Factory owner is king

Chapter 2
Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and ruled the world for 31 years. During these 31 years, he basically only did two things, making rules and killing people.

He first set up rules for his own world and for his descendants, and then killed those who violated the rules.It's just that I don't know how he analyzed it. He thinks that those who have the ability to violate the rules should also die.So the rebellious Hu Weiyong died, and Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu, who were able to rebel, also died.

In these 31 years, he can be described as a veritable murderer.

As long as he wants to kill someone, that person is basically dead.But in fact, there is still one and a half people in this world who can stop her. The first person is Empress Ma, and only Zhu Yuanzhang can really listen to Empress Ma's consolation, without suspicion, because he knows that this old wife's heart will always be there. by myself.But it is a pity that Queen Ma went there in Hongwu 15 years. This is bad news for Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is even more bad news for civil and military officials who lived in Hongwu 15 years to Hongwu 31 years.

After the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts went to an extreme. He wanted to leave an iron-clad country for his son Zhu Biao.Zhu Biao is the only son of Empress Ma, and Zhu Yuanzhang's love for Zhu Biao is also true.But unfortunately, they seem to be people from two worlds.Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Huaiyou commoner, saw through benevolence, justice and morality, and was a realistic person, while Zhu Biao, who grew up in the hands of a group of civil servants, was full of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

These civil servants are not as smart as Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't reason with you, he talks about knives with you, so they changed their target.They assimilated Zhu Biao into one of their own, and then asked Zhu Biao to stop his father.

In a sense, what they did was right. This plan has two elements. First, Zhu Yuanzhang will not kill Zhu Biao anyway; second, Zhu Biao must be the future emperor. It would be nice to wait until Zhu Biao succeeds to the throne.

It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang really wouldn't kill Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao himself was scared to death by Zhu Yuanzhang.This year is the 25th year of Hongwu.

Zhu Biao's death was a blow to the civil official group, because their investment failed.But there are only two people in this world who are really sad about Zhu Biao's death: his father Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Yunqi.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, there is only one thing he can do, or make up for, is to transfer his love for Zhu Biao to his son, his grandson Zhu Yunqi.For this reason, while his other sons were still there, he made the 15-year-old Zhu Yunqi the emperor's grandson and let him inherit the country.

As for Zhu Yunqi, it seemed that all he could do was mourn silently by himself.

It stands to reason that a 15-year-old boy is already considered a man, but Zhu Yunqi, who grew up in a deep palace compound, did not realize this. He only knew that his father, who protected him from the wind and rain, had gone.My own life will also change.

When the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to kill, and it is also a good opportunity to plot.If you're looking for someone to do some intrigue, now is a good time.

At this moment, 24 chairs are surrounded by the dry well of Tianmen, and the dry well has been covered by a flat bluestone slab, turning into a simple square table.

In the small courtyard that was originally empty, at some point, a person came, found a chair and sat down.After a while, another person came.They didn't say hello to each other, they just sat quietly.And then another, and another, until 24 chairs were filled.It was really dark, and there was no one to light the lamps, and the faces of the 24 people could not see each other clearly.

24 people sat quietly, sitting.

a long time.A person said: "Check your identity." I don't know who said it.

But after he finished speaking, everyone grabbed his chest, and then threw them on the bluestone table in the middle.

"Papa, papa..." After a series of noises, 24 gold medals appeared on the table, criss-crossed vertically and horizontally, forming a picture of the Eight Diagrams, surrounded by some stars.

"Old Liu" said another voice, "Your identity is correct, let's talk about it."

"Old Sect Master Ren is gone." The original voice sounded again. "We have left a successor for us to take care of, named Xu Yunzheng. This is the first thing."

"First thing, is there anything else?"

"Ah" with a clear cough, "the inheritance of our Tianmen under this dry well, the old gatekeeper also left it to Xu Yunzheng. Everyone knows that the institution of Tianmen Digong inheritance is either opened with these 24 gold medals, or The owner of the door used a mechanism to open it, and now the mechanism is left to Xu Yunzheng."

"What? You want to ask the agency?" A rough voice suddenly interrupted the former. "I believe the old sect master is gone. If you want to say that the old sect master is dead... Hehehe, aren't you afraid of losing your head? Maybe the old sect master is nearby."

