Zheng He roared in a low voice, but in the empty cell, he fell into an eerie silence.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at him quietly.

"Mr. Jiang!" Zheng He's tone was low: "Will the future Ming really burn all the shipbuilding drawings, abandon the huge fleet that has been built so hard, and then finally completely block himself inland and insulate himself from the sea?" ”

Zheng He's gaze was a little hopeful, he really hoped that Jiang Xinghuo was lying to him all this, and this future that was too cruel for him would not happen.

It is Zheng He's lifelong wish to let Daming go to the ocean and explore the ocean, how can he bear to put it in vain?

What's more, not long ago, Jiang Xinghuo also told him that he would definitely lead the mighty fleet of the Ming Dynasty to the ocean near Mecca in the future.

Zheng He clearly remembers how happy he was that night.

But now, Jiang Xinghuo cruelly continued to predict his future, a future that can be called a two-level reversal.

- The Ming fleet led by him will stop at the east coast of Africa, and then use all the efforts of seven times in his life to go to the West, and in a hundred years will be reduced to rotten wood that no one cares about and ashes that have long been lost in the drawing library.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, in the future I foreseeed, this is the case. ”

"Although, too, I hope that the future I see doesn't happen like this, but there's nothing I can do."

Zheng He's eyes darkened, since he knew about this situation, he digested his emotions at this time, but he didn't feel too disappointed, but asked, "Mr. Jiang, will there be other futures?" ”

"I can't see it." Jiang Xinghuo still shook his head, "I can only predict the future based on the present, if the present does not change, then the future will not change In addition, I can't predict my own future, let alone grasp the future of other people who can't see it now." ”

"At least for now, I can't even see your future, so I can't promise you anything." Jiang Xinghuo said sincerely.

Zheng He understood the subtext of Jiang Xinghuo's words, and in Zheng He's understanding, that is to say, Jiang Xinghuo, as an immortal, is not omniscient and omnipotent. Jiang Xinghuo can't predict his own future, and he can't predict the future of some people.

But Rao is so, this terrifying ability to predict the future, coupled with Jiang Xinghuo's perspective standing high above the long river of history, and his knowledge that obviously does not belong to this world, is enough to make anyone feel intimidated.

This is not an immortal, who else can be called an immortal?

Of course, for Jiang Xinghuo, it is wrong to be wrong, and to follow the way of thinking that these Ming Dynasty people think that he is an immortal, so that they can misunderstand that they are the real immortals, and it is also Jiang Xinghuo's plan to explain the rationality of his actions.

After all, a lot of his knowledge and prophetic abilities, if there is no reasonable explanation, will make people immediately full of doubts when they hear it.

But in this era of feudal superstition, if you press the identity of the immortal on your body, most of your peculiarities can be explained.

And if the other party is really Zheng He, then this confidant of Emperor Yongle will definitely spread the words of his identity as an immortal to Emperor Yongle's ears.

Zheng He didn't know Jiang Xinghuo's plan here, but his mind turned around a thousand times, and he fell into the same trouble as Zhu Gaoxu at the beginning.

Mr. Jiang, do you know his identity?

And whether he wants to confess his identity?

is different from Zhu Gaoxu, who is an iron man, Zhu Gaoxu's motive for hiding his identity is not to accept anyone's orders, but because Zhu Gaochu at the beginning, first, he wanted to confess his identity after listening to the rest of the course, and second, he wanted to confess before but hesitated and hesitated to confess in the end.

But Zheng He is different!

Zheng He didn't want to go to prison himself, but the emperor arranged for him to take over Li Jinglong's lectures, because he was afraid that Zhu Gaoxu would not be able to comprehend the essence of some things, so he let him in.

Therefore, Zheng He must consider whether it will affect the emperor's grand plan if he reveals his identity (Zheng He does not know that Zhu Gaoxu has revealed his identity).

After all, Zheng He can have today's power and status, and the trust given by the emperor is indispensable.

If he exposes his identity in advance and spoils the emperor's major affairs, then it will be a great loss to Zheng and himself.

But even so, the balance in Zheng He's heart still began to slowly tilt in the direction of "confession", and the end of "concealment" began to rise higher and higher.

After all, to put it bluntly, there is only one class at the moment, if the emperor plans to worship Jiang Xinghuo as a national teacher, then he confesses his identity to Jiang Xinghuo in advance, as long as he hides it from the emperor, it will not have much impact.

Although concealing this matter from the emperor once exposed, it may still cause a major stain on Zheng He's future and status.

But Zheng He can't care so much about it now.

This means that in Zheng He's heart at this time, there is nothing more important than saving his lifelong dream.

Zheng He was desperate to know which answer to answer.

And only Jiang Xinghuo can give him an answer.

Besides, Zheng He still has a guess, that is, does Jiang Xinghuo really not know his identity?

Zheng He thinks it may not be.

