A knife in love

Chapter 420

Murong Danyan poked his head from behind Li Qiufeng, glanced at the paper, and wondered: "What is written here, why can't I understand a single sentence. Who is Yang Pu? Li Yan is Who?"

Li Qiufeng held the white paper in his hand, with a solemn face, and said word by word: "This is written by Yao Guangxiao himself. Look at the anger hidden between the lines in his words. When he wanted to write, he was very angry. Both Yang Pu and Li Yan A well-known literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces during the Hongwu Dynasty. Yang Pu had no intention of becoming an official and lived in seclusion in Wuzhen, Jiaxing. Before Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he sent people to invite him to serve in the army many times, but Yang Pu refused. Wait until the world is settled , Emperor Taizu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu, and even sent a minister of the Ministry of Rites to invite him. Yang Pu couldn't give up, so Emperor Taizu wanted to kill him. It's just that Yang Pu is a well-known literati in the world, but he also It is not good to kill openly, so the Emperor Taizu had to temporarily suppress this tone in his chest. After the Hu Weiyong case happened, the Emperor Taizu wanted to take the opportunity to punish Lian. Jin Yiwei naturally knew what the Emperor Taizu wanted, and included Yang Pu in Hu Weiyong's case It is said that after killing Yang Pu, the Emperor Taizu couldn't understand his hatred. He once said to his close ministers that if he didn't work for me, he would go to work for the king of Hades. Then Li Yan lived in Suzhou, He wrote a book called "Ze Tian Lu", which angered Taizu. Taking advantage of the Guo Heng case, Taizu also arrested Li Yan and sent someone to beat him to death..."

When Li Qiufeng said this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times when he thought of what happened to Yang and Li back then.Murong Danyan was puzzled, and said: "Is the book "Zetianlu" very famous? Why have I never heard of it? Why did you write a book and offend the emperor?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Emperor Taizu used to be a monk, and later he joined the Red Turban Army and served as a soldier under Guo Zixing. At that time, the court called the Red Turban Army a thief, and some literati wrote articles scolding the Red Scarf Army. , Disaster the world'. After Emperor Taizu came to the throne, he hated others to mention his origin. Therefore, words such as monk, monk, and thief all violated his taboo. If someone mentions it in the court, or in the Those taboo words are written in the memorial, so it will inevitably end in misery..."

Murong Danyan let out a "bah" and said bitterly: "This emperor is unreasonable." After she finished speaking, she changed her mind and said, "That's not right. The person surnamed Li wrote "Ze Tian Lu" , and there are no taboo words such as monk, monk, and thief. Could it be that monks and thieves are written in this book?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "This book has nothing to do with monks, Taoist priests, or thieves at all. It's just that the word 'ze' is indistinguishable from 'thief' when read, so it is also considered taboo..."

Murong Danyan's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice, "How is this possible? How could the emperor be so violent and confused?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Confused? The emperor is not confused. What kind of taboo is just an excuse for him to kill people. Li Yan's death is because he is the leader of the literary world in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always criticized the Red Scarf Army. He surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng was born in a salt dealer. He didn't read any books, but he respected scholars. After he raised an army and occupied Suzhou, he issued an order to invite scholars to give lectures in various states and counties to promote the rule of law. He also set up Hongwen Museum, Great Confucian scholars from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were invited to come to give lectures, recruiting the children of generals and civil servants as students. In addition, the Lixian Hall was opened to attract literati from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to participate in the military aircraft. Even Liu Jiliu, the uncle of sincerity, respected Zhang Shicheng in those days. Although Emperor Taizu had always regarded Chen Youliang and Wang Baobao as lifelong enemies, he was quite afraid of these two when it came to using troops. However, he was deeply jealous of Zhang Shicheng. He knew that when it came to the aspirations of the people, he was absolutely inferior Zhang Shicheng. Therefore, after killing Zhang Shicheng, he has been afraid of dissatisfaction among the people, and he is extremely afraid of the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who support Zhang Shicheng. The reason why he killed Li Yan was just to make an example and to show the monkeys."

At this time, Zhu Sanjia said beside him: "Mr. Li is right. When my father was there, he mentioned to me that there were frequent serious cases during the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he often lamented that the Taizu's killing was too tragic. Yang and Li, but my father mentioned the matter of Song Wenxian, but it was also extremely miserable."

Li Qiufeng nodded.Murong Danyan didn't know who "Song Wenxian" was, so he immediately asked, "Brother Zhu, who is this Song Wenxian?"

Zhu Sanjia said: "This man's surname is Song Minglian, who is from Qianxi in Jinhua. He is as famous as Zhang Yi, Liu Ji, and Ye Chen. The world calls these four men the 'Four Mr. East Zhejiang'. After the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu also praised Song Your Excellency was the head of civil servants in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the court etiquette was mostly formulated for him, and he became the master of the prince Zhu Biao. However, Taizu repeatedly brought up major cases, and Mr. Song felt that the situation was not good, so he returned home. But Taizu The emperor was not at ease with him, and took advantage of Mr. Song's grandson Song Shen being implicated in Hu Weiyong's case, so he wanted to kill Mr. Song. But Empress Ma and Prince Zhu Biao tried to protect him, and Empress Ma even changed into plain clothes. Pray for Lord Song, and say to Emperor Taizu that the common people still know to respect teachers and teach, so the emperor can't even tolerate the emperor's teacher? Emperor Taizu had no choice but to send Lord Song to Maozhou, Sichuan. The incident was very strange. Mr. Song went to Kuizhou and died of a sudden illness. This matter was reported to the court by the Jin Yiwei who escorted Mr. Song, but no one dared to investigate. A generation of famous officials died for no reason thousands of miles away from the capital. It’s really sad to think about it.”

