"Let go of me! What do you guys want to do?!" A few days later, Xia Ziling was asleep, and was suddenly tied up in a dark room by a few strong men. The kidnappers should be guards of the palace.

After committing the crime that day, after saying something, Zhu Chun finally put Xia Ziling back without doing anything, which made Xia Ziling a little negligent.He thought that he was afraid that he was personally rewarded by Emperor Hongwu, even if his official position was low, the king of Shu would not touch him casually.Unexpectedly, Zhu Chun didn't care about these things at all, and didn't take his heartfelt allegiance words to heart, so he made such a sudden move.

The few guards who were ordered to work were all calm people, allowing him to shout loudly without saying a word.Until a touch of chic white clothes entered the dark room.

Seeing the person coming, Xia Ziling said in a low voice, "I don't know why the prince invited me here late at night."

"Hehe, you don't know?" Zhu Chun talked and laughed freely, as if he was not in this claustrophobic dark room, but in the study.

"Mr. Xia, if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts." Zhu Chun waved his hand, then turned his head and said, "You all go down."

After the guards retreated, he took a step forward, pinched Xia Ziling's jaw and said, "Are you really a monk from Haozhou Huangjue Temple?"

His dark eyes stared at Xia Ziling like a cheetah.

Xia Ziling was tied to the chair and couldn't move, but he thought he was sorry.Did he discover something?Since the master has arranged everything, it seems that there will be no loopholes. How could Zhu Chun find out anything?

Zhu Chun sneered, let go of Xia Ziling's chin, took two steps back, and said slowly: "I have sent people to Haozhou to investigate since you entered the mansion. The first group of people returned soon. It is said that the abbot, Master Zhengning, does have a disciple named Huici, Zhengning also wrote a letter of recommendation, and they found Huici's name in the list of monks, and there seems to be no problem."

"But I was still worried, so I sent Zhang Shou, the head of the guard, to take your portrait and go to investigate. Abbot Zhengning and the monks in the temple still insisted that you are Huici. But if someone fakes, there must be a hundred secrets. Before departure, I He ordered Zhang Shou not to let go of any clues he could find, so he was more careful, stayed outside the temple, and continued to visit nearby."

"Guess what? Not long after, Zhang Shou met a woodcutter in a nearby village and said that the portrait was somewhat similar to Huici, but it should not be Huici. Also, earlier this year, Huici went to the mountain to collect herbs and accidentally fell off a cliff. When he picked it up, he was already out of breath, and the body was taken away by Zheng Ning himself, so could it be possible to revive him from the dead?"

"Zhang Shou got the news and didn't continue to investigate, so he came back and reported it immediately," Zhu Chun sat down comfortably on the chair next to him, folded his hands and said, "Xia Ziling, paper can't cover fire. There are a lot of doubts about this matter, I feel that if we continue to investigate carefully, the truth will be revealed in a short time, and then report to the emperor, what do you think will be the result?"

Xia Ziling's face turned pale when he heard this.The master has already arranged it very carefully, but Zhu Chun is too thoughtful. Who would have thought that the majestic feudal lord would be obsessed with the life experience of a small monk and spend so much energy on investigating it?But I also blame myself for being too impatient and pressing.

Things have come to this point, and it doesn't make any sense to think about any omissions before.Zhu Yuanzhang must never let Zhu Yuanzhang know about this matter. According to his character of blasphemy and would rather kill a hundred people than slip through the net, he is afraid that he will bloodbath Haozhou Huangjue Temple and select officials, which will add a lot of killings.So... for now, the only way is to confess and be lenient.

Xia Ziling lowered his head and said respectfully: "My lord, to be honest, I am not Huici. In fact, I have learned from a stranger from outside the sky. My master watched the stars at night and learned that Ming Jun will come out from the southwest, so he specially ordered me to come and assist him."

Zhu Chun looked at Xia Ziling with a half-smile, as if he was very interested in seeing how he broke up next, but the latter didn't have any sense of amusement in his eyes.

"My lord, I know this is hard to believe, but in ancient times there was a fairy family who ordered Jiang Shangfu to become king. Such a thing actually existed." Xia Ziling himself felt a little ashamed when he said this, but he felt that his master Wu Really, even if it is not a fairy, it is not far away.

Zhu Chun stared at Xia Ziling with beautiful starry eyes, and remained silent for a long time. After a while, he looked away and said lightly: "It seems that I overestimated, you are just a person suffering from delusion. Just a fool."

Throwing down this sentence, the king of Shu flicked his sleeves and walked away.

"..." Does this mean that he regards himself as a psychopath?

Xia Ziling stayed in that dark room for many days.Looking at the change of day and night revealed by the faint skylight, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.Even if he doesn't kill himself, if Zhu Chun decides to imprison himself indefinitely, he has nothing to do.

