"Wait!"
Zhu Renxia waved his hand to stop the officers and soldiers who were about to pounce, and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Renteng, you can remove me, but if you want to arrest me, you guys will never have a good life. Let's go to Fengyang to see our ancestors' graves." .”
Zhu Renteng laughed: "Haha... How dare you, a little lieutenant of Fengguo, speak out wildly?"
While Zhu Renteng was talking, his eyes were looking at the two women behind Zhu Renxia, thinking secretly in his heart.
"What kind of opportunity has this kid got? Not to mention returning home in fine clothes, but also accompanied by two pretty girls? It seems like it's time to take him down and interrogate him."
Zhu Renxia clasped his hands on his chest and said calmly: "Zhu Renbo once asked Zhu Runcheng in public to kneel down and call his yellow dog daddy. Zhu Runcheng is a member of the Ming Dynasty clan and a descendant of the old Zhu family.
What does Zhu Renbo mean by this? General, please think about it yourself.
If I brought this matter to Shuntian Mansion and the Forbidden City, do you think Long Yan would be furious? The whole court was in an uproar?
At that time, will the prince still protect Zhu Renbo? It’s not certain who will guard the ancestral graves! "
"you……"
Zhu Renteng was so angry that his heart beat faster, not because of Zhu Renxia, but because of his brother who was causing trouble all day long.
When he called Zhu Rencheng a dog, didn't he call him the descendant of a dog? The entire Zhu family was the son of a dog?
"Come on, kill Zhu Renxia, and no one here will be able to leave!"
Zhu Renteng rolled his eyes slightly and shouted coldly.
"Drive, drive, drive..."
Just then, a red horse galloped over.
Immediately sitting there was a girl wearing a red skirt and braided braids. She was Zhu Lumeng, the daughter of Zhu Rentu, the general of the country.
All the officers and soldiers present knew Zhu Lvmeng. She was the niece of the current prince, and she was closer than Zhu Renteng, the commander of the royal guards. Who dared to offend her?
At that moment, everyone fled and made a way with a "crash".
"Uncle Xiazi, are you back?"
Zhu Lumeng rode his horse straight to Zhu Renxia. He reined in the horse and said, "Hey..."
Zhu Lumeng did not talk to the murderous Zhu Renteng first, but first looked at the two beauties behind Uncle Xia Zi, "Uncle Xia Zi, who are they?"
"Xiaomeng, good afternoon!"
Zhu Renxia smiled and greeted, "The younger one is my daughter-in-law Jiang, and the older one is my guard Jinzhu."
"Um?"
Jinzhu is about to collapse, it’s not over, right?
"Oh...so she's my aunt?"
Zhu Lumeng got off the horse and looked at Jiang Axiu up and down, with a hint of hostility in his eyes, "Uncle Xiazi, you can do it, you can kidnap such a handsome daughter-in-law? But you can't do it without reporting it to the clan mansion. Count!”
"No."
Zhu Renxia pinched his nose: "I will be expelled soon, so my marriage is free and I don't have to report to the court anymore."
"Expelled from membership?"
Zhu Lumeng was immediately a little anxious, "Uncle Xia Zi, are you serious about this? You will become a white person after you are expelled from the family. Your descendants will also be white, and you will never be able to regain your clan identity in the future."
"I know!"
Zhu Renxia looked unconcerned and said, "It's not up to me whether to remove my family status today or not. If not, I have to go to Fengyang to guard the ancestral graves."
Zhu Lumeng then turned his attention to Zhu Renteng and said with a surprised look on his face: "Oh... isn't this my second uncle? What gust of wind brought you here?"
Zhu Renteng snorted coldly: "Hmph...it's a good thing you can still see your second uncle. An uncle who has graduated from the fifth server is closer than my cousin. I really don't know how the third brother educated you."
"Hey...Second uncle, what you said is wrong."
Zhu Lumeng shook her little head, "Uncle Xiazi is my childhood friend. He has played with me since childhood. Although he is not my biological uncle, he is better than my biological uncle."
Zhu Renteng said with a cold face: "Why, are you going to get involved in this muddy water today?"
Zhu Lumeng said: "I heard your conversation just now. Fourth uncle asked Da Chengzi to control the dog calling him daddy. It's a big deal or a small matter. I think second uncle, you will enforce the law impartially, right?"
"Are you threatening me?"
