Unlike Ye Cheng's heart, Zheng He did not show a strange expression when he saw the scene in front of him, but this scene was so familiar to him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info think about the time, when he was still a teenager, he was forcibly conscripted into the army to resist Lan Yu and Fu Youde's army, and after the fiasco, the Yuan army was strong and cleared, and looted the village where they were, and the angry Lan Yu led the army to burn their hometown to the ground, and Zheng He, who had become a prisoner at that time, witnessed the scene, which was very similar to what he was looking at.

This is war. Zheng He could only comfort himself like this, he was now very worried about the whereabouts of Ji Tianming and the others, but what worried him even more was where Chen Zuyi had gone.

But in the dark, it seems that the heavens don't want him to wait too long.

Not far from the Yingbao Palace, the soldiers who were busy searching and extinguishing the fire found two people by the well when they were fetching water, one was sitting at the mouth of the well, and the other was lying. The man lying on the ground appeared to be badly wounded, wrapped in a blood-soaked cloth, and the man who sat was torn in tatters, apparently from which the wrapped cloth had been torn from his body.

After hearing the soldier's announcement, Ye Cheng and Zheng He both rushed over, and looked at the two people in front of them, Ye Cheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Zheng He didn't know these two people, so he turned around and asked, "Ye Shaoxia, do you know these two?"

Ye Cheng nodded: "I recognize, the person who was lying on the ground and injured was Chen Zuyi, the owner of the Three Buddhas Island, and the young man sitting next to him was his righteous son Chen Zongyuan, who took us into this Cangming City by him at the beginning of landing on the island." ”

"It turns out that this is the thief leader Chen Zuyi!" These days, he has trekked through mountains and rivers, sailed thousands of miles, and was surrounded by fine planning every day and almost died, all in order to subdue this Chen Zuyi on Sanfo Island, and now Chen Zuyi is lying in front of him, everything has finally come to an end, Zheng He can't hold back his excitement.

However, Ye Cheng's concern was no worse than Zheng He's, seeing that Zheng He's body was trembling slightly, Ye Cheng hurriedly stepped forward, he first glanced at Chen Zuyi, who was already dying, and then looked at Chen Zongyuan, which surprised Ye Cheng even more.

I saw Chen Zongyuan leaning against the wellhead, his eyes had long lost the agility of the first meeting, replaced by dull eyes and a stiff face.

Ye Chengsi said: "Is this Chen Zongyuan frightened by the siege battle? But he is not such a casual teenager, it seems that he must ask the truth." ”

Thinking of this, Ye Cheng asked in a low voice, "Brother Zongyuan, are you injured?"

Chen Zongyuan's eyes seemed to be looking at everyone, but he didn't seem to have heard Ye Cheng's words at all.

Ye Cheng knew that Chen Zongyuan was in a bit of a trance now, and he repeated what he had just said in the same tone.

Chen Zongyuan still didn't speak.

When Zheng He saw this scene, he commanded loudly: "Come on, the bandit leader Chen Zuyi has been captured, his injuries are not light, carry him to the barracks for healing, don't let him die." The general soldier wanted to take him back to meet Emperor Chengzu and let him accept the punishment of the Great Ming Law to set an example. ”

As soon as the words fell, the four guards beside him rushed up to carry Chen Zuyi away, and at this time, Chen Zongyuan suddenly stood up like crazy and shouted, "What are you going to do!"

His voice startled the guards, and they drew their knives in their hands, ignoring Chen Zuyi on the ground, and surrounded Chen Zongyuan first.

Ye Cheng's doubts in his heart had not been resolved at this time, and he was afraid that the guards would hurt Chen Zongyuan, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "A few people are slow, let me Ye Cheng ask a few more questions." ”

The guards glanced at Zheng He, Zheng He nodded, and then the guards slowly returned their knives to their sheaths and slowly took a few steps back.

Ye Chenggong arched his hand, and then walked into Chen Zongyuan and said, "Brother Zongyuan, do you still recognize me?"

Chen Zongyuan looked at Ye Cheng carefully for the first time, and then nodded, and his mood seemed to be stable.

Ye Cheng smiled and said, "Brother Zongyuan, why are you here? Have you ever seen Miss Zhong Qing and General Ji Tianming and others?"

"Dead...... Dead, all dead......" Chen Zongyuan muttered.

Hearing this, Ye Cheng's heart couldn't help sinking, and he said in his heart: "Isn't it that Wang Ce's thief didn't lie to me?

But Ye Cheng didn't see Zhong Qing's people, so he didn't want to give up no matter what, so he continued to ask: "Dead? Who died? Before we left, there was only one dead person in Yingbao Palace, that is, Chen Zuyi, who was lying here now, but why didn't he die?"

Chen Zongyuan smiled and said, "Yes, you're right, he's not dead, but I really hope he's dead." If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have killed my real parents, he raised me just to take advantage of me, and that's always been the case. Chen Zongyuan pointed to Chen Zuyi, who was lying on the ground, still breathing.

