In the dead of night, the palace is cold and lonely.

As you get older, you will inevitably feel lighter.

Every night, lying in bed, Zhu Yuanzhang always had to go through a long period of cranky thinking before he could fall asleep, and sometimes he didn't even sleep much before it was time to go to court. There are a lot of things to think about, but most of them are serious things, for the sake of the peace and security of the Ming Dynasty, and for the future generations of their Zhu family.

But today, he didn't, he was thinking about some private matters, some very important private matters, and that was his life.

People are over seventy years old, and he can feel that his body is getting worse day by day, and he is sixty-six years old, and he is not far from seventy.

"Seventy-three eighty-four, the king of Hades doesn't call himself to go, and some things can't wait. Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a flash of red light in his eyes: "The rebellion in Shu is just a disease of scabies, and they are the big trouble in the capital!"

Shao Yuanjie, who entered the palace today, brought good news and bad news.

The good news is that there are gods in the world. At least this Shao Yuanjie has magical powers. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the White Lotus Sect, and he can be regarded as an ancestor-level figure for folk juggling tricks and things that fool the people.

If Shao Yuanjie gives him performances such as getting into the oil pot, chewing ghost bones, and slashing ghosts, then he will send Shao Yuanjie to heaven. But there are some things that really can't be explained, for example, his shadow has faded, for example, he stands out of thin air, and he falls in ten breaths, and then ...

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind flashed through the meeting in the Wuying Hall in the morning.

"Since the Heavenly Master has such magical powers, how can I calculate the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were lined up, and his eyes were still full of deep doubt. The incomprehensible supernatural powers just show that the trick is more clever, and what about the fading of the shadow, he still doesn't believe it.

"Your Majesty should know that my Daomen has five techniques, and the mountain doctor's fate is divined, and the diviner is never counted as himself, nor is it counted as the fortune of the country?" Shao Yuanjie frowned slightly.

"Yes. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled playfully: "I don't count myself, because I can't count it." It's not a national fortune, because I'm afraid of losing my life, right?"

“。。。。。。 ”

"You are the contemporary great master of Longhu Mountain, with high mana, and you are still afraid of losing your life? I want to hear it, you can calculate anything, I don't blame you for not doing it well. If it's good... Zhu Yuanzhang leaned over the chair slightly: "When Yunwen succeeds to the throne, how about I let him make you the protector of the country?"

“。。。。。。。 Shao Yuanjie did not speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not in a hurry. In fact, he just came up for a while to try to be more real. No matter what he says, he won't admit it. Just kidding, how can a person who is a foreigner enter the court as an official and interfere in the affairs of the court? Is being the emperor an ornament? In history, eunuchs caused chaos in the world, but the emperor was still alive. And these alchemists often eat the emperor to death directly, and the two of them don't have a good thing.

"Started in the southeast and died in the northwest. ”

After a while, Shao Yuanjie spoke, and in a low voice, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he might have hallucinated.

"What did you say?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Started in the southeast and died in the northwest. Shao Yuanjie repeated it again.

The eight words are like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and they are hitting Zhu Yuanzhang's heavenly spirit cover.

"Started in the southeast and died in the northwest. Squeezing out these eight words between his teeth, Zhu Yuanzhang's fists slowly clenched, his cheeks raised, and the roots of his teeth were bitten.

The old abbot of Huangjue Temple is dead, and he can't say it.

Zhu Yunwen is the future emperor and will not say it.

Shao Yuanjie in front of him。。。。。。

The murderous spirit rises, and life and death are only in the next moment.

"Poof!" Shao Yuanjie's face turned red, and the boss spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then another mouthful, another mouthful.

After three mouthfuls of blood, Shao Yuanjie took out a piece of white silk from his arms, covered his mouth and wiped it, then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said with a strange face: "Your Majesty wants to kill me?"

"Yes. Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"Then did Your Majesty believe what Poor Dao said?"

“。。。。。。 ”

"Huh. Shao Yuanjie smiled slightly, unfathomable: "Since Your Majesty believes it, you probably also believe that my Daomen does have thaumaturgy." I am Shao Yuanjie, the contemporary great master of Longhu Mountain. In order to calculate the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, it also folded the number of 70 years of life.

If Your Majesty wants to kill me, you are not afraid。。。。。。 ”

This time it was Zhu Yuanzhang's turn to be silent. Shao Yuanjie's words were not finished, but the meaning was already obvious. You don't have to speak thoroughly, you just get there.

But who is Zhu Yuanzhang? The supreme in the world, if he is threatened like this...

Long.

"Han Gong Li Shanchang has gone, but there was a fire in the house, with countless casualties and resentment. The Taoist is a master in the world, and he is compassionate, and he doesn't want to leave a ghost domain in the world, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang commanded lightly.

