Daming: From the end of Hongwu

416 Chapter 414 - The end of life is farewell
In the afternoon in Beiping City, the wind suddenly blew, and it was hot and cold, which made the already cooling weather even colder, and the chill always permeated every hole. Even if the doors and windows in the study were closed, the cold was still there. It spread in a short period of time, turning the whole room icy cold.

Zhen Wu held the stove and wanted to warm his fingers to write home letters, but after warming for a while, he felt too cold to pick up his pen as soon as he put down the stove.

But Zhen Wu was not willing to give up on the matter of going home to write a book.

Probably because of the inconvenience of communication in this era.

Like everyone else, he cherishes every opportunity to communicate.

Zhen Wu's eyes rolled slightly, and then he walked towards the bedroom with the stove in his hand. In his bedroom, the kang inside and outside were already on fire, and the surging heat made his bedroom much warmer.

He asked someone to bring in two braziers and put them beside him, and then he took out a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and began to write.

Zhang Yuqing, Zhu Yuying, the third child, and the seventh child.

Zhen Wu replied one by one, and when he finished writing, he thought about it and wrote back to Sanyue again, telling him that he didn't have to send everything through his mother in the future, and if he encountered any problems or inconveniences, he would let him go. What his mother knows, he can write a letter himself and send it by someone.

Speaking of which, March is too big.

It's time to have your own privacy.

At the same time, it is time to establish his independent concept step by step.

Zhen Wu looked at the written family letter and smiled. He must have received a separate reply letter in March, and he should be able to jump up happily. It is not a day or two for him to get rid of Zhu Yuying's shackles as a half-grown child. It's just that she didn't know if Zhu Yuying would be annoyed to hit him again after seeing this.

After Zhen Wu sorted out the letters, he asked someone to send them to the capital, and then Zhen Wu called the little maid to help him clean up the four treasures of the study.

The little maid was newly arranged by him after staying in Beijing, and she is probably only fourteen or fifteen years old this year, and since she was selected to serve Zhen Wu closely, her appearance is naturally good.

At this moment, she was bending over to tidy up the table, revealing her petite and lovely figure indiscriminately.

Zhen Wu took a look, and a ripple rose inexplicably in his heart.

This led to the fact that when Zhen Wu asked the little girl to help him change the stove, he accidentally touched the little girl's tender white hand. Not to mention the little girl blushed, he also blushed for the first time.

A thousand knives.

That is a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old.

How different is this from a beast!What a difference!

But Zhen Wu doesn't know why, recently, he always has a primitive desire inexplicably, sometimes he even speculates, maybe as he gets older, the legendary second spring?
Or is it a long time to stay alone in an empty room, and the body spontaneously conveys the need?
After all, it has been nearly two years since the expedition last year.

Can…

The biggest weakness in a man's life.

Zhen Wu shook his head ridiculously, then came outside the courtyard, suppressed the throbbing with the cold, he felt the wind in the courtyard, suddenly thought that Xue Lu and the others should have nothing important to do, so he sent someone to take the Xue Lu and the others are invited here, planning to have a good drink with the brothers.

Can old guys be more fragrant than little girls?

……

In fact, there is no little girl fragrance.

Several people drank lively until midnight.

When Zhen Wu woke up the next day, it was almost noon. Zhen Wu opened the door and saw that there was a thick layer of white snow on the ground.

The white snow was crystal clear, reflecting the still falling snowflakes, Zhen Wu suddenly wanted to go out for a walk on a whim.

After coming out, Zhen Wu thought for a while and wanted to walk towards Qingshui Hutong, his former hometown, but before Zhen Wu reached Qingshui Hutong, Zhen Wu found a brothel with a fairly good scale.

This made Zhen Wu stop, and the throbbing that the old guys couldn't suppress began to emerge again.

He can guarantee that this place was definitely not a brothel before.

What exactly is it?

Restaurant?

teahouse?

Zhen Wu couldn't remember clearly.

But as a man who doesn't want to bear it anymore, he should even consider whether to go in and find out. In case there are Mongolian spies hiding inside, he can test whether it is a wolf's den or a tiger's den.

It just so happened that because of the snow today, there seemed to be not too many customers in the brothel. There were a few prostitutes on the second floor, inviting customers with charming smiles.

