Chapter 3: Worms

“....... This group of scholars, all of whom claimed to be loyal and good, secretly formed a party, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, and only the last general investigated and confiscated 1.17 million taels of stolen silver.

Last year, the flood in Suzhou, the strong wind from the northeast of the Jingjiang River, roared angrily, the roof tiles flew horizontally, the river rose sharply, the city tower was submerged in the huge flood, and the floating corpses belonged to each other.

The flood did not recede until eight days, thousands of people wept and complained, nine out of ten people drifted in the house, and the old children were killed and injured very much.

The grass is erosive, and the people are difficult, so they peel the elm skin and eat it, and the elm skin eats wild vegetables, and the wild vegetables eat wheat leaves.

There are beggars in all directions, there are those who go to the ravines to die, there are those who die by themselves, and there are those who cut down trees and uncover poles, but local officials ignore them.

The last general served in Jinyiwei, and the people's feelings and disasters in these places were all in sight, and he was angry every time he thought about it.

I only hate that the last general has the heart to serve the country but has no way to enter, Wei Zhongxian controls the inner court, the Donglin Party controls the government and the opposition, and the last general is only a commander How can he see the holy face, and now the first emperor is in a big line, and the last general thinks about it, and those who can save the country are not His Royal Highness the King of Faith. ”

Xu Xianchun is a lean man, and he is in his forties, but it is a pity that the gloom on his face and the smell of blood on his body will always make people shudder.

And the previous impassioned words of worrying about the country and the people are precisely from this Xu Xianchun's mouth.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to laugh a little, but fortunately, Xu Xianchun knelt and couldn't see the former's expression.

"General Xu, please get up."

Zhu Youzhen withdrew the ridicule in his flesh and skin, making his expression look serious and sincere: "General Xu's loyalty has always known that the general is a famous family after Xu Congcheng, the concubine of the Ancestral Divine Sect, and is also the own family member of our royal family.

If Lone doesn't even believe in the general, who else can he trust?

Sit down, sit down, Cheng'en, serve tea to General Xu. ”

"Your Highness." Xu Xianchun got up from the ground, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen talking so well, a smile appeared on his face: "Now that the first emperor is located in His Royal Highness, it can be said that it is in line with the will of heaven and the will of the people, and the last general is willing to smear His Highness's liver and brain." ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but pat the handrail, and said excitedly: "Loyal minister, great loyal minister!" If the whole country and the country are loyal and patriotic ministers like General Xu, why do I know why this is the case, and why is the country like this.

The corrupt officials below, the central traitor and the eunuch are poisonous, Lone is the same as the general, he has the intention to kill the thief but has no way to serve the country, Lone thought that he could only watch coldly in this life, but he didn't expect that there were such loyal ministers and righteous people as the general and Lone like-minded.

Just, alas. ”

With Zhu Youzhen's heavy sigh, Xu Xianchun became anxious.

"Your Highness sighs."

"It's a pity that I can't even get out of this mansion right now."

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the gate, and said in a lamented voice: "Gu asked the imperial doctor to check the pulse today, but the imperial doctor was assassinated by the gangsters on the front foot and the back foot after leaving the mansion, right in front of the gate of Gu's mansion!"

The traitorous eunuch is so rampant and crazy, you say, where do you dare to go out half a step, you can't even get out of the door, how can you talk about inheriting the treasure.

If you have a strong ambition, you can only live in seclusion in this palace, and you will be alive. ”

Don't, you're going to fight for my glory and wealth in this remnant life.

Xu Xianchun couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general's subordinates still have some trustworthy people, and the last general will transfer them over to protect His Highness's safety day and night." ”

"Good, good, very good."

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "With a loyal minister like General Xu, Lone's safety is guaranteed, so this matter will be entrusted to the general, and when he stays until the future, Lone will live up to the general." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Xianchun got the promise, and immediately got up to thank him.

Then he happily said goodbye and left.

Seeing Xu Xianchun's back gradually disappear, the muscles on Zhu Youzhen's face twitched a few times.

Wang Chengen approached at this moment and spoke worriedly.

"Lord Wang, be careful, this Xu Xianchun is not as loyal as he played before."

"Lone knows." Zhu Youzhen sneered: "What loyalty can there be if Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, can be the emperor, he will not come today to surrender to sincerity, but to take a lonely head." ”

Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief.

"So the prince was false and wronged before, and he also planned to divide the eunuch party."

"When the imperial brother was alive, the eunuchs were monolithic because they needed to seek wealth through Wei Zhongxian." Zhu Youzhen pointed out the crux of the matter: "In the final analysis, their wealth still comes from the imperial brother and from the imperial power, and Wei Zhongxian himself knows this truth."

Now that the imperial brother is gone, Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, can't be the emperor, so he can only watch Lone come out of the palace alive.

If Lone can come out alive, it means that Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, these minions, no longer plan to continue to follow Wei Zhongxian to the dark.

It is also reasonable to switch to the court today. ”

"The prince is wise."

Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Zhu Youzhen would be young and would not be able to see through the wolf ambitions of this group of worms, and if he was deceived by them, there would be trouble in the future.

"This group of people, Lone is the only one who can't believe it, and the only one who can believe in Lone is the only one who can accompany you now."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and spoke sincerely, and the latter was grateful and wept.

"The Eunuch Party, the Donglin Party, they are all testing Gu now, and they are all showing loyalty to Gu, but Gu knows that they are eager to eat Gu's flesh and drink Gu's blood!

But I have this bit of flesh and blood left, I can't let them suck it like this anymore, when the time comes, Lone will let them spit it all out, one by one. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked towards the backyard, and at the gate of the back house, there was Zhou Yufeng with a worried face.

"Lord Wang, the food is cold, and the concubine asks someone to make a new one."

"No, just be hot, don't waste it."

Zhu Youzhen sat at the dining table and looked at Zhou Yufeng, who was a little timid, and was surprised.

"What's wrong?"

"The concubine feels that the prince seems to be a little, a little uncomfortable?"

Sure enough, the person next to the pillow is the easiest to notice the abnormality.

Zhu Youzhen didn't panic, let alone worry, even if Zhou Yufeng said that he was not Zhu Youzhen, who would believe it.

Boldly stretched out his hand to hold the latter's soft, and Zhu Youzhen pulled it to sit beside him.

"Don't be cranky, Lone doesn't have any discomfort, it's just that too many things have happened in the past two days, and Lone has snubbed you."

"His Royal Highness is the prince who is about to succeed to the throne, and he should give priority to state affairs."

Zhu Youzhen then asked her: "If Gu Ruozhen succeeds to the throne and becomes the emperor, you are the queen and the mother of the country, are you happy?" ”

Zhou Yufeng thought about it and hesitated a little: "The concubine can't say whether she is happy or unhappy." ”

"Oh? How to say this. ”

"The concubine just thinks that His Royal Highness is going to be the emperor, but His Royal Highness is not happy at all, even His Royal Highness is not happy, how can the concubine be happy."

This daughter-in-law is virtuous.

Zhu Youzhen sighed with emotion and held Zhou Yufeng's hand tightly.

"Let's go back to my parents' house tomorrow, and when I'm done alone, I'll send someone to pick you up."

Tomorrow, I will enter the palace, and I am about to usher in the first big test of my life.

Meet the 9,000-year-old in the history books.