Clam Pearl

In the winter and February of the 16th year of Tiancheng, Gu Zhao was still in confinement at home. It wasn't that Zhao Chunrun didn't let him go out, he didn't like to go out because he was killing people outside.

What's more, he is a little afraid of Zhao Chunrun, and he is really afraid. He has been with him all these years, and Zhao Chunrun has always acted like a warm jade, with no lethality, and he is even allowed to be bullied by him.

But until now, Gu Zhao knew that when an emperor hated someone, it was far from enough to fill in numbers like one life or two lives.

Gu Zhao doesn't know how many years Zhao Chunrun has swallowed this breath, but now it seems that he has just started.

In Gu Zhao's view, Zhao Chunrun was frighteningly smart, but besides being smart, he also had an astonishing amount of patience, which was exactly what the emperor lacked the most.

The Emperor Yongzheng in Chinese history was also a good emperor who worked hard and worked hard, but this emperor just lacked patience, so he was given countless hats, murdered his father, forced his mother, killed his brother, slaughtered his younger brother, and greedy , loves to kill, drinks too much, is lewd, hates loyalty, loves to flatter, and is flattering!

These horrible hats forced a majestic emperor to write a pitiful copy of "Dayijue Milu" and send it to the whole country to explain for himself. This is really drunk.

Zhao Chunrun's talent and diligence are not as good as Yongzheng's, but he can bear it!

Many years ago, he slaughtered his elder brother in a reasonable way, and many years later, he slaughtered his mentor who taught him in a reasonable way, and then he killed the two nominal sons without blood.

How did you kill it?Gu Zhao didn't want to think about that step by step, and he didn't dare to admit that he was a good person.He participated in it, and now, he couldn't hold it back anymore, and began to feel disgusted and hypocritical.

That's right, he likes Zhao Chunrun, and Gu Zhao is willing to stand up as a blade and a shield for anyone who opposes him!He didn't mind fixing anyone, but later on, the whole family of several clans, old and young, regardless of age, was strangled like this, and Gu Zhao's humanity collapsed. He knew everything, he understood everything, but he just couldn't pass the threshold of morality.

He originally thought that pushing the Ganzhou fire case to those opponents' homes would be nothing more than revenge at that time, at most it would be like a dream of Red Mansions, kill a few main criminals, and then exile.

What I never expected, after Zhao Yuanxiu came back to ask for orders in the summer, after Dengzhou had copied out the hidden charge of the loom of Ganzhou Weaving Bureau, there was nothing to do with Gu Zhao here, because, over there Countless evidences were copied out, proving that Mr. Hu Ji is going to rebel, the two kings are going to seek their father, and the Yan family is going to rebel...

As for Master Hu Ji's rebellion, I really can't say one or two words. In short, the evidence is convincing. He has hidden a large number of armor and weapons, and he has also joined forces with aristocratic families from all over the world, and trained countless private soldiers.

Regarding these evidences, His Majesty did not provide them. He just properly guided Dingying and other onlookers to investigate, attack political opponents, and dig deeper into the case. But Long Live the Emperor, he only moderated his helplessness. It is enough to show the grievance vividly.

This is Zhao Chunrun behind him, a true feudal hegemonic emperor!

As for why Mr. Hu Ji rebelled, there is a little bit of grievance when it comes to this matter. Hu Ji’s true heart is not Zhao Chunrun, he just feels that something is wrong and he wants to save some time. ?Whoever is a father who hasn't seen his daughter for more than ten years, he will be on guard.

Hu Ji just never thought of one thing, that is, the two biggest hole cards in his hand, the two princes who were born in the first place, were not born by Zhao Chunrun himself.

He originally thought that if the two princes fought each other, he would help Zhao Yuanshan, whose blood was more pure, because Zhao Yuanshan was obedient and had a close marriage with his grandfather's family.

Naturally, Zhao Yuanrui didn't want him to favor such a side. In this way, Zhao Yuanrui dragged the Confucianism Yan's family to fight against his grandfather, and collected all kinds of evidence, ready to kill his own grandparents and brothers at any time.

Zhao Chunrun quietly promoted the undercurrent in private, helped Zhao Yuanrui train private soldiers, and gave him various evidences. In this way, the imperial court task force went to the countryside, first copied Dengzhou, and then from Dengzhou Zhao Yuanrui's father-in-law Find evidence of the emperor's rebellion... In this way, Emperor Tiancheng was forced to "fall ill", "innocence", "very helpless", "heartbreaking" and "sympathetic" raised the banner of killing.

He is smarter than Emperor Yongzheng, he can bear it!