"After listening to what our family said, why are you so anxious, fourth child..."

"Hmph, I'm sorry you don't have the courage," the rough voice replied.

"The meaning of the old sect master, this inheritance, the small sect master's skill is not yet achieved, even if he knows the mechanism, he can't open it, and when his skill is achieved, he doesn't know when it will happen. Let us not care about it, and don't move it. It is not a last resort. Don't come here again."

There was another silence. . . .

"The old sect master's kindness to us is as great as a mountain, and there are sect rules, there is nothing to say."

"Today, our family just wants to take you to meet the little sect master, and then pave a way for him. At least there is a direction, isn't it? By the way, let's talk about our future path."

"That's right to the point. But our family's brains are slow, brothers, let's talk about it first?"

"You must meet the little sect master first, right?"

"The little sect master is nearby, and I will call him over later and hurry up. Let's talk about our business first."

"Zhu Chongba doesn't believe in us eunuchs, and he can do everything alone. The road is not easy to walk, and it is not easy to survive."

"There are always things he can't control. The Nuoda palace belongs to him, but isn't it also our 24 prison?"

"That's right, even if he is old Zhu with eight eyes and ears, he is not immortal. I think the group of big turbans outside the palace have a good way, aiming at his next generation. If they can do it, don't we know how to learn it? "

"Lao Qi is right. I think Zhu Yunxuan is the way to go. Vice Sect Master Ma also wanted to take this way at the beginning, but he went to Beiping and voted for King Yan. This is a bit incomprehensible."

"Let's not talk about Beiping, we have to walk the road of Zhu Yunqi. Think about it, how about putting the little sect master next to him? How should we let him go? Think about it too."

In the chatter, an idea came up.

"Cough cough" the voice from the beginning sounded again, "Leave the rest first, let me ask, brother fourteen?"

"Huh?" A soft voice answered.

"You kill Zhu Biao to make sure there are no mistakes..."

"Ha ha ha ha ha" a gloomy laugh, "Don't worry, this Bone Bone Master has been practicing for more than 40 years. Unless they dig up Zhu Biao's body and leave it for another month, they will find that his bones are broken. Don't worry." Bar"

"Be careful sailing for thousands of years. It's also the fault of those big headscarves, telling Zhu Biao all day long that we are eunuchs. Zhu Biao is also stupid, so he has to believe it. There is nothing we can do."

"I see, don't tell the little sect master about this, it will rot in our stomachs."

"What the third child said is..."

"Third brother is right..."

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On a dark and windy night, the discussion in Dry Well Garden was still going on. In a small house not far from the garden, Xu Yunzheng sat cross-legged, with his five hearts in the sky, silently practicing his Tiangang Boy Skill.Now he is taking all the time to practice kung fu, first practicing Tiangang Boy Kung Fu, accumulating internal strength, and then using the internal power of Boy Kung Fu to supplement the Bone Zen Divine Kung Fu.He found that after walking around like this with his inner strength, Bai Gu Chan's kung fu has improved, and the body-protecting true energy of the boy's kung fu seems to have become more solid.But I don't know if it's an illusion, but he always feels something is wrong. He seems to feel that he has become more handsome. It's not accurate to say handsome. It should be feminine beauty. Secondly, there seems to be a cold feeling in his inner strength, which is not cold. , more like an evil aura.But he didn't care about that either.I am already a eunuch, so I am not afraid of changing my gender.

After practicing for about an hour, Xu Yunzheng slowly closed his skills and opened his eyes.

It has been three days since I left Ren Xiao and was taken away by the brocade eunuch.During these three days, the Jinpao eunuch didn't give him any tasks, but just let him practice at ease first, still in the original small courtyard.I didn't bring him here until after dinner this afternoon and asked him to wait a while.This wait is two hours.

"I don't know when I'll have to wait," Xu Yunzheng thought silently.

At this moment, he saw the brocade robed eunuch walk into the house and waved: "Come with us."

"Yes" Xu Yunzheng answered, got up and followed behind the brocade eunuch.

