"He is a very young boy..." As soon as Deng Ming was mentioned, Zhang Huangyan smiled and told Lu King Zhu Yihai about his experience of getting along with Deng Ming under the city of Nanjing. After talking for half an hour, Zhang Huangyan suddenly woke up and smiled at Zhu Yihai, "I've said a little too much."

"No, it's very good, I like to listen." When Zhang Huangyan talked about the deal between Deng Ming and Lang Tingzuo and others just now, Zhu Yihai was ridiculous and laughed happily: "It's indeed a very interesting young man. Ah, it's better to be a young man, he's really a gold-like age."

Seeing that Zhu Yihai was listening with relish, Zhang Huangyan talked about some interesting stories about Deng Ming. He told Zhu Yihai, a young man, was generous and talked with witty. With his courage, he was simply a perfect subject.

"Listen to your narration of this young life, I remind you of your youth." Zhu Yihai was filled with emotion.

More than a decade ago, King Lu and Zhang Huangyan switched to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The battle situation became more and more critical day by day. The Ming army was defeated repeatedly and the troops were scattered. Under such circumstances, the soldiers were pessimistic and desperate about the prospects, and they were abandoned or surrendered to the Qing army. Even if Zhu Yihai wanted to commit suicide several times, only Zhang Juren was never discouraged. When the situation was the most dangerous, Zhang Huangyan was left beside Zhu Yihai, so Zhang Juren personally served as a boatman and protected Zhu Yihai in a small boat to escape. The two drifted on the sea for several days and nights before they found the opportunity to land and dock and find drinking water. The Ming army in eastern Zhejiang was defeated again and again, and Zhang Huangyan reorganized the volunteer army again and again.

After hearing Zhang Huangyan’s description of Deng Ming’s optimistic spirit, Zhu Yihai couldn’t help but exclaim: “Wen’anzhi is aware of people.”

After hearing Zhu Yihai's comment, Zhang Huangyan was slightly lost and remembered all the strange actions of Zheng Chenggong under the city of Nanjing. Zheng Chenggong had no need to respect one of Wen Anzhi's subordinates. Zhang Huangyan was convinced that Deng Ming was not small, but he could not guess Deng Ming's true identity. Finally, he told himself that this was because Zheng Chenggong was unwilling to be rude to the royal family. Although Zhang Huangyan had seen Zheng Chenggong's attitude towards the children of the royal family before, it was definitely not very awe, but that was many years ago. Zhang Huangyan believed that it might be Zheng Chenggong's reflection on the previous inappropriate points and improved his words and deeds.

However, just by looking at Zheng Chenggong's attitude towards King Lu this time, Zhang Huangyan really couldn't believe that Zheng Chenggong had changed his temper.

"Why did Yanping be so respectful and polite to Deng Ming, and he would be the last general at once? And that map, Deng Ming just drew it casually, Yanping looked very nervous and terrified, and he must 'give' him?" After confirming that Zheng Chenggong was still the same temperament as before, Zhang Huangyan felt suspicious again: "Yanping looked rebellious to Prince Lu, would he be polite and polite to a Yuanzhi clan?"

"I heard that Deng Ming is a royal family. This name is just a pseudonym he gave himself?" Zhu Yihai did not notice that Zhang Huangyan was distracted. There were also rumors about Deng Ming in Xiamen. As the prince's prince, Zhu Yihai would certainly not believe rumors casually. However, he noticed that Jin and Xia's government let this kind of rumors be let go, and even had a default meaning.

Zhu Yihai was not convenient to ask Zheng Chenggong, so he asked Zhang Huangyan: "Is this matter a basis?"

"Weichen has also heard of such rumors." Zhang Huangyan nodded slightly.

"Oh, which team is behind?" Zhu Yihai's interest increased greatly. When he was in the volunteer army in eastern Zhejiang, Zhu Yihai rarely led the way, but gave all the power to Zhang Huangyan and other civil and military departments with confidence. After taking refuge overseas, Zhu Yihai asked himself several times, if he was as brave as himself and Emperor Longwu, could he boost morale and help the army turn defeat into victory? Of course, there is no answer to this question. There is only a few old subordinates who have followed Zhu Yihai for more than ten years. Thinking of those subordinates who held his own flag and finally sacrificed their lives for the country, Zhu Yihai often felt ashamed. Deng Ming's appearance made him excited - if he was really a royal family; but Zhu Yihai felt even more sad - he suspected that if he had acted braver at the time, he could have avoided some defeats.

"I don't know this," Zhang Huangyan replied honestly: "I have guessed that he should be a small clan in the remote branch, otherwise there is no need to conceal his identity."

"So that's it." Zhu Yihai showed some disappointment. If it was just a general in the remote branch, the encouragement effect of the people of the world was certainly not as good as that of the prince's nearby branch.

"I heard that the thief also went to Nanjing?" After a while, Zhu Yihai asked again.

"Yes." Zhang Huangyan nodded again: "I met Duke Lin in the city of Nandu."

"Duke Lin?" Zhu Yihai showed a confused look on his face. After a moment, he still didn't remember: "Who is Duke Lin?"

"A tiger's adopted son - Li Laiheng."

