Chapter 643: The End and the Beginning

"Written it all down?"

The faint sound from the bed woke Zhang Yue up suddenly. Since Yang Rong Jin Youzi entered the house to salute, the emperor began to intermittently explain the last words and aftermath, all of which were just a few words, thanks to Yang Rong's vigilance, and Jin Youzi was on the side to pick up the missing and fill in the gaps, and the two masters of the Hanlin Academy actually sorted out these words that did not match the preface and the afterword. At this time, after the emperor asked, Yang Rong calmly got up and read the entire article from beginning to end, and the words were gorgeous and meticulous.

"The edict only needs to be passed on to the crown prince, and the funeral is the same as the old system of Emperor Taizu Gao, and the rest can be written separately for the crown prince." Zhu Di spit out these words with great difficulty, and then said word by word, "Those cultural and martial arts are too wordy in the edict, even if you don't write these, who can still erase my achievements?" The merits are in the hearts of the people, and I am not afraid of other people's criticism! ”

Yang Rong didn't expect that the carefully concocted article would attract such an evaluation from the emperor, and he was immediately a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly took another piece of paper and wrote it in a hurry. After reading it this time, Zhu Di really didn't find fault anymore, and immediately ordered Jin Youzi to use the treasure seal. After using the emperor's treasure, he got up again and read the edict carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"If there is any more military affairs, you two will deal with it, and the edict will be handed over to Zhang Fu for safekeeping, and the three of you will retreat."

Hearing that the emperor only mentioned these three people, as if he had completely forgotten himself, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel extremely strange. Therefore, seeing Yang Rongjin Youzi and Zhang Fu retreating together, he suddenly couldn't stand still, and when he was about to step forward to say something, he heard Zhu Di's voice calling him.

"Zhang Yue, come here."

There were also two eunuchs in the room, and at this moment, not only did they not make the slightest sound, but even the body of the microbow was not moving, like a clay carved wood sculpture hidden in the shadow of the candle. Zhang Yue hesitated for a moment before stepping forward, bending his knees and kneeling down on the pedal in front of the bed. Finding that the emperor's face was shockingly pale, he only felt mixed feelings in his heart.

"Remember the first time I saw you?"

Zhang Yue only felt that Yang Shiqi's family's red plum forest flashed in front of him. At that time, he only felt that he was lucky, and he met nobles everywhere he went, and later knew that this was all deliberately designed by Yuan Fang, and he gradually understood that there is inevitability in accidents, and there is often a pair of hands behind the coincidences in life. After a moment of silence, he lowered his eyelids and said softly in remembrance.

"This world was fought down by my own hands with my soldiers, so in my lifetime, I will never treat any noble who is loyal to me." Zhu Di, who was lying there, raised his head and did not turn his head sideways to see what Zhang Yue's expression was, "After the death of Zhang Yu, the Duke of Rongguo, I felt that when it was difficult, I lost a good assistant, but after I ascended the throne, I did not give Duke Zhang Fu, I am very glad that this was the case back then, otherwise, how could I get a general?" When I first saw you, I only thought you were quite interesting, but I didn't expect that although you could not succeed Zhang Fu's mantle, your courage inherited him by eight points. It's good to be brave and resourceful, and to have the courage to work hard. ”

With this evaluation, even if Zhang Yue's skin thickness is very unusual, he can't help blushing. He has a commitment, but only what he can bear; He has the guts, but only the ones that won't let him die. It's just that because he often faces a situation where he has to risk his life to fight, Zhu Di thinks that he is working hard.

If he can live well without working hard, and he is not a fool, how can he have to go to a dangerous place?

"Xiangfu Zhang is not the first to follow me, but both generations are excellent. It is not the first time that the Zhang family has married the imperial family, so I asked you to write that will and left it to Zhang Fu. As for you, I would like to see a scribe from the Jiangmen family, but what can I do, but unfortunately God doesn't give me time...... If you don't reward your merits, you won't be rewarded, but it's just not time...... If the nobles of the court and the central government are like the Zhang family, I will not have anything to worry about...... Everyone says that I believe in Yang Rong Jin Youzi the most, but I always trust the nobles who follow me from birth to death. Your surname is Zhang, so I can naturally trust you......"

"That's right, Zhang Yue!"

Zhang Yue, who had expected it, was not surprised when he heard Zhu Di suddenly nag this, but he thought of the thing he had drafted with his own hands and covered with the treasure seal, and his heart was quite strange. Zhang Fu's eldest daughter Zhang Tian was born by Mrs. Wang, and now she is less than five years old, who knows that the emperor is actually worried about it. The reputation of marrying the imperial family is both a reward and a fetter for the Zhang family. When he suddenly heard the last cry, he hurriedly threw away those thoughts and looked at the past.

"Go and find out the recital sheet that the imperial grandson has delivered first, and you can read it to me!"

