Chapter 10 Chapter Nine Emperor Jianwen of Ming Dynasty

Qi Bai gave up and forgot to use his strength. The man struggled hard again and pushed him to the side, half lying on the ground. The posture was also a bit prostrate and kneeling. Following the imperial edict of Taizu?" Qi Bai almost burst into tears: "What is the imperial edict of Taizu? Who are you?" The man was startled suddenly, with a puzzled expression on his face, he straightened his body: "Who am I? And who are you? Didn't you send... to kill them all?" Qi Bai also jumped up: "I kill you? Why should I kill you?" The man's expression was extremely puzzled, and he shook his head again and again: "How could the traitor show kindness? No, no, absolutely not, Teacher Fang refused to accept a false edict. He was cut in half and wiped out ten clans. I have heard of this .”

When the man said this, his expression was very serious, Qi Bai couldn't help but take a step forward, reaching out to press his forehead to see if he had a high fever. Mountain miasma, one of the hallmarks of tropical yellow fever, is that patients can talk nonsense. But as soon as he stretched out his hand, the man opened his hand with a "snap", and said solemnly: "Like Teacher Fang, you are a loyal minister." At this moment, Qi Bai felt that things were getting weirder and weirder, even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help feeling chills all over his body.

He said in a deep voice, "You mean Teacher Fang Xiaoru Fang?" Hearing the word "you", the man glared and wanted to explode, but he sighed again: "Of course, you also call him Teacher Fang?" , the behavior and words are so weird, it is never wrong to make friends with him, so he nodded and said: "I am his student, destroying ten clans, and even Teacher Fang's students are being punished. Believe it early. I fled in all directions, and I fled all the way to the south before I fled into the deep mountains." The man sighed again and again: "Ancestor Sheji."

Qi Bai could see that the man was extraordinary, although he knew a little bit, but he never wanted to admit it, so he was trembling, and tentatively asked: "Your Majesty lamented the state affairs, and his heart was very sad, and he also said that there was an edict sent by the Taizu, Your Majesty is ──” The man said solemnly: "I am the eldest grandson of Taizu, Emperor Jianwen of Ming Dynasty." When Qi Bai asked, he found out the real identity of that person, but what to do next, even though he was very witty, he had no choice but to scratch his head and make no sense. At this time, Emperor Jianwen had regained his majesty as an emperor, which was quite different from the embarrassment he had just had when he fled for his life. He shouted loudly, "You still don't see him?"

Qi Bai felt guilty, and when he drank him, he couldn't help but knelt down, imitating the etiquette of meeting the emperor on the stage, and shouted: "Qi Bai, a grass-roots man, see you, may my emperor live forever──" When he called here, he thought it wrong, no matter what emperor he was, he was already dead by now. (Hearing this, I yelled loudly and wanted to make fun of Qi Bai, but I couldn't breathe from the laughter and coughed again and again. Even a person as stable as Bai Su couldn't help laughing non-stop at this moment. Because Qi Bai What happened to him was so weird, so weird to the point of being incomprehensible.)

(Qi Bai let out a long sigh: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, I wanted to laugh too, but what happened next made me believe that this man is really Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, of course he died, it was... his ghost .”) (I couldn't stop laughing, Bai Su pressed his chest: "I'm sorry, please go on, I...don't laugh anymore.") (Qi Bai stared at me for a while, until I stopped laughing and just gasped for breath, then he continued.) When he thought that no matter what emperor he was, he must be dead, so why would he kowtow? Cursing at himself for being ridiculous, he jumped up. At this moment, he only thought that he had been tricked, and he hadn't thought that the other party was a ghost, so he was very annoyed: "You pretend to be a ghost, what are you playing with?"

The Emperor Jianwen was very angry, he stared at Qi Bai, and Qi Bai was still staring at him, but the Emperor Jianwen was a little timid (this troubled emperor, of course, is not a talented person, Qi Bai is more than enough to deal with him), Said: "You don't believe my identity?" Qi Bai folded his hands and put them on his chest: "No matter what, it's not easy for you to find this place." That Emperor Jianwen blushed: "Why did I find this place? After leaving the capital, I have been living here." Qi Bai said "Oh", "How long have you lived here?"

