Chapter 89: Chain Link (2)
"Second brother..."
The third brother shouted, and Zhu Gaoxu heard it really.
He pursed his lips tightly, looking into the distance and pretending not to hear it. But his shoulders that were struggling and trying to turn around showed his inner reluctance.
Then he felt deeply wronged. This was the first time he had left home alone since he was a child, and he had to go to a strange place to fight.
My father didn't come to see him off, and no one came to see him off at my uncle's house, so the eldest brother talked a few words, and the third brother cried.
How could this look like a strong journey? There is not even a glass of farewell wine.
But then this grievance immediately turned into a desire to win the future and the unknown in his heart. He has been wild with three-pointers and three-pointers since he was a child.
"When we go to Yunnan, we represent my family and my father's face. The northern men should not let those southern barbarians look down on them."
"I vilified and said that I am in front of you. I will naturally be willing to reward you who show off. But if you are embarrassed, you will be dealt with directly with military law!"
Although he was young, he had been in power for many years and naturally had a sense of majesty.
"Don't worry, Master Second!" Zhu Gaoxu's personal soldier Qiu Rui laughed, "We are not a coward who has lost our chains!"
As the personal soldiers shouted unyieldingly, Zhu Gaoxu finally couldn't help but look back, but he was looking at the magnificent city wall of Yingtian Prefecture.
"Hmph, when you come back, I will definitely win with my military merits!"
Just as he was thinking, suddenly a cavalryman in front shouted, "Who is going to get out of the way?"
"You're twisted and twisted, don't you see this is a military force?"
The other party shouted, "Your dog eyes are blind, let your master come over and talk to me old man!"
Suddenly, Zhu Gaoxu's face stopped immediately.
Why is this sound so familiar? It seems...
He subconsciously rushed over and saw his personal soldiers pulling out a whip and trying to attack an old man riding a horse in the road.
"Stop!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted loudly, jumped off his horse, rushed over quickly, and shouted in surprise, "Lan Shuai, why are you here?"
The big golden sword was in the room on the road, and it was Lan Yu who blocked Zhu Gaoxu and his party.
He was dressed in casual clothes, just like an ordinary old man.
But when riding on the war horse, there is a sense of awesome momentum on his body.
Although his body is thin, his eyes are extremely sharp.
He rode a war horse that was also somewhat old, and several white-haired veterans with silent and dull eyes were following him, leading a mule.
It seems that the mules are carrying the bow and armor used by Lan Yu.
Lan Yu looked at Zhu Gaoxu and smiled, then looked at the personal soldiers around him, "Soldiers are good soldiers, but they are too good at yelling. Still lacking in training. The soldiers are the same as dogs. Dogs who want humans don't bark, and those who bark can only scare those who have no eggs."
Zhu Gaoxu called Lan Shuai, everyone knew who he was, and no one dared to refute it.
"Why are you here?" Zhu Gaoxu shouted, "After entering Beijing, I still want to see you, but my home is tight and I don't let you walk around casually. I heard that you are sick, are you well?"
"Do you look like I'm sick?" Lan Yu smiled, "You're going to Yunnan?"
"Yeah!" Zhu Gaoxu said subconsciously.
"Let's go, let's go, old man, I'm waiting for you here!" Lan Yu said with a smile.
"You are also going to Yunnan..."
"What, I can't play this old bone in the Yunnan Army?" Lan Yu squinted his eyes, "You Prince Gaoyang, can you still compare with my old man?"
"How dare you!"
The sudden surprise made Zhu Gaoxu feel a little frivolous. He turned over and walked side by side with Lan Yu, "Why are you going to Yunnan too? That...how did you know I'm leaving here?"
"When there is a war, what are you doing at home? You have to work hard for the country with an old bone." The war horse under Lan Yu's crotch glanced at Zhu Gaoxu's tall and big horse, then squirted at the other party with its tail, and opened its mouth to show its yellow teeth.
It's strange that Zhu Gaoxu's war horse was obviously a little taller, but he did not dare to provoke it.
"I'm waiting for you here." Lan Yu patted the horse's neck, "Don't make trouble!" Then, he said, "We are going together, and we have a companion on the road!"
"You are waiting for me!" Zhu Gaoxu was so happy that he grinned and asked hurriedly, "You go to Yunnan..."
"The emperor promised the old man's vanguard, and the old man who attacked the city and captured the village would be the first. The prince of the county, the old man still has some fun. Do you want to learn?"
