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Chapter 113 What is Covering the Sky with One Hand 【Addition】

Liu Jin, who had already got up from the ground, couldn't help looking at Li Huan with envy and jealousy after hearing Zhu Houzhao's words.

He didn't expect that Li Huan would save him again after this accident, which would deepen his position in the heart of the emperor Zhu Houzhao. Based on his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, unless Li Huan led his troops to rebel on the spot, no one would think about it. Divorce Zhu Houzhao's trust in Li Huan.

"Let this kid take advantage again!"

Li Huan naturally didn't know Liu Jin's jealousy at the moment, but after listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, he cupped his fists and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Return to Your Majesty, I do have one thing I want to ask Your Majesty to do."

Zhu Houzhao was afraid that Li Huan didn't want anything, so when he heard what Li Huan said, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Li Huan with some anticipation and curiosity: "What does the Qing family want, tell me quickly and listen to me." .”

In Zhu Houzhao's view, with Li Huan's temperament, it is really rare for him to speak on his own initiative, so he became more and more curious.

The rest of the people also came back to their senses at this moment, and looked at Li Huan curiously.

Li Huan said: "Your Majesty also knows that I was born in a military family since I was a child. I have no other hobbies, but I prefer to practice martial arts. However, my family only has one kind of kung fu practiced by outsiders, and there is no way to practice inside. So I would like to ask Your Majesty to grant me a family of internal exercises to practice."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the words. He still thought what kind of request Li Huan would make. After all, he said that as long as Li Huan made a request, he would definitely agree.

Although this promise is a bit exaggerated, after all, if Li Huan made some requests for the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, it would be difficult for him to agree.

But he didn't expect that Li Huan just asked him to give him a skill.

Looking at Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao said: "Does the Qing family really only want one practice? They don't want high-ranking officials, rich salary, family members or anything..."

Li Huan smiled freely and said: "As the so-called fame and fame can only be obtained immediately, if what your majesty said, if I really want it, I will use my own hands to win it. So I only hope that your majesty can give me a family Cultivation method, wish is enough!"

Liu Jin, Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and the others nearby couldn't help looking at Li Huan with complicated eyes, because in their view, Li Huan's request was a waste of the emperor's kindness, and they put themselves in the shoes of the emperor. If it were them, they would definitely ask the emperor to reward them with high officials and wield great power, or ask the emperor to reward them with rare treasures such as gold and silver.

Zhu Hou took care of Li Huan, especially when he saw Li Huan's firm expression, he knew in his heart that Li Huan really didn't want anything else, but a practice.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said, "I have agreed to the Qing family's request. If I remember correctly, since the founding of the country by the Taizu, the royal family has indeed collected a large number of exercises, and among these exercises , the top ones were selected and hidden in the imperial history, and the rest were hidden in the inner library. Emperor Wenzong ordered someone to compile the Yongle Encyclopedia. It seems that there is a volume of inner family exercises in it, and most of the included exercises are also from the inner library. .”

Li Huan's eyes lit up when he heard the words. The amount of information revealed in Zhu Houzhao's words is not small, that is, there are indeed many exercises in the royal family, the top ones are hidden in the imperial history, and the other is hidden in the inner treasury, even in the Yongle Grand Ceremony Part of the exercises are also recorded.

I just don't know what exercises the emperor will bestow on him.

When Li Huan was thinking about this, Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly: "There are so many exercises, and I don't know which one is suitable for Qing's family. How about this, I Xu Qing's family went to Huangshicheng and Neiku to look through it. Among the many exercises, the Qing family can choose one by themselves."

Li Huan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face, obviously he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to wave his hand and let him choose directly.

At the beginning, he was just asking for a skill, and he didn't think too much about it. Who would have thought that Zhu Houzhao would directly let him go to Huangshicheng and Neiku to choose, this meaning could not be more obvious.

If it is rewarded, it may really be just a skill, but let him choose by himself, does it mean that he can remember as much as he can remember at that time.

For those who practice martial arts, this is probably the most exciting thing in the world.

