Chapter 32: The Great Brother's Throne
"Therefore, at this time, Zhu Qijue really doesn't want to be the emperor, the responsibility is too great, and if he doesn't get it right, he will die directly. The king of the country, if the Ming Dynasty ends in his hands, then he will be a sinner for the ages.
At this threshold of life and death, the Ming Dynasty produced a great hero, named Yu Qian, when most people advocated abandoning the city of Beijing and fleeing to Nanjing, he advocated defending Beijing, and could not give up, and finally defeated the Wara invasion army, and achieved the final victory in the defense of Beijing, so that our Ming Dynasty could be successfully inherited.
This Zhu Qiyu sat firmly in the Ming Dynasty, and he said to everyone at that time, I am sitting on behalf of the eldest brother, and when the eldest brother comes back, I will return the country to him. At that time, he may have said it sincerely, but as he became the emperor for a long time, after the taste and habit of holding power and commanding the world, his psychology changed. He was no longer willing to give up the power in his hands, in order to consolidate his throne, he simply abolished the position of the eldest brother's son as the crown prince, and set up his own son as the prince, hoping that his clan could sit down forever.
However, three years later, Wara saw that Zhu Qizhen had no use value, and really released him back to Beijing, but at this time, Zhu Qiyu faced two choices, one is to return the throne to his eldest brother, and the other is to continue to be the emperor himself. He did not return the throne to the eldest brother as he said before, but put the eldest brother under house arrest in Nangong, and there were few people sent to serve him, all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled eunuchs. After this Brother Zhu returned to Daming, even food and clothing became a problem, and his life was worse than being a prisoner.
In Zhu Qiyu's heart, perhaps it is best to hope that the eldest brother will not be able to afford to be sick or even die, eight years later, the eldest brother who endured humiliation and secretly lived finally found an opportunity, he took advantage of Zhu Qiyu's illness to launch a change to seize the door, and finally succeeded in resetting the throne and changing the Yuan Tianshun. Qiao finished this allusion in one breath, and then stared at Qiao Wu with both eyes, and remained silent.
"This, this, does the eldest brother mean ......?" Qiao Wu stammered.
"Isn't it?" Qiao Da asked rhetorically.
Qiao Wu's whole body trembled, shook his head and said, "No, the second brother is not that kind of person." ”
Qiao Da laughed lightly: "This Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu are brothers. ”
Qiao Wu: "......"
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After a long time, Qiao Da Youyou sighed and said: "Actually, I don't want to believe that the second brother will do something sorry for me, I gave him the dart game back then, I didn't think about wanting to come back in the future, I just hope that he can be dedicated to the public and take up this burden for our brothers, but some things, not that we think well will definitely be realized, he is doing these things behind his back now, he must have his own selfish intentions, if it is for the dart game, why not tell me?" Why didn't he tell you? Therefore, fifth brother, people's hearts are unpredictable, and people's hearts will change. ”
"Big brother, what if they really did that?" Qiao Wu asked worriedly.
"I'm a little tired, I'm going to rest, old five, you go back first." Joe waved his hand weakly and closed his eyes. Ignoring Qiao Wu's inquiring eyes.
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Yun Qi lived in the dart game for three days in a row, doing nothing every day, he wandered around, and no one cared about him.
For three days, everything seemed to be very peaceful, as if the robbery had never happened at all, no one talked about it, no one asked, and everyone was busy with their own business.
But Yun Qi clearly felt that the atmosphere of this dart game was a little different, there was a feeling of depression in the air all the time, everyone was in a hurry, they were all wary, even Qiao Zhong himself hadn't seen a few times in the past few days, and when they met occasionally, they all passed by in a hurry, and after saying a few words, Qiao Zhong was urged to leave.
"Is it about the robbery of darts, there is news?" Yun Qi thought to himself.
In the afternoon of this day, Yun Qi was standing bored on the practice ground of the dart bureau, watching the dart masters of the dart bureau practice martial arts, when suddenly a person approached and said to Yun Qi: "Old Dart Qiao, please go, there are a few things that need to be confirmed to you." ”
Yun Qi followed this person to Qiao Lao Dart's residence in confusion, and secretly thought to himself about the reason why Qiao Lao Dart called him over, he had already said what he should say, and there was nothing else to say, I don't know what this Qiao Lao Dart wanted to ask this time.
The man stood still when he walked to the gate of Qiao Lao's courtyard, and did not continue to walk forward, but made a gesture to Yun Qi, and then turned and left.
The courtyard was very quiet, and there was no one in sight, only the flowers and plants that had just sprouted were trying to bloom with the breath of early spring. Along the stone road, Yun Qi walked straight into the courtyard of the dart, walked to the door, Yun Qi knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, a person came out of the house, it was Qiao Wu, he nodded to Yun Qi, stretched out his hand into the house, and motioned for Yun Qi to enter, and then he stood outside the door and covered the door with his hand.
As soon as Yun Qi walked into the house, the wooden door behind him slammed shut, startling Yun Qi, looking back at the house, although it was broad daylight, but the light in the house was still a little dim, only a bright light came through the bright tiles of the roof, and directly hit the middle of the room, illuminating a bright ground, so the rest of the house seemed even darker.
"Yun Qi, you're welcome, sit down." The rattan chair next to the table came from the voice of Qiao Lao's dart, and his voice was a little hoarse, which seemed to be slightly different from the mellow and powerful that Tianyun Qi heard a few days ago.