In the 16th year of Tiancheng, the weather is good, the grain is plentiful, the emperor is benevolent, the government is widely benevolent, and the world is united, of course!This is still a good year for killing people. Since the beginning of winter, Shangjing has confiscated the three major families, the Yan family, the Hu family, and the Xibei Gu family. More than 200 members of his family were imprisoned in Jiaodong at the foot of Qinglong Mountain outside Beijing.

The trapped cave is a large natural karst cave, and now it has been transformed into a prison by Zhao Chunrun. Perhaps in Zhao Chunrun's view, Zhao Chunxi's descendants are at best considered Jiao, not Jackie Chan.

Gu Zhaona could clearly see these narrow-minded and petty words in private. He was still smiling at first, but now he can't laugh anymore.

Is Hu Ji stupid?Is a person who taught two emperors stupid?How could it be stupid?He was just tricked by his own daughter, and this was retribution.

Zhao Chunrun finally wielded his sword. Those who betrayed him, those who harmed him, those he didn't trust, and the two shiny green hats on his head, he can finally take off...

When Daliang founded the country, the emperor of the previous dynasty had only punished the five clans. Emperor Tianshou also did the work of punishing the three clans. Notoriety.

But now, at Zhao Chunrun's place, what he did was to kill the nine clans, and the people in this world began to sympathize with him!What a good emperor, he eats vegetarian food and prays to Buddha.

Zhao Chunrun didn't say anything clearly, but imitated Gu Zhao's Dafa of evangelism, and frankly spread out and laid out the sins committed by these aristocratic families one by one.

A family that has been around for hundreds of years is not dark. Compared with Gu Zhao tearing down the widow's wall and Feng's selling his flesh and blood to be eunuchs, those families are the worst.

Take an incident in the fourth year of Tiancheng as an example. In that year, on the land of the Yan family in Dengzhou, several Zhuangzi suffered from the plague. The Yan family of Dengzhou was afraid of trouble, so they sealed off all the Zhuangzi, starved to death, and tens of thousands died of illness. .

This crime, to the aristocratic family, used to be a trivial matter, but now that it is exposed, there is no way to redeem it.

Now, the whole country is outraged, the scholars wrote letters, and the officials were bumped to death... Everyone is "forcing" Emperor Tiancheng to use a knife. Emperor Tiancheng fainted three times in the hall and vomited blood once. In this way, he had to kill someone.

Now what kind of beheading, what kind of cannon fire three times, what kind of three-division trial, these procedures are gone...

A "crime platform" has been set up outside the east gate of Shangjing. Every day, at least [-] people are dragged out to beheaded, strangled, cut in half, tortured, skinned, cracked, and then poked into ashes.

This was still in Shangjing, and killing people had a name, but Gu Zhao knew that in a place unknown to the common people, there were still clans who murdered people regardless of gender, age or age.

He couldn't get used to Gu Zhao again. He even felt that the ground under his feet was a foot of brown soil soaked in blood. He had no choice but to not go out, closed the door, and surrounded himself.

Winter and February, the first snow, the blood-red world finally has a fig leaf.

This day, after Gu Zhao got up early, he ran around the house a few times, took a shower and hid in the study to read.

After watching for a while, Ade came in, and all the old relatives of the Taoist family came, and Gu Maode and Gu Maochang on the side of Pingzhou Alley also arrived.

After thinking about it, Gu Zhao knew why, and finally it was the old temple's turn, so he arranged for them to meet in the small side hall in the front yard.

There were six people sitting in the small side hall, Gu Maode, Gu Maochang, the old man of Shang Yuanzi did not come, his three sons, and Gu Maojia who rarely came out. If it is broken, even the boldest Gu Maochang has sunken cheeks.

Anyway, they are a family, they all played together when they were young, grew up naughty together, and looked at each other laughing and laughing together, even though they knew that those people should be damned, but... they couldn't look away!

Gu Maode sat blankly for a while, then sighed a long time and said: "It's a pity, our family Gu Ziyu has been ruined like this!"

Gu Ziyu, whose real name is Gu Maoli, studied under Yu Ting, the only talented person raised by Gu's two rivers for 300 years, good at calligraphy and painting, good at poetry, the most kind-hearted boy, he didn't do anything, Minger was the first batch.

They were so sad, and Gu Zhao, who was naturally sensitive, was even more so!

They sat in silence for a while, and Gu Zhao entered the room wearing a thick four-claw python robe, which was rare for him,

After entering the room, Gu Zhao took off his outer robe and shoes and got on the Arhat couch. Xizai and the others carried the charcoal fire to the side of the couch and wrapped Gu Zhao in a thick blanket.

Gu Maode and the others stood quietly until they saw that the little uncle was still the same, so they were relieved a lot.

After Gu Zhao warmed up, he raised his head and said to them, "Sit down, have you eaten yet? Why are you here at this time?"

