Zhu Gaochi said in one sentence, and the needles in the hall could be heard, and he could even hear his heart pounding.

Zhu Di was silent for a long time, which made Zhu Gaochi feel that he was about to suffocate, and then said slowly: "Since the prince has opened his mouth, I can't help but give you this face, let him go back to Zhejiang" Lifting the Zhu pen, he wrote a big word on the two-foot imperial silk that had been prepared for a long time, and then threw it in front of the prince.

Zhu Gaochi was suddenly overjoyed, and kowtowed heavily: "Long live my father"

"Don't rejoice too soon." Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "You can do this errand yourself," he looked at the hourglass in the corner of the wall and said: "It's noon soon, there are still three quarters of an hour before the knife is opened, you can't ride a horse in a sedan chair, you can't be supported, rely on your own strength to walk the Taiping Embankment, can you do it?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Gaochi was stunned, he was seriously ill when he was a teenager, although he finally saved his life, but his legs and feet were also disabled, and then his body became obese, and it was extremely inconvenient to walk, and he had to be supported by someone when he entered and exited, and now the emperor let him walk the Taiping Causeway by himself, which is not embarrassing

"Why, can't it be done?" Zhu Di said lightly: "Then there is no way." ”

"Erchen do his best" Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "If Zhou Xin's life should not be extinguished, he will let Erchen arrive." ”

"Good." Zhu Di said: "If you can't catch up, everything is destiny...... and then closed his eyes and said, "What are you still rubbing?" ”

"Erchen obeys the order" Zhu Gaochi saluted his father, picked up the imperial silk on the ground, blew the Zhu trace on it, folded it carefully, put it in his sleeve, and then stood up with the pestle with difficulty.

Zhu Di looked indifferently at his fat body limping to the door of the hall, then turned around and crossed the threshold with his legs, and disappeared from sight, then slowly lowered his eyelids and said, "Huang Yan, how did you talk to Zhou Xin when you were in prison for the first time?" ”

"......The minister" listened to the emperor ask about this stubble, Huang Yandeng's soul was not possessed, fortunately, he was also a former minister of Yandi, and he had also been an envoy to North Korea, and he had seen the big wind and waves and the world, so he could still calm himself and said: "Ask him according to the emperor's meaning, you want to be compared, but where do you put the emperor?" He replied that the Ming Dynasty was not the Shang Dynasty, and there was no comparison and no king. Then the minister let him have a festival with Jinyiwei, and there was nothing else......

"Really?" Zhu Di said coldly: "You didn't tell me anything before, Zhou Xin's answer." ”

"Minister, I'm afraid that the emperor will think that I am speaking for him," Huang Yan swallowed hard and spat out: "I thought he would ...... in the recital"

"Hmph..."Zhu Di glanced coldly, and Huang Yan was sweating like pulp, kneeling down. Fortunately, Zhu Di has been unwell recently, and he has been extremely annoyed by this incident, so he didn't mean to dig deeper, but coldly warned: "Dare to make your own claims next time......

"The minister was killed by a headlong crash." Huang Yan kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"It's good to know the way." Zhu Di snorted coldly and said: "Spread the decree, and ordered Yang Rong, a scholar of Dongge University, to go to Shaanxi immediately to deliver the decree and summon Xining Marquis Song Hu to return to Beijing; and will meet Fengcheng Marquis Li Bin to discuss the strategy of entering the army, and set off immediately, there must be no mistakes"

"Yes." Huang Yan was like an amnesty, and hurried to the cabinet to pass the decree.

Giving Yang Rong this kind of drudgery is obviously a disguised punishment, and the emperor's heart is like a prison. It's just that this emperor's heart is not as he wants, because he still has the heart of heaven on his head, the heart of the ministers around him, and the hearts of the people below...... After all, Zhu Di is an emperor with great wisdom, and he knows the thoughts of his courtiers and people; He felt that the tide of the sea in Zhejiang was a warning from heaven, and it seemed that neither the people nor the heart of heaven wanted him to kill Zhou Xin, and only a single husband could ignore the heart of heaven, the heart of the minister and the heart of the people.

After all, let's go with the flow......

Emperor Yongle's obedience may be the most cruel one in the world. Now all hopes are pinned on the prince's lame leg, if he can't arrive at the execution ground at three o'clock in the afternoon, not only Zhou Xin can't save him, but the prince's reputation will plummet. The subjects did not care whether Zhu Gaochi was disabled or not, and they would have a deep sense of disappointment, which the prince could not afford no matter what.

Zhu Gaochi could only open up, gritted his teeth, and moved towards the palace gate step by step.

The palace people, guards, and officials in the North Garden, all looked at Zhu Gaochi's limp figure with complicated eyes, and saw him slowly walking through the long royal road, and it took twice as long as ordinary people to walk to the palace gate.

The forbidden army at the palace gate and the eunuch on duty were stunned when they saw the prince limping over, and hurriedly saluted him. The eunuch of the East Palace hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was stopped by the prince who was sweating profusely: "There is a will, I want to walk the Taiping Causeway by myself." ”

How can it be? The eunuchs of the East Palace were stunned, seeing that the prince was already exhausted and crumbling when he walked from the Yitian Hall to the forbidden gate, it was still two miles away from the Taiping Embankment, how could he get there on time?

