My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 215 The Secret Road Left by Zhu Yuanzhang
"At the beginning, my grandpa's army had already entered the city, and Emperor Jianwen was still in the palace, but then he suddenly disappeared. How did you help him?"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard what Pu Qia said, he couldn't help asking curiously.

Ever since he knew that Zhu Yunzheng was not dead, he had learned about the process of Zhu Yunzheng's disappearance. There were detailed records in Hu Wei's place. Although there was no evidence, Hu Wei also suspected that this incident had something to do with Pu Qia.

"Before Emperor Taizu died, he entrusted me with a secret passage in the palace!"

Pu Qia no longer concealed it, and immediately revealed the secret he had guarded for many years.

"There really is a secret way!"

Both Zhu Zhanhe and Liu Mian exclaimed, and even Yao Guangxiao showed surprise.

When Zhu Yunqi disappeared mysteriously in the palace, many people were speculating whether there was a secret passage in the palace that could lead directly to the outside of the city, otherwise Zhu Yunqi would have been impossible to escape when Zhu Di's army was besieging the city.

But after Zhu Di entered the city, he sent people to search the imperial city from top to bottom, but they couldn't find the so-called secret way. a rumor.

But I didn't expect that now Pu Qia confirmed that there is indeed a secret passage in the imperial city, which is really amazing. If someone uses this secret passage to enter the palace directly, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Pu Qia, you said that the secret path was left by Emperor Taizu?"

Yao Guangxiao quickly regained his composure, and immediately asked Pu Qia again.

"Yes, when Prince Yiwen passed away suddenly, Emperor Taizu hastily selected Emperor Jianwen as his successor, but he was always worried that Emperor Jianwen would not be able to stabilize the Ming Dynasty, so he asked someone to build a palace during the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum. The secret road leading to Zhongshan, so that if there is an emergency, Emperor Jianwen will have a chance to escape."

Puqia also sighed at this point.

Of course, when Emperor Taizu entrusted him with the secret path, he even doubted the judgment of Emperor Taizu, but out of loyalty to Emperor Taizu, he still kept the secret strictly. As a result, four years after Emperor Taizu passed away, the secret Tao came in handy.

"It turns out that the Emperor Taizu is so wise and powerful that even I can see that Zhu Yunqi is not like a gentleman, let alone the Emperor Taizu who started from a humble beginning!"

Yao Guangxiao sighed at this moment and said in a low voice.

The reason why he persuaded Zhu Di to rebel was because he saw that Zhu Yunqi was definitely not the master of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty was handed over to him, there would definitely be chaos.

"Then where are the entrance and exit of this secret passage? Can it still be used now? If someone uses it to kill you into the palace, wouldn't Grandpa Huang be in danger?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked eagerly again, this secret path must be destroyed no matter what, and it must not fall into the hands of people like Zhu Wenkui.

"Don't worry, my son. When Emperor Jianwen fled, in order to prevent being chased and killed, he had already destroyed the entrance to the palace..."

Before Pu Qia finished speaking, Yao Guangxiao suddenly changed his expression and interrupted: "Wait, the destruction of the entrance is related to the fire in the palace?"

When Zhu Yunwen disappeared in the imperial city, he once set a big fire. His wife Empress Ma went to the fire and burned herself to death. At the same time, many buildings in the palace were burned down. Afterwards, Zhu Di had to rebuild many palaces.

"That's right, the entrance is right under a ruined palace, and gunpowder was placed around the entrance, which exploded along with the fire, completely destroying the entire entrance, and it is impossible for anyone to enter the palace through a secret passage."

Pu Qia explained again.

"What about the exit?"

Zhu Zhanhe was startled suddenly, if the exit of this secret passage is still there, Zhu Yunqi escaped from the secret passage again, so Zhu Wenkui must know where the exit is.

During this period of time, Zhu Zhanhe searched all over the imperial city, but he never found Zhu Wenkui's whereabouts. Now it seems that the other party is probably hiding in that secret passage.

"exit……"

Seeing that Pu Qia hesitated for a moment, he finally sighed and said: "The exit is at Banshan Temple!"

Banshan Temple is the temple where Puqia practiced in the past. Although he is the master monk next to Zhu Yunqi, he rarely enters the palace and usually lives in Banshan Temple. The purpose is to personally guard the exit of the secret road.

Although Puqia is only a monk, he understands righteousness, and his allegiance is not to Zhu Yunwen, but to Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. In order to promise Zhu Yuanzhang's promise back then, he can stay in the imperial prison for more than ten years.

But after learning that Zhu Wenkui was going to blow up Xiaoling, Pu Qia finally understood that he no longer needed to keep this secret.

"It's actually in Banshan Temple!"

Zhu Zhanhe and Liu Mian were also very regretful when they heard the words. They had been to Banshan Temple a long time ago, and they also found traces of Wang Qia and others, so they guessed that they were going to use gunpowder to blow up Xiaoling, but they didn't expect that there was a secret road.

"Where is the exit in the temple?"

Zhu Zhanhe quickly realized, and immediately asked Puqia again.

"There is a well behind the temple, and the exit is in the well!"

Pu Qia replied truthfully.

"Master, I want to take people to Banshan Temple immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe bid farewell to Yao Guangxiao immediately.

Things change later, for dangerous people like Zhu Wenkui, it's better to arrest them and bring them to justice as soon as possible.

"Go!"

Yao Guangxiao nodded, he did not intend to leave, nor did he intend to participate in these royal battles.

So Zhu Zhanhe and Liu Mian got up to say goodbye, and the two gathered their hands as quickly as possible, rode fast horses and charged towards Banshan Temple again.

When they went to Banshan Temple last time, they had already searched Banshan Temple, but they didn't expect that there was something else in the well behind the temple.

Soon Zhu Zhanhe and the others rushed to the Banshan Temple, only to see that the place was still desolate, and the temple was still the same as the last time they came, and it seemed that there was no change.

But this time they came prepared, rushed directly to the back of the temple, and found a deep well.

This well is not wide, and looks very ordinary in appearance, it seems to be the well used to draw water in the temple.

It's just that the well is very deep. With the help of the light from the well head, you can vaguely see the water in the well, and there seem to be a lot of sundries on the water surface.

"Look, son, there are fresh wear marks on the mouth of the well!"

Soon Jin Yiwei discovered the abnormality of the well. On the stone wall of the well head, there were some scratches left by the rope, but they were not obvious, and they could not be seen without careful observation.

"Let people go!"

Following Liu Mian's order, someone immediately brought the rope, and then an extraordinary Jin Yiwei volunteered to invite Ying, and descended into the well along the rope.

Zhu Zhanhe and the others were also nervously watching from the mouth of the well, only to see that the Jin Yiwei who went down the well hadn't reached the bottom of the well, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "There is a door on the side of the well..."

Before the Jin Yiwei could finish speaking, there was a sudden change in the well, and there was a flash of a knife on the wall of the well, and the Jin Yiwei who went down the well screamed and was about to fall off the rope.

(End of this chapter)