Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

After eating a meal for more than half an hour, during the dinner, whenever Xia Ziling and Mu Sheng wanted to bring up the matter of King Shu, they were interrupted by Lan Yu.

At the end of the banquet, Lan Yu took out a brocade handkerchief from her bosom, handed it to Mu Sheng, and said, "The king of Shu is suffering here, and my little girl is worried about it. If you see the king of Shu someday, you will send this handwritten letter from my little girl." Leave it to him."

"...Okay." Mu Sheng put the neatly folded brocade handkerchief into his arms with some confusion.

After leaving the Marquis of Yongchang, and walking to the intersection of Xia Ziling's house, Mu Sheng took out the brocade handkerchief just now, stuffed it to Xia Ziling, and said, "Okay, today's trip, I got a love letter, are you satisfied?"

"...At least I ate a meal from Marquis Yongchang, and I won't lose either."

Mu Sheng smiled lightly, "Don't worry too much about this matter, the King of Shu is a prince after all, and although the emperor governs the country very strictly, he has always been kind to princes and princesses."

"Oh, I see."

Xia Ziling said goodbye to Mu Sheng, returned to the room, and then spread out the square brocade handkerchief under the lamp——

"Green gardens and grassy paths are deep,

Sitting alone in Fangyuan and leaning on the railing,

Where is your concubine?

When will we enjoy the mandarin duck show together? "

The handwriting is beautiful, as if it came from the hands of a lady, and a peony is embroidered on the lower right corner of the brocade handkerchief.Peony was used to express love in ancient times, it seems that Lan Yan is still a passionate woman!

But... Xia Ziling thought about this line for a long time, and it really is just an ordinary love poem, right?He really couldn't figure out what Yongchang Hou was using this as a metaphor.Perhaps... the clue lies in the brocade handkerchief itself. Xia Ziling touched the thickness of the brocade handkerchief, and suddenly understood.

Without further ado, Xia Ziling asked Peng Qi to take him to the prison that night.Although Jin Yiwei has strict discipline, he is also an ordinary person. As a human being, there is always a way to break through.At this moment, Peng Qi's role as a wine and meat monk is manifested.

In the past two years since he entered the court, he found people to drink when he had free time. Although he didn't get to know powerful officials, he made friends with many small soldiers.Today, the Deputy Qianhu of Jin Yiwei is Peng Qi's best friend and drinking buddy.

Xia Ziling asked Peng Qi to give this person and his brothers a lot of benefits, and finally persuaded that person to bring Xia Ziling to the prison.

After the meeting, Deputy Zhang Qianhu said apologetically: "Brother Xia, although Peng Qi and I are close friends, people imprisoned in the imperial prison are not allowed to visit. It is presumptuous for me to accommodate you for a while. He has committed a capital crime, and must not make any mistakes, and if he offends, please return it to Haihan."

Deputy Zhang Qianhu had explained just now that Xia Ziling had to strip naked and search carefully before he could enter to visit the King of Shu.

"Brother Zhang is willing to risk his life to help me. Xia is very grateful. There is no offense, just follow the rules." Xia Ziling generously undid his clothes as he said.

Deputy Zhang Qianhu and his subordinates scanned all parts of Xia Ziling's body to make sure that nothing had been tampered with, and then carefully inspected the taken off clothes.After a while, the subordinates handed over something——

"Deputy Qianhu, here is a brocade handkerchief."

Deputy Zhang Qianhu was literate, so he read the verses on the brocade handkerchief, looked at Xia Ziling with a smile on his face, and said, "What is this?"

"This is something entrusted by the lord's concubine, brother Zhang please accommodate me."

"Bring water." Even though it was a private thing for men and women, Deputy Zhang Qianhu didn't dare to be careless, and immediately sent someone to fetch a basin of water.

Deputy Zhang Qianhu put the brocade handkerchief into the water, picked it up after a while, stroked it a few times, and then looked at the light to confirm that there was no hidden secret before handing it back to Xia Ziling.

"I'm offended, go in quickly, you only have a stick of incense."

"Okay, thanks."

The duty took Xia Ziling straight to the door of the cell where King Shu was detained.The room is very spacious, without the darkness and dampness of ordinary prison cells. Candlesticks are lit, and quilts are laid on the bed.However, Xia Ziling felt depressed seeing the always lofty king of Shu locked up in such a simple cell.

Fortunately, the king of Shu seemed to be in good condition, and even his hair did not look messy, so there should still be someone serving him.

"My lord." Xia Ziling said softly, but when he came over, Zhu Chun had already heard the noise and walked to the door.

"You...how did you come here?" Zhu Chun's tone made Xia Ziling a little unpredictable, it seemed a little happy, but also a little angry.

"My lord, this is the brocade handkerchief brought to you by Lanyan girl Tuo Chen." In order to avoid any changes in the future, it is better to present this thing as soon as you arrive.

"..." Zhu Chun took the wet brocade handkerchief Xia Ziling handed over, not knowing what to say.The reason why he came here so hard was to express his love for her?

"My lord, take it away quickly."

Judging by Xia Ziling's eagerness, there must be some mystery behind this thing.But it is so wet, it is obvious that Jin Yiwei has checked it just now, is there any mechanism that can hide the shrewd Jin Yiwei?