This sudden request surprised Zhang Yue, but he still quickly stood up and rummaged outside. After a while, he came over with a few folds, sat down again on the pedal in front of the bed, and laid a few things on the bed. He knew very well that the emperor did not want to read Zhu Zhanji's official articles that had been polished by many people, so he chose all those family letters that only talked about trivial matters. Seeing Zhu Di staring at himself, he quickly opened the first one and read it from the beginning.

"Ren Shen, shoot Xiyuan. During the seven-year northern tour, the emperor's grandfather once taught his grandson to shoot and hunt here. Today, ten times to shoot willows, when the emperor's grandfather returns from the northern tour, the grandson is willing to congratulate the willow branches he shot......"

"Jiaxu, sacrifice to Lingji Palace. Lingji Palace was built for the emperor's grandfather, and the spirits are continuous, and now the grandson also has a request. I only wish that the elder is healthy, disease-free and pain-free, and that my daughter is safe and happy......"

"Ding Chou, see the captive Gunatai. This person is by no means an ordinary captive, and the grandson suspects that this person is another subordinate of the leader in addition to the Tatar Warat, so he should have other plans, and I hope that the emperor's grandfather will see everything clearly, and don't fall for him......"

After reading the sentences, Zhang Yue gradually forgot the Son of Heaven on the bed, and when he remembered looking at the past for a long time, he saw that the emperor was already asleep, and there was still a smile on his face. For a moment, an indescribable shivering feeling filled the whole body for a while.

Because the Kuanhe guards the Thousand Households and the Huizhou Guards are all abandoned, therefore, on the day Zhang Yue and the others set off from Daning, they first had to pass through the vast grassland, and the biggest hidden danger was to encounter a large number of enemy troops head-on. Along the way, the feeling of wind and noise has always accompanied everyone. However, compared to those sergeants who knew nothing and only guarded against foreign enemies, the first three were all heavy-hearted.

Unlike last year, when he was sent back to the capital during the Northern Expedition, this time there was nothing to show for people. Last night, after the emperor fainted again, Zhang Yue hurriedly asked people to call the imperial doctor brought by Yang Rongjin Youzi, but even Shi Quan, whose medical skills have always been highly appreciated by the emperor, was unable in the end. In the early morning, the first generation of male lords swallowed his last breath, so he had to embark on the return journey with Yang Ronghaishou, and rushed to Beijing with only a few dozen guards.

Daning is 800 miles away from Beijing, because most of the road is outside the plug before, you need to be cautious, so the first road of more than 300 miles walked for two days and one night, the second half of the Songting Pass because the stagecoach can be replaced along the way, so from Zunhua, Jizhou, Sanhe, Tongzhou to the Jingshi this road, a group of people only took a little more than one night. When we arrived at the foot of the castle, it happened to be the time when the most people entered the city in the morning. Due to the extremely cold weather at the moment, although everyone was wrapped in thick cotton robes, they were almost frozen after a night of travel. Dozens of people only stopped a little in front of the main gate of Li, and rushed in at a gallop.

Although the capital is said to be equipped with city gates in the east, west, north and south, but the Chongwen Gate Xuanwu Gate and the Li Zhengmen facing the south have the most people in and out, the Chongwen Gate lives more businessmen, and the Xuanwu Gate lives more dignitaries, but the Li Zhengmen is because it is facing the imperial city, so the outsiders love to go to this place as soon as they come back to Beijing, and it is the time when the flow of people is the largest. Seeing such a large group of people rushing over, the guards of the city gate were all nervous, and the first dozen or so people hurriedly guarded behind the iron rejection horse.

"Hurry up and move all the horses away, we are going back to Beijing to report to the Holy Order!"

With Hai Shou's sharp and thin voice, Zhang Yue immediately raised his hand and threw out something. A leading hundred households over there hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, and his face changed greatly after just one glance. The brand is a gold-coated bronze medal, three inches wide, one foot long, the upper is a double dragon, the lower is a two-volt tiger, the brand is round at the end of the brand, all drilled, and the middle is penetrated with red silk.

He had seen this thing before, so he did not dare to look at the words on it, and while hurriedly ordering his men to let go of the horse and let people pass, he personally respectfully stepped forward and returned the sign with both hands. Taking advantage of that, he looked at these people very much, and saw that the upper and lower people were all dusty, and he understood where they came from.

It's not that there were no messengers coming back before, how could there be so many people this time, could it be......

