Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 107 Zhu Di: It turns out that my second senior brother is him!
"I finally remembered."

A flash of memory flashed in Fourth Master Zhu's eyes, and he remembered the master and servant pair he saved when the mountain was blocked by heavy snow ten years ago.

"Is your master okay now?" There was a hint of concern in his tone.

"Very good." Old Man Li replied with joy on his face, "He has been thinking about you as a master."

Old Man Li's enthusiasm stunned Li Shanchang, Lu Ben, Hu Weiyong and others around him. They never expected that the owner of the plum garden was actually Master Zhu's apprentice.

"Concerned? Then why doesn't he come to see me?" Fourth Master Zhu glared slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"He didn't come to the capital this year, and none of my servants knew that Fourth Master you were the benefactor back then." Old Man Li explained quickly, for fear of neglecting this benefactor.

"That's all." Fourth Master Zhu waved his hand, not wanting to pursue this issue any further. He pointed at Li Shanchang and others, "Are these people calling you here to drive me away?"

"No, no!" Old Man Li quickly shook his head in denial. He stood up and clasped his fists towards Li Shanchang and the others and said, "Everyone, please leave Meiyuan. You are not welcome here."

"How dare you!" Hu Weiyong roared angrily, "We are all high-ranking officials, how dare you be so rude?"

Although Old Man Li is a servant, he has no fear when facing these powerful people: "This is a private residence. Does the current prime minister want to occupy the private residences of ordinary people?"

With this big hat on, Hu Weiyong was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect that a servant would dare to ignore the majesty of the current Prime Minister.

Li Shanchang was also secretly shocked. He saw that this servant was no ordinary person. He became even more curious about the identity of the owner of the plum garden.

"Since the eviction order has been issued, let's leave." He snorted coldly and turned to leave.

"I won't give it away." Old Man Li clasped his fists with no expression on his face.

Fourth Master Zhu glanced at them with a sarcastic look: "After a long time, it turns out that Meiyuan is not yours? Then what did you say just now?"

Lu Ben said angrily: "Huh! It's a pity that this plum garden was ruined by a reckless man like you!"

"Eh? I heard that you, a reckless man, even opened an academy?" Hu Weiyong's eyes were full of ridicule, "These days, even the leader of the Beggar Clan has opened an academy? What a joke!"

Li Shanchang said bluntly: "What can you teach? A bunch of beggars?"

Lu Ben sneered and echoed: "He and I are competing to see whose student did better in the exam! Hahaha! You can recruit students first and then talk about it!"

Everyone else followed and laughed at Fourth Master Zhu.

Faced with their ridicule, Fourth Master Zhu did not get angry. He spread his hands and said, "Whose student is stronger depends on the scientific examination results. I hope you will be so confident by then. Now please get out of here, don't It affects me from admiring plum blossoms!"

Old Man Li made a gesture of invitation: "What's the matter? Everyone is a high-ranking official in the government and they want to cheat and leave?"

Li Shanchang threw away his sleeves with a livid face, and the others followed him and left Meiyuan, cursing. They originally came to enjoy the plum blossoms during the Chinese New Year, but they didn't expect to encounter such an incident, and they were completely in the mood.

……

Not long after Li Shanchang and others left, Zhu Di walked leisurely along the winding path with a pot of wine.

At this moment, Fourth Master Zhu was chatting with Old Man Li in the pavilion.

"It is an elegant thing for the master to open the plum garden. Who would have thought that those high-ranking officials would regard it as their private property." Old Man Li said angrily.

Fourth Master Zhu shook his head, smiled, and snorted: "You are a scholar, you always like to put on some bad airs."

While he was talking, Zhu Di walked into the pavilion carrying a wine bottle, his face full of doubts: "What happened? Who is this?"

Fourth Master Zhu smiled slightly and introduced: "This is Mr. Li, your second senior brother's servant."

"Second Senior Brother?" Zhu Di looked around in surprise and joy, "Where is he? Second Senior Brother, Third Junior Brother are being polite."

Fourth Master Zhu shook his head helplessly: "Your second senior brother is not here, this plum garden is his property."

Old Uncle Li looked Zhu Di up and down, clasped his fists and saluted, "So you are also the fourth master's apprentice, so you are my master's junior brother."

Zhu Di raised his hand to return the salute, nodded proudly and said, "Exactly. I wonder where my second senior brother is now? I didn't expect that this plum garden actually belongs to him."

"My master is in my hometown of Zhouzhuang." Old Uncle Li raised his hand and pointed to the plum garden with a smile on his face. "Since you are my master's junior brother, you can come here to play in the future and live here."

"Second senior brother is so arrogant." Zhu Di turned to Fourth Master Zhu and asked, "Master, what does my second senior brother do?"

"Your second senior brother's name is Shen Wansan. He is a famous businessman and wealthy businessman." Fourth Master Zhu said.

Zhu Di frowned slightly when he heard this.

I seem to have heard the name Shen Wansan somewhere.

When Fourth Master Zhu rescued their master and servant, he was shocked for a while when he heard the name Shen Wansan.

Damn it, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

That year, the mountain was closed due to heavy snowfall. Shen Wansan became his teacher under Master Zhu and studied the art for more than half a year.

"You write a letter to your master and ask him to come to the capital. I have something to do with him." Fourth Master Zhu said.

"Yes!" Old Man Li nodded.

