Chapter 174: The Beginning of the Conspiracy

Knowing that the drunken Taibai Lu Li did not blame Dao Yan for teaching martial arts, Ye Cheng was naturally very happy, but what Lu Li said next made him feel a lot of pressure in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that after Lu Li learned that his skills were only sixty percent of the original, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and wanted to teach Ye Cheng what he had learned all his life to Ye Cheng in one month, firstly, to make Ye Cheng famous in the martial arts conference, and secondly, to let the people in the rivers and lakes know that his drunken Taibai martial arts had successors.

"Stinky boy, this month is going to be extremely difficult, I'm afraid I won't even be able to survive when I was young, have you ever been prepared?" Lu Li looked at Ye Cheng and asked.

Ye Cheng paused, showed a relaxed smile and said: "Master don't worry, even if it is difficult, he will grit his teeth and persevere, after all, how many people in this world can get the true inheritance of your old man? Ye Cheng is not stupid, how can he miss the opportunity?"

Lu Li laughed when he heard this, patted Ye Cheng's shoulder and said, "Yes, it is worthy of being my drunken and white apprentice!"

Xingyu Village is located in a remote area, it is a quiet village, which is an excellent place for Lu Li and Ye Cheng to teach martial arts and practice mental methods, and no outsiders will disturb them. So the master and apprentice calmed down and devoted themselves to practicing martial arts, but they suffered Fang Yubai and Niu Cen, because Lu Li wanted to rectify the two of them, and secondly, he wanted Ye Cheng's martial arts to improve faster, so he actually let the two of them become sparring partners. In order to prevent the two from escaping, he deliberately asked Dai Sigong to boil a pill, falsely claiming that it was a highly poisonous pill, and let the two of them take it, if the two of them can be honest before the martial arts conference, he will give them the antidote at that time, otherwise they will be poisoned to death.

Because Niu Cen was already desperate to follow Ye Cheng at this time, Ye Cheng begged for Niu Cen, only Fang Yubai took the pill alone, how did he know that this was just made of ordinary herbs, because it was from the hands of Dai Sigong, Fang Yubai was naturally convinced, and he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body at the moment, and he dared to make any crooked ideas. It's just that Ye Cheng's martial arts are already above him, and if he wants to compensate Ye Cheng for practicing, he will naturally suffer no less, and Lu Li can be regarded as taking this opportunity to avenge their hijacking.

Here Lu Li and Ye Cheng's master and apprentice, one to teach and the other to practice, is in full swing, and Yingtianfu, which is thousands of miles away, is also surging, and the competition for the royal family has gradually entered a dangerous situation.

In fact, Zhu Di doesn't know the thoughts of his three sons, in his opinion, the eldest son Zhu Gaochi is docile and modest, and he is the eldest son, who should inherit the throne, but with his character, he prefers the second son Zhu Gaoxu, as for the third son Zhu Gaosui, he has a naΓ―ve temperament, like a childish child, basically not within Zhu Di's consideration.

After reviewing the official documents on this day, Zhu Di suddenly felt very tired, and the recent twists and turns are mostly major events such as snow disasters and fires, as well as plotting rebellions in some places, and the turbulent accounting, which made Zhu Di a little physically and mentally exhausted, and at this time, when he was physically tired, he thought of his three sons, and he was even more depressed.

"Father-in-law Fan, accompany me to the Imperial Garden. Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

Fan Gonggong is the chief eunuch and has won Zhu Di's trust, when the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the eunuchs to interfere in politics, but Zhu Di from the beginning of the Battle of Jingyan, is to rely on monks, eunuchs to fight the world, so his father's words have been forgotten, the eunuch's status in the Yongle period can be said to be soaring, so that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are respectful of three points.

At that moment, when Gonggong Fan heard Emperor Chengzu's order, he hurriedly stepped forward and put the dust on his elbow, holding his hands together, but Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "I'm only in my forties, so I don't need to do this." ”

Father-in-law Fan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the emperor is in good health, so naturally he doesn't need the support of the slave, but the slave didn't know anything just now." ”

Zhu Di didn't say anything, but walked out of the imperial study with his hands behind his back, and walked towards the imperial garden, at this time it was already the middle of winter, and the flowers and plants in the imperial garden had withered nearly half, Zhu Di shuttled among them, and felt depression and desolation in his heart, thinking that he was already a great tomorrow, why did he often have no joy in his heart, but was full of melancholy and uneasiness, if he had to spend his life in this mood every day, what was the meaning of the hard-earned world and the throne he earned?

While thinking, he walked along and said to Gonggong Fan: "Fan Ming, why do you say that this palace is so quiet today, where have all the people gone?"

