Daming: From the end of Hongwu

242 Chapter 240 - The first fire that shocked the world
in the room.

Zhen Wu held Zhu Yuying's little hand, and the two of them didn't speak for the first time.

He distressedly helped Zhu Yuying tidy up the messy hair, as if there was a kind of unspoken affection flowing between the two of them, Zhu Yuying's face was a little pale, with postpartum exhaustion.

After cleaning and tidying up the cubs, Zhang Yuqing's fourth younger sister, fifth younger sister, sixth younger sister, and some maidservants looked around curiously.

Xiao Liu couldn't help but wanted to reach out and touch her, but she was interrupted by Simei's slap as soon as she reached out.

"Little girl, don't mess around."

Xiao Liu put his hips on his hips and retorted: "I'm not young anymore."

A group of female relatives were taken aback for a moment. They were already in a good mood, and then they laughed out loud one by one. Let alone Zhang Yuqing, even the fourth and fifth sisters watched Xiao Liu grow up slowly.

For Xiaoliu's childish words, it seems that he can still see his former self.

The fourth sister covered her mouth with a light smile and said, "Let's talk about it after you get married."

Xiao Liu was so angry that he didn't know what to mutter.

In fact, women are somewhat similar to plants. When they reach their age, they naturally want to bloom and bear fruit, their natural instincts are released, and their maternal instincts are rampant. Now, in a blink of an eye, Xiao Liu has also reached the age of leaving the court without knowing it.

However, she was doomed to be delayed when she encountered the critical moment of Beiping City.

At this moment, Xiao Liu rolled his eyes, and suddenly laughed mischievously again, stepped forward and hugged Fourth Sister's arm, and said coquettishly: "Fourth Sister, when will you bring your little Tan Cheng and let his aunt Play around."

The fourth younger sister pinched Xiao Liu's face angrily: "Don't dare to play tricks on his aunt, who made his aunt the least stable." Said, the fourth younger sister and Zhang Yuqing wondered: "Mother, tell me , when I was a child, I never saw Xiao Liu caring much about Xiao Qi, every time I asked him to play with Xiao Qi, he would always be shameless, and when he was in a hurry, he would yell for Big Brother, what's wrong now, why are you so rare It's a baby."

Zhang Yuqing ignored the two sisters with a smile, but the fifth sister took over the conversation with a smile at this time: "The fourth sister still said this, you and Xiao Liu are arguing and evading, and the matter of taking Xiao Qi falls on me every time." on the head."

Simei and Xiaoliu looked at each other the same way, thinking of the old days, they both laughed.

Brothers and sisters of the same mother lived together crowded together when they were young, and it was inevitable to be noisy, but when they were adults and married, they recalled the past, and there was something special in their hearts.

An only child can't feel this kind of emotion, even if it's two children, it's a bit less feeling than several children playing and fighting.

On the other side, Zhen Wu listened to the Fourth Sister and the others talking and laughing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Zhu Yuying and said softly, "I'll show you the baby after I bring it over?"

Zhu Yuying nodded expectantly.

Zhang Yuqing has been paying attention to Zhen Wu's side all the time. After hearing Zhen Wu's words, before Zhen Wu could speak, she walked over with the child in her arms. She bent her body slightly with the child in her arms so that Zhu Yuying on the bed could see it. real.

"Look, Yuying, the child's little nose is exactly the same as yours." Zhang Yuqing said happily.

The fourth sister and fifth sister also came over, one by one sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law yelled, and then happily discussed how the child was like Zhen Wu, and how was it like Zhu Yuying.

Zhu Yuying had just given birth and was exhausted. She didn't have much energy to speak, and just listened quietly with a smile. She just thought of Zhu Di and felt a little worried in her heart.

Zhen Wu also looked at the child. He didn't have any special feelings at first glance. He didn't feel the mysterious sayings like feeling the blood in some novels.

However, when he thought that this little guy was created by him, his calm heart could no longer calm down. Then he looked at the little guy, and the more he liked it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't help but feel a desire to protect him for the rest of his life. impulse.

