My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 214 Pu Qia's Secret

Yao Guangxiao went down the mountain again, and followed Zhu Zhanhe to the prison.

When Liu Mian learned that Yao Guangxiao had arrived, he was also taken aback, hurriedly greeted him personally, and then led the two of them into the imperial prison.

The prison is divided into several areas, and different criminals are held in different areas, and in the innermost area, not only the most serious criminals are detained here, but also the longest-serving prisoners.

Liu Mian took Zhu Zhanhe and Yao Guangxiao to the innermost floor of this area. There was a single cell here, which was dark and only had a small window for sunlight to come in.

I saw a prisoner with disheveled hair sitting on the open space of the cell, clasping his hands together and chanting sutras in a low voice. The sun shone on his messy white hair, which suddenly seemed to have a bit of sacred meaning.

"My son, he is Puqia!"

Liu Mian pointed to the prisoner in the cell and introduced.

Pu Qia, the master recording monk next to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yuanzhang used to be a monk, so it was stipulated that there must be a group of monks around the emperor and the prince to help with the practice, and the leader of this group of monks is the chief monk. For example, Yao Guangxiao is the chief monk beside Zhu Di.

When Zhu Di entered Jinling City, Zhu Yunqi suddenly disappeared. It is said that Puqia helped Zhu Yunqi escape, but he himself did not escape with Zhu Yunqi. Zhu Di arrested him for interrogation, but did not get any useful information, so he kept on imprisoned until now.

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe also looked at Puqia curiously. The experience of this monk is also quite legendary. He was imprisoned for more than ten years in history. Finally, when Yao Guangxiao was dying, he asked Zhu Di to let Puqia go. Freedom was restored.

Before Zhu Zhanhe could open his mouth, he saw Yao Guangxiao stepping forward, and said in a mournful and low voice: "Puqia!"

Pu Qia, who was chanting sutras, heard Yao Guangxiao's voice, and his voice paused, and then he opened his eyes. When he saw that Yao Guangxiao was really outside the cell, he stood up very calmly and saluted: "Brother Daoyan !"

Although Puqia has been imprisoned for more than ten years, and his hair and beard are messy, he still looks very peaceful, without any resentment.

"Pu Qia, you have suffered all these years!"

Yao Guangxiao looked at Pu Qia with disheveled hair, and said in a very sad tone.

He and Puqia are both Buddhist disciples. They have known each other since they were young, and they both admire each other's attainments in Buddhism, so they forged a deep friendship. Unfortunately, they each became masters. Puqia helped Zhu Yunqi escape, but he refused to confess his help. He escaped, so Zhu Di imprisoned him in a rage, and Yao Guangxiao couldn't help him.

"Senior brother Daoyan is wrong. You and I are in Buddhism. Physical suffering is nothing. Only mental suffering is real suffering. Although I am in a prison cell, I have heaven and earth in my heart, so I am not suffering at all!"

Pu Qia was smiling, with a free and easy expression, he did not appear to be imprisoned at all, through the fence of the cell, it seemed that he was free, while Zhu Zhanhe and Yao Guangxiao were in the cage.

"Junior Brother Puqia, you are indeed a man of great wisdom, Dao Yan admires you!"

Yao Guangxiao was also in awe when he heard the words, and immediately saluted again.

"Is he always like this?"

However, Zhu Zhanhe had some doubts about Pu Qia's free and easy, so he quietly asked Liu Mian beside him.

"That's right, this master Puqia is indeed a rare eminent monk. He has been imprisoned in the imperial prison for more than ten years, year after year, and day after day, chanting scriptures, as if this is not an imperial prison, but a Buddhist hall. generally."

Liu Mian replied in a low voice.

Zhu Zhanhe was startled, from this point of view, this Puqia is indeed a rare eminent monk, among other things, just this peaceful state of mind is absolutely rare.

Yao Guangxiao asked Liu Mian to open the cell door, and then entered the cell with Zhu Zhanhe.

It was only then that Zhu Zhanhe noticed that although Puqia's cell was dark, he kept it very clean, and the straw on the bed was neatly arranged.

There was even a broken bowl on the only window sill with light, and a few green weeds grew in the bowl. Although they were just weeds, they added some vitality to the entire cell.

Liu Mian sent someone to bring tables and chairs, and Yao Guangxiao brought good tea to Pu Qia. The two chatted while drinking tea, and Zhu Zhanhe also sat beside him.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe really wanted to ask Yao Guangxiao why he brought him to see Puqia. After all, the other party had been imprisoned for more than ten years, so it was impossible for him to have contact with Zhu Wenkui, so how could he provide him with clues?

But Yao Guangxiao didn't mention a word, just chatted with Pu about some old things, Zhu Zhanhe could only wait patiently.

After a while, Yao Guangxiao suddenly said, "Zhu Wenkui has been found!"

Hearing Zhu Wenkui's name, Puqia's face finally changed, but then he clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, since your Majesty was able to spare Prince Yiwen's descendants, he wouldn't make things difficult for this poor child, would he? "

Zhu Wenkui was born on a dark day in October. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy about this at the beginning.

As a result, Zhu Wenkui had been the crown prince for a few years, and indeed he suffered the disaster of ruining his country and his family. That's why Pu Qia said that Zhu Wenkui was a man with a miserable life.

"However, the miserable man you mentioned was adopted by the king of Shu. Although he could not become a prince, he was also given the title of king of the county. If he can be contented and happy, he will be able to protect his wealth for the rest of his life, but he is ambitious. He intends to disobey His Majesty, even the King of Shu, who has raised him for many years, will not let him go..."

At this moment, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately told what Zhu Wenkui had done recently.

After Puqia finished listening, the whole person also fell into silence. He probably didn't expect that that poor child back then would be so frenzied, and it would be enough to assassinate Zhu Di. The king of Shu will also kill the killer, it is simply inhumane.

"Puqia, I know you have been keeping a secret, and I have never pressed you, but now Zhu Wenkui dared to blow up the Xiaoling Tomb, which is the tomb of Emperor Taizu. Something crazy is going to happen in the future, so can you..."

Yao Guangxiao stopped suddenly when he said this, and stared at Pu Qia with complicated eyes.

I saw that Puqia was silent for a long time, and finally he sighed suddenly: "Being entrusted by others, the matter of loyalty, Emperor Taizu did entrust me with a secret to keep before he died, and I am grateful for Emperor Taizu's kindness. Ende, so he has kept it for him till now.”

Zhu Zhanhe was shocked when he heard the words. Although he didn't know what secret Puqia was keeping, since Zhu Yuanzhang was involved, it must be a shocking secret.

"Emperor Jianwen fled back then, and I was indeed the one who helped him!"

I saw Pu Qia calmly replied that this was the first time he admitted that he had something to do with Zhu Yunqi's escape after he was arrested.

(End of this chapter)