Chapter 64 There are islands in the South China Sea
When Ye Cheng was still in a drowsy state, he vaguely seemed to hear the sound of someone walking and talking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info When Ye Cheng opened his eyes to look, he saw that the thin twilight was shining through the window, and it turned out to be dawn.
Ye Cheng put on his clothes and pushed open the door, but saw that the officers and soldiers outside were carrying various items in an orderly manner, including some daily sundries and burlap bags containing grain and grass.
"Ye Shaoxia, are you awake? Master Zheng asked me to wait here, saying not to disturb your rest, and to invite you to the shore to discuss matters when you wake up. ”
Ye Cheng turned his head to look and saw a person dressed as a lieutenant standing there respectfully.
"Are you about to leave? won't be delayed because of me?" Ye Cheng blamed himself a little for sleeping for so long.
The deputy general bowed down and said: "Don't worry, Shaoxia, Lord Zheng has ordered, saying when Ye Shaoxia will get up and when will we leave." ”
"Let more than 20,000 soldiers wait for me Ye Cheng alone?" Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask.
The adjutant smiled slightly: "Please, Ye Shaoxia." Miss Zhong and the others had already arrived at the shore first. ”
Ye Cheng hurriedly tidied up his clothes, walked to the shore with the adjutant, and when he arrived at the shore, he found dozens of people standing there, among which Zheng He, Zhong Qing, Huo Ran and others were in the ranks.
"Is Ye Shaoxia resting?" Zheng He saw Ye Cheng coming, and asked first without waiting for him to speak.
Ye Cheng arched his hand and smiled: "I'm really ashamed to let Lord Zheng and you wait for a long time." ”
Zhong Qing smiled again at this time: "Yes, Brother Ye, you are really a big lazy worm, how did you become the same as Qing'er, you see that even I got up earlier than you this time." ”
Ye Cheng suddenly felt quite embarrassed, but at this time, he heard another woman's voice say: "Ye Shaoxia must be too tired, so he will sleep longer." ”
Ye Cheng looked at the voice, and saw a woman wearing a green dress, a butterfly hairpin on her head, sideburns like clouds, and a face like a pink peach, it was Wei Rou.
"Miss Wei, are you here too?" Ye Cheng greeted with a smile.
"Yes, yes, seeing that you didn't come, people were so anxious to wait, I asked you three times just now. Zhong Qing, who was on the side, pouted and said.
Wei Rou's cheeks were crimson by Zhong Qing's words, and she lowered her head embarrassedly. Ye Cheng hurriedly looked at Zhong Qing, Zhong Qing turned his head, but he didn't see anything.
Zheng He smiled and said, "The army is about to start, I don't know if you are ready?"
Ye Chengdao: "Because of the reason below, I have been working for a long time, but now I just listen to the orders of the adults." ”
Zheng He said hello, and then ordered several lieutenants around him, including Ji Tianming, to quickly give orders and prepare to board the ship. As a matter of fact, Zheng He's army was strictly disciplined and had already been ready to go, and as soon as he received the order, he had already assembled in less than a light of tea and boarded the ship in an orderly manner, leaving only 2,000 military academies on Chongming Island as a garrison.
Ye Cheng, Zhong Qing, Huo Ran, Hu Sanxiao, and Hua Niang boarded the bow of the ship, but they heard the rumbling drum at the stern, and then the drums also sounded on the adjacent battleships. In an instant, it felt like the earth was shaking, and the waves on the sea seemed to be attracted by the sound of drums, constantly pounding the hull of the ship, and under the clear sky, the birds fluttered their wings and flew high, as if they were also frightened by the deafening sound of the drums.
Immediately afterwards, the anchors were raised by the sailors, and Ding Yong, who was next to the two rows of giant oars, shouted a strong trumpet under the leadership of the team leader, majestic and neat. At the sound of trumpets and drums, one after another battleships set sail, slowly turned their bows, and sailed towards the vast sea.
Hua Niang was shocked by this loud sound, and she was a little seasick, so Hu Sanxiao accompanied her into the cabin, Huo Ran looked into the distance leisurely, took out the flute, and blew it quietly. Wei Rou sat down leaning against a pillar and looked thoughtfully at the sky. And Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing stood at the bow of the boat hand in hand, looking at the blue waves, and their hearts seemed to open up.
"Brother Ye, do you know? When I was a child, I heard my mother say that on the sea, which is far away from us, there are many fairy mountains, and there will be many immortals living on the mountains. Zhong Qing said to Ye Cheng while enjoying the sea breeze, looking into the distance.
"Qing'er, if you really have that kind of life, would you like to go there?" Ye Cheng said with a smile.
"It depends on whether you are there or not, what is the point if it is just me, if I live for so long for a lifetime, wouldn't I have to be lonely for so long for a lifetime?" Zhong Qing said stupidly.
Ye Cheng couldn't help but hug Zhong Qing and said gently: "If your words are heard by those immortals in the Immortal Mountain, maybe they will come to envy me as a stupid boy." ”
"You're not stupid, I'm actually the stupid person. Zhong Qing said.
"Why?" Ye Cheng was puzzled.