This question made Emperor Jianwen startled suddenly, and his expression became extremely bewildered in an instant.It was a very common question that anyone could answer immediately, but the man frowned and thought hard for a minute, still at a loss, and asked Qi Bai, "How long?" At this time, Qi Bai couldn't help feeling a chill. He took a step back and looked at the man carefully. Looking around, the person who claimed to be "Emperor Jianwen of Ming Dynasty" was all human, but one word, from Qi Bai's It rises from the bottom of my heart, to the point where I know it is absurd, but I can no longer stop it.

That word is: "Ghost." He couldn't help but shuddered wittily: "If you are Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, then how did you come here?" The man stomped his feet hard, and said bitterly: "It goes without saying that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were the ones who wronged the country. Li Jinglong was in vain as a general who conquered captives. Emperor Taizu Gao had foreseen it a long time ago and built a tunnel leading to the outside of the city in the palace. I have already killed the hands of the rebels. More than a hundred people who traveled with me were divided into twelve groups and went south. After going through hardships on the way, we finally arrived In this secret palace that Emperor Taizu Gao ordered people to build a few years ago, there are already... already..."

He was sometimes impassioned, sometimes indignant, sometimes full of emotion, and when he talked about this, his expression turned to bewildered again: "How long has it been?" Qi Bai couldn't help trembling while listening.The first half of what "Emperor Jianwen" said were all well-known things in the history of the Ming Dynasty.Extremely ordinary. But since the "more than one hundred people traveling together", every word spoken is a mystery that has never been known in history. No matter how Qi Bai conceived, he couldn't imagine what happened in front of him, he just felt weird and inexplicable, so his body couldn't help shaking, he tried his best to gather his mind, and said: "The year you escaped from Nanjing, Now, five hundred and eighty-two years have passed, how long do you think you have lived here?"