Zhu Renteng was so angry that his fingers trembled, but he didn't dare to get angry.
"I don't. I have always been a good boy who respects the elderly and loves the young."
Zhu Lumeng dangled her braids with her hands, "I have to tell my second uncle a secret. In fact, my father is very interested in your position as the commander of the royal guards. You have to be careful and don't let him catch you."
"you……"
Zhu Renteng almost broke his guard, his face turned red.
Zhu Renxia was afraid that Zhu Lvmeng would ruin his good deeds, so he hurriedly bowed: "General, look at this, I have also deeply realized my mistakes. A gentleman should not speak. It was indeed my fault to beat General Ren Bo." …”
Zhu Renxia took out two ingots of silver from his sleeves and said sincerely: "This is my compensation for his medical expenses. I apologize slightly. I have no shame in being a member of the Ming Dynasty clan after beating the clan. Please ask the general to report to the prince and expel me from the clan." Serve as a warning to others.”
"snort!"
Zhu Renteng slapped the silver to the ground, turned around and left angrily, "I will expel you from your citizenship before sunset and get out of Guilin City!"
After Zhu Renteng left with his guards, Zhu Lumeng said worriedly: "Uncle Xia Zi, don't be afraid. I will go back and beg my father to ask him to plead for you in front of the prince. I will only fine you a salary and keep your salary." Clan’s place of origin.”
"My good niece, please don't plead with me!"
Zhu Renxia hurriedly clasped his fists and begged, "I worked so hard to get rid of my membership, otherwise I wouldn't have taken such a big risk and beat Zhu Renbo. Please don't let me waste all my efforts."
"I don't understand, what benefit does expelling one's citizenship do to a hero?"
Seeing Zhu Renxia's resolute attitude, Zhu Lvmeng had to give up her plan to help him keep his clan membership.
"There are many benefits!"
Zhu Renxia gave his niece a treasure trove of treasures on his fingers, "First, I am no longer bound by the clan's prohibition on leaving the feudal territory without permission. From now on, I can travel around the great rivers and mountains without any restraint."
"Um……"
Zhu Lumeng bit her finger, feeling a little moved.
"Second, I can do whatever I want. I can farm the land if I want to, do business if I want to do business, be a soldier if I want to be a soldier, and take the imperial examination if I want to. I no longer have to be a rotten person waiting to die, doing nothing all day long. imperial clan."
"Of course, it was rotten before, but it is rotten now. Because the treasury is empty and there is no salary, it can only turn into rotten bones."
Zhu Lumeng's eyes were shining: "It seems to make sense..."
Zhu Renxia continued to clasp his fingers and chattered endlessly: "Third, no matter which woman I like, as long as we are in love, we can get married. I no longer have to wait for the court's approval. I love what I love and do whatever I want."
"Hmm... I'm so envious!" Zhu Lvmeng licked her lips.
"Fourth, I can name my children whatever I want. I no longer have to name my children with such unusual names, which have to be named with the radicals of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and make them loud and talkative."
Zhu Lumeng deeply agreed with this: "No, I don't like my name, and I don't know what Taizu thinks."
When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he drew up a genealogy for all the vassal kings, planned their twenty-generation generation, and required that the names of descendants must contain the radicals of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
At the beginning, there were only a few hundred descendants of Lao Zhu's family, so it was relatively easy to name them.
But as the Ming Dynasty continued to expand, the royal clan gradually grew to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. At this time, it became more difficult to choose a good name.
Therefore, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty had all kinds of weird names. Later generations can even form a periodic table of elements based on the names of these clans.
During the Jiajing period, names were no longer sufficient, so the clan turned a blind eye and allowed the use of some radical characters such as 艹, 任, and 氵. The name Zhu Renxia was a product of this policy. .
However, Zhu Renxia is still quite satisfied with his name, because he has had a dream since he was a child to "become a knight with light wealth and fight with swords in the world."
"Look, there are so many benefits, why wouldn't I get rid of my citizenship?"
Zhu Renxia took Zhu Lumeng into the courtyard and asked Jiang Axiu to make tea for him.
"Xiao Xin and I are both at the bottom of the clan, and we haven't received salary for several years. If you hadn't lent me three taels of silver and let me work as a peddler, maybe I would have starved to death by now."
"Uncle Xiazi, what you said makes sense."
Zhu Lumeng took a sip of tea and said, "Hearing what you said, I almost want to get rid of my citizenship!"
