Chapter 225: A Seemingly Happy Ending
The rain is pouring down, the autumn rain is always falling non-stop, and the black clouds in the sky seem to be unable to disperse.
Amnesty to the world, the prison was almost empty, the prison was dimly lit, the humid air carried the smell of rot, and the remaining prisoners were covered in bruises, sitting and lying weakly, and the patrolling cell boss also returned to the exit, sat down according to the table, felt out a bag of fried beans, took a gourd wine, ate beans and drank wine, and killed time.
In such a heavy rain, a group of people and horses came, dressed in robes, and walked in a hurry.
"What for?"
The jailer greeted him lazily, and the entourage next to him, led by the Mali Gang, unbuttoned his coat to reveal the yellow Yanju regular clothes, and the man's eyes were sharp, making people dare not look directly.
"Blind your dog's eye." When the two jailers heard the eunuch's voice, their expressions were solemn, they were arrogant, but when they met those eunuchs, they had to give three points. Zheng He, the head of the eunuchs, is a favored minister, and Jinyiwei can't afford to provoke him.
The leader said in a deep voice: "Take me to see Geng Cairuo." β
The jailer had a sad face: "This, this lord, without the summons from the Yamen of the Beizhen Mansion, our brother is very embarrassed." Although you are on an errand in the palace, if Geng Cai is a prisoner in the court, no one is allowed to see ......"
The man snorted coldly again: "Bastard, can't even me?" β
"Ah, the Emperor...... Emperor-" The two of them were terrified, who else dared to call themselves me, and there were a few eunuchs next to him, and the identity of this old man was about to come out. How did they recognize the emperor, oh my God, who would have thought that with such a heavy rain, the emperor would come to a place like Jinyiwei Prison that is full of stench.
Zhu Di asked people to stop the trembling jailer, and said lightly: "Don't make a noise, lead the way." β
How dare the two of them slack off, so they hurriedly took the umbrella, took Zhu Di and his party, and walked straight to the cell through the patio.
The door slammed open, and the cell boss who was eating wine and chewing beans inside was startled, and quickly took the beans back into his arms, but fortunately it was dim inside, and the three people who broke in outside were busy putting away their umbrellas and did not see them. The cell boss took this opportunity to put the wine gourd in his hands again, stood up and said, "What's the matter, it's raining so hard, and there are still prisoners in the hall?" β
A jailer hurriedly said: "Boss, it's someone from the palace who wants to see Geng Cairuo." β
The cell boss heard that it was from the palace, and then looked at his clothes, plus the eyebrows, he looked over, the old man did not dare to look at each other, sweating profusely on his forehead, he saw much more far-reaching, he had seen the emperor, recognized. Seeing the jailer's eyes, he immediately understood that the little people had the wisdom of the little people, and they were disciplined by Yuan Bin last time, but this time they were even more perverse, he gritted his teeth and smiled, and he was busy with a smiling face, nodded and said: "Noble, Geng Cairuo is in the innermost room on the left, please." β
Geng Cairuo did not wear prison clothes, dressed in a plain white robe, without makeup and no fat powder, without colorful silk, with a long figure, beautiful and vulgar, locked up for nearly 20 days, his face was a little haggard, but it was difficult to hide his elegance. She was meditating, and suddenly heard footsteps stop in front of her cell door, opened her eyes and looked, and saw Zhu Di coming with someone, a little incredible.
"What are you doing here?" A pair of eyes must be on Zhu Di's body, those eyes are as clear as water, and the whole person is as elegant as a touch of fresh snow on the top of Kunlun Mountain, which is extremely glamorous. Elegant and quiet, beautiful and compelling.
Zhu Di took a deep breath: "What's your father's name?" β
Geng Cairuo sneered: "Didn't you find out clearly? What else to ask? β
"Boldβ" Wang Zhen whispered to the side.
Zhu Di waved his hand and motioned to Wang Zhen, and Wang Zhen stepped back with interest.
"I want to hear you say it yourself."
"Heh-" Geng Cairuo said word by word, "My father's name is Geng Xuan, you may not remember, but my grandfather's name is Geng Bingwen, Your Majesty, you should still remember." β
Although Zhu Di knew the result, his body still trembled, looking at the woman in front of him, suppressed anger, wailing, shock, and a little fear, he looked at her like this, hoping to find out something.
Geng Cairuo slowly straightened up, stared at Zhu Di with a pair of bright eyes, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, my grandfather respects you very much, is defenseless against you, you are treacherous, and asked my grandfather to discuss important matters, but in the end he stepped on his bones and incorporated his army, you killed the lives of the people, in exchange for your high throne, and countless souls are watching you crying in the sky, Your Majesty, your throne, are you so at ease?" β
The king humiliated the ministers to death, Wang Zhen was embarrassed, and roared angrily and anxiously: "Boldly disrupt the people, confuse the people with evil words, and slander the emperor!" Come on, drag her out for me! Drag her out and ...... her"
Zhu Di's body began to tremble slowly, his body seemed to be in a fierce battle, and he wanted to break out several times, just wanting to burst out with one word, kill! The Son of Heaven is angry, and the world is vegetarian.
