February 19 of the 24th year of Hongwu, coinciding with the solar term rain, although the Yingtian at this time has entered spring, there is still a cold wind blowing from time to time.

In the examination room, Zhu Yang had already completed the first exam, and at this time he was lying on the table and writing the second one.

In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the confession handed by Jiang Xuan, and his face became more and more gloomy.

What happened nine years ago was presented in front of Zhu Yuanzhang in 1510.

Nine years ago, around the time of the burial of Sun Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the emperor, a wealthy family named Chen Hongtu in Zhejiang also suffered a great change, and the children of the family died of illness one after another.

The middle-aged loss of a son and daughter made Chen Hongtu heartbroken, and even had the will to die, ready to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river.

At this moment, a wandering monk came to his house, and Chen Hongtu thought that the monk was here to turn his fortune, so he took ten taels of silver to the monk.

But instead of leaving, the monk took the money, but walked up and down in his courtyard.

Chen Hongtu is also a believer in Buddhism, he saw this wandering monk wandering around in his courtyard, and he looked contemplative, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What did this master find?" ”

The wandering monk sang a Buddha horn to Chen Hongtu and said, "The donor has a family member died recently? ”

The wandering monk's question instantly hit Chen Hongtu's pain point, and Chen Hongtu was sad for a while, and told the wandering monk about the recent events at home.

After hearing this, the wandering monk did not comfort Chen Hongtu, but laughed and said, "It seems that the donor is about to ascend to the sky in one step!" ”

Chen Hongtu told what happened to his family, originally just wanted to seek comfort, but he didn't expect that the monk in front of him would not comfort him, but laughed and said some inconsequential words: My pain has become your laughing stock!

No matter how good Chen Hongtu was, he was so angry that his liver hurt at this time, and while looking for the sticks in the courtyard, he said sarcastically: "God? Which day? Could it be that I can still become the Son of Heaven? ”

"The donor got it right!" The wandering monk stroked his palm and nodded, and said with a smile, "This is the day!" ”

"Smack"

Chen Hongtu, who had already found the stick, trembled in his hand, and the stick suddenly fell to the ground.

"Master can't talk nonsense, now Your Majesty is determined to set the country, and the people ......are happy," Chen Hongtu said as he quickly walked to the door and locked the door.

At this time, Jinyiwei was already famous, and although Chen Hongtu had the will to die, he didn't want to die in Jinyiwei's prison.

"Don't worry, the Jinyi guards are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and he won't take it in his eyes for our small people, and he doesn't have the energy to lie in the corner and listen to the conversation between you and me!" The wandering monk smiled.

"And why do you say that?" Chen Hongtu asked, "You said it all, I'm just a small people, being the emperor?" It's better not to joke about it, or I'll take you to the official mansion, and maybe you can ask for a few rewards! ”

"How are the little people? What about dignitaries? Isn't Your Majesty also from an unknown person to the Son of Heaven? The wandering monk said, "The poor monk is telling you this, because your dead son has already attained the Dao, as the saying goes, a person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven, as the father of the immortal, the benefits naturally cannot be left behind, so you have already begun to gradually ascend the dragon qi!" ”

"Dragon energy?" Chen Hongtu looked at himself, well, it was a little stinky when he didn't take a shower yesterday, and the others seemed to be very ordinary, but his hands were a little red and his face was a little pale.

"That's right, it's dragon energy, you don't feel it obvious now, when the dragon energy gathers, you will stand out!" In order to convince Chen Hongtu, the wandering monk also dug up a piece of gold in the corner of Chen Hongtu's courtyard, and there was a note in the gap of the golden wind: Hongwu Chao, King Hongtu.

"This ......" Chen Hongtu looked at the note in the hand of the wandering monk and was suddenly shocked. His family's belongings have already been exchanged for silver by him, and when it is dawn tomorrow he will sink into the river with the silver.

Moreover, there are not many things like gold, and a rich man like him who is more than the top and more than the bottom can't get it.

Chen Hongtu held the gold and looked at the note, and desire began to slowly erode his reason.

The wandering monk looked at Chen Hongtu's appearance on the side and smiled, and another unlucky ghost went online.

This wandering monk is actually not a monk, let alone a master, he is a remnant of the White Lotus Sect.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, in addition to refreshing the court officials from time to time, he also attacked the White Lotus Sect madly.

The White Lotus Sect, which originally had hundreds of thousands of believers, gradually withered, and the leaders of the White Lotus Sect changed year by year, dying every year, and refreshed faster than the NPCs in the game.

But no matter who was the leader, their rebellious heart did not change.

So the middle-level cadres of the White Lotus Sect began to attack everywhere, looking for some opportunities to rebel, and more cadres began to make trouble with the mentality of disgusting Zhu Yuanzhang even if the rebellion failed.

This Chen Hongtu is the unlucky ghost that this wandering monk used to disgust Zhu Yuanzhang.

