Niu Er put the knife back into the sheath and said viciously to Hosokawa Goro: "You wait, I'll come when I go." Don't let me catch you, or the king of heaven won't be able to protect you. ”

After that, Niu Er took people off the boat.

Hosokawa Goro patted his chest, obviously frightened, he didn't dare to stop, and ordered to leave the ship immediately, return to Ningbo, join the remaining two ships, leave the Yongjiang River, and sail to Ryukyu without mentioning.

Besides, Niu Er rushed to the palace, thinking that something good was coming, he entered the palace, and saw that the princess of Ningguo was crying to Zhu Di, the emperor of Yongle.

She grabbed the sleeve of Emperor Yongle's robe and cried: "The horse went to court this morning, and when he left home, he was still in good shape, why did he drown after not seeing him for a few hours?" ”

Zhu Di said: "This morning, the order was a little chaotic and crowded, and the horse was accidentally squeezed off the bridge on the Jinshui Bridge, fell into the water, and drowned. ”

Princess Ningguo scolded angrily: "Your Majesty, which king and eight lambs are talking nonsense to you, the horse grows in the south of the Yangtze River, the water is excellent, and the water of the river is not deep, how can you drown him?" ”

Zhu Di pointed at Ji Gang and said, "Ji Gang, come over and explain to the princess." ”

Ji Gang cautiously walked to the princess's side, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The little one doesn't dare to deceive the princess, the horse was indeed squeezed off the Jinshui Bridge and drowned." ”

Princess Ningguo stepped forward, slapped Ji Gang in the face, and scolded angrily: "You are talking nonsense, last month, the captain of your Jinyi Guard secretly sneaked into my mansion to spy on my privacy, and was discovered by the horse, and after being caught, he was beaten up, so you have a grudge, and today you took advantage of the chaos to kill the horse." ”

Ji Gang cried and said with a sad face: "The princess is wronged, this morning, I have been guarding the emperor outside the Fengtian Palace, and I didn't dare to leave half a step without permission, how can I harm the horse?" ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I saw that he had been on duty outside the hall, and he really didn't leave half a step. ”

Princess Ning Guo pointed at Ji Gang and said, "That's what you instructed others to do?" ”

Ji Gang said: "Don't wronged a good person, princess." However, today it is Jinyi Wei Qianhu Niu Fu who is maintaining order in the square, and I specially called him back, and the princess can go and ask him for details. After that, he beckoned to Niu Eryi, who was standing outside the hall, and said, "Niu Fu, you come in and talk back to the princess." ”

When Niu Er saw this situation, he knew that something was wrong, and just wanted to turn around and leave, but the Han general outside the hall escorted him into the hall with both hands behind his back, and kicked his legs, and Niu Er immediately knelt on both knees.

Ji Gang stood up and pointed at Niu Er and said, "Niu Qianhu, how did you maintain the order of the early dynasty today, and you actually drowned the horse?" ”

Niu Er still wanted to argue, raised his head and said: "Someone fainted this morning, causing chaos in the team, all crowded on the Jinshui Bridge, the horse didn't know how to fall into the water, and when I rescued him, he had already drowned." ”

Princess Ningguo stepped forward and kicked Niu Er's feet hard, and reprimanded angrily: "You are talking nonsense, the water of the horse is very good, and the water of the river is not deep, how can you easily drown, it is obvious that you killed him." ”

Niu Er didn't dare to answer, and glanced at Ji Gang.

The princess turned her head to stare at Ji Gang, who didn't dare to look at her and lowered her head.

The princess grabbed Niu Er's neck, shook it vigorously, and cried: "Sure enough, you killed my donkey, and I want you to pay for your life." ”

Niu Er's face turned red, and he spit out a few words: "This is also fate." ”

The princess let go of Niu Er and pounced on Ji Gang again, Ji Gang was so frightened that he quickly hid aside, pointed at Niu Er and scolded: "You have done good things at home, you dare to slander Shangxian and give me a palm." ”

The Han general behind Niu Er immediately took out the golden gourd hammer from his back, hammered it down, and knocked out Niu Er's full mouth.

