Later, Ji Yan often thought of such a question, if someone in the future wants to write a book for him, for example, someone wants to start writing a book "Ming History: Ji Yan Biography" or something based on his experience, then where to start? Thinking about it, I can only start from that night, but only Ji Yan knows that in fact, his adventures are only part of what he can tell others.

In February of this year, Ji Yan has gradually adapted to his new identity and new environment after his soul is pierced, yes, he has traveled from modern times, but his identity in the Ming Dynasty is neither a dignitary, nor a prince or noble, just a small translator in Jinyiwei is a translator, and the daily thing is to deal with documents from various countries and send and receive official documents in the experience department under Jinyiwei.

Ji Yan's previous events have gradually faded as he gradually adapts to the life of the Ming Dynasty, such as his original name, hometown, occupation, etc., and there are still some impressions of what he learned in school, if there is anything impressive, that is, he is a single dog.

His last impression of modern society was that one night he was walking on the sidewalk on the side of the road, when suddenly a car rushed at him with flashing lights, and then he felt like he was flying.

After that, he said earnestly to the 120 ambulance personnel who arrived:

"Comrades, please do your best to save me, I'm still single."

As soon as he finished speaking, it was dark in front of him.

When he woke up again, he had become another person, coming to the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

In February, Nanjing is already early spring, although there are still a few small pieces of ice floe on the Qinhuai River, but the ducks have already been eager to splash into the water, and the water surface has been restored to life. The willows began to bud, and the thick garments of the people began to gradually take off.

Ji Yan is alone, he belongs to the old man who is not old, he is not young, and there is no daughter-in-law in the middle. Judging from the more than a month that has passed, this guy has no relatives, and his friends who often walk around on weekdays have not been seen. After his soul pierced, he tried to take the initiative to greet his colleagues, but he also had a hot face and a cold buttocks, this popularity is really no one, it is like jumping out of a crack in a stone.

Ji Yan has now figured out that it is the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the Jingjing has been calmed, the world has been decided, Emperor Jianwen is missing, and the new emperor Zhu Di is sitting in the capital Nanjing. After basically adapting to the officialdom etiquette, speech and demeanor of the Ming Dynasty, Ji Yan began to try to find his own opportunities.

However, it didn't go well.

At the beginning, he tried to hollow out his knowledge of poetry and songs, but found that the ink in his brain was useless, and the poems and songs he memorized when he was in school were basically from the Tang and Song dynasties, and they were already well-known in the Ming Dynasty, and he had no chance to use them.

It is even more difficult to use modern scientific knowledge to make an invention and creation, and the Ming Dynasty already has firearms that can be used in actual combat, zero and zero, short-range three-eyed guns, medium-range magic arrows, and long-range artillery. It took him a long time to figure out the principles of these firearms, let alone any upgrades.

Therefore, he can only bear his restless heart first, and continue to work in the yamen first, otherwise it is estimated that he will not even be able to eat, and he will starve to death in this Ming Dynasty, let alone make meritorious contributions.

Ji Yan's profession is interpreting, but fortunately, when the soul is piercing, the language ability is left to him, Japanese (the upper class of Japan in the Ming Dynasty still used Chinese characters when writing, but the folk already have the existence and use of kana), Arabic and so on. Therefore, the most common documents I read every day are about overseas documents, and the common content is that the Japanese robbed the tribute ships of which country came to the Ming Dynasty at sea, the usurpation of the throne by the powerful ministers of Annam (today's northern Vietnam), the piracy of the Srivijaya Kingdom (near Malaysia) in the South Seas, and many ships were plundered, and so on.

In recent days, the Japanese invaders took advantage of the night to land in Suzhou and Songjiang by sea, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil, and when it was almost dawn, they took refuge on the islands in the East China Sea by boat. Because Suzhou and Songjiang are only three or five hundred miles away from Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Long Yan was furious, and the relevant official documents and newspapers flew like snowflakes.

Ji Yan was busy until sunset this night, and there was no other sound in the yamen, and a bunch of official documents and newspapers made him, who was used to writing with ballpoint pens and pencils, write that his wrist was sore, and he felt that this hand was no longer his own.

"Jiyan, you come with me."

Liu Xun didn't know where to come out of nowhere, interrupting the plan that was kneading his wrist.

This Liu Xun should be the person who has talked to Ji Yan the most in the past month, he is Ji Yan's top boss, and Jinyiwei has experienced the inspection of the school. Ji Yan's Shangguan is the most annoying type of boss, a typical person who bullies and flatters his superiors, and he doesn't say anything mean to Ji Yan's translated words on weekdays, and often finds fault to deduct their money, so Ji Yan doesn't want to deal with this person in his heart. I don't know what he's looking for himself.

