The interpreters immediately began to talk to each other and whispered about Zheng He's words.

"You said that I am old and young, the only pillar of the family, if something happens, then what can I do. What's more, we are just a weak scholar, powerless, and go to the enemy camp to do detailed work, Lord Zheng is too difficult for a strong man. ”

I only heard a slightly thin interpreter whisper softly, although the voice was not loud, but after speaking, it was echoed by several people.

"Japan, a country of just a projectile, is not as good as my Ming Dynasty 11, and the number of people is less than 101 of my country. They can only harass our borders with ronins, intercept our ships, and harm my subjects. Such a small country, after all, there will only be some chickens and dogs to steal, think about my heavenly soldiers and sailors when they arrive, these ghosts must be scared of farts and urine, and shout long live. Why should you be afraid? ”

An interpreter retorted.

Ji Yan recognized that the interpreter of the speech was Feng Che, who was from Dengzhou Mansion, and it was no different from laughing and playing with everyone on weekdays, but today's words made Ji Yan a little impressed.

Feng Che has a tall and strong figure typical of Shandong people, not so much like a scholar but like a sergeant, and his voice is also very loud.

As soon as his words landed, he immediately attracted a group of people to applaud one after another, and then this group of people immediately began to criticize the interpreters who had spoken before and echoed the first speaker.

The person who echoed the previous interpreter closed his eyes and shook his head as if he hadn't heard.

Of course, Ji Yan didn't agree with the first statement, but although he admired Feng Che's courage in his heart, he faintly felt that his ideas were too underestimated and taken for granted.

Interpreters, you have said everything I have said, and at this time, I have long lost my former demeanor and elegance, and when I saw that the tone of my voice was getting higher and higher, I quickly started to move.

Zheng He looked at all this expressionlessly, as if all the discussions that were taking place in the big tent at this time had nothing to do with him, and Wang Jinghong, the deputy envoy of the fleet standing next to him, also stood quietly in place and motionless, silently looking at the interpreters.

Because he came here secretly, Ji Yan has never had a deep relationship with other interpreters, and he is worried that the more he knows, the easier it will be to leak out, so many people can't be named. Seeing this scene that was about to become a pot of porridge, he felt a little speechless, thinking that he hadn't fought with the Japanese yet, and he was about to start fighting first, so he said loudly: "Everyone, please listen to me." ”

"Whether you go or not, it's all a personal choice, is there no one in my Ming Dynasty who has no one to the point where it is difficult to force people and force people to serve the country? Those who go only need to show Lord Zheng that those who don't go, Lord Zheng has their own decision, and they quarrel and make a mess, which really humiliates the master. ”

After saying that, he turned to Zheng He and bowed to him and said, "Xiaguan only replied to Lord Zheng in one sentence." If the country lives and dies for profit, will it not be avoided because of good and evil? Xia Guan is willing to serve the country! ”

This sentence Ji Yan naturally knew that it was a quote from the famous sentence of Lin Zexu, a hero of cigarette sales in later generations, but in this situation, Ji Yan really couldn't find more suitable words to express what he thought and felt, so he was embarrassed to borrow the poems that were widely circulated in later generations.

In fact, Ji Yan originally had another sentence to his mouth, and he wanted to use it to evaluate these messy interpreters, but it felt a bit disobedient, so he swallowed it stiffly, and that sentence was:

Empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country.

I don't know if it's because the poem's own appeal is strong or because of Ji Yan's full emotions that affect everyone.

The crowd fell silent.

Ji Yan took a step in the direction of Zheng He at this time, and then several other interpreters, including Feng Che, followed in his footsteps and took a step forward.

Several people stood in a row and bowed to Zheng He and said, "The subordinates are willing to serve the country and die without giving up!" Please call the shots. ”

Ji Yan volunteered to sign up this time, firstly, he naturally wanted to make contributions, and secondly, whenever he remembered what happened in the edict, he always let himself toss and turn and sleep uncomfortably, and took this errand, while staying away from the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, he could also keep himself away from this trouble.

Zheng He patted the case and said: "Okay! It is really a blessing for me to have people who are loyal and not afraid of death. ”

After that, he turned his head to Wang Jinghong and said, "Jinghong, you can record the names of these people." ”

Then he turned to everyone and continued, "I know that this is dangerous, so you need to volunteer. If you don't go, I won't embarrass everyone, so I still want to stay in the camp and continue to do interpreting, so I don't have to worry. Those who go will go to sea at noon three days later, during which time they do not have to report to the interpretation office for duty, and can make their own arrangements. At noon three days later, come to my tent first, and I will personally practice it for everyone at that time. ”

After leaving their names, the people who were going to go returned to their respective tents, and each slowly fell asleep in excitement and anticipation.

