The reason why Zhu Hao sighed was because people who were not familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty thought that Zheng Zhilong and his son Zheng Chenggong were both national heroes, but in fact, on the contrary, this person was born as a pirate, and he was nominally a businessman, but he was interspersed with the coastline and surrounding waters of Wadao, Taiwan, and Guangzhou all the year round, waiting for opportunities to plunder passing merchants and make huge profits.

Later, Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the imperial court, and after being recruited, after the Qing army entered the customs, this person wanted the Manchu Qing to surrender without a fight, and later because the Manchu Qing persuaded his son Zheng Chenggong to surrender, he was killed in Beijing. Zhu Hao thought about these in his heart, compared the current time, and said secretly in his heart: "At this time period, this Zheng Zhilong should not be regarded as a big pirate, it can only be said to be a petty fight!" In this way, if the king controls and guides him a little, the food and salary of his intelligence department can come out of this person! ”

Zhu Hao thought so in his heart, so he opened his mouth and instructed Wei Xiaobao: "You go and bring this Zheng Zhilong to this king, and this king will interrogate him personally!" See if what he says is true! ”

Wei Xiaobao didn't understand how his master could be interested in such an unknown little person, but he didn't dare to ask, so after Zhu Hao's words were finished, Wei Xiaobao saluted and left.

After Wei Xiaobao came out of the room, it didn't take long for him to bring back Zheng Zhilong, who was tied up with five flowers, Zhu Hao looked at this Zheng Zhilong who was escorted into the room by Wei Xiaobao and knelt on the ground, only to see that this Zheng Zhilong was not very tall, although his facial features were still good, but his skin was dark and translucent, Zhu Hao couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "It seems that Zheng Zhilong's complexion should be caused by the perennial raids at sea!" ”

Zhu Hao looked at Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong also looked at Zhu Hao, and at the same time there was a faint ferocity on his face, Zhu Hao didn't pay attention to the threat of a prisoner to him, he smiled faintly, and then said, "You are Zheng Zhilong, right?" I heard that you and Qian Qianyi are friends? The assassination of this king is to avenge Qian Qianyi, is this the case? Tell the king the truth! ”

Regarding Zhu Hao's words, Zheng Zhilong just snorted coldly, then turned his head and didn't look at Zhu Hao again, for Zheng Zhilong's ignorance, Zhu Hao was not angry, but looked at Wei Xiaobao with a smile and said: "Xiaobao, I think he is very unconvinced?" The king now suspects that the information you have received from him is false! ”

Wei Xiaobao listened to his master's denial of his work, and hurriedly took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, and shouted at Zheng Zhilong: "It seems that you still haven't experienced enough of this pain of not being able to survive and dying!" It seems that my father-in-law needs to remind you! ”

Wei Xiaobao pry Zheng Zhilong's mouth open as he spoke, then pulled the stopper off the small porcelain bottle, and then poured it into Zheng Zhilong's mouth.

Zheng Zhilong followed Wei Xiaobao's movements, just now he still looked iron-clad, and the next moment he was stunned, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Father-in-law, I was wrong, you let me go!" Otherwise, you can do it well and kill me with a knife! ”

Zhu Hao looked at Zheng Zhilong's cowardice, waved his hand at Wei Xiaobao, stopped Wei Xiaobao's movements, and said, "Xiaobao, you step forward to answer!" ”

Zhu Hao asked Wei Xiaobao to step forward, not because there was anything important, but because he was interested in the small porcelain vase in Wei Xiaobao's hand, he wanted to know what was in this small porcelain vase, which made Zheng Zhilong, a pirate leader, afraid to become like this.

In order to satisfy his curiosity, after Wei Xiaobao stepped forward, Zhu Hao hurriedly opened his mouth and asked in a low voice: "Xiaobao, what is in this bottle of yours?" How could he be so jealous of the contents of the bottle? ”

Wei Xiaobao looked at his master, and was actually curious about the treasure in his hand, so he hurriedly held up the porcelain bottle in his hand as if offering a treasure, and said to Zhu Hao: "Your Highness, do you know that the things in this bottle, after people take it, the whole person will feel extremely itchy. It will make anyone with a hard mouth in this world tell the truth! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's explanation, and secretly said in his heart, this practice will really be a little crazy, Zhu Hao thought like this, and said to Wei Xiaobao again: "Xiaobao, your baby is good, you can promote it in the future, now you go to scare and scare him, tell him what the king asks him, he will say!" Don't hesitate, or you'll dome him! ”

Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and hurriedly walked towards Zheng Zhilong, then glanced at Zheng Zhilong with disdain, and then said: "My master said, you have to say whatever he asks you, don't hesitate, if you dare not listen to the greeting, my father-in-law will immediately give you medicine!" Do you understand? ”

Zheng Zhilong listened to Wei Xiaobao's words, and even nodded honestly and said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the little one knows how powerful his father-in-law is, and he won't dare to play tricks anymore!" ”

Zheng Zhilong spoke, the expression on his face instantly changed, contrary to the unruly just now, at this moment, Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhu Hao, with a sneer, and then said: "Lord Wang, if you have anything to say, just ask, the little one knows everything, and the words are endless!" ”

If it were an ordinary person, looking at Zheng Zhilong's appearance, he would definitely be confused by Zheng Zhilong, but Zhu Hao has always had his own set of ways to recognize people, he looked at Zheng Zhilong's performance, and did not despise Zheng Zhilong, but paid more attention to this person.

