Daming Wuhou

In September, King Yan's Mansion received another imperial decree.

It was the imperial decree of Emperor Hongwu to order Yan Wang to bring people into Beijing.

It's just that everyone is confused, where did this criminal... come from?

No one knows how heavy the loss of the White Lotus Sect is now, and how much panic and anxiety they are immersed in.

Of course, the White Lotus Sect would not stand up and say that I was about to be killed by the old Zhu's family... Of course they could find a way to cover up their embarrassment at this moment, so they tried their best to cover it up.

So Zhu Di made this great achievement by "hiding" first, and set off for Yingtian Mansion with Lu Changting.

At this moment, the heat of Lu Changting's case has not yet passed, and once Lu Changting left, only a lot of rumors about him were left among the people.

Yan Wang and his party pulled an extremely long line, and the prison carts of the prisoners followed behind.And their prison van is not traditional.The prison car was surrounded by iron sheets, and a small window was opened on the iron sheet. Except when eating, the small windows were closed.The roof of the prison car is also surrounded by iron sheets, and there is also a small window on the top, but the small window on the top is open all day for ventilation, so as not to suffocate people before they reach the capital. .

This prison van was of course suggested by Lu Changting.

He really watched too many episodes of robbing prison cars from film and television works, not to mention whether people from the White Lotus Sect will come to rob prison cars, it's always good to prepare more in advance.If there is a robbery bridge section, it will be too late to make any plans.

After the prison car was transformed, there were naturally opponents.

They didn't think that this would reduce the risk of the prison car being hijacked. They just thought that having such a prison car and avoiding the sun and rain would be a better treatment for the prisoners.

But after the actual journey, no one felt that way.

Under the scorching sun, the unsheltered people outside are certainly in pain, but when the soldiers who delivered the food reached out to open the small window, the hot touch on the iron sheet made the soldiers couldn't help screaming on the spot.

When he withdrew his hand, it was already hot and red.However, the palms of the soldiers who have been trained all the year round are extremely broad and rough, so after being exposed to the scalding heat suddenly, they still did not get blisters.

It was at this time that everyone discovered that the prison car surrounded by iron sheets was only hotter!After being exposed to the scorching sun, the iron sheet will only make people dare not even touch... If it is just a wooden prison cart, even if the wood is baked, it will be difficult to reach such a hot point.

The soldier didn't clean up the hot red part of his hand, he put the water and food in his hand first.

As soon as he put his hand in, the soldier felt his whole arm was hot again, as if it had been put into a big steamer, he quickly pulled his hand out.With lingering fears in his heart, he thought, Mr. Lu's move is really tormenting... Staying in this prison car is like staying in a steamer every day.

The soldiers came back after delivering the meals one by one, and spread their feelings everywhere.It didn't take long before everyone felt that Lu Changting was resourceful and resourceful...

When the news reached Lu Changting's ears, he only found it a little funny.

He really didn't think about how to torture those traitors of the White Lotus Sect, he just thought that it would be safest to reinforce it with iron sheets... How could he know that it happened to be scorching sun?It was a mistake that taught these people a lesson.

Zhu Di also smiled when he heard the words: "Changting is also smart..." It was a compliment for Lu Changting.

Lu Changting curled his lips helplessly, but his heart was inevitably a little sweet.

Because the bathtub was overturned that day, although the servants didn't think there was anything wrong, Zhu Di felt very guilty, so he didn't dare to touch Lu Changting again for several days.Lu Changting also felt that it was a bit embarrassing, so he slightly distanced himself from Zhu Di.

Afterwards, Zhu Di cautiously approached Lu Changting, and Lu Changting looked annoyed and amused at the same time.

Except when facing him, has Zhu Di ever been so careful in every possible way?

Therefore, Lu Changting was more able to appreciate Zhu Di's affection for him. Naturally, Zhu Di's casual words and actions could easily make Lu Changting feel sweet.

Zhu Di didn't know this.In his eyes, Lu Changting is an extremely stubborn person, how could he change his attitude towards him so easily?Zhu Di still wanted to treat Lu Changting cautiously, so as not to make Lu Changting unhappy if he was careless.

There was Zhu Di who tried to curry favor, and Lu Changting accepted it generously.

The dullness along the way gradually disappeared.

This is also something that makes the soldiers of the Prince of Yan’s Mansion particularly puzzled. It's not clean enough...not to mention the problems of washing and bathing.

But that happened to be the case, their Royal Highness King Yan and Young Master Lu were still smiling, as if they were in a good mood.The soldiers said in unison: "As expected, you are worthy of being the King of Yan!"Even Mr. Lu beside him was able to endure the hardships of the journey.So what do they have to complain about?Naturally, the spirit should be higher!

