"No," Xinci shook her head and said sadly, "Fu may have been blown up to pieces..."
"Well," Zhu Di said doubtfully, "Normally, it is impossible for people to survive such an explosion. But he is Yao Guangxiao! What is impossible about him?"
"We hope so too," Xinyan sighed: "But Master is so old, how can he bear such an explosion?"
"Keep looking..." Zhu Di actually didn't have much hope, otherwise he wouldn't have come to visit Yao Guangxiao's Hundred Days Grave. But after all, he hadn't seen the body for a day, and his old friend was still alive.
hope!
"Yes." The monks responded and continued their search.
Zhu Di was looking at the night sky to pay homage to his old friend, when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and he knew who was coming without looking back.
"what's up?"
"Your Majesty, Zhu Yunjie has been sent to Beijing." Zhao Ying, an old eunuch, brought Zhu Di news about another monk.
"Zhu Yunzhen!" This news made Zhu Di break away from one emotion and enter another. His old and helpless eyes suddenly became extremely cold. "Go back to the palace!"
Zhu Di's life was a life of fighting, a life of grandeur, and a life of constant pursuit of goals. He started a rebellion at the age of thirty-one, and finally seized the throne, established the Yongle Grand Ceremony, sent Zheng He to make several voyages to the West, and sent Zhang Fu to pacify Annan.
, the emperor personally conquered the Tatars and built the magnificent city of Beijing!
Any one of these things would have been difficult for anyone else to accomplish, but he accomplished them all in just over ten years. It is rare for an emperor to accomplish this.
But even such a majestic emperor has his own sadness and uneasiness. Ten years ago, the death of his beloved queen made him extremely sad. Tonight, he came to pay homage to his only friend, which also made him feel sad. And he
The biggest uneasiness is that Zhu Yunwen, who has been missing for fourteen years...
Fourteen years ago, he led an army into the capital, but what greeted him was a raging fire in the Forbidden City. The body of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen was not found in the fire! Although he later announced to the world that Zhu Yunwen had set fire to himself, Zhu Di did not even think about it for a moment.
Relax in the search for his nephew... In the past fourteen years, he sent two people, Zheng and Hu Hao, to search for Jianwen's footprints on land and water. They came close to him again and again, but returned without success again and again, leaving Zhu Dina to wait and see.
His strong nerves were so tortured that the words Zhu Yunwen even became a nightmare that lingered in Emperor Yongle's mind for a long time.
However, today, all the hard work has come to an end, and it is finally time to wake up from this nightmare.
On the way back, Zhu Di's heart was full of excitement, anticipation and fear... Yes, fear, he found that he didn't know how to face this nephew, whether he should be domineering, approachable, or listen to him move out of Taizu and treat himself
Righteous accusation?
Even though he was already the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and even though he had made great achievements and had unprecedented achievements, Zhu Di could never feel confident in the capital city founded by his father. He would always feel that his father's ghost was hovering over Jinling, expressing his contempt for the emperor.
His eyes looked down at him, the rebel...
"Today, everything must come to an end!" When the sedan chair stopped, Zhu Di finally calmed down. When he got off the sedan chair, the hesitation and fear on his face had disappeared...
Instead, it was Emperor Yongle who held the world in his hands and dominated the world!
In the Qianqing Palace, torches shone in the sky, and there were three times as many guards as usual. The eunuchs and guards guarded the palace with all their concentration as if they were facing a powerful enemy, because Emperor Jianwen was imprisoned inside.
Zhao Ying walked to Zhu Di and said softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to see him now?" He paused and said, "Maybe later."
"See you now." After saying that, Zhu Di strode into the palace. Be it Taizu or Jianwen, everything has passed away. Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is myself, and I have nothing to fear!
The guards at all levels got out of the way and led the emperor to a side hall of Qianqing Palace, where sat a middle-aged monk with a peaceful expression and a pure face.
Zhu Di stared at the monk closely. Even though he hadn't seen him for eighteen years, he immediately recognized the young Emperor Jianwen in his memory. But after all, he hadn't seen him for eighteen years, and he hadn't seen him a few times before. , Zhu Di was not sure, this person must be Jianwen.
"The old slave has already identified himself with the eunuch and maid who served him." Seeing the emperor's confused look, Zhao Ying whispered in Zhu Di's ear: "And according to Ji Gang's people, Jianwen had a black mole on his armpit. At the time, Yiwen The Crown Princess recognized him based on that mole." After a pause, he whispered: "I've checked and it's true that there is a mole on her armpit."
"Hmm." Zhu Di nodded. He still trusted Zhao Ying's ability. Looking at the side hall, Zhu Di said slowly: "Do you still remember this room?"
"Remember," the gentle voice of the monk sounded: "I met you here, Grandpa Bintian, when I met you." He said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, this hall should have been burned down. It's hard for the emperor." Restored it."
