In 1402 AD, during the Yongle period, Zhu Di ascended the throne, developed the economy, dredged the Grand Canal, pacified Jiaozhi, conquered Mobei in five ways, sent Zheng He to the Western Seas, and created a situation where all nations came to Korea.
Behind this scenery, no one knows except Zhu Di himself. All this is guided by another person. No one knows his name. Everyone calls him "Scholar Baixiao."
Scholar Baixiao was a legend at the time. His deeds can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty or even longer. It is rumored that Scholar Baixiao can know the past and the future, so if you want to find him, you will never find him, unless he wants to see you.
, an ordinary person would not see him more than twice, but even so, there would never be a shortage of people looking for him.
The reason for looking for him was either to seek money or profit. Among them, news continued to spread that someone had received the guidance of Baixiao scholar, and since then he had prospered, been promoted to a high position, etc., attracting more and more people to compete.
Searching, of course, and meeting Scholar Baixiao is one thing, whether he is willing to help you is another.
In addition, Scholar Baixiao also has a strange principle, that is, no one who receives his guidance is allowed to reveal the content of their conversation, saying that the secret must not be leaked, otherwise there will be disaster.
Some people believe this, while others scorn it, such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.
Xiang Yu's status has skyrocketed since he received the guidance of Scholar Baixiao. Unfortunately, because he loved Yu Ji so much, he could not resist her request and leaked the contents of his conversation with Scholar Baixiao. The result is self-evident. In order to apologize, Xiang Yu
, Wujiang committed suicide in the end. I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but Wujiang was the place where Xiang Yu met Baixiao scholar.
As for why Baixiao scholar can live for so long, is he immortal? The most widely spread and unanimously affirmed theory is that Baixiao scholar should be just a code name. When a Baixiao scholar gets old, he will look for a
The apprentice may be trained from a young age, and when he travels to the west, all the skills will be taught to him and he will become a new Baixiao scholar.
But some people don't believe this statement. They are reading documents from various eras and talking to countless people who have met Baixiao scholar. Among them are centenarians, middle-aged people, and children. Although they are familiar with the conversation
The content was never mentioned, but his appearance was obtained through some means.
Putting this information together, they made a shocking discovery. In the past hundred years, the scholar Baixiao whom everyone met was actually the same person, with exactly the same appearance. In other words, scholar Baixiao could really live forever.
Such a discovery naturally attracted the attention of some emperors and generals, who all ordered to search for Scholar Baixiao. At this time, Scholar Baixiao suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, and there was no news about him again.
Spring goes and autumn comes, one year, two years, three years.
On this day, in Zhu Di’s favorite imperial garden.
This is a sea of flowers. It is conservatively estimated that there are tens of thousands of varieties. None of them are repeated. They are all collected from all over the world. The decorations follow certain rules and look magnificent.
In the middle, there is a lotus pond with a pavilion on it, which offers a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. In normal times, no one is allowed to come here except Zhu Di himself, not even his favorite concubine. But now,
This place welcomed its first guest since its completion.
Around the Imperial Garden, hundreds of Jin Yiwei with high martial arts skills are hiding in the dark. Outside the Imperial Garden, including the entire palace, it can be said that they have done one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps, so that not even a mosquito can fly in.
At this moment, the breeze was blowing, bringing with it the fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing. There was a stone platform in the pavilion. On the stone platform, there was a chessboard and two teacups. Two people were sitting opposite each other, playing chess. A man who looked like a eunuch.
Just watching from the sidelines, serving tea and pouring water from time to time.
One of the people playing chess was wearing a bright yellow robe, embroidered with a pattern of a sea dragon, and a pair of plain eyes that contained infinite majesty. This was a middle-aged man who was not angry and proud, and was also the emperor at that time.
, Zhu Di.
Opposite Zhu Di, there is a man dressed as a scholar. He is an angular man and is extremely handsome. He looks "slutty" in appearance, but the light that inadvertently flows out of his eyes makes people dare not look down on him. His tall nose,
The moderately thick lips were showing a dazzling smile at the moment. Needless to say, it was the Baixiao scholar who had disappeared for three years.
At this time, the situation on the chessboard has reached the final stage. Scholar Baixiao leisurely tasted the fine West Lake Longjing, and he dropped a piece from time to time, which was quite relaxed. On the other hand, Zhu Di frowned, thinking about the next piece.
Yes, in sharp contrast to Scholar Baixiao.
If someone else had played chess with Zhu Di like this, they might have been dragged out and killed by now. Today, there is probably no one else besides Scholar Baixiao.
"Hey, sir, your chess skills are so good that I am willing to be defeated." In the end, Zhu Di put down the chess pieces in his hands and voluntarily admitted defeat.
"Haha, your majesty's chess skills are naturally unparalleled in the world. I just won by chance. I hope your majesty won't take it to heart. After all, victory and defeat are common sense among military strategists." A voice sounded like a spring breeze, and there seemed to be something else in the rather ordinary words.
mean.
Listening to Scholar Baixiao's words, Zhu Di took two sips of tea and thought about these words in his heart, because he knew that Scholar Baixiao would never say useless words.
Just as Zhu Di was thinking about the meaning of these words, he heard Scholar Baixiao continue to say: "Your Majesty, actually I came here this time to ask for your help. I hope your Majesty can provide help."
"Oh?" Zhu Di was confused for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Sir, it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it."
Scholar Baixiao said: "This matter is very simple. I hope your majesty can help find a few people." After saying that, he took out a piece of paper with some names written on it from his arms and handed it to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di took the note and frowned again when he saw the first name. After reading them all, Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, the people you are looking for are not ordinary people, and some of them are not with me."
In the Ming Dynasty, everyone here is just like you, and this is a bit difficult to deal with."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. I have a clever plan." Scholar Baixiao took out a piece of paper again and handed it to Zhu Di, saying, "As long as you follow the arrangements above, they will appear naturally."
Zhu Di picked it up and looked at it, then nodded and said, "Okay, I will make arrangements later."
After hearing this, Scholar Baixiao stood up, made a greeting to Zhu Di, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. In that case, I will take my leave first and wait for good news."
"Hey, I'm not busy." Zhu Di said to persuade him to stay, "It's lunch time now, let's eat together. I just have a lot of questions that I want to ask sir, and he is in a good mood this time. Let's eat
This is my favorite, the hairy crabs sent as tribute from other countries. It tastes very delicious. I hope you won’t refuse, sir.”
Scholar Baixiao shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's kindness is appreciated. Due to some matters, I cannot eat hairy crabs and other seafood."
After speaking, he took a few steps forward. Seeing that Zhu Di was still trying to persuade him to stay, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, there are some things that you can't get just by thinking about it. I hope you can think more about the people of Liming. I'm so busy with worldly affairs.
I'll say goodbye." After saying that, he left without looking back. In front of him, there were naturally many soldiers leading him out of the palace.
Zhu Di looked at Scholar Baixiao's back with a slightly annoyed expression. Seeing this, the eunuch next to him said very dissatisfied: "Humph, what is it? Your Majesty invited you so kindly, but you refused."
Immediately, his expression became fierce, and he offered Zhu Di advice: "Your Majesty, before he goes far, why don't you catch him back?"
Zhu Di's expression changed for a while, then he sighed deeply and said, "That's all, let him go, it's not mine, it's not mine after all."
"Yes." The eunuch said respectfully. Then he saw the two pieces of paper on the stone table and asked, "Then do you want to do what he asked me to do?"
Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "The minister of the Ministry of Advocacy came to the palace to see me. Let him arrange this matter. It's just strange. What does he want to do when he wants to meet these people?"
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