Taking advantage of Lin Feng's unconscious, Chen Zhi and others stuffed him into a small sedan chair, and let Louise take care of Lin Feng in the sedan chair, and everyone trotted all the way to the beach outside the village under the command of Ma Zhishan.

At this time, Zhu Hui had already been sent back to the general's residence by the Spanish soldiers, and waited until the evening, when General Fernando, accompanied by an interpreter, returned.

As soon as he saw Zhu Hui, General Fernando couldn't wait to ask, "Where is Lin Feng now?" ”

Zhu Hui replied reservedly: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency General, Lin Feng has been sent to where he should go." ”

"Now it has been found out that Lin Feng is preparing for the Japanese Expeditionary Force to join forces and launch a riot in the early hours of tomorrow morning, at this critical moment, you must send the culprit Lin Feng to me, otherwise, you will be held accountable!"

"Please don't worry, Your Excellency General, you just need to control the Vito Cruze military camp, and then send the navy to ambush the reinforcements of the Japanese ronin at the mouth of Manila Bay, and you can ensure that everything is worry-free."

"Bastard!" General Fernando suddenly roared like thunder, came up and slapped Zhu Hui, and said: "The Japanese ronin in the barracks has confessed, tomorrow morning, there will be hundreds of strongholds in Luzon and the surrounding islands to revolt at the same time, you asked me to send out all the navy, do you leave this empty city to Lin Feng?" ”

"Your Excellency, please don't be angry, the personal representative of the governor of Fujian and I are in the royal city of Manila, will we dedicate the city to the pirates?" Zhu Hui argued.

At this time, Felipe also sent Shen Qi over, and Zhu Hui also looked at Shen Qi and nodded deeply to each other.

"General Fernando, the people in Manila are panicking, many people want to flee the city, and the Governor and Mr. Simon Almeida are waiting for you in the church, can you explain the real situation to them?" Felipe asked.

After pondering for a moment, Fernando couldn't figure out what would happen in the early hours of tomorrow, but it was certain that there was no large-scale ****** army to attack, if he hadn't let go of Bee Suga Xiaoliu now, and also caught Lin Feng, then, everything would eventually be revealed, and who would be able to explain it now? Could it be that the Ming army was trying to take control of Manila?

Thinking of this, General Fernando grabbed Shen Qi and asked angrily, "How many Ming troops have you brought?" Where are they all lurking? If I don't tell the truth, I'll kill you right now! ”

Shen Qi, who had converted to Catholicism, closed his eyes, drew a cross on his chest, and replied slowly: "Please don't misunderstand, Your Excellency, General, I swear in the name of God that no Ming Dynasty army is hiding in Luzon. ”

At this time, Zhu Hui said: "Your Excellency General, maybe you haven't figured it out, our psychic man is actually a carrier pigeon breeder, Lin Feng and the Japanese ronin rely on carrier pigeons to communicate, after we caught Lin Feng, we used carrier pigeons to pass the book, and canceled tomorrow's riot plan, you can rest assured that according to the new battle plan, quickly arrange an ambush of the upcoming Japanese reinforcements." ”

"Where's that psychic of yours?" General Fernando asked.

Zhu Hui replied: "I have already followed Mr. Ma Zhishan to escort Lin Feng back to China." ”

At this time, Felipe reminded on the side: "General, the Governor and the Bishop are still waiting for you in the cathedral, what now?" ”

General Fernando got up and called a guard and ordered them to tie up Zhu Hui and Shen Qi.

Finding that the two of them were still calm, General Fernando breathed a deep sigh of relief, although he was still a little skeptical, but he no longer had the irritability just now, and said loudly: "Okay, we are ready to ambush the Japanese ronin who are about to invade, if there is no riot tomorrow, I can release you." So he led them to the Cathedral of Manila to see Governor Lavizares.

It was late at night, and the Manila Cathedral was brightly lit, and all the officials and clergy of the authorities gathered here to await the arrival of General Fernando.

Seeing that the "personal representative" of the governor of Fujian and the "intelligence officer" of the Ming army were tied up and brought back, Father Simon Almeida came to them angrily and asked: "I have come all the way from Japan to deliver a letter to you, just to prevent the ****** army from invading your Ming Dynasty, but you have taken revenge and colluded with pirates to plot against Manila, and you should have been burned at the stake immediately. ”

After listening to the translator's relay, Zhu Hui smiled slightly and asked, "Should Your Excellency be Mr. Simon Almeida?" I heard that you have a trade agreement with the new king of Japan, so do you know Oda Nobunaga's ambitions? ”

