Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 162: Zhu Yuanzhang: Lao Jiu, do you want to be the emperor?

Zhu Yue felt that her brain was not enough!

The main thing is that there are probably only a few people in the world who can see such things as magic weapons, except for a few relatively advanced cultivators, but those are only a rare few!

But no matter what, the old man is definitely not among them!

The old man has never practiced Taoism, and he has no cultivation at all. How can he tell what a magical weapon is?

To be precise, the old man probably doesn’t even have the concept of a magic weapon!

"Old Jiu, let me tell you the truth. In fact, we have known for a long time that what you are wearing on your hand is actually a magic weapon. Are we right?"

Seeing the surprised look on Lao Jiu's face, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel proud.

No matter how powerful you are, you will never imagine that we can predict everything that will happen in the future, right?

"Magical weapon? Dad, you really know how to joke!"

"Have you not always said that all of us who practice Taoism and refine alchemy are ignorant and incompetent? Do you really believe that your son can make such a thing as a magic weapon?"

The corners of Zhu Li's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

It doesn’t make sense that the old man really knows about the magic weapon!

"Are you still pretending to us? We already know this about you!"

"Not only do we know that what you are wearing is a magic weapon, we also know that you can make elixirs!"

"Over the years, you have devoted yourself to Taoism, built Taoist temples, and gathered a large number of Taoist priests in Hanzhong, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang directly placed the string of red beads that were nothing on the coffee table, stared at Zhu Yue with burning eyes and asked.

"Dad, how do you know these things?"

Zhu Li heard this, although he was shocked, but on the surface he was unusually calm!

He didn't like this feeling very much, as if the old man had really seen through him!

Is there a direct showdown between father and son now?

For some reason, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the atmosphere seemed to have frozen at this moment, especially when Lao Jiu looked at him, his eyes suddenly became sharp!

good boy!

Could it be that after we revealed your little secret, you are still planning to turn against Tiangang and silence me, the father?

Zhu Yuanzhang, who felt suddenly tense, soon felt relieved again!

As long as he didn't force Lao Jiu, things wouldn't have come to that point. After all, he didn't have any ill intentions in coming this time!

I believe Lao Jiu also understands that if he comes with malicious intent, it will be equivalent to forcing him to do something that is against Tiangang, and then the world will definitely be in chaos!

If he really wanted to deal with Lao Jiu, he wouldn't come to Hanzhong himself!

"Don't be so nervous!"

"We do know a lot about you, but we came to Hanzhong. Do you still doubt what we want to do to you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and reminded him calmly.

Zhu Li was startled again when he heard this.

Indeed, if the old man really wanted to do something to him, he couldn't have come to Hanzhong Mansion in person with such a small number of people!

After knowing so many things, why did the old man come to find me?

Do you really believe that you can cure Prince Zhu Biao?

Are you here just for Zhu Biao's life?

However, the somewhat frozen atmosphere obviously disappeared at this moment, as if nothing just happened had ever happened!

"Don't think too much. We have no other purpose in saying this today. We just want to ask you a question!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the subject and said.

"Dad, just ask, my son will tell you everything he knows!"

Zhu Li nodded, but she was wondering what the old man would ask her.

Do you really expect that you can save your eldest brother Zhu Biao?

"Don't be so nervous. Anyway, we are in Hanzhong now, and we are still in your Hanwang Mansion. The imperial guards we brought are all stationed outside the city. To put it harshly, we are not good to you now. , it’s just fish on the chopping board, what do you have to worry about?”

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see Zhu Yue's thoughts and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Dad, my son doesn't mean that!"

Zhu Yue was even more surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the old man would speak so straightforwardly. Is this a plan for a direct showdown with him?

To be honest, Zhu Yue has no intention of rebelling against the old man at this time. Firstly, the old man is indeed a good and competent emperor and deserves everyone's admiration. Secondly, the time is not ripe. Even if he rebels, he will wait until Zhu Yunwen in the future. After taking over!

