Jinling, the East Pavilion in the Imperial Palace, Lao Zhu received an urgent letter from Wen Zao Sun and Moon on the twenty-fifth day of March, the day before Gu Yu.

Hearing Wen Zao say that Zhu Yuan was assassinated, Lao Zhu's face was already tense.

When he opened the package and read those testimonies, letters and pictures, Lao Zhu, who was already accumulating anger, suddenly slammed the book several times, and was so frightened that Wen Zao quickly knelt down, and then heard Lao Zhu's voice: "You, go back to Mingzhou immediately, bring Yuan'er back to me, tell Na Huagao, arrange the escort of the army, if Yuan'er really has a mistake, Ren will not come back again." ”

Wen Zao could feel that his master was already on the verge of breaking out, worried that it would affect the pond fish, so he didn't dare to say a word, so he resolutely kowtowed: "The post has an order." ”

Get up and leave in a hurry.

When Wen Zao went out, Lao Zhu leaned back on the chair, stared at his eyes and gasped for a few breaths, and then looked at the things in front of him, and finally shouted: "Come on, give me someone!" ”

Two courtiers bowed and appeared.

Lao Zhu raised an arm and pointed in one direction indiscriminately, obviously trembling: "Call me that Li Shanchang, call me out!" ”

Gan Sui returned to Jinling a few hours earlier than Wenzao, and Li Shanchang already knew about the changes in Mingzhou.

Coming to the East Pavilion from the Imperial City Mansion, seeing that Lao Zhu's eyes were wide as if he was going to choose someone to devour, he knew very well that his lord was a donkey, Li Shanchang didn't dare to face the wind, and honestly knelt down directly, and was silent.

Seeing Li Shanchang's reaction, Lao Zhu suddenly opened his mouth and smiled: "Look at the appearance, Lord Zuo Xiang knew the news earlier than me, huh?" ”

Li Shanchang continued to be silent.

Lao Zhu was even more angry when he saw this, and grabbed the letter and picture in front of him and threw it at Li Shanchang: "Look, look, it's all a good thing for Ren to do!" ”

Li Shanchang got up slightly, happened to see the letter, took it and looked at it briefly, and shook his head: "Lord, this letter was not written by me, and the minister will not be so stupid as ......"

"I know it wasn't you who wrote it," Lao Zhu didn't wait for Li Shanchang to finish speaking, he had already interrupted, leaned over with one hand and shouted, while raising his hand and pointing to the ground: "That...... Do you dare to say that the picture is not your servant? ”

Li Shanchang glanced at the image of Gan Sui, paused, and kowtowed: "Lord, the minister just wants to see the matter of transporting grain in Mingzhou, and has no other thoughts. ”

"It's a 'just want to see', look at it, Ren Di is a stupid talent, he was designed by that Chen Ning and didn't know it, after he was exposed, he dared to kill people and set fire in Dinghai County, Ren really accepted a loyal servant, that is, the courage to pierce the sky."

Li Shanchang was silent again.

Lao Zhu is angry, and he is wrong to say more.

Seeing that Li Shanchang did not respond to him, Lao Zhu suddenly let out a breath and sat back in his chair, and was silent for a short time before he said: "I also told the generals a few days ago that in recent years, there are new vassals who have been promoted above the old people, all out of public intentions, and they are selected from the best. But I forgot about the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty. ”

These words, although there was a lot of muttering in his heart, Li Shanchang still didn't dare to take it casually.

Lao Zhu didn't wait for him to answer, so he continued: "Baimu, you have been loyal to me for more than ten years, and I have always remembered it. At the moment, Er is the left minister of the Ming Dynasty, the first civil official, and the Xuanguo Gong who is listed alongside Xu and Chang, you ask yourself, have I ever treated you badly? ”

Hearing Lao Zhu say this, Li Shanchang didn't know his expression at this time, but he hurriedly paused and replied tremblingly: "The lord has never treated me badly. ”

Lao Zhu's tone changed: "That being the case, then what are you doing with your thoughts on staring at a junior?" ”

Again, this is an unanswerable question.

Lao Zhu didn't wait for an answer, and continued again: "Before Yuan'er left Jinling, he told me that he just wanted to do something with peace of mind, and he didn't want to get into a senseless dispute, and I didn't feel anything at that time. Thinking about it now, he had long expected that Ren would have this kind of experience. ”

Li Shanchang still didn't answer, but he was shocked in his heart.

This man......

An uncertain prophet?

Lao Zhu said this, and he was also emotional.

Of course, the prophet is unknown.

That kid came from hundreds of years later, and he had a thorough understanding of the Hongwu Dynasty, and he probably expected something early in the morning.

sighed in his heart, Lao Zhu lost the idea of continuing to chat with Li Shanchang in a blink of an eye, and just waved his hand: "Go down, Baishu, remember your past merits, I won't pursue it this time." But on the man, you give me an explanation. ”

Li Shanchang opened his mouth, but in the end he just answered, kowtowed again and left the East Pavilion.

