Zhu Yongfu looked at Zhu Jinfu and said calmly, "You don't know how to calculate some accounts, but I do. Zhu Enfu knows too. So as long as we convince Zhu Enfu, everything will be easy to talk about."
"What if Zhu Enfu disagrees?" Zhu Jinfu asked again.
"Then we can only contact Zhu Shenfu. I have set up such a big trap, so the chess pieces should play their role. As long as Zhu Shenfu returns, many things will change. However, due to some special reasons, he cannot return easily. But if it comes to that, we will have to bring him back." Zhu Yongfu’s triangular eyes lowered slightly, hiding a calculation that was hard to see through.
Zhu Jinfu thought for a moment and agreed, "Then I will go personally."
"Be careful on the way." Zhu Yongfu watched Zhu Jinfu leave. Then he walked to the ancestral hall of the Zhu family generations. He stared at the plaque for about half a minute, then went inside. He pushed hard on a dirt brick next to a candlestick. An opening appeared in front of the offering table, just big enough for one person to enter. He took a bag of dry food and a large pot of water from a storage cabinet beside the hall, holding a candle, and went down. The space at the bottom was small, with nothing else but a bed. No one expected someone to be lying on the bed. This person’s eyes were just two holes, and it seemed his tongue was gone too, but his ears were still very sensitive.
"Long time no see, cousin. To be honest, I am eighty now and will soon grow old. When I die, you cannot live either, because no one in the entire Zhu family knows you are here. Except for me, no one will bring you food or drink," Zhu Yongfu knew the person on the bed could not speak, so he did not expect an answer. "Do you know? The legitimate branch status of the Zhu family in Zhushi is about to be lost. It will be taken by the little divine doctor, Zhu Yanyi. Do you know who Zhu Yanyi is? She is Zhu Shun Yao’s daughter.
But the legitimate branch status is the glory of our Zhushi Zhu family. I absolutely will not allow anyone to take it away. So even if I lose a lot because of this, I don’t care. I will definitely protect the ancestors’ glory. Only our Zhushi Zhu family will always be the legitimate branch of the Zhuge lineage."
Zhu Yongfu looked deeply at the person on the bed: "I came just to chat with you. I know you cannot talk to me. I have no one to talk to, so I had to find you. The glory of the Zhushi Zhu family will be maintained forever. I have this confidence. I think you should have confidence in me too." Zhu Yongfu’s voice was loud.
The person on the bed gave no reaction. Zhu Yongfu added, "Alright, I left dry food and water, enough for about a week. I will come to see you again in a week." Zhu Yongfu placed the food and water by the person’s bedside, then left.
After Zhu Yongfu left, the person on the bed finally showed some movement, as if unable to calm his mood for a long time.
About ten minutes later, the wall beside her moved slowly, and a woman with white hair appeared. She walked to the person’s side: "I heard it. I heard what Zhu Yongfu said. I also went out to investigate. The little divine doctor Zhu Yanyi is really Shun Yao’s child. I heard she is very powerful and can cure any disease. I plan to find her and ask her to save you."
The person on the bed seemed to want to say something and reached out. The woman held her hand, and she wrote a few words on her palm.
The woman understood with tears in her eyes: "Don’t worry. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not go to Xiangshui to find that person. Shun Yao’s family is in the capital. I plan to go to the capital. That is our way out."
The person on the bed seemed to make a decision, nodded, and patted the woman’s hand to show agreement.
The woman carefully wiped the person’s body: "If I go quickly, it will take half a month. If slowly, it might take longer. Be careful. Zhu Yongfu is a madman. No matter what he says, do not take it to heart, and do not let him provoke you."
The person on the bed nodded, indicating he understood.
After giving her instructions, the woman checked if it was time, then carefully left through the path she came. No one knew there was another passage here. Even Zhu Yongfu did not expect this. This passage was dug by a woman over nearly twenty years.
"Does Great-Grandpa Enfu not know how to change the legitimate branch procedures?" Yan Aohan told Zhu Yanyi the new news he had obtained.
It turned out Zhang Haifeng had visited Zhu Enfu. Zhu Enfu was naturally very willing to become the legitimate branch, but he did not know how. He and Zhang Haifeng checked all the classics he owned, but still found no hint on how to change the legitimate branch procedures.
This left Zhu Enfu a bit at a loss. Zhang Haifeng sent the specific situation via message.
After receiving it, Yan Aohan told Zhu Yanyi and Zhu Shun Yao.
Zhu Shun Yao said, "If we don’t know how to change the legitimate branch, how can we take their status?"
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly: "It doesn’t matter. Great-Grandpa Enfu doesn’t know, but the clan leader of the Zhushi Zhu family should know." Since they were already on opposite sides, Zhu Yanyi definitely had time to deal with them properly.
Yan Aohan nodded beside them: "Ani is right. Great-Grandpa Enfu doesn’t know, but someone in the Zhushi Zhu family must know. We just need to find the clan leader of the Zhushi Zhu family."
Zhu Shun Yao looked at Zhu Yanyi, then at Yan Aohan: "You can look for them, but don’t get yourselves into trouble."
"We won’t." Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan answered Zhu Shun Yao in unison. The matter was settled.
Yan Aohan said to Zhu Yanyi, "I will have someone investigate the situation of the Zhushi Zhu family. Once confirmed, we will set off."
Zhu Yanyi nodded: "Okay. You decide this matter. I have no objections."
Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi did not plan to leave the capital temporarily. Mainly because both of them were busy with their own affairs. Zhu Yanyi also needed to observe Liu Jun.
Liu Jun woke up on the afternoon of the third day. Seeing his wife, he smiled weakly.
her wife, Lu Bing, had a smile in her eyes: "Husband, you are awake. The little divine doctor said you need to drink medicine when you wake up. I went out just now and asked for a straw. Come, drink the medicine first." Lu Bing poured traditional Chinese medicine from a thermos beside her, placed the straw, and helped Liu Jun take the medicine.
After Liu Jun finished the medicine, he spoke weakly: "I remember falling from a high place."
"Yes. You were originally falling headfirst. But luckily, there was a shed that blocked you when you fell. Even so, your head almost shattered. The Second Hospital said there was no hope. So I ran to the Capital Hospital. Luckily, I met the little divine doctor, and she saved you."