Out of the Wuying Palace, the breeze blew, Xu Ruyi was cold, and he felt that his whole body was soaked with sweat.

Looking back at the gate of the Wuying Palace, one step is like a world away.

Raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and sideburns, Xu Ruyi walked towards his small courtyard. The emperor's order is in his body, and he still sweeps the royal garden.

It was only when he returned to his cabin and closed the door that Xu Ruyi felt a sense of security.

Reaching out and picking up the teapot on the table, mouth to mouth, he drank it for a while before putting down the teapot and letting out a long breath.

"Scared?" An eerie voice sounded behind Xu Ruyi.

"I%& amp;*¥¥@#¥" Xu Ruyi only felt that the cold hair stood up, turned his head suddenly, and punched it.

There was a muffled "bang" sound, and it hit a short and fat old man on the belly. 'It's man ... The punch fell into place, and Xu Ruyi was relieved.

Looking up, the beaten old man looked at him with a smile, "Little door master, put down your fists, aren't you tired of holding it?"

"Uh... Xu Ruyi put his hand down and took a step back. Reaching out and scratching his head, "Are you?"

"Zhenzi Hall Master Li Caiyu has seen the little door master" The fat old man arched his hand, and his face was still smiling.

"You... Xu Ruyi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"The little door master doesn't have to be nervous, let's listen to my old man slowly."

"Well, okay, then I'll trouble you" Xu Ruyi nodded.

Li Caiyu thought for a moment and said, "The inheritance of Tianmen has a long history, and I don't know how much the old master told you. But I think that with his old man's temperament, he won't talk too much about you as a child. I'll tell you what you need to know. ”

After a pause, Li Caiyu said slowly, "The roots of Tianmen are in the palace, but in the court, there are also their own forces in the rivers and lakes. It's just that there was chaos in the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty more than 20 years ago, and there are not many of these forces left, so there is no need to talk to you in detail for the time being. Under the gate of heaven, there are eight halls, sixteen stars: eight halls are divided into Qiankun Xun (xun) Zhen Gong (gen) Likundui, and all things in the palace are handled by the Commander-General; the sixteen stars are the seven stars of the Big Dipper: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang, the six stars of the Southern Dipper: Tianfu Star, Tianliang Star, Tianji Star, Tiantong Star, Tianxiang Star, Seven Killing Stars, and the thirteen-star monarch is always in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes; and finally there is the Fu Lu Shou three-star monarch who entered the court as an official and was in charge of the affairs of the court and China"

Hearing this, Xu Ruyi's eyes lit up, with such a big force, he and the emperor were not far behind.

Li Caiyu looked at Xu Ruyi's expression, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

chuckled, opened his mouth and said, "Don't think about it, didn't I tell you, the end of the Yuan War, there is not much left of the Tianmen forces." Now that the Ming Dynasty has passed twenty-five years, that is, there is still a little strength in the rivers and lakes, and the strength of the DPRK and the palace is very small, and it is not of great use. If it is possible to say that the ears and eyes are clear, it is impossible to do anything great. Besides, the forces of Tianmen are hidden in the dark, and no one will pay attention to you if you go out to inquire. ”

These words were like a basin of cold water poured on Xu Ruyi's head.

Thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang is not a person who kills people, and it is uncomfortable to sleep if he kills less than 10,000 people with one hand. The palace and the palace are killing people's heads, how can there be any chance to develop any forces.

"Ahem" Li Caiyu cleared his throat, "Everything you have done so far, the brothers in our palace think it's not bad, you just came out alive from Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, Lao Liu felt that he could help you, so he called our family." ”

"Is that voice before I entered the hall what Lao Liu you were talking about?" asked Xu Ruyi.

Li Caiyu shook his head: "You shouldn't know, don't ask." ”

"Oh, then what should I know now?" Xu Ruyi asked rhetorically, "You know that Zhu Yuanzhang asked me to find it... ”

"I know, deal with Ding Bin" Li Caiyu opened his mouth and interrupted Xu Ruyi's questioning, "I actually came here mainly to do two things"

Li Caiyu stretched out his hand and took out a small package in his arms and handed it to Xu Ruyi, seeing that Xu Ruyi took it, he said again, "The bag is fifty taels of silver and five hundred yuan of treasure money, which is enough for you to do things." That's the first thing. The second thing, we thought about it, we can't give you any human help for the time being, so as not to be exposed, but we can tell you some information. ”

Xu Ruyi thought about it, nodded, and didn't speak, Li Caiyu, who should know, would naturally say.

