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Chapter 561 Ginkgo Tree

Han is Han Tiancheng, also known as Wei Wuque.When Guangling City was destroyed that day, Bailian's rebels were all captured without a fight, but Wei Wuque was missing, and it was only found out at the first trial that this guy saw things badly and his feet were oiled.At that time, Yu Gui was the only one who knew about Wei Wuque's life experience, but even though he was tortured to extract a confession, Yu Gui refused to reveal the inside story.

After returning to the capital and taking charge of Beizhen Fusi, Wang Xian ordered people to check the situation of Mingjiao in the south, and suddenly found that the leader of Mingjiao, Han Degong, was known as the son of Xiaoming Wang Han Liner, and Han Degong's only son was Han Wuque, whose name was Tiancheng.This man is probably the same person as Han Tiancheng and Wei Wuque... When he was in Jiangnan, in order to hide his identity, Han Wuque erased the left half of his surname and called himself 'Wei'; The name, the name and the character, are actually inseparable from the original.

Could it be that Wei Wuque, who looks like a girl, has such hard skills?Wang Xian really couldn't believe it, he felt that another person surnamed Lin should be more reliable.Wang Xian thought of Lin Sange again, that upright and unassuming man, in Wang Xian's eyes, he was full of mystery.For example, where did his tyrannical martial arts come from?Why is the old monk willing to buy his account?Why did Elder Tang insist on marrying the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus to him?
If he is also Han Liner's grandson, then all problems will be solved.

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"This person should be surnamed Lin." Zhang Fu said: "The Northern and Southern Red Turbans were not one, and in this dynasty they were split into Mingjiao and Bailian. I only got the Supreme Mysterious Art of Monk Peng. So if this person really exists, it should be Lin."

"It turns out that the father-in-law doesn't know, does this person exist?" Wang Xian said.

"I haven't been in the Central Plains these years, so I don't know much about the younger generation." Zhang Fu said: "But I believe he should exist."

"Why?" Wang Xian asked.

"Because the Ming Sect and the White Lotus Sect are still split." Zhang Fu said: "The leader of the Ming Sect, Han Degong, is ambitious. He wanted to annex the White Lotus Sect more than ten years ago. If the White Lotus Sect didn't have such a top figure, it would have ceased to exist long ago."

"That makes sense." Wang Xian nodded, and asked again: "Among these three masters, which one is the most suspicious?"

"They are all suspected." Zhang Fu said: "Hu Wei is the least suspected. He is deeply trusted by the emperor, and Wudang Mountain is deeply favored by the emperor. Normally, he should not have acted like this. However, this person has been in the world for more than ten years. No one can tell what is going on in his heart, he is not allowed to go to the funeral."

"Well." Wang Xian nodded, and Zhang Fu continued: "So it's mainly the latter two, one is Jianwen rebelling against the party, the other is Bailian rebelling against the party, both are suspected, as for which one it is, it depends on you." It's up to you."

"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and said nothing more. In fact, if it is true what Zhang Fu said, then Chang Sen's suspicion is very small. The reason is very simple. Since Hu Yan is chasing after him, it is impossible for Chang Sen to leave. How could Jianwen Jun come to the capital to assassinate half a step away?Moreover, if he wanted to assassinate, he would also assassinate Emperor Yongle, so why attack the King of Han?Anyway, Wang Xian judged others by himself, and felt that if he was Lord Jianwen, he would definitely wish for the crown prince and Hanwang brothers to fight against each other, so that Emperor Yongle would have a chance to take advantage of him a hundred years later!
Therefore, Wang Xian felt that if he followed Zhang Fu's train of thought, the suspicion would still fall on Lin San, and only that brother Lin San, who could not see the end of the dragon, would be able to go to the capital to shoot an arrow.Moreover, Lin San belonged to the White Lotus Sect. When dealing with the rebellion in Shanxi, he vaguely discovered the relationship between the White Lotus Sect and King Zhao. If the arrow was ordered by King Zhao to shoot Lin San, the whole problem seemed to make sense.

And Zhao Wang is full of motives.Don't forget, Han Wang Lai didn't have a feudal clan in Beijing, and Zhao Wang didn't have a feudal clan either. It was just that the sky fell and he stood up against it, so he didn't bear any pressure.But once the King of Han becomes a vassal, he has to obediently become a vassal, so for Zhu Gaosui, helping the King of Han to stay is helping himself to stay.

Furthermore, if the king of Han was accidentally shot to death, the emperor would definitely blame the prince. If the prince was abolished in a fit of anger, he, as the only remaining prince, would become the only choice.Even if he can't shoot the king of Han, with Zhao Wang's tongue-in-cheek skills, he will definitely be able to provoke the Han king to hate the prince. When the time comes when the snipe and the clam fight for the fisherman's profit, he will still be the final winner.

So no matter what, this arrow made a lot of money for King Zhao, and King Zhao also had the conditions and ability to organize this assassination.All kinds of things made Wang Xian decide him as the number one suspect without hesitation!

However, this case is so clean, it is almost impossible to accuse King Zhao, so we have to find another way... Just thinking about it, I heard a report from my subordinates:

"My lord, the dismounting workshop is here!"

"Hmm." Wang Xian just came back to his senses, and saw a mighty stone arch with two pillars soaring to the sky in front of him. The six characters of "Officials of various departments dismounted" were horizontally engraved on the forehead, reminding the courtiers to go forward, that is, the big Ming Taizu's Xiaoling Mausoleum, no matter how high or low the official rank, must dismount and walk to maintain awe.