The "Emperor Jianwen" was shocked suddenly, and in an instant, his expression was extremely terrifying, his eyes seemed to fall out of their sockets, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, and he said repeatedly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Five hundred Eighty-two years?" Qi Bai.Sighed: "Yes." The voice of Emperor Jianwen was even more sharp: "How can I have such a long life? You say me... how can I?" Qi Bai sighed, thinking that people turned into ghosts and he didn't know about it, such things do happen, anyway, he must be told, so it's better to just tell him. Qi Bai was thinking about how to say it in a more tactful way, so as not to irritate the ghost too much. At the same time, he also remembered many stories in the novels. People don't know that they have become ghosts, but they still act the same. Once they know it, they will immediately Turned into a dead person, unable to stand up. If such a situation happened, then this "Emperor Jianwen" had been dead for at least five hundred years, and when he fell to the ground, he might just be a pile of bones that fell apart. (I have already said that what happened next was a complete mess. It is not surprising that Qi Bai had such thoughts at the time.) He wanted to stretch out his hand and press it on the opponent's shoulder to calm him down, but the emperor's dragon body obviously cannot be touched casually, and the "Emperor Jianwen" was very displeased, and his face showed anger all of a sudden Brushing his hand away, he shouted, "Behave yourself." Qi Bai smiled wryly, and made a hand gesture: "Of course you don't have such a long life, you must... have already... passed away" The "Emperor Jianwen" was shocked again, Qi Bai hastily backed up a few steps, afraid that he would suddenly turn into a pile of bones and splash around. After waiting for a while, the man was still a good man, his eyes widened, very annoyed, he said: "What is the crime for talking nonsense." Qi Bai sighed: "You said that there are more than a hundred people living with you Here, where are they?" "Emperor Jianwen" was at a loss again: "Month after month, year after year, there is no hope of restoring the country, and there is no way to return to Beijing. Naturally, some people will live, die, die, and there will be no newcomers. Until... ah ……what……" He was originally sighing in a very sad tone, but in the middle of speaking, he suddenly let out three extremely miserable cries. Those three yells startled Qi Bai, but that's all, what happened next, even though Qi Bai was brave enough to wander around the ancient tomb for years, when he thought about it, he couldn't help but sweat Straight up—this is probably the main reason why he was so frightened when he came to me last time. The "Emperor Jianwen" yelled for the third time, suddenly stretched out his hand, and grabbed Qi Bai's arm tightly, his expression was extremely terrifying, his eyes were protruding, sweat dripping down his face, he grabbed very forcefully, but Qi Bai was afraid, I don't feel pain either. What Qi Bai thought at that moment was: he was captured by a ghost, an old ghost who had been dead for five hundred years. He shook his hands wildly, his throat was "cracking", and he could hardly breathe, and he didn't know what to do. At that time, the "Emperor Jianwen" yelled in a heart-piercing voice: "I am finally dead. I am dead, a generation of supreme, in the barren hills." His cry reverberated in the whole cave, and for a moment, Qi Bai only felt that the wind was blowing, and in a trance, it seemed that there were countless ghosts, howling with him. Qi Bai couldn't help but shouted: "Your death is none of my business, you've already died, at least five hundred years ago." He didn't know where he got the courage to break free from "Emperor Jianwen"'s hand, but grabbed his shoulder with all his strength. Qi Bai shook vigorously: "You must be sure, there is no one who is immortal. After death, he becomes a ghost. It is extremely rare to be like you...the soul is solidified...like a living person...then there is nothing wrong with it. Why cry?" What Qi Bai said at this time, "the soul is solidified, like a stranger", etc., are naturally full of nonsense; but in such a situation, what else can he say?It was not easy for him to come up with such words. I saw that "Emperor Jianwen" heard it, his face was ashen, his body trembled, and his lips trembled. From his mouth, he made intermittent voices: "I have been dead for a long time... It has been five hundred years. I don't know. In the future, who is in power now?" Qi Bai smiled wryly: "The Ming Dynasty has long since perished. Alas, it's a long story. Now you live the same life as the sky. I think you are the most amazing... strange..." Originally, the title of "the most strange person in the world" can be said to be well-deserved, but Qi Bai decided that the person in front of him was not a human but a ghost, so naturally he couldn't be called a strange person.And if it is called "strange ghost".I don't know if Guiling has any taboos, and I'm afraid of being flattered, so for a while, I don't know what to say. Then, "Emperor Jianwen" let out a long sigh, looked at Qi Bai from head to toe, and shook his head: "After five hundred years, the world will have changed drastically. What is your outfit? Why is your hair so short?" , could