Ding Bin is Li Cunyi's cronies, and he should have gone to Datong Tunbian last month, but Li Cunyi was left behind through the back door, and the emperor took the opportunity to put him in prison. Li Cunyi is Li Shanchang's younger brother and the son and daughter of Hu Weiyong, who died before. That's basically what you should know" After Li Caiyu finished speaking, he raised his head and thought about it again, "Oh, also, the gold medal given to you by the emperor can enter and leave the pro-army governor's mansion at will, and it is also a proof that you are from the palace, you don't have any real power, that's all." ”

After saying a few simple words, without waiting for Xu Ruyi's reaction, he turned around and walked out of the door, his body shook and disappeared.

'Shh It's so fast,' Xu Ruyi smacked his tongue secretly.

Closing the door again, Xu Ruyi checked around and confirmed that there was no one left, before sitting down and meditating quietly.

Speaking of Ding Bin and Li Cunyi, these two are just small people. In later generations, no one will know. But Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang are well-known and well-known. Hu Weiyong was theoretically the last prime minister in Chinese history, and was later executed by Zhu Yuanzhang under the pretext of abolition of the prime minister system. Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang used the excuse of forming a party to start killing Hu Weiyong, and killed more than 10,000 people in total. This case occurred in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and this case is also one of the four major cases in Hongwu.

What is the concept of 10,000 people? Xu Ruyi didn't know, but he knew that there were more than 400 people in his elementary school who had stopped on the playground, and there were quite a few people who looked at it.

Besides, Li Shanchang accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world back then. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was the head of the Six Kingdoms. In terms of the ranking given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the status is even higher than that of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liu Bowen and others. It's a pity that he was implicated in Hu Weiyong's case later, and gradually faded out of the court, and the real power was gone, but the title was especially there, and the influence on the court was still there.

It's interesting to say. Hu Weiyong's case occurred in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and from that year on, everyone who could have something to do with Hu Weiyong was basically cut down. But Li Cunyi, Hu Weiyong's son and daughter, is still alive, and Li Cunyi's brother Li Shanchang is naturally alive until today。。。。。

Xu Ruyi thought about it and felt that this matter was a bit difficult to do. What is certain is that Zhu Yuanzhang means that he wants me to dispose of Li Shanchang. But he didn't give me any real power, and he didn't give me any soldiers. What should I do with this? Assassination is definitely not possible, he doesn't believe that Li Shanchang's mansion will have no defense. What to do。。。。。 ’

Xu Ruyi gradually fell into deep thought.

At the same time, Li Shanchang's house.

The once brilliant Li Mansion is still the same, the scenery has not changed, and it is still the first mansion in Beijing. If there is any difference, it is probably only the people who live in the house who know the answer: vitality.

The original Li Mansion was full of guests coming and going every day, but now it is full of doors. The people in the house spoke and acted quietly, as if they were afraid of alarming someone.

In the middle of Li Shanchang's study, there is a small table at this moment, and there are two old men sitting at the table, who are about seventy years old. Both of them are a plain and elegant Confucian robe, one of them has a wooden hairpin on his head, although he is old, his face is like a crown of jade, and his face is slightly wrinkled, which seems to have experienced vicissitudes. The other person had a hosta on his head, his figure was fat, and there were not many wrinkles on his face, but he was just worried, as if he was worried. The two of them looked six or seven points alike, and they were quietly eating and drinking on the side dishes on the table. The talent on the table is not complicated, only a plate of sauce meat, a plate of soybeans boiled in salted water.

In ancient times, there were rules in the study, and you could not enter the study if you ate food, wine and food, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the sages. Li Shanchang's study has a lot of rules, and the two of them are a little drunk on their faces, obviously they have been drinking for a while.

"Brother," the man with the hosta should be the first to speak, "brother, has you caused trouble again?"

"Alas... The man with the wooden hairpin sighed and put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Cunyi, I don't blame you." That Ding Bin is your cronie, it's normal for you to be reluctant to him, if in the past, this matter is not a big deal. ”

These two are Li Shanchang and his younger brother Li Cunyi.

Li Shanchang said words of comfort in his mouth, but Li Cunyi's face did not get better, "Brother, I... ”

"Eh" Li Shanchang waved his hand and stroked his beard, "Then Zhu Yuanzhang has changed, since Queen Ma went, he has become particularly suspicious and extreme." Hu Weiyong did have anti-righteousness back then, he didn't kill you and me, firstly, because he remembered the friendship between us and us, and secondly, the time was not ripe, after all, Hu Weiyong had many henchmen. Now that Hu Weiyong's henchmen and protégés have almost dealt with it, it is my turn to be Li Shanchang. Your business is just a beginning. ”

Li Shanchang picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Now that I think about it, it's nothing." It's just a death.,It's just a burden on Fei'er.,Alas... ”

"Brother. Li Cunyi sighed, also picked up the wine glass, and put it into his mouth. The best wine comes like bitter coptis.

