Chapter 1959 The Unknown Past!

Reprimand...stick...reprimand...imprisonment...ask for sin...sin...

The entire record on the imperial palace is completely of an image of a prince who was not welcomed by the king and was punished. This is completely different from the wise and powerful emperor who created the entire Tang Dynasty in the hearts of the people. Moreover, the above What about the documented “misconduct”?

What misbehavior did the Holy Emperor do before he ascended the throne? What kind of misbehavior could be done?

With the Holy Emperor's character, is such a thing possible?

In the flash of lightning, one thought after another flashed through Wang Chong's mind. For a moment, Wang Chong stood there in a daze, looking in a daze.

It would be difficult for him to contact the Holy Emperor with the things recorded in this book.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..., what went wrong?"

Wang Chong shook his head fiercely and erased all the thoughts from his mind. He still couldn't believe that the person in the book was the decisive and wise emperor in his memory. In the flash of lightning, he thought of his grandfather and Yao Chong again. :

"That's wrong, there must be something wrong somewhere. A prince who is so 'unworthy' and 'misbehaving' is absolutely unpopular both inside and outside the court, and it is impossible for grandpa and other ministers to support him, let alone in that situation. In the battle between princes, do your best to help him ascend to the throne!"

Grandpa never sees the wrong person!

Yao Chong and all the ministers in the government and the public will not misjudge the person!

In fact, judging from what happened later, Grandpa and Yao Chong's judgment was absolutely correct. It was precisely because they successfully elected the Holy Emperor that the Tang Dynasty became unprecedentedly powerful today!

In the final analysis, it is impossible to determine the specific content based on a half-burned palace history book and the contents of the claws on it.

Moreover, until now, Wang Chong didn't know what kind of bad behavior "San Zixuan" had done, and he was reprimanded as unworthy by the Supreme Emperor. He even caused his biological mother, Empress Dou De, to be reduced to a concubine.

Wang Chong continued to scroll down, but soon, the dianjie reached the end, and there was no more content.

Wang Chong stood there in a daze, silent for a long time.

After finishing the book, Wang Chong had not solved the doubts in his heart at all.

"Did the prince get what he wanted?"

In the mansion, when the sound of turning pages stopped, the blind old man suddenly spoke.

Wang Chong shook his head.

"No, I can't tell anything from this book alone. Old sir, are there any other books you want to keep?"

Wang Chong tentatively said with a glimmer of hope.

"There is no other, this is the only one."

However, what was disappointing was that the blind old man shook his head and denied:

"However, although there is no complete code, there are still some fragmentary things that can help you."

As soon as the voice fell, the blind old man suddenly stood up, and under Wang Chong's surprised gaze, he suddenly walked towards the back room:

"My lord, come with me!"

Wang Chong became more and more surprised, but he did not object and followed the blind old man inside.

The blind old man was obviously very familiar with this place. Even though he couldn't see it, he was already familiar with it. At the very back of the mansion, in front of a locked door, the blind old man stopped.

He took out a key that he kept close to his chest, opened the copper lock with a click, and the old man opened the door.

The whole room was empty, there was nothing, but in the corner of the room, Wang Chong saw a huge iron pot. The outside of the iron pot was burnt black, it looked like it had been there for a long time, and there was a lid on it. .

At first glance, Wang Chong didn't pay much attention, but when he saw a bright gilt gold python pattern on the handle of the iron pot, Wang Chong's heart shook violently.

"Fire-eating python basin!"

This is a special brazier in the palace specially used to burn memorials, various classics and other things.

Wang Chong did not expect that the blind old man would actually bring out this royal brazier.

"In the Cide Hall, everyone has two braziers, just in case there are too many things and the task is too urgent to burn them all in a short time."

The blind old man's voice came.

The Cide Hall collects memorials closely related to the entire Tang Dynasty, including states, prefectures, counties and tens of millions of people. The number is very large. If there is a drought or flood, letters from all over the country asking for help will fly to the capital like snowflakes. Such memorials Just more.

However, Ci De Hall has rules. Unless there is an accident, the zhezi of the day must be burned on the same day. At this time, a backup brazier is needed.

"I have been in Cide Hall for decades. When I left, I didn't take anything with me except this fire-eating python basin. Seeing that I was too old and blind, the city gate guards didn't check carefully, so I could completely Bring it out."

The blind old man paused and revealed the secret of the fire-eating python basin:

"After the lord left that day, I rescued the palace book, covered the rest with a basin lid, and tried my best to put out the fire."

"This kind of basin cover is exclusive to Cide Hall. It is specially customized for the basin of the fire-eating python. It is made airtight. After covering it, all the flames will be extinguished within one breath. After the old man leaves the palace, he will put the brazier in Here, for decades, the door has been closed, and even the child Zhao'er can't get close."

