Beiping, Yanwang's Mansion!

Under a row of vines in the back garden, Xu Miaoyun was contemplating a booklet in her hand, only to see her frowning lightly, writing and drawing on it with a pen from time to time.

She married Zhu Di at the age of fourteen, and although she is now the mother of several children, the years do not seem to have left any traces on her.

Her skin is still so tight, her face is still so delicate, and even her figure has not been out of shape in the slightest because of childbirth.

A tall figure stood quietly at the garden gate, as if it had been standing for a long time.

Zhu Di was in a trance, as if he had seen the appearance of the fourteen-year-old girl when she married him many years ago.

That day, she was dressed in gorgeous clothes, her face was like the morning glow, and there was a hint of girlish innocence and shyness in her eyes.

That year, she became Princess Yan.

The next year, she gave birth to her first child, Princess Yong'an, for Zhu Di, and another year, she gave birth to her eldest son, Zhu Gaochi.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di became a vassal in Beiping, and Xu Miaoyun was already pregnant at this time, but Zhu Di had no time to take care of her.

Beiping is the old capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and when Zhu Di first arrived in Beiping, he had to hand over affairs with the local magistrates and the military, and he was so busy every day that he had no time to take care of the pregnant Xu Miaoyun.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Yanwang Mansion, all the affairs in the palace fell on Xu Miaoyun.

What pawn restaurant, Fengsi office, Jishan office, good doctor office, Gongzheng office, etc. are all operated by Xu Miaoyun himself, and these are handled in an orderly manner.

Thinking of these, Zhu Di was slightly moved, and couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart: "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?" ”

As if telepathically, Xu Miaoyun under the vine raised her head, and when she saw Zhu Di staring at her, she couldn't help but smile and stood up.

Zhu Di strode closer, looked at the pencil in Xu Miaoyun's hand and said with a smile:

"Looks like this stuff is good, and you actually like it."

Xu Miaoyun nodded: "This is specially sent by Miaojin from Ying Tianfu, no ink, you can use it as you like, and you can also take it with you, Yunxi This kid is really ingenious." ”

"Ingeniousness is ingenious, I'm afraid I'm too smart!"

Zhu Di pulled Xu Miaoyun to sit down, looking a little annoyed.

Xu Miaoyun was stunned, and she didn't understand the meaning of Zhu Di's words.

Zhu Di sighed and said: "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong impeached him for fornicating with the military leader, and privately made firearms to pass through the foreign government, Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Punishment to take him back to Tianfu, and it is estimated that he is already on the way to respond to Futian at this moment." ”

Xu Miaoyun snorted, covered her mouth with her hand in shock, and muttered in her mouth:

"This, how is this possible?"

"I don't think it's possible, either."

Zhu Di spread his hands, "But they all came up with evidence, so they have to believe it." ”

"What about Miaojin?"

As an elder sister, Xu Miaoyun's first thought was of course his sister, and he stared at Zhu Di with a worried face.

Zhu Di held Xu Miaoyun's hand, patted it and comforted:

"Your Majesty has not yet appointed a marriage, and Miaojin's marriage should be planned separately."

"But that girl has already married herself to Yunxi in her heart."

Xu Miaoyun shouted: "If something happens to Yun Xi, Miao Jin is afraid that he will do something stupid." ”

Zhu Di rubbed his eyebrows, and seemed to feel that this matter was very tricky, and muttered:

"With your eldest brother here, he will naturally take care of Miaojin, and you don't have to worry so much."

"Big brother?"

Xu Miaoyun muttered: "Yes, why hasn't he ever written to talk about such a big thing?" ”

Zhu Di shook his head, and then said with a smile: "Big brother, he is an old fox, if he doesn't write a letter, he must have his thoughts, so we don't have to worry about people here." ”

Xu Miaoyun bit her lip and lowered her head for a long time, then raised her head and said:

"No, I'll write to my eldest brother immediately, he doesn't understand the girl's thoughts, I'm afraid that Miaojin won't be able to figure it out and do something stupid."

With that, she got up and walked towards the study.

Zhu Di looked at Xu Miaoyun's back, shook his head helplessly, and a complex emotion appeared in his slightly squinted eyes.

A light cough came from the other side of the garden, but Zhu Di did not turn his head.

This is his inner house, except for the bald monk, no one dares to rush into it without notice.

Dao Yan was wearing a black monk's robe, slowly came to Zhu De, bowed slightly and said:

"He's back in Beijing."

Zhu Di nodded and asked with a smile;

"What do you think my father will do to him?"

"I don't know."

Dao Yan said self-deprecatingly: "Your Majesty's thoughts, who can guess it? ”

There was a trace of regret in his expression, but more regret.

Zhu Di looked at Dao Yan: "You don't seem to be satisfied with this result?" ”

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied, but I think it's very boring if there is no chess player like Zhu Yunxi in this world."

"Match?"

Zhu Di laughed: "Do you really think he is qualified to play against you?" ”

Dao Yan didn't answer, but in silence remembered Zhu Yunxi's words in the Buddhist hall that day.

After a long time, he said gloomily: "He said that he wanted to meet me on the battlefield." ”

Zhu Di pursed his lips disdainfully, and said with a smile: "Haven't you figured it out at this time?" ”

He paced back and forth, and said leisurely: "The last time he came to Beiping, it must have been taught to him by the old guy Li Shanchang, and the words he said to you were just a message to me, that is, standing behind Zhu Yunxi. ”

He paused and looked at Dao Yan with some reproach.