They saw Zhen Wu, who was dressed well and had a wealthy temperament, stopped in front of the door, and immediately waved a handkerchief at Zhen Wu, and even one or two, regardless of the cold, pulled down their already thin clothes, revealing A piece of white skin under the neck.

Zhen Wu was even more surprised.

He can guarantee that there was never such a decent brothel in Beiping City before.

After all, the times are developing.

When they were young, they didn't catch up with the good times.

But fortunately, it's not too late, he can still fight.

However, just when Zhen Wu was about to step in, he habitually looked left and right, but it was this look that made him accidentally bump into it again. In a smile as bright as spring flowers in March, her eyes were shining brightly. Yes, with a smile, like a small sun, never disturbed by frost, snow and rain.

She was holding an umbrella, and in the fluttering snowflakes, she was filled with her inherent optimism as always.

Zhang Roujia.

haven't seen you for a long time.

She looks even better when she comes out, and she also becomes more flavorful.

At this moment, Zhang Roujia's heart started beating violently for no reason, very much like the sound of her footsteps from when she was a young girl all the way to the present, and the road that was thought to be desolate suddenly turned into a bustling brocade.

The words she buried in her heart came to her lips in an instant.

She wants to say.

Voila.

Peking is not far.

Life is not long.

Some of the shallowness is just that it has not yet reached the mature season.

But these words turned around and turned into a joking smile: "Didn't I disturb General Zhen's mood? General Zhen has a good eye."

Zhen Wu frowned, and said cheekily: "Miss Zhang doesn't think I want to go in, does she? Are you kidding me! I'm a gentleman, okay?"

"Huh?" Zhang Roujia only uttered a pleasant voice with his throat: "But I see that General Zhen is very engrossed in watching."

This…

Zhen Wu immediately became serious again, and he said truthfully: "I was just thinking about whether there is a murderer to arrest."

He swore he was telling the truth.

Zhang Roujia was a little confused.

At this moment, Yue Huan, the maid who followed Zhang Roujia since she was a child, ran over with a tightly wrapped baby in her arms and said, "Miss, the little miss is calling for you again."

Zhang Roujia took the baby with a gentle face, and coaxed her with a smile.

Zhen Wu was a little dumbfounded, and felt inexplicably sour in his heart: "This... your daughter?"

Zhang Roujia nodded.

Afterwards, as if Zhang Roujia had realized something, she raised her head to look at Zhen Wu, and her smile became stronger when she looked at her. After a while, she lowered her head to coax the child again, but she said casually: "I adopted it, and I have never been married. Having a child can save many people from asking."

Zhen Wu's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but brow with joy,
Zhang Roujia raised her head and asked, "What are you happy about?"

"Have it?"

Zhang Roujia nodded.

Zhen Wu quickly covered it up and said, "No, no, I just have some doubts, why haven't you gotten married yet?"

"This is a long story." After Zhang Roujia finished speaking, she looked around.

Only then did Zhen Wu come to his senses and said: "This is not a place to talk. If Miss Zhang is free and our old friends reunite, why not find a place to sit?"

"it is good."

Zhang Roujia responded generously, and then said: "But there is no need to find another place, my house is nearby, go to my house, it happens to be convenient to take care of the children at home."

Zhen Wu nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Zhang Roujia turned her head to Yuehuan and said, "Go and tell Guanshi Tong, tell him that I won't go to Ji'an Hall today, and let him make up his own mind if there is anything."

Yue Huan responded, but when she turned around, she seemed to think of something, and she gave Zhen Wu a hard look with an unhappy expression on her face.

Zhen Wu felt baffled, but he didn't care, instead, his attention stopped on Ji Antang.

Ji'antang is a firm. It has developed very prosperously in Beiping in the past few years. It involves many fields, especially its pharmacy clinic is the most famous. Even Zhen Wu has heard of it. The favor of everyone in Peking.

But last time he heard from Zhen Huo that Ji'antang was going to be in trouble, because many dignitaries in Beiping City were eyeing Ji'antang.

Zhen Wu's eyes flashed coldly.

But he didn't intend to talk about it with Zhang Roujia at the moment. Instead, he smiled and said, "Jiantang? You are the owner? And is the legendary doctor Zhang also you?"

Zhang Roujia nodded proudly.

Presumably she has earned this reputation, which makes her very proud.

Afterwards, the two talked about this topic all the way to Zhang Roujia's home.

