"Brother-in-law, do you want to go to Jinyiwei Prison to have a look?"

Hearing this, Zhu Gaosui was a little strange, and Zhu Gaoxu also looked at it.

Li Xiao picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Yes, I haven't seen it yet, I want to go in and have a look." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was a little excited, and said: "I heard that the Imperial Prison is called the Heavenly Prison, and everyone is frightened when they hear it, and they have a life to go in and not to come out, I also want to go and see if there is any rumored horror." ”

"Brother-in-law, second brother, what are you doing?"

Zhu Gaosui shook his head and said: "The heavens are heavy, no one can enter casually, not even a fly can fly in."

As soon as the words changed, Zhu Gaosui looked a little angry, threw the gold waist card of 'Ru I am here' on the table, and said with a smile: "But there is a younger brother, take you to open your eyes, there is no big problem." ”

"Wow" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were immediately attracted by the golden waist card, and he wanted to reach out and touch it.

"Oops!" Zhu Gaosui took the waist card back again, carefully stuffed it back to his chest, and said angrily: "Can this be touched?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu scolded: "Damn, you are so fucking stingy!" ”

Zhu Gaosui smiled and did not speak, but enjoyed the feeling of being envied, jealous and hated by the second brother.

Soon, one after another good dishes were served.

Everyone drank a glass of wine and began to use chopsticks to enjoy the dishes.

Stewed abalone, Buddha jumping over the wall, hibiscus egg custard, teriyaki venison, steamed grouper with golden garlic, crab roe xiaolongbao

In particular, this stewed abalone is made of precious ingredients such as abalone, sea cucumber and conpoy, accompanied by abalone sauce, chicken juice, ham juice and other soups.

"Well, not bad! The dishes of this Yueyang Building taste better than the Tianfeng Restaurant in Beiping, and they are no worse than the Drunken Immortal Building in Yangzhou. ”

Zhu Gaoxu tasted a few sips and gave a high evaluation.

Zhu Gaosui smiled and said: "That's it, second brother, brother-in-law, and younger brother invite you to dinner, can you eat badly?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought that he was about to be separated from him, and said movingly: "Third brother, second brother remembers your love." ”

"Second brother, when you say this, you will see the outside, who are the two of us?"

Zhu Gaosui chatted: "Thanks to my brother-in-law, my brother-in-law's snowflake white salt has been implemented in various places, and now it has begun to be produced, almost all the dishes we eat now are seasoned with snowflake white salt, and the price of salt is only a little more expensive than the current white salt, and it will not take a year, I am afraid that the price of salt will be the same as the price of coarse salt before, and the people of the world can enjoy better salt." ”

"Come, our two brothers, a glass to my brother-in-law."

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui raised their glasses: "Brother-in-law, for the benefit of the world, I will do it first as a respect!" ”

After speaking, the two drank it all in one gulp.

Li Xiao also took a sip of the wine in the glass.

Hearing this, Li Xiao was quite happy and benefited the people of the world.

Li Xiao took another bite of abalone and said with emotion: "It's just a few of our brothers today, without Gao Chi, he must like the dishes here." ”

Zhu Gaosui laughed, "Big brother is busy now, and he has lost weight again." ”

Li Xiao said in his heart, it's strange if he is not thin, there is no cabinet now, and he has to use his own brain to make decisions on everything, can that small body bear it.

Although there are pros and cons to the cabinet, if there is no cabinet

It is estimated that the emperors behind the Ming Dynasty do not need to be easily soluble in water, and they will die of exhaustion and short-lived

A few people followed by eating and drinking, pushing cups and changing lamps, and their feelings were harmonious again.

During this period, Zhu Gaosui went out to the toilet and gave a note to a merchant outside.

Not long after, two brocade guards wearing flying fish suits came to another room.

"I've seen Huang Qianhu."

The two gave up.

Zhu Gaosui ordered: "Take off your clothes." ”

Two: "???? ”

Although they were a little confused, they still did it, after all, this Huang Qianhu has a waist card of 'I am here' on his waist, and he is very big.

Subsequently, Zhu Gaosui arranged a few more side dishes and asked them to wait here and not leave.

Zhu Gaosui took the clothes and waist card of Jinyiwei and went back to Li Xiao's room.

He squinted and smiled: "Brothers, you're full of food and drink, let's go?" ”

"Third child, this thing is good!"

Zhu Gaoxu praised it.

Then the two changed into Jinyiwei's clothes, and immediately disguised themselves as Jinyiwei.

