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

Chapter 39 Old Taoist Priest, Fuck You...

Zhu Zhanhe knew that his father, Prince Han, still refused to give up, so he simply laid the groundwork for what was to come.

"Dad, as the saying goes, fortune follows misfortune, and misfortune follows fortune. Everything has its pros and cons. Have you ever thought that there are huge risks between fortune and misfortune that are difficult for people to bear?" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father and asked seriously.

"Son, don't try to fool your father with the few moves you learned from the old Taoist priest!
"According to what you said, if your father fails this time, then something good will happen? What good thing can it be? As long as our whole family survives, it will be a good thing!" Prince Han was not very satisfied after hearing what his son said.

What does it mean to have both good and bad things? If I succeed this time, it will be a great thing?

If we fail, the worst that could happen is that the whole family will die together, and that would be a bad thing!
"Dad, if you succeed, it will be a good thing, and my good news will be the icing on the cake. But after the icing on the cake, my subsequent bad news will be a disaster.

If you fail, my good news will be your blessing!" Zhu Zhanhe said these convoluted words, which annoyed the Prince of Han.

"Okay, okay, I can't convince you, so I won't tell you.

Why don't you just tell me the good news and the bad news, and tell your father directly, so that I don't have to worry about it!" Prince Han continued to ask with interest.

"Dad, you will know when my uncle and Xiao Xizi come back. There is no need to rush." ​​Zhu Zhanhe still did not tell Prince Han.

After all, no matter how nice the words sound, they can’t compare to the shock of seeing it with your own eyes!
Besides, even if I tell Prince Han now that I have a six-meter-long crocodile king, I have to make Prince Han believe it.

Words are not enough. What if the Prince of Han thinks his son is possessed by evil spirits? That would be even more troublesome!

"However, Dad, what I can tell you in advance is that the bad news I am going to tell you later is very shocking, and perhaps it is not something that you and I can bear! You should be mentally prepared in advance!" After thinking for a long time, Zhu Zhanhe decided to greet his father in advance, so as not to scare his father silly or make him sick with anger, which would be counterproductive!

"Unbearable? What's so unbearable? When your uncle and I were attacking Jinan City, we narrowly escaped death. And didn't your father finally take down Tie Xuan who was defending the city?

I tell you, son, there is nothing that your father cannot bear. Unless the country is destroyed and I become the king of the destroyed country, otherwise, your father will definitely continue to fight to the end. "Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu looked indifferent. He did not believe that there was anything that he, the Han Prince, could not bear.

"Okay, Dad, as long as you are mentally prepared, I won't say much. I'll go out for a walk." Seeing that his father was very stubborn, Zhu Zhanhe didn't say anything more. He said goodbye to his father and was about to go out.

"Going to Chaotian Temple again? You should stay at home more these days. I'm getting sick, and your third uncle is coming to see me." When Prince Han heard this, he knew that his son was going to the Taoist temple again, and he became unhappy instantly.

"You haven't gotten sick yet. I'll be back soon." Zhu Zhanhe didn't care about his father. He turned around and walked out.

"Young Master!" As soon as he went out, he met Manager Hu. Manager Hu was startled and knelt directly on the ground.

"Well, get up." Zhu Zhanhe didn't have time to pay attention to Manager Hu, so he casually asked him to get up and turned around to leave.

Seeing Zhu Zhanhe leave, Hu Zongguan finally stood up unsteadily. He slowly looked up and saw that the prince was not there. He reached out and touched his forehead. Only then did he realize that he had been sweating without knowing when. He was frightened again and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it...

On the other side, Zhu Zhanhe did not notice the panic reaction of Manager Hu at all, but directly asked his guard captain Liu Erniu and others to prepare the horses.

In a short while, Zhu Zhanhe walked to the gate of the palace, only to find that Liu Erniu and the guards had already gathered at the gate. He couldn't help but look at them with admiration.

"My Lord, you will have to go out less in the next few days. The prince has arranged another hundred guards in the palace, and I need to train them." Zhu Zhanhe took the reins of the horse handed to him by Liu Erniu and was about to mount the horse when he suddenly heard Liu Erniu's humble and respectful words.