Fourth Master Zhu sought out Shen Wansan, naturally to strengthen the beggar gang and build a business empire.

Shen Wansan is rich.

……

Coming out of Meiyuan, Zhu Di's face kept looking down.

When he heard what Old Man Li said about what happened in Meiyuan just now, he felt angry. Li Shanchang and his gang of civil servants dared to offend me, my master? I must teach them a lesson.

"Master, you go back first, I'll go back to the Zhaotian Gang to take a look." Zhu Di said.

"Those who are celebrating the New Year, don't cause trouble." Fourth Master Zhu waved his hand and warned.

"Master, just put your heart in your pelvis." Zhu Di spread his hands with a naughty smile on his face.

After saying that, he ran away.

Fourth Master Zhu looked at Zhu Di's leaving figure and shook his head helplessly. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was still early, so he decided to go to Taibai Tower to buy a few jugs of good wine and go back to enjoy it.

He had just arrived at the gate of Taibai Tower.

Bang! A package was thrown out of the door and hit the ground, scattering several books. Immediately afterwards, a person who looked like a waiter came out pushing a scholar.

"It's been five days and you haven't paid the rent yet. Why do you still want to live and eat for free?" the waiter said while pushing the scholar hard.

"let me go!"

The scholar suddenly broke away from the waiter's hand and glared angrily, "You dare to do this to me, you know? The tree on the grave of the person who dared to do this to me last time was so thick."

As he spoke, he made a big circle with his hands.

The waiter was not afraid at all, with a sarcastic smile on his face: "What's the matter? You still want to threaten me? Come on!"

He gave the order, and several strong men immediately rushed out, picked up the scholar, and then threw him away.

Bang!

The scholar fell to the ground and fell all over the place.

He got up angrily and glared at the waiter and the others fiercely: "Wait, when I win the first prize, I will demolish your broken building."

After hearing this, the waiters and the others burst into laughter: "Hahaha! You still want to win the top prize? What a big joke!"

The scholar angrily picked up his package and prepared to leave.

At this time, he looked up and saw Fourth Master Zhu standing by and looking at him with a smile. Fourth Master Zhu asked with a smile: "Are you a poor scholar?"

"What happened to the poor scholar?"

The scholar carried the package and shouted coldly at the waiter and the others, "I, Zheng Shiyuan, remember, I will come back sooner or later to take care of you."

When he heard the name Zheng Shiyuan, Fourth Master Zhu was stunned.

There is such a person in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" who was an upright official and was later convicted of the empty seal case.

He also has a famous younger brother named Zheng Shili. As a civilian, he wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang to speak out for the innocent people in the Kongyin case.

Therefore, "History of the Ming Dynasty" specially created a biography for him, a commoner.

"It's freezing cold here, why don't you go to my academy." Fourth Master Zhu smiled at Zheng Shiyuan.

"Academy?" Zheng Shiyuan was overjoyed, "What academy?"

"Xuanwu Academy." Fourth Master Zhu spread his hands.

"Never heard of it." Zheng Shiyuan frowned.

"Food and accommodation are included, and no tuition fees are charged." Fourth Master Zhu said.

"I'll go!" Zheng Shiyuan answered simply.

Fourth Master Zhu was secretly happy.

No, another student was recruited, and with Han Yike, there were two students in the academy.

He took Zheng Shiyuan to Xuanwu Academy.

Zheng Shiyuan looked at the huge academy and was surprised: "There is such a good academy in the capital, but why are there no students?"

"How not?"

Fourth Master Zhu took him into Luo Guanzhong's small courtyard and pointed, "Look, there are gentlemen and students."

In the yard, Luo Guanzhong and Han Yike were clearing snow.

"Here, let me introduce to you. This is Zheng Shiyuan, a new student in the academy." Fourth Master Zhu began to introduce.

……

Zhu Di came to the Zhatian Gang.

The deputy gang leader Afu and the others were not idle during this period, and they took their friends to deal with the garbage in the snow.

When he saw Zhu Di coming in, he quickly said: "Gang leader, we have collected a lot of protection fees these days."

"Look at your potential."

Zhu Di sat down on the gang leader's big chair and said, "These are just small coins."

"The general came to see us a few days ago and praised us." Ah Fu looked proud.

Zhu Di knew that the general they were talking about was Xu Da.

These military orphans were adopted by General Xu Da.

"Is my junior sister Miaoyun coming?" he asked urgently.

"Miss is not here." Ah Fu replied.

Zhu Di was immediately discouraged. He had not seen Xu Miaoyun for more than ten days.

"Ah Fu, gather all the brothers." A fierce look flashed in his eyes, "Hmph, Li Shanchang and his gang dare to offend my master, I will blow them up."

"Ah?" Ah Fu was shocked, "Gang leader, you want to blow up the prime minister?"

"What does the Prime Minister mean?" Zhu Di disdainfully said, "Young Master, I can even blow up the Emperor."

He really wasn't bragging, he almost blew up his father a year ago.

Of course, Ah Fu and the others must have thought he was bragging.

"Master, I got some black powder. You will follow me later." Zhu Di waved.

"Isn't it? It's really explosive?" Ah Fu held his forehead.

"Huh, it's Chinese New Year, I'll let them listen to the noise." Zhu Di stood up.

He set off with the Zhatian Gang's people, going to the Prime Minister's Mansion first.

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