The old man looked at Zhu Di in front of him, the surprise on his face gradually dissipated, and a mocking smile appeared: "Oh? It seems that this kid has done a good job in the past twenty years, which gives you a headache, right?"

Zhu Di smiled: "I can't talk about the headache, but this kid is really doing a good job, after all, he is your son, and he has the true inheritance of your Xuanyuan family!"

The old man looked at Zhu Di with a smile: "I want to hear it, what has he done outside in the past twenty years?"

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Actually, there is no need to hide it from you, but all this needs to start with you, sir." ”

He looked at the old man and said leisurely: "Twenty years ago, sir, when you were still the son of Xuanyuan, you originally cooperated with my father, Emperor Taizu. But you betrayed him, secretly subdued the forces of the rivers and lakes, organized a Yama called the Ten Palaces, and sabotaged the plan designed by your father to let the Tangmen in Shuzhong and the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall cooperate in the development of new weapons. ”

He sighed and said, "That's why my father designed to capture Mr. and spend the past twenty years in this dark place, right?"

The old man snorted angrily at this time: "I betrayed him? Your father is a complete villain, he betrayed me!"

He gasped, obviously full of anger in his heart: "If it wasn't for my family who mistakenly believed in him and reached an agreement with him, without the help of our family, how could he successfully take power after the death of his stepfather Guo Zixing, and how could he defeat Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng successively, and finally destroy Meng Yuan and establish a great tomorrow?"

Zhu Di didn't speak, how huge the power of the family behind this old man was, of course he knew that if it weren't for their support, money and efforts, and all the relationships, it was indeed unknown whether Emperor Taizu could defeat the strong enemy and reign over the world.

The old man said angrily, "But after your father ascended the throne as emperor, he actually betrayed his promise, violated the agreement between him and us, and actually wanted to unseal that secret. He secretly found someone to interpret the book, discovered the secret cave of Huashan, and tried his best to promote the cooperation between the Tang Sect and the Perak Hall, the reason why I opposed him was just to want him to keep his promise, what's wrong?"

Zhu Di still didn't speak, the "secret" in the old man's mouth was obvious what he knew, and he naturally knew the agreement between Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and the Xuanyuan Gongzi family back then, but he couldn't evaluate right and wrong, so he still didn't say a word.

The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became: "Twenty years ago, if it weren't for your father's despicable means to pretend to make peace with me, but he secretly drugged me and arranged for the old thief of Dongguo to ambush me, how could I be captured by him with my skills, and how could I have been locked up here in secret for twenty years?"

Zhu Di smiled at this time: "It was after Mr. disappeared twenty years ago that Ling Gongzi inherited the name of Xuanyuan Gongzi. Naturally, he also took over the control of the Ten Palaces of Yama, and since then he has become the most powerful person in the rivers and lakes. ”

When the old man heard Zhu Di not say that he was imprisoned, but that he was missing, he laughed instead of being angry, and sneered a few times.

Zhu Di continued disappreciably: "In order to find your whereabouts on the rivers and lakes, Ling Gongzi first gave full support to the Great Thunder Gate of Lei Potian, and made the momentum of the Great Thunder Gate far exceed that of the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall back then, and even overshadowed the Tang Gate in Shuzhong, and the large and small gangs on the rivers and lakes attached themselves one after another, and the momentum was unmatched for a while. ”

"But such a big force still didn't get any news about you in the rivers and lakes, so later Ling Gongzi became suspicious that the court secretly imprisoned you. From this time on, he began to intervene in the party struggle of the imperial court. ”

He began to use the power of the rivers and lakes to collect some secret handles of important ministers in the court, and wanted to blackmail them, and soon Emperor Taizu died, and Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, and he felt that the opportunity had come. ”

When Zhu Di said this, he licked his dry lips, looked at the old man who was gradually listening, and then said: "It's a pity that it didn't take long for the Battle of Jingjing to break out, and in the end, I won." Therefore, he had to change his goal and began to support my second son, Zhu Gaoxu. In his opinion, this son is the most favored by me, and he will be able to inherit the unification in the future, with his power in the court, if Mr. is really secretly imprisoned by the imperial court, it will certainly be easy to investigate. ”

But to his surprise, I finally made the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince, and Zhu Gaochu was only a Han king, and the domain was still far away in Yunnan. In addition, over the years, the King of Han has tried his best to find out your whereabouts, at best, he has found such a strange abandoned palace in the palace city, but it is guarded by the double dragon in front of the palace of Emperor Taizu. This made Ling Gongzi really disappointed. ”

"Seeing that the idea of relying on the power of King Han to rescue you has been frustrated, Ling Gongzi decided to change his plan and do it himself. He used the handle of the important ministers in his hands to successfully provoke a fight between the crown prince and the three brothers of the king of Han and the king of Zhao. ”

