Chapter 270 I hope that is just a legend!

Jingzhou Taihui Temple.【】

Huang Zhen and Huang Yu were taking two people to visit.

This Taoist temple was built by King Zhu Bai of Hunan. Zhu Bai believed in Taoism and gave himself a Taoist name called "Zi Xuzi". This Taoist temple built by Zhu Bai has five main halls, side halls, and left and right halls. It is magnificent in scale and has a large hall. The carved beams and painted pillars in the hall are shining brightly. The locals call it "Little Golden Top" and "Sai Wudang", which is very spectacular.

Huang Zhen stood in front of the white wall writing a poem in the hall, chanting one by one: "Zhang Xuanxuan, love the gods. He drank the clear stream of Nine Ferries in the morning, and stayed in the purple smoke of Nanyan in the evening. He knew how many years the good mountain had come, and he would not move with the scenery. I couldn't see it in the empty mountains, and I was so sad!"

This poem "Poems Praise of Zhang Zhenxian" was written by Zhu Bai. He believed in Taoism and once went to Wudang Mountain to visit Zhang Sanfeng. Unfortunately, he did not see the real person. In his melancholy, he wrote this poem. Because Taihui Temple was built by the Xiang King Zhu Bai, the master of the temple engraved the poem of this great protector on the wall.

Huang Zhen recited it several times, but couldn't find any handle for attack, so he walked around to the main hall again. There was a row of dragon pillars in the main hall. Huang Zhen started to think about it again and thought to himself: "The Taoist temple built the dragon pillar. I don't know if it was an arbitrary over the rules. Well..., I will write it down first and look back to consult with my colleagues from the Ministry of Rites."

Huang Zhen was thinking, a postman hurriedly walked in, and as soon as he saw Huang Zhen, he said, "Oh, Lord Huang, you are really here, the villain has been looking for you for a long time."

Huang Zhen asked, "What's the matter?"

The postman approached and whispered: "There is someone coming from the capital. It is Yuan Tai, the commander of the Zuodu of the Censorate. He ordered the villain to find Lord Huang immediately and discuss important matters."

Huang Zhen was surprised and hurriedly followed the postman out.

Huang Zhen was about to come, and was promoted and used by the court, and his official career became more enthusiastic. This time, Zhu Yun sent twenty-four angels to patrol the world. On the surface, he was arguing about the suffering and punishing corrupt officials, but secretly gave them opportunities to investigate the evidence of the vassal kings in various places and provide moral evidence for the reduction of the vassals. This time, Huang Zhen was very different from the previous visit to Jinan as a puppet. He immediately rushed to Jingzhou, hoping to make a contribution and win the favor of the emperor.

Huang Zhen came prepared and really asked him to catch some of the handles of the King of Xiang. When he arrived in Jingzhou, he had to visit the King of Xiang. When he arrived at the King of Xiang's Mansion, he unexpectedly found that there were corner gates on both sides of the main hall of the King of Xiang's Mansion. Originally, the seven main gates were included, and it would be nine gates. Nine was the ultimate number, and the emperor's system. Huang Zhenru received the treasure and immediately wrote down the crime and rushed to the capital.

However, he estimated that the Xiangwang Mansion had only opened two more doors, which might not be enough to cure the Xiangwang's crimes. So he has been wandering around Jingzhou these days, hoping to find more powerful evidence of the Xiangwang's crimes. However, Xiangwang is very good at Jingzhou, and there is nothing illegal. Huang Zhen had no other way, so he had to work hard to establish the system and usurpate the system.

He thought that since King Xiang did not pay attention to these institutional rules when he was building the gate, there might be problems with other buildings. However, he recognized that the Xiang Palace was not what he wanted, so he had to start working on some urban buildings built by King Xiang. He did not expect that the capital had sent people at this time. Could it be that the crime listed in the last memorial submitted was enough to convict King Xiang?

Huang Zhen thought about it all the way and rushed back to the inn and saw Yuan Tai, the envoy of the Du Dynasty.

After the servants served tea, Yuan Tai retreated, leaving only Huang Zhen alone, and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang, you have done a good job in Jingzhou. You were recommended by me to serve as the Hubei Road Supervision Commissioner. This time you made great contributions, and I also showed my face in front of the emperor."

Huang Zhen said in surprise: "It's up to the Lord to cultivate it. Could it be... the memorial submitted by the Xiaguan Office has been adopted by Your Majesty?"

Yuan Tai smiled and said, "Yes, if not, how could this official appear here?"