"You don't have to quibble, Oda Nobunaga has not yet unified Japan, and even if he has any ambitions, we will be able to contain them in the future. But now, he is our friend, knowing that Luzon is about to be in trouble, His Excellency Oda Nobunaga disregarded his own difficulties, and sent his general Hashiba Chikuzen Mamoru to help form a mercenary army, and came thousands of miles to support, but he did not expect that General Fernando actually listened to your treacherous slander and secretly poisoned the advance team of the expeditionary force in the Vito Cruz military camp, all the soldiers were burned to death, and the commander General Wasuka was missing, how do you let me face the new king of Japan Oda Nobunaga in the future, how to face Hashiba Chikumaemo, How to deal with the Sakai Town Coalition? ”

As he spoke, Father Simon Almeida swung his fist at Zhu Hui as if he had gone mad.

Zhu Hui didn't dodge, and his eyes didn't blink, and the punch hit him in the nose, and the blood flowed profusely.

General Fernando did not approve of Father Simon Almeida's words, and hurriedly pulled him aside, and advised: "Father Fernando, please calm your anger, I have reported all the information I have to the Governor, and now I will ask the Governor to adjudicate." ”

But Simon Almeida still did not give up, and turned to Shen Qi's approach, and frightened him back a few steps, at which point Monsieur Felipe hurriedly stopped between the two and explained: "Father Priest, the 'personal representative' of the Governor has been baptized, and he is now a devout believer. ”

While the officials of the Manila authorities were talking, Governor Lavizares leaned into the ear of Archbishop Perez and whispered a few words, then stood up and waved his hand to the crowd, and said in a loud voice: "Be quiet, tonight is a sleepless night, and we do not know what fate awaits us, but the merciful Father will bless us, the navy of the Spanish Empire is on standby, and we are capable of destroying all the enemies that come our way, so let us all pray, Amen." ”

At this moment, the piano was remembered, the choir of the Holy Maigen was singing hymns in front of the candlelight, and everyone was praying in low prayers with their eyes slightly closed, except for Archbishop Perez and Simon Almeida whispering incessantly.

Zhu Hui noticed that General Fernando was called over by Archbishop Perez, and the three of them discussed it very seriously, during which there seemed to be a dispute......

The bells of the Manila Cathedral rang twelve, the choir left the church, the officials and priests of the authorities departed, and in the end, only Governor Lavizares, Archbishop Perez, Father Simon Almeida and General Fernando remained, and an interpreter accompanied Zhu Hui and Shen Qi.

"Your Excellency, if I am wrong, I will apologize to you." "In three days," said Fr. Simon Almeida, "if the alarm is lifted in the city of Manila, it means that your efforts have paid off, and the Doge will take credit for you before the King of Great Spain, and you will be knighted Honorable of Manila. ”

"Hehe, if your words count, I believe you will sincerely come to apologize to me, but I don't need to be rewarded by the king of the Spanish Empire." Zhu Hui replied reservedly.

Simon Almeida explained: "Your Excellency, this is not just your business, it will be important for Mr. Shen to go to Manila and Acapulco to do business in the future, and he will be protected by the Imperial Spanish Navy, and you only need to do one thing. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Actually, it's very simple, you just need to be baptized like Mr. Shen, and it will be a great honor to have Archbishop Perez baptize you personally."

Zhu Hui smiled slightly after hearing this, and replied: "I remember hearing Mr. Mark say that faith cannot be forced, and besides, we will go to the other side of the ocean to do business in the future, and we will not need the protection of your navy." ”

Finding that this "little intelligence officer" had a taste of oil and salt, Simon Almeida turned to Shen Qi and asked, "May I ask Your Excellency, the representative of the governor, have you heard of the Sakai Town Council in Japan?" ”

As soon as the translator's words fell, Shen Qi hurriedly shook his head.

"Since Mr. Shen is the personal representative of the governor of Fujian and a devout Christian, then we hope that after you return to Yuegang, you will help build a cathedral, and all the funds will be paid by us, it should not be a difficult task, right?"

After listening to this question, Shen Qi was almost scared to death, their ancestors had original sin, as far as his baptism is concerned, he didn't dare to let anyone know when he returned to China, if he came forward to build a church, the court would not destroy the Shen family.

Zhu Hui also noticed that Shen Qi's face had changed color, and at this time, he walked up to the Governor of Lavizares, turned around, and showed his bound hands in front of the Governor.

General Fernando said: "Your Excellency, I'm afraid you'll have to endure for a few more hours. ”

Zhu Hui, whose face was covered in blood, glared at him and asked loudly: "Don't you know that the alarm in Manila has been lifted, is this how your God taught you to treat your friends?" It really makes no sense, if you don't loosen our bonds, I will be killed in front of you. ”

Governor Lavizares looked at the three men beside him with a frightened expression, Pérez and Simon Almeida prayed together, and General Fernando hurried out.

