After being pushed out of the cabin, Liang Zhen closed his eyes lightly for a few times before he gradually got used to the surrounding light. Although it was dark, it was very rare to see the firelight compared to the bottom cabin where you couldn't see your fingers.
His eyes slowly swept around, and he quickly got the answer in his heart. This is the lair of the remnants of the previous dynasty, the island hidden in the depths of ghosts that the Dayan court has been searching for for many years.
Three nights ago, he jumped into the sea just before the ship caught fire and sank. He was unlucky enough to be swept away by a wave, and was picked up by this pirate ship that escaped in the chaos, and brought him here. By accident.
The island is very large, but there is a sense of lifelessness and depression. The evil wind is blowing everywhere, and the faintly visible fire is like a will-o'-the-wisp. The houses of the former style are scattered around, with distinct levels. The mansion that looks the most magnificent should be the residence where the lord of the pirates said.
Although it was already night, the shore was full of people kneeling, all of them old and weak, women and children, begging for something to God with tears, when some of the crowd found their boat docked, they shouted With a sound, everyone rushed over in an instant, stopping the people who got off the boat from trying to ask about the whereabouts of their relatives.
The only dozen or so people left on this boat who escaped were also remnants and defeated generals. They couldn't take care of themselves. How could they control them? The leader impatiently asked people to wave away the women and children who stood in front of him, and escorted Liang Zhen to the middle of the island in a hurry. the big house.
The wind and rain outside were miserable, and the mansion was still singing and dancing. It was not until Liang Zhen was escorted in that the sound of drums and music stopped. The young man on the main seat was drunk, leaning over and flirting with the beautiful girl in his arms. , the attendant reminded him twice in his ear, and then he seemed to wake up a little bit, his cloudy eyeballs turned, and his eyes fell on Liang Zhen.
While the other party was looking at himself, Liang Zhen was also looking at the other party. This person should be the rumored lord, the grandson of the last emperor of the previous dynasty. The subordinates will go out to work hard, and he hides on this island, drinking and having fun, drunk and dreaming.
It's a pity that the founding emperor of the previous dynasty was also a man of integrity. Hundreds of years ago, he majesticly repelled the barbarians occupying the Central Plains and created a glorious and prosperous age. It's embarrassing.
The person who escorted Liang Zhen revealed Liang Zhen's identity. The news of their defeat had already been sent back through the pigeons yesterday. At this moment, everyone present heard that he was the one who tricked them into cooperating with the Dayan court. Waking up from a daze, he glared fiercely at Liang Zhen, wishing he could drink his blood and devour his flesh.
"I'll kill you!" Someone had already pulled out his sword, and rushed forward to stab Liang Zhen, but was stopped by a middle-aged man beside him, who was the only one present The one who looked at Qingming calmly looked at Liang Zhen with some scrutiny, but he didn't have the crazy hatred that the others showed.
"What are you doing to stop me?! I'm going to kill this shameless man!" The man with the sword stared wide open, blushing and rudely questioning the man who stood in his way.
The other party said coldly: "What's the hurry, did the lord say he wanted to kill him?"
"If it wasn't for him, how could we lose! If I don't kill him, who will he kill?!"
"This man is still useful. If we kill him, we really have nothing."
"He still has a use for it!"
"Be quiet, what's the noise!" The protagonist on the seat interrupted them impatiently, clutching his head that was aching from a splitting headache, looked around the people present in a daze, and finally waved his hand to signal that Middle-aged man, "You said he is still useful, then you take him to deal with, don't bother me."
So Liang Zhen didn't have time to say a word, and was taken to the dungeon again. Before leaving, he glanced at the middle-aged man with downcast eyes and calm expression, and secretly had a plan in his mind.
At night, Zhu Yunxuan released the peregrine falcon, leaning against the window in a daze, no matter how powerful his peregrine falcon was, it couldn't catch him out of the vast sea, but he still didn't give up, it had been four days , no matter what, in life you have to see people, in death... you have to see corpses.
Min'er has been very good these days, probably knowing that Zhu Yunxuan is in a bad mood, and has been clinging to him without making noise, and now she just made up something she made up and stuffed it into Zhu Yunxuan's hands. : "Give it to Daddy."
