Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 602 Camp Change

   That night, the wind was high.

  Xu Jing was too sleepy, so he fell asleep early.

   But when it was time to go, suddenly, there was a harsh noise outside.

  Xu Jing got up in shock, and only had time to put on his clothes and shoes, when he saw a group of sailors rushing into the tent!

  Obviously something was wrong at this point of time, Xu Jing gave them a hard look.

  The sailors seemed to be afraid, and looked at Xu Jing in fear, and some even showed shame.

   "Ambassador..." All the sailors fell to their knees.

   "What's the matter!" Xu Jing said sharply, showing his majesty.

"Ambassador...we...we want to go home!" Someone said with difficulty: "we...we can't move on anymore, when will we go back home, in this vast ocean, the humble people can't stand it for a day , please let the envoy order the fleet to return, seeing that we have no credit but hard work."

   "I beg you to be humble."

   "Yes, the envoy..."

   Camp change!

  An idea popped up in Xu Jing's mind.

  He knew very well that if it wasn't for the fact that he and the soldiers shared weal and woe, these soldiers admired him, and they would have been killed by a knife.

  Xu Jing's face was livid, even so, this was unacceptable to him, he shouted: "Whose idea?"

   Everyone was silent.

  Xu Jingdao: "Is it Yang Xiong?"

  Everyone shook their heads hurriedly: "Commander Yang doesn't know about it."

  Xu Jing sneered and said: "You guys want to go back to your hometown, so why don't I want to go back to my hometown? But at this point, can I still go back?"

  Everyone said: "Just an order from the ambassador!"

  Xu Jing said viciously: "I would rather die than give this order!"

   Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, everyone hesitates.

  The emotion of returning home has driven them crazy. They can't hold on to this sea for a day!

Then some people beat their chests and wailed, and some people gritted their teeth and said: "Ambassador, we are also human beings. We came here with the ambassador and have not failed the court. Which one of us didn't pick up half our lives? Which one didn't suffer so much? The ambassador said that we went to find the kingdom of God for the righteousness of our family and country, but who has pity on us and who cares about us? Are we destined to be sacrificed for the righteousness of our country? Ambassador, you forgot, your heart is thinking about the court, We are the common people, but why are we not the common people? We want to live, even if we die, we don’t want to die thousands of miles away. Our bones should be buried beside our ancestors, not here.”

The man burst into tears, and continued: "We all admire the ambassador. The ambassador is a good person. If we are the people of Ming Dynasty, seeing the ambassador Yang Fan goes to sea, we know that the ambassador is for the well-being of the people, but we are different. We don't have such an ambassador. We only want food and clothing, we only want to have parents, wives and children, and barely have enough to eat. We have suffered the hardships that we deserved. One of the two fellow villagers who came with me died. Another one has a high fever. The ambassador said that he wanted to find the Kingdom of God, but we all know about the Kingdom of God. It won’t take a year or so before we can’t get there. We are not horses, but we are also human beings. Please have mercy on the Ambassador.”

  These words made Xu Jing speechless for a while.

  He didn't even dare to look at these people who rushed into the tent and cried loudly. They were the same as himself, sallow, emaciated, skinny, and all of them looked like walking dead.

After a long silence, Xu Jing clenched his fists and said: "This life is very bitter, but we have come to this step, we have come to this step... we have come to this step..." His eyes burst out. Tears came, and he continued: "The teacher ordered me to benefit the common people. I have tried my best to do it, and now I have come to this point. Could it be... just returning without success like this? Then our previous voyages, the hardships we have suffered in the past , what is the point of all the suffering we have suffered?"

  He beat a makeshift stone table in the tent desperately, until his hands were dripping with blood.

  The sailors just prostrated themselves on the ground and cried together.

   "Let's hold on for a while, and hold on for a while, you should believe me, you should believe me, I am Xu Jing... I am Xu Jing..."

  Xu Jing's hair was disheveled, and under the burning candlelight, his face was terrifying: "I, Xu Jing, will take you home, and I will definitely take you home. Tuesday, what do you think? Do you believe me?"

  The sailor named Tuesday just lay on the ground and cried bitterly, not daring to agree.

   "Liu Hu, you said, you are the helmsman, you are different from others, you come and tell them how I brought you back.",

  But there was no response, Xu Jing backed away unconsciously, he was also desperate, his face was full of exhaustion.

  He suddenly wanted to pull out his imperial sword, cut off a few heads at the order of the emperor, and then read the ambassador's order to continue going south.

  But...how could he bear it, these people all came here with him through thick and thin.

   What's more, even so, are the rest of the people really willing to obey? Are you willing to accompany yourself to the ends of the earth?

  His lips pursed, his body trembled, and he thought of his mentor, his teacher's earnest teachings, he dared not forget a single word, Xiangxi, Xiangxi...

  Suddenly, he also sat on the ground slumped, and said with difficulty: "Give me the order..."

   "Who dares to take a step back!"