The reason why Zhu Hao attaches more importance to Zheng Zhilong is because Zhu Hao can see that this side of Zheng Zhilong at the moment is not a true feeling, but a complete performance component, as the "actor", Zhu Hao can naturally see that Zheng Zhilong's lame performance, so Zhu Hao's evaluation of Zheng Zhilong is that he can bend and stretch, and he is a character!

Although Zhu Hao saw through Zheng Zhilong's performance, he did not directly debunk Zheng Zhilong, but asked again: "You are Zheng Zhilong, right?" I heard that you and Qian Qianyi are friends? In order to avenge Qian Qianyi, the king who assassinated him, is this so? ”

After Zheng Zhilong finished saying Zhu Hao's words, he honestly immediately spoke: "Back to the prince's words, the little one is Zheng Zhilong!" What you said is true, the little one has already confessed to his father-in-law just now! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, and said with a slight smile: "What a Zheng Zhilong!" ”

Then Zhu Hao said, his face instantly turned cold, and he snorted coldly: "Zheng Zhilong, do you think that my Ming Dynasty is the land of the warp of the Wa Kingdom?" Can you let the wind and rain call for you? Or do you think that this king is one of those ignorant natives of the Wa Kingdom? Can you play with it? Until now, you dare to deceive this king again, and don't tell the truth! This king really doesn't want to live anymore! ”

The reason why Zhu Hao said this is because it is clearly recorded in the history books that Zheng Zhilong married a Japanese woman and lived in Japan all the year round, and his piracy business had the shadow of the Japanese shogunate.

Zhu Hao reprimanded Zheng Zhilong inwardly, which was equivalent to taking over Zheng Zhilong's old bottom, which made Zheng Zhilong tremble, but Zheng Zhilong didn't think that Zhu Hao had all his situation, so he didn't admit anything, but said: "Prince, what you said, the little one can't understand it, and ask the prince to make it clear that the little one has confessed, and the prince wants to kill him and listen to him, and the little one didn't deceive the prince!" ”

Zhu Hao listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, sighed slightly, and said: "Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong, this king originally thought you were a smart person, but it turned out that you were an elm pimple, stubborn!" What this king just said to you means that this king has all your information, don't you know that my Ming Jinyi Guards are all over the world, and this king is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, as long as this king wants to investigate, there is nothing in the world that cannot be checked! ”

Zhu Hao said this, paused, and then continued to speak: "Zheng Zhilong, since you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, then this king will tell you about your situation, and see if this king is deceiving you, or really grasping your situation, you are a maritime merchant in name, but in fact a pirate controlled by the Japanese state, and repeatedly robbed past merchants in various coastal areas of my Ming Dynasty, in fact, as far as you assassinate this king, it is not enough to kill you a hundred times, plus you collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and make trouble for bandits, this king really doesn't know, How many heads do you Zheng Zhilong have enough to cut off, originally you were hiding on the coast, and this king didn't have time to clean you up for a while, but I didn't expect you to run to the mainland to make waves, you really don't know whether to live or die! ”

Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Hao basically say all his situation, and immediately his face turned blue and red for a while, and he opened his mouth to explain something to Zhu Hao, but he didn't make a sound, because Zheng Zhilong also knew this situation at the moment, and what he said would be useless, and he couldn't let him escape this catastrophe at all.

Zhu Hao looked at Zheng Zhilong's expression, and didn't embarrass him anymore, since the matter had been spread out, Zhu Hao simply didn't go around in circles with Zheng Zhilong, and said directly: "Zheng Zhilong, this king doesn't have time to go around in circles with you now, this king asks you one last word, do you want to die?" Or do you want to live? ”

Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Hao's words, knowing that now was the time to decide his life and death, he knew that if he chose to live, he would inevitably pay a painful price, but if he chose to die, then everything he had would come to naught, thinking about the foundation he had worked hard for so many years, Zheng Zhilong really couldn't bear to let go.

Zheng Zhilong thought about this, and after Zhu Hao's words were finished, it didn't take long for him to speak: "Back to the prince's words, Zhilong wants to live, ask the prince to be gracious!" ”