Zhang Shixing and Huang Zicheng were shocked when they heard this, jumped up from their seats, and said, "How are you going?" ”

Hosokawa Goro said: "Your domestic disputes, our Japanese mission does not want to intervene, but you want to take refuge in our Japan, in case your new emperor inquires, our daimyo has a lot of trouble, if we don't pay tribute, it will be a heavy loss." Therefore you must double the fare, and your little is not enough. ”

Zhang Shixing saw that he had two knives pinned to his waist, one long and one short, and suddenly leaned over and grabbed the short knife, Hosokawa Goro was caught off guard, and when he saw the short knife being snatched, he jumped back, pulled out the long knife with a brush, and pointed to Zhang Shixing: "What are you doing, return the knife to me, otherwise I will kill you with one sword." ”

Zhang Shixing didn't look at it, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, and grasping the tip of the knife with the other, Dantian exhaled, exhaled with both hands, and only heard a snap, and the short knife was actually broken from the handle.

Hosokawa Goro screamed strangely when he saw this, and slashed down with a knife, Zhang Shixing pinched the tip of the broken knife with his left hand, and stretched out his arm, and the section of the broken knife came from top to bottom, hitting his chest Tiantu, Xuanji, Huacani, Purple Palace, Yutang, and Jizhong all the big holes, Hosokawa Goro held the long knife, and he froze on the spot, motionless, his face was red, but he couldn't say a word.

Huang Zicheng hurriedly said on the side: "Brother Zhang, Hosokawa-kun is also a friend, you must not hurt his life." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "This guy is rude, I just punished him a little, and I won't hurt his life." After that, he put the broken knife on the table, his hands were flying, and he clicked on a few acupoints on Hosokawa Goro's body, and rubbed him a few times, Hosokawa Goro exhaled a breath, and his body could move.

Zhang Shixing smiled and said to him: "Hosokawa-kun, is the money enough for this boat?" ”

Hosokawa Gorou knew that his martial arts were far from the other party, and he couldn't fight anymore, so he put his sword into the sheath and muttered: "If you want to take a boat, you can take a boat, why do you want to break my family's heirloom sword." After that, he put the broken knife and the handle of the knife in his bag, got up and went out, and said: "I can only send you to Ryukyu for this little money, please remember that the ship will leave on the evening of July 15, and you should not miss the sailing schedule. ”

With that, Hosokawa Goro went downstairs.

Huang Zicheng bowed his hand to his back and said, "Thank you Hosokawa-kun for your help." ”

Seeing Hosokawa Goro walking away, Huang Zicheng complained to Zhang Shixing: "Zhang Si, can't you say something well, why do you want to break someone's treasure knife." If he has bad intentions halfway, you and I will die without a place to be buried. You don't know, the Japanese samurai value the most honor, the sword is in the person, and the sword is dead. ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "If a warrior is greedy for small profits, he will not pay attention to honor. I snatched his sword and showed his martial arts, so that he would not dare to disagree. Otherwise, we will be controlled by others everywhere along the way, and we will not be able to prevent it. ”

When Huang Zicheng heard this, he nodded and said, "What you said also makes some sense. ”

The two returned to Zhang Songxi's residence and told everyone that the ship had been booked and that they were only going to Ryukyu.

When Zhu Yunwen heard the word Ryukyu, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), Emperor Taizu Gao sent an envoy Yang Zai to Ryukyu with an edict, and Ryukyu had an official name. The edict said: 'I am recommended by my subjects, and I am the emperor, and I must have the name of the world, called Daming, and Jianyuan Hongwu. It is used to send envoys to foreign countries, broadcast the intentions of the people, and when the envoys arrive, the barbarian chieftains call the ministers to pay tribute. Weier Ryukyu, in the southeast of China, far from overseas, has not been reported. I hereby send an envoy to send an edict to know it. This edict was drafted by Mr. Fang, and he told us about it, so I still remember it vividly. ”

Huang Zhan was born as a champion, full of poetry and books, and talented, at this time, everyone was equal, and he had no scruples, so he got up and corrected Zhu Yunwen and said: "Master Kongwen, that Ryukyu was not named by my Ming Dynasty." In the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of the Yu cavalry, to visit the foreign customs, and he began to reach the boundary of this country. Zhu Kuan looks at it from afar between the waves, this island country is swirling and meandering, if the dragon floats in the water, so it is called Liuqiu. ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "It's me who is lonely and unheard." ”

Since the shipping schedule was booked, everyone began to prepare all kinds of cross-sea items, and Zhang Songxi also closed the shop to help them go out to purchase supplies.

