As night fell, the lights were still bright outside Pyongyang. Torches are everywhere inside and outside the new port, and many North Korean migrant workers are cleaning up the site and carrying corpses. Zhu Youshu, the former king of Mingde, grabbed a notepad and held a fine charcoal pen to make notes in the firelight. He is also old, but now he is working as a clerk in a foreign land to earn a living.

The Daming clan is a seemingly beautiful identity, but it is really aggrieved. Zhu Yuanzhang has arranged excellent arrangements for his children and grandchildren, but after more than 200 years of reproduction, there are too many people with the surname Zhu. If nothing else, it's not easy to choose a name. And the clan can't do any work, can't leave the fiefdom, it's no different from going to prison.

Zhu Youshu is still a king anyway, and many of his distant relatives are not much better off than the poor. Now that he has been arrested in North Korea, his life is more enjoyable. It's just that in the past, he was a prince, he spoke unscrupulously, and he had a big mouth in front of anyone, at most, he suddenly woke up a little bit today, and knew that he had restrained himself in pleasing people.

During the day, the Lee regime of North Korea was desperate, and the control of the sailors made Li Guan take the risk of attacking, and finally inspired the remnants of Yi Sunsin's soul to fight against Zhou Qingfeng. I thought that this was the Li family's 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains, and with the heroic soul of the country, he could still fight with foreign enemies. As a result, when the fire phoenix appeared, the three of them joined forces to destroy Li Sunsin with a few moves.

When the heroic soul of the country was defeated, the Koreans were as if they had been stripped of their backbones, and they were more respectful to the Han people. Zhu Youshu was accompanied by a North Korean interpreter who helped him count and record the battle losses during the day, and his speech and attitude were obviously a few points lower.

"Thirteen warehouses were damaged, six of them were completely destroyed. Three warehouses had been burned by fire. ”

"We took about 2,000 prisoners, including the enemy's sailors. The vigilantes are punishing them and letting them know the consequences of confronting the marshal. ”

"Two tortoiseshell boats have been wrecked, and we are sending people to salvage the contents of the ship. It is said that the copper cannon on the ship is very valuable, and it needs to be fished back and forth. The captives said that there was a shipwreck blocking the direction of the estuary, and someone had already set a boat to confirm it. ”

The North Korean interpreter chattered and led Zhu Youshu to check everywhere. The two walked to a makeshift camp and saw hundreds of North Korean migrant workers eating. Cabbage soup was boiling in a few large pots, and a circle of migrant workers around was eating white rice. Zhu Youshu frowned slightly when he saw it and said, "The food here is poor, don't you have any food?" ”

"There's a dish, the cabbage soup is delicious." The Korean interpreter pointed to the boiling cauldron and said, "There is fish and meat in it, and there is a lot of salt in it." It's a good meal that you can't eat before. This kind of good food and good food, whoever wants to say that he is not satisfied, then he will be smoked to death. ”

The interpreter seemed to be in a hurry to explain, and he grabbed an iron spoon and stirred it in the cauldron, turning up the vegetable leaves and fish meat, pouring a salty fragrance. But this dish was too far from what Zhu Youshu had eaten when he was a prince in the past, and he still frowned and whispered; "You do so much work every day, just eat these vegetables, life is very hard, right?"

"Not bitter, not bitter." The interpreter kept waving his hand and said with joy on his face: "Dashuai can come to North Korea from the Celestial Empire, which is a blessing for our Koreans." As soon as the handsome came, we had white rice to eat. How can this be bitter? ”

Zhu Youshu originally wanted to sympathize with the people and cry out for them, but who thought of it and made a joke of 'why not eat minced meat'. He noticed that things were different from what he thought, and quickly changed his words and asked, "What did you eat in the past?" ”

