In the tenth year of Hongwu, on the ninth day of November, on the way to the Western Expeditionary Army, Deng Yu died of illness in Shouchun County, less than 300 miles away from Nanjing.

The bad news reached Beijing, and Zhu Yuanzhang cried when he heard the news, and ordered to drop out of the dynasty for three days, and the whole city wore filial piety. And to the Yangtze River to welcome Deng Yu's coffin memorial, announced that Deng Yue was posthumously named the king of Ninghe, nicknamed Wushun, and the portrait was hung in the temple to enjoy the sacrifice.

Zhu Yuanzhang also personally chose the cemetery and buried Deng Yu in Yuhuatai, Nanjing, with six pairs of stone Weng Zhong stone horses in front of the tomb, so that the mountain was full of pines and cypresses, and it was forbidden to cut firewood and hunt. and ordered people to write Deng Yu's exploits into the "Record of Hong Martial Artists", which can be described as extremely glorious.

A few days later, in the palace of the king of Ninghe, the filial sons and grandsons kept their filial piety in the mourning hall.

"His Royal Highness, King of Chu and King of the Sea, come to pay tribute." In the middle of a speech, Zhu Zhen came in wearing plain clothes, with a serious face, and kowtowed to King Ninghe.

After returning the gift to the filial son and grandson, Deng Zhen got up to send him off, but Zhu Zhen waved his hand, pointed at Deng Duo and said, "He just sends this king." ”

Deng Duo got up and sent His Royal Highness out of the mourning hall, and Zhu Zhen saw that he had only been seen for a few days, and the whole person was thin and out of shape. It seems that the ancients said that 'mourning destroys bones', which is not false at all.

Zhu Zhen didn't say anything comforting, but he didn't leave, but took Deng Duo to the backyard.

Deng Duo saw that his giant panda was lazily eating bamboo in the old nest.

"What is this?" Deng Duo looked puzzled, he knew that His Royal Highness had true love for pandas, and he liked the new and hated the old.

"This king is not very comforting, so let it stay with you for a few days." Zhu Zhen reluctantly glanced at his heart. After saying that, he turned around and walked away. I'm afraid that if I stay a little longer, I will change my mind again.

Deng Duo suddenly thought of his father's evaluation of His Royal Highness, and tears poured out uncontrollably again. He hugged the giant panda and cried silently.

It's too difficult for a child to have a father......

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Coming out of Deng Duo's house, Zhu Zhen rode a bull to the Qin Palace.

In the past few days, since the second brother came back, he has been busy and can't take a break, and the two brothers haven't seen each other properly.

Seeing that His Highness had arrived, the guards of the palace welcomed him in without being clear.

The palace was also solemn, all the festive colors were temporarily put away or covered, and the Qin King and his wife also set up a altar in the side hall to personally pay tribute to the king of Ninghe.

Princess Qin, the righteous daughter of Deng Yu, even served filial piety for him...... In fact, this is not in line with etiquette, but it is in line with human feelings. Although the two did not have much contact, King Ninghe gave Deng Min, who was lonely and helpless, great support, so that she finally had roots in Daming and was no longer a foreign woman who was taken captive.

Therefore, Deng Min had great respect for this father-in-law in his heart and was grief-stricken by his death.

The second child was also dressed in plain clothes and burned paper there silently. After Zhu Zhen came in, the two of them stopped their grief and got up to talk to him.

"Second sister-in-law, mourn." The sixth brother was quite helpless, but he didn't expect to come to the second brother's house to comfort people. After thinking about it for a long time, he held back a sentence: "We are all your relatives." ”

"Yes, the second sister-in-law also regards the sixth uncle as her own brother." Deng Min smiled reluctantly.

"I went to Xi'an the next year, but I am not allowed to bully my second sister-in-law." Zhu Zhen said to the second brother again.

"No, it won't." The second child waved his hand and said, "I, it's too late for me to hurt her." ”

Deng Min lowered his head in shame, and there was a touch of blood on his pale face.