"As the emperor, I can only do a little work, so it's not worth mentioning." Zhu Di has basically believed that this person is Zhu Yunwen. The feeling of sitting there like a master is not something that any fake can pretend to be.
This is the palace of the Ming Emperor—Qianqing Palace!
"Yes, you are the emperor." The monk smiled softly: "And you are a very successful emperor."
"Really?" Zhu Di couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. After all, there are not many people in the world who are qualified to evaluate him, and this person in front of him is exactly one of them. "Being praised by your defeated generals is also a great pleasure in life."
"Yes, I failed." The monk had no anger at all. He still sat there with a smile and said: "Now I am just a monk with six pure roots. Even if you ask me to kneel down, I will not hesitate."
"No need." Zhu Di's mood became extremely relaxed, and the conversation now was much more pleasant than he had imagined when he came.
Li Yan moved a chair for Zhu Di and asked the emperor and the monk to sit across from each other...
The dim palace lights in the side hall are suitable for this kind of conversation about recalling the present and the past.
"How did you escape in the first place?" 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 that hot summer fourteen years ago. "You led the army across the Yangtze River and arrived at the city. The city was in chaos. I have always relied on him as my right-hand man. Uncle Gu Wang and Li Jinglong actually opened the Jinchuan Gate without permission and let your army enter the city."
Following his words, Zhu Di also returned to the most unforgettable time. Only he himself knew how lucky he was in this world, so he always believed that he was the destiny! "This is because destiny is with me.
you."
The monk smiled and did not argue with him, and continued: "At that time, everyone around me knew that the situation was over, and the queen also committed suicide and died for the country. Originally, I was also desperate and wanted to go with her..."
Zhu Di stopped talking and listened carefully to the monk's secret story: "But Chang Mao, Huai'en and the others saved me. I cried and said, is it wrong for the king to die in the country? They advised me,
It is said that there is still room for improvement in the affairs of the world, and when the country is in trouble, the monarch can flee. This is also the case in all dynasties."
Zhu Di nodded, now he was convinced of the other party's identity.
"But the whole world is so vast, where can we stay? At that time, your army had already entered the inner city, and there were even more troops gathering inside and outside the capital. I felt that even if I wanted to escape, it would be difficult to escape."
Zhu Di nodded again. This was what he didn't understand. The capital had been completely surrounded. How did Zhu Yunwen and the others escape?
"At this time, Monk Puqia, the chief recorder left by the emperor's grandfather to me, came. He told me that Taizu Bintian had left a legacy with him and told him to open it if the emperor was in great trouble.
There is a rescue method inside." The monk slowly recalled: "When everyone heard that it was Taizu's arrangement, they were very excited and hurriedly asked Pu Qia to bring the box. It was a very tall mahogany box.
It's very sturdy, and it's covered with thick iron sheets. The box is locked with a big iron lock, but there's no key."
"Where is the key?" Zhu Di was completely immersed in the monk's story.
"No one knows, and even if there is a key, it is useless, because the keyhole is filled with copper." The monk said slowly: "Cousin Chang Mao used a hammer to smash the lock head directly, and then opened it.
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"What's in it?" Zhu Di asked.
"There were more than ten sets of monk's robes, hats, and shoes, neatly stacked inside," the monk recalled: "There was also a stack of ultimatums with the words 'Ying Wen', 'Ying Neng', 'Ying Xian' and the like written on them.
No. At the bottom is a piece of yellow paper, with Grandpa Huang’s imperial pen on it..." At this point, the monk's eyes became wet, and he choked up and said, "It says, 'Ying Wen came out of the ghost gate, and Yu came out of Shuiguan Yugou'
Then, in the evening, we will meet in the west room where God is optimistic.'"
"So that's it!" When the monk said this, Zhu Di understood everything. It turned out that his nephew relied on the method left by Emperor Taizu to become a monk and left the city separately with his men. Moreover, the route arranged by Emperor Taizu - from the ghost
Being so optimistic is what attracts the least attention, and it was also the place where I was the most lax on my guard at the time.
At that time, dressing up as a monk was undoubtedly the best choice - because Yao Guangxiao's reputation was at its peak, and a group of monks under him led the army in battles, and they were invincible. This made the soldiers of King Yan's army have a natural affection for the monks.
He was in awe and was very polite when he saw a bald head, which made Zhu Yunwen's escape very smooth.
"I didn't expect that my father would be able to take care of things after his death," Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh, and said angrily: "Then why don't you just pass the throne to me?!" In fact, he also knew that this was just for his descendants.
His father, who had arranged everything, was just a backup plan for Zhu Yunwen. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was a god, he could not be considered as the battle of Jingnan that would happen four years later.