high official

Chapter 815

"No," Xinci shook her head, and said sadly, "Master may have been blown up to ashes..."

"Well," Zhu Di doubted, "It is said that it is impossible for people to survive such an explosion. But he is Yao Guangxiao! With him, what is impossible?"

"We hope so too," Xin Yan sighed, "but master is so old, how can he stand such an explosion?"

"Keep looking for it..." Zhu Di didn't hold out much hope, otherwise he wouldn't have come to Yao Guangxiao's grave for a hundred days, but after all, he didn't see the dead body for a day, and his old friend still had a chance to survive. hope!
"Yes." The monks responded and continued to search.

Zhu Di was paying tribute to his old friend facing the night sky, when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, he knew who was coming without turning his head.

"what's up?"

"Your Majesty, Zhu Yun has been dispatched to Beijing." The old eunuch Zhao Ying brought news of another monk to Zhu Di.

"Zhu Yunwen!" The news caused Zhu Di to break free from one emotion and enter another, and those old and helpless eyes suddenly became extremely cold. "Go back to the palace!"

Zhu Di's life is a life of fighting, a life of great momentum, and a life of constantly chasing goals.From the age of 31, he rebelled and finally won the throne. He completed the Yongle Grand Ceremony, sent Zheng He to the West several times, and sent Zhang Fu to pacify Annan.
Any one of these things would be difficult for someone else to do, but he has completed them all in just a dozen years. It is really rare in the ages for an emperor to do this.

But such a talented and strategic emperor also has his own sadness and anxiety.Ten years ago, he was deeply saddened by the death of his beloved queen, and it also made him sad to come to pay respects to his only friend tonight.And his biggest worry is that Zhu Yunwen, who has been missing for 14 years...

14 years ago, he led an army into the capital, but what greeted him was the raging fire in the Forbidden City, and the body of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunqi was not found in the fire!Although he announced to the world that Zhu Yunwen had set himself on fire, Zhu Di never let go of his search for his nephew... In the past 14 years, he sent Zheng He and Hu Yu to search for Jianwen's footprints on land and water. Right in front of his eyes, he returned without success again and again, which tormented Zhu Di's strong nerves, so that the three words Zhu Yunwen even became a nightmare that could not go away for a long time in Emperor Yongle's heart.

However, today, all the tossing has come to an end, and this nightmare has finally come to wake up.

On the way back, Zhu Di's heart was full of excitement, anticipation and fear... Yes, fear, he realized that he didn't know how to face this nephew, whether to be domineering and approachable, or to listen to him move out of Taizu and treat him Justified accusations?

Even though he is already the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, despite his great achievements and unprecedented achievements, in the capital built by his father, Zhu Di will never be able to be confident. Looking down at him, a rebel...

"Today, everything has to come to an end!" When the sedan chair stopped, Zhu Di finally settled down, and when he got off the sedan chair, the hesitation and fear on his face had disappeared...

Instead, it is the Emperor Yongle who holds the universe in his hands and dominates the world!

In the Qianqing Palace, the torches were shining in the sky, and the guards were three times as usual. The eunuchs and guards were engrossed in guarding the palace as if they were facing an enemy, because Emperor Jianwen was imprisoned inside.

Zhao Ying walked to Zhu Di's side, and said softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to see him now." After a pause, he said, "Or later."

"See you now." After speaking, Zhu Di strode into the palace.Whether it is Taizu or Jianwen, everything is just passing away. Now the emperor of Ming Dynasty is me, and I have nothing to fear!

Layers of guards moved out of the way and led the emperor to a side hall of the Qianqing Palace, where sat a middle-aged monk with a serene expression and a clean face.

Zhu Di stared at the monk closely. Even though he hadn't seen him for 18 years, he immediately matched up with the immature Emperor Jianwen in his memory.But after all, I haven't seen each other in 18 years, and I haven't met a few times before, Zhu Di is not sure, this person must be Jianwen.

"The old slave has already identified the eunuch and maid who served him back then." Seeing the emperor's puzzled expression, Zhao Ying whispered in Zhu Di's ear: "And according to Ji Gang's account, Jianwen had a mole under his armpit. Princess Wen recognized him based on that mole." After a pause, he whispered, "I have already checked, and there is indeed a mole under her arm."

"Well." Zhu Di nodded, he still trusted Zhao Ying's ability, looking at this side hall, Zhu Di said slowly: "Do you still remember this room?"

"Remember," the monk's gentle voice sounded: "I was here to meet you, the emperor's grandfather Bintian." He said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, this hall should have been burned down. put it back together."

"As the Son of Heaven, I'm just a little effort, so it's nothing to worry about." Zhu Di has basically believed that this person is Zhu Yunqi.The feeling of sitting there like a master is not something that any fake person can fake.