After arriving at home, after Zhang Roujia handed over the baby to the nanny, at noon, she asked someone to order a meal, and chatted with Zhen Wu while eating.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years, and they had lived in the same Taoist temple at the beginning, and Zhang Roujia was informal, so after having a conversation, the two became more and more acquainted with each other, and even drank while they were in the mood. Drink up.

via chat.

Zhen Wu knew that Zhang Roujia was forced into marriage by her father, and she planned to face the reality, but when it was time to get engaged, she suddenly regretted it, and finally left her father a letter from home, and brought a few loyal servants to Peiping to make a living.

Her father had nothing to do with her, so he had no choice but to let her go.

Zhen Wu asked her: "Why did you suddenly go back on your word?"

Zhang Roujia doesn't know if it's because of the drunkenness, or the emotions that have been suppressed for many years, and can no longer be suppressed, or after the age of thirty, the shyness between those children has long been lost.

She just stared straight at Zhen Wu and said, "There's no reason, it's just that I can't accept the ending of living with other people for the rest of my life."

Zhen Wu felt the affection in her eyes, and asked again with his heart moved: "Then why did you come to Peiping, why didn't you come to the capital to look for..."

"Looking for you?" Zhang Roujia said.

After that, she shook her head lightly, then looked deeply at Zhen Wu, and finally said a word slowly and sadly: "Tie Ling Leng, there are acquaintances in Dongchang, and there is no place for me in the capital. About a place with you , I only have Peiping.”

The voice was soft, as if carrying years of resentment and sadness.

Zhen Wu's heart skipped a beat.

For so many years, Zhang Roujia's affection has not wavered, and he has never forgotten Zhang Roujia for many years. He didn't know why he had another reason to hold it. He suddenly reached out and took Zhang Roujia's hand.

"Yes, I have always had a place for you in my heart."

The wind and snow suddenly picked up outside.

The temperature in the room gradually increased.

I don't know when the two drunk people had left the dining table, but instead came to a kang in the middle, telling their love and their vows to live up to in the wind and snow.

Zhen Wu endured it for a long time, smelling the fragrance of Zhang Roujia's body, unconsciously lost his mind.

Faintly, a few lines of dialogue resounded.

"Your clothes are very strange. Is this a corset belt?"

"Don't... don't understand..."

"It's okay. Clothes, you just need to guard against people with evil intentions. It's not necessary for an honest gentleman like me."

"is it?"

"If you don't believe me, try it."

……

On the second day, the wind and snow finally stopped, Zhen Wu woke up refreshed, and Zhang Roujia lay in his arms like a kitten.

This somewhat hot-tempered person actually has such a quiet moment.

suddenly.

Zhang Roujia moved her long eyelashes, and slowly opened her eyes. She was a little shy, but hugged Zhen Wu tightly again.

Zhen Wu also hugged her tightly in his arms, and at the same time solemnly said: "What I said last night was not a lie to you, I will send someone to propose marriage to your father, although I can't give you the status of wife I won't let you suffer the slightest grievance."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Roujia, who was happy to hear this last night, shook her head in Zhen Wu's arms.

Zhen Wu asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Buried in Zhen Wu's arms, Zhang Roujia said sullenly: "Actually, I am very happy with your words. If you really love me, don't let me live in your Duke's mansion. You can find a place." The house, just treat me as an outer room."

Zhen Wu was startled, and acted violently: "What kind of words are these, how can I not give you a title."

"I don't want it."

"why?!"

Zhang Roujia turned her head to avoid Zhen Wu's gaze and said, "Just pretend that I am narrow-minded and don't want to be controlled by your regular wife."

Zhen Wu didn't believe it at all: "You are not such a person, let alone you have been in contact with Yuying, you know what kind of person Yuying is."

For a moment, Zhang Roujia wanted to blurt out the real reason, but she held back the next moment. She thought about it and made up another lie: "Because of my father."

"Your father?"

Zhang Roujia nodded and said: "If I marry you as a concubine, although it will not affect your official reputation, it is inevitable that some people will slander my father and flatter me. Although you and my two families have the name of relatives these years, we have seldom contacted each other. Why?"

"That's your father's pedantry!" Zhen Wu said angrily.

Zhang Roujia looked back at Zhen Wu and said, "Even if you know my father is pedantic, why make it difficult for me as a daughter, as long as you treat me well in the future, I will be satisfied even as an outsider."

Zhen Wu fell silent.

