On the fifth day after the southern tour team arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, there was an emergency military situation in Fujian Province. The pirates came again and attacked several villages near the sea in the west of Fujian Province.
On the same day, He Huailing set off first and returned to Fujian.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned, staring at the map of Haiyu on the imperial case, her lips pursed into a line. Zhu Yunjing pointed to a certain place on the sea surface, tapped it lightly, and told him: "This area is the sea area where the gang of pirates are entrenched. The evil wind is rampant here all the year round, and there are whirlpools and undercurrents everywhere. If you approach the past, if you don't pay attention, you will be caught." I can never go back without being swallowed. 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 Seas. For more than two hundred years, these pirates have been lurking in the The area around here is dedicated to robbing passing merchant ships."
Zhu Yunxuan's mind moved, and he caught the key words in his words: "More than two hundred years?"
"Yes, this group of pirates has existed since the founding of the dynasty. According to folk rumors in Fujian and Guangdong, they seem to have something to do with the remnants of the previous dynasty. The descendants of hundreds of cronies."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's eyebrows frowned even tighter: "The remnants of the previous dynasty... But didn't they come to attack my coastal border in the past few decades?"
Zhu Yunjing explained: "Yes, about 30 to 40 years ago, they were no longer satisfied with just robbing merchant ships passing by at sea, and came to my border of Dayan to burn, kill and loot. When my grandfather was in power, he tried to send troops out to sea to suppress the bandits. Several times in a row, the ships and people he sent out never returned. Since then, there have been rumors that the sea area where these pirates are located is protected by sea ghosts, and they cannot move. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he also sent people to sea, but there was no news about it. Later, the first emperor built the Fujian-Guangdong navy alone. Since then, even if these pirates cannot be completely wiped out, he can barely maintain it. Tranquility along the southern coast.”
Zhu Yunxuan's eyes darkened: "... the leader of the army sent by the late emperor to suppress the bandits, was his surname Xiao?"
Zhu Yunjing didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, and nodded: "Actually, I didn't know much about these before, but I came here, and I often went to the army with He Huailing, and I went to sea a few times before I knew Much more, the late emperor insisted on sending people to sea again to suppress bandits, in fact, the whole court did not agree with that, that General Xiao was young and promising, he was a rare talent, with previous experiences, who doesn’t know that going to sea to suppress bandits is almost impossible It's no different from sending someone to death, why send a good general, it's just that the late emperor insisted on going his own way, maybe the late emperor was enthroned for the first time and was eager to make meritorious deeds, so he insisted on sending him away, and he really didn't come back later."
Zhu Yunxuan pinched the hand under the sleeve, only he knew that the late emperor's insistence on going his own way was only for the selfishness of his son and daughter's affection, and he would rather sacrifice a promising young general than separate Liang Zhen's two fathers. 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 Municipal Bureau of Shipping go to sea, there will be a navy fleet escorting this section of waters. Kou restrained himself a lot, but small fights like this one still happen from time to time. This time, he probably saw that He Huailing was not around, so he came to fight the autumn wind again. He Huailing has also thought of many ways over the years. It's still difficult to wipe them out completely, the ghost monsters can't get close at all, and they can't even find their lair."
"Let's take it slowly." Zhu Yunxuan said calmly, before he was sure enough, he didn't want to lose his army, let alone ask He Huailing to take risks for nothing, "Zi'er Ming'er and the others..."
"That's nothing to worry about," Zhu Yunjing reassured him, "The Commander's Mansion is in Quanzhou Prefecture, far away from the villages they raided. Quanzhou Prefecture has the most naval fleet stationed at the wharf. Unless they are looking for death, Otherwise, I dare not go to Quanzhou Prefecture to find fault."
Zhu Yunxuan breathed a sigh of relief, but the stone hanging in his heart still couldn't get off: "Let's also hurry up and go to Minzhou."
"good."
After staying in Jingzhou for a few more days, all the affairs were dealt with, and the eldest princess was settled again. The emperor's Luanjia set off again and continued south.
The closer she got to the destination, the more restless Zhu Yunxuan's heart became, with a lot of thoughts, over and over again thinking about what to say when she saw Li'er's first sentence, but she didn't think it was right.
It was noon that day when I entered Quanzhou Mansion, all the officials from Fujian and Guangdong rushed over, and they had been waiting for many days to be picked up.
In a few days, He Huailing personally led troops to fight back the pirates who committed the crime in the future, captured dozens of pirates alive, and transferred most of the scattered fleet back to Quanzhou to ensure that there would be no youngsters to disturb Shengjia.
