The memorial ceremony of the palace passed in a daze.

Zhu Yunwen was busy keeping in touch with his cousins all day long, and he only begged their Lao Tzu, his uncle, to be honest before Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral and not to mobilize soldiers and horses, that would be a blessing. Therefore, with Zhu Yunwen's acquiescence, those eunuchs and ministers of the court did not feel any surprise and expressed any opinions on the successive disappearances of those princes.

The crying in the palace shook the sky, and on the Qinhuai River, it was surrounded by silk and bamboo, and those princes of the palace were all embracing beauties, tasting fine wine, and they were so happy that they forgot that their grandfather was still parked in the coffin, and there was no funeral yet. Many people don't bother to pay attention to Zhu Yunwen at all, even if he becomes the emperor, he can't pay attention to his father's head, and he can't control the fiefdom of the palace under the orders of the Jingshi, so they are happy to enjoy the wind and moon on the Qinhuai River.

In comparison, Zhu Xi's behavior has been appreciated by many ministers. In addition to Zhu Ren making a group of brothers and fooling around on both sides of the Qinhuai River every day, although Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan complained of illness, they still had to 'struggle' to go to the mourning hall every day to cry and worship, and then either adjust their internal breath by themselves, or secretly take a pill, and after fainting on the spot, they were immediately carried back to their residence in Yingtianfu in a hurry, which saved too many opportunities to meet Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen didn't have time to find Zhu Xi and them, or they were weak-hearted, or they were mixed with other feelings, and Zhu Yunwen didn't want to contact Zhu Xi and them alone too early now. Especially now that the ministers of the court are divided into three shifts to guard the spirit, he Zhu Yunwen must be present every day, so he can't help it, instead of wasting time and Zhu Xi intriguing, it is better to use that time to hand over those cousins who are easy to deal with.

"When the emperor is out of the funeral, I'll have a good talk with you. Zhu Yunwen already has his own calculations: "If you Yanwangfu are interested and honestly serve me as the emperor, then I, Zhu Yunwen, will not be too much, and it is best for everyone to maintain a harmonious relationship." If there is something wrong in your words, then I'm sorry, the three sons of your Yanwang Mansion will stay in Jingshi to study with me. ”

That night, Zhu Xi sighed and poured the teacup on the couch in the courtyard, he slowly took a sip of tea, gently put the teacup on the shelf at hand, let out a long breath, and sighed: "It's really hot, this Yangtze River, why is it so hot when it just arrives in June? ”

The shirtless Zhu Xuan was even more draped in his hair, and he was very angry and grabbed a big pu fan and shook it desperately. He pointed at God and began to curse: "Damn, what kind of bullshit saint said, what kind of elder died, and he wants to do the 7749 days dojo? After these 49 days, it is even more tiring than me and Chimeng'er fighting for a month...... Are those damn monks and Taoists making fun of us? What is the reason why we should follow their butts and circle around the coffin?"

Shaking his head angrily, Zhu Xuan looked left and right and didn't find the teacup, he was so thirsty that he simply picked up Zhu Xi's teacup, drank it all in one gulp, and then roared: "Little Lizi, the eldest brother's tea is gone, why don't you hurry up and refill the water?" He grabbed the teacup, glanced at Zhu Xi, and really couldn't help asking: "We, that's it?"

Zhu Xi glanced at him and sighed: "If not, what can we do? We are already pretending to be sick and faint, if it weren't for this, we would have to waste at least four hours a day in that mourning hall." Oh my God, I can't hold it anymore...... But if you can't hold on, you have to hold on, otherwise you will be played by those imperial histories, saying that we are not respectful and unfilial, this is the crime of rebellion, and maybe we will cause trouble for my father. ”

Zhu Xuan sneered: "What's the use of those imperial histories? Look at the kings of Zhou, the kings of Qi, and the kings of Ning, their sons, and those cousins of ours, one by one, are not at ease on the Qinhuai River, and who cares." ”

Zhu Xi raised his head slightly, glanced at Zhu Xu, and then fell down again, patted his thigh lightly with his left hand, and whispered: "They can, but we can't...... Huang Zicheng's group of people are still worried that they won't have a chance to clean us up, if we make a mistake, they won't use this excuse to clean us up. Maybe we'll have to weave some kind of accusation, huh. ”

Zhu Xuan threw the teacup on the ground angrily, and scolded in a low voice: "Give me 50,000 troops, and I can bulldoze this Ying Tianfu in one day." With that, he glanced at the kitten.

