Upstairs in Chengtianmen City, seeing the prince kneeling and kneeling the officials, Zhu Di snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "This ability to invite people to buy people's hearts is really the best ......in the world" Although the emperor has no subject, no one knows who he is referring to.

Seeing that the situation was under control by the crown prince, Zhu Zhanji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't like to see his father in the limelight, he could still distinguish the priorities.

"If he can persuade these people to leave," Zhu Di glanced at him, saw through the mind of the grandson, but laughed strangely: "I will abdicate the throne to him......"

"Grandpa Huang! Never! Zhu Zhanji exclaimed, and only after saying that he realized that this was just a joke from the emperor, he secretly observed Zhu Di's face, and said softly: "Grandpa Huang doesn't believe that they can be persuaded to leave?" ”

"I've been dealing with these things for forty years, how can I not know what they are?" Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said: "If I can persuade it, why should I bother to destroy the ten clans of filial piety?!" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, heard that the situation downstairs had changed again, and hurriedly looked down. I heard the officials headed by the prince kowtow to the prince and wept: "Your Highness's will, the ministers have to listen to it, but the ministers of the Jiangshan Society can't ignore it, Your Highness...... Don't embarrass us......"

"Everyone......" Zhu Gaochi said with red eyes: "The matter has not been investigated clearly, don't rush to conclusions first......

"It's like a human saying." Zhu Di, who was on the tower of the city gate, actually expressed his approval to the prince, which made Zhu Zhanji surprised and inexplicable. "But it's still ...... playing the piano to the cow"

Zhu Gaochi was persuading hard, and suddenly heard Ma De shouting: "The incense stick is burned out!" ”

Only then did everyone remember that there was still this stubble, and sure enough, the incense stick had turned to ashes, and the incense was dancing in the north wind......

"To retreat or not to retreat?!" A few more words popped out between Zhao Ying's teeth!

"No retreat! Swear not to give up! The thousands of voices of the officials were uniform, and the momentum completely overwhelmed Zhao Ying.

"Hit!" Zhao Ying waved his hand, and the last word popped out from between his teeth!

Dongchang Fanzi, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed out when he heard the order, raised his stick and whip, and fell hard! It's really a tiger into the flock. Before the officials could react, many people were knocked to the ground, blood bursting out with screams!

"Don't hit anyone!" Zhu Gaochi came to his senses and hurriedly stopped Zhao Yingdao: "Lone orders you, let them stop immediately!" ”

"I'm sorry Your Highness," Zhao Ying glanced at him and said lightly, "You are not the emperor yet......"

"Then even fight me!" Zhu Gaochi simply rushed into the beaten crowd and said angrily: "Let's beat Lone to death first!" ”

The fans of Dongchang no longer took the prince to do it, and they didn't dare to do it to the prince, but there were too many officials who asked for their lives, except for the main halls of the ministries that did not participate, almost all the officials in Beijing were here...... How many can the prince protect if he is desperate?

"Stupid, just bypass him!" Ma De ordered in a loud voice.

The fans of Dongchang woke up like a dream, and they bypassed the prince to beat others! Wherever the prince went, he stopped temporarily, but where the prince had just walked, the atrocities immediately resumed as before......

A Zhu Gaochi can't protect so many officials at all, the tea kung fu, the officials in front of the Chengtian Gate have all been laid down, the light ones have broken their heads and blood, the heavy ones have broken tendons and bones, and the heavier ones have already been lying on the ground, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead......

Behind the Chengtian Gate, the fire has been much smaller, but the smoke is heavier, billowing up, covering the sky and the sun!

On the tower of the city gate, Zhu Di was still expressionless, as if the beating under the city was just child's play in his opinion......

When there was only moaning under the city, and there was no scolding and persuasion, Zhu Di took a sip lightly and said: "It's so vulnerable, it's too disappointing for me......"

"Grandpa Huang," Zhu Zhanji, the Khan, said in his heart that those officials were all defenseless and powerless, and he still expected them to fight against the wolf-like Dongchang Fanzi? It's not reasonable, he should say something for them at this time: "It's almost okay, right?" It's not good to really lose someone's life? ”

"You're interceding on their behalf?" Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Zhanji coldly, and His Royal Highness Taisun only felt a wisp of cold air penetrating from the soles of his feet to his head.

"This ......" Zhu Zhanji was full of sweat behind him, quickly weighed the pros and cons, and said in his heart that he would change his words at this time, and let the imperial grandfather see himself clearly. So he made up his mind and said, "Yes." The grandson didn't think they were right, but he was afraid of his life, and it was not easy to remember this in the history books. ”

"Return the history books?" Zhu Di laughed at himself sadly: "I have become a laughing stock for a thousand years, what if I have this one more?!" ”

"Grandpa Huang, no......" Zhu Zhanji knows Zhu Di's thoughts best, that is, he wants to be the first emperor of the ages, but now he says such things, which shows how hard the three major halls were burned and how hard it hit the emperor......

"Huang Wei." Zhu Di didn't want to continue the topic, and glanced at the eunuch on the side tiredly.

"The slave is here, what does the master command?" Huang Wei hurriedly responded.

"Go down and spread the decree, let Zhao Ying's people come back." Zhu Di, supported by Zhu Zhanji, returned to the bed and sat down, paused and said: "Let's just say that His Royal Highness Taisun asked for their ......."