Zhu Yunxuan lowered his head, looked at the gadget made of bamboo leaves in his hand, knew that Liang Zhen taught him to make it when he was on the island, and felt sore and astringent for a moment, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and he touched his son's head: "Good boy .”
Gao An came in and reported in a low voice, saying that the Ninth Prince came to see him. Zhu Yunxuan withdrew his mind when he heard the words, and frowned slightly. Zhu Yunqiong was kicked to the waist before, and he lay in bed for half a month before he could get up. After a few days, I was really not in the mood. Since I came back, I haven't asked much about this younger brother, but he came here by himself.
"Tell him to come in, you take the prince inside first."
"promise."
Zhu Yunqiong came in and knelt down on the ground. Seeing this, Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "What are you doing? Get up and talk."
The child shook his head, with a crying tone in his voice: "Brother Emperor, please give me death, I am a sinner, if I die, the world will be peaceful..."
Zhu Yunxuan lowered her gaze: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know," Zhu Yunqiong choked up, "Yesterday, the son of Duke Ding said that it was hard for me to get out of bed. He was afraid that I would feel bored, so he took me to peek at the sword that my father gave to Duke Ding. We went to Dingguo secretly. In their room, Ding Guogong and the others came back later, fearing that the prince would drag me into the cabinet for fear of being discovered. I heard the conversation between Ding Guogong and his wife. Thief, the blood of the remnants of the previous dynasty is flowing on my body. If I don't die, my identity will become a hidden danger to Dayan in the future. Brother Emperor, please give me death, so that you don't have to embarrass yourself... "
Zhu Yunxuan was speechless for a while, unexpectedly they were on guard against those who wanted to approach Zhu Yunqiong, but in the end he eavesdropped on his life experience: "...do you really want to die?"
Zhu Yunqiong lowered her head, stubbornly raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and looked deathly at home: "I am not afraid of death, as long as I can not embarrass the emperor's brother, I will die when I die."
In fact, he can't remember too much of those golden and precious days before he was three years old. He only vaguely knows that his mother and concubine don't love him, and often deliberately make him sick to win his father's favor. When he was in the cold palace, he also overheard those palace people whispering that the throne should belong to him, and that his fifth elder brother robbed him of the throne and gave his mother and concubine to death. He didn't know if it was true or not. It was too illusory for him, and the dead mother and concubine did not leave too deep a mark in his heart. In the cold palace, he had no food or clothing, and the only thing he begged for was a hot meal and a full meal. The emperor's elder brother released him from the cold palace and gave him love, even though he could feel that Zhu Yunxuan had indeed intended to kill him, these six months were the happiest and most satisfying period he had ever lived since he was a child.
But now it's gone, he still has the blood of the remnants of the previous dynasty, even if the emperor's brother is willing to let him go for a while, he doesn't want to put him in a dilemma, the son of Dingguo persuaded him as if he hadn't heard anything, but After thinking about it, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, so he decided to come to Zhu Yunxuan to be honest.
Zhu Yunxuan looked at him deeply, the nine-year-old child hadn't learned to pretend too much, and all his true emotions were displayed on his face, at least for now, this younger brother really admired him wholeheartedly, and was even willing to die for him.
"Forget it, I've never heard of this matter, and you haven't come to tell me about it, so go back."
Zhu Yunqiong raised her head in disbelief: "Brother Emperor..."
Zhu Yunxuan's mind was empty for a moment, and he sighed softly: "I don't want to kill people now, especially those close to me. You are a good boy. As long as you can keep this original intention, I will not kill you, or you If you feel that you will be taken advantage of by others when you go back to the capital, I will give you a throne and a piece of fiefdom. It will be in the south of the Yangtze River. I will choose a richer county for you, which is close to Jingzhou, and the eldest princess will be there. Jingzhou Pension, you will visit her occasionally in the future and accompany her as an old man."
Dayan's vassal kings have no military power, and their fiefdoms are not large. Even if Zhu Yunqiong really has a different heart in the future, it will be difficult to find any trouble in such a conspicuous place in the south of the Yangtze River. Now, Zhu Yunxuan is actually not worried at all.
