My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 620 King Zhao is missing
"Third uncle is missing?"

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned when he heard the news, and then asked again in disbelief.

"That's not right. Prince Zhao's Mansion has been surrounded for a long time. Why is he missing?"

"It was not because the King of Han led his troops into the city, causing chaos in the city, and the officers and soldiers surrounding King Zhao's Mansion were transferred. At that time, no one paid attention to King Zhao's Mansion. When the situation in the capital began to stabilize, Your Majesty then thought of King Zhao. As a result, When I sent someone to check, I discovered that Prince Zhao and his son were all missing."

Xia Yuanji spread his hands and replied.

"Then you didn't send anyone to search?"

Zhu Zhanhe was also anxious and asked again. He had been in Tianjin these days, closely monitoring the movements of all parties in Tianjin, and found no one searching for Zhu Gaosui's whereabouts.

"Your Majesty, why are you confused? No matter how wrong King Zhao is, he is also the son of Emperor Taizong and your Majesty's uncle. Moreover, he is related to the death of the late emperor. There is no way for this matter to be spread, so now we can only Use the power of factory guards to search in private."

Xia Yuanji explained patiently.

Only then did Zhu Zhanhe remember that the things Zhu Gaosui had done could not be exposed, and since he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he could not conduct a large-scale search.

"Then there's no news now?"

Zhu Zhanhe still asked without giving up.

"No, King Zhao seems to have been prepared for it. After leaving King Zhao's Mansion during the chaos in the capital, there has been no news. We suspect that he may look for opportunities to go to sea by boat and then escape to Japan. After all, he is the vassal king. After the land was sealed, the court had no legitimate reasons and could not capture him."

Xia Yuanji shook his head and replied.

In fact, even if Zhu Gaosui fled to Japan, if Zhu Zhanji really wanted to catch him, there would be no way out. But what Zhu Zhanji was worried about was that Zhu Gaosui would leak the cause of Zhu Gaochi's death, and then his son would also be embarrassed. .

"This is troublesome. There are often ships bound for Japan or North Korea in various ports in the north. If the third uncle hides his whereabouts and disguises himself as an ordinary person and takes a ship to Japan, it will be really difficult to find out!"

Zhu Zhanhe also frowned when he heard this. In addition to Tianjin Port, you can take a boat to Japan from Dengzhou, Laizhou and other ports. These three ports are not only close to the capital, but also have a large flow of people. It is not the only way to find Zhu Gaosui. An easy thing.

In addition, if he were Zhu Gaosui, he would probably go to a farther port, making it even harder to check.

"Yes, recently the factory guards came out to search for King Zhao's whereabouts, but they did not dare to press too hard, fearing that King Zhao would be desperate and leak the inside story of the late emperor's death, so His Majesty was also in a very difficult position. "

Xia Yuanji shook his head at the end, feeling that Zhu Zhanji had always been in trouble after he ascended the throne.

Then Xia Yuanji asked to meet the little prince. Zhu Zhanhe nodded immediately and took him to meet the child himself.Xia Yuanji saw that the little prince could eat, sleep, and look very healthy, which made him completely relieved. As long as the child was fine, the Ming Dynasty would not have to worry about having no heir.

That night, Xia Yuanji stayed on the boat, planning to rest for a night and return to Zhu Zhanji the next day. After all, he was old and his body couldn't bear the constant running around like this.

Zhu Zhanhe reviewed the news he heard from Xia Yuanji in his mind. Apart from the changes in the situation in the capital, what concerned him most was the disappearance of Zhu Gaosui.

At first, Zhu Zhanhe was also thinking hard, where did Zhu Gaosui escape to?From which port will you take a boat to leave Daming?

But then he suddenly figured out that he was leaving Daming soon, and things here had almost nothing to do with him.

In contrast, the person who should really care about Zhu Gaosui's whereabouts should be Zhu Zhanji, because for him, Zhu Gaosui has two issues that he is most concerned about. The first is whether Zhu Gaochi's death has anything to do with Zhu Gaosui?The second one is when Zhu Zhanji came back from Nanjing, he was assassinated on the road. Was it Zhu Gaosui's hand?

After thinking about this problem, Zhu Zhanhe no longer bothered about Zhu Gaosui's whereabouts. It had nothing to do with him anyway. What he needed to worry about now was to take good care of his eldest nephew, and then wait for Zhu Gaojiu to finish the funeral. The family left Daming and rushed to Tianzhu.

Early the next morning, Xia Yuanji went to visit the little prince again, and then said goodbye to Zhu Zhanhe and left.

Zhu Zhanhe also wrote a letter to Zhu Gaoxu and asked Xia Yuanji to help him take it back. The letter mainly introduced the situation in Tianjin and told Zhu Gaoxu that everything was fine here.

In the following period, news from the capital also reached Tianjin from time to time. From these news, Zhu Zhanhe learned that Zhu Gaoxu had officially begun organizing Zhu Di's funeral.

Ordinarily, as Zhu Zhanhe's grandson, he should also attend Zhu Di's funeral, but the current situation is special. If Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanhe both appear in the capital, they are likely to be controlled by Zhu Zhanji, and there will be no one in Tianjin to host it. Even if there are hostages in hand, it is difficult to ensure the safety of everyone.

In addition, after Zhu Di's death, Zhu Zhanhe was the first to keep vigil. Later, he also took over the construction of the imperial mausoleum and the preparations for Zhu Di's funeral. It can be said that he has done everything he can, and now he only has to keep Zhu Di's funeral. The coffin was sent to the underground palace in Changling to be buried with Empress Xu, so whether Zhu Zhanhe went or not didn't have much impact.

As for Zhu Gaochi's funeral, because the construction of the imperial mausoleum has just begun, it cannot be held for the time being. After all, the imperial mausoleum project is huge, and even if it is streamlined, it will never be completed in a month or two.

So Zhu Gaoxu wrote back to Zhu Zhanhe, telling him that after the funeral for Zhu Di, he would lead his troops to withdraw from the capital. As an uncle, it was not appropriate for him to always occupy his nephew's home.

According to Zhu Zhanhe's estimate, Zhu Gaoxu should be able to complete Zhu Di's funeral in a month at most. By then, they will have to figure out how to leave the Ming Dynasty and how to hand over the hostages?
Time passed day by day, and Zhu Gaoxu's funeral was also organized very smoothly.

In the morning, Zhu Zhanhe received a notice from Zhu Gaoxu that Zhu Gaoxu would lead his army to leave the capital no later than the day after tomorrow.

Zhu Zhanhe received the news and immediately informed Zhang Zhong. The two commanded the fleet together and were ready to receive Zhu Gaoxu. When Zhu Gaoxu and his cavalry boarded the ship, they immediately set off to leave Tianjin Port.

However, while Zhu Zhanhe was busy, his eyes inadvertently swept across the pier, and suddenly he saw a somewhat familiar figure among the crowd at the pier.

This made him stunned for a moment, and he even wondered if he had seen it wrong?It wasn't until he took out his binoculars and looked carefully at the inconspicuous figure in the crowd that he finally confirmed that he had not seen it wrong!
(End of this chapter)