He leaned slightly and said to Huang Zhen: "Nine Five symbolizes the honor of the emperor. According to the system, no one can build a main house with a width of nine rooms unless the emperor is allowed to build a main house. King Bai has expanded his house and the doorman is nine rooms. This is the official office system with the main building. There are nine rooms. This is an overreach of the rank of the emperor's 'Nine Five'. This is a crime of 'great disrespect'! Mr. Fang and Mr. Huang unanimously determined that this is enough to question the King of Hunan!"

The emperor was called a palace, the vassal king was called a palace, the officials were called a house, the common people were called a home, and the residential building was built according to the level. This was a clear way of distinguishing between superiors and inferiors. When King Bai expanded the palace, he opened two corner gates, which was indeed a transgression of the establishment, but whether this was considered a rebellion was considered a rebellion, all within the emperor's words. If it were placed in the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably give an order and scold his son a few words, but Jian asked him for his great disrespect, which seemed to be justified.

Yuan Tai said again: "The King of Xiang is good at military force and is a man who has led troops. He has a good relationship with King Yan Zhu Di. If the court cut off Yan and the King of Xiang rises up and responds, it is indeed a major concern for the court. The court has decided to capture King Xiang based on this. However, you also know that the last time the court punished King Zhou and the King of Qi and King Dai, it was rashly reduced the title and imprisoned him, which was criticized by the court and the people. Therefore, this time the court decided to change its strategy."

Huang Zhen said nervously: "Sir, what is the court planning to do?"

Yuan Tai said confidently: "Holding the imperial edict and questioning publicly, forcing the King of Hunan to take the initiative to bow down and confess his guilt. This will demonstrate that the court is fair and the laws and regulations are strict."

Huang Zhen twisted his beard and thought for a while, and said worriedly: "Su Wen Xiang's king is tough and brave. If he refuses to bow his head, what should he do?"

Yuan Tai smiled sinisterly and said, "This incident was originally a two-dimensional move. The court had secretly sent warriors to Jingzhou as peddlers and barracks, and all weapons and armor were hidden in trucks. At that time, they would suddenly surround the Xiang Palace and cut off all the contacts between the Xiang Palace and the outside world. Then the three guards of Xiang Palace who lived outside the city would not know the news.

Then, you and I will go to the palace to question the crime and order the King of Xiang to submit a form of apology. As long as the King of Xiang confesses his guilt and writes it down in black and white, he will be open and upright. If he dares to resist openly, hey, then he will become guilty if he is not guilty. Wouldn't the court be more justified in asking him for guilt?"

"It's so sinister! No wonder I can't climb up. It turns out that my heart is not as bad as you!"

Huang Zhen cursed inwardly and praised with a smile: "It's true that the trick is high, it's really high!"

Zhu Bai is the twelfth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He is twenty-eight years old this year. He is born with a strong figure and heroic spirit. This man is both martial arts and lyrics, and is very proficient in his poetry and verses. He is particularly extraordinary in military strategy. Zhu Bai likes to read and often reads until late at night. He also built a Jingyuan Pavilion to recruit talents, collect ancient books, proofread them, and re-translate them to prevent them from being extinct.

At the same time, Zhu Bo was extremely powerful, good at bows, arrows, swords and spears, and horses flying. When discussing the ancient military system, there are often unexpected methods for success or failure in the past. He was ordered to lead troops to quell the rebellion three times. The first was a Yuan army that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and planned to return to the frontier. Zhu Bo led his army to quell the rebellion and defeated the Yuan army. The second was the Wukai barbarian rebellion. Zhu Bo cleverly used the divisions within the barbarian army to divide and disintegrate. Without killing a single person, he successfully quelled the rebellion and defeated the soldiers without fighting. This was the highest level of military use. The third was to quell the rebellion of Guzhou.

At this time, shortly after lunch, King Hunan Zhu Bai was using his big hand that was used to using swords and swords, and his palms were covered with calluses, holding a pen to paint. He was painting his youngest son, born to his concubine Qin Yu. The Prince of Xiang was the daughter of Wu Gao, the general of the court, and was named Wu Xue, who gave birth to a daughter and a son for King Hunan. The Prince of Xiang was originally the wife Zhu Yuanzhang chose for the princes for the political purpose of winning over the court officials. However, although this Prince of Wu was not very beautiful, he was also a gentle, kind, tranquil and dignified woman, and was very respected and loved by the Prince of Xiang.

As for this concubine Qin Yu, he was a local woman whom the King of Xiang had taken refuge in Jingzhou after he was vassalized by the king of Xiang. He was very beautiful and graceful. He was most favored by him. The two had a deep relationship. At this time, the youngest son had just passed a hundred days. Shortly after the concubine Qin Yu gave birth, her former graceful and elegant figure had not yet fully recovered. At this time, she still felt a little round and jade-like feeling, but it was like a ripe peach, which became more charming.

