Ruan Ding, who was next to him, also pulled out his knife and shouted, "Someone! ”

Dozens of guards immediately broke into the hall, each armed with knives and guns, and surrounded everyone.

Zhu Yunwen and the others also stood up immediately, clenched their fists, and prepared to fight hard, but the two sides glared angrily, and there was a great tendency of saber rattling and imminent attack.

That day, King Nan waved his hand and said: "Retreat, we are friends not enemies, why bother to use knives and guns." ”

The group of soldiers glanced at Ruan Ding, Ruan Ding waved his hand, and the group retreated, and Ruan Ding also put the knife back into its sheath.

King Rinan beckoned everyone to sit down again, and said, "There is no malice in inviting all the masters to come, please rest assured." If this king had the intention of harming you, how could you have lived to this day? Besides, this king has no grievances with you, so why harm each other? Now that everyone is trapped in this Haiyun Ridge, this king just wants to invite the big guy to come over and discuss a way to break this situation together, and if there is something to gain, he will be grateful. ”

When the people heard that he was justified and well-founded, they were relieved.

Zhu Yunwen said: "What the prince said is extremely true. Since both of us have no grievances and no hatred, then the prince does not have to explore our details, we should be the prince's guests, and if we can help, we will help each other, and if we can't help, the prince doesn't have to force it. The most important point is that we come and go freely, and the prince cannot force him to stay. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Dingji on the side pointed out: "What, I saved your lives, I didn't want to repay the service, but my tail rose to the sky." ”

Zhang Shixing also jumped up, pointed at Ruan Ding and said, "What kind of thing are you, keep your mouth clean, and dare to point at my master to speak?" ”

King Rinan waved his hand and said, "You both sit down and have something to say." ”

Both of them returned to their respective positions in a huff, and the king of Rinan said to Zhu Yunwen: "Master Kongwen, as long as I can restore my Dayue land, I am willing to respect Master as the national teacher of Dayue, and I will never dare to slack off." ”

At this time, Huang Zhan on the side said slowly: "If you want to restore the land of Dayue, it is not impossible, but after this success, how can the prince be rewarded?" ”

King Rinan looked at him and said, "Orphan the masters as the great mages of the protector of the country, build a big jungle, and let the masters preside. ”

Huang Zhan smiled and shook his head.

King Rinan continued: "If you are willing to return to the world, you will be crowned as the prince of the country, and you will eat ten thousand households. ”

Huang Zhan still shook his head.

All the people were bewildered for a moment, and they all looked at him.

King Rinan said: "There are no outsiders here, Master Kongyin has something to say." ”

Huang Zhan smiled and said: "If the king can restore the territory of Dayue, please borrow 100,000 troops with me, and after I obtain the land of the Ming Dynasty, cut Siming, Taiping and you, what do you think, king?" ”

King Rinan turned his head to look at Zhu Yunwen with some doubts, Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment and nodded firmly.

King Rinan said: "This is very good, we will make a decision." ”

Huang Zhan said: "We high-five as an oath. ”

King Rinan stretched out his hand and high-fived Zhu Yunwen and swore an oath.

King Rinan said to Huang Zhan: "Please tell Master Kongyin in detail about your plan, and listen to me." ”

Huang Zhan cleared his throat and said: "Dayue is connected with the mountains and rivers of Zhancheng, and their lips and teeth depend on each other. Now that the Ming State has annexed Dayue, and the city of Zhancheng also belonged to the Central Plains during the Qin and Han dynasties, the king of Zhancheng will inevitably have a cold feeling of death and fear that the Ming State will annex itself next. If the king sends someone to contact the king of Champong, borrow troops to come, first take Shun and Hua Prefectures, and erect the banner of rebellion, the people of Dayue will win the grain shadow and restore the country, it is not difficult. ”

After hearing this, King Rinan patted his thigh and said, "Ah, Master Empty Seal has a good plan, why didn't you think of it." Then who was sent to Champa to lobby? ”

His eyes flickered, he glanced at Huang Zhan and said, "Don't bother the two masters, just look at this matter and ask Master Empty Seal to go out, and it will be a success." ”