Gonggong Fan bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, this palace has been so quiet for a long time." ”

Zhu Di nodded, he suddenly understood, although he was in this palace every day, but he didn't have a moment to appreciate and pay attention to the years in this palace, he didn't know the daily panic of the desertion servants here, and he didn't understand the loneliness and loneliness of the concubines and concubines, he only knew that he was busy, and the courtiers around him were busy, and he wanted to fill all of his life with busyness, so that he wouldn't have time to think about anything else, and he wouldn't think of those things that made him feel ashamed. Annoyance, or regret for the past.

"The scenery here is nothing to see, is there any other place to go?" Zhu Di asked casually.

Fan Gong said fairly: "Back to the emperor, I heard that there is an iron tree in the eastern courtyard, which has bloomed recently, this is a rare thing, I wonder if the emperor is interested in going over to have a look?"

As soon as he heard that the iron tree was blooming, it caused some of Zhu Di's properties, so he nodded, let Fan Ming lead the way, and walked slowly by himself.

After arriving at the East Courtyard, but seeing that the scenery was no different from others, it was also a sense of gloom, only a few evergreen pines were dotted among them, exuding a meager vitality, Zhu Di couldn't help frowning when he saw this: "Fan Ming, are you old and confused? ”

Fan Ming touched his head with a frightened face and said: "It's really strange, the slave clearly remembers that this is here, and the slave has a few dares to deceive the emperor." ”

When Zhu Di was disappointed, he suddenly heard the sound of someone sighing, and couldn't help but be very strange, subconsciously looked at Fan Ming, Fan Ming also replied with the same puzzled look, Zhu Di immediately quietly looked for the direction of the sound, but saw that on the corridor in front of a house, a person was leaning against the window and looking down at something, Zhu Di quietly walked closer and looked at it from behind, and found that this person was none other than his second son Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing that his son was sneaky here, as if he was doing something unspeakable, Zhu Di couldn't help but be very annoyed at the moment, and coughed vigorously in the back.

This cough doesn't matter, it is very loud in this silent courtyard, Zhu Gaoxun, who was facing away from Zhu Di, was taken aback, as if the whole person jumped up, and hurriedly turned around, and when he saw that it was his father, he quickly put his hands behind his back.

"What is Xu'er doing here?" asked Zhu Di, the expression on his face as grim as this cold winter.

Zhu Gaoxu kept silent, but as if he had been frightened, he just stepped backwards, but he couldn't speak, until he reached the corner of the wall, there was no way to retreat, and his hands were still dead behind his back.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu, the cold light in his eyes seemed to be able to shoot through the other party's heart, and then his eyes finally focused on the hands that Zhu Gaoxu was holding.

At this time, in the entire courtyard, only the sound of people's gasps could be heard, and the silence was almost suffocating.

"Bring it. Zhu Di said slowly, although the voice was not loud, but there was an irresistible imperial majesty in it.

"What...... What?" Zhu Gaoxu slowly raised his head and looked at Zhu Di, the sweat on his face was already flowing down.

Zhu Di's hand was already stretched out, and he didn't repeat what he had just said, because he knew that Zhu Gaoxu had heard it very clearly, and he didn't need to say it again, the emperor's orders were never irresistible.

Fan Ming watched the stalemate between the two from the side, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Zhu Gaoxu: "I said Second Highness, what's wrong with you today? Is it that the weather is too cold, and the wind is freezing you? The emperor wants to see what you have in your hand, why don't you show it to the emperor?"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized, trembling and stretched out his hands behind his back to the front, only to see that he was holding a piece of paper in his right hand, as if it was a letter, but probably due to the nervousness just now, the letter was already soaked with sweat in his hands.

Seeing this, Fan Ming hurriedly walked a few more steps, gently pulled out the piece of paper from Zhu Gaoxu's hand, and respectfully handed it to Chengzu Zhu Di.

"Read. Zhu Di didn't even look at the piece of paper.

Fan Ming hurriedly agreed, opened the paper, but saw that it was indeed a letter, but just after reading the beginning, I saw that he suddenly fell to his knees, held the letter above his head with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave should die, the emperor forgives the sin, the slave really doesn't dare to read it!"

Zhu Di only looked down at Fan Ming at this time, only to see that his hands were trembling uncontrollably, and suddenly Zhu Di also realized the seriousness of the matter, what was written on this letter that could make his son Zhu Gaoxu and the chief eunuch Fan Ming so panicked?

Zhu Di finally slowly stretched out his hand and picked up the letter, he didn't let go of a word, he read it from beginning to end, his expression changed from surprise to anger, to fear, and finally seemed to be transformed into sadness.

After Zhu Di finished reading the letter, his body shook and he almost fell to the ground, Fan Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help, Zhu Di pushed him away, and rushed to Zhu Gaoxu, who was kneeling in front of him, holding the letter in his hand and asking sharply: "I'll give you a chance, if you admit that this letter was forged by you, I can not blame the past, when nothing happened!"