Directly rebelling against the old man is not an option for him!

But as the old man said, now he is like fish on his own chopping board. In fact, he has nothing to worry about!

In fact, not to mention that the old man is in Hanzhong now, even in Yingtian Mansion, he is already prepared to deal with everything!

In other words, Zhu Yue was already in an invincible position!

The only difference may be just whether you want to break up with the old man!

"You may not do anything to us, but the same can't be said for others, right?"

"Let's ask you a question now!"

"Do you want to be emperor?"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled noncommittally, then stared into Zhu Yue's eyes and asked directly.

"miss you!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Zhu Yue nodded in reply without hesitation.

Now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing to avoid. Doesn’t the old man want to hear the truth?

Then just show off your cards!

"You are very happy, we know you must have the idea of ​​becoming the emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, or there was no expression on his face, and he was not surprised at all. It seemed that everything was as he expected!

"Dad, my son also wants to tell you something today. In fact, according to the current physical condition of the eldest brother, he may not be able to wait for the day when you pass the throne to him in the future!"

"If it really comes to that point, only if the throne is in the hands of my son can the Ming Dynasty truly move towards prosperity!"

"But my son has never thought of rebelling against you!"

Zhu Li said slowly and seriously.

"Are you finally willing to tell us your true feelings?"

"Isn't this good?" "You're right, your eldest brother's body probably wouldn't be able to survive this year without the half-finished life-extending pill you gave him!"

Instead of being angry, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a hint of relief and nodded slowly.

"Dad...you..."

Zhu Li was really stunned when he heard this, and his heart couldn't help but tremble!

A semi-finished life-extending pill?

The old man actually knows this?

The key is where did he learn about it?

To know about the longevity pill, so far, even if it is just these three words, only those emperor souls besides him know it!

"Okay, you don't need to explain any more. We know you have many secrets and you don't want to tell them!"

"The reason why we are telling you this today is just because we want the answer, that's all!"

"Now that you have given us the answer to that question, it is enough!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for Zhu Yue to explain anything, and simply waved his hand.

When Zhu Yue heard this, she was immediately stunned by the old man's operation!

Prepare yourself for various possible situations, such as the old man coming to investigate, or telling yourself clearly that it is impossible to give him the throne, or asking yourself to do everything possible to save Zhu Biao, etc.!

But I never expected that the old man would reveal it so easily when it was already time for a showdown!

Although he was puzzled, Zhu Li breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that, as the old man said before, he really did not have any ill intentions when he came to Hanzhong Mansion this time!

Because he doesn't want to do anything against Tiangang, and he doesn't want to go to war with the old man!

Once he has no choice but to control the old man now, it will be a matter of time before the world is in chaos. At that time, he will not be facing the imperial court, but other vassal brothers will also join in!

Even though Zhu Yue knew that he would definitely win in the end, once things develop to that extent, the number of casualties will definitely not be a small number. Both the government and the public, including the Gonggun princes, will definitely be wiped out by bloodshed. The brothers will turn against each other, and finally rise to the point of fighting. The situation of meeting each other was a situation that Zhu Li did not want to see!

More importantly, if it reaches that level, the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into the heat of war, and the prosperity that has just developed in the northwest will be burned to the ground!

And through the old man's test just now, Zhu Li probably understood the old man's intention!

The old man is clearly testing him now, or in other words, he wants to use this method to make him take the initiative and expose his truest thoughts and things he wants to do in front of the old man!

In other words, the old man must listen to his truth!

It seems that we need to find an opportunity to have a frank and honest talk with the old man!

"Don't think too much, just come with us for a walk!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Li's thoughtful expression and waved his hand directly.

He also knew that he couldn't push Lao Jiu too hard now, otherwise it would be counterproductive!

However, the result of the conversation and testing just now was obviously good, and Lao Jiu was finally willing to reveal his feelings to him!

