Reincarnation of the powerful minister

After hearing this, Zhu Helin took out a peeping pen from his bosom.

Su Yan took a look, good guy, I brought the binoculars, so I came prepared. This is it.He muttered softly: "Are there binoculars these days?"

Zhu Helin replied in a low voice: "The people from Xiyi brought it here and presented it to my father as a rare item. They said that it can be taken for miles and miles away, as it is now. My father said that it would be great if the army could be equipped in large quantities, but it is a pity. Two, only for fun, so I secretly took one away before leaving Beijing."

Su Yan remembered silently, thinking of adding another one to the production list of Tiangongyuan later.

The setting sun shines on the mountains and forests, and the field of vision in the peeping lens moves slowly, and finally stops at a little golden light reflected.

Zhu Helin raised his hand, and all the attendants immediately fell silent and stopped.The peeping stick was handed to Su Yan, and Zhu Helin pouted in a certain direction, motioning him to look.

Su Yan supported the peeking shaft, squinted his single eye, and looked intently—under the marijuana oak tree beside the stream, there really was a big deer grazing with its head down. Slightly flooded in the afterglow.

Zhu Helin held his wrist a little excitedly, and said in a low voice, "It's that golden-horned white deer!"

Su Yan also found it unbelievable, looked at it a few more times, and asked after thinking: "Master, really want to catch it? How to catch it?"

Zhu Helin said: "I'll call some people who can set up deer traps first, go around to the back, and set up a row of traps. The others follow me to fan out and drive the white deer to the direction of the traps."

Su Yan nodded, and added: "Don't use knives, guns, bows and arrows. Since it's a so-called 'auspicious beast', it's not good if you accidentally kill it. Besides, it's near the imperial tomb. It's not good to see blood."

"I know. My own cemetery, can I do anything wrong?"

Su Yan: ... Well, I know that your family has a throne to inherit.

The guides of Xiaoling Temple Supervisor said that they often come and go in the forest and field, and they will set traps.Zhu Helin asked them to go around to the back of the woods. After finishing the arrangement, they climbed to the top of the tree and raised the flag as a sign.

After receiving the signal, the hundred guards here were divided into three teams, and surrounded forward like a net, intending to drive Bailu into the "pocket".

Zhu Helin pulled Su Yan by his side, and when he was thirty feet away, the deer became alert and looked up and down.Seeing that the encirclement circle had formed, the guards moved the branches and leaves with their sabers on purpose to scare the white deer, and slowly surrounded it.

The white deer jumped up in shock, seeing that it was going to jump from under the tree to the back, but for some reason, it fell back to the same place.After jumping up and down again and again, not only failed to leave, but fell to the ground, screaming in panic.

Zhu Helin felt something was wrong.When he got closer, he noticed with sharp eyes that a thick and long iron chain was tied to the hind legs of the white deer, and the other part was firmly fixed to the trunk of the oak tree.

At this moment, a group of guards rushed over and held the struggling white deer down by his limbs.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the deer, and golden shimmers danced around it, as if someone had sprinkled gold powder into the air.

In addition to the chains and gold powder, Su Yan noticed the guard holding the deer's body, his palms were stained white.With a "buzz" in his head, he changed his color and said, "That white deer might be a trap! Everyone, step back and stay away from that deer, just in case!"

Before the shouting sound landed, Zhu Helin reacted at the same time as him, and ordered: "Get away first!" He picked up Su Yan who was beside him, carried him face down on his shoulder, turned and ran.

When everyone heard the warning, they were stunned for a moment, and then retreated quickly.

At this moment, a loud bang shook the mountains, followed by a series of bangs. The earth and rocks collapsed and the trees shook. Everyone couldn't stand and fell to the ground.

Zhu Helin hugged Su Yan and rolled several times, his back hit the tree trunk, and he stopped just now.

He reluctantly looked in the direction of the shock just now, and gritted his teeth: "That's where we set up the trap. What happened, why did the explosion suddenly happen?"

Su Yan covered his buzzing ears, opened his mouth wide and breathed in continuously.After a while, he panted, "It's gunpowder."

