Zhu Zhanhe brought breakfast to A Lei, and A Lei was startled, "You... why are you wearing Zhu Zhanji's clothes?"
At first glance, I thought it was Zhu Zhanji.
He was wearing a plain blue round-necked robe without a single embroidery or decoration. He looked abstinent and cold, which was Zhu Zhanji's usual style.
Zhu Zhanji was tall and thin, while Zhu Zhanhe was sturdy. However, clothes in ancient times were loose, and people were willing to use more fabric. Any piece of clothing would be a size xxxxxl, which was the easiest to hide flesh. Zhu Zhanhe did not look too out of place in his eldest cousin's clothes.
Not only that, even the hairpin she used to tie her hair belonged to Zhu Zhanji, a simple white jade hairpin without any carvings. The green dress and white hairpin looked like a bowl of plain noodles in a watery broth.
Zhu Zhanji had a big bowl of dragon beard noodles, and Zhu Zhanhe had a big bowl of trouser belt noodles.
In addition, a black net scarf is placed on the bun to neatly gather all the loose hair so that it does not fly around at all, and it is very meticulous.
Zhu Zhanji paid great attention to cleanliness and neatness. Whenever he wore casual clothes, he would wear a net scarf all year round.
Zhu Zhanhe thought the net scarf was too hot and too tight, pressing against his forehead and making him uncomfortable, so he almost never used it. No one knew why he suddenly fell in love with the accessory he had hated the most before.
At this time, Zhu Zhanhe's dressing style was completely similar to Zhu Zhanji's, no wonder A Lei was surprised.
"I just took a shower to refresh myself, and then I put on my eldest cousin's clothes. We cousins wear the same pair of pants, so it's nothing. They're just casual clothes, without dragon patterns, so it's not an act of usurpation." Zhu Zhanhe brought out a bowl of rice porridge, "Military rations are limited, so you can eat something simple first. When the Earl of Pingjiang comes to pick you up, you can follow the Earl of Pingjiang's boat."
A Lei drank the porridge and asked, "What about you guys?"
Zhu Zhanhe said, "We have a limited number of ships, so we will retreat in two groups. You, my eldest cousin, the captured Japanese pirates, and half of the young soldiers will retreat first. I and the Jinyiwei will stay behind to cover our retreat until the Earl of Pingjiang returns to pick us up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zhanji came in and said, "Are you the commander-in-chief or am I the commander-in-chief? You and A Lei will be the first to retreat."
Zhu Zhanhe immediately turned hostile, "No! You are the commander-in-chief, we must ensure your safety first. Those Japanese pirates who fled under the banner of the Ming Navy just now may come back at any time. By then, you will only have half of your troops left. It is too dangerous."
Zhu Zhanji said: "It is because I am the commander that I cannot leave first. Pingjiang Bo will bring warships to escort and protect our army's retreat.
I will leave some of the navy to help me defend the island. The small army is not good at naval warfare, but the Ming navy can."
Zhu Zhanhe firmly disagreed, "You just look down on me! You think I don't have the ability to command alone, always follow you and obey all your arrangements."
Zhu Zhanji said: "I don't have it."
Zhu Zhanhe said, "Why not? You yourself said that the Earl of Pingjiang would send the navy to assist the young army in guarding the island. If that's the case, why can't you give me a chance to make achievements alone?"
A Lei, who was drinking porridge, said, "Don't quarrel, sit down and discuss it properly, don't start a quarrel among yourselves."
Zhu Zhanhe sat on the chair and said, "Okay, I suggest that I stay to guard the island, and you and A Lei go first."
There was nothing to talk about. Zhu Zhanji remained silent, exited the group chat and left.
Anyway, I am the head coach, and you can't do anything if I don't agree.
Zhu Zhanhe was so angry that he was like a frog. He pointed at Zhu Zhanji's back and said, "Sister A'lei, you see, this is his attitude. He won't listen to any suggestions that are contrary to his. He insists on having the final say. Ever since he got a few soldiers, he has changed and become arrogant."