But Zhang Roujia knew in her heart that these words were always untrue. Her father had already been very worried about her all these years of showing her determination not to marry. If she found out that she was willing to marry, he would be happy. With his father's status, no matter who he marries, he is still a noble concubine, not to mention that with Zhang Yuqing in the Zhen family, his father is confident that she will not be wronged, so how can he care about some official voices.

But she knew her physical condition, so there was no need to alarm too many people about her marriage.

It's good to just pass the past few years so plainly.

Zhang Roujia looked at Zhen Wu with a sullen face and was unhappy, took his arm and said, "Just let me be okay, I will slowly persuade my father, and after my father doesn't care too much, you can give me a name." OK?"

Seeing Zhang Roujia's serious look, Zhen Wu couldn't help but finally nodded in agreement.

……

After Zhen Wu came out of Zhang Roujia's house, he beckoned Cheng Liang to his side: "Go and do two things, find a secluded house with a better environment, buy it and send the title deed here , Another thing is to find out who has troubled Ji'antang, no matter how high or low their status is, let them have a long memory."

Cheng Liang went away in response.

On the other side, after Zhen Wu left, Zhang Roujia couldn't help but clutched his heart, and lay on the bed weakly. Yuehuan heard the movement, and quickly found a pill and served Zhang Roujia to eat it with water.

Wait until Zhang Roujia recovers.

Yue Huan cried and said: "I know Miss will be happy to see that bastard again, but you shouldn't drink alcohol if you are happy, don't you know your physical condition?"

"Yes, I am the doctor."

Zhang Roujia scratched Yuehuan's nose with a smile and said, "So I know it's okay to have a few cups."

"Miss wants to lie to me again. If you lie to me again, I will go back to my hometown tomorrow and will never be with you again." Yue Huan was not fooled either.

"Okay, okay, then I won't lie to you in the future, this is not enough."

Yuehuan stared at Zhang Roujia without speaking.

Zhang Roujia said helplessly: "Okay, I promise you, I won't drink alcohol in the future, just take care of my health."

Only then did Yuehuan stop her tears and nodded.

The next moment, Yue Huan asked: "Then... when will that bastard come to welcome Miss?"

Zhang Roujia shook her head and said, "No way."

"what?"

Yue Huan became angry for a moment: "Why is he irresponsible? For him, miss, you chased him to the outside of the Liaodong Great Wall and then to Annan. When it comes to thieves, how could the young lady suffer heart and soul injuries in the fight, even if it hasn't recovered yet, but now it's good, he took the young lady's body, why should he be irresponsible, how can there be such a thing in this world? The Duke is amazing, can the Duke be the number one bastard in the world?"

Listening to Yue Huan's words, Zhang Roujia seemed to recall that desolate journey again in her mind. At that time, the only way for her to enjoy herself was to watch Yue Huan scold Zhen Wu in different ways.

Seeing Yuehuan like this now, I find it extremely funny.

She shook her head and said, "You misunderstood him, I didn't want the name, and those things, including my physical condition, I didn't tell him."

"Why?" Yuehuan asked in surprise.

"I know my physical condition, I don't have a few years to live, why bother with that trouble, it's better to be together happily for a few years." Zhang Roujia said.

"Bah, bah, miss is Zhang's genius doctor in Peking, so nothing will happen. Miss must live a long life."

There are some diseases for which there is no cure, and doctors actually know this better.

Zhang Roujia looked out of the window, the sun became very bright and warm after the snow, as if warming up all her youth, she smiled and said freely: "I am not afraid of life and death, and who said the world is not beautiful Yes, I don’t want to see the moon when the clouds open.”

Saying that, Zhang Roujia smiled brighter.

With a smile on her face, she thought of what Zhen Wu said when she parted with her back then.

What is shallow.

That's what pessimistic people think.

In her life, Zhang Roujia never believed that.

afternoon.

Cheng Liang sent over the title deed of the house, and Zhang Roujia happily ran around the room after receiving it.

Yue Huan rolled her eyes and said: "Isn't it just a house, Miss."

"You do not understand."

Zhang Roujia said something, and then took Yuehuan to look at the house, and then thought about how to decorate the house. She was shopping and buying things, wishing to make this house the best place in the world.

This is their home.

She couldn't help thinking silly.

……

Time flies, time flies.

