Not to mention whether Zhu Yuanzhang would be poisoned.
Just say that Zhu Bai has eaten so many pieces. If anything goes wrong, their whole family will turn into jerky!
Li Shanchang turned around and ran towards the door.
The driver had already unhooked the carriage from the horse.
Li Shanchang waved to the coachman and said, "Quick, hitch the coach and go to the palace."
The driver said: "Sir, it will take at least half a stick of incense to put it on again."
"Can't wait any longer." Li Shanchang roared, pulled the horse, jumped on it, and whipped him wildly.
The horse was in pain, neighed, and ran towards the palace as hard as it could.
Lan Yu and Xu Da were drinking tea in the teahouse and reminiscing about the past when they saw a person like a flash of light passing downstairs.
Looks quite familiar...
Lan Yu pointed at the figure who had disappeared on the street corner: "Who is that madman?"
Xu Da looked at it intently, hesitated, and replied: "It seems to be Mr. Li."
Lan Yu smacked her lips: "Tsk, it's really him. I thought I was wrong."
Xu Da was also puzzled: "Master Li is usually very stable, what happened today?"
Li Shanchang is not only steady, but also notoriously slow. This will turn into lightning, and the sun will really come out from the west.
Today, the guard commander guarding the palace gate saw a madman riding a horse heading towards him from afar. He became nervous and shouted: "Prepare for war!"
The archers on the top of the building raised their bows and arrows, and the guards downstairs held up their shields and guns.
"It's me." Li Shanchang shouted from a distance, then reined in his horse and jumped off.
The guard commander saw that it was Li Shanchang and hurriedly said: "Retreat the troops."
Zhu Yuanzhang gave several important ministers special privileges. If there was an emergency, they could go directly to the imperial study without reporting it in advance and led by the guards.
Li Shanchang is one of them.
Li Shanchang gasped and said, "I have something urgent to see the emperor."
The guard commander didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly led him towards the imperial study.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his three father and son were enjoying themselves while drinking tea and eating dried venison while commenting on the memorial.
"Ah, this Gao Qi's calligraphy is really delicate, quite like Wang Youjun's character."
"Although Daoyan is ugly, this word is really good."
The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and the biting cold wind made Zhu Yuanzhang shiver.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Who?! Do you want to die?"
Li Shanchang's hat also fell off, his hair was scattered, and he couldn't tell whether it was the cold snot or tears on his face. He knelt on the ground and said, "I deserve to die. Your Majesty and Your Highness, don't eat it. That dried meat is poisonous."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "What the King of Xiang gave me, how could it be poisonous?"
Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Bai and called out in a trembling voice: "Your Highness..."
Zhu Bai immediately covered his stomach and started shouting: "Ouch..."
Zhu Yuanzhang also panicked and asked Zhu Bai: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Zhu Bai hummed: "My father wants to forgive my son's innocence, and then my son will dare to speak out."
Zhu Yuanzhang was so anxious that his eyes were red: "Speak quickly. I will pardon your innocence."
Zhu Bai looked at Li Shanchang again and hummed: "Master Li must also promise not to blame me."
Li Shanchang fell on the ground: "I don't dare."
Zhu Bai hummed: "I brought this dried meat from Mr. Li's house."
"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, and he turned to glare at Li Shanchang, "You just said it was poisonous."
Li Shanchang started to show off, and replied tremblingly: "I am dead, the dried meat in my house has been inexplicably missing recently. I didn't know that King Xiang wanted to eat it, so I thought it was a mouse, and put arsenic in the dried meat last night. , I don’t know which altar King Xiang took..."
"Ah." Zhu Yuanzhang shouted and hugged Zhu Bai, "My son, spit it out quickly."
The three of them ate together. He and Zhu Biao were fine. Only Zhu Bai groaned. Zhu Bai must have eaten something poisonous.
Zhu Bai suddenly stopped humming, sat up straight and said, "Father, don't be afraid. I didn't go to bed last night. I took too much and didn't finish it."
He went to get dried meat every night, but Li Shanchang's family didn't even notice.
So I took away half the jar the night before. I guessed that Li Shanchang’s family was in a hurry, so I didn’t go last night...
Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground, his back already soaked with cold sweat.
He regained his composure, took off his shoes and was about to slap Zhu Bai: "You bastard."
Zhu Bai jumped up and hid behind Zhu Biao: "Father promised not to blame his son."
Zhu Biao hurriedly stopped Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, please calm down and listen to the twelve brothers."
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his hands trembled: "You little bastard, if you don't learn well, you will steal like others."
Zhu Bai stood up straight and said, "My son left the money. Why do you call it stealing? It can only be called buying. Mr. Li has so much, so it doesn't matter if you sell some to your son. Good things should be shared."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang.
Li Shanchang twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Yes, His Royal Highness King Xiang left the money."
Can he still say that he didn't stay?
He said he didn't keep it, would Zhu Yuanzhang return it to him?
He knows Lao Zhu’s urine properties very well, Lao Zhu will definitely default on his debt!
Sure enough, Lao Zhu put down his shoes and said, "Just give me the money."
Li Shanchang was filled with grief and indignation: Zhu Bai had ruined the venison he had planned to eat until the summer.
I was so frightened that I lost half my life. I beat my horse and ran through the downtown area, sweeping the floor gracefully.
Can you just say "Just give me the money" and forget it?
Zhu Yuanzhang knew clearly that Zhu Bai disliked Li Shanchang and deliberately punished him, but he didn't bother to correct him.
He said to Erhu: "Why don't you go and ask someone to bring hot water to wash Mr. Li's face and pull his hair."
Then he waved to Li Shanchang: "Come sit down and eat together."
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang like this, Li Shanchang's anger immediately disappeared, and he hurriedly went to sit next to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the heater and smiled, saying in Fengyang dialect: "Baishi, do you remember? The year we attacked Shanxi, the snow fell heavier than this."
Li Shanchang was stunned for a moment and responded quickly: "Hey."
How long has it been since Zhu Yuanzhang called him by his first name?
After Lao Zhu conquered the world, although he was extremely polite and affectionate to him, he always felt that there was an insurmountable mountain between them.
The sound of "hundred rooms" seemed to make the mountain disappear in an instant.
Zhu Yuanzhang added: "At that time, the army had been without food for a few days. You didn't know where you got a cart of sweet potatoes, and then we roasted the sweet potatoes around the fire and ate them. It was the most delicious roasted sweet potato I have ever eaten."
Li Shanchang smiled with wet eyes: "That's right. It's delicious when roasted."
Zhu Yuanzhang patted him: "Baishi, without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. No matter what you have done, as long as it is not a serious crime of rebellion, I will not take it to heart."
Li Shanchang was shocked and lowered his head: "I don't dare to die."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: I gave you the sweet dates that deserved it, and I also slapped you with the slaps you deserved.
Let's see what this little brat of ours wants to do.
Zhu Yuanzhang squinted at Zhu Bai: "Tell me, how did you do it?"
Li Shan's family had more than a hundred servants, let alone Zhu Bai, who could not climb over the palace wall. Even if he left the palace, he would not be able to enter the Li family. Not to mention being able to take the dried meat and sneak out quietly.