  But at this time, outside the big tent, a group of men and horses came out, fighting with open flames. The leader was holding a steel knife in his hand, full of murderous aura.

   It was Zhou La who took the lead.

  The brothers of the Zhang family cleverly stood behind Zhou La.

   Originally roasting mice secretly in the middle of the night, but in the middle of the meal, they heard that the camp had changed, and the Zhang family brothers went crazy, so they came in a hurry with a group of trusted family members.

"who are you?"

  Seeing that there was no danger, Zhang Heling pulled Zhou La behind him, looked at the person in the tent with contempt, and said, "Imperial decree!"

  Decree...

  Xu Jing and others were all shocked.

   "Everyone knelt down to accept the decree. This is His Majesty's secret decree. I am Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, with the secret decree in my private cabin on the 'Little Zhu Xiucai Bad Guy'. Whoever dares to make a mistake, I will do it immediately!"

  The sailors were all terrified. They never expected such an accident to happen.

   But immediately, they found that Zhang Heling didn't bring many people, so they were relieved.

  Zhang Heling quickly read out the decree, and then said viciously: "Do you understand? Your Majesty ordered the fleet to arrive at the Golden Continent. Anyone who dares to back down will be punished."

  So the sailors looked at Zhang Heling hesitantly one by one.

"Of course." Zhang Heling walked two steps with his hands behind his back, and said again: "I am a relative of the emperor, the son of the emperor, and my brother-in-law, but the few of us are hiding on the boat, do you think it is just to urge you to go to Huangjinzhou? We have such precious bodies, who wants to stay with you dirty and smelly guys? Take such a risk?"

   "Heh..." Among the sailors, someone sneered and said, "This place is thousands of miles away from Daming, and I don't care if the Heavenly King is here, so what do they do... kill them, and I'll figure out a way..."

  Zhang Yanling was taken aback, holding his head, and wanted to run away, but was immediately grabbed by Zhang Heling and pulled back.

Looking at this hopeless brother, Zhang Heling really wanted to kick him to death, then he looked at the sailors coldly, bared his teeth and said, "Okay, come and try to kill me, but you idiots, at this point, Do you still want to go back?"

go back? Even if Zhang Heling died here, he didn't want to go back.

  Everyone is here, how much hardship I have suffered in the past six months.

Of course, this bit of suffering is really nothing. After all, on this ship, food and drink are provided by the imperial court. The food is a bit difficult to swallow. There is no delicious porridge, nor does it taste like potatoes. Zhang Heling has become thinner, but in his heart Still hopeful.

  Yes, hope!

He yelled: "Before coming, Your Majesty has ordered you not to find the Kingdom of God, and you will kill your parents, wives and children. That is to say, even if you go back now, you will end up dead, and your family will be burdened instead. Hehe , you can't think of it?"

   All the sailors looked at Zhang Heling in fear, showing disbelief.

  Zhang Heling squinted his eyes and said coldly: "You don't believe it? If you don't believe it, let's see if this edict is true or not."

   Immediately, he threw the imperial decree on a military officer. The military officer hurriedly took a closer look at the imperial decree, but couldn't see a clue.

Zhang Heling looked at them contemptuously and said: "I am a dignified relative of the country, the emperor's brother-in-law, the emperor's Shouning Marquis, who traveled thousands of miles, with a sacred mandate, to ride the wind and waves with you to come here, do you think I am here to eat rice?" ?”

  Everyone looked up, puzzled.

  Zhang Heling slapped Zhang Yanling on the shoulder, and said sharply: "I am here to find the legendary treasure! Jinshan, who of you has heard of Jinshan?"

The panic-stricken sailors, in fact, had already turned pale. Once they heard that if they could not find the Kingdom of God, they would die, and they would all be punished. However, they saw that this person came with an imperial decree. After all, ordinary people, who would dare to forge it? Imperial decree, although everyone doesn't recognize Shou Ninghou, but this person's posture and tone all have the aura of being superior and superior to them.

  Everyone listened anxiously to the word Jinshan.

  Finally someone asked: "Please tell me!"

  If Zhang Heling hadn't been hungry for two days and hadn't eaten the freshly roasted mouse, with his usual fiery temper, he would have kicked the **** sailor away!

Zhang Heling mentioned Jinshan again, but his eyes were shining: "Jinshan is a land full of gold. The mountains there are made of gold, which is inexhaustible and inexhaustible. Who can get there, just say it." Well, starting from you, to your children and grandchildren, and even thousands of generations, there will be inexhaustible glory and wealth, and if you eat a hundred bowls of porridge for one meal, you can eat it for five thousand years and you will not be able to eat it all!"

  The sailors are a little confused, porridge...it seems a bit troublesome to use it as a unit of measurement!

   One hundred bowls per meal, three hundred meals a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, one hundred thousand bowls a year, five thousand years...

  ...

  The cold is not completely healed. I was too tired and sleepy last night, so I fell asleep. Thank you for understanding Tiger these days. Yes, continue to ask for votes, but is there any more?

  (end of this chapter)