Zhu Yunqiong burst into tears, staring blankly at Zhu Yunxuan wondering whether he should thank him for accepting his kindness. After a long while, she said, "I know that I am poor and have a bad foundation. It is difficult to have children. I and the emperor brother Guaranteed, I will never stay behind in the future, thank you Brother Emperor."
Zhu Yunxuan thought to himself that this kid is stubborn enough, he waved his hand without saying anything, "I'm tired, you should also get up and go back to rest, this is the end of this matter."
Zhu Yunqiong cried and thanked her, wiped her tears and got up and retreated.
Island dungeon.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Liang Zhen who was closing his eyes and resting his mind suddenly opened his eyes, and the person who appeared in front of him was, as expected, the middle-aged man he had seen yesterday.
The other party sized him up for a moment, turned away from the screen, and asked him in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Liang Zhen said indifferently: "The surname is Xiao Mingnian, and my father Xiao Junbo went to sea to exterminate you more than 20 years ago under the order of Emperor Dayan, and then lived in Nanyang. Didn't you find out clearly a long time ago? Rong Cheng, my father's subordinate, There is collusion with you, since you all know it, why bother to ask again.”
"You know that's not what I'm asking. You only came to Nanyang three years ago. Since you worked hard for the Dayan court, you must be a member of the Dayan court. What is your identity?"
Liang Zhen raised his eyebrows: "You care so much about my identity? Is it possible that you want to use me to threaten the Dayan court? Then you should stop thinking about it. You see, they don't even care about the Emperor Dayan being pushed to the gun. What am I? Identity is useless, or maybe... you actually want to submit to the Dayan court?"
There was a flash of embarrassment in the eyes of the other party, and he said angrily: "You are full of lies, and there is no truth in your mouth. I don't believe you. The one who was pushed to the gun is not from Dayan at all. Emperor, our people and those foreigners have been deceived by you."
Liang Zhen smiled and twitched the corner of his mouth: "It doesn't matter whether you are right or not. If you want to use me, it is nothing more than these two choices. If I threaten the Dayan court, I advise you to forget it. I am just counting." I only returned to Dayan a month ago. This battle was to show my goodwill to the Emperor Dayan, so I had to fight desperately. If you push me out, they will immediately think that I have died at sea, and at most I will be buried in a grave. Yes, you still won’t get anything in the end, if you don’t believe me, you can give it a try.”
Seeing that the other party was staring at him without saying a word, Liang Zhen sneered, and continued: "Those who know the current affairs are Junjie, I think you are a smart person, unlike the other wine bags and rice bags I saw yesterday, so I kindly remind you, you guys There are not many boats left now, right? Apart from those hiding in the lord’s mansion, the island is full of unarmed old and weak women and children. Just you people, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get your things back if you rob them in the future. How long will you last on this isolated island? Why wait for death with the lord who is still drunk and dreaming of death, it is better to submit to Dayan, maybe there is still a way to survive. "
The other party's expression darkened, and he was silent for a while, gritted his teeth and lowered his voice: "My surname is Liu, and the single name is the word "heng."
Liang Zhen nodded indifferently: "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"... If I can send you back, can you guarantee that Emperor Dayan will save my life and give me an official position?"
Tsk, I'm still thinking of being promoted to a noble position, Liang Zhen said: "I can't guarantee it, I said it, I'm just an insignificant person, I'm nothing in the Dayan court, whether I can save my life or even be reused by the Emperor Dayan, it's up to me." Look at your own sincerity."
The other party frowned: "What do you mean?"
Liang Zhen smiled and said: "In my opinion, although you are no longer able to violate the Dayan border, Emperor Dayan still wants to wipe you out, especially your lord, who must die. If you can kill him, After we go back, we will lead the way to wipe out all the remaining evils on the island, and Emperor Dayan may give you a high regard."
"What you said...are you serious?"
"Believe it or not, if you really think I'm a liar full of lies, then it's okay, everyone die together."
After a while, the other party clenched his fist vigorously, turned around and strode away without saying anything.
Liang Zhen lay back on the ground again, smiled and closed his eyes.