Daming: From the end of Hongwu

And after arriving in Peiping, life became more and more difficult, and I gradually felt ashamed to tell my relatives. This can be seen from the number of children. Before coming to Peiping, ten years of marriage life gave birth to four children. , pregnant with one, but only had two little ones in Peking ten years ago.

Hmmm... maybe Dad just isn't as obsessed with that kind of thing as a kid anymore.

But this is not important.

The important thing is that the mother knows the father's heart, and she will definitely be happy for the father when she sees someone from her hometown.

It's just a pity that my father is long gone.

Zhen Wu sighed, put all these past events behind him, looked at the third child and asked, "You mean there was a big fire in the city yesterday, and it might have rushed to our aunt, and it might also involve us." Uncle's cause of death?"

The third child nodded, then frowned and looked at Zhen Wudao: "Brother, do you really want to recognize these relatives?"

He didn't have any good feelings for these relatives who appeared for nothing. He didn't see them when his father died, and he didn't see them when his family was poor. But when life got better and better, two relatives came out. Who would like that.

Zhen Wu is not happy either, whoever wants to have more elders, like he is a mother now, and a mother who is not strong, this condition is so good, although he may be tired for his younger siblings, but the benefits are there and not People judge his behavior.

But since he came to his door, he had to face it.

Zhen Wu sighed and said, "I'll talk about it later, let's go home and get rid of this trouble."

Saying that, the two rode towards the house.

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Chapter 185 - Meeting the Parents

Qingshui Hutong, Zhen's house.

Zhang Yuqing and the others had a harmonious conversation, except for the beginning feeling sad about Zhen Wu's father's death, basically Zhang Yuqing was proudly praising her family's current situation.

Maybe she didn't know about it, this kind of showing off, there was still a bit of indignation at being rejected at the time, or a bit of revenge for her husband's injustice, but she felt that the more she talked, the more she felt. A place, under her full of carefree narration, slowly dredged up.

She talked about how big the house is, how many fields the family has, and how much business the family has, how the eldest son earns a living, and how he is valued by the King of Yan.

As he spoke, the smile on his face became more relieved.

But in such a state of mind, in the end, she couldn't help losing her composure in front of everyone, and hid in an empty room, suppressing her sobs and crying.

Just like her husband just passed away, hiding in the kitchen sobbing when the family bond was high.

This scene, after all, came a bit late.

If it had been a few years earlier, her husband would have been as happy as a child. After all, even if blood relatives were angry and stopped dating, how could they really sever that emotion.

After Zhang Yuqing's mood stabilized, she wiped away her tears, tidied up her face, and returned to the crowd again.

Er Xian and the three of them could roughly guess why Zhang Yuqing's mood collapsed. After seeing Zhang Yuqing's mood stabilized, they agreed not to mention this matter again.

At this time, Zhang Yuqing learned from the latest conversation that the child's uncle had also died.

After Zhang Yuqing was surprised, he looked at his sister-in-law again, and immediately felt more empathy.

At the same time, I feel a little sad for the death of my son's uncle in my heart.

She knew that the child's uncle had taken care of her husband a lot when he was young, and when the two sisters-in-law were sentimental for each other, Zhen Wu and the third child came back.

Along the way, Zhen Wu thought about what attitude he should take towards his relatives. He was different from the third child. The third child had no concept of relatives at all, and he had never seen them before, but Zhen Wu had.

Moreover, Zhen Wu was old, and he had reached the age at which he could retain his memories, so he somewhat understood his father's feelings for his uncle or the old man.

However, no matter how much he understood, his heart would not have any affection for the aunt who appeared for nothing, let alone joy.

Therefore, on the way, Zhen Wu decided to have an attitude that was neither too close nor too far away, neither salty nor bland.

Xiao Xi saw Zhen Wu outside the door, and called out: "Master."

Zhen Wu nodded and walked directly into the main room.

There were four people sitting in the main room, Zhen Wu's eyes passed Zhang Yuqing and Er Xian, and his eyes were on Auntie.

With a calm expression on his face, he carried the majesty of a general in the army, and said in a nonchalant tone: "This is my uncle, I haven't seen you for so many years, if I bump into you on the street, I'm afraid I won't dare to recognize you." recognize."

These words seemed to mean something, but looking at Zhen Wu's expression, it didn't look like he meant something else.

Auntie was a little embarrassed, but looking at Zhen Wu with a normal expression, she couldn't help feeling suspicious in her heart, wondering if she was thinking too much, and the girl who had been standing next to her raised her eyebrows a little heroically, Seeing Zhen Wu was slightly annoyed.

Zhang Yuqing was surprised, "Why are you back now?"