This is the love between father and son?
Zhen Wu, who was a father for the first time, was a little curious.

But then he felt a little emotional. This little guy was born in this time period, so he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse. There would obviously be some turmoil in Beiping City, but when this little guy was able to run, jump, and mischief, it happened to be When his father's business ended.

If I sin against my father, I will bless him to enjoy it.

It is true that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade.

Just when Zhen Wu was thinking about this, he turned his head and noticed Zhu Yuying's worry about Zhu Di, Zhen Wu sighed again in his heart, how should he tell Zhu Yuying about this?
Although Zhu Yuying is definitely trustworthy, Zhu Yuying is a woman in a boudoir after all, and at this stage Zhu Di's feigning illness must not be neglected. If Zhu Yuying's acting skills are not in place, let Zhang Bingxiegui notice, then There will be big trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu still felt that he couldn't tell Zhu Yuying the truth, at least not now, and waited for Zhu Yuying to rest for a few days, and after his body recovered, he took Zhu Yuying to the palace to see Zhu Di before talking about other things.

In this way, Zhu Yuying's visit to Zhu Di during her confinement period can also add some authenticity.

It is estimated that Zhu Di, an old fox, will definitely hide Zhu Yuying from Zhu Yuying together with Zhen Wu at that time, and try to make Zhu Yuying reveal his true feelings to achieve the purpose of deceiving Zhang Bing and Xie Gui.

I just feel sorry for Zhu Yuying, and I also feel sorry for Zhen Wu. We must take good care of Zhu Yuying's emotions, lest Zhu Yuying suffer from postpartum depression or something.

Zhen Wu shook his head in annoyance, Zhu Di pretending to be crazy and pretending to be sick is just a stroke in the history books, but he really experienced this incident before he knew the danger and trouble hidden in it.

He thought fiercely in his heart, for the sake of Zhu Yuying's health, after Zhu Yuying visited Zhu Di, at worst, he would reveal some real situation to Zhu Yuying, and then let Zhu Yuying pretend to be sick to hide it from everyone, including her family, and then let Zhu Yuying Ying hid in the house and didn't even see the servants at home, so she could hide the past if she wanted to.

It's just that this is somewhat troublesome and prone to omissions. I still hope that Zhu Yuying, as the daughter of the palace, will be strong enough.

If they want to rebel, the family members must learn to bear these pressures.

At this time, the fourth younger sister who had been chatting and laughing with Zhu Yuying suddenly turned her head to look at Zhen Wu, and said, "Brother, Tan Zhong said earlier that he was looking for you for something, do you want to talk to him?"

Zhen Wu came back to his senses, and after a little thought, he understood why Tan Zhong was looking for him.

Fifth Younger Sister also said at this time: "Wang Tong also said that he wanted to find elder brother for something, which is strange, brother, but did something happen?"

"What can happen!"

Zhen Wu shook his head, looked at the fourth younger sister, fifth younger sister, and Zhu Yuying meaningfully, and said, "You are the daughters of the military commander's family, and you are both eldest daughters-in-law and housewives. Don't say nothing is wrong, even if something happens, you You also have to trust big brother, I believe that your husband's family can handle it well, what you have to do is to take good care of the family, don't let the man worry about the family affairs, as for the outside affairs, don't worry about it, you know?"

The fourth younger sister and the fifth younger sister listened to Zhen Wu's training, nodding as usual.

But Zhang Yuqing was not happy anymore. He just felt that Zhen Wu would be nagging on the day of great joy, and he would be in a bad mood for no reason, so he was annoyed and said: "Go, go, since your brothers-in-law are looking for you, you should go quickly and stop here to influence us. Mothers talk, we women and Taoists still don't understand this truth, so let's say what you say."

"Hey."

Zhen Wu said angrily: "Okay, I'll go, you mothers can chat."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu got up and walked outside. When he got outside, the servant girls greeted Zhen Wu all the way, and Zhen Wu nodded from time to time with a smile. Zhen Wu is pleasing.

