Chapter 116: The Truth
From beginning to end, Hao Fenglou was alone in talking to himself.
However, Hao Fenglou did not seem angry, and stared at Xu Huizu calmly. Xu Huizu's face was very calm, of course he didn't give Hao Fenglou any good face.
Hao Fenglou didn't care and said, "My game sounds a bit new, called the truth-telling adventure. The rules of the game are, if I tell the truth, you can choose to say no. If you don't say anything, then it's a default, okay, start."
Xu Huizu was afraid that he had never seen such a person in his life. He closed his eyes and looked unwilling to join him.
Hao Fenglou said: "Your name is Xu Huizu, and you are the elder brother of Empress Xu, right?"
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Hao Fenglou smiled and said, "You didn't object, it seems I'm right." Then he said, "Your surname is Xu, your father is the King of Zhongshan. He once made great contributions with Taizu and was the number one hero in the world."
Xu Huizu still refused to answer.
Hao Fenglou said with a sensuality: "Look, I guessed it right again. I have always been very accurate in judging people. Now you can't believe it or not."
Zhu Di, who was in the left and right ear room, really had the urge to rush out and give Hao Fenglou two ears. It is well known that everyone should guess this. He can also shamelessly praise himself for his accurate view of others, which is really a joke.
However, Hao Fenglou seemed to have devoted himself to the game and continued to ask: "Then let me tell you again. When the prince was ten years old, he went to Peking with the King of Zhongshan. In Peking, the prince often went to brothels. I wonder if the girl in the brothel is good?"
Xu Huizu is a gentleman who is self-disciplined. Although he is not a literati, this is the truth. Generally speaking, whether someone is a hooligan is a hooligan, you only need to see how many sons he has. Zhu Di is not too hooligan. He only has four sons in total. As a vassal king or even emperor, such low-yield is rare. As for Xu Huizu, he only has one son, which is definitely the conscience of a noble child.
Generally, such people cannot stand others slandering him for his life and life, because in the eyes of such people, living things and life is a sin in itself, otherwise how could he be self-disciplined? Xu Huizu's eyes turned a little red. He wished he could just chop Hao Fenglou into meat sauce.
Of course, this is just an idea, because Mr. Hao brought a knife into the hall, and there were also teams of guards outside. Although Xu Huizu was skillful in archery and horses, he was not sure of taking Hao Fenglou.
Hao Fenglou saw Xu Huizu not saying anything. He said, "It seems that the master has agreed again. It's very good. Only when speaking openly and honestly is interesting."
Xu Huizu's face suddenly changed and he said angrily: "Shut up."
"Ah..." Hao Fenglou was surprised and said, "Mr. Master is angry. It seems that I was wrong. I died. I died. Please forgive me. But since the humble man said it wrong, Master. Just shake his head directly, why should he be angry?"
Hao Fenglou said it with confidence, and almost made Xu Huizu vomit blood and die.
Hao Fenglou then became serious and continued: "Actually, it was just a joke just now, and the questions I want to ask next are not funny. It doesn't matter whether the man answers or not, just listen to me."
Hao Fenglou said word by word: "The King of Han and King Zhao went to the capital to serve as charity. That day, he lived in the mansion of the man. After that, His Majesty raised an army in Peking. According to the court, the two seized the man's horse and fled in the chaos. After the man learned the news, he immediately led people to pursue him. It's a pity that he was still one step late. I still remember this. I want to ask, did the man really use all his strength when he pursued the man's King of Han and King of Zhao? Or did he intend to let go? It was even possible that the so-called king of Han and King of Zhao stole the man's horse. It was also the man who deliberately did it. Everything was arranged by the man in secret?"
I was still talking nonsense just now, but now I finally said a serious word.
Xu Huizu was stunned for a moment, but still remained silent.
Hao Fenglou said: "The prince is also a soldier. He has made many military achievements in Peking. He went deep into the desert and pursued the Meng people. The prince is still at ease. Can't the two princes who fled in panic? Then, let me make a bold guess. In fact, you knew that the King of Han and King Zhao would escape from the beginning, so you deliberately relaxed your guard in the mansion and created an illusion of slackness, let King Zhao and King Han escape, and then pursue and deal with it. Give the court an explanation. Am I right?"
"The prince claims to be loyal to Jianwen, but in a humble opinion, the loyalty of the prince is limited in this matter. After all, they are the prince's nephews. The prince knows that if they don't leave, the corrupt scholars of the court will definitely take down the two princes, so the prince has to take risks. The prince can be disloyal to Jianwen for the sake of his two nephews, and why is loyal to him?"
Xu Huizu's face changed slightly. He suddenly realized that Hao Fenglou was a little bit uneasy. He glanced at Hao Fenglou deeply and said, "What do you want to say?"