Yun Qi bowed and said to Old Qiao's head: "Uncle Qiao, I'll just stand and listen, if you have anything, just ask, as long as I know, I must know everything, and I will say everything." ”
Old Qiao smiled slightly and said, "Don't be nervous, Uncle Qiao has something to ask you about this time, I don't know if you are willing to do it." ”
Yun Qi said in a panic: "Uncle Qiao just orders, as long as I can do it, I will do my best, and I don't dare to refuse." ”
Qiao Lao Dart smiled with satisfaction, and said to Yun Qi: "You and Qiao Zhong are good brothers, I heard Qiao Zhong talk about you a year ago, this time the dart car was robbed, and you supported each other and escaped from the bandits, it can be said that without you, there would be no Qiao Zhong now, I want to thank you." “
Yun Qi hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Uncle Qiao, if you say so, you can kill the juniors, these are what I should do, Qiao Zhong is my good brother, when I encounter difficulties, my brother must try his best to help, I think if I fall into a desperate situation, Qiao Zhong will definitely not stand idly by, Uncle Qiao, do you say yes?" “
Old Qiao stroked his beard and smiled, he sat up straight from the wicker chair, his eyes shining like two pearls in the gloomy room.
"Recently, I was going to let Qiao Zhong go to Fujian to do an important thing, but now the road is not very safe, I hope you can accompany him, are you willing?" Old Qiao asked in a consultative tone.
"Fujian?" Yun Qi's heart moved, his godmother once told him that Honghong's father was injured in Fujian, and finally died of his injuries, and he often called a person's name in his sleep - Xu Mingshan, Yun Qi intuitively felt that this Fujian must have hidden many secrets that he didn't know, and these secrets were exactly what he needed.
I'm going to Fujian, and now I have this opportunity, and I have to seize it.
"Why, you don't want to?" Old Qiao asked strangely, as if there was some disappointment in his mouth.
"No, no, no, Uncle Qiao, I do, it's just ......" Yun Qi paused and continued: "I just haven't been far away, and I'm a little scared in my heart. ”
"Hehe, this is also normal, when I was as big as you, I also felt that this world was too vast and huge, I was just a drop in the ocean, it was really small, so I was always full of fear of the future, you don't have to feel embarrassed about this, when you go to a few more places, you will feel that although this world is big, as long as you are willing to go, there is nothing that can stop you." Old Qiao's dart head seemed to remember those eventful years at the beginning, and his expression was in a trance for a moment.
Qiao Lao told Yun Qi that he sent Qiao Zhong and him to Fujian this time to do a secret thing, so the two of them couldn't go over with great fanfare, but had to dress up as ordinary merchants and sneak into Fujian quietly.
From today on, Yun Qi will leave the dart bureau first and live in a secret place, and in two days, someone will come to pick him up, and then he and Qiao Zhong will go to Fujian together.
Old Qiao took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Yun Qi, and said to Yun Qi: "This is the address, these days, you will live over there, don't show up too much." On the way to Fujian, there may be some unrest and danger, and this is where I can't rest assured, so you and Qiao Zhong should help each other and remind each other along the way. ”
Yun Qi nodded, took the note, and saw that there was an address on it, as if it was a small inn, and after trying to write it down, he returned the paper to Qiao Lao Dart's hand, Qiao Lao Dart's eyes showed a hint of a smile, and he nodded appreciatively.
Yun Qi saw that the conversation was over, so he gave a salute to Old Qiao's dart head, turned around and walked out.
Qiao Wu was still outside the door, like a javelin, motionless like a mountain, hearing the footsteps behind him, he slowly turned around, smiled lightly at Yun Qi, and sent Yun Qi out of the small courtyard.
After returning to the small courtyard, Qiao Wu said to Qiao Dadao: "Do you really want Qiao Zhong to go to Fujian?" ”
Qiao Da nodded: "This robbery incident has alerted me, some people have to look forward to Shu, and their appetite is getting bigger and bigger, Qiao Zhong stays here, I'm afraid there will be accidents." ”
Qiao Wudao: "I always thought that the second child would not do such a thing, boss, let's not wronged him." ”
Qiao Da closed his eyes, didn't speak for a long time, muttered for a long time, and said slowly: "How can I believe it, but things always need to be prepared for a rainy day, if something really happens, we can't regret it." ”
Qiao Wu nodded and said nothing else.
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat oppressive and silent.
Qiao Da suddenly laughed, his voice was hearty and heroic, Qiao Wu looked at him in a daze, his eyes were full of surprise and incomprehension.
Qiao Da patted the armrest of the chair and stood up from the chair, at this moment, he was no longer an old man who looked like a gardener, no longer an old man who had no quarrel with the world, at this moment, his face was full of confidence, and his body seemed to be full of strength.
He wasn't tall, but he stood there like a mountain.
There was a kind of coercion on his body that scattered in all directions, if Yun Qi stood beside him now, he would definitely be dumbfounded, and he would instinctively feel a kind of fear, because at this time, this old man exuded a terrifying power, and this power was not something that Yun Qi could stop.
"No matter who it is, if he dares to make a move with my Boss Qiao, he will definitely regret it." Qiao Da shouted softly at the door, his right hand clenched into a fist, and struck hard at his left palm: "He will definitely pay a heavy price, I promise." ”