Zhen Wu glared at the few people, walked to the main seat and sat down and said: "Okay, we are all family members, why do you join in the fun, but let you stay with me all night."

The third child said: "Brother, what did you say? This is what we should do. Besides, we can't help you much. Besides, we haven't seen each other for a while, and we don't feel tired."

Tan Zhong and Wang Tong also nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, a few people chatted for a while, and Zhen Wucai asked Tan Zhong and Wang Tong: "I heard from my fourth sister and fifth sister that you have something to ask me? Do you want me to clarify your doubts?"

After the two looked at each other, Tan Zhong nodded and said: "That's right, big brother, Beiping is too weird these days. Before the guards were dispatched to Kaiping, my father and Wang Tong's father were both left behind, and the third brother, as the general banner It has also been left idle, and with the fact that His Royal Highness King Yan had a problem yesterday, we are really worried."

"Did your father say anything to you?" Zhen Wu asked.

Both shook their heads.

Zhen Wu thought about it, Zhang Bing and Xie Gui's eyeliner in Beiping City does not know how many, God knows if anyone is staring at them, if they are not worried, they look calm, it will definitely make Zhang Bing and Xie Gui suspicious, want to come to Tan Yuan He Wang Zhen didn't tell these two people, just like he didn't tell the third child, they were both worried.

Although they have had some experience over the years, they are obviously still young.

In that case, Zhen Wu couldn't tell them the truth.

He sighed and said: "The current situation is really difficult, but you can't help much, you don't have to worry, if your situation is useful, your father and I will inform you, and you can be honest these days At home, don't cause trouble, understand?"

Although these words were addressed to Tan Zhong and the other two, after speaking, Zhen Wu's tone became severe, causing the third child and the seventh child to stand up from their seats and bow their heads involuntarily.

A big brother of a generation, so powerful, so terrifying.

……

A few days later, leaving aside the city of Beiping, how Zhu Yuying cried when she went to visit Zhu Di. In the city of Nanjing, Zhu Yunqi began to meditate after receiving the memorial from Zhang Bing and Xie Gui.

To be honest, his first feeling was disbelief.

He had a deep impression of his fourth uncle. In his memory, Zhu Di had always been wearing armor and carrying a knife. When he saw him, he was like a "big nephew". How could such a courageous warrior be frightened crazy.

Zhu Yunqi then summoned Fang Xiaoru and the other three to discuss.

After the three of Fang Xiaoru came over, they simply understood the matter, and several people began to discuss. Qi Tai remained very vigilant against Zhu Di as always, and suggested that no matter what happened to Zhu Di, since the layout of the imperial court had been completed, things should be done absolutely.

But Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng disagreed.

These two people are more concerned about face, and they don't want Zhu Yunqi's reputation to be damaged. They each talked about the benevolence and righteousness of the sages from ancient times. After hearing this, Zhu Yunqi nodded in agreement, and finally decided to suspend his actions against King Yan.

It's just that they don't know that Zhu Yunqi's reputation and credibility in the military, especially the frontier army, is about to rot.

Seeing this, Qi Tai sighed secretly, but he didn't want to give up so simply. After thinking for a while, he said again: "In this case, next month will be the anniversary of the late emperor's death. Your Majesty may wish to order Yan Wang and his son to go to Beijing to pay homage. In this way, regardless of whether King Yan is really crazy or not, as long as he enters the capital, he will become a toothless tiger and will no longer be a threat, what does Your Majesty think?"

Zhu Yunqi thought for a while, and felt that Qi Tai's idea was good, so he nodded in agreement, and then directly ordered someone to send him to Beiping City.

Although the city of Beiping was still covered with clouds, the tense atmosphere that was on the verge of daggers was relieved for a while.

However, although Zhu Yunqi postponed his action against Zhu Di, he did not stop his policy of reducing the vassal. He made a bold move to make his Jianwen generation famous in history and praised by later generations. So he immediately turned his attention to On the body of Zhu Bo, King of Xiang in Jingzhou.