it be that he is a criminal prisoner?" In ancient times, cutting hair short was one of the punishments, called "Yao" punishment. Qi Bai knew this. When Qi Bai looked at "Emperor Jianwen", he saw that his hair was longer than ordinary people, but it was not too long. It was not up to the standards of the ancients, and it was disheveled like this. It didn't look like an emperor. He couldn't help but said, "Your own hair is not much longer than mine." "Emperor Jianwen" seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to touch his hair, and when he touched it, his expression became even more shocked, and his teeth collided.Make a "dede" sound: "How... how could this happen? This... how decent is it?" On the contrary, Qi Bai comforted him: "There was a record that you once cut your hair as a hatred, maybe... since then, you have cut your hair?" The look of "Emperor Jianwen" was extremely hesitant, and that kind of helpless misery was by no means fabricated, so that people who saw it felt sympathetic, but they didn't know how to comfort him. it is good. I saw him hugging his head with his hands, squatting down slowly until he was curled up in a ball, trembling violently there, at this moment Qi Bai couldn't help but pat the back of his hand twice . This movement made Qi Bai suspicious again. After patting twice, he stretched out his hand on the back of his hand and pressed lightly. The tentacles were as clear and dark as a living person, not at all like a ghost should be. cold. Qi Bai didn't even know what happened to him, and at this moment, the "Emperor Jianwen" raised his head with a bitter expression on his face: "Oh, I don't know what happened, and I don't know if I am a human or a ghost. However, since my great ancestor Emperor Gao arranged for me to live here all the time, I have no choice but to live here, since you are here, it is also considered a predestined relationship, please come in and talk about it." As Emperor Jianwen said, he stood up with great difficulty, Qi Bai wanted to help him, but he refused. He walked in, Qi Bai followed behind, within three minutes, Qi Bai was absolutely sure that the person who called himself "Emperor Jianwen" was definitely the owner of this ancient house (or this ancient tomb). Qi Bai is an expert in tomb robbery, and has a considerable degree of research on ancient buildings, but even with his expert level, he entered an unfamiliar ancient house. There must also be a stage of exploration, and you must not be familiar with the way right from the beginning. What's more, this ancient house not only has winding corridors and is very hidden, but also has many unexpected secret doors and passages, it will take a lot of trouble to figure out the ins and outs. However, the "Emperor Jianwen" strode forward very quickly, turning left when he should turn left, and turning right when he should turn right, without any hesitation.What made Qi Bai even more dumbfounded was that when he pressed on the wall or post, Qi Bai didn't even see clearly where the switch button was. The secret door had already opened. Among the thick and thin cylinders, the design is so exquisite that even Kaibai, an expert in mechanism, can't help but admire it. When he followed "Emperor Jianwen" into the column, passed a narrow market road, suddenly became bright, and came to a yard full of exquisite rockery, he couldn't help saying from the bottom of his heart: "This... house The secret passage is so ingeniously built, I am afraid that even if the masters of the Ouchi Jinyiwei find it here, Your Excellency will be safe and sound." When Qi Bai said this, he sincerely praised this ancient house. He never thought that "Emperor Jianwen" would have such a strong reaction to the word "Jinyiwei". (Since the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's personal army has twelve guards, the "Jin Yiwei" is the most important, and Ming Chengzu expanded his personal guards to twenty guards.) The "Emperor Jianwen" was striding forward, but when he heard Qi Bai say that, he stopped abruptly, then turned around slowly, his face was ashen, the huge house was located in the middle of a big cave In the middle of the house, the light was not dim, but at this moment, he happened to come to a small courtyard, so he could see his frightened and angry expression. He was so angry that he couldn't speak, he just stretched out his fingers to the ground, his fingers trembling slightly. For a moment, Qi Bai didn't know what his gesture meant, but instead asked, "What's the matter?" Only then did the "Emperor Jianwen" yell out sharply: "Kneel down." Qi Bai was really angry, funny, and horrified, of course he wouldn't kneel down, he just said: "What did I say wrong?" That "Emperor Jianwen" was stern when he was drinking Qi Bai and knelt down just now, but at this moment, his body trembled as if he was sifting chaff, and his voice sobbed: "You...you actually used Jin Yiwei to scare me, you... you……" Only then did Qi Bai suddenly realize that although "Emperor Jianwen" was hiding in this barren mountain, he must have sent someone out to find out the news (so he knew that Fang Xiaoru was killed by the ten clans, and naturally he also knew that Ming Chengzu, his fourth uncle , I don’t know how many people were sent to search for his whereabouts all over the world. The main force among them is naturally the "upper