On the territory of the Yunnan Provincial Administration and the Ministry of Education, only snow will be on the mountain, and only rain will be under the mountain. Even in the dry season, it will often rain.

It was raining in the sky on Yongchang Prefecture City. Under the eaves on both sides of the streets in the city, people of all ethnic groups were standing hiding from the rain and watching the fun. There were also many officials and civilians wearing hats and umbrellas in the rain.

Groups of soldiers were passing by at the gate of the city, and the neat running footsteps continued, and the mud sewage was trampled all over the ground.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu, wearing armor, got out of a carriage, and immediately a personal soldier opened the umbrella to cover his head. Zhu Gaoxu looked slightly, and Zhao Ping beside him said in a deep voice: "Take the umbrella away."

Many local civil and military officials came up to him and greeted Zhu Gaoxu and noisyly congratulated the victory of King Han. But Zhu Gaoxu ignored them because at this time, many carriages and mule carts with white banners and coffins came in from the city gate.

There are two lines of characters written on white cloth in front of the convoy. The left one says "The Loyal Soul of the Ming Dynasty" and the right one says "The Legend of the Dynasty".

Zhu Gaoxu bowed to the convoy with his fists and bowed to the convoy. The soldiers around him and many officials who came to greet him also bent down with the vassal kings. Countless people stood solemnly in the rain.

The convoy slowly passed through the city gate. Zhu Gaoxu stood in the rain for a long time without moving. The rain quickly wet his whole body, and the accumulated water on his helmet continued to drip down along the wide-eaves iron helmet, flowing through his face, making him feel itchy, but he resisted and did not move.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu saw Diao Ya, a native translator not far away from the side. She was crying there, and she was so sad that she wiped her tears. No one cared about Diao Ya, after all, she cried in the face of the coffin, and there was nothing wrong with it, as long as she didn't laugh.

These Ming soldiers who died in battle were for the jade trade interests of the Zhu family's vassal king, the landlord and rich man Shen family; Zhu Gaoxu bent down to salute the bodies of the fallen soldiers, gave them courtesy, and gave them some pensions to their families.

However, this war has little to do with the natives, and it did not even bring much benefits to the Han people. What is the reason why a native girl is so happy to cry when facing the coffin of Ming soldiers?

The casualties of the local people and the military and civilians in this battle were more than ten times that of the Ming army. There were countless people who were destroyed due to the rampant war and their families were destroyed. Those people were not even treated as soldiers who died in the Ming army.

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: Maybe many people are easily affected by the atmosphere? It is difficult for them to see clearly the cruel battles and positions behind the solemn etiquette for interests.

...The army entered the city for two or three days, but the rain had not stopped. In the early spring of the first lunar month in Yunnan, sometimes it started to rain and it was no longer fun.

Zhu Gaoxu stood under the eaves of the yard that was requisitioned as a pedestal, and looked up at the rain in the sky for a long time.

"At this time, it may not be rain, but snow." Zhu Gaoxu sighed casually. The weather in this era is colder than in later generations, and it will also snow in some places south of the river.

Whenever the weather was a little cold, he would always think of Miao Jin. Perhaps because he met her several times, it was always in the cold.

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his palm that was roughly ground by the handle of the weapon, caught the rain flowing from the tiles, and felt its meaningless coldness. His hand stopped there for a long time, and he was stunned.

A subtle depression and helplessness, faintly with a look of sadness and sorrow over his face.

But after a while, his eyes sterned and he took a long breath. At this time, he shook off the water from his hands vigorously, took out a handkerchief and wiped it a few times.

Zhu Gaoxu wiped his hands and said casually: "I seem to remember a poem about a magical woman in ancient times who turned into rain and fog?"

Zhao Ping beside him clasped his fists and said, "What the prince said about Song Yu's "Gaotang Fu"? There is one sentence in it: I am in the sun of Wushan, the obstruction of the high hills, the morning clouds are morning and the evening rain is morning and evening, under the balcony."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu praised: "There is a bit ink in Zhao Baihu's belly."

Zhao Ping said: "When I returned to the prince, I was a child student before. I read a lot of books, but my talent was not enough to learn."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "You are only a hundred households and have a grievance. I'll go back to Kunming City to give you a master."

After hearing this, Zhao Ping immediately knelt on one knee, clasped his fists with gratitude and said, "I wish you thank the prince for your cultivation."

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "You have made contributions, you should get up."

When Zhao Ping captured the law of thinking and practicing, the outcome of the great battle was decided; Zhao Ping actually did not play much role in the entire battle, and it was suspected of being a scheming force, so Zhu Gaoxu was not so satisfied with this matter.

However, Zhao Ping was willing to go to Mengyangsi Mine, which was a barren land, and dared to take all kinds of dangers to forge ahead. This was the real reason why Zhu Gaoxu promoted Zhao Ping... Unfortunately, the first time Zhao Ping went to Mengyangsi, was defeated and captured, lost the city and lost the land. In this way, he would be promoted to his official position. Obviously, he could not convince the public and was not in line with military law. Instead, he captured the law of thinking and doing, which was a great achievement that could be said.