He inquired about Chen Hongtu's family situation in advance, and then secretly took a piece of brass ingot in the middle of the night and buried it in the small courtyard of Chen Hongtu's house.

……

"What should I do!" Chen Hongtu settled down and began to substitute himself into the role of the Son of Heaven, and this wandering monk was his national teacher and adviser.

"First of all, you have to find a man for your daughter to marry!" Yunyou monk said, "Although the dragon energy on the donor has begun to gather, but the donor is now just a lonely person, fighting the world not only needs strategists but also civil ministers and generals, the donor looks at His Majesty today, there are Xu Da and Liu Ji in the front, and Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, and Li Shanchang in the back, so if you want to succeed, the donor must have Wenchen Wu to help in the future!" ”

"But what does this Wencheng martial artist have to do with the little girl's yin marriage?" Chen Hongtu asked.

"Naturally, there is a connection, as long as you find a dead nobleman with 'Ying' in the name and 'male' and the ghost of your little girl, the dragon energy on the donor's body will become thicker and thicker, and heroes like Xu Da and Liu Ji will continue to appear around the donor!" The wandering monk flickered.

"But where can I find a dead man with 'Ying' and 'Xiong' in this name!" Chen Hongtu looked distressed, he thought about it for a while, and he didn't think that there were people with "Ying" and "Xiong" in his name, let alone a dead nobleman.

"The poor monk has an excellent candidate, just ask the donor if he dares to start!" The wandering monk said.

"Who?" A trace of anger flashed in Chen Hongtu's eyes, he would be a soldier in the future, what would he not dare?

"His Majesty's Imperial Grandson Zhu Xiongying!" The wandering monk said.

“kuang”

Chen Hongtu sat on the ground, and the ambition just now was instantly extinguished.

Stealing the corpse of the royal family, no matter who it is, is a capital crime, not to mention the corpse of the emperor's eldest grandson, which is a big crime of the nine clans.

"Alas......" Seeing Chen Hongtu collapsed to the ground, the wandering monk sighed in his heart, this unlucky ghost is afraid that he is cowardly.

Do you want to salvage it again? The wandering monk was a little entangled.

Forget it, the mud can't support the wall, the wandering monk shook his head, but he mocked unwillingly: "The donor's name has the word Hongtu, and now he has the dragon energy, and his son is an immortal, but he is cowardly at the end of the matter, which is really sad and lamentable!" ”

After speaking, the wandering monk raised his feet and walked out of the door, ready to find the next one who was not cowardly, he made up his mind that he must get Zhu Xiongying's body out this year, and then whip the corpse and hang it at the gate of Luzhou City next to Yingtian, so that Zhu Yuanzhang would be embarrassed.

After listening to the words of the wandering monk, Chen Hongtu's heart was stabbed suddenly, yes, I have dragon energy, and my dead son has become an immortal, what am I afraid of?

Chen Hongtu felt full of strength, and he stood up suddenly: "Who said that I was pathetic, for the sake of the great cause, I did it!" ”

"Really?" The wandering monk didn't expect that what he said casually would rekindle the fighting spirit of this coward, and he was very relieved in his heart: Well, there's no need to waste saliva anymore, it's good.

"Really, I'll arrange it!" Chen Hongtu ran into the side yard and dug out nearly 10,000 taels of silver from the pigsty.

"Arrangement?" The wandering monk was a little surprised, he originally thought that Chen Hongtu would pay for it, and he would give it, and then if it was exposed, Chen Hongtu would take the blame.

didn't expect Chen Hongtu to say that it was arranged, wouldn't that prove that Chen Hongtu knew about tomb robbery?

Chen Hongtu really knew a group of tomb robbers, his ancestors were also tomb robbers before, but after Zhu Yuanzhang settled the country, the government began to attack the tomb robbery industry, and Chen Hongtu naturally did not inherit the craftsmanship of his ancestors, but became a businessman.

Although he is not mixed in this industry, Chen Hongtu has not lost his connections in this industry, after all, the job of robbing tombs is hugely profitable, and there are endless people who go forward and succeed him.

Because of the temptation of 10,000 taels of silver and the burial goods in Zhu Xiongying's cemetery, Chen Hongtu quickly found the group of tomb robbers who were the most daring.

……

It was a night when a typhoon landed, the sky seemed to leak, and the tomb guards did not go to duty in order not to be exposed to the rain, so the tomb robbers sneaked into Zhongshan very smoothly, and soon found the location of Zhu Xiongying's mausoleum, and dug out Zhu Yang, who happened to cross over.

Because of the darkness and the torrential rain, the tomb robbers did not notice that the dead boy on his shoulder was staring at this strange environment with wide eyes.

Zhu Yang was originally dreaming of being ashamed of his senior sister, but he never woke up and was carried on his shoulder, and it was still raining.

Zhu Yang, who was being carried on his shoulder, felt that he was a little hypothermic, although he didn't know what year and generation he had traveled to, but he didn't want to die again.