twenty-two guards", and Jin Yiwei is the main force. This kind of large-scale search and arrest operation must have made him pale, terrified, and restless for many years, fearing that one day, this secret place would be discovered. But just now, "Jinyiwei" was mentioned again, which is why he was so shocked and angry. Once he figured this out, Qi Bai first had a strange feeling: This... ghost, really is Emperor Jianwen, it's not fake at all, otherwise, he wouldn't react so strongly, then he smiled wryly: "I'm sorry, I mentioned it by accident. In fact, it's so hidden that no one can find it." Hearing Qi Bai say that, "Emperor Jianwen" seemed to feel relieved, but then he asked quickly: "How did you find out?" Qi Bai hurriedly explained: "I am a professional, and I am the only one in the world." "Emperor Jianwen" stared at Qi Bai, his face uncertain: "Are you... planning to die here?" Qi Bai hurriedly said: "It's a great honor to be with you... I can stay here for a long time, but I have to leave." "Emperor Jianwen"'s complexion changed drastically, and he called several times: "Come here, come here." Although he screamed loudly, there was no other echo in the empty mansion except for the humming sound. At this moment, Qi Bai couldn't help being secretly surprised, thinking that if a dozen Jinyi guards rushed out in response to the sound and caught him, "Emperor Jianwen" shouted again: "Push out the Meridian Gate and behead him!" That's no joke. Fortunately, "Emperor Jianwen" called out a few times, and when no one came out, Qi Bai calmed down: "What are you afraid of? Everyone who was looking for you has long since died, and times have changed. You are just a historical figure, just like you ...When you were alive, look at Tang Taizong and Genghis Khan, where is there any kindness or resentment?" "Emperor Jianwen" shook his hands: "Don't say that, since I can still be here, so can the rebels, and they won't let me go." He spoke extremely seriously, and the fear in his voice affected Qi Bai and felt that he was in danger. If he was not careful, he could be killed. So he repeated: "Yes, yes, I won't tell people casually." What he was thinking at this time was that if Ming Chengzu's ghost commanded a large number of Jinyiwei's ghosts to come to take Jianwen Emperor's ghost, what kind of scene would it be like. Because this kind of thinking was really absurd, he couldn't help but hit himself hard on the head, and couldn't help panting.At this time, he also thought of me, such an adventure, he would naturally think of me, and wanted to tell me, come to discuss with me. He said: "I only speak to one person at most." "Emperor Jianwen" said sharply: "Not even one, I... If I... still have someone to send, I will definitely not allow you to leave here alive." Qi Bai sighed: "But... you've been dead for five hundred years, what's there to be afraid of?" "Emperor Jianwen" still shook his hands and stamped his feet: "Anyway, alas, we should consider the long term." As he spoke, he walked forward, and not long after, he came to an extremely delicately furnished study room.Qi Bai is a person who knows the goods, and when he saw the furnishings in the study, his heart beat wildly. The whole set of bright yellow five-clawed golden dragon imperial kiln porcelain was never seen outside, and it was obviously specially designed for the refuge of Emperor Jianwen. And set up. "Emperor Jianwen" stayed for a while, and unexpectedly "the emperor's kindness is mighty" and gave Qi Bai a seat.After Qi Bai sat down, "Emperor Jianwen" asked about major events in the world, but the strange thing was that after Qi Bai talked a little, he waved his hand vigorously, with a puzzled look on his face: "Strange, I know all about these things, by the way, At the end of Ming Zuo, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide in Meishan after the rebel Li Zicheng broke the throne, and then the Manchus entered the pass and established the Manchu Dynasty." Until now, it was Qi Bai's turn to be dumbfounded, but he immediately found an explanation: this is an old ghost of five hundred years old, the old ghost will not always be trapped in this ancient house, maybe wandering all over the world, seeing his situation just now , as if he just came back from going out, so it is not surprising that he knows what happened in the world in the past five hundred years. Thinking of this, Qi Bai secretly rejoiced, thinking that if he "decreed" to tell him the five hundred years of history in detail, it would be a troublesome thing. At this time, "Emperor Jianwen" frowned again: "I'm hungry and want to drink again, so go prepare it." Qi Bai jumped up and yelled: "How do I know where the food and drink are? Besides, you, you... you are a ghost... why do you want to eat?" "Emperor Jianwen" looked blank: "If you feel hungry, you should eat." Qi Bai was puzzled and horrified at the same time: "This house is so big, do you know where the grain is stored?" "Emperor Jianwen" rolled his eyes: "I have servants prepared, how do I know?" Qi Bai smiled wryly: "Since you returned to heaven, your soul has been wandering outside, and you have not returned until now?" "Emperor Jianwen" seemed not even sure about this, he just tilted his head to think, but couldn't say a word, Qi Bai couldn't hide it: "You must be familiar with this house, let's find it together."