"The emperor is my fourth brother, and my twelfth elder brother is my nephew. How can it have nothing to do with my brother?" Having said this, Hong Zhou took a deep breath and said again: "My brother knows that the emperor loves his son very much.
, I cannot bear to sit back and watch something happen to my twelfth elder brother, but the country cannot be disrupted either, so I also ask the emperor to leave the matter of Ziyun Temple to my younger brother."
"No!" Hongli refused without hesitation, gritting his teeth and said: "I will bear the responsibility for Yongxun's life and the stability of the country, and you don't need to carry it for me!"
"Your Majesty..." Before Hong Zhou could say anything else, Hong Li interrupted sternly, "Didn't you hear what I said? Go back to your palace immediately. Let's go!" After saying this, he strode out.
Hong Zhou hurriedly caught up and pulled the reins hard, preventing Hong Li from riding away.
"Let go!" Faced with Hongli's scolding, Hongzhou insisted: "I sincerely ask the emperor to agree."
"I have made up my mind, you don't need to say any more!" No matter how Hong Li scolded him, Hong Zhou refused to let go, which made the former very angry. He lowered his face and scolded: "Do you insist that I punish you?
Are you willing to let go?"
Hong Zhou said with a stubborn look on his face: "Even if the emperor wants to punish my younger brother to death, my younger brother will never let go!" Seeing that Hong Li was silent, he slowed down his voice and said: "Fourth brother, ever since we were little, you have been the most important to me.
Okay, sometimes I feel that I am closer to you than Huang Ama and E Niang. Now that you are in trouble, if I stand by and watch, how can I have the nerve to call you Fourth Brother in the future?"
After ordering the guards to take ten steps back, Hongli said with a deep look: "Yes, if I lend your hand to do this, it will not destabilize the country, but what about your life? Once it breaks out, all officials will surely
There will be a petition for impeachment, and the people who don’t know what is going on will not let you go! Even though I am the emperor, in that case, I...can’t protect you!"
Hong Zhou was silent for a moment and said: "My brother knows that if that time comes, please ask the emperor to try to protect my family and not harm them."
Hongli tried his best to hold back the sourness in his eyes. Who said that the Tian family is ruthless? The Tian family also has close relatives who depend on each other for life and death. He dismounted, squeezed Hong Zhou's shoulders hard, and said hoarsely: "I understand your thoughts, but you
You can’t just sit back and watch something happen to me, how can I personally order you to be killed... I can’t do that!”
"What about the stability of the country? Can the emperor just ignore it?" Before Hongli could say anything, he added: "Maybe this matter will not be leaked, and then my brother will naturally be fine."
Then, he knelt down again and said: "I beg the emperor to agree, otherwise, even if the emperor wants to blame my younger brother, my younger brother will not let the emperor step into Ziyun Temple!"
"You!" Hongli didn't know what to say for a moment. He slowly crouched down, looked into his eyes, and choked with sobs: "I only have a brother like you left by my side. How do you want me to have the heart to push you to death?
"
Hong Zhou smiled slightly and said: "It is precisely because we are brothers that I am willing to do anything for the emperor. Besides, I may not die!" After that, he kowtowed and said: "Please put the country first and the emperor first.
Amma’s trust is most important!”
Hongli looked at him with a painful expression and said in a low voice: "You...why are you doing this?"
In the end, Hongli gave in and let Hongzhou go to Ziyun Temple on his behalf, but at the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that no matter how difficult it was in the future, he would definitely save Hongzhou's life!
When Hong Zhou galloped to Ziyun Temple, Agui was already waiting there with his musketeers. When he saw him coming, he was quite surprised and saluted: "Your Majesty, where is the Emperor?"
"The Emperor has entrusted all matters to me!" As he said this, he took out the gold-medal arrows that Hongli had specially ordered to fetch from the Yangxin Hall before leaving.
Agui led all the soldiers to kneel down and pay homage to the golden medal with the words "I am here in person". After that, he asked: "Do you know that the emperor has urgently summoned us here? What is the matter?"
Because the next thing required Agui's full help, and Agui was Hongli's confidant, Hong Zhou did not hide anything and told the story in general. When Agui suddenly heard about it, he was also horrified, but he
He had been with Hongli through life and death, and had been loyal to Hongli for many years. He quickly calmed down and said, "I will obey the prince's arrangements in everything."
"Okay!" After a brief response, Hong Zhou led the people in. At this time, the sun had begun to set gradually, and there was not much time left for him.
Many heavily armed soldiers with muskets in their hands broke in, which panicked the person responsible for guarding the mountain gate. He hurriedly ran into the hall and said in panic: "Master, there are many soldiers coming outside, and they all have muskets in their hands. Let's fight with them."
Those who got up are also Prince He."
Yun Zhongzi stopped chanting sutras, opened his eyes and said helplessly: "He's here after all."
All the Taoist priests looked at each other, not understanding what this sentence meant. However, strange things have happened one after another in the past few days. A few days ago, nearly a hundred unconscious boys around ten years old appeared for no reason. They are still sleeping in the rooms on both sides.
Yun Zhongzi, he doesn’t say anything, he only wants to make people nice
Sheng took care of him and strictly ordered the matter to be spread; at this moment, soldiers came inexplicably. You must know that since Yun Zhongzi was trusted by Hongli and became a guest of the palace ten years ago, very few people dared to visit Ziyun.
Guan was so arrogant and led troops to break in like this, which was the first of its kind.
One of them asked tentatively: "Master, what happened?"
Yun Zhongzi let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "The Taoist tradition of Ziyun Temple that has been passed down for thousands of years will be destroyed in my hands. I really don't know how I can meet the ancestors of all generations under Jiuquan." As he said, he continued
He said: "You all continue to pray. No one is allowed to come out without my order." After everyone agreed, he stood up and walked out. Once outside, he saw Hong Zhou standing there with hundreds of musketeers.
Seeing him coming out, Hong Zhou cupped his hands and said loudly: "The time is approaching, please cast the spell immediately!"
Yun Zhongzi looked at him and said: "I thought the emperor would come to Ziyun Temple in person, but I didn't expect it would be the prince." After a moment of pause, he added: "The prince should know that this matter is not trivial. Once the spell is cast, there will be hundreds of innocent children.
Lose your life."
Hong Zhou's eyes flashed slightly, "Of course I know, but sometimes, even though you know that something cannot be done, you still have to do it."
"But the Emperor's side..." Before Yun Zhongzi could continue, Hong Zhou said: "You don't have to use the Emperor to pressure me, I must do this!"
His answer surprised Yun Zhongzi. This matter was clearly Hongli's intention. How could he use Hongli to suppress him? What was Hongzhou's idea...
Although Yun Zhongzi has been cultivating Taoism for many years, his mind is not slow. On the contrary, because he has no worldly thoughts, he is more transparent than ordinary people. Before long, he understood Hong Zhou's thoughts and sighed: "My lord, you are right."
Your Majesty is truly extremely loyal, even to the point of committing such a horrific crime, but does Your Majesty really have the heart to kill those innocent children for one person?"