Walking on the imperial road of the imperial city, Li Shanchang's heart was full of gloom.

If Lao Zhu said a few more words just now, he would be very relaxed. At the moment, the lord is unwilling to gossip with him more, which is more serious than the superiors continuing to grasp the affairs of Mingzhou.

Because, this is alienation.

Returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Imperial City, Li Shanchang thought of Gan Sui who was tired and paralyzed after hurriedly riding back to talk to him early this morning.

Such a loyal servant, Li Shanchang wants to protect.

It's just that......

The lord wants an explanation.

Can't help but give.

Li Shanchang could only secretly convince himself that he was still willing to let himself not do things well, and everyone was killed, so he left the letter. Even a discerning person could guess that the letter was forged, but he was held firmly in a puddle of mud.

After paying attention, Li Shanchang called a family member and ordered with a cold face: "You go back, bring Gan Sui's head to me, and tell him that I will take care of his wife and children." ”

That was also the old servant who had followed Li Shanchang for many years, and was a little stunned when he heard this, and he was stunned, but he still took the order and left in a hurry.

……

Something so big happened, Zhu Yuan hasn't gone out again in the past few days.

I can't get out even if I want to.

A lot of things have stopped for a while, but my energy has improved a lot, and this morning I woke up earlier than the white Nizi next to me.

Luoshui is followed by freehand, and after freehand is blank.

Although there are no certain things, Zhu Yuan really can't stand it, but a group of Nizi refuse to sleep outside when it is their turn to be on duty.

Zhu Yuan also pondered about this matter.

The answer is interesting.

Zhu Yuan felt that he couldn't be too casual with the girls around him, which was considered respect. However, for the Nizi, there are certain things that they must do everything possible to fight for their rights. At the same time, out of the instinct of women in this era, it is also necessary to prevent other women from obtaining this right as much as possible.

Well.

What rights?

You can't say it, it's a bit vulgar to say it.

However, Zhu Yuan remembered one more thing.

I forgot the specifics, I don't know if it was an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, probably a teenager ascended the throne, and was lured by a group of concubines and palace maids in the harem who desperately wanted their mothers and children...... Then, the ending is also forgotten, or heterophobia is developed, or, it is exhausted too soon, and it ends without heirs.

It's probably too idle, and I've been thinking about these messy things inexplicably lately.

It was the second day after the rain in the valley.

March twenty-seven.

There was no rain in the valley, a good sunny day.

In the morning, I came to the pavilion on the top of the rockery in the garden, and finally browsed the document that had been completed in recent days, revised some details again, and let the freehand take it and copy it as soon as possible.

Zhu Yuan himself still stayed in the gazebo, leaning on a comfortable recliner, basking in the sun and feeling the fragrant breeze around him.

Large and small groups of girls gathered around him, or needlework, or embroidery, or school books, or painting.

Lin Xiaoyu, who put on a brand-new sack again, sent a glass of water, Zhu Yuan took the tea and patted it on his leg, Lin Xiaoyu obediently sat in the arms of his little official, but Zhu Yuan didn't feel much weight, and he didn't know where this girl was holding on.

Thinking of the incident a few days ago, Zhu Yuan only felt that the world was really amazing.

The person in his arms is also wonderful.

Reach out and hug it, and the weight is there. So he reached out and touched the pocket in front of Lin Xiaoyu, and sure enough, he found another copper ball, this time there were more than two.

I took out a copper ball the size of a pigeon's egg and held it in my hand, looked at the sun again, and asked Nizi in my arms with a smile: "There are no two of them here, right?" ”

Lin Xiaoyu shook his head.

With a smile, I got closer, and there was a very cool smell between my breaths.

In ancient times, there were actually things similar to chewing gum very early, which were basically made of various expensive spices, of course, not for ordinary people's homes.

Pressed Xiao Nizi, who was quietly propping up her body, into her arms again, feeling the refreshing taste, Zhu Yuan leaned over and pecked on the girl's lips.

It's a pity that I can't see the reaction of blankness, and in fact, after leaving blank a few times, there is no initial cute reaction.

Lin Xiaoyu wanted to lie in the arms of his little official like this, but he was always afraid of pressing the little official, so he just entangled for a while, then stood up and walked to a girl who was embroidering to watch her embroider.

This was ordered and given to her by the petty officials.

The sack girl left, and there was no one around Zhu Yuan, but because of the vigilant appearance of the blank man who was still guarding the side, Lin Xiaoyu, a little girl who saved her master, could get closer, and the other girls didn't dare to mess around, so they could only watch.

Zhu Yuan narrowed his eyes and began to think about something.

I remembered the sentence again, 'People in the rivers and lakes, involuntarily in the body, and temples are even more involuntary'.