Ye Cheng knew that he was about to guide Chen Zongyuan to tell the ins and outs of the whole thing, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot, but he tried his best to avoid irritating Chen Zongyuan, so he asked: "Brother Zongyuan, your biological parents have been found? Who are they? Why did you say that you killed them?"

Chen Zongyuan raised his eyes and looked at Ye Cheng, and said, "Aren't my biological parents exactly what you brought to the island?" Now that I think about it, I finally understand why they were so excited at the beginning, and why I have a strange feeling in my heart, it turns out that they are really my biological parents, but it's a pity that I, who was a son, killed my parents with my own hands. ”

"Are you talking about Hu Sanxiao and Hua Niang?" Although Ye Cheng had already expected it, he was still a little surprised when he really said it from Chen Zongyuan's mouth.

Chen Zongyuan looked at Ye Cheng with his eyes, and slowly told how he met Chen Zuyi who pretended to be dead in the mourning hall, how Chen Zuyi instigated him to hide in the coffin, and how he killed Hu Sanxiao and Hua Niang when he went to the burial place.

"I thought all this was true, he said that you wanted to invade the Three Buddhas Island and kill us all, so when I killed my parents with my own hands, I naively thought that I had finally made a great contribution to the Three Buddhas Island and my father-in-law. I didn't expect that I was not a hero at all, but a complete sinner. Chen Zongyuan laughed at himself.

Ye Cheng couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, although Hu Sanxiao could not be regarded as a good person, the bitterness in his heart was by no means understandable to others. Over the years, in the face of crazy wives, Hu Sanxiao has been able to never abandon and always accompany him, how many such husbands are there in the world? So Ye Cheng has never looked down on Hu Sanxiao, on the contrary, he has deep sympathy for him, and is deeply impressed by his affection, but why God has such an arrangement in the dark is really too unfair to him.

Ye Cheng didn't want to blame Chen Zongyuan, after all, who would be more sad and self-reproachful than a person who lost his parents because of his own reasons?

Ye Cheng walked closer and gently patted Chen Zongyuan's shoulder, but Chen Zongyuan finally couldn't help his grief and cried loudly.

Ye Cheng stood quietly beside him like this, seeing him with tears streaming down his face, like a brother. Ye Cheng didn't comfort anymore, because what Chen Zongyuan needed at this moment was not comfort, but release. He could finally be released, and Ye Cheng knew that this was the best for him.

After Chen Zongyuan's sad voice stopped slightly, Ye Chengcai continued to ask softly: "Brother Zongyuan, although Chen Zuyi is not your biological father, he is also your father-in-law after all, why is he so vicious and has to arrange for you to do the assassination?"

Zheng He had been listening quietly, and Ye Cheng's question was exactly what he was wondering about.

Chen Zongyuan sneered: "If it weren't for the fact that he was also assassinated by Wang Ce and Liu Huai'e, I'm afraid I would never have been able to know the sinister in his heart." The reason why he arranged for me to go was because he wanted to see a son kill his parents with his own hands, such a cruel thing is not a human tragedy in his opinion, but a very wonderful play, in this regard, he and Wang Ce and Liu Huai'e are all the same. ”

Looking at Chen Zuyi, who was lying on the ground at the moment, although his face was bloodless because of excessive bleeding, he could still see the temperament of a scholar, and it was hard to imagine that under such a face was a rotten heart.

"Why didn't you kill him?" Ye Cheng asked.

Chen Zongyuan smiled bitterly: "That's a good question, in fact, I have been thinking about this question since he was assassinated by Wang Ce. Finally I figured it out, because I'm a coward, a coward through and through. The assassination of my biological parents was just a moment of courage, and when I had no faith that could motivate me, I was a person whose hands trembled even when I held a knife, so it was clear that the initiator of the murder of my parents was in front of me, but I just couldn't do it, you say, am I a useless person?"

Ye Cheng didn't answer Chen Zongyuan's question, but asked, "Then what do you want to do with him?"

Chen Zongyuan said: "Take him away, he is not dead yet, let him suffer the punishment he should bear, and tell the world about his crimes!"

Ye Cheng looked back at Zheng He, Zheng He nodded and said, "Then why did you stop me from taking this culprit away just now?"

"Because you haven't agreed to a request from me. Chen Zongyuan said slowly.

"What requirements?" Zheng He asked.

"From now on, I will watch him all the time, he should be put to death, but I will be a witness, and only in this way can I comfort the spirits of my parents in heaven a little, and relieve me of my heavy sin. Chen Zongyuan said.

"You can rest assured that his crimes will be tried, and that's not something you should be thinking about right now. Zheng He said.

"Then what should I consider?" Chen Zongyuan looked at Zheng He and asked with a slight puzzlement.

"Consider your own crimes. Zheng He said slowly.