In stark contrast to the soldiers of Prince Yan's Mansion, it was the officers and soldiers sent by Pingyan Mansion.

Because the royal family's soldiers can't bring too many into the capital, the officers and soldiers of Pingyan Mansion assisted in protecting the prison car and King Yan along the way. The soldiers lived in the palace of the capital.

The officers and soldiers selected by Pingyan Mansion are really not very good.

Those tough ones are all stationed on the frontier defense line, but what kind of combat power can those who are usually stationed in the government office have?The spiritual energy is also far from being comparable to that of the soldiers of Prince Yan's Mansion.After all, these personal soldiers train every day, even on the battlefield.A whole body of spirit is tempered from countless trainings and battles.How do they compare?

At this time, the spirits of the soldiers were even higher, which made the rest of the officers and soldiers even worse.

But it doesn't matter if they have no combat power, after all, as long as there is a team of officers and soldiers guarding them, it is enough to prevent some blind Xiaoxiao from coming to the door.

After a month of this, they arrived at Yingtian Mansion.

And this day is already October [-]th, and there are still ten days before Emperor Hongwu's birthday.

Just when Zhu Di and his party arrived at Yingtian Mansion, several other princes also arrived at Yingtian.

Emperor Hongwu was not too happy that all the sons of the vassal kings came to celebrate his birthday. After all, the vassal kings were not allowed to leave the fiefdom without authorization.But now that Zhu Di had been called, one could not treat one more favorably than another, so Emperor Hongwu had already issued an order to call the other princes as well.In particular, some of them were his beloved sons. Emperor Hongwu just took this opportunity to meet each other, and asked the prince and his brothers to catch up on the old days.

Zhu Di had already guessed that this would be the result, so even if he watched the carriages of other princes squeeze into the carriage first, Zhu Di's face remained unchanged.

Zhu Di has never been a person who would be unhappy because he couldn't get his father's exclusive favor.Zhu Di entered the city very calmly.

And the carriage ahead happened to be blocked on the road.

Zhu Di's team was longer, and half of them fell behind in this block.

The common people looked over carefully, but they didn't dare to show the look of watching the excitement.After all, the common people at the foot of the Son of Heaven are more or less winking. Of course they know that these two people have extraordinary backgrounds, and they are afraid that they are driven by some princes and nobles...

"Go and see what's going on." Zhu Di said unhappily.

Although he didn't have any feelings for the brother in front of him, if the other party deliberately blocked the way, Zhu Di would have no good face.He just doesn't want to care about these things, but it doesn't mean that he is a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others.

Cheng Er got the order and went forward immediately.He followed Zhu Di all the year round, his face was almost the same as Zhu Di's, and few people could not recognize him.

After a while, Cheng Er came back, and behind him was a middle-aged man. The man was wearing a black gauze hat and a scarlet robe with a collar and a right lapel. The pattern on the robe was hard to distinguish.

What is certain is that this person is at least a fourth-rank official.

Because only the official uniforms of the first to fourth rank officials are scarlet gowns with a right lapel collar.

Lu Changting was thinking about it, when he saw the man greeted him, he said, "Shi Hai, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, has seen King Yan."

At this time, although King Yan had no real power in his hands, he was a son of the royal family and he was formally appointed king. Although he was a third-rank official in the court, he still had to be respectful in front of King Yan.Otherwise, I'm afraid it will make the emperor unhappy...

"I follow the emperor's orders to come and pick up the person in the hands of His Highness King Yan." In fact, Hai didn't know who he was going to pick up, but it was ordered by the emperor himself, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment also gave him many instructions. Naturally, Shi Hai didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, for fear that a slight omission would endanger his own head.

This is the case with being an official under Emperor Hongwu. The veterans either think about how to make money, get promoted and copy their descendants, or they think about how to avoid the emperor's attention.And these new ministers are even more afraid of the emperor. They are under great pressure, and they are always worried that if they run out of errands, it would be light to be whipped by Emperor Hongwu.

Zhu Di originally used these members of the White Lotus Sect as a birthday gift for Emperor Hongwu, so of course he would not feel a little bit distressed when handing them over at this time.

He nodded, and personally took Shi Hai over to have a look at the prison car.

After that, the people from the Criminal Department quickly took over the prison cars.

It was the first time Shi Hai saw such a prison car, and after looking at it curiously, he didn't dare to look any more.He saw that the outside of the prison car was tightly surrounded, and he thought there was something inside that no one else could see.Shi Hai is curious, but he knows how to suppress his curiosity.So he didn't ask any more questions, and became more cautious.

Lu Changting didn't know that he just thought of it for a while, so he modified the prison car. How could he have caused so many misunderstandings.

Shi Hai quickly led the prison van away.

