Chapter 806 The Prince's Escape (Part 1)
Li Jie hurried to Taijin. When he arrived at the inn, Zhu Xun and Zhu Quan were sleeping soundly. Li Jie found the officials who received them and learned about the situation.
As a result, although Zhu Su and Zhu Quan were escorted back by Zhu Ji's fleet, they were both very haggard and were very thin. There were not even a few guards around them, and they looked like they were running away.
Before the people sent by Zhu Jiying left, Li Jie also met the officials in charge and asked them about the scene when Zhu Su and Zhu Quan fled to Luzon.
As a result, according to the official, Zhu Xu and Zhu Quan were hiding on a cargo ship at that time, with only seven or eight people around him.
This cargo ship came back with a fleet, but the fleet encountered wind and waves on the sea and the hull was also damaged. Not only were the cargo lost, but even the supply was insufficient. Therefore, Zhu Su and Zhu Quan also suffered a lot. The two dignified princes were almost dehydrated when they got off the ship.
As for how Zhu Xun and Zhu Quan escaped, Zhu Jixiu's people didn't know about this, because neither Zhu Xun nor Zhu Quan would say that. Zhu Jixiu, as a junior, was embarrassed to ask.
In fact, Zhu Jiying probably didn't want to know. After all, both parties to the incident were his uncles. It would be better for younger generations not to get involved in such a mess between elders.
Not only did Zhu Xu and Zhu Quan sleep well, but even the guards they brought back from America were sleeping sank to death. The officials in the inn wanted to wake them up and ask Li Jie to general flag, but Li Jie refused. Anyway, this matter was not urgent, so it would be better to let them sleep for a while. He also wanted to chat with Zhu Xu Xu and Zhu Quan in person.
It was not until the second day that Zhu Xun and Zhu Quan woke up from their sleep. When they learned that Li Jie was coming, they also clamored to see him. So Li Jie asked someone to hold a banquet, and then they personally invited them to attend the banquet.
When Li Jie saw Zhu Xi and the others, he didn't expect that Zhu Xi would burst into tears when he saw him, crying and scolding Zhu Di for cheating him. Zhu Quan next to him was a little thin-skinned and embarrassed to be so miserable as Zhu Xi, so he could only sigh with a single persuasion.
After finally waiting until Zhu Su was about to vent, Li Jie advised: "Uncle Wang, what's going on? What happened to you in America and Uncle Fourth, why did you suddenly escape back?"
Li Jie was asking questions knowingly, but he had to look caring. After all, Zhu Xun and their family were in-laws, so they still had to have the necessary care.
Zhu Su, who had just stopped crying, almost burst into tears when he heard Li Jie's words. Zhu Quan next to him seemed a little impatient when he saw Zhu Su's performance, immediately rushed forward and said, "This matter is a long story, so I'll just say it!"
"Uncle Wang, I have asked someone to set up a banquet. Let's have a chat while eating!" Li Jie also said immediately. When he saw Zhu Su and Zhu Quan just now, he also found that each other had lost a lot of weight and had unhealed scars on his hands and faces. Needless to ask, they knew that they had suffered a lot at sea.
Zhu Xu and Zhu Quan slept for most of the day, and were indeed very hungry, so the two of them did not object. Li Jie brought them to the banquet, but Zhu Quan didn't care about it anymore and ate with Zhu Xu, without any etiquette as a prince before.
After almost the food was over, Zhu Quan sighed and said, "It made the prince-consort laugh. We encountered wind and waves on the sea, and most of the supplies on the boat were lost. As a result, we were hungry for a long time. Now we can't control ourselves when we see what we eat."
"Uncle Wang doesn't have to see you. I am also a person who has gone out of the sea. Knowing the hardships of life at sea, the two Uncle Wang must have suffered a lot along the way." Li Jie replied with understanding.
"It's not just because we suffered, we almost couldn't come back. This is thanks to Zhu Di. It's a pity that I'm still born to the same mother as him. He was so ruthless to me. If I had known this, I wouldn't have gone to America!"
In the end, Zhu Xun regretted his feet even more regretful. Zhu Youzun had advised him, but he just refused to listen, but he regretted it a long time ago.
Compared to Zhu Shi's excitement, Zhu Quan could still remain calm, so he explained in detail the story of the two people escaping from America.
In fact, the whole process was not complicated. Zhu Di put Zhu Su and Zhu Quan under house arrest in Yanjing Port and seized the military power of the two, and avoided them. Zhu Su and Zhu went to Zhu Di to argue countless times, but were blocked by Zhu Gaochi with a smile. The two of them were so angry that they had no choice.
In the end, Zhu Xun couldn't stay there because so long time passed, the troops in their hands were probably wiped out by Zhu Di long ago. Even if they snatched them back, no one would listen to them again.
In addition, Zhu Su and Zhu Quan did not want to remain under house arrest like this, so after discussing, the two decided to escape from Zhu Di's claws, otherwise they might die in the Americas.
After deciding to escape, Zhu Su and Zhu Quan also took action immediately. Although they had taken away military power by Zhu Di, they still had some guards around them. In addition, since they were about to escape, they must not bring too many people, so they decided to keep their families.
This is not because Zhu Xu and Zhu Quan are cruel, but because they know that no matter how Zhu Di does, he will not hurt their family. After all, he is a brother, so Zhu Di is not so crazy.
So after several months of planning, Zhu Su and Zhu Quan finally found a chance to escape. At that time, Zhu Di led his troops to attack the native city-state on the plateau, and Zhu Gaochi also left the city because of some things.
In addition, Zhu Su and Zhu Quan were deliberately depressed before. They either drank or mingled with their concubines every day, and seemed to have accepted their fate, which also made Zhu Di and his son relax their surveillance on them.
So in this situation, Zhu Xun and Zhu Quan took advantage of the opportunity that Zhu Di and his son were not in the city, and with their own escorts, they finally secretly escaped from the city.
The Americas are vast, and Zhu Di's power is limited to three major ports, and other places are not under his control. Although someone soon discovered their escape, Zhu Gaochi hurried back to the city and sent people to pursue him, but he failed to catch Zhu Xu and the others.
After Zhu Xu and Zhu Quan escaped, their opinions were disagreements. Zhu Xu wanted to find the ship as soon as possible, then flee back to the Ming Dynasty, and then let Zhu Yunsheng uphold justice for them.
But Zhu Quan was unwilling to escape back in disgrace. You should know that he also came to America with great ambitions and wanted to use his abilities to win a world. However, now not only has the military power been seized, but he also has to go back and ask Zhu Yunxi to uphold justice for him, which makes Zhu Quan very unwilling.
So Zhu Quan wanted to stay in America because in his opinion, the area of America was so vast that Zhu Di only controlled a few coastal ports, and the rest of the places were all blank. He could also take this opportunity to conquer the world here.
Chapter completed!