Sorrow (Three)

The capital in the twilight is like a sleeping baby. Maybe it has been sleeping like this since it was born, maybe it will fall asleep forever. For thousands of years, no matter how much blood or how many cry can be awakened.

Only after entering the city did I realize the panic in the city. There was no one quietly on the wide and straight streets. The doors and windows of every household were closed, and the brigade of imperial guards rode on the road. From time to time, a cry came from the darkness. A man covered in mud was lifted from the corner of the wall or from the drain well on the street, and tied it behind the ponytail with a rope.

The Jinyiwei, who was usually majestic, fell from the clouds to the ground within one day. They were dejected and cursed the man who was a little brave, cursing him in his mouth, cursing the man who assassinated Chang Mao in a vain way, to bring such a great disaster to everyone in order to make a quick move.

"Good good dear soldiers, please let me go home to see my wife and children. We were also ordered to do it at the beginning." A small flag-dressed Jinyiwei begged to ask the imperial guards to let him go.

"Good, good, why didn't you see me when you blackmailed people? "The company commander of the Imperial Guard sneered from his nose and asked disdainfully, "Who is ordered to act, and who is the order? The emperor said, including the arrest of the ministers a few days ago, you were intentionally deceiving and making your own decisions."

"Injustice, a great injustice. If the emperor had not spoken to the superior, he would not dare to make trouble with the villain with a hundred courage. Master, please, my son has just been five months old and hasn't called me dad yet."

"You wait for the case to be closed. Let you go. Who will let me go in the future? General Chang has done a bunch of inhumane things. If you let you go, you will stab him and wait for you to die."

"We have never seen Chang Yi before. We have been accused of being a Chang Yi for so many years. We have met almost all the big and small in the yamen. Who knew Chang Yi came?" Xiaoqi begged while defending himself. The arrest today is obviously a disaster. If we don't go back and say goodbye, we may see each other again.

"I dare to argue, beat him honestly." The company commander scolded him angrily. Several soldiers had been impatient for hearing it, rushed forward and punched and kicked, and then they could no longer hear the moans of the Jinyiwei.

"Pity"! Lan Yu shook his head when he saw this scene, not knowing whether it was the Jinyiwei or himself. Maybe there was no difference between the two, but they were both a knife in the emperor's hand, and they threw it away after they were used up. The master washed his hands and continued to be his Son of Ming.

"Prince of Shu"! The imperial guards also saw Lan Yu and others. The company commander led the team quickly stepped forward to greet Zhu Chun, the King of Shu. "You are back, you are in a hurry. The emperor is waiting. The palace sent people out to urge him several times, and asked him to ask you and Mr. Zhenyao to enter the palace immediately when he saw you."

"Is that so? Is the emperor feeling better? Are you still heartbroken?" Shu King Zhu Chun asked with concern.

The company commander was obviously a smart man. He respectfully bowed to Zhen Yao and replied carefully: "Returning to the prince and Mr. Zhen, the central official from the palace said that the queen vomited blood and asked Mr. Zhen Yao to enter the palace to rescue him immediately, and all the rituals of the monarch and ministers were exempted. As for the emperor, the young man should not ask, so he dared not ask. But from the morning until now, except for Lord Wu who was ordered to thoroughly investigate the case, he has not heard of other ministers being summoned. I think the emperor was too sad and unwilling to do the government. At present, civil and military ministers are waiting in the court room, preparing to enter the house to persuade the emperor to mourn and put national affairs first."

"Mr. Zhen", King Zhu Chun of Shu turned around and looked at Zhen Yao with a sincere look, as if he was using the words of the Imperial Guard to verify that what he said on the ship was true. "Mr. Zhen, I also know that you have been tired from the journey, but my mother's illness, please work hard to help."

Zhen Yao nodded and signaled that Zhu Chun could enter the palace immediately. He was about to move forward, but then he heard the officer politely blocking him: "I have seen General Lan, General Li of my family ordered that when I saw General Lan, he asked the general to settle in the Li Mansion. After all, the capital is in chaos now, and it is not convenient to enter the court as General Lan."

Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was still a criminal who had not taken off his treason. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to capture the Jinyiwei and request Zhen Yao to enter the palace, but he did not say that his treason crime was framed by the Jinyiwei. With his current identity, he was probably not waiting to reach the court room and had been detained by the soldiers who were inspected. Li Wenzhong arranged for himself to live in his mansion, on the one hand, to provide protection, and on the other hand, there must be something to discuss.

"Then what about these Jinyiwei commanders, who will we deliver to?" Zhen Yao asked worriedly.

