Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

After briefly explaining things to Zhu Song, Zhu Ming turned around and went back.

Old Zhu should have left the court by now, and he still has one last and most important thing to do.

Passing by Duke Wei's Mansion on the way, Zhu Ming wanted to say goodbye to Xu Miaojin.

But for some reason, the door of Duke Wei's Mansion, which was always wide open, was closed today.

Even those guards who knew Zhu Ming refused to let him in and showed no intention of opening the door.

Zhu Ming had no choice but to leave in disappointment.

"Have you heard that His Majesty's little grandson is going to Hedong to provide disaster relief in person?"

"I heard that it was the young grandson of the emperor who personally requested the order."

"What a nice guy."

The people around had started talking about Zhu Ming's trip to Hedong at some point.

Zhu Ming frowned unconsciously as he listened to the people praising him.

The official decree was clearly just issued today, so how did these people know that I was going?

This unusual sign made Zhu Ming return to the palace faster.

"My dear grandson, what are you doing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just returned to the Daming Palace and hadn't even warmed up his stool yet, looked at Zhu Ming who hurried in and asked in confusion.

Zhu Ming looked at him seriously, "Grandpa Emperor, I have something to talk to you about."

On the day of departure, Zhu Yuanzhang came in person to see him off.

"Grandpa Emperor, this is not necessary."

Zhu Ming was in the carriage, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was holding on to the door tightly, with an embarrassed look on his face.

"What's wrong with us seeing off our beloved grandson?"

Zhu Yuanzhang responded with confidence.

Zhu Ming looked at the officials following Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhu Yunwen was following behind.

There's no need to make such a grand ceremony when you go to Hedong by yourself.

"Little brother, you are going to Hedong, and I have nothing good to give you. This is the jade pendant that I asked the Taoist priest to consecrate yesterday at the Taoist temple. I give it to you to keep you safe."

Zhu Yunwen walked forward and placed a jade pendant in Zhu Ming's hand.

"Thank you, brother."

Zhu Ming held the jade pendant and smiled at Zhu Yunwen.

If he didn't return it, it would be a question of whether he was sincere. Now, in front of all the officials, he couldn't offend the emperor's eldest grandson.

After sending the gift, Zhu Yunwen did not retreat. He took out a piece of red silk and tied it on Zhu Ming's window frame: "This is your blessing to you. The journey is long, so be careful."

Zhu Ming didn't want to pay attention to him and turned around to look around.

Ever since he told Xu Miaojin that he was going to Hedong, he hadn't seen her again. Even the Duke of Wei's mansion wouldn't let him in.

Zhu Ming was not angry, but he felt a little guilty.

In fact, he was aware of Xu Miaojin's feelings for him.

Seeing that she still didn't come to see me off today, I couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Aren't you going down to see him?"

On the city wall, Mu Ruanjun held Xu Miaojin's hand and asked softly.

Xu Miaojin has been waiting here since early morning. Now that he's finally here, why doesn't he go downstairs and see him off?

"No, he must have his own plans, that's why he suddenly wants to go to Hedong."

Xu Miaojin shook her head. She didn’t know why Zhu Ming did that, but Zhu Ming must have his reasons for doing that. She could still tell the difference on such a big matter.

Seeing this, Mu Ruanjun didn't say anything more, but just shook his head helplessly.

"Okay, it's getting late."

After exchanging greetings with the people who came to see him off, Zhu Ming looked up at the sky and said softly to Zhu Yuanzhang, "You gentlemen are very busy, so let them go back first."

"it is good."

Zhu Yuanzhang then turned around and dismissed all the officials who followed him. He then looked back at Zhu Ming reluctantly.

It has been more than ten years since Zhu Ming last did anything. Having been away from him for such a long time, it is inevitable that he feels a little sad now.

Zhu Ming also took a deep breath and suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang like this now, he has never felt so clearly as today that the number one strong man in the Ming Dynasty is really old.

"It's getting late. We should leave."

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice trembled, he touched Zhu Ming's carriage, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Goodbye, Grandpa Huang. I'll be back soon tomorrow."

Zhu Ming returned to the carriage, waved to Zhu Yuanzhang again, and said goodbye seriously.

With the emperor's order, the coachman waved his whip and slowly drove out of the capital.

"Liu Jin."

Turning around and seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were no longer visible, Zhu Ming shouted towards the carriage in front.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Liu Jin lifted the curtain of the carriage, turned around and asked.

Zhu Ming didn't answer, but reached out and held Liu Jin's hand and handed him a dagger.

Several carriages drove straight out of the capital and headed towards Hedong.

With the emperor's order along the way, no one dared to stop them.

"boom!"

When the convoy reached an uninhabited wilderness, suddenly a cannon shot was heard from beside the carriage.

Then dozens of masked men on horseback leaned out from both sides and blocked the front of the convoy.

"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree..."

A big man on horseback rushed to the front of the convoy, holding a big knife, and recited the poem of Jiedao in a serious manner.

"You dare to intercept the road near the capital, at the feet of the emperor?"

Hearing the panic coming from the front, Liu Jin leaned his head out of the carriage and looked at the bandits without fear.

This place is less than 20 or 30 miles outside the capital, yet he dares to be so arrogant without even considering the identities of the people in the carriage.

"Do you know whose carriage this is? This is the little grandson that the current emperor loves the most."

He pointed to the carriage behind him and spoke proudly.

"Who cares if you are the grandson of the emperor or not."

The big man just shouted viciously, and then rushed up with dozens of masked men on both sides.

With a clear goal in mind, he rushed straight towards the car tied with red silk.

"Escort, escort!"

When Liu Jin saw that these robbers dared to attack Zhu Ming after knowing his identity, he quickly spoke out to greet them.

However, the dozen or so guards of the convoy, including the driver, were no match for the large numbers of these men.

No matter how hard they tried to resist, there were still robbers who rushed in front of the carriage.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Seeing this, Zhu Ming shouted in panic and ran over desperately.

He did not even try to avoid the flashing swords and sabers along the way.

In the blink of an eye, there were several knife wounds on his body.

The big man had already rushed into the carriage.

With a scream, a stream of blood spurted out directly from the car window.

Immediately afterwards, the body of a young boy was thrown out by the big man.

"Boss, it's done."

The big man then got out of the carriage and clapped his hands in relief.

"Take whatever you can and pretend it's more realistic."

The leading burly man nodded and began to direct the robbers to move all the valuables in the convoy onto the horses.

Liu Jin was left staring blankly at the corpse on the ground, sobbing: "His Royal Highness, the Grandson is dead..."