Chapter 247 Zhu Gaojie: My grandma is also your grandma
Zhu Gaojiu walked up the city wall of Wudingzhou. The setting sun was like blood, dyeing the loneliness of the Western Mountain red. Every time he took a step, the red and gold scales on his body would collide and make a clanking sound.
He suddenly stopped and said to Su Wen behind him: "Go down, restore order in Wuding Prefecture, reorganize the captured rebel soldiers, and organize a guard post into three squads to stay in the city for twelve hours.
Patrolling, day and night.”
"No." Su Wen bowed and left.
After the people retreated, Zhu Gaojie continued to walk along the broken city wall. Finally, on the masonry of the city wall, lying on the bricks of the city wall was a drunken gentleman. From a distance, he could smell the strong alcohol on his body.
gas.
The city is littered with corpses, while the city is drinking and singing.
Zhu Gaojie met this man once, at the house of Li Xuan, the former censor of the Zuodu Procuratorate. This man was Su Qing, a staff member of the Han Dynasty Palace. At that time, Su Qing was bribing Li Xuan.
It was precisely because of Li Xuan's incident that Zhu Gaojie decided to completely eradicate the Hanwang Party.
Now that we meet again, Su Qing has lost all the melancholy of a counselor, and looks as cool as Li Taibai trying to catch the moon in the water.
Hearing the footsteps, Su Qing slowly sat up. Seeing this airy behavior, he didn't seem to be worried that he would fall off the top of the city without a care in the world.
The city wall of Wuding Prefecture is nearly ten feet high. If you were thrown down from here, your whole body would be smashed, your head would be broken and your head would bleed.
Su Qing waved and said hello: "Hey, Prince Qi, I haven't seen him for a long time, but he still looks so extraordinary."
Zhu Gaojie took a step forward and said, "Looking at your accent, are you from Peiping?"
Su Qing smiled and said, "Yes, I am from the same hometown as you, Prince Qi, but I left my hometown when I was seventeen."
Zhu Gaojie was born in the 24th year of Hongwu. He grew up in Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking. Although Su Qing's Peking accent was very weak, he could still hear it.
King Qi was not in a hurry. He sat on the city wall and chatted with Su Qing: "Why did you leave your hometown?"
Su Qing seemed to be still a little drunk and had not yet sobered up. He tried hard to recall: "When I was seventeen years old, I followed the King of Yan, um, His Majesty today, to participate in the Battle of Jingnan."
This surprised Zhu Gaojie: "Have you ever participated in the Jingnan War?"
Su Qing said: "I was once the officer of the Yanshan Left Guard Baihu under General Zhang Yu. I participated in the battle to seize the Nine Gates of Peking, the Battle of Jizhou, the Battle of Zunyi... Well, Prince Qi, you should have heard of these, right?
"
Zhu Gaojie sighed: "These are all tough battles in the early days of the Jingnan period. With your resume after the war, you must have been a second-grade Dusi Tongzhi. Why did you become a commoner under the King of Han?"
"Prince Qi has already talked about this, how come he still can't guess my identity?"
Su Qing admitted generously, "During the Jingnan period, after the battle in Peking, I was incorporated into an army that was not organized and recorded in the files because of my bravery in combat. On the surface, my name has been
He was a soldier who died in battle, and the imperial court sent a pension to my home. From then on, I became a shadow guard who would never see the light of day. It was not until the second year of Yongle that I was placed beside the King of Han until today."
Having said this, Su Qing looked behind Zhu Gaojie: "Xiao Qi, you and I were comrades who fought side by side. It's rare to see us today, so why don't we come out and talk about it?"
From the shadow behind Zhu Gaojie, A Qi wearing an iron ghost mask slowly walked out.
Under the setting sun, A Qi stood in the shadow, while Su Qing sat calmly under the sunset.
Su Qing said softly: "You stand in the shadow, but live in the sunshine. I stand in the light, but live like a shadow."
He really envied A Qi for being able to live freely like this.
Shadow attendants are a mysterious word. They will always live in the shadows and are the emperor's trump card. For more than ten years, Su Qing seemed to be living a light life, but he was always burdened with heavy sins.
On the other hand, A-Qi, thanks to King Qi, got out of the quagmire of Shadow Attendant. With King Qi, A-Qi could live freely.
"You violated Shadow Attendant's regulations."
Facing his former colleagues, A Qi said in a cold voice, "You just revealed your past experience. According to the rules, I should take you back to Beijing with your head."
The reason why few people know about the existence of the Shadow Warriors is because the confidentiality is strict enough. Everyone is like a mute, with no past, no real names, only code names and missions, and the power of life and death given to them by the emperor.
