Zhu Zhanji fell into memories.

He was born with a golden spoon, born rich and noble, and was deeply loved by his grandfather, Zhu Di, the king of Yan. There are even folk rumors that King Yan chose to rebel because of his birth.

When he grew up, Zhu Zhanji became more intelligent, and the young man was full of spirit, and he was given the title of "Good Saint Sun", and his grandfather had to take him with him every time he went on an expedition or a northern tour. The entire empire feels that Zhu Zhanji is the future heir of the Ming Dynasty.

He felt that the reason why his fat and lame father was able to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince was because he gave birth to a good son, and the husband could win the emperor's favor by virtue of his son.

In his world, the entire dynasty revolves around him, and he is the son of destiny, the Haoyue who guards the galaxy.

However, what really made Zhu Zhanji lose his nose was the assassination of the emperor on the way to the north.

When Zhu Zhanji almost thought that he was about to be chopped into meat puree, it was his fourth uncle Zhu Gaoxian who came to the rescue and let him hide under the horse and escape. On that rainy night, Zhu Zhanji shivered under the corpse of the war horse, the cold rain mixed with blood, dirty and fishy, and the great saint was humiliated like a maggot.

Later, when Hulan suddenly lost his temperature, Zhu Zhanji was just a bystander, learning to fight with His Majesty the Emperor. But when he saw that the fourth uncle Zhu Gaoxian who was galloping on the battlefield, and this fourth uncle was actually not a few years older than him, his heart was instantly unbalanced, and a thought rose in his heart:

- I can do it too.

Zhu Zhanji was on it, and he took light horses to pursue Mahamu, the overlord of the grassland in Wara, this was his most proud moment, and his heart was higher than the sky. However, soon Mahamu's counterattack made him almost die without a place to be buried.

At the critical moment, it was the fourth uncle Zhu Gaoxian who came to the rescue and saved Zhu Zhanji's life. Zhu Zhanji was discouraged, all his dignity was scattered at this moment, and he lost the conspicuous aura of a good saint.

In the eyes of others, he is now a hairy boy who has not dried up, and he doesn't know how to lift and can't see his own strength clearly.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji was unwilling, for his life-saving benefactor Zhu Gaoxian, not only did he have no idea of repaying his kindness, but he had resentment and jealousy.

It was this person who robbed him of all his aura, all his achievements, all his dignity!

Zhu Gaoxian is like a round of sun, shining in the sky, dazzling enough for everyone to pay attention to, and ignoring Zhu Zhanji, this good saint Sun lives in the shadow of Zhu Gaoxian.

Damn Fourth Uncle, why don't you die!

After that, Zhu Zhanji desperately fought against Zhu Gaoxian, and he did whatever it took to fight with the fourth uncle. Even if he lost the position of the grandson because of this, and caused his father to lose the position of the prince, he was not reconciled, and he has been pursuing what he thinks is revenge.

It wasn't until his father died that he realized that his revenge along the way had left him with nothing.

He regretted it.

On this road of chasing power, greed will make people lose their minds and indulge in the darkness, and when Zhu Zhanji wakes up from the darkness, all he has in front of him is a pot of poisoned wine.

He drank all the poisoned wine and atoned for his sins with death.

In the last trance, Zhu Zhanji seemed to see himself riding on a high horse, bathing in the golden wind, wearing a black crown robe, and ascending the throne as the emperor.

Tens of thousands of people chanted long live Emperor Xuande.

He smiled slightly, where is there any Emperor Xuande, if there is an afterlife, he just wants to be a commoner Zhu Zhanji.

……

The fifteenth year of Yongle, winter.

Zhu Gaochi, the king of Gan, said "An".

Zhu Zhanji, the son of King Gan, was accused of guilt and escorted to the capital to die.

The emperor ordered Zhu Zhan, the fifth son of King Gan'an, to attack the king of Gan.

It is rumored that on the second day of the death of Zhu Zhanji, the son of King Gan, someone in Beijing saw a monk walking into the imperial city under the sentry horse sanitation, and his appearance resembled Emperor Jianwen, I don't know whether it is true or not.

……

"Prince, the people have arrived."

"Please come in."

In the East Palace, Zhu Gaoxian made a pot of hot tea and poured two teacups full of Yuan blue and white flowers.

After Zhu Zhanji was given death, the forbidden army called Guarding the East Palace, but in fact, the crown prince under house arrest was withdrawn, and Zhu Gaoxian regained his freedom, but he was not in a hurry to continue to be in power, but was waiting for the arrival of a distinguished guest.

A few days later, the shadow attendant walked in with a monk with clear eyebrows and a white face.

Ah Qi bowed and said, "Your Highness." ”

"It's hard to let you go to Fujian."