I can't kill you, but I can't let you go, a fire that only leaves the ghost domain of the Guogong Mansion on the courtyard wall will be left to you, a larger prison, I can still afford to get out. Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid that Shao Yuanjie would not agree. As the saying goes: "If you can run, a monk can't run the temple." "You can run, you have the ability to turn Longhu Mountain into nothing, and let me see those disciples and grandchildren of Longhu Mountain in your sleeves?

"As Your Majesty said. "Shake off the dust and leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked coldly at the pool of blood on the ground and didn't say a word...

When his thoughts returned, Zhu Yuanzhang turned over on the bed, scratched his back, and sniffed twice irritably.

"Started in the southeast and died in the northwest. "It's a blessing and a curse. Northwest, what can the northwest do to kill my Ming Dynasty?!

He can't think of it, he can't think of the answer to the question, his heart is very upset, and when his heart is upset, he wants to kill!

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly turned over and sat up, shouting.

"Your Majesty. Lao Zhang walked in in a single coat.

"Tomorrow, remember to remind me and ask Jiang Huan to check the matter over there in Qiantang. ”

"Yes. ”

"Go, go, go. Waving his hand impatiently and retiring Lao Zhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart calmed down a little.

In fact, there was nothing big going on in Qiantang, a small county order, just greedy for eighty taels of silver, just kill it. But if Jiang Huan is asked to "check it carefully", it will be connected, and it is estimated that it will be connected at least to the prefect or even the governor's level.

Thinking of Daming, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts drifted to his good grandson Zhu Yunwen again, and he thought of the story that Yunwen came back to tell him today, the story about losing things and finding things. Zhu Yuanzhang had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"I lost something, but I didn't lose it. But when everybody thinks it's lost, they can find something, and this storyteller is quite talented. The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth slowly pulled out a sneer, as if he thought of something happy again, or... What conspiracy came to mind.

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The oldest industry in the world is the killer and the brothel. Under these two professions, there are branches without skills, whether it is a thug or a house, it can be counted. But in general, it is still the same, the transaction of money and knives, the transaction of money and meat.

Nowadays in the city of Nanjing, it is difficult to find a killer who comes and goes, but if you want someone's life, then you might as well try to find the rotten people in the rotten alley, of course, provided that you can afford the money. If you don't like that place and don't dare to go, then just drag a beggar on the street, bring a word, and within a day or two, someone will come to the door.

Those who can afford the money and hate it so much that they need to buy murderers are generally not ordinary people, and the reasons do not need to be detailed. Of course, it won't be a powerful person like an official, otherwise Rotten Man Alley won't take orders. If you don't go up or down, you have a few gangs of bastards who have died, or a thug from a martial arts brothel, this is nothing, and the government will let it go if you open your eyes and close your eyes. Although the gang leaders were a little resentful in their hearts, they didn't care too much. A few little minions, if they die, they will die, and human life is not valuable. Not counting those who died in normal battles, they were sent to the government every year as scapegoats, and there should be dozens of people who died and were exiled, and there were no worse than one or two. If they really want to fight thousands of people for the sake of one or two lives, then they must be crazy. But all this, it wasn't until Yu Dashan, the owner of the Divine Fist Martial Arts Gym, died in the hands of Rotten Man Alley three days ago, that things were a little different.

In a room in the Huayue Building outside Zhanggong Bridge in Nanjing,

A man and a woman were fiercely entangled, and it was not until a certain moment that the man gasped a few times and turned over from the woman's body, and the "battle" was over.

After resting for a while, Yu Dahe sighed lazily: "It's so fucking comfortable." ”

"Uncle Yu~" in a coquettish voice, a jade hand touched Dahe's chest: "Why did you come to toss people so early today~." It's really bad. ”

It's time to do it, and it's just getting dark. Generally speaking, brothels don't open so early, and it takes about the afternoon to say anything. Before that, even if ordinary people wanted to come, brothels wouldn't accept them. However, this is different from Dahe, the old customer is one aspect, and more importantly, he is also the leader of the Hungry Tiger Gang.

The Hungry Tiger Gang is the head snake of Nanjing, which is not comparable to the gate faction on the rivers and lakes, but it is still a small force in Nanjing City. So when he came, the old bustard didn't dare not take it.

For women's ridicule and coquettishness, if it was in the past, Yu Dahe would inevitably have to respond a few words, but not today.

With a gloomy face, he got off the bed, poured a few sips from the teapot on the table, exhaled heavily, and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, Uncle is in a bad mood today." ”

The woman on the bed rolled her eyes and muttered in her heart, "No conscience." I don't say anything anymore, and I still have a little bit of eyesight for those who do this business.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

"Knock knock. There was a knock on the door, and a low voice came from outside the door, "Big brother, big brother Yu." ”

"Come in and talk. ”

"Big brother, they've arrived. ”

Outside the door, a lean-looking man pushed the door in and saw Yu Dahe getting dressed by the bed.