"so what?"
Su Qing didn't care, he threw the empty jug in his hand down the city wall, and took out a new jug from nowhere, and said lightly, "After drinking this last jug of wine, I should hit the road.
"
A Qi was stunned for a moment, frowning under the mask and saying nothing.
Su Qing has lived in the shadows for too long. He is full of disgust for his dirty life. Now that he has finished his errands as an emperor, he just wants to give himself relief to end this black life.
"If there is anything else you want to ask, just think of it as my last words before I die. As long as I know, I can answer you." Su Qing took a sip from the wine bottle and licked the corner of his mouth, "But you'd better
Hurry up, because I only have time for this bottle of wine."
Zhu Gaojie paused and asked, "How is the King of Han now?"
Su Qing said leisurely: "Shenyang Zhongtun Guard and Datong Zhongtun Guard set out from Hejian Prefecture at the same time and arrived in the west of Wuding Prefecture. They should have captured the King of Han by now and are on their way to send him away."
He asked back: "I have a question that I don't understand. With your wisdom, it is not difficult to guess that Su Wen, a young general, is still too green and immature compared to the King of Han. If you were to take charge of Wuding Prefecture, you could overpower the King of Han."
If you die here, I don’t need to take action. If that’s the case, why did you choose to let Su Wen guard the King of Han?”
Zhu Gaojie thought for a while and said, "What do you think of Su Wen?"
Su Qing said: "If you have courage and strategy, if you refine it, you can become a general of the country in the future, but courage is greater than strategy."
"So, Su Wensheng has a heavy responsibility. All he lacks is an opportunity to move up. I asked him to guard the King of Han to give him a step. The higher he stands, the further his vision will naturally be."
Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "Furthermore, even if Su Wen makes mistakes because of his youth, I still have the king to protect him. As a prince, I have to protect the people under my control."
Su Qing became interested: "For this reason, what else are you hiding?"
Zhu Gaojie said lightly: "It's nothing. I just transferred the two guards stationed in Shanghe to the north of Yangxin and Dawan, occupying the nodes of various roads in Wuding Prefecture."
Su Qing was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily: "I see, that's it, you have been on guard against the King of Han for a long time. In this way, even if I have not transferred the Shenyang Zhongtun Guards and Datong Zhongtun Guards, you can still Catch the King of Han, that’s good.”
His mood turned from cloudy to clear. When he thought that even without his betrayal, the King of Han would not have been able to escape, the guilt in Su Qing's heart was relieved a lot.
After twelve years of friendship between master and minister, it was still a rock stuck in Su Qing's heart, and now King Qi's words have shattered this rock.
"Thank you, thank you for taking away such a knot in my heart."
Su Qing breathed a long sigh of relief, "In this way, I can leave feeling relieved."
He picked up the flask and drank it all in one gulp. The wine entered his throat with a mellow aftertaste. Su Qing suddenly said: "By the way, there is one more thing I should tell you."
"Huh?" Zhu Gaojie raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?"
The corner of Su Qing's mouth raised: "I heard that Prince Qi has not taken any concubines yet?"
Zhu Gaojie was a little confused: "Yes, does this have anything to do with what you want to say?"
"Of course it does matter..."
Su Qing looked at A Qi and raised the corners of her mouth, "Did you know that my old friend A Qi..."
Before he could speak, A Qi already knew what this guy wanted to say, so he interrupted in a bad tone: "I advise you to think through your thoughts before speaking."
Zhu Gaojie looked at A Qi suspiciously. He could clearly feel that something was wrong with A Qi, but he couldn't tell.
What is this Aqi hiding from him?
Su Qing shook her head, stood up and looked out, feeling that the sunset was so beautiful, she closed her eyes gently.
He jumped and fell from the city wall nearly ten feet away.
For him, this should be considered a relief.
Zhu Gaojie was silent for a while and sighed: "Let's give him a good burial."
…
This rebellion started by the King of Han lasted less than a month from the time when the King of Han announced the ban on Jingnan to the time when the King of Han was captured and the rebels were annihilated in Wuding Prefecture.
Zhu Gaojie took his army and returned to Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong.
In front of his residence, several guests were already waiting.
One is the commander of Shenyang Zhongtun Guards, and the other is the commander of Datong Zhongtun Guards.
"Prince Qi, the Prince of Han has been tied up by us and is waiting for you in the house. If nothing happens, we will go back first?"
