Originally, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to ride a horse to Yanwang's mansion, but it suddenly rained, so he took a felt car instead.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and when he opened the straw curtain to look, a gust ......of rain blew in the wind and hit him in the face.

The time was approaching dusk, but it was not yet time, but the heavens and the earth were clouded and gloomy. It was still daytime, and it was still early, but all of a sudden, it was as if people were unprepared and night was about to fall.

The rain was falling in the wind, and from a distance, it looked like puffs of white smoke drifting, and the vision became blurred, and even the gatehouse of Yanwang's Mansion was hazy and couldn't see clearly.

A small group of horsemen guarding Zhu Gaoxu, all wearing hats and robes, hurried in the rain, and suddenly became mysterious.

The carriage entered the gatehouse, the eunuch came forward to inspect the salute, and the horseman who let Zhu Gaoxu go straight to the front hall, but the accompanying cavalry stayed and waited in the rain in the gatehouse.

After a while, the carriage got out of the carriage with its neck bent and ran over, and opened its umbrella with a "bang". Zhu Gaoxu bent down and walked out of the door, stretched out his hand to take the umbrella, and said, "You drive the car to the side and get in the car to avoid the rain." ”

"Yes, lord."

Zhu Gaoxu walked up the rain-swept stone steps step by step, Rao is already had an idea in his heart, and he was still faintly worried. The key is that the clues are incomplete, such as what roads are on the Shizi's side and what Yan Wang thinks. And even what exactly is written in that secret letter, and what is its purpose?

Things in the world often don't go according to the way of a mortal.

After receiving the umbrella, Zhu Gaoxu put it on the shelf where the weapon was placed at the door, lifted the hem of the wet red robe, and stepped into the threshold of the front hall.

Gao Sui had already arrived first, and was standing in the empty and spacious hall. King Yan sat on the public seat above, and could only dimly see a figure. The main hall has been lit up...... But there is a very strange natural phenomenon, when the lights are lit during the day, they feel darker than when they are lit at night.

"Son-in-law to meet my father!" Zhu Gaoxu clenched his fists and bowed.

"Gao Xu, do you know that the prince received the secret letter from Jinyiwei?" Yan Wang's voice said.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Back to my father, my sons already know." The eldest brother is a good son in Beiping, and his father has won one after another on the battlefield, the eldest brother is your own son, how can he go to the Jianwen court? The people who gave advice to the court also knew that it was useless to win over the prince, so how could they do something unreasonable? ”

"It's a bit unconscionable, indeed." Yan Wang Road.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Only fools will do unreasonable things, but the princes of the court are not fools, so they will do reasonable things." ”

King Yan asked, "What is reasonable?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu replied: "Separate our father and son. ”

King Yan was stunned, and suddenly laughed "ha": "It's a complicated matter, when you say this, it seems to be simple." ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and glanced at it, and bowed again.

King Yan turned his head and said, "Gao Sui, what do you think?" ”

Gao Sui said: "Father, the son thinks that the second brother has a point, but the traitors in the court are too bad and scheming!" ”

King Yan just nodded slightly, not feeling anything. But Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised: not long ago, Gao Sui was so excited at the county king's mansion, which was regarded as a rare opportunity; However, now that Zhu Gaoxu doesn't speak ill of the world, Gao Sui can bear it?

At least, Gao Sui is not brainless, and the transformation is quite fast.

"It suddenly rained." King Yan sighed.

At this moment, Zheng He walked in from the door, and the rain outside was so loud that he didn't even hear the sound of footsteps. Zheng He stepped forward and said softly: "Lord Wang, the prince is here, I want to see the prince, and I want to hide from the rain in the gatehouse." ”

After hearing this, King Yan looked at Zhu Gaoxu and the others, "You go out from the West Gate Tower." Zheng He, you wait for half a pillar of incense and bring the son in. ”

Zhu Gaoxu and Gao Sui stepped forward and bowed: "Erchen retires." Zheng He also took the order and left.

…… Soon, the prince walked into the front hall, he was fat, his legs and feet were not good, and he was walking in a hurry at this time, and his posture was very ugly.

"Father! Father! As soon as the prince came in, he called, "The person outside is the Jinyi guard from Jingshi, who sent a letter to his son." ”

"Oh?" King Yan pretended to be surprised.

The prince stepped forward, took out a letter from his arms, and presented it, "Erchen didn't open the letter, but brought the person and the letter!" ”

King Yan took the letter, saw that the lacquer seal was still there, and carefully looked at the traces that had not been opened. He didn't respond to Shizi for the time being, and waited for Shizi to stand nervously below. The prince still did a good job, not only took the initiative to report, but also did not even read the content of the letter, showing an attitude of no interest in the court at all.

King Yan opened the envelope with his own hands and held it in his hand to look at it.

He had just listened to the report of the prince of the world, and he was slightly surprised, and his expression had just been received at this time, and after reading the letter, Yan Wang's face suddenly appeared in surprise. Then his face darkened, even darker in the dim candlelight, and the color of his face became even more cloudy as the candle flame flickered.

King Yan suddenly crumpled the letter into a ball, and his palm almost crushed the letter like this! Even the green tendons on the back of his hands bulged, and the person paced rapidly in front of the seat, his eyes were red, which was very terrifying.

Shizi's waist was bent lower, his face was facing the floor tiles, and he didn't even dare to come out. Zheng He, who was in the back, also shrunk his neck.

But King Yan walked and walked, and his steps gradually slowed down, but he still didn't say a word.

After a while, he gradually relaxed his palm, unfolded the crumpled paper again, paced in front of a candle, put the letter paper on the flame, and soon ignited, and as soon as Yan Wang let go, the whole paper burned and floated to the ground, and finally turned into a mass of black ash.

King Yan pointed to the people outside and shouted, "Zheng He! ”

"The slave is here." Zheng He said.

King Yan let out a breath and said in a cold tone: "Lock up the brocade guard outside." Didn't we keep a few hounds in our house, starve them for three or five days, and then strip them naked and tie them to a pillar, let the hounds eat only the lower half of their bodies, sprinkle them with salt, and make him die of pain. ”

Zheng He didn't have a single superfluous word, and clenched his fists and said, "The slave understands." ”

Shizi's white and chubby face is now even paler.

King Yan glanced at him, "Why are you still standing here, go back!" ”

The prince hurriedly said: "The son of the minister retired, and the ...... Withdraw. ”

King Yan turned his head to look at his seat, and sat up, where he remained motionless for a long time. After a while, he got up again and walked slowly back and forth in the empty and calm hall.

Outside the hall, the wind and rain were blowing, and the leaves on the trees were blown off one after another, mixed with the wet wind, flying everywhere. This temple, which can accommodate at least a hundred people, is only one person at this time, and it is empty, looking extra bleak and cold.