Seeing Li Huan's distracted appearance, Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly, and said again: "Since the Qing family practiced foreign kung fu, it must be medicinal materials to assist their cultivation. In this case, make a list of what medicinal materials the Qing family needs. , I ordered the Imperial Hospital to select one and give it to the Qing family."

Many precious medicinal materials are really only available to the royal family, even if they are available to the people, they are definitely not something that can be bought with money, so Zhu Houzhao's reward is really not light to Li Huan.

Originally, Li Huan thought that it would take quite a while for him to go further after breaking through to the realm of invincibility, but with the help of the precious medicinal materials bestowed by the emperor, his speed of progress would definitely be greatly improved.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Yi bowed deeply to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gao Feng, Qiu Ju, Zhang Yong and others also came over at this moment and said to Li Huan with envious eyes: "Brother Li, congratulations, there are many precious medicinal materials hidden in the Tai Hospital, and those who are idle will see it." I can't see it."

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and said: "It's just some medicinal materials. Instead of leaving them in the imperial hospital and letting those people waste them, it's better to let Li Qing use them to assist in cultivation. The stronger Li Qing is, the more he can assist me in the future. If I encounter any danger, I can sit back and relax!"

Qiu Ju chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think should be done with the corpses of those two tigers?"

The eyes of several people immediately shifted to the two tigers who were beaten to death by Li Huan, and they could be presented to the emperor. These two tigers are excellent in appearance and size, and they were definitely captured from the mountains. the king of beasts.

The corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth turned up slightly and said: "I heard that many people like to use tiger skins as cushions, why don't you order someone to skin these two tigers, keep one for me, and give the other with tiger bones and other things Li Huanqing's house."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao blinked at Li Huan, Li Huan was taken aback for a moment, then reacted and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and ordered people to deal with the corpses of the two tigers. He walked in front with his hands behind his back and said, "The Qing family will accompany me for a walk!"

Li Huan followed closely beside Zhu Houzhao, and Liu Jin and Qiu Ju also followed behind a few steps behind.

Only now did Zhu Houzhao look sideways at Li Huan and said, "What do the Qing family think of my leopard room?"

Li Huan said with a smile: "I heard Brother Qiu mentioned this place, I thought it was a place built by His Majesty to play, but along the way, I found that I was wrong to blame Your Majesty, besides being a place for His Majesty to play, I'm afraid there are other uses."

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows flashed with joy, and at the same time he said seriously: "Li Qing is right, everyone in the world thinks that this leopard house was really built for fun, but they don't want me to let it go. Instead of living in the imperial palace, I want to build such a place outside the imperial city."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with a wry smile on his face and said, "It's hard for me to be an emperor. I'm bound in the imperial city every day, and I'm also bound by the cabinet. If I want to do something, I can do it before I can do it." Being opposed by the cabinet, sometimes even the queen mother would rather trust the cabinet than the words of me, the emperor's son."

Li Huan just followed Zhu Houzhao. He could see that Zhu Houzhao had been holding back some words for a long time, and he didn't even have anyone to confide in. It was obvious that his mood fluctuated too much today, so he opened his mouth to tell him these things.

At this time, he only needs to be a good listener, and it is best not to say anything else.

Zhu Houzhao sighed again: "I know my own temperament best. If I want me to follow the civil and military officials in everything like my father, instead of being restrained in the palace, I might as well move out of the palace directly, so as to save myself being tortured by the queen mother every day." Nagging, being persuaded by the cabinet that this can’t be done, and that can’t be done. I closed the door myself and didn’t see them, so it’s okay..."

Unknowingly, a group of people walked in front of a pool of water, which is where the Taiye Pool is located. Looking around, the water surface is like a mirror, with aquatic plants swaying, and occasional water birds passing by the water surface. The scenery is beautiful and refreshing.

All of a sudden, Zhu Houzhao opened his arms, facing Taiyechi and laughed loudly: "It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure!"

The rest of the people followed behind, all standing with their heads down, not daring to look at Zhu Houzhao.

It seemed to be venting, Zhu Houzhao seemed to think that Li Huan was still on the sidelines at this moment, and he showed a little embarrassment on his face: "Tongqing's family has said so much, and I feel relieved. It's been so easy, it made the Qing family laugh."