"Isn't relative here at home? There is nothing important in the army, so I came back early to have a look." Zhen Wu said to Zhang Yuqing with a smile, then put the smile on his face, looked at Auntie and said, "Auntie is coming from afar. It's not easy, you can rest at home for a few more days, what you want to eat, what you need, you can just say it, don't be restrained, and there are some places in Beiping City that you can visit, and when you come back, someone can take you around, if you want to go there that day You don't have to be polite when you return, my family has been in Peiping for many years, I can always help you with a little arrangement, and I can also find someone to escort you."

This is the attitude that Zhen Wu has been thinking all the way. He treats outsiders with a ridiculous and sarcastic face, and he doesn't need to worry about offending others if he says anything. At worst, he will become an enemy, but when dealing with relatives in name, it is most appropriate to speak coldly.

In the words, no one can make mistakes, but a cold face can also convey unwelcome thoughts. In this way, anyone who has the cheek will not make any demands, and will naturally retreat in spite of difficulties.

As for the death of his uncle, he had seen a lot of life and death in these two years, and an uncle who had no memory could not arouse the sadness and indignation in his heart.

But unexpectedly, Auntie looked a little excited.

"Da Wu, Auntie doesn't ask for anything else. I just ask you to avenge your uncle, okay? Your uncle died so badly, he won't die in peace."

Zhen Wu raised his eyebrows.

"Auntie, can I report to the official?"

"If it is useful to report to the official, how can I come to Peiping all the way."

"If it's useless to report to the official, how can I help you." After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu turned his head to look at Zhang Yuqing, and continued: "Mother, look at my dust, I'll go down and change my clothes first."

Zhen Wu suddenly discovered that the troubles Auntie and the others were facing were not simple, and he needed to think about it quietly.

Afterwards, Zhen Wu looked at the two sages again, scolded them coldly, and at the same time blocked the aunt's next words: "You didn't see our aunt's mess, why don't you find two clothes and let the aunt and the others wash them up?" Come on, do you know a little bit about hospitality?"

Erxian was taken aback by the yelling, but he didn't dare to say anything.

Zhen Wu nodded at Zhang Yuqing, turned around and walked out of the main room to change clothes.

Just after walking a few steps, the mother-in-law in the main room wailed, she was extremely sad, and there was pleading in her crying: "Yuqing, I know that the family treats you badly, if I didn't meet you by chance, I would definitely I don’t have the audacity to beg, but now I really have no choice. When I close my eyes every day, I seem to hear his uncle’s wailing and painful voice. me."

Zhen Wu gritted his teeth and walked out of the courtyard.

The third child also heard this, and came to Zhen Wu's side, he was a little confused and said: "Brother, this... we really don't want to help?"

He didn't have any feelings for his relatives, but when he heard the heart-piercing cries of others, his heart was moved with compassion.

Zhen Wu glanced sideways at the third child, but didn't speak.

He is not the Holy Mother. People die every day in this world, and it is not uncommon for people to die unjustly or tragically. It is impossible for him to see one and feel compassion.

Since Auntie is a relative, he has fulfilled the obligations of a relative by letting her have a place to live in Beiping, where she can eat and drink, not to mention that this relative did not have any feelings for her before.

He was able to do this step, which is enough to prove that he is not a cold-blooded person, nor is he a person who will take revenge for everything, and has a small belly.

What else do you want him to do?

Really go for revenge?

The problem is that this enmity is not a simple enmity. It is useless to report to the officials. He was burned yesterday. He did not directly expel him, but instead gave him some protection. He really did his best.

To this end, he has to make careful arrangements.

Zhen Wu called Ma Ren, and then asked Ma Ren to go to the barracks to call all Cao Xiaoman's team back. Two uneasy factors came to the family.

He has to be careful.

Chapter 186 - Two lives for one

Zhen Wu was still thinking about this while changing his clothes.

Protection alone doesn't seem to be enough.

If Auntie and the others were the enemies in their mouths, knowing that Auntie was living in his house, would they think that he would take the revenge? If they dared to set fire to Beiping City, wouldn't they dare to set fire to Zhen's Mansion? !

Speaking of which, Zhen Wu is not afraid of any enemies, especially in the borders of Beiping City, there are not many people who can make him panic, so he dared to let his aunt and the others live in his house, but this made an extra enemy for no reason. Zhen Wu was very unhappy.

Now it is no longer a question of whether one recognizes a relative or not, but a question of whether the relative has made an enemy or not.

It seems that we still need to understand what kind of enemies Auntie and the others have provoked. If he was accidentally raped by others, it would be really funny.

After thinking about it, Zhen Wu sighed.

After all, it was a bit sloppy.

Zhen Wu couldn't help being a little annoyed. He didn't think that Auntie and the others could make any serious enemies. He felt that his position of a thousand households was enough to make most people shy away. Be careful.

If he had known this earlier, he would definitely not have gone home immediately.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so passive, so he doesn't care about it now, and he doesn't care about it.