The commander of the Shenyang Zhongtun Guards scratched his head and said, "I hope Your Majesty will understand. Both of our guards are Tun Guards and cannot leave Hejian Mansion for a long time. This troop dispatch has been made an exception. We must rush back immediately."
Zhu Gaojiao bowed and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's nothing. It's an honor for us to be able to work for the prince. Then we won't disturb you and say goodbye."
"Walk slowly."
Zhu Gaojie walked into the room and saw King Han tied to a chair, his face as black as coal. Seeing Queen Qi's face became even more gloomy.
"Hey, second brother, this is the first time that we brothers have met since you became a vassal. I never thought that such a scene would happen, which is really embarrassing." Zhu Gaojie sighed.
The King of Han spat and said disdainfully: "Grandma!"
Zhu Gaojie smiled and said, "My grandma is also your grandma."
Both he and the King of Han were from Beiping. "Lao Lao" is a dialect of Beiping. It is not a curse word. It probably has two meanings. One means "no way" and the other means "stop talking nonsense".
Obviously, what King Han wanted to express now was the second meaning.
"You win, kid. I can't beat you. No wonder the boss lost at your hands. I didn't lose unjustly."
The King of Han said in a cold voice, "If you want to kill or behead me, let me do whatever you want. If you still remember that I am your second brother, for the sake of the Zhu family, please don't embarrass my wife and children."
"Second brother, don't speak too soon."
Zhu Gaojie said, "I won't kill you, and neither will the old man. You don't understand this truth. Since you understand these truths, there is no need to be harsh. I will take you back to Jinling City, and you can give me a blow."
If you admit your mistake, this matter will be over."
"Then what?" The King of Han sneered, "Then you let me huddle in Jinling City for the rest of my life, with my whole family under house arrest, unable to even get out of the door, and living like a dog? I would rather die than live half my life on my knees.
!”
Zhu Gaojie sighed and said: "Second brother is being tough again. If you were really not afraid of death, you would not run away. Death in Wuding Prefecture would be a fulfillment of your Han prince's wisdom. At least you died on the battlefield.
But you ran away, which shows that you are still afraid of death, second brother."
The King of Han was furious: "What a fart! When Jingnan became famous for killing enemies on the battlefield, you were still taking off my fucking armor. I earned my life from a narrow escape. You said I was afraid of death. I
If Zhu Gaoxu was afraid of death, he would not have followed me to rebel!"
"Yes, you became a famous general at the age of twenty."
Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "At that time, every time you came back from a battle, you would be covered with scars, and I would wait for you to return in triumph at the camp, take off your armor, clean your wounds, and give you medicine. Fourteen years have passed.
, I am not the Zhu Gaoxu during the Jingnan period, and you are not the Zhu Gaoxu during the Jingnan period, we have all changed."
King Han was silent for a while, his eyes flashed with light and shadow from fourteen years ago. At that time, he and King Qi were still close brothers, instead of life-and-death enemies like they are now.
If King Qi hadn't competed with him for that position, they would still be close brothers now.
Zhu Gaojie was talking about the past: "I still remember the time you were wounded by an arrow, just two fingers away from your spine. Although you survived, the poison on the arrow began to spread. If you let it spread, the poison would spread."
In the spine, even if you can survive, you will not be able to stand up for the rest of your life. I searched all the detoxification herbs from the military doctor, but found that there is still a missing herb. You lie on the bed, pull my sleeve, and use
The dying voice told me - Fourth brother, I don’t want to be a useless person, please give me a happy life."
King Han's eyes were complicated. He still remembered this past event, but he just didn't want to say it again.
"In order to find the last medicinal herb, I searched all over the army. There was no one in the army, so I went to pick it myself." Zhu Gaojie continued, "At that time, there was a war in Zhending. Li Jinglong's army of hundreds of thousands was deployed, and there were enemies everywhere.
With the army, I searched all over the mountains and fields for the medicinal herb. When I was exhausted, I finally found it on a hillside. After I took off the life-saving medicinal herb, I happened to bump into the patrolling enemy troops."
"If it hadn't been for the arrival of Third Brother's army, my life would have been lost a long time ago. I wouldn't be able to fight with you today. But even if I had to do it all over again, I would still do it."
The King of Han leaned back in his chair and was silent. Even though more than ten years had passed, he always suffered from back pain during the rainy season. If King Qi had not risked his life to pick the life-saving medicine, he would have suffered from back pain and would have been in Jingnan long ago.
Then he died.
"I said so much, and I don't mean anything else."
Zhu Gaojie said, "No matter how much we fight life or death, we are still blood brothers. At the very least, you cannot die in my hands."