Although Chongzhen released Zheng Hongkui, the merits of Hao Shaoqi's three generals, including the battle of Fuzhou, a martial arts master of the Wuyue Sword Sect, have all made military achievements, and these merits cannot be erased at all.

Whoever is whomever belongs to whomever should be credited, and whatever merit should be recorded. In terms of meritorious deeds, Chongzhen knows this very well in his heart, and he can't let his soldiers chill.

The three generals Hao Shaoqi, Yuan Zongdi and Li Laiheng knelt down and thanked him.

When they left the palace, although the three generals were rewarded, credited, and praised by the emperor and in person, this was definitely a matter of extreme honor and glory.

But Hao Shaoqi still muttered endlessly, thinking that the emperor should not just let Zheng Hongkui go, it's a pity. Zheng Hongkui is a pirate, that is, Zheng Zhilong's second, it is easy to let go, and it will be troublesome to catch it again.

Hao Shaoqi is a big old man, straight-hearted, and likes to say whatever he has in his heart. When he followed Li Zicheng at the beginning, he was the same. Once because of his dissatisfaction with Li Zicheng, Hao Shaoqi also took away a team of people and left Li Zicheng for a period of time.

The country is easy to change, but the temperament is difficult to change. Now Hao Shaoqi has returned to Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and he is still in this temper.

Yuan Zongdi and Li Laiheng were much stronger than him, and they knew Hao Shaoqi's problem and hurriedly persuaded him.

"The emperor is strategizing, and there is naturally a reason to release people, so we can just do what the courtiers do, and it's inappropriate to talk too much."

"Yes, Uncle Shaoqi, what Uncle Yuan said is right, don't complain anymore. Hurry back to the camp, there is still a lot going on in the camp."

Hao Shaoqi had no choice but to give up, and the three of them flew back to their camp with more than a dozen guards......

When Zheng Hongkui and Hao Shaoqi left the palace, Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen next to him, and Wang Chengen's big white face had an expression of wanting to say something.

Chongzhen said: "If Wang Daban has something to say, he will say it directly, and there is no need to hide it."

"Master, the old slave can't hide anything from you, that is, forgive the old slave for talking too much." Wang Chengen bowed his body, paused when he said this, and said, "Just let Zheng Hongkui go, will it be to let the tiger return to the mountain?"

Chongzhen knew that he was going to say this, and said with a smile indifferently: "Actually, I didn't expect him to be able to persuade his brother Zheng Zhilong, but this person has a good official reputation, and he has been the deputy chief soldier of Dengzhou and the chief soldier of Zhenjiang. In their Zheng family, this is a rare talent, and they are loyal to the Ming court. This time, it was bewitched and implicated by Ma Shiying and others that he went astray. I just wanted to spare his life, and I didn't expect much from him."

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty truly loves the Bodhisattva's heart, Zheng Hongkui and their ancestors have to thank the emperor for several generations." Wang Chengen complimented.

"Yes, this person will be able to change his mind and realize his lost way. It's just that Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui are different after all, and their brothers will turn their faces one day. It's not just their brothers, Zheng Zhilong and their father and son will also turn against each other, Wang Daban, you just wait and see the good show." Chongzhen said with a mysterious smile.

Seeing that what Chongzhen said was in his chest, and it was extremely strange, Wang Chengen couldn't help nodding, wondering in his heart, is what the master said true?

Thinking about it again, the master has great powers, and he is like a god, there will definitely be no fake, if this is the case, the emperor will really put Zheng Hongkui right. Let their brothers, father and son turn against each other, and it is also ingenious for them to plan like this.

Outside the city of Fuzhou, on the bank of the Min River more than ten miles away, there was a person.

This person is none other than Zheng Hongkui, who has just been released by Chongzhen.

At this time, Zheng Hongkui's heart had changed, and he thanked the Emperor Ming in his heart, he had already made up his mind to die, and cutting off his head was the lightest.

As early as when Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty conquered the Yangtze River in the south, he followed Ma Shiying to confront the Ming court, and Zheng Hongkui was defeated in the first battle of Zhenjiang and fled.

That's when he knew it was a path of no return.

Now that two years have passed, I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of the Ming court again. How dare he hope to survive?

But Chongzhen let him go in a few words.

This used to be the emperor he had been loyal to for many years, and it was really the dragon's eyes and the emperor's grace.

Zheng Hongkui looked at the surging river, his heart fluctuated, and his thoughts rolled.

The emperor said well, their Zheng family has really bathed in the emperor's grace for many years, he and his brother Zheng Zhilong were mixed from pirates to the position of deputy chief soldier and chief soldier, eldest brother Zheng Zhilong, as well as his brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, including himself, including their generals Shi Daxuan, Shi Tianfu and Shi Lang, Feng Chengshi, etc., none of these pirates were punished, and all of them became officials, his nephew Zheng Chenggong went to the capital to study, so thinking about it, it is indeed the emperor's grace, they should not oppose the Ming court.

Instead, he should swear to repay the emperor's kindness, which is the way to serve the ministers.

The reason why he Zheng Hongkui came to this point was because he was implicated by Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and later had to follow the rebellious minister and thief Ma Shiying, and it was reasonable for Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty to say that they were bewitched by Ma Shiying.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty has not exhausted its qi, and the three hundred years of the country are orthodox.

And Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen is genuine, and with such close contact with Chongzhen, of course he can distinguish that Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty is not a demon of the Demon Sect, let alone a puppet supported by the Manchu Dynasty, these are all nonsense to deceive himself.

Thinking of this, Zheng Hongkui looked up at the distant sea frontier and sighed, "Big brother, we have all been fooled......

stood by the river for a long time, and then Zheng Hongkui walked away......