Factory owner is king

Chapter 5
After leaving Wuying Hall, Xu Ruyi felt cold all over when the breeze blew, and then she felt that her whole body was soaked with sweat.

Looking back at the gate of the Hall of Martial Arts, it seems like a lifetime away in just one step.

Raising her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and temples, Xu Ruyi walked towards her small courtyard.With the emperor's life in his body, he still sweeps the imperial garden.

After returning to her hut and closing the door, Xu Ruyi felt a sense of security.

He reached out and picked up the teapot on the table, put his mouth to his mouth, and drank for a long time before putting down the teapot and letting out a sigh of relief.

"Scared?" A gloomy voice sounded behind Xu Ruyi.

"I%≈*￥￥@#￥" Xu Ruyi felt her hairs stand on end, turned around suddenly, and punched him.

With a muffled "bang", it hit the belly of a short and fat old man. 'It's people. . . Xu Ruyi felt relieved when the punch landed on the ground.

Looking up, the old man who had been beaten looked at him with a smile, "Little master? Put your fist down. Isn't it tiring to hold it up?"

"Eh..." Xu Ruyi put down her hand embarrassingly, and took a step back.He stretched out his hand and scratched his head, "You are?"

"The master of the Zhenzi hall, Li Caiyu, has seen the master of the little sect." The fat old man cupped his hands, still smiling.

"You..." Xu Ruyi opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Young door master, don't be nervous, just listen to my old man speak slowly."

"Well, okay, I'll trouble you then." Xu Ruyi nodded.

Li Caiyu thought for a moment and then said: "The inheritance of Tianmen has a long history. I don't know how much the old sect master has said to you. But I guess with his temperament as an old man, he won't talk too much to a child like you. Our family will just talk to you. Tell me what you need to know."

After a pause, Li Caiyu said slowly, "The root of Tianmen is in the palace, but it also has its own forces in the court and in the rivers and lakes. It's just that the world was in chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty more than 20 years ago. There are not many of these forces left, and there is no need for them for the time being." Let me tell you in detail. Under the gate of heaven, there are eight halls and sixteen stars: the eight halls are divided into Qiankun Xun (xun), Zhengen (gen) and Li Kandui, who handle everything in the palace; the sixteen stars are the Big Dipper. : Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang, Nandou six stars: Tianfu star, Tianliang star, Tianji star, Tiantong star, Tianxiang star, Qisha star, Thirteen Xingjun is in charge of affairs in Jianghu; finally there is Fu Lu Shou Sanxing Jun who enters the court as an official and takes charge of the affairs of the court.”

Hearing this, Xu Ruyi's eyes lit up. With such a great power, she is no different from the emperor.

Li Caiyu looked at Xu Ruyi's expression and didn't know what he was thinking.

He chuckled lightly and opened his mouth and said, "Don't think about it. Didn't I tell you? After the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was not much Tianmen power left. Now that the Ming Dynasty has passed 25 years, there is still some strength in the world, in the court and in the palace. The strength is extremely weak and cannot be used in a big way. If you can say that your eyes and ears are clear, it is impossible to do anything big. Besides, the Tianmen forces are hidden in the dark, and no one will pay attention to you if you go out to inquire. "

These words poured cold water on Xu Ruyi's head.

Thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang's killing is not based on one kill, and it is uncomfortable to sleep if he kills less than [-] at a time.There are so many people killed inside and outside the palace, there is no chance to develop any power.

"Ahem." Li Caiyu cleared his throat, "Everything you have done so far, our brothers in the palace think it's pretty good. You just escaped from Zhu Yuanzhang's hands alive again. Old Liu thinks he can help you, so he Our family has called."

"Is that voice before I entered the palace the old Liu you mentioned?" Xu Ruyi asked.

Li Caiyu shook her head, "Don't ask if you shouldn't know."

"Oh, then what should I know now?" Xu Ruyi asked back, "You know Zhu Yuanzhang asked me to find..."

"I know, let's deal with Ding Bin." Li Caiyu interrupted Xu Ruyi's question, "I'm actually here to do two things."

Li Caiyu reached into his pocket and took out a small package and handed it to Xu Ruyi. Seeing that Xu Ruyi caught it, he said again, "There are 50 taels of silver and [-] guan in the package, which are enough for your business. This is the first One thing. The second thing, we thought about it, we can't give you any help for the time being, so as not to be exposed, but we can tell you some information."

Xu Ruyi thought for a moment and nodded, but said nothing. Li Caiyu would naturally say what he should know.

