Chapter 129: The Old Man in the Moonlight
This is destined to be an unusual night, as the so-called few families rejoice and some sorrows.
Li Jinglong's gang thought that they had won a complete victory, and in front of them was already the dawn of a flat river, and they were congratulating each other all night.
However, Li Shanchang and these people were worried, and after collective brain supplementation and joint analysis, they came to a terrible conclusion.
This conclusion made them feel chills all over their bodies, and even a trace of despair.
They felt that Zhu Yunxi had lost in this battle, and he had also been defeated!
And Zhu Yunxi, who is the party concerned, is also turning around at the moment and can't sleep.
It is not surprising that Zhu Yunwen was named the King of Huai, and it is not surprising that he opened the palace, because these things are clearly written in the history books.
What surprised him was that even though he had a lot of historical accumulation, he still couldn't see through Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor.
"What the hell was he thinking?"
Zhu Yunxi lay on the bed, looking at the dark night sky outside the window and muttered to himself, feeling a little worried about his current situation.
It seems that even if he is a traverser, it is not easy to replace Zhu Yunwen as the successor to the throne.
The human heart is unpredictable, and the emperor's mental tricks are even more difficult to see.
In today's battle, I lost in a daze,
What is the way forward?
Has Zhu Yuanzhang really made up his mind and chosen Zhu Yunwen?
...... He felt a little lost.
The candlelight in the room flickered, and Zhu Yunxi felt that his eyes were a little glazed.
He rubbed his eyes, and then he saw Wang Jinghong with a wrinkled face.
"Old Wang, why are you here?"
Zhu Yunxi shouted happily and jumped up from the bed.
"I guess the third master won't be able to sleep tonight, so come and have a look."
Wang Jinghong said unhurriedly.
"But aren't you afraid that Grandpa Huang will know that you came to see me?"
"Of course I'm scared, but I'm even more afraid that you'll commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river like you did last time."
Wang Jinghong's face finally showed a smile, but it made Zhu Yunxi's heart surge with a warm current.
He has always been a little unable to understand Wang Jinghong.
This thin old man was shrouded in an aura of mystery.
He's a eunuch, and he's a eunuch with peerless martial arts!
This is not too unusual, because in the TV series of Zhu Yunxi's last life, the old eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were often masters.
But the point is, why does such an old eunuch like to play with himself so much?
He wants to join in the activities of opening a company, and he also wants to join in the fun when he opens a green building, obviously he is Zhu Yuanzhang's closest eunuch, but some things feel that he is hiding from Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yunxi would not be stupid enough to think that Wang Jinghong approached him because of his cuteness.
But he really couldn't guess that Wang Jinghong was so close to his purpose.
So he thinks that Wang Jinghong is an enigmatic old eunuch.
But so what?
At least so far, Wang Jinghong has been very good to him.
That's enough.
Everyone will have their own secrets, just like being a traverser who has taken someone else's body.
Zhu Yunxi shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "You also underestimate me too much, because of this matter, you committed suicide in the river, it is not worth it." ”
"Then I'll be relieved."
Wang Jinghong nodded, "I just came to tell you that Your Majesty is in a very good mood today and looks very happy." ”
"Of course he was happy, and he blackmailed me for 300,000 taels of silver with one mouth."
Zhu Yunxi said angrily.
Wang Jinghong was stunned and said in amazement: "Could it be that what you have been obsessed with is silver, not other things?" ”
"Anything else?"
Zhu Yunxi asked knowingly, pretending to be surprised: "What's the matter?" ”
"The little second master has been named the king of Huai, and the opening of the palace is a discussion, don't you have a little idea about this?"
Wang Jinghong stared at Zhu Yunxi tightly, wanting to see something from the face of the young man in front of him.
"What do you think about this, the second brother is older than me, of course I should be crowned king first, maybe it won't be long before I am crowned king by the emperor's grandfather."
Zhu Yunxi said nonchalantly.
