Han Du had no idea at all about what happened between Zhu Biao and Zhu Fan.
But since Zhu Biao wanted to stay by himself, Han Du couldn't find a reason to leave. He lowered his head and stood aside, as if there was something magical in the soil on the ground, and he even wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl under.
Zhu Fan ignored Han Du and stared directly at Zhu Biao, "Brother Emperor, what mistake did I make? Let Brother Emperor deliberately trick me here and take me away by force?"
At this time, Zhu Fan still didn't know that the purpose of Zhu Biao's coming to Taiyuan this time was him, the King of Jin. They were all excuses for hunting on behalf of the sky and for coming by the way.
Zhu Fan looked at the emperor's brother with a look of resentment. He believed in the emperor's brother so much that he never imagined that the emperor's brother was lying to him from beginning to end.
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Fan and let out a long sigh: "Father, I received a memorial to impeach you. Someone accused you of planning a rebellion, hiding troops in Wutai Mountain, mining iron ore, smelting refined iron, and forging weapons in the valley. Do you have these?
thing?"
When I, Chao Handu, heard such breaking news, I regretted that I had not left quietly just now and had to say goodbye to Zhu Biao. Such a delay would cause trouble.
Zhu Fan wants to rebel? Han Du doesn't want to get involved in such a thing.
When Zhu Fan heard this, his eyes turned red with grievance, his face was a little stiff, and he asked Zhu Biao sternly: "Who is slandering this king? Does the emperor believe this unfounded thing?"
Zhu Biao's expression turned ugly. He stared at Zhu Fan and asked seriously: "Is it really unfounded? Do you know who filed the petition to impeach you?"
"Who is it?" Zhu Fan asked sharply. He hated the person who impeached him with all his heart.
To impeach him for rebelling is to put a knife to his neck and want his life!
Zhu Biao took a deep breath and said, "It's the fourth brother. My father was furious this time. When he saw the memorial, he even threw his favorite tea cup. It was originally intended to punish you for your serious crime. If this is true, the three of you will
Brother, those who come are no longer brothers, but are my father’s personal soldiers."
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhu Biao blinked his eyes in annoyance to relieve the dryness in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, I got the news in time and remonstrated in front of my father. I repeatedly asked my father to find out first before proceeding."
After all, what you see now is Gu!"
When Zhu Fan heard this, he immediately hated Zhu Di in his heart and said, 'You are the fourth child. You usually keep quiet, but I didn't expect that you would be staring at him all the time and complain to your father whenever there is news.'
Of course he knew better than anyone else what Zhu Fan had done. Moreover, with the tight security of the Jin Palace, he could not imagine that anyone else could detect such a secret except Zhu Di who was nearby.
After Zhu Biao finished speaking, his eyes kept staring at Zhu Fan. He couldn't see anything for a long time, so he pondered for a moment again and asked: "Lao San, tell me honestly, is there such a thing? Don't worry, even if it's you
If you really did something like this in a moment of confusion, I will speak for you in front of my father and protect you. After all, you are Gu's biological brother."
"No!" Zhu Fan's eyes widened with hatred, and his eye sockets were blood red, as if blood was about to ooze out.
His face seemed to be crying and full of grievances, "Brother Emperor, we don't know why the Fourth Brother harmed us like this. But I can assure you, Brother Emperor, that what the Fourth Brother said are all lies. He is
Slander, he slandered us!"
The more Zhu Fan said, the more excited he looked.
Han Du stood aside with his head lowered, wishing he could reach out and cover his ears.
Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, plus the words suspected of hiding soldiers, forging weapons, and rebelling, Han Du finally understood why Zhu Biao wanted to send Feng Sheng and Fu Youde away.
Zhu Biao was protecting the two of them. If these two people knew about this, it would not be a good thing for them. It might become a hidden danger in the future. Once it broke out, it would be enough to break the two of them to pieces.
Seeing the sincerity of what Zhu Fan said, Zhu Biao nodded slowly and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay if you don't. Don't worry about the fourth child's impeachment. You should wait for the father to make a decision on this matter. Don't worry, even if it's
If something happens to you, Gu will do his best to protect you, after all, you are Gu’s biological brother~"
Looking at Zhu Fan who was full of anger, Zhu Biao sighed and said: "Fourth brother
To impeach you, maybe he was also deceived by the people below. Don’t bear any grudge against him and wait for Father to make a decision, okay?"
