my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 142 Becoming a Human Again
Zhu Gaoxu is a real person.

For example, at this time, when he saw Qiu Song and the others tinkering in the distance for a while.

Immediately there was a bang, the flames rang out, sand and stones flew, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

Although Zhu Gaoxu had also heard that Zhang Anshi's gunpowder was powerful, it was obvious that after careful improvement by Qiu Song and others, the power of this gunpowder was far beyond his expectations.

So, after the deafening noise, Zhu Gaoxu beamed with joy and said: "With such gunpowder, why should the Ming Dynasty not be able to rule the world!"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Although that is the case, such gunpowder costs money."

Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head slightly, and became thoughtful.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter, I don't have a lot of anything, I just have a lot of money."

Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said, "It's a pity that I'm done. My father fears me. I'm afraid I'll be imprisoned for the rest of my life. Maybe after a few days, I will be sent to Xiaoling. Brothers, I will be able to do it in the future." Make a difference."

As he spoke, he couldn't help feeling a little resentful: "Father is jealous of the virtuous and capable, I am too brave, he is worried."

Zhang Anshi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will plead with His Majesty and find a way..."

"Brother, can you do it?" Zhu Gaoxu's body shook, and he looked at Zhang Anshi with a fiery look, with longing flowing in his eyes.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Your Majesty's temperament, do you know?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, then shook his head.

Zhang Anshi said very straightforwardly: "Your Majesty loves the country, and he also loves money. As long as you have the ability to earn money for Your Majesty, His Majesty will definitely value you."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu became even more discouraged, and said with a gloomy expression: "I can only spend money."

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Don't underestimate yourself, I think you can do it."

Zhu Gaoxu was surrounded by clouds and mist, but there was still a little hope in his heart.

At the moment, it is natural to eat meat first and drink heavily.

There must be a newcomer in the team, there must be a lively feeling that everyone is brothers regardless of each other.

After a few glasses of wine, Zhang Anshi bragged about how powerful Ms. Xu is, she can kill a cow with one punch.

Zhu Gaoxu was also slightly drunk, he refused to accept it, and immediately said: "I can kill two cows."

Zhang Anshi suddenly excitedly said: "Come here, bring me two buffaloes and let little brother Zhu Gaoxu come and fight them."

Zhu Gaoxu: "..."

He gradually realized that he was losing confidence in front of Zhang Anshi.

When Zhang Anshi went to relieve himself, Zhu Gaoxu patted Qiu Song's shoulder: "When I was brothers with your father, your father was still loyal, but it's a pity...he is old and has more worries. Four Brother, I think you are better than your father."

Qiu Song sniffed and looked at the void, as if he was digesting Zhu Gaoxu's words, but he seemed to ignore Zhu Gaoxu at all.

Embarrassed, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Yong and said in a low voice, "Second Brother Zhu, tell me...why are you so determined to follow Big Brother?"

Zhu Yong was silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhu Gaoxu was a little disappointed. It seemed that he was too old and failed to integrate into the small group.

But Zhu Yong suddenly said: "Do you usually like to use your brain?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, I usually like to use my brain."

"When you use your brain, do you always feel that your head hurts?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, I feel uncomfortable when I use my head."

"It's the same with us." Zhu Yong grinned: "But since I have a big brother, I can live freely. Big brother uses his brain, so we can save some brainpower. Whatever he says, we just follow suit. Anyway, big brother is loyal , I won’t treat us badly! Besides, big brother is extremely smart, we have thought of the first floor, and big brother has already thought of a hundred floors, you think big brother is not very good!”

don't use your brain...

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback, and subconsciously said: "Although I like to use my brain on weekdays, but I use it too much, and my head hurts. But sometimes, I am very excited when I think of a clever strategy. It's just that these clever strategies... always teach me in the end. It’s a disadvantage, I understand, in the future, I will use my brain less, and I will be more stable.”

The crowd continued to drink.

Zhang Anshi began to whisper a lot of words in Zhu Gaoxu's ear: "Do you know, Your Majesty is doing business with us?"

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu was furious: "Father does business secretly and doesn't tell me."

This kind of resentment and resentment can be imagined.

It turns out that the love between father and son is all deceitful. Fortunately, he used to be complacent and thought that he was the emperor's favorite son.

Zhang Anshi muttered again: "Not only that, we brothers all have a share, do you know about the shares? Do you understand the business? It's the big guys making money together. What's the use of fighting and killing? Money? You can see that His Majesty is very smart, he took the shares and lay down to earn money. Don’t say these things to the outside world, we are brothers, I just said it.”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head, and was immediately moved by Zhang Anshi's confession to him, so he said sincerely: "Understood, I know which is more important."

