My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 209 Sacrifice to Dongling
Zhu Zhanhe chased from Gufu Hall to Xiamafang, but learned that Zhu Yuexiu came here half an hour ago, and then left on horseback. As for where he went, he had no way of knowing.

But Zhu Zhanhe was still not reconciled, and immediately dispatched Dongchang's Fanzi and Jin Yiwei to search the whole city for Zhu Yuexiu. The other party had just left Xiaoling not long ago, so maybe he could still be caught.

Just as the person who arrested Zhu Yuexiu was sent out, Liu Mian rushed over in a hurry.

"How about it, has the guard interrogated him, is he from Zhu Yuexiu?"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately asked Liu Mian.

"That's right, that kid has recruited. He is Zhu Yuexiu's man. Speaking of which, the king of Chongyang County is really ruthless. He even wants to blow up the king of Shu to death!"

Liu Mian replied panting.

"He's not Zhu Yuexiu at all!"

Zhu Zhanhe expressed his judgment with a cold face.

"what?"

Liu Mian was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he realized it, and said in surprise.

"My son, do you mean that he is really Zhu Wenkui, the son of Emperor Jianwen?"

"That's right, only Zhu Wenkui can mobilize those remnants of Jianwen, and even let the king of Shu be buried with him in order to assassinate the emperor's grandfather!"

Zhu Zhanhe said again with a sneer, it was in vain that he was very sympathetic to Zhu Yuexiu at the beginning, but he did not expect that the other party was completely pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and even played with him all the time.

"This... How is this possible? If he is Zhu Wenkui, how could the King of Shu not know, but he is his son, so he won't admit his mistake, right?"

Liu Mian's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

"Hey, I have to ask the King of Shu now!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a sneer, although there is no evidence, he believes that the King of Shu must know some inside information, and he had deceived Zhu Di and himself before!
Zhu Yuexiu ran away, but the King of Shu was still in Xiaoling, so Zhu Zhanhe immediately came to Xiangdian, only to see that the sacrifice here had just ended.

Zhu Zhanhe found an opportunity to find Zhu Di alone, and then reported the incident in detail.

Zhu Di knew that someone was going to assassinate him in Xiaoling, and he also knew that Zhu Zhanhe went out to arrest the assassin during the sacrifice, but he didn't expect that the assassin turned out to be Zhu Yuexiu, and now it seems that Zhu Yuexiu is probably Zhu Wenkui, and they all knew each other before. Be deceived by the other party.

"Grandfather, do you want to call the King of Shu and question him face to face?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked in a low voice.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then waved his hands and said, "No need, I'll take care of the King of Shu's affairs, you ask Liu Mian to send more people to hunt down Zhu Yuexiu with all your strength!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhanhe agreed, and immediately turned around to look for Liu Mian, asking him to send more people to find Zhu Yuexiu's whereabouts, while he himself remained by Zhu Di's side.

At this moment, Zhu Di looked at the King of Shu in the palace, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The sacrifice was over, and when Zhu Di faced the King of Shu, he did not show any abnormalities, and then he led all the officials to leave Xiaoling.

However, just as he left Xiaoling Mausoleum, King Zhou suddenly looked at a cemetery on the east side, hesitated for a moment, and then saluted Zhu Di: "Fourth Brother, I want to go to Big Brother's place!"

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma gave birth to five sons, of which Zhu Biao was the oldest and King Zhou was the youngest. Zhu Yuanzhang was too busy to discipline his sons. It was Zhu Biao who took four brothers with him. When the elder brother is like a father.

Now I have sacrificed to my father, but there is no one to worship at my eldest brother Zhu Biao, and the king of Zhou couldn't bear it, so he boldly proposed to go to Dongling.

As soon as King Zhou's words came out of his mouth, Zhu Gaochi who was next to him was taken aback. Looking at himself as his dear fifth uncle, he wished he could kneel down to him. Why don't you open which pot and which pot to lift?
The King of Shu's expression also changed, and then he lowered his head and remained silent. This matter was provoked by the King of Zhou and had nothing to do with him, so it's better to be honest and silent.

Facing King Zhou’s request, Zhu Di was not angry. Of course, this is King Zhou. All three older brothers above Zhu Di are gone. King Zhou is his only living brother, so Zhu Di is also very close to King Zhou. Brothers There are also frequent correspondence between them, which is by no means comparable to other vassal kings.

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, then he suddenly looked at King Shu and asked, "Eleventh Brother, what do you think?"

"This one……"

The king of Shu was also taken aback. He didn't expect Zhu Di to throw this problem to himself. He wanted to say it, but he couldn't hold back his conscience. After he hesitated for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said.

"Brother Qi, when Eldest Brother was alive, he was extremely lenient to his younger brother, so this younger brother also wants to go to Eldest Brother to pay homage to him!"

"Since both of you want to go, the three of us brothers will go to pay homage to elder brother together!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di agreed, which made Zhu Gaochi and the king of Shu heaved a sigh of relief.

As for King Zhou, he didn't seem to be surprised, because King Zhou knew that although his fourth brother had seized the throne of Emperor Jianwen, he still respected his elder brother very much.

This time Zhu Di did not bring civil and military officials with him, but only brought the king of Zhou and the king of Shu, together with Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe, it can be said that they were all from the Zhu family, and then he walked to the nearby Dongling.

Dongling is next to Xiaoling, and the buildings inside are exactly the same as Xiaoling, but the scale is smaller.

When entering the Eastern Tomb, the King of Shu found Zhu Zhanhe quietly and asked, "My lord, why didn't you see my Yuexiu when you left the Xiaoling Mausoleum just now?"

"The king of Chongyang County is not feeling well. I have already sent someone to send him back to rest."

Zhu Zhanhe casually said, he still doesn't know how Zhu Di plans to deal with the King of Shu?
Hearing that his son had gone back to rest, the king of Shu was relieved and didn't ask any more questions.

This made Zhu Zhanhe even more surprised. It seemed that the king of Shu didn't know Zhu Yueliu's plan to blow up Zhu Di, let alone that Zhu Yueliu wanted to kill him too, otherwise the king of Shu couldn't be so calm.

A group of people came to the hall of enjoyment in Dongling, where Zhu Biao's god was standing. Zhu Di led the four kings of Zhou to worship together and offered sacrifices.

This time Zhu Zhanhe had no choice but to be lazy, so he had to follow behind Zhu Di and the others obediently, and participated in the sacrifice from beginning to end.

By the time the sacrifice was over, the sky had already darkened, and candles were lit in the hall of enjoyment. Zhu Di's face was uncertain in the light, and his eyes were still fixed on Zhu Biao's seat. I don't know what he was thinking at this time?
King Zhou and King Shu also noticed Zhu Di's anomaly, but they both had winks and did not dare to disturb him. As for Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe, they stood aside and waited obediently.

After a while, Zhu Di woke up from his contemplation.

I saw Zhu Di turned around, first looked at King Zhou, then turned his gaze to King Shu, and his eyes became sharper, which made King Shu feel uneasy immediately.

After a long time, Zhu Di finally asked in a deep voice: "Eleventh Brother, in front of Big Brother's altar today, tell me honestly, is Zhu Yuexiu your son?"

(End of this chapter)