Zongrenfu, the secretary who manages the affairs of the royal clan.

Anyone who has a relative of the emperor who has committed a mistake will be sent here. Circles, trials, and in serious cases, removal from the list, or even death.

Zhu Yuanzhang is very good to his children and grandchildren, and the children and grandchildren may not be successful, but they have never committed a big mistake. Therefore, although the Zongren Mansion was established early, it has basically not been opened.

But now, he has lived in three prominent guests - the strongest feudal town in the world, the three sons of Zhu Di, the king of Yan Domain.

The cell in which they were held, although still a cell, was actually much like a normal inn room. Tables, chairs, benches, and even a bookshelf with a few books. There is no shortage of wine and meat for three meals, except that there is no freedom, the other conditions are really good.

At least through the wooden fence, they can still talk.

"Big brother, can't we go... ”

"This still asks, do you have a long brain?"

"Did Lao Tzu ask you? What kind of fart did you put on?"

"I can't say without asking me, no brains is no brains. ”

"Enough!" Zhu Gaochi shouted loudly and said angrily: "It's already in the prison of this sect's mansion, and it's still making trouble!"

The three former princes of the Yan Dynasty, now the prisoners, the glorious future waiting for them is no longer there, and in the future, whether they are dead or alive is probably unknown.

The fat body moved, and then sat up from the wooden bed with some irritability, and Zhu Gao said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter, it's going to be fine." The voice paused, and then continued: "Since Father and Master Dao Yan are sure that the three of us will go to Beijing together, they must have also considered the result of us being forcibly detained by the imperial court, and they will definitely have a countermeasure, definitely." ”

"Hopefully. Zhu Gaosui's voice was weak, and he seemed to have given up completely.

Zhu Gaoxu on the side was stronger, but what he said was not so good: "Who knows if my father will have a wild son outside." ”

"You!" Zhu Gao was angry.

"Okay, okay, I said it wrong, big brother, don't be angry, I'm just nonsense. Zhu Gaoxu twitched his mouth slightly, and he also knew that he had said the wrong thing.

"The point, haven't you eaten enough, do you need the third brother to help you?" Zhu Gaosui sneered.

"Hmph!" Zhu Gaochi rolled over and fell, facing the wall, but this time he was reluctant to speak.

Things have come to this point, and the three of them are already fish on the chopping board, let's take one step at a time.

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In the book, it is often said that a person is a merchant and carries a few hundred taels of silver in his baggage. A tael of silver, according to its current weight, is about forty grams. A hundred taels of silver is four kilograms, or eight kilograms. If someone really carries a few hundred taels of silver on him, then not to mention traveling thousands of miles, even if he walks more than a hundred miles, he will be tired and half dead.

A few hundred taels is so, but what if it's 400,000 taels of silver?

Large carts and small cars, shoulder-to-shoulder. Li Dake carried the burden and walked slowly on the official road with the team, not far behind him, the town named Majiaji was still in sight.

He didn't really like silver. Because he is a porter, to be exact, a post man of the imperial court, the lowest kind. There is no oil or water every day, and the income is only a few cents of silver per month. But once an escort team passes by his lot, he is often selected to carry the goods.

No, the team escorting the salt tax in Yangzhou passed by, and he was picked again, and the fortune tellers often said that he was born to be a coolie, but now that I think about it, it seems to be the case.

400,000 taels of silver, and more than a thousand taels of the burden on his shoulders. Silver is a good thing, but being a cargo is a different thing, especially when the last penny doesn't fall into your own hands.

"My mouth is dry, and I don't know how far away the next town is. It would be nice to have a cool place to rest. Li Dake complained, stopped, wiped his forehead, wet, and shook his hand, sweat fell to the ground and shattered into several petals.

"What are you doing! Don't go quickly! Beware of the uncle's whip!" a shout sounded behind him, accompanied by a whiplash. Fortunately, it didn't hit him, otherwise it would have been another cut.

Li Dake hurriedly took two steps under his feet, as if he could stay away from the errand official nicknamed Wang Laohu: "What's amazing, isn't it just a whip in your hand." forced Lao Tzu to be anxious, and Lao Tzu picked on his son and quit. ”

Of course, this was just a thought, and he didn't have the guts to do such a headless thing.