Liu Xun was tall, dark-skinned, with a goatee, about thirty years old, and was wearing civilian clothes at the moment, standing behind Ji Yan looking at him with a smile.

"Yes, Lord Liu, but I don't know where to call the lower officials? So what's going on? Ji Yan asked.

"Haven't you been begging me to let me give you a chance to make a contribution, and I'll take you to see the opportunity now." Liu Xun said ill-intentionedly.

It's not himself who asks for him, it seems that the owner of this body before the soul piercing is still a young man who pursues progress.

"Dare to ask Lord Liu, what is the opportunity?"

"You'll know when you go, and keep you rich and rich."

Ji Yan lowered his head and thought about these words, he had no clue, so he could only follow closely behind Liu Xun, following in unison.

Ji Yan followed behind Liu Xun at this time, looked at Liu Xun's back, and thought that his figure was rare in this era, just tall, and a little fat, Ji Yan had never seen a few fat people since his soul came through, Liu Xun was one of them, it seemed that the food at home was good, and I didn't know if it was because he often deducted their rice. However, the fat point is the fat point, his steps are still quite flexible, and he does not walk slowly or breathlessly.

The two of them walked one after the other, and after going out of the experience division, they probably walked a stick of incense, Liu Xun stopped, Ji Yan also stopped and looked up, almost fainted directly, they are now stopping at the door of a Hesse Forest's yamen, the door is closed, and there are two tall Jinyi guards on each side, when Ji Yan's gaze swept over them, they were also staring at Ji Yan who was following Liu Xun with bad intentions, as if a few hungry wolves saw the meat delivered to their mouths.

But what really frightened Ji Yan was not the Jinyi Guard Captain at the door, but his eyes continued to move upward, and he saw the name of this yamen-Imperial Prison.

The Imperial Prison, also known as the Jinyi Guard, is managed by the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Division, which can directly torture and torture and take orders, and the history books say that the prison is "invulnerable, and the atmosphere of the epidemic is full of prisons". The criminal law in the Imperial Prison was extremely cruel, and the prisoners were basically tortured to death. Even when some living officials heard that they were going to be imprisoned, they would rather die by self-punishment than go in and suffer such a living crime.

A lieutenant came forward to greet with a smile on his face: "Master Liu is here." ”

Liu Xun waved his hand at the door, and the lieutenants immediately opened the door, which was extremely thick, and when it was opened, it made a creaking sound, and it was pitch black from the outside to the inside, and a strong and disgusting smell wafted out, like a toilet that had been clogged for days, and like a piece of rotten meat.

"Lord Liu, why did you bring the officials to the prison?" Although Ji Yan often thinks that he came to the Ming Dynasty, one day counts as a day, and it is all earned, after all, he is already dead. But when he thought that if he entered the Jinyi Guard's Prison, not only would he die, but he might also be worse than death, or half alive and half dead, so he couldn't help but muster up his courage and tried to restrain his slightly trembling voice and asked.

Liu Xun stopped and turned around, looked Ji Yan up and down, as if he wanted to reacquaint himself with the person in front of him, and sneered: "Don't do bad things on weekdays, don't panic when you knock on the door at night, if you have a clear conscience, why worry?" Just come with this official. Without waiting for Ji Yan's reply, he turned around and continued walking.

Ji Yan suddenly had a thousand grass and mud horses whistling in his heart, and he had a clear conscience, but he only had a clear conscience about the three months that his soul had been piercing, and he didn't have any previous memories of this person, and the ghost knew if this Jinyi Wei had done anything illegal before he came.

There was no way, since he couldn't ask why, Ji Yan could only stubbornly continue to follow Liu Xun inside.

Following the flickering light in the edict, walking through the puddles of roads mixed with blood or water, I heard the voices shouting "I am wronged" from far and near, and then gradually left behind, until finally I could not hear it at all.

I don't know how long I walked.

Liu Xun stopped again, bowed down to a black shadow sitting in front of him and said, "Your Excellency, the person has been brought." As he spoke, he stepped aside, bowed his head and said nothing, leaving only the overwhelmed Ji Yan staring blankly at the black shadow.

Ji Yan tried to see who was sitting, but the light was too dim, and he could only see a person sitting in front of him behind a desk, and there was a strong man standing on each side of the desk, and the panting sound as thick as a cow was especially terrifying in the depths of this silent prison.

"Is the person here interpreting the words?" The black shadow spoke, and the voice could not hear any emotion, any emotion, if it was the voice of a dead man, no one would doubt it.

"Xia Guan is exactly the experience of Si Tong's translation, and he doesn't know ......"

The black shadow didn't give Ji Yan a chance to ask who he was, and slapped the desk sharply, interrupted him, and asked:

"Jiyan, are you guilty?"