At this moment, Ji Yanzheng was sitting alone in front of the desk, looking at a blank piece of paper and was stunned.

He hesitated again and again, and finally decided to record tonight's events according to the black shadow's instructions, because he believed that he was definitely not the only person who received the task of recording Zheng He's words and deeds, and there was nothing wrong with Zheng He's words and deeds tonight.

After writing it, Ji Yan took it in his hand and read it several times to make sure that there would be no ambiguity or misunderstanding, and then put it in the lining of his clothes, and then slept with his clothes.

There are still three days to prepare before departure, but fortunately, Ji Yan has nothing to do, so he is also wandering around this peach blossom ferry, preparing to spend this time on the shore in a relaxed and happy way.

It was the last day of the three-day holiday, and although it was only afternoon, he was already sitting in a wine shop on the street, eating dried fish and drinking Huadiao wine, a specialty of Zhejiang, and he was so uncomfortable.

When he returned to his lodgings, he was about to lie down for a while after he had eaten and drunk, when he suddenly saw a note next to his pillow, and he woke up immediately after reading the contents.

Because the note reads:

The deceased had an appointment to see you at three o'clock in the Taoxian Pavilion in Xishan.

Ji Yan immediately washed his face, sobered himself up, checked the letters in his inner lining, and hurried to Xishan.

Finally found the Taoxian Pavilion in the West Mountain, but did not find anyone else, at this time the sun in early spring has begun to gradually set, the sky is almost dark, the cold air returns, from the mountain, the camp and dock at the foot of the mountain, Zheng He's fleet, and the endless sea in the distance, are all covered with a layer of golden veil, and it is also like a layer of honey or the sugar coating of the candy people who ate when they were children.

Ji Yan was pondering whether it was more like honey or sugar-coated.

A cool breeze blew in early spring and March, and Ji Yan couldn't help but shiver. Anyway, the person who asked him hadn't arrived yet, so he found some dry firewood, lit a fire and roasted it there to warm up.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, Ji Yan hurriedly turned around, and the person who came was none other than the person he was most familiar with in the Ming Dynasty, his old boss Liu Xun.

Liu Xun said with a smile: "Brother Ji Xian, don't come to harm?" I see you're so carefree, you've just drunk it in the afternoon. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Ji Yan's mouth, meaning that the smell of alcohol on your body is too great.

Ji Yan didn't hand over the record to Liu Xun at the beginning, thinking in his heart that he would first test Liu Xun's reality and truth, and he wanted to verify some guesses in his heart.

Then he smiled and said: "Brother, you don't know, in fact, coming to this Taohuadu errand is no different from being in the capital, every day is still dealing with official documents, boring and tight." If it weren't for my brother, I would have eaten a bite of it, the fish and shrimp here would be really fresh, and I would have planned to follow up and tell me to go back to Nanjing as soon as possible. ”

The corners of Liu Xun's mouth rose, and he looked at Ji Yan with a smile and said: "Recently, I think you are getting poorer and poorer, you have to be careful that your wealth has not yet arrived, and you will destroy yourself on this mouth first." You're going to leave for Japan in a few days, don't you know about me? I advise you to be honest, you have nothing to do with me, but if you delay the errand that the adult gave you, you and I will not have any good fruit to eat. ”

Ji Yanxin said: "Sure enough! ”

It turned out that since the night of the edict, Ji Yankong had been thinking about it, he vaguely felt that he should not be the only person who was arranged to do this, and from Liu Xun's reaction, it seemed that this guess was indeed true.

Ji Yan continued: "There is really nothing special worth recording, I have only met Zheng and Lord Zheng once, and you already know what Lord Zheng said, Lord Zheng arranged for us to set off to Japan first to find out some information about the Japanese Invaders." ”

Liu Xun said impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense, I know it's one thing, it's another thing for you to do the errand that you handed over to you, did you bring something?" ”

Ji Yan was the main object, and also asked: "I brought my things, did you bring me the things that the lord said were good?" ”

"What's that?"

"Don't pretend to be confused with me, you don't know when I don't know?"

"What do you know?"