A Lei finished his rice porridge, put down his bowl, and said, "I only know mechanics, not military affairs, so I don't understand what you are arguing about. But he is definitely not a stubborn person. If he were such a person, he would never be the crown prince, and the emperor would not have formed a young army for him - even the crown prince doesn't have this treatment. You haven't slept for the past two days, and lack of sleep will make you irritable and angry. You sleep here for a while, and I'll wake you up in half an hour."
"I can't sleep." Zhu Zhanhe took out a ginseng pill, dissolved it in water, and drank it. He stayed up all night, ate the most expensive skin care products, collected the porridge bowl, and put it in the lunch box. "I'll argue with him a few more times. He has to agree even if he doesn't agree."
Zhu Zhanhe held the lunch box in one hand and pushed the door with the other, but the door didn't move at all. The knocker emitted the clanking sound of the copper lock. It turned out that Zhu Zhanji had locked the door without anyone noticing when he went out!
"Open the door!" Zhu Zhanhe was furious and banged on the door frantically.
Zhu Zhanji's voice came from outside the door, "You and A Lei stay here, don't move, I will arrange everything."
Zhu Zhanji was extremely meticulous. How could he not know the truth that even Zhu Zhanhe had vaguely guessed
After two months of investigation, Zhu Zhanji locked down the pirates' modus operandi and their nests. There were indeed a small number of accomplices scattered on land who provided supplies to the pirates in the name of maritime merchants, but their strength and numbers were definitely not as great as the fleet that bombarded the harbor pontoon and escaped that morning.
Instead of attacking the island to rescue their comrades while the young soldiers were exhausted and caught off guard, they simply fired at the pontoon bridge and fled.
The Japanese pirates who pretended to be the navy of the Ming Dynasty clearly entered the port, but turned back and fled halfway.
We clearly knew that the young army was not good at naval warfare and we could clearly win.
They also knew the secret code of the Ming Navy.
He had the best timing, location and people, but he gave up unexpectedly.
Why
There is only one truth: it was originally Zhu Zhanji who welcomed the Ming navy, but it unexpectedly became Zhu Zhanhe.
These people were not Japanese pirates - they were the King of Han's men, who wanted to take advantage of the situation to get rid of Zhu Zhanji, so they disguised themselves as Japanese pirates.
They took advantage of Zhu Zhanji's arrival at the port to kill him by firing cannons on board. The young army was not good at naval warfare, so they had enough time to blow up all the young army's ships and then escape. They did not have to worry about the young army catching up and tearing off their masks. They framed the crime of killing the crown prince on the Japanese pirates.
However, the brothers switched positions, and the King of Han's men would not kill Zhu Zhanhe. The plan failed, and they had to flee in panic.
Zhu Zhanji knew that it was his cousin who saved his life this time. If his cousin had not stayed up all night out of pity for him and wanted him to sleep more, he would not have gone to the port to meet the Earl of Pingjiang on his behalf.
If it weren't for his cousin, he would have been dead by now, his body blown to pieces. At this moment, his cousin and Are would be crying and picking up the fragments at the port to piece together his body.
Zhu Zhanji was grateful to Zhu Zhanhe. How could he bear to let Zhu Zhanhe go back to danger for him again? He had to protect the safety of Zhu Zhanhe and A Lei even if he lost his freedom and dreams.
Zhu Zhanhe vaguely guessed the truth, but his father was still unwilling to give up and wanted to get rid of his eldest cousin, and he actually used such a vicious method!
With his biological father on one side and his elder brother on the other, Zhu Zhanhe silently chose to protect his elder brother. He took a bath, deliberately put on Zhu Zhanji's clothes, imitated his elder brother's dress, and stayed with his elder brother all the time, all in order to atone for his father's sins, confuse the public, and make the assassin afraid to kill his elder brother easily.
As soon as Pingjiang Bo arrived, he immediately sent his elder brother and Are on board the boat and away from this place of trouble. With Pingjiang Bo's strength, it would be no problem for him to deal with the mere assassins disguised as Japanese pirates.
Zhu Zhanji's heart was like a hornet's nest. When he saw his cousin wearing his clothes and imitating his dressing and walking movements (he was used to walking with his chest out, head high and hands behind his back), he understood what his cousin was going to do, and he was more moved and reluctant to leave his cousin.