"The old man is blind, and he can't see clearly how many things have been saved in this brazier. He just wants to do his best. If someone really looks for these books in the future, maybe they can find a few words, but for the specific details, the prince himself must Went to see it.”

Wang Chong stood there in a daze, looking at the fire-eating python basin, and the expression in his eyes changed. He never expected that the blind old man would leave such a thing behind.

But even Wang Chong didn't know what the blind old man had saved by doing this.

Soon, Wang Chong came back to his senses and his eyes quickly became firm. No matter what, he would find out the truth that had been sealed in the dust of history.

"Thank you, senior."

After saying this, Wang Chong quickly walked over.

Clang!

He opened the lid of the pot, and inside the brazier, a pot full of burned classics immediately came into view.

When the pot lid is closed, time freezes, and everything in the brazier is frozen at the last moment of the flames burning.

Wang Chong didn't say much, put down the lid of the basin, and gently touched the fire-eating python basin with his other hand. A bit of Gang Qi poured out like mercury, quickly penetrated into the inside of the brazier, and burned all the classics inside layer by layer. , wrapped up page by page, frozen in their final state.

"call!"

The next moment, a charred, curled page flew into the sky. The paper was completely carbonized and the writing on it was completely unreadable.

Under Wang Chong's control, the burning papers in the brazier kept flying up, one piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Time passed slowly, and less and less paper was burned in the brazier, but Wang Chong did not find any information that could be used.

Judging from the blind old man's narration, Eunuch Gao left early because of something, but he watched the palace records inside being burned before leaving. In this case, it was impossible for there to be much left.

"Uh-huh!"

Another piece of charred paper flew into the air, but the next moment, when he saw what was in the brazier, Wang Chong's eyelids twitched, and his whole expression suddenly changed.

When half of the carbonized paper was taken out by Wang Chong, something different finally came out of the fire-eating python's basin.

It was a piece of paper that had not yet been burned. It was only about three feet wide and four inches long. Although it was only a small piece, it was Wang Chong's biggest harvest so far.

With a thought in Wang Chong's mind, the piece of paper immediately flew up and landed in Wang Chong's hand.

"...Five years ago, the third son came to the Jade Dragon Palace and recruited six maids at night. Fortunately, he got angry..."

Seeing these words, Wang Chong's heart skipped a beat.

There is a period of time missing in the above text and cannot be identified, but according to the classics I have read before, it should refer to the fifteenth year of the Supreme Emperor, which is what happened before that classic.

Among the historical records and classics brought by Eunuch Gao, the ones Wang Chong just read were the last to be burned, so the time was also the latest, because theoretically, the books burned in the fire-eating python basin should be from before this, even if there are some discrepancies. , not much different.

According to the literal meaning, what is recorded above is that the third prince Xuan indulged in pleasure during the fifteenth year of the Supreme Emperor's reign and secretly favored six palace ladies.

The third prince Xuan was the Holy Emperor before he ascended the throne. At this moment, Wang Chong's heart trembled, almost instinctively thinking of the Holy Emperor's draft. The styles of the two were exactly the same. Wang Chong also suddenly understood why the Supreme Emperor treated him so much. The third prince Xuan was dissatisfied and scolded him.

If the above record is true, then the current behavior of the Holy Emperor can be completely explained.

However, the Holy Emperor has been diligent in government, caring for the people, and strict with self-discipline for more than thirty years. Even the draft event only happened recently. How to explain all this?

Of these two, which one is the Holy Emperor?

Wang Chong continued to read down, and there was another paragraph of text on the note, but the preface did not match the postscript, and it was too fragmented to be discerned.

The next moment, without any hesitation, Wang Chong quickly took out more burned pages.

The lid of the basin that the blind old man finally put on played a crucial role at this moment. Ninety percent of the pages inside were burned, but there were still some unburned pieces of paper left.

In the brazier, more incompletely burned pieces of paper came into view.

"...The third son Xuan went to the back garden and made the prisoner look like a horse and played with it... On the 11th, the third son Xuan ordered the prisoner to fight each other for fun, and two people were seriously injured. The incident happened..."

"On the 30th day, the five sons and six sons of the industry fell in love in the Jade Dragon Palace and bet with the third son Xuan to win... and the emperor was furious..."

"... In the twelfth year, Zhang Rui, the imperial eunuch of the Hanlin Academy, was ordered... to teach the princes, the third son Xuanbai, and Yan Rui, a third-rank junior official, to beat him angrily, and... the emperor was furious..."

"In July, an auspicious beast was presented to Jiangnan Road. The emperor was very pleased with it and placed it in the Royal Beast Garden. ... Xuan Guo wanted it by force. He replaced the auspicious beast with a horse and rode out on the beast. ... The incident happened ..."

"In the thirteenth year, in the Zhide Palace, I heard from the palace maid that San Zixuan was tyrannical and lynched the palace servants and eunuchs, resulting in the death of two people..."