Chapter 401: Strong Fortress
The city gate in the distance was closed, with swords and guns standing on the city walls, and the muzzles were pitch black; the strong city seemed to be surrounded by iron barrels. Qu Neng rushed to more than a hundred steps outside the southern city gate of Chengdu with several cavalry, and could see a row of heads hanging on the door.
"Boom! Boom!" Two cannons came from the city wall. Qu Neng slapped his horse and continued to get closer.
The generals beside him shouted: "It's dangerous! Governor Qu must not be unwilling to think about it."
There was a "whizz" sound in the air, and a cluster of arrows fell to the ground ahead of Quneng, and they were nailed all over the ground. Quneng then grabbed the war horse and stared at the head on the city. The green tendons on his temples were bulging, and the red on his skin seemed to be pressed out.
He didn't make a sound, but just held his hands tightly, and the tendons on his wrist were almost broken.
At this time, a cavalry came from behind and shouted: "The King of Han, Governor Qu, immediately returned to the central army and was not allowed to disobey!"
Qu Neng turned his horse's head without saying a word, turned around and looked at the head on the city gate. "Go!" The generals and personal soldiers around him quickly slapped the horse away...
In front of a large camp lined with a large field of sprints and riders, Zhu Gaoxu felt relieved when he saw Qu Neng coming back on a horse.
It is not particularly surprising that such a thing happened. Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that there were some conflicts between the nobles and officials, and he had to be sympathetic, but now the situation is either you die or I die. How can there be any rules?
However, just as the battle of peace was over, Qu Neng's family was killed and vented. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu also truly felt the cruelty and malice of the world.
When Qu could return to the central army, Zhu Gaoxu cursed, "Xue Lu has no demeanor at all. If he cannot defeat my dignity, he will only vent his anger with the elderly, weak, women and children. How can such people who bully the weak have the truth to be invincible?!"
He then said kindly to Qu Neng: "Governor Qu is mourning for the change. When we take down Chengdu City, we will first bury Mrs. Qu, the young master and others."
...Before the Han Wang army arrived at the city of Chengdu, they occupied Huayang County.
Zhu Yueyi, the Prince of Huayang who lives in Huayang County, hurriedly packed up some property, abandoned the Prince's Mansion, and quickly fled to Chengdu City.
The Shu Palace sent a magistrate to arrange a small courtyard for him to live in temporarily. Before Zhu Yueyi arrived at the place, he felt very unhappy. The carriage was driving on the uneven road, making people feel confused. I don’t know what the broken place was, and no one even repaired the road!
The carriage stopped, someone picked up the curtain behind him, and Zhu Yueyi bent down and walked out. He looked up and saw that the dust had not yet settled on the dilapidated brick and dirt road, and the old house in front of him also looked dirt-like.
Zhu Yueyi's face immediately pulled down. It's not that he couldn't live in such a place. After all, he was running away, and the more dilapidated house was nothing... But the matter of face made him unable to let go! As the son of the King of Shu, he returned to his father's territory and lived in this place?
"You have chosen such a place for me on purpose?" Zhu Yueyi asked, pointing to the green-robed official next to him.
Guan'er hurriedly bowed and said, "The Chief Secretary of Shu's Mansion decided on everything, and the subordinate officials were only ordered to welcome the Prince of Huayang."
Zhu Yueyi suddenly snatched the groom's whip! Seeing this, Guan'er turned pale and stood there awkwardly, holding her breath and staring at her.
However, Zhu Yueyi finally understood some rules and did not hit the officials of the Shu Prince's Mansion. He suddenly whipped over and hit the groom on the face, cursing: "You dog food that is eating Zhu's family! What's the laughter? What's the funny thing? Ah?"
"Ah!" The groom covered his face with aggrieved and said, "Prince, I didn't laugh, really..."
Another white-faced slave also looked at Zhu Yueyao with an innocent look on his face. The white-faced slave did not say anything, rubbed his hands a few times and took them away, and a red mark appeared on his cheek; it was like a fire at the city gate that affected the fish in the pond, and the whip marks on the white-faced man's face were accidentally injured.
Zhu Yueyao looked apologetic, looked at the white-faced servant, and continued to scold the groom.
At this moment, a group of people stopped not far from the old mansion. "Cough cough cough." A few coughs came, and a thin young man with a pale face walked off the carriage with difficulty with the help of several servants. The young man was wearing a four-clawed dragon suit, and he was Zhu Yueqing, the half-brother of the Prince of Shu and the Prince of Huayang.
The prince called out and said, "You go into the house first. It's so quarrels here, so don't make a joke from outsiders. Now the city of Chengdu is in chaos, and the people in the Changshi's Mansion must have been negligent. You stay for two days first, and I will go back to my father and help you plead for a better place."
Fake beating! Zhu Yueyao cursed in anger.
Of course, Zhu Yueyao didn't appreciate it at all! He thought to himself: Look at the prince who is already sick like that, it's hard to say how long he can live. Even so, the prince still has to endure the situation in front of the outsiders and pretend to be kind and tolerant?
Everyone really admires these fake things, but the prince can deceive outsiders and his brothers? Zhu Yueyao has seen through it for a long time. The prince and his family love to pretend to be good and livestock harmless!
