Daming: From the end of Hongwu

235 Chapter 233 - Little Six and Old Three
As the saying goes, people need to meditate when they encounter major events.

But Zhu Di really couldn't calm down, and the voice of Monk Daoyan analyzing the situation in his ears kept drilling into his heart like a mouse greedy for cheese.

Who doesn't want to be an emperor, let alone Zhu Di who looks down on the weak Zhu Yunqi at all. He can confidently affirm that he will be better than Zhu Yunqi when he is an emperor.

But... whenever he wanted to agree with Monk Daoyan's proposal, a bottomless abyss appeared in his eyes.

There were several figures flashing in the bottomless abyss, and he didn't need to distinguish them carefully, he could recognize that all of them were famous careerists in history. They seemed to be smiling at Zhu Di, cheering for Zhu Di to come quickly, come with them Together they were set on the pillar of shame in history, ridiculed and despised by others.

Human civilization continues, and they will never have peace.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little dark in front of him, even though Zhu Di didn't care about his face.

……

In the afternoon.

Zhen Wu looked at the sky and decided to end his fishing day ahead of time. He asked Cao Xiaoman to stay alone and close the window after one o'clock. Then he took Cao Xiaoman and others and walked outside. .

Chen Xian next door saw Zhen Wu so handsome through the window, and wanted to go crazy with jealousy, and even wanted to leave early, but Chen Xian thought about it, if he delayed things, Zhu Di didn't know how to deal with him, thinking After understanding this, Chen Xian could only sigh, and then resumed his official duties full of grief and indignation.

Zhen Wu had just arrived at the gate of King Yan's Mansion, and bumped into Guan Tong unexpectedly. Zhen Wu wanted to hide for a while, but he couldn't dodge, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk up.

Guan Tong looked suspiciously at Zhen Wu, then at the sky, and said with a black face: "It's not time to go to the Yamen, what are you doing here?"

Zhen Wu felt unlucky, but he didn't panic, he opened his eyes and said nonsense: "Go to the barracks to inspect."

Ok?
Guan Tong's face darkened even more.

What about a liar?
Unexpectedly, Zhen Wu then asked with concern: "Why did the commander come back from outside? Did he go to do some military affairs?"

Guan Tong was taken aback, his face was a little embarrassed, he coughed a few times, and before he had time to think of other reasons, he said, "I also went to the military camp just now."

"Oh~"

Zhen Wu let out a long cry, then his face turned serious, and he praised sincerely: "The commander worked tirelessly and was dedicated to serving the public. Zhen Wu admires it."

Hearing this, Guan Tong's embarrassment disappeared, and he nodded with airs. After thinking for a while, he decided to praise Zhen Wu as well: "You are not bad, and you need to go to the military camp soon. It’s a model of serving the public wholeheartedly, that’s all, let’s go.”

Zhen Wu should be, the two agreed, and then hurried out of the Yan Palace.

After walking a certain distance, Cao Xiaoman was still holding back a smile. He felt very interesting about Zhen Wu and Guan Tong's battle of wits and courage.

Zhen Wu said angrily, "What's so funny?"

"No, no, I just remembered something funny."

The other guard couldn't hold back his laughter, and burst out laughing.

Zhen Wu kicked him: "You laugh too, is it funny?"

The man shook his head and tried his best to hold back his smile, "No, I laughed because I also thought of something funny."

……

When the group was about to walk home, Zhen Wu saw a jujube seller, thought for a while, and walked towards the jujube seller.

Zhu Yuying's diet has been poor recently, so it would be good to have jujube to appetize. Zhen Wu thought of Zhu Yuying and the child in Zhu Yuying's belly, and a kind smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Zhu Yuying has been pregnant for four months. Under Zhen Wu's careful observation, Zhu Yuying's lower abdomen has slightly bulged, showing a little pregnancy. This makes Zhen Wu not only have expectations for the child, but also worry about Zhu Yuying .

Therefore, Zhen Wu often persuaded Zhu Yuying to eat more, thinking to make Zhu Yuying healthier, so as to ensure that the mother and child will be safe in the future, but Zhu Yuying's appetite is really small, even if the family is allowed to change tricks for Zhu Yuying As for food, Zhu Yuying's food is still not as much as half of Zhen Wu's.

