After the banquet, the guests left, and Zhu Zhen personally helped the drunken fourth brother to the room to rest.
He helped him to the bed and when he was about to get up, Zhu Di grabbed Lao Liu's neck, which he couldn't wrap his hands around.
"It hurts." Lao Liu grinned: "Fourth brother, you are not drunk."
"What's this little wine?" Zhu Di smiled and said, "I just want to enjoy the care of my two royal highnesses."
"Are you satisfied?" Lao Liu smiled bitterly.
"Not very satisfied." Zhu Di said angrily: "It's a shame that I have been saying good things to you all day long in front of my sister-in-law. It's better for you to come to Nanchang to hide your love in the golden house. Besides, there are still two of them."
"Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense." Lao Liu said with wide eyes: "Liu Li is here for my senior brother, who is still in mourning. As for Run'er, he is accompanying Liu Li, what does it have to do with me?
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"Huan Run'er, you are so disgusting!" Zhu Di curled his lips and said, "I see how flattering Wang Bi is to you, I wish I could send my daughter to you as a child bride."
"Really? I don't believe it. Don't smear someone's innocence." Lao Liu laughed and said, "Wang Bi asked me to beat him. Fourth brother, you are thinking too much."
"I don't care, anyway, I have already told your fourth sister-in-law that you can't let your fourth brother lose face anyway." Zhu Di glared at the sixth brother. He knew that this younger brother's feelings for him were second only to his elder brother, so he could take advantage of them.
"This kind of thing is not something I can achieve just by thinking about it. You didn't even notice that Miao Qing ignored me." Lao Liu said depressedly.
"You are too impatient. How could you keep chatting with her in front of her sister and brother-in-law?" Zhu Di taught the sixth brother with the attitude of a veteran: "You have to ask her alone later to go shopping.
Ah, enjoy the flowers, do you think she can come out?"
"Really?" Lao Liu's heart was pounding. He could take Liu Li out. They were childhood sweethearts, and Liu Xiang was guarded against thieves all day long. But he never expected that he could take Xu Er out.
Make an appointment with the lady alone.
Strolling along the Qinhuai River with Tifa, damn, just thinking about it makes me so excited!
"It all depends on people. How will you know if you don't try." Zhu Di laughed.
He was also anxious just now, fearing that his sister-in-law would fall behind, so he spoke arbitrarily.
In fact, he had no clue whether Miaoqing could agree to it, and he probably wouldn't agree. But he had to keep Lao Liu's appetite, otherwise the day lily would be cold when the kid returned to Beijing.
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King Zhu Di of Yan was a vigorous and resolute person.
The day after coming to Changchang, he sent troops to various places to arrest officials, subordinates and big households who were involved in "Regardless of the Accounts".
Not only the current officials, but also those who served as officials in the counties involved four years after Hongwu, even if they have resigned or moved elsewhere, will be arrested, and the whole family will go on the road together.
For a time, the official roads of all prefectures and counties in Jiangxi were filled with teams escorting prisoners.
The prison in Nanchang City has long been out of capacity.
King Yan also ordered a large temporary camp to be built to hold prisoners who were being sent one after another in the open air... In fact, in this world, it is still quite cold at night. But they will be executed in a few days, so there is no need to worry about getting sick from the cold.
Zhu Zhen looked at the open-air camp that was quickly overcrowded, but secretly cried out that it was a pity.
The overall quality of these people is not low. It would be a waste to kill them in vain. It would be better to exile Tamluo instead...
Alas, it's a pity that the old man didn't listen to him at all when he was so angry. In Boss Zhu's opinion, being exiled overseas meant getting out of his own hands, which would be too advantageous for these thieves.
And because of his senior brother, Zhu Zhen didn't insist on interceding for them, so he could only do it next time.
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In this way, it was late February. February 19th was the day when Liu Lian turned seven.
Manqi is also called Qiqi. The traditional custom is to offer sacrifices every seven days after death, which is called "doing Qi".
The most important of them are the "First Seven" and "Man Qi", which start from the beginning and end at the end. It is said that the deceased will not know that he is dead until seven days after death, so during the first seven hours, he will return to his home and mourn.
