Half a day before Wanli returns to court.
The officials were in a commotion. Xu Jie, the second assistant, led the Qingliu officials and marched out of the city for thirty miles in a grand manner, preparing to kneel down to welcome the Wanli Prince.
The prince is the crown prince of the country and the future supreme king.
Therefore, Wanli is qualified to receive hundreds of officials kneeling to welcome him.
Even though the officials of the Yan Party were not happy, they had no choice but to hold their noses and chased him out of the city without being half behind the officials of Qingliu, preparing to welcome the prince back to the court.
Xiyuan.
Inside Jin Shen Jingshe, it was a different scene.
Yan Song, the chief assistant, knelt on the ground with a humble and loyal attitude.
"If the chief minister doesn't kneel down to greet the prince, why are you here?"
Emperor Jiajing's immortal voice floated out from behind the curtain.
He seemed to be no longer an emperor on earth, but a god in heaven.
Yan Song kowtowed first and then answered.
"I am your Majesty's cabinet minister, not an official of the Crown Prince."
"The duty of the minister is to be loyal to His Majesty in handling government affairs, and to coordinate the officials to appease the people."
"To put it bluntly, I am here to look after your Majesty's home and courtyard. If you don't take good care of your home, I will not dare to leave my post without permission."
What is a human spirit?
Yan Song is like a human being.
When Xu Jie heard that the prince was back, he knelt down outside the city to greet him.
I, Yan Song, will not go. Not only will I not go, I will also serve His Majesty at all times.
You, Xu Jie, have forgotten your duty as an important minister in the cabinet, but I, Yan Song, have not.
That's it, it's just what it means on the surface.
What I mean in the dark is that I, Yan Song, only have the Emperor in my eyes, and I am only loyal to the Emperor.
As for you Xu Jie.
hehe.
I have never said anything bad about you being unfaithful or filial, but it is up to Your Majesty to understand it, that is Your Majesty’s freedom.
After Yan Song finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing in the curtain was silent.
Lao Yansong was not in a hurry.
He had served Emperor Jiajing for decades and knew the emperor very well.
Silence is not a denial of oneself.
Quietly the opposite!
Emperor Jiajing was savoring Yan Song's words, and the more he tasted them, the more 'tasteful' they became!
Half the time for burning incense has passed.
Through the curtain, Emperor Jiajing's voice finally came out again.
"Xia Jie."
This name is too far away, but even across thousands of years, it is still like thunder!
Yan Song did not answer immediately. He knew that Emperor Jiajing had not finished speaking.
"Based on the results of Lu Bing's investigations over the years."
"He is the reincarnation of Xia Jie."
"The emperor of the generation was reincarnated as my son?"
"Haha, Wei Zhong, what do you think?"
It's a title, not an official title, it means intimacy.
Yan Song knelt down and played.
"Fifty Heavenly Dao, forty-nine Heavenly Evolutions, escape one of them."
"I believe that reincarnation is the mercy of heaven, leaving a glimmer of hope for the common people."
"Anyone who has no hope of cultivating immortality and has failed to overcome the tribulation, as well as all mortal plants, trees, insects, fish, birds and beasts, can enter reincarnation at the end of their lifespan, rebuild their lives, and strive for immortality again."
"It doesn't matter whether your Royal Highness is Xia Jie or not Xia Jie. Everything in the past life has become a thing of the past."
"In this life, he is lucky enough to be reincarnated in the Ming Dynasty, so he should always remember his bloodline of the Zhu Ming royal family."
"If you are so obsessed with the glory of your past life that you become ungrateful and forget your ancestors, even if your majesty is magnanimous, even the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty will not forgive you!"
After Yan Song finished speaking, he knelt down again to apologize.
"I will be punished by death for making arrogant remarks about the affairs of the ancestral temple and the country!"
The curtain slowly opened.
The Ming Dynasty's Supreme Emperor Jiajing, wearing a Taoist robe and a grass ring on his head, was looking at Yan Song with a smile on his face.