Zhu Gaoxian asked, "How is Hu Hu?" ”

"Lord Hu has worked hard for many years, and now he has finally lived up to expectations, and he has been invited back to the capital to find a courtyard for him to recuperate."

"Well, okay, you did a good job, let's take someone down first, I have something to talk to this master privately, no one can be within a hundred steps."

"Whoa."

Ah Qi left with the shadow attendants, and dispersed the maids, eunuchs and others who were here.

Under the eaves, between the pavilions, the snow is gradually melting, the tea is boiling, and the white vapor is rolling.

Zhu Gaoxian raised his hand and signaled: "Please sit down, I made a pot of good tea, you and I will taste one or two." ”

Zhu Yunwen slowly fell down, sat opposite the tea table, looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, who was as restrained as jade, and couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't seen you for many years, you are no longer like back then, the last time I saw you, you were still a young and immature child, and now goodbye, you are already a powerful and unrestrained, resourceful and introverted His Royal Highness the Prince, it is really a vicissitudes of life." ”

"My cousin laughed, compared to my change, my cousin's change should be greater."

Zhu Gaoxian held Yuan Qinghua's teacup and said with a smile, "Emperor Jianwen, who succeeded to the throne as a teenager, has now become a monk who is ordinary in the crowd, which really surprises me." ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "I'm not Emperor Jianwen, since I escaped from Nanjing City, I am no longer worthy of the title of emperor." I am a coward who ran away, in the past 16 years, I have traveled all over the landscape, and I have seen the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and I have long worn away what I thought in my heart, and I just want to seek the true scriptures. ”

Zhu Gaoxian asked: "There are many Taos, there are Confucianism and Taoism, there are humanitarianism, there are Dharma Taoism, and there are military Taoism...... I don't know which one my cousin is asking for? ”

"That's naturally the way of interpretation."

"I see that my cousin is asking for the royal road, right?"

Facing the aggressive Zhu Gaoxian, Zhu Yunwen was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "If what I ask for is the emperor's way, then I will not be defeated back then." ”

Zhu Gaoxian said whimsically: "Maybe my cousin thinks that he didn't learn the essence of the imperial road back then, and then traveled for more than ten years, and once he had an epiphany, he wanted to make my father rebel?" ”

Every word he said was full of pins, and Zhu Yunwen could only answer the stubble.

The skill of conversation lies in the fact that both parties, under the same conditions and status, can use words to put the other party at a disadvantage and make themselves stand on the commanding heights. But this presupposes that the two sides are on an equal footing or that the gap is not too great.

Now, Zhu Gaoxian is a knife warrior, and Zhu Yunwen is a fish and meat.

Even your life is at my disposal, so what right do you have to talk to me?

……

"They are all eldest grandsons, why should the eldest grandson be embarrassed by the eldest grandson."

Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly, "No matter how tiger this kid is, we are all a family, he is your uncle's son, let's teach him a lesson." Lock him up in a small remote place, and send a few brocade guards to keep an eye on him, so that he won't be cut down from the roots, good grandson. ”

Zhu Gaoxian also said earnestly: "Grandpa, you have to be considerate of your grandson, if Emperor Jianwen is still alive, my father can't sleep." ”

"Even if you kill Yun Wei, your father won't be able to sleep for a few more nights......"

Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded, "Good grandson, listen to grandpa, our Zhu family's hands can't be stained with the blood of the Zhu family." ”

Zhu Gaoxian said confidently: "The Zhu family is bloody, but our future is prosperous!" ”

"And ......"

"Facts aside, my father rebelled, don't you have a little responsibility, grandpa?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was confused: "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?" ”

Your father rebelled, and he has a half-dime relationship with us?

When he rebelled, we were all buried in the ground!

Zhu Gaoxian said seductively: "Grandpa, look, why did my father rebel back then? It's not because Jianwen cut the domain too hard, everyone can't stand it. is also cutting the domain, Yongle is more ruthless than Jianwen in this dynasty, why can't the clan make any noise? ”

"Without him, Emperor Jianwen's ability is not good. Since Emperor Jianwen's ability is not good, why didn't you pass on the throne to my father back then? If you pass on the throne to my father, won't there be nothing, although Brother Yun Wei can't be the emperor, he can also be a vassal king. The rest of the vassal kings were also convinced of my brother, and it was impossible for Zhu Bai, the uncle of the king of Xiang, to be forced to self-immolate to death. Isn't it beautiful that everyone is having fun? ”

"So, the reason why my Uncle Xiang Wang died and the reason why Brother Yun Wei fell to today's fate has nothing to do with our family, it's all grandpa, you saw the wrong person back then!"

"You have to take full responsibility for the Battle of Jingjing."

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought: "Although it feels like something is not right, but we can't say it, it's so strange." ”

What's wrong?