But no matter what, Zhu Chun still put the brocade handkerchief into his arms.

"you……"

"My lord..."

The two spoke at the same time, but stopped at the same time, what should they say?What to say?With all kinds of emotions, I suddenly don't know how to express them.

After a few seconds, Zhu Chun said, "You speak first."

"My lord, you have suffered."

"..." The precious time was actually used to say such polite words, Zhu Chun was speechless, "It's not bitter, they dare not embarrass me. But you, why do you look like you haven't slept well?"

Xia Ziling's thick blue-black lower eyelids made Zhu Chun feel distressed.

"Chen..." Can't sleep at night because I'm worried about you?Xia Ziling suddenly felt that such words seemed a little nasty.

However, Zhu Chun has already understood.He raised his thin lips slightly, revealing a beautiful smile, and Xia Ziling suddenly felt that the dim prison was dyed like the sun and the moon by that smile.

"Xia Ziling, if I'm just deposed as a commoner, will you...will you still follow me?"

After Zhu Chun asked this sentence, his eyes as dark as night stars fixed on Xia Ziling, and Xia Ziling suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.

After a while, he solemnly replied: "Yes, my lord."

Zhu Chun smiled when he heard the words, his smile was open and without any scheming, as if he was just an ordinary 17-year-old boy, not a high-ranking prince.Regardless of whether Xia Ziling's words were true or not, it made him very happy, and that was enough.

"Xia Ziling, your nickname Bojia is too ugly, I will call you 'Zi Ling' from now on." Zhu Chun resumed his usual ostentatious and arrogant tone.

Will "..." be ugly?He obviously felt fine.Naturally, he can't interfere with what the prince's favorite name is, but the intimate title of 'Zi Ling' always makes him feel a little weird in his heart.

"Zi Ling, trust me, I won't be brought down," Zhu Chun said slowly, paused, and said, "Go back and sleep well."

"Yes, my lord."

After working so hard to come in, and at the expense of human rights, Jin Yiwei had to search him, and he said less than ten sentences.But Xia Ziling felt that the melancholy of the past few days was swept away, and it was good to see this side.

As for whether the king of Shu will be overthrown or whether he can become an emperor, he really hasn't considered it recently.

Two days later, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Jin Yiwei jointly tried the case of King Shu's private return to Beijing.On the day of the court session, Emperor Hongwu suddenly visited the lobby of the Ministry of Justice without warning.This made Guo Li, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments who had just taken office, quite frightened.

He is today's chief judge, and his predecessor, Yin Xing, had already been slashed by Emperor Hong Wu for recommending Concubine Hui as the latter.Not long after he took office, he got involved in the trial of his son, King Shu.This case was obviously a family matter of Emperor Hongwu, but it had to be brought to the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. If the trial failed, his head would also have to be moved.

But can he do it well?Judging according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", Emperor Hongwu ordered the King of Shu to perform martial arts in Zhongdu. He returned to Beijing privately, which can be regarded as "immorality" among the "ten evils", and should be sentenced to death according to the law, but did he dare?In fact, among these vassal kings, this small mistake of the king of Shu is nothing at all. The daily actions of the other vassal kings can be sentenced to death according to the law.However, the king of Shu was unlucky, and when the crown prince had just died and the sacred heart was uncertain, the father wanted to argue with his son, so it was really unlucky to use him as a gunman.

Therefore, the Ministry of Punishment probably has bad feng shui recently, and with the matter of the mother and son on the stalls of the two ministers, the former one is already dead, and Guo Li feels that the head on his neck is not so strong anymore.

However, the emperor sat beside him and watched, and it was not enough for him not to interrogate.So Guo Li patted the gavel tremblingly, and said, "Bring... the prisoner up."

The king of Shu came to the hall, dressed in white clothes, not stained with lead dust, with handsome features, not like a prisoner, but like a fairy descending from the earth.

The king of Shu brought him up, and Guo Li began to wonder whether he should show the king a seat. After all, he is still the king of the vassal, not the real prisoner.According to the rules of this dynasty, all the officials had to kneel and worship the vassal king when they saw the vassal king. He was already sitting on pins and needles like this, but he never dared to let the king of Shu kneel down.

"Come...to watch the seats." Guo Li said timidly.

Emperor Hongwu coughed when he heard this.

Guo Li quickly changed his words, "Forget it, just stand like this."

"That...His Royal Highness the King of Shu, the emperor issued an imperial decree for all the kings to parade martial arts in the central capital, but you returned to Beijing privately, are you guilty?" Guo Li asked a little bit lacking in confidence. Normally, he should call the prisoner by his name, but he didn't dare.

"Guo Shangshu," Zhu Chun replied neither humble nor overbearing, "The guilty minister knows that he has committed an unforgivable crime of treason and immorality, and he is willing to accept the death penalty, but this private return to Beijing is actually at the request of my elder brother."

"..." The eldest brother of the King of Shu is naturally the deceased Prince Zhu Biao.Zhu Biao is dead, how can the King of Shu return to Beijing?Could it be that the king of Shu wants to make up a lie about the prince's dream?If he uttered such ridiculous words, Emperor Hongwu would definitely not believe him, and instead felt that he was making sophistry, so he would probably be punished severely.