It was okay not to mention Zhu Di, but when he mentioned Zhu Di, Zhu Fan's temper suddenly exploded, "If you don't blame him, who should you blame? Even if he was deceived, he can wrongly accuse us? If he is deceived, he can give a memorial to his father.
Impeach us? No, it just so happens that the emperor is going to Peking, and we have to confront his fourth son."
As he said this, Zhu Fan was even more anxious than Zhu Biao, looking eager to set off immediately.
Zhu Biao had no choice but to quickly grab his third brother's arm and sighed: "I am going to Peking this time to patrol the border under the order of my father. Can you please don't cause trouble outside Gujie? Gu said that everything will be decided by my father.
Father will definitely give you justice when the time comes."
Han Du stood aside and watched the two brothers pulling at each other repeatedly, without intending to intervene.
In the end, it was Zhu Biao who was more sophisticated and managed to calm Zhu Fan down.
The three of them struggled for a long time before getting on their horses, and led the army slowly towards Peiping.
This was not the first time Han Du came to Peiping, but every time he was shocked by the majesty and majesty of the city.
This time, Zhu Biao sent a detective horse in advance to inform Zhu Di.
Compared with what he did when he went to Taiyuan, Han Du felt that Zhu Biao might have wanted to explore Zhu Fan's movements at that time. It was just because Zhu Fan patrolled Taiyuan too intensively that Zhu Biao's plan failed.
This possibility is not impossible, and in Han Du's opinion, the possibility is not small.
Originally, Han Du didn't know that Zhu Biao was here to take Zhu Fan back to Beijing, so he couldn't understand many of the things he did. He always felt that Zhu Biao was a little inexplicable.
But after knowing the news, Han Du looked back at Zhu Biao's actions and understood a little bit.
Although Zhu Fan flatly denied that he had not done these things, I am afraid that this matter would not be as simple as he said. First of all, there must be sufficient reasons for Zhu Di to impeach him. After all, Lao Zhu's character is famous all over the world.
You know, it's impossible for Zhu Di not to know.
If Zhu Di dares to slander Zhu Fan, how bad is his nature? This is slandering his brother, and the brother is jealous. It is possible for Lao Zhu to beat him to death in a rage.
Therefore, as long as Zhu Di is still clear-headed, he will not do such a thing. Since he dares to impeach Zhu Fan, he must have some evidence.
Secondly, Zhu Biao's reaction was also very strange. He was obviously here to take Zhu Fan back to the capital, but he pretended that nothing had happened until he reached the border and did not take out the imperial edict.
This made it clear that he no longer trusted Zhu Fan, so Han Du didn't know whether it was true or not that Zhu Fan was secretly planning to rebel, but at least he couldn't escape the impeachment against him for hiding his troops and building weapons.
Arriving outside Peiping City, Zhu Di had already gone ten miles out of the city to greet Zhu Biao who was coming.
Zhu Di is tall, riding on a tall horse, like a fierce general standing between heaven and earth.
Seeing Zhu Biao coming, Zhu Di immediately stood up and dismounted happily, and stepped forward to greet him: "Brother, I pay my respects to the emperor. Brother, the emperor has worked hard all the way."
"I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince." Lan Yu also came up and bowed before him.
Zhu Biao also got off the horse, held Zhu Di's arm and laughed and said, "Fourth brother, you're welcome."
Then he turned his head and looked at Lan Yu, "Thank you, uncle. Please wait."
"Your Highness is serious." Lan Yu cupped her fists and bowed.
Just as the three of them were exchanging greetings, Zhu Fan suddenly stood up from behind Zhu Biao.
"I pay my respects to His Highness the King of Jin." Lan Yuyou bowed to Zhu Fan.
Zhu Fan's face was not very good, but he still forced a smile in front of Lan Yu, nodded slightly and said: "Liang Guogong, there is no need to be polite."
When Zhu Di saw Zhu Fan, the unnatural look on his face flashed across his face. In just a moment, Zhu Di's expression returned to normal, he opened his arms and hugged Zhu Fan, and said happily: "Third brother, I didn't expect that.
