In the face of life and death, everyone will be afraid, and the body will instinctively produce a survival reaction.

Liu Zhang subconsciously kicked towards the desk, and his whole body fell backwards along with the chair, but the sharp blade hit his neck like the wind.

By the fraction of a second, the sharp blade grazed his neck, picking up a strand of broken hair.

"There are assassins!"

Liu Zhangkan was able to save his life, and immediately exclaimed loudly.

Seeing that the blow failed, the masked assassin jumped over the desk and continued to chase Liu Zhang, who had fallen to the ground.

Liu Zhang looked at the other party's figure and eyes completely unfamiliar, grabbed the cushion on the ground and smashed it at the assassin, and then got up in panic and fled outside the study.

Judging from the eyes of the assassin just now, it was a look that really wanted to take his own life, but he didn't have a grudge against anyone at all!

The Assassins were agile and in hot pursuit.

The new Tubo Mansion is actually just an empty shell, and the emperor's house will not be given to people like the TV series, and the guardian force here is actually the original few courtyards of the Liu family.

After Liu Zhang lived in this big mansion, he did not fill the courtyard and servants to take care of the earl's palace like Wang Hua, but chose to make do with it.

The two chased each other in the winding corridor, the sound of footsteps and wheezing became more and more chaotic, after all, Liu Zhang was just a literati, and soon fell to the ground.

The masked assassin saw Liu Zhang, who had fallen to the ground, as if a tiger had caught up with a white rabbit, and Liu Zhang on the ground was no different from a dead man.

"Who are you? Why did you assassinate this officer? Liu Zhang didn't take his breath up and down, but still shouted without giving up.

The masked assassin hesitated for a moment, and finally asked in a young and slightly sharp voice, "Was Gonggong Zheng killed by you?" ”

"You're a eunuch?" After Liu Zhang heard this characteristic voice, he immediately guessed the identity of the other party.

The masked assassin took a deep breath, and no longer concealed it: "Yes, Gonggong Zheng is my godfather, and today I will avenge him with my own hands!" ”

At the end, his voice became more sharp, obviously wanting to break Liu Zhang's body in front of him into thousands of pieces, and even a little crazy.

"This official recorded very clearly in the logbook that Gonggong Zheng was not accustomed to water and drowned in the sea!" Liu Zhang looked at the young eunuch in front of him who wanted to avenge Zheng Hai, and emphasized in a daze.

The masked assassin became even more excited, and immediately exposed Liu Zhang's lies: "You lie! Before my godfather entered the palace, he was born in a fisherman's family and was water-sensitive. The reason why he has always claimed that he is impassable is because he was unwilling to go into the water to clean up the sludge under the Jinshui Bridge! ”

This......

Liu Zhang didn't expect that there would be such a past, because he always thought that Zheng Hai was indeed impassable.

The masked assassin raised the dagger in his hand and approached Liu Zhang step by step, and the murderous aura at this moment skyrocketed to the peak.

"Wait, this matter is indeed a lie by the official, your godfather actually died of illness!" Liu Zhang felt the threat of death and hurriedly stretched out his hand to explain.

When the masked assassin heard this, his face under the black cloth became hideous and asked, "Even if my godfather is sick, will the two godbrothers who accompanied him also get sick?" ”

Zheng Hai did not go alone on this trip, but accompanied by two young eunuchs, but none of them were able to return to Daming.

"That's it, the official will no longer hide this matter!" As if he had made a major decision, Liu Zhang re-explained: "According to the rules of the imperial court, anyone who goes to sea needs to be vaccinated with cowpox!" Your godfather didn't know why he was delayed that day, and he was very close to the day of sailing in Tianjin, but the cowpox in Tianjin had just been consumed, and he couldn't find the cow with the pox for a while. Because the day of the voyage cannot be delayed, your godfather did not vaccinate against cowpox and chose to sail directly. While crossing the East China Sea, your godfather contracted smallpox from nowhere, and the two young eunuchs accompanying him were also infected by him. At that time, there was a shortage of supplies on board, so your godfather and the three died quickly. The reason why this official reported to the court as a drowning is because he does not want to involve relevant officials in this matter, and your godfather is rarely buried! ”

Although the Ming Dynasty has been promoting cowpox across the country in recent years, the first vaccination of the vaccine in later generations will encounter all kinds of incooperation, not to mention that cowpox cannot meet the 80 million population.

