Murong Danyan poked his head from behind Li Qiufeng, glanced at the piece of paper, and said strangely: "What is written here, I can't understand a word." Who is Yang Pu and who is Li Yan?"

Li Qiufeng held the white paper in his hand, his face was solemn, and he said word by word: "This is written by Yao Guangxiao himself. Look at the anger hidden in his words, and when he wants to write, he is angry in his heart. Yang Pu and Li Yan were both well-known literati in Jiang and Zhejiang provinces during the Hongwu Dynasty. Yang Pu had no intention of being an official and lived in seclusion in Wuzhen, Jiaxing. Before Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he repeatedly sent people to invite him to serve in front of the army, but Yang Pu refused. When the world was decided, Emperor Taizu ascended the throne in Tianfu and became emperor, and even sent a waiter from the Ministry of Rites to invite him. Yang Puli couldn't resign, and Emperor Taizu became murderous. It's just that Yang Pu is a well-known literati in the world, but he is not good at killing openly, so Emperor Taizu had to temporarily suppress this breath in his chest. Later, Hu Weiyong's case was discovered, and Emperor Taizu had the intention to take the opportunity to punish Lian, and Jinyiwei naturally knew Emperor Taizu's intentions, and also weaved Yang Pu into Hu Weiyong's case. It is said that after killing Yang Pu, Emperor Taizu was unrelieved of his hatred, and once said to his close ministers that if he did not serve me, he would go to serve the king of Hades. That Li Yan lived in Suzhou and wrote a book called "Zetianlu", which angered Taizu. Taking advantage of Guo Heng's case, Taizu also arrested Li Yan in prison and sent someone to beat him to death......"

When Li Qiufeng said this, thinking of the misery that happened to Yang and Li back then, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Murong Danyan looked puzzled, and said, "Is the book "Zetianlu" very famous? Why have I never heard of it? Why did writing a book anger the emperor?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Emperor Taizu used to be a monk, and later joined the Red Turban Army and served as a soldier under Guo Zixing. At that time, the imperial court called the Red Turban Army thieves, and some literati also wrote articles to scold the Red Turban Army for 'not changing their thief nature and causing chaos in the world'. After Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he hated others mentioning his origin the most. It is a monk, a monk, a thief and other words that have violated his taboos, and if someone mentions them in the court, or writes these taboo words in the recital, it will inevitably end miserably......"

Murong Danyan took a sip of "bah" and said hatefully: "This emperor is not reasonable. After she finished speaking, she thought about it and said, "That's not right." The surname Li is written in "Zetianlu", and there are no words such as monks, monks, and thieves. Could it be that this book is about monks and thieves?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "This book has nothing to do with monks, Taoist priests, and thieves. It's just that the word 'then' is indistinguishable from 'thief', so it is also counted as a taboo......"

Murong Danyan's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice: "This, how is this possible, how could the emperor be so violent and confused?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Confused? What taboos and the like are just an excuse for him to kill people. Li Yan's death lies in the fact that he was the leader of the literary circles in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always had a lot of complaints about the Red Turban Army, and most of them surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng was born as a salt dealer and did not read any books, but he was very respectful to the readers. After he raised his army, he occupied Suzhou and issued an order inviting literati to give lectures in various prefectures and counties to promote cultural governance. He also set up the Hongwen Museum, invited the great Confucians of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to come to give lectures, and recruited the children of the generals and the folk as students. In addition, the Lixian Hall was also opened to attract literati from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to participate in military aircraft. Even Lord Liuji, who was sincere, respected Zhang Shicheng a lot back then. Although Emperor Taizu has always regarded Chen Youliang and Wang Baobao as his great enemies, he is quite jealous of these two people in terms of using troops. It's just that for Zhang Shicheng, he is deeply jealous. knows that if you talk about the people's aspirations, you will never be as good as Zhang Shicheng. After killing Zhang Shicheng, he was always afraid that the people would not be convinced, and he was extremely jealous of the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who supported Zhang Shicheng. The reason why he killed Li Yan was just to make an example and kill chickens to show monkeys. ”

At this time, Zhu Sanjia said beside him: "What Gongzi Li said is good. When my father was there, he once mentioned to me that there were frequent major cases when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and he often lamented that Taizu's killing was too tragic. I haven't heard of the names of Yang and Li mentioned by Li Gongzi, but my father once mentioned the matter of Song Wenxian, but it was also very miserable. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded. Murong Danyan didn't know who "Song Wenxian Gong" was, so he immediately asked, "Brother Zhu, who is this Song Wenxian Gong?"

Zhu Sanjia said: "This person's surname is Song Minglian, he is a native of Qianxi, Jinhua, and Zhang Yi, Liu Ji, and Ye Chen, and the world calls these four people 'Mr. Zhedong Four'." After Emperor Taizu established the country, he also praised Lord Song as the head of the founding ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the court etiquette was mostly formulated for him, and he was the master of the crown prince Zhu Biao. It's just that later, Taizu repeatedly had big cases, and Lord Song noticed that the situation was not good, so he immediately returned to his hometown. It's just that Emperor Taizu was not at ease with him, and took the opportunity of Song Shen, the grandson of Lord Song, to be implicated in the case of Hu Weiyong, so he wanted to kill Lord Song. It's just that Empress Ma and the crown prince Zhu Biao are trying to protect it, and Empress Ma even changed into plain clothes, prayed for Lord Song in the palace, and said to Emperor Taizu that the common people still know that they respect teachers and value education, and the emperor can't even tolerate the emperor's teacher? Emperor Taizu had no choice but to send Lord Song to Maozhou, Sichuan. It's just that things are very strange, Lord Song went to Kuizhou and died of a violent illness. This matter was reported to the court by the Jinyi guard who escorted Lord Song, but no one dared to investigate. A generation of famous ministers died thousands of miles away from the capital for no apparent reason, which is really regrettable to think about. ”

