Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 726 New Year's Eve

The Firefox fur hat on the case was so cute. After playing with it for a while, Mrs. Zhu suddenly asked: "By the way, Ma Zhou hasn't come back since the incident at the beginning of the year. His mother has talked about it many times..."

Hello Ma Bin Wang!

Feelings are really your mouth!
Li Shan gritted his teeth secretly, and was already ready to find a chance to meet... Let's see how I deal with you!
Mrs. Zhu took a deep look at her son. She vaguely mentioned it to Ling Jing before, but the latter passed on the word...it was Ma Zhou's request.

"Brother Bin Wang is in Chang'an now, but it is inconvenient to go back to the village." Li Shan emphasized, "His mother is in the village, so don't let it out."

"En." Zhu Shi hesitated for a while, then whispered: "Don't take risks."

Li Shan sighed, "I don't want to take any risks, my child, it's just a precaution... Don't let Donggong know about this matter."

"East Palace?" Mrs. Zhu was a little confused.

Li Shan said with a smile: "If the mother doesn't want the child to take risks, why not tell the truth one by one."

Mrs. Zhu understood this time, the East Palace in his son's words did not refer to Prince Li Jiancheng, but his own elder brother.

Seeing that his mother was still hesitating, Li Shan said directly: "My son knows about my mother's good intentions, but Er Zhu Yichen has only a small military exploits, and when he first became famous, he was scolded by his colleagues for no reason..."

Zhu frowned, and scolded, "That's your third cousin!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Shan smiled and said, "But the third uncle's surname is Erzhu, and he married a daughter from the Li family of Zhao County...The reason why my mother is so strict about her family background is because of the King of Taiyuan."

The king of Taiyuan, of course, refers to Er Zhurong.

Mrs. Zhu sighed, "A hundred years ago in the Battle of Hanling, Gao Huan almost killed all of Erzhu's clan, Erzhuchang escaped, but in fact, besides Erzhuchang, there are still three surviving clans."

Li Shan blinked, "There are three more?"

"Taiyuan Wang's cousin Er Zhu Zhongyuan fled to the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu said slowly: "Taiyuan Wang had five sons in total. The eldest son was killed by the ambush of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He died at the age of fourteen. He was the mother's great-grandfather."

Li Shan blinked, that is to say, the person who is in the East Palace now is the direct descendant of the big family who has been passed down by Er Zhurong.

"The second and third sons were all killed in battle, and there are no heirs." Zhu's face was a little embarrassed, "Gao Huan, this bureaucrat, was so dissolute that he sent Empress Xiaozhuang and Empress Jianming..."

It has been several years since Li Shan came to this era. After discovering his mother's life experience, he also searched for a lot of information about the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The Empress Er Zhuying'e of Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuan Ziyou is the daughter of Er Zhurong, the Empress Erzhu of Jianming Emperor is the daughter of Er Zhuzhao, and Er Zhuzhao is the nephew of Er Zhurong... In other words, Gao Huan is The aunt and niece were put into the harem together.

But the Northern Qi royal family in history...all of them were like this. The famous Battle of Mangshan was not because Gao Huan’s son Gao Cheng was lustful, and that’s all. He wanted to rape the wife of Gao Zhongmi, governor of Yuzhou. Offered the key pass of Hulao to Yuwentai, which triggered the Battle of Mangshan.

This Gao Cheng was 14 years old because he committed adultery with his father Gao Huan's favorite concubine, the Zheng family, and was almost killed by Gao Huan... Well, this Zheng family was from the Zheng family in Xingyang.

That Gao Zhongmi's wife, Li Shi, was born in Zhaojun Li Shi.

He deserved to be assassinated before usurping the throne...but it was enjoyable.

Mrs. Zhu briefly mentioned it, and then said: "Therefore, Zhu Wenchang, the fourth son of King Taiyuan, and Er Zhu Wenlue, the fifth son, are not dead."