Zhang Anshi said again: "I thought about it, we are a family, we can't teach you to suffer, why don't you join the group too."

"Join?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhang Anshi in astonishment.

Zhang Anshi said: "Do business together."

Zhu Gaoxu obviously still doubted himself, and said: "Will I succeed, I don't even understand the account."

Zhang Anshi said confidently: "Big brother is here, how can he teach you to suffer? I'm planning a plan now, which can not only rescue you, but also make you rich!"

"Look, Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and he thinks about money every day. Is there anything more important than money in this world?"

Zhu Gaoxu has already fallen to the bottom of his life once, and now he feels that life has hope again, so he stared deeply at Zhang Anshi and said, "Brother, you might as well make your words clearer."

Zhang Anshi said: "Do you remember that map?"

Zhu Gaoxu was obviously still at a loss as to what he meant by these words, but he still nodded.

Zhang Anshi said: "You must be familiar with that map by heart, this is your capital! With this capital, you can buy shares with your own ability. At that time... pull you in, and find a way Let Your Majesty let you take your guards to Mubang, which is the border of Yunnan. We are a partner. You occupy the land and count it as a commercial firm. The commercial firm manages it on its behalf. We pay dividends on a share basis."

"Of course, the trading company can't teach you to lose money. We count it as an investment, and the grain trading company supplies it. We also choose the best supply for gunpowder, medicine, ordnance, and armor. We invest, we earn, and we will earn money in the future." silver."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his body shook, but he didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Although I didn't understand, but since elder brother thinks this is good, then it will be..."

Zhang Anshi knew in his heart that the company's shareholding was about to be adjusted.

But it doesn't matter, it's a good thing to get more people into the water.

The more shares held, the more stable the position of the firm will be in the future.

After all, who knows that a hundred years later, which unworthy emperor would suddenly want to eat alone, and take all the benefits away.

But now, the three princes, himself, and a prince share the profits together.There are foreign relatives, future feudal lords, and the palace, plus the three top ministers in the world, if anyone wants to make an idea of ​​this firm, I'm afraid they have to weigh themselves.

Most importantly, it forms a stable system, the whole system is unbreakable.

What surprised Zhu Gaoxu was that if he really had the opportunity to go to Mubang, his four guards... would have a new way out.

Zhu Gaoxu wasn't so stupid that he couldn't be saved, of course he knew that those guards who were convicted together with him would definitely have bad luck in the future.The stupid things he committed were borne by so many soldiers, it is really hard to justify in my heart.

Zhu Gaoxu is a man who thinks highly of himself and is stupid, but he has great prestige in the army, and he is quite sympathetic to the soldiers. Everyone admires him and is willing to charge forward with him.

It can be said that he is a worthless person, but only in military affairs, he has an innate charm.

If the trading company is willing to provide him with these new gunpowder, a lot of medicines, and even equipment like the model battalion he has seen, even if these equipment are only equipped for one battalion, he is confident that he will be invincible when he arrives in Mubang.

Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed in his heart, but he still had some hidden worries. Can the emperor agree?

After eating wine, several people were a little drunk, so they taught people to kill chickens, burned yellow paper, and swore immediately.

Immediately, Zhu Gaoxu led Zhang Anshi and the others to the mansion where he lived.

Facing the map, Zhu Gaoxu said: "If this kind of gunpowder and supplies are sufficient, this way of fighting will be different. You don't need to venture deep into their hinterland, but you can use arrogance to lure their elite to go out for a decisive battle. As long as they If the fight is severe enough, then the rest of the soldiers and horses will surely be terrified, and wherever they pass, they will be like a broken bamboo... Well, there are some details, I will think about it again."

After all, he is someone who has experienced hardships.

The great thing about the battle of Jingnan is that these generals who were born in Jingnan won many battles with less, and won decisive victories in numerous dangers.

Because of this, people like Zhu Gaoxu don't just know how to charge without thinking.

In fact, during these days, although he was depressed, Zhu Gaoxu also gained rare peace deep in his heart.

In the past, he used too much brain and had too many distracting thoughts, but now he has finally returned to the field he is best at, only studying one thing he loves the most, which makes him feel much calmer.

At the moment, he picked up a pen and marked important passes, routes for advancing troops, and even important supply locations on the map.

