My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 18 "Unsafe and Kind" Zhu Gaosui
"Second brother, you were really relieved a few days ago. That Xu Ye donkey relied on our father's trust and never took our brother seriously. This time you picked him. Let's see if he dares to do it again in the future." Make it right with us!"

In the main hall, Zhu Gaosui said excitedly to Zhu Gaoxu who was sitting opposite.

Zhu Gaosui is three years younger than Zhu Gaoxu, with a long face and short beard, deep eye sockets, a hooked nose, two thin lips, and shrewd eyes in small eyes.

"Don't mention it, I misunderstood the boss before, and later Zhanhe told me that he fell accidentally, and today I went to confess my mistake to the boss!"

Zhu Gaoxu said in a low spirited manner that his mouth had been swollen, but he was also a little scared when he thought that Zhu Gaochi was almost pissed off today.

"Second brother, you are so confused, how can you easily admit your mistake to eldest brother? If people find out about this, will you lose face?"

Zhu Gaosui immediately frowned.

"You can't say that. If you make a mistake, you are wrong, and he is the boss. What's the point if I admit my mistake?"

Zhu Gaoxu has his own set of principles.

"Second brother, you are still the same, what does the boss say?"

Zhu Gaosui failed to provoke, so he changed his target.

"You don't know the boss's temper? As long as you admit your mistake, he will definitely not pursue it anymore. After all, no one is dead."

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand nonchalantly. In fact, even if Xu Yelu was really dead, he wouldn't care. At worst, he would just admit his mistake when his father came back.

Zhu Gaosui had nothing to say now, so he had no choice but to turn to the topic and said with a serious expression.

"Second brother, I know you don't care, but I still have to remind you of something!"

"what's up?"

Zhu Gaoxu finally raised his head and asked Zhu Gaosui.

"According to reliable sources, someone took advantage of this incident to secretly report to your father, saying that you led troops to besiege the imperial city with evil intentions!"

Zhu Gaosui stared at Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, and said word by word.

"Sue me?"

Zhu Gaoxu was furious when he heard the words.

"The imperial city is my father's home, and of course it is also my home. If I bring people back to my home, why should they sue?"

"That's right, we were both born of the same mother, but now that the eldest is living in the imperial city, the two of us can only move out, as if only the eldest is eligible to live in the imperial city!"

Zhu Gaosui pursed his lips and fanned the flames again.

"No, I have to write a letter to complain to my father, and I can't let him be deceived by those ministers!"

Zhu Gaoxu said standing up and going to the study.

"Second brother, you are confused!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaosui pulled Zhu Gaoxu with grief.

"You and those civil servants are playing with pens, and the two of us together can't play with others!"

"That's right, what should I do? Just watch them sue me in front of our father?"

Zhu Gaoxu was very unwilling.

"Of course not, their civil servants have the way of civil servants, second brother, you are a general, and generals also have the way of generals!"

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Gaoxu stared at a pair of big copper bell eyes full of confusion.

"The fact that the civil servants wrote to you is nothing more than trying to prevent our father from coming back and changing you as the prince, the second brother. Maybe the boss is behind this."

Zhu Gaosui paused for a moment when he said this, and seeing Zhu Gaoxu's frown, he said again with secret joy in his heart.

"But no matter what they say, second brother, your merits are real. Our father puts the most emphasis on military merit. Even if he became emperor, he went to the north several times. If you want to show off, second brother, you have to find a way from military merit!"

"I really want to show off, but my father hasn't let me go to the battlefield for more than ten years. Every time I propose to go to the Northern Expedition, he just doesn't agree. Where do you want me to go to find military merit?"

The more Zhu Gaoxu talked, the more angry he became, and finally he slapped the table with a "bang bang".

"Second brother, you don't have it, but someone else has it. Let's borrow it!"

Zhu Gaosui blinked his small eyes and said excitedly.

"Borrowed? Borrowed from whom?"

Zhu Gaoxu still didn't understand what his brother meant.

"We use troops on both sides of the Ming Dynasty. Our father leads the troops personally in the north. You can't borrow them, but in Jiaozhi in the south, it is Zhang Fu who leads the troops. He and you are young and have a lifelong friendship on the battlefield. As long as If you open your mouth, he will definitely be willing to help!"