So Zhu Yang shouted in the rain: "Hey, don't run, there are no pursuers behind, there is a temple in front, let's take a rest, it's raining, I'm about to freeze to death!" ”

The tomb robber who was originally carrying Zhu Yang and running wildly heard that the dead man on his shoulder could speak, and his feet were suddenly unstable, and he slid ten meters with a slip, and then crossed a graceful arc in the air.

"Smack"

The two of them fell heavily to the ground!

"Alas, your sister, look at your feet, it's so slippery in the rain, you still run, you're rushing to reincarnate!" Zhu Yang complained while wiping the mud on his face.

"Uncle spares his life, the villain is entrusted by others, you want to suck my blood, my blood stinks!" The fallen tomb robber saw that it was indeed the young man on his shoulder who was talking, and suddenly ignored the pain in his body, and quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Vampire? Neurotic bar! Zhu Yang wiped the mud off his face, looked at the tomb robber in front of him, who was a life-saving benefactor, and said, "Get up, I'm human, let's go quickly, Lao Tzu is going to freeze to death!" ”

"Really human?" The grave robber asked tentatively.

"It really is!" Zhu Yang rolled his eyes, he rubbed his hands, and then put his hand on the tomb robber's face, "Look, there's still a trace of temperature!" ”

"Really!" When the tomb robber saw that the young man in front of him really had a body temperature, the fear in his heart decreased a little.

……

Soon, Zhu Yang and the tomb robbers came to a ruined temple and made a fire with hay, and the tomb robbers looked at Zhu Yang's beautiful face, still terrified in their hearts.

However, he quickly thought of an idea to get rid of his fear, that is, to sell Zhu Yang to the Qinglou, even if Zhu Yang was a ghost at that time, he would not be able to find him.

After making up their minds, the tomb robbers took good care of Zhu Yang all the way, and Zhu Yang wanted to explore the secrets of this world, so the two got along very harmoniously.

This state lasted until in front of a green building in Zhejiang, and the tomb robber said to Zhu Yang with a smile: "You have been sold, you will be the little servant of the green building here in the future, and you will be promoted to the chief manager in the future, and the future is bright!" ”

"The Grand Steward?" Zhu Yang looked at Qinglou, and then at the current chief manager in front of him,, isn't it the turtle father.

"I'm not going!" Zhu Yang struggled, but how could an eight-year-old child be able to defeat two or three strong men, just when Zhu Yang was in despair.

Zhu Yang's adoptive father Zhu Yuan happened to pass by, this man will try and fail the list, this is the second time he has failed the list, Zhu Yuan, who is bored in his heart, drinks wine along the way, and lives in Qinglou, although he is not a good person, but he has his own bottom line, and he naturally hates buying and selling people.

After a fist and kick, the people of Qinglou and the tomb robbers were all beaten away by Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan saw that Zhu Yang was pitiful and that he had no children and no daughters, so he accepted Zhu Yang as his godson.

……

"Who is this Zhu Yuan?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked after reading the confessions of all parties.

"On the surface, he is a man, but secretly he is a smuggling leader, in Fujian, he took away smuggled tea and silk, and the number was not large at first, but after accepting Zhu Gongzi as his righteous son, the number of smuggling increased, and even they still have pirate forces under their command, and the entire southeast sea area was occupied by this group of pirates...... Jiang Xuan said, "In the past, except for the Ming Dynasty, the merchant ships were robbed by Zhu Gongzi's people!" ”

"Oh? So our grandson's heart is still towards our Daming! Zhu Yuanzhang said interestingly, "Tell your people, just watch over there, don't startle the snake, our eldest grandson's power will be kept for him, we don't lack that little people!" ”

"In addition......" Zhu Yuanzhang swept the names of several other people, "Although our eldest grandson can be safe and sound all thanks to these people, but their purpose is not pure, originally we wanted to punish their nine clans, but now change it, let's raze the three clans!" As for the White Lotus Sect, spread my will, and once the officials from all over the country find out about the White Lotus Sect, they will be executed on the spot! ”

"Go ahead, by the way, tell those who are investigating this matter, don't talk nonsense! Now is not the time! Zhu Yuanzhang commanded.

"Yes! Wechen retires! After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he walked out of the imperial study.

"Sister, our eldest grandson is back, where are you?" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked at the portrait of Queen Ma behind him, and had mixed feelings for a while.

Zhu Xiongying died suddenly on the first day of the fifth month, and Queen Ma, who raised him single-handedly, was grief-stricken, and has been ill ever since, and finally died in August of that year.

Now that Zhu Xiongying is back as Zhu Yang, Zhu Yuanzhang is looking forward to the day when Queen Ma can also appear under another name.

But is it possible? Zhu Yuanzhang stroked the portrait of Queen Ma and sighed deeply.

Perhaps, when the grandson returns, he should be content.

But.

"Girl, we really miss you!" Zhu Yuanzhang said mournfully.