The kitten honestly spread out its two thighs, and lay in the corner of the yard wearing only a pair of pants, purring like thunder. Pieces of steely muscles glittered in the moonlight, and the whole person was like a smoky King Kong, and the thick iron rod was placed in his hand, exuding a fierce aura. Zhu Xuan's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, and he said with a smile: "If Li Hu is used as the striker, I'm afraid that in just two hours, I can break through the gate of this Ying Tianfu." ”

Li Feng sat cross-legged on the ground, looked at Zhu Xuan, and replied for a long time: "If you let the kitten be the striker, I'm afraid you have to be careful that all his subordinate soldiers will be killed, and he will run back alone." He doesn't know how to command, he doesn't know how to manage the soldiers. He is even more ignorant of the formation of marching and fighting. ”

Zhu Xuan smiled: "This is the style of a fierce general." As long as a soldier follows him to fight bravely to kill the enemy, it is his duty, where to think about life and death?"

Zhu Xi spoke lazily: "Second brother, don't say these useless words anymore." You don't know your father's temper, what is his old man thinking, who of us has figured it out? This time, his old man is indeed desperately buying military horses, and is still stockpiling weapons and arrows, but this is also normal. A defeat on the steppe, and the loss of our troops was really staggering. Do you dare to say that Father thinks the same thing as you think?"

Zhu Xuan shook the fan a few times fiercely, but he didn't say anything, and then he wiped his sweat heavily and cursed in a low voice: "Damn, it's really hot." Shaking his head, he looked at Murong Tian who was standing behind him, and asked boringly: "Murong, aren't you hot when you dress so neatly?"

Murong Tian, who was dressed in a strong suit, smiled lightly, but did not say anything. Doesn't he know Zhu Xuan's temper? There has been no fight recently, and the bones all over his body are starting to itch. In the past, when he was in Yanjing, he had to strangle a bear to death in an average of three days, and a tiger in five or six days. Now in Yingtianfu, where can I find these pleasures to relieve his boredom? So naturally he is extremely bored, and he has nothing to do.

Li Feng smiled slightly, and said: "The heart is calm and naturally cool, the internal strength of the Second Highness is so exquisite, why don't you understand this truth?" He was pondering the subtle use of the Five Elements True Yuan in his body, and when he heard Zhu Yu complain, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, so he reminded him of it.

Zhu Xi smiled, nodded and said, "But isn't it? Second brother, you also learn from me, lie down honestly, naturally you won't feel too hot." Is there still this wind, although it is not big, but it is enough to relieve the heat. I was feeling hot just now, but now it's much better. You are a martial arts practitioner, why are you still afraid of this?"

Zhu Xuan gritted his teeth and looked at Zhu Xu, and shouted: "What I practice is 'Burning Heaven True Qi', as long as I am lucky, my body will be on fire." It's not the kind of martial arts that they practice, I'm using it to kill people on the battlefield. Damn, calm down, how can I be quiet?...... Xiao Lizi, you dead eunuch, where did you go?" Zhu Xuan never liked to bring eunuchs by his side, so now that there are no people who do chores at hand, he can only yell at Xiao Lizi.

Xiao Lizi's voice came from afar: "Eh, here, here...... Master, Second Highness, I asked the people in the kitchen to stew some rock sugar and sour plum soup, which has just been frozen in the well water, to ensure that a bowl is pure and defeated...... You bunch of waste, don't hurry up and get the sour plum soup. ”

Hearing the sour plum soup that had been drunk by the well water, Zhu Xuan jumped up all of a sudden, applauded and applauded: "Wonderful, wonderful, hurry up." When Murong Tian heard this, he couldn't help but speak with a smile on his face.

Li Feng stood up, swayed to Zhu Xi's side, looked at Zhu Xuan and they all went to pour sour plum soup, and immediately attached to Zhu Xu's ear and said: "Your Highness, the three highnesses go out to drink, but they can't let him be idle." Didn't you say that King Ning's Mansion had the best relationship with us? Then it just happened that His Royal Highness and Prince Ning had a good relationship, otherwise it would not be a way to spend so much money every day to go out. ”

Zhu Xi frowned, nodded and said: "No, the third child likes to be generous, so many cousins are happy together, and he pays the most." I'm going to talk to him when I come back, but I can't leave, and the things in the palace are still troublesome. Otherwise, I'll go and socialize with those brothers, and everyone will meet each other, and there will be more affection in the future. Zhu Xi stretched his mouth towards the outside of the wall, and said in a cold voice: "It is rare to come out of the palace every day, and outside this gate, the brocade guards are still guarding." I don't want me to go out and do anything, and after half an hour, that kid Yunwen will find out. ”

Zhu Xi waved his hand fiercely, as if fanning away a fly.

Li Feng shrugged his shoulders, there is no way, this brocade guard is also the duty, whether it is to say that they are watching, whether it is to say that they are well-intentioned to protect, in short, it is to follow your ass and make you do anything awkward. The only thing that doesn't matter is that Zhu Ren and Ren Tianlin, the two guys who gang up, and everyone else, including Ren Tianlin's two elder brothers, is hiding in the residence with more than less.

