Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 154: Conversation while bathing the crocodile

Seeing that all four horses had been fed, Emperor Yongle clapped his hands with satisfaction and finished the feeding work.

At this moment, Emperor Yongle, who had just finished feeding the crocodile, was very excited and did not feel tired at all!
"Uncle, bring the brush, it's time to get down to business!" Seeing that his grandfather, Emperor Yongle, had completed the feeding work, Zhu Zhanhe prepared to start the next task, which was to get the alligator back!
However, before the crocodile went back, Zhu Zhanhe still had one thing to do, which was to give the crocodile a simple bath!
After all, the crocodile had just rushed into the camp, climbed back up the mountain, and then spent a long time eating the bloody horse it had just killed.

Now, the crocodile was covered in dust and blood, especially its blood-stained mouth, which looked even more hideous and scary!

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe said that it would be better to simply clean the crocodile's body before letting the real dragon possess it!
"Okay, Your Highness!" Wei Jizhong, who had been waiting for a long time with a brush in his hand, had already prepared the brush when Emperor Yongle was feeding the crocodile. After hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, he immediately came over with the brush.

Fan Zhong, who was standing by, was also very observant and quickly stepped forward to take a brush and followed Wei Jizhong's footsteps.

"I, an old man, am here too!" Emperor Yongle had just been feeding the crocodile for half a day and was still in high spirits.

He also took a brush from Wei Jizhong and followed with great interest.

Then, Zhu Zhanhe and his companions did not hesitate to start cleaning the crocodile's body in the heavy snow.

"He'er, how long has this crocodile been following you?" Emperor Yongle asked with interest while brushing the crocodile's head with a brush.

"To answer Grandpa, I have been able to sense the existence of this alligator dragon since I was a child!
But at that time, the crocodile was far away in a barren land overseas, and my grandson had no idea how far it was from the Ming Dynasty! So there was no way to bring it back.

Until last year, when the crocodile was traveling on the sea, he accidentally encountered Zheng Dajian's ocean-going fleet. Coincidentally, the grandson also saw the fleet through the crocodile's eyes at that time, which allowed the crocodile to follow the treasure ship fleet back!
The specific time of his return was after my father made a fuss about changing the guard in Yingtian Prefecture last year! " Zhu Zhanhe did not hide anything from Emperor Yongle at this moment, but told him the time of his return truthfully.

After all, in Zhu Zhanhe's opinion, Emperor Yongle was almost terminally ill at this moment and his time was running out!
Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe felt that there was no need to hide this matter from him!

"Why are you telling me now?" Emperor Yongle paused slightly, then continued brushing, but this time he was rubbing the dragon's horns.

"In my grandson's opinion, the outcome of this grassland campaign is already decided. At this point, our Ming Dynasty is basically powerless to turn the tide!
And Grandpa, your body has been completely drained of energy from this battle! I'm afraid Grandpa's body won't be able to hold on for much longer, right?!

Knowing that defeat was inevitable, the grandson wanted to cheer up Grandpa and tell him something. Zhu Zhanhe spoke calmly, but he said something that shocked Fan Zhong and Wei Jizhong. That was that Emperor Yongle's health was failing!
"Your Majesty...?!" Fan Zhong, who was working hard to brush the crocodile's sharp claws, immediately stopped what he was doing in a daze after hearing what Zhu Zhanhe said. He looked at Emperor Yongle with an expression of disbelief, tears inexplicably welling up in his eyes.

"Go ahead, say what you want to say." Emperor Yongle stopped what he was doing, stared at Zhu Zhanhe seriously for a while, and did not refute Zhu Zhanhe's casual words.

At this moment, Yongle did not have the slightest air of an emperor. Instead, he looked more like an elderly farmer, waving a brush and rubbing the dragon horns constantly with a calm look on his face.

"My father believes that the next generation successor to the Ming Dynasty should be me! It must be me!
No one is qualified except me!
Even my uncle!

Even the eldest brother!

Even my father himself!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at Emperor Yongle and continued to wave the brush, saying calmly but incredulously.

"Also, I want to tell you, Grandpa, that you can take a break now. Each generation should do its own thing.

You don't have to worry about the Ming Dynasty! As long as I am still here, the Ming Dynasty will be fine! Even if I am not the emperor!

Even if my lineage as the King of Han did not inherit the throne, I, your grandson, am still a member of the Zhu family. I will not sit idly by and watch the Ming Dynasty fall into trouble! If the Ming Dynasty really has such a day when it is about to collapse!
I, your grandson, also have the ability to restore the Ming Dynasty to its former glory!

Moreover, because of the existence of the crocodile dragon, the grandson can live to at least a hundred years old!

So the time that grandchildren can guarantee will be very long!

If I'm lucky, one of my children and grandchildren will inherit my talent!

Then my Ming Dynasty will prosper forever!" Zhu Zhanhe casually patted the crocodile's belly and said to Emperor Yongle with a firm face.

"It can still be inherited by future generations?!" After hearing this, Emperor Yongle's originally calm face finally revealed unimaginable surprise. He stopped what he was doing, stared at Zhu Zhanhe with wide eyes, waiting for an answer.

“To answer grandpa, my grandson is still unsure at the moment.

Because the grandson is not sure how long the crocodile can live.

But it can make me live to almost 100 years old, and I believe its lifespan will be at least not shorter than this! In fact, it may be much longer!

And if you want to touch it, you must use my blood!
And my descendants will definitely have my blood flowing in their veins.

I believe that it will be no problem to get close to it when the time comes.

The question is whether you can control it!

In other words, it likes whoever controls it and whoever can gain its approval!
"I'm even wondering if my descendants will be able to integrate it into their bodies like I did!" Zhu Zhanhe was also unsure whether his descendants, or even his own son, would be able to integrate the crocodile dragon into their bodies!
"Possessed by a real dragon?" Emperor Yongle asked in amazement.

Although just now, Emperor Yongle saw with his own eyes that a huge crocodile flew out of his grandson's body in an extremely shocking way!

But he had never seen a crocodile enter a body before! After all, this crocodile was so huge, he couldn't imagine any way for it to enter a body!

"Yes, grandpa, what I'm talking about is integrating the crocodile dragon into my body!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at Emperor Yongle's thoughtful face and knew what he was thinking at the moment.

Zhu Zhanhe looked up at the crocodile dragon that had been almost cleaned, threw the brush in his hand aside, and prepared to start the next step of letting the real dragon enter the body!
When Emperor Yongle saw his grandson throw the brush aside, he guessed what Zhu Zhanhe would do next.

Emperor Yongle touched the crocodile's huge horn reluctantly, then turned over and quickly got off the crocodile's head.

Emperor Yongle, who had just gotten off the crocodile, looked dazed for a moment. He looked up at the crocodile in front of him, and reluctantly reached out to touch the crocodile's huge head and its long and sharp teeth. Finally, he turned around and walked aside silently.

On the other side, Fan Zhong and Wei Jizhong saw this scene and tactfully stopped what they were doing and moved away.

(End of this chapter)