At the winter banquet on the 28th day of the first month of the 28th year of Hongwu, Fu Youde, the prince of Yingguo, killed his two children first because of Zhu Yuanzhang's pointful reproach during the palace banquet, and then committed suicide.

That night, Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, the former confidant of Lan Yu and Fu Youde, also drew his sword and killed himself in the mansion.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's script, there is actually no such tragic drama. Yes, he wanted Fu Youde and them to die, but he didn't want to see them die with his own eyes, because this would cause the "chastity archway" he had prepared for himself in the history books to collapse.

Heaven and earth can be deceived, but your own heart cannot be deceived. Zhu Yuanzhang knew best in his heart that from beginning to end, he was sorry for these old brothers who fought the world together back then, but there was no way, in the oath of life and death with his brothers in the Ming Dynasty, he finally chose the former.

Even so, Zhu Yuanzhang still wants to leave a good reputation in the history books of the people of the world, but unfortunately God did not give him this opportunity, first there was a rebellion in the Mid-Autumn Festival of Lanyu, there was Fu Youde's blood splashed in the Qianqing Palace, and then there was Wang Bi's self-murder in the mansion, under the eyes of everyone, if you still want to find any excuse for rebellion, then no one will believe it anymore, his "chastity archway" has been washed down by blood and drifted into the stinky ditch.

The last fig leaf on the face of the wise and martial Emperor Hongwu was torn off, and the four words of mean and unkind will definitely accompany him for the rest of his life, and he will not disappear until he dies.

"Well, since the face is gone, then I don't want this face. Just before going to bed, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts finally came to pass: "Lao Zhang, pass the order to Dongchang and Jinyiwei, don't talk about any rules, except for those few people, kill all the way, and leave no one behind." ”

"Yes. ”

I originally thought that the killing had come to an end, but as soon as it stopped, the spinning began again, the only difference was that this time, the charges that Dongchang and the Jinyi guards had set for these prisoners were simpler and more direct.

"Rebellion", two words, without any incriminating evidence, without any trial, not even a decent confession, a blank piece of paper, a few lines of ink, and a red handprint, is proof of admitting guilt and obeying the law. If someone is caught, they will be cut every two days, and their families will either be distributed, or they will not be included in the teaching department, or they will be cut together, and there will be no good end.

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In the sound of the rain,

At the Yamen of Dongchang, Xu Ruyi and Yun Zheng sat opposite each other, quietly sipping tea, and no one spoke. Not to mention, listening to the sound of rain and drinking fragrant tea in winter, the mist is steaming to bring people a rare tranquility.

"Knock Knock"

"Come in. ”

With the sound of wind and rain, Fang Tianyou, the new head of the East Factory, pushed the door in.

Xu Ruyi glanced at him, and his eyes narrowed: "There is blood on your body, do you do it?"

"Lord Overseer. Fang Tianyou knelt down on one knee and replied: "Song Guogong Feng Sheng led the two hundred generals in the mansion to resist stubbornly, and they have been killed by all their subordinates. ”

"Everything?" Xu Ruyi said curiously: "Feng Sheng is also dead?"

"Yes. ”

"Hmmm... Xu Ruyi thought for a while and said with a smile: "That's it, if you're dead, let's die, just go back and just find a random one and cut it on the law field, with a little more blood on your face, and no one can see what is emitted by the cloak." Ordinary people are always the best to fool. He took a sip of the teacup: "Get up, it's been a busy night, come over and drink tea together to warm up." ”

"Thank you for your love. Fang Tianyou got up and sat down at the table, turned over a teacup, and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

"The brown color is clear, the green leaves are undulating, and the best blue snail spring. Fang Tianyou praised.

"It's a knowledgeable person. Xu Ruyi nodded: "How is the injury?"

"Back to the Governor, the injuries of his subordinates are no longer serious. Fang Tianyou replied respectfully.

"Well, it's okay. Xu Ruyi smiled and said: "Your injury is just right, our family will let you come out to work, and it is also to let you show your face in front of your brothers as soon as possible." I heard that Feng Sheng was born in the martial arts in his early years, it is really not easy for you to take him down, how many people have we injured?"