After changing his clothes, Zhen Wu pondered quietly for a while.

In the end, he decided to go to Auntie to find out what happened, which would help him to make a judgment in the future.

So Zhen Wu got up and went back to the main room where Zhang Yuqing and the others were staying.

Aunt and Niang were not in the mood to clean up. Seeing Zhen Wu who had returned, their eyes lit up. Zhang Yuqing also looked at Zhen Wu, with some helplessness in his eyes.

"Boss, do you want to help your uncle? If your father knew that your uncle died unexpectedly, he would definitely not let it go."

Zhang Yuqing had a brief understanding of the matter. Although she did not have much contact with her relatives, she could empathize with her husband's emotions.

On the contrary, children like Zhen Wu will be more realistic and rational.

Zhen Wu nodded.

"Auntie, can you tell me about Uncle's affairs in detail? I have some face in Beiping City, maybe it will be useful to report to the officials."

Auntie nodded excitedly.

Afterwards, the aunt began to describe the uncle's affairs in detail.

The uncle's name is Zhen Xingcheng, who was originally an official in Xi'an Prefecture. Since Zhu Yuanzhang intentionally moved the capital to Xi'an and let Zhu Biao go on a tour of the west, the entire boundary of Shaanxi has been somewhat turbulent.

Everyone knows that the capital city has always been a place where talents and economies gather, and it is bound to usher in great development. Therefore, people in Xi'an are happy to see its success, but there is one person in Xi'an who is definitely not happy.

That is King Qin whose fiefdom is in Xi'an.

He has been in Xi'an for many years, and he has also been in business for many years. If he really moves the capital to Xi'an, he will definitely be renamed. Now counting the world, is there any better place than Xi'an?

No, even if there were, those places would not be sealed to him.

Therefore, the King of Qin tried everything possible to prevent Zhu Biao from going west, but he did not expect the news to leak out. When he was summoned to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang, he gave an order to find the informer and kill him.

And Zhen Xingcheng, and the father of the girl next to my aunt were among them. As for whether they were killed by mistake, I don't know, but my aunt knew that a total of nearly a hundred people were forcibly taken into a house.

The sound of wailing within it lasted for three days.

When talking about this, the girl's eyes were full of hatred, and she said coldly: "My father has never participated in such a thing, all of this is caused by Zhao Taboo, he wanted me to be his little boy before. As a concubine, I held a grudge against my father's verbal refusal, and as far as I know, many people who had a grudge against Zhao Yao that day were all caught up in that house. After a few days, that house became a dead house. People come out of it."

"Who is Zhao Yu?"

The girl's cold eyebrows twitched with hatred: "The officials outside the Prince Qin's mansion have relied on King Qin to do everything in the city of Xi'an all these years."

Zhen Wu nodded, raised his eyes, and asked again: "You said you reported to the government before?"

The aunt said: "We haven't reported it, but I know that the family members of those other dead people have sued, and even sued the prince, but those people disappeared afterwards."

At this moment, the girl spoke bluntly again: "This matter involves King Qin, how can those officials care about it? Even the crown prince, how could he be strict with his brothers because of us?"

Zhen Wu didn't speak, and fell into deep thought.

In his memory, Zhu Biao was a man of benevolence and righteousness, which was in stark contrast to Zhu Yuanzhang's brutality. At that time, he also thought so, thinking that Zhu Yuanzhang was bloodthirsty, slaughtered heroes, curbed corruption, and did anything to stabilize his regime.

Among these actions, Zhu Biao asked Zhu Yuanzhang to put down the butcher knife several times for these people, and at the same time cared for his younger brothers. He was a very good brother and a benevolent prince.

Such a prince seems to be praised by everyone, but an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang will only arouse fear in others.

But now, Zhen Wu understands that everything is relative. Behind Zhu Yuanzhang's bloodthirsty is the strictness of the government, while Zhu Biao's kindness is tolerant of the privileged class.

But this world needs the privileged class after all, without the privileged class, how can the emperor's seat be secure?

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew.

He is also compromising for the sake of his Zhu family's world.

At this time, Zhang Yuqing looked at Zhen Wu, and asked weakly: "Son, do you think you need to ask the King of Yan, the King of Yan values ​​you so much, or should we report it to the King of Yan and let the King of Yan uphold justice?"

Zhen Wu directly shook his head.

What Zhu Biao did in this matter cannot be wrongly said. In the Chinese country, benevolence and filial piety are paramount, and he can cover up for his younger brother without losing benevolence and righteousness.

Therefore, King Yan must not be involved in this matter.

If he is involved, Zhu Yuanzhang can't spare him, let alone others. Zhu Yuanzhang can take care of his son, but if anyone wants to fan the flames, Zhu Yuanzhang's sword will be turned.