Zhu Helin: "Is it the servants of the palace guards? Even bows and arrows are not allowed in this deer hunt. How could they use gunpowder..." He seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly grabbed Su Yan's wrist.

Su Yan raised his head and looked at him, reading the other's eyes: There is something wrong with these guides!The identity has been verified before, it is not impersonation, but an inner ghost has appeared in the palace prison!

Including the white deer, they were also tampered with.The fur is dyed, so there are white marks on the guard's hands; the antlers are painted with a layer of gold paint, so they fall a little gold dust in the sun.

Zhu Helin murmured: "The court lady who told me the legend of the White Deer also has problems... What do they want to do, assassinate the young master?"

Su Yan felt strange: If he wanted to assassinate the prince, he should have buried a large amount of gunpowder under the feet of the white deer, and detonated it when they approached, turning the area several feet into ashes.Why does the explosion seem to have occurred farther away from the sound?

Not far away, there was a more dull abnormal sound, which was continuous, mixed with the sound of plopping, like countless stones falling into the water.Su Yan put his ear to the ground to listen, Zhu Helin picked up the peeping tree that fell in the grass, and jumped onto a tall branch.

After a few seconds, he jumped down again, continued to carry Su Yan upside down on his shoulders, and shouted loudly: "The pool rock in the upper reaches was blasted, and the stream and waterfall turned into a mudslide. Run——run!"

The guards, who were overturned by the explosion, scrambled to their feet after hearing the sound, and surrounded the prince while running.

A startled yellow swan circled over Zhongshan.

Looking down from its perspective, you can see the dots of clothing shadows in the mountains and forests, moving towards the direction of Xiaoling Mausoleum in the south along the forest path trampled by the beasts.And behind these figures, the stream rushes out of both banks like a flood, rolling over countless trees, rocks, and animals along the way, and pouring down the mountain from north to south.

Su Yan tossed his head down and was about to throw up. He knocked Zhu Helin on the back and shouted, "Put me down! I can run by myself!"

Zhu Helin scolded while running: "Shut up! I count on your thin arms and legs? Why don't you just lie on your stomach and thank you in your heart, I practice martial arts every day, and my physical strength is enough!"

"Master, can you... get through the... mudslide quickly?" Su Yan's question was shaken away.

Zhu Helin replied in the wind: "It's too fast, but you have to risk your life to run! Otherwise, you will really die!"

The narrow path was bumpy, and the two fell several times along the way. Zhu Helin held Su Yan tightly to prevent him from rolling downhill.

He also knew that the streams and waterfalls flowed south, so it was best to run east and west, but unfortunately, both sides were surrounded by desperate dense forests and cliffs. He could only pray that the mudslide would stop before it could catch up with them.

Most of the Eastern Palace guards caught up with Zhu Helin, but they didn't dare to overtake him, they ran a few feet behind him in the formation of the rear guard.

The group was exhausted from running, their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and finally they saw the vermilion outer wall of Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Everyone thought they were saved, but Zhu Helin's expression changed: If the stream and waterfall were to destroy the outer wall, it would directly flood the northernmost tip of Xiaoling Mausoleum—below the circular mound, there would be the tomb where the Emperor Taizu and the Empress were buried!

The flooding of the imperial mausoleum is a major event that damages the dragon's veins and shakes the world!

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who conspire to destroy mountains and mausoleums will be punished as treason, which belongs to the "ten evils" that cannot be pardoned.

Once he is charged with this crime, even ten positions in the Eastern Palace cannot be kept!

Zhu Helin threw Su Yan to the outer wall of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, which was more than two feet high.

Su Yan exclaimed, grabbed the top of the wall with both hands, and climbed up with all his might.

"Sit on it and watch the water for me!" Zhu Helin ordered him, turned his head and pulled out his sword, and shouted to the guards, "Follow me back! Cut down trees and block the water flow!"

Su Yan hastily reminded: "You can't cut it down! This is a mausoleum tree, and it's forbidden to cut it up!"

Zhu Helin said decisively: "The two evils are the lesser, if the outer wall is washed down and the water floods the circular mound, everyone present will die! Even if I can avoid death, I can't be the prince!"