The matter has come to this point, Ji Yan has already thrown away the manners and etiquette he has mastered, straightened his waist, and replied on his back.

"The lower officials don't know what the crime is!"

Ji Yan didn't lie at all, he had only been here for more than a month, and every day he was looking at the papers, sending and receiving official documents, and going home to figure out how to get ahead. Even if there was a crime, it was done by the people before he came, and he really didn't know anything about it.

"Hehe, your mouth is still quite hard? The most important thing in our prison is the hard-mouthed people. ”

Two strong men emerged from the darkness, and Ji Yan finally saw the faces of the two in the dim light, one like Li Kui and the other like Lu Zhishen. However, the two of them obviously had no interest in Ji Yan's appearance and figure, and the two of them dragged him like a chicken to the wall and tied him to a cross with one arm on each side.

"Still not recruiting?" The Dark Shadow gave it another chance.

"My lord, I really don't know!" Ji Yan's words were full of sincerity, and this sincerity had deeply moved him, but it was obvious that he was not moved by the black shadow sitting opposite.

"Punishment!"

As soon as the words fell, without the slightest defense, the whip had already hit Ji Yan's body, and his skin was open, making him regret taking off his padded jacket too early.

Ji Yan came from a legal society, where did he receive this kind of treatment, shouted loudly.

"My lord, the lower officials really don't know anything."

There was no reply, let alone a reply, the black shadow didn't move, Ji Yan even doubted that this adult wouldn't fall asleep so soon, right?

The whip didn't stop, and Ji Yan repeatedly expressed his heart to the black shadow, "I don't know anything", I really wanted to dig out my heart and show him. I couldn't stop sighing secretly, and I said that I had fallen so much mold, and I died in my last life for no reason, and today's situation, it seems that it is difficult for me to get out alive, and I have to suffer such torture before I die, in case I don't die if I don't die, I can't survive or die, I can't help but shout louder when I think of this possibility.

Ji Yan didn't count how many whips were on his body, he began to divert his attention, in order to make himself feel less painful, from birth to before entering the edict, everything he could remember was in his mind, but time seemed to slow down at this moment, so slow that he had already thought about everything he could remember, and the whipping still didn't stop.

Ji Yan didn't know how long it had been.

"Well, his body is still useful to me." The shadow raised his hand and finally spoke, and it seemed that the adult was not asleep yet.

The whipping stopped as soon as it sounded.

Ji Yan was surprised and delighted, happy that he naturally didn't have to suffer this torture anymore, and the surprise was that the black shadow said that he wanted to use my body, how to use it? At this time, he began to be a little afraid of his fine skin and tender flesh, and he couldn't stand the blessing of this adult.

"You have a very tight mouth, you can stand it, and you are a material to be a spy. Untie him. ”

The strong man loosened the tie for Ji Yan, Ji Yan looked down at the wounds on his body, fortunately, this skin bag is still healthy, these few blows did not hurt the muscles and bones, but there are a few deep hits and you can still see clear blood marks, the clothes and the wound are sticky together, rustling pain.

However, the wound should not be a big problem, so at this moment, Ji Yan's mind quickly thought, what is going on tonight.

Without making him wait too long, the dark shadow spoke:

"I have an errand here, if you agree, not only will you be able to leave this prison immediately, but if you do it well, you will be able to keep you rich, if you don't agree......"

"The lower official agrees." Ji Yan agreed directly, after all, he now understands that this is a proposition in front of him, just tonight's posture, if he doesn't agree first, it is unlikely that he will get out of this edict alive, after all, the hero does not suffer the immediate loss, go out first.

"Good." The black shadow was very satisfied with Ji Yan's performance.

On the first day of the first lunar month of this year, the emperor gave the surname "Zheng" to the internal official eunuch Ma He. DID YOU KNOW THIS? ”

"Xia Guan has read the Di Bao." It seems that the matter of the black shadow looking for Ji Yan is related to Zheng He.

"Now, this eunuch Zheng He is supervising the construction of treasure ships in Ningbo Mansion, and he is also selecting interpreters, sailors and other attachés to organize a fleet. You leave early tomorrow morning, go to Ningbo Mansion, and report with these. As he spoke, the black shadow motioned for a strong man to hand a package on his desk to Ji Yan.

Ji Yan endured the pain and raised his hand to take it. When I opened the package, there were a few taels of silver, a package of trauma medicine and a brocade cloth waist card. This brocade cloth waist card is a must-bring thing for the field, and it is essential to go out of the customs, clear customs, and stay at the station.

"After you report to work, you continue to be your interpreter there, and I only need you to do one thing."

The key is here, Ji Yan raised his head, held his breath and concentrated, tonight's encounter is finally going to have an answer.

