My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 227
Zhu Zhanhe briefly paid homage to Puji's tomb behind Pudu Temple, and then, as if nothing happened, he took Zhang Fu and Mr. Qi to visit Qionglong Mountain together.

Back at the Commander's Mansion in the evening, Zhang Fu hosted a banquet again, and then the three of them went back to their residences to rest.

However, not long after Zhu Zhanhe returned to the residence, he took someone out of the residence again, and then came to the gate of the courtyard where Mr. Qi lived in the Houfu.

The courtyard door was open, and the lights were on in the courtyard, as if the people inside knew that someone was coming.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't even knock on the door, he just stepped into the courtyard, and when he came to the living room, he saw Mr. Qi sitting behind the coffee table, concentrating on making tea.

"Mr. Qi is so elegant!"

Zhu Zhanhe walked into the living room with a smile. There were several personal guards of the palace behind him, and the courtyard was surrounded by his people, so there was no need to worry about safety at all.

"Your Majesty, please take your seat!"

Mr. Qi didn't seem surprised at all, he pointed to the seat opposite and said.

Zhu Zhanhe was not polite, and sat directly across from Mr. Qi, and after looking him over carefully, he said, "Should I call you Mr. Qi, or Puji? Or simply call you by your real name. Cheng Ji!"

When Zhu Zhanhe first met Mr. Qi, he felt familiar. That was because he saw Cheng Ji's portrait. Although Mr. Cheng's beard grew longer and his face had changed, as long as he observed carefully, he could still be seen It was Cheng Ji.

"After hiding for so many years, I still couldn't hide in the end. I guess something happened to the prince?"

Cheng Ji sighed, and then expressed his inference.

Not many people knew that he was in Qionglong Mountain, and Zhu Wenkui was one of them, so Zhu Zhanhe was able to find Qionglong Mountain, it must be Zhu Wenkui who leaked the news.

"Yes, Zhu Wenkui wanted to blow up the imperial tomb with gunpowder while the emperor's grandfather was offering sacrifices to the Xiaoling. I caught him after I found out. He has already confessed everything."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded.

"Since your son recognized me, why did you go to Qionglong Mountain?"

Cheng Ji poured Zhu Zhanhe a cup of tea, and then asked very calmly.

"Whether it's Zhu Wenkui or Ye Xixian, they all have many loyal subordinates. Although I recognized you, I still wanted to wipe out all your subordinates, so I took you to Qionglong Mountain. In the end, I only saw a monk named Puning , he should know the inside story of your fake death, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again with a chuckle.

"Senior Brother Puning is indeed helping me to hide the fake death, but he doesn't know my identity, he just helps me out of morality, and hopes that the prince will not implicate him!"

Cheng Ji finally became nervous at this moment, and pleaded for Puning.

"Oh? So you don't have any other subordinates?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Your Majesty, you are in charge of the East Factory and command Jinyiwei. You can find out if I have any subordinates. In fact, since I separated from Your Majesty, I have been living in seclusion alone in Suzhou, and I have never had contact with them again!"

Speaking of the last show of hands, Cheng Ji replied very calmly.

"Then you hid quite deeply. First you had the false identity of Puji, and then you hid in Zhang Fu's mansion under the pseudonym Qi Cheng. I'm afraid no one would have dreamed that the staff next to a commander turned out to be famous. Cheng Ji."

When Zhu Zhanhe said this, he couldn't help showing admiration.

To be honest, if he hadn't happened to meet Cheng Ji, he probably wouldn't have thought that he would be hiding in an official's mansion.

"I just want to protect myself, I hope I can spend the rest of my life in peace."

Cheng Ji replied helplessly.

"I believe this, so after I recognized you, I didn't reveal your identity."

Zhu Zhanhe smiled slightly and said again.

Originally, when he was in Pudu Temple today, he planned to directly expose Cheng Ji's identity, but later he changed his mind.

"My son, you didn't reveal my identity, and you came to visit me at night, what are your plans?"

Cheng Ji frowned, he calculated that Zhu Zhanhe would come tonight, but he couldn't figure out why the other party didn't directly expose his identity?

"This question is not in a hurry, I have another question to ask you."

Zhu Zhanhe waved his hands and said.

"The prince wants to ask me about the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen?"

Cheng Ji sighed, and immediately guessed the question Zhu Zhanhe wanted to ask.

"Yes, you don't know, don't you?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't have much hope for this question, after all, even Zhu Wenkui, who was his son, didn't know about it, let alone Cheng Ji.

"I really don't know, and Emperor Jianwen has already given up the idea of ​​restoring the country. To put it bluntly, his life and death will not affect the current stability of Daming at all, so why should the court search for his whereabouts?"

Cheng Ji said with a wry smile.

"You're right. I actually thought the same way, but there's no way around it. Grandpa Huang is concerned about Emperor Jianwen's whereabouts. He might just want to see him again, so we have to find him no matter what."

Zhu Zhanhe also replied helplessly.

"Everyone in the world suffers, and I didn't expect that His Majesty would not be exempt."

Cheng Ji sighed, he really didn't want to get involved in the grievances between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen's uncle and nephew.

"You are hiding in Zhang Fu's house, do you really have no other ideas?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly asked again.

When he first recognized Cheng Ji, Zhu Zhanhe even suspected that Zhang Fu was also related to the remnants of Jianwen, but after two days of observation, he found that Zhang Fu did not know Cheng Ji's identity at all, and was obviously just a hiding tool used by Cheng Ji.

"Whether you believe it or not, I am hiding in General Zhang's mansion. Firstly, I want to live a quiet life. Secondly, I may not be reconciled. So I want to use General Zhang's hand to do something for Daming. After all, no matter who is the emperor, Daming It’s still Daming, and the people are still those people.”

Cheng Ji replied frankly again.

Regarding Cheng Ji's answer, Zhu Zhanhe nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said again: "Since you want to do something for Daming, then I will meet your request. Cheng Ji and Puji are already dead. , you are Qi Cheng, Zhang Fu's staff, help him support the shipping during this time!"

"Your Majesty won't arrest me?"

Cheng Ji looked at Zhu Zhanhe in shock when he heard the words, he was already ready to die.

"You are a loner, even if you are arrested, what's the use? It's better to let you use your talents and do something practical for Daming."

Zhu Zhanhe smiled lightly.

In fact, as early as Zhu Wenkui explained Cheng Ji's situation, Zhu Zhanhe considered whether to release Cheng Ji?After all, he is fundamentally different from Zhu Wenkui, Ye Xixian and the others. Apart from persuading Zhu Yunqi to escape, he did not commit any crimes.

As a result, this time when I came to Suzhou, I happened to meet again. Zhang Fu’s mansion where the other party was hiding did indeed help Zhang Fu with a lot of things. It just so happened that the shipping was going to restart, and it was time when manpower was needed. Cheng Ji’s labor was not in vain. Need not.

(End of this chapter)