It has been raining in Nanjing in the past few days. The rain in Jiangnan is always like prostatitis. It always starts to fall but stops and never stops. It is also like a woman whose face is half-covered, always less refreshing.
The weather suddenly got colder. Over at the East Palace, a eunuch sent Zhang Shi'an a new dress. The prince and the princess specially ordered it to be delivered because they were afraid that Zhang Anshi would not know the cold or heat.
Although Zhang Anshi is not short of clothes, he also knows that whenever the weather changes, the East Palace will always give clothes, which is actually to remind Zhang Anshi to add some clothes.
Zhang Anshi went to school happily again.
But today, something changed in the school.
Outside the courtyard wall of Hu Yan's residence, guards wearing flying fish suits were seen standing in a forest with swords straddling them, taking three steps to a post and five steps to a post.
He looked like he was facing a formidable enemy.
Inside the courtyard wall, there were even screams of distress.
Zhang Anshi got off the carriage and tightened his legs.
He glanced at Zhang San who was following him in shock: "Ah...has the house of my mentor Hu Yangong been ransacked?"
Zhang San blinked and swallowed, too scared to speak.
Zhang Anshi entered the school alone and found that in the front yard, more than a dozen teenagers were kneeling on the ground.
Zhu Yong was even worse, with his head hanging down. Someone actually put a shackle on him. This heavy wooden shackle was put around his neck. When he saw Zhang Anshi, he said: "Brother, run quickly."
Zhang Anshi shuddered, but heard screams again.
The scream gradually became clearer, and someone was seen being pinned down on a wooden bench and beaten with a whip.
Zhang Anshi took a closer look, who was it not Zhang Fu?
While Zhang Fu was howling, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of Zhang Anshi and shouted: "Brother, brother, run away quickly, they are coming to beat you."
The executioner was wearing a flying fish suit, and a cold-faced eunuch stood beside him.
Zhang Anshi was so frightened that his legs were trembling.
He was a true man of two generations, but seeing such a chilling scene for the first time, he was really inexperienced.
Subconsciously, Zhang Anshi wanted to run, but then he thought: Would it be too late to run now?
I'm afraid that if I run away, the consequences will be even worse.
After taking a deep breath and calming down, Zhang Anshi said obediently: "I won't run, I will accept the punishment, and I will kneel down as well."
As soon as he said that, he moved to a position among the young man who was kneeling on the ground.
But the eunuch raised his head and glanced at Zhang Anshi: "Who are you?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Zhang Anshi."
The eunuch then took out a book, flipped through it, and said, "Zhang Anshi? Oh, your memorial is quite good. It can be seen that you have worked hard and you don't need to be punished."
Zhang Anshi felt relaxed all of a sudden.
At this moment, another whip was swung down hard.
Snapped……
Zhang Fu howled like a killing pig.
He was still saying vaguely: "Brother, didn't you say that you wrote nonsense?"
Zhang Anshi almost shed tears of sympathy.
The eunuch said again: "Since Mr. Zhang does not need to be punished, and there are no classes in the school today, you might as well please come back."
Zhang Fu also chirped and said: "Brother, if you can't bear to stay here, you might as well leave. I can stand it."
"Oh." Zhang Anshi nodded and ran away quickly.
Zhang Fu: "..."
However, Zhang Fu had no time to think, and soon let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
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Zhang San was looking after the carriage and was looking outside, when he saw Zhang Anshi running out of the mansion like a rabbit.
Zhang San breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward in surprise: "Young Master... what's going on? Master Hu's house was really ransacked?"
"The matter is more serious than imagined. I'm afraid some of my brothers are involved in it."
"But Master, you..."
"I am successful in my studies, so I will not be punished."
Zhang San drooped his head, as if his brain was running at high speed, thinking about whether there were other ambiguities in these words.
Zhang Anshi said: "It's best to leave quickly and don't dwell on it. My brothers are like this. I feel very sad. I have to get them some medicine."
"Oh." Zhang San nodded blankly.