He remembered the past, it was still twenty-two years ago, he was still the king of Yan, and he was suspicious of Zhu Yunwen and had to raise troops. In July of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, and Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of Jianwen, appointed Geng Bingwen as the general of the conquest and led the deputy generals Li Jian and Ning Zhong to the Northern Expedition.
Geng Bingwen was sixty-five years old at the time, and he actually had a very good relationship with Zhu Di. He led his troops to Zhending in early August and set up camp on the north and south banks of the Hutuo River. He wanted to talk to Zhu Di and persuade Zhu Di to turn back, and he would do his best to help Zhu Di intercede.
At that time, the governor Xu Kai was stationed in Hejian, Pan Zhong and Yang Song were stationed in Mozhou, and the vanguard of 9,000 people was stationed in Xiongxian. Zhu Di had no chance of winning, and when he heard his intention, he had a plan, and he had no chance of winning by beating him, so he pretended to talk, but secretly ambushed the knife and axeman, took advantage of Geng Bingwen's defenselessness, killed him, and incorporated his troops.
The way of the saint, the way of loyalty and forgiveness, Zhu Di suddenly remembered the words of the monk of Jiming Temple, and endured it bitterly, although there was no pain and torture, but at this moment, he was sweaty and heavy, and his face was distorted.
A low but clear call, fluttering gently behind him, seemed to be endless, return my life, return my life, how many nights, he has woken up in such a dream.
No!
He is the emperor, the emperor of the ages!
The whole world is his, he can kill if he wants, and forgive if he wants to forgive.
Suddenly, in broad daylight, Zhu Di woke up suddenly, because he seemed to see his father holding a sword, and forced him to ask why he rebelled.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier. The river swelled and overflowed to its banks.
Zhu Di turned around, walked away, left all the voices in his ears behind him, let the voice scream violently, and then gradually subsided in the screaming.
"You've had countless chances to kill me, why?"
Geng Cairuo kept staring at his expression, according to his expression, she didn't know how much blood would flow again, she just sneered, but saw that Zhu Di actually calmed down, and said lightly: "Kill you, take revenge, can my whole family's life come back." It is undeniable that you will be better than Zhu Yunwen as the emperor, and the people will still be able to eat, and killing you will only make more people orphans like me. β
Zhu Di suddenly smiled: "How do you think that I will do better than him." β
"What he told me, I believe."
Geng Cairuo didn't directly say who said it, but Zhu Di understood that he was the young man.
There was a gentle cough, with a little fragility, Wang Zhen came up worried and held on: "Your Majestyβ"
Zhu Di sighed deeply: "You are like your grandfather." He repented with regret and self-blame, "Actually, your grandfather also expected that I would kill him, but he still didn't hesitate, heh, you are all just as stupid - just as stupid." β
Geng Cairuo's heart was shocked, and sorrow came from it, it turned out that his grandfather was willing to die. She crouched down, couldn't hold back any longer, and sobbed softly.
Zhu Di closed his eyes, stood in place, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled a long breath, and slowly opened his eyes.
"Since it is an amnesty for the world, those who were implicated in the past due to the Jing disaster have been pardoned, they can return to the Central Plains, return to their own land, get married, have children, study, and enter the government-"
Geng Cairuo was stunned, isn't this the result she wants? Never came to Nanjing, she didn't want to go back alive, but the brothers died, the rebellion of the rebellion, she was also imprisoned, thinking that this was the end, Zhu Di actually repented?
She opened her mouth wide in disbelief, but Zhu Di did say that the people implicated in Jing Nan were exonerated from their crimes, and they were no longer after the criminals, and they were no longer after the criminals.
"Your Majestyβ"
"Chen Yuan has little to do, he worked hard for me, moved the capital and made great achievements, I remember his benefits, this is what he meant, I am not a faint king, I can listen to the advice, his merits, I will not reward you, I will promise your wishes."
"But-" Zhu Di said with difficulty in facing the sky and himself, "Geng Bingwen, inherited his father's position in his early years, repeatedly defeated Zhang Shicheng, successively served as the marshal of the general army, the governor of the capital, etc., and then followed Chang Yuchun and Xu Da to attack Datong, Shaanxi and other places, and repeatedly made military exploits. After that, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Changxing with military merits. After the imperial examination, I rebelled, Jianwen led the army to resist with Geng Bingwen as the general, and Geng Bingwen Xiao took righteousness. In the second year after I ascended the throne, Geng Bingwen was impeached by Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Chen Ying, the imperial historian of the capital, so he committed suicide in fear of crime.
Geng Cairuo was stunned, first, his grandfather restored his reputation and gave him a knighthood, but Zhu Di was reversing black and white.
"That's the last thing I ask you for." Zhu Di turned to face Geng Cairuo with a pleading gaze.
Geng Cairu's silver teeth were tight, and he knelt on the ground, bursting into tears.