After Zhen Wu wrote to Zhu Yuying about Zhang Roujia, Zhu Yuying was not unhappy, because Zhen Wu had to guard Beiping for a long time and always needed someone to take care of her. Wu Zaina, now that Zhen Wu took the initiative to talk about it, it saved her from worrying.

And Zhang Roujia, Zhu Yuying has seen before, people who are like exiles are better than people who are messed up.

Since then, Zhen Wu has often lived in the outer house. He and Zhang Roujia are like husband and wife, not disturbed by outsiders, nor disturbed by some external factors.

In a blink of an eye, the winter of Yongle 11 came.

This year, Zhang Roujia suddenly wanted to go home and have a look, and thought of persuading her father face to face, but Zhen Wu had no reason to refuse, so he sent someone to escort Zhang Roujia back.

But in February of the 12th year of Yongle, there was still no news of Zhang Roujia's return.

This made Zhen Wu panic, and immediately planned to send someone to send a letter to ask.

But just when he was about to send someone to ask, a strange man who looked a bit like Zhang Roujia appeared in his little-known outer house.

Zhen Wu looked at him.

He handed Zhen Wu a thick letter with a sad expression on his face: "This is the letter my sister left behind before she died. She told me to hand it to you personally. Everything she said she wanted to say to you is written in the in the letter."

Zhen Wu's heart suddenly began to sink.

Earlier, although he saw that Zhang Roujia's health was not in good condition, he thought about asking the doctor to show Zhang Roujia, but Zhang Roujia always said that he was a miracle doctor, and he had already prepared the pills for health, and later added Zhang Roujia's hidden medicine Well, Zhen Wu gradually let go of this matter.

But now...

Zhen Wu said tremblingly, "Who is your sister?"

As he said that, Zhen Wu took over the thick letter that had been written for an unknown number of days, opened it in a panic and began to read it.

"Husband, forgive me for saying goodbye in this way, because I really can't say goodbye to my husband face to face, and I don't have much time to share with my husband, so I really don't want to spend any sentimental time with my husband." One day, you said that you liked my concubine's smile and wanted me to warm your tired life..."

And the voice of the strange man also sounded: "My sister is Zhang Roujia. After she came home last winter, she was often unconscious. By December 24th, she...she..."

Zhen Wu suddenly slumped down on the ground, his whole body became dazed for a moment, his face extremely pale.

Zhang Roujia actually left.

He promised to use the future to make up for the loneliness she suffered in the past years, but there was no way to keep it.

……

two months later.

The news that Zhen Wu was devastated because of Zhang Roujia's death gradually reached Zhu Di's ears.

After Zhu Di scolded for a long time, he remembered that last year, after he buried Xu Miaoyun in Longevity Mountain, he couldn't calm down for a month or two, and his anger gradually dissipated.

After thinking about it for a while, he asked someone to tell Zhu Yuying to take Jiuhui to Peiping to accompany Zhen Wu, and then let Sanyue and Zhu Zhanji go to Peiping, and at the same time gave Zhen Wu a new order, let Zhen Wu Wu Hao puts these two people in the military belt, trying to use Zhen Wu's favorite daughter and Zhen Wu's sense of responsibility to make Zhen Wu get out of a sad state of mind.

This works well.

When Zhu Yuying arrived in Beiping, Jiuhui started chattering around Zhen Wu, and under the noise of this little girl, Zhen Wu slowed down little by little.

As for Sanyue and Zhu Zhanji, while Zhen Wu took them to practice in the army, he also began to think about getting them married and having children earlier.

Speaking of which, these two people are not young anymore. Zhu Zhanji is now sixteen, and March is one year younger and 15 years old.

How can they be too carefree, so it's time to get married, let the daughter-in-law be more restrained.

And more importantly, if Zhu Zhanji gave birth to a son early, and Zhu Di, Zhen Wu, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji taught him to grow up, it would not be bad.

After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, his son is almost old enough to take care of things. When the time comes, he should supervise the country, and he should lead the army.

The emperors cultivated in this way will not be abolished like Baozong.

In this way, Zhen Wu spent day after day in his busy schedule.

It's just that when Zhen Wu occasionally thinks of Zhang Roujia, he will sadly hide in the house that belongs only to them, and read the letter she left back then.

That letter seemed to want to write down everything she wanted to say in the years to come.

Zhen Wu understood.

She is actually not willing to part with this world.

……

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