If this momentum continues, it will only be a matter of time before the father and son finally come to terms with each other, and everything will fall into place!

"My son will accompany you!"

When Zhu Yue heard this, he naturally would not refuse. The father and son changed into casual clothes, left the Han Palace again, and went for a walk on the street!

……

A few days later.

These days, Zhu Yuanzhang often strolled on the streets with Concubine Zhou, and Zhu Yue also tried his best to spend time with him, but the issue of the throne was never mentioned again!

It was as if the conversation between father and son that day had never happened.

After a few days, Zhu Yue basically digested what the old man said, and also figured out a lot of problems!

He and the Emperor Souls had discussed the old man's purpose of coming to Hanzhong Mansion before, and they had suspected that the old man might want to cultivate a new crown prince!

Of course, it was under the situation that Zhu Biao could no longer be saved!

Before, Zhu Yue thought that the possibility of this was too small, but after the conversation between father and son that day, and the thinking over the past few days, Zhu Yue felt that the old man might really have such thoughts!

And the old man has deliberately kept himself quiet these days, and it seems that he also wants to give himself time to figure this out!

The old man is waiting for me to confess!

"Dad, my son needs to go to the dojo and retreat for a day!"

"You just go shopping in Hanzhong by yourself first, and I will accompany you when my son comes back!"

Just after breakfast that day, Zhu Yue said directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"You child, Your Majesty has finally come to Hanzhong, and you still want to go into seclusion. How can you behave like this?"

Concubine Zhou on the side heard this and immediately scolded with dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yue's seclusion was already something she was accustomed to, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang was in Hanzhong after all, this child actually left the emperor alone and went to seclusion. This child was really arrogant!

"Hey... you can go ahead and do your business. We don't need you to accompany us. Just let your mother accompany us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand disapprovingly.

The father and son naturally understood each other tacitly, but Concubine Zhou's face was full of surprise!

She was also worried that her son would directly offend the old man, but she didn't expect that the old man would be so open-minded!

Although the old man had told her before that his son was really capable, and he was not ignorant in practicing Taoism and alchemy, but after all, the old man's identity was on display here!

But since the old man said so, Concubine Zhou couldn't say anything else.

In this way, Zhu Li went directly to Dingjun Mountain that day!

Ever since she talked with the old man that day, Zhu Yue wanted to get a protective jade pendant for the old man first!

After all, my mother, daughter-in-law, and children all have it, but my father doesn’t!

I used to think that the old man couldn't recognize the magic weapon at all, so of course it was nothing, but the old man could actually identify the magic weapon, so as his son, he couldn't make the old man feel cold anymore, right?

After arriving at his dojo, Zhu Li did not really retreat. Instead, he took a piece of prepared jade material and planned to take it back to the palace and then inscribe the formation patterns and decorative patterns on it.

It is difficult to search for jade like this, but Zhu Yue still has a few spare pieces in his hand.

After taking the jade materials, Zhu Li left the dojo directly.

However, Zhu Li did not return to Hanzhong City immediately, but went directly to the Emperor Soul Tower.

He promised these emperor souls that after the old man arrived in Hanzhong, he would take time to talk to them about the situation. By the way, he also told these emperor souls what he had talked to the old man before!

"I didn't expect that this old emperor would be so courageous. He really wants to pass the throne to your concubine son!"

After listening to Zhu Yue's story, a group of emperor souls showed unexpected expressions!

Although they had only tested this possibility before, they also thought that the possibility was extremely low. After all, in all dynasties, heirs were determined according to the principle of establishing direct descendants and establishing elders!

The eldest son may not necessarily be able to get the throne, but it is basically impossible for a bastard son!

But judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's previous performance, this is indeed what he meant!

And there is a series of factual evidence to prove it!

For example, the two grandsons of the emperor, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi, were directly crowned kings, and they have already been sent to become vassals!

(End of this chapter)