This battle caused turmoil and panic in the capital, and in the end, as he wished, provoked a mutiny. The rebels attacked Miyagi, and the forbidden troops guarding Miyagi all went to participate in the counterinsurgency, and there was no time to take care of anything else, and Miyagi, which was usually heavily guarded, became an empty city. ”

So taking advantage of the mutiny last night, Ling Gongzi easily came to the outside of this deserted palace with people, and he had already calculated that sir, you must be imprisoned here, and he will personally rescue you. ”

When the old man heard this, the light flashed in his eyes, as if he didn't expect his son to do so many things to save him, and he didn't know whether to be relieved or worried for a while, so he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "But he didn't come in." ”

Zhu Di smiled a little smugly: "Of course he didn't come in, because I had already arranged a person for him in the hall outside." ”

The old man asked, "Who is it?"

Zhu Di smiled: "It's sir, your old acquaintance, Mr. Dongguo!"

The complexion on the old man's face changed: "It's him!"

Of course, he knows Mr. Dongguo's strength, and he has dealt with each other for decades, and he has fought for decades. In the end, it was this old thief who helped Zhu Yuanzhang capture himself, but he didn't expect that a character like him would also take refuge in the imperial court.

With Mr. Dongguo's martial arts, his son is never an opponent.

The old man felt anxious for a while and asked, "How is my son?"

Zhu Di smiled faintly: "Ling Gongzi is fine, after making a move with Mr. Dongguo, he knew that he was invincible and had retreated." ”

The old man breathed a long sigh of relief, he believed Zhu Di's words, because Zhu Di had no need to lie to him anymore.

After a while, he asked, "It seems that it is because the place where I am being held has been exposed, so you insist on moving the capital to Beiping?"

Zhu Di said: "Not exactly, of course, there are other considerations, but one thing is certain, Ling Gongzi will not give up the action of rescuing Mr. You, so I am afraid that there will be constant troubles in this palace city from now on." And the most troublesome thing is that I don't know how many Korean and Chinese officials Ling Gongzi has coerced and lured over the years, and what plans he will have next, so Nanjing is no longer safe. ”

The old man smiled proudly, as if he was proud that his son could make the Ninth Five-Year Venerable feel such a headache: "Do you think it must be safe to move the capital to Beiping?"

Zhu Di nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I absolutely believe in Yao Guangxiao's ability, just as even you believe in him." ”

The old man was silent, and suddenly asked, "You have worked so hard to move the capital so much, why don't you just kill me, an old man?"

Zhu Di hurriedly waved his hand: "Sir must not think like this, detaining Mr. for twenty years is also the original decision of my father, and I have always respected Mr. very much." With Mr.'s talents, I still have important things to rely on in the future!"

The old man pursed his lips disdainfully: "Don't waste your efforts, I have no illusions for a long time, even if I am locked up for another twenty years, I will never translate that book for you." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Sir is too worried, I will never force Mr. to translate that book anymore, there are other people in the world besides Mr. who can also translate this book." ”

The old man's face changed: "Who is it?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Zhu Di's face: "Sir, do you remember the ancient scroll in the secret cave of Huashan?"

The old man's face became ugly: "It's those thieves!"

Suddenly, he frowned again: "No, although they have been pursuing this secret for so many years, they will definitely not cooperate with the imperial court." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "It seems that Mr. knows them very well." It's true that we didn't work together, but we all had the same purpose, and they needed this book in my hands. ”

The old man understood: "You are using them!"

Then his face was full of doubt: "Are you going to give them that book, how can they believe you?"

Zhu Di's face was full of smug smiles: "They really won't believe me, but it's another person they have to believe and can't refuse." ”

The old man asked, "Who?"

Zhu Di said mysteriously: "A young man with a dragon pattern on his back!"

The old man's face really changed, it was no longer a surprise or surprise, but a look of fear and fear, and he said deliciously: "Dragon pattern? You, did you really find him?"

Zhu Di seemed to be very satisfied with his expression, of course this old man knew what the identity of this person with the dragon pattern on his back was, and what it meant.

He smirked: "So I will never kill you, sir, because he will need your help in the future, and you will not be able to refuse him." This is Destiny!"

The old man stopped talking, his face was full of horror, and he muttered, "No, no, I don't believe it, it's just a legend......"

Zhu Di ignored him anymore, stood up, laughed loudly, and turned around and left along the secret passage.

His triumphant laughter echoed through the passages, and the old man's frightened whispers.

Zhu Di walked in the secret passage, thinking in his heart, he didn't just find this person, he had already found him twenty years ago!

God knows how long he has been planning for this person in the past twenty years, and how long he has endured it, all for the secret behind him.

Thankfully, this patience is finally coming to an end.

His plans have already begun, and the wheels of history have begun to turn.