Chapter 142 Gu Zeng rode an ox across the five oceans
There is a large manor called Hu Fuzhuang five miles south of Linhuai County.
As the name suggests, the owner's surname is Hu, and the person who dares to claim the title of governor in the Imperial Township is definitely not an ordinary person.
It is said that the owner of the village, Taigong Hu, was the father of Hu Chongfei, the favorite concubine of the current Hongwu Emperor, and the grandfather of the sixth son of the emperor, King Zhu Zhen of Chu. A serious relative of the emperor...
Moreover, according to rumors, the Hu family had once done something to the king of the mountains, so they never turned a blind eye and dared to come to their homes in the middle of the night to harass them.
Then this day happened.
In the middle of the night, there was a loud knock on the closed door of Hu Mansion.
When people were still quiet, the knocking sound of the brass door knocker was so harsh that the dogs in the village could not help but bark.
"Where did the night wanderer come from?" The servant on night watch cursed and opened the door of the village, looking out through the lantern.
I didn't see it at first sight and was shocked.
When I lowered my head, I saw a little beggar with unkempt hair, ragged clothes, two bare feet, half a broken bowl and a bamboo stick in his hand.
"Fuck your ancestors, you damn little beggar! How could you knock on the door in the middle of the night and beg for food?!" The servant immediately yelled.
"I'm not here to beg for food." The little beggar said with tears in his eyes. After a pause, he changed his words seriously: "Okay, I'm not here to beg for food."
"Then what are you here for?" The servant said angrily.
"I'm looking for my grandpa."
"Grandpa? What's your name..." the servant asked. He actually has a good temper. If it were someone else's house, he would have let the dog out long ago...
"Uh..." The little beggar was stunned. Before coming, his mother only told him that his grandpa lived in Hufuzhuang, Linhuai, but she never told him what his grandpa's name was.
The key is that he didn't ask, which was embarrassing.
"Fuck, go, go, go..." Seeing that he didn't even know his grandfather's name, the servant had to close the door.
Unexpectedly, the little beggar outside became angry. The banging on the door became even louder! He also shouted outside: "Open the door for me, open the door! I am the King of Chu, Zhu Zhen! My mother is Concubine Hu Chong!"
"Are you the King of Chu? Am I still the Emperor?" The servant opened the door angrily and wanted to teach this little beggar a lesson for daring to slander their mother.
Unexpectedly, the little beggar had been waiting for this moment. He quickly slipped in through the crack in the door and under his arm, and ran into the village.
While running, he shouted loudly: "Grandpa, Grandpa! I am Zhu Zhen, King of Chu! Come out and see me!"
"Hurry and catch him, don't let him run away!" There was a flurry of excitement in the mansion, and the servants and guards roared angrily.
Soon, the little beggar was surrounded and pushed to the ground. He was so angry that the servant who opened the door for him took off his shoes and wanted to beat him.
"Told you to make a fucking fuss!"
"If you dare to lay a finger on me, I will ask my father to kill you...all the nine tribes except my grandfather's family!" The little beggar raised his head and glared at the other party.
I don't know if it was because of his overbearing aura that the servant's soles didn't dare to fall down immediately.
"Wait a minute." At this time, a steady male voice sounded.
"Housekeeper Hu." The servants and nurses stood up and saluted.
As Butler Hu tied his clothes and took them over, he asked the little beggar, "Who do you think you are?"
"I am Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu in the Ming Dynasty! My father is Zhu Hongwu, and my mother is Hu Sanniang!" The little beggar finally remembered his mother's maiden name.
"Boy, are you still talking nonsense? That means we are serious people now. If it were in the past, we would have cut out your tongue long ago..." A strange nurse said with a smile.
The butler was not that cool. He obviously knew something.
As soon as Butler Hu stretched out his hand, the nurse quickly presented a lantern.
"Hiss..." The housekeeper took the lantern and looked at the little beggar's face, and couldn't help but gasp.