I remembered reading history in my previous life.

Zhu Yuan could feel that in the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu was really protective and conniving with the Huaixi nobles who fought the country together.

Zhu Yuan understands that the old Zhu in this period does not have the too deep imperial mind of the later, let alone a plan such as 'Brother Yu Gong', it is written accurately, it is more like a kind of righteousness in the rivers and lakes, a kind of brothers and I fight the country together, since we are on the country, we must naturally have the righteousness of blessing and sharing.

So, with the protection of Lao Zhu, Huaixi was noble...... The main thing is Huaixi Wenchen, who unknowingly went to the extreme.

What extreme?

In the court, either it is the Huaixi line, or it is attached to the Huaixi line, otherwise, you have no second way to go.

For example, the most typical three people in the early stage of Hongwu.

Yang Xian, who chose to go toe-for-tat with Huaixi Xungui, was killed for three years.

Wang Guangyang, a good gentleman, did not compete with Huaixi nobles for power at all, and he still failed to escape exile and death.

The last Liu Bowen, I can't be provoked, can't I still hide?

No, you can't hide.

His Majesty the Emperor always talks about a person, how can it be reassuring not to die?

So, obviously resigned, and found a reason to recall Liu Bowen from Qingtian's hometown to Jinling.

Seeing that it was not enough to be around, Hongwu had been poisoned for eight years. It is not enough to poison Liu Bowen, but also to throw Liu Bowen's eldest son Liu Lian, who is also in the officialdom, into the well.

Look.

Whether you are '-for-tat', or a 'good gentleman', or 'resign and return to your hometown', you can't escape an ending.

In the past, Zhu Yuan always thought about how he should survive to the end under Lao Zhu in the Hongwu Dynasty of this Wenchen military general Shura field, and suddenly found that this Shura field was far more than just Lao Zhu's boss.

It's all around Shura!

The events of the past few days are very clear.

Chen Ning, who had no hope of being reinstated, forged Li Shanchang's handwritten letter and private seal, and provoked a certain maritime merchant who was involved with the Haikou to launch the assassination.

The Chinese are the best group of people at reflection.

Zhu Yuan hates this.

However, Zhu Yuan couldn't help but reflect for a while, and found that he was not too innocent.

Because of that "Book from Heaven", Chen Ning, who should have continued to soar in the officialdom for more than ten years, was beaten down by Lao Zhu in advance, and the Yinghai Division incorporated the authority of Daming City. And when Chen Ning asked to see him, Zhu Yuan didn't give a good face, so he let this person go to the extreme desperately.

It's really desperate.

The Navy Governor's Mansion sent people to Taicang to lock up the Chen family, and the Chen family didn't know what was going on.

These people, even if Zhu Yuan wants to let them go, Lao Zhu will not be able to forgive.

Moreover, this whole thing, it seems that Li Shanchang was just framed, Zhu Yuan believes that Lao Zhu in Jinling City can easily figure out that Li Shanchang is implicated, but the implicated Li Shanchang, who has manipulated the court situation in front of and behind the scenes for decades in history, and will do whatever it takes to eliminate dissidents, will he laugh at this?

Zhu Yuan only hopes that Lao Zhu can wake up this time.

If you want to start and finish well, you must not blindly indulge, which is the same as the principle of 'habitual son is like killing child'. Perhaps, in the future, I will have to talk openly and honestly with my ancestors about this.

Thoughts were flying wildly, and He Xuan trotted to the pavilion: "My lord, I heard that Baihu had arrived, and I brought His Majesty's message over." ”

Zhu Yuan nodded and stood up.

There were already servants here who hurriedly laid out their shoulders.

Zhu Yuan sat on his shoulder and said to Liubai: "The thing just now, let them copy it quickly and send it outside." ”

Come to the East Courtyard.

As expected, the old Zhu brought by Wenzao told him to return to Beijing immediately.

Hua Gao also rushed to hear the news.

Hua Daren very, very much agreed with his lord's order, and when Wen Zao finished speaking, he had to hurriedly arrange for the escort of people.

The grain transportation has been arranged, and if the little ancestor is sent back to Jinling earlier, he will no longer have to worry about it all day.

Zhu Yuan didn't want to go back.

There are still very important things to do.

Also, some of the previous thoughts.

If you go back, there is actually not much benefit, but it is easier to get entangled in all kinds of right and wrong, so it is better to avoid it from a distance.

Uchitaku quickly sent over the copy of the plan.

Zhu Yuan handed it over to Wen Zao, asked him to work harder, and immediately sent him back to Jinling, and was full of confidence that His Majesty the Emperor would agree to let him stay as long as he saw this plan.

Wen Zao hurried away again.

There is nothing to be done about it.

The little ancestor refused to leave, and he really couldn't forcibly tie people up and send them back to Jinling. I can only sigh and sigh, lamenting that my luck is bad and my fate is unlucky.