Lian Zhen didn't dare to move, and Zheng Shixian exclaimed: "Your Majesty!

"I'm vowing to put an end to this," Jianwen sighed, "I can't watch you kill again...... You don't want to see me die here, so you withdraw your troops and stop fighting. He said that with a force on his hand, blood suddenly stained his shirt red.

Seeing this, Lian Zhen's face turned pale, but he couldn't stop and withdrew from the encirclement.

Zhang Zhaohua couldn't figure out whether this was true or a trick, and he didn't dare to relax his vigilance. But he saw Jianwen raise his head and said: "The past feud is over today, I no longer remember a penny, and I no longer care about anything." From now on I will go abroad and never set foot in Middle-earth again, you ......"

He said to Gao Chi: "You are a benevolent monarch, you will definitely love the people like a son, let the people of the Ming Dynasty recuperate, and the mountains and rivers will be peaceful." ”

"Look—" Suddenly someone shouted, "What's that?"

I saw that on the wide and endless river, several treasure ships were connected to each other, coming by the wind, it was Zheng He's fleet, they had returned from the South Seas!

Zhang Zhaohua was shocked: "Zheng He is back, 30,000 officers and soldiers are back!" Are these clowns who jump off the beam in front of them still be able to escape? No wonder the emperor did not rescue them, it turned out that he had calculated the time of arrival of Zheng He's fleet, and these thrilling three days were to test them, would they abandon the city and flee?

"Master," Zhang Zhaohua laughed and said, "You're here, but you can't leave!"

Zheng He's fleet was overwhelming, and the officers and soldiers of Yingyangwei were finally frightened, and they didn't know who disarmed first, and all of them were powerless to resist and fled in all directions.

"You guys go quickly, leave me alone," Jianwen was not frightened and afraid: "The person they want is me, if they arrest me, they won't kill me, they will eat and drink for me, and my fourth uncle will use me to show his kindness." ”

"No," Zheng Shixian and the others escorted Emperor Jianwen to board the ship: "Your Majesty, we will never leave Your Majesty!"

On the sparkling Yangtze River, there was a small boat, and a man stood on board, swaying along the bumpy deck. Zhang Zhaohua saw that person, he was Wang Du.

"Sure enough, it's you," she lowered her eyes, "this time, you're taking me again." ”

"Catch Jianwen, catch Lian Zhen," Zhang Zhaohua opened the city gate and ordered the soldiers to rush out: "Reward a thousand taels of gold!

Around Jianwen, there were dozens to hundreds of people protecting him, and some people were even standing in front of the gate, using their own flesh and blood to block the pursuing army.

Zheng He's treasure boat did not move fast on the shallow draft of the Yangtze River, but Jianwen's boat, like a silverfish, gradually widened the distance on the river. Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi boarded the big ship where Zheng He and Wang Jinghong were and chased them all the way.

"Gonggong Zheng," Zhang Zhaohua said: "If you come one step late, the prince and I are afraid that we will die in Zhenjiang City!"

Zhang Zhaohua simply doubted whether Zheng He's fleet was pinching the point, in this almost life-threatening battle, Zheng He's early and late steps can be said to be crucial, but Zheng He's answer is that his fleet only arrived in Nanjing today, and he didn't know that Nanjing had undergone such a great change.

"Master Hu too," Zhang Zhaohua glared at Hu Hu again: "If you had come one step earlier, the situation would not be like this!"

With a wave of Zheng He's hand, he saw a flash of fire on the treasure ship, and with a cannon shot, three or five cannonballs flew towards the boat, and one of them smashed into the stern of the boat, and sawdust flew sideways.

"Look!" Wang Jinghong pointed to the humanity on the boat. I saw that the small boats were gathered together, apparently to rescue the people on the small boat that had been hit by the cannonball, and the treasure ship gradually approached, and finally surrounded the small boats.

"This time," Zhang Zhaohua said coldly: "It's hard to escape the wings!"

These dozens of people were still strong, and the officers and soldiers who rushed forward were immediately chopped into minced meat, and they even tried to rush onto the treasure ship and take hostages. And Zheng He can't order the arrows to be released, after all, Jianwen is a special person, speaking of which, he can die in the hands of the emperor, and others are not qualified to kill him.

"There are more than 3,000 people in the Zheng clan in Pujiang," Zhang Zhaohua said, "If you continue to rebel, you will be slaughtered." ”

Zheng Shixian and Zheng Shiyi all showed contemptuous looks, as if to say that since following Jianwen, they have long put all life and death aside. However, Zhang Zhaohua did not say this to them, but to break Jianwen's heart.