The 28-year-old King of Hunan, although under the guidance of Zhu Yuanzhang, he was able to lead an army and fight a battle, but he still loved reading since he was a child.

He specially set up the "Jingyuan Pavilion" in the fief to recruit talented people to proofread and sort out books. He also likes to travel around the mountains and rivers. When he had something in his heart, he wrote poems and carved them on the rocks. He was at ease, and his life was not bad for the gods. Those who enjoyed themselves even had a Taoist name, called "Zixuzi".

He thought that by virtue of the identity of the Taizu's parent and son, he would be able to live freely for a lifetime without fighting or grabbing.

Unexpectedly, just after Zhu Yunqi set his sights on the King of Xiang, someone in the court accused the King of Xiang of committing treason, forging banknotes, abusing and killing people, etc. inquire.

However, after Zhu Yunwen's decree was issued, the dark temper in his heart broke out again. He was afraid that the king of Xiang would not respect him as the emperor and would not return to Beijing obediently, so he arranged for soldiers to disguise themselves as caravans and enter Jingzhou secretly, intending to arrest the king of Xiang by force.

In April, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared by surprise, and soon surrounded the Xiangwang Mansion.

After Zhu Bo in the mansion heard the news, he was shocked and angry, and his wife, concubine and children all ran over in panic for a while, and shrank beside Zhu Bo, terrified.

Zhu Bo muttered in horror: "What is Zhu Yunxuan going to do? Demote the fifth brother and drive the fourth brother crazy, isn't he satisfied? Now he wants to drive me to death?"

Outside the palace, the general who was in charge of arresting King Xiang shouted at the palace in a very aggressive tone, and there was a lot of disrespect in his words.

This made Zhu Bo angry again, and even more frightened. The general who shouted outside said every word and every word in a cold tone, which was enough to see how determined Zhu Yunqi was to punish him.

But no one in the world thought that this prince who loves learning is quite rigid, Zhu Yunqi is so intimidating, he is afraid that although he is afraid, not only will he not be weak, but it will also arouse his rebellious psychology.

He took two deep breaths, calmed down the fear in his heart, looked at the sky, and said sadly: "I read history books, and watched the ministers of the past dynasties, and when they were imprisoned in a dark and violent dynasty, they often committed suicide. The son of my ancestors, my father passed away. I can neither visit my illness nor go to Beijing to attend the funeral. What a pity and sorrow. What fun is it to live in this world? Do I still have to be humiliated and servants? How can you be the son of Taizu?"

After hearing Zhu Bo's words, Mrs. Wu didn't understand Zhu Bo's decision, tears streaming down her face.

Zhu Bo looked over sadly, and said softly: "It's just that, but I will be sorry for you in my life."

Wu shook her head, her voice was choked but she said firmly and proudly: "I only hope that I can still marry the prince in my next life. In this life, I have no complaints or regrets, and I am very happy."

"Okay." After Zhu Bo finished speaking, he turned his head and looked outside the gate of the palace, but at this time his eyes were full of disdain.

The general who was in charge of arresting outside was still shouting arrogantly.

However, the Xiangwang Mansion, which had been quietly and tightly closed the door, did not take long before a monstrous fire broke out.

Zhu Bo's wives, concubines and children faintly floated in the fire.

And Zhu Bo, who was dressed as a prince, wiped away his wife and daughter with tears, turned on a white horse, and plunged into the sea of ​​fire with a smile, just like a general rushing to kill on the battlefield, without any hesitation.

Taizu's parents and sons, how could they not have courage? !

The Zhu family has never lacked this rigidity.

The flames burned bigger and bigger, and gradually seemed to cover half of the sky, and the people in the entire Jingzhou Mansion were so red that they stared at the monstrous fire in a daze.

Slowly, as time passed, the fire was finally extinguished.

But the fire in the hearts of countless people rose up.

In April of the first year of Jianwen, King Xiang set himself on fire in his palace.

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　Thanks for the reward of 'extraordinary patience' and 'obsession', thanks to the old boss, the boss is generous.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)