"Wei Zhong, you are fine."
"I am very pleased that you always remember your duty as a minister."
Lao Yansong even said he didn't dare.
"Hehehe..."
Emperor Jiajing smiled mysteriously, but his eyes gradually turned cold.
"OK."
"Reincarnation?"
"They like to play with reincarnation and never forget the past?"
"I was so kind and kind, but I forgot all about it?"
"It seems that it is necessary to remind some people."
"I, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, once said, I will drink from a golden cup together, but you will not spare me with a bare sword!"
Yan Song was ecstatic in his heart, but on the surface he was indifferent.
"Wei Zhong."
"I'm here."
"You also go out of the city to greet us."
"I don't dare."
"Go, go boldly, I asked you to go!"
Emperor Jiajing said, with a gradually cruel smile on his face.
"I want you to watch a good show."
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Thirty miles outside the capital, the eunuch who announced the order issued an order to arrest the national master Lan Daoxing in front of Wanli.
Wanli was also ordered to be the chief judge and Lu Bing was the deputy judge.
Everyone in the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty knows that if Prince Wanli returns safely from Nanchao, his first task will be to lead 300,000 wolf soldiers northward to conquer the lost territory of Yunzhou City.
As a result, interrogating the national preceptor Lan Daoxing was actually more important than recovering the lost territory?
Yanfu.
"Hahahahaha!"
"I'm laughing so hard!"
"So what if Wanli returns safely?"
"In front of all the civil and military officials, Your Majesty didn't even give him any face?"
"Father, in my opinion, Wanli, the crown prince, may not be able to be the prince for a few more days!"
Yan Shifan laughed for a while, but his father did not agree with his statement.
Lao Yan Song was like a stone sculpture, sitting motionless on the Taishi chair.
"Dad, is the child wrong?" Yan Shifan didn't believe it.
Yan Song did not directly answer his son's question.
He sighed quietly.
"Idiot."
"Your Majesty asked the prince to preside over Lan Daoxing's trial. This is not only a warning, but also an investigation of him."
"Lan Daoxing is a ninth-level master of the Hedao Realm, and he also has a certificate of nomination."
"Keeping Lan Daoxing means that Wanli has never forgotten his identity as Emperor Xia in his previous life, which will inevitably cause a break between His Majesty and the Crown Prince."
"Killing Lan Daoxing will cut off the future and the past. Wanli will only recognize his identity as a member of the Ming Dynasty royal family, and he and his majesty can live in peace with each other as father and son."
Yan Shifan was shocked when he heard this.
"That's terrible!"
"With Wanli's character, there is no doubt that he gave up his car to protect the commander, and used Lan Daoxing's head to secure his position as prince!"
"We've been busy for a long time, but King Jing still can't replace Wanli?"
Yan Shifan is like an eggplant beaten by frost.
He is extremely smart, but impatient and most impatient.
Lao Yansong may not be as smart as his son, but his energy-raising skills are ten times better than his.
The Chief Assistant said slowly: "We have lost Hu Zongxian. Unless Your Majesty conquers Yunzhou City personally, the only person in the Ming Dynasty who is most qualified to command 300,000 wolf soldiers is the Crown Prince. As for King Jing, Your Majesty will not consider it."
Yan Shifan was speechless.
King Jing is a bit lewd, he still knows.
This person has a little bit of literary talent, but he doesn't have any general talent.
It is okay to be a conservative king, but it is impossible to expect King Jing to expand his territory.
"Pooh!"
"So you were happy for nothing?"
"Wanli's cultivation has broken through to the Mahayana realm, and he must be the leader. Unless he is defeated again in Yunzhou City, King Jing will have no chance in his life."
"Father, you used Wanli's identity in his previous life to sow discord in front of His Majesty, but it doesn't seem to have much effect?"
Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only two people who dared to say that Yan Song was not doing things well in front of his face.
One is Emperor Jiajing and the other is Yan Shifan.
