Father can be an enemy to the country

The next day, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's ceremonial guard came out of Jiangdong Gate, boarded the ship parked at the dock, and went down the river.

However, His Royal Highness the King of Chu himself was not in the team. Later that day, he, his uncle, his second uncle, and a group of guards disguised themselves as a group of merchants and walked out of Jubaomen by land.

On the surface, his uncle Hu Quan is the shopkeeper of the caravan, his second uncle Hu Bo is the leader of the caravan's guards, Teacher Luo is naturally the accountant, and the sixth is the silly son of the landlord... Well, it's the boss's son who follows him out. Knowledgeable.

The rest of the carefully selected guards were disguised as caravan clerks and bodyguards, totaling about thirty people.

Because they are operating in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, a normal caravan can only hire a dozen guards at most, so no matter how many people there are, they will be too conspicuous. The rest of the guards could only be broken into pieces and followed far behind the caravan to protect them.

The group was more than ten miles away from Nanjing City when suddenly the guards on the perimeter sent out a signal, and Hu Quan immediately stepped back to check. After a while, a little beggar came to Lao Liu.

"Young master, look who this is?" the eldest cousin said with a wink.

Zhu Zhen was riding on horseback and could see the long and white swan neck at a glance. "Liu Li?"

"Uncle Junior..." Liu Li took off the worn hat on her head and deliberately wiped her face dirty. Unexpectedly, she was recognized at a glance.

"Why did you run out? Does my master know?" Zhu Zhen quickly got off his horse, pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice.

"I left a letter for grandpa, telling him that I also wanted to go to Nanchang, but my second uncle refused to take me with him, so I went with my junior uncle."

"What do you mean by 'following'?" Lao Liu said with a dark look on his face: "You are obviously following me, okay? It's as if I abducted you."

"Why is it that my junior uncle is imitating people's words?" Liu Li lowered his head and fiddled with his belt and said, "I don't have much to eat, and I don't need to ride in a car or horse. I just follow you... people."

"No, your second uncle has his own reasons for not taking you." Zhu Zhen still shook his head and said, "So I won't take you either."

"Cousin, send her back..." He ordered Hu Quandao.

"Send me back, and I will come out again. I will go to Nanchang by myself." Liu Li said with a stubborn look on his face: "I must personally avenge my father!"

"I will bring the murderer back to the capital, and you can take revenge with your own hands." The two grew up together, and in front of Liu Li, Zhu Zhen rarely showed off his princely temper.

"Uncle Junior, just promise me..." Liu Li's big eyes were filled with tears, her nose was twitching, her hands tightly grasped the corners of his clothes, and she begged with tears in her eyes: "These days, Every time I close my eyes I see how miserable my father is, and I will go crazy if I don’t do something for him.”

"Oh, you are cruel..." Zhu Zhen reached out helplessly and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Thank you, junior uncle, I will never cause you any trouble." Liu Li quickly wiped her tears obediently.

"I believe you are the only one who has ghosts." Lao Liu rolled his eyes and sent someone back to Beijing to report to his master that Liu Li was with him, so don't let him worry.

Well, how could you not be worried?

~~

As a result, there was another cousin from Shaodong's family who stopped by to visit relatives in the caravan.

The group traveled along the Yangtze River for two days and arrived at the local Dangtu County. They stayed in Dangtu for one night and boarded a sand boat that had been waiting for a long time the next day.

In fact, there is a waterway all the way from Nanjing to Nanchang, but the uncle and uncle who arranged the itinerary, based on their experience in rivers and lakes, deliberately walked a section of the land first and then boarded the boat, saying that this way no one would discover their whereabouts.

I don’t know if this Jianghu experience will work...

The boat is on the Yangtze River and goes all the way upstream, relying solely on sails and oars. In fact, it is not much faster than traveling by land. We just arrived at the mouth of Poyang Lake ten days later, so we could take advantage of the wind and pick up the speed.

The north wind blew the sails of the boat, and the sand boat cut through the waves as it sailed on the vast blue lake. Looking far into the distance, I saw an endless stretch of prairie connected to the lakeside, which made people feel as if they were on a fortress.

The wind blows across the lake and grassland. The lake is sparkling and the grassland is swaying. The picture is extremely magnificent.

"It's so beautiful." Liu Li, who had been hiding in the cabin, was called to the bow by Zhu Zhen. After witnessing this wonderful scene, he couldn't help but be intoxicated by it.

"That's right. This means that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Who would believe that there is a prairie beside Poyang Lake if you haven't seen it with your own eyes?" Lao Liuxin said, so I don't like reading and like running around. Yes.

"Then why don't you see anyone herding sheep in the grassland?" Liu Li looked around and asked.

"Because soon, when the spring floods arrive, the grassland will turn into a lake again." Lao Liu said with a smile: "Then the lake will be ten times larger than it is now. Will sheep be allowed to graze? That's good if they don't drown."

"Uncle Junior, are you telling me that the changes in the world can only happen in the blink of an eye, and the life and death of us mortals are irresistible?" Liu Li said thoughtfully.

"Uh..." Lao Liu twitched the corner of his mouth. I just wanted to show off his rich knowledge. But Liu Li's thinking like this shows that she is working hard to come out, so of course he has to cooperate. Then he nodded and said with a deep look:

"I don't agree with the so-called filial piety in Confucianism. When a person dies, he is dead. Why should living people torture themselves in different ways? The result of three years of self-abuse has no meaning other than self-impression. It will only cause damage. The body adds burden to living relatives.”

"But, it's really sad." Liu Li lowered her head and whispered.

"You said that senior brother wants you to be happy every day," Lao Liu, who didn't know how to comfort others, had already shown his best. "Do you think he would be sad to see you crying every day?"

"..." Liu Li was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Thank you, junior uncle, I will be strong and not make my father sad."

"That's right." Lao Liu breathed a sigh of relief. He was already running out of words. If he continued, he might be scolded.

~~

The boat traveled on Poyang Lake for a day, entered the Ganjiang River, and then walked along the Ganjiang River for another two days before arriving at the foot of Nanchang City, a place with "extreme treasures and brilliant people".

Zhu Zhen stood on the boat, looking at the brand new blue brick city wall of Nanchang City. He heard the uncle beside him say with emotion: "After the defense of Hongdu, the entire Nanchang city wall was not intact, and there were rotting corpses of both armies everywhere. , it’s like hell on earth. It’s only been more than ten years, and there are no traces of that time at all.”

"But the great victory of my cousin and you has already gone down in history and will be praised by others thousands of years later." Zhu Zhen said solemnly.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hu Quan and Hu Bo said softly. Both of them were generals who survived the battle to defend Hongdu. But because of being implicated by Zhu Wenzheng, he has been depressed and frustrated.

"This is not comfort, this is fact." Zhu Zhen said seriously.