"Take it directly to the Dali Temple Yamen, and Lord Wu is waiting for them to ask questions. Lord Wu is a famous expert in case-breaking, and he will definitely seek justice for Brother Chang." Zhu Chun, the King of Shu, made an arrangement.

"In this way, let's leave you with me for the time being." Lan Yu clasped his fists and said goodbye to Zhu Chun and others, looked at Zhen Yao meaningfully, and reminded him: "General Zhen, be careful."

"Don't worry, general, treat the queen, of course Zhen will not do anything randomly." Zhen Yao smiled and patted his medicine box. He entered the northern army and wandered around the world. He was a famous "killer and drug doctor". If Zhu Yuanzhang intentionally did not benefit him, he would definitely pay Queen Ma's life. Even if he could not see Queen Ma, he would force him to share his life with him. Zhu Chun, the King of Shu, would never get any benefits.

Following the soldiers to Li Wenzhong's mansion, Lan Yu was settled in a guest room by the housekeeper of the Li Mansion. In a moment, a table of wine and food was spread out. He had never had a full meal in the black prison of Jinyiwei. Since he was rescued by Chang Mao last night, he still had no water and rice, but Lan Yu didn't feel hungry at all. Listening to the sound of the bell and pointers walking in the room, thinking about the big and small things that happened this day and night, and worried about the family who were held in the prison and not released, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind. There was only one thing in front of him, that is, the person who ordered the assassination of Chang Mao was definitely not the officials of Jinyiwei, they were not so bold. There was only one person who had the courage to do this, but no one could do anything to him.

In a trance, Lan Yu felt that he was covered in his body and led the Dingxi Army into the capital. There was a burst of crying sounds in the capital, and countless official residences turned into seas of fire. Zhu Yuanzhang was tied to his horse with a bruised nose and swollen face. He shouted unconvincedly: "Lan Yu, you are so brave, you dare to rebel and violate the enemy."

"I should have been rebellious for a long time. Unfortunately, Lan was blind and sold his life for you, a ruthless villain, for so many years. You will give my nephew's life back." Lan Yu cursed and stabbed Zhu Yuanzhang without hesitation.

"Let's go," with a silence, the spear was blocked by the scholar Li Shanchang with a fan. The old teacher's hair and beard were all white, and he was fearless in the face of thousands of troops. "General Lan thought twice, who would kill this emperor?"

"Anyone is better than this unrighteous dog thief who is worse than even the Mongols." Lan Yu shouted angrily.

"Wrong, General Lan, since ancient times, has founded a king who has never killed meritorious officials. Because of the wise ruler of Emperor Taizong of Tang, there were those who died in Lingyan Pavilion. With Emperor Taizu Gaoyi of Song, General Zheng Enhun broke into the hometown of Zuizu. Whether it is Mongolian or Han people, even if you are Lan Yu, you will be the emperor, you will still kill meritorious officials and use any means to protect your own country."

"Then burn the palace, smash the throne, and sink the dragon robe and jade seal into the river. Let's see who is still greedy for this country." Lan Yu's eyebrows were raised and his tiger's eyes were about to break.

"You burned this palace today, and someone will build it tomorrow. The embers of Afang Palace are not cold, and the Han family towers stretch for hundreds of miles. If you smashed this throne today, someone will make a new one tomorrow. Since Emperor Shun, who has heard of the abdication? As for this dragon robe and jade seal, I am afraid that before the general leaves, countless fish nets have been waiting for it under the water. There are thousands of people in the family and one person in charge. Without the emperor, who do you ask everyone to follow and who will guarantee that there will be no war in the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."

"General Lan thought twice, the war had just ended, the country was stable and hard-won." At some point, Xu Da also stood in front of Lan Yu, holding his weapons and shouting.

"Do I kill him? Can I kill him?" The spear couldn't stab, and a moaned sound came from the barrel, as if I understood the hesitation in the master's heart at this moment.

"How can we eliminate the hatred in everyone's heart if we don't kill this thief?" In the pool of blood, Chang Mao, Yang Shuye, and soldiers who were tortured by the Jinyiwei stood up one by one and roared with swords.

"But he is the emperor after all, and the country cannot be without a king for a day." The old imperial envoy Song Lianzhen said slightly.

"We don't need the emperor, nor do we need someone to act as a domineering on our heads. We established this country to ensure everyone's life, property, dignity and the power to pursue happiness, rather than finding a master for ourselves and riding on our heads to act as a domineering blessing." Bo Chen slapped his horse and swung his sword, and swept the blockers out of the circle one by one.