Wang Jinghong looked Zhu Yunxi up and down with an extremely strange look, and only said after a while:
"I'm really a little strange, what are you thinking in your head, Third Master? Why is it always different from others? ”
Zhu Yunxi grinned, "I'm just a child who doesn't understand anything, how can I be the same as what adults think?" ”
"Huh, little kid?"
The corners of Wang Jinghong's mouth twitched, and he said with a dry smile: "It is estimated that a child like the third master can only produce one in five hundred years. ”
Cut! I'm not the monkey who was crushed under the Five Fingers Mountain...... Zhu Yunxi was slandered in his heart, thinking of Wen He's girl, so he said:
"Old Wangtou, please take care of your business,"
"I took in a little girl in Chang'an, why don't you help me bring her into the palace to be my little maid."
"You mean that girl named Wen He?"
Wang Jinghong asked not at all surprised.
"You know that, too?"
Zhu Yunxi was a little stunned, but then reacted, Luan Yu was Wang Jinghong's person, so it was not surprising that Wang Jinghong knew Wen He.
He looked at Wang Jinghong and said with a smile: "This shouldn't be a difficult thing for you, right?" ”
Wang Jinghong shook his head: "If the third master likes that little girl, he might as well buy a house in Yingtianfu and enter the palace, it doesn't seem appropriate." ”
Does this old king think that I want to hide Jiaojiao in the golden house outside?
...... Zhu Yunxi hurriedly said: "What's wrong, I promised her to take her into the palace to taste the skills of the imperial kitchen." ”
"What's so difficult about this, just let someone send her out of the palace to taste it when the time comes."
Wang Jinghong still didn't let go, which made Zhu Yunxi a little strange.
He stared at Wang Jinghong and asked with some hesitation:
"Old Wangtou, do you have any concerns?"
"Although that girl can also do some kung fu, she is kind-hearted and a very simple little girl, don't be suspicious."
Wang Jinghong sighed, and seemed to be a little helpless and said:
"It's not that I don't want to help you with this, it's really that the palace maid is responsible for entering the palace, and it takes a lot of links to do it, how can it be so easy to enter the palace."
"Won't it?"
Zhu Yunxi pointed at Wang Jinghong and shouted softly: "Old Wangtou, don't fool me." ”
Zhu Yunxi was really a little bottomless when he said this, because although he was a historian in his previous life, he was almost blank when it came to the palace maid.
Wang Jinghong looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was a little anxious, and had to start a popular science for Zhu Yunxi.
"The palace maid entering the palace is not just to lead a girl, but to screen from many aspects such as size, appearance, voice, manners, etc., and finally to be led into the inner room by the palace woman, probe her breasts, smell her armpits, touch her texture, and verify the virgin's body."
Listening to Wang Jinghong's chattering science popularization, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Wang Jinghong.
"I said the old king, you're talking about the emperor's draft, right?"
"I just want to be a little girl, it doesn't have to be so complicated, right?"
Wang Jinghong smiled dryly, the wrinkles on his face were like dried orange peels, and he said earnestly:
"All the women in the palace belong to His Majesty, and the palace maids are naturally no exception, as far as I know, your little maid is clean up and vulgar, and the old slave is only afraid that if His Majesty sees it one day, he will spoil her on a whim, and it will be over!"
"Ahh
Zhu Yunxi's mouth opened wide, he didn't expect this question, and couldn't help but say weakly:
"Old Wang, are you bluffing me? Grandpa Huang knows that it's my maid, won't he? ”
Looking at Zhu Yunxi's appearance of Ai Ai, Wang Jinghong almost laughed, he held back his laughter, and pretended to mutter:
"I guess, probably, maybe, maybe Your Majesty won't."
"In this way, the old slave of the Internal Affairs Office may be able to say something, if the third master must let her enter the palace, then the old slave should think of a way."
Zhu Yunxi suddenly waved his hand again and again: "Forget it, don't think of a way, let's pack up the skills of the imperial chef and take it out." ”
Wang Jinghong's series of uncertain words were so scary that Zhu Yunxi had a headache when he thought about it.
