fynovel Chapter 1910 - 447: Reunion with Zhu Chongba (Part 4)
Chapter 1910 - 447: Reunion with Zhu Chongba (Part 4)
Hide the bad emotions, of course he can at most ensure that he won’t lose his composure, but you say he likes this Princess Mu Lan very much, that’s also hard to say, so this is already the best courtesy Liu Futong can give.As Zhu Chongba looked at Zhao Ya and clasped his fists, he said: "I have seen the Commandery Princess."
At the same time, his eyes turned to Chen Jie, and he couldn’t help but feel a bit envious of Chen Jie. What kind of woman would give up even the position of Empress for him? What kind of affection is this?
Such a woman is extremely rare, perhaps one appear only once in several thousand years.
Unexpectedly, Chen Jiusi got it for free.
However, although he was very envious, Zhu Chongba quickly regained his composure, because he was actually similar to Chen Jiusi, he too had a woman who truly loved him.
Ma Xiuying!
He remembered that time when he was expelled from the Imperial Temple, living as a traveling monk, wandering and begging for food. When passing through Xuzhou, he encountered the Mulan people’s execution of captured Zoroastrian Sect demon Ma Ziliang. Ma Ziliang begged him to recite a Buddhist Scripture for him, and he did, which was how Ma Xiuying in the crowd remembered him.
Later on the way back, he encountered the Zoroastrian Sect’s people killing civilians and pretending to be Mulan scouts, and then seized him and were going to execute him, and it was his sister who saved him.
After returning to the main altar, due to his relationship with his sister, Commander Guo’s son, Guo Zixing, got jealous and locked him in the woodshed without food or water, almost starving him to death. At that time, it was his sister who hid pancakes in her bosom to save him, and to do so, his sister’s chest got burned.
Thinking of his sister, Zhu Chongba broke into a smile because he remembered a great piece of news, just after he left Henan, he received a letter from home saying that his sister gave birth to a big fat boy for him.
He was absolutely delighted, his sister asked him to name the child, and he gave him the name Biao, Zhu Biao.
It sounds like he’ll be a good kid in the future, really wanting to go back from the Great Capital quickly and see my Biao’er!
Thinking of this, Zhu Chongba’s face showed a silly smile, Chen Jie noticed and leaned forward saying: "Thinking of Mrs. Ma?"
Zhu Chongba was stunned and looked at Chen Jie, saying: "Brother Jiusi, how did you know?"
Chen Jie smiled and said: "Because I look the same when I think of my wife."
Upon hearing this, both of them exchanged smiles. Although they were rivals, they both saw a reflection of themselves in the other.
They both had humble beginnings, one a begging beggar, the other a fishing fisherman.
Similarly, they were forced by circumstances.
One was driven by hunger into the temple, later became a wandering monk, and eventually joined the Red Turban Army.
The other, due to gambling debts, was destitute, almost sold his sister-in-law, and was entangled by the guild step by step until he joined it, reaching today’s position.
Moreover, both had the same extraordinary talent, the same good fortune, and both mastered the Three Divine Skills of the Human Emperor representing Imperial Power.
In addition, both had a virtuous wife.
Zhu Chongba had the ever-virtuous Empress Ma Xiuying.
Chen Jiusi also had the wise and virtuous Su Yunjin.
And Chen Jie believed that if he could become Emperor, Su Yunjin would definitely be an Empress not inferior to Ma Xiuying.
The two are so similar that if they both gained the world in the future.
The evaluations of them by future generations would also be similar.
A beggar becoming Emperor, legendary.
A fisherman becoming Emperor, also legendary.
It can be said that there have been none with humbler origins who became Emperor than these two, even Liu Bang was a chief of a pavilion, not a beggar or a mere fisherman.