The dark and damp prison was filled with countless instruments of torture such as clamps, brainbands, horse sticks, and nails. The bloodstains were stained and so ferocious that it made one's scalp numb, making one wonder whether this was the underworld or the human world.
When Fu Boyan woke up, he felt pain all over his body. He was tied to a wooden frame, his limbs and neck were bound by cold iron chains, and his body was covered with wounds and blood. Lord Fu had never suffered such brutal torture before, and his spirit almost collapsed.
He shouted: "You fucking beast, how dare you treat me like this, a dignified and dignified third-rank imperial minister, you are dead, you are dead! Do you dare to tell me your name, I will let your whole family stand for you, this stupid Be buried with your behavior!”
He roared with all his strength, but all he got in exchange was the indifferent gaze from the commander of the inspection guard on the opposite side.
The man replied calmly: "I'm here, Sai Haji."
"Sai Hazhi...why does it sound so familiar..."
Fu Boyan's expression suddenly changed, "Are you the seventh generation grandson of King Sai Dianchi of Yuan Xianyang?!"
Sai Hazhi nodded slightly: "That's right."
Fu Boyan's face was pale and bloodless. He finally knew what he had offended.
Saihazhi was a native of the Yuan Dynasty. His ancestor was appointed by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, as a political official in Yunnan. He controlled the province of Yunnan for six years and was posthumously named king. He was honored as the "ancestor of Yunnan" by later generations.
In the Ming Dynasty, another day changed, and Saihazhi's family paid allegiance to Emperor Taizu Gao as pilgrims. Saihazhi's identity as a descendant of the Saidianchi family, which was once famous and guarded Yunnan for several generations, attracted Lao Zhu's attention and entrusted him with an important task.
And this does not matter, the most important thing is that Saihazhi was on an envoy to Tibet and was granted the title of Marquis of Xianning and the hereditary commander of the Imperial Guard. Although his title is very prestigious, he is still a marquis after all. As for the hereditary commander of the Imperial Guard... he does have this name, but he has no real power.
However, this is indeed a man who does dirty work, with blood on his hands.
Fu Boyan was a little frightened, but he still insisted: "So what if you are a marquis? You, a marquis who doesn't even have a replacement, dare to be my enemy. Do you know who is standing behind me?"
Sai Hazhi asked curiously: "Master Fu, please give me some advice."
"The person standing behind me is...you want to trick me?"
Fu Boyan reacted quickly and said vigilantly, "I advise you not to have any wishful thinking. The person standing behind me is a big shot you can't afford to offend. If he crushes you, it will be as simple as crushing an ant." Saiha Zhi, although you are from the Yuan Dynasty, you know how to be an official better than the Han people. I think you don’t understand the profound meaning of this, right?"
"You can't take anything useful out of my mouth. You underestimate me. I'm a person with a bottom line!"
Sai Hazhi nodded: "Master Fu is really tough-talking and a tough guy, I admire you."
He raised his hand and said, "Come here and be punished!"
When Fu Boyan saw that Yuan Ren was serious about it, he couldn't help but shuddered when he thought of the torture he had just suffered: "I'll tell you whatever you want to know!"
Saihazhi asked doubtfully: "Didn't Mr. Fu just say that you are a person with a bottom line?"
Fu Boyan said awkwardly: "I have a flexible bottom line."
Sai Hazhi couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Those who know the current affairs are the heroes. I think Mr. Fu is the hero among the heroes. I won't talk nonsense. Let's be honest with each other. Just give me a name. I will Keep you safe."
Fu Boyan hesitated: "Are you sure?"
Sai Hazhi nodded: "We Yuan people have always been trustworthy. If I lie to you, I will be reincarnated as a stray dog in my next life."
Seeing Saihazhi swearing so confidently, Fu Boyan became entangled in his heart.
He struggled for a long time, but finally chose to believe this damn Yuan Ren.
Fu Boyan said slowly and hesitantly: "The Crown Prince of Gan, Zhu Zhanji."
"It turns out it's him. Sure enough, the grandson of the emperor who was known as the third generation of prosperous people at that time is still unwilling to remain in decay."
Sai Hazhi got the answer he wanted, stood up and stretched his shoulders, "Okay, Mr. Fu is so sensible, I can't continue to be rude to you."
"Come here, give Mr. Fu a good time!"
Hearing Sai Hazhi's words, Fu Boyan became anxious: "Asshole, you just said you wouldn't kill me! You just swore that if you lie to me, you will be reincarnated as a wild dog in your next life!"