Don't let Zhu Yuanzhang give Wen He a talented person, choose a waiter or something, and you have to call the other party's little grandmother, this special meow is a big loss.
Besides, Wen He, a little girl like a flower, if she was ruined by Zhu Yuanzhang because of this, then she would really have a bad conscience.
At this moment, Wang Jinghong's ears suddenly moved slightly, and then he smiled dryly into the darkness:
"Old Jiang, what are you sneaking out for?"
As his words fell, Jiang Xuan was dressed in black and walked out of the darkness slowly.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes widened and shouted, "Why don't you all look like you're pretending to be ghosts, can't you come over in a bright way?" ”
"Lao Wang can only float in, how dare I come in a bright light."
Jiang Zhen smiled dryly: "The third master can't leave the palace for a month, so if you have anything, just tell me." ”
To be honest, Zhu Yunxi was really a little moved, he looked at Jiang Zhen and asked:
"Now that you know what happened to this morning, why do you still come to me? Aren't you afraid that the second brother will take you under the knife in the future? ”
Jiang Zhen laughed at himself and said: "Since I followed the little third master, it is like the arrow that opens the bow, how can there be a way back!" ”
He spread his hands and looked sad: "My hard-working savings for half my life have been smashed here with you, what if I don't follow you?" ”
"Makes sense!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, but it's just the matter of holding the Qinglou Conference and opening the Qinglou, you go to find Qian Duoduo and Miss Han Xiang, you can help if you have something." ”
After he finished speaking, he walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, and suddenly turned back and asked:
"What do you think of Grandpa Huang? Why did you lock me up in the palace when you wanted me to do these things?
You said you should be closed for a long time, but it was only for a month, what was he thinking? ”
Wang Jinghong and Jiang Zhen glanced at each other and shook their heads.
Half an hour later, two figures floated in different directions from Zhu Yunxi's room.
Wang Jinghong walked slowly to Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom, but unexpectedly found a black shadow standing not far away.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, this person is looking at himself quietly with his hands behind his back.
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Jinghong exclaimed, the muscles of his whole body tensed instantly, and a silent breath emanated from his body to the surroundings, but he didn't feel anything abnormal.
He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang standing in the dark in a daze.
"You're going to find Yoon-hee?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked slowly.
Wang Jinghong nodded: "The old slave was afraid that the little third master wouldn't be able to think about it for a while and do something drastic, so he went over and took a look." ”
"Did you commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said self-deprecatingly: "If he really committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, then our eyes will be really blind." ”
Wang Jinghong chuckled in his heart, he didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang meant by this, so he had to bow down and say:
"The night is heavy, I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body."
"I can't sleep."
Zhu Yuanzhang stretched his waist, rubbed his wrinkled face with his hand, and suddenly asked Wang Jinghong, "Do you also have a lot of questions in your heart?" ”
Wang Jinghong knew the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's words, smiled a little awkwardly, and replied:
"The old slave doesn't understand state affairs, Your Majesty must have his own reasons for doing this."
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Wang Jinghong in the dark night, and after a long time, he suddenly sighed and said leisurely:
"Back then, the four protectors around King Ming, you had the highest status, but you were willing to be a eunuch in this palace for me."
"Sometimes I think about it, it's me Zhu Yuanzhang who is ashamed of you."
Wang Jinghong's heart was agitated, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said with tears in his eyes:
"There are no four protectors in the world for a long time, and the old slave is just an ordinary eunuch."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Jinghong up, but he didn't let go of the other party's hand.
"When you and I met, I was just an extremely ordinary deputy marshal of the rebel army, but you resolutely stood on my side."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not call himself me at this moment, but used the word "I" that he had not used for many years, obviously not treating Wang Jinghong as a eunuch.
He gently patted the back of Wang Jinghong's hand with his hand, and said with a bitter smile: "Jinghong, you are old, and I am also old......"
The moonlight was like water, elongating their figures.
Who would have thought that these two old men holding hands together, one was the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the other was an old eunuch beside him?
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang let go of Wang Jinghong's hand, but asked casually like an old friend:
"Jinghong, after so many years, do you still think about her?"