"Only wild herbs and grains." The interpreter scolded resentfully: "Pyongyang's side is not bad. My family is from Uiju and is poorer. Rice, a refined grain, can only be eaten by nobles, and we can only eat rice bran. Sometimes there was no rice bran to eat, and many people had to starve to death. So during the day, those dog officials wanted to fight back, but we were not happy, and we wanted to beat them back desperately. ”

Zhu Youshu was suddenly stunned, as if he had evoked some terrible memory. He asked tremblingly: "...... you, I mean that when the commander called, your officials didn't pay you some food and pay to motivate you to work hard?" ”

"What salary?" The interpreter was inexplicable, "There has never been any food paid to us." ”

"It's ......, it's ......." Zhu Youshu said for a long time and wanted to explain, but in the end he stopped and shook his head, "Forget it, it's all over, don't mention it." It's a good day now. ”

The temporary camp was used to house North Korean migrant workers, and Zhu Youshu also passed by the camp of the security forces, only to see a group of North Koreans hanging up many prisoners and beating them. In particular, those who wore official uniforms were subjected to all kinds of torture. He was so frightened that he ran away.

It was late at night, and the loss registration had not yet been completed, so Zhu Youshu could only drag his tired body back to the city to rest. He was accompanied by a number of Shandong officials, who used to be in high positions of power, but now they can only do some work as petty officials in exchange for food and salary to make ends meet.

As the crowd walked on the road, Zhu Youshu suddenly saw a person. He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the other party's arm and shouted, "Zhang Bingwen, you stop for me." ”

The one who was pulled by the arm was also an old man, although he was called by his name, but when he saw that it was Zhu Youshu, he hurriedly bowed his hand.

It's just that Zhu Youshu asked angrily: "The surname is Zhang, you are the political envoy of Shandong." When Jinan City was broken, you were there. Let me ask you, before the 'revolutionary army' went south, you encouraged the rich families in the city to donate money. I also donated 5,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone of grain. Where is all this money spent? ”

Zhang Bingwen was stunned, but he didn't expect to be asked about it. It's just that everyone is in trouble right now, and it's useless to lie and lie. He sneered and said: "Don't hide it from King De, the food and salary raised have been divided among the officialdom. I took my share, and the rest was naturally handed over to others to share, as for how much of it was actually used to recruit soldiers, I don't know. ”

"You ......." Zhu Youshu exclaimed, "At that time, the city was about to be broken, and you still had the heart to be greedy for money?" How dare you covet even the king's money? ”

Zhang Bingwen still shook his head, "Lord Wang, it's not that I want to be greedy, it's really the rules of officialdom." I also knew that the situation was critical at that time, and it was a big taboo to be greedy for food and wages. But when your wages are delivered, the people below will naturally divide my share. I'm not greedy, and others will be greedy. If I am not greedy, others will exclude me. I'm not greedy, so I can't do it as an official. ”

After speaking, he pointed around, "I'm not alone." Everyone is from Shandong, you ask, are they not greedy? Besides, we are not the only one who is greedy for you, but the people of Shandong are all greedy for us. What do you have to be angry about? This has been the case for hundreds of years, the accumulated habits are difficult to change, and the defeat of the Ming Dynasty is not wronged at all. ”

Zhu Youshu was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: "You bastards, my Ming Dynasty will be defeated in the hands of you corrupt officials." When the city of Jinan was broken, the people in the city, like the Korean people, did not help at all, but turned against them. Pity the king for not doing anything bad, but he was exiled with you corrupt officials. How wrong have I been? ”

"Everyone understands the truth, but no one can help it. If you want to scold, I can only scold with you. Zhang Bingwen was so embarrassed that he could only hide his ears and leave.