It was also because of this that Zhen Wu originally wanted to have someone find some sour fruits for Zhu Yuying to appetize, but now that he sees the jujube, he naturally doesn't want to miss it.

The business of this fellow who sells sour jujubes is not very good, Zhen Wu stepped forward, ignored the enthusiastic salesman from the fellow, picked up a few on his own, wiped it on his sleeve, and threw one into his mouth.

He had just bitten through the flesh, and the next moment, Zhen Wu vomited it out sourly.

Good guy, this is too sour, it's a little bit sour.

The old man's eyes were shining brightly because of the guests, but he lost his eyes again. He sighed. He knew that his dates were too sour, and generally few people like to eat such sour ones.

This year it looks like they won't be able to sell it, and it's fine to waste a day's work, but the two loads can't be sold, and the son's toy will break his promise.

The fellow looked downcast, and thought that Zhen Wu would turn his head and leave, but he didn't expect Zhen Wu to ask enthusiastically after spitting out the dates in his mouth, "My fellow, why are your dates so sour."

The fellow is also an honest person, and he will not open his eyes to talk nonsense. Seeing that Zhen Wu is interested in chatting, he chatted with Zhen Wu annoyed: "To tell you the truth, General, when I went to the mountain to hunt dates this morning, I specially tasted the selected ones. These jujubes on the jujube tree were delicious at the time, but who would have expected that I won the first prize, only the few I ate were delicious, and the rest were all sour."

While talking, the fellow still sighed and said, "Old Man Ming, I will not go to that area to hunt dates for no reason. It just makes people busy. You say you are angry or not, and the dates are quite big, why are they so sour?" Woolen cloth."

Zhen Wu said with a smile: "We don't care where you go to harvest dates tomorrow, but we will round up your dates today."

Ok?
"You just said you bought all of these?"

Zhen Wu nodded.

"Didn't you lie to me?" The old man didn't believe it, and at the same time asked wonderingly: "Did you taste it just now, the dates are very sour."

"I know." Zhen Wu explained with a smile: "To tell you the truth, my wife likes to eat sour food. Now that she is pregnant with a child, her sour taste is even worse. These are exactly what you want."

The old man burst into a smile for a moment, and his face was covered with old wrinkles for a moment. It was not ugly, but he looked happy: "The old man wants to congratulate the general. I hope the general will have a precious son. When the time comes, the little general will be born. Then take our Daming Erlang to beat those Mongolian Tartars."

Zhen Wu nodded with a smile, listening to this, and then said without looking back: "Xiao Man, pay, go all the way, remember the money and silver, and the single Laozhang's Mongolian sister -in -law is worth rewarding."

"okay."

Cao Xiaoman responded, and came to the old man's side to pay the money, and at the same time negotiated to let the old man accompany him for a walk. They didn't bring any gear, so they needed to borrow the old man's pole and frame.

The old man naturally had no reason why he shouldn't.

It was getting late now, and when he no longer expected to sell them, he was suddenly bought by Zhen Wu, which surprised him.

He even wanted to help carry them over, but Cao Xiaoman and the others were all soldiers, so they didn't lack this strength, so if someone came along and provoked them, they would follow Zhen Wu to Zhen's mansion.

When they arrived at Zhen's Mansion, Zhen Wu didn't have the time to deal with these matters, so he ordered Xiaoman to take care of it and send it to the kitchen. After it was washed, he would choose some big ones to send to each courtyard, and then went straight into the house, facing Zhang Yuqing's house. Go to Jufuyuan.

The old man's joy has not subsided until now. He looked at the wealthy Zhen's mansion, and turned his head to see the Princess' mansion next to him. Suddenly, his heart trembled again, and he came to Cao Xiaoman's side and asked cautiously, "Was that just now?" A general, is it General Zhenwu who killed the Mongols and fucked up the crap?"

Cao Xiaoman nodded proudly.

There are many military households around Beiping City, almost one to one ratio of peasant households, so after Zhen Wu's reputation spread in the army, it was naturally known to everyone.

The old man was speechless: "Then General Zhen Wu's wife?"

"Naturally, Princess Yong'an."

Be nice!

The old man's heart skipped a beat. My jujube was lucky enough for the princess to eat it.

……

On the other side, after seeing Zhang Yuqing, Zhen Wu headed towards his yard.