Regardless of the fact that these hundred households had such a frightened thought, Zhang Yue, who passed through the main gate of Li, galloped forward for a while, bypassed the majestic left gate of Chang'an, stopped in front of the left gate of Chang'an, grabbed the reins and jumped off the horse. Seeing that a forbidden army came forward to interrogate, he was just about to show the bronze medal again, but Hai Shou, who was unexpected, stepped forward three steps and two steps forward to cross him, and scolded him without saying a word: "Don't be grinding, can't even our family and Master Yang Xiao Zhang recognize it?" Let's go back to Beijing by order to see His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Although it was a routine inspection, the Jingwei sergeant of the last Su guard naturally knew that it was unlikely that the hundreds of people in this area had any bad intentions, but at this moment, Hai Shouyi said that the leading officer was still surprised. You must know that just four days ago, the news of the great victory of Songting Pass had just been sent to the capital, and at this time, Yang Rong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Hai Shou, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and Zhang Yue actually rushed back together, which was a bit terrifying. At the moment, he didn't dare to stop him, and after Yang Ronghaishou Zhang Yue entered the palace, he hurriedly sent people to take these imperial horse supervisors to Xiyuan to settle down, and made people report to the prince urgently.

Yang Rong, Zhang Yue and Haishou were extremely fast, but they were still not as good as the eunuchs who flew all the way to the East Palace to report to the palace, so when the two entered the imperial city from the noon gate, Zhu Gaochi, who was discussing the affairs of the Wenhua Hall and the East Palace, had already gotten the news. Although Yang Shiqi had a guess when the news of the victory came that day, and then he summoned Du Zhen to get almost the same judgment and made preparations early, but when the news came over there, he couldn't believe it.

You must know that last year, the emperor also sent Zhang Yue back once, and after the rumors of the Beijing division were heard, it was the dragon spirit and the tiger who came back violently, and then turned his face and attacked a large number of people. If this time it was a mistake, his previous arrangement would be in vain, and his position as the crown prince would be really unstable. Isn't it in vain that he has endured all these years?

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Yang Rong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Hai Shou, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and Zhang Yue, the official of the Ministry of War, are already waiting outside the Wenhua Palace!"

Zhu Gaochi woke up when he heard this, and when he saw that all the officials in the court were looking at him, he immediately suppressed those churning thoughts. When the three of them came in, and saw that they were all haggard, his heart jumped immediately, and he grabbed the handrail with one hand, and almost stood up. Although he repeatedly told himself to be calm and calm, that kind of eagerness made him unbearable.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Your Majesty...... Collapse in Daning! ”

Although the three of them were almost the same grade, the first one to come forward and cry to the ground was Yang Rong. When those words burst out, he wept bitterly in deep worship, but his hands were tightly clasped together. He didn't come back alone this time, he came back with the edict of the Son of Heaven drafted by himself, and the British Duke Zhang Fu was willing to entrust this important thing directly to him!

In an instant, there was silence in the huge Wenhua Palace. Although it was expected, when the news was confirmed, it was hard to believe from top to bottom. Even Zhu Gaochi, who was most looking forward to the confirmation of this news just now, felt that his head was banging loudly at this moment, and his body was even heavier, and his body leaning forward suddenly lost his balance, and he seemed to be unable to sit firmly on the throne.

His father is dead! It is suspected that his father Zhu Di for many years has died, and he really survived to this day!

Behind the bead curtain of the corner door on one side, the crown princess Zhang, who was standing there, breathed a long sigh of relief. People say that the emperor has never abolished the East Palace because of her and Zhu Zhanji, but she knows that if it weren't for Zhu Gaochi's cautious and friendly brothers, no matter how virtuous and capable Zhu Zhanji is, no matter how smart and clever Zhu Zhanji is, it will be useless. Zhu Gaochi is the crown prince, so she is the crown princess, and Zhu Zhanji is the imperial grandson, and this cause and effect relationship can never be confused and reversed.

"Go, Emperor Suxuan's grandson!"

At the same time as these words burst out, Zhu Gaochi suddenly collapsed to the ground and cried bitterly. As soon as he took the lead in crying, everyone in the hall fell to their knees, and the cries of one after another lingered in the hall, and no one could tell how much sorrow, how much sorrow, how much joy, and how much joy.

Zhang Yue, who was tired all the way, couldn't cry like others, but his heart was also filled with an indescribable taste. has been able to come over without danger over the years, and it is indeed because of Zhu Di's kindness, but he has had enough of that fear. But on the night before the emperor's death, seeing the old man who was either serious or angry in his life passed away peacefully, those previous thoughts gradually faded.

Not long after, Zhu Zhanji hurried over. Because he walked too fast, he stumbled and almost fell when he entered the main hall. And when he saw the scene of crying and crying in the hall, he was still a little unbelieving, and he suddenly fell into a wooden, stiff steps forward a few steps, and then fell to the ground all of a sudden, which suddenly shocked a large number of people. It's just that at this time, most people were afraid that they would be accused of losing their manners, and only Yang Rong and Zhang Yue stepped forward to help the imperial grandson.

When he picked up Zhu Zhanji, Zhang Yue suddenly found that the imperial grandson was already in tears, and at that moment, he suddenly remembered the letter he read to Zhu Di that night, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

Whether sad or happy, everything is a foregone conclusion. The Yongle Dynasty has ended, and the world of Renxuan is now the beginning.