It's just that while he was still dancing, Zhang Anshi and Zhu Yong had already slumped down and fell asleep soundly.

………………

At this time, Empress Xu sat in the car, while Zhu Di rode with a team of people.

Driving is not luxurious, everything is light and simple.

Zhu Di and Empress Xu didn't want people to know that they went to visit the criminal Zhu Gaoxu.

It's just that along the way, Zhu Di was restless.

The past time keeps reappearing in my mind.

He was more worried about Empress Xu.

No one in this world knows Empress Xu better than him. Empress Xu is a person who takes care of the overall situation.

Even if he, the emperor, wants to reward the Xu family and give the Xu family more favors, Empress Xu has repeatedly stopped him, thinking that if he treats the Xu family with too much courtesy, it will inevitably cause criticism from all over the world.

Such a general-minded woman certainly knows what to do and what not to do, but Zhu Di also knows that Empress Xu has no less affection for her close relatives than others.

Therefore, even though she is a queen, the first thing she thinks of is not arrogance and lust, or how to make her favor benefit the people around her.

Instead, he restrained his emotions, and became more cautious in his words and deeds. Even if there were great grievances and pain in his heart, he would bear it silently.

She is not in good health, and the second son has reached this point, as a mother, I am afraid that the pain in her heart will be worse than that of Zhu Di, a father.

Zhu Di rode silently, he even hoped that the time would slow down and meet the Nizi later.

The son-in-law, Wang Ning, also rode a horse and followed slowly.

He was actually very nervous at this moment, and he didn't know whether his performance today would be able to cut off with Zhu Gaoxu smoothly.

In fact, these are only two or three points for Zhu Di to see. He is the princess' son-in-law. Even if His Majesty angers him again, I'm afraid it won't kill him.

What he was worried about was the complete downfall of the King of Han, and the Crown Prince hated him. If he did not make a clean break with the King of Han, or even stepped on two feet, the throne would surely fall on Zhu Gaochi's head in the future. and family.

Presumably the prince will not pursue him after seeing his performance today.

"Wang Ning..."

Zhu Di, who was riding in front, said suddenly.

After hearing this, Wang Ning hurriedly stepped forward: "The minister...the minister is here."

Zhu Di said: "On weekdays, that Nizi...what else did he say to you?"

Wang Ning thought about it and said: "He feels that His Highness... His Highness is not like a king, and... Zhang Anshi..."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Zhang Anshi is a young man, does he hold grudges so much?"

"Naturally." Wang Ning said: "On weekdays, whenever Zhu Gaoxu mentioned Zhang Anshi, he would gnash his teeth, wishing he could teach Zhang Anshi to dismember his body. I... I have persuaded him many times, but he refused to listen. He only said... and Zhang Anshi We can't live together."

Zhu Di only sighed and didn't say anything.

Along the way, everyone had different moods, and finally came to Qixia.

After arriving here, Zhu Di didn't bother to look for Zhang Anshi, so he only asked people to find Zhu Gaoxu's confinement place, and immediately led them to the mansion directly.

Strangely, there was no one guarding the outside of the mansion.

In fact, the guards here had been withdrawn a few days ago.

Looking at this ordinary mansion.

Zhu Di got off his horse, then walked to the driver's side, and helped Empress Xu out.

Empress Xu was tired and weak, and looked at Zhu Di with disgust.

Zhu Di warned with concern: "You are not in good health, don't get angry later."

Empress Xu nodded: "Your Majesty, rest assured, my concubines are self-aware."

At the moment, seeing that no one was blocking him, he took the lead to enter the house.

Wang Ning also hurriedly followed.

He was a little timid, but he thought that the most important thing for him to do this time was to cut off his righteousness with Zhu Gaoxu in front of His Majesty, so that he could completely cut off with Zhu Gaoxu.

So he broke his heart and comforted himself: "Zhu Gaoxu is stupid himself, no wonder I, such a fool, I was really blind at the beginning, thinking that everyone in the army supported him, and he would definitely become a great weapon. end."

The yard is small.

In fact, the whole house is also very small.

A wing, a small hall.

Strangely, there were no guards even in the yard.

Only in the small hall, there seemed to be movement.

A voice came from the small hall: "Brother, I think the fifth brother is crazy."

"Don't be noisy, he is thinking about making money for us. Pour him some tea and let him sober up."

"It's all for big brother to pour tea, why do you still pour it for him? Big brother, I don't accept it, he is as brainless as me, why let him go."

"As a brother, how can you care about everything?"

