Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 219 The Alligator Dragon Appears in Erhai Lake

Zhu Zhanhe, holding his wife Xia's hand, led the way to the deck of the large ship.

"Your Highness, Your Highness's Consort."

"Your Highness, Your Highness's Consort." Xiao Xizi and his uncle Wei Jizhong, who had been waiting on the deck for a long time, bowed respectfully to Zhu Zhanhe and Xia Shi.

"No need for formalities. It seems you've prepared quite a lot," Zhu Zhanhe said to the two of them with a surprised look as he looked at the piles of various ingredients.

"Your Highness, the Dragon Lord has finally come out once in a while, he should at least have a good meal!" Xiao Xizi said excitedly, he hadn't seen the real Dragon Lord for a long time!

“Your Highness, the Dragon Lord is still growing, he can’t go hungry.” Wei Jizhong agreed with Xiao Xizi’s words.

"Sir, take good care of the ruyi scepter that is with you and me."

"Stand by your mother's side in a moment, things might be a little scary. You need to take good care of the baby in your belly and your mother." Zhu Zhanhe didn't care about other people's gazes, affectionately holding his wife's hand and gently instructing her.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I will be careful!" Although she didn't know what her husband was planning to do, Princess Xia obediently nodded in agreement. She slowly walked towards Princess Wei, only to discover that a thick blanket had been laid out on the deck at some point.

Seeing her daughter-in-law approach, Princess Wei naturally took her hand, her face full of tenderness. Her daughter-in-law was now the most important person in her Han Prince's mansion!

Everyone stood quietly on the soft, fine carpet, watching Zhu Zhanhe standing at the bow of the ship, and the two eunuchs standing respectfully to his side. Looking at the piles of fresh ingredients on the side, they felt a strange sense of unease.

"Is this for feeding the fish?" Although he didn't say it aloud, Mu Sheng couldn't help but mutter to himself, after all, everything in front of him looked a bit strange.

"Let's begin," Zhu Zhanhe said softly. Then, to everyone's surprise, Xiao Xizi and Wei Jizhong began to remove Zhu Zhanhe's clothes, specifically, the clothes on Zhu Zhanhe's upper body.

In just a short while, everyone saw that Zhu Zhanhe had already stripped to the waist, revealing his muscular chest to them.

"Your Highness!" After Zhu Zhanhe removed his clothes, Wei Jizhong naturally handed him a short sword, while Xiao Xizi, standing to the side, came over carrying an empty bowl. Upon seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe immediately cut a gash in his arm, and crimson blood slowly flowed into the small bowl held by Xiao Xizi.

Upon seeing this scene, Princess Xia felt a pang of heartache, as if she herself were the one bleeding. However, she remembered her husband's words and watched silently without uttering a sound.

Seeing that the blood in the bowl was almost gone, Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand lightly. Immediately, Wei Jizhong took out a string of brass rings from somewhere, exchanged a glance with Xiao Xizi, and walked towards the crowd.

"Your Highness, please put on the ring." Xiao Xizi held the bowl, and Wei Jizhong took out a ring, dipped it in the blood in the bowl, and then handed the ring to Zhu Zhanqi with both hands.

"Huh?! Okay!" Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhu Zhanqi still solemnly accepted the ring stained with his elder brother's blood and put it on his hand.

"Third Prince, please put on the ring." Next, it was the third prince, Zhu Zhanci's turn. The same procedure was followed; Wei Jizhong handed him the ring, stained with blood. Without hesitation, Zhu Zhanci put it on. Following him, Mu Sheng, Liu Erniu, Hu Tian, ​​Jiang Xiaohu, Qian Zhongcai, Zhang Zhengheng, Xia Yuanji, and others put on the blood-stained rings in turn.

After doing all this, Xiao Xizi and Wei Jizhong each put on a ring, leaving only the Princess and the Crown Princess without one, but no one questioned it. Mu Sheng even glanced discreetly at the wooden ruyi in the Crown Princess Xia's hand, guessing that the ruyi served the same purpose as their rings.

"Your Highness, it's ready." After distributing the rings to everyone, Xiao Xizi and Wei Jizhong returned to Zhu Zhanhe's side and said respectfully.

"Then let's begin." Zhu Zhanhe took a few more steps toward the bow of the ship until his body was completely in contact with the railing, then he stopped. "Today, you are all pillars of my Han Prince's Mansion."

"And see clearly the unparalleled foundation of my Han King lineage!" Zhu Zhanhe did not turn around, but only turned his head to say this before facing the vast Erhai Lake again.

What are we looking at? The sea? Or you? This is what everyone is wondering.

But soon, everyone forgot their surprise and their faces showed shock.

There, on Zhu Zhanhe's bare upper body, something seemed to be slowly emerging from his strong skin.

"Big brother has grown inner armor?" The second brother, Zhu Zhanqi, whose personality was the most unruly, said in shock, but no one paid him any attention, because the changes in Zhu Zhanhe's body continued!

On Zhu Zhanhe's originally smooth skin, fine scales began to grow rapidly, little by little!

As the scales covered his entire body, the originally fine scales gradually became clearer and grew rapidly, moving slowly across his body!

This scene left the few inexperienced people speechless with astonishment.

The changes in Zhu Zhanhe's body continued. The scales on Zhu Zhanhe's body had grown to the size of a palm, and they seemed to have come alive, moving on his body surface at an increasingly faster speed!

At this moment, everyone vaguely guessed that it was not that Zhu Zhanhe's body had grown scales, but that something with scales was moving inside his body!

Suddenly, Zhu Zhanhe turned around, revealing his broad chest to the crowd.

At this moment, everyone could see clearly that there was a watermelon-sized bulge of skin on Zhu Zhanhe's chest, and something inside the bulge was twisting violently, as if something was about to burst out of his body!
The raised skin grew larger and larger, and finally, a huge and ferocious maw struggled to emerge from it, with terrifying teeth as tall as a person!
This scene truly exceeded the cognitive limits of everyone present. They were all stunned, staring in horror at everything before them, slowly becoming at a loss.

The terrifying giant mouth swayed back and forth, gradually revealing a huge, ferocious head.

"A dragon?!" At this moment, Mu Sheng looked at the ferocious dragon head and the long, thick dragon horns on the top of the dragon head, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Mu Sheng's exclamation only briefly drew everyone's attention. Soon, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Zhanhe again, especially Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanci, whose eyes were shining with golden light as they looked at their elder brother!

The crocodile's robust figure, using Zhu Zhanhe's chest as a fulcrum, presented a soaring upward posture, constantly struggling to emerge, as if trying to take flight, gradually revealing itself to everyone, until only a section of its tail remained unseen, the crocodile's entire imposing figure had already blocked out the dazzling sunlight from the bow of the ship.

Zhu Zhanhe slowly turned around, facing the alligator dragon towards Erhai Lake.

"Roar~" To everyone's astonishment, a colossal dragon that blotted out the sky rose from Zhu Zhanhe's chest, soaring into the heavens as if to plunge into the clouds. After letting out a dragon's roar that resounded through the sky, it plunged headlong into the vast Erhai Lake, splashing up boundless water droplets.

The group, soaked by the lake water, seemed oblivious to their surroundings, staring blankly at the sky, unable to look away for a long time.

Under the sunlight, the splashing water droplets, like sparkling pearls, made the Zhu Zhanhe at the bow of the boat look magnificent and noble!
(End of this chapter)