At this moment, Xiao Liu was resting with Zhu Yuying, and she looked at Zhu Yuying's belly curiously from time to time, wondering when her little nephew would crawl out of her sister-in-law's stomach.

Zhu Yuying smiled and nodded Xiaoliu's forehead. She also liked this sister-in-law better. She still looks the same as she was when she was a child, not to mention her makeup, and she has a straightforward temper. She can say whatever she wants, which is easy to please.

"Stay here today, how about eating with my sister-in-law?"

Since Zhen Wu and the third child both got married, the family ate meals separately. Usually, after the big kitchen was ready, the servants sent it to each yard. Unless there was some festival or happy event, everyone would gather together. It was lively and lively in Zhang Yuqing's yard.

The rest of the time, only Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi often went to eat with Zhang Yuqing, while Zhen Wu and Lao San usually ate with their daughter-in-law in their courtyard.

Xiao Liu put forward a condition with a smile on his face: "The sister-in-law asked the eldest brother to take me to play in the military camp, and I will have dinner with my sister-in-law."

Zhu Yuying rolled her eyes, and said angrily: "The little girl is always thinking about what to do in the military camp every day. What's so fun about smelling bad? Listen to my sister-in-law, let's not go."

Xiao Liu shook his head unhappily.

Zhu Yuying feigned anger: "Be careful that your brother is angry again. It's not because your sister-in-law is talking about you. Your brother always hopes that you will read some books and learn some female celebrities, but you are so good at wielding knives every day. Can you not make your brother angry? It's time for you brothers and sisters to get angry again."

"If you are angry, then you are not afraid of him." Xiao Liu raised his delicate eyebrows and said, "It's not that when he was young, he always ran away and used those knives and arrows to tease me. Now he wants me to learn from female reds. late."

As he said that, Xiao Liu suddenly said to Zhu Yuying with great interest: "Besides, my elder brother taught me how to shoot a blunderbuss when I was young, tsk tsk tsk, listen to my sister-in-law, whose child plays blunderbuss, because of this, the second sister chased me It's been half a month."

After Xiao Liu finished speaking, he folded his hands on his chest angrily.

But Zhu Yuying burst out laughing, she remembered hearing from the fourth and fifth younger sisters that thieves broke into the house before, and Xiao Liu beat them with a gun, but he missed, and her little hands swelled for a long time and couldn't go away.

"It's not that you have been pestering your elder brother and annoying your elder brother." Zhu Yuying said.

As soon as these words fell, the voice of the maid outside suddenly sounded.

"Princess, the princess is back. He has come out of the old lady's courtyard and is heading this way."

Zhu Yuying responded, expressing that she knew, then she got up and wanted to go outside to meet her, but Xiao Liu smiled and stepped forward to support Zhu Yuying.

Zhu Yuying smiled and nodded Xiao Liu again: "You, you complain about your brother, but when you hear that your brother is back, your eyes are bright."

"No way." Xiao Liu insisted.

Just as the two of them came to the outer room, the sound of Zhen Wu's footsteps could already be heard in the courtyard, and the two of them quickly walked two steps and came to the front of the house.

After Zhen Wu saw it, he immediately complained: "How many times have I told you that I don't need you to come out to meet me when I come back, why did you get up again?"

Zhu Yuying's eyes were full of tenderness, she looked at Zhen Wu, smiled softly and said, "After sitting for a long time, I wanted to stand up and walk around."

Zhen Wu stepped forward to support Zhu Yuying and walked towards the inner room. After Zhu Yuying was safely sent to the bed and sat down, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiaoliu: "It's already time, why don't you go back? Do you want to stay for dinner?" what."

Xiao Liu broke his guard all of a sudden, baring his teeth and waving his claws: "I'm going to stay for dinner, but I don't want to eat with you, I want to eat with my sister-in-law."

"As you like."

Zhen Wu said something lightly, then turned his head and smiled and said to Zhu Yuying: "When I came back today, I met a sour jujube seller. I tasted the special sour and bought them all. After washing them in a while, you can taste them. A few, see if you like to eat."

Zhu Yuying's eyes lit up and said: "I've been thinking about something sour for the past two days. I must like it. It's just that you are tired from military affairs, so you should worry about it."

"What are you talking about? Isn't this what I should do?"

After Zhen Wu finished speaking, he sighed a little in his heart. There is really a clear difference between women these days and women in later generations. At least they don't fight around with the matter of giving birth, as if they give birth to a child and the child doesn't call them mother. Yes, it looks like the man is thanks to them for this.