Xiao Lizi came over with a bowl of sour plum soup and said with a smile: "Master, the weather is too hot, you can drink a bowl." It's a pity that there is no ice stored in this dwelling, otherwise it would have been cooler. It's said that there is a lot of ice in the palace, but I just don't know who to ask for some. ”

As he was talking, a guard from the Yan Palace's Mansion walked in with a puzzled face, and after saluting, he said: "Your Highness, there is a group of people outside who say that they are subordinates of the household department, and they have been specially ordered to send ice cubes to His Highness." It is said that Lord Hubu Shangshu Ru Tai Suru saw that the weather was too hot, and he was afraid that the princes would not be able to stand the heat of the Heavenly Mansion, so he deliberately made it clear that the palace chief An Gonggong brought out the ice from the ice storage of the palace to relieve the heat for the princes. ”

Zhu Xi took the bowl and was about to drink it, but he put down the bowl with a smile on his face. The little plum clapped his hands with a smile on his face: "Okay, you are a Ru Taisu, but you are an interesting character." Hey, why don't you call them in yet?"

Li Feng added: "Look at it, if they have weapons on them, give me all of them, and see that they seem to have practiced martial arts, send someone to keep an eye on them." ”

Zhu Xuan nodded violently: "Yes, it's better to be careful, this household is still a book for no reason, there is no need to deliberately please us, the sons of foreign domains." Murong, you bring a few people over to take a look, if there's anything wrong, just take it down for me. ”

Murong Tian patted the long sword on his waist, took a few generals, and strode outside. After half an hour, the sound of footsteps came, and under the supervision of Murong Tian and them, seven or eight men in Tsing Yi and short clothes walked in carrying several boxes. The man at the front raised his head slightly, showed a smile, nodded and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, this ice cube, it is good to put it in tea, and it is also wonderful to put it in the house to relieve the heat." But usually, it is still placed in this box, there is a mattress to block the heat, and it is placed in a cool place to ensure that it does not melt for three days. ”

When Zhu Xi and Zhu Xuan saw this person's face, their whole body was stunned. Zhu Xi jumped up violently, and ordered with a smile: "These brothers have worked hard, Xiao Lizi, prepare a good banquet on the table, invite all the brothers to eat supper and then go back, you can entertain you well." Well, this brother will stay for the time being, and I will write a thank you post to bring to Ru Shangshu. ”

The man in green clothes nodded slowly, watching Xiao Li drive out the guards and the men who carried the ice cubes like sheep. Before Murong Tian could react, Li Feng had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, looked left and right, and then sat cross-legged at the gate, a pair of thief eyes kept sweeping towards the man dressed as a man. Li Feng muttered in his heart: "The dignified Shangshu, how can you dress up like this to meet people?" Hey, hey, hey......"

Zhu Xi had already bowed long to the man, and greeted: "Ru Shangshu, this is a grievance against you." What did you teach Zhu Xi when you came this time?"

Zhu Xuan gently grabbed the fan and looked at the generals behind him, the few confidant generals suddenly understood, scattered in the corner of the backyard, staring around, and at the same time carefully listening to the movement outside the wall, in case someone might poke their heads out of the wall to peep here.

Ru Taisu looked left and right, and said very hurriedly: "I can't stay here for a long time, now the Jinyi guard is watching very closely, and behind every court official, there are at least a dozen people." This time, I risked a lot of connections to meet the prince privately, and I only asked the prince one sentence: What is the prince's intention?"

Zhu Xi and Zhu Xuan glanced at each other, Zhu Xi swallowed and spit, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What is my father's intention, even we don't know." It's Ru Shangshu in the court, but what did you hear?" Zhu Xi knew that this Ru Taisu was a pawn of Zhu Di in the ambush of the Beijing Division, and he was also the chief person who supported Zhu Di to take over the throne in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Thinking of this, Zhu Xi couldn't help but be a little moved.

Ru Taisu paused heavily, sighed, shook his head and said: "How is this good? We thought that the emperor was more fond of the prince, but who knew that in the end, it was Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai who moved an edict out, which caught a group of us who were committed to the prince by surprise, and the battle was in chaos. Now a few of the stewards have taken refuge over there, leaving a few of us who are loyal to the prince and don't know what to do. ”

Zhu Xi said very carefully: "Even if my cousin ascends the throne, it doesn't matter, my father is still his vassal king." ”

Ru Taisu hurriedly said: "Where is it so simple? I inquired that Huang Zicheng is planning to cut the feudal domain......! Especially that Fang Xiaoru, it seems that he suspected that the prince sent someone to kill Fang Tingjun's old ghost, and he was bent on finding trouble for the prince, so everything had to be careful. ”

As if a thunderbolt hit the top, Zhu Xi and Zhu Xuan were stunned all of a sudden: "Cutting the domain?"