Zhang Shixing also wrote a letter to his mother-in-law and Song Sanniang, and asked Zhang Songxi to take it. In the letter, he gave a brief account of his situation, and asked them to meet at the Tianfei Temple outside the East Gate on the evening of July 15 and go overseas together.

After Zhang Songxi came back from sending the letter, he told Zhang Shixing that Song Mu and Song Sanniang were very scared and worried, and hoped that he would go to meet him.

They advised him to be patient for a while, and when the time was up, he would talk in detail when he got on the boat. Everyone in Songjiazhuang knows him as a son-in-law, and if the news leaks out, it will be a big deal.

Zhang Shixing had to dispel this idea for the time being.

Tie Xuan, the secretary of the military department, was escorted to the Beijing Division, entered the palace, and pushed up to the palace, Zhu Di stood on the throne and ordered him to kneel.

Tie Xuan stood in the court with his back and didn't say a word.

A group of chamberlains stepped forward to pull him over, but Tie Hyun was really nailed to the ground like an iron nail, motionless. Several eunuchs were busy for a long time, but they couldn't do it.

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di sneered and said: "Your surname is Tie, you really are beaten by iron." Captain Jinyi came up and cut off Tie Xuan's ears and nose, Tie Xuan held back the pain and still refused to look back. Seeing that he still refused to give in, Zhu Di became angry and ordered someone to stuff the cut meat into Tie Xuan's mouth, make him eat it, and asked, "How does your meat taste?" Willing or not? ”

Tie Xuan shouted loudly: "Why is the meat of loyal ministers and filial sons unwilling! ”

Zhu Di was furious, and said in his heart: "If I don't kill you, I will make the subjects of Jingshi despise me." Then he ordered someone to push Tie Xuan to the West City and put Ling Chi to death. Zhu Di personally supervised the beheading.

While being tortured, Tie Xuan scolded Zhu Di: "Yan thief, you usurp the throne against the sky, and you will be punished by God in the future, and you will not die well." "Until death, he still muttered to himself and scolded endlessly.

Seeing this, Zhu Di hit the fire upwards and said in his heart: "I see that you still don't give in when you die?" "He had a large iron pot come to the execution ground, boil it with oil, and when the oil boiled, he threw Tie Xuan's body into the oil pot, and in an instant, Tie Xuan's body burned to charcoal.

Zhu Di ordered someone to turn over his corpse to make it face up and turn outward, but the captain of Jinyi fiddled with it for a long time, but he couldn't get it.

Zhu Di was furious, and ordered the chamberlain to clamp it with more than ten iron rods, so that he bowed to the north.

Seeing this, Zhu Di finally smiled, pointed to Tie Xuan's charred corpse and said, "You are finally facing me today!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I don't know if the hands of those chamberlains were shaking or Tie Xuan was scorched and the corpse was to blame, the hot oil suddenly boiled, splashing more than a foot high, and the hands of the chamberlains were all burned and eroded.

Zhu Di was greatly surprised, knowing that he could not disobey Tie Xuan's wishes, so he ordered a generous funeral.

Mei Yin returned to Beijing and came to the Qianqing Palace to meet Zhu Di, the Emperor of Yongle. Zhu Di personally descended to greet him, stepped forward and held Mei Yin's hand tightly, and said affectionately: "The horse came all the way, and the saddle horse worked hard." ”

Mei Yin knelt down and kowtowed, but said with a sad expression: "Working in vain, I am ashamed!" ”

Zhu Di touched a soft nail, and it was not easy to attack, and he secretly hated himself in his heart.

He suddenly saw Huang Yanqing behind Mei Yin again, and shouted to the left and right: "Take it for me!" ”

The captain of Jinyi rushed up and tied up Huang Yanqing.

Mei Yin asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "Huang Yanqing privately scolded Jianwenjun, he was bold and reckless, and he pulled me out and beheaded him." ”

Mei Yin knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This matter was done by Wei Chen, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Huang, please treat me for my crimes." ”

Zhu Di snorted and said: "If it weren't for you and my loved ones, I would have killed you a long time ago, and I wouldn't have returned home, and I would have thought about it behind closed doors." ”

After that, the brocade guards in the palace stepped forward and dragged Mei Yin up and pulled her out of the palace.

