Chapter 36: Murder by a Knife

Oh warm, where am I? Although the hard board under the body is a little restless, but the body feels so warm from the inside out, huh? The sound of the waves...... I still seem to be at sea? It hurts so much that I can't move, and it hurts like being hit by a galloping horse, huh? There seems to be something tied to my body, what about the Xinglan Sword in my hand? Why can't I open my eyes at all, I can't see anything again? My throat squirmed and I swallowed my saliva, but my throat still felt fine. "Where am I? I don't think I'm going to hell. Zhi Ning muttered to himself with some sadness.

"Hey, girl, you're awake, do you want to drink some water first?" A gentle voice came from not far away from Zhi Ning's side.

How could someone, listening to this voice, seem to be an elderly grandmother, how can she ask me to drink water when she speaks? Could this be the Meng Po mentioned in the book? After all, I still went to the underworld, Sister Eleven is sorry for you, your big enemy sister may not be able to avenge you in this life, but I will not drink this bowl of Meng Po soup, I will remember this revenge in the next life and avenge it for you. Although this world is the world of his Zhu family, this underworld will not also be under their jurisdiction, even if I go to the king of Yama in a while, I will also go to seek justice.

"Girl? Could it be that he fainted again, it was really troublesome. ”

"Are you Meng Po? I will definitely not drink this bowl of soup that has forgotten the world, and where is the king of Yama at this moment, I will go to him to seek justice. ”

"Hehe, the girl is afraid that she was knocked out by the boat before, although the old body is also surnamed Meng, she is often called Granny Meng, but she is not the Meng Granny that the girl said, the girl is still alive and well at the moment, how can she talk about the underworld."

"Live well? Could it be that my mother-in-law saved me, so where are we now, why can't I see with my eyes? Zhining heard the old woman's reply, and suddenly became happy when she spoke.

"Girl, you have been in a coma for three days after the collision, but you were rescued by the boatman, and as for the girl's eyes, which seem to have been soaked in the sea for several days, according to the ship's doctor, they are a little swollen, and the ship's doctor has applied medicine to you. After a few days, the swelling will dissipate, and you may be able to open your eyes. ”

"Mother-in-law, are we still at sea at this time? I don't know where the sword in my hand has gone? ”

"Girl, you better have some food first, the old body is just a cook on this boat, the girl is awake, or use some food first, and then ask when you see our adults."

"Your Excellency?"

"Yes, girl, these more than 100 ships are our Zheng Eunuch's fleet."

"Mother-in-law, who is Eunuch Zheng?" After experiencing a life and death and self-teacher on the island, she could only talk to herself for a few months after her death, and Zhining, who was taciturn before, seemed to be a chatter at the moment, and even she didn't notice the change in herself at this time.

"Girl, if you ask again, the old body doesn't know when I will be able to prepare food for you, in other words, the name of this Zheng eunuch is not something that ordinary people like the old body can mention, since you have woken up, the eunuch will come to visit you tomorrow, and then you will ask the eunuch again, and the old body will go and prepare some liquid food for you, you have just woken up, it is ......better to eat some soft liquid food." Speaking of the food and the like, the old woman talked a little more, and began to chatter. Fortunately, Zhining is still in the happiness of the rest of her life after the catastrophe, but she doesn't dislike her at all.

After the old woman left, Zhi Ning lay alone on the bed and thought: Zheng Dajian and there are more than 100 fleets on the sea, could it be him? In an instant, a bold plan gradually emerged in her mind.

The next day, sure enough, a person who was honored as Zheng Dajian came to visit.

Zhi Ning was still lying on the bed and couldn't see, only to hear the old woman call the eunuch, and then withdrew from the room, Zhi Ning heard the footsteps and knew that there was only one person left in the house, so he had to stand up and salute at the moment.

A pair of warm hands gently pressed her body that wanted to get up, and said softly: "Little girl, you still don't have to get up, the old man just heard that the boatman rescued a girl from the sea, so he came to visit one or two, I don't know if the girl is better?" ”

"Back to my lord, the grass people are indeed better, the grace of the adult to save his life is unforgettable, but the little woman is seriously injured but can not get up to salute, and I hope that the eunuch can inform the little woman of her name, and the little woman will pray for the adult's birthday every day after returning home, and bless a good person like the adult to live a long life." Zhi Ning responded politely and gratefully.

