Zheng He's mission to Japan was a great success, and on the morning of that day, he led tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, as well as interpreter officials, and other personnel, and arrived at the periphery of the Ningbo wharf on more than 200 ships.

It's a pity that the sky is not beautiful, at present there are dark clouds inside and outside the Ningbo wharf, wind and rain, and there is a rumbling thunder from time to time in the distance.

Although the wind and rain were still not small, the officials of the major acting yamen of Ningbo Prefecture and the chief soldiers of the guards under their jurisdiction were all available, standing near the dock in the wind and rain and waiting to greet them.

These people did not spontaneously respect Zheng He, which of these officials was not a big member of the town, if it was not requested by Emperor Zhu Di, how could they give such courtesy to a eunuch like this.

Long before Zheng He led the team to return from Heianjing, they found scouts to hurry back, reported the results of Zheng He's mission to Japan to Zhu Di as soon as possible, and handed over the credentials written by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

In his national letter, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu called himself "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu the King of Japan", which made Zhu Di very happy.

It is not uncommon for the rulers of Japan to call themselves kings of Japan, but it is not unusual for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to claim himself a subordinate to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the only time in history that this happens.

It should be known that in ancient times, the relationship between China and Japan has always been delicate, although most Japanese rulers have expressed admiration for Chinese culture, and constantly send people to study, and their upper echelons basically understand Chinese, but Japan has only tributary to China at most, and has never been a subject.

To this day, in the study of Japanese history, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu claims to be a highly controversial subject.

Therefore, Zhu Di's overjoy is understandable, and he asked that when the fleet returned, all the officials under the jurisdiction of Ningbo Prefecture with products and ranks, unless there were special circumstances, should go to the dock to greet them, and greet them on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Under the storm, Zheng He and the others also managed to transfer from the huge treasure ship to the smaller ships such as the Fu boat, and slowly approached the dock, with a large group of nearly 30,000 people, so it was impossible to land all of them.

Zheng He led some high-ranking officials and Jinyi Wei and other personnel who needed to return to the capital to resume their lives to disembark first, and the rest of the people continued to be on the ship first, and gradually landed in order according to the regulations of the guards to which they belonged.

As soon as Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and several others landed on the trestle, their toes just touched the ground.

The officials of Ningbo Mansion immediately braved the wind and rain and hurriedly ran forward to greet Zheng He.

Ji Yan, Mei Yuning and other Jinyi guards were also among the first batch of attachés to land.

Ji Yan knew that Mei Yuning was a daughter on the boat, regardless of her previous suspicions, she didn't blame her for deceiving herself, but still generously invited her to live in her private room, which can be said to be very open-minded.

Helplessly, Mei Yuning didn't appreciate it at all, didn't understand Ji Yan's painstaking efforts, and sternly rejected this kindness.

Since the trip of the two to the Ryukyus, there has been such a gossip among the Jinyi Guard, that is, the relationship between Ji Tongyi and Captain Mei is not ordinary.

On the way back from Japan, on the lucky ship that Ji and Mei were on, except for the boatmen who were low-ranking sergeants in the Jinyi Guard, such as Captain Lux and the like, all kinds of speculations were confirmed by many people, and they couldn't be false at all.

This plan is as good as Longyang.

Everyone believes that Ji Tong Yi likes men, otherwise he can't explain that when he was in Japan, he repeatedly passed the Qinglou and did not enter.

The more the rumors are later, the more outrageous they are, what plan is translated at the door of the Qinglou, facing the Japanese Qinglou women who are scratching their heads and making gestures, their clothes are revealing, and they are waiting for them, they are unmoved, their faces do not change their colors and their hearts do not beat, and they also refuse with words, and they also reprimand those women for being shameless.

completely forgot the saliva left on Ji Yan's lips at that time.

Captain Mei is delicate and handsome, the two of them are in love, others can't envy them, and they probably don't want to envy them.