Leaving the restaurant, Zhu Gaosui led the two of them and walked towards the Jinyi Wei Yamen.

On the way, Li Xiao asked curiously: "Third child, have you been a brocade guard now?" ”

Zhu Gaosui grinned, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he whispered: "Brother-in-law, I have this intention, at first I was joking, but as soon as I became this brocade guard, I was a little addicted, and I couldn't stop, those officials' secrets and handles fell into my hands, and I could handle them as much as I wanted."

Li Xiao nodded, the interests and hobbies of the third child in his heart are indeed different.

In fact, if you think about it, the nine sons of the dragon are different, Zhu Gaochu likes to fight, and has a hot temper, this Zhu Gaosui does have some potential to be a spy, and it is also good to be a Jinyi guard.

"That" Li Xiao whispered, "Then can you do my brother-in-law a small favor?" ”

"Brother-in-law, you say." Zhu Gaosui said.

His feelings for Li Xiao are very deep, and when he went down to Jiangnan, his brother-in-law and sister took care of him and kept thinking about him.

"Isn't that servant of the ministry planted this time, and it is estimated that he will be replaced."

Li Xiao whispered: "Can you think of some way to send a little official named Yang Shiqi to Beiping, he is my friend, he is not treated here, and he is wearing small shoes." ”

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal, a small thing!"

Zhu Gaosui said mysteriously: "Brother-in-law, I won't hide it from you, you will find the right person if you ask me for help in this little matter, and it is not easy to talk to the eldest brother Gao Chi, this matter, I can do this time The officials will spread the test questions, and I will hold the handle."

Li Xiao understands in seconds.

Sometimes, do these little things.

It's still reliable to find Zhu Gaosui, and it's neat and tidy

Not long after,

A few people crossed several streets.

came to the front of the Jinyi Guard's yamen.

The building is very tall and majestic, and the gate reads: Jinyi Wei Yamen North Town Fusi.

In the Jinyi Wei system, the Nanzhen Fusi is mainly the military court, procuratorate, gendarmerie, intelligence, military industry system and other powers.

The Beizhen Fusi has the greatest powers, anti-corruption and supervision, secret surveillance, suppression, independent investigation, arrest, interrogation, sentencing, detention power (edict), vassal surveillance, and counter-espionage

As soon as Li Xiao came,

I felt a feeling of wind gusting inside, chilly.

Zhu Gaosui led the way in front, holding the golden waist card all the way unimpeded.

on the road

Li Xiao also met several acquaintances.

It is the green dragon and white tiger who have met in Yangzhou.

But the other party is also smart, and he knows what the situation is at a glance, so he doesn't recognize it.

People are Guogong, come in to inspect the work, is there a problem?

On the way to enter the Imperial Prison, there are five checkpoints.

There are thrilling people who passed through layers of shackles, interrogated, and finally entered the imperial prison.

Li Xiaoxin said, that Lan Yu was able to escape from here at the beginning, I am afraid that there are many masters under him, and some of those masters seem to have escaped, and it will be a scourge in the future

"By the way, brother-in-law, did you really come to the Imperial Prison just to take a look?"

If Zhu Gaoxu said this, Zhu Gaosui might believe it, but his brother-in-law said that he would only come to see it, and he would not believe it.

"Which cell is Zhu Yunwen in, I want to meet him."

Li Xiao stated the purpose of the trip.

He planned to intercede with Zhu Yunwen and take him to Beiping.

But the premise is that Zhu Yunwen, this kid, has to settle down, so he plans to listen to Zhu Yunwen's heart with 'his heart'.

If there is no problem, the court will start interceding tomorrow morning.

The voice fell.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are very strange.

Zhu Gaosui squinted his eyes and said puzzledly: "Brother-in-law, what do you think this waste is for?" He has been in prison for a long time, and he is about to be exiled to Yunnan, but it is strange to say. The approval of the exile has not been issued. ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Isn't this right, do you think, why has the approval of his exile not come down?" ”

Zhu Gaosui shook his head, and he was also wondering about this, but when his brother-in-law mentioned this, he muttered, "Could it be that the emperor's grandfather is soft-hearted?" ”

Li Xiao explained: "Isn't this right, although the emperor's grandfather is very angry about what he did, but after all, he is Zhu Biao's own son, the saint's own grandson, exiled to Yunnan, that is almost a death sentence for him, the saint relented. He's waiting for someone to intercede with him."

"I see, I see."