Seeing the state of the second sister-in-law, it was inconvenient for the sixth child to stay for a long time, so he sat down for a while and said goodbye.

When the second brother sent him to the door, he suddenly patted his head and said, "Look, look at my memory, and I brought it back to you, and brought it back with a gift." ”

As he spoke, he asked the eunuch to fetch the gift, but it was two little foxes with big square faces and short legs, very fluffy fur, and chubby.

It is said that foxes are known for their charm and agility, but these two are dumbfounded, and they also have a paralyzed face full of mocking effects, which is simply an outlier among foxes. is similar to the second brother.

"Director Fox?" Zhu Zhen couldn't help cheering, and happily asked the second brother: "Isn't this a Tibetan fox?" Where did you get it? ”

"Dang, of course, the second brother caught it from Kunlun Mountain with his own hands." The second brother was very stinky and said: "When, at that time, everyone else was out of breath, but the second brother and I were running all over the mountain to catch foxes, amazing, amazing, right?" ”

"Awesome!" Lao Liu nodded like pounding garlic, he heard that the bigger the person, the higher the oxygen consumption, the greater the reaction on the plateau. How can a super big guy like the second brother achieve low oxygen consumption, it's amazing? Could it be that the structure of the organs is different from ordinary people? "Why did the second brother remember to catch this thing?"

"I know, I know that you like to have pets." The second brother doted on him: "In, in Kunlun Mountain, when I see this kind of fox, fox, I, I think you must like it." ”

"Yes, yes, of course yes." The sixth brother hugged the second brother and said, "The second brother is really careful, and he also grabbed a pair so that they can give birth." ”

"Down, can't get a cub." The second brother said with a sigh of relief: "One, I planned to do so at first, and after returning to Hezhou, the veterinarian looked at it and said that both of them were male." Catch, catch wrong. ”

"It's nice to be a companion then." Lao Liu smiled: "This king's pets are the same as this king, they are all single. ”

"Wait, wait until I catch you again, catch a few females." The second brother promised.

"Uh-huh." The sixth nodded happily and asked again, "Does this Tibetan fox recognize life?" Shall I just take it back or will I get familiar with it for a while? ”

"No, I don't recognize life. Give, give a piece of meat and go. Stupid. The second brother said.

"Okay......" Zhu Zhen looked sympathetically at the wise slitted eyes of the two Tibetan foxes, which can make the second brother evaluate stupid animals, how stupid can they be?

~~

Sure enough, as the second brother said, His Royal Highness the King of Chu had a piece of meat in his hand, which attracted two Tibetan foxes to follow behind with expressionless faces, and they didn't even need to be tied to a rope.

The common people of Nanjing City stopped to watch and talked about His Royal Highness the King of Chu's new pet.

"Yo, that's not big enough to ride."

"It's stupid enough to look like this, is this a dirt dog?"

"Don't say it, this big cheek raiser has a big and square face, and he has a pair of squinting eyes, which looks weird and funny."

The sixth laughed at this, everything about the king will inevitably be judged.

When entering the palace, the defenders of Donghua Gate were also relieved to see His Highness's new pet, at least he would not ride this thing in and out of the palace gate.

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Back in the East Fifth Institute, Zhu Zhen asked people to clean up the next door of the Pingtian Great Sage and give it to the two Tibetan foxes. Then, as is customary, they were named......

"Your name is Director Fox." He pointed to a road to the left.

"You just call Brother Xiaoliang." He pointed to the one on his right.

"Quickly mark Director Fox and Brother Xiaoliang." Mother Wang hurriedly instructed the little firefighter: "These two look so similar, otherwise they will be confused when they turn around." ”

"There's no need." His Royal Highness waved his hand and said with a wise face: "Brother Xiaoliang is Director Fox, and Director Fox is Brother Xiaoliang, there is no need to be so clear." ”

"Understood." Wang Ma Ying looked at His Highness with some concern, feeling that the contagiousness of these two Tibetan foxes was too strong, and it had only been a while before His Highness's expression showed signs of being assimilated by them......

(End of chapter)