Gu Maochang stood up, dragged the drum stool to the charcoal fire, roasted his hands and smiled wryly: "There is enough food there, the 300-year-old family, if you say no, it will be gone. A letter came from my hometown this morning... ...It is said that...it was... gone last month!"

Until this time, the people in this room finally felt that the one they resented who always looked down on them, implicated them, and beat them was gone.

Gu Zhao nodded, thought for a while and asked, "Who's there in my hometown? Did you help collect the corpse?"

Gu Maode, who was sitting on the side, stood up with a wry smile and said: "Little uncle, there are indeed people in my hometown, my nephew... my nephew didn't ask them to collect the body, who dares to touch such a heinous crime of treason, our family... Our family has suffered a lot this time! If it wasn't for...if it wasn't for our ancestors accumulating virtue, entering, entering the Protecting Emperor Star, our family..."

Gu Zhao interrupted his words and nodded: "I know, I have to admit that I have suffered a lot, pay money from my house, put some thin coffins, and send someone to bury them!"

Gu Maojia jumped up angrily when he heard this: "Seventh Uncle, why bother, Xibei and Xinan originally had a grudge, but now...it's too late to hide now, how dare you show yourself like this?"

Gu Zhao smiled, took two sips of the decoction that Xizai brought, and said with a smack of his mouth, "You went to hide at your house, who told you to come?"

Gu Maojia was suddenly embarrassed, looked left and right, opened his mouth, and finally sat down, that's all, the little uncle has always treated him badly, and he won't come tomorrow.

Gu Maode nodded, collecting the corpses is optional!He is the head of the patriarch, and it is really a blessing to have the little uncle to shoulder all the pressure.

Gu Maochang roasted for a while, and after warming up, he smelled the smell of medicine in the air, and asked with concern: "Uncle is not healthy."

Gu Zhao nodded: "Ah, some liver qi stagnation, it's not a big deal, it will be fine in a few days."

Gu Maochang nodded, looked back at his brother, and saw that he was all pretending to be deaf and dumb, he gritted his teeth and said: "Little uncle, now five or six generations are locked up in the Ministry of Punishment, and those who go in in autumn, now... ...Now this is the time, take a look and give me an idea."

Give an idea?Gu Zhao thought about it, but it was true. Is he an elder? He is still a relative. No matter how hateful it is over there, there is also a good boy like Gu Maoli over there. He still thinks of the baby who wants meat, Now I'm afraid it will all be the same result, murder.

On the other side, it was Hu Ji's main force that Zhao Chunrun would never let go of.Gu Zhao sat there in a daze. He remembered that year when he was entertaining guests. Gu Ziyu held up a ink stick and listened earnestly at the door of his house. His old lady invited famous actors from all over the country to sing at the party for her birthday. Thank you to those actors. The gift is a lotus picking skirt, plum fragrance clothes, Ziyu is a dull and good boy, Gu Zhaodu likes him, and he doesn't think Ziyu deserves to die, Ziyu feels that the family is extravagant, so he writes a new poem and sings it to the character...

How do you sing it?Oh, remembered:

"When the west wind blows up and fades away, who cares about flowers in a hurry.

The red candle dripped all the tears of Zhu Yan, and threw it away secretly without heartbreak.

The night leak is more peaceful, and the westerly wind shakes the shadow of the moon.

When the deep boudoir weaves, it will return to the brocade, and whoever returns to the geese will greet each other.

Lovesickness in the day after farewell to you, and the heart turns nine times when spring returns.

Just because infatuation is hard to give up, the yellow warbler sings all over the willow branches.

Yan Bosi Yuman stared.There are several return boats on the Rhododendron Bridge.

The heartbroken silk and bamboo are worrying for the king, and the drums urge them to leave and it is difficult to stay. "

Ziyu knows, right?It's already been sung?It turned out that it was difficult for people to stay after being urged to leave... For this reason, it is said that Ziyu was hit by a board, saying that it was unlucky...

I'm afraid that child already knew it!

For a moment, Gu Zhao felt some liver pain, so he hit his chest.

Gu Maode was worried, so he said cautiously: "Little uncle, at this moment... the involvement is too deep, even the gods can't save it. Unfortunately... Maofeng is gone, it's not that I don't have a heart!" Standing up, gasping for breath, he said angrily: "Why bother to sympathize with them, our family is almost the same! Back then, my mother was said to be ruthless. If she hadn't done it, why would the third child have disappeared? My mother swallowed this reputation abruptly." Oh, Dad is also very angry! It’s not them...it’s not that they brought Maofeng down! Forget it, that’s all...I was stupid at that time, but I still resented my father for doing this, now...now I understand..."