The source of this rumor is naturally the three captains who were forcibly pulled away from the Qinglou by Ji Yan that day, of course, these contents were passed on behind Ji Mei's back, so the two of them were kept in the dark and didn't know anything about it.

The so-called three people become tigers, and that's how it is.

After complaining to each other that night, Mei Yuning never entered Ji Yan's private room again.

Everyone's explanation for this is that they are about to return to China, and it is estimated that the two are inseparable and are in a mood.

Originally, these people were all from military families, and the hereditary brocade guards should not be as keen as village women to chew on the root of their tongues.

However, on the way home, the days of sailing were very boring, so they were no different from the peasant women on the street, and they were gossiping in private all day long.

got off the boat from the dock, Zheng He looked at the people who came, and was very displeased, but this battle was the emperor's will, and it couldn't happen, but fortunately, Wang Jinghong helped greet and entertain, which was not rude.

After thanking the officials one by one for their greeting, and declining their invitation to a banquet, Zheng He led everyone to the post house in a hurry

In the post house, Zheng He and others decided to immediately change to a river boat, go up the Yangtze River, and enter Beijing to meet the emperor.

The waterway post stations along the way were also properly prepared in advance, and it is estimated that none of these officials were willing to stay here for a long time, so they could set off at any time.

After resting for a while, everyone prepared their salutes and hurried back to the capital by boat without stopping.

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In the capital.

Mei Yuning hurriedly said goodbye by the river, but told Ji Yan that he would definitely contact him again, but from then on, there would be no trace.

In the first two or three days after returning to Beijing, Ji Yan also visited the door of the Mei Ma Mansion several times, but the result was that the return was closed, he asked the janitor to go in and report his name, and specially said that he would pass the news to Miss Mei Yuning in the Fu Ma Mansion.

But he was still not allowed to enter the door, and there was no reason or explanation.

Wang Jinghong had already instructed him before he left, saying that if he didn't want to go back to the Division, he could rest for a while, and after they had reported to the emperor, they would resettle him.

Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and others went to face the saint, and they didn't need to go back to the experience of the Si Dang, and Mei Yuning had no news.

Originally, he hurriedly wrote a record on the ship, because he was worried that he would meet Liu Xun as soon as he got off the ship and asked him for a record about Zheng He, but after returning to Beijing for several days, Liu Xun never contacted him, so he was worried in vain.

Ji Yan felt as if he had been forgotten by the world.

No one was looking for him, or contacting him.

But he still thought about it.

Now I finally have time to take care of my house, and because I wanted to spend it several times, I didn't spend it, and Lin Anhe left a lot of Hongwu Tongbao at that time, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain from this trip to Japan.

It's mid-May, and the weather in Nanjing is really hot and scorching.

On this day he slept until the afternoon, when the sun was less scorching, he lazily got up, washed up a little, and then rushed to the market to order some new clothes and furniture.

It's hard to make money, it's not easy to spend money, he was busy until it was almost dark, he finished shopping, and hurried home.

When he was about to get home, he felt as if someone was following him.

But looking back, I didn't see any suspicious people.

Continuing on, he was finally relieved to be home after two turns.

He didn't have much money before, so the place where he lived was very remote, and there was no one in the area now.

He looked back again, but there was still no one, it seemed that he was too distracted and a little suspicious.

is secretly laughing at himself is not a little nervous.

Suddenly, there was darkness in front of him, followed by a feeling of difficulty breathing through his mouth and nose, followed by a feeling of weakness in his limbs, sleepiness, and the inability to open his eyes......

I don't know how long I was in a coma.

When Ji Yan opened his eyes again, he found that he was in a prison cell!

He was alone in this cell, and there was no one else in the number next to him, the ground was covered with thick weeds, and the wooden pillars of the calf-thick cell were erected in front of him, and a small window was opened on the wall more than two meters high, although there were also wooden pillars blocking it, but the sunlight could still shine in obliquely, but no sound could be heard outside.

Ji Yan was a little panicked in his heart, and muttered:

Himself was arrested and imprisoned?