In a side room outside the mourning hall, as soon as Zhu Di swallowed the noodles in his mouth, he saw Zhu Gaochi coming in with his second and third sons.
"My son seems to be doing something wrong!" Zhu Gaochi didn't speak, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't speak either. Instead, it was Zhu Gaosui who spoke.
He rolled his eyes sharply, "Listen to what the emperor means, don't care about it today, but you will start to care about it tomorrow after the old man is buried?" He said, blinking suddenly, "Dad, is our family okay?"
"You can't run away if something happens!" Zhu Di wiped his mouth, looked at his third child, and suddenly smiled, "Okay, I have been practicing in Gansu for a year, and I have tendons on my arms!"
"Don't mention it!" Zhu Gaosui curled his lips, "In the past, it was Old Song Sheng who had the final say over there, and that old killer was just awesome! Everyone in the camp got up before dawn to practice, and after lunch, they started riding horses to swim around.
, there are twelve hours in a day, and he wants to torment his son for ten hours..."
"Well done!" Zhu Di said with a smile, "You have lost a lot of your impetuous energy!" After saying that, he looked back at Zhu Gaoxu with a cold face, "I heard that you killed a lot of people in Myanmar?"
"They are just barbarians, not human beings!" Zhu Gaoxu whispered.
"What a bastard! Why are barbarians not human?" Zhu Di reprimanded with a straight face, "You killed them all, who will help you work? You farm the land, you feed the livestock, you make weapons?"
"Kill them all wherever possible, so of course we have to keep some!" Zhu Gaoxu smiled.
Suddenly, Zhu Gaosui said, "Dad, my son heard that the second brother took some barbarian women as concubines over there..."
"I..." Zhu Gaoxu was furious, "Who did you listen to?"
"Okay, don't say such nonsense!" Zhu Gaochi said, looking at his two younger brothers and then at Zhu Di, "Dad, are you ready?"
"It has been prepared for a long time!" Zhu Di lowered his head and continued to eat noodles, "Boss, you are by the emperor's side, and you will be the material for the assistant minister in the future. The second brother has established his own business in Myanmar, and the third brother is not as free and unrestrained as before.
Now that I can be on my own when I go out, there’s nothing I can’t let go of!”
Then he sighed and said, "If you are willing to use me, I will lead the troops to fight. If you are not willing to use me, I will go back to the capital with your mother and become a rich prince!"
Zhu Gaosui suddenly spoke again, "Dad, do you think that person can...?" As he spoke, he made a downward slashing gesture.
Zhu Di shook his head silently, "No!"
"Oh!" Zhu Gaosui seemed a little disappointed and thought for a moment, "It still has some human touch!"
"Ha!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly sneered, "He won't let anyone... die! But he has many ways to make others' lives worse than death!"
At this moment, footsteps came from behind. The Zhu family father and son looked back and saw Zhu Xi rushing in quickly with a worried look on his face.
"What are you doing here?" Zhu Di said coldly.
"Looking at what you said, you are my biological brother. If I don't come to see you, who will I come to?" Zhu Xi said with a smile.
"No, I can't bear it!" Zhu Di waved his hand, "I'm afraid of you!" After saying that, he couldn't help but glared at Zhu Xi, "Lao Wu, you...hey!"
"Fourth brother, my good fourth brother, do you think I deliberately caused the fire?" Zhu Ru said aggrievedly, "Those are all..." As he said, he pointed to the sky, "Those were all the ideas from above, I
There’s nothing we can do!”
"I'll tell the superiors what you said later!" Zhu Di disdainfully said, "I don't know who you are? Lao Wu, you look like a human being, and you do nothing but do things that are not human!"
Zhu Ruo's face turned red and white, and he gritted his teeth, "Fourth brother, we are brothers, you don't have to push me like this!" He said, lowering his voice, "I'm here to tell you something!"
Zhu Di had a look of disdain on his face, but he still raised his ears slightly.
"The sixth and seventh brothers have been watched, and there are many people following them wherever they go!" Zhu Zhu said in a low voice, "The emperor has decreed that they do not need to keep vigil tonight! Moreover, this is the place where brothers rest at night.
, are all far apart!”
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"Father!"
In the mourning hall, the vassal kings cried loudly and burst into tears.
They cried for a long time, their voices became hoarse, and they were almost howling.
Among the vassal kings, some were crying while secretly looking at Zhu Yunxi's expression, and some were crying and thinking about their unknown and anxious tomorrow.
All the civil and military officials retreated. In front of the mourning hall were all the descendants of the Zhu family, surrounded by dense guards.
Suddenly, the crying stopped.
Because the emperor had already stood up and began to wave his hands impatiently.
"You must be all tired!" Zhu Yunxi turned his back to the vassal princes, "take another look at the old man, you all should go down and rest!"
"I'm not tired!" King Ning Zhu Quan said hurriedly, "I came late. I want to see more of my father and ask for your grace!"
A trace of disgust flashed in Zhu Yunxi's eyes, but he still didn't get angry, "Uncle Wang is going to have a rest. Tomorrow is the big day for Grandpa Huang to be buried, and he still has to be busy!"
"Your Majesty, I am young and it doesn't matter. I will accompany the Emperor to watch my father's funeral..."
Valley King Zhu Su rushed to speak, but before he could finish speaking, two guards were already standing beside him, "Nineteenth Master, please!"
"Sixth Master, please!"
"Seventh Master, I am so rude!"
"Master Twelve, forgive me!"
A large number of guards swarmed in and directly isolated the feudal kings.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Are you going to put us under house arrest now?" King Zhu Bai of Hunan glared angrily, "Didn't you say that my father is still alive..."
