The Phantom Demon Demon wanted to capture him and hand him over to the Martial Arts Alliance to dispose of, but he said that he would not kill him, but before he finished speaking, Lan Xuanzhu's body slashed out and jumped towards the cliff.

The illusion looked down, and the black light blinded him couldn't see anything. He simply found a big tree, jumped on it, found a branch to lean on, and rested.

The next day, he was awakened by the rising sun, and he almost developed an underlying sensitivity to the sun. The phantom demon jumped down from the tree and moved his muscles, and when he arrived at the cliff, he was dumbfounded, it turned out that the so-called mountain cliff was just a dirt slope, and the height difference was only three or five zhang, not to mention the martial arts masters, even if ordinary people rolled down, they would not have any worries about their lives. But at this time, it is no longer possible to look for the blue extinguishing candle.

The phantom demon returned to the palace and confessed, and asked the four guards to pay attention to protecting the emperor, and this blue extinguishing candle might come to assassinate.

Zhu Di saw the illusion and asked, "Xiaowen, do you still want to leave?"

"Fourth uncle, I am now determined to be in the rivers and lakes, and I want to travel around. ”

"Okay. I don't think you will feel comfortable staying in the palace - pass the decree, the martial arts knight illusion demon has saved the driver, and he will be crowned the king of freedom!"

This will has been passed down, and the Phantom Demon Demon has officially had the nickname of King Yaoyao, but it will take a long time to spread throughout the martial arts.

Zhu Di asked again: "Xiaowen, what else do you have to look at in this palace, just tell the fourth uncle!"

As soon as King Xiaoyao thought that he didn't want to order anything, he was afraid that the fourth uncle would not be able to bear it, so he said: "Fourth uncle, you must know, I don't have any other luxury, but I am more concerned about eating." I don't know if there is a retired imperial chef in the imperial dining room, so the fourth uncle will arrange one for me. ”

"This is easy to do, and it just so happens that Zhang Shande, the head of the imperial dining room, asked for an order to return home. But he had no relatives at home, so I didn't let him go back, and I originally planned to stay in the palace to retire. Since you mentioned it, it's just right - Xiao Dezi, you go and ask Zhang Shande if he is willing to leave with King Xiaoyao. ”

"Yes. ”

The chamberlain Xiao Dezi retreated, and did not take a fifty-year-old person into the hall with little effort, and after the king worshipped, Zhu Di asked: "Zhang Shande, you are not very old, but you want to return to your hometown." You have no relatives at home, and you will only add to your troubles when you go back. You have served in the palace all your life, and you have not even asked for a daughter-in-law, although I am the king of a country, I remember your merits. I know you want to be free, but I can't bear to leave you alone for the rest of your life. Now that the King of Freedom is about to travel to the rivers and lakes, if you want, let him go with you, so that you can be a companion!"

"The ministers obey the order, and the emperor is more considerate. Zhang Shande was full of joy and hurriedly thanked him.

King Xiaoyao originally heard that this imperial chef was applying for retirement, and thought how old he was. However, at the age of fifty, he was already considered an old man, and he had indeed reached the age of retirement.

"Fourth uncle, in that case, then I will say goodbye. ”

"Hmm. The fourth uncle will give you some silver taels and spend money on the road. And don't be too plain about clothes and stuff, I know you're very particular about that. ”

Zhu An and Zhu Cheng were holding a package, one large and one small, the big one was filled with clothes, and the small one was filled with silver tickets.

The King of Joy did not refuse, and accepted them all. He said goodbye to Zhu Di with the salute of the rivers and lakes and left the palace with Zhang Shande.

The two of them walked all the way towards the Purple Mountain, and the King of Joy asked, "Master Zhang, if you don't want to follow me, go home." ”

"Lord Wang, the little slave is willing to go with you in the rivers and lakes. It's just that I don't have martial arts, I'm afraid I will become a drag on you. ”

"Not really, I'm just wandering around, not looking for someone to fight. ”

"Lord Wang, the little slave has a word I want to ask the prince. ”

"Just ask!"

"You, don't you hate the emperor? ”

The King looked up at the sky and sighed: "If I want to hate, I should hate myself, I hate myself for not being the emperor well, and I have harmed many innocent lives in vain. On the contrary, I myself only lost Cuilian alone. ”

"The little slave has served King Yan for more than ten years, and has served the saint for several years, which can be regarded as an honor for the grace of the saint. The emperor is indeed a good emperor, but King Yan ......"

"Lao Zhang, King Yan no longer exists, as long as the emperor is a good emperor. Don't call yourself a slave to me from now on. We're partners. ”

"Yes, Lao Zhang took the order. ”

"By the way, you can call me Xiaowen in the future. ”

"This can't be helped, at the very least, I have to call you a master!"

"Hehe, whatever you want, it's just a title. Let's go over there in the woods and change our clothes. It can't be too shabby to worship the emperor's grandfather and father. ”

King Xiaoyao's father, Zhu Biao, did not actually become an emperor, he died young, and Emperor Jianwen was posthumously named Emperor Xiaokang after ascending the throne. Although he didn't attach much importance to his throne, he couldn't disrespect Taizu and his father, so at this time he was still called "Grandpa Huang" and "Father".