Zhu Gaosui said with a chuckle.

Zhang Fu is the eldest son of Hejian King Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu died in the battle of Dongchang to save Zhu Di. Zhang Fu succeeded his father and served in the army. He also made great military exploits, especially Jiaozhi, which was almost single-handedly defeated by Zhang Fu, so he was awarded the title For the British public.

"Wait, it was Zhang Fu who shot down Cochin, and I didn't go to Cochin, how can I take credit for this?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and asked again.

"It's not really asking Zhang Fu to give you the credit, but asking him to praise the second brother when he repays the credit. You must know that Zhang Fu can be called the leader of the generals now, as long as he stands by the second brother you, Isn’t the position of the crown prince within easy reach?”

Zhu Gaosui finally expressed his plan.

"This one……"

Zhu Gaoxu showed a look of hesitation. He and Zhang Fu practiced martial arts and learned the art of war together since they were young. They were brothers who lived and died together when they were in trouble, but he never thought of using his feelings to make Zhang Fu stand by him.

"Second brother, why are you still hesitating? When Qiu Fu was here, you had such prestige in the army. Once he died, even a domestic slave like Xu Yelu would dare to stare at you!"

Zhu Gaosui saw that Zhu Gaoxu was hesitant, so he simply used the aggressive method, and specifically mentioned Qiu Fu who died in battle.

Sure enough, when Zhu Gaoxu heard the name "Qiu Fu", he clenched his fist in his right hand and stared forward with his whole body tense, like a fierce tiger that chooses to eat someone.

When Zhang Yu stood dead, Qiu Fu ranked first among Jing Nan's meritorious deeds, and Qiu Fu had a good relationship with Zhu Gaoxu, and expressed his support for Zhu Gaoxu many times. In addition to Zhu Gaoxu's military achievements, his prestige in the army was extremely high at that time. High, it can almost be said that there is an overwhelming response.

But when Qiu Fu died in battle outside the Great Wall, the prince was taken away, and Zhu Gaoxu's prestige in the army was also greatly affected. Although there were still many generals who supported him, it was far less than the concerted efforts of civil servants to support Zhu Gaochi.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu's tense body slowly relaxed, he closed his eyes and let out a long breath, and then said slowly: "I understand what you mean, Zhang Fu, I will... ..."

"Hey, third uncle, you are here, and my nephew salutes you!"

Before Zhu Gaoxu could finish speaking, Zhu Zhanhe walked over from the inner hall with a smile, and then saluted Zhu Gaosui.

"Haha~, big nephew, you're here. How is your health? I heard that no one knows you after you were injured?"

Zhu Gaosui stepped forward and hugged Zhu Zhanhe, and asked very affectionately.

"What you said, if you don't know anyone, you can't help but know you, third uncle!"

Zhu Zhanhe also pretended to be very affectionate.

"I love to hear that. I heard that the Dawan horse you were riding before fell to your death. How about it? Do you still dare to ride a horse?"

"Dare, we are generals, how can we not dare to ride a horse?"

Zhu Zhanhe patted his chest and boasted.

"Okay! As expected of my second brother's son, I have a lot of good horses in my place. I'll ask someone to pick a few and send them to you later. It's a shocking gift for you!"

Zhu Gaosui said very boldly, but if he thinks deeply about this gift, he always feels something is not right.

Zhu Gaoxu is usually careless and careless, so he doesn't notice such details at all.

But Zhu Zhanhe is no longer the playboy he used to be. He sneered in his heart when he heard Zhu Gaosui's words. Shall we fall a few more times?

The two uncles and nephews are both masters of acting, and they exchanged hypocritical greetings endlessly. In the end, Zhu Gaoxu hosted a banquet in honor of Zhu Gaosui in the mansion, which finally silenced their uncles and nephews.

After the banquet, Zhu Gaosui bid farewell and left, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanhe personally sent him out of the house.

When Zhu Gaosui disappeared at the corner of the street with his guards, Zhu Zhanhe immediately put away the smirk on his face, and said to Zhu Gaoxu with a serious face: "Father, third uncle wants you to write a letter to the British Duke, I'm afraid you have no good intentions!"

(End of this chapter)