Manqi is the day when the soul of the deceased returns to the underworld. This sacrifice is also particularly grand.
In addition to the sacrifices and paper figures and horses being of the highest standard, the family also invites Taoist monks to chant sutras and hold a monastery to send the deceased on his last journey. Only when the deceased has a beginning and an end can the merits be fulfilled.
Liu Lian was the eldest son of Uncle Chengyi, a high-ranking official of the third rank, and he died in the line of duty. Under the instruction of his two highnesses, his funeral was held with great grandeur. Not only would the whole city be in mourning, but Zhang Tianshi would also personally preside over it.
The Dharma Assembly can be described as extremely sad and glorious.
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What the two highnesses did not expect was that Zhang Tianshi knew that they were in Nanchang, but he did not come to see them in advance.
It was not until the eighteenth day that the Celestial Master's Dharma Driver arrived belatedly at the foot of Nanchang City.
The common people didn't care about this. They dropped their work one after another and rushed outside the city to welcome Zhang Tianshi...
Surrounded by thousands of people, seven or forty-nine handsome Taoist priests wearing mysterious crowns on their heads, apricot-yellow crane cloaks, carrying mahogany swords on their backs, and holding fly whisks were in the lead. Behind them were thirty-six Taoist priests holding flags, holding high various
The Dharma flag guided a large sedan chair carrying thirty-six people to come slowly.
Behind the sedan, on a carriage drawn by white horses, stood a large flag with a banner and four large seal characters written on it——
‘The Master of Zhengyi’!
Zhang Tianshi sat high on the throne in the sedan chair, with four Taoist boys and four little Taoist nuns standing behind him, each holding a fly whisk, feather fan, sword, spittoon and other objects...
As soon as they saw the true appearance of the Heavenly Master, people were so crazy that they looked at the dust like fallen rice fields, danced in obeisance, fell to the ground, and shouted "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"
The roar of the mountain and the tsunami reached the city gate tower, causing the eardrums of the two princes above to hurt.
"Zhang Tianshi, you have such a big air and high prestige." Zhu Zhen covered his ears and said loudly: "It's really better to see once than to hear a hundred times."
"Yes, he is much more majestic than our two empty-handed princes." Zhu Di also sneered: "Damn it, you dare to openly violate the ban and ride in such a big sedan to swagger through the city? Those who don't know think that this Nanchang city's surname is not Zhang.
Where’s Zhu?”
"Not just Nanchang City, I think almost all of Jiangxi has the surname Zhang. I heard that many people from neighboring prefectures and counties came here a few days in advance in order to join in the fun." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice:
"Do you know why thousands of people came to greet Zhang Tianshi today?"
"We are waiting for the savior." Lao Si curled his lips, obviously understanding. "I hope Zhang Tianshi can subdue us two monsters."
"Haha, yes, they will not admit defeat before Zhang Tianshi bows his head." Zhu Zhen smiled and nodded, looking down at the Tianshi guard of honor slowly passing through the city gate at his feet. "The prestige of Zhengyi must be destroyed, so start with
Let’s start dealing with this Tianshi Zhang.”
Zhang Tianshi, who was sitting on the sedan chair, seemed to be aware of this. He also raised his head and looked at the city gate tower. He happened to meet the eyes of King Chu.
I saw that he was in his early thirties, with a slender face, three long strands of beard, and paired with that Taoist robe, he really looked like an immortal Taoist.
Judging from appearance alone, they are much better than the two foolish, tall, black and thick princes. In addition, they are not wearing dragon robes, only ordinary round collars, and they look like two silly sons of landlords.
Therefore, Zhang Tianshi didn't care, so he looked away and continued to move forward.
"Damn it, you didn't take us seriously, I will deal with him later." Zhu Di said angrily.
"Fourth brother, let's calm down first. It won't be too late to settle the accounts with him after we finish the rituals tomorrow." Zhu Zhen persuaded him.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, let him have another day of prestige tomorrow." Unknowingly, the fourth child has become accustomed to listening to the sixth child. But he also has his own opinions:
"Simply, let's leave the day for the incision tomorrow, and treat it as a farewell to your senior brother."
"Okay, listen to Fourth Brother." Zhu Zhen followed the good advice.