The Fei'er in the mouth of the two is talking about Li Shanchang's son Li Fei. He is also the only heir of the Li family...

In the eyes of the ancients, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. The Li family is a seedling on the ground, just a descendant like Li Fei, just twenty this year, he died, and the Li family was broken. Li Shanchang had already thought about sending Li Fei out for refuge, but the inside and outside of the Li Mansion were eyeliner. Every time Li Fei was sent to the city gate, he was blocked back by the soldiers under various excuses. Li Shanchang is also at a loss.

A thousand words turned into sorrow, and the two of them raised their glasses again。。。。。

Push back in time.

Zhu Di went out of the imperial garden, rushed back to his mansion in a panic, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he hurriedly ordered, "Master Daoyan come to the study to see me quickly!"

Zhu Di walked all the way into the study, just sat down, took a breath, and heard a Buddha call "Amitabha" outside the door

With this Buddha call, a monk walked into the study and appeared in front of Zhu Di.

In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang selected ten monks from the people and distributed them to his sons to preach and pray for them. One of them is called Daoyan, which is the monk in the study at this moment.

Dao Yan became a monk at the age of fourteen, learned five cars, knew everything about astronomy and geography, knew everything about medicine and astrology, knew everything about medicine and astrology, knew Dunjia in Xiaoqimen, knew gossip in Ming Yin and Yang, and was proficient in military books and war books, and he was proficient in magic and strategy. It stands to reason that it is difficult for a person who has learned these things not to show his talents, but he is a monk, and things are a little embarrassing. As a monk, no matter how much he knows, he can't enter the court. From the point of view of his profession, a monk is to chant scriptures, and no matter how much he learns, it is useless.

But he was not discouraged, the reason was simple, Dao Yan believed in his fate. At the beginning, someone calculated for him, saying that he had a pair of triangular eyes, like a sick tiger, and he was easy to kill, and he would be Liu Bingzhong and others in the future.

Liu Bingzhong was a monk in the early Yuan Dynasty who helped Kublai Khan conquer the world and ascend the throne as emperor. And this Liu Bingzhong is also the idol in Daoyan's heart.

Dao Yan was very happy to listen to the fortune teller, and he also firmly believed that he could show his ambitions. Until the eighteenth year of Hongwu, he walked to Zhu Di's side with the sentence "I send the king a white hat". It has been more than seven years now. Dao Yan spent these seven years becoming the number one confidant in Zhu Di's heart.

It is said that Daoyan's original life Yao Guangxiao has a filial piety in his name, and Liu Bingzhong has a loyal character in his name. Both of them had good names, but they didn't chant well, so they all went to participate in the world hegemony. So as the old saying goes: the route is wrong, and the more knowledge, the better the ,,,

At this moment, Zhu Di looked at Dao Yan in front of him, looking at his pair of triangular eyes that were ancient and unwavering, Zhu Di's heart gradually calmed down.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Di opened his mouth and said, "Master, this king seems to have caused trouble. ”

Dao Yan didn't talk, Zhu Di didn't care, as if he was used to it.

In fact, the same is true in the past exchanges, and there is very little nonsense in Daoyan's mouth.

Zhu Di continued: "Just now in the Imperial Garden... Zhu Di slowly explained what had just happened in detail. He kept saying that he went out of the palace and returned home. Only then did he stop talking and keep silent.

The study room was quiet all of a sudden, and only the sound of Dao Yan moving the Buddha beads remained。。。。。

After a cup of tea, Dao Yan spoke." It doesn't matter, Chitose walked out of the palace all the way from the imperial garden, the time is not short, His Majesty did not send someone to stop it, indicating that the anger has passed at this moment, one of them; the poor monk expects that the emperor is about to purge the army, and this move is imperative, at this moment, the emperor may hesitate, but after all, he will not move Chitose, the second is also; Chitose has always been the head of the world's feudal kings, if the emperor disposes of Chitose, it will cause the world's feudal towns to be uneasy, this is also the third; coupled with the nature of father and son, the poor monk believes that the emperor will figure out these truths. ”

"Huh" After listening to Daoyan's words, Zhu Di let out a sigh of relief, and his heart was put in his stomach. Standing up, Zhu Di bowed to Dao Yan and said, "Thank you for your enlightenment, Xiao Wang has benefited a lot." ”

Dao Yan turned sideways slightly, and said lightly, "Wang Jia Chitose is serious. ”

Seeing Zhu Di straighten up, Dao Yan spoke again, "This trip to Beijing is aimed at winning over the nobles, especially Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and Xu Zengshou, the second son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Chitose still needs to be careful." ”

Zhu Di nodded calmly, "Xiao Wang knows, master rest assured"

"Amitabha" Dao Yan proclaimed the Buddha again, turned around and walked out of the study。。。。。