Li Huan hurriedly said: "How dare I, in my opinion, this is an expression of His Majesty's true temperament, and no one can laugh at it."

Zhu Houzhao smiled, calmed down his emotions and said, "Li Qing came to look for me today, presumably there is something going on?"

Li Huan naturally did not forget that he came here this time, mainly to ask Zhu Houzhao for instructions on replacing the palace guards and the emperor's guard of honor.

Immediately Li Huan said with a serious face: "Go back to Your Majesty, this time I got up to see Your Majesty, but I beg Your Majesty to allow you to replace the palace guards and the emperor's ceremonial guards."

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao immediately reacted, and looked at Li Huan with surprise on his face, and said, "The Qing family said that the guards have been reorganized, so is it worth using?"

It has been some time since Li Huan took the order to reorganize the guards. Although Zhu Houzhao occasionally pays attention to it, it is naturally impossible to keep an eye on so many things every day.

Now that he suddenly listened to Li Huan's suggestion, he naturally understood that Li Huan must have completed the reorganization.

Li Huan nodded and said: "I live up to your majesty's expectations. Your majesty can inspect the guards at any time!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, looked at Li Huan with great satisfaction and said, "Okay, I know that the Qing family will not let me down."

Then he looked at the sky and said: "I'm afraid it won't work today. If that's the case, I will go to inspect the guards tomorrow. If it is as the Qing family said, then I will accept your request."

Li Huan said: "I will greet His Majesty at the school in the suburbs of Beijing tomorrow."

In Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, a figure came out of a dense forest with disheveled hair. At first glance, this person was dressed in ragged clothes. If he hadn't held a long knife in his hand, he might be regarded as a beggar.

Cheng Yi glanced at the official road in the distance, spit out a mouthful of saliva, looked around, seemed to be sure that nothing happened, then uttered a bird-like sound towards the dense forest behind him.

Soon, a figure came out of it. The person who came was also a big man, with the same ragged clothes, disheveled hair, and a bulging chest. It seemed that he was hiding something.

This person was obviously Chen Yao who went to Fujian under Li Huan's order, but he did not expect that Chen Yao and Cheng Yi would walk together, and judging from the situation, the two seemed to be in a state of being hunted down.

After Chen Yao came out, he also looked around for a while, and then he walked up to Cheng Yi, cursing and saying: "Damn it, these people are crazy dogs, they chased us all the way from Fujian to Huai'an Mansion in Shandong, thousands of miles away They didn’t even want to stop, making it look like I killed his wife and stole their daughter-in-law.”

Cheng Yi grinned and said: "If you really killed their mother and messed with their daughter-in-law, maybe they wouldn't chase us so desperately."

Chen Yao subconsciously pressed and hid in his bosom the booklet that recorded a series of criminal evidence of Cai Wen, the procurator of Fujian Province, and immediately looked at the pale Cheng Yi and said, "Brother Cheng, how is your injury? Does it matter?"

A long scar was faintly visible on Cheng Yi's back. Although the wound had scabbed over, pus and blood could be seen in the wound, which was obviously infected. If he didn't take care of it and dragged on for a while, he might not be able to survive. up.

Seeing Chen Yao looking at him worriedly, Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I won't die for the time being, don't worry, I can survive for a while, and I will accompany you to the capital to meet Li Huan."

Speaking of which, Cheng Yi said with a serious expression: "Before those people catch up, let's hurry up. Among those people, there are experts who are good at tracking. I'm afraid they will find them again soon."

Hearing what Cheng Yi said, Chen Yao's expression also changed. When he heard the news that Qianhu Han Ling's family had been wiped out, he vaguely sensed something was wrong, and he left Fuzhou overnight.

Maybe it was because he left in time, or maybe the people sent by Cai Wen were all focused on Cheng Yi, so nothing unexpected happened along the way.

But just a few days ago, just after entering the border of Shandong, Chen Yao bumped into Cheng Yi who was being hunted down.