There is no palace in Quanzhou, so Luanjia stayed directly at the Navy Commander's Mansion. From noon until sunset, Zhu Yunxuan received batch after batch of officials. He thought that he would give the local officials a big blow as soon as he came, but he never thought that the emperor would not talk about embarrassing others from the beginning to the end. He seldom said anything, and his absent-minded attitude made people completely confused.
After dismissing the last few people, Zhu Yunxuan stood up, hesitating, Zhu Yunjing walked in the door, and pouted at him: "Your Majesty is free to follow me to the backyard now?"
"Ji'er, he..."
"Yuanbao came back at noon and shared the fun things Jiangnan brought with him and Ming'er. The two little ones were crazy about playing. They fell asleep after playing an hour ago. They should have woken up by now. Wait for you to go over." You can have dinner."
Zhu Yunxuan pursed the corner of her lips lightly: "You told him..."
"No, what can I say, I can't speak."
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief: "Let's go."
The General Military Mansion is not big, Zhu Yunjing led Zhu Yunxuan all the way there, 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 coming from inside, Zhu Yunxuan stopped in his tracks, almost daring not to go any further.
Zhu Yunjing didn't rush him either, and waited aside with folded arms, looking at him with a half-smile.
Zhu Yunxuan hesitated and said: "Brother, I'll see you in a while, so don't talk about it for now, I'm afraid the child won't be able to accept it for a while, so I'd better wait..."
"Okay," Zhu Yunjing responded quickly, "You spend a few days with him first, and then tell him when he gets close to you."
Zhu Yunxuan nodded: "OK."
In the yard, two children were sitting side by side on a swing. The sharp-eyed Ming'er first saw Zhu Yunjing walk in, and shouted out in surprise: "Daddy!"
The boy stopped the swing, and the two children were carried down by the nanny, and ran over, hugging Zhu Yunjing from left to right.
"Daddy!"
"Daddy! Daddy!"
Milky voices came one after another, Zhu Yunjing had something to do when she came back at noon, and she didn't have time to come to see them, and then they fell asleep again, and now they saw Zhu Yunjing who hadn't seen him for a month, and they were so excited very.
Zhu Yunjing touched each of the faces with a smile, and then pressed the shoulders of the two children, telling them to look at Zhu Yunxuan: "This is your little uncle, call someone."
After Zhu Yunxuan entered the door, he was completely ignored, and his eyes never moved away from the moment they fell on Min'er, staring 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 Min'er like this, as if he had lost his soul, Zhu Yunjing sighed, and patted Min'er on the shoulder: "Go and talk to my little uncle for a while."
The little baby seemed to have sensed Zhu Yunxuan's overly complex eyes on her, and she was timid and did not dare to walk over. He hesitated and raised her head to look at Zhu Yunjing. Zhu Yunjing patted him on the shoulder again, encouraging him to say: : "Hey, let's go, it's okay."
Zhu Yunxuan squatted down, looked at the child who was approaching her step by step, and finally understood what Zhu Yunjing meant when she said that this child looked like her. The appearance of Min'er was almost 80% similar to him, but the eyebrows could be seen. Seeing the shadow of that person, there will never be another child like this in this world, who is inseparable from him and that person by blood.
Min'er stopped a step away from Zhu Yunxuan, looked at him timidly, and asked in a low voice, "Little uncle, why are you crying?"
Zhu Yunxuan raised his hand, caressed his face, and smiled with red eyes: "Because the little uncle is so happy to see Li'er."
The little guy tilted his head, as if he didn't understand why Zhu Yunxuan would be happy to see him, and why his eyes were red again: "I've never seen my little uncle before..."
"Well, it's my uncle's fault, he refuses to come and see you."
Min'er didn't understand why, but comforted him obediently: "It's okay, Min'er is not angry."
Zhu Yunxuan couldn't bear it anymore, stretched out his hand, and hugged the child into his arms.
Min'er's body tensed up for a moment, and when she heard Zhu Yunxuan's choked-up cry, she didn't move any more, and raised her little hand to pat him on the back like an adult did: "Little uncle doesn't cry."
After a long time, Zhu Yunxuan stopped the tears and still stared blankly at her child, who stared at her son a little at a loss: "Little uncle..."
Zhu Yunjing stepped forward and reminded Zhu Yunxuan: "Get up first, go inside and talk."
After entering the room, Zhu Yunxuan did not lose his composure at last, and handed the meeting gifts he had prepared to the two children, which were not particularly valuable, but two zodiac signs made of pure gold, with a naive appearance, hung on the children's chests to amuse Just for fun.
Min'er took a closer look at his listing card, and laughed cheerfully: "Puppy dog."
Zhu Yunxuan was in a daze for a moment, then gently touched the child's little head: "Yes."