Pan Zhizhou and Master Fan ran over panting, and when they saw Zheng Ke, Pan Zhizhou hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Master Hou, you are frightened, have you ever been hurt?" ”

"Master Pan, you're really here! The slashing and killing here is over, and you're here too......" The masked man glared at Pan Zhizhou and said in a weird manner: "My dad wasn't hurt by the assassin, did he let you down?" ”

"No, no, no," Pan Zhizhou waved his hand again and again in fright, "The lower officials are not strict, and Hou Ye is frightened, which is really a capital crime!" ”

"Well, you can apologize with death!" The masked man said as he threw his sword in front of him.

Pan Zhizhou was so frightened that he almost didn't sit down.

"Okay, Yu'er, don't scare Lord Pan anymore," Zheng Ke glanced at the masked man and turned to Pan Zhizhou, "Master Pan, let's talk about anything to the state office!" ”

"Yes, yes," Pan Zhizhou stretched out his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said sideways: "Master Hou, please ......"

Zheng Ke nodded, and at this time, several Annan officers and soldiers came up and set up Yang Muyun who had fallen to the ground.

"Huh-" Fourth Master Fan, who was beside Master Fan, stared at Yang Muyun and let out a startled sound.

"What? Do you know him? The masked man asked when he saw Fan Siye's reaction.

"Hmm, go back to the big ...... Eldest Miss," Fan Siye heard that Zheng Ke called the mask man Yu'er, guessing that she should be Zheng Ke's daughter, so he stepped forward and bowed and said: "He is a Ming man, he suddenly appeared in Huazhou these days, and he also fought with the villain the day before yesterday." ”

"Oh? Ming? The masked man blinked, "Then why didn't you report to the state government to take him and let him appear here?" ”

"This ......" Fan Siye and Pan Zhizhou glanced at each other, and their embarrassment was overflowing.

"Hou Ye," Pan Zhizhou hurriedly stepped forward to explain, "Fan Chen reported this matter to Xia Guan, and Xia Guan also sent someone to Yunjiao Village yesterday to get this Ming man, but at that time he escaped, Xia Guan was trying to go to the sea to catch papers, and he didn't want him to suddenly appear here today, and he wanted to be unfavorable to Hou Ye, but fortunately, Hou Ye was wise and martial and took him...... The lower officials are negligent, the lower officials are negligent! "Bow and bow.

"Okay, you don't have to explain anymore," Zheng Ke said expressionlessly: "Ben Hou will interrogate him well." ”

......

After entering the state office, Zheng Ke didn't have the heart to go to the lobby to have a banquet at Pan Zhizhou's invitation, and let his son, Zheng Zhao, the ironclad knight who had fought with Yang Muyun, lead the generals to drink with Pan Zhizhou and his party. He ordered someone to escort Yang Muyun to the back of the state office.

Yang Muyun was not taken to the state jail, but was taken into a secluded inner room and tied to a wooden shelf.

After Zheng Ke placed the dead and comforted the wounded officers and soldiers, he went straight to the inner room. At this time, the masked man greeted him, "Daddy-"

"Are you awake?" Zheng Ke asked.

"Nope." The masked man shook his head slightly, stretching out his palm as white as jade, "Daddy, look! It was found out of him. ”

Zheng Ke saw that the masked man was holding two waist cards with a metallic luster.

"Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si Qianhu," Zheng Ke looked at another waist card, "Fu."

The military avant-garde and the five products in front of the imperial sword officer. I couldn't help but gasp, glanced at Yang Muyun, who was still unconscious, and said, "This person's background is really not small!" ”

"Daddy......" the masked man said in a solemn voice, "The other nine captured assassins are all Zhanren, only he is a Ming person, do you say that Zhanren is colluding with Da Ming to disadvantage you?" ”

Zheng Ke's face became heavy, and he was silent.

"Daddy," the masked man continued, "do you want to have him escorted to Tokyo and handed over to the king first?" ”

"There's no rush for this," Zheng Ke said, "Let's ask about things clearly first." He sighed, "It's not appropriate to make a noise about this matter, after all, we can't blatantly tear our faces with the Ming Dynasty." ”

"But what now?" The masked man glanced at Yang Muyun, "Do you want to report this to the king in advance?" ”

"Let's wait and talk," Zheng Ke hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did those occupying assassins find anything?" ”

"Not yet," said the masked man, "those people were so hard-mouthed that no matter how much they tortured, they didn't say a word, and two of them bit their tongues and killed themselves on the spot." ”

"Looks like they're going to die!" Zheng Ke sighed: "Sometimes you may not be able to get what you want to know, and you can't use that set of occupying people anymore for this Ming person." ”

"I know ......" The masked man looked at Zheng Ke with his eyes, "Daddy, did the Ming Dynasty send such a person to show that he wanted to support them to occupy the country and restore the country?" Do you want to go back to Tokyo? ”

Zheng Ke was silent for a while and said: "Emperor Daming's edict clearly states that the king should be authorized to handle the state affairs of Dayue, and he has not officially crowned the king. And the king of Champa Mahaviya was personally sealed by the Ming Emperor, we led the troops to destroy the Champa city, and also captured Mahaviya, which is tantamount to making the Ming Dynasty lose face. ”

"So what? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty will still send troops to attack us? The masked man said disapprovingly.