"Twelfth Master, you yourself said that you are the son of the Supreme Emperor, so you must retain some dignity!" Li Jinglong said with a cold face, and he and Ping An came in one after another, looked at the vassal kings, and then at the guards,
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you take your princes Qiantai down to rest!"
"Father!" Chu King Zhu Zhen suddenly shouted, "Open your eyes and take a look... Your son is about to be killed before his bones are cold...!"
"If you don't want to bury the Supreme Emperor tomorrow, just shout!" Li Jinglong's face turned livid, "Sixth Master, it's time, your trick won't work anymore!"
"I...?" Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and his eyes became timid.
"Take all of you down to rest!" Ping An also frowned and said.
The guards almost took several feudal princes with them and exited the mourning hall.
Those princes who were very honest and had the same heart as Zhu Yunxi also retreated silently. Only King Zhu Zhi of Liao quietly walked up to Zhu Yunxi and said, "Your Majesty!"
"Uncle Fifteen, please go down too. I'll talk to you in a few days!" Zhu Yunxi said weakly, feeling a little tired.
Zhu Zhi hesitated for a moment, "You know what I am like!"
Zhu Yunxi turned around in surprise, waiting for Zhu Zhi's next words.
"Brothers and younger brothers have made mistakes, you can clean them up when you should!" Zhu Zhi bit his lip, "But after all, they are all sons of our father and our own family. You... better not... don't take it too seriously.
!”
"Otherwise, it will not be good for your reputation, and your father will not feel at ease if you know about it! Family matters will be settled at home, there is no need to make things get out of hand!"
"Is it me who is causing trouble?" Zhu Yunxi became a little angry for no reason, "You don't talk about them, but you talk about me. Who are you thinking of?"
"This is not a question of who you are targeting!" Zhu Zhi bowed his head, "but...it involves their lives. If I pretend to be confused and say nothing, I will be sorry for my flesh and blood brothers!"
"You are such a good person!" Zhu Yunxi sighed, "I got it! Go down!"
Zhu Zhi wanted to say more, but the King of Han behind him grabbed his sleeve and pulled him out.
~
"Twenty-first brother, why are you pulling me here?" Zhu Zhi asked displeasedly after leaving the mourning hall.
"The emperor and I grew up together!" King Zhu Mo of Han whispered, "Brother Fifteen, it's useless for anyone to speak at this stall. Let me tell you, the more you help them plead for mercy, the more unhappy the emperor will be!"
"We are all brothers, can I not say anything?"
"Let me advise you, don't get yourself involved. Did you see the fourth brother coming forward? Do you want the eleventh brother to talk to you?" Zhu Mo dragged him and continued to walk out, "We can't control this matter, and we shouldn't. Let’s take care of it!”
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The night was very deep, so deep that even the stars in the sky were dim.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come. It's time to cover the coffin of the Supreme Emperor and his old man!" Li Jinglong walked to Zhu Yunxi and said softly.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the old man's face in the coffin with reluctance.
Then he took a few steps forward and stroked the old man's stiff, cold face that felt like stone, "Grandpa Huang, it's time to see you off!"
Then, he gently tucked away the quilt covering the old man's body and carefully arranged the funerary objects in the coffin.
When Li Jinglong saw this, he turned around and made a gesture.
Eighteen old military princes and heroes raised the lid of the coffin, waiting for the emperor's decree.
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly said, "Peace Slave!"
"I'm here!"
"Go to Qianqing Palace and get the knife hanging in my bedroom!"
~
The knife was a knife that the old man had used before. It was not made by a famous craftsman, the blade was full of scratches, and it was a thick and heavy iron knife.
It was once held in the hands of the old man and accompanied him on his expeditions to the north and south.
It was once placed on the old man's imperial desk and accompanied him to witness the rise of the empire.
It was hung on the old man's waist and followed him to inspect the Ming Dynasty Tiger Ben.
It also let out bursts of screams when the old man was angry when someone came from other places!
Soon, the knife was delivered to Zhu Yunxi's hand.
He touched the cold blade and rubbed the damaged scar, thinking of what the old man had said.
"Dasun, this house belongs to you now! This knife is for you. If anyone disobeys, you can use our knife to chop him!"
"Grandpa Emperor!" Zhu Yunxi smiled through tears as he put the sword into the old man's coffin. "You are a great hero. How can you not have a weapon at your disposal?"
After saying that, he stroked the blade of the sword, then touched the old man's face, turned around sharply, and nodded.
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"How can I sleep in this room?"
The acting king Zhu Gui looked at the empty room, got angry at the guards who were looking at him outside the door, and said angrily, "You are sincerely abusing me, right? You little bastards, who gave you the courage?"
The guard outside the door had no expression on his face and bowed, "Chitose, the subordinates dare not abuse you. It's because the emperor didn't order you to have a bed!"
"You are so fucking stupid! How can I sleep without a bed?" Zhu Gui, the acting king, shouted, "Give me a bed!"
"Chitose, the emperor didn't say to give it to me, so I don't dare to do it!"
“He didn’t even say he wouldn’t give it!!”
"The emperor didn't say anything!"
"Bullshit!" Zhu Gui was furious and almost rushed out of the room, "Sir, I am the son of Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Nine Frontier Fortresses of the Ming Dynasty..."
Suddenly, just as he was roaring, a sad voice came from the distance.
"It's time to cover the coffin of the Supreme Emperor!"
"Father!" Zhu Gui was stunned.
Then he saw everyone kneeling down and kowtowing in the direction of the mourning hall.
At this moment, he instantly realized that his father was really gone!