Murong Danyan thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's viciousness, and was stunned for a while, and only said after a long time: "Yao Guangxiao wrote the names of Yang and Li on the paper, is it to vent his dissatisfaction with Emperor Taizu?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "Miss Murong, Yang Pu, Li Yan and Yao Guangxiao are close friends, and they often use poetry and writing to reconcile each other. Yang and Li were killed by Emperor Taizu, and Yao Guangxiao was also involved in their cases. It's just that he saw the opportunity very quickly, fled first, and became a monk, so he escaped with his life. Judging from the few words he left on the paper, Taizu killed Yang and Li Manmen, and razed their three clans, which angered Yao Guangxiao. After he became a monk, this hatred was still in his heart, so he defected to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and encouraged Zhu Di to covet the throne and raise up the battle of Jingjing, so that the descendants of Taizu killed each other and avenged Yang and Li. ”

Zhu Sanjia sighed and said, "No matter how insidious Yao Guangxiao's intentions are, it can be regarded as a clever trick. After Taizu's death, Emperor Jianwen cut the feudal domain and forced the three princes to death. Later, Cheng Zu raised troops and entered Yingtianfu. Regardless of whether Emperor Jianwen escaped or died in the palace, the concubines left by Taizu, as well as Emperor Jianwen's empress and concubine, all died in the fire. Not to mention the ministers and soldiers who were loyal to Emperor Taizu. Although Yang and Li were razed by the three clans, they were only hundreds of blood relatives of Taizu who died in the Battle of Jingjing, and they were also considered to have been buried for the tragic deaths of the Yang and Li families. Yao Guangxiao's revenge is really ruthless. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. After Chengzu ascended the throne, he slaughtered the loyal ministers of Emperor Jianwen when he was in power, and killed thousands of people, and all of them died in a miserable state, far exceeding the families of Yang and Li. The loyal ministers of Emperor Jianwen are the loyal ministers of Emperor Taizu. Yao Guangxiao is thoughtful and has no last resort. When Emperor Taizu went on a killing spree, he was afraid that there would be fish that would slip through the net, so many big cases arose. As a result, the retribution was unpleasant, and all of it fell on his children and loyal ministers......"

When Li Qiufeng said this, his heart suddenly froze, and he secretly thought: "Yao Guangxiao borrowed Zhu Di's hand to take revenge, and it stands to reason that it is already a great revenge." But why did he build such a huge underground palace in the belly of this mountain, and even set up a skeleton army of tens of thousands of people outside the palace? He is a Buddhist master and a Taoist saint, and he has heard that he has been taught by Taoist master Xi Yingzhen, so he naturally will not take this theory of wealth and wealth to heart after his death. But looking at the appearance of this underground palace, it is not the work of people with an indifferent temperament. ”

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Liu Yong say, "Brother Li, have you found anything?"

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but Liu Yong had already walked over. Just now, he was thinking about Yao Guangxiao's affairs, and for a while, he didn't even realize that Liu Yong had come to the front. He shook his head and said to Liu Yong: "Here are a few blank pieces of paper with words written on them, I think they were left by Yao Guangxiao back then. No clues have been found to be able to escape from here, though. ”

Liu Yong sighed and said, "Master Chu and I searched on the right side of the hall for a long time, but we found nothing. It seems that if you want to find a useful clue, you will only end up on the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon. ”

Liu Yong's voice fell, and Zhu Sanjia and Murong Danyan looked at the throne in unison. But he saw that Situ Qiao still did not approach the throne, but paced up and down under the platform where the throne was placed, muttering words in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying.

Zhu Sanjia said angrily: "Mr. Liu, you also know that the throne is the key, why did you let Situ Qiao, a bastard, take the lead? I see that this person's heart is not right, if he finds the secret way, he will either leave us and flee first, or he will use the secret path to coerce the gang leaders and the head of the house to help him do things." My old Zhu martial arts is lowly and his knowledge is not high, but he has also been in the rivers and lakes for a few years. If this bastard is not like what Lao Zhu said, Mr. Liu can cut off my Lao Zhu's tongue. ”

Liu Yong smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "The situation is forced to do so. Fortunately, we are united and are not afraid of him making trouble. Mr. Zhu reminded him very much, and Liu should keep it in mind. ”

Murong Danyan kept looking around, and said to himself: "It turns out that Emperor Lao'er's Jinluan Hall is nothing remarkable. In addition to being larger, there are also some gold and silver jewels embedded in the chairs, and the hall can be regarded as empty, and it looks a little gloomy. ”

After she finished speaking, she turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, is the imperial palace in Beijing the same as this hall?"

Li Qiufeng said: "In addition to the throne, the Fengtian Hall in the palace is also empty, and there are no bookshelves, tables and chairs, which is much more shabby than this hall. ”

When he said this, he looked at the walls painted in bright red and said, "It's just that the walls in the Fengtian Temple are all white, and I don't know what the meaning of the red painting here is." ”