"Yes." Huang Wei hurriedly went downstairs to deliver the message. After a while, downstairs at the city gate, I heard Huang Wei's duck-like voice sound: "Okay, don't fight, His Royal Highness Taisun is merciful and pleads with the emperor, Zhao's father-in-law should stop." ”

"Yes." As soon as Zhao Ying waved his hand, Dongchang Fanzi stopped beating like a low tide, and returned to the front line of Chengtianmen.

"Bother His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to clean up the situation." Huang Wei looked at the embarrassed prince, turned around and went back to reply.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly asked the injured officials to be lifted into a cart and taken to the Tai Hospital for treatment. There were too many injured officials, and most of them were fighting fires, and Zhu Gaochi's Donggong guards went back and forth many times, and it was almost dark before all the officials ......were transported away.

The fire in the three halls was completely extinguished at midnight. In the early morning of the next day, when Zhu Di came to inspect, the three glorious and magnificent halls were completely invisible, leaving only the ruins that were still emitting black smoke, sitting on a blackened white marble base......

The crown prince, Chengguo Gong, An Yuan Marquis, Yang Wu Hou, Wang Xian, Zhao Ying and other close ministers of the Son of Heaven knelt behind the emperor, sobbing endlessly.

Zhu Di turned his back to his courtiers, and his back was as motionless as a mountain. Zhu Zhanji, who was standing on the side, clearly saw two lines of tears on the old face of the emperor's grandfather...... The three major halls were burned to the ground, and the blow to the emperor was too great! The losses caused are still secondary, after all, the Ming Dynasty has a big business, so it will not be unbearable. The point is that these are the three major halls! The symbol of the Ming Dynasty has just been completed less than a year, and it has only been officially opened for less than 20 days! Being burned down in this way is really the most cruel trick to this proud emperor......

"Is it true that sin is bowing down?" Zhu Di sighed, and the old tears were rampant.

"Your Majesty!" The courtiers cried: "It's all the fault of the ministers, don't blame yourself!" ”

"The three major halls that have just been opened have been burned to the ground, if I still don't blame myself, what is the difference between Emperor Jin Hui and Empress Chen?" Zhu Di said astringently: "I am ready to issue an edict ...... guilt."

"Your Majesty, you must not!" The courtiers hurriedly exclaimed, and Liu Sheng, Marquis of Anyuan, said: "Obviously, the White Lotus Demon made a rebellion and burned down the three major halls of the palace!" How can it be counted on the emperor's head? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," the courtiers wiped their tears and said, "If you want to talk about sin, it is also because the courtiers are too negligent and careless, so that the demons will have a chance!" ”

"Yes," Zhao Ying stepped forward and kowtowed: "It's the old slave who is useless, he didn't protect the palace, please ask the emperor to surrender!" ”

"Being a minister is also guilty," Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, also stepped forward on his knees, kowtowed: "The minister has failed the emperor's trust, please surrender to the emperor!" ”

"It's also a sin to be a minister!" Liu Sheng, Marquis of Anyuan, followed suit, stepped forward and kowtowed: "The minister has failed the emperor's trust, please ask the emperor to surrender his guilt......"

Seeing that the guilty and the innocent rushed to admit their guilt, Wang Xian knew that he was directly responsible, and he couldn't escape. I had to step forward, take off the black yarn and kowtow and said: "It has nothing to do with your lords, they are all for the ministers to have no eyes, they have not done a good job of security, and let the demons make chaos unscrupulously, please ask the emperor to kill the ministers to thank the world!" ”

Yin Li Pan of Shuntian Mansion also stepped forward to ask for guilt. In fact, everyone knows that the biggest sinner this time is the emperor! If he was willing to listen to Wang Xian, not allow the lights to march into Beijing, or cancel the Shangyuan carnival, it is likely that this tragedy would not have happened...... But the emperor is always wise and correct, and as a courtier, he has the responsibility and obligation to bear the black pot for the emperor.

Seeing that the courtiers pleaded guilty one after another, the emperor's face looked a little better. He was so proud, how could he be willing to give any kind of sin to himself? It's just a gesture. After a pause, Zhu Di looked at the courtiers and said lightly: "It's not the time to punish the crime, the top priority is to find out this matter clearly!" Saying that, the emperor couldn't suppress the fire in his heart, and said angrily: "Did the White Lotus Demon Girl catch it?" ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Xian, from the accident to the present, Wang Xian has not closed his eyes, his eyes are full of bloodshots, and his voice is hoarse and ugly: "Back to the emperor, that night, there were too many people watching the lanterns, and the demon girl took advantage of the chaos to escape......"

"I see that she is flying in the sky," Zhu Di said coldly: "Could it be that there are really people in this world who can't fly?" ”

"This has been investigated, and a black rope was found on the pillar of the Aoshan lantern, and she climbed the rope, slid to the roof of the opposite house, and then fled." Wang Xian hurriedly explained: "It's not really flying. ”

"But the emperor can rest assured that the city gate has not yet been opened," Li Pan added: "The ministers have imposed martial law in the whole city, searched and arrested from house to house, and will definitely bring the demon girl to justice!" ”

"Such a high and high demon, can the city wall trap her?!" Zhu Di snorted, knowing that this kind of thing was impossible to count on civil officials, so he set his eyes on Wang Xian and Zhao Ying: "You two stay for a while, and the rest will retreat!" ”

"Yes." The courtiers hurriedly retreated, leaving only Wang Xian and Zhao Ying to kneel in front of the emperor.