Prince of the Qing Dynasty

Hearing that Suo'etu agreed, Yinreng was happy, and asked Suo'etu again: "Uncle, grandpa, can you take me to see Zhu Fangdan tonight?"

He was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and besides, he had to go back after going out of the palace after a long time, and it would be very troublesome to see Zhu Fangdan again tomorrow.

Suo'etu pondered for a while, then said: "I'm afraid it's not easy for the minister to see Zhu Fangdan. But if the crown prince wants to see Zhu Fangdan, it's probably not that difficult."

No matter how tortuous the process was, Yinfeng finally met Zhu Fangdan in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhu Fangdan is a prisoner on death row, alone in a cell at the end of the corridor.

Seeing Zhu Fangdan, Yinreng felt relieved, he asked Suo'etu to go out and wait, and he asked Shi Mo to stay in the passage to prevent anyone from approaching the cell, but Suo'etu refused to go out: "How can I leave the prince here alone? This is too dangerous!"

Yinfeng laughed: "Grandpa is worrying too much! It doesn't matter, I just said a few words to him, and I will come out soon. Besides, there are many jailers here, what big things can happen!"

Yinreng insisted on meeting Zhu Fangdan alone, but Suo'etu's persuasion was useless, so he had to go out according to Yinreng's wishes, and the same group of jailers were waiting outside.

Seeing that there were no other people waiting, Yinfeng turned around and faced the prison. He silently looked at Zhu Fangdan who was sleeping soundly in the straw pile for a while, and then signaled Shi Mo to open the prison door with the key.

The sound of the key opening the cell door was evident in the silent passage, and this sound obviously woke Zhu Fangdan up.With his back to the cell door, Zhu Fangdan could feel someone staring at him, he didn't panic, he just sat up slowly, turned around to see who opened his cell door.

In front of the prison door, there was a girl standing, Zhu Fangdan took a closer look, the girl's bannerman costume didn't look like ordinary people, she was either rich or expensive.Moreover, after the girl opened the door, she saluted very respectfully to her right side.

It was only then that Zhu Fangdan noticed that there was another person standing outside the cell door, but this person was standing in the shadows, and he couldn't see his face and figure clearly, let alone the identity of this person.

"May I ask who you are?" Zhu Fangdan opened his mouth.

Yinfeng smiled slightly, motioned Shi Mo to return the key to the jailer, and then asked her to continue guarding the passage.He himself walked out of the shadows slowly, entered the prison, and stood in front of Zhu Fangdan. The candle in the prison was dimly lit, but Yinfeng happened to be standing in the candlelight, so he saw Zhu Fangdan clearly by the candlelight. clearly.

At first glance, Yinfeng only had one impression. This Zhu Fangdan was not good-looking, but his temperament was not bad. He looked like a scholar. He remembered Suo'etu said that Zhu Fangdan used to be a medical practitioner.

Yinfeng is looking at Zhu Fangdan, and Zhu Fangdan is also looking at him.

By candlelight, Zhu Fangdan took a good look at the young man in brocade clothes and fine clothes in front of him. He thought in his heart, the little girl just now seemed to be the young man's maid, but he didn't know that the handsome man in front of him Who is this young man with a handsome figure?

"May I ask who the young master is? Why do you come here late at night?" Zhu Fangdan was puzzled. He was going to die in a few days, and suddenly such a young master came to see him late at night. Disaster.

Yinfeng smiled, and asked without answering: "I heard that Mr. Zhu has met Prince Yu, presumably Mr. Zhu also knows Changquan, the elder brother of Prince Yu's mansion?"

Zhu Fangdan had met Prince Yu Fuquan, but not Changquan. Hearing this young man's voice, his heart moved, and he remembered an old incident, and there was a touch of surprise in his eyes when he looked at Yinfeng: "It turns out that your honor is From Prince Yu's Mansion? Could it be that your honor is the elder brother of the Prince's Mansion?"

He traveled to the capital many years ago, was lucky enough to go to Prince Yu's mansion, and happened to save Prince Yu's Fujin side. The elder brother's birth is due to him. Could it be that Prince Yu thought of something when he saw that his death was approaching? , let the elder brother Changquan come to rescue him?

Yinfeng laughed again: "Mr. Zhu is wrong. I am not Brother Changquan. I just heard from others that Mr. Zhu saved Brother Changquan's life many years ago, and he was also kind to him. Yes. So I just asked, I didn’t expect that Mr. Zhu had never seen Brother Changquan. So, Mr. Zhu has not been to Prince Yu’s mansion again in these years?"

Zhu Fangdan was a little disappointed when he heard Yinreng say that he was not the eldest brother in the palace, and then looked at Yinreng with vigilance in his eyes. He knew everything well, and when he talked about the elder brother of Prince Yu's mansion, he spoke in a familiar tone. Zhu Fangdan really couldn't figure out Yinreng's identity, so he refused to say anything.