Qin Yu sat on the brocade puncture with his beloved son in his arms, and Zhu Bai splashed ink and whispered his pen. Before his son could cry impatiently, a lifelike picture of a child was already drawn.

Zhu Bai put down his pen and laughed: "My beloved concubine, come, how about the portrait I painted for my son."

Qin Yu picked up his son, walked to the desk, bowed his head, a baby on the paper was fat, with a lotus root, and his arms and thighs were like lotus roots, and his mouth was cute. In Zhu Bai's pen, the baby was lively and almost jumped out of the paper, and his eyebrows, eyes, facial features, and expression were dynamic, just like a beloved son.

Qin Yu couldn't help but smile and looked back and said in a sweet voice: "People say that Your Highness is good at painting babies, but I only discovered your highness's ability today. Your Highness, our son has only been a hundred days old. Your Highness will often paint portraits of his son in the future, draw one a year, and I must keep it well."

Zhu Bo laughed silently: "Draw one picture a year, and after a few years, my son will be no longer a baby."

Qin Yu said unyieldingly: "Your Highness promises me."

Zhu Bai smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I will follow you. I won't agree to you if I have anything?"

As he said that, Zhu Bai leaned over and teased his beloved son. At this moment, an eunuch hurried in and reported: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Emperor has arrived."

Zhu Bo was stunned, his face changed slightly. The noise of the imperial court's reduction of the vassals was very disturbing. Who doesn't know about the vassals? The good nephew who was humble and filial in front of the uncles of the kings has now become the envoy of the kings, and no one is afraid of seeing his will. Zhu Bo said to Qin Yu nervously: "My beloved concubine, take the child back to the room to rest, I will go to receive the order."

Outside the Xiangwang Mansion, the imperial soldiers pretending to be merchants had surrounded the Xiangwang Mansion, and the weapons and weapons that were originally hidden in the trucks were also taken out. Huang Zhen, who was closed, was gradually setting the sunshine in the west, said to Yuan Tai uneasy: "Sir, will the Xiangwang bow down to confess? It has been more than an hour since we announced the imperial edict, but the palace gate is closed..."

Yuan Tai said confidently: "Don't worry, the guards of the Xiang Prince's Mansion are limited. Although the Xiang Prince is brave, what can he do? He has no other way, and he can only ask for apologies to the court to have a glimmer of hope. Isn't the time yet? Be patient and wait!"

The Xiang Prince's Mansion, the main concubine, the side concubine and even the subordinate officials of the Prince's Mansion were kneeling in front of the Xiang Prince and begging hard. The main concubine Wu cried and said, "Your Highness, your highness, you cannot do this dead end. It is not a big deal to open two more corner gates in the royal palace. Your Highness bowed to the court to confess his guilt and built the corner gate to death. Your Highness is the emperor's uncle. How can the emperor do anything to do for your Highness?"

Zhu Bo's eyebrows were filled with resentment and determination. At this moment, he had already put on a military uniform, white helmet and white armor, a sword under his ribs, and a lotus bow on his shoulders. He looked like he was going to fight. Even the white horse he used to riding when he charged into the battle was already covered in leather armor, with saddles and shackles, led by an old soldier.

Zhu Bai helped his wife up and laughed suddenly, "Don't say stupid words to you, the drunkard is not like drinking. My good nephew, don't care about Zhu Bai's opening another door? Hehe, he cares about me, Zhu Bai. I'll be his eye thorn in my life, and I'll try to pull it out quickly. Since he has been thinking about my great head day and night, I'll give it to him!"

Zhou Weiyong, the chief of the royal palace, looked pale and sweating, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Highness, it's not a big deal for your palace gate to exceed the rules. So he bowed to the emperor and confessed his guilt. I believe that the emperor could even stand up to him because of his sincere thoughts. Even if it doesn't work, he would just end up like King Zhou, King Qi, and King Dai. Why should he do this breakup?"

Zhou Changshi was really scared. He knew that Zhu Bo was strong in nature, but he didn't expect that Zhu Bo was so strong in nature. Zhu Bo liked to talk about military tactics and liked to practice martial arts. He had secretly built weapons in the royal palace to use. He was reported to the court and was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhu Bo admitted his mistake to the emperor with gentleness. Why was he so angry this time?

Zhou Weiyong piled up in front of Chengyun Hall and poured oil on firewood, and was extremely frightened. He failed to dissuade the prince when he was in a state of transgression. He was already guilty. If the prince really set fire, could he, the chief minister, run away? I was afraid that the emperor would peel him and suck his tendons.