You also came to see my little brother."
Zhu Fan had no good feelings toward Zhu Di at all, and no one would have a good impression of someone who secretly complained against him. Especially since the two of them were brothers, and their relationship in the past was pretty good.
There is a saying that goes as deep as one loves and hates deeply. If someone else had impeached him, perhaps Zhu Fan would not be as angry as he is now. But what Zhu Di did made him furious.
Not only did he not reach out, he turned his body sideways and looked at Zhu Di with a sneer, "I don't have a younger brother like you. I will report to my father to impeach me on hearsay."
Zhu Biao saw that Zhu Fan had clearly promised not to mention the matter again, and would wait until his father verified it before talking about it. Unexpectedly, after Zhu Fan saw Zhu Di, he couldn't help but say it.
"Third brother, didn't Gu tell you? The fourth brother's impeachment of you may have been just a matter of being deceived by the people below, and he was temporarily confused. Anyway, you haven't done it. You can explain it clearly to your father after you return to the capital with Gu.
Okay."
Zhu Di's face turned white and red. He didn't know if Zhu Biao and Zhu Fan were trying to make fun of him. But even if they deliberately made fun of him, he could only do it at this time.
Bear it down.
A smile suddenly appeared on his face, Zhu Di turned around and said to Zhu Biao: "What the emperor said is that the younger brother was reckless and went to the police without careful verification."
Then he turned to face Zhu Fan, bowed and apologized: "It's my fault that I made Third Brother angry. How about I serve wine to Third Brother tonight to make amends?"
Is this a matter of offering wine to make amends? I told my father that I had rebellious intentions. Is this because I wanted to kill this king?
Zhu Fan was furious and wanted to speak.
But Zhu Biao was one step ahead and took over the conversation, "Haha, okay, we three brothers haven't gotten together for a long time, so we just want to take this opportunity to catch up on old times."
Zhu Biao grabbed Zhu Di with one hand and Zhu Fan with the other, and forcibly dragged the two of them together.
Zhu Di smiled dryly and kept nodding in agreement with Zhu Biao's words.
But the anger in Zhu Fan's heart has not subsided at all. If it weren't for Zhu Biao's presence, he would definitely start a fight with Zhu Di directly.
The kind that doesn’t care about life or death!
Although he didn't dare to refute Zhu Biao's face now, it was really hard for him to have a good look towards Zhu Di.
He turned his face to one side angrily, without even looking at Zhu Di, and said with dissatisfaction: "Who is a brother with him? Who dares to be a brother with someone like this who secretly stabs others in the back?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao turned around and glared at Zhu Fan with wide eyes before he reluctantly closed his mouth.
Zhu Di naturally knew that it was him who Zhu Fan was referring to when he accused Sang and Huai, but he was thick-skinned enough. He only smiled awkwardly for a short time and then pretended not to hear.
Under Zhu Biao's strong help, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di, two people who couldn't stand it at all, barely had any further conflict and rode towards Beiping City on horseback.
As several people approached Beiping City step by step, Zhu Fan looked at the majestic city crawling on the ground. His eyes rolled around, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face, and he praised: "Juyong lies in the north, Taihang in the west, and Taihang in the east.
Mountains and seas, overlooking the Central Plains in the south. Thousands of miles of fertile soil, and mountains and rivers of great shape, capable of controlling all barbarians and ruling the world, making it the capital of emperors for eternity."
It was obvious that every word of Zhu Fan's words was praising the majesty and splendor of Beiping City, but after Zhu Di heard it, his whole face darkened.
To say that Peiping is the "capital of emperors for eternity" is simply more exaggerated than to directly say that Zhu Di has the aura of an emperor. Even if he says that he has the aura of an emperor, he can still argue. To say that Peiping City is the capital of emperors for eternity
, he couldn't even find a reason to argue.
Because this is the fact, and Zhu Fan is not the only one who said this. Long before the capital of the former Yuan Dynasty was settled here, this was said so many times by countless people, and he would do it even if he wanted to block others' mouths.
Less than.
The darker Zhu Fen saw Zhu Di's face, the happier he became. Asking you to secretly write a letter to impeach me should give you a taste of this.