Zhu Gaosui suddenly realized and said, "Brother-in-law, you have a wonderful trick, you are planning to intercede and let the imperial grandfather remember your favor, right?" ”

Li Xiao nodded: "Well, but I want to see if this Zhu Yunwen still has bad intentions, if so, then forget it." ”

Zhu Gaosui said: "I understand my brother-in-law, you are more and more transparent, admire, admire, come, I will take you to Zhu Yunwen's cell." ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly, and said in his heart, it's better to have a good wife to remind him.

Several people came to Zhu Yunwen's cell.

There was a stench inside, the musty smell was tangy, the smell was indescribable, it was gloomy and cold, and the poor physique might have died of illness in it before it was cut.

But fortunately, Zhu Yunwen didn't suffer any torture, plus he studied martial arts since elementary school, and he ate all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and his physique was not bad.

Zhu Gaosui pushed away the nearby jailer, then knocked on the cell door with the handle of his knife, and said with a smile: "Yun Wei, look at it, who came to see you?" ”

In the cell, Zhu Yunwen was unkempt, his face was black, his hands and feet were chained, his expression was dull, and his eyes were blank, who would have thought that such a person would once sit on the dragon chair, for the emperor, the honor of the Ninety-Five, and in a blink of an eye, he would become a prisoner.

He was lying on a broken straw mat in a daze at this time, and suddenly heard a sound, and he was happy in his heart, could it be that the emperor's grandfather was soft-hearted and came to let him go.

These days, he misses it day and night, just looking forward to Zhu Yuanzhang remembering his past feelings and leaving him alive.

He got up suddenly, crawled towards the prison door, and then stood up vigorously and looked at the comer, as a result, he saw Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu, and his heart suddenly cooled.

"You guys. . . Are you here to see my jokes?"

Zhu Yunwen's eyes were blank and slumped to the ground.

"I'm hungry, I'll give you something good."

Li Xiao took out a beef patty wrapped in kraft paper from his body, which he had just taken out from the restaurant and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.

"Would you be so kind?"

Zhu Yunwen couldn't believe it, and at the same time didn't want to eat the cake, feeling that the other party was here to humiliate him, but he still couldn't hold back the honesty of his body, took it, and gobbled it up.

"Fragrant."

In the edict prison, what is eaten every day is leftovers, pigs and dogs, and this beef patty is now a delicacy in heaven for Zhu Yunwen.

"Woo woo"

While eating, Zhu Yunwen choked up and cried.

He regretted it so much, if he had kept to himself, been a good emperor, and didn't worry about eating and drinking, where would he have fallen to such a state.

The remorse in my heart contains shame and turns into tears.

At this time, Li Xiao was also constantly using his heart to observe Zhu Yunwen's heart.

"Zhu Yunwen, this is for you."

Li Xiao took out a porcelain vase from his body and handed it over from the gap in the cell.

"What is this?"

Zhu Yunwen finished eating the cake and took the porcelain bottle with both hands.

"This is Feng Youjing, it is my latest research and development product, you will be exiled to Yunnan at that time, where there are a lot of poisonous insects and mosquitoes, a bite of a big bag, smeared with this Feng Youjing, and it will soon be better."

Li Xiao patiently explained.

"I see"

Zhu Yunwen took the wind oil essence and laughed while crying, there was a feeling of self-deprecation, he smeared the wind oil essence on his body.

"Hahaha, you don't have to wait to go to Yunnan, you can use it now, there are a lot of poisonous mosquitoes in this cell, staring at the body, itchy, but I don't dare to scratch it, this one. The skin is broken, there is no Langzhong here, if it is pus and ulcerated, I am afraid that I will die in this prison before I go to Yunnan. Hehehe. Unexpectedly, the first person to come to see me was you. It's you."

Smiling and laughing, Zhu Yunwen cried again, he used wind oil essence to smear the big bag of poisonous insects and mosquitoes on his body.

[Hey, the world is impermanent, the world is impermanent. I think I, Zhu Yunwen, also have today, now that I think about it, fame and fortune are all floating clouds, and nothing is worth living well, why didn't I figure out this truth before, but when I figured it out, everything was too late]

After Li Xiao heard these voices, he was almost certain of a fact.

Now Zhu Yunwen has lost all hopes, and he no longer has ambitions, he can only live, and he is satisfied.

It seems that Zhu Yunwen in history escaped from the palace, and then went as a monk, but he did not appear in the end

In this case, you can intercede with the emperor's grandfather.

Li Xiao smiled, looked at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Yunwen, do you want to live?" ”

Zhu Yunwen suddenly froze, the whole person was motionless, and after a while, he sighed and said: "I want to live, but how do I live, everyone in the world wants me to die."