After hearing Zhou Changshi's words, Zhu Bai laughed to the sky: "Hahaha, the emperor's urgent need to reduce the vassal states is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. He uses both soft and hard skills and fights one after another, but only forces me to confess my guilt. Once I wrote this apology, he can fulfill his heart and keep his hypocritical face of being extremely kind and filial, haha..."

The veteran who was holding a horse and falling from stirrups burst into tears and said in a singular voice: "Your Highness, let's go against it! As long as your Highness gives you an order, you will never hesitate!"

Zhu Bai chuckled and shook his head: "I don't rebel! Zhu Bai can't rebel! The court has prepared a lot. Do you think I can break through the siege? If I rebel, then my good nephew's wish will be fulfilled. Hey! I, Zhu Bai, don't let him do it!"

He turned to his princess and concubines, opened his arms, hugged them gently, and comforted softly: "As soon as I die, the world will be shocked. Due to the situation, my nephew, who is falsely kind and righteous, will definitely not dare to attack you orphans and widows again. In order to win people's hearts, your situation may be better than my unlucky brothers and families. My beloved concubine, don't be sad and raise my son well. My nephew will do anything against you, regardless of your family affection. Sooner or later... he will be retribution."

"Your Highness!" The two princesses shouted in despair. Zhu Bai ignored him again, turned around and shouted sternly: "Prepare the horse!"

The veteran pulled the horse in front of him with tears in tears, knelt down on one knee, Zhu Bai stepped on his knee with one foot, jumped onto the horse, and shouted, "Open the palace gate and raise the fire!"

"Boom..."

The palace gate opened, and the imperial soldiers blocked outside were in a state of chaos. They immediately held their shields tightly and raised crossbow arrows. However, no soldier rushed out of the palace. The palace gates opened one by one, and along the spacious and flat avenue, they saw the majestic and spectacular main hall of the Xiangwang Mansion "Chengyun Hall". With a "boom", a flame had already risen in Chengyun Hall.

Yuan Tai was shocked and said in a silence: "No! King Xiang is going to commit suicide! Hurry up, stop him!"

No matter how he ignored it, Yuan Tai lifted the skirt of the robe and staggered in. Huang Zhen didn't expect that today's order would force the prince to a dead end. He was so scared that his heart was beating and his knees became weak. Seeing Yuan Tai rushed in, many guards behind him also ran in. Then he realized that he came over and shouted tremblingly: "Wait... Wait for me..." and ran in.

King Zhu Bai of Hunan, with white helmet, white armor, riding a white horse, wearing swords and lotus bows, and red tassels on the helmet were trembling with heat waves caused by the burning of Chengyun Hall. He rode alone and stood in front of Chengyun Hall, and was frightened with contempt, Yuan Tai and a group of soldiers in various clothes, shouted sternly: "I, Zhu Bai, are the parent-child of Emperor Taizu! Taizu Bintian, as a son of man, I, Zhu Baiji, are not allowed to look at me, and I am not allowed to be buried. I am so sad that I have so much fun in my life? Now the emperor wants to ask about Zhu Bai's crime, and think that my grand Taizu's family, how can I bow down to the custodians and slaves in order to seek a way of survival! I have to survive and seek a way of survival, but I am not Zhu Bai! I would rather die than surrender!"

"drive!"

Zhu Bai suddenly rode his horse and whipped it, turned his head and ran straight towards Chengyun Hall.

"Your Highness!" Yuan Tai, who had not yet run to the front, saw Zhu Boru's moths rushing into Chengyun Hall, and quickly disappeared into the flames. He couldn't help but scream in despair.

"Your Highness! Since your highness is dead, how can I bear to be born alone? Since we cannot tolerate us in this world, let us meet in the spring!"

Princess Wu of Hunan took the hand of a son and a daughter, and his red eyes glared at Yuan Tai fiercely. The red flames reflected her face. The hatred and stern eyes were horrified that Yuan Tai couldn't help but take a few steps back. Wu turned around and held the hands of his children and ran towards Chengyun Hall.

"Your Highness! Sister!"

Qin Yu cried so hard that his hair was scattered. When he saw the princess rushing into Chengyun Hall without hesitation, he hugged his beloved son and rushed over to the increasingly fierce flames.

"Your Highness should not give up your humble position. You should follow Your Highness and lead your horse and stirrup for Your Highness!"

The veteran rushed in with a cry, and the head of the Xiangwang Palace was heartbroken: "It's over! It's over! The Xiangwang committed suicide. Whether the emperor took his anger on me or asked me to bear the crime of disrespect, I, Zhou Weiyong, have no good results. Instead of living and dying, it's better to follow the Xiangwang, at least... at least the history books can still retain my name as loyal and wise."