"I understand." Zhu Zhanhe turned his head and looked at Liu Erniu. The burly man lowered his head and smiled apologetically.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't make things difficult for Liu Erniu. He knew this was another arrangement by his father, probably for the safety of the palace when his father "did business" in the next few days. "Let's go, and bring me some candied haws on the way." Zhu Zhanhe jumped on his horse and didn't forget to ask Liu Erniu to bring some candied haws to Xiao Jindou and others in Chaotian Palace.

"Thank you, Young Master." Liu Erniu smiled insincerely and looked at the Young Master in front of him nervously. After hearing the Young Master's words, he knew that the Young Master had agreed, and his muscular face was filled with joy.

In Chaotian Palace, Zhu Zhanhe walked forward, distributing candied haws to the little kids headed by Xiao Jindou. When he was about to enter the inner courtyard, there were already seven or eight kids surrounding him.

"Uncle Master, Uncle Master, give me another one to eat."

"Uncle Master, give me one, I haven't eaten it yet."

"This candied haws is so sweet, uncle, please come visit us often."

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"Alright, alright, Uncle Master is going to see Master Master, stop making noises." Finally, Little Jindou acted like a little adult, put his hands behind his back, and loudly stopped the noise. In fact, he really was the eldest brother of these little kids.

"Come, Xiao Jindou, the rest are all yours. Share them with everyone. I'll go in first." Zhu Zhanhe handed the candied haws wrapped in oil paper to Xiao Jindou and turned to go in.

"Master Uncle Yanhe is so nice. I wish I were a girl. I could marry him when I grow up and eat candied haws every day." A little kid said incoherently with a candied haws in his mouth.

"Come on, you're a man! You're just daydreaming. Come on, let's share the candied haws." Xiao Jindou looked at the little kid who was talking next to him with disgust, held up the candied haws high, and ran away happily with everyone.

Zhu Zhanhe, who had just taken two steps, heard the nonsense of the little kids behind him. He almost fell down, shuddered, and walked quickly towards the old Taoist's courtyard.

When I pushed the door open and went in, the courtyard was still deserted and there was no one in sight.

Turning around and entering the room, I saw the old Taoist priest copying scriptures and reciting them as he wrote.

"Reach the utmost emptiness, maintain absolute stillness. All things..., know the constant and tolerate, tolerance is fairness, fairness is kingship, kingship is Heaven, Heaven is the Tao, the Tao is eternal, and you will not be in danger for the rest of your life." The old Taoist priest read and wrote, and looked up at the cheap student who came in.

"Now that you're here, sit down. I'm busy." The old Taoist priest looked up at his cheap student and prepared to continue writing.

However, as he was about to start writing, he somehow felt that his students were a little different.

Then he looked up again, and the more he looked, the weirder it seemed. His brows were furrowed and his expression was dull. He didn't even notice that the pen and ink in his hand had fallen on the Taoist scripture he had just copied.

After a while, all I could hear was the old Taoist priest's foul language.

"Fuck, you... you Taoist ancestor!" The old Taoist priest was so excited that he couldn't express it in words, his face flushed red.

　Crocodiles are one of the oldest groups of reptiles and one of the most highly evolved groups of living reptiles. The earliest crocodile fossils were found in the Middle Triassic strata of Gondwana (present-day South America), and in the Upper Triassic strata of Laurasia (present-day most of the land in the Northern Hemisphere). This suggests that the earliest crocodile ancestors appeared on Gondwana.

　　It's generally believed that modern crocodiles first appeared in the Early Triassic period, 2 million years ago, and flourished during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Crocodiles of this time, collectively known as Protosuchidae, were closely related to dinosaurs and likely descended from a common ancestor. Protosuchids had long limbs and were adept at running, reaching lengths of 1 to 1.5 meters. They primarily lived on land, but could also use their limbs to swim, though their agility was significantly less than that of modern crocodiles.

　　
　
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