"Ding Bin is Li Cunyi's confidant. According to the regulations, he was supposed to go to Datong Village last month, but Li Cunyi left him through the back door. The emperor took the opportunity to take him into prison. Li Cunyi is Li Shanchang's younger brother, and also the son of Hu Weiyong who died before. In-laws. That’s basically all you should know.” After Li Caiyu finished speaking, she raised her head and thought for a while, “Oh, and also, the gold medal given to you by the emperor can enter and leave the military commander’s mansion at will, and it is also proof that you are from the palace. Any real power, that’s all.”

After saying a few simple words, without waiting for Xu Ruyi's reaction, he turned around and walked out of the door, swaying and disappearing.

'Hiss. . .So fast." Xu Ruyi clicked her tongue secretly.

After closing the door again, Xu Ruyi checked around to make sure no one was there, then sat down and meditated quietly.

Speaking of Ding Bin and Li Cunyi, these two are nothing but small people.Later generations basically no one knows.But Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang are famous and household names.Hu Weiyong was the theoretically last prime minister in Chinese history, and was later executed by Zhu Yuanzhang with excuses, and took the opportunity to abolish the prime minister system.At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang used the excuse of forming a party to kill more than 1 people starting from Hu Weiyong.This case happened in the 13th year of Hongwu, and it is also one of the four major cases in Hongwu.

What is the concept of 1 people?Xu Ruyi didn't know, but he knew that there were more than 400 people from his primary school standing on the playground, and it was quite a lot to watch.

Besides, Li Shanchang fought with Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world.The head of the Six Kingdoms after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.Judging from the ranking given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the status is even higher than Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liu Bowen and others.It's a pity that he was later implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, and gradually faded out of the court, and his real power was gone, but his title was still there, and his influence on the court was still there.

Funny to say.The Hu Weiyong case happened in the 13th year of Hongwu. From that year onwards, everyone who had anything to do with Hu Weiyong was basically killed.But Li Cunyi, the son and daughter of Hu Weiyong, is still alive. Li Cunyi is not dead, and Li Cunyi's elder brother Li Shanchang is also alive to this day. . . . .

Xu Ru thought about it, and felt that it was a bit difficult to handle. What is certain is that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted me to get rid of Li Shanchang.But he didn't give me any real power, and he didn't give me any soldiers.How do I deal with this?Assassination is definitely not an option, I don't believe that Li Shanchang's house will not have any defenses.How to do it. . . . . '

Xu Ruyi gradually fell into deep thought.

At the same time, Li Shanchang's house.

The once brightly lit Li Mansion is still the same today, the scenery has not changed, and it is still the first-class mansion in Beijing.If there is any difference, then probably only the people living in the mansion know the answer: vitality.

In the original Li's residence, there was an endless stream of guests coming and going every day, but now it is empty.The servants in the mansion spoke and acted quietly, as if they were afraid of alarming someone.

In the middle of Li Shanchang's study, there is a small table at the moment, and two old people are sitting beside the table, about seventy years old.Both of them were dressed in simple and elegant Confucian robes, and one of them had a wooden hairpin on his head. Although he was old, his face was like a jade crown, with some slight wrinkles on his face, which seemed to have been through many vicissitudes.The other person had a hosta on his head, he was fat, and there were not many wrinkles on his face, but his brows were frowning, as if he was worried.The two look alike, but they are six or seven points similar, and they are quietly eating wine with side dishes on the table.The dishes on the table are not complicated, there is only a plate of sauced meat and a plate of soybeans boiled in salt water.

In ancient times, there were rules in the study room. You could not enter the study room to eat, drink or eat. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the sages.Li Shanchang's study room had even more rules, but the two of them seemed a little drunk, and they had obviously been drinking for a while.

"Brother," the person wearing the jade hairpin said first, "Did my brother cause trouble for you again?"

"Alas..." The man with the wooden hairpin sighed, and put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Cunyi, I don't blame you. Ding Bin is your confidant, it's normal that you don't want him. If it was in the past, this matter Not too big."

These two people were Li Shanchang and his younger brother Li Cunyi.

Li Shanchang said words of comfort, but Li Cunyi's complexion did not change for the better, "Brother, I..."

"Hey" Li Shanchang waved his hand and stroked his beard, "then Zhu Yuanzhang has changed. Since Empress Ma left, he has become especially suspicious and extreme. Back then, Hu Weiyong did have an antipathy. He didn't kill you and me, just thinking about it The second reason for our friendship back then was that the timing was not ripe, after all, Hu Weiyong has many party members. Now Hu Weiyong’s party members and disciples have almost handled it, and I think it’s my turn, Li Shanchang. Your matter is just a pretext.”

Li Shanchang picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, "Thinking about it now, it's nothing. It's just a death, and it's just troubled Fei'er, alas..."

"Brother..." Li Cunyi sighed, picked up the wine glass, and poured it into his mouth.The best wine tastes like bitter coptis.

The Feier they mentioned was Li Shanchang's son Li Fei.He is also the only heir of the Li family. . .

