Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 49: An Old Man's Youthful Madness (Seeking Investment, Reading, and Collection)
Several people who were fleeing in panic heard the sound and looked over.

When they saw who was coming, they all looked shocked and angry.

Duke of Yingguo Zhang Fu, Guard General Fan Zhong, and the others are all captains of various armies, and are the most important middle-level forces in the army.

"Duke of England, what do you mean? Are you going to rebel against me?"

After confirming the identity of the person, the young man, who was protected by several people and wearing armor with dragon patterns, looked at Zhang Fu in disbelief.

"Fan Zhong, you are the general who guards His Majesty, and yet you are involved in this."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, a eunuch wearing a dragon robe next to him looked at Fan Zhong with vicious eyes.

The words he spoke showed no respect for this veteran of three dynasties, it was as if he was scolding his subordinates.

"Duke of England, you are confused."

An official standing in front of the young man saw that they were all familiar faces, and he was anxious and beat his chest and stamped his feet.

He couldn't understand why so many loyal generals chose to rebel at this time.

These generals are all great generals who have followed several generations of emperors to fight in the north. If they betray Your Majesty, will they be given more benefits?
Their families are still in the capital. Aren’t they afraid of being liquidated by the court?
"I said, have you overlooked me?"

Just when the officials were planning to persuade these generals to calm down.

The boy's voice that had just spoken rang out again.

It was not until this sound was heard that several people were shocked to discover it.

The one standing at the front of the generals was not Zhang Fu, but a young man in brocade clothes.

"what."

After seeing the young man's appearance clearly, the Minister of Revenue Wang Zuo exclaimed in surprise.

He always felt that the boy looked familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen him before or who he looked like.

"you are?"

Zhu Zhanjun ignored the puzzled Minister of Revenue Wang Zuo, and instead looked at the young man in dragon-patterned armor with a smile.

"Your name is Zhu Qizhen, right? I am your second uncle..."

"How dare you call your Majesty by his name? Come, drag him out and chop him off."

Zhu Zhanjun was just about to get intimate with his nephew when Wang Zhen, the damn eunuch, suddenly screamed.

He pointed at Fan Zhong and ordered him to drag Zhu Zhanjun out and chop him into pieces.

"You damn eunuch, you are looking for death."

Fan Zhong, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, saw that this guy dared to offend the Marshal, so he drew his sword and rushed forward, ready to take this opportunity to chop the dog eunuch to death.

"slow!"

Zhu Zhanjun stopped Fan Zhong.

"Marshal, this damn eunuch has committed many evil deeds. Many of our brothers died in battle because of him, including the Prince Consort and Duke Cheng..."

"I know. I didn't say I wouldn't kill him." Zhu Zhanjun looked at the gloomy eunuch Wang Zhen with a smile on his face and said in a calm tone:

"I heard that he took down the sign of my great grandfather and threw it into the toilet."

"Yes, it was this damn eunuch who did it." Fan Zhong nodded quickly.

"Haha, a man without balls actually did such a bold thing. I really admire his courage." Zhu Zhanjun chuckled, his tone unchanged, "Since he has taken off the sign, let's use him."

He patted Fan Zhong's armor and said, "Use mercury to turn him into a mummy. Make him kneel down next to the sign and put the sign back next to him."

"If anyone in the palace dares to have any evil thoughts in the future, bring them to this person and let them admire them."

Fan Zhong, who was originally a little anxious, revealed a cruel smile when he heard such an arrangement.

"Don't worry, Marshal. We'll take care of this matter. We promise to send Eunuch Wang away comfortably."

Zhu Zhanjun nodded in satisfaction, but he did not forget to remind him: "Remember to stay alive, so that you can keep your appearance intact. If your blood doesn't circulate when you're dead, the mercury won't flow through your entire body and you'll rot."

"Yes."

Fan Zhong lowered his head and responded, then rushed towards Wang Zhen with two of his men holding knives.

"Fan Zhong, what do you want to do?"

Seeing that Fan Zhong was about to attack his good friend, Zhu Qizhen angrily blocked Wang Zhen's way and shouted to the outside: "Someone, protect the emperor..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to shout."

Fan Zhong looked at Zhu Qizhen calmly: "Now, except for these three, no one will obey your orders, Your Majesty." "Why?"

