During the Yuan Dynasty, Guo Shoujing built the Tonghui River, which solved the final problem of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, allowing grain and world general merchandise to be transported directly to Jishuitan in the capital city. However, in the early years of the country, due to wars, the waterway was silted up, and Xu Da
When the city of Beijing was being built, the city wall was moved south, and the river could only reach outside Chongwen Gate, and it is currently only used by official ships transporting various materials needed to build the capital. All private ships can still only dock in Tongzhou and take the land route.
Go ashore.
Therefore, Tongzhou, the former starting point of the Grand Canal, still maintains its usual prosperity. Thousands of ships dock every day, and the pier is bustling with people coming to pick up goods from morning to night...
However, today, all the official ships and civilian ships on the river were driven to the Tonghui River. On the river at Tongzhou Wharf, except for the heavily armed military ships, no ships could be seen. The wharf was also emptied.
When they came out, they were heavily guarded - the officers and soldiers standing upright with knives and guns were all wearing bright red shirts. This is the color that can only be worn by the palace guards.
These imperial guards numbered ten thousand, and they surrounded the Tongzhou Pier on three levels, inside and outside, making it impenetrable. There were dozens of naval warships on the river, and they were also filled with imperial guards and soldiers, and there were dark holes.
The cannon was pointed at the river, creating an atmosphere of chilling terror.
At this time, there were several generals in helmets and armor standing on the dock. The leader of the group was a dark-faced and heroic young general, who turned out to be Zhu Zhanji, grandson of the Ming Dynasty. His hand was resting on the sword at his waist, his index finger unconscious.
He was banging on the hilt of the sword, his expression on his face was quite calm, but there was unconcealable anxiety in his eyes.
He had learned the news four days ago that Wang Xian and Xu Miaojin had been kidnapped. It was like a thunderbolt and everyone was stunned. Fortunately, the follow-up news continued to flow, and the people from Beizhen Fusi followed closely.
The boat headed north gave him a little peace of mind, but he was just trying to avoid it and didn't dare to launch a rescue.
Originally, Zhu Zhanji was still guessing, where would they take Wang Xian abducted if they didn't kill him? As a result, the ship was heading straight for the capital. What shocked and frightened him even more was that they actually sent someone directly to the emperor.
Send a letter and make it clear that there will be a good show in Tongzhou today
As for what kind of fun it is? Zhu Zhanji can't imagine it, but what is certain is that it can definitely make the emperor vomit blood and bring disaster...
Zhu Zhanji naturally tried his best to persuade the emperor not to be fooled easily, but Zhu Di had a fiery temperament and could not stand any provocation. He did not listen to his advice at all and insisted on going to the appointment. There was nothing he could do, so Zhu Zhanji had to retreat and ask for an order.
First come to Tongzhou to set up defense...at least you can't leave the defense to others, otherwise you will be too passive.
Zhu Di did not refute his face anymore, and agreed to let his grandson come to set up defenses first. Starting from yesterday afternoon, Zhu Zhanji drove out all the ships, carriages, horses, and people in Tongzhou, leaving the dock so guarded that not even a fly could fly.
Don't come in.
Of course, flies couldn't fly in, but people could. A gorgeously decorated royal carriage drove straight in and stopped at the pier. Zhu Zhanji frowned and looked, and saw a group of palace people rushing to the car and putting down their feet.
They stepped on, held up their umbrellas, waved their fans, and carried boxes and cages. Although there were many people, there was no chaos at all. They had cooperated thousands of times.
At this time, the car curtain opened, and His Royal Highness King Zhao, who was handsome and unrestrained in princely attire, finally got out of the car.
Zhu Zhanji reluctantly went over, cupped his fists and said, "Third uncle."
"Grandson." King Zhao opened the folding fan with peach blossoms painted on it and nodded.
"Isn't the third uncle most afraid of the heat? Why are you interested in coming to Tongzhou to bask in the sun?" Zhu Zhanji said.
"Haha, I'm afraid that my father will be very angry..." Zhu Gaosui said with a half-smile but not a smile: "Grandson, what do you think we will see later?"
"How do I know?" Zhu Zhanji looked at King Zhao's expression and couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, thinking secretly that this guy knew what was going to happen, right? Although he knew that he would be humiliated if he asked questions, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice:
"Well, Third Uncle, do you know what will happen?"
"How could I possibly know?" King Zhao shook his folding fan lightly and said with a smile, "It's just some random conjectures that cannot be put on the table."
"I would like to hear the details." Zhu Zhanji said in a dull voice.
"Haha, okay, I just said it casually, but don't take it seriously." Zhao Wangfang suppressed his smile and said: "I think since they dare to do that kind of thing to the prince, it shows how heartless they are and they simply regard my heavenly family as their own.
If our mortal enemies now dare to say that they have a good show for the emperor, naturally it won't be some good show about five sons passing the imperial examination and celebrating their birthdays all over the world, right?"
"Of course." Zhu Zhanji said with hatred. He really hated those people who dared to force his father to kneel down. He had long secretly vowed that in the future, he would crush all those people to ashes to relieve the hatred in his heart.
"So they will definitely make the Emperor Lei Lei furious." King Zhao said calmly: "I think this matter will happen to your aunt and Wang Xian who they kidnapped." As he said this, his eyes flashed with evil.