In the eyes of the ancients, there were three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which was not having offspring.Elder Li Shan has a son, and the Li family is a descendant of Li Fei. He is just thirty this year. If he dies, the Li family will be considered dead.Li Shanchang had already thought about sending Li Fei out for refuge, but there were spies inside and outside Li's house.Every time Li Fei was sent to the city gate, the soldiers blocked him back with various excuses.Li Shanchang was also at his wits' end.

Thousands of words turned into sorrow, and the two raised their glasses again. . . . .

Time moves forward.

Zhu Di left the imperial garden and rushed back to his mansion in a panic. As soon as he entered the mansion, he quickly ordered, "Master Daoyan, come to the study to see me!"

Zhu Di walked all the way into the study. As soon as he sat down and took a breath, he heard the Buddha's name "Amitabha" coming from outside the door.

Accompanied by this Buddha's name, a monk walked into the study and appeared in front of Zhu Di.

Yuhuamian's robes, eyes that see through the world, and a somewhat thin figure, it is Dao Yan.

Speaking of Dao Yan's life, it is somewhat legendary.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang selected ten monks from the people and distributed them to his sons to preach scriptures and pray for them.One of them is named Daoyan, and he is the monk in the study at the moment.

Daoyan became a monk at the age of 14. He is well-educated, knows everything about astronomy and geography, medicine, divination and astrology, Xiaoqimen knows Dunjia, Ming Yin and Yang understands gossip, military books and battle books, magic tricks and tricks, all of them are proficient.It stands to reason that it is difficult for people who have learned these things not to show their talents, but he is a monk, so things are a bit embarrassing.As a monk, no matter how much he knows, he cannot enter the court.From the point of view of his job, a monk is just chanting scriptures, and it is useless to learn more.

But he is not discouraged, the reason is very simple, Dao Yan believes in fate.At the beginning, someone told him that he had a pair of triangular eyes, like a sick tiger, with a murderous nature, and he would be like Liu Bingzhong in the future.

Liu Bingzhong was a monk in the early Yuan Dynasty. He played an indispensable role in helping Kublai Khan conquer the world and become emperor.And this Liu Bingzhong is also an idol in Dao Yan's heart.

Dao Yan was very happy to hear the fortune-telling, and he firmly believed that he could show his ambition.Until the 18th year of Hongwu, he came to Zhu Di's side with the sentence "I will give the king a white hat".It has been more than seven years.Dao Yan used these seven years to become the number one confidant in Zhu Di's heart.

It is said that Yan's original life was Yao Guangxiao, with the word filial piety in his name, and Liu Bingzhong had the word loyalty in his name.Both of them had good names, but they didn't recite scriptures well, and they all went to participate in the world hegemony.Just in line with the old saying: the route is wrong, the more knowledge the better,,,
At this moment, Zhu Di looked at Dao Yan in front of him, looking at his triangular eyes that were ancient and unwavering, and Zhu Di gradually calmed down.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Di said, "Master, I seem to have caused trouble."

Dao Yan didn't talk to him, and Zhu Di didn't care, as if he had gotten used to it.

In fact, it was the same in previous exchanges, Dao Yan seldom talked nonsense.

Zhu Di went on to say, "Just now in the imperial garden..." Zhu Di slowly described what happened just now in detail.He kept talking about leaving the palace and returning home.Then he stopped talking and kept silent.

The study was suddenly quiet, only the sound of Dao Yan pushing the beads. . . . .

After a cup of tea, Daoyan said, "It doesn't matter, Chitose walked out of the palace from the imperial garden. It took a long time. His Majesty did not send anyone to stop him, which means that the anger has passed by now. This is one of the reasons. The poor monk expected that the emperor was about to leave." To purge the army, and this move is inevitable, at this moment, the emperor may hesitate, but after all, he will not touch Chitose, and that is the second reason; Chitose has always been the leader of the feudal kings in the world, if the emperor deals with Chitose, it will cause unrest in the feudal towns all over the world. , this is the third one; coupled with the nature of father and son, I believe that the emperor will understand these truths."

"Huh..." After hearing what Dao Yan said, Zhu Di heaved a sigh of relief, and put his heart into his stomach.Standing up, Zhu Di bowed to Dao Yan, "Thank you, master, for your enlightenment, Xiao Wang has benefited a lot."

Dao Yan turned slightly sideways and said calmly, "The king's words are serious."

Seeing Zhu Di straighten up, Dao Yan said again, "This trip to the capital is aimed at attracting nobles, especially Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Zhongshan King Xu Da's second son Xu Zengshou. Thousands of years need to be careful."

Zhu Di nodded calmly, "Xiao Wang understands, Master, don't worry."

"Amitabha" Dao Yan proclaimed the Buddha's name again, turned and walked out of the study. . . . .

(End of this chapter)