Zhu Qizhen looked at Fan Zhong blankly.

Zhu Qizhen believed that he had never treated these old ministers unfairly, and he couldn't understand why these people treated him like this.

"We want to go home alive." Fan Zhong said, and while Zhu Qizhen was stunned, he grabbed Wang Zhen who was hiding behind him.

"What are you doing? Let me go, Your Majesty, save me, save me..."

Wang Zhen screamed in fright and asked Zhu Qizhen for help while struggling.

"Snapped!"

Fan Zhong seemed annoyed, or perhaps he was taking the opportunity to retaliate, and slapped Wang Zhen in the face with his backhand.

Wang Zhen's cheeks became visibly red and swollen.

"what!"

After being slapped, Wang Zhen screamed like a shrew, and shouted with his teeth and claws bared: "Fan Zhong, you are dead, you are dead, we will wipe out your entire clan, kill all the men in your family, and sell all the women to brothels."

Zhu Zhanjun frowned, and Zhang Fu beside him shouted to Fan Zhong: "Why are you still standing there? Drag him out, and watch him carefully, don't let him die."

"Your Majesty, save me, save me."

Several guards dragged Wang Zhen out with indifferent expressions.

Wang Zhen knew that if he went out, he would surely die, and it would be a miserable death.

He shouted desperately, wanting Zhu Qizhen to save him, but Zhu Qizhen was stopped by two officials and could only watch him being dragged out.

The generals and soldiers in the tent felt so relieved when they saw this eunuch, who was usually so arrogant and domineering, now at the end of his rope like a dead dog.

If the Marshal and the Duke of England had not requested that he be kept alive, they would have to make a specimen and place it at the gate of the palace. They all wanted to rush over and chop the dead eunuch into meat sauce to avenge their brothers who had died unjustly.

"Duke Ying, are you really crazy?" Minister of War Kuang Ye stared at Zhang Fu intently, "Have you ever thought about what will happen to you, your family, and the people behind you after you go back today?"

Zhang Fu didn't answer, but took a step to the side, revealing Old Zhu standing behind him.

The Minister of War Kuang Ye, who was originally heartbroken, suddenly saw Lao Zhu. His expression froze instantly and he stared blankly at the face that he had never thought would appear again in his dreams.

He had just seen this face some time ago, when he accompanied Zhu Qizhen to the Taimiao to pay farewell to his ancestors, and he secretly looked at it for a while.

He rubbed his eyes hard, thinking it was an illusion caused by surprise, but even though his eyes were swollen, the person was still the same person.

Old Zhu walked forward with Zhu Zhanjun, looking indifferent.

"roll."

Facing the two officials who were trying to stop them, Old Zhu just gave a cold shout, and the two men retreated to both sides tremblingly, looking at Zhang Fu cautiously.

After receiving the reply, my emotions suddenly became complicated.

There is happiness, excitement, but most of all fear and dread.

Even the Shangshu, who had rich experience in officialdom, was scared like a bear, not to mention the young Zhu Qizhen.

Before going to war, he paid homage to the Taimiao and swore an oath to the portrait, saying that he would definitely fight a good battle.

He is a member of the Zhu family, so naturally he recognizes his ancestors.

"Are you... a human or a ghost?"

Looking at Old Zhu's face, Zhu Qizhen swallowed his saliva and asked timidly.

His mind was completely confused, with only one sentence floating in his head: It turns out that you really can't do bad things, otherwise you will really make your ancestors so angry that they will crawl out of their coffins.

By the way, shouldn’t his father be the one who should come?

"Haha~"

Old Zhu sneered, raised his hand and pinched the back of Zhu Qizhen's neck, turned to Zhu Zhanjun and Zhang Fu and said with a smile: "You guys are busy first, we hit it off with this descendant, let's go to the back and have some fun."

After saying this, he dragged the frightened Zhu Qizhen towards the tent amidst everyone's strange expressions.

Zhu Qizhen was so frightened that he wanted to ask someone for help, but when he looked around, no one dared to look up.

Just when he was in despair, he accidentally saw the young man who was looking at him with a smile and claimed to be his second uncle.

Seeing that the young man was not afraid of Zhu, Zhu Qizhen hurriedly stretched out his hand.

"Second uncle, save me!"

(End of this chapter)