Bright Spring

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu lay on his back on the ground in order to reach out and move the incense table over to restore it to its original position.When he got half of his body into the hole, he yelled: "You guys are plotting to harm me!"

Then he jumped down the hole, stretched out his hand and pulled the floor tile outside, and covered the hole with his palm dragging the brick.He immediately followed the lights in the black hole and rushed up.

The tunnel is so small that people can't stand up at all, so they can only walk forward in a half-squat, hunched over. It's fine at first, but this posture will feel very tiring after a while.

The horizontal surface of the tunnel is square, and the upper, lower, left, and right sides are built with stone slabs, and the ground is very damp.The first part of the road was a downward slope, and the further the three of them walked, the deeper they went underground.

After walking for a while, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly thought that when Tai | Zu wanted to build the imperial city, he filled in the lake as the foundation.

In the past, this place was a lake called Yanque Lake.Liu Bowen, Tai|Zu's counselor, is a master of Feng Shui. He thinks that Yanque Lake is located at the head of Zhongshan Mountain, and it is the best place for Feng Shui in Jinling. If the Zhu family lived here, it would be able to maintain prosperity for at least three hundred generations; it is a pity that this The place is a lake, how to build a palace?

This kind of problem can't stop Tai | Zu's determination. He established the Ming Dynasty, and he planned to last at least 1000 years. What if the imperial city's feng shui is not good?So Taizu sent 20 craftsmen from military households to start filling the lake.

When Tai|Zu built the foundation of the imperial city, he also built a large number of drainage channels, including positive channels on the ground and underground channels.

The secret passage that Zhu Gaoxu is squatting on now may be one of the underground drainage channels built.But the function of this canal is not drainage, but a secret passage arranged among many canals.Perhaps Tai|Zu thought too much about future generations, and hoped that if something happened to the palace one day, his descendants would still be able to escape through a secret path and go out to recruit troops to serve the king.

Unexpectedly, Tai|Zu's layout really came in handy. Four years after his death, his grandson took this secret path and ran away.A few years later, another grandson, Zhu Gaoxu, also took this secret path and ran away.

The three of them walked downhill, stepped on the stagnant water, and entered a flat and straight canal.The surrounding stones are very damp, and the wet water gathers into water droplets, dripping into Zhu Gaoxu's neck from time to time, which is icy cold and piercing | bone.

The half-squatting legs have begun to feel sore|soft, and the breathing is not smooth, feeling very stuffy and depressed|depressed.In the silent darkness, their heavy and deep|long breathing sounds filled the air.

I don't know how long I walked, the flat road came to an end, and the slope ahead became very steep, and it was an upward slope.However, stone steps were actually built on the slope. It seems that this secret passage was really for people to walk from when it was built, not for drainage.

When Zhu Gaoxu walked uphill, he heard the slight sound of running water, but he couldn't see clearly where the stagnant water in the tunnel was flowing.He walked up the stone steps and said, "Miaojin, give me the lantern, I'll walk in the middle, my strength will be better."

Miao Jin handed over the lantern as she said, and Zhu Gaoxu also moved forward.Then Miao Jin began to climb up the stone steps with hands and feet. At this time, she should understand what Zhu Gaoxu meant when he said "he has better physical strength". .

Chapter 345 I Was Forced

Jin Zhong shouted: "King of Han, you come out first, the prince is coming soon, you can discuss anything with the prince!"

There was no response at all from Fengxian Hall. Jin Zhong waited for a while, then called out again: "King of Han?"

"King of Han, are you listening to the officials?"

Except for Jin Zhong's shout, there was a dead silence in the courtyard of Fengxian Hall.Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, and Tan Qing looked at each other, feeling that the situation was a bit strange.Fortunately, before waiting for a while, the prince arrived outside Fengxian Hall in a chariot.

With the support of eunuch Haitao and another eunuch, the prince walked out of the car with difficulty.When he walked outside the main hall, Jin Zhong cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, it was confirmed earlier that the King of Han entered Fengxian Hall, but there was no sound from inside for a while."

The prince then shouted: "Gao Xu, come out and talk to me! How can you mess around in the palace like this and disturb your ancestors in Fengxian Hall? Hurry up and go out, and follow me to my father and mother to plead guilty and admit my mistake."

However, there was still no response from Fengxian Hall.Guo Zi, who came up, whispered, "Isn't the King of Han not in Fengxian Hall?"

Jin Zhong immediately said quietly: "How is it possible, has he grown wings?"

At this moment, the prince suddenly said: "Break away! Lift the car I'm sitting in, and hit it!"

Jin Zhong was taken aback when he heard this, and was stunned for a moment.Tan Qing gave an order and took the soldiers to the gate of the courtyard to pick up the chariot.The chariot was used by people of high status in the palace every day. It had no horses and was pulled by people. Its structure was relatively simple, but there were load-bearing wooden beams on the back and two wheels on the bottom, which could indeed be used to hit the gate.

But what surprised people was not hitting the door with a chariot, but the order of the prince.In Jin Zhong's impression, when the Holy Majesty was alive, the crown prince was very timid, he was as cautious as a frightened bird, and he was more obedient and disciplined than all the princes and clans.However, the prince didn't hesitate at all right now, and just asked someone to break open the door of the temple where the ancestors were worshiped. It was a completely different person from before.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..." A group of soldiers pushed the chariot together and rammed it against the gate of Fengxian Hall.

The temple gate is made of thick wood, of course it cannot be compared with the city gate and palace gate.It is not easy for one person to break open, many people work together, and soon the door of the temple will be opened.

