HLnovel Chapter 193 Old Zhu the Shoehorn
Chapter 193 Old Zhu the Shoehorn
The people of Wanchaozhong found it hard to believe that this thing was recorded in legitimate historical materials!
The Liu family doesn't seem like they can summon anything!
However, some children really want that ability—to have whatever they want! To flood that awful school with water—wouldn't that be awesome?
If Lin Ke knew they had this idea, she would probably understand. After all, she had thought about this when she was in school, and perhaps one day the school would be closed due to some unexpected factors!
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The live broadcast continues.
"After crossing the river, Wang Lang's pursuers could only watch helplessly as they walked away, and when Wang Wu heard Liu Xiu say that he should be credited for this, he couldn't help but tell the truth!"
"Wang Ba dared not take credit, saying it was all your achievement, blessed by Heaven, and had nothing to do with me..."
After hearing this, Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh, feeling that this was a sign of a change in fortune, since the escape had been quite unlucky.
"The group traveled another two hundred li or so and arrived at the west of Xiabo (now Hebei Province). But on the way, they saw an old man in white who said: 'Don't be discouraged, everyone. We will arrive soon... Xindu is still loyal to Chang'an... It's only eighty li away.'"
"After speaking, the white-robed old man seemed to have never appeared, disappearing without a trace. Liu Xiu, with his meteorite, ice formation, and this guiding old man, combined with these elements, isn't he practically the male protagonist of a novel?!"
"Throughout history, the mythical legends surrounding any founding emperor are limited to being born with a dragon or a halo, encountering talking dragons or snakes, or perhaps having seven stars under their feet."
"Speaking of which, I'm reminded of a painting." Lin Ke searched for a few portraits of Zhu Yuanzhang and immediately posted them face-to-face.
A young master from a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: Oh my god! Who is this guy? He's got a shoehorn-shaped face and pockmarks on it!!!
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: ? ? ? Who...who is this?!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Pfft! Hahahaha!
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: He's fucking ugly!
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Lin Ke didn't keep them in suspense any longer, and said with a smile: "This is none other than His Majesty Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"
Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang jumped to his feet, pointed at the picture on the small screen, and asked Zhu Biao and the others beside him incredulously, "What the hell?! Is this really me, Old Zhu?!"
Zhu Biao was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. Seeing his father, who was about to vomit blood from anger, he comforted him with a few words.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, couldn't help but glance at the painting and his father several times. This painting has probably been passed down for hundreds of years to survive to this day!
Damn it! Do they think everyone in the Zhu family looks like this?! Who on earth dares to paint something like this?!
Could it be that the Jurchen Jurchens deliberately smeared the Zhu family?
People from other timelines who saw this portrait wondered, "Are all Ming Dynasty emperors this ugly?!"
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Back to the live broadcast room.
"However, most of the portraits of Zhu Di's lineage that have been passed down show him with a square face, so it is unlikely that this old Zhu would have looked like that."
"After all, Guo Zixing married his adopted daughter, Empress Ma, to Old Zhu. She wasn't exactly beautiful, but she couldn't be ugly either!"
"Therefore, one version of the story is that this painting was widely circulated among the people at the time. People believed in physiognomy, and the stranger a person looked or the more unusual their story was, the more likely they were to achieve great things!"
"For example, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that Liu Bei was seven feet five inches tall, with arms that reached below his knees. When people looked at his ears, they would think that he had large ears that reached his shoulders and arms that reached past his knees."
Liu Bei of the Eastern Han Dynasty: ? ? ? !
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Our old Zhu definitely didn't look like that!
Judy, the General Who Conquers the North: I can vouch for this!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: ...
"On the other hand, looking at the whole history, few people have been like Liu Xiu, who frequently produced such prophecies and miracles. So it's not unreasonable that Liu Xiu is hailed as the Son of Heaven."
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu (speechless with shock): ...
A scion of a prominent family in the Ming Dynasty: Why does this scene look so familiar?!
The daughter of a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty: I seem to have read about her quite a bit in various books! But it turns out she has a historical prototype?!?
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Lin Ke was quite surprised when she looked up this piece of history. Isn't this a common plot device in some dramas? It turns out that it has a historical prototype!
However, how did this old man know that this group of people were Liu Xiu and his men? It was too outrageous, so Lin Ke always remained skeptical of this record. After all, history books are written by people.
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Lin Ke continued, "This old man didn't know anyone, and the timing of his appearance was too coincidental, so Liu Xiu and the others didn't dare to believe it until they heard that the governor of Xindu was Ren Guang, and that he was part of a gang. That's why the group headed towards Xindu."
"Let me introduce Ren Guang. He is one of the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai and also a fellow townsman of Liu Xiu. He is from Wancheng in Nanyang Commandery. After Cen Peng surrendered, the Han army entered the city and found that Ren Guang was dressed in fine clothes. They had designs on him and forced him to take off his clothes. Later, Liu Ci saved him."
"He participated in the Battle of Kunyang with Liu Xiu, but he had some connection with Liu Xiu's brothers, so Liu Xuan sent him to Hebei Commandery as governor."
"However, with Wang Lang's establishment, many powerful families in Hebei responded and supported him, but Ren Guang refused to accept it and vowed to die rather than surrender. He even killed the envoy who came to persuade him to surrender and waited here for Liu Xiu and his men to arrive."
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: This person always has someone appear to help him whenever he's in trouble!
A farming expert in the Ming Dynasty: No wonder he became the founding emperor!
A Tang Dynasty official: It would be best if the emperor and his ministers went together!
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