Seeing Zhu Fan's unyielding attitude toward Zhu Di, Zhu Biao sighed deeply, "Third brother, this city of Beiping was once the capital of the former Yuan Dynasty, and it has the aura of an emperor."
Isn’t it natural?”
Zhu Di also racked his brains and quickly explained: "Third brother, what you said is wrong. You said that when Qian Yuan was here, this was the capital of the emperor, which is true. But now Qian Yuan has long since disappeared, and even fled to
All the Beiyuan on the grassland was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty. Now there is no imperial spirit here, it is just an abandoned city."
Zhu Fan didn't care whether the city was destroyed or not, as long as it disgusted Zhu Di.
Despite the magnanimity of what the prince said, Zhu Fan didn't believe that after his incident, the prince would not hesitate to murmur. Even if the prince was magnanimous and didn't care about these words, would he not care about Zhu Di, a sinister villain? He just
He will judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
Seeing that his goal was achieved and that the prince was trying to smooth things over again, Zhu Fan smiled and said nothing more. He looked up at the distant Beiping City and smiled meaningfully.
Han Du and Lan Yu walked behind.
"We haven't seen each other for many years since brother went to Sichuan to supervise the construction of the city. How is brother doing lately?"
Lan Yu stretched out her hand to stroke her beard and smiled happily: "Okay, of course."
Han Du's eyes lit up when he heard this. Based on his understanding of Lan Yu's character, he was only interested in marching and fighting. How could he just supervise the construction of the city and make Lan Yu so happy?
Seeing Han Du's eyes full of curiosity, Lan Yubie continued: "Originally, we thought that supervising the construction of the city was the emperor's punishment for us. It was very boring. After we went to Shuzhong, this was indeed the case. We had nothing to do all day long.
Suddenly. But not long after, we encountered the local chieftain rebellion, which made us feel better than nothing. After that, we were transferred to Peking."
From the smile on Lan Yu's face, it can still be seen that he is very satisfied with being transferred to Peking.
When Lan Yu said this, he looked around, raised the reins and put a little distance away from the army, and at the same time motioned for Han Du to follow.
Han Du understood and rode up to catch up. When he saw that he was almost there, he lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, what's going on? What are you doing so mysteriously?"
Lan Yu rode her horse as close as possible to Han Du, looked around, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly: "I suspect that Zhu Di has a counter-intention?"
Just now, Zhu Di impeached Zhu Fan for treason, as if he was preparing weapons for rebellion. Now Zhu Di is suspected by Lan Yu of wanting to rebel. How many people are going to rebel? How many are going to rebel?
However, Han Du did not know whether Zhu Fan would rebel, but Han Du knew that Zhu Di would definitely rebel.
So he lowered his voice and asked in surprise: "Is Zhu Di recruiting troops?"
"No" Lan Yu shook her head.
"Then the eldest brother discovered that he was hoarding food?" If you want to rebel, you have to fight. If you want to fight, you need food.
Therefore, Han Du had this question.
Lan Yu lowered her head and thought for a moment, "It seems there is no such thing."
After asking two questions one after another, Han Du felt a little disappointed, and then asked: "Then, brother, did you find that King Yan was forging weapons?"
"This is still not the case. However, we often observed Zhu Di in Peking. His every move in the fiefdom was exactly the same as that of the emperor. King Yan is very different from ordinary people. If he is ambitious, he will rebel sooner or later."
Lan Yu said through gritted teeth.
For Lan Yu, he was born to be a prince, and it was impossible for him to get rid of his uncle's identity. Of course, he himself had always been a staunch supporter of Zhu Biao and had never thought about getting rid of him.
This is the same for Han Du and Lan Yu.
Of course, Han Du did not have a good impression of Zhu Di. Although he knew that Zhu Di would rebel in the future, he was facing Zhu Yunwen. Facing Zhu Biao, he was uncertain whether Zhu Di still had the courage.
No matter how you look at it now, Zhu Di doesn't seem to be rebelling. Han Du can't just say that Zhu Di has rebel intentions and drag him out and kill him, right?
Han Du didn't know whether he would be able to chop off Zhu Di's head by then. But Han Du knew that if that were the case, Lao Zhu would definitely chop off his head.