After hearing this, Chengtian was silent, and said to Ba Zhi: "Ba Zhi is the division, I hope you can treat the people well." I immediately packed up and led my family out to sea and out of here. ”

Ba Zhi bowed his hand and saluted: "Your Highness, I have prepared a sea ship in the port of Naha, and the things in the palace are for Your Highness to use, please issue an edict to my Highness, ordering me to take charge of the state affairs, and Your Highness can leave." ”

Chengtian nodded, and turned back to the harem, and after a while, there were bursts of crying from the harem, followed by rummaging through the cabinets and cursing each other, boiling the sky.

Zhang Shixing returned to Zuoshiki Castle and learned that Ba Zhi had killed Shuri Castle, so he led his cavalry to Shuri.

He had just come to Shuri Castle when he saw a group of men and horses coming out of the city, led by a man dressed in a python robe, with a fat body, sitting on his shoulder, followed by hundreds of people, including women and servants, carrying their burdens, all the way to the port of Naha.

Zhang Shixing felt strange, so he asked his subordinates: "Who are these people?" ”

His subordinates replied: "Zhang Jiaotou doesn't know, these people are all dependents and servants of the king of Shannan, and the person sitting on the shoulder is Chengtian, the king of Shannan." ”

Zhang Shixing said strangely: "Where are they going?" Didn't Ba Zhi say that Uncle Wang Ziying was in power, and he wanted to support the royal family? ”

His subordinates smiled and said, "Zhang Jiaotou, don't worry about so many idle things, we hurried into the city, we went late, and the property was robbed by others." ”

After Zhang Shixing heard this, he had to have this question in his heart, beat his horse into the city, entered the palace, and saw Ba Zhi.

When Ba Zhi saw him, he was overjoyed, hugged him with both hands and said, "Zhang Si, my good brother-in-law, you have made a great contribution this time." I have been fighting with Wang Ziying for many years, and we have won or lost, and as soon as you came, I defeated him in a battle and captured Shuri Castle, I want to thank you very much. I keep all the good things in this palace for you, you can take whatever you want, there are many beautiful women, you can take them away, just don't let my sister know. He laughed.

Zhang Shixing looked indifferent and asked, "Big brother, when I entered the city, I met Shannan Wang Chengtian, what do you want to do with him?" ”

Ba Zhi walked a few steps around him, raised his head and asked, "According to my brother-in-law's opinion, what should I do with him?" ”

Zhang Shixing said with a straight face: "Big brother, since you are the secretary of Shannan Kingdom, you have defeated Wang Ziying, the uncle of the king, and controlled Shuri City, the capital of the country, so you should assist the king and rectify the dynasty to fulfill the courtier's festival." ”

Ba Zhi smiled, patted Zhang Shixing's shoulder and said: "Brother-in-law, you don't know much about the national conditions of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the land of projectiles, the three kingdoms stand side by side, the conquest has lasted for many years, and the people are not living, I intend to unify the Ryukyus and eliminate the three kingdoms." Therefore, I have exiled the king of Shannan to exile overseas, and there will be no Shannan country in this Ryukyu country from now on. Wouldn't it be beautiful if I conquered the two kingdoms of Shanbei and Zhongshan again, and unified the Ryukyus. ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he knew that he had been fooled again, this had nothing to do with justice, and it was another power game of deceit, so he immediately felt disgusted, so he arched his hand and said: "Big brother, after fighting all night, I want to go back and rest." ”

Ba Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, do you miss my sister, then go back quickly, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, and it will make this damn Wang Ziying mess up." ”

Zhang Shixing said goodbye and left the palace, rode back to Zuofu City alone, as soon as he entered the house, he saw that Mu Ming had changed his clothes, and was directing a few people to clean the courtyard, and when he came back, he immediately served hot water, let him clean his face, and then changed into household clothes, and personally cooked, made a few exquisite side dishes, scalded a pot of wine, and put it in front of him, so that he deeply felt the warmth of home.

Zhang Shixing looked at Mu Ming, and recalled in his mind the woman he had met over the years, his love with Tana was unforgettable, but due to the huge difference in status and status, he could not finally become a family. As for this relationship with Xu Miaojin, he knew that it was impossible from the beginning, so he always had a sense of awe and appreciation for her, and did not dare to exceed the rules. Although Song Sanniang is his rightful wife, although she has the name of husband and wife, she has no husband and wife, and the time between the two is too short, Song Sanniang has become a wisp of light smoke in his heart, although it is endless, but the image is blurred.

Now only the foreign woman Mu Ming with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of her is a real existence, and she is really making people. Although she looked indifferent, not happy or sad, she was still a flesh-and-blood woman, and she could also comfort the loneliness of being in a foreign land.

After Zhang Shixing had eaten and drunk enough, he saw that Mu Ming had not spoken, so he asked, "Mu Ming, don't you want to ask me how this battle went?" ”

Mu Ming smiled and said, "My father taught us that women should take care of the affairs of the family since we were children, and not get involved in men's affairs. If you want to say it to me, I'll listen, but if you don't say it, I can't ask around. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "We defeated Wang Ziying in a battle and occupied Shuri Castle. ”

Mu Ming smiled faintly and said, "Then my brother must be very happy." One step closer to his goal. ”

Zhang Shixing asked, "What goal?" ”

Mu Ming said: "He wants to unify the Ryukyus, and for this goal, he will do whatever it takes." ”

Zhang Shixing knew that she had resentment in her heart, and thought that she was also forced to get married, and suddenly felt that Mu Ming was also a fallen person at the end of the world, and he continued to ask: "Why did your father send you a girl to study in Daming back then?" ”