Once the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice are dispatched, they must deal with major cases. Who dares to stand in the way?

So the group of them quickly disappeared from Lu Changting's eyes.And as soon as they left, the road became clear again.

It turned out that they were the ones who blocked the road just now. Once they left, the road became smooth.

Lu Changting lowered the curtain and waited for the carriage to move on.

Who knew that the carriage moved twice, then stopped again.

Zhu Di frowned unhappily again.

But this time without Zhu Di's orders, Cheng Er had already gone to check what was going on.

Lu Changting just heard Cheng Er's footsteps walking away, and then a male voice approached, accompanied by several footsteps approaching.

"Who am I? So it's the fourth brother." This is the voice of a young man, and it sounds vaguely familiar.

But Lu Changting really couldn't remember who this person was.

Zhu Di stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the carriage, and Lu Changting was able to see clearly the appearance of the people outside.

Wearing a winged crown and a red robe with a collar, the whole body is extravagant.

Of course, more is arrogance.

Because this arrogance was so familiar, Lu Changting quickly found the memory of this person in his mind.

He is the King of Qi Gong, Zhu Yu.

But here Zhu Di pressed his knee, sat still, and said in a low voice: "So it's the seventh brother."

Lu Changting thought for a while, but still pushed Zhu Di's hand away, got up slightly, and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Qi."

Zhu Mi glanced at Lu Changting, and said with a half-smile, "Oh, it's you, I didn't expect you to still be with fourth brother." I can't remember any little people.

Lu Changting smiled lightly, and did not talk to Zhu Mi.

Zhu Yu is not a person of great ability, Lu Changting can be respectful and polite to him, but it is impossible to expect him to be so warm to him.Even Zhu Xi and Zhu Di didn't enjoy this kind of treatment.

Zhu Mi looked at Lu Changting again, and finally confirmed that this person had no intention of fawning on him at all.Zhu Yu was naturally upset, and dissatisfaction flashed across his eyes.However, although Zhu Yu is not as tactful and smart as other brothers, he knows that it is an extremely stupid behavior to attack Zhu Di in front of Zhu Di.So Zhu Yu just gave Lu Changting a cold look, but didn't say anything ironic.

"Seventh brother, is there anything else?" Zhu Di saw it at a glance. Zhu Mi originally came here to find fault, but he didn't expect that the elder brother was sitting in the carriage behind him, so he failed to attack.

After all, Zhu Di was brought up by Empress Ma. Even though he is no longer favored by the emperor, he still occupies the title of "di" and is older than Zhu Mi. However, Emperor Hongwu didn't care which son he favored, he only knew that Zhu Yu didn't know the rules and messed around, and it must be Zhu Yu who was punished.

Zhu Min smiled: "It's okay, just come over to say hello to Fourth Brother, then I'll go first." After finishing speaking, Zhu Min turned back with the people.

Just before leaving, he took a deep look at Lu Changting.

Lu Changting also caught a glimpse of the growing dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Zhu Yu is an arrogant and ambitious person, but his ambition is only used to compete with his brothers, to be superior to others in everything... Lu Changting sneered from the bottom of his heart, so... what else can he do?

Lu Changting really looked down on him.

After Zhu Yu returned to his carriage, he continued on his way.

Lu Changting had to say that he was really a bit stupid, he didn't even do superficial kung fu.He just came over and seemed to respect Zhu Di.But actually?If you really respect your elder brother, then you should let your elder brother take the lead.Although it is very troublesome to change positions on the street, Zhu Yu should at least show such a polite attitude, and it is Zhu Di's business whether to change positions.

Seeing that Lu Changting hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhu Di thought he cared about Zhu Mi, so he immediately comforted him, "Don't worry about him." Zhu Di didn't take this younger brother seriously either.

In contrast, Zhu Yu had a much stronger sense of presence in front of Emperor Hongwu than he did.But Zhu Yu is bad because of his arrogant temper.So he can be favored one day, and he can be out of favor at another time.

Now that Zhu Di has the strength in his hands, how can he value Zhu Mi?

The carriage soon arrived outside the palace.

Zhu Di first took Lu Changting into the palace to take a bath and put on new robes before he could enter the palace to face the saint.

At this time, another handwritten letter came to Yan Wang's mansion, but this handwritten letter could not be considered too formal.This was sent by Prince Zhu Biao.Among them, Zhu Di was asked to bring Lu Changting with him.

After hearing the contents of the handbook, Lu Changting couldn't help being secretly surprised.

Zhu Biao can be regarded as "long-term love" for him, and this care... has passed for such a long time.Even at this time, Zhu Biao still thinks about him...

Lu Changting turned his head and glanced at Zhu Di, as expected, he caught a glimpse of jealousy on Zhu Di's face.