This is the sleeping palace of the Ming emperor - Qianqing Palace!
"Yes, you are the emperor now." The monk smiled softly, "And you are a very successful emperor."

"Really?" The corners of Zhu Di's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.After all, there are not many people in this world who are qualified to evaluate him, and this one in front of him is just one of them. "It is also a great joy in life to be praised by the defeated generals."

"Yes, I failed." The monk was completely unflappable, still sitting there with a smile and said: "Now I am just a monk with pure six senses, even if you ask me to kneel, I will not hesitate."

"Forget it." Zhu Di's mood became extremely relaxed, and the conversation now was much more enjoyable than what he had imagined when he came.

Li Yan moved a chair for Zhu Di so that the emperor and the monk could sit opposite each other.

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The palace lanterns in the side hall are dim, which is suitable for this kind of conversation of reminiscing about the past.

"How did you escape back then?" Zhu Di finally asked, a question that had been buried in his heart for more than ten years.

"Back then," the monk's eyes gradually deepened, and he took the emperor back to the hot summer 14 years ago. "You led the army across the Yangtze River, and the soldiers approached the city. The capital was in chaos. Uncle Gu Wang and Li Jinglong, who have always been my right-hand men, opened the Jinchuan Gate without authorization and let your army enter the city."

Following his words, Zhu Di also returned to the most unforgettable period of time. Only he himself knew how lucky this world was, so he always firmly believed that he was the destiny! "This is because the destiny is mine, not you."

The monk smiled, not arguing with him, and continued: "At that time, everyone around me knew that the situation was over, and the queen committed suicide and died for the country. Originally, I was also hopeless and wanted to go with her..."

Zhu Di stopped talking, listened carefully to the monk's account of the secret and said: "But Chang Mao and Huai En saved me. I cried and said, is there anything wrong with the death of the king? They persuaded me, It is said that there is still something to do in the world, but when the country is in trouble, the monarch can go to exile, this is also the old rule in the past dynasties."

Zhu Di nodded. At this moment, he was convinced of the other party's identity.

"But the whole world is so big, where can we settle down? At that time, your army had already entered the inner city, and there were even more troops gathered inside and outside the capital. I felt that even if you wanted to escape, it would be difficult to escape."

Zhu Di nodded again, this is what he didn't understand, how did Zhu Yunwen and the others escape when the capital was already completely surrounded?
"At this time, Puqia, the chief recording monk left by the emperor's grandfather, came. He told me that the Taizu Bintian had left a legacy box with him, and asked him to open it if the emperor was in trouble. There is an emergency solution inside." The monk recalled slowly: "When everyone heard that it was the arrangement of Taizu, they were very excited, and hurriedly asked Pu Qia to bring the legacy box. It was a very tall and large mahogany box. It is very strong, and it is covered with thick iron sheets, and the box is locked with a big iron lock, but there is no key."

"Where is the key?" Zhu Di was completely immersed in the monk's narration.

"No one knows, and even if there is a key, it's useless, because the keyhole is filled with copper." The monk said slowly: "Cousin Chang Mao smashed the lock with a hammer, and then opened it." .”

"What's in it?" Zhu Di asked.

"There are more than a dozen sets of monk's clothes, hats and shoes, neatly stacked inside," the monk recalled: "There is also a stack of certificates, on which are written 'Yingwen', 'Yingneng', 'Yingxian' and other dharma. No. At the bottom is a piece of yellow paper, and on it is the royal pen of the emperor..." At this point, the monk's eyes were wet, and he choked up and said: "It is written, 'Yingwen came out from the gate of ghosts, and Yu came out from the water to close the ditch. Just go, and the evening will be in the west room of God's optimism.'”

"So that's how it is!" The monk said this, and Zhu Di already understood everything. It turned out that his nephew relied on the method left by the Emperor Taizu to shave his head and become a monk, and then went out of the city separately from his subordinates.Moreover, the route arranged by the Emperor Taizu—from the Gate of Ghosts to the Optimism of the Gods—was the least noticeable place, and it was also the place where he was the most lax in his defenses.

At that time, dressing up as a monk was undoubtedly the best choice - because Yao Guangxiao's reputation was in full swing, and a group of monks under him led the army in battle, and they were invincible.This made the soldiers of King Yan's army have a natural awe of the monk, and they were very polite when they saw the bald head, which made Zhu Yunwen's escape very smooth.

"Unexpectedly, my father can count the things behind me," Zhu Di couldn't help sighing, and said angrily, "Then why don't you just pass the throne to me?!" The father who arranged everything was just a backup for Zhu Yunqi. Zhu Yuanzhang is not even a god, and the battle of Jingnan will happen four years later.

(End of this chapter)