"Hehehe..." Yan Song smiled slowly and glanced sideways at his son. "I am so stupid and incompetent that I have disappointed Mr. Xiaoge?"
Only then did Yan Shifan realize that he had said the wrong thing.
He quickly knelt down, kowtowed to Lao Yansong and apologized.
Yan Song did not let his son get up, and only said: "After all, Lan Daoxing is a ninth-level master of the Hedao Realm. It is not easy to get rid of him. Yan Shifan, don't be too greedy."
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Jin Yiwei, imperial edict.
The last Ming Dynasty official who was imprisoned here was Hu Zongxian. Yan Song had greeted him in advance, and Hu Zongxian's treatment was pretty good.
The clothes and bedding are clean and tidy, there is meat for three meals, there is no shortage of water and wine, and the four treasures of the study are provided.
This time, the prisoner was replaced by National Master Lan Daoxing.
Yan Song also said hello in advance, but the treatment was completely different.
The darkest prison, the dirtiest environment.
Rats and bugs are crawling everywhere, and all the unused buckets are piled up here.
Lan Daoxing, the once distinguished and noble master of the Ming Dynasty, was covered in blood and his prison uniform was in tatters.
Obviously, this was someone who had just been tortured.
"Good courage."
Lu Bing, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guards, personally inspected Lan Daoxing's injuries and couldn't help but praise him.
A ninth-level master in the Hedao Realm?
Unless Emperor Jiajing takes action himself, if Lan Daoxing concentrates on escaping, there is at least a 50% chance of escaping from the Ming Dynasty.
However, he chose to sit back and wait for death.
When Lu Bing and his royal guards broke into the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, Lan Daoxing just dismissed his disciples and captured him without a fight.
The thirteen royal guards of Jinyiwei who came with Lu Bing had even written a suicide note for their family before setting off.
Unexpectedly, the Imperial Master was captured without any effort, and the Thirteen Taibao escaped unscathed.
In jail.
Lan Daoxing was covered in injuries, but the most terrifying thing was his abdomen.
An iron ring pierced through the flesh and clasped Lan Daoxing's body.
The qi sea in Dantian is locked, and even if he has the ninth level cultivation of Hedao, he is like a useless person at this moment.
Lu Bing did not come alone.
His identity is just a guide.
"His Royal Highness, do you think we should interrogate him in the prison or take him out?" Lu Bin bowed and asked Prince Wanli politely.
Wanli ignored Lu Bing's question and said coldly: "The interrogation has not yet begun. Who allowed the Jin Yiwei to use the punishment?"
"this……"
Lu Bing did not expect that Wanli would refute his face as soon as he came up.
Could it be that with the prince's intelligence, he couldn't see that the torture of the imperial master was clearly a sign of authority given to the prince by his majesty?
"Answer Gu's question." Prince Wanli's tone became increasingly cold.
well!
Lu Bing sighed in his heart and cast an apologetic look at the guard next to him.
Sudden!
Lu Bing made a fist with his right hand and punched it out without any warning.
Just one punch, hitting the Jin Yiwei next to him in the face.
This Jin Yiwei didn't even have time to scream, his big head cracked like a watermelon, leaving only a headless corpse standing there, too dead to die.
"The prince atones."
Lu Bing knelt down on one knee, clasping his fists to plead guilty.
"I was not strict with my subordinates, which led to the scandal of indiscriminate lynching in Jinyiwei's prison."
"Zhu Liu, who was in charge of thousands of households, executed Lan Dao without asking for instructions. He has now accepted his punishment and died."
The Thirteen Jinyiwei Taibao were the second most powerful Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, second only to Lu Bing.
These thirteen people were loyal to Lu Bing, and privately served Lu Bing as disciples.
The weakest among them, Zhu Shisan, was also at the fifth level of the Divine Transformation Realm.
Zhu Da, the strongest, has reached the first level of Hedao Realm.