Li Xiao said: "I can give you a way to live." ”

Zhu Yunwen slowly turned his head and said in disbelief: "What a way to live."

Li Xiao said: "I pleaded with the saint to bring you to Beiping and let you live an ordinary life, but you can't leave Beiping in this life and this life." ”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, "Why do you want to help. No. You shouldn't be going to help me."

Li Xiao said: "Give the saint a favor." ”

Zhu Yunwen instantly understood, he looked at Li Xiao, hope appeared in his eyes, and cried: "Think, I want to live Li Xiao, I want to live."

Li Xiao listened to his heart again, there was no problem, even if he was given a broken house and a livelihood now, he would be able to live a lifetime in peace.

"Okay, then you wait."

Li Xiao got up, looked at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, and signaled that he could go.

The three of them walked towards the door where they had left.

Everyone's mood is a little heavy, if Zhu Yunwen wins and continues to cut the domain, maybe they are the ones who stay in the cell at the moment.

But there is no if, victory is victory, history, written by the victor.

Behind him, Zhu Yunwen knelt on the ground, looked at the backs of Li Xiao and others, and shouted:

"I want to live, I really want to live, thank you, Li Xiao."

As the cell door slammed shut, it was cut off from the world.

The next day, the morning dynasty.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang also came and sat on the dragon chair, but he did not interfere with Zhu Di, mainly sitting on the side and Zhu Di was presiding.

Zhu Yuanzhang was on the dragon chair, looking at the civil and military officials below, hoping that someone would come out and intercede for Zhu Yunwen, so that he could push the boat down the river and leave his grandson alive.

Zhu Yunxi is a rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, and there is no way to give in.

But although Zhu Yunwen made a heinous mistake and Zhu Yuanzhang was also very angry, he was a little unbearable after all, after all, he was Biao'er's son.

Zhu Yunwen's exile date has been secretly postponed twice by him.

At this time, the early dynasty was almost over, and Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't wait for someone to come out to intercede.

All the officials went to court as usual, as if they had forgotten about Zhu Yunwen, who had been the prison of the country and even the emperor for a period of time, as if he had never appeared

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought about what Li Xiao said, no matter how the dynasty changes, those families will never change, but they have changed their masters, and now that they look at it, this is really the case.

It's really a group of unsympathetic people, isn't there really anyone pleading for Yun Wei?

That Zhu Yunwen is wrong in a thousand ways, all kinds of mistakes, and that is also the fault that he will not be the emperor.

But when he was in power, he didn't treat any of you badly, but I heard that they proposed to you to add money.

Now, everyone has forgotten about him, and not a single person has mentioned it!

What about those of you who dare to die?

Stand up!

You are all just for profit, and you have no affection!

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted in his heart, but the court was still calm.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat."

Towards the end of the morning dynasty, the eunuch shouted.

All the officials are ready to retire.

Zhu Yuanzhang is also disheartened, tomorrow is the day of Zhu Yunwen's exile, and no one can really stand up.

And then, a sound sounded.

"Wait, the minister has something to say!"

It was Li Xiao who spoke.

Zhu Di sat in the hall, saw that it was his son-in-law, smiled and waved his hand: "Li Xiao, what's the matter, let's talk about it." ”

Li Xiao nodded, walked in the hall, and said:

"The minister has a reluctant request, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was crowned the prince for the first time, and the minister hopes that His Royal Highness can be benevolent, regardless of the past suspicions, and read on the friendship of the former prince, open the net to Zhu Yunwen, change Zhu Yunwen to be exiled to Yunnan, to Beiping, the minister is willing to guard Zhu Yunwen not to cause trouble, and spend his life in peace, please allow His Royal Highness!"

The voice fell.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up suddenly.

He finally waited for someone to intercede for his grandson, but he didn't expect that this person was not a courtier who had been favored before, but actually Li Xiao who was the opposite of Zhu Yunwen!!

Zhu Di was slightly stunned.

And the hundreds of officials in the court instantly made an uproar, whispering below.

"This Zhu Yunwen can't let it go, it's a scourge if he does."

"That's right, the exile in Yunnan is already Your Majesty's extra kindness."

"How can this be done, if you make a mistake, you should pay for the mistake you make."

Everyone was surprised, how could this Li Xiao intercede for a deposed emperor's grandson, it was really incredible.

