The fourth year of Yongle, the ninth day of November. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The final and furthest destination of the voyage was -------- the country of Guri.

After that, when the king of Guli heard the news, he brought his ministers to welcome him, thanking the Celestial Empire for his favor and the emperor's grace.

The reason why the imperial court set the destination of this trip in the Guli country is not only because its geographical location is in the extreme west, but also because the king of the Guli country has sent envoys to the Central Plains many times to pay tribute and bow to the Ming Dynasty.

As early as the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu also sent envoys to the Guli Kingdom.

Therefore, the two countries can be said to have been friends for a long time.

It's just that although the two sides have come and gone from time to time, they are so remote because of the remoteness of this Guli country. The canonization edict of the imperial court was not delivered to the king for a long time.

Therefore, the emperor had drawn up an edict before the fleet set off, and specially ordered Zheng He to go and officially canonize its leader as the king of Guli in the name of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After the canonization ceremony, Master Zheng wrote a paragraph by himself as the end of the trip to show the friendship between the two countries, and ordered someone to engrave this passage on a big stone for the world to admire.

"Its country goes to China for more than 100,000 miles, the people are salty and bitter, the wind is the same, the stone is carved in Z, and it will be known forever."

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One night twenty years later, the brother and sister were leaning against the wooden railing on the third floor of the attic, looking down on the deck below and the sea behind them.

Seven days.

Since the end of the trip to Guli, the fleet has been on the way back for seven days.

In fact, this is a cause for most of the people on board.

After all, everyone has been separated from their teachers, relatives, friends, and parents for nearly a year and a half.

Therefore, whether it was the cultivators on the Thousand Mountains Ferry or the soldiers on the other ships, after hearing the news of the return, they all cheered.

They are really tired of the days and nights in the sea, tired of the never-changing seascape in front of them, and even more tired of the unchanging food on the sea.

But Shi Wuwei was the only one, and he didn't have the slightest intention of returning.

He still had a sad expression on his face, still gasping for breath as if he was being pressed by a mountain.

"Senior brother~, do you have something on your mind?" Mu Yiyi saw that the two of them had stopped for a long time, but his senior brother had not spoken for a long time, and he was also puzzled in his heart, so he asked.

Shi Wuwei slowly turned his face sideways and looked at his junior sister.

However, when he saw that his senior sister's face had a faint expression of pleasure, he could only shake his head silently and deny it.

He knew that his junior sister was still very happy about the return.

In fact, from the eyes of his sister on weekdays, he could already see that the life on the sea was not what a woman wanted.

Therefore, he didn't want his junior sister to know those commonplace concerns in his heart.

Mu Yiyi saw that although the senior brother shook his head and denied it, he still frowned and had a bitter face, and his face was full of worries, and he also had a few points in his heart.

She actually knew that her brother was worried or thinking about something.

But at this moment, she still decided not to ask, or to say anything more. Instead, he stayed quietly by his side and waited.

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The two of them had been speechless for a long time.

But the atmosphere here did not become awkward because of this.

In fact, for the two who have been together for so long, they don't need too many words to express their thoughts.

Staring at the turbulent sea, Shi Wuwei suddenly said worriedly, "Yiyi, this trip to the West seems to have come to an end." But at this moment, is this the end or the beginning of this trip? ”。

After speaking, I saw him slowly turn his face and look at the senior sister beside him again.

He finally couldn't help it and said what was in his heart.

He still felt that this trip to the West was not a superficial trip to the sea and making friends.

For the pirates who had been heard for a long time, as well as Chen Zuyi who was under the heavy reward, as well as a series of behaviors that Lord Zheng had done before, he felt that this way back to his hometown should be the focus of this trip.

Jianwen is not dead, and went to sea to find someone.

These eight words were told to him by Master Zheng himself.

In other words, finding the whereabouts of the first emperor should be the real purpose of this trip.

Its importance is far greater than the prestige of the world and the crusade against pirates.

However, a year and a half had passed since the day of the voyage.

But don't say that there is no trace of the first emperor, and even the news about the first emperor is very little.

Not only that, but he never noticed any action by the Ming army to find people.

So, he was puzzled.

"Senior brother, are you still thinking about the first emperor?" Mu Yiyi asked in a low voice.

Shi Wuwei nodded, not denying his junior sister's words.

In fact, the mystery of the whereabouts of the first emperor has long occupied all his thoughts during this year.

Because, finding the first emperor has become the grandeur of his future life. And whether he can find the first emperor will also be the key to determining his great cause of revenge and success or failure.

So, how could he give up on the search for him?

"Senior brother, we have been looking for so long, but we have not been able to find any substantive clues. Have you ever thought that maybe the first emperor never went to sea from beginning to end? ”。

There was a momentary pause as Mu Yiyi spoke. There was also a slight hesitation in his eyes.

She didn't seem to want to say something that would frustrate his brother.

On the other hand, Shi Wuwei.

After hearing his junior sister's words, he was stunned at first.

He never doubted the authenticity of whether the first emperor had gone to sea, because this was what Lord Zheng said to the two of them personally.

"Impossible!! If the first emperor had never gone to sea, then why did the imperial court send a large army to sea so hard? ”。 Shi Wuwei said firmly.

In the words, there was a hint of questioning, forcing tone.

For a moment, Mu Yiyi didn't know how to answer.

She had to look worriedly at the senior brother in front of her, whose breathing had become short.

In fact, she also knew very well that if the first emperor had not gone to sea, it would undoubtedly be another heavy blow to him.

Because, that means that Shi Wuwei will once again have to resist alone, that heavy burden.

At this moment, after seeing the trace of fear on his senior sister's face, Shi Wuwei finally realized his attitude, or tone, and was a little excited.

But what is said is like water that has been spilled, and it is difficult to take it back.

So, he had no choice but to say helplessly.

"One by one, it's not early, let's rest first."

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