So Zhu Gaoxu did not say clearly what contribution Zhao Ping had made.

...There is a lot of rain in the south. At this time, as soon as you leave the city, the road surface is mostly dirt roads, and it is inevitable that it is muddy everywhere. The ancients said, "It's good to stay at home for a thousand days, and go out for more than half a day." It makes sense. If you are a person living in the city, it's better to be at home on rainy days. At least many roads in the city are paved with stone slabs and bricks.

A light rain in Yongchang Prefecture has been going on for several days and the road is difficult to move.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't wait and decided to take the cavalry of his personal guards first, leaving a few generals with their army, and wait until the rain stopped before starting.

A group of people rode their horses and traveled lightly, and they trekked from Yongchang Prefecture to Dali City, Chuxiong, Kunming City, and it was almost February when they arrived at Dali City.

The cavalry rushed to Duanli Gate of the Han Palace. Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about taking off his armor covered with dirt and dust. He just took out his helmet and immediately rode his horse to Chengyun Gate and headed to the harem.

Guo Wei and others all came out of the front palace together. Zhu Gaoxu saw clearly that Duan Xuehen was also next to Guo Wei. Before going out, Zhu Gaoxu asked her to follow the princess nearby. Now he suddenly returned home and saw that she was indeed keeping her promise.

"Prince!" Guo Wei called out in surprise. She held her skirt and couldn't wait to walk down the stone steps. Zhu Gaoxu strode up and held her, "The princess is exempted from the gift."

Guo Wei looked up at him and said, "I listened to the report from the Chief Secretary's Mansion that the prince's army had been delayed in Yongchang Mansion for several days, but he didn't expect the prince to come back so soon."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her. Of course, Guo Wei was still sixteen or seventeen years old, but after giving birth, she seemed to have less youthfulness and more denominator-like maturity.

"Have Wei'er been well maintained? Is the child okay?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Guo Wei nodded and said, "He'er is more than three months old."

"The name given by my father is Zhu Zhanhe?" Zhu Gaoxu asked immediately.

Guo Wei's eyes kept looking at Zhu Gaoxu. While looking at him carefully, he nodded and said, "Honey, the father sent someone to Yunnan Prefecture to issue an imperial edict, and the sister also gave birth to a boy, and the name was Zhu Zhan'an."

Zhu Gaoxu pulled Guo Wei into the palace gate to see his son. He led a group of people into the bedroom and saw a child crawling on a bed. Two palace maids were watching him. They all came forward to salute him.

Zhu Gaoxu went straight forward and picked up the child to see him. He saw that Zhu Zhanhe's eyes were clear and he was heavy in his hand. He was a fat boy. The child looked at Zhu Gaoxu's face curiously, and did not cry, but kicked him with his calf.

"Father, He'er, call him Father." Guo Wei was teaching next to him.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "If a child first learns to speak, he usually learns to call him mom first. It's too difficult for his father to pronounce it."

He teased the child for a while, and then heard Guo Wei say, "The prince will take a shower and change his clothes first."

Zhu Gaoxu looked down at his dirty armor and then said, "It's time for me to change my clothes first, then hug him, and prepare hot water for someone."

Guo Wei said: "It's ready, please, the prince."

With the help of the eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Gaoxu took off his armor first, then took his left and right and took a shower by himself. Guo Wei came into the partition with a clean lining. Zhu Gaoxu looked at her and couldn't help but sighed with guilt: "I happened to be out of the house a while ago, and even Wei'er was not with him. When he came back, his son was more than three months old. Alas, I'm sorry Wei'er."

At this time, he heard Guo Wei respond softly, "I don't blame the prince, you don't need to apologize. The prince is not just me, you are a vassal king, and you should plan for the millions of people in Yunnan; you are also a father, so you have to think about harming yourself. Many people point to rely on the prince, so how can I not have such knowledge?"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his arm from the water with a "wow" sound and gently held Guo Wei's slender hand. He did not speak, but expressed his feelings in his heart with his movements.

He looked at Guo Wei silently, but hadn't seen her for more than half a year, and felt that she had indeed changed a little. After closer inspection, her little face seemed a little rounder, her body became plump, and her skin was as smooth as satin; her tone and expression of speech were also a little more confident and calm than before. As a mother, it seemed that she could really change a woman.

Guo Wei's voice "thinking about harming others" suddenly made Zhu Gaoxu think of his future destiny: all the family was killed, and no one was left behind!

He tried his best not to show his inner emotions, but suddenly he fell silent. He silently watered and washed the dust and sweat on his body, looking thoughtful, and had not spoken again for a long time.

Guo Wei asked from time to time softly, "Is it suitable for hot and cold?" and other trivial matters, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't listen carefully. He just had to respond "yes". He was already used to his habit...

As an adult man, facing family, relatives, women and children, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that many things could no longer be shirked and he had no choice but to blame. He had never been a father, but he could think of it with his toes. Whether he was a noble or a civilian, if he was not good at being a father, what would the whole family end up?

After he had the identity of father, his most direct feeling was probably this, but he was not excited.

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