations, won the top prize in the examination in one fell swoop, and was able to go to the capital of Xijing Chang'an to meet Emperor Wu of the former dynasty. But you need a pot of wine and a dance of beauty. ”
Emperor Wu then gave a pot of imperial wine, ordered the female singer in the palace to dance in front of the palace, Sima Xiangru drank the wine in the cup, looked at the beautiful skirt, waved the pen and made "Two Beijing Fu", sprinkled with three thousand words, magnificent and majestic, shocked the four.
Emperor Wu was overjoyed and praised him as "Sima Xiangrufu, Lingyun is talented", and married his beloved daughter Princess Pingguo and recruited him as a concubine. Sima Xiangru immediately thanked him, and when he went home, he retired Zhuo Wenjun, preparing to be his son-in-law. Zhuo Wenjun didn't cry or make trouble, he went out of the house with his luggage, and then traveled through the east and west, and chose his interesting stories to write a miscellaneous book.
When Emperor Wu heard that someone bought it, and after reading it carefully, he was amazed and asked people to find the author of this book. Zhuo Wenjun was called into the palace, Emperor Wu admired his talent and learning, and saw that although he was over thirty years old, he was beautiful and beautiful, and he steadily suppressed the three thousand beauties of his harem, so he confessed his love and hoped that Zhuo Wenjun would enter the palace as a concubine.
Zhuo Wenjun only said lightly: "Does the king still remember Ling Yun?"
Under Emperor Wu's careful questioning, he learned that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun had long been husband and wife, and he was angry that Sima Xiangru was greedy for wealth and wealth, so he took away his title, let Princess Pingguo dissolve his marriage with him, and exiled him to serve in the far north. Emperor Wu thought that this move could make Zhuo Wenjun angry and win her heart.
I didn't want Zhuo Wenjun to hang himself on the second day, and left a suicide note: "If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan." Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable. ”
Emperor Wu was saddened by his martyrdom and buried him. After Sima Xiangru arrived in the north, he heard the news of Zhuo Wenjun's death, and in grief and shame, he hung himself on the southeast branch and died. Decades later, people can no longer remember the words and phrases in the gorgeous and magnificent "Liangjing Fu", but they still have nothing to do to read "Liangjing Miscellaneous" as a pastime. This book is definitely at the top of the bestseller list of the Great Xia Dynasty.
After reading a story, Emperor Hongwu looked up and saw San Yisheng standing beside him, hurriedly put down the book and got up and said, "Why don't you make a noise when Mr. comes, let Mr. wait for a long time." ”
San Yisheng didn't kneel down to salute, but just bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty likes to read, it's a great thing, and it's nothing for Weichen to stand for a while." ”
Emperor Hongwu hurriedly invited San Yisheng to sit down, instructed the palace maid to serve tea, the two tasted fragrant tea, Hongwu said slowly: "Ten days ago, the blood rain stopped, presumably it was the credit of Mr. ”
San Yisheng calculated that ten days ago was the day when he used the Evil Sealing Seal to suppress the dark aura in Wang Yangming's body, and nodded in acknowledgement.
"I heard that Mr. has taken in an apprentice?"
When San Yisheng heard this, he nodded slowly: "Only I can be his master." ”
"I want to see him. ”
San Yisheng frowned and said, "Your Majesty's golden body, it is not appropriate to have too much contact with the evil demons. ”
The emperor stood up and turned his back to San Yisheng: "Since Mr. knows that he is an evil demon, why don't you ......?"
"I see a bright future in him. ”
The emperor was puzzled, and turned back and asked, "Son of Hades, how can there be light?" as if he knew a lot about the grassland.
San Yisheng shook his head: "I don't know either." I can only see a very vague fragment of the future, but I believe that I will not be mistaken, although his body is surging with an incomparably dark aura, faintly destroying the world, but under a closer look, there seems to be another mystery, and when I look closely, I can see a divine light emerging in the black fog and blood. ”
"What if the gentleman is mistaken?"
San Yisheng raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Hongwu with a light smile: "Your Majesty has led Wechen to fight in all directions for decades, you should know that Wechen will never be wrong." ”
A pair of plain and waveless eyes were reflected in the eyes of Emperor Hongwu, Hongwu was stunned, only to feel that San Yisheng was awe-inspiring at the moment, and immediately turned his head to stop looking at him...... It's just that this momentary gaffe gave birth to countless thoughts.
He remembered what a key role the person in front of him had played in his process of seizing the hegemony of the world, and remembered his superior force and incredible strategy, and he felt not comfort, but vague unease.
Sometimes he would think: The dean is so talented, why is he willing to help me to ascend to the throne instead of becoming emperor himself, and if he wants to be emperor one day, how should I deal with myself?
Then he immediately ordered himself to abandon the idea that the dean was a man of the world, and that he had no interest in the power of the world.
He smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "I believe that the dean will not be wrong. But there must always be a check and balance. ”
"I took him as an apprentice, I watched him grow up, and he learned whatever I taught him, and he would become whatever I made him become. San Yichang got up, said these words, paused, and said: "If one day, he really walks on that path, I can kill him, no matter how capable he is." ”
Hearing his words, Hong Wu no longer doubted that San Yisheng said that if he could kill him, he would definitely be able to kill him. With this assurance, what else is he worried about?
The two talked for a while, and San Yisheng raised his hand to say goodbye, and the emperor sent him to the door of the Chengtian Palace, and insisted on continuing to send each other, and San Yisheng arched his hand and said: "The rain is wet and the dew is heavy, the horse is slippery and frosty, and the holy dragon body is important, please go back." ”
The emperor had no choice but to nod his head and bid him farewell at the gate of the Chengtian Palace. San Yisheng stepped on the horse and whipped away.
Only Emperor Hongwu stood in place, his eyes were deep, and he muttered for a long time: "Why didn't he tell me the news of the appearance of the black robe?" After saying this, he brushed his sleeves and returned to the imperial study.
Gonggong Li, who was beside him, stood on his side, not daring to say anything.