Zhang Shande agreed, and the two went into the woods, and when they came out again, they had changed into gorgeous clothes, brocade robes and jade belts. What King Xiaoyao didn't expect was that there was also a token in this bag, on which were written the three words King Xiaoyao. It seems to have been prepared for a long time. He naturally knew that it was not a temporary decision for the fourth uncle to appoint him as the king of leisure.

The head of the guard guarding the imperial tomb saw the two of the King of Xiaoyao and greeted him, and the King of Xiaoyao was about to take out the waist card, but the military guard bowed down and said, "May I ask Your Excellency, but the King of Xiaoyao is honorable." ”

"Well, it's this seat. ”

"The emperor has explained that if you want to enter the imperial mausoleum, everything will be convenient. ”

"Good. I got it!"

King Xiaoyao secretly said in his heart, it turned out that the fourth uncle had already arranged it, and he knew that I would come to the imperial tomb to worship.

King Xiaoyao couldn't help but think of the years when he was the emperor, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was incompetent as an emperor, he was thinking of doing something, cutting the Shengwen, just because his name was Zhu Yunwen, he wanted to prosper the Wenzhi, but it turned out to be such a fate, maybe this was the best ending for him, but thinking of those who were forced to die because of his own cutting of the domain, and later because of the martyrdom of these people, they didn't give their lives in vain.

The more he thought about it, the more regretful he became, and the more he felt that he had made too many mistakes. He stopped coldly, and suddenly sighed,

"In the last few years of the emperor's reign, his temperament changed drastically, causing many meritorious courtiers to lose their lives in vain. Now that I think about it, the emperor's grandfather is all for me, but it's a pity that I have failed his hard work. So what kind of face do you have to see his old man again? ”

Zhang Shande expected that King Xiaoyao must have remembered the sad past, so he silently followed behind, and he did not persuade until he got off the Purple Mountain: "Master, it is really difficult to distinguish right from wrong in the matter of imperial power." Taizu's temperament may have changed drastically at that time, but those who were killed were not completely innocent. It's just that the imperial power is very involved, and many people who are jointly and scoldedly guilty have lost their lives in vain. Today, the society is stable, the people are safe, and the peaceful and prosperous era is still built. The owner doesn't want to think about the past, the rivers and lakes are long, and the future is unlimited. ”

King Xiaoyao suddenly became heroic again, "Yes, I am now a person in the rivers and lakes, and I don't want to think about those past events." From now on, the world is big, and the narrow sense is the largest!"

With that, the King of Joy walked in stride.

The two of them browsed the grand scene of the Beijing division along the moat, and the prosperous scene made the King of Joy very pleased. Xin said that he was still young when he became the emperor, and it would be great if he had the courage to cede the throne directly to King Yan at that time. But then he thought that maybe that would cause a rebellion of the vassal kings, and maybe the consequences would be even more serious. He suddenly had a kind of enlightenment, the world is unpredictable, the way of heaven is dark, maybe this is the will of heaven. At this point, the King of Freedom completely let go of the past.

He and Zhang Shande went to Qinhuai Street, the prosperity of Qinhuai River represents the prosperity of the dynasty to a certain extent, in addition to the song and dance of the warbler on the Qinhuai Street, there are a lot of food, are the most famous snacks in Nanjing, the master and servant eat all the way, only eat the belly is rolling, the cheeks are full.

King Xiaoyao still has the slightest literary quality, and his mouth is full of muttering: "Lao Zhang, where do you say you are going after leaving the Beijing Division?"

"Master, where do you want to go?"

"I want to go to Mount Emei the most. I heard that Wudang Mountain is a holy place for martial arts, and I also want to go and see it. ”

"Master, don't you want to go to Shaolin Temple?"

"I don't really want to go. There are too many rules in the monk temple, and I am not a free prince who is not easy to be restrained. ”

Zhang Shande smiled and said, "What the master said is true." Lao Zhang: I followed the Shengshang to fight in the south and the north, although I had not been to any places, but I was quite proficient in geographical maps. If we * we can pass through Wudang Mountain, and then we can reach Emei Mountain to the west. ”

"So good, then we will *, the rivers and lakes are short, and life is long!"

The two of them played and walked, and in about five or six days, they entered the territory of Luzhou Mansion. On the second day, they climbed a big mountain, and its name was Dabie Mountain!

"Master, I heard that the melon slice tea here is very famous, should we reserve some. ”

"If you meet a tea farmer in the mountains, buy some. No matter how good the tea in the market is, it will inevitably smell like dust!"

"Hehe, the master is really exquisite! But this season is probably long past the season of tea picking. ”

"Again, I forgot the season. It's winter in a blink of an eye, Lao Zhang, can your body eat!"

"It doesn't matter. It was Lao Zhang who dragged down the master. Our people in charge of the spoon stand by the stove for a day, and in the words of the martial arts practitioners, it is a steady plate. What's more, although we were a little tired physically when we played all the way, we were very comfortable in the mood, and I felt a lot younger. ”

Unable to buy new tea, the two of them bought some old tea from people in the mountains, but they could also drink it.

After two days of playing, we went down the mountain and continued westward. Along the way, I went over the mountains and waded through the water, and after walking for two days, I turned to the official road to adjust the direction, and then continued to climb the mountains and mountains along the official road for two days. Because the direction of the official road is not straight to the west, if you blindly take the pipeline, you will definitely not be able to reach Mount Emei, but if you only take the mountain road, it is difficult to discern the direction.