Seeing Zhu Fangdan's silence, Yinreng smiled immediately. He didn't intend to hide his identity at first: "Mr. Zhu, my name is Yinreng. I came here tonight because I have something to talk to you about."

Yinfeng?Isn't this the taboo name of the crown prince today?

The crown prince is very good, why did you come here late at night to see him?Zhu Fangdan still didn't believe that he could have such a big influence.He looked at Yinfeng suspiciously, not believing his words.

Seeing that Zhu Fangdan refused to believe him, Yinreng smiled again, untied his purse from his waist, took out his private seal from it and handed it to Zhu Fangdan: "Mr. Zhu can read the words on it, right?"

Zhu Fangdan took it over and took a look. The private seal was hung with bright yellow tassels, and the words "Master Yuqing" were engraved on it. He had just seen this, and he heard Yinfeng laughing: "Mr. Zhu probably doesn't know the name of the palace where I live. It's called Yuqing Palace. There is no other place with this seal, and only here in the world."

This time, Zhu Fangdan couldn't help but not believe it, he suddenly thought that he was a prisoner on death row, who else in the world would dare to come to see him late at night except the emperor?

Zhu Fangdan hurriedly knelt down, and respectfully raised the private seal above his head with both hands and returned it to Yinfeng: "The criminals are terrified, and I have offended His Royal Highness just now. The small people deserve death!"

Yinreng took the private seal and put it back in his purse. Hearing this, he laughed and said: "Mr. Zhu, you are already dying, and you still joke like this. How can you die ten thousand times? You'll get it if you die once!"

"It's the sinner's fault that he still thinks His Royal Highness is the elder brother of Prince Yu's mansion," Zhu Fangdan said in the face of Yinfeng, somewhat uneasy and fearful, "just now His Highness said that he came here tonight to talk to the sinner The criminals don't understand, what can His Highness want to say to the criminals?"

"I heard Brother Changquan said that Mr. Zhu saved his life. I just don't understand. Could it be that Mr. Zhu not only knows how to practice medicine to save people, but also knows how to use air power?"

Yinfeng laughed and said, "I heard that there was a lot of excitement in the capital at that time, and Prince Yu did not hesitate to publicize it for Mr.! Some people told me that Mr. Zhu actually knows sorcery. I heard that your wife is a A vixen?"

Zhu Fangdan saved the lives of Fuquan Fujin's mother and son, and Fuquan would never be ungrateful and ignore Zhu Fangdan.Suo'etu told him that in the past few years, Prince Yu actually took care of Zhu Fangdan a lot. Zhu Fangdan didn't want to be an official, so Prince Yu's mansion gave him a lot of gold and silver, and spared no effort to promote Zhu Fangdan's magic.

In the past two years, the matter of Zhu Fangdan finally reached Kangxi's ears. The ministers of the court were dissatisfied with Zhu Fangdan's behavior. Ask to draw a line.This time Zhu Fangdan was beheaded by Kangxi's strict decree. Prince Yu was afraid of offending Kangxi, so he dared not say a word, let alone try to save Zhu Fangdan.

These words were also told by Suo'etu to Yinfeng.

In Yinreng's heart, he believed that Zhu Fangdan was talented, but he didn't believe in these heresies about Zhu Fangdan.He also asked Zhu Fangdan about the rumors that Suo'etu told him as a joke.

"Your Highness is here, the criminals dare not tell the truth," Zhu Fangdan said, "Actually, the criminals have told the interrogation officials of the Ministry of Punishment. The criminals know medical skills and grew up studying classics and history. Later Practicing medicine, I never dare to disregard human life. As for what His Highness just asked the sinner, in fact, the sinner understands qigong a little bit, but he can't do it from the air. When the sinner helped Fujin give birth, he was not sure, but the sinner believed that he could do it if he had confidence. Success. If Fujin can let this tone go, he will naturally give birth to the little brother. That's why the sinner said that to confirm Prince Yu's heart. In fact, the sinner is not sure. When he was outside, the sinner used I have tried this method many times, some have succeeded and some have failed. It just happened to be successful with Prince Yu, and the prince preached it for the criminals, but the criminals did not dare to tell the truth, so they had to make mistakes."

"As for saying that Zhuo Jing, a criminal, is a vixen, that's even more out of the question. Your Highness, Zhuo Jing is an innocent person."

After Yinreng satisfied his curiosity, he stopped asking Zhu Fangdan these messy questions. Just now when Suo'etu brought him here, he had already brought Zhu Fangdan's file from the Xingbu Hall, and he took it in his hand to look at it at will. Speaking of which, this was the first time he had a systematic understanding of Zhu Fangdan's case after he got Zhu Fangdan's book.