On the contrary, Zheng He thinks that there is a great possibility that the identity he is desperately hiding has long been exposed under Jiang Xinghuo's perceptive gaze.

Otherwise, how to explain that the first time he asked Jiang Xinghuo if he could make a pilgrimage to Mecca, Jiang Xinghuo definitely pointed out that "Zheng He will arrive in Mecca once when he goes to the West"?

Therefore, since the balance in his heart has been inclined to "confess", and Zheng He feels that he is very likely to have been recognized by Jiang Xinghuo.

At this time, Jiang Xinghuo's words "I can't even see your future, so I can't give you any promises", in Zheng He's ears, it became.

- If you don't confess your identity, I won't tell you.

Therefore, even if Zheng He now has the task assigned by the emperor, if he has to confess his identity before he can further talk to Jiang Xinghuo, Zheng He feels that he must also confess at this time.

Only in this way can Zheng He have the opportunity to see his own different future, otherwise, I am afraid that Zheng He will be destined to be trapped in this nightmare of disillusionment for a long, long time, and it will be difficult to sleep and eat.

"Mr. Jiang really can't see any other future for this matter?" Zheng He struggled inwardly and asked one last unrelenting question.

Jiang Xinghuo sighed: "It's not something I can give you an answer to. ”

When Zheng He heard this, he immediately fell silent.

After a long time, he slowly stood up and bowed: "Please forgive me for offending, there has always been one thing in the next place, hiding it from Mr. Jiang." ”

"Say it."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded slightly.

Zheng He's posture was very low.

After all, he also knew that an immortal like Jiang Xinghuo, who only existed in legends, had amazing abilities and was extremely mysterious, and since Jiang Xinghuo gave him this opportunity to confess his identity, Zheng He made up his mind to firmly grasp it.

"Mr. Jiang"

Zheng He slowly opened his mouth and spit out the story that had been brewing in his heart for a long time, word by word.

"At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, there was a family surnamed Ma, the head of the family, was a man with a burly figure and a strong personality who refused to be in vain, but he was good at doing good deeds and doing chivalrous deeds, and he would definitely help people who were poor and widowed.

Moreover, he once traveled thousands of miles to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, so he was revered by the local people who believed in the Great Food Law as 'Ha', which means pilgrim.

This man has two sons, the eldest son is called Ma Wenming, and the younger son is called Ma Sanbao. ”

Hearing the beginning, Jiang Xinghuo already understood that the man in front of him was Zheng He.

And Zheng He is telling his story to Jiang Xinghuo.

Jiang Xinghuo did not interrupt and chose to continue to listen quietly.

Although, in the face of this famous figure in history, Jiang Xinghuo's mood is inevitably complicated at this time.

"At that time, Yunnan was the remnant of the Yuan Dynasty, and the king of Liang ruled the territory ruled by the Zaravar secret soldiers. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the world had already been pacified, and Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, in order to eliminate the last Yuan Dynasty force entrenched in Yunnan, sent Fu Youde and Lan Yu, two generals, to lead an army of 300,000 to launch the Battle of Pingyunnan. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Xinghuo's eyes flickered, and he seemed to listen attentively with interest.

Zheng He continued: "That night, a man surnamed Ma with a few guards, wanted to protect King Liang from the palace, just fled out of the city to Dianchi, was surrounded by the Ming army, and finally died, and the King of Liang put Zaraval secret soldiers, and finally chose to go to Dianchi to commit suicide. ”

And his two young sons, as the sons of criminal generals, were captured by the Ming army, and Fu Youde, the chief general of the Ming army, asked the two children a question, one person needs to stand up and answer, and if the answer is correct, they can all live; If you get it wrong, they'll all die. ”

"Fu Youde asked: Is King Liang's suicide a heroic end like Xiang Yu's self-slaughter, or is it a cowardly act of the cowardly rats?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Zheng He, as if he saw the young child back then, surrounded by the stubborn Ming army, making a difficult choice, who would answer Fu Youde's question, and how to answer it?

Zheng He said in a difficult voice: "The child named Ma Sanbao stood up and replied: King Liang's suicide is not comparable to Xiang Yu, nor is it a cowardly move, but as soon as the Great Tomorrow soldiers arrive, he knows that he can't continue to resist. ”

General Fu Youde was silent for a moment, then laughed out loud and pardoned the death penalty of the sons of the two criminals.

"Yet." Zheng He's expression was a little depressed, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable." ”

"Ma Sanbao was punished by castration, worked as a show boy in the army, and later entered the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and not long after, at the age of fourteen, he was selected to the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping."

Zheng He described the tragic first half of his life, obviously his fate was so troubled, but his voice did not fluctuate much, as if he was calmly telling other people's stories.

But Jiang Xinghuo knows what it means for a boy to lose his father in a short period of time and his family is broken, and then he is castrated.

(End of chapter)