Huang Zhan excused himself and said: "I am not familiar with my life and speech, so the prince should choose someone else." ”

King Rinan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll send a messenger to accompany you, and I'll also send someone to bring some gifts." So let me find ten men to form a legation, and you will go with Gu's own letter, and negotiate with the king of Champa on Gu's behalf, and allow you to do your cheap thing, and borrow soldiers anyway. ”

Huang Zhan had no trouble pushing it further, so he had to accept it, and he said to King Rinan: "I want to take my junior brother Kongzhi on this trip, and there will be a good response on the way." ”

King Ninan nodded in agreement, "That's the best." ”

Huang Zhan turned his head to Zhang Shixing and said, "Then Senior Brother Lao will accompany me on a trip." ”

Zhang Shixing looked at Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "Although you accompany your senior brother, I can accompany you when I am free, and everything is worry-free." ”

Wang Shu said: "Senior brother, you can rest assured, I will protect the master to the death." ”

The plan was decided, and everyone took their leave with the king of Ninan and went back to prepare for the journey.

As soon as they entered the hut where they lived, Zhang Shixing complained to Huang Zhan: "Senior brother, I'm sure this King of Rinan is Chen Tianping's servant Ruan Kang, maybe he heard that Chen Tianping was dead, so he assumed his identity. That bullshit forbidden army commanded Ruan Ding's eyebrows, and he was not a good person at first glance, maybe he was some relative of Ruan Kang. How can we cooperate with such people? ”

Huang Zhan made a silent gesture to him, and said in a low voice: "Senior brother, in order to restore the country, sometimes we have to endure humiliation and burden, and sometimes we have to do whatever it takes, otherwise, it is difficult to succeed." You see, if the general trend is today, the swallow thief has swallowed Annan, the momentum is flourishing, and Mu Sheng has also become an official, who else can we rely on? I don't care about this King of Rinan's surname is Chen and his surname is Ruan, as long as he can help us restore the country, we must unite with him. ”

Zhang Shixing turned his head to look at Zhu Yunwen, and said with some grief and indignation: "Master, can we say that in order to restore the country, we can ignore our principles and do whatever it takes, so what is the difference between us and the Yan thief?" ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't dare to look at him, closed his eyes and said: "Empty wisdom, Buddhism has clouds: 'But do good deeds, don't ask about the future.'" But we are not monks after all. ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said no more.

Wang Shu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Senior brother, I'll give you a poem: 'Give you a method to resolve doubts, and you don't need to drill turtles and wish yarrow.'" The test jade should be burned for three days, and the material must be aged for seven years.

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. Xiang Zhi died at the beginning, who knows the truth of his life? The road to restoration is difficult and difficult, and sometimes it is inevitable to take some detours, but if it is successful in the end, these detours will be worth it. ”

Zhang Shixing nodded helplessly and said, "Since you all agree to unite with this King of Rinan, I have nothing to say." I will accompany the senior brother to go through this experience and return as soon as possible. ”

Huang Zhan said: "That's very good. After we returned from borrowing troops, on the one hand, we should help the king of the south to restore the land, and on the other hand, we should also accumulate our own strength, Annam and Champa were originally our Central Plains land, if we can take these two countries, we can also be the king of the south. ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly to Huang Zhan: "Empty Seal, do you want to repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark?" ”

Huang Zhan said with a smile: "Master, let's take one step at a time, we don't expect it to be so far at the moment." ”

After preparing their outfits and gifts, Huang Zhan and his party set off. The usual route is to take the sea route, enter the sea from Shun'an Kou, and then go straight to Xinzhou City, the capital of the Champong State, but it is only two or three days' mileage. However, at present, Shunzhou is occupied by the Ming army, and they cannot take a boat, so they have to go down the mountain from the southern slope of Haiyun Ridge and take the land route to Xinzhou.

