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Chapter 53: Father and Son Meet
On the fifth day when the southern patrol team arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, there was an emergency military situation in Minzhou, and the pirates attacked again, attacking several villages in the west of Minzhou by the sea.
On the same day, He Huailing set off first and returned to Minzhou.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned, staring at the map on the imperial case, his lips pursed into a line. Zhu Yunjing pointed to a certain spot on the sea, tapped it lightly, and told him: "This area is the sea area where the pirates are entrenched. The evil winds are rampant here all the year round, and there are eddy undercurrents everywhere. It was swallowed up and never returned. No one has ever really seen where the islands where these pirates live. This sea area is the only way for me to go to the South China Sea. For more than two hundred years, these pirates have been lurking in the sea. The area around here is dedicated to robbing merchant ships that pass by."
Zhu Yunxuan's heart moved, and he caught the key words in his words: "More than two hundred years?"
"Yes, these pirates have been around since the founding of the dynasty. According to the folk rumors in Fujian and Guangdong, they seem to have something to do with the remnants of the previous dynasty. It is very likely that they fled overseas. The last emperor of the previous dynasty and his The descendants of hundreds of cronies."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's eyebrows tightened a little more: "The remnants of the previous dynasty... But didn't they come to invade the border along the coast of my country only in recent decades?"
Zhu Yunjing explained: "Yes, about thirty or forty years ago, they were no longer satisfied with only robbing merchant ships passing by the sea, and came to my Dayan border to burn, kill and loot. When my grandfather was in power, he tried to send troops out to sea to suppress bandits. After several times, the ships and people sent out never returned. Since then, there have been rumors that the sea area where these bandits are located is sheltered by sea ghosts and cannot move. After the emperor ascended the throne, he also sent people to sea, and there was no news again. Later, the emperor established the current Fujian-Guangdong naval division. Since then, even if these pirates cannot be completely wiped out, they can barely maintain it. Tranquility along the southern coast."
Zhu Yunxuan's eyes sank: "...the leader of the army sent by the late emperor to suppress the bandits at that time, was he surnamed Xiao?"
Zhu Yunjing didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, and nodded: "Actually, I didn't know this very well before, but I came here, and I followed He Huailing to the army from time to time, and I went out to sea a few times before I knew it. Much more, the previous emperor insisted on sending people to go out to sea to suppress bandits. In fact, the whole court did not agree. That General Xiao was young and promising, and he was a rare talent. Itβs no different from sending him to death, why would he need to send a good general out, but the late emperor insisted on doing his own thing, maybe it was when the late emperor first ascended the throne and was eager to make a fortune, so he just sent people away, but he really never came back.β
Zhu Yunxuan squeezed his hand under his sleeve, only he knew that the first emperor's willful act was just for the selfishness of his sons and daughters, and he would rather sacrifice a promising young general, and also separate Liang Zhen's two fathers, only In order to take another person as his own.
Zhu Yunjing didn't notice the strangeness in his expression, and continued: "After the sea ban is lifted, as long as the merchant ships registered with the Shi Yamen go to sea, there will be a fleet of sailors escorting this section of water, called these sea areas. Kou calmed down a lot, but small troubles like this time still happen from time to time. This time, he probably saw that He Huailing was not there, so he came to fight the autumn wind again. He Huailing has also thought of many ways over the years. It is still difficult to completely exterminate them, the ghosts can't get close at all, and they can't even find their old nest."
"Let's take it slow." Zhu Yunxuan said indifferently, before he had enough confidence, he didn't want to lose his troops, let alone ask He Huailing to take the risk, "Xuaner Minger and the others..."
"Don't worry about that," Zhu Yunjing comforted him. "The General Soldier's Mansion is in Quanzhou Mansion, far from the villages they attacked. The Quanzhou Mansion has the most navy fleets stationed at the wharf. Unless they are courting death, Otherwise, I would not dare to go to Quanzhou to find fault."
Zhu Yunxuan breathed a sigh of relief, but the stone hanging in his heart still couldn't come down: "Let's leave quickly and go to Minzhou."
"Okay."
After staying in Jingzhou for a few more days, after finishing all the affairs and settling down the eldest princess, the emperor's chariot set off again and continued to the south.
The closer he got to the destination, the more uneasy Zhu Yunxuan's heart was, and his thoughts were full of thoughts. He repeatedly thought about what to say when he saw Xu'er's first sentence, but he felt that something was wrong.
It was noon that day when we entered Quanzhou Mansion, and officials from Fujian and Guangdong all rushed over and had been waiting for many days to pick him up.
In a few days, He Huailing personally led the troops to fight back the pirates who would commit the crimes, captured dozens of pirates alive, and transferred most of the scattered fleets back to Quanzhou to ensure that no scoundrels would disturb the holy car.