"Uh... Fang Tianyou hesitated for a moment, and replied honestly: "One hundred and sixty-three people died, and two hundred and eighteen people were injured. ”

"A thousand people have gone, and after losing so many of them, the brothers still have to practice more. Xu Ruyi shook his head: "This Feng Sheng, it's true, the emperor wants to kill him, this is something that has long been understood, he pretended to be blind when Duke Liang Guo rebelled, and when Duke Ying Guo died, he pretended to be a turtle, our family thought he had seen it, but I didn't expect it to be a big-tailed wolf, and I don't know how he became this Song Guogong." ”

"Overseer. Yun Zheng said in a deep voice: "On the list you gave at the beginning, now you have basically killed almost all of them, and there are more than a hundred miscellaneous fish left, you see... ”

"Is there more than a hundred left, just hold on tightly, just kill it." Xu Ruyi waved his hand indifferently: "Is there any movement on the side of Rotten Man Alley and Ji Gang?"

Yun Zheng thought for a moment and said: "The Rotten Man Alley has already begun to teach some superficial internal skills according to your instructions, and there are special people to take a look at it every seven days, and all talents that can be created will be cultivated with heart. In the past two months, some people on the rivers and lakes have wanted to take refuge in our East Factory, but they are all unmixed or have other purposes, and most of them have left after their subordinates have told them the rules, but there are really some people who are willing to give themselves a knife and stay. ”

"The Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill, they also ate it?" Xu Ruyi said curiously.

"Eat. Yun Zheng nodded: "According to the Governor's orders, he didn't give them all, but only gave them a few really powerful characters." Like the dog-faced judge Gou Xiaoyun, the smiling face King Kong Skin Iron Heart, the cannibal Deng Gaoming and the six-armed Yama Dongfang Han. ”

"Have you heard of them?" Xu Ruyi looked at Fang Tianyou.

Fang Tianyou nodded: "A well-known name on the underworld." ”

"How about the snake-hearted old devil?" Xu Ruyi suddenly remembered the underworld leader in Fengyunzhuang back then.

"It's hard to tell the difference. Killed by me. Eight words, answering Xu Ruyi's two questions.

"That's amazing. Xu Ruyi nodded: "You are the big stall head of my East Factory, and the four of them will do the two, three, four, and five stalls behind you, and it is your business whether you can settle them." When I look back, I remember to recognize my face. ”

After a pause, Yun Zheng spoke again: "Ji Gang's side has been very comfortable in Jinyi Wei Town for a few months, and in two months, he has jumped from a hundred households to the position of punishing a thousand households, and has entered the eyes of Song Mingguang, a fellow acquaintance of Jinyi. Although he said in private that he was still willing to listen to the orders of our Dongchang, but in the opinion of his subordinates, I am afraid that he is a wolf. ”

"It's okay," Xu Ruyi waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Ji Gang, that person, is born to be a backbone, but he is still bold and resourceful and ruthless enough, our family already knows this." ”

"Then why are you, Lord Governor... Yun Zheng was puzzled.

"Why did you send him to Jinyiwei?" Xu Ruyi laughed: "Because in the future, my Dongchang will always have a guy to sing a duet." ”

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Feng Sheng, the only surviving Duke of Song in the last fruits of the founding of the Six Kingdoms, also died, but he still did not escape the knife after all. For the future of the empire, Zhu Yuanzhang sent one old friend after another to hell, and the book of "Records of Rebel Ministers" that he personally reviewed seemed to finally come to an end.

Well, no, there is also Xinguo Gong Tanghe, let's take another look, play with the eagle all day long, don't be caught by the eagle.

Dressed in cloth, Zhu Yuanzhang led Lao Zhang and a few guards to meet the last threatening person in the backyard pavilion of the Xinguo Mansion.

"Tang He?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a little puzzled, Tang He was sick at home for a month, and Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't seen him for a month, goodbye at this time, Tang He had simply changed his appearance, and the rickety old man in front of him was really the old brother in his impression?

"Your Majesty... Slowly kowtowing on the ground, Tang He raised his head and looked up at the world's supreme in front of him.

"I ... I heard that you are sick, so I came to see you. Zhu Yuanzhang said astringently: "You get up first." ”

"Your Majesty... Tang He didn't get up, he still looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, that look... It's complicated, he has something to say, but he can't say it, he can only make a final plea through his humility, begging His Majesty the Emperor in front of him to spare his life.

Do you really keep none of them?

Taking a deep look at Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, lifted his hem, and then bent over and sat on the ground, sitting in front of his old brother: "Old Tang, what's wrong with you, I'm just here to see you and talk to you, why can't you get up on your knees, your legs are numb?"