Li Shan nodded. In fact, Gao Huan and Er Zhurong did not have any deep hatred. On the contrary, during the process of Gao Huan's rise, Er Zhurong promoted him a lot... The reason for the mass killing is, on the one hand, the excess of power, On the other hand, not killing was not enough to win people's hearts. Er Zhurong's reputation at that time was too bad.

"Later, Zhu Wenchang was assassinated and killed by Gao Yang." Zhu said softly, "Er Zhu Wenlue was shot and killed by Gao Yang himself."

Li Shan listened silently, but he didn't finish the story yet. My branch came from the line of Er Zhurong's eldest son, but that Erzhu Bodhi died at the age of 14. Why did my mother still talk about Er Zhurong's leftovers? What about the sons?

"That time, Gao Yang executed the remaining members of the Erzhu clan, and even Erzhu Ying'e, the daughter of the King of Taiyuan, was also killed." Zhu sighed: "Actually, Erzhu Wen was slightly at fault. Let Gao Yang destroy the Erzhu family?"

"That……"

"That time, there was a traitor who reported that my grandfather was the eldest grandson of the Taiyuan king."

"Oh oh oh." Li Shan understood completely now, the Gao family can save the lives of Er Zhurong's sons, but it is difficult for Er Zhurong's eldest grandson to hide among them... What on earth do you want to do?

Tolerable, but hard to tolerate being lied to.

"Er Zhuchang has two sons, the eldest son Er Zhuduan, the second son Er Zhuxiu, Er Zhu Yichen is the only son of the latter, and the elder brother takes refuge in Er Zhuduan." Zhu sighed: "The king of Taiyuan killed too much. It was hard to get rid of it, as a mother, he was sent to the south of the Yangtze River when he was a child, and took refuge in the lineage of Er Zhu Zhongyuan, the cousin of the king of Taiyuan, but after the chaos in Lingnan, he changed his surname to Zhu."

In other words, on the one hand, it is because of Er Zhurong's crimes a hundred years ago, and on the other hand, it is because of the will of the Northern Qi Dynasty to punish the Gaoyang clan.

Now Li Shan understood why his mother and the uncle who was still living in the East Palace had to hide their backgrounds. When they were young, the Northern Qi Dynasty had not yet been conquered, so they naturally wanted to hide.

Although there will be no danger of life in the future, the name of Er Zhurong's direct descendants can still cause trouble. Zhu's wholeheartedly hopes that his son will become an official and be famous far and wide, so naturally he does not want the exposure of his life experience to be harmful to his son. damage.

After Li Shan pondered for a long time, he said in a low voice: "Third Cousin's side... and Uncle's side, can mother contact you?"

"Very few." Mrs. Zhu shook her head, "It's only been a few times in the past few years, and it's all sent by Zhu Wei."

"Uncle Qi is..."

"Er Zhu's retainer, my elder brother escaped into the customs with his father behind his back." Mrs. Zhu said in a low voice, "but the rest of the people didn't know about it."

Li Shan rubbed his temples, "Mother thinks... the child wants to see his uncle?"

"No need." Mrs. Zhu immediately shook her head, "He is now attached to the crown prince... Do you want to join the East Palace?"

Li Shan took a deep breath. It would be a good thing if a nail could be inserted into the East Palace, but one thing is for sure, Li Shimin cannot know about this matter.

"Mother, don't let Ling Jing and Su Dingfang know about this matter."

"That's natural." Zhu said in a low voice: "Brother is very trustworthy to the crown prince. If Pei is framed in the future, at least he can pass the news secretly."

Li Shan smiled and nodded, but he was not very optimistic in his heart. Once Li Jiancheng came to the throne, Pei Shiju would definitely kill the grass. Even Li Jiancheng himself would not be able to stop him.

Various thoughts flashed in my mind, and a maid from outside came to report, "Your Majesty, the guests have arrived."

Forget it, let's not think about these things for now, today is New Year's Eve, Li Shan strode out.

(End of this chapter)