The heavy rainstorm covers the Naha Port with masts and masts. The magnificent Shuri Castle in the past was also eclipsed by this common storm in the Pacific, as if it was about to disappear into the power of the world.

In such bad weather, a team of guards like chickens surrounded by several sedan chairs that were blown to the east and west, and walked along the Yu Road in a difficult direction toward the northeast of Shuri Castle in the wind and rain.

Fortunately, the destination was not far away. After struggling for a mile, they came outside a circular palace surrounded by high stone walls.

The sedan chair stopped in front of a vermilion arch outside the palace gate. This arch is similar to the torii of Japanese Shinto, and is a symbol of distinguishing the divine residences in which gods live and the secular world where humans live. It reminds visitors that after entering this arch, they enter the divine realm, and all behaviors should be paid special attention to afterwards.

Therefore, the nobles in the sedan chair also got out of the sedan chair and walked through the Red Archway in the rain.

The servants quickly put on rain ponchos on them, supported several old men, stumbled along the temple road to the vermilion gate, and knocked on the door knocker.

After a long time, a female voice rang out from the door: "Who is buckled against the door in the rain?"

"My ministers Shang Zongxian, Shang Hongde, Zheng Zhaozuo and others are extremely urgent and ask for the Lord!" An old voice shouted with all his might, and the panic in the shouting could be clearly heard.

The two princes, Shang Zongxian, monk Hong De, were the younger brothers of King Shangyuan, Zhongshan. They also served as regents. Zheng Zhaozuo was the three officials, and the three were the auxiliary princes who were responsible for the capital during the reign of Prince Shangyuan.

The three giants came together in the rain, and the maids in the door did not dare to be negligent. In a moment, the palace gate slowly opened. The maids in the straw raincoat welcomed everyone in.

The spacious courtyard is covered with white stones symbolizing purity, and above the high stone platform is a gorgeous palace. A flash of lightning struck the roof of the hall, illuminating the plaque "Smelling the Great Lord's Palace" clearly.

The state religion of Zhongshan Kingdom is Shintoism. Because the founding god of Ryukyu is a goddess, in Ryukyu Shinto, only a holy woman can serve as a woman who can communicate with the god of heaven.

The supreme leader of the temples in various places is the Great Lord Wende who lives here. As the "sister god" who protects the king, she issued orders in the name of the incarnation of the king's hand-mo God in the world. She is the spiritual leader of Zhongshan Kingdom and one of the two poles in the **** system.

This is the cousin of King Shang Yuan. He lived in seclusion on weekdays and was very low-key. The ministers never set foot in this sacred place. Today, when they come together in the rain, something big will happen. Therefore, after hearing that the Lord was informed, they went straight to the side palace to meet guests.

Shang Zongxian, Shang Hongde, Zheng Zhaozuo and others were sitting in the hall trembling, not knowing whether it was cold or scared.

Suddenly, the door of the palace was open, and four girls were escorting a beautiful woman with long hair like a waterfall and wearing a white girl's long skirt. She looked extraordinary and unrestrained, and she seemed like a goddess descending to earth.

"Welcome to the Lord." Everyone leaned over to worship. Although two of them were her cousins ​​in terms of blood relationship, since the day they took office, she was the spokesperson of God on earth, and even the king had to worship.

"Please get up, all the elders." He heard the Great Lord walked straight to his throne and knelt down to the south. I wish the girls to lay down her long skirt smoothly and then stand solemnly beside her.

"What happened that made you so anxious?" In fact, this is the Great Lord who is not old and is at most in his early twenties, but with the blessing of the holy aura, her words and actions are filled with a soothing divine nature.

"Master, something is wrong!" Her cousin Shang Zongxian in the secular world stood up and said anxiously: "The King has been kidnapped!"

"What?" Hearing that the Lord could not calm down, two thick and dark eyebrows jumped and said, "Are you a traitor who was defeated by the Dashima?"

"No, it was surrounded by the fleet of the Jiangnan Group during the triumph." Shang Zongxian said tremblingly: "The king could not bear to meet with the Tianchao soldiers, so he took the initiative to go to the other party's ship to get the safety of his ministers and soldiers."

"Brother Wang..." Hearing the Great Lord was moved and sad when he heard this, he asked with red eyes: "Why did the Celestial Empire suddenly attack the vassal state that had been obedient for two hundred years? Where did we mess with the Celestial Empire?"

Obviously, she was staying in this Imperial Palace and knew very little about what was happening outside.

"This..." Shang Zongxian glanced at Zheng Zhaozuo and said, "Let's ask Zheng Qinfang to say it."

"Qianfang" is the second only to the royal family in Ryukyu. Zheng Zheng Zhaozuo angrily told the previous incident to the great king.

Naturally, he said it from him, and what he described to Weng Shouxiang was a different person. He said that it was because his son Zheng Cheng, who was in charge of Naba Port impartially enforced the law and found signs of Weng Shouxiang's son Weng Jisong colluding with pirates and smuggling. He was looking for evidence, but he was discovered by Weng Jisong and was furious to lure Japanese pirates into Naba Port, burned the fleet of the Ming Jiangnan Group, snatched a large number of goods, and killed dozens of people.

"Everyone knows this, I don't believe the Lord, please ask the two princes!" In order to prove that he was not spreading rumors, Zheng Zhaozuo also brought the two royal families to testify.