Niu Er screamed in pain, but his words were slurred.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Pull it out and kill it, and avenge the horse." ”

As soon as the words fell, the two Han generals pulled Niu Er outside the noon gate, and after a while, a bloody human head was offered.

Zhu Di pointed to the human head and said, "Eldest sister, you see that I have avenged you, and your anger should be gone." ”

Princess Ningguo knew that this matter was done by Zhu Di, and since she had already killed Niu Er, it was not easy to investigate it deeply, so she had to nod and go home.

After that, the Yongle Emperor personally came to the Horse Mansion to pay tribute, and entered the princess of Ningguo as the eldest princess of Ningguo, the eldest son of Mei Yin, Mei Shunchang, as the governor of the Chinese army, and the second son Mei Jingfu as the commander of the standard-bearer guard. The years are not counted, and the kings are not even as good, and the matter has come to an end.

Zhang Shixing returned to the Ryukyus with Hosokawa Goro's ship to send Ming, and although it was a headwind, fortunately, the wind and waves were not strong, and their group of three ships still arrived safely at Naha Port.

After Zhang Shixing got off the boat, he returned to the Tangying Confucian Temple, and Hosokawa Goro went to find Cheng Fu to pass on the decree.

As soon as Zhang Shixing entered the backyard, he cried and prayed when he saw Zhu Yunwen: "Master, the apprentice is incompetent, causing the death of Empress Dowager Lu and King Xu, please punish Master." ”

Zhu Yunwen was shocked and asked why, and Zhang Shixing told him how he visited the Empress Dowager Lu, how he was discovered by Niu Er, and how the Empress Dowager Lu and Zhu Yunxi were burned to death.

Zhu Yunwen listened, screamed, and fainted.

The apprentices were shocked, and hurriedly helped him up, Zhang Shixing pinched his acupoint vigorously, and Zhu Yunwen woke up slowly.

Zhang Shixing burst into tears, kowtowed again and again: "Master, it's the apprentice who is not good, and he leaked Xingzang, causing the Queen Mother and King Xu to die, please punish the master." ”

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "You can't be blamed for this matter, it's all caused by the ruthlessness of the swallow thief and his suspicion of being bent on cutting the grass and eradicating the roots." I think that at the beginning, I cared about my family affection and ordered the soldiers not to hurt their lives, but now he killed my mother and brother, which is really worse than a beast, and I am inseparable from him. ”

Huang Zhan said: "Master, if we take revenge, we must contact Yunnan Mu Sheng as soon as possible, re-raise the banner of righteousness, and restore the throne." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "You are right, we must leave this place as soon as possible and return to the Central Plains before we can fight to the death with the Yan thief." Zhang Si, go and find Shen Daocheng to see if there is a way to get us out of here. ”

Zhang Shixing nodded, turned around and was about to leave, Huang Zhan quietly grabbed him and said, "Second brother, did you go to Jingshi this time, did you see my wife and daughter, how are they doing?" ”

Zhang Shixing looked at him, just crying and speechless.

Huang Zhan grabbed his shoulder and shook it vigorously: "Second brother, you speak." ”

Zhang Shixing's face appeared in front of him, and he said sadly: "Big brother, your wife and daughter have committed suicide." ”

Huang Zhan said with a sigh, grabbed Zhang Shixing's shoulders tighter, and asked sharply, "Why did the two of them commit suicide?" ”

Zhang Shixing said calmly: "The Yan thief gave the two of her to Jinyi Wei Xiangnu as his wife, but the two of them did not comply, and they both committed suicide by jumping into the river. ”

Huang Zhan also screamed, grabbed the ground with his head, and cried and howled bitterly.