"If you don't follow your good father, you will have to follow you everywhere, and you have to worry about it every day, what are you saying I'm not a fool?" Zhong Qing sighed slightly.
Ye Cheng felt Zhong Qing's breath like an orchid, and couldn't help but be intoxicated, kissed Zhong Qing lightly on the cheek, and said: "Qing'er, if one day, we also find a fairy mountain, just the two of us, away from the hustle and bustle, how about being a pair of happy little immortals?"
Zhong Qing smiled and nodded, of course he knew in his heart that what Ye Cheng said was so ethereal, but for some reason he was so yearning for it.
At this time, a melodious song came along the sea breeze, so touching but also full of desolation. Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing looked back and saw that it was Huo Ran's flute playing. Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but think that if the man in front of him was not covered with scars, he should also be a chic and graceful handsome.
"Enter my lovesick door, know that I am lovesick, Sauvignon Blanc is long, and Sauvignon Blanc is infinite. I knew it was so stumbling, how could I not know each other at the beginning. ”
Huo Ran put down the flute and chanted to the sky, Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing carefully recalled Huo Ran's poems, as if they felt the past hidden in his heart, and at the same time touched the heartstrings in the hearts of the two of them.
Ye Cheng waited until Huo Ran finished singing, walked closer and said, "General Huo, in fact, you didn't have to go to sea with me to adventure anymore, you have done too much for me and my mother." ”
Huo Ran smiled sadly and said, "Ye Gongzi, I'm not for you, just a lonely ghost like me, where can I go?"
Ye Cheng suddenly felt a tingling pain in his heart, so he held Huo Ran's hand and said, "General Huo, when we find Chen Zuyi and rescue those children, I will go to find Senior Dai, the Holy Hand Divine Doctor, to help you heal your appearance." ”
Huo Ran shook his head and didn't speak again, but turned around and left, still whispering the poem just now: "Enter my lovesick door, know that I am lovesick, long-term lovesickness, long-term lovesickness, short-term lovesickness is infinite......"
Zhong Qing saw Ye Cheng standing there in a daze, so he stepped forward and held Ye Cheng's hand, but Ye Cheng looked at Huo Ran's departing back, and his heart was infinitely desolate.
"Ye Shaoxia, I'm looking for you everywhere, it turns out that you are here, the ship is not as good as the land, can you still adapt?"
Seeing that it was Zheng He who came, Ye Cheng hurriedly stabilized his mind, smiled at Zheng He and arched his hand: "Lord Zheng is busy with military affairs, Ye Cheng is all right, so there is no need to worry about it." ”
Zheng He nodded, then looked at Zhong Qing, and then at Ye Cheng, who seemed to want to speak and stopped.
Zhong Qing was clever, and immediately understood that Zheng He had something to say to Ye Cheng alone, so he smiled and said, "Brother Ye, someone wants to talk to you, I haven't taken a good look around this cabin, let's come back to you later." ”
Ye Cheng still wanted to ask, but saw that Zhong Qing had already left quickly. Seeing this, Zheng He smiled slightly and said: "I really envy Ye Shaoxia, not to mention the young talent, and the drunken Taibai Luli, one of the six heroes in the rivers and lakes, is the teacher, and this beautiful Qing'er girl is accompanied by her, life is like this, what more can the husband ask for." ”
Ye Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Lord Zheng smiled, Ye Cheng is so virtuous and capable, it's just their love." ”
Zheng He laughed, walked to the side of the boat and looked at the railing, as if he was quite concerned.
Ye Cheng also saw that Zheng He seemed to have something to say to him, so he also walked over, put his hands on the fence and said, "Does Lord Zheng have something to say to you?"
Zheng He nodded and said, "Miss Shicai Zhong is here, it's a little inconvenient to talk about it, can Ye Shaoxia know Zheng's identity?"
Ye Cheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Lord Zheng is the chief soldier of the imperial court, and he already knows about it." ”
Zheng He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The Imperial History of the General Army is just a false name, in fact, my real identity Zheng He is a eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau." ”
Ye Cheng couldn't help but be taken aback as soon as this remark came out, he had been wandering in the rivers and lakes before, he had only heard of eunuchs and eunuchs, and now there was really a eunuch standing in front of him, and this eunuch was still the commander of Fang Xuan the day before, Zheng He, who was not afraid of the enemy and had the demeanor of a general, was really difficult for him to accept for a while.
"It's hard to believe, but I'm telling you because sooner or later you'll know that whoever it is, it's something that can never be changed. Zheng He said with a smile.
"But Lord Zheng, with your intelligence, why did you enter the palace and become a eunuch?" Ye Cheng said puzzledly.
Zheng He sighed and said: "Actually, I didn't have the surname Zheng, but the surname Ma Minghe, nicknamed Sanbao, my family and I have lived in Kunyang, Yunnan for generations. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty rebelled again in Yunnan, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the general Lan Yu and Fu Youde to command the army of 300,000 to pacify Yunnan. ”
Ye Cheng listened quietly on the side, he really couldn't believe that the Lord Zheng in front of him, who was dressed in brocade and jade and had a slightly fat body, still had such a painful life experience, and Zheng He's next experience surprised Ye Cheng even more.