Gu Maode sat down slowly, covered his face and began to cry: "There are so many people up and down, but there are six generations over there...Who wants to see it?"

Gu Zhao shook his head slightly, waved his hands and said, "Go back, don't worry about this matter, I'm here!"

Gu Maode and the others looked at each other, stood up together and gave a big salute: "Yes, it's all up to the little uncle."

Everyone finally left. Gu Zhao stood up and stood in the cold wind in the yard for an hour. It was not until the sky was dim that he called Xizai, Xizai, and told them to go outside the city gate overnight to prepare cloth clothes and trousers. , and some meat.

Since he was about to leave, he put on new clothes and socks, had a full meal, and got up tomorrow. Gu Zhao gave this coffin to him.

After making arrangements, Gu Zhao slowly walked back to the yard. When he reached the entrance of the yard, he saw a person kneeling over there, and asked, "Who's there!"

The figure over there shook for a while: "Little Daddy, it's me."

Gu Zhao stopped, and slowly walked over to look at him. After a long time, he sighed and said, "I don't blame you, I thought of this a long time ago." He just didn't expect that Zhao Yuanxiu's hands were darker than Zhao Chunrun's, and they were young Children are not spared.

Zhao Yuanxiu raised his head and looked at Gu Zhao with bright eyes. He stood up slowly, reached out to support Gu Zhao, and walked into the house with him.

After walking for a while, Gu Zhaohu said, "You have grown up."

Yuan Xiu nodded: "No, there are several children, and it's not the baby who cries in the middle of the night and urinates all over the little daddy."

When they walked to the door, Zhao Yuanxiu whispered into Gu Zhao's ear, "Little Daddy, don't blame my father, the one who escorted my father to become a monk at Fayuan Temple that day was the Gu family from Xibei..."

Gu Zhao stopped and looked at Zhao Yuanxiu in surprise, Zhao Yuanxiu nodded firmly, pointed to the room and said, "Father is inside, little daddy must not get involved with daddy, you just feel sorry for me. "

Gu Zhao was stunned for a while, then smiled lightly: "No, how could it be, you all missed me..."

Zhao Yuanxiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Gu Zhao said. Although Zhao Chunrun didn't come out of the house, he still kowtowed outside the house before leaving.

At this moment, it was already dark, Gu Zhao opened the curtain and entered the room, only to see Zhao Chunrun sitting at the table waiting quietly.

On the table, all kinds of dishes were steaming, and Zhao Chunrun was also thin. He raised his head when he heard the sound of the door curtain, and when he saw Gu Zhao coming in, he hurried over and took Gu Zhao's hand.

"Warm it first..." After walking a few steps, Xu felt that Gu Zhao's hands were too cold, so he stopped, warmed Gu Zhao's hands in his arms, and placed them against the flesh.

Gu Zhao looked at his face quietly, and after looking at him for a while, he said, "I'm fine...I...I'm fine!"

Zhao Chunrun smiled: "It's okay! It's okay! If you want to blame me, you can blame me. My brother will get retribution if he leaves me that day. Why would I leave Yuanxiu with a tail? Just blame me, I... It's okay , although you punish, okay!"

Gu Zhao closed his eyes slightly, his heart was in a mess. He really didn't blame Ah Run, he was just fighting against his own humanity again, he was just cowardly, just afraid, he didn't feel sorry for the Gu family in Xibei, no!

However, he couldn't tell Ah Run that I just couldn't see tens of thousands of people die like this. What these killings killed was my humanity, and what was whipped was my morality...

After a boring dinner, Gu Zhao left Zhao Chunrun and went to the study.

Zhao Chunrun didn't send him there as usual, he just changed his clothes and stood up again to go to the Shuize Palace. He thought that the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. Instead of letting Ah Zhao hurt once, why not finish hooking together tomorrow and send it off early go!

Zhao Chunrun left just like that, and Gu Zhao sat in the study for the middle of the night. This night, no one with a human nature, surnamed Gu, fell asleep.

When the sky was bright, Gu Zhao came out of the house, holding a sacrificial letter in his hand and handed it to Sun Xi who was guarding the door: "You send someone to burn it, ask them to help burn a few strings of money, and leave now." Well, at least bring some money to buy the way..."

Sun Xi took the sacrificial letter with both hands, and trotted out. On the way, he opened the sacrificial letter and saw that it was written like this.

Alas!It has never been a thousand red but winter, and people go to Yaotai, but they say that parting from life and death is the most painful. Back in the day, the seven-step poem of a jade man riding a horse, Guanyu laughed and talked like pearls, and Ziyu's beautiful sentences were invincible. The old swallows in the hall are gone, don't ask each other, people go to Guanhe, and the flutes lead flowers to the lonely towers.