"Yes, no matter whether he is a Mongolian or a Han person, no matter what kind of high-sounding reason he uses, those who enslave others will be smashed to pieces. This has nothing to do with the country and the nation." Countless voices shouted loudly.

"Kill", as the tip of the gun trembled, Lan Yu saw a blood light in front of him and saw the enemy's weapons falling all over the ground.

"Crash", a series of sounds woke Lan Yu up from his dream. On the Eight Immortals table, basins, bowls and plates used to greet him, rolling down from the table next to each other. The legs of the table were tightly held in his hand. At some point, he lifted it up as a spear.

It turned out to be Nan Ke Yimeng, Lan Yu smiled bitterly. Several servants ran into the house and packed the broken dishes when they heard the sound. They changed to a small table, reheated some food and served them again. The night outside the window was already dark, and Li Wenzhong had obviously not come back yet. Through the glass, you could see that the front yard of Li's mansion was brightly lit, and the tired servant yawned and replaced the candles in the lanterns on the roadside.

"He is the emperor after all, and we cannot hold him accountable unless he rebels." Looking at the thick night, Lan Yu thought depressedly. "Is Xu Daguan rebellious? Is Li Wenzhong rebellious? Is Fu Youde and Feng Sheng rebellious? Even if they are willing, is Yan Wang Zhu Di willing? Is Prince Zhu Biao willing?"

He picked up the wine glass and began to drink by himself. "The important thing in front of him is to return to the Dingxi Army first. If you don't believe that the day when the Zhu family dynasty was not overthrown."

"Xiuying, I am the king of a country after all. What do you want me?" In the bedroom, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the medicine bowl and delivered it to his wife's mouth, looking forward to his wife's medicine to drink.

"Yes, you are the emperor after all." When I pushed open the medicine bowl beside my mouth, Queen Ma whispered to her husband. Relying on Wu Wa's acupuncture and Zhen Yao's incense, Queen Ma finally woke up from a coma. But no matter how hard everyone persuaded her, Ma Xiuying refused to take the medicine, saying that she could not smell the bitterness of the decoction, and rejected all the prescriptions that Zhen Yao had prescribed with his brain.

"Long live, please forgive me for your words. The Queen's disease may be caused by her depression. Her heart disease requires medical treatment, and it is not the ability of her meritorious ministers." Zhen Yao's words echoed in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.

He sighed heavily, and Zhu Yuanzhang begged to his wife: "Xiuying, take medicine, I shouldn't lose my temper with you. The destruction of the prince was an angry word, you should know that I can't bear to leave Biao'er, he is our first child."

"I'm not worried about this, my elders," Ma Xiuying closed her eyes. In the afternoon, she seemed to have grown up for dozens of years. "Your Majesty, do you know that when Maotou was about to enter the palace, he told the hundreds of scouts to leave if he couldn't wait for him and not sacrifice for one person?"

"I heard from Zhen Yao that they have set sail and I will not send anyone to stop them. Don't worry." Zhu Yuanzhang explained in panic, fearing that his wife would misunderstand that he wanted to get rid of the root cause, and in a hurry, he aggravated his condition.

"I'm not saying this, I'm a pitiful child Maotou," Queen Ma's eyes fell again, and it splashed silently onto the pillow. "The child Maotou must have expected you to kill him, but he didn't expect how you started, so he told everyone to go out to sea until the evening and not sacrifice for him easily. Emperor, I heard that the scouts were specially trained, all of them were very skilled, and the Jinyiwei Yamen was so cautious. They said they would go in and didn't even leave a drop of blood. Do you think they couldn't get in in our palace?"

"Palace"? Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned. He had not had time to think about this question.

"Yes, if the order Maotou gave them at that time was to avenge himself, long live, can you sleep well in the future? In Yunnan, Dalima's 100,000 troops did not stop Wang Feiyu from breaking out of the city." Queen Ma coughed violently, gasped, and expressed her concerns.

"There is no hair", Zhu Yuanzhang felt a burst of regret in his heart, and was immediately diluted by hatred. Chang Mao did just want to persuade himself not to rely on the Jinyiwei to kill innocent people, but how could the royal majesty allow him to violate it like this?

"Long live, Maotou has always had you as a father in his heart, and now the ministers also have you as the emperor in his heart. Don't worry about my illness, but think about the aftermath, and push it to the Jinyiwei as you think during the day, and give the ministers some benefits. There is still room for relief between the king and the ministers. If you continue to kill and lose the possibility of reconciliation, you will only have to fight each other. Now that I have gone like this, I can only pay Maotou's life with my own life. In the eyes of the ministers, our royal family is not too much to blame."
Chapter completed!