Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 46: Teach Zhu Di how to take the initiative to file a complaint

After thinking about this, Zhu Di began to panic: "Second brother, if you want to save me, our father must be angry."

"I'll teach you a way..." Zhu Kai looked at Zhu Di with a smile, "When you return to the palace, go and complain to your father first, saying that Li Qi and Li You bullied you."

"what?"

Zhu Di was afraid whenever he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang, and now he wanted to go to him to complain: "I, I'm afraid my father will beat me."

"Fifth brother, you can't think like that. Are you afraid that dad won't beat you?"

Zhu Kai continued to persuade Zhu Di and said, "Whether we are afraid or not, Dad will beat us after he knows that we beat Li Qi and Li You. Have you heard the saying that the crying child gets the milk? If we complain first, it will leave a preconceived impression on Dad. If Li Qi complains first, then they will have the preconceived impression."

There is a skill to filing a complaint.

Zhu Kai was imparting to Zhu Di experiences he had never had before.

If Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang heard what Zhu Kai said, they would definitely curse loudly. This is how Zhu Kai bullied us back then. We went to complain and we were the ones who got beaten. Zhu Yuanzhang is the head of a family and he would not listen to a child's complaint.

It's your fault for complaining. You have no guts. Why don't you complain to others instead?

Just deserves a beating.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang followed Zhu Kai to do something bad. Because they were afraid of being beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang, they followed Zhu Kai's advice and went to complain first. Then they were beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Kai was not punished at all. Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were so angry...

Zhu Di, like Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang, followed Zhu Kai's theory of "the wicked are the first to complain", and nodded thoughtfully: "I understand, I will go when I get back."

"Good fifth brother!"

Zhu Kai rode on his bicycle and patted Zhu Di on the shoulder: "I'll take you with me when we go out to play in the future!"

With Zhu Di, a tough and thick-skinned scapegoat, Zhu Kai felt that he would definitely not be beaten.

……

In the evening, Zhu Kai brought snacks and Ma Xiuying's favorite preserved fruits to Kunning Palace. He talked to Ma Xiuying about what he saw and learned outside today, as well as the interesting stories about Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned at Xu Da's house. Ma Xiuying was very happy and then asked about Xu Da's health.

"Very good, I can eat a roast goose, but Yuting also snatched a lot of roast goose from Uncle Tiande today."

Zhu Kai knew what Ma Xiuying was worried about, and said to her: "Mom, don't worry too much. Uncle Tiande's back carbuncle is not a fatal injury. He has been fighting for many years and has too many injuries on his body. He didn't have the conditions to recuperate properly at that time. In addition, the back carbuncle caused sepsis. Pay more attention to rest, diet and hygiene. Eating one or two roast geese will not have much impact on him."

"You sound like a doctor."

Ma Xiuying glanced at Zhu Kai and then said, "Don't just say nice things. Your father already knows that you beat up Li Qi and Li You outside."

"Ah? They filed the complaint so quickly?"

Zhu Kai was stunned, then felt something was wrong and said angrily:

"There's a spy among me! Who is it? Mao Xiang or Jiang Li?"

Zhu Kai knew that Zhu Yuanzhang sent strong men to monitor him... Zhu Kai was not surprised by this result, and he had even expected it before. Let them monitor him if they want, it's not something shameful anyway.

But even though he knew it, Zhu Kai didn't want anyone else's eyes around him, even if that person was Zhu Yuanzhang.

But if you think about it carefully, that’s not right.

Mao Xiang, Jiang Lin and the Yiluansi strongmen who protected him were always by his side and had no chance to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

How did Dad know that?
Thinking about it again, a guy as dark as the bottom of a pot emerged in Zhu Kai's mind: "Could it be Meng Duan?" "Don't use your brain to think about these crooked thoughts. The people around you are sent by your father. Even if they tell your father about you, it is the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor."

Ma Xiuying didn't want Zhu Kai to think about this, but she still told him the truth: "It was Yingtian Prefecture Yin Mengduan. He happened to see you beating Li Qi and Li You on his way to the palace, so he told your father about it after he saw you."

"Oh, so she is the descendant of the Sub-Saint."

Zhu Kai curled his lips, not impressed by the dark-skinned Meng Duan: "All he does is tell tales about me all day long. How can he be a sub-sage?"

Eight out of ten times when there was trouble in Yingtian Prefecture, it was Meng Duan who was the one who reported it.

Meng Duan claimed to be a descendant of Mencius, the second sage. He was a Jinshi in the Yuan Dynasty and also an official of the Yuan Dynasty. He was just dissatisfied with the hierarchy of the Mongols, so he rebelled in anger and followed Zhu Yuanzhang. Moreover, this person was honest, self-disciplined and upright. Except that he liked to sue Zhu Kai, he had no major problems.

If Zhu Di went to complain again... wouldn't that be like hitting a wall?
Zhu Kai immediately realized that something was wrong and said to Ma Xiuying, "Mom, it's okay. I'm leaving first. I'll come to see you tomorrow and bring you a bicycle. You don't have to walk every day in the palace anymore."

"Go."

Zhu Kai got up and left, not returning to Fengxian Hall, but going to find Zhu Di.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew in advance that Zhu Kai and Zhu Di had beaten Li Qi and Li You, Zhu Di would definitely have been severely beaten.

My poor brother...

In fact, Zhu Kai did not want to take advantage of his younger brother, mainly because there were too few older brothers and only Zhu Biao, who was the one to take the blame. It would be a waste of his talent to let Zhu Biao take the blame for such a small matter as a fight.

There is no other choice but to cheat my brother.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were both scared of being cheated, and they didn't believe a word Zhu Kai said.

Only Zhu Di's age was more suitable, and he had thick skin and flesh, so he could be full of energy again after a beating and two days of rest.

When his younger brothers grow up, Zhu Kai will have more people to use. Zhu Kai feels that he must first build good relationships with his younger brothers who have not grown up, so that they can be used as shields in the future.

However, when they found Zhu Di, they discovered that he was having a meal, but his younger brother Zhu Su was nowhere to be seen.

"Second brother? Why are you here?"

Zhu Di was very happy to see Zhu Kai: "Second brother, do you want to go out and play with me?"

"It's already night, how are you going out?"

Zhu Kai showed an anxious look on his face and said to Zhu Di: "Fifth brother, I just had dinner with mother, and she told me that Meng Duan, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, happened to see us beating Li Qi and Li You, so before we came, he told father about our beating."

"Ah? That old bastard Meng Duan - did my father let him be the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture so that he could sue us? Old bastard Meng Duan is really hateful!"

Zhu Di first scolded Meng Duan, then suddenly thought of something and his expression suddenly changed:
"Oh no, my brother is in danger."

"Ok?"

Zhu Kai was a little confused. He and Zhu Di beat Li Qi and Li You. What did this have to do with Zhu Su?
"hey-hey……"

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly and said, "I thought, who would complain if they did? After all, my brother is a scholar. Even if my father wanted to beat him, he would not be so cruel to me, right?"

"So, let Zhu Su go, right?"

Zhu Kai looked at Zhu Di with disdain, "Fifth brother, I've known you for so long, but I never thought you were this kind of person!"

(End of this chapter)