With three turns and two turns, the two of them walked back to the Dry Well Garden.Xu Yunzheng squinted his eyes, trying to see clearly the people sitting in front of him, but unfortunately he still couldn't see clearly.

The two stood still, only to hear a voice from among the people sitting, "Is this the little sect master?"

The brocade eunuch replied, "Yes, that's him. We've all seen each other, so let's go. Anyway, the discussion is over. Nothing else to do?"

As soon as the words fell, the rough voice from before sounded again, "There is a small matter"

"What?" The eunuch in brocade robe looked at one of the figures.

"The name of the little sect master is not good, it is too loud. Xu Yunzheng, Zhu Chongba doesn't like us slaves to have good names. It's a taboo."

"En..." The Jinpao eunuch nodded, "The fourth one is still careful." After thinking for a while, the Jinpao eunuch said again, "Let's call Xu Ruyi. That's fine, let's leave if you have nothing to do. The rest of our family will get along with you." The little gatekeeper said."

'That's how the name was changed!Didn't even ask me! ! 'Xu Yunzheng roared inwardly, but there was nothing wrong.

The figures gradually dispersed, without going through the door, the figures flashed, went into the room and passed the wall.Xu Yunzheng still didn't see their faces.Oh, it's time to call Xu Ruyi.

Seeing the figures disappear, the eunuch in brocade robe said, "Okay, little sect master, the old sect master left and left you behind, so our family will give you a way. By the way, our family name is Liu, You don’t need to know the identity of the palace master, Tianmen Tianzi Hall.”

"Eh..." Xu Ruyi quietly raised her head and looked at Eunuch Liu beside her.

Eunuch Liu looked at him, and then said, "You don't have to answer, just listen quietly."

After a moment of silence, Eunuch Liu said, "After the Tianmen is in your hands, you have the responsibility of inheriting it. The old door master gave you kung fu and the underground palace below. Our brothers want to send you to Zhu Yunqi." On the side, I will give you power. At this time, life for us rootless people is difficult, and we can only find a way from him. Prince Zhu Biao has just passed away, and now all the princes are in the capital. Every day, you take the broom in your house and go to the imperial garden to sweep it every day. I will show you around the palace in a while. Our brothers will try to give you a chance in this imperial garden, but The specific response depends on you. It depends on your good fortune. Remember, your identity on the surface is a young eunuch who has just entered the palace, and you are assigned to the Jingu Supervisor to be in charge of sweeping the imperial garden. Do you understand? ?”

"Yes, Ruyi understands." Xu Ruyi nodded quickly.

"Well, it's good to understand." Mrs. Liu was very satisfied when she heard Xu Yunzheng claiming to be Ruyi.She nodded, turned around and walked out of the small courtyard, and began to guide Xu Ruyi to familiarize herself with the palace.

Is the palace big?
According to historical records, it covers an area of ​​100 million square meters.If you want to walk thoroughly, one night is definitely not enough, and you have to walk for half a month anyway.Eunuch Liu obviously didn't have that time either.He led Xu Ruyi to recognize the location of the three main halls and the imperial garden, and also led him to recognize where Shang Shanjian eats and a few key locations. After all, a young eunuch cannot be served and delivered all the time, which will arouse suspicion.

After visiting these places, I told him a lot of rules in the palace, and then sent him back to his yard, but the place of residence remained the same.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Xu Ruyi, Eunuch Liu also left.Before leaving, he finally said, "From tomorrow onwards, no one will bring you food, so don't show off your martial arts easily. The rest is up to you, and we will find you if there is anything to do."

Watching Eunuch Liu leave, looking at the time, it was already the fourth watch.Xu Ruyi was also really tired.No matter how strong the spirit is, no matter how good the kung fu is, after all, the body is still a nine-year-old child.After tidying up briefly and wiping her face, Xu Ruyi fell into a deep sleep. . . .

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It has been three months since Zhu Biao, that is, Prince Yiwen, died, and all the princes and kings have also rushed to the capital.Just three days ago, Zhu Yuanzhang officially established the identity of the grandson of Emperor Zhu Yunwen.For the 15-year-old Zhu Yunqi, he probably knew that this should be a good thing, but he couldn't be happy.Father went, and every time he met with his uncles, especially the fourth uncle Yan Wang Zhu Di, he always felt uncomfortable.