Thinking of this, Zhou Changshi bit his teeth, covered his face with his sleeve, and rushed towards the Chengyun Hall, which was no longer accessible to the flames.

The King of Xiang was extremely popular. For a moment, many grief-torn palace maids and servants, and the guards and officials followed the King of Xiang, one after another, and one after another. Huang Zhen and Yuan Tai stood there in a daze. Seeing such a tragic scene, they were so shocked that they could not speak.

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"Bastard! Bastard! He dared to commit suicide! He dared to commit suicide and trap me in an unjust place. How vicious it is, how vicious it is!"

Zhu Yun's face turned pale and she roared angrily.

Kobayashi was afraid of sweeping the tail of the tornado, so she stood aside and shivered habitually.

Fang Xiaoru said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, we didn't expect that King Xiang would... Your Majesty, now is not the time to get angry. The death of King Xiang will spread all over the world immediately. This matter cannot be hidden. We must think of a proper way to deal with the aftermath immediately. Otherwise, the crowd will be in a raging situation, and I am afraid the finger will be directed at Your Majesty."

Zhu Yun sat back on the chair and said helplessly: "What should I do? What should I do? I have not long since ascended the throne, and have demoted the kings, and now I have forced the King of Xiang, so why do I understand myself in the world?"

Huang Zicheng said heavily: "Your Majesty must not think so. If Your Majesty feels guilty and feels guilty of King Xiang at this time, then it will be really out of control and I really can't explain it to the people of the world."

Zhu Yun raised his head and said in a daze: "Well... what should I do in my opinion?"

On the Shengqi Tower, the prince consort of Huaiqing, Zhu Gaochi and others were drinking and chatting. The prince consort of Huaiqing, Wang Ning, wanted to distance himself from the Yan Palace at first, but Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to make friends with him on the grounds of his relatives. Zhu Yun also wanted to stay with the third son of the King of Yan and prevent them from causing trouble everywhere, so he hinted that Wang Ning could date him. Unexpectedly, after getting in touch, the two of them had similar talents and similar temperaments, and they actually became friends.

There were also several famous people in Nanjing during the meal. At this moment, several people were surrounding him and watching him make paintings. This man was called Bian Jin, and he was a famous painter in the world. At that time, he was a painter of Jing, because King Zhu Bai of Xiang was also good at painting. The two became friends very close to each other. He was recommended by the King of Xiang. He went to the capital and worked in the palace and became a palace painter. He reached the sky in one step and is now ranked among the "Three Forbidden Triumphs".

Bian Jin was taking advantage of the wine, and just as the window painted the scenery of Mochou Lake, a painting was slowly completed. The scenery of Mochou was collected on the paper. The people watching couldn't help but say it again and again. Zhu Gaochi raised his glass and loved the painting very much, so he said to Bian Jin: "Gaochi loves Mr. This masterpiece very much. I wonder if Mr. would be willing to give it to Gaochi?"

Bian Jin smiled happily and said, "I have no reason to refuse thanks to the favor of the prince. Let me give you a seal. Come on, take the seal."

The Border Mansion Book Children immediately brought a sandalwood box. As soon as the lid opened, there were four large seals inside. While taking out the large seal that "forbids the painter to enter" and dipped it in cinnabar ink. Just as they were about to print it upright on the painting, Zhu Gaoxu, who was originally playing downstairs, ran upstairs in panic and shouted, "It's not good, the King of Xiang... King of Xiang... The Twelve Uncle, it's right."

"Bang!" With a sound of "Bang!", Zhu Gaochi's wine glass fell to the ground and fell to pieces. His face was pale as paper. Everyone on the building was silent for a while. After a while, the prince-consort of Huaiqing, Wang Ning said suspiciously: "King Xiang... King Xiang? What's going on... are you talking about it quickly."

Zhu Gaoxu gasped and said, "The emperor issued an imperial edict to the whole world, and the list was posted on the street. I... I just arrived, so I ran back now. The list said, "

Zhu Gaosui ran up and said, "Second brother, I remember, I said. The list said: "Last year, the common people of Zhou slandered for evil, and wrote a poem about King Xiang, saying that he was a co-conspirator. I cannot bear to make a fuss about his faults because of his relatives. I only corrected the crimes of the common people of Zhou, but did not ask about his faults. However, King Xiang had ulterior motives and did not repent because of my kindness. King Qi and Wang Gui of the Qi Dynasty plotted against him, so he asked about his co-conspiracy with King Xiang, and also said that he had a co-conspiracy with King Xiang.
To be continued...