Zhang Shixing helped him up and said: "The two of them are okay, but my fiancée Song Sanniang was sent to the Teaching Workshop Division, and she was destroyed by people every night, and now she is pregnant, and she can't survive or die." I have a body of martial arts, what can I do? ”

Huang Zhan pointed to the sky and scolded: "Yan thief, I am inseparable from you, and I will fight to the death." ”

As he was talking, Shen Daocheng came to the backyard, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be full of suspicion, and asked: "Brother Zhang, I heard that you are back, so I came to see you, you are so sad, is it because something happened to relatives and friends at home?" ”

Zhang Shixing wiped away his tears and said, "Thank you Brother Shen for your care, my family has indeed passed away." After that, I was alone in the vast world. ”

Shen Daocheng stretched out his hand and hugged his shoulder, and said, "Good brother, you still have my brother." I have good news for you, the king of Zhongshan ordered the formation of a tributary mission, and will soon go to Quanzhou City, and my brother and I will also return to my hometown, and when I come back, I will bring you some specialties from my hometown. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhang Shixing, and Zhang Shixing said to Shen Daocheng: "I went to Beijing and brought back the news of my hometown, my master and junior brother want to go back to see, can Brother Shen take us to Quanzhou together?" ”

Shen Daocheng glanced at everyone and said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, the number of missions and sailors on the ship is fixed, each performing its own duties, there are so many of you, I can't arrange it." Besides, the wind is not in the right direction this season, and the sea is extremely dangerous, if you miss something, I'm sorry brother. ”

Zhang Shixing thought about what he said and said a little bit of truth, so he said to Shen Daocheng: "I'll discuss it with my master and brother again, and then come to you." ”

Shen Daocheng agreed, and then left the Temple of Literature and returned to the Wu Temple.

Zhang Shi walked over and said to Zhu Yunwen and the others: "Master, what Shen Daocheng said is very true, the apprentice took the Japanese ship to Ningbo Mansion this time, and encountered a storm on the way, so it was extremely risky to sail on the sea. If the master wants to contact the Mu family in Yunnan, the apprentice is willing to go to explore the road first, and after everything is done, he will come back and take the master and the others to Yunnan. ”

Zhu Yunwen couldn't make a decision and looked at Huang Zhan.

Huang Zhan thought for a while and said, "The second brother is reasonable, the master is respectful, and he can't take risks easily. However, the second brother could not go to Yunnan. You once served as the commander of Jinyi Wei and Xiaolingwei, and there are too many people who know you. It's better to let the third brother go, it's safest. ”

When Wang Shu heard this, he stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "I am willing to serve." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "When you go this time, you must be cautious and not leak your secrets." I think you might as well shave your head, pretend to be a real monk, and the road is safer. ”

After that, Zhu Yunwen took out a package from the house, which contained two sets of monk's robes and two degrees, Wang Shu picked up the empty energy, Zhu Yunwen found a razor and shaved his hair on the spot.

Huang Zhan suddenly knelt down for Zhu Yunwen and said with tears in his eyes: "Master, please shave your apprentice too." ”

Zhu Yunwen said curiously: "Why is this? ”

Huang Zhan said: "I want to shave my will, I won't kill and push down the swallow thief for a day, and I won't leave my hair for a day." ”

Zhu Yunwen praised: "Good apprentice, I will be with you." ”

After that, he raised the knife in his hand, and also shaved the degree of Huang Zhan, the champion of the champion, and took the degree of the empty seal.

Zhang Shixing also walked over, knelt down in front of Zhu Yunwen, and asked for shaving,

Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a while, Huang Zhan stood up and said: "Second brother, don't shave your face, he has a lot of things to do outside, and pretending to be a monk is eye-catching." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded in agreement.

The plan has been decided, Zhang Shixing went to the Guandi Temple to find Shen Daocheng, and said that only his junior brother Kongneng went to Quanzhou alone, Shen Daocheng reluctantly agreed, he said to Zhang Shixing: "Brother Zhang, I don't know what your master and brothers are planning, but I always feel that your career is difficult to achieve, it is better to stay here, live a leisurely life, and spend your life peacefully." ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and said: "I am a mediocre person, I have no ambitions, but I have no ambitions, my parents are dead, my relatives are lost, if I don't take revenge, it will be difficult to live in the world." Brother Shen's kindness, I understand it. ”