There was no palace in Quanzhou, so Luan Jia stayed directly at the Naval General Military Mansion. From noon to sunset, Zhu Yunxuan met with batches of officials. He thought that he would give local officials a show of power as soon as he came in Jiangnan. Rarely said, an absent-minded state makes people completely confused.
After dismissing the last few people, Zhu Yunxuan stood up, and while hesitating, Zhu Yunjing walked in the door and pouted at him: "Your Majesty, is there time to go to the backyard with me now?"
"Xu'er he..."
"Yuanbao came back at noon and distributed the fun things that Jiangnan brought to him and Ming'er. The two children were playing crazy. They were tired from playing an hour ago and fell asleep again. They should have woken up by now, waiting for you to come over. You can have dinner."
Zhu Yunxuan pursed the corners of his lips lightly: "You told him..."
"No, what can I say, I can't speak."
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief: "Let's go."
The general military mansion is not big, Zhu Yunjing led Zhu Yunxuan all the way, and before Zhu Yunxuan was fully prepared, he had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard where the two children lived.
Hearing the faint laughter of children inside, Zhu Yunxuan stopped and almost didn't dare to go any further.
Zhu Yunjing didn't rush him, he waited with his arms crossed, and looked at him with a half-smile.
Zhu Yunxuan said hesitantly: "Brother, I saw Xu'er in a while, so don't talk about it for the time being. I'm afraid that the child will not be able to accept it for a while, so I should wait..."
"Okay," Zhu Yunjing responded readily, "you spend a few days with him first, and then tell him when he gets close to you."
Zhu Yunxuan nodded: "Okay."
In the yard, two children were sitting side by side on a swing. The sharp-eyed Ming'er saw Zhu Yunjing walk into the door first, and shouted out in surprise, "Daddy!"
The servant stopped the swing, the two children were carried down by the mama, ran over, and hugged Zhu Yunjing from left to right.
"Daddy!"
"Daddy! Daddy!"
The milky and milky shouts came one after another. When Zhu Yunjing came back at noon, there was still something to deal with, and he didn't have time to come to see them. Later, they fell asleep again. It was only now that they saw Zhu Yunjing, whom they had not seen for a month, they were all excited. very.
Zhu Yunjing smiled and touched his face alone, then pressed the two children's shoulders and told them to look at Zhu Yunxuan: "This is your little uncle, call someone."
After Zhu Yunxuan entered the door, he was completely ignored. His eyes never looked away from Xu'er. He stared blankly at the interaction between him and Zhu Yunjing, his mind went blank.
It wasn't until the two children said "Hello little uncle" in unison that Zhu Yunxuan suddenly came back to his senses and forced a smile on his face: "Good boy."
Seeing him standing stupidly and staring at Xu'er like he lost his soul, Zhu Yunjing sighed and patted Xu'er on the shoulder: "Go and talk to my uncle for a while."
The little doll seemed to sense the overly complicated gaze of Zhu Yunxuan falling on him, and he was a little afraid to walk over, hesitantly raised his head to look at Zhu Yunjing, Zhu Yunjing patted his shoulder again, encouraging him to say : "Good, let's go, it's alright."
Zhu Yunxuan squatted down and looked at the child who was approaching him step by step. He finally understood what Zhu Yunjing meant when he said that this child looked like him. Xu'er's appearance was almost 80% similar to him. Seeing the shadow of that person, there will never be a second child like this in this world, connected and inseparable from him and that person.
Xu'er stopped a step away from Zhu Yunxuan, looked at him timidly, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you crying, little uncle?"
Zhu Yunxuan raised his hand, stroked his face, and smiled with red eyes: "Because I saw Xu'er, my uncle is so happy."
The little guy tilted his head, as if he didn't understand why Zhu Yunxuan would be happy when he saw him, and his eyes turned red when he was happy: "Xuan'er has never seen little uncle before..."
"Well, it's the little uncle who is not good and refuses to come to see Xu'er."
Xu'er didn't know why, but comforted him obediently: "It's okay, Xu'er is not angry."
Zhu Yunxuan couldn't bear it any longer, stretched out his hand, and hugged the child into his arms.
Xu'er's body tensed for a moment, and when she heard Zhu Yunxuan's choked cry, she didn't move any more. She raised her little hand and patted his back like an adult: "Little uncle doesn't cry."
After a long while, Zhu Yunxuan held back his tears, still staring blankly at his child, Xu Er was a little at a loss when he stared at him: "Little uncle..."
Zhu Yunjing stepped forward and reminded Zhu Yunxuan: "Get up first, go inside and talk."
After entering the house, Zhu Yunxuan finally stopped being so rude, and handed the meeting gift that had been prepared long ago to the two children. It was not a particularly valuable thing. Just for fun.
Xu'er took a closer look at his listing, and laughed cheerfully: "Little dog."
Zhu Yunxuan was in a trance for a moment, then gently touched the child's little head: "Well."