However, the butcher's knife still slowly approached him. In his desperate eyes, he saw Sai Hazhi grinning, showing his white teeth.
Sai Hazhi looked at Mr. Fu with sincere eyes: "Woof, woof woof woof."
The butcher's knife fell, Fu Boyan's head fell to the ground, and blood flowed freely.
Sai Hazhi shook his head: "Master Fu, it is useless to have a flexible bottom line. You are in the wrong position. Your life has been taken away by the Lord of Hell as early as when you entered Annan Province. gone."
…
In the city of Beijing, the snow is getting thicker.
Under the eaves of the East Palace Pavilion, Zhu Gaojie sat by the stove, tightly wrapped in the snow-white fox fur cloak. He picked up the blue and white wine bottle and sniffed the mouth of the bottle. The aroma of wine and plums were mixed together, which was intoxicating.
Green plum wine steeped in fine plums, drinking a pot of it every winter will always make people happy.
His biggest hobby is drinking. As a superior person, he must learn to drink even if he is not good at drinking in his life. Whenever there is a banquet, he should be very majestic in order to convince the crowd.
Zhu Gaojiu took a sip of the warm green plum wine to get rid of the cold.
The snow is still falling.
A Qi walked quickly, with a layer of frost covering his body, but he did not rush to sweep the snow off his shoulders. Instead, he took out a secret letter and handed it to Zhu Gaojie: "Sai Hazhi sent it to you from Annan." letter."
Zhu Gaojie took the letter and opened it. There were only four words written on it.
——The Crown Prince of Gan.
Well, as expected of you.
People are in Jiangxi and their hearts are in Beijing. After joining the feudal lordship, they became more sophisticated than before. If Zhu Zhanji was a little wolfdog before, now he has grown into a hidden tiger. Even the boss can't guard against this kid.
Zhu Gaojie was not surprised by this. He had known for a long time that his nephew had his own team hidden in Beijing, but he had never found out who it was. Unexpectedly, by accident, the big fish Fu Boyan was blown up.
Who would have thought that he would set up a special inspection guard for the Academy of Literature. The inspectors had no other mission than to catch students from the Academy of Arts and stare at them until they died.
"Another one dies."
Zhu Gaojie took out a list of names from under his cloak and raised his hand to signal.
A Qi understood the idea, took out a wolf hair dipped in cinnabar, and handed it over.
Zhu Gaojie unfolded the list and crossed out a name with a pen.
The list was densely packed with fine characters, and Fu Boyan's name was just one of them. He already had in his hands the evidence of the crimes committed by the students of the Academy of Arts. After careful consideration, it was clearly marked which of the people who made mistakes were harmless, and who made mistakes that deserved to be punished.
Before these students were released, there were actually supervisors following them. This was to give these students who had made mistakes a chance to atone for their sins. He has made it very clear that if you are willing to do something, even if you make some minor mistakes, it will not hurt. But if you don't do anything, then the inspector can take action directly.
The ultimate goal of this rectification of the Yellow Book Library is to screen out who can use it and who cannot. If it could be used, Zhu Gaojie would just turn a blind eye, but if someone like Fu Boyan refused to hit the south wall and never look back, he would have no choice but to be sent to the west.
"Sai Hazhi did a good job in this matter. Although this person is a descendant of the Yuan people, he can still use one or two of them. Although he is not as good as Shen Qingyu and Zhang Muzhi, he can still do some shady things. Pretty good at it.”
Zhu Gaojie collected the list. The contents on this list were too horrifying. It was jointly investigated by the Tax Supervision Institute and Jinyiwei. If it were exposed, I really don't know what kind of bloody storm it would cause.
"Whether they are Han people or Yuan people, if they are as loyal as Sai Hazhi, they are all wise people."
He said with emotion, "The wind and frost in Beijing are really biting. I am not a murderous person, but the weather is so cold. If there is no blood, I am afraid that there are countless people hiding in the wind and frost, treating the imperial power as light snowflakes." "
A Qi was silent for a while and asked, "Is power really that tempting?"
He doesn't understand.
Why does everyone seem to be a different person after being exposed to power? Even the most innocent young man will go crazy after tasting the pleasure brought by power.
When he first saw Zhu Gaojie at Prince Qi's mansion, he thought he was just an ignorant boy.
But now, the other party's scheming and cruelty made him feel strange and scared.
