Late at night, Anhai Town, Quanzhou Mansion, Fujian.

Above the Zheng family's mansion, in one of the houses, the candle flame flickered, and under the dim light, Zheng Chenggong sat beside the bookcase angrily, as if he was angry, looked at Zheng Hongkui dissatisfied, and asked angrily: "Fourth uncle, why are you here?" ”

"Hehe... If the fourth uncle doesn't come again, you kid won't have to do anything stupid? ”

Zheng Hongkui smiled indifferently and asked a rhetorical question with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart: "Sure enough, he is still too young, only sixteen years old, he acts too rashly, everything will be revealed on his face, and he can't be happy and angry." ”

"It turned out that the old guy sent me to spy on me......"

Zheng Chenggong muttered unhappily, his body was relaxed, and he leaned back on the seat dejectedly, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, outlining a touch of disdain, and no longer paying attention to Zheng Hongkui.

However, Zheng Hongkui did not have the slightest sense of being left out, but always had a warm smile on his face, slowly stepped forward a few steps, came to Zheng Chenggong's side, and said something in his ear, which caused the latter to be shocked.

"How is this possible?"

After exclaiming, Zheng Chenggong stared straight at Zheng Hongkui, and asked again in disbelief: "Fourth uncle, didn't my father say yes?" In the short term, I will not consider the matter of attaching to the Great Shun Dynasty, and now there has not been a day, how can my father be like this, go back on his word, and not keep his integrity? ”

"How could it not be? Who prescribed, said yes, and put it into action? ”

Zheng Hongkui asked a few words lightly, as if he felt that Zheng Chenggong was questioning what he had just said, and then added: "Chenggong nephew, if you don't believe it, you can ask your fifth uncle, or check if your father's guards are still there?" ”

"Fourth uncle, you misunderstood, my nephew didn't mean that."

While Zheng Chenggong denied it, he also waved his hand again and again, and then explained: "Fourth uncle, success is not that I don't believe you, but that things happened too suddenly, and my nephew was a little at a loss for a while and couldn't accept it!" ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong spoke, his expression became calm, and he changed his words and said in a deep voice: "At this time, it is impossible to persuade my father to turn back, in order to make up for the mistakes of our Zheng family, the negative impact of my father, and eliminate the emperor's misunderstanding of our Zheng family, fourth uncle, we should immediately send troops to rescue the emperor and them!" ”

Obviously, Zheng Hongkui had expected it a long time ago, and guessed that Zheng Chenggong would have such similar words, his expression was as unmoved as a mountain, and he seemed very calm, but he said helplessly to himself in his heart: "As expected, I still came......"

In Zheng Chenggong's fiery and expectant gaze, Zheng Hongkui pretended to be thoughtful, and after a while, he shook his head lightly, and said in a deep voice: "By the way, nephew Chenggong, there is still very bad news here for the fourth uncle, Emperor Longwu has died, fallen in the chaos of the army, and was killed by the Dashun army. ”

In an instant, as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts, Zheng Chenggong became depressed, his body trembled, shook slightly, and muttered: "How is this possible?" If the emperor has really died, how can there be no rumors? What's more, the Dashun army only hit Jianning Mansion, but the emperor and them were in Tingzhou Mansion, it was impossible... None of this is possible... It's all fake... It's all a lie. ”

At this time, Zheng Hongkui took out a few urgent military intelligence reports from his sleeves, handed them over, and said softly: "Success, the eldest brother is worried that you are doing stupid things and acting recklessly, and in the past few days, the news has been blocked against you." ”

After Zheng Chenggong took over the newspaper, in the process of dismantling and reading, Zheng Hongkui's words continued, and every word was like a hammer hitting his heart.

"Eldest nephew, do you know, in the past few days, the Dashun army has sent a force of 10,000 cavalry, bypassing all the cities and key passes, interspersed with Yanping Mansion, and rushing straight to the emperor in Tingzhou Mansion."

"These palace newspapers in your hands are sent by Xiong Weidu, the emperor's general, to ask for help from the eldest brother since these days. As for the result... You have also seen that according to the news sent back by the secret sentry planted by our Zheng family along the road, the emperor and they were attacked by the rebel army yesterday and ......"

"Fourth uncle, don't talk about it......"

Zheng Chenggong interrupted Zheng Hongkui's later words, and after reading all the letters and newspapers, the content on them made Zheng Chenggong think about it, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and he instinctively believed Zheng Hongkui's words.

Especially several of the letters asking for help, or Zhu Yujian's own words, Zhou Zhifan's ghostwriting; or Xiong Weidu's handwriting, as well as the seal of the party, etc., although it does not directly indicate that Zhu Yujian is dead, but with Zheng Chenggong's most basic rational judgment, all of this is connected together, which is enough to show that Zhu Yujian is dead!

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong showed a strange calmness, but he was a little depressed, which made Zheng Hongkui stunned, he didn't expect his nephew to be so calm, and there was no sign of a rampant run.

"Nephew Chenggong, what's wrong with you?"

Zheng Hongkui asked tentatively with some face-to-face expressions, and just wanted to say something more comforting, but saw Zheng Chenggong wave his hand and said calmly: "Fourth uncle, don't worry, my nephew is fine, I am normal now." ”

While speaking, Zheng Chenggong woke up from his distraction, shifted his gaze from those letters and newspapers, looked straight at Zheng Hongkui, with a sincere and solemn look on his face, and continued in a low voice: "Fourth uncle, my nephew begs you for something, I hope you can agree to your nephew." ”

"Oh, success, what's the matter? As long as the fourth uncle can do it, he will definitely help, and even if he can't do it, he will try his best to do it. ”

When he said this, Zheng Hongkui pretended to be dignified, but his heart moved, and he was happy, knowing what Zheng Chenggong was going to say next and what he was begging.

"Fourth uncle, we are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, as the old saying goes, loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters, how can we give in to the rebellious army? My father will forget it, the things that have been decided, the nine cows can't pull it back, but we can't be stupid, we must have a sensible heart......"

"Big nephew, don't say it, the fourth uncle understands what you mean and knows what you're going to do."

As Zheng Hongkui said this, Zheng Chenggong's heart was tight, the whole person was nervous, every cell, every hair, all tensed, a heart was also suspended, holding his breath and concentrating, with a look of anticipation, looking at Zheng Hongkui hopefully, quietly waiting for the words behind.

"Big nephew, to tell you the truth, you might as well tell me frankly, from the bottom of my heart, the fourth uncle also disagrees with your father's approach very much, and is afraid that the Dashun army will be like a tiger and surrender without a fight. The reason why I came here tonight, looking for you late at night, is to discuss, since we can't stop my eldest brother, that is, your father, then let's pull out a team, let's go it alone, we can live happily at sea, it's many times better than being someone's lackey. ”

"Fourth uncle, are you telling the truth?"

Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed in his heart, in a short period of time, as if he had experienced the two heavens of ice and fire, he only felt that the good thing came too suddenly, after asking this sentence, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly had a nervous look on his face, and said in a low voice: "Fourth uncle, without my father's warrant, can those sailor generals and officers and soldiers listen to us?" ”