Murong Danyan was stunned for a moment when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's vicious intentions. After a long time, he said: "Yao Guangxiao wrote the names of Yang and Li on the paper. Is it to vent his dissatisfaction with Emperor Taizu?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "Miss Murong, Yang Pu, Li Yan and Yao Guangxiao are close friends, and they often exchange poems and essays. Yang and Li were killed by Emperor Taizu, and Yao Guangxiao was also involved in their case It's just that he saw the opportunity very quickly, escaped first, became a monk, and escaped with his life. Judging from the few words he left on the paper, the Taizu beheaded Yang and Li, and exiled the third This angered Yao Guangxiao. After he became a monk, this hatred was still in his heart, so he defected to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and encouraged Zhu Di to covet the throne. The two of them will take revenge."

Zhu Sanjia sighed, and said: "How insidious Yao Guangxiao's intentions are, it can be regarded as a clever plan to sell. After the death of the Taizu, Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassal, and already forced the death of the three princes. Tianfu. Regardless of whether Emperor Jianwen fled or died in the palace, the concubines left by Taizu, as well as the empress and concubines of Emperor Jianwen, all died in the fire. Not to mention those ministers who were loyal to Emperor Taizu He and the army died. Although Yang and Li were captured by the barbarians, hundreds of blood relatives of Taizu died in the battle of Jingnan, and they were also buried with the tragic deaths of Yang and Li. Yao Guangxiao's enmity The report was really cruel."

Li Qiufeng said: "I'm afraid the matter is more than that. After Chengzu came to the throne, he slaughtered all the loyal officials of Emperor Jianwen when he was in power. Thousands of people were killed, and all of them died in extremely miserable conditions, far surpassing those of Yang and Li. The family of the two. The loyal ministers of Emperor Jianwen are the loyal ministers of Emperor Taizu. Yao Guangxiao is meticulous and thoughtful, and he has no plans. When Emperor Taizu started killing people, he was afraid that there would be fish that slipped through the net, so there were so many big cases. As a result, the retribution was not good, and it all fell on my descendants and loyal ministers..."

When Li Qiufeng said this, his heart suddenly trembled, and he thought to himself: "Yao Guangxiao took revenge by Zhu Di's hand, which is supposed to be revenge. But why did he build such a huge underground palace in the middle of the mountain? He also set up an army of tens of thousands of skeletons outside the palace? He is a Buddhist master and a Taoist sage. He heard that he learned from the Taoist master Xi Yingzhen, so he would naturally not care about being rich after death. But look at this The appearance of the underground palace is not the work of an indifferent person."

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard Liu Yong say: "Brother Li, did you find anything?"

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but Liu Yong had already walked over.He was so absorbed in thinking about Yao Guangxiao just now that he was so distracted for a moment that he didn't realize that Liu Yong was approaching.He shook his head and said to Liu Yong: "Here are some white papers with words written on them. I think they were left by Yao Guangxiao back then. But we haven't found any clues about how to escape from here."

Liu Yong sighed, and said, "Master Chu and I searched the right side of the hall for a long time, but we found nothing. It seems that if we want to find useful clues, we may end up on the golden lacquered and carved dragon throne."

As soon as Liu Yong finished speaking, Zhu Sanjia and Murong Danyan looked at the throne at the same time.However, Situ Qiao still did not approach the throne, but paced up and down under the platform where the throne was placed, muttering something, not knowing what he was talking about.

Zhu Sanjia said angrily: "Mr. Liu, you also know that the throne is the key. Why did you let the bastard Situqiao take the lead? I think this man is not upright. If he finds the secret way, he will leave us and escape first." , or he will use secret methods to threaten the gang leaders and heads to do things for him. My old Zhu has low martial arts skills and low knowledge, but he has been in the arena for a few years. If this bastard is not like what Lao Zhu said As you said, Mr. Liu can cut off my old Zhu's tongue."

Liu Yong gave a wry smile, and said in a low voice: "The situation forced us to do this. Fortunately, we are united and we are not afraid of him making troubles. Mr. Zhu reminded me very much, and Liu must keep it in mind."

Murong Danyan kept looking around, and said to himself: "It turns out that the old emperor's Golden Palace is nothing special. Apart from being a bit bigger, there are some gold and silver jewels embedded in the chairs. It's empty and looks a little gloomy."

After she finished speaking, she turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, is the imperial palace in Beijing the same as this hall?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Except for the throne, the Fengtian Hall in the imperial palace is also empty, and there are no bookshelves, tables and chairs. It is much more shabby than this hall."

When he said this, he looked at the walls painted in bright red, and said, "It's just that the walls in Fengtian Hall are all white. I don't know what the meaning of the red painting here is."

(End of this chapter)