"Drive, drive. The sound of the horse's hooves sounded, and it galloped past Li Dake.

"My lord, there is a plum grove fifteen ahead, and there is a river of living water in the forest. The subordinates have already investigated, and there is no one with him. ”

"Merlin?" Xiao Jing was already full of words when he heard these two words.

It's not easy for the porters, and he, the escort officer sitting on the horse, is actually not having a good time. The one with the armor on his horse sits on his horse. As soon as the sun broke, he felt like a stew in a jar, not much worse if it wasn't cooked.

Xiao Jing looked around, it was noon, and apart from his escort team on the official road, there was not even a single cat or dog.

"Take a break, it shouldn't be a big deal. Thinking like this, Xiao Jing swallowed his saliva and ordered: "You go and take a closer look, if it is safe, you will rest in the forest for a while." ”

"Order!" the Colonel clenched his fists and whipped his horse away.

Xiao Jing and this little colonel are both serious military backgrounds and naturally have big voices. The conversation just now could not be concealed, and many people in the team heard the key words "Merlin", "Xiaohe", and "rest", and the pace under their feet was much brisker.

Five miles, gritting your teeth, you will arrive.

"In ancient times, Cao Cao looked at Mei to quench his thirst, and now there is my king Jing Wangmei... Wangmei... There is no culture, Xiao Jing "Wangmei" didn't put the words on for a long time, and couldn't help but shout hatefully: "Hurry up for Lao Tzu, there is Merlin in front, Lao Tzu will lead you to rest." You guys are hot, and Lao Tzu is not cool! At this time, whoever dares to be lazy, Lao Tzu picks his skin!"

"Yes!" 80 porters and 200 soldiers shouted in unison, their faces full of energy.

"It's a bonch. Whoa!" Xiao Jing scolded with a smile, raised his hand and slapped the horse's ass twice, he couldn't wait any longer.

The fifteen-mile journey is not a short distance, but everyone is full of energy, and even running with bumps, it only takes half an hour to arrive.

By the river, the slow flow of water looks golden in the sunlight.

"Rest in place for an hour, and then continue on your way!" Xiao Jing took off his helmet and shook off countless sweats, giving the order.

The team of 300 people left down the pickers and weapons, and scattered in a hurry, some ran to the river to draw water, some went up to the trees to pick plums, and even worse, as soon as Li Dake's clothes were taken off, a fierce man directly plunged into the river, causing a laugh and scolding.

"I said, you're embarrassed to show your little bird, don't want to make a face?"

"This is still a little bird, you show an eagle to Lao Tzu!"

"Haha, Lao Li, don't pee, we still have to drink!"

"How can you drink this, you are covered in plaster, and you can't stand it if you don't pee. A soldier said this, but his hands did not stop, scooping water one after another and drinking.

"Okay, okay, you dare to think I'm dirty, Lao Tzu goes upstream to play, so you can't drink a sip of good water!" Li Dake said this, dived under the water, and then disappeared.

Everyone knows that Li Dake has good water properties, and half an hour is not too short, so they don't care about him.

"My lord, eat some plums. The scout colonel before walked under the tree with twenty or thirty plums in his coat and said to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing leaned on the trunk of the tree, grabbed two plums and threw them in his mouth, he bared his teeth sourly: "Okay, you eat yours." It's rare to have a comfortable place, Lao Tzu squinted for a while, don't worry about me. ”

said that he squinted for a while, but as soon as his eyes were closed, a cry sounded in a moment.

After a while, everyone quenched their thirst, and they all closed their eyes just like this Xiao Jing. Slowly, the snoring began one after another.

"Phew!"

"Whew!"

"Gollum. ”

This scene, it is said that it is a snoring contest, and some people believe it. There was the snoring like thunder, the cry was earth-shattering, and they didn't see anyone being argued, they were really tired, this rare moment of quiet, they didn't dare to waste it.

There are a few unlucky ones, who are arranged to be sentry, and they also look absent-minded, with upper eyelids and lower eyelids.

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"It's almost time, tell everyone to get ready. Slowly, he lifted the black scarf tied around his neck upwards to hide his face, leaving only a pair of special triangular eyes.

Behind him, there were two hundred big men, the same black clothes, black scarves and masks, the same dress, carrying various weapons in their hands.