How did we become the great sinners of the Zhu family?

Zhu Gaoxian comforted: "Grandpa, don't be too careful, although you made a big mistake, but fortunately, my father and I atoned for your sins, which is what our children and grandchildren should do." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked tentatively: "So we should also thank your family for rebelling?" ”

"No thanks, you're so polite."

"No, no, no, we should thank you...... Well, my head is so itchy, why do we always feel that it is not appropriate. ”

"Don't worry, just listen to me and it's over."

……

Zhu Gaoxian sighed: "Cousin, don't hide it, my father's health hasn't been very good recently." ”

Zhu Yunwen chuckled in his heart: "The fourth uncle has always been physically strong, how can it not be good?" ”

Zhu Laosi's health is not very good, which is not good news for him.

If he had heard that Zhu Di was going to die before, he would definitely applaud. But now he is a fish on someone's board, if Zhu Laosi wants to take him away before he dies, it will be a lot of fun.

Zhu Gaoxian said faintly: "It is precisely because I haven't seen you, cousin, that my father's health is not better." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled dryly: "Cousin, don't laugh, I am no longer the me I used to be, and the fourth uncle is no longer the fourth uncle of the year." I have no thoughts in my heart, I just want to spend my old age in peace in the fields, and seek the true scriptures as a monk. ”

He was humbly praying, saying that he had no other thoughts but to live. He is willing to live in seclusion as a monk for the rest of his life, will not marry a wife and have children, and will not pose any threat to Zhu Di.

"Cousin, that's a bad word."

Zhu Gaoxian stood up slowly, walked behind Zhu Yunwen casually, and said, "Since I was a child, my father taught me a word. The Zhu family, even if they die, they will die bloodily. ”

"Emperor Taizu Gao has been fighting horses all his life, and in driving out Hu Lu to restore the Central Plains, if my children and grandchildren are the ones who steal their lives, how can they be worthy of the heroic martyrs of Taizu?"

"yes, cousin."

He took out a white belt from between his cuffs and put it on the other party's neck, "Cousin, I'll give you a ride, so that you can meet your uncle underground." ”

"No, no, no!"

Zhu Yunwen was like falling into an ice cave, and hurriedly waved his hand and prayed, "Gao Xian, we are all a family, the Zhu family does not kill the Zhu family, if you kill me, how will you explain to your grandfather underground in the future?" ”

"It's okay, I have already explained to my grandfather just now, and my grandfather said that it was all his fault, and it has nothing to do with us."

Zhu Gaoxian's movements paused, "However, what you said is right, the Zhu family can't kill the Zhu family." ”

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, yes, our Zhu family is the most harmonious!" ”

No, Zhu Xiaosi, who was a dog, beckoned to the door: "Ah Qi, I know you're eavesdropping, come in!" ”

Sure enough, the shadow attendant Ah Qi really eavesdropped outside the door, and walked straight in and bowed: "Your Highness." ”

Zhu Gaoxian put the white belt on the case: "Our Zhu family will not kill the Zhu family." ”

"You don't have the surname Zhu, your surname is Lan, give you a task to strangle my cousin."

……

For a long time, Zhu Yunwen lay in the compound, and he had no breath.

Emperor Jianwen, who had been displaced for more than ten years, finally stopped running around and ended his life with peace of mind.

Zhu Gaoxian glanced at his cousin's corpse, and ordered Ah Qi: "Find a piece of grass to sweep it up, hide it in the charcoal cart that goes in and out of the imperial city every day, and send the corpse out of the city first and bury it thickly." ”

"Whoa."

After Ah Qi bowed his hand, he turned around and went to collect the body of Emperor Jianwen.

Zhu Gaoxian looked behind him: "Dad, are you relieved this time?" ”

Just through a door, His Majesty the Emperor's reply came from behind the door: "You do something, I can rest assured." ”

Zhu Gaoxian couldn't make up his mind to kill Zhu Zhanji, his compatriot brother Zhu Gaochi had just died, and his bones were not cold, he really couldn't do it, but Zhu Di could help him kill him.

And Zhu Di couldn't do it to kill Zhu Yunwen, because this was the only surviving bloodline of his eldest brother Zhu Biao, he really couldn't do it, but Zhu Gaoxian could help him kill him.

The father and son cooperate tacitly, you help me kill one, I help you kill one, and everyone is happy in the end.

Zhu Gaoxian solved Zhu Zhanji's trouble, and Zhu Di got rid of Emperor Jianwen's heart disease.

After a door, His Majesty the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Back then, he wanted to capture Jianwen alive, but he let the other party go because of this, and he regretted this matter for a full sixteen years, and he didn't regret it for a moment.

Now, Zhu Gaoxian finally got rid of this trouble for him.

(End of chapter)