A subordinate stood up in the middle of the matter and said loudly: "The minister does not agree with Yongle Gong's proposal, Zhu Yunwen is extremely evil, and his exile is already extraordinarily gracious." ”

Another official stood up and said: "The minister is opposed, Zhu Yunwen is very disrespectful to the saint, he ascended the throne quickly, regardless of the fake funeral of the saint, it is really a great unfilial piety, this kind of unscrupulous descendants, how can it be forgiven!" It's a great sin! ”

Li Xiao looked at the official and said, "Since it was a big crime at the beginning, why didn't you come out to oppose it at the beginning?" ”

"You're using strong words!"

The official said loudly: "Zhu Yunwen was a prisoner at the beginning, how can we stop it?" ”

Other officials also said: "Yes, we wanted to stop it at the beginning, but we couldn't stop it." ”

"Fart!"

Li Xiao walked in a few steps in front of the official.

Yanguan took a few steps back, looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, you. . Why are you going to be above the temple, you can't commit murder, and the saint is still watching?"

"Smack!"

Li Xiao directly slapped him and beat the other party.

Then he looked at the other opponents and scolded: "It's not that you think it is profitable to support the new emperor, so you acquiesce in this kind of thing, what about your justice and your righteousness?" Oh. Now that you are saying that it is disrespectful to the saint, why did you go in the first place, the saint's fake body has not been in the coffin for more than ten days, do any of you stand up and say it? ”

An official pointed at Li Xiao and scolded: "You, Li Xiao, you dare to beat people in the palace, you ignore the saint!" ”

"You're ignoring the Holy."

Li Xiao went over and kicked this person out again, and the others turned purple with fright, kept retreating, and shrank into a ball.

For these officials, Li Xiao didn't feel that he could beat them in terms of lip service, so he didn't move his hands and feet to deter them, and it was estimated that he was going to be yellow.

Li Xiao scolded: "It's you who ignore the saints!" When my father was in Yong'an County, you dared to die to admonish my father for the trivial things that made the officials rich. Okay, you pretend to be deaf and dumb for such a big disrespectful event as the Holy Being's false body and not being an official, is this your justice and righteousness? What about the momentum of death in the first place? Yes? ”

The words left the opponents speechless.

More people who want to oppose it don't dare to stand up, after all, this prince dares to beat people in court, who dares to provoke him?

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao arched his hand to look at Zhu Di and said, "Ask His Royal Highness the Prince, I am willing to do it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di already knew what Li Xiao wanted to do.

He wanted to make the Holy One owe a favor.

At the same time, it's good for yourself.

Zhu Di has always felt that the saint is staying in the health hall, and he will always be in a daze occasionally, as if he is thinking about something.

Now Zhu Di suddenly understood, I am afraid that he is seeing things and thinking about people, and remembering the scene where he once taught his grandson in the health palace.

Li Xiao is trying to untie the knot in his father's heart.

If Zhu Yunwen is really executed, I am afraid that there will be some gaps in my relationship with my father and the emperor at that time, after all, the last prince is the eldest brother

And I don't care about my eldest brother's son.

Li Xiao, Li Xiao. You are really a good son-in-law of Lone, thinking so thoughtfully for Lonely.

"Li Xiao, I understand your proposal, but this matter is too important for Lone to decide."

After speaking, Zhu Di turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang and arched his hand: "Father, the son is willing to intercede for Zhu Yunwen, the son is like a brother and sister, Zhu Yunwen is also the nephew of the son, and now he is in trouble, and the son is also uncomfortable, please let my father open the net and be willing to grant Li Xiao's request." Although Zhu Yunwen made a big mistake, he did not sin to death. ”

After speaking, Zhu Gaoxu also arched his hand and said: "I beg the saint, open the net!" ”

now

The hall was silent.

All eyes were on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very emotional, the fourth, Li Xiao, Gao Xu or your family are affectionate, our old Zhu family should not kill each other, we must remember family affection

A thousand words, Zhu Yuanzhang can't tell.

In the end, the words came to his lips and turned into one word: "Accurate!" ”

A quasi-word,

represents Zhu Yuanzhang's debt to Li Xiao.

He looked at Li Xiao and was moved.

Li Xiao, Li Xiao, love and righteousness.

Today, you interceded for our grandson and spared him his life.

Let's make a note of this love!

We promise you that no matter when you make a mistake in the future, even if it is a heinous mistake.

We'll pay you back too.

As a 'quasi' fell, all the officials instantly understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, prostrate on the ground, and shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty is holy, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is magnanimous!"

"Ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty! Ten thousand years! ”

The eunuch shouted:

"Retreat—"

(End of chapter)