"Are they all here?" asked Yu Dahe.

"Uh... The man thought about it, and then nodded and said: "It's all here, the Flying Eagle Gang, the Wild Dog Gang, the Li Family Boxing, and the four meetings of stealing wine and gambling prostitutes, etc., Nanjing City has a little bit of a face and face, and there are a lot of them." ”

"Oh. Huh?" Yu Dahe sensed that something was wrong, and glanced at him suspiciously: "Drinking and gambling prostitutes?

"No, no. The man's head shook like a rattle, and he denied it: "Boss, you didn't say it, how dare I call it? Did they find out the news on their own?"

Yu Dahe snorted coldly, took out a piece of broken silver and threw it on the bed: "I will reward you." ”

The woman was very grateful, but Yu Dahe had already walked out of the door with the man.

In a private room in Huayue Building, when Yu Dahe pushed the door in, the people in the room were almost full, around the Eight Immortals table, one by one, leaving only the window seat inside for him.

There wasn't much food on the table, just some fruit and snacks and stuff.

After glancing around, Yu Dahe nodded, came to his place and sat down, waved his hand, and repelled the idlers in the house.

Seeing that everyone had withdrawn, Yu Dahe was just about to speak, but he didn't want to hit a big black man sitting opposite but opened his mouth first: "Yu Dahe, although we are all standing sticks in this Nanjing city, but the bowl is so big, and there is only so much food, we are not friends, it is almost the same as an enemy, and you dare to come to us to discuss things?"

The black man who spoke was Li Qige, the leader of the Flying Eagle Gang, his name was Li Qige, and he was the most difficult to deal with Yu Dahe on weekdays.

Li Kaishan, the owner of the Li family's boxing gym, said with a smile: "Don't say that, look down and don't look up, you still have to be consistent with the outside world when you encounter serious things." ”

"That's it. Everyone present nodded in agreement.

"I dare to call, you dare to come, Yu is admired. After two casual flattery, Yu Dahe said coldly: "What did someone ask everyone to do today, I believe everyone knows it in their hearts." He arched his hand at Li Qige: "Brother Qi's words are rushing, but there is a sentence that Yu thinks is still reasonable." That's all there is to eat in Nanjing, we have already divided it, and now suddenly a group of people want to serve the bowls, can we just turn a blind eye?"

"Why are you serving bowls? People haven't left the stick?" Wang Gou'er, the leader of the Wild Dog Gang, said slowly: "Isn't it just killing a Yu Dashan, what's the big deal." ”

Wang Gou'er's words are very cold, but they are also true. If you mess with the rivers and lakes, human life is not worth much.

"That's my brother. Yu Dahe glanced at him and said, "My brother is dead." ”

"What does revenge have to do with us?" Li Qige spoke again: "What do you want to do with you, what does it have to do with us." Rotten Man Alley is just outside the city, if you want to, you can lead people to level it. ”

"Smack!" Yu Dahe slammed the table and stood up: "Everyone, I, Yu Dahe, will say three words today."

I'm going to shovel the rotten alley, and I'll say hello to Shuntianfu.

My brother is dead, if you don't help me, I will die too, and I can't take it down alone. It's nothing if my brother dies, if I die, the Hungry Tiger Gang will be over, and even if you break the blood flow of the vacated territory, you may not be able to grab much, and maybe it will be cheaper for outsiders.

Finally, if you help me, my Hungry Tiger Gang is willing to give up 1,000 taels of silver to thank you, and I am willing to give up 10% of our share every month. What do you say?"

"Well... Everyone was silent, each bowing their heads and calculating, and even Brother Li Qi stopped talking. Yu Dahe took out the real money, and what he said was also reasonable, who has an enmity with him, and there is no enmity with money, right?

"Everyone, you bosses can discuss the matter of Rotten Man Alley by yourself, and there is no need to call a few of us here. Four people stood up over there to break the silence, there were men and women, it was the head of the four major guilds of stealing wine and gambling prostitutes, and it was the boss of the gambling house who spoke, Wang Tongyu.

"That's it, I'm a person who manages Qinglou and fights and kills, at most~ When you are done, I'll let a few restaurants cover you up. Sun Meiniang of the prostitute also nodded in agreement, a half-aged in her forties, but the charm between her eyebrows still exists.

There was a sound of prevarication between the words of several people, and they were about to leave.

"Wait!" Yu Dahe stopped in front of the door in a few steps and intercepted the four of them.

"What's the matter?" Mao Shengcai, who was in the wine shop, raised his eyebrows and looked at Yu Dahe in front of him with displeasure.

"Brother Mao laughed, I think he Yu Dahe probably wants to open the door for us, right?

The five of them faced each other in front of the door, and the atmosphere was solemn, and the eyes of the gang bosses present also gathered here.