Father can be an enemy to the country

"Did the fourth child take advantage of the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage?!" Boss Zhu's eyes, which had been squinting, suddenly widened, and he said angrily: "What did he take the military order for? What did he take the military law for? And he took our What’s the imperial edict for?”

"The fourth child is indeed at fault this time..." the prince sighed.

"Not only is he at fault? He is simply guilty!" Boss Zhu became angrier as he spoke, snapping at the case and saying, "And the sixth one, how did he become the supervisor? The fourth one is missing, why didn't he report it as soon as possible?!"

"Because we couldn't contact the army at that time, it would be useless to report it. It would only make father angry in vain." The prince hurriedly explained for Lao Liu.

The prince understood Zhu Zhen's difficulties very well, because in the past, he was the one who wiped the butt of his troubled brother...

"Well, let's not talk about him for now." Zhu Zhen's hard work was so great that even a scumbag like Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to blame him, so he focused his firepower on the fourth child and said: "Immediately eight hundred miles away, send a message to the sixth child. Tell him to send that beast into the city as soon as possible. I will skin him with my own hands and let him know that military orders cannot be violated and military discipline must not be broken!"

"Oh, I understand." The prince knew that his father's angry attempts to persuade him were of no use, and besides, it was still early for the fourth child to be sent back to the capital, so he nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it.

"And that Lan Yu, he's quite good at it! First, give us a good report to make us happy and praise him to the sky. Then we will report on the fourth child. In this way, we may not be able to punish him immediately because his tone is too high. Him!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, balling up the half-drafted 'love letter' on the table, holding it in his hand, and said bitterly:

"Wei Qing and Li Jing will not play tricks on their emperor!"

"..." The prince sighed secretly after hearing this. Lan Yu was also in trouble, and the good situation was actually disturbed by the fourth child. Now the confirmed Duke is probably in danger.

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It was outrageous enough that things had reached this stage, but even more outrageous news came back a few days later... Lan Yu further reported that he sent people to chase him 600 miles to the Kerulen River, but still could not catch up with Yan. Wang and his party.

Lan Yu reported again that he had sent Geng Zhong to continue the pursuit, and also attached the autographed letter left by Zhu Di:

‘The Yuan Lord fled to Hara and Forest, and we are going to pursue him. Tell the third child not to worry about him, he will come back when he catches him. ’

"Are we going to chase? After your mother's legs!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table again, and said angrily: "We have already chased six hundred miles, and we still want to continue chasing. Are you ready to chase to the horizon?!"

"The fourth child is like this..." the prince said helplessly.

"Does he know what is going on in Mobei? Does he have enough food and grass? Isn't he afraid that he will never come back?!" Zhu Yuanzhang pounded the table heavily and roared: "What's even more disgusting is that the army can already return in triumph. But Because of him, he was forced to stay in Mobei and take unnecessary risks. He really deserves death!"

"After Lao Liu and Fu Youde received Lan Yu's report, they had already ordered the army to regroup, and only sent 20,000 people to the west to meet Lao Si." The prince smiled bitterly and said: "However, Lao San insisted on leading the team, so Lan Yu could only be led by Lao Liu. I’m obsessed with him..."

"What, the third child is also there?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. Yes, another son's life or death is uncertain.

"Not only the third child, but the sixth, second and fifth children also went." The prince said to his old father in advance: "The eleventh and the twelfth also wanted to come, but they were forced to stay by the sixth. Daning.”

As expected, Zhu Yuanzhang almost couldn't breathe, and said with trembling lips: "Did they let something haunt them? Do they have to line up to die?"

"It's like this." The prince quickly explained: "Lao Liu really didn't trust them, and there were people from Naha as guides who could take a shortcut across the desert to Hara and Forest, so he also led 20,000 troops to go north. At this time, Lao Er happened to arrive in Daning with 50,000 Shaanxi soldiers. After learning about this, he had to follow him with 20,000 soldiers regardless of life and death... Of course Lao Wu had to escort them, and this was the situation. ”

"Okay, okay, now it's all over." Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he almost had an angina attack. He was out of breath and said: "Originally, we only thought that we lost one son. Now it's better, one has become five. If there are three advantages and two disadvantages, how can we live? "

"Father, please take care." The prince rubbed his heart and sighed: "Actually, it's understandable. The five brothers grew up together since childhood and experienced so many dangers and tests together. They don't say it with their mouths, but in their hearts Treat the other person as more important than yourself..."

If he hadn't seen his old father getting angry to death, he would have wanted to go to Mobei...

"They only care about brotherhood, aren't they afraid that their old father will die?!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with great resentment, "Are we so unimportant in their hearts?"

"Where are they? It's not my father who is in danger." The prince comforted him: "If they were in a different place, they would all go to help my father."

"We will not put ourselves in danger!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this and said: "We send our sons to the front line to let the soldiers see that our sons are with them, not to cause them trouble? !”

"Alas, I will not accept your fate. They have already gone, so it is useless for my father to worry." The prince comforted his old father and said: "Look on the bright side, the sixth and third sons are all gone, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Can we not worry?" Zhu Yuanzhang cursed: "Winter is about to begin in Mobei. It might freeze to death, do you understand?!"

"Lao Liu must have taken it into consideration, father, don't worry." The prince said softly: "If Lao Liu can't even worry about what he does, then no one can rest assured."

"What we are most worried about is him..." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and whispered, "This family and this country cannot do without him."

"Yes." The prince agreed.

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the culprit who caused all this, he gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "Send an order to Lao Liu, tie up the beast immediately after finding it, give him two hundred military sticks first, and then tie him to the military flag for public display!"

"Father, even if you want to torture him, you have to wait until you come back. How can you march thousands of miles if you beat Lao Si seriously?" The prince quickly pleaded.

"You must torture him as soon as possible, otherwise the soldiers' resentment will not be resolved and the morale of the army will be dispersed." Zhu Yuanzhang himself was a soldier and understood the thoughts of soldiers too well.

"You can't beat Lao Si so many times, or he will be beaten to death." The prince had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

"It's a good thing for him to die, otherwise we will punish him after returning to Beijing!" Zhu Yuanzhang said murderously.

The fourth brother's behavior this time really angered Boss Zhu. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this was a much greater crime than the seventh, eighth, and tenth brothers.

So the prince begged desperately, but the military stick was reduced from 200 to 80, and the punishment was changed from being tied to the flagpole for public display to being walked around the camp...