The mountain road was rugged, and they climbed down the mountain with a rolling belt, and before they had gone far, they entered the territory of the city of Zhancheng. There were guards of the Champa state on the border, and they were immediately stopped, and the general Ruan Cheng stepped forward to explain the intention, and the guards heard that it was the envoy of the king of Rinan, who came to discuss state affairs with the king of Champa, and did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent people to escort them to Xinzhou City, the capital of the Champa state.

Xinzhou City is located in the lower reaches of the Kun River, the land is fertile, suitable for farming, and its downstream 100 miles is the mouth of Xinzhou Port, which is an important port of the Champa City, and most of the ships coming and going to the South Seas dock here to supply freshwater vegetables, so this Xinzhou City is very prosperous, and it is better than Thang Long and other places in Annam.

Most of the people in the city are Zhanren, who speak Malay and take Brahmanism as the state religion, so the city is full of Brahmanical temples.

Huang Zhan and the others stayed in the post house first, and the guards entered the palace to ask for instructions. Before long, an attendant went to the post house to summon Huang Zhan and others into the palace to face the saint.

When Huang Zhan and the others entered the palace, they saw that the king of Champa was wearing a white robe, a golden crown, a big waist and a round waist, and a dark face, sitting in an ebony chair, his eyes narrowed into a line, staring at the comer.

Huang Zhan and the others knelt down and saluted, Zhanba raised his hand, muttered a few words, and Ruan Cheng, the general secretary, said to everyone, let's be even, and he took the lead to stand up, and the rest of the people also got up.

Huang Zhan presented the gift, the cottage was poor, just some tiger skin deer antler velvet and the like, and there were no rare treasures, Zhanba's face showed an unhappy look, and he muttered again.

Ruan Chengdao: "He asked us what we are doing here?" ”

Huang Zhan took out the handwritten letter of the king of Rinan and handed it to Ruan Cheng, who read it on the spot in Champa language, to the effect that the Ming Dynasty had annexed Annam, and the next step was to march into Champong. The king of Rinan is the clan of the Chen Dynasty, and is recommended by the people of Annam, and now raises the banner of rebellion against the Ming army, in order to avoid the death of the lips and teeth, please borrow 100,000 troops from the Zhancheng State to resist the Ming army and restore the country. After the deed was accomplished, he was willing to cede the two states of Hue as a reward.

After hearing this, the king of Champa pondered for a moment and asked a word, and Ruan Cheng translated: "He asked us about the origin of the king of Rinan?" ”

Huang Zhanlang said: "The king of Rinan in my family is Chen Tianping, the son of Chen Xian, the king of Zhuangding in the Chen Dynasty, the grandson of Chen Yizong, and the only surviving bloodline of the Chen Dynasty. For the people of Dayue, temporarily lead the king of Rinan, and will inevitably ascend the throne as the emperor of Dayue in the future. ”

Ruan Cheng translated, and the king of Champa nodded and asked again.

Ruan Chengdao: "He asked how many soldiers and horses King Rinan currently has. ”

Huang Zhan thought about it, this king of Champa was also cunning, and asked how many soldiers and horses he had, but he didn't believe what he said too much, and he would definitely look down on him if he said less.

So Huang Zhan said boldly: "At present, the king of Rinan has less than 10,000 men who dare to fight, and the Ming army in Dayue is ten times larger than mine, so he has the courage to come to borrow troops from the Zhancheng State." ”

After Nguyen Cheng finished translating, the king of Champa shook his head and said a long sentence.

Ruan Chengdao: "He said that they have always served the great powers of the Central Plains very carefully and did not want to make enemies, so they were unwilling to send troops to help the king of Ninan, and if the king of Ninan could not gain a foothold in Annam, he could come to them at any time, and he welcomed it." ”

After that, he ordered someone to give a gift back, and the chamberlain carried the gift up and put it in front of Huang Zhan, only to see that it was a half-human-high ebony statue, with exquisite carving and lifelike, especially this ebony, which was as black as jade, and it was really extraordinary. There are also more than a dozen strings of agarwood bracelets, and a pair of rhinoceros horn wine glasses, inlaid with ivory, all of which are extremely valuable.