Tan Qing and other soldiers first visited Fengxian Hall, Tan Qing turned his head and said, "There is no one inside!"

Jin Zhong and the others were all surprised.The crown prince entered Fengxian Hall first, followed by Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing, Hai Tao and others.There is only one room in this hall, and the scene inside is clear at a glance... Except for the few people who just came in, there is not even a single person in the hall.

For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded, and no one could say a word.In the main hall that can be seen at a glance, there is no place where people can hide.

The prince and others were facing the ancestor's spiritual seat, and they didn't even care about the etiquette, maybe everyone didn't think of it.This place was instantly shrouded in an atmosphere of bewilderment and surprise.

Looking around, everyone found that the hall was surrounded by walls without even a single window; Tan Qing also looked up at the beams and glazed tile roof... Does he really think that the King of Han has wings?

At this time, Guo Zi knelt down in front of Tai | Ancestor's spiritual tablet, and everyone came back to their senses and hurriedly kowtowed at the spiritual tablet.However, Guo Zi was not saluting. He crawled under the case and said suddenly: "Just after I got off the job, I found that there is dust here. The floor tiles have indeed been moved. Pass something here."

Tan Qing was so surprised when he visited the main hall just now and found no one. He also forgot to take off the waist knife when he entered the hall, which happened to come in handy at this time.He took off the scabbard and Yanling Saber together, and handed it to Guo Zi.

After a while, Guo Zi pried open a tile on the ground and exclaimed in surprise, "There is a tunnel!"

Everyone in the hall was shocked.Jin Zhong felt a "buzz" in his head, and his heart went blank for a moment, and he knelt on the ground as if his whole body had been hollowed out by something.

To grasp the King of Han's deployment today, a group of ministers in the Eastern Palace repeatedly deliberated and planned last night, and there were two layouts, each of which was almost determined to win!

Originally, it was expected that the king of Han would be fascinated when he entered the Wenlou. An accident happened, and a small eunuch suddenly appeared. There is actually a tunnel under the First Highness! ?

How could it happen that Fengxian Hall had a tunnel?Even if there was, no one knew about it at all, so how could the King of Han know? !The crown prince has lived in the palace for several years without knowing it. How can a vassal king of Han know such a thing?

...This is a situation that is completely unexpected, and no one is prepared for it.So everyone knelt down in front of Tai | Ancestor's spiritual tablet. For a while, no one said a word, and they couldn't react at all. In an instant, people were still immersed in shock.

Prince Zhu Gaochi's heart was overwhelmed, as if he had knocked over a five-flavored bottle.

It turns out that being hated by someone is much more uncomfortable than hating someone else yourself.

In the past, when Gao Xu was in the capital, he used Junyingcao to poison his elder brother. Zhu Gaochi was quite injured, because the person who poisoned him was a brother born to his parents.If you can't even trust your parents and brothers in this world, who else can you trust?Being betrayed by something in this world is the most painful...Dear one!

So after all these years, Zhu Gaochi still hasn't completely forgiven what his second brother did.

But now, what would Gao Xu think?Gao Xu must be resentful towards his elder brother, and he is planning to put him to death!Gao Xu would definitely not believe the words that he would catch Gao Xu and go to his mother's queen, admit his mistakes and settle the matter; Gao Xu would believe that even if his elder brother didn't kill him on the spot, he would lock him up for life.

As for Gao Xu's ability, Zhu Gaochi knew it well after being his big brother for so many years.This matter has obviously become very serious so far!Zhu Gaochi is now in an absolutely superior situation, and he is actually a little scared in his heart.

Hating others and being hated by others is really a completely different feeling.Although hating others is wronged and uncomfortable, but I know in my heart that it is others who are wrong, and I will not blame myself...

But being hated by others is not the same. It was me who was wrong. Zhu Gaochi did something that even he thought was too much, which was to hurt his relatives!Not only does he feel that others will blame him, but even Zhu Gaochi himself finds it difficult to find peace of mind.

Therefore, not being forgiven by yourself is the saddest thing.

For a moment, Zhu Gaochi desperately said in his heart: I was forced!I don't want to become what I am now... I used to only want to be loved by my mother and approved by my father. Even if my father only gave me a positive look, I would be happy for days.

There is nothing more important in this world than the affection of family members and the warmth of loved ones.I just want to do things that make my parents happy, and I want my brothers and sisters to respect me as a big brother.

But what did you do to me?

Hate me, despise me, hate me!I concentrate on pleasing you every day carefully, for fear of doing something wrong, for fear that you will be unhappy, but is it useful?

I finally understand, it's not that I did anything wrong, but that you hate me from the bottom of your heart!I shouldn't have been born in this world, and I shouldn't be of noble royal blood. I've dishonored you and ruined your face; but I'm still the eldest son, which makes it difficult for you.

The brothers stared at each other, second brother, you are so powerful, why don't you go to heaven?You have done so much, you should be the heir!Third brother, you are so well-behaved, everyone likes you, and you should be the one who is favored by your father's hard work!

But have you ever thought about the big brother?As the eldest son, I was born with a status. If I don't get that position, I will be a threat|threat by nature. Is there a way for the whole family to survive?

Perhaps, I should have gone | to die!Only after death can everyone be happy.

Zhu Gaochi's face flushed | flushed, his whole body was trembling | another cold voice faintly emerged from the depths of his soul, that voice would pop out from time to time, more than once, but it was so common that he couldn't find it.