The Thirteen Taibos were Lu Bing's biggest trump card. Today he was forced to kill one of them with his own hands. Not only did Lu Bing suffer a huge loss, the loyalty of the remaining Twelve Taibos to him would also be greatly tested.
During this trip to prison, Lu Bing was really heartbroken. He had suffered a big loss!
"well!"
"I am loyal to His Majesty and investigated the National Preceptor Lan Daoxing. I didn't expect the Crown Prince's revenge to come so quickly."
Lu Bing was still kneeling, but Prince Wanli's sneer came from above his head.
"hehe."
"Now that I think about it, it seems that my father set the rules in the early years?"
"Anyone who is captured by the Jinyi Guards and sent to prison will be severely punished and served first. Doesn't that count as a violation of the Ming Dynasty law?"
Lu Bing felt his energy and blood rising!
He had already killed Zhu Liu, but the prince said these words again, how cruel was it?
"Captain Lu is too impatient."
Prince Wanli seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"With just a casual word, Governor Lu killed his most loyal subordinate? If this matter spreads, who will dare to be loyal to Governor Lu in the future?"
"Captain? Please get back to your knees, please?"
Lu Bing felt extremely humiliated, but there was nothing he could do about it.
In the Ming Dynasty, the most noble person was Emperor Jiajing, followed by the prince.
As a human minister, he had to endure no matter how many grievances he suffered.
Lu Bing took a deep breath and stood up unsteadily.
"I ask the prince for instructions, next..."
"Captain Lu can go out now."
However, Prince Wanli directly issued an order to expel the guests.
"The prince wants to interrogate the prisoner alone."
Lu Bing's expression changed: "No! Prince, as a deputy judge..."
"How dare you, a mere deputy judge, make decisions for the prince who is the chief judge?"
Prince Wanli raised his voice and immediately suppressed Lu Bing's voice.
Officialdom is a place where people are crushed to death at the highest official level.
What's more, Wanli is a dignified prince.
Lu Bing's face turned red from the rebuke.
How honorable was his position in the Ming Dynasty?
Emperor Jiajing’s milk brother!
The first and second assistants respect him, and all officials fear him.
He is the god in the hearts of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty, and the 'ancestor' in the mouth of the factory guards and eunuchs.
But today, Lu Bing discovered that in the eyes of the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was just a foreign minister who came and went when he was summoned.
"I...resign."
Lu Bing left.
He rushed out of the prison dungeon in one breath, and only when he was on the ground, facing the bright sunshine and refreshing air, did he feel a little relieved from the depression in his chest.
"Captain, is there blood on your hands? Where are Zhu Liu and others?"
Twelve men with advanced cultivation, wearing flying fish suits and carrying embroidered spring knives at their waists, gathered around.
Lu Bing's mood, which had just been soothing, immediately became clouded again.
Seeing his silence, the Twelve Taibao didn't dare to say anything.
After a long time, Lu Bingcai slowly said: "Yesterday, Mr. Xiao Ge asked me to drink again?"
"Yes." Zhu Da clasped his fists and said, "The governor said that the time was sensitive and he intended to reject Mr. Xiao Ge."
"No need."
Lu Bing shook his head.
"I've heard for a long time that Mr. Xiaoge collects famous wines from all over the world, so I'm shameless... go try it."
When Zhu Da heard this, his face was full of disbelief.
Everyone in the world knows that Lu Bing, an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, is one of the few who can remain neutral between Party Yan and Party Xu.
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Prison, the deepest part.
Prince Wanli stood in front of Lan Daoxing, his eyes wandering, taking in all his injuries.
Lan Daoxing was unconscious, but at some point, he opened his eyes.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Wanli spoke first.
"Zhonggu, I'm here to visit you."
Throughout ancient times, he was a famous minister in the Xia Dynasty and a scholar of heaven. He once served Xia Jie loyally together with Guan Longpang.
At the end of the Xia Dynasty, it migrated to the south nest.
They never went to Nanchao together. He was ordered by Xia Jie to serve Cheng Tang instead, but his fate was unknown.