What stands out about Zhu Fangdan is that his two sentences obviously aroused the resentment and crusade against him from the official and Confucian circles.Just happened to meet Wang Hongxu who defended the absolute existence of Confucianism and was an official in the Imperial Academy, so Zhu Fangdan was caught.

"Mr. Zhu, did you come up with these two sentences in your book?" Yinfeng asked, "You said that people's thoughts come from the middle way, not from the heart, and no matter what you say That’s right, what you said is obviously contrary to what Confucianism says, why do you dare to say it? Aren’t you afraid of bringing yourself to death?”

"Returning to Your Highness, the criminals themselves thought up these words. This book was also written by the criminals themselves."

Zhu Fangdan talked about his achievements, his eyes were very firm and clear, "Criminals believe that people's thoughts do come from the middle way, not from the heart. Confucianism is clearly idealistic. If it is from the heart, why can't the demented people not think?" What do you think? If you want to follow this saying and say that the heart is good, what is the use of the brain? The criminals have been practicing medicine for many years and have traveled far and wide, and they have realized this truth. This idea must be spoken out. Even if it violates Confucianism, it doesn’t matter. As the saying goes, if one person believes in the sinner, the sinner will die without harm.”

"That's why you want to write a book, recruit disciples and give lectures everywhere?"

Zhu Fangdan answered loudly: "Yes, that's why the criminals want to write books and accept disciples to spread the word!"

Zhu Fangdan was afraid of torture and pain, but he was not afraid of telling the truth.When the court judge interrogated him, he confessed all the crimes that should have been confessed to him, and he should have been charged with any crimes charged by the court, and there was nothing to refute.But when it comes to his own thoughts, he never budges, and he never admits that he is wrong.They could kill him, or even obliterate everything about him, but they couldn't change his mind.He believed that one day someone would understand what he was thinking and think he was right.

Therefore, in the same way, after Zhu Fangdan finished speaking, he waited for the crown prince to mock and abuse like those officials after listening to his words. In this case, he has heard too much in these years, those adults, scolding His folders can even bury him when piled up.Even if the adults are like this, even the emperor said that he is a monster, so can the crown prince be exempt from vulgarity?

After hearing Zhu Fangdan's words, Yinfeng looked at him and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhu, just because of your words, my trip was not in vain. To be honest, I still have some admiration for you. In order to maintain Your truth, you can put your life aside, just rely on this, your name will be recorded in history, and future generations will have their own judgment on you."

Yinfeng lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "It's a pity that you were born in the wrong year. If you were born 200 years later, you don't have to die."

Zhu Fangdan was already surprised that Yinreng didn't follow the plot Zhu Fangdan envisioned, and what Yinreng said after his answer surprised Zhu Fangdan even more. The crown prince... didn't scold him?Hearing what the crown prince meant, is the crown prince praising him?

However, Yinfeng's voice behind the words was too low, Zhu Fangdan didn't hear clearly, he boldly asked: "What did your Highness say? The criminals don't quite understand."

Yinfeng raised his eyes, looked at Zhu Fangdan seriously, and said, "Mr. Zhu, someone asked me to save you. I didn't want to. Because this is a situation designed by others to frame me. But you don't have to I see, you are a pawn used to deal with me, and there is no need to know these things. But I read your book, and listened to what you said just now, I think you are not guilty of death, or rather, I I don't think you deserve to die. As a prince, I shouldn't care about such things, but because of some personal reasons, I can't watch you be executed like this. So I decided, Mr. Zhu, I want to save you."

"Of course, whether it can be saved is another matter. I can only say that I will try my best."

After Yinfeng finished speaking, without waiting for Zhu Fangdan's answer, he turned around and left the prison door, ordering Shi Mo to lock the prison door.His purpose of this trip has been achieved, so there is no need to waste any more words.

As to whether Zhu Fangdan is a time-traveler, Yinfeng already has the answer.If Zhu Fangdan was a time traveler, he would not joke about his own life.In such an ancient society, as a time traveler with mature thoughts, he would not be like Li Jia Cong'an, showing off his sense of existence as if he thought his life was not long enough.

Zhu Fangdan is just an ancient man with advanced thinking.It's a pity that such an era cannot tolerate his existence, Yinfeng thinks, or in this world, he is really the only one who can save Zhu Fangdan.Although he knew that as a prince, he shouldn't have such an idea at all, but despite his status as a prince, he still wanted to follow his heart and give it a try, he wanted to save Zhu Fangdan.

Yinfeng walked for a long time, but Zhu Fangdan was still staring at the empty passage in a daze. He had already burst into tears, and thousands of feelings came to his heart, so he could only respectfully kowtow towards the prison door with tears in his eyes: "Sinners thank Your Highness for your grace... Thank you Your Highness!"