A shadow warrior like A Qi licks the blood with the tip of his knife. After killing a person, nothing happens when he wipes the knife with his hands. There are countless undead behind him. But he's not really a killing machine, and he has times when he's afraid.
And now Zhu Gaojie is the kind of person who scares him the most.
They sat under the eaves, looking at the snowy scene in the yard, drinking fine green plum wine. With a few words, countless people's lives were cut in half by the cold wind, and their blood spattered three feet.
"With the emergence of power, there will inevitably be the emergence of responsibility. In fact, power and responsibility correspond to each other. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility."
Zhu Gaojie sighed, "But everyone is only willing to use power and is unwilling to fulfill their due responsibilities. Everyone can do this, but I can't, because the power in my hands is the power of the entire country."
"In the same way, I also need to bear the national destiny of the entire Ming Dynasty. For me, this is actually a heavy burden. I have lost too much for the national destiny of this empire."
"When my wife was nine months pregnant, I was still fighting in the Northeast. After the child was born, I went to the south to fight again. When the child grew up a little, I was busy with government affairs and spent more time in the Wenhua Palace than You can stay in the East Palace for a long time."
"When I took over the power from the old man, I lost a lot."
A Qi whispered: "In that case, why did you need to fight in the first place?"
Zhu Gaojiu chuckled lightly: "I never thought about fighting. It was them who forced me to embark on this road destined to overcome obstacles. Do you still remember the assassination you and I suffered when we were in Annan? If I don't fight, I will. Without power and power, how can I survive in this crisis?”
A Qi sighed, his voice full of sadness.
He was feeling sorry for the other person.
The prince, who seemed to have infinite glory, was once a young man in idle clouds and wild cranes.
The person who knows Zhu Gaojie best is not Zhu Di or Zhang Yingzhen.
Zhu Di only understands his abilities and potential, while Zhang Yingzhen only understands his size. Only A Qi followed Zhu Gaojie all the way, and stayed by his side silently through many tribulations. He knew how many heavy emotions were hidden in the heart of this man who controlled the world.
No one knows him better than his shadow.
Zhu Gaojie suddenly smiled and said: "It's a pity that you are a man, otherwise I would definitely take you as my concubine."
A Qi paused and said, "It's a pity that you are not a woman, otherwise I would definitely marry you."
Zhu Gaojie laughed heartily.
…
Zhu Di asked puzzledly: "Isn't this kid Lao Si going crazy with murder? Even though Sai Hazhi killed a river of blood there and it snowed so heavily in Beijing, it didn't suppress his murderous intention?"
Tang Cheng respectfully presented a list to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the list submitted by the Crown Prince."
"What a list, so cunning..."
Zhu Di took the list and his face gradually became heavy. He turned over page after page, shaking with anger. Finally, he couldn't help but threw the list to the ground and angrily shouted, "Damn it! All of them are corrupt officials." !”
"Is this how the prosperous age of our Ming Dynasty came about? The corrupt officials investigated by Lao Si probably cover half of our country!"
"Kill! Kill them all by me, leaving no one behind!"
Zhu Di now understands why the fourth child has such murderous intentions. His murderous intentions are more serious than Zhu Gaojie's now!
This list nakedly records the truest side of the Yongle Dynasty, and every word is heartbreaking.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Tang Cheng quickly comforted him, "The Crown Prince is already dealing with this matter. Sai Hazhi and the newly established inspectors have reviewed the list one by one and then liquidated it."
"Tell the Fourth Brother not to worry and kill all these bitches!"
Zhu Di put a hand on his waist and scolded him angrily, "I am very relieved when he does things. I am afraid that he will be soft-hearted and worry that if he kills too many people, he will be criticized. You tell him what happened, and I will do it for him." Take it easy and go for it boldly!"
Tang Chengxin said: Your Majesty, please don't worry about this. You are still worried that the prince is merciful. Isn't this a big joke?
Your fourth son kills people like dogs and drinks blood like wine. He is a killer who eats people without spitting out their bones. In terms of ruthlessness, he is more ruthless than you!
But His Majesty the Emperor was furious. Of course Tang Cheng could not lose the old man's face. He just said "Ah, yes, your Majesty is so right"...
Tang Cheng brought a cup of herbal tea and offered it to the emperor with both hands. Zhu Di took the tea and took a sip before taking a breath.
Seeing that the emperor had calmed down, Tang Cheng dared to continue: "Your Majesty, it's not just the list. The prince also sent another letter."