"Brother, I'll go, I'll go."

When Zhu Di heard these voices, he knew it was Zhang Anshi.

So what about Zhu Gaoxu?

Could it be that he is not being held here?

Hearing these conversations, Zhu Di was actually a little embarrassed. Back then, when he was young, Xu Huizu and the others...were also so close, like their own brothers, they played and played together, regardless of each other.

It's a pity... at this age, my sons turned against each other.

While thinking, Zhu Di and Empress Xu walked to the threshold together.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu's voice was actually heard.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Being his mother, I suddenly remembered that someone scolded my mother, oops... I have never suffered such a birdy in my life, let's take revenge. Father, emperor... has no heart, but mother's urinating is very cruel to me." Ok, I……"

Zhu Di was shocked.

Empress Xu's delicate body also trembled slightly.

Without much hesitation, the two continued to walk in.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was holding Zhang Anshi's hand, he immediately began to gesture: "there are more than 30 of them, and they have taught me to suffer. Believe it or not, big brother, they are fewer ordinary people, and I also teach them to fall to the ground and beg for mercy. "

Zhang Anshi happened to be facing the direction of the gate.

At this time, he stared straight at Zhu Di and Empress Xu who came in, and stopped talking immediately.

But Zhu Gaoxu turned his back to Zhu Di, and continued to say without realizing it: "Brother, tell me something, didn't you just talk about loyalty? Didn't you say that we brothers do not distinguish each other?"

Zhu Di: "..."

Empress Xu: "..."

Wang Ning, who followed behind, looked at everything that happened here with a strange look on his face.

Zhang Anshi almost jumped up: "I have seen His Majesty, I have seen the Empress."

His voice was so loud that everyone in the hall noticed it immediately.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his face turned pale with shock, and he hurriedly turned his head. When he saw the gloomy Zhu Di and his mother, his face turned pale with fright: "My son...my minister..."

He originally wanted to call himself a son-in-law, but after thinking about it, people might not recognize him as a son, so when he talked about a minister, he felt it was inappropriate.

After all, he is now a commoner, so he said: "Caomin has seen His Majesty, and the Empress."

Zhu Di frowned: "What did you just say, who scolded your mother?"

Zhu Gaoxu: "This... this..."

"You rebellious son..." Zhu Di cursed angrily, "You want to harm people, what are you doing with them now?"

Zhu Di pointed to Zhang Anshi.

He felt more and more that Zhu Gaoxu was a despicable villain, he was at odds with Zhang Anshi behind the scenes, but he looked like this in front of him.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his brain was not enough, and he couldn't speak.

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Your Majesty calm down, we just drank some wine..."

"Drinking?" Zhu Di frowned and said, "Didn't I ask you to imprison this traitor?"

"It's imprisoned." Zhang Anshi actually said very calmly: "Isn't this imprisoned in Qixia? Your Majesty...Zhu Gaoxu and the ministers...we don't know each other without fighting, and now...we are brothers."

Zhu Di: "..."

Zhu Gaoxu said from the side: "Well, the four evils in the capital!"

Qiu Song said abruptly, "I'm still the fourth child."

Now, it was Zhu Di's turn to be speechless in shock.

He couldn't imagine the current scene, even if the other party wasn't an enemy and he was extremely jealous when they met, at least they should not communicate with each other forever.

But look at how intimate these guys are...

Standing at the back, Wang Ning felt even more weird. He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and the group of teenagers in astonishment, feeling that... Zhu Gaoxu was really a fool.

But thinking about it carefully, for no reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition, and subconsciously, he took a step back involuntarily.

Zhu Di finally spoke again: "What are the four evils in the capital?"

Zhang Anshi explained: "The four murderers in the capital city, the minister is the capital city, they are the four murderers, and they are all a family. Your Majesty, just as the minister said just now, the minister and Zhu Gaoxu cherish each other, and they don't know each other if they don't fight. Now... burnt They signed a yellow paper, became brothers, and agreed to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day."

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly nodded beside him like a chicken pecking at rice: "I just realized now that brother Zhang is the most loyal and intelligent. After thinking about it, Cao Min felt that what he did in the past was really not a human thing, but now he regrets it. I... I……"

He looked annoyed, and said obediently: "I used to be arrogant, I always thought I was great, and I didn't pay attention to elder brother. Now I realize that elder brother is kind-hearted and righteous. I...too confused, too stupid Yes, I never thought that even today, Big Brother would still accept me."