"Hiss, hiss..." Hearing the sound, the servant nurse quickly held up the lantern to look at the little beggar's face, and then sucked in the cold air together. This made Meng Xiaye, who was still suffering from the summer heat, feel a bit cooler.
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"Old lady, old lady, we are here." Butler Hu personally held a lantern and led Mr. Hu and his wife into the flower hall.
Mr. Hu's eyebrows are the same as Zhu Zhen's, but they are white.
The flower hall was brightly lit, and there was a round rosewood table with various soups, noodles, and steamed food, as well as boiled meatballs, stewed slivers, etc. This kitchen was used as late-night snacks for the nurses, servants, and girls on night duty.
Mr. Hu and his wife entered the flower hall tremblingly, and saw a little beggar squatting on the official chair next to the table, holding a bowl of white rice in one hand and meatballs in the other. He stuffed it into his mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.
The old couple saw that his mouth was full of things and his cheeks were bulging. Coupled with his dark, thick and curved eyebrows, and his big round eyes that were choked...
"What else is there to recognize? It's weird if he's not my grandson!" The old man said flatly: "Old Hu, you are confused. You can't see that this baby is exactly the same as his uncle when he was a child!"
"It's true." Butler Hu nodded quickly and said, "His cheeks were flat that time. Now they are bulging. If he has a double chin, he will be carved from the same mold..."
"My child, I am your grandmother." Mrs. Hu shook off the support and took two steps forward.
"Grandma..." The little beggar, who was engrossed in eating, slowly turned his head after hearing this, but did not stop chewing.
"Woo, grandma..." The little beggar, who had gone through a lot of hardships, finally saw his relatives, and his emotions were like a bursting tide. He sobbed first, and then burst into tears. The food in his mouth fell out.
Relatives are connected. When he cried, the old lady started to cry too, hugged the little beggar, and cried: "Oh, this child must be Sanniang's baby. Look at how ugly he looks when he cries, just like his second uncle when he was a child.
Exactly the same.”
"Ah, you are really Your Highness." Hu Taigong quickly took Butler Hu and knelt down to kowtow to the little beggar. "Old minister Hu Ren, please pay homage to His Highness the King of Chu!"
"Woo, grandpa, get up." The little beggar cried even harder. "It's been almost a year since anyone called me that!"
"My dear, what kind of evil did Zhu Chongba do?" Hu Taigong was heartbroken and seemed to lack respect for the current emperor.
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The little beggar is naturally Zhu Zhen who escaped from the den of thieves...
But he said that after he faked his death and escaped that day, one man and one cow floated in Hongze Lake for two days before finally landing.
When I inquired about it, I realized that I had gone astray. We are now two hundred and fifty miles away from Linhuai...
His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who wanted to cry but had no tears, had no choice but to bite the bullet and embark on the road back home.
He never expected that the two hundred and fifty miles would be so bumpy.
When he had walked fifty miles, he was so hungry that his heart was filled with hunger. Under the pressure of survival, he had no choice but to inherit his father's business and start begging.
He also tried to earn some traveling expenses by writing fast-paced writing. And the results were pretty good. He earned dozens of coins in the morning. But at noon, he was beaten up by a few gangsters and robbed him of his money...
Only then did Zhu Zhen realize that his two brothers were so important. Without their protection, he would not be able to sell his acting skills.
But his misfortune was not over yet. The beggar led the cow, which looked very strange. So soon someone did something good...
Halfway through, another group of hooligans snatched away his Pingtian Monkey King.
Fortunately, he is a boy. He is older, has rough skin, and looks very abstract...
Also, it looked very delicious at first glance, so the other party didn’t take him away with him.
Zhu Zhen had no choice but to go on the road alone, begging and asking questions to come here. Along the way, he was chased by dogs, chased by geese, kicked by donkeys, and chased by people... After suffering all kinds of hardships, he finally reached Hufu Village.