The fourth uncle has a cheerful and bold personality, and his temperament is most like his grandfather, but for some reason, he always feels that the eyes of the fourth uncle looking at him seem to be mixed with something else, which is pitiful, and seems to be jealous, which is more similar. . . .Like eating him.He can feel it, but he can't say it.Grandpa Huang liked him, but Grandpa Huang also liked his fourth uncle who had experienced many battles.He didn't know what to do. . .

It was another night, and the entire palace was silent.

Zhu Yunwen, who was lying on the bed, heard that the maids and eunuchs serving him outside the house were already fast asleep, so he quietly got up and got out of bed.He simply put on some clothes and walked out of the palace.

He was walking around completely subconsciously. He didn't know where he was going. He only knew that walking around would make him feel better.It's not the first time I wandered around in the middle of the night.Anyway, no one in this deep palace compound will harm me.

The bright moonlight shone on Zhu Yunwen's face, and there was some melancholy and sadness on his refined face.He is not tall, only about 1.5 meters, and his body is extremely thin with a simple white inner lining.Zhu Yunwen's body was not strong at all, plus he had fasted for seven days for his father, and his body became thinner and weaker. . .

Walking and walking, Zhu Yunqi raised his head suddenly, and found himself in the imperial garden, "It's good to look at the flowers and birds." . . . '

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunqi stepped into the imperial garden.

"It's still so beautiful, it's still so quiet" Zhu Yunwen thought to himself.As far as the eye can see, it is a typical royal garden.The palace road promenade shuttles through the garden. On both sides of the promenade are strange mountains and rocks, which are located on the green grass and surrounded by flowers.There is a small river flowing in the middle, and the crane and sika deer roam freely. Of course, these animals have already fallen asleep at the moment.The palace people have also gone to sleep.

Looking forward, there is a small gazebo, and a little boy is fishing with a fishing rod, so innocent and rotten. . . . . . . . '? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! '

Zhu Yunwen was stunned, "What the hell?!"

Take a closer look, on the fence of the small gazebo, a boy in a eunuch's robe is quietly fishing with a simple fishing rod.There was no one around, and the child's face was gritted. . . .

Who is the boy?It is none other than Xu Yunzheng from before, and Xu Ruyi from now.

Xu Ruyi is also gone.Sweeping around with a broom in the imperial garden during the day, I was already very tired. I spent more than a month recovering from my injuries, and I didn't think about eating, nor did I care much about diet.But it's different now. There is hope for the day, coupled with the tiredness, the appetite is particularly strong.But God didn't fulfill his wish.He has really suffered these two days.The food given to these low-level eunuchs is unpalatable, even if it does not show how unpalatable the food is.There are more strangers.It doesn't matter if there are too many people, and it's not impossible to squeeze together to eat.The key is that the taste is unbearable.Many eunuchs had a faint air of anger.This is natural, some people have it, some people don't.High-status eunuchs would wear some aromatherapy to cover their bodies, and eunuchs who were good at kung fu would tuck in the muscles of their lower abdomen to avoid the smell. Xu Ruyi just discovered this method.The low-level eunuchs who ate together in the key cafeteria did not have these conditions, that taste. . . .It's hard to say.Not to mention eating, even if he didn't vomit, Xu Ruyi was determined.

One day or two is easy to say, but today he really can't stand it anymore.He also thought about going to the kitchen to steal some food at night, but he thought too much.Running around at night is not allowed in the palace, but there is one exception, and that is the imperial dining room.There are three shifts in this place. After all, no one can tell if any master is hungry. . .

After thinking about it, Xu Ruyi thought of a way.He built a small earthen stove in his small courtyard.There is chopping wood and so on.Just make a barbecue with all the ingredients.He can't steal food, but stealing some salt is fine.

The ingredients and utensils are all finished, and the food is short.He thought and thought, and finally took aim at the koi in the pond in the imperial garden.It's not that he is bold, he has also stepped on it and thought it over carefully.First of all, there should be no one here at night. After all, people usually don’t do things at night to enjoy the flowers and gardens. Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang’s workaholic temperament would not have such a leisurely mind.In the end, the koi in the pond are fat and big, easy to catch, and no one will notice even if there are ten or twenty missing, let alone one or two.