"I just need you to record who Zheng and Master Zheng have seen and what they said every day. I'll send someone to get you the records. ”

Ji Yan couldn't help but be angry and funny after hearing this, thinking that this adult was not stupid to be an official, and it was too whimsical, he was whipped for nothing, and replied angrily: "Xia Guan is just a small translator, not to mention whether Lord Zheng's fleet wants me, even if he is selected by Lord Zheng's fleet, it is estimated that it will be difficult to see Lord Zheng himself." Where do you know who Master Zheng sees every day and what he says? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you just need to do what I told you. But if you go out and plan to cheat and deceive me. The black shadow paused and continued, "Next time I invite you into this edict, it won't be so easy to get out. ”

Ji Yan knew that there was no way to shirk this matter, so he mustered up his courage, gritted his teeth, and replied: "The lower official has received the order, but there is still something unclear, I hope the lord will give advice." ”

The black shadow seemed to feel a little surprised, leaned slightly, and said, "Oh? What do you not understand? ”

Ji Yan said: "First, why did the adult choose Ji Yan to do this errand, and second, can you let the lower officials see the true face of the adult?" ”

As he spoke, Ji Yan tried to slowly pacing forward.

The strong man immediately saw this careful thought, and raised his hand to stop Ji Yan.

The black shadow replied: "I can answer your first question for two reasons, one is that you were chosen to do this errand because your family background is innocent and not noticeable, and the other is that there are not many people in my dynasty who are proficient in the Fanbang script, and Zheng He's fleet must bring an interpreter with him, and what he says and does, the interpreter is a witness, and naturally the best recorder." As for the second question, I can't tell you now, but if you do your job well, you will one day know who you are working for, and you just need to know that if you do the work I have given you, you will not be treated badly. ”

Without waiting for Ji Yan to reply, the black shadow waved his hand to signal that he could leave.

Ji Yan knew that he couldn't get more information from the Black Shadow tonight.

Liu Xun didn't know where he jumped out again at this time, and hurriedly held Ji Yan in a fake way, while quietly pulling him in the direction he came.

Ji Yan also thought that it would be good to leave this ghost place as soon as possible at this moment, so he had to help himself. One of them, a strong man, also followed, following closely behind the two of them.

Although the way out was the same as when he came, after all, the mood of entering prison and getting out of prison was very different, so Ji Yan felt that time had passed a lot faster, and it didn't take long for him to see the gate of the edict.

The strong man grinned and beckoned to the guard at the door, and the guard opened the door, although it was still night outside, but the torches at the gate of the prison illuminated the entire corridor. Ji Yan finally had the opportunity to take a closer look at the murderer who carried out the torture, with a single eyebrow, a hideous face, and what was even more terrifying was that he had no tongue, to be precise, his tongue was artificially severed, and only a little tongue remained in his empty mouth.

Ji Yan's heart twitched, he didn't dare to look at it anymore, and turned his head to speed up his pace.

As soon as he came out of the gate of the edict, Liu Xun seemed to be a different person, and said to Ji Yan with a smile:

"Brother Ding Xian, Brother Fool is right, if this errand is done well, it will definitely ensure that you are rich and noble." Yes, it's already starting to be brothers.

It seems that in the Imperial Prison, even Liu Xun felt uncomfortable, and after he got out of the Imperial Prison, he felt a lot more relaxed like Ji Yan, so his speech and demeanor immediately became much more casual.

Lord Liu laughed. Ji Yan really didn't know whether to thank this Lord Liu at this time, or to slap him to death.

"Foolish brother, foolish brother doesn't ask for anything else, just remember that it was the foolish brother who found this opportunity for the virtuous brother."

Ji Yan listened to Liu Xun's mouth full of brothers, long brothers, and short brothers, just covering his wounds and dragging his steps slowly, and did not pay attention to him.

Seeing this, Liu Xun also knew that it was boring to continue talking here, so he patted Ji Yan's shoulder, as if the two were very familiar, and said: "Brother Xian tomorrow, you still have to go to the future, then the foolish brother will not bother much, we will have a date later." ”

After saying three steps and two steps, in the blink of an eye, he turned a corner and disappeared into the vast night.

In fact, it's no wonder that Ji Yan doesn't want to pay attention to Liu Xun, it's really that this night is too thrilling, Ji Yan hasn't fully reacted until this moment, as if he is still in a dream, and even he once wondered if the more than one month he traveled through was just a long dream, and he was actually lying in the hospital after being hit by a car.

However, the pain of the wound in his chest soon made him realize that he was not dreaming, and he almost gave an account of the second life that God gave him tonight.

Although it was almost early spring, the wind at night was still cool and swishing, and a light breeze struck, Ji Yan couldn't help but shiver, looked at the direction where Liu Xun disappeared in a daze, was stunned, and then walked in the direction of his house.

The road ahead is treacherous, but it is also full of opportunities.