"What do you mean by that," Zhang Fan was a little confused by his words.

Indeed, it is not difficult to let a person defect to the enemy and betray the country, but this is also a matter of time, and why did Joanna come all the way to the Ming Dynasty, it is better to choose a country to take refuge in, not to mention that this is the East after all, not to mention the different races, even the living habits, folk customs and customs are very different.

Moreover, Zhang Fan knows Joanna's identity, she is a nobleman with a hereditary ancestral title, an officer of the empire, not to mention the identity of a soldier, that is, the title of nobility that is extremely important in the eyes of Europeans, so that those rigid European nobles cannot discard at all, it is enough to make Joanna unable to betray her motherland, after all, Portugal is her foundation, and even if she can get better treatment in other countries, play more roles, and get higher titles, but in the eyes of many people, She will always live as a person with the brand of "traitor", and even her descendants will be ridiculed, and once something happens, her identity will be brought up again, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

So while Zhang Fan was puzzled, he also felt that Wang Xiliang's words were just a kind of conjecture of his own, although he asked why, but he didn't plan to go too deep.

"My lord, this matter is a little bizarre to say," Wang Xiliang said, "This time they are here for us to ask if we agree with them to attack Tianzhu, but speaking of which, they don't seem to care too much about us, the fleet of the inferior people in the past, the Portuguese fleet has already sailed to India, it seems that they are really in a hurry, and the two of them will go to see their emperor immediately after returning home, it is said that Your Majesty ...... What the emperor said to them, their emperor also agreed, and agreed to give us the drawings of the Franc cannon, and this time he also brought it back,"

"I can think of this matter," Zhang Fan said, "After all, although Tianzhu is not close to my Ming Dynasty, but after all, it has nothing to do with us, and it is already good that they can agree to our conditions, but what does all this have to do with Joanna?"

"This ......" Wang Xiliang said here, and paused, "Then Joanna is estimated to be homeless now,"

"What's going on," Hearing Wang Xiliang say this, Zhang Fan was very puzzled, and the mood of not caring about himself just now was gone, and he became very interested.

Listening to Wang Xiliang's story, Zhang Fan was a little helpless, could this be another bloody Shakespeare.

The main reason why Joanna inherited the noble title of the family as a woman is that she is now the only heir left in her family, after his father died, only she and her mother were left in the family, and her generation did not have any brothers, and her father was also the only son in the family, so Joanna did not have any uncles.

But this time I went back, I don't know where a Joanna's cousin suddenly appeared, originally, even if such a person appeared out of thin air, it didn't matter, but this cousin, apparently didn't know where to climb a high branch, he accused Joanna's father of murdering his own brother for the title of nobleman.

And what is even more incredible is that the court of the empire actually accepted his complaint and asked for a trial of this matter, which shows that behind this matter, the people standing behind the scenes must have huge rights to manipulate these.

Joanna didn't pay too much attention to this at first, after all, there have been many things like this throughout the ages, and Joanna also knows her father very well and knows that he won't do it.

In fact, all the reasons of the accusing party were fabricated out of thin air, and there was no basis at all, and the same was true of the final trial, because the reasons were so absurd that even the bribed judge could not convict Joanna of the deceased Imperial Navy Colonel for the crime of the Empire Navy Colonel, who had died in front of so many people.

However, it is clear that the other party has no intention of giving up, and this time, the spearhead is aimed at Joanna herself.

Although Joanna is a lieutenant in the army, but because it is now the era of colonial expansion, all countries in Europe attach great importance to the development of the navy, so when Joanna enlisted in the army, she first only worked as a midshipman officer in the navy, but the person who accused her did not know who it was.

Joanna was unusually angry at this, not to mention herself, even if she wanted to bribe the officers, with her father's incorruptible official style, her family did not have any extra money to do this, and the lost battle, the silent ships were even more out of nowhere.

It was true that there was a warship that was silent in the battle, but it was to encircle and suppress the pirates, and the investigation afterwards showed that the reason for the silence of the ship was not any human factor, but because the combat environment at that time was really an area that the military was not familiar with, because the tentacles of the ship's hull were caused by the enemy's shelling in order to avoid the enemy's shelling during the battle, which caused the silence.

It had nothing to do with Joanna at all, not to mention that Joanna wasn't in that boat at all, and she hadn't even participated in that battle herself.

However, it is clear that the military is dirtier and more unfair than the courts, and since there were no military tribunals in this era, all the trials and investigations of officers are investigated and judged by the insiders of the military, and in the end, it is the military that determines whether you are guilty or not.

And in this way, the military naturally does not have to face the people at all, and there is no need to estimate the problem of face, the person who receives the money can make any judgment that he thinks is feasible, and there is no need to explain at all, not to mention, although Joanna has a noble title recognized by the empire, but in the end, her position in the army is too low, and she herself has nothing to do with it to get rid of all this.

In those days, Joanna visited countless people, hoping to get help and clear her name, but there was no reason to help her.

In the end, it was obvious that Joanna's guilt was confirmed, she lost her official position, lost the house left by her ancestors, and gave her noble title to a "cousin" who didn't know if she was related by blood.

And for these, Joanna herself can actually accept it, but the saddest thing for her is that her mother, who was already frail, couldn't afford to get sick after getting the news and died within a few days.

And here, fate has not let go of Joanna, who has lost everything and is in extreme sadness.

Since she was convicted of her crime, then she naturally had to be punished, and Joanna's convicted crime, if it was originally thought to be executed immediately, even if she could not die, at least she would be imprisoned, but at this time, it was the time of colonial expansion, and the Portuguese royal family needed more people to serve her.

Therefore, Joanna escaped by luck, but was treated more cruelly by fate.

Portugal is now carrying out colonial aggression against India, and the country is constantly sending troops there to fight against various local dynasties, large and small, and Joanna was demoted to the lowest level of the army, becoming a stormtrooper and sent to India, and this is actually to make her cannon fodder, in that environment, the person who can live for half a year can already be called God's favor, and Joanna, as a woman, is even more dangerous, she not only has to be vigilant against the enemy's attack, Also be wary of threats from your own camp.

Zhang Fan listened to Wang Xiliang's narration, although he was a little embarrassed, but he was also helpless, throughout the ages, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, this kind of thing is too common, and Joanna's experience can be regarded as the best, she was not executed immediately, although she will start to live a crisis like this from now on, but Zhang Fan can't help her anything.

But speaking of which, I have to mention that although Zhang Fan didn't know that Joanna had a good impression of him at the time, he didn't feel any disgust with this woman, but now it's all useless.

"I sympathize with her," Zhang Fan said, "but I still don't understand, although she is indeed proficient in naval warfare, but what does this have to do with us,"

"The humble duty knows what the adults plan to do in the future, so the humble duty knows that an adult like her will definitely need it in the future," Wang Xiliang said, "So the humble duty went to her after the incident, hoping that she could come back with us, and then Portugal, whether it is the royal family or the imperial court, is very courteous to our Ming Dynasty, if you hide her on our ship, she will not be discovered at all."

"But she refused the invitation to humble post, she said that now it is not without any hope, she is still looking for opportunities, but she also did not completely refuse the lowly position, she said, if she can survive this year, she will wait for us in Goa, Tianzhu, and will give us a big gift,"

When Zhang Fan heard him say this, he already understood in his heart that it seemed that it was impossible for Joanna to seek justice, and whether he could see this Western woman again depended on whether she was lucky enough to survive this year.