"Oh, did the king arrest Weng Jisong?" Hearing that the king just didn't interfere in politics, but was not a fool, he immediately asked the point.

"Uh, no." Zheng Zhaozuo was stunned and hurriedly explained: "That was because the king considered that Weng Shouxiang was in charge of military supplies and food, and was about to fight in person at that time and was unwilling to become a elbow, so he temporarily suppressed the matter and said that he would make a decision after the triumph."

"Your Majesty has indeed said this." Shang Hongde, who had been silent, said depressedly: "I thought it would be okay to answer for a while based on the close relationship between our country and the Celestial Empire. I didn't expect that the Jiangnan Group was so domineering! In fact, it severely damaged our three thousand royal army, and seized the king and a group of princes, and only asked Mei Shimang to come back to report the news!"

The one who kneeled at the last place was Mei Shimang, the eye-ear officer who was responsible for contacting the Ming people. He quickly repeated what happened in Amami Bay.

After hearing this, the Great Lord finally understood why these princes were afraid of being like this. Compared to the king being captured and the king's army was severely damaged, what scared them even more was the crushing strength shown by the Jiangnan Group.

All the elite combat powers of Zhongshan Kingdom were brutally massacred without resistance. So what else could Ryukyu resist these terrible invaders?

He heard that the Great Lord was calm and asked, "Then... can the King be safe now?"

"Then Mr. Zhao did not make things difficult for the king, and asked the doctor to treat him." Mei Shimang replied: "But all the princes and the soldiers of the royal palace were transported to the north by them. I heard that they were going to dig sulfur, but it should be fine for the time being."

After a pause, he trembled again: "But Weng Shouxiang was thrown directly into the sea to feed the sharks..."

A lightning bolt illuminated the outside of the hall as bright as day, and then a thunder blew up above my head. I heard the Lord shivered, and I don’t know if it was scared by the thunder or the scene described by Mei Shimang.

"As a decent official, then Mr. Zhao was thrown into the sea?" Weng Jisong was the head of the Weng family, the head of the five major families in Zhongshan Kingdom. He was naturally familiar with him when he heard about it.

"They said he committed suicide because he was afraid of his crime." Mei Shimang said angrily: "I'm lying to the ghost! The cowards like Weng Qinfang don't have the courage to commit suicide!"

"Yes." Everyone nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.

"Devil..." The Great Lord clenched his pink fists and commented on Mr. Zhao in this way. "What request did the devil make when you let you back?"

"I only let the villain come back to report the news, and no requests were made." Mei Shimang said: "But before leaving, Mr. Zhao said that the great master and Zheng Qin Fang were very wise, so he must know what to do."

"Then Mr. Zhao, do you still know me?" After hearing this, the Lord pointed at him, not knowing whether it was joy or sorrow.

"He has people from the Ryukyu Trading Station, so he naturally knows it." Mei Shimang said, holding back his eyes and looking at Zheng Zhaozuo.

The two princes were not so cautious, and they couldn't help but look at Zheng Qinfang with questioning eyes. Even if the king went to the north and the two regents were there, the Ming Dynasty people skipped them and directly looked for Zheng Qinfang, which inevitably made people think a lot.

The Zheng family is a descendant of the Fujian family and has always regarded themselves as the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Hui even asked the shopkeeper Tang Da of Jiangnan Trading. It is difficult to tell whether this matter was colluding with them.

Zheng Zhaozuo sat there expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to everyone's questioning eyes.

Zheng Hui, behind him, wanted to argue, but his father stopped him with his eyes.

After a moment of suffocation, the Great Master broke the silence and said, "Since that's the case, then Zheng Qinfang will talk about it."

"Yes." Zheng Zhaozuo said without distraction: "For the sake of the present, we must first agree on whether to fight or to reconcile."

"Can Zheng Qin be Yu Shaobao, the one who came from Tumu Fort?" The younger Shang Hongde asked teasingly.

"Of course I don't deserve Yu Shaobao to carry his shoes. But the king's capital has been resisting the Japanese for many years, with north and south forts and strong cities to defend, so he dare not give up easily!" Zheng Zhaozuo rushed back with a tough stern face.

"What should I do if the king?" asked after hearing the king frowned.

There was another silence in the hall, and no one dared to speak. After the Tumu Fort Incident, the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty appointed another emperor's brother, King Hui, as the emperor, and then started fighting after changing the emperor.

Otherwise, if your monarch is in the hands of others, he will even fart?

Everyone secretly looked at the Great Lord Wen. It was not the Queen Mother, but the young goddess who could establish a new king in Ryukyu.

She just heard her say decisively: "We must welcome the king back, this is the most important thing!"

"Abide by the order!" All the princes and princes breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the great king would establish a new king and resist to the death.

Now that Shuri City's elite troops are all destroyed, how can they withstand it?

Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty often had it, but Yu Qian did not often!

He heard the Lord saw everyone's relief expression in his eyes and asked expressionlessly: "What about peace talks?"

"The other party has already offered conditions." Then Zheng Zhaozuo replied in a deep voice: "Find out the truth, make compensation, make thorough rectifications, and agree to their troops in Ryukyu."

He paused and said, "But now that the king and all the lords are in each other's hands, their appetite will definitely be bigger, but it's all right to follow these four ideas, it's just going further."
Chapter completed!