"Up!" the leader snorted, but no one answered.

Quietly, like two hundred crows, they flew in front of the Merlin.

"Who!"

"Huh!"

The blood flashed, and the unguarded team did not react until the screams sounded in their ears. The imminence of death frightened them, but their sore and numb hands picked up their weapons, got up again, raised their knives and slashed again, and at this moment, their resistance was as laughable as the struggle of a baby. They are just doing their best and obeying the destiny of heaven, and the destiny of heaven is to let them die.

The victory or defeat was already sealed the moment they entered Merlin.

Xiao Jing didn't rush forward for the first time, he held the steel knife in his hand, first took a few steps back, slowly recovered his strength, and then jumped into the standing circle. He wanted to run, but he couldn't.

Losing the salt tax and silver of the imperial court, he is already dead. On this Huangquan road leading to the Yama Palace, he wanted to be a ghost, he wanted to know who the other party was!

On one side is the silent black-clothed impermanence, while on the other side, Xiao Jing resists with his desperate brothers.

A knife was crossed, and at the moment when the other party was standing, he slashed off three fingers of a man in black, and then stabbed it back, hitting the other party's heart.

Open and close, simple and direct, this is the martial arts in the army.

In the midst of a scuffle, Xiao Jing swept through thousands of troops with one move, blocked the three black-clothed people in front of him, and shouted: "The salt tax of the imperial court, you dare to do it, you really eat the courage of the ambitious leopard, and you can feel the fame!"

"Huh. There was a chuckle, and no one spoke.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Xiao Jing's long knife danced wildly, fighting in all directions. It's just that the battle is gradually coming to an end, and more than 20 black-clothed people surrounded the blood on the ground.

"Who the hell are you!"

"Who the hell is it!"

Xiao Jingsheng shouted hoarsely, until a sword tip appeared in his chest, bright and shining, glowing with cold light, dripping the hot blood in his heart.

"White Lotus Sect. ”

It was the last sound he heard, a mouthful of blood falling to the ground, and an endless darkness descended.

The chaotic battle in the forest was finally over, and it was only half an hour in total, and two hundred and seventy-nine lives were lost in this way.

Glancing around, I saw only black clothes. Triangle Eyes nodded and said, "Mend the knife and sprinkle flowers." ”

"Yes!" the men in black echoed in unison, shuttling between the corpses. Swords rise and fall, splashing blood, and they have to make sure that no one slips through the net. There were also more than two black-clothed people who untied the small bag behind them, took out a large handful of wild flowers from them, and sprinkled them casually.

"What are you doing with flowers?" The only fish in the line escorting the salt tax showed its head on the surface of the river, and then sank into the water with doubts and fears, and quietly turned back upstream.

Not long after, everything was arranged, and the man in black picked or carried the 400,000 taels of silver to the outside of the forest, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Merlin once again returned to its previous tranquility, and it was not until night fell that Li Dake, who had been "ambushed" for a long time, returned to the case. He didn't want to come back, but he couldn't help it, he was bare-assed. Picking up his bloodstained clothes and putting them on, Li Dake turned his head and was about to leave. But after thinking about it, he stopped again.

He didn't want to stay in this place for a moment. But what about the money on the ground?

That's right, 400,000 taels of silver were robbed, but these "old brothers" always have a few coppers and a few treasure notes in their arms, right?

In this way, Li Dake trembled, and while trembling, he began to rummage: "Brothers, don't blame, it's better to reward Lao Li and me if it's cheaper, I will definitely give you more paper money to burn, and if there are more, I will find a monk to do things for you, and you will be happy in your life." Amitabha, immeasurable celestial, amitabha, immeasurable celestial. ”

Turning around, he came to Xiao Jing, who was dressed in armor. Reaching into his arms, Li Dake read again: "General, don't come to me Li Dake to trouble, I will definitely give you a few sticks of incense alone." ”

I felt a small money bag in my hand, and by my hand, how many taels of silver should there be in it?

Li Dake was happy, but his hand was not withdrawn, but he was caught.

"Ah!!!" Li Dake screamed miserably, a spirit, and his crotch was already wet.

"White... White... White Lotus!" "His head was crooked, because his heart was a little biased, and Xiao Jing, who was still gasping for anger at this moment, finally lost his life completely.