As soon as Zhu Bai clamped the horse's belly, it flashed across the grassland filled with watery moonlight like a silver light.
The wind blows and the grass is low, and green waves are everywhere.
The small trees in the distance are like silent sentinels.
Zhu Bai suddenly remembered the poem he and his three brothers wrote together in Master Liu's class.
What he answered at that time was: "Let me ride the horse."
Unexpectedly, he would realize this sentence so quickly.
It really has its own destiny.
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The sky in the distance glows with a faint blue light, and the morning star seems to be bright and dim, embedded next to the waning moon like a jade hook.
The grass blades were covered with crystal dewdrops, which were blown down by the wind and scattered when trampled, making diamonds all over the ground.
The guard at Juyongguan had been patrolling all night and was a little tired now. He didn't care that his clothes were wet with morning dew, so he just leaned against the wall and took a nap.
"drop……"
A shrill whistle suddenly resounded through the silent sky.
The soldiers were stunned for a moment in the chaos, and then they all jumped up and looked outside the city wall.
"drop……"
The voice persisted.
A small figure rode a horse from a distance to greet the first ray of morning sun.
The gold medal "It's like I'm here in person" he held in his hand shone particularly dazzlingly.
"It's King Xiang!!"
"The King of Xiang is back!! The King of Xiang is back!!"
The soldiers chanted with tears in their eyes.
Someone ran to the inner wall and shouted: "The King of Xiang is back. There are no pursuers behind him. Open the city gate quickly."
The soldiers at the city gate below rushed to the city gate and opened the city gate.
Zhu Baifeng swept in like a wind.
The soldiers immediately closed the city gate again.
"Prince Xiang, are you okay?"
"King Xiang, did the Mongols torture you?"
The soldiers surrounded Zhu Bai and asked all kinds of questions.
Zhu Bai nodded and responded: "No, I am fine. Thank you for your concern."
The Juyong gatekeeper hurriedly put on a robe and came out, looking a little disheveled.
His eyes were red with excitement: "Oh, King Xiang, you are back safely."
The child in front of him was dark and thin, wearing a Mongolian robe, his hair was as short as only one inch long, and he had a dog tied to his body.
If it weren't for the gold medal in his hand, who would have thought that this was Zhu Bai, the most important and favored prince of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Bai grinned: "I'm sorry to make you worry."
The guard general asked people to prepare meals, hot water and beds, and at the same time asked people to hurry up to deliver a message to Zhu Di. At the same time, he told the city gate guards not to leak the news. He was very busy.
After Zhu Bai finished eating, he had no energy to take a shower and fell asleep.
This night, I planned a wonderful ride on a mountain to watch a tiger fight, and rode for more than two hundred miles. It was really thrilling.
Now that he was back on his own territory, he felt extremely tired after relaxing his muscles.
I don’t know how long I slept, but I had a lot of strange dreams.
After a while, I dreamed that Wang Tuotuo said: "I treat you as a brother, but the wolf you raised killed my Abu."
After a while, Zhu Xi said: "Zhu Bai, how can you come back? You should die on the grassland."
After a while, Concubine Hu Shun said, "Son, come back quickly."
Drowsily, he felt someone was staring at him, and then he woke up from his dream. He jumped up, but was held down.
"Twelfth brother, it's me. Don't be afraid." Zhu Di's voice sounded.
Zhu Bai calmed down and saw clearly that the person in front of him was Zhu Di. He grinned: "Eh?! Fourth brother, you came so fast."
Look outside it's only noon.
It is more than a hundred miles from Juyongguan to Peking.
It seems that as soon as the messenger arrived, Zhu Di set off immediately.
In fact, on the way here, Zhu Di's heart was hanging in the air. He was afraid that they had recognized the wrong person, that someone else was pretending to be him with Zhu Bai's gold medal, and that his happiness was in vain.
When he saw Zhu Bai in person, he was completely relieved and hugged Zhu Bai hard.
There were so many emotions in my heart, but in the end they only turned into one sentence: "Twelfth brother, you have suffered."
Zhu Bai's eyes were sore and he smiled: "Don't worry, fourth brother. I haven't suffered much. Fourth brother doesn't have to rush like this."
Zhu Di patted his back: "It's good to be back. You are safe now. Go back to Peiping with Fourth Brother."
He couldn't say it directly. Some people didn't want Zhu Bai to come back, so he didn't dare to risk delay.
Zhu Bai knew that Zhu Di could not leave Peiping for too long, so he rode a hundred miles with him back to Peiping.
On the way, Zhu Di told him that Daoyan had arranged for master and apprentice Hongyuan to be quietly sent to a remote temple for training.
After all, there was no need for Zhu Xi to do anything to Hongyuan.
Xu Changying trotted out from the inner palace to greet Zhu Bai.
Her personality is different from that of ordinary women, and Emperor Tiangao doesn't have that much etiquette.
Zhu Di was not surprised.
Zhu Bai felt even more congenial and greeted Xu Changying with a smile: "Sister-in-law Four, long time no see."
Xu Changying looked Zhu Bai up and down for several times before laughing: "It shows that our Twelve family is living well among the Mongols. Tsk tsk, not only have they grown taller, but they are also wearing the clothes of Mongolian nobles."
Zhu Bai was a little proud: "That's right. I won't suffer any loss wherever I go."
Xu Changying patted him on the shoulder: "Tsk tsk, it's good that you're not at a disadvantage. My sister-in-law has prepared delicious food for you. Take a good bath and we'll chat while we eat."
Zhu Bai took a shower and changed clothes, and finally looked like a prince.
It’s just that the hair won’t grow back for the time being.
Zhu Di doesn't like to talk. Even if he has thousands of words in his heart, he can only summarize it in a few words.
Fortunately, Xu Changying was there during dinner in the evening, otherwise Zhu Bai would have been bored to death.
They sang together, asked questions and answered questions, and told Zhu Bai clearly and clearly what happened from Yingtian to Peiping.
Of course, Joubert omitted some things that would have struck them as odd.
For example, he would deliver babies to livestock.
For example, training ewes to cooperate with milking.
There was also the death of Wang Baobao, which he also summarized as the result of a fierce fight between two tribes to compete for his "long-term meal ticket."
In any case, those who knew were either dead or would not admit it until they died, and the truth would be buried deep in the vast grassland along with Wang Baobao.
Zhu Di had been listening with interest without saying a word.
When they finally stopped, he poured them both a cup of tea: "You two have been talking for so long, you should be thirsty."
Xu Changying sighed: "Tsk, tsk, my twelfth brother is indeed not an ordinary person. He really has the ability to turn adversity into good fortune and turn defeat into victory."
But Zhu Bai asked: "Where is my little nephew? I haven't seen him yet."
Xu Changying hurriedly asked the wet nurse to take Zhu Gaochi out.
Zhu Gaochi is white, fat and very cute.
This is amazing, this is Ming Renzong.
I might have to live and drink under him for a few more years.
Zhu Bai was afraid of throwing Zhu Gaochi, so he hugged him briefly and hurriedly returned it to the nanny.
Xu Changying was so amused that she pursed her lips and smiled: "You are not even afraid of tigers, why are you afraid of a child? He won't bite you."
Zhu Bo smiled dryly to hide his fear: "Ke Shen. He is a big fat boy."
Xu Changying smiled: "In a few years, Twelve will also be a father."
