Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 240 Promise us something
In the early morning, the sky just turned white.

The light spilled from the gloomy clouds, but it did not make the bottom of the sky bright, but rather gray.When the wind blows, the piercing cold wind of winter follows like a shadow.

Zhu Xiongying followed the old man on a narrow path leading to a mountain.The gravel under the feet made a sound from time to time, and the weeds on both sides of the path swayed tenaciously in the gaps in the stones.

The foot of the mountain used to be a piece of fertile soil, but now it was winter, and it looked extraordinarily empty, even a little desolate.The ridges of the land have long been unclear, like shallow scars covering the body surface.

These places have become royal forbidden areas.

Because looking over from the yam, the magnificent palaces in sight are the ancestral tombs of the Ming Dynasty.For hundreds of miles, they are all vassals of that mausoleum.

Creaking, the old man stepped on the stones with vigorous steps, and walked up the mountain with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Xiongying followed closely behind him, half a step behind him was Fengxiang Hou Zhanglong who lowered his head and kept silent.

Both old men are in good health, and they didn't sweat and pant after walking for a long time.But Zhu Xiongying's legs gradually became heavy.

"Tired!" The old man turned his head and smiled slightly.

"Grandson is not tired!" Zhu Xiongying smiled, and the old man took him out just after dawn, saying that he was walking casually, but he couldn't stop after walking, "Grandfather, where are we going?"

"Go to the place where we were lazy before!" The old man smiled, holding Zhu Xiongying's little hand with his big hand, "This mountain is called Mao'er Mountain. It looks like a hat from a distance. When we were your age, Grazing cattle for the landlord’s house.”

"I'm tired of herding the cows, so let's go to the top of the mountain to rest. Go to the grass and cover my face with a straw hat. Hey, I'll sleep for a long time!"

At this time, several of them had reached the top of the mountain.

Although the mountain is not high, it is also a mountain.

Looking from the top of the mountain, among the fertile fields of Yimapingchuan, the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhu family can be seen impressively.

This mausoleum, where the old man's parents and elder brothers are buried, is in the same shape as the emperor's tomb, even more magnificent than the old man's own Xiaoling mausoleum.

But somehow, maybe it was the bad weather.Looking at the imperial mausoleum from a distance, it actually gave off a somewhat bleak feeling.

"Earlier, when we stood on the top of the mountain and looked at it, sometimes we thought happily, if all the land we saw belonged to our family!" Don’t have to go hungry any more!”

Zhu Xiongying also looked over there, and said with a smile, "Grandpa Huang, these fields belong to our family now!"

Yes, since this place became the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, the surrounding hundreds of miles have been designated as forbidden areas by the royal family.

Hearing this, the old man shook his head, "It's just for the face of the royal family, these lands are not considered fields now!" He said, pointing with his fingers, "Look, it's been deserted for a few years, it's full of weeds !"

Even if the royal forbidden land is barren, the common people cannot reclaim it at will.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the old man, "Grandpa, since it's all barren, why don't you ask people to cultivate it!" He said with a smile, "You and your grandson's great-grandfather and great-grandmother value the crops the most. If they have spirits in the sky, look Seeing that the fields around me are barren, I will definitely feel distressed!"

"My grandson thinks that it's better to just allocate it to some tenants and don't ask them to pay for grain. Just plant carefully! In spring and summer, there will be lush wheat fields, and my ancestors will be happy to see them!"

"It makes sense!" The old man sighed, and turned around, "Zhang Long!"

"Chen is here!"

"Did you hear what the grandson said?" the old man asked.

"I heard it!" Zhang Long said with a smile, "I turned around and told Zhongdu to stay behind and said that this place will become Huangzhuang. If there are not enough people to farm the land, I will send tenants from the minister's home first!"

The old man looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Have you found your parents' grave?"

During those years of war, the living could not care about the dead.Those who have land at home can be buried, and those who have no land at home can just find a corner of the mountain.

Zhang Long's face darkened, and he said with a wry smile, "After decades of searching, I probably know the location. During the festivals, I can only bring my descendants to pay respects from afar!"

"You and we are both children of a poor family!" The old man sighed slightly again, "We were starved, stared at, and bullied by the government and wealthy families. Now we are the emperor, and you are the marquis. Remember the hardships of the past, was born poor and then bullied the poor, is it still considered human?"

Zhang Long immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, the minister's family feels that it is impossible for this matter to happen again, and I will guarantee it with my head!"

"There is only one head, don't talk nonsense!" The old man said lightly, his eyes continued to look into the distance.

The wind blew over the top of the mountain, bringing a bit of depression, the old man's face gradually became heavy, and there was no joy in his eyes.

"Grandfather, what are you thinking?" Zhu Xiongying shook the old man's hand.

"Back then, when your great-grandfather and grandma were buried, there wasn't even a grave bag!" The old man sighed, "We didn't have any land at home, but the good people of the Liu family gave us a sloping land. On the day of the burial, it rained heavily, and your great-grandfather and grandma Without a coffin, the corpse is soaked in muddy water."

As he said that, the corners of the old man's eyes turned red, "The tomb we built for them later, no matter how well it was built, it is of no use! There is no coffin, and there is no half shroud. The top of the hall is for people to see, our parents It’s still soaking in bitter water to this day!”

"It is so-called that the ancestors suffer, and the descendants enjoy the blessings!" Zhu Xiongying comforted, "The grandfather and grandma suffered hardships during their lifetime, and the blessings are all reflected in the children and grandchildren."

The old man shook his head violently, as if he didn't want his grandson to see his red eyes, and said, "Grand grandson, we have something to tell you!"

"You say!"

"Back then, our Zhu family was only a short distance away from the death of the whole family, and the loss of children and grandchildren!" The old man said slowly, "When we were in Chuzhou, the males of our Zhu family were left with us and our nephew!"

"My grandson knows about this!" Zhu Xiongying said.

"Up to now, it's not easy for our Zhu family Ding Changsheng!" The old man touched the top of Zhu Xiongying's head with his big hand, "We have a bunch of sons, a bunch of grandchildren, so many grandsons, we haven't seen them yet!"

"The more people in the family, the more thoughts. Not to mention the royal family, it is the family of ordinary people, and it is impossible for brothers to live in harmony!"

"So, let's tell you this, you have to keep it in your heart!"

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying seemed to understand what the old man was going to say.

Zhang Long, on the other hand, took a few steps back calmly.

"Your father is a tolerant and magnanimous character, and he looks like a big brother. We don't worry." The old man continued, "You are different from your father. You are more cruel than your father, and you don't have your father in your heart. Then Caring about flesh and blood!"

"Grandfather..."

Not allowing Zhu Xiongying to speak, the old man continued, "In the future, what if your uncle, your cousin, and other descendants of our Zhu family annoy you! Promise us, don't kill them!"

"The older generation of the Zhu family died of hunger and cold!"

"We have been born and died all our lives, and we don't want our descendants to die at the hands of our own family in the future!"

"They annoyed you, failed you, or did something outrageous!"

"For our sake, and for the sake of our Zhu family's difficult today, let them go!" Then, the old man pointed at the magnificent imperial tomb, "I can't help but imprison them here!" That's it!"

"can you do it?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at the old man and held his big hand tightly, "Grandpa, my grandson can do it. My grandson promises you that no matter what happens in the future, I will not kill any descendants of the Zhu family!"

(End of this chapter)