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"The Emperor, who has been entrusted by heaven, said: Recently I heard that the relatives of the Crown Prince of the East Palace are behaving wildly, and the royal family and relatives cannot be restrained. It is really unseemly to be so arrogant. Every time I think about it, this must be the reason for the arrogance of the East Palace. The Crown Prince cannot discipline his relatives, so what?
You are born to govern the world, and today I am issuing an edict to warn you, to teach you that this prince knows what is good and what is bad, and must never tolerate and indulge in it again. If there is a next time, I will not be lenient, thank you!"
At this time, in the East Palace, a eunuch was singing a message from the palace at the top of his voice.
The words in the decree are very vulgar, but of course, this has always been the style of Zhu Di's imperial decrees.
Prince Zhu Gaochi knelt on the ground in a polite manner. After listening to the imperial edict, he was frightened and his face turned pale.
After the eunuch who read the edict finished reading it, he smiled cautiously: "Your Highness..."
Zhu Gaochi sighed: "I know, you can go and reply to the order."
The eunuch has gone.
Zhu Gaochi just sighed and returned to the inner garden of the East Palace.
At this time, Princess Zhang came to greet the prince.
Zhu Gaochi held her hand, feeling depressed.
Mrs. Zhang was worried and asked Zhongzhong: "Did An Shi get into trouble again?"
Zhu Gaochi nodded and sighed: "It's different this time. Now it's up to Heaven to listen, and the father personally issued an order to scold... ah..."
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has issued a decree. It is inevitable that in the eyes of all officials, this is a signal that Your Majesty hates His Highness. If someone is deliberately using this to add insult to injury and collect other faults of His Highness, I'm afraid
The wall fell and everyone pushed..."
Under normal circumstances, the emperor would not scold the prince. After all, the prince is the prince and needs to establish a certain prestige, so he will be very tactful in his instructions. But this time he was so rude, I am afraid that your majesty will have some thoughts.
Zhu Gaochi was silent for a moment and said: "I am not worried here, but An Shi... Those with ulterior motives may not dare to touch me, but they can use An Shi to make trouble, which is detrimental to An Shi."
Just like the unpredictable weather in Nanjing, Mr. Zhang suddenly had tears in his eyes, and the tears fell down like a chain of beads. He choked and said, "My brother, I lost my father so early.
This sister married into a palace. The palace gates are tight and there is no way to watch over and discipline her all day long. He is left alone outside, young and ignorant, and he is afraid that many friends around him will trick him into doing evil..."
Zhu Gaochi was moved by this and hurriedly comforted him: "An Shi has good intentions. Don't cry. Everything can be discussed in the long run."
Zhang's tears immediately stopped and she looked at the young eunuch beside her and said, "Go and call my brother."
So the eunuch left in a hurry.
Zhang Anshi was really stimulated this time, especially after seeing Zhang Fu's butt being beaten to pieces, he felt even more sad.
He was summoned to the East Palace and entered the inner garden.
He hurriedly entered the palace and saw his sister Zhang, so he smiled and said: "Sister."
Mrs. Zhang pretended to be unhappy: "What have you done again? I'm so pitiful. It doesn't matter that my mother's family has no support. As brothers, you can't share the worries, but you still cause trouble every day."
Zhu Gaochi said from the side: "Okay, okay..."
Mrs. Zhang said: "Look at his playful and smiling face... ah..." After saying that, she stretched out her hands to wipe away her tears and began to sob.
Zhang Anshi couldn't see this, so he quickly stopped smiling, lowered his head and said, "What did I do wrong again?"
Zhang said: "Today, Your Majesty issued an imperial edict to reprimand your brother-in-law, saying that he was incompetent in discipline, and also said that he was conniving and shielding him. He is a prince, a dignified prince. To be reprimanded like this, every civil and military man in the court would not laugh.
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"You silly brother, don't you know how difficult your brother-in-law is? His Majesty doesn't like him, and there are countless treacherous villains around the Holy Emperor who stir up trouble every day. Look at what your brother-in-law is like because of his worries."
Zhang Anshi went to see Zhu Gaochi.
However, he saw that Zhu Gaochi also had a sad face, but he cheered up and said: "I am the son of man, I cannot share your worries for you, and I deserve to be reprimanded... An Shi is still young, that's all... What's the point of saying this."