Even though the Ming Dynasty has continued to introduce cultivated cattle from Mongolia and Japan in recent years, there is a relatively high mortality rate for cultivated cattle infected with cowpox, so ordinary people are reluctant to take the initiative to let cultivated cattle be infected with cowpox.

On the one hand, human beings are naturally resistant to the unknown, and many regions actually have doubts about the efficacy of cowpox, and on the other hand, the production of cowpox is destined to be difficult to meet the needs of 80 million people in a few years.

At present, the imperial court mainly strictly grasps the vaccination of all personnel who go to sea, and once it is found that they have not been vaccinated with cowpox, they will go to sea, and they will be punished with disrespect.

On the contrary, Huaxia's policy has always been to govern the people but not to govern power, and who dares to force Zheng Hai, who is ordered to sail in search of treasure seeds, to be vaccinated with cowpox before being allowed to sail?

The reason why Liu Zhang concealed the truth of Zheng Hai's death was actually to protect Zheng Hai's reputation, not because Zheng Hai was in a hurry to sail and was not vaccinated with cowpox.

If you really want to call it true, Zheng Hai died of smallpox overseas because he was not vaccinated with cowpox, where is it worthy of praise, it is obviously disloyal to the imperial court.

If he had cooperated with the imperial decree, he would not have died of smallpox, and he would have been better able to fulfill the important task entrusted to him by the emperor to find the treasure seed.

"What you say is true?" When the Assassin learned the truth, the killing intent on his body gradually dissipated.

If what the other party said is true, then his earlier suspicions will naturally be overturned, and the other party is not only not the murderer of his godfather, but also kind to his godfather.

Combined with the godfather's impatient personality and the fact that he was resistant to vaccinating with cowpox earlier, his godfather was indeed able to do something that would sail without vaccinating cowpox.

Liu Zhang saw that the other party listened to his words, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Tianjin inoculation officer Lord Chen knows about this!" If the old man has the slightest lie, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! ”

It was at this moment that there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and several nurses in the palace finally came with knives.

When they saw the masked assassin, they couldn't help but be stunned.

I thought that Liu's Mansion had become an earl's palace, but no one who didn't open his eyes dared to break into here, and he never thought that he would really encounter a masked assassin.

Just looked at the dagger in the other party's hand, and couldn't help but retreat.

Syllable!

A brick suddenly flew out and smashed right on the masked Assassin's forehead.

Liu Zhang saw that the rescuers had arrived, and after touching the loose bricks on the ground, he also smashed the bricks at the assassin, and at the same time shouted an order: "Assassin, kill him quickly!" ”

At this moment, he doesn't care whether the other party deserves to die or not, only when the other party dies, so that he can exchange his own safety.

The masked assassin didn't expect Liu Zhang to be so ruthless, he reached out and touched his forehead, and found that his hands were covered with blood, and immediately turned around and left towards the established escape route.

"Where to run!"

Several nurses were originally worried that the other party was an outlaw, but when they saw that the other party's head was smashed, and they turned around and fled, they chased after them.

Liu Zhang saw his guardian chasing after the assassin, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he found that there was an extra dagger around his neck at some point.

At this moment, he regretted why he didn't recruit more nurses, this Earl's Court was simply a public toilet.

Liu Zhang found that death was closer to him, but he didn't dare to look back and said: "This official has just made it very clear that Gonggong Zheng died of smallpox infection because he should not be vaccinated with cowpox, and it has nothing to do with this official!" ”

The person behind him seemed to sigh, but when he said three words, Liu Zhang's color immediately changed: "What about Su Can?" ”

On the adventure to the Americas in search of the treasure species, Liu Zhang is the leader of the fleet, while Zheng Hai and Su Can go together as vice-captains.

It's just that when he returned from the American continent this time, only Liu Zhang was the only one, and Zheng Hai and Su Can were not seen.

Although Liu Zhang also reported the cause of death of the two, it is impossible for him to say anything, but it made some people doubt the cause of death of Zheng Hai and Su Can.

Liu Zhang nervously looked at the dagger just an inch away from his neck, and said cautiously: "Aren't Su Can's family members all implicated and beheaded?" You...... Why did you want to find out the cause of Su Can's death? ”

"All I need is the answer, what is the truth of his death, or...... Is there something else going on in this matter? The dagger of the young man behind him was forceful, but he came to his ear and said inducingly.

When Liu Zhang heard the last sentence, he seemed to have figured out something: "You were sent by the emperor, right?" ”

If the young eunuch just now found him because of doubts about the truth of Zheng Hai's death, then it would still be understandable. It's just that Su Can's family is dead, and there are still people who want to seek the truth, and he can think of only the emperor or the intelligence agency to which the emperor belongs.