In a society ruled by men like this in ancient times, how limited a person's power is.In history, godlike ministers such as Jiang Shang and Zhuge, to assist in a great cause, not only need to take advantage of the right time, place and people, but also have a luck index that ordinary people can't match.In this era of supremacy of kingship, when emperors, vassal kings, and even powerful ministers get angry, killing ordinary people is as easy as chopping vegetables.Even when encountering weapons or bandits, it is not a surprise to be chopped off with a single knife.

With his meager strength, wanting to assist a new emperor or something is tantamount to shaking a tree by a mayfly, and he is simply too self-sufficient.

However, the historical knowledge hundreds of years ahead of this era, and the 12 years of night reading and traveling with Master, made him unwilling to be imprisoned here for the rest of his life.Modern people attach great importance to freedom. Even if they cannot achieve the goal of returning to this world, at least they must live a life without worrying about food and clothing in this era.

But this goal is so difficult, he hasn't faced the big Buddha of Emperor Hongwu, but the mere Shu Palace, has been trapped and can't move for half a minute.

After thinking about it for many days, Xia Ziling couldn't find a good solution.In fact, thinking about it now, he was too anxious at the time, and it was obviously impossible to gain Zhu Chun's trust with just a few words.Most of the ancients didn't believe in materialism, but how could Zhu Chun believe in words like "assistant from the immortal family" if he couldn't come up with something that could hold people back?

Although Wuzhen taught himself culture, Taoism and martial arts, he didn't know anything about the Taoism of the immortal family. To put it bluntly, he was still an ordinary person. If he wanted to bluff people, he probably had to borrow historical knowledge hundreds of years later.But... this happened to be Xia Ziling's weakest point.

At this moment, Xia Ziling regretted that he didn't study history well back then.Fortunately, the day before he came here, he took a rough look at the history of the early Ming Dynasty. From the memory that was so long and almost forgotten, Xia Ziling thought hard and finally thought of a big event.

In the 18th year of Ming Hongwu, it seems that the Guo Huan case, one of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, occurred, involving more than 19 officials who were executed.Of course, this may have happened in the 20th year of Hongwu or even the [-]th year of Hongwu. Xia Ziling couldn't remember the exact year, let alone the month and date when the case happened.

However, since ancient times, those who have achieved major events have always accounted for three points of ability and seven points of luck.At this moment, he suddenly thought of the "Guo Huan case". Whether it was due to intuition or other reasons, he had no choice but to take a risk.

The King of Shu did not seem to be a very patient person. Once he really reported his identity to Zhu Yuanzhang, he, his master and other people involved in this matter would not be able to escape the fate of being stripped of their skins.No matter, at this time, I can only gamble on my own luck.

After making up his mind, on this day, when the servant girl in the mansion came to bring him meals, Xia Ziling begged him to let him meet Song Lan.At this time, interpersonal relationships play a very important role.The maid was originally unwilling, but Xia Ziling couldn't help pleading again and again, and finally agreed.

Xia Ziling had been in the palace for a few months before, treated others with humility and courtesy, coupled with being young and handsome, that maidservant had rarely seen a man like him, and it was inevitable that she would blush when she was pulled to beg like this.Wanting to come to a professor of the Wangfu, it is estimated that it is a small matter that angered the prince, and the prince might let him out when he calmed down, so he agreed that it was no big deal.

Although Song Lan and him have not known each other for long, they share similar interests and have a good relationship.That day Xia Ziling helped him again, but before he could thank him, he was locked up by the prince for some reason.Taking advantage of the darkness, he still took the risk to come here.

"Bojia, if you have anything to say, quickly say it. The prince is usually very good-tempered, but this time he locked you up for some reason. Before your anger subsides, you should bear with it."

Xia Ziling secretly laughed inwardly, very good tempered?I'm afraid not necessarily, Zhu Chun usually just pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger, but everyone was fooled by him.Besides, if he didn't take the initiative to attack, he probably wouldn't be able to dissipate his anger.

"Brother Meng Chuan, can you intercede for me and let me see the prince."

Song Lan smiled wryly, "Bo Jia, you're torturing me. I'm such a small Ninth-Rank Book, how can I talk in front of the prince."

"Brother Meng Chuan, you have been with the prince for so many years. I didn't understand the prince's temperament that day. After telling the story, it's nothing to do with bad luck. The prince is always kind. Please take the time to say a few words. It's okay to think about it." It’s over. Otherwise, I’ll be locked up here all this time, and my lord is so forgetful, I guess I’ve already forgotten about the fact that I’m still suffering here.”

When Song Lan heard it, he thought the same thing. He, a professor who was born as a monk, could make a lot of trouble. It was nothing more than nagging about the Buddhist scriptures. Presumably the prince got tired of listening to it, so he should punish him a little.

"Okay, I will help you once for my brother."

Xia Ziling said solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Meng Chuan, please be sure to tell the prince that I have important news to report to you about the conversation with the prince that day."

These words were a little strange, but Song Lan didn't think too much about it, and left quickly after she agreed.

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