"Cao Min... Anyway, he is already a commoner... It doesn't matter if you want to recognize a big brother. Father, don't blame Zhang Anshi, if you want to blame, just blame me."

As he said that, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes turned red.

Thinking of his father's "betrayal" of him, but also thinking of Zhang Anshi's protection of him, thinking of many people ignoring him, and the people who used to surround him now spurning him, all kinds of emotions came to my heart , He couldn't help crying and choked up: "I'm so confused, I'm not human, I was delusional, I always thought I was great, and now I know how stupid I am!"

"Up to now, Caomin has no idea, but he has a confidant in life, so what can he ask for. Today... Caomin is willing to die."

He was crying bitterly, his voice was hoarse, there was no acting at all, it was all emotion.

Zhu Di was shocked.

Empress Xu was too shocked to speak for a moment.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "What's wrong with him, I think this rebel seems crazy."

Zhang Anshi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy, it's alright, IQ has improved in the past few days, but... I'm ashamed, I shouldn't be sworn brothers with the prince..."

Zhu Di had a strange expression on his face, he looked Zhu Gaoxu up and down, and circled around Zhu Gaoxu a few times: "But I heard that you hate Zhang Anshi so much that you are at odds with him."

Zhu Gaochi said: "The grassroots are confused."

But Zhu Di said: "Wang Ning, Wang Ning...you come forward."

Wang Ning shuddered. He felt more and more that something was wrong, and he had been hiding away for a long time.

At this time, I had to bite the bullet and step forward.

Zhu Di looked up at Wang Ning: "You just said that you saw the King of Han a few days ago, what did the King of Han say?"

Wang Ning glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and said in a jiffy, "Listen...listen to King Han...say..."

Seeing that it was Wang Ning, Zhu Gaoxu's heart immediately turned cold.

Although the last time they met, Wang Ning showed a distant attitude.

But no matter what, he never imagined that Wang Ning would actually go to expose him in front of his father.

His body trembled.

If we say that in the past, what he realized was that people take tea to cool off.

But what I realize now is that people's hearts are sinister.

Back then when he was hanging out with him all day long, the person he thought he was closest to was actually like this.

Thinking about the crown prince and Zhang Anshi again, he framed them back then, but they treated him...

As soon as I read this, tears fell like rain.

He yelled at Wang Ning: "Wang Ning, you bastard, if you hadn't been by my side and spoke ill of the crown prince and Zhang Anshi all the time, how would I be here today? Do you dare to say what you usually say?"

Wang Ning shuddered. His original plan was that even if Zhu Gaochi retorted at him, he wouldn't worry. The harder Zhu Gaoxu scolded him, the more it seemed that he had no personal relationship with Zhu Gaoxu.

As for what Zhu Gaoxu said to scold him, there is no need to worry about it. It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu jumped the wall in a hurry and wanted to put him to death. Anyway, Zhu Gaoxu is finished, and everyone is beating the dog in the water. No one believes this person's words.

Of course, his most important calculation is that he doesn't know what Zhu Gaoxu confessed to Jin Yiwei, and there may be a lot about him.

And if these contents are delivered to His Majesty and the Crown Prince, it will be enough to put him to death.

Since he will be exposed by Zhu Gaoxu sooner or later, it is better for him to confront Zhu Gaoxu face to face, intentionally angering Zhu Gaoxu, and letting Zhu Gaoxu speak freely, which can greatly reduce the credibility of Zhu Gaoxu's words.

But the scene that happened now has directly thrown him into chaos.

Wang Ning said: "You...you...you are talking nonsense."

"Nonsense?" Zhu Gaoxu's teeth were about to be gritted: "You and those people have been laughing at the prince in front of me all day long, saying that the prince is a cripple, a useless person, that he is not even as good as Jianwen, and that as long as I raise my arms, All the soldiers and horses in the world are looking forward to me, saying that when His Majesty dies in the future, the situation in the world cannot be dealt with unless I come forward, is that what you said?"

How did Wang Ning know that at Jin Yiwei's place, Zhu Gaoxu was very loyal and did not confess to anyone.

But today... Zhu Gaoxu shook everything out like falling beans.

Wang Ning was shocked and said: "I... I never said it, Your Majesty, Your Majesty... His words are not credible, I beg Your Majesty to learn from you."

Zhu Di didn't pay attention to Wang Ning for the time being, but just observed Zhu Gaoxu, and he suddenly found that... his son had changed.

There is an indescribable feeling.

Although still so muddy...

(End of this chapter)