Zhang Zhaohua said: "How many people followed you at the beginning, and how many are left now? Do you still want to watch so many people die in front of you? If you are really benevolent and benevolent, you should stand up, and if you stand up, we will let them go, if you don't stand up, they will not only die, but also implicate more people to die." ”

"Your Majesty," Zheng Shixian said, "Don't listen to this demon woman, she wants to force you to stand up!"

"Am I not telling the truth?" Zhang Zhaohua said: "How long can you dozens of people resist? In the end, you can still catch him, but you have to die a little more." ”

Jianwen ignored the obstruction left and right, sighed and said: "You guys go, I'll go with them, they won't kill me, I should have been like this back then, I wouldn't have seen you die in front of my eyes for so many years!"

Zhang Zhaohua slowly broke through his heart, while secretly directing the crossbowmen to aim, but she suddenly saw that Gao Chi didn't know anything, so she unexpectedly pushed aside the guards and walked to the bow of the ship alone.

Zhang Zhaohua came back with a shout, but it was too late, and someone in the boat had already jumped up, pinched Gao Chi's neck, and dragged him to the boat!

"Don't move!" Lian Zhen yelled frantically, "Otherwise, I'll kill him!"

The crossbowman was already ready to fly, and when he saw this, he had to stop, Zhang Zhaohua was shocked: "If you dare to hurt him, I will let you die without a whole body!"

Lian Zhen grabbed Gao Chi and obviously wanted to stab him to death, but he knew that Gao Chi was in their hands, so he could guarantee Jianwen's safe departure. He threatened the treasure ship to retreat as he drew a cut in Gao Chi's neck.

"Your boat, turn around and go back!" Zheng Shixian said: "Do as I say, or I will cut off the ears of your Royal Highness the Prince!"

Zhang Zhaohua's side could only obey, the treasure ship slowly turned around, and a magnificent scenery slowly appeared on the river - a small boat actually drove five hundred big ships from the river into the sea.

It's hard to say whether Gao Chi did it on purpose or not, but he did meet the person he always wanted to see.

"Master," Gao Chi said, "back then, how did you escape?"

"Back then......" Jianwen and Gao Chi sat opposite each other, as if gossiping, but what they said was the thrilling past nineteen years ago: "The Jinchuan Gate was opened, the general trend has gone, I was going to commit suicide, but Zheng Qia and they stopped me, saying that there is still something to be done in the world, and Zhu Di will not be able to usurp the throne for a long time, so I listened to their words and pretended to be an ordinary person, but Zheng Qia suddenly said that pretending to be a monk can be more confusing in the past." ”

"Rumor has it that Emperor Gao left you a box with Du Mu and monk's robes, as if he already knew that this day would come." ”

Jianwen smiled rarely, shook his head, and said, "If Emperor Gao had known that there would be this day, why didn't he just pass on the throne to the fourth uncle in the first place? How could he want to see a scene of cannibalism? If he wanted to know who was suitable for that position, me and the fourth uncle, why would he use the method of poisoning the people in the world to displace the bones of millions of people?"

It is not Emperor Gao's widow, but the chief monk Pu Qia, who presided over Emperor Gao and Empress Gao's rituals in the palace, provided Jianwen with monk's clothes and degrees, and Fu Qia has been locked up in prison for 20 years, and he is still alive because he and Dao Yan are close friends. With the arrival of Zhang Zhaohua, the wings of a butterfly had already set off a huge wind, and Dao Yan, a person who should have died in the death test, died in the explosion of 10,000 catties of explosives buried by himself. And before the death of Dao Yan in history, his last wish to the emperor was to ask the emperor to release Fu Qia from prison.

"What happened later?" Gao Chi said, "Have you been pretending to be a monk and running around?"

"I escaped from Nanjing, hid in Shi Zhongbin's house in Suzhou, and then moved from Wu Chu to Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong. When I was in Guangdong, I also thought about going to sea with the ship, but I was stopped by them. There were a lot of people who followed me at the beginning," Jianwen said: "But your search is too tight, and after so many years, there are only so many people left around me." They all have a bitter hatred, because the killing is too tragic, their relatives and friends are dead, and I have only one belief left in revenge. They don't want to leave Middle-earth. ”

Gao Chi nodded and said, "The Pujiang Zheng clan started to emerge three years ago, and your plan was implemented three years ago. ”

"Yes," Jianwen said, "the people around me have been tirelessly seeking restoration, but how difficult it is for us to get out of the net of heaven and earth, and where to find the army? I don't know how the White Lotus Sect knows where I am hiding, but they are interested in me, and they want to use me to overthrow the rule of the Yongle Emperor." ”

The White Lotus Sect seemed to have been exterminated by the Emperor's army, but in fact, there were many incarnations of this sect, how could they give up so easily? When they learned of Jianwen's whereabouts, they spared no effort to contact him, hoping to use his name to justifiably overthrow Jianwen's rule. This gave Chang Sen Lianzhen a chance for their revenge, and soon the two parties plotted together.