Even though it was only a one-sided relationship with Cheng Yi in Fuzhou Qianhu Institute, and they didn't even speak, Chen Yao recognized Cheng Yi the moment he saw Cheng Yi.

Seeing that Cheng Yi was besieged and killed by several murderers, Chen Yao rushed out from the side without thinking much at all, cut down several of them by surprise, and took Cheng Yi with him after a lot of effort. Escaped and dragged the opponent's pursuit.

It was also that time that Cheng Yi suffered a knife wound on his back. The two had a brief exchange, and Chen Yao guessed the whole story from Cheng Yi's narration.

Although neither of them had any evidence, both of them knew in their hearts that the mastermind behind the extermination of Qianhu Han Ling's family was none other than Cai Wen, the procurator who was in charge of the judicial power of a province.

Because these people chased the group of Cheng Yi for thousands of miles, and it was clear that they came for the booklet that recorded Cai Wen's series of criminal evidence brought out by Cheng Yi.

If the two of them can't guess who sent those four people who chased them down, the two of them have stayed in Jinyiwei for so many years in vain.

After saving Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi handed over the booklet that recorded Cai Wen's criminal evidence to Chen Yao for safekeeping. In the following days, Chen Yao felt the madness of those people.

In just a few days, they were attacked and killed several times. If the two were not vigilant enough and had good escape ability, they might have been caught.

After identifying the direction, the two started on the road again, and they had to hurry as much as possible before the other party's tracking master marked their whereabouts.

Originally, Chen Yao also proposed to seek help from the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office in Huai'an Prefecture, Shandong Province, but Cheng Yi refused as soon as he proposed.

According to what Cheng Yi said, those who chased them had thought of this a long time ago. There were dozens of people in this group, and they were divided into several teams. They are lying in ambush near the yamen of thousands of households in a province, waiting for them to throw themselves into the trap.

The former fan Cheng Yi tried to go to Zhejiang Qianhu Office for help, but before he could see the Yamen of Zhejiang Qianhu Office, he was surrounded by a group of people who had ambushed a long time ago.

If he hadn't tried his best to break out of the siege and escaped by the flow of people on the street, he might have been ambushed and killed on the spot that time.

Since then, Cheng Yi has never thought of going to Jinyiwei's stronghold to ask for help. What they can think of, the other party can obviously think of, and there are even enough people to lay an ambush waiting for them to fall into the trap.

At that time, Chen Yao was full of incredulity when he heard that. Their dignified officials of Jinyiwei were hunted down and killed, and they couldn't even ask their own people for help.

This made Chen Yao very puzzled how Cai Wen could have such great energy that he even dared to kill thousands of households of Jin Yiwei, and even sent people to chase them down.

On the contrary, Cheng Yi seemed to take it for granted and accepted these unbelievable things in Chen Yao's view.

The scope of Chen Yao's life is the capital, and he has never left the capital, but he doesn't know the situation in this place.

To put it simply, it is a word called the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The farther away from the capital, the stronger the power and influence of local officials and gentry. Even in many places, these people collude with each other. The earth emperor who covered the sky with one hand.

A magistrate of a county and a local gentry can easily destroy their families, and Cai Wen, who is in charge of the judicial authority of a province, has been rooted in Fujian for more than ten years, with the support of senior cabinet elders and connections built over more than ten years. Powerful, the network of relationships is intricate, even if you kill a few officials, just push it to bandits and bandits, or people in the rivers and lakes.

After all, most of the people in the Jianghu are known for their disobedience to the discipline of the court. From time to time, there are so-called righteous men in the Jianghu who kill corrupt officials and act chivalrously.

So sometimes, some things will be pushed to these people in the rivers and lakes, and over time these people in the rivers and lakes will become the best scapegoats.

Needless to say, the extermination of Han Ling's family, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, was either pushed to the bandits or to people in the rivers and lakes in the end.

Even if they report to the Jingshi Jinyiwei Yamen in the end, they may directly acquiesce in the local report when they encounter irresponsible officials.

Even if it is dealt with by a responsible chief official, who sent people from the Jinyiwei Yamen to investigate, facing the entangled and overshadowing snakes, it would be a strange thing if the people from above could find something.

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