Hao Fenglou raised his eyes and looked at Xu Huizu. The eyes of both sides collided. Hao Fenglou captured a trace of doubt in Xu Huizu's eyes and said, "Because I know that the loyal master is not Jianwen at all!"
Xu Huizu's face was pale: "You... talk nonsense!"
In the ear chamber on the left, Zhu Di showed suspicion. In fact, he had such suspicion at the beginning, but when Xu Huizu hid in the ancestral hall and competed with him, he dispelled this doubt. Now that Hao Fenglou's old story has been brought up again, Zhu Di suddenly became interested.
Hao Fenglou smiled: "Is it nonsense? I don't think it's nonsense, otherwise why would the prince be so angry? In fact, the prince and his brother are just as dedicated to His Majesty, but you are in the capital and dare not reveal it. After that, the court ordered you to lead troops to stop the Southern Army, and you dare not betray it. In my opinion, this is not because you are so loyal to Jianwen, but because you and the soldiers' families are staying in Nanjing, so you dare not act rashly, right?"
Xu Huizu sneered.
Hao Fenglou said, "But since that's the case, why did you come to the capital and decide the world? Knowing that the situation was going to go, the grandfather still had to do the opposite? He said that Jianwen was justified, and Your Majesty was a traitor. Even when Your Majesty entered the capital, all officials in the court went to welcome the emperor, but the grandfather stayed in the door? Guess again, the reason why the grandfather was like this was because the grandfather fought with the Northern Army, and many tribes and brothers died under the sword of the Northern Army. The grandfather must be thinking, if the grandfather welcomed the emperor, how could he be worthy of the dead brothers? The grandfather had to be the loyal minister of Jianwen, because since then, the grandfather had no choice, right?"
Xu Huizu was shocked.
Hao Fenglou's guess was not wrong at all. The relationship between Zhu Di and the Xu family was really subtle. When Xu Da was guarding Beiping, Zhu Di could almost be said to be Xu Da's disciple. Without Xu Da's careful training, there would be no Zhu Di today. After that, Zhu Di married Xu Da's daughter as his concubine, and the relationship between the two families became deeper. In addition, the Xu brothers were also in Beiping and were almost with Zhu Di day and night, so there was no need to say what the relationship here was. Xu Da was Zhu Di's mentor, and Zhu Di's empress was Xu's family. In addition, the relationship since childhood, for the Xu family, on the day of Zhu Di's Jingnan, the entire Xu family was Zhu Di's most powerful supporter. For example, as soon as the news of Jingnan came out, Xu Huizu's younger brother immediately started to move in the capital and ran for Zhu Di. However, he risked his head to behead and served a traitor. This alone shows the deep relationship between the Xu family and Zhu Di.
This is true for the rest of the Xu family, but in fact, Xu Huizu is the same. Others only think that Xu Huizu is Jianwen's loyal minister, which is definitely a joke. Hao Fenglou's words revealed the truth. Xu Huizu's choice to become Jianwen's loyal minister was helpless. The court killed Xu Huizu's younger brother. In order to protect the family, he could only swallow his anger and act like a loyal minister. Later, no one in the court could use it, so he ordered Xu Huizu to lead the army to fight against the Northern Army. Xu Huizu had been training troops everywhere and had a prestige, and many people
He praised him for sharing the joys and sorrows with his soldiers. A person who is willing to share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers must be loved by others. He brought these people who loved him, such people who ate and slept with him, laughed loudly, and drank with him, were obviously not lucky, and they all died in battle. At this time, Xu Huizu knew that he could no longer forgive Zhu Di. It doesn't matter who is the emperor. What is important is that if his brother's robes die at Zhu Di's hands, what reason does Xu Huizu have to sing praises to the new emperor?
"The prince is not a loyal minister, he is just a pitiful person. What makes the prince pitiful is that he clearly cares about His Majesty, but he has to turn against His Majesty into enemies."
Xu Huizu's face suddenly changed, and he became even more thoughtful. His hands were hanging down with weak force, and his face sighed with a blue sigh, "So what? So what? You said so much to me, so what? No matter how you understand people's hearts, things have already happened. Even if you have a perfect tongue, I will still... be decisive..."
Xu Huizu didn't know how to continue, so he sat on the chair. Someone had moved the chair long ago. Unfortunately, in order to show his determination, Xu Huizu refused to get close. Now he sat down on the chair, full of powerlessness.
Zhu Di in the left ear room was also shocked. He frowned and fell into deep thought. Sometimes he really admired the guy Hao Fenglou, but now, he suddenly understood Xu Huizu's situation, because in essence, Zhu Di is also such a person. In addition to having vigorous ambitions, Zhu Di and Xu Huizu have the same life experience, and they are essentially the same kind of people.
Ask yourself, if it were Xu Huizu, Zhang Yu, and Zhu Neng, who were all the people who treated him as gods, died at the hands of others, would he be willing to compromise? No!
By the same token, Xu Huizu can’t!
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Chapter completed!