"Learn to learn!" Zhu Gaoxu said repeatedly like a student when facing Lan Yu, "I am fighting side by side with Lan Shuai!"
"Wrong, it's not a fight!" Lan Yu corrected him seriously, "I'm going to kill people, damn it, fighting with those barbarians is not embarrassing!"
"Hehe, yes!"
All the personal soldiers followed behind, Lan Yu and Zhu Gaoxu were in front.
As we walked, the deep city had disappeared.
"You...no one gives you?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help asking.
Lan Yu looked ahead without looking at him, "Jubao Gate is facing Yuhuatai, and the emperor was there to see the old man off." As he said that, he smiled proudly, "Drink a bowl of Zhuangxing wine!"
"Then...what did he say to you?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help asking.
Lan Yu's mind suddenly recalled the scene just now.
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The highest point of Yuhuatai overlooks the entire Yingtian Mansion.
Zhu Yunxiu stood in the stone pavilion in casual clothes, looked at the city at the foot of the mountain, and slowly spoke, "At that time, you broke through Yingtian Mansion from here, right?"
"Yes!" Lan Yu stood behind Zhu Yunxiu, "I fought for ten days and after breaking the city, the emperor led his army to the city from Jubaomen." As he said that, he suddenly smiled, "When I entered the city, I was behind the old emperor and heard the old man tell General Chang that this was the beginning of his career!"
Then, Lan Yu's face was full of memories, "The old emperor is right. With the treasure land of Yingtian Mansion as the foundation, the men worked even more. We followed the emperor to fight south and north, and finally turned Yingtian Mansion into the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"That day, you'll go into the city."
"Today, you're out of the city."
"I went to the city to live that day, but died in battle today. Lan Yu, I will ask you another question, are you really going?"
Lan Yu bowed silently, "Your Majesty, the old minister is worth it in this life. But the old minister died of illness on the kang, and the old minister was unwilling to accept it."
"I don't want to die without a name! I...I want future generations to remember me."
After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi turned around and took the warm hot wine from others, "Don't say that my death is over, who doesn't know you in the world! This is Huaixi rice wine, this year's autumn grain brewing, drink it! I don't miss home after drinking it!"
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"Lan Shuai?" Zhu Gaoxu's call brought Lan Yu back to reality.
"The emperor told me, wait for me to come back." Lan Yu said lightly.
"He treats you...so good..." Zhu Gaoxu's tone was a little jealous.
He was not jealous of Zhu Yunxi's treatment of Lan Yu, but compared to when he set out, he only had his elder brother and younger brother around him. His situation was really...
"The emperor knows that I am coming to find you, so I will give you a word!" Lan Yu said with a smile.
"Ah? What do you mean?" Zhu Gaoxu asked in a daze.
"The emperor asked the old man to ask you, do you want to be the prince who will stay in his fiefdom all your life, or do you want to be a prince who will expand territory for the Ming Dynasty!" Lan Yu said with a smile.
In an instant, Zhu Gaoxu's heart seemed to be suddenly picked up.
Blood suddenly surged onto the top of his head, "Of course it's the prince...I...I'm of course I want to expand my territory...I..."
"Yesterday, I also met your father, King Yan in private. You know he has always been incompatible with the old man." Lan Yu continued.
"It seems that you are not dealing with my father, it is not that my father is not dealing with you!"
Lan Yu smiled disdainfully and continued, "Your father has never given me a good face in his life. Yesterday, he actually told me that the second child is going to Yunnan. I hope Lan Shuai will take care of her. If you learn some skills from the old man, you will never be able to use them all in your life!"
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned again, "My father, do you really say that?"
"Can I still lie to you?"
"No..." As he said that, Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head and his eyes turned red.
It turns out that his father has always been thinking about him in his heart.
He immediately shook his head and left these emotions behind his head.
Look at the entourage behind Lan Yu, "Ship Lan, you just bring these people, where are the personal soldiers?"
"They are my personal soldiers!" Lan Yu smiled, "Don't look at them as bad as old men, but when they are fighting hard, three or five strong guys are very close!" As he said, his eyes narrowed, "They followed me, fought from Huaixi to Yunnan, from Yunnan to the northern part of the Seitou area. There may be more people who have killed than others have seen."
Zhu Gaoxu knew that he had made up his words and hurriedly stuck out his tongue.
"Even the war horse under my old man's crotch is very good!" Lan Yu smiled proudly, "This is the imperial horse I stolen from the Tartar Emperor!"
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the old horse who was still grinning at his mount, "What's its name?"
Chapter completed!