This sentence was an understatement, but it hit Wang Jinghong's heart like a heavy hammer.
I saw that his whole body trembled violently, and his mouth actually giggled uncontrollably.
"My half-male body is thanks to her, how can I forget her!"
Wang Jinghong's sharp voice was particularly harsh in the dark night, and it suddenly tore apart the tranquility of the Qianqing Palace.
The dark palace of Qianqing Palace seemed to be shaking, but it disappeared into the dark palace extremely quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Jinghong, who was excited, sighed and said:
"You were tired by me after all, if it wasn't for me back then, how could Qingmo turn against you, and why did you end up half-crippled?"
"Half-crippled?"
Wang Jinghong laughed strangely, as if he was provoked by these four words to lose his mind, he waved his palm, a violent breath gushed out, and with a bang, a bowl-sized tree broke three zhang away, and shouted wildly:
"She never liked me from beginning to end, what she liked was King Ming, the King Ming who she kept calling her father!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the furious Wang Jinghong in surprise, and muttered:
"Han Lin'er? How is this possible? ”
"She's the wife that Han Lin'er promised to you!"
Wang Jinghong's chest rose and fell violently, panting and shouting:
"In the eyes of outsiders, we are an enviable fairy couple, but only I know that she has never liked me."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Back then, Liao Yongzhong took Han Lin'er to respond to the sky, and Yu Guabu's boat capsized and sank the river, and then it was rumored that there was something between you and Qingmo, and I think it was related to this matter. ”
Wang Jinghong's mood gradually calmed down, and he laughed miserably:
"It's just that I never thought that she would drug me in my wine and turn me into a eunuch with her own hands, which is really the most poisonous woman's heart!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to be able to find a better word to comfort Wang Jinghong, so he had to say calmly:
"Han Lin'er's death has nothing to do with me, Qingmo must have misunderstood this matter."
Wang Jinghong was stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to suddenly talk about this matter, but he heard Zhu Yuanzhang continue:
"I sent Liao Yongzhong to pick up Han Lin'er back then, although I hope he dies, but I won't be stupid enough to use this kind of criticism."
Speaking of this, he smiled disdainfully.
Wang Jinghong has completely returned to normalcy at this moment, and he bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, Han Lin'er is just a carp crossing the river, how can he compare with you."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's far away, it's far away." ”
He looked at Wang Jinghong and asked a little strangely, "I don't understand, why are you so close to Yunxi's child?" ”
Wang Jinghong was stunned again, but replied without hesitation;
"There's no reason, the old slave just likes the little third master for no reason."
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang should not ask this kind of question, and Wang Jinghong should not answer it.
But since Zhu Yuanzhang asked, Wang Jinghong could only answer.
And it's a non-deceptive answer.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Wang Jinghong for a long time, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Yunxi, this kid is indeed likeable, and I like it too."
He stretched out his arm and sighed: "But this kid is too bold and lawless, if he is not restrained and beaten, he may not be able to demolish this Qianqing Palace." ”
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and looked very happy.
A flash of surprise flashed in Wang Jinghong's eyes, and the mystery that lingered in his heart suddenly became clear, and he asked hesitantly:
"Could it be that Your Majesty is doing this just to beat the little third master?"
"Or else?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically: "Will I really punish him?" ”
"What about the triage of the three law divisions?"
Wang Jinghong asked.
"Then it's a trial."
Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands and said indifferently, with a childlike naughty smile on his face.
Wang Jinghong was stunned, and then the wrinkles on his face turned into a blooming chrysanthemum.
But I heard Zhu Yuanzhang continue:
"Yun Xi and Yun Xi are two children with very different personalities, Yun Xi follows the rules, probably won't make any big mistakes, but Yun Xi needs to be constantly beaten to restrain him, otherwise he is definitely a lawless monkey!"
"Sun Monkey?"
Wang Jinghong smiled and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty also reads the little third master's "Journey to the West"? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "He is a monkey, I am the Buddha, see what this little monkey can toss!" ”