At this moment, Ji Yan seems to be possessed by a comedy master, full of drama, and only hates that his hair grows too well, if he is bald, it would be better.

"When I came, the lord told me. As long as I work hard here, the benefits are ......"

He almost said that "the benefits are great", but fortunately he stopped the car in time.

"The benefits are indispensable to me, every time I provide news, tattoo 5 taels of silver."

Ji Yan said, as if he suddenly realized, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Liu Xun and said, "Oh! I understand. ”

Liu Xun was a little confused by Ji Yan's nonsense, and asked, "What do you understand?" ”

"You kid, did you give me a kickback for all the benefits that the adult gave me?"

After that, Ji Yan grabbed Liu Xun's clothes, burped wine, and sent a stream of hot air with the smell of Huadiao wine to Liu Xun's face.

Liu Xun was a little flustered, he didn't understand which one Ji Yan was singing, and waved his hand indiscriminately:

"What kickback, I don't understand what it means, I've never heard that adult talk about it."

Ji Yan was still unrelenting, and now he grabbed Liu Xun's shoulders with both hands, as if the domineering presidents were shaking the heroine whether they loved themselves or not, and shook Liu Xun back and forth.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I thought Liu Xun was a good person, but I didn't expect you, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to do this kind of thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs."

After that, this Ji Yan seemed to be about to fall asleep, his voice became smaller and smaller, and the saliva on the side of his mouth began to flow down, and he said without a match:

"Say! What about my benefits? What about the five taels of silver? If the five taels of silver are not counted, then the promise made to me that I will be an official in the future is not also false? Why are you all so ......?"

Ji Yan said as he spoke, as if he was finally tired, his head crawled on Liu Xun's shoulder, wiped his saliva with his shoulder, and his eyes were half open and half squinted at the moment.

Liu Xun struggled to break free from Ji Yan.

Ji Yan staggered, didn't stand firmly, came to lie on his back, then turned over, his face was on the ground, and he just lay on the ground and didn't get up again, but kept muttering in his mouth: "Where's my silver...... Flower carving is two or two again...... Well...... This dried fish is delicious......"

Ji Yan lay on the ground and seemed to be asleep.

Liu Xun ignored him, and while touching the lining on Ji Yan's body, he said to himself: "I really don't know how that adult fell in love with you, and that adult can still let you go out as an official?" Thinking of the beauty, he can also speak in the brocade guard, at most he will raise a general flag for you, it depends on how well you do your errand, I am really blind, how did I recommend you to that adult at that time. ”

Touching a piece of paperwork, Liu Xun hurriedly opened it to look at the contents on it carefully, and after confirming that he had got what he wanted, he kicked Ji Yan, who was lying motionless on the ground. At this moment, Ji Yan was still lying on the ground, wiping his mouth with his hand, and sleeping soundly.

Liu Xun saw that Ji Yan didn't react, put out the fire, and planned to leave, but after walking two steps, he turned around again, put a burden on Ji Yan that he was carrying, and went down the mountain.

Ji Yan listened to Liu Xun's footsteps and drifted away, until the mountain returned to its former calm. He immediately stood up and patted the dirt off his body.

Ji Yan knew that after handing over this thing, he would really get on this thief ship, but the form was compelling, and he couldn't fight against an enemy with extensive forces and in the shadows.

So he had already made up his mind, being in Cao Ying's heart in Han, while recording some things that would not harm Zheng He to deal with the errand, he first found out who was behind the scenes.

Now he confirmed at least two things, one was that there were other people doing the same thing as him, and the other was that the black shadow was indeed a high-ranking official in the brocade guard.

Let's take it one step at a time.

Ji Yan looked around, there was no one around, and the stone in his heart had temporarily fallen.

The thought of getting away from these troubles in the near future made him feel a lot more relaxed, although it was only temporary.

In an instant, the urge to drink passed and the urge to urinate came.

Ji Yan was not ambiguous, untied his belt, and began to unravel.

In this mountain wilderness, when Ji Yan was in the mountains and flowing water, his body and mind felt relaxed, so he hummed a small tune.

"Who's over there?" There was a crisp cry from behind Ji Yan.

The voice seemed to come from a young man who had not changed his voice, and it was extremely loud in this barren mountain range, breaking the silence here.

This scolding can scare Ji Yan a lot, on weekdays, most people are scared to pee, but Ji Yan almost scared his urine back.

Ji Yan was worried about nothing else, but this person saw him connecting with Liu Xun.