At this time, a woman rushed in from outside the palace, saw the Jinyi guard grabbing Mei Yin, desperately stepped forward to pull them away, hugged Mei Yin, and cried bitterly.

It turned out that this girl was Zhu Di's sister Princess Ningguo.

Princess Ningguo raised her head, her eyes were full of tears, and she said to Zhu Di: "Fourth brother, I have obeyed your order to recall Mei Yin, what do you want?" If you want to kill him, I won't live anymore, and we will die together. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Fifth sister, you take him away, I don't want to see him again." ”

Princess Ningguo helped Mei Yin up, and the two limped out of the palace.

At this time, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was brought into the palace and did not kneel. Zhu Di was angry, pointed at him and scolded: "You are my wife and brother, you belong to your closest relatives, and all the military ministers at that time belong to you, but you don't support me, do you want me to kill you?" ”

Xu Huizu was silent.

Chen Ying, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, served on the side, secretly guessing Zhu Di's intentions, so he ordered someone to take a pen and paper, handed it to Xu Huizu's hand, and said: "Wei Guogong, if you return to the present, you will write a congratulatory form, and I will keep you safe." But if you don't come down, write a guilty complaint, and I ask you to give you a whole corpse. ”

Xu Huizu took the pen and paper, held the paper in one hand, held the pen in the other, wrote down a few words with a brush, and threw the brush aside.

Chen Ying took the paper and presented it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took a closer look, and there were a few big characters written on the paper: "Emperor Taizu Gao has a word first, and my father, Xu Yanda, the king of Zhongshan, is the founder of the country, and he has Danshu iron coupons, and his descendants will not die." ”

Zhu Di was so angry that he tore the paper to shreds and scolded: "If you don't submit to obedience, you are a major crime of rebellion. ”

Xu Huizu still didn't say a word, turned around and walked outside the hall.

Zhu Di was so angry that he stomped his feet and lingered in the hall for a long time, but finally didn't say a word, watching Xu Huizu leave.

Chen Ying said: "Your Majesty, I will recover him, put him in prison, and interrogate him carefully. ”

Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "The queen will arrive in Beijing in a few days, I don't want her to cry and cry and come to beg me to let his brother go." ”

Chen Ying said: "Then it is so easy to let go of Wei Guogong, how can you convince the public?" ”

Zhu Di sighed and said, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read." So then, thou shalt enclose him in a private house, and thou shalt not go out, and thou shalt not go out. ”

Chen Ying bowed and said, "Obey." ”

At this time, Hu Ying, Yuan Hui, and Sheng Yong returned to Beijing from Huai'an to resume their lives and asked to see them outside the palace.

Zhu Di ordered someone to summon them to the temple, and everyone kowtowed. Zhu Di ordered to retreat left and right, and then asked Hu Ying: "Hu Ying, how did I do with your errand?" ”

Hu Ying was so frightened that he trembled and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent and let that group of people escape." ”

Zhu Di shouted: "What do you want, someone will pull me down." ”

Hearing the sound, the brocade guards outside the hall were about to rush up to the hall and pull Hu Ying away.

Yuan Hui suddenly said: "Your Majesty, slowly, Rong Chen is meticulous, the fault of this miss is not my apprentice Hu Ying, but the two ends of the Shenghou Shou Mouse, who cherishes the old master." ”

Sheng Yong said angrily: "Yuan Hui, you are spewing blood. ”

Yuan Heng twisted his beard and said, "Sheng Hou once lived with the empty monk, but he never explained it to us. When we waited for the arrest of Kongwen, Sheng Hou did not send a single soldier to help, and this is the second. There are these two places, which shows that the two ends of the Shenghou Shou Mouse, the old master in his heart, and the plot is wrong. ”

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly shot out two cold lights, approaching Sheng Yong.

Sheng Yong knelt down in despair and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged." ”

Zhu Di took out a treasure knife from behind the imperial case, threw it in front of Sheng Yong, and said to Sheng Yong: "If you return to me, I will give you a whole corpse." ”

Sheng Yong picked up the treasure knife and said with tears on his face: "Brother Tie, you and I have intersected for several years, but I betrayed you, and I will be ashamed of you after I die." With that, he committed suicide with a knife, and blood splattered on the spot.