The other officials couldn't stand Zhu Youshu's scolding, and went back to the dormitory to close their doors. However, there was a person standing aside holding a pen and paper to write and draw, Zhu Youshu scolded and shouted at this person: "Liu Yi, what are you writing here?" ”

The person who recorded it was also old, and he kept writing when he heard the words: "Liu lives in Jinan and studies history. It is at this time when the country is changing, and it is the most important time to write books and speak. Others don't like to come to North Korea, but I do. The quarrel between King De and Liu Buzheng should also be recorded by me for future generations. I will write down all the resentment in the heart of the king. ”

"You, you, you ......, and you also come to entertain this king." Zhu Youshu stretched out his fingers and scolded: "You sour Confucian, you want to anger me, right?" ”

Zhu Youshu scolded and couldn't understand his hatred, so he simply ran to find Zhou Qingfeng. He felt that he wanted to expose the matter and let Zhou Qingfeng clean up those corrupt officials. Just waiting for him to find Zhou Qingfeng and tell him about the situation......

Zhou Qingfeng only laughed and said: "The bad deeds of the Shandong officials have all been executed. Those who can be exiled are forgiven of their past sins, and I will not pursue them again. Mr. Zhu has been working in North Korea for a few years, and when my situation is stable, I will let you go back. ”

A few words easily dismissed the angry Zhu Youshu, but Zhou Qingfeng said in the office with a bitter face: "What the hell are you looking for me?" If you don't make it clear, I can't help you. ”

Huo Feng flashed out from behind the screen in the office, and shouted angrily: "Do you know that Xuanwu is helping the Ming Court train the elite 'Black Armor Army' of five thousand people? ”

Zhou Qingfeng shook his head, "I really don't know this?" ”

"Do you know that the White Tiger is the king of all beasts, and it has helped Huang Taiji recruit a large number of demon beasts with high mana."

"I don't know much about that."

"The Ming court has secretly sued for peace with Jiannu, and they have recruited Taixi people to build cannons, and they have now achieved great success. Now you have sharp artillery, but it won't be long before your opponent will have a lot of artillery. ”

"Oh, I've heard of that, but I don't really care. In terms of artillery fire, we are definitely the best. As far as the production capacity of the Ming Court is concerned, it is far less than the mass production of our 'revolutionary army'. ”

"Your opponent is getting stronger and stronger, aren't you afraid? You still have the kung fu to fight North Korea? What's in it for you here in North Korea? ”

"It's not a good thing to expand rashly. And there are some real benefits here in North Korea. Zhou Qingfeng still wanted to talk about his ideals, but he turned his mouth and asked, "I am very grateful for helping me fight the enemy during the day." But did you enumerate all these difficulties to scare me? But I'm not afraid of any of that. What the hell are you looking for me? ”

"You ......." The roots of Huo Feng's hateful teeth itched, but he suddenly said deflatedly: "My longevity is coming to an end, and I will be reborn again in more than ten years." ”

"Isn't that good? Eternal life! Zhou Qingfeng felt that this was a good thing that others couldn't ask for.

"Every three hundred years, I go to Nirvana, and each time I watch my familiar friends and enemies die before me. Sweet and sour, love and hate, I have to keep savoring. Every time I am alone, I am re-entered, whether I like it or hate it, every time it is a heart-eating pain. Do you think I like it? ”

Huofeng gritted her teeth, she pulled Binghuang and the two gently hugged each other, and said with resentment: "The two of us are mother and daughter in name, but in fact they are sisters, and we conceive each other alternately." Binghuang is still young, and all she can remember is the happy things she had when she was young.

But in my head are all kinds of chaotic memories of the past thousand years. Every day I live, I have a lot of confusion in my head. Over time, I'm going crazy. I was expecting you to beg me if you couldn't hold it, but who knew that you kid was quite capable of fighting, so I had to come by myself. ”

"Thousands of years of reincarnation, that doesn't sound like a good thing." Zhou Qingfeng said with affection, "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

"Ice Phoenix and I want to merge with you to get rid of the fate of reincarnation, even if we actually die in the end, it doesn't matter. It's also a great benefit for you. ”

"Ah......, fit? Sounds like a bit of an idea. How does this work? ”

"Binghuang and I want to share your longevity."

"......!"