Lu Changting thought it was funny, but he still stretched out his hand and tugged Zhu Di, then nimbly burrowed his fingers into Zhu Di's palm, and gently scratched it to comfort him.

Lu Changting remembered that Zhu Di seemed to like such a small gesture of intimacy.

Of course, Lu Changting overlooked that such small actions can sometimes stir up "anger".Picking up, but there is no follow-up, it might as well not be comforted.

Zhu Di felt a little impatient at this time, and he had to endure in front of so many people, pretending to be calm.After all, this place is no better than Beiping, and the people in this palace are not very close to him, let alone Changting?If something is wrong, it is not a good thing.Especially standing in front of him is an eunuch delivering a handbook... let alone let such people with vicious eyes see that something is wrong.

And Lu Changting didn't take back his hand immediately, he grabbed Zhu Di's wrist and said in a low voice, "Fourth brother, are we going to enter the palace now?"

From the looks of it, he was an exceptionally innocent and innocent boy.

The eunuch glanced at Lu Changting and couldn't help but smile.

After all, people always have great affection and tolerance for good-looking and young people.

Lu Changting took advantage of this.

Zhu Di nodded, and held Lu Changting's hand instead. It seemed that the movement was very natural. Anyone who saw it would only think that it was an intimate gesture between brothers.

The eunuch didn't take it seriously when he saw it, and hurriedly followed them out of the palace, and then got into the carriage and headed towards the palace.

Because he had been to the palace a long time ago, Lu Changting didn't feel even the slightest nervousness at this time.

After entering the palace, Lu Changting and Zhu Di were separated.The more important thing for Zhu Di to meet Emperor Hongwu this time was to report about the White Lotus Sect.Of course Lu Changting is not qualified to attend such a big event.

A little eunuch led Lu Changting to another direction.

Lu Changting's memory of the imperial palace's terrain is very deep, so after walking for a while, he recognized that it was going to the Prince's East Palace...

This is Zhu Biao's special order?

But without Zhu Biao's order, he would be a little embarrassed in the palace.It can be seen that Zhu Biao is extraordinarily thoughtful in his actions.

The East Palace was extremely large, and the eunuch led him into the small hall and waited inside.Not long after, a court lady brought snacks and tea.

After Lu Changting took his seat, he waited with peace of mind.Zhu Biao has no bad intentions towards him, so he is naturally calm.

Lu Changting pinched two pieces of snacks to eat, and just finished eating, another maid came over with a book, and the maid said in a low voice: "The prince told the servants earlier that Mr. Lu was waiting in the palace, and they would definitely find it boring. , so I took this book to relieve my son's boredom."

Who dares to say that it will be boring in the prince's palace?No one dared to say this.But Zhu Biao himself said it first.

The corners of Lu Changting's mouth curled up, and his impression of Zhu Biao improved a lot.

He took the book with both hands, thanked him, and then sat back down again.

Lu Changting opened the book, and was surprised when he saw it.

Zhu Biao is really willing!

This book actually has annotations, and some of the annotations have private seals left behind.

This is Zhu Biao's own book, and the comments on it are all from his own handwriting.

This book is suitable for Lu Changting to read.Lu Changting looked at the handwriting on it again, it should be Zhu Biao's handwriting in his early years, and he still looks a little childish.

Lu Changting marveled secretly, but also calmed down and read word by word.Not everyone has the opportunity to see the prince's handwriting.Before he got the prince's note, he thought it was the highest honor given by the royal family, but he didn't expect the prince to play another game...

Because he has been dealing with reading and writing during this period of time, Lu Changting now enters the state of reading very quickly, and his comprehension ability has also improved.So after a while, he looked in.

A figure slowly approached outside the hall.

The figure was not tall, and his figure was a little thin.

Lu Changting didn't notice him at all.

Still someone outside the hall shouted: "Your Highness."

Your Highness?Could it be that Zhu Biao came back so soon?At this time, he should still be with Emperor Hongwu, listening to Zhu Di talking about the White Lotus Sect.

Lu Changting put down the book, stood up and looked over at the same time.

People outside also came in at this time.

The man raised his leg, stepped over the threshold, and walked forward quickly.

This is a young boy, only a few years old, and his face is already showing signs of growing.Seeing his very similar face to Zhu Biao, Lu Changting immediately guessed the other's identity.

This is the crown prince Zhu Yunqi who had met him once.

Although this little radishhead will become an enemy of Zhu Di in the future, but at this moment... Lu Changting still respectfully said: "Your Highness."

Zhu Yunwen smiled, and seemed to be the gentleness of the prince and princess: "I still know you."

This is the second person to say this today.

Lu Changting wanted to raise his hand to touch his face.

My face is so recognizable?