Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 9 Sincerity is the ultimate skill!

After laughing and bursting into tears for a quarter of an hour, Zhu Yuanzhang finally calmed down.

However, his hands were still trembling slightly unconsciously.

Taking the brocade handkerchief respectfully presented by the head eunuch, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and began to carefully read the contents written on the three pieces of paper word by word.

"Your Majesty, Grandpa Huang,

After a ten-year absence, the unfilial grandson Xiongying regained his memory a few days ago and learned that his grandma passed away ten years ago, and his father passed away in May this year. Bad health...

However, in the past ten years, the reason why Xiongying survived by chance was because he was saved by his fake father Cao Wei..."

Due to old age, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyesight became irreversibly worse and worse.

He had to get close to the candlestick and squint hard to see the densely packed words on the letter paper.

one page,
two pages,

three pages.

Zhu Yuanzhang even read the punctuation marks on the letter paper one by one. Finally, he put down the letter paper in his hand sadly and closed his eyes for a while before he recovered.

What follows closely is the memories of scenes from the past.

Ten years ago,
In the 15th year of Hongwu, Zhu Xiongying, the grandson of the emperor, was seriously ill. Zhu Yuanzhang summoned almost all the doctors and alchemists in the world.

But all the doctors were helpless about Zhu Xiongying's condition, and he eventually died.

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and Prince Zhu Biao endured their grief and buried their grandson behind the Dongling Mausoleum. However, within three days, Zhu Xiongying's body was found missing!
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious!
Someone actually dared to take advantage of the body of his great grandson!
Zhu Yuanzhang was hysterical and sent out almost all the Jinyi guards to thoroughly investigate the matter!
The efficiency of Jin Yiwei is still high, not to mention that all Jin Yiwei have to check one thing.

In less than five days, things were cleared up.

The whole story was that there was a son in Yingtianfu Yin's family at that time, who was a complete prodigal son who was doing nothing all day long, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

As an old father, Fu Yin was heartbroken and thought of countless ways to no avail. Finally, he used some connections to send his useless son to Dongling to guard the mausoleum.

But this prodigal son never changed his nature, and often sneaked out to hang out in the casino, not only lost a lot of money, but also owed a lot of debt.

Gamblers who lose in a hurry are irrational and inhumane.

And never doubt the audacity of a gambling addict.

The son of Fu Yin was so bold that he recruited a few accomplices he met at the gambling table and took advantage of the rainy night when the values ​​were changing in the Dongling Tomb to steal the body and burial objects of his grandson Zhu Xiongying.

They originally planned to collect the valuable items from the grandson's body and then return them to the mausoleum.

In their expectation, this matter was foolproof. After all, who would open a mausoleum to see a dead person?
Moreover, this person's status is still the grandson of the emperor, and he is extremely honorable. Who would dare to disrespect him?
But then I don't know what happened, the group of people did not send the body of the emperor's grandson back.

The son of the prefect did not return to Dongling, and hid himself. He did not deal with the lies left before, and was finally found out, and the incident came to light.

And when Jin Yiwei found Fu Yin's son and brought him in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he was a little dazed.

Later, after a painstaking interrogation and investigation, all the funerary objects in the tomb of the emperor's grandson were recovered.

Even when Zhu Xiongying was buried, the gold and silk clothes he wore were presented to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma.

But there was only one thing missing, which was the longevity lock that Queen Ma prayed for Zhu Xiongying back from the temple.

The guilt of Fu Yin's son is certain!

But when someone asked where Zhu Xiongying's body was now, he yelled crazily about whether it was a fake body, dead, or alive.

The general meaning is that that night, the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying, who had already died, came to life again in the heavy rain in front of their eyes, scaring a group of people into confusion and running away!

Naturally, no one believes this kind of nonsense. How could someone come back from the dead?
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it either.

In the end, it was impossible to interrogate, so Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the nine Fuyin clans in a rage!

And those accomplices of Fu Yin's son, none of them escaped, even their family members were beheaded!
Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to search around Dongling, digging almost three feet into the ground, almost turning the whole mountain upside down, but they still couldn't find Zhu Xiongying's body.

Everyone thought that Zhu Xiongying had been harmed by jackals and wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and they all shook their heads in regret.

But because this matter was in the way of the royal family's face, Zhu Yuanzhang blocked all news and suppressed it forcefully. Only a very small number of people knew about it.

After this incident, Empress Ma became depressed and became ill, and her health deteriorated day by day. Even under the care of countless imperial doctors in the palace, she still passed away in the same year as Hongwu 15 years ago.

Now... Ten years have passed, and a letter brought news of his eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the exquisite little longevity lock in his hand, his heart trembled again, and his eyes turned red.

"It's Ying'er...it's really him, he said he broke our Yu Ruyi, only we and him know about it..."

The memories of him helping the young Zhu Xiongying and covering up his "crime" in front of Zhu Biao appeared in front of his eyes. Zhu Yuanzhang grinned and wet his eyes again.

The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind and remembered what Zhu Xiongying said in the letter that Cao Wei saved his life and took good care of him for ten years.

Moreover, as an ordinary farmer, Cao Wei provided Zhu Xiongying with the money he had accumulated for many years to participate in the imperial examination.

This kind of sincerity is very rare.

unfortunately,

Ying'er said in the letter that this man was dying soon and only had one year left to live.

"We are not the ones to repay kindness and revenge. This matter... let Yinger follow." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

It wasn't that he didn't want to take back his eldest grandson, but Zhu Xiongying begged Zhu Yuanzhang in the letter to let him stay by Cao Wei's side in the last year.

When Cao Ying wrote this letter, he must have thought deeply about it. The solution he finally came up with was to be sincere enough!
He spent almost half of his letter pleading with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Cao Wei saved his life, and with ten years of nurturing, it was like recreating him.

He cannot be an unfilial person.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw the deep affection in Cao Ying's letter, and it was hard not to be moved by it, especially since Cao Wei was already dead.

Besides, Cao Ying has grown up and is no longer a child at the mercy of others.

If Cao Ying is taken back by force, it will only be a bad thing.

That's it!

A year is a year.

After making this decision, Zhu Yuanzhang felt relaxed and happy for a long time.

I have to say that Cao Ying made the right decision, and sincerity is always the surefire weapon!

But Zhu Yuanzhang had a rough life, and he was used to the intrigues in the world, so how could he really feel relieved?

Immediately summoned the commander of Jinyiwei, Jiang Yu, and gave him a death order, and found out all the information about Cao Wei within ten days.

Jiang Yu took the order and left.

Although he didn't know who Cao Wei was or even where he was, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to check, so he had to check, and he had to find out within ten days!

After Jiang Wei left the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on the letter paper in his hand again, with a hint of thinking and amusement in his eyes.

"A huge Kongming lantern? Can it take people to the sky?"

"It's kind of interesting..."

(End of this chapter)