"Haha, it's okay if you don't have a tooth, if you want to thank you, go and thank the boatmen who saved you, I didn't save you. But you little girl is so bold that she dares to sail in this vast sea by rowing a small boat, and the old man is curious, I don't know where you want to go alone. ”

When he came, he really asked about it. Zhi Ningxin said.

"Back to my lord, the little girl went out to sea with her family to fish a few days ago, but she was robbed by the family of the Japanese invaders, and only the little girl escaped by this boat under the family's struggle, and begged the adults to exterminate this group of Japanese robbers for the little girl and avenge the blood revenge of the family."

"Oh? Robbery by the Japanese? It's funny to let go of a young and beautiful woman, and it's still a woman with a sword. Let me ask you where your family lives, how many parents and brothers do you have? If you are a fisherwoman, and you look like you are only a little more than ten years old, then there is no room for you on this boat. Later, you will disembark on your own. Eunuch Zheng knew that at this moment, Zhi Ning couldn't see or restrain himself, and said with a narrow smile on his face.

"Why is this, aren't they also women? How can it ......" Zhi Ning heard a series of questions, and then wanted to rush herself off the boat, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious, which seemed to be a little different from what she had thought before.

"Little girl, do you think that just an ordinary old man will stoop over and snoop? Don't play with those thoughts in front of the old man, since this galaxy sword is in your hand, you must be very human. If the fisherman's woman didn't know that premenopausal women were not allowed to board the ship, the prisoner's patience was limited, and you would answer after you thought about it. When Eunuch Zheng heard Zhi Ning's stunned answer, he suddenly changed his tone and asked.

It turns out that the Xinglan Sword has been obtained by him, but I don't know why he called it the Xinghe Sword, is that its original name, it seems that the jade pendant I hid in my shoes should not have been discovered yet. Otherwise, you wouldn't have spoken to me in such a tone. It's good that I didn't know how to talk about it just now, so let's just follow his words.

After thinking about it, Zhi Ning suddenly whimpered in his mouth: "Returning to my lord, the little girl really has a last resort to hide from you like this, and please hold back so that the little girl dares to talk to you." ”

"Why have you advanced so much in your martial arts at such a young age that you can even hear the turtle breath technique of the old man's personal guard? The good old man wants to see what is the trouble of your little girl, so that you should be so cautious, and whisper that you should stand down first. ”

The sound of the door sounded, Zhi Ning's body was stunned for a moment, he had never heard that there was anyone else around, Shi Cai just pretended to talk about it, in order to hide his poor martial arts, how could this be guessed.

"Little girl, there are only two of you and me left in this room, what do you have about the Xinghe Sword, although I said it, could it be that the group of brocade guards did it?" Eunuch Zheng asked in a sudden and slow tone.

"Jin Yiwei? The little girl didn't know what the adults were saying, but since the adults were willing to listen to the little girl talk about this, they asked the adults to move a chair and sit down. As he spoke, he told all the things that he wanted to do wrong on the island, only concealed the murder of the King of Han, and temporarily put the cause of Shen Shiyi's death on Li Yunlan and others who returned after the departure of the King of Han and others. This has been going on for nearly three hours.

Rao is a person like Zheng Dajian who has seen the scene of all nations, and after hearing this, he also kept interjecting and asking in Zhi Ning's narration, and Zhi Ning also told him about the forged master law sigil that he had never remembered when he thought about it last night.

"There are such things, as you say, that there are also ill-intentioned henchmen in the court among those Japanese people? Girl, you recuperate first, and the old man needs to return the letter you have mentioned to His Majesty as soon as possible. As he spoke, Eunuch Zheng turned around and went out.

Sure enough, this matter will definitely make the legendary loyal Lord Zheng He rush to report it, so that Li Yunlan and others will not be able to escape with the help of the imperial court. I'm sorry, Sister Eleven will help you solve these two people first, as for the Han King who is not sorry to die. My sister still has to plan well. Thinking of this, the corners of Zhi Ning's mouth couldn't help but show a cold smile.

Since Zhi Ning talked to Zheng Dajian that day, he has never been to the house where Zhi Ning lives, but Zhi Ning is not in a hurry, at this moment, his injuries are not all healed, and he has to be patient, when the enemy is close to him on the island, he can still bear it, so what's the harm of waiting a few more days at this moment. As long as I don't die, you can wait. Anyway, the speed of the ship seems to have suddenly increased a lot lately.

