The amnesty decree was true. Let Lu Kang take the ship aboard, just to let Lu Kang act on his own, pretending to unintentionally expose the amnesty order to the people around Wang Zhi.
Wang Chang is the most suitable candidate.
Lu Jing sneered in his heart; "Now, let's see if you still go with this lord?"
…
Wang Zhi, who had just lay down, was called out by Wang Chuan. He and Ye Zongman looked at each other after hearing Wang Chuan's return.
Ye Zongman frowned and looked at Wang Chang and said, "Are you sure you can see clearly?"
Wang Chang looked at the man who had parted ways with his adoptive father with a little dissatisfaction, and coldly snorted, "I'm not blind!"
Ye Zongman didn't take Wang Chang's lack of respect to his heart, but Wang Zhi shouted in dissatisfaction: "Don't be presumptuous to your uncle!"
Seeing the unswerving expression of his foster father, Wang Chuan hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to show his rude expression to Ye Zongman again.
"Can you confirm that the seal is true?" Ye Zongman asked again with a solemn expression.
"That's still fake!" Wang Chuan said, seeing Wang Zhi's expression sullen again, and he hurriedly replied respectfully to Ye Zongman: "The communication between foster father and Hu Zongxian has always been in charge of me. I have seen that The seal is definitely true."
"Could it be... really a deliberate invitation?" Ye Zongman was also a little undecided.
"It's getting late today, let's go to bed first!" Wang Zhi suddenly said, "Look at the situation tomorrow."
Ye Zongman and Wang Chang left one after another.
When the room was empty, Wang straightened his mouth and smiled.
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The next day, Lu Kang and Xia Zhenglai resigned to Wang Zhi.
Lu Gang said straight to Wang: "Do you think the owner of the ship clearly?"
Wang looked directly at Lu Gang's eyes. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Master Lu, the commander-in-chief, come here personally. Wang is really flattered."
"If the shipowner Wang is willing to return to the court and go ashore with the official, how much less trouble can there be in the southeast coast? The visit of the official is worth it." Lu Gang said upright.
With a move in Wang Zhi's heart, he squeezed his hands under the cloak, and finally made up his mind!
Ye Zongman, who hadn't shown up, listened and watched in the back room, and suddenly a trace of doubt flashed in his heart.
This doubt came for no reason, but it fell in Ye Zongman's heart, and he couldn't get rid of it.
Then Ye Zongman realized that something was wrong.
If the imperial court was willing to pay the official title of the governor, even promised to allow Wang Zhi to be in charge of Daming maritime trade affairs in the name of the Ming official... This is equivalent to giving Wang Zhi a warrant, which can be smuggled with integrity!
Since such a price is willing to pay... why did Lu Kang never come up with the pardon order.
Ye Zongman also knew that his reason for suspicion was reluctant, but he couldn't help but think so.
…
Just when Wang Zhi made up his mind and was about to say yes, a voice came and interrupted his words: "If you go ashore, you can!"
Ye Zongman, who has been unwilling to expose, strode out from the back room and said loudly, "But you have to send an official to be a hostage on the ship!"
Lu Gang originally saw that Wang Zhi was about to agree. He just showed a slight smile. After hearing Ye Zongman's words, the smile disappeared before it bloomed. Lu Gang's face was only green.
"Humph." Lu Jing snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and turned around, strode away.
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"You." Wang Zhi looked at Ye Zongman in surprise, and said, "What are you doing?"
"..." Seeing Lu Jiang and others leave so decisively, Ye Zongman even more sure of his own conjectures.
Ye Zongman repeated his thoughts, and then said: "Until the end, he didn't mention the pardon..."
"You let them take an official hostage!" Wang Chang couldn't help raising his voice: "That's the Ming court, the most powerful country in the world! It's not a **** green forest, let alone a pirate! How could they be possible? Hand over the officials as hostages! What a face!"
"He can show the pardon!" Ye Zongman said stubbornly.
"You have said such things, he doesn't want to pardon me even if he has a pardon order!" Wang Zhi also said with some dissatisfaction: "Do you think they will offer to pardon me after you say that they will be taken hostage?"
"..." Ye Zongman was speechless, and finally groaned: "Well, I am troubled! But, isn't this also for the sake of insurance? If they really are willing to take an official hostage, wouldn't we be more assured? "
Knowing that this was the brother's concern, Wang Zhi couldn't say anything against him. Thinking about it, it was true. They are willing to promise so many benefits, why are they not willing to directly issue an amnesty
They are gone anyway... Then look again!
Wang Zhi sighed in his heart, looking at the coastline, he was a little silly.
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"What! Hostage!" Hu Zongxian heard Lu Boring's words, angrily fell a blue and white porcelain tea bowl: "It's too presumptuous! It's a slap in the face!"
The lid of the tea bowl was firm, and it was still spinning on the ground, making a "crawling" sound.
Zhang Mo on the side was not so angry, but laughed.
"What are you laughing at!" Hu Zongxian said angrily.