"Turn your face away!" The young man behind him hesitated, but suddenly spoke.

Liu Zhang turned his face slowly, his pupils contracted suddenly, and his face was full of shock.

What happened on the American continent was like a mystery, and it was hanging over the capital.

It's not that Huaxia really doesn't have the spirit of exploration, it's just that some people and things, once out of control, no one knows how things will evolve in the end.

At that time, Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng also wanted to explore overseas, so Xu Fu took 3,000 boys and girls to the island of Japan, where he took root and even established his own country.

Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Regions for thirteen years, although he was captured by the Xiongnu twice, he did not lose the Han Festival, and finally returned to the Han Dynasty after thousands of blows.

No one knows whether after a group of people go out, they will directly "lose contact" like Xu Fu, or hold on to the Han Festival like Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty.

Now, Liu Zhang, Zheng Hai and Su Can led their troops to the New World, and now only Liu Zhang has returned, what happened to this expedition?

If Zheng Hai was really infected with smallpox and died, then what is the truth about Su Can's death?

The night sky in March is already starry, and this starry sky, which has not been polluted by the atmosphere, is particularly charming.

Throughout the whole city of Beijing, the Forbidden City is naturally the brightest place, and the lights of the imperial palace are mainly concentrated in the harem area, and the Qianqing Palace is naturally the most lit.

Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Under the service of dozens of eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Youzhu came here after some washing and changing into clean regular clothes.

He is now accustomed to today's life, including busy work during the day, leisure time in the Taiye Pool after work, and relaxation back to the harem.

Unlike dealing with official business during the day, the main thing at night is to read the secret reports submitted by the intelligence agencies below, so as to control the dynamics of the country more accurately.

Zhu Youzhu is most concerned about the north now, but there is no important information about the north, and there is no new action, and their side is dispatching troops step by step.

In fact, there is no news, which is already good news.

If a war is to be fought, in fact, it is not possible to fight it if you want to, all kinds of military rations need to be prepared in advance, and ordnance and war horses must be mobilized.

Now that there is no new action in the Yebu Causes, then they will be given enough time to deploy their troops, and when they find an opportunity, they can kill the Causes.

It's just that there is no movement in the north, but there are twists and turns in the southwest.

After finalizing the construction of the Ming-Burma Highway, connecting the Indian Ocean through the Ming-Burma Highway has become a basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a key step to build a direct connection to the Sanyang Dynasty.

Mu Cong, the Duke of Qianguo, has rushed back to Yunnan and is making every effort to promote the proposal of the Ming-Burma Highway.

Bai Guguo didn't come to the capital to make an appointment this time, and this time Mu Cong, the prince of Qianguo, went back to question them, but Bai Guguo seemed to be dedicated to cultivating, but he directly refused the proposal to build the road.

If that's all they want, they even openly said that Bai Gu has no contact with the Central Plains, and it is the wolf's ambition to build the Ming-Burma Highway today! Silkworms and fish, how blank is the founding of the country, 48,000 years old, now with Qin Saitong people, now in peace?

These words are borrowed from the allusions of the silkworm cong and the fish in Shudi, the two countries have always been feudal and autonomous, but after the Qin and Han dynasties were connected, they were classified as the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Now the Ming Dynasty wants to build the Ming-Burma Highway, which is the ambition of the wolf in their eyes in the Baigu Kingdom, so they have torn their faces and opposed the construction of the Ming-Burma Highway.

"It's a white ancient country, toast and don't drink and drink punishment!" Zhu Youji's face turned cold when he saw the information sent from Yunnan, and he was instantly filled with anger by Bai Guguo's attitude.

Niu Mengmeng has grown into a down-and-out beauty, although she is still wearing a set of pale red palace maid clothes, but it is difficult to hide her good figure, and she still has that beautiful baby face.

Her eyes became more and more agile, and she was guarding the light, but she suddenly felt Zhu Youji's anger, and she couldn't help but spit out her cute tongue.

This emperor is actually impeccable, but he is prone to anger lately.

She found Zhu Youzhu looking at her, and at first felt a little scared, but then as if she had realized something, she hurriedly stepped forward to help grind the ancient ink.

Zhu Youzhu did not intend to give up the plan of the Ming-Burma Highway because of this resistance, so he dipped the tip of his pen in ink and commented: "The Military Aircraft Department is discussing the plan of the White Ancient Kingdom!" (End of chapter)