"It's hard to say!" Zheng Ke shook his head, "The Ming Dynasty has always disrecognized the identity of the king, and the king instigated the Luchuan Tusi to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty may not know anything about it...... "After a pause, he continued: "This expedition to occupy the city country, the king used this to pressure the Ming Dynasty to make the Ming Dynasty recognize his identity as the lord of the Great Yue Kingdom. Ke ......" looked at Yang Muyun, who was still unconscious, "Daming sent him to contact the Zhan people to do something to me, thinking that it was to establish his authority and give the Zhan people the confidence to restore the country." ”

"No wonder they're so bold," the masked man said hatefully, "It turns out that they think there is a great Ming to support them." ”

"I'll ask someone to write a recital sheet for the king," Zheng Ke thought for a moment and said, "Let's just say that when I went to Huazhou, I suddenly fell ill and couldn't make the trip, so I need to recuperate here for a while." ”

"According to what my daughter has seen, it's better to report the assassination of Daddy to the king," the masked man said: "Many people know what happened in Huazhou, and they can't hide it at all, so it's hard to guarantee that Pan Zhizhou won't privately write a song and send someone to Tokyo...... Daddy, you said that you were stabbed by an assassin, and you can't get out at all, and you need to stay in Huazhou to raise it, which is more credible, as for the way those assassins came, Daddy said that it was the remnants of the people, don't explain him first. ”

"It's better for you to be thoughtful," Zheng Ke glanced at the masked man, "If it weren't for the king's order to urge me, I would have wanted to stay in Champa for a few more days...... That's fine, melt

The state is next to the city, and if there is any disturbance, I can go back to the division and sweep them away, and there will be no further trouble. ”

"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very fond of my Dayue monarch, but how can the king be concerned about Daddy?" The masked man gritted his silver teeth and said: "I hate that Ruan Chi traitor, who repeatedly slandered in front of the king, saying that Daddy, you want to support troops in Zhancheng and establish yourself as the king, otherwise the king will not urge you to return to Beijing one after another." ”

"Your father and I have a clear conscience," Zheng Ke sighed: "Since I was a teenager, I have assisted the first king to establish the country, and I have never had two hearts in the southern and northern wars. The battle of Champa was not easy, and it would be difficult to let them resurrect and fight again. ”

"It's not Daddy, you refuse to support his daughter Ruan Thi Anh to give the son born to the king as my Da Yue's son?" The masked man said angrily: "It is really shameful to announce such a personal vendetta! ”

"Yu'er," Zheng Ke looked at her deeply and said, "Daddy is old, you and Zhao'er are still young, the situation in Dayue is treacherous and changeable, don't be rash in everything!" ”

"But if it is really Ruan Chi's grandson Li Bangji who becomes the son of the world and ascends the throne as the lord of Dayue in the future, then what will our Zheng family do?" The masked man said worriedly: "At that time, people will be swordsmen and I will be fish and meat, won't our Zheng family let his surname Ruan be killed." ”

"It's not so easy to move my Zheng family," Zheng Ke's eyes narrowed slightly, "His Ruan Chi's biggest weakness is that he has a very shallow foundation in the army, and the stronger the enemy is, he wants to sit firmly in the position of the prince's relatives, and he has to weigh his own catties to succeed." ”

"But Daddy......" The masked man was about to say a few more words, when he suddenly heard Yang Muyun groan.

"He's awake......" Zheng Ke's face changed slightly, and he immediately stepped forward.

Yang Muyun woke up slowly, opened his eyes, and saw Zheng Ke and the masked man in front of him.

"Where am I......" he struggled to find that his hands and feet were tied to a wooden shelf. Didn't you say you were going to let me go? Why are you tying me up here again? Yang Muyun stared at them with wide eyes and said.

"Yours of these two things?" Zheng Ke lit up the two golden waist cards in front of Yang Muyun.

"You...... You're searching me? Yang Muyun said angrily.

"So you admit it's yours?" Zheng Ke's eyes flashed with a fierce color, and he asked in an accentuated tone, "Who sent you to my Dayue?" ”

"I think you misunderstood," Yang Muyun said, "I came to the sea by boat, and then I encountered a storm and unfortunately fell into the sea and float......ed here."

The masked man smiled when he heard this, and his eyes rolled, "You are really good at making up, God really favors you, so that you didn't die in the sea, and it happened to float here, and it happened to let you come to Huazhou City to assassinate my father." ”

"I didn't," Yang Muyun hurriedly said: "It's all a misunderstanding, I accidentally fought with your people in order to save people, who knows that you will continue to hunt and kill me again and again......"

"Who are you going to save? The Assassins? The masked man teased.

"No, it's the people of Annan who are watching from the sidelines," Yang Muyun explained, "In order to prevent the people from being accidentally injured, I made a move, but who knew that you misunderstood it as an assassin." ”