Dao Yan's eyebrows lowered, and he reluctantly smiled dryly: "What the prince said is very reasonable, but the poor monk is too worried." ”

Zhu Di nodded: "I thought that the matter of Duoyan Sanwei was also taught by Li Shanchang, but he was in a hurry, and he happened to be discovered by Li Jinglong." ”

He stretched, and the corners of his mouth curled up and said, "We're just adding a handful of firewood to this fire." ”

"But the fire is really a bit big."

Dao Yan raised his head and smiled: "The article of making firearms can be barely explained, but fornicating with outsiders is an unforgivable crime." ”

Zhu Di sighed: "This matter is really a coincidence, if it weren't for that person who took the drawings to find Tao Huolong, who knew that there would be such a thing?" ”

"Tao Huolong? It should be a disciple of Tao Chengdao, right? ”

Dao Yan blurted out.

"Who else but him?"

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Tao Chengdao's disciples are all over the world, and this Tao Huolong is the firearm superintendent of the Ministry of Industry. ”

Dao Yan didn't know the specific story of this matter, but Zhu Di didn't say it before, so he naturally wouldn't ask, and when he talked about it at this moment, he couldn't help but smile:

"Presumably, that Tao Huolong is also the prince's person."

"That's nature."

Zhu Di said with some pride: "Firearms are the magic weapon of my Ming army to defeat the enemy, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, and this king is naturally very concerned." ”

Hearing this, Dao Yan was relieved, he was naturally clear about this character.

Tao Chengdao is Jiao Yu, a well-deserved firearms expert in the Ming Dynasty, formerly known as Tao Guangyi, and later given the name Tao Chengdao by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This person became famous in the Battle of Poyang Lake, and the firearms he invented made Zhu Yuanzhang win more with less.

Looking at Dao Yan's relieved look, Zhu Di let out a sigh:

"It's a pity that Tao Chengdao is too crazy to study firearms, and he actually makes a self-made rocket and wants to go to the sky!"

This matter has been rumored as a joke throughout the Ming Dynasty, of course Dao Yan knows, and said with a smile:

"Yes, he actually tied forty-seven rockets under the chair, and held two big kites in his hands, and asked his disciples to light the fire."

Speaking of this, he paused, his expression became a little solemn, and he even said with a hint of envy:

"Seeker, martyrdom."

"As long as a person can find the Tao in his heart, even if he is dead, what is the way!"

Zhu Di seemed to agree with Dao Yan's thoughts, and nodded:

"So he died, fell from the sky and died, but his disciples were all over the world, and they continued to teach him."

Dao Yan thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "But how could this matter be related to the little third master?" ”

"The man inadvertently said to Tao Huolong that the firearm was invented by Zhu Yunxi."

As he spoke, Zhu Di took out a drawing from his arms and said with some excitement:

"According to Tao Huolong, this is an extremely powerful burst device, which is several times more powerful than today's Daming firearms."

He shook the drawings in his hand and laughed: "With this kind of firearm, my Ming soldiers will be able to use one as ten!" ”

Dao Yan looked at Zhu Di quietly, he naturally knew why Zhu Di was so happy, but he was very surprised, how could Zhu Yunxi even invent firearms?

He knew that Zhu Yunxi was a little inventor.

The pencil was invented, perfume was invented, the wind oil essence was invented, and cement was invented, but if firearms could also be invented, it would be a bit demonic.

"The third master is just a child, if time passes, I guess he can really fly into the sky!"

Dao Yan said sincerely.

"This kid is smart, but it's a pity that he was led astray by those old guys."

Zhu Di smiled, as if he was laughing at Li Shanchang's group of old guys.

His brows furrowed suddenly, and he said slowly:

"Ying Tianfu's shadow son stared at the person who came into contact with Tao Huolong, but unexpectedly found a woman from the Japanese Kingdom in his residence."

"So the prince just notified Zhejiang Zhizhou when she was about to send this drawing out of Daming."

Daoyan said.

"But I didn't expect to find Zhu Yunxi's handwritten letter in that person's residence."

Zhu Di stared at Dao Yan and said word by word: "What I didn't expect the most was that the woman from the Japanese Kingdom turned out to be a person who was a heavenly evil!" ”

Looking at Zhu Di's knife-like eyes, Dao Yan couldn't help but shudder, and muttered in a low voice:

"How is it possible, the heavens are already dead!"

Zhu Di shook his head: "Do you remember that when our people arrived that day, Tiansha was already dead, since I don't know who killed Tiansha, how can we be sure that they are all dead?" ”

"The prince means to say ......."

"That's right, now it's certain that the person who destroyed the Heavenly Evil must have something to do with Zhu Yunxi!"

Zhu Di said with great certainty: "It's just that I don't know why they want to keep that Japanese girl." ”

Dao Yan was silent for a long time, and suddenly giggled: "It's so good, if she dies, no one will be able to follow her to find out the truth about Zhu Yunxi's assassination." ”

"Is that really the case?"

Zhu Di snorted coldly: "You seem to have forgotten the existence of a person." ”

"Mr. Shu!"

Dao Yan lost his voice and shouted, "Could it be that the prince wants this person to disappear as well?" ”

Zhu Di asked rhetorically: "What does the master think?" ”

Dao Yan smiled bitterly: "The rivers and lakes only hear Mr. Shu's name, but few people can see him." ”

"Not even you?"

Dao Yan nodded, but immediately shook his head and said bitterly:

"He always wore a bronze mask, and I could only tell from his figure and voice that he was a middle-aged man."

"It doesn't matter."

Zhu Di's eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "This king doesn't want to know what kind of person he is, but he must want him to be a dead man!" ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the garden.

Dao Yan looked at his back, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and his eyes were a little distracted.

He stood there for a long time, and then he muttered in his mouth:

"Kill a person who specializes in killing, Lord Wang, he must be joking!"