So Zhu Zhanji would rather be scolded than give in. He turned around and walked away without arguing, leaving Zhu Zhanhe in the room, raging and cursing:
"My destiny, my responsibility, I have to fight for it myself. You think you are so great just because you are the crown prince? You have to fight for everything by yourself. What about your dream? What about your freedom? What about your... love? You don't want them all?"
A Lei: What does this guy know? Did Zhu Zhanji tell him about our hug
Also, Zhu Zhanhe was acting very abnormally today. His words seemed to imply that Zhu Zhanji was determined to do things his own way and "take on everything alone." What happened? Was Zhu Zhanji in danger
No matter how Zhu Zhanhe cursed, the door remained motionless.
"Stop." A Lei waved to Zhu Zhanhe, "Come here, I have something to ask you."
Zhu Zhanhe continued to knock on the door, "Sister A'lei, I'm in a hurry to go out. We can talk later."
Zhu Zhanhe would definitely not tell A Lei the truth, so it’s better not to know such things.
Arei was not someone who could be fooled. He asked, "Do you want to go out?"
Zhu Zhanhe: "Of course I do! If I don't go out, my brother will be in danger. He may be assassinated at any time."
Arei was smart and had an idea. "It's useless for you to scream your throat out now. I can help you."
"You?" Zhu Zhanhe glanced at A Lei's left foot which was swollen like a pig's hoof.
A Lei laughed, and suddenly raised his voice and screamed: "No!"
Zhu Zhanhe
Are continued to scream: "Come back quickly! You will fall to your death! There is a cliff outside the window! You can't reach the bottom with just one rope!"
Zhu Zhanhe: Sister A Lei is so smart!
Arei continued to scream: "Ah! Danger! Climb back quickly, the rope can't hold! You must weigh more than 160 pounds now!"
When Zhu Zhanji heard that Zhu Zhanhe was about to jump out of the window and cross the cliff, he quickly took out the key to open the door, "Brother—you...you actually teamed up to deceive me!"
Zhu Zhanhe hid behind the door. When Zhu Zhanji stepped in, he immediately rushed over from behind with a rope and tied Zhu Zhanji to the chair.
Zhu Zhanji: What should I do if my brother and the person I like lie to me together... Of course I forgive them.
Zhu Zhanhe immediately took over the initiative and pointed at A Lei who was sitting on the bed, "This was all her idea. It has nothing to do with me."
A Lei laughed angrily, "You have grown up now, and you are crossing the river and then destroying the bridge."
However, Zhu Zhanji looked so good when he was tied up. I really want to... A Lei bit his tongue and suppressed his thoughts.
Drive away.
Zhu Zhanji said: "Alei, help me untie the rope."
Zhu Zhanhe said: "Sister A'lei, don't listen to him. He is in danger now and the assassination will continue."
Zhu Zhanji: "Don't listen to him. This is his first time on the battlefield. He is eager for merit and he is more dangerous."
Arei looked at his two brothers, not knowing who to listen to.
Seeing A Lei's hesitation, Zhu Zhanhe made up his mind and said, "Someone wants to assassinate my cousin. There is a traitor in the young army who leaked the information about the contact to—"
Zhu Zhanji interrupted quickly, "Shut up! Stop talking nonsense, jumping to conclusions, and making random guesses. This is not the time for internal strife in the royal family."
Unfortunately, Zhu Zhanji was tied up and could not stop Zhu Zhanhe from talking.
Zhu Zhanhe continued, "These people were none other than my father. My father had spies in the young army, so he knew my cousin's whereabouts very well. He even planted mines in his retreat route in advance, almost killing Sister A Lei by mistake. The ships disguised as the Ming Navy this morning were also my father's men. When they saw that I was the one to greet them, they retreated in panic."
After hearing this, Are's face changed drastically. No wonder this scene happened at the port in the morning.
Zhu Zhanji said: "Alei, don't believe his lies."
Zhu Zhanhe said: "Pingjiang Earl is about to bring the Ming navy. With Pingjiang Earl's methods, it will be even more difficult for the traitors and assassins to succeed. They will definitely go all out and even launch a suicide assassination with a desperate method. As the saying goes, three times is the limit. My cousin has already escaped two assassination attempts.
Will I be so lucky the third time?"