At this time, Yang Shiqi happened to walk to the gate of the palace and whispered to the stunned eunuch: "Don't find a deputy crutch for Your Highness."

The eunuchs suddenly realized, and hurriedly said loudly: "Crutch, quickly find the crutch" It's just that although this thing is not rare, it is not something that can be found by looking for it.

It was still an East Palace guard who had an idea, removed a crossbar from the prince's car, handed it to the prince, and used it as a crutch. No, although this thing is not suitable, it can support the prince's heavy body, so that he has the strength to go down.

Under the high Zhu wall of Beiyuan, such a picture appeared, and countless guards and palace people formed a large circle, guarding and guiding the prince in the circle, walking towards the Taiping Gate with a stick. More and more officials got the news and joined the guards. Although the guards of the Praetorian Army could not move, they also saluted with solemn expressions......

Countless pairs of eyes with tears in their eyes, looking at the trembling prince, although no one dared to touch him, but once he was physically exhausted, there would be countless pairs to hold him up, and their highness would never fall.

But not everyone, they all stared at the prince with emotion, and there were Jinyi guards who had already galloped on horseback, and went to Taiping Dike to ventilate and report first

On the Taiping Embankment, although Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang didn't drink much, they were not drunk and everyone was drunk, and looking at Zhou Xin kneeling on the execution table, they were already a little drunk.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the execution ground, the two frowned slightly, and when they looked down from a high place, they saw the gate open, and a flag school turned over and dismounted, and galloped towards the prison beheading platform.

At this time, there must be no good news, Ji Gang waved and motioned for the guards to let him up. Sure enough, the flag school stepped onto the stage and knelt in front of the two of them to report: "The emperor decreed that Zhou Xin was pardoned"

The faces of the two of them changed greatly, but the two wine glasses were firmly pinched inside, and they were obviously people with amazing concentration. After a moment of silence, Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand and said, "What about the will?" ”

The flag school was stunned, I'm just a messenger, okay?

"In whom?" Ji Gang asked in a deep voice.

"In the prince." The flag school was busy.

"Prince" Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth and crushed the wine glass in it......

"The prince came on foot," Qixiao was in a hurry and was a little breathless, so he adjusted his breath and finished speaking: "The emperor seems to have a decree to ask the prince to come to ......the execution ground on foot."

"What?" If it weren't for everyone's eyes, Zhu Gaoxu would definitely kick this bastard off the stage with one kick. Ji Gang was actually happy: "Just his lame leg, can he walk in an hour?" "Glancing at the sundial in the middle of the execution ground. In this era, there were strict restrictions on killing, and ordinary prisoners were executed in the beginning of autumn, which was the moment when the extreme yang turned into yin, and human life was returned to heaven's punishment, which was in line with the righteousness of death. Even if it is a prisoner who is executed, he can't wait for the autumn queen, and he must set it at three o'clock in the afternoon. This is the time of day when the yang energy is at its highest, and the souls of the dead will dissipate immediately, and no ghosts will be formed. So there is no room for error at this moment.

Execution in the capital, killing is a Qin criminal, naturally more to strictly abide by this regulation, so the execution ground is placed on the sundial, by the Qin Tianjian in advance to adjust the direction, wait until the shadow of the pointer in the middle of the stone plate, is turned to the three o'clock in the afternoon on the carving, immediately open the knife to behead

At this time, the clouds dispersed a lot, and the sun shone on the hands, casting a faint shadow on the carved lines of the noon moment.

"Two quarters of an hour to go." Ji Gang said in a deep voice.

"He couldn't catch up" Zhu Gaochi spread out, threw the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and then picked up a white towel and wiped his heart, but there was no bleeding. That's because of the perennial practice, the heart gives birth to a thick cocoon, forming a protection. He said in a dark voice: "With his lame leg, he won't be able to walk here for a day, and the father is just making a gesture to block the mouths of those civil officials, and he can make the boss lose face."

"That's how it should be." Ji Gang nodded and smiled: "Let's watch the show." Then he brought a new wine glass to King Han and poured a full glass.

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu took it, drank it all and said: "Father really thought of it with us."

The two of them continued to drink and laugh, but their smiles were very reluctant, and their eyes kept wandering back and forth between the sundial and the Taiping Gate, obviously insincere, but in fact, they were nervous to death...... In case a miracle happens and Zhu Gaochi arrives on time, Ji Gang will be defeated this time. Although Zhu Gaoxu seems to be out of the way, if the prince can save Zhou Xin in this situation, he will win back all the losses he has lost before, and his prestige will go up to a higher level, and the blow to him will be greater than that of Ji Gang......

The two of them were eager to transfer troops to block the Taiping Gate, but no one dared to mess around, because they knew very well that the emperor was also watching all this closely, even if they dared to play some small calculations behind their backs, but under the emperor's nose, they didn't dare to make a mistake at all

In that room, the prince had already changed into a cushioned crutch, and in the expectant eyes of countless people, he sped up his speed and moved forward step by step...... In fact, he had reached his limit, his eyes were dark and his eyes were full of Venus, but he knew that his father was watching him, his subjects were watching him, and Zhu Gaoxu was also watching him, whether it was for those expectant glances or cursed eyes, he had to let himself walk by

Even if you are tired to death, you have to go to the Taiping Embankment and die again

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