Zhang Mo was not the imperial court commander, but the Ming official took hostage, and he didn't lose face. Of course he didn't care, and...
Zhang Mo smiled and said, "Didn't you realize that we have opened the gap?"
"What do you mean?" Hu Zongxian frowned.
"Before he didn't go ashore, he had been using various excuses to delay, but this time, he made a request." Zhu Liu understood Zhang Mo's meaning and couldn't help but laugh.
After hearing Zhu Liu's explanation, Hu Zongxian also came over, his brows stretched slowly, and he actually smiled slightly: "Wonderful! Wonderful! It's true!"
"As long as he puts forward the conditions, it means that he is shaken." Zhang Mo continued to shake the fan and smiled: "Before we had always thought of letting him go ashore, but now it is him who proposes how we are going, he will go ashore... He accepts the move. As long as he accepts the move, we have the hope of deceiving him!"
"Then give him a hostage." Hu Zongxian actually agreed first: "But, who are we sending?"
"We don't really want to negotiate with Wang Zhi..." Zhang Mo thought for a while and said: "When we take Wang Zhi, the pirate on the ship knows that he has been deceived, that person... must be fatal."
"Yes..." Hu Zongxian murmured, "Who is it to send?"
"This person must be of sufficient level and must satisfy Wang Zhi's appetite at one time." Zhang Mo thought as he said, "Otherwise, I am afraid that Wang Zhi will ask for a bigger official again, and then we will join the two."
"Moreover, this person has to be familiar with Wang Zhi, otherwise who knows if he would suspect that we have made a fool of him?" Zhu Liu also said.
Hu Zongxian thought. Hearing what they said, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hesitated, "I came up with a personal choice..."
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Hu Zongxian called Xia Zheng, the commander who had been in contact with Wang Zhi as a representative, over.
This is the person chosen by the three of them and feels most suitable.
Xia Zheng has always been in charge of contacting Wang Zhi, and as a commander, his level is sufficient.
The three exchanged glances at Xia Zheng.
Xia Zheng was a little uneasy, wondering what the three adults asked him to do. If you are inquiring about Wang Zhi-related matters, or if you have something to do, you need to go to Wang Zhi... This is just a normal business that you are responsible for, so why look at yourself with such strange eyes.
Could it be...!
What Xia Zheng thought of, the expression on his original nervousness actually calmed down: "My lord has called the next official... Is it going to be a hostage?"
Before Hu Zongxian, Zhu Liu, and Zhang Mo called Xia Zhenglai, they had actually discussed it.
They know that if they want to hide from Xia Zheng, I'm afraid they can't hide it, so it's better to spread it out, knowing the reason and moving with affection...
However, he didn't expect that Xia Zheng was so calm and told the intentions of the three of them.
"Not bad." Zhang Mo also said calmly: "It's true..."
Just when Zhang Mo was about to take the lead in persuading Xia Zheng with reason and emotion, Xia Zheng actually took the initiative to speak: "The lower officials are willing."
"I'm afraid you don't know..." Hu Zongxian thought that Xia Zheng expressed his willingness to go so frankly because he didn't know that the peace talks were just a scam, just to make Wang go ashore. He didn't think he would be a hostage in the past. When the negotiations were over, he would just You can come back without knowing... If you go, you won't be able to come back. Therefore, Hu Zongxian believed that Xia Zheng agreed in one fell swoop, just to appeal to his superiors.
Hu Zongxian, Zhu Liu, and Zhang Mo have also discussed this point. Although this can be hidden from Xia Zheng, it will have some impact in the end. Xia Zheng understands a lot of inside information. If he suddenly knows that he will die, will it be out of the question? Speak out what shouldn't be said? I'm afraid this is hard to say.
Therefore, it is best not to hide it from him.
But if you keep it secret, Xia Zheng is unwilling to do this
This is a problem for the three of them. After thinking about it for a long time, they all felt that no choice was safe.
Finally, I simply called Xia Zheng to see the situation.
Unexpectedly, Xia Zheng solved the problem by himself.
Looking at the flashing expressions of the three adults, Xia Zheng took the lead and said, "This recruitment... is fake, right?"
"You... know?" Hu Zongxian was a little strange.
"Yeah..." Xia Zheng nodded and said: "The army gathers, the lower officials can see some clues."
"You said you are willing to go." Zhu Liu suddenly said: "You know you can't come back if you go, why are you still willing to go."
"My lord, do you know how many people died in the hands of pirates and Japanese pirates in these provinces in the southeast of Ming Dynasty?" Xia Zheng asked calmly, "My lord knows how many ruined families have died? How many soldiers died in bloody battles with pirates and Japanese pirates? ?"
Zhu Liu looked at Xia Zheng, and Xia Zheng also looked directly into Zhu Liu's eyes, and continued: "The lower officials know it, and the lower officials see too much, so the lower officials are willing to go."
"..." Zhu Liu showed a rare serious expression. He wanted to know what he was thinking about this little commander who took the initiative to die and was astute and clever.