Zhu Yueyao said coldly: "The prince is just talking?"
"No, of course not... Cough cough! I will go to see my father today." The prince swears.
Zhu Yueyao waved his hand: "Stay here first, help the prince come in and rest."
The prince waved his hand and said, "I feel relieved if you have that kind of heart. I heard that you have arrived in Chengdu today, so let's have a look. You are the first to come and wait until you have packed up, come to the palace to talk."
The Shu King's Mansion opened the doorman and the crowd went in one after another.
After a while, the white-faced servant took advantage of Zhu Yueyao's rushing to the toilet to change his clothes and followed him up and whispered: "No wonder the prince could not beat the prince. Not only did he make a judgment just now, but you would have to suffer a great loss in the future! The prince of Shu didn't have to add fuel to the fire, but he complained about your resentment today to the King of Shu and said, "What do you think the King of Shu thought?"
Zhu Yueyao yelled: "Don't look at the prince's age, he is just that kind of person. It's very fake! Anyway, my father never dislikes me, so there's not much about this. Just change to a better mansion and don't be so embarrassed."
"The prince is really a broken can." said the white-faced slave.
Zhu Yueyao looked back and pointed at the face of the white-faced servant, and whispered: "Hou Dianzhao, I didn't mean to hit you on purpose. Even for the sake of the King of Han, I wouldn't treat you like this."
"It's okay, it's okay." Hou Dianzhan, the Han Palace, immediately waved his hand, looking light, "No need to say, the prince knows it."
The servants and family members in the mansion were busy settling down and packing the mansion. Of course, Zhu Yueyao didn't have to do anything. He quickly found the study and walked in and asked someone to polish ink and write.
Hou Hai quickly picked up the inkstone and brought in water.
"Shashashasha..." Hou Hai whispered while grinding ink, "Don't the prince think of a solution?"
Zhu Yueyao pondered for a moment, and soon said suddenly, "As soon as you arrived in Huayang, I knew what you meant. But I think you can wait. Look at the prince, he looks like a long-lived person?"
Hou Hai said quietly: "Does the prince have a legitimate son, his name is Zhu Youyou?"
Zhu Yueyao was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
Hou Hai continued to whisper: "At that time, Emperor Taizu Xi Yiwen (in the beginning of Yongle, Zhu Biao was posthumously named "Emperor Xiaokang" to Prince Yiwen). Prince Yiwen died, and Taizu did not say that he would pass the throne to Emperor Taizong. When the late Emperor Taizong was alive, he also liked the emperor's grandson..."
Zhu Yueyao's face turned pale and pale. He did not refute Hou Hai because he knew it in his heart: Hou Hai was talking about the truth.
Hou Hai said again: "Your cousin, King Han, has never been masked with you, but he empathizes with your experience!"
"The King of Han feels this?" Zhu Yueyao asked hurriedly.
Hou Hai immediately said seriously: "Of course. The Han King made many contributions to the war in the south and north, and the treatment he received was not the same as the prince. Whenever the Han King mentioned the King of Huayang, he was full of injustice for you."
Zhu Yueyao sighed: "Everyone in the world says that the prince of Shu is kind to others, but he doesn't know how false they are! Finally, someone understands the inside story, alas!"
Hou Hai immediately bowed over, "As long as the prince joins the King of Han now, the King of Han will guarantee that you will be the prince of Shu! You must not lose your losses and never come again. You have to think about it. If you lose the King of Han's full help at this time, who will say something to you in the future?"
Zhu Yueyao threw the dry pen on the paper, stood up, and carried his hands over.
Hou Hai stopped talking, buried his head and continued to grind the ink, and looked up at the Prince of Huayang from time to time.
After a long time, Zhu Yueyao turned around and asked in a low voice: "Wang Han really thinks I feel wronged?"
Hou Hai nodded vigorously without hesitation: "If the prince of Shu has a few shortcomings, but the prince of Shu doesn't let you be the prince, is there anything more wronged in the world than this? The prince is thinking, will the king of Shu ask you to be the prince?"
"If the Han King becomes the emperor in the future, I will make great contributions to the court... Even if I am a concubine, it would be reasonable to be the prince of the Shu King?" Zhu Yueyao asked nervously.
"Of course!" Hou Hai suppressed his excitement, his face turned a little red, which made the whip mark look a little lighter, "Think about Lord Lingtang again. Mother is precious for his son. If you become the prince, will Lingtang still surrender?"
When Zhu Yueyao heard this, his eyes immediately became wet. He choked and said, "Mom has always been bullied and despised in her life. It's really hard..."
Hou Hai stared at his eyes, as if he had accidentally discovered a lot of gold, his eyes glowing! He quickly wiped his eyes, but he still couldn't burst out tears. "Xiaguan suddenly remembered his mother, and had suffered all his life. When her son became an official, she...Xiaguan always thought of this, and his heart was like a knife. People must not miss the opportunity for a lifetime!"
Zhu Yueyao gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice: "What should I do?"
A joy flashed across Hou Hai's face, and he immediately bowed his head and started to speak quietly.
"Wan Quan?" Zhu Yueyao glared.
Chapter completed!