Zhu Xuan let out an angry curse sound from his mouth: "Yunwen Xiao'er, I'll you......" He slapped himself in the face, Zhu Yunwen's ancestor, isn't it his own ancestor? Zhu Xuan also knew that he was scolding absurdly.

Ru Taisu shook his head helplessly, and said: "Jingshi is not a good place, then Huang Zicheng and the others are preparing to leave the prince in Jingshi as a hostage, Your Highness had better make plans as soon as possible." Taisu said goodbye to this, and asked His Royal Highness to inform the prince that Taisu would do his best for the prince in the palace, and try not to let this matter of cutting the feudal domain fall on the prince, but Taisu has long been not favored by Na Yunwen, so he can only resign himself to fate...... There are many ears and eyes, and I can't stay for a long time, so I quit. ”

Li Feng snorted: "Lord Shangshu, please go, I will send a few people here to follow Lord Shangshu, Lord Shangshu don't have to be afraid." If there is a master of Jinyi Wei to follow, they can cut them off, and Lord Shangshu will go back to the house directly. After speaking, Li Feng drank in a low voice: "Shashan and Shashui, two old men, you just have to work hard." Two blue sword lights flickered, and a sword roar came.

Zhu Xi and Zhu Xuan saw that Li Feng sent out the two old monsters, and they immediately felt a lot more relieved. Zhu Xi hurriedly ran back to his room, took out a roll of silver tickets and stuffed them into Ru Taisu's palm, took his hand and said affectionately: "Lord Ru said today, Zhu Xi I keep it in mind, in case...... We won't forget your credit. ”

A smile rolled up on Ru Taisu's face and left in a hurry.

As soon as Ru Taisu disappeared, Zhu Xi's face changed, his face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Yun Wen, he is really going to step on our heads, cut the feudal ...... Phew. Zhu Xi was silent for a while, and shouted: "This news will be passed on to my father immediately, so that my father will know." ”

Zhu Xuan's face was even more ugly, he clenched his fists tightly, let out a silent shout, and his eyes flashed with blood, and he showed a hideous smile: "Anyway, I have never fought with the army of the Ming Dynasty." I'll take a look at what Li Jinglong and Geng Bingwen are capable of. ”

Li Feng shook his head, and he muttered in his heart: "It's going to be hard now, alas, what is Zhu Yunwen doing badly, he has to swatt flies on the tiger's head...... I bet a penny, it's strange if King Yan doesn't rebel. It depends on when you Zhu Yunwen cut the feudal domain and cut it to the head of King Yan, and at that time, it was the time when King Yan sent troops. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Feng asked himself a little hesitantly: "With this sword soldier, am I trying to help the Yan Wangfu, or is it just a lively scene?......?" However, I'm a person from Yanwangfu now, well, to be honest, I'm doing well in Yanwangfu, should I do my best to help him?"

Thinking of the scene of tens of thousands of troops rushing to kill with their beaks and rivers of blood, Li Feng couldn't help but shudder, and his heart was at a loss. He was thinking: "If King Yan succeeds, he will be the emperor, and above the official history, I will be a great hero; if he fails, King Yan will be an anti-king, I will be a lackey of the anti-king, and I will be a great sinner...... One good and one evil, who should I choose?"

Li Feng hesitated, but Zhu Xi was asking him: "Director Li, eh, Director Li, you are much more familiar with the rivers and lakes than us, but let's plan a good way out." The countermeasures we talked about a few days ago were just to prevent Zhu Yunwen's stinky boy from embarrassing us, but now, we already know that he will embarrass us, and this is a detailed plan. We can't stay in Yingtianfu without knowing it, won't this force our father under his sword?"

Li Feng didn't say a word, he was still hesitating in his heart, hesitating whether he should withdraw and walk away. You must know that if the real sword soldiers are together, the casualties of the people and the casualties of the soldiers are not a small number, and he has no courage to bear these crimes.

But the kitten just got up and said vaguely: "I'm hungry, eat meat......

As if a lightning bolt illuminated Li Feng's heart, Li Feng laughed violently, he put his right hand on the ground, jumped up hard, and said with a smile: "No problem, leave everything to me." I've been preparing for this for a long time. He admonished himself, "Whatever happens in the future, let it be...... What I want to do, I just follow this path, and there is no turning back. It's like when a man is hungry and wants to eat, I want to ...... If you do, you must let your power and power continue to increase. ”

And that Ru Taisu, after he walked out of Zhu Xi's residence for hundreds of zhang, couldn't help but look up at the moon in the sky and sneered: "Huang Zicheng, you just wait." I've already lit this fire for you, and it's up to you to see when the results will come out...... You can't tolerate me, can I Ru Taisu tolerate you? Since I chose the side of King Yan, I have only one way to go to the dark......"

Night, pitch black.

The crying in the palace shook the sky, and the singing and dancing on the Qinhuai River rose to peace.

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