Bureau of Anomalous Biological Countermeasures Chapter 52: panic
Within a few days, the vassal kings of various places successively received the decree of the empress Yi that the emperor died and the kings returned to observe filial piety. After several vassal kings received the decree, they began to march towards the capital of the capital one after another.
Among the few troops, King Yan Zhu Di had the least troops, and he left Peiping with only a dozen entourages. On the day he left, another news came. After receiving the news of the emperor's death, King Zhu He of Jin burst into tears, and finally suffered a stroke.
When he heard the news, King Yan was finishing his meal in Guanyi. After hearing the news of the third brother's death, he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, and returned to his room with an ugly expression. The local officials who accompanied him thought that Zhu Di was sad because his eldest brother died of illness and could not eat. I didn't think much of it right now. After a few words of persuasion at the door of King Yan's room, he left.
What these officials didn't know was that when they persuaded outside the door, Zhu Di shrank with a sword in his hand. He seemed to be on guard against an invisible enemy, and he swung his sword down whenever there was a disturbance.
"Your Highness, what does the death of King Jin Zhu Ho have to do with you?" Just when King Yan started to shiver, Yao Guangxiao appeared in front of him out of thin air. After the monk stretched out his hand and took the sword from King Yan's hand, he continued: "King Jin is King Jin, and His Highness is His Highness. He did something terrible..."
"How do you know that you won't come at me?" King Yan took Yao Guangxiao's hand and stared straight at Yao Guangxiao. He continued: "King Jin invited Volcano, I invited you... Zhu Yunwen must know everything, King Jin died in his hands, and neither of the two great masters could keep him. The next one is me..."
"King Jin didn't die at the hands of the emperor's grandson, it was arranged by the late emperor before his death." Looking at Zhu Di, who was a little hysterical, Yao Guangxiao smiled and continued: "King Jin involved the late prince. Zhu Biao's death, he should have died a long time ago, and being able to survive until now is already a profit."
"The king of Jin was involved in the death of the prince? Zhu Biao is not a Zen master..." Zhu Di closed his mouth halfway through the words. Zhu Biao's death caused a lot of uproar at the beginning, and everyone thought that the first prince died at the hands of Yao Guangxiao. It was for this reason that Zhu Yuanzhang tried every means to end the monk. And Yao Guangxiao did not explicitly deny that the death of the prince had nothing to do with him from beginning to end, and even Zhu Di, the king of Yan, thought that the prince was really killed by the monk.
"The King of Jin bought the eunuchs in the palace and stole the birth date of the first prince. Then he asked a Tibetan lama to cast spells and curse the first prince to death." Seeing that the expression on Zhu Di's face softened a bit, Yao Guangxiao returned the sword in his hand to King Yan. Then he continued: "King Jin thought it was a secret, and even put the blame on the monk's head. It's a pity that he is the ears of more than two people in this world, so there is no secret. Three years ago, Wuming I found this monk in Sichuan and got the monk's confession."
Hearing that King Jin had tossed himself to death, King Yan was relieved. However, there was still something he couldn't understand, and he frowned and said to Yao Guangxiao: "Since the death of the crown prince has nothing to do with the Chan master, why didn't the Chan master make it clear to the late emperor? Then you won't have any misunderstandings..."
Speaking of this, Yao Guangxiao gave a wry smile and said: "The monk made a mistake at the time, thinking that the King of Jin would follow the same method and end the emperor's grandson together. I didn't expect him to be so reluctant to make progress, thinking that he was invited to the volcano. The overall situation was settled. In the end, the monk couldn't bear it any longer, and he took the first step to send the confession of the monk to the late emperor."
Only then did Zhu Di understand the reason. It turned out that the monk had done so many things in secret, but he didn't even know it at all. King Yan secretly called it a fluke. If other vassal kings had recruited this monk earlier, the consequences would be unimaginable now.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Zhu Di said again: "Then the gift from the Zen master to Zhu Yunwen was the head of the monk who killed the prince?"
Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly and said, "I thought it would be best if Your Highness didn't know, but now I can't hide it. Yes, the head is the man who killed the prince back then. Comparing his confession, the Crown Prince is grateful that His Highness is too late, even if he has already ascended the throne and become the Emperor, there is no pretense against His Highness."
Before leaving, Yao Guangxiao once took out a head, and Zhu Di also personally asked about the origin of the head. Yao Guangxiao only said that this head could save his life. As for what it was, the monk never said. If it wasn't for the fact that Zhu Di was terrified when he found out about King Jin's death, King Yan would not have known that there was such a relationship.
Although he knew that King Jin killed the first prince, Zhu Di was still a little worried. After a pause, he continued: "What about the two great masters under King Jin? Wouldn't the two of them avenge him when King Jin was executed?"
"Those two great masters won't do this..." After the monk smiled, he continued: "Guangren and Huoshan are extremely careful in their work. Before, even if they wanted to protect King Jin's enthronement, they did not directly face it. Zhu Yunwen started. Instead, he wanted to use the monk's hand to marry the grandson of the emperor. Now that the first emperor has passed away, the grandson of the emperor will be enthroned in the next few days. If you move him again, it will involve the fortune of the country. Acting on your own."
After speaking, Yao Guangxiao paused. Then he continued: "His Royal Highness, this visit to Beijing may be risky. But as long as you do as the monk says, no one can hurt your highness..."
Just as Yao Guangxiao said this, someone suddenly heard a voice outside the door: "Wanshan Hengling..."
These four words are the secret words that Yao Guangxiao personally set. The monk didn't answer at the moment, but just glanced at Zhu Di. King Yan nodded and replied, "One person, is Daoist An outside? Come in and talk."
After hearing King Yan in the house answer the secret words, the old Taoist priest standing at the door opened the door and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Yao Guangxiao beside Zhu Di. The old Taoist was stunned for a moment, and said, "So it's a coincidence that the Zen master is there..."
The old Taoist was usually quite disapproving of the monks, but when King Yan was here, he was still a lot polite to the monk because of Zhu Di's face. Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly and said, "The monk can't sleep at night. He wants to play a few games with His Highness. The chessboard has not been set up yet, Daoist An, you are here. Later, the monk will play against His Highness. How about being a judge?"
After this An Daoist frowned, he said: "I'm afraid Daoling is going to sweep the Zen master's Yaxing. Just now Daoling received a voice transmission from his disciple. Tomorrow, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen will be enthroned, and Daoling will come to find him. His Highness discussed, how should I respond?"
Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, and Zhu Di was not surprised. He was originally the grandson of the crown prince, and the crown prince of the country will be enthroned sooner or later. Just before departure, King Yan thought that Zhu Yunwen would not be enthroned as emperor until after all the vassal kings arrived in the capital. I never thought my nephew would be so impatient...
"He is the Crown Prince, and he will become emperor sooner or later." Zhu Di glanced at Yao Guangxiao and continued: "Yunwen ascends the throne, this king needs to congratulate him as his uncle. I will have someone come back later. When I arrive in Peiping, I am going to write a gift to celebrate. Both of them are masters, what do you think is a good gift for the new king?"
An Daoling, an old Taoist who said a few words, frowned. He was originally a monk recruited by King Yan. He came here for the purpose of being a hero of the founding of the country. Unexpectedly, the fact that Zhu Yunwen was recognized as the emperor was brought out in the words of King Yan. This 80% has nothing to do with the monk behind Zhu Di.
After taking a look at Yao Guangxiao, the Taoist priest said lukewarmly: "His Royal Highness wants to congratulate the grandson of the emperor on his enthronement, so what about the Zen master?"
"Your Highness said so, what can the monk do?" When he spoke, Gui Bugui smiled slightly. After taking a look at Zhu Di, he continued to say to Andaoling, whose face was ashen: "When the new monarch ascends the throne, he will naturally give some rewards to the vassal king. Maybe His Highness will give more rewards to the fiefs, I don't know..."
After listening to the monk's words, An Daoling sneered and said, "Will you reward the vassal king? Yao Guangxiao, haven't you woken up yet? What nonsense? It's possible..."