Don't know what's the punch here.

Men and women have different physiques and different responsibilities. When it comes to co-breeding and cultivating the next generation, it is important to distinguish between important and unimportant. Women who talk about conditions based on this point are really brain-dead.

Xiao Liu was ignored by Zhen Wu and gritted his teeth angrily.

Speaking of the two of them getting angry some time ago, Xiao Liu unilaterally declared a cold war, and he didn't talk to Zhen Wu for several days. At that time, Zhen Wu had just found out that Zhu Yuying was pregnant and was busy, so he didn't have time to talk to Xiao Liu.

After Zhen Wu could take care of Xiao Liu, he just took the initiative to say a word to Xiao Liu, and Xiao Liu was happy and never had a cold war with Zhen Wu again.

The little girl held back her big move for several days, but she was flat-A by Zhen Wu, and she was completely broken.

Now that Xiao Liu's eating of dog food has been neglected again, and he is already planning his next big move, he is ruthlessly thinking about how many days he will not talk to Zhen Wu.

At this time, Zhen Wu turned around and said something to Xiao Liu.

"In a while, after the dates are delivered, you can pick and eat a few."

Xiao Liu immediately smiled again, and the big move that was brewing in her heart dissipated, she said in a hurry: "Then you have to feed me... my sister-in-law and I will eat."

"Okay, after feeding your sister-in-law, I will feed you as well. You are still the same as you were when you were a child."

……

While a few people were chatting, it gradually became dark.

After the three of them had finished their meal, Xiao Liu pestered Zhu Yuying to talk again in high spirits. After Zhen Wu talked to the two of them, he came outside.

Zhen Wu directed to Xiu'er: "You go and tell the third child, let him go to the main hall to find me after dinner, I have something to look for him."

Xiu'er responded, and then went to Jingyong Garden.

After Zhen Wu came to the main hall, after waiting for a while, the third child hurried over.

"Just finished eating?" Zhen Wu asked.

After the third child nodded, he asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Zhen Wu didn't answer immediately, but while thinking about it, he made tea casually. He felt that it was time to make some preparations for the future situation.

After the tea was brewed, Zhen Wu poured two cups and motioned for the third child to get one himself.

After the third child took a cup, he blew gently, then put it aside, waiting quietly for Zhen Wu to speak.

Only then did Zhen Wu speak: "You are now the general banner, do you have anyone under your command?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu paused, and said solemnly: "This time is different from before, this time I want you to be absolutely trustworthy, and you can guarantee that they will be loyal to you."

After thinking for a while, the third child nodded and said, "Yes."

Afterwards, the third child and Zhen Wu said the names of the three people, and Zhen Wu nodded after remembering them firmly in his heart.

The third child asked suspiciously: "Brother, didn't you transfer a few people away from me before, why do you want to transfer them again this time? These people are my close friends, and now you want to transfer them away again..."

"Reluctant?"

"It's not that I can't bear it, it's just that brother, you have so many people under your command, why don't you use them?"

Before that, Zhen Wu transferred a few trusted people from Lao San's side, and then arranged them to a more important position in Beiping through others.

This time Zhen Wu also planned to use the third child, not only that, Zhen Wu would also promote them, and then through other people, transfer them to the city gate and let them guard the city gate.

Zhen Wu didn't open his mouth to explain the third child's doubts.

He does have many available people, but his goal is too big. As Zhu Di's son-in-law, those around him are easily affected and suspected. The people around the third brother are relatively inconspicuous, even if it affects the old Three, but the little people under the third brother are generally not noticeable.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, Zhen Wu intends to give the third brother a credit.

The [-] soldiers of King Yan's Mansion won the Nine Gates bravely. This should be regarded as Zhu Di's first battle against Jingnan, and it was also an extremely dangerous and most important battle. If the third child played a greater role in it, he should be able to follow him in the future take off.

Of course, there is no need to talk to the third child about this.

However, after thinking for a while, Zhen Wu still reminded the third child: "The city of Beiping is about to fall into chaos. You should be more peaceful these days. If your position is still affected by this, don't be impulsive, just accept your fate and return home honestly." Family, I have my own plan for this matter, understand?"

The third child nodded, a thought flashed in his eyes.

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(End of this chapter)