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Xiaoling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the location of the "Dragon Vein" of the Ming Dynasty.The safety of Xiaoling Mausoleum means that the descendants of the Zhu family will prosper and prosper, and the fortune of the country will last forever.Therefore, in addition to managing the inner palace of Xiaoling, Daming also set up Xiaoling guards on the east side of Xiamafang, which were as elite as the upper twelve guards, to guard the place closely.

Before a group of people approached Xiamafang, they aroused the vigilance of Xiaoling guards. Fortunately, Jin Yiwei stepped forward to report in time, so there was no misunderstanding.

Wang Xian hurriedly got off his horse and cleaned up his clothes.The British Duke Zhang Fu on the side also made the same movement. The two walked forward, came to the archway, and showed the imperial guards to the Xiaoling Guard officers and soldiers stationed there. After listening to some prohibitions, they were allowed to go.

However, their guards were all left outside Xiamafang, and only a few followers entered Xiaoling.

It took more than [-] years to complete the construction of the Xiaoling Mausoleum. Its grand scale and majestic architecture are the only ones seen in all dynasties.When it was completed, the hall of enjoyment inside the wall was majestic and the pavilions were magnificent. Half of the seventy temples in the Southern Dynasties were surrounded by forbidden gardens.I saw that the pavilions and pavilions in the cemetery are connected to each other, and the hall is surrounded by smoke, pines and forests, and thousands of long-lived deer and thousands of thousand-year-old cranes are raised.During the sound of deer, white cranes soar, making people feel like they have fallen into a fairyland.

Wang Xian has also seen the big world, but after entering Zhu Yuanzhang's cemetery, he was still shocked from ear to ear, obediently burrowing, no wonder everyone wants to be the emperor, this is too exaggerated!

At this time, the steward's board of the Jingu Supervisor greeted him. After saluting the British Duke, he led the two imperial envoys to meander upwards along the Shinto path. It is granite, paved with mat patterns, and it was left by civil servants, generals, eunuchs and other entourages.

On the way, we passed Dajinmen, Sifang City, Shixiang Road, and Wengzhong Road, and walked for four or five miles before finally arriving in front of the Xiaoling Hall where Emperor Taizu and Empress Ma were enshrined.

The Hall of Xiaoling Mausoleum is grand and majestic. In front of the hall, there is a three-story Xumizuo platform with a height of one foot. In March, the ginkgo trees in the south of the Yangtze River should be in full bloom.However, at this moment, the leaves of the 26 ginkgo trees have fallen off a lot, and some trees have even lost all their leaves, which can already be declared dead.

Wang Xian kowtowed with the British Duke outside the hall of enjoyment, and the two got up to observe the ginkgo trees carefully.To be precise, Wang Xian was the only one. The British public had no research on trees, so they chatted with the steward sign of the Jingu Supervisor.

"Eunuch Zhao, haven't we seen each other for a few years?" Duke Ying looked at the gray-haired old eunuch, who was the supervisory board of the emperor Taizu.

"It must have been 14 years." The old eunuch laughed and said, "Our family has been looking for an opportunity to thank the Lord. If you hadn't proposed to the emperor back then, how could our family have the opportunity to continue serving the Emperor Taizu for these years."

"Did the father-in-law ever blame me?" the British father looked at the old eunuch and asked.

"My lord is thinking too much," the old eunuch shook his head and said, "How can I not know what is good or bad for an eunuch like ours who has served two generations of emperors, Taizu and Jianwenjun, to have such a home? At an old age, can you still compete with those heroes who followed the emperor through hardships? It is already a great fortune to live among the green mountains and beautiful waters and clean the courtyard for the emperor and the empress every day."

"Then I can feel at ease..." After talking about the past, Zhang Fu asked about the business: "My old man said that he sweeps the courtyard every day, but he comes to the Xiaoling Palace every day?"

"Yes, rain or shine." The old eunuch nodded.

"When did you find out that there was something wrong with these ginkgo trees?" Zhang Fu asked.

"Ten days ago, I found that these trees started to lose their leaves," the old eunuch said seriously: "Our family immediately asked an experienced old gardener to check, but they didn't see any clues. After two days of observation, we found that the leaves were falling more and more. Seriously, report it immediately."

"Then?"

"Afterwards, people from the Ministry of Industry and the palace came to check carefully, and they all said that these trees were neither diseased nor damaged, nor drought nor waterlogged. They came up with a few ideas, but it was useless to follow them." The old eunuch said and fell Tears came: "Then the situation got worse day by day. A few trees have already died, and the rest probably won't survive."

"Is there any reason for such a big ginkgo tree to die?" Zhang Fu frowned.

"It is said that some ginkgo trees will suddenly die a few years after transplanting and survive." The old eunuch said bitterly: "But these trees have been transplanted for more than ten years, and the Jingong Supervisor has been taking good care of them. How could they suddenly die?" What about dying? People really can't figure it out..."

"Recall carefully, what happened to these ginkgo trees in the past six months?" Zhang Fu asked.

"..." The old eunuch thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Our family has been thinking about it for a long time these days, and we really didn't expect anything unusual."

"You ask other people to think about it together, and see if you can recall anything." Zhang Fu stared at the old eunuch with piercing eyes, but unfortunately, he couldn't see any clues at all from the wrinkled face of the other party.

(End of this chapter)