The people of the White Lotus Sect, infiltrating Ying Yangwei, also contacted a person they didn't expect, Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao. The ambitious King Zhao provided them with the opportunity to enter the Beijing Imperial Palace and set it on fire, and also installed the White Lotus Sect's people to premeditate the assassination of the Yongle Emperor. In their plan, with the burning of the palace, Zhu Di will also be assassinated, and the crown prince and the king of Han who stayed in Nanjing will also fall, so there will be a situation where King Zhao of Beijing ascends the throne and Nanjing Jianwen is restored.

Gao Chi heard this and was silent.

Jianwen said "Amitabha" and said: "Cannibalism is the worst in the world." In front of the Fengtian Temple, after the first sword is moved, there will be a second and third time, which is not retribution, but reincarnation. ”

"I don't want to leave this time," Jianwen said: "Twenty years, I'm too tired, I'll go with you to see the emperor, I believe he will give me a placement." ”

Gao Chi stared at the river, and raised his head again, he saw Zhang Zhaohua on the stern of the treasure ship, faintly revealing a head, and he didn't have to think about it to know that he was arranging people.

"Master," Gao Chi said, "His Royal Highness Taisun - do you remember when you were studying in the main hall?"

Gao Chi mentioned the past, which made Jianwen tremble, "Those days were really carefree." ”

"It used to be like this," Gao Chi said, "but after the Winter Solstice Festival that year, I lived in wabi for a long time. I saw a shadow that I don't know who it was, falling from a high platform, seeing a crab, besieged, seeing a cicada, singing alone. It's you, and it's me. ”

Jianwen was stunned, Gao Chi seemed to be able to see the bottom of his heart, and let all his thoughts return to the moment when he crossed the Wuxia Gorge many years ago - the sorrow of eternity, the emptiness of eternity, and the moment he heard the ups and downs of apes on both sides of the strait, he couldn't help crying loudly in response.

"What is the wealth of the husband? Extract mountains and rivers with others, and cook the dog in a wok!" Wang Du shook the shaft and sang a long song.

"Let them go. Gao Chi looked at the other side and gave such an order.

Zhang Zhaohua couldn't believe it, "They can't go!"

"Let them go. Gao Chi repeated resolutely.

"Everyone else can go," Zhang Zhaohua pointed at Jianwen: "Except for him and Lian Zhen!"

"Just go. Gao Chi didn't care about her anymore, he knelt at Jianwen's feet for the last time, and gave one last big salute to this person's former brother and former king: "The younger brother should be with you, and you will meet under Jiuquan again." ”

He stood up and stood in front of the cannons of the treasure ship, so that Zhang Zhaohua had no idea where to start.

Zhang Zhaohua was furious: "The tiger returns to the mountain, today's disaster will be repeated!"

She ordered the officers and soldiers to pursue, but as soon as Gao Chi raised his hand, everyone quietly retreated. Zhang Zhaohua was shocked and angry: "How can my father explain there?"

Gao Chi didn't speak, Zheng He didn't move, Zhang Zhaohua saw the boat slowly leaving from the heavy encirclement, and shouted: "Lian Zhen and I have a grudge against killing my father, if you don't leave Lian Zhen today, I will jump in and commit suicide!"

Lian Zhen stood at the stern of the boat, showing a provocative and smug look, as if he was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes widened, and a sharp sword passed through his chest, he turned his head and saw Wang Du with a calm face: "You-"

Wang Du laughed, cut off Lian Zhen's head like a crop, and threw it at Zhang Zhaohua's feet in an exclamation.

"He doesn't have enough heads," Zhang Zhaohua gritted his teeth and said, "I want your head too!"

Wang Du's laughter seemed to be more intense, a kind of gloomy and strong air flow rushed to his throat, and as soon as he spit out, there was a kind of Qiongyin floating on the river and sea in an instant, and this long howl was also accompanied by his high-pitched and crazy singing: "The birds are flying high, and the lonely clouds are idle!"

The scene he saw on the steps of Pukou Village back then, the hundreds of huge ships on the shore vaguely appeared in his eyes again. He lifted the sword in his hand over his shoulder and slashed his throat lightly.

"The birds are flying high—"

Lonely clouds go alone!

"No—" Zhang Zhaohua screamed and fell from the boat.