Looking at the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Tang He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, barely evoked a smile, and Tang He replied: "The minister's legs and feet are not good, so His Majesty can see it smile." With that, he barely crossed his legs and sat up.

"Red face and white head, hero twilight, you and I are old. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "I still remember when I took a knife to Guo Dashuai's camp to join you, I was almost cut down by Guo Dashuai, but thanks to your timely arrival, I was asked to go over."

At that time, you were already a thousand-commander, and I, just a nine-commander, were still sealed by you.

With benefits, you always think of me, and you are worthy of being a well-known benevolent and righteous man in our Fengyang. If it's too peaceful today, the old brothers are almost gone, I... It's lonely. ”

Calling himself with the word "I", at least when he said this sentence again, Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer Emperor Hongwu, but the Tang and the familiar Zhu Chongba.

"Your Majesty... "Tang He almost burst into tears.

"Look at you, I didn't say anything, you are like this, where is the former Die Hard King. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pushed Tang He's shoulder.

"Hehe, I'm getting old, but it makes Your Majesty smile. Tang He scratched his head, and then joked: "In front of you, the true dragon emperor, my tiger is just a kitten, Your Majesty, you already know it." ”

"Hahahaha... Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "If my Ming Dynasty's Xinguo Gong is a kitten, wouldn't the others be little mice? ”

"Your Majesty, beating my old soup is like this in front of you, and you don't know it. ”

"Eh, I have something I have always wanted to ask you, today is a coincidence, Lao Tang, can you solve the confusion in my heart for me?"

"Your Majesty, please speak, old soup I... Ahem. Know everything. Cough.. Words are endless. cough cough cough" pretended to pat his chest proudly, but he didn't expect to cough.

Lao Zhang, who was standing behind him, hurriedly brought a bowl of hot water, helped the soup and drank it slowly, and Tang He stopped coughing.

"Old soup, my body is finished, let Your Majesty smile. After a cough, Tang He's voice sounded hoarse.

"Out of the way, out of the way. The look of vigilance in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes finally disappeared completely.

"Your Majesty, you were just going to ask... ”

"Oh, I wanted to ask you... When you were in Guo Dashuai's camp, why were you so respectful to me?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled and said: "I was down, I went to defect to you, your official position is higher than mine, and you are still a commander in the army, but every time you walk in one place, you always have to follow me, others look at you and secretly laugh at you and me, but you are still like this, what did you think at that time?"

"Well, I don't know what I'm thinking. Tang He himself seemed to be a little confused, and after recalling it for a while, he smiled: "I'm not afraid of your laughter, Your Majesty, I, I may have been purely afraid of you at that time." ”

"Afraid of me, afraid of me, what?" Zhu Yuanzhang said puzzled.

"I'm afraid you'll hit me. Tang and the stall also laughed: "When I was a child, we still had two babies, and they herded cattle together with a small hammer, you have always been the child king of our children, and you are also the fiercest one when you fight with the gang of dolls in the East Village, several times Fengyang's cattle herding baby, Your Majesty, you are also a well-known tyrant, you say I can not be afraid of you." ”

"Second baby, little hammer... Zhu Yuanzhang muttered: "Do they have any news later?"

"It's dead, it's long gone. Tang He sighed: "When your father and mother went, you went to Huangjue Temple alone to become a monk, and the two of them provoked the steward of Liu Papi's family, and they were beaten to death. ”

"It's fate. Speaking of the hardships of childhood, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help sighing.

"Grandpa... Let me tell you, it's time to take your medicine. Not far away, a doll with pigtails wearing a flower jacket was lying at the door, looking at Tang He.

"Your grandson?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the child lovingly and asked.

"Let Your Majesty see it, he is only six years old, and he doesn't understand the rules yet. Tang He said, and said to Xiaotong: "Go and tell your mother, grandpa is talking to the emperor." ”

"That's it, that's it, I'm here to see you. You take good care of your illness, our two brothers don't have a few years to live, you will accompany me... Let's go on this last journey. After patting Tang He's somewhat thin shoulder, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, turned around and left: "Don't always sit on the ground, the ground is cold, be careful of breaking your body." ”

"Minister, send your majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live. ”

That night, Jin Yiwei commanded Jiang Huan to die violently in the mansion, and quietly, the Lan Yu case in the four major cases of Hongwu was declared to be over after nearly 100,000 deaths were injured.