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"Girl, the chief eunuch has sent me to inform you that you will be in Guangdong in half an hour, and then the girl can go ashore with the chief eunuch and the envoys of various countries." Granny Meng smiled and pushed the door and said to Zhining. From that day, after Zhining explained her origin, this Granny Meng was assigned by Zheng Dajian to change the medicine for Zhining. Xu knew that this was the eunuch's honored guest, and the old woman's attitude towards Zhining immediately changed, and Zhining had to sigh in private.

"Granny Meng, shouldn't you go to the old capital and then return to Beijing, why did you come to Guangdong?" Zhi Ning said curiously when he heard this.

"Girl, don't you know, there are nearly 100 barbarian envoys and several barbarian lords on this ship, according to the old practice of returning the ship in previous years, it is to make a detour from Jilong Island along the road to show the vastness of my Ming Dynasty to shock the hearts of these subject countries, but this year I don't know how to spare it, only came straight to this Guangdong region, I think the eunuch is also homesick, so he has taken a little less way, hey, what am I saying about this, the girl is going to prepare faster, the eunuch is still waiting for the girl."

"Oh, good." Zhi Ning coped with it with her mouth, but her hand movements were not slow, at this moment she was almost well, but her body was still a little weak. What made her strange was that the emperor's approval had not yet been replied to? How did you come from this Guangdong?

With doubts, Zhi Ning had to follow Granny Meng's guidance and walk in the direction of the shipboard.

On the side of the board, Eunuch Zheng was waiting for her to pass with a smile, only to see a group of people of different heights and clothes standing behind him at this moment, but their foreheads were wide and tall and slightly raised, and their eyebrows were either blue-eyed green or blue-eyed. The skin on his body is also white and black. Zhi Ning looked at it, and the hundreds of people who didn't dare to laugh and tremble and still had these curious eyes looking around were actually some people from the so-called Fanbang at that time. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty at this time had so many foreigners come to pay tribute. Looking at their cautious appearance at the moment, I am afraid that they are already very afraid of the Ming Dynasty, and it turns out that I can still witness this magnificent scene. Although Zhi Ning is a woman, she suddenly raised a little pride in her chest. It turned out that the back that was slightly arched was also held high.

Eunuch Zheng, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but smile when he saw her somewhat energetic appearance at this time: although this little girl grew up on that dark island, she also has a bit of backbone, she can hide on the island as a woman for several months, and she can escape, if she can correct it in the future, she may also be a good seedling. Thinking of this, Eunuch Zheng couldn't help but smile.

"Eunuch, I will arrive in Guangdong in half a tea time, and my subordinates have sent someone to report in a small boat half a day ago, why hasn't this Abu envoy sent someone to greet him." Zhou Bao said slightly angrily on the side.

"Don't worry, Brother Ai has been my friend for many years, and he will not delay these small things, unless he ......."

"Eunuch be careful." The guards behind Zheng Dajian suddenly shouted, and immediately pounced forward, only to see a gray feather sword shoot out of nowhere and shoot in the direction of Zheng Dajian.

The sound of the arrow piercing the flesh was heard, and at the last moment, the soldier who was the first to shout flew forward and blocked the arrow with his back. But the arrow had already gone more than halfway into his back, and he was no longer alive.

"There are assassins." The ship's guards shouted. The monarchs and envoys of various countries suddenly made a mess.

"Don't mess around, raise your shield to protect your lord and the envoys of various countries." Zhou Bao shouted.

As they were about to reach the shore, several of the escort ships in front of them had been diverted to flanks, and the main ship was now exposed.

The guards around him were also startled by this dark arrow at first, but most of the guards on Zheng Dajian's ship were guards who had fought with him in Ceylon, Guli, and Sumatra.

As they were about to reach the shore, several of the escort ships in front of them had been diverted to flanks, and the main ship was now exposed. Under the behemoth's eyelids, a small boat-like boat was revealed.

"Look, sir." Zhou Bao, who was surrounded by four guards with shields, suddenly pointed forward.

Zhi Ning followed Zheng Dajian's side, but he was also tightly covered, and the two looked in the direction of Zhou Bao's finger, only to see that a fire had been lit on the coast not far ahead, and the fire rose along the wind for a while. Dozens of ships docked on the shore, and from inside, sword-wielding samurai with bare tops and pigtails on their heads shouted and rushed towards the shore.

It was a coincidence.

"Knock this little wooden boat over for me first."