It has to be said that these are logically correct, five fish were caught in just a quarter of an hour, and no one noticed. . .

"You!" Zhu Yunqi shouted, "Who are you? You are so brave! What are you doing?"

Xu Ruyi was startled, and the fishing rod in her hand dropped immediately.The lower abdomen, which was always tightened, also felt a spasm at this moment.The crotch is slightly cooler. . .

'calm! Xu Ruyi pulled herself together, turned her head to look, and saw a thin boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a single shirt, standing not far from him, looking at him.

'Man, poor clothes, low status, thin, I can beat him! 'Anyway, I have been a gangster for 30 years in my previous life, so I still have this insight.Xu Ruyi immediately felt relieved after reaching the above conclusion.He stared back, "Hey! Where are you from, brother, which prison is the 24th prisoner? You are so bold, wandering around at night, how dare you scare me?!"

Xu Ruyi's first attack was really shocking. Zhu Yunqi was taken aback. He had never seen black and white words even bluffing and intimidating. He was thinking about how he should respond when Xu Ruyi spoke again.

"There is no root in the world is a family, you and I meet late at night is also fate. As the saying goes, a thousand miles away to eat fish, Confucius also said that the meeting will be divided into half, I invite you to eat fish, and then how about we forget each other in the rivers and lakes?" Xu Ruyi said, She stepped forward and hugged Zhu Yunwen, and walked to her yard with the fish in her arms.Xu Ruyi's move is called continuous hitting and pulling.In her previous life, Xu Ruyi didn't have much skill, but she was good at making friends at the wine table.Basically, if you have a meal with him, your friends dare not tell you, and you will have a friendship. . .

Zhu Yunwen looked at what the little eunuch who was one head shorter than him said was covered in clouds and mist. He was in a daze for a while, and it was also funny. He was also a little hungry in his stomach. Coupled with a little stimulation of rebellion, he followed Xu Ruyi into his small courtyard half-pushed and half-heartedly. .

Everything in the small yard is ready-made, except for lighting a fire and handling fish.After entering the small courtyard, Xu Ruyi became more courageous. To put it bluntly, if it was impossible to kill the little eunuch next to her, no one would know.Of course, it's better not to kill. It's not necessary to kill a person to solve the problem with a meal, and it's very troublesome to dispose of the corpse. .

"You go make a fire, I'll finish the fish, and we'll chat while eating." Xu Ruyi said it very naturally, as if she brought a younger brother to a restaurant.

"Uh... I can't." Zhu Yunwen scratched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.If you think about it, it seems pretty embarrassing not being able to make a fire.No, it should be very embarrassing. Zhu Yunwen's face turned a little red.

"Here, I'll teach you." It's easy to learn how to light a fire. Xu Ruyi learned it after watching it once in the imperial kitchen, but it was just too troublesome and he didn't want to do it.He didn't have any doubts about Zhu Yunqi's inability to make fire.Although Zhu Yunwen is tall, but his face is young, at first he thought he was fifteen or sixteen years old, but he is so thin, maybe he was born tall?It's normal to not know how to make a fire, maybe he is a small follower of some general manager or something, each has a job in the palace, so it's normal not to know how to cook.

While talking, Xu Ruyi took out two pieces of flint from her bosom, hit it twice with "chacha", and a few sparks popped out.

"See~" Xu Ruyi said while doing it, "When hitting sparks, stay closer to the firewood in the stove, let the sparks splash on the firewood, you see the meaning of the firewood, you blow slowly, the wind helps You always know the fire..."

Zhu Yunxuan looked very carefully, nodded repeatedly, reached out to take the flint in Xu Ruyi's hand, and got busy.

"Well... a child can be taught." Like a senior, Xu Ruyi nodded very maturely, then went into the house to fetch a basin of water, took a knife and began to handle the fish in his hand. . . .

In the quiet night, everything seemed orderly.It was already a quarter of an hour when they set up the fish, lighted the fire and started eating. . . . .

(End of this chapter)