"Cut down the tree!" he yelled at the guards.

The guards of the Eastern Palace knew that this act violated the prohibition, and they settled it afterwards, and they either punished them with sticks, or issued shackles, or sent them to the outskirts of the country.But for the sake of the prince they served, they still obeyed orders without hesitation, drew out their sabers one after another, and shouted in unison: "Cut down trees—"

Seeing them returning the same way, Su Yan chose the narrow mountain road, cut down the trees on both sides, blocked the pass, and tried to divert the pouring stream and waterfall to all directions, breaking them into pieces.He was very anxious, worried about Zhu Helin's safety, and looked south frequently, hoping that the officials and honor guards who accompanied the sacrifice tomb would hear the movement and come to help.

Unfortunately, the scale of the Xiaoling Mausoleum is too large. The distance between the northernmost circular mound and the southernmost mausoleum palace gate is more than half a mountain, and there are three imperial rivers in between, as well as Shinto, squares, and many towers and palaces.

At this time, all the officials were in the former court area, waiting for the prince's ceremonial ride.Even if they heard the movement, the dormitory of the Xiaoling Mausoleum where the Circular Mound is located is a restricted area, and they are not allowed to enter without the emperor's order. If they want to help them, they have to go around the wall from the outside of the cemetery. How can they meet this urgent need?

Su Yan looked north again—the figures of Zhu Helin and the guards had already disappeared into the forest and were out of sight.

He knew that he was sitting on the top of the outer wall of the cemetery, even if he could watch the water, he couldn't tell the prince and his party.This was clearly an excuse Zhu Helin made up to keep him in a safe zone.

……no!I can't leave them alone, so I have to help.Thinking so, Su Yan tried to slide down from the top of the wall, and finally jumped from a height of more than three meters in the middle. When he landed, he rolled to the side and was not injured.

He took a breath, and ran towards the direction Zhu Helin left. Before he had run a few hundred meters, he saw a group of people covered in mud and in a state of distress turning back in front of him.

The crown prince at the head had all lost his crown and cap, but he was still holding a long sword in his hand, his expression was solemn and resolute, showing unprecedented solemnity and power from his expression.The rest of the guards followed him closely, as if following the backbone.

Seeing Su Yan, Zhu Helin frowned and shouted, "What are you doing here? Go back!"

Su Yan said, "No, I can't sit still."

Zhu Helin: "Can't sit still? Is it because the wall is too high that you are afraid of heights, or is the top of the wall bumpy and bumpy?"

Su Yan: "...I'm not that useless! I can't sit still because I'm afraid that something will happen to His Royal Highness, and I, Su Qinghe, have to hit my head on the stone tablet carried by the turtle outside the gate of the Mausoleum to apologize with death!"

His voice was so severe that Zhu Helin laughed instead.

Su Yan asked angrily, "Has the mudslide stopped?"

Zhu Helin said: "A lot of trees have been cut down, and several narrow corners have been blocked - after finishing the human affairs, the next step is to obey the destiny." He stepped forward to hold Su Yan's hand, and walked back together side by side.

The guards behind him had already seen the intimate behavior between the two, so they were blind to see it.

A group of people returned to the outer wall and watched nervously to the north.After a while, seeing water flowing down from the top of the slope, I couldn't help but sweat.

The water flowed closer and closer, gradually weakened, and finally reached the front, seeped into the soil and disappeared.

Everyone's heartstrings suddenly loosened.A guard loses strength in his hands and feet and falls limp to the ground.

Zhu Helin turned around, touched the vermillion outside wall of the cemetery, and sighed: "My ancestors bless you!"

Su Yan also sighed, and said, "Lucky among misfortunes."

When he turned around again, Zhu Helin's face was covered with a threatening coldness, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I must investigate today's matter and find out the truth. I will not let anyone involved!"

Su Yan was pondering: Judging from the interval time between the explosions, it was the last time that the stream, waterfall and pool were blown up.The previous few explosions were not intended to stab the driver, so what exactly were they exploding?

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