Zhu Hui turned his back and stood silently in front of the three of them, everyone waiting for news from General Fernando......

About half an hour later, General Fernando returned, nodded at the three with an excited expression, and said: "I just got the information that the Japanese ronin expeditionary force fleet has not arrived at the mouth of Manila Bay, and it will all return, if there is no riot tomorrow morning, then the alarm in Manila City will be lifted, thank God, Amen." ”

So, the governor and the archbishop prayed together with a look of surprise on their faces, while Simon Almeida was quite embarrassed, got up and stood in front of Zhu Hui, took off the top hat on his head, bent down slightly towards him, and said seriously: "Your Excellency, now I will sincerely apologize to you, please forgive me for my rudeness, and please believe that I am also thinking about your Ming Empire." Then he came up and untied his ropes.

At this time, the translator also untied Shen Qi's rope, and a nun came in from outside the door, and brought Zhu Hui a wash of water, asking him to wash off the blood on his face.

Governor Lavizares invited Zhu Hui and Shen Qi to sit down, and said solemnly: "Last year, the Governor sent an envoy to Fujian, hoping to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect to be tricked by the Governor of Fujian, delaying our great opportunity to exterminate the pirates in Hawksbill Harbor, but the Governor did not blame you, and in the end we still exterminated the Lin Feng Pirate Group, and when we heard that the ****** army was about to invade the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty, we also organized forces to block it at the first time. It was all about establishing good relations with the Ming court, hoping to establish a trading base on the coast of Fujian, and at the same time, to allow our missionaries to preach freely. ”

Zhu Hui couldn't be clearer about the past events he told, so he first raised his own questions: "Your Excellency Governor, I remember that Lin Feng once privately wrote to Hideyoshi Hashiba of Japan, hoping that he would send ronins to cooperate with pirates to attack Manila City. Then, after a year, you asked Hashiba Hideyoshi to send ronin to support you in attacking the pirates, and your behavior is really incomprehensible. ”

General Fernando laughed and replied: "There are no eternal enemies or permanent friends in this world, only common faith. When it is said that Lin Feng has defected to the ****** tribe of Western Malaysia, then he is an enemy of the Sakai Town, and Mr. Konishi Takasao, a friend of His Excellency Hashiba Hideyoshi, is the head of the Society, and we believe in people who share the same faith, so we hope that Mr. Intelligence Officer will convert to the Society of Jesus, so that we too can become friends forever and protect your interests in any colony of the Spanish Empire in the future. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid that the poisonous snakes in this world will never be able to become friends of human beings, right?" Zhu Hui asked with a smile.

At this time, Archbishop Perez, who had not spoken much, explained: "Almighty Lord, all things are created by God, God sees everything created as good, and the poisonous snake is also created by God, this is a sensitive, dexterous and intelligent animal, it can adapt to change, and it can survive in a harsh environment, in fact, those Japanese ronin are the same, guided by God, they are our friends, and they are called by the devil Satan, and they are the most evil enemies." ”

Zhu Hui was ready to follow the Elder of the Moon Sky across the ocean, just to compete with the Western missionaries, how could he accept their religion, just now I heard them again bring up the matter of negotiating with the imperial court, so he was slightly happy, and said seriously: "Lord Governor, Mr. Bishop, Your Excellency the General, to tell you the truth, I will resign from the post of Jinyi Wei this time, and in the future, I will follow the two masters of the Moon Sky Elder and Xuande Zhenren, across the ocean, and go to the New World to spread the civilization of our Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, please don't make it difficult for you, I have no right to discuss anything with you on behalf of the Imperial Court, and I beg your pardon, we will be adversaries in the future, if not enemies. ”

They were shocked by these candid words, and after a moment of silence, General Fernando couldn't help but ask, "How many Ming troops will accompany you when you go on an expedition to the New World?" What was the attitude of the Ming court? ”

"This is the behavior of our people, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court." Zhu Hui replied.

"So, how many people will there be on your expedition? What kind of armed forces are there to protect? General Fernando continued.

"Your Excellency Lin Feng will be the leader of our expedition, and the two masters, Elder Moon Sky and Xuande Zhenren, are our leaders."

Governor Lavizares, Archbishop Pérez, General Fernando, and Father Simon Almeida all stood up, their eyes wide in surprise, and they wanted to work together to tie Zhu Hui up again......

"Lin Feng is a poisonous snake, for so many years, he has been outside the Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism civilization, called by the evil devil, once our common enemy; And now, he will be guided by our Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and in the near future, he will be our friend, so please don't be surprised when he comes to Manila again. ”(..)