Arei chose to believe Zhu Zhanhe and asked, "You have kidnapped Zhu Zhanji, how can you deal with it?"
"First, we must get rid of the most dangerous assassin who is the traitor. The ships on the sea outside have no spies. They are just a bunch of blind people and dare not attack the island rashly." Zhu Zhanhe pointed at his outfit, "I went out for inspection in the name of my eldest cousin, using myself as bait to lure out the traitor, and then immediately revealed my identity. The traitor is wary of my identity. If they kill me, they will not be able to explain to my father. I will take advantage of the opportunity to subdue them and catch them all in one fell swoop. In this way, my eldest cousin will be safe."
This is to kill one's own family for the sake of justice! A Lei was shocked and said, "In this way, your father has been convicted of attempting to murder the crown prince. Regicide is punishable by death."
Zhu Zhanhe's pupils suddenly contracted and he paused before saying, "My father brought this upon himself. I will plead with the emperor when the time comes. As a son, I am willing to sacrifice everything to atone for my father's sins. I beg the emperor to spare my father's life and imprison him in Fengyang for life to repent!"
After that, Zhu Zhanhe took out a piece of cloth, sealed Zhu Zhanji's mouth, and said, "Let me lure out the traitor. This is the way to minimize casualties. I am the prince of Han, so my life is not in danger. Don't worry."
She also reminded A Lei, "Sister A Lei has always been the most rational. I have explained it very clearly. You should know that what I did is right. I will not help my cousin to untie the rope. My cousin always takes everything on himself and carries the pressure alone. He lives like a 60-year-old man at the age of 16. It is not easy for him. I want to share some of the burden for him. Now, it is my turn to protect him."
Arei was torn between a dilemma and a dilemma, but he looked convinced. "Don't worry, I won't."
No, I think it's worth considering. After all, there are also considerable risks in Zhu Zhanhe's doing this.
Zhu Zhanhe walked to the door, then turned back, took out a rope and a piece of cloth, tied up Arei as well, tied him to the bedpost, and gagged him!
Are had an injury on his foot and didn't have enough strength to resist at all.
Zhu Zhanhe said, "I'm sorry, Sister A'lei. I don't trust anyone during this special period. Besides, you just lied to my eldest cousin and acted like it was real. Sister A'lei, you've been a bad boy recently."
Arei: I was so blind to help such an ungrateful person!
Zhu Zhanhe left, and "thoughtfully" closed the door, telling the guards outside that the Crown Prince was catching up on his sleep, and that they should not enter unless there was something urgent.
Go and disturb His Highness.
As soon as Zhu Zhanhe left, Zhu Zhanji fell to the ground with his chair, right in front of the bed. He had just observed carefully and found a broken piece of porcelain under the bed. It was the fragment of the teapot that A Lei accidentally broke yesterday. The personal soldiers only cleaned the floor and ignored the fragments under the bed.
Zhu Zhanhe's long arms and legs played an advantage, his slender fingers successfully hooked the porcelain piece, and then he fell to the ground and rubbed the hemp rope tied around his wrists bit by bit...
Just as Zhu Zhanhe had expected, Ji Gang was going all in and was going to launch a final attack. How was he going to lure Zhu Zhanji out
Ji Gang urgently formulated a plan. He ordered his assassins disguised as Japanese pirates to kill the guards guarding the prisoners of war. He released about a thousand Japanese pirate prisoners of war, threw weapons to them, and killed the young army.
I just don’t believe that after such a big commotion, Zhu Zhanji would still hide away.
The assassins took the order and left, and once the release was successful, they used yellow smoke as a signal.
Ji Gang was eagerly waiting for the signal, but someone from the Young Army came over and said, "Sir, the Crown Prince has come to the port to inspect the bombing and is looking for you to come over and talk."
What? It's really like searching for something without any effort, the fat meat actually jumped into my mouth
The messenger pointed to a gun emplacement in the harbor and said, "It's right there."
From a distance, he looked like a fallen immortal, wearing a green dress and a jade hairpin. He was indeed the crown prince. Ji Gang nodded, "Okay, I'll go right away."
Ji Gang climbed onto the fort, "Your humble servant Ji Gang pays respects to Your Highness."
The man in green turned around slowly, "Master Ji."
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