Mu Ming was caught off guard by the question, ahh However, he also has selfish intentions, hoping that I can make friends with the children of the powerful people of the Ming Dynasty, so that he can find a powerful in-law as a backer. However, you powerful children of the Ming Dynasty have never looked down on us barbarians, so I stayed in Beijing for three years, learned a few things, and then returned to Ryukyu. ”

Zhang Shixing praised: "After three years of study, it is so good, it is really unusual. I see that you have a good mouth, and you can answer my senior brother fluently, and your knowledge is really extraordinary. ”

When Mu Ming heard him talk about Huang Zhan, he was very interested, and hurriedly asked, "Is your senior brother very knowledgeable, who was he before he became a monk?" ”

Zhang Shixing saw that he had missed his mouth, so he hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Mu Ming, I'm tired and I'm going to rest, if there is anything to say, we'll talk about it later." ”

Mu Ming hurriedly got up, made a bed for him and folded the quilt, Zhang Shixing took off his clothes, got into the quilt, and fell asleep, I don't know how long it took, he felt a warm and slippery body leaning up, he knew that this was Mu Ming, but he didn't open his eyes, but his mind kept flashing the figures of Tana, Xu Miaojin, and Song Sanniang, he hugged this gentle woman tightly, but tears flowed in his eyes that he didn't know whether it was happiness or bitterness.

Early the next morning, Zhang Shixing finished washing up and had breakfast, so he came to the small courtyard where Zhu Yunwen lived and reported to the master about yesterday's battle.

Huang Zhan said excitedly: "Senior brother, you fought this battle well, won the battle, and became famous. Ba Zhi will definitely reuse you, and you will take the opportunity to cultivate more of your henchmen, seize military power, and lay the foundation for our great restoration in the future. ”

Zhang Shixing smiled bitterly: "Senior brother, you think too simply. I am a Ming person, and Ba Zhi's subordinates are all Ryukyuan people, not my race, and their hearts will be different, without three or five generations taking root here, I am afraid it will be difficult to cultivate their own power. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Zhang Si, it's up to you, since you have married Sister Ba Zhi, and you are a family with them, the Ryukyuan people will definitely treat you as your own people." As long as you put in a little effort, you will definitely be able to cultivate your own power, and your senior brother and I will give you ideas again, and great things can be done. ”

Zhang Shixing smiled and didn't speak again.

Huang Zhan asked again: "What about Wang Ziying's father and son, how did he let him escape?" ”

Zhang Shixing didn't want to hide it, so he told him how he let the two of them go privately.

Huang Zhan patted his thigh and said: "Senior brother, you used to suffer a big loss of soft-heartedness, so that the swallow thief sat big, and now we are in a foreign country, your woman's kindness must be changed, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Zhu Yunwen also complained to him: "Zhang Si, then Wang Ziying's father and son have no friendship with you, why bother to return to the mountain and leave the future troubles?" ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said: "I went to help Ba Zhi because I had the heart to help the poor and help the needy, who knew that this Ba Zhi and Wang Ziying had their own words, which was loyal and which was the treacherous, and I couldn't tell the difference until now, so I couldn't kill them." ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "There is no distinction between loyalty and traitor in this world, but it is just a conflict of interests. In the future, you don't have to stick to the argument of loyalty and treachery, and you can do whatever is beneficial to our great cause of restoration. ”

Zhang Shixing didn't agree with Zhu Yunwen's concept in his heart, but it was difficult to refute it, so he had to remain silent.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Huang Zhan asked, "I heard that you have occupied Shuri City, the capital of Shannan Kingdom, what about the whereabouts of King Chengtian?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Ba Zhi expelled him from the country and exiled him overseas. He himself was appointed as the governor of the country, saying that he wanted to unify the Ryukyus and eliminate the situation of the separation of the three kingdoms, but for some reason, I admired and disgusted him. ”

Huang Zhan didn't care about Zhang Shixing's feelings, but said a little strangely: "This Ba Zhi is so strange, he neither usurped the throne of Shannan Kingdom, nor did he kill them all, but he led the country's politics, why is this?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "Empty seal, thanks to you reading so many books, I don't know this." This Ba Zhi is learning from Emperor Taizu Gao's strategy to build a wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the king's strategy, and his ambition is not small. ”

Huang Zhan touched his forehead with his hand, and suddenly realized: "It's still the master who is well-informed, and the apprentice is ashamed of himself." ”

While he was talking, a soldier pushed the door in, saw Zhang Shixing, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Zhang Jiaotou, you are really here, General Ba ordered me to ask you to go to Shuri City immediately to discuss matters." ”

Zhang Shixing asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The soldier said: "The villain doesn't know, I was just ordered to ask Zhang Jiaotou to rush to Shuri City immediately to discuss military affairs. ”

Zhang Shixing had no choice but to wave goodbye to Zhu Yunwen and Huang Zhan, and went out of the yard, only to see two horses tied outside the door, and the soldier stepped forward to untie the reins, led a yellow horse, escorted Zhang Shixing on the horse, and then got on another horse himself.

Shuri Castle and Sashiki Castle were only forty miles away, and within half an hour, the two of them came to the palace of Shurijo Castle.

Zhang Shixing threw off the saddle and dismounted, climbed the steps, and entered the palace.

Ba Zhi was discussing with two people above the main hall, and when he saw Zhang Shixing coming, he got up to greet him with a spring breeze and welcomed him into the hall.

Zhang Shixing looked at the two people in the hall, one was his father-in-law Si Shao, the other was the son of Ba Zhi, and his nephew Huaizhong, so he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed to Si Shao, and said: "Son-in-law Zhang Si visits his father-in-law." ”