Said: "As for how to use the two of them to make the Emperor Lei Ting furious, I don't know."
How could Zhu Gaosui not know? He obviously didn't say it on purpose. Xu Miaojin was the woman the emperor wanted but couldn't get. How do you think he could make the emperor furious? He could think of it with his toes. Zhu Zhanji was so depressed that he vomited blood.
But he was helpless... He knew very well that King Zhao came here specifically to keep an eye on him, prevent him from making small moves, and cover up Wang Xian and Xu Miaojin.
Zhu Zhanji simply couldn't imagine how furious the emperor would be if he saw what happened between Wang Xian and Xu Miaojin. When the emperor is angry, blood will flow everywhere... Wang Xian cannot be saved, but he can be saved.
The lives of his family members were good. As for the extent of the blow to his father and son, Zhu Zhanji no longer thought about it... He simply did not dare to imagine what the furious emperor would do. He only knew that
At that time, all methods will be in vain and of no use. All we can do is wait for fate to come...
Seeing Zhu Zhanji's dark face with beads of sweat rolling down his face, Zhu Gaosui was extremely proud. The prince and Wang Xian thought that the incident in Chaofa was over and they were safe. Little did they know that the real killing move was yet to come. At the moment when Tu Qiong saw them today,
Not only the fate of Wang Xian, the prince, and the grandson will be decided, but also the fate of the King of Han... His father Zhu Di would not have known how fierce the fight between the King of Han and the prince was in the capital. Because this is what it is.
With the situation promoted by his father, he would not leave the capital and the south to either of the two. He could only let them check and balance each other and fight each other, so that no one would manage the capital as their own territory and ignore his own.
emperor.
Therefore, once the prince is deposed due to being implicated in a scandal, his father will definitely suspect that the King of Han is causing trouble. As long as he creates a little rumor, Zhu Gaoxu will be sure to suffer. So in the end, he, the third child who is far away in Beijing, will still be the one.
Two dogs fight, play off
Thinking like this, Zhu Gaosui's heart was filled with excitement, and he almost looked forward to waiting for the boat to appear on the river.
Waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting, I didn’t expect that the emperor’s Luan Yu would arrive first.
"The Emperor has arrived..." Accompanied by the eunuch's singing, Taisun and King Zhao quickly put away their thoughts and stepped forward to greet His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
Zhu Di did not get off the carriage, nor did he say a word. The gauze curtain danced lightly, blocking the face of the Ming Emperor, but everyone could feel that the emperor had turned into a volcano that could erupt at any time, which was extremely dangerous.
Shrouded by the emperor's aura, hundreds of people on the pier stood in awe, not knowing what would happen next. Everyone was pounding in their hearts and looking grim.
Zhu Di remained silent and sat motionless on the dragon chair. He looked across the crowd and fixedly stared at the river. When he saw the boat with the green flag appearing on the river, he pressed the button on the back of the dragon chair.
The veins in his hands were already popping out.
According to what the other party said, the one flying the green flag is their ship and the ship that is going to put on a good show.
Up and down the pier, tens of thousands of people looked at the slowly approaching ship. There were naturally people on the ship, but the men in black who were steering the ship stood there like dead people, showing no signs of intruding into the dragnet.
care.
"Stop the ship." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but order. He already regretted that he didn't make a desperate move yesterday and ordered people to completely destroy the ship. Even if both the jade and the stone were destroyed, it would be better than the current catastrophe.
"Don't stop." Zhu Di said coldly: "They want to show me a good show, so I will let them perform to their heart's content, otherwise they will think that I am afraid of them."
"Yes..." Zhu Zhanji lowered his head, with the scorching sun above his head, but he felt a chill in his heart.
The emperor gave the order, and the ship sailed unimpeded and soon moored at the edge of the pier. The Imperial Guards and soldiers cheered and surrounded it, but they saw the men in black standing on the bow of the ship falling to the ground one after another, as if they were all dead.
…
A horrifying atmosphere immediately enveloped the dock. Fortunately, Zhu Di's guards all crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They had the courage to use spears to secure the ship and tie the cables. But without the order, who would dare to board the ship?
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson will go check it out first." Zhu Zhanji asked again.
"Father, my son and grandson will go together." King Zhao also hurriedly requested the order. It was already time for Tu Qiong to see him, and he had to let Zhu Zhanji jump over the wall.
"I don't need you, I have my own legs." Zhu Di slowly stood up from the dragon chair, stepped out of the carriage, and walked towards the ship with a livid face.
"Grandpa Huang has a body worth millions of dollars and cannot take risks. It is better for my grandson to see if there is any danger first..." Zhu Zhanji tried his best with some despair.
"Humph, I am the reincarnation of the Zhenwu Emperor. How could you be in danger?" Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Zhanji and stepped onto the ship's deck accompanied by several guards.
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji failed to even get on the boat first, King Zhao patted him on the shoulder with some gloating, "Let's go and see what the situation is like."
When the two of them got on the boat, they saw the emperor standing on the deck, furious, his eyes about to burst.
When King Zhao listened attentively, he looked strange and said: "Why are there still women's moans on this boat?"
Zhu Zhanji also heard the melodious moan, and he was completely desperate...