"It turns out to be the descendant of the culprit." Zhu Yihai suddenly realized, and his eyes burst out with anger: "Isn't a tiger Li Guo, Li Chuang's nephew? He once changed his name to Li Jin, and wanted to call himself an emperor like his uncle."

"It's this person. However, Li Laiheng is not a tiger's parent-child, but was caught by a tiger in the army when he was young..." Zhang Huangyan relayed what Deng Ming said to him to Zhu Yihai, saying that Li Laiheng sometimes feels sad about his life experience.

"Recognize the thief as his father." Zhu Yihai disagreed and commented: "Even if he doesn't know his parents, he can't use the surname Li. Since Li Laiheng refused to change his surname, no matter what he said, it was a concealment. He still couldn't forget the kindness of raising a tiger in his heart."

"The king is very good." Zhang Huangyan also felt that Zhu Yihai's statement was reasonable. Li Zicheng forced Chongzhen to death, and the hatred between the king and the father was irreconcilable. Li Laiheng did not draw a clear line with Li Zicheng or Li Guo, but allowed the incense of the Li family to continue, and he could not be called a loyal and filial subject in any case.

"I know Wen Anzhi's difficulties very well, but these bandits are ultimately human-faced and beastly hearts. Just like Sun Kewang, how could they have any kind intentions? Li Dingguo has been a thief since he was ten years old. Although he has not shown any rebellion in the past two years, he is just a good concealment. I dare to say that those who harm the emperor in the future will be such a thief."

"What the king said is very true."

Zhang Huangyan also distrusts the camp and the Xiying. Zhang Juren and Zheng Jiansheng were both scholars of the Ming Dynasty. In their opinion, if it were not for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion, the world would not have been so chaotic.

When Donglin boss Hou Xun suppressed the camp in Henan, he angrily questioned the captured camp soldiers: "Why don't you starve to death at home and come out to make trouble for the court? Do you think that rebellion will not die?"

The same is true for Yang Sichang, who was responsible for suppressing Zhang Xianzhong. He once wrote a poem to ridicule the officers and soldiers of the Xiying, saying that they "don't be a starving mantis if they don't do anything peacefully, and they will be like the mantis." This poem was well received by scholars in the Ming court, and they thought it was right. If the farmers starved to death quietly at home, the scholars would sympathize with them. Now they would die if they refused to let go, and they actually resisted food, taxes, and even rebelled to cause chaos in the court. It was really worth the death.

"Li Dingguo once proposed marriage to Yanping and wanted to become a relative of Yanping." Zhang Huangyan talked about the old story a few years ago.

At that time, in order to improve the relationship between the Xiying and the Ming army in Fujian and Zhejiang, Li Dingguo sent letters to Fujian repeatedly, expressing his desire to marry his daughter to Zheng Chenggong's eldest son to eliminate the hostility of the Ming army in Fujian and Zhejiang to the Ming army in Fujian and Zhejiang to the Ming army in Xiying.

"I have heard of this. At first, Li Dingguo wanted to marry the princess of Yanping for his son, which was ridiculous." King Lu sneered: "Later, he wanted to promise his daughter to Yanping's prince. This was clearly intended to shake Yanping's loyalty to the court. Although Yanping was a bit arrogant, he was very accurate in keeping the ministers' integrity."

Zheng Chenggong refused Li Dingguo's proposal without hesitation. When Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were fighting fiercely with the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's Southeast Ming army remained unmoved and refused to send reinforcements. This certainly caused suspicion of the Yongli court, but also distrust of the three kings of Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

"That Li Laiheng must be a fierce and rude madman, right?" Zhu Yihai asked confidently.

"No, Li Laiheng is quite polite." Zhang Huangyan did not agree with King Lu's words, but instead described Li Laiheng's performance in a realistic manner. As he spoke, a new doubt arose in Zhang Huangyan's heart: "Li Laiheng is also extremely respectful to Deng Ming. When Zheng Chenggong showed respect for Deng Ming, Li Laiheng was not surprised at all, and seemed to take it for granted."

"He appears loyal and deceitful on the outside, and he is like Li Chuang, a tiger." Zhu Yihai became impatient and asserted: "Deng Ming is young, and most of the time he doesn't know what these bandits are. I am worried that he will be harmed by Li Laiheng."

Before I knew it, the topic turned back to Deng Ming. Zhu Yihai and Zhang Huangyan shared the rumors he heard: "Although you just said that Deng Ming was a Yuanzhi, I heard that Deng Ming might be the descendant of King Fu."

"This matter is absolutely impossible. King Fu surrendered to the Tartars and took the whole family to Beijing. If he dared to leave a young son in the south, the Luting Court would definitely think that he did not surrender sincerely. At that time, King Fu was afraid that the Tartars would not let him go, so how could he dare to leave a child outside?" Zhang Huangyan had heard similar remarks, but he denied it after a moment of thinking: "Besides, King Fu surrendered with his concubine and the palace servants. Even if he wanted to hide it privately, he could not keep the secret."

"Well, Cangshui's words are reasonable," Zhu Yihai was immediately convinced by Zhang Huangyan's analysis, but he immediately came up with another statement: "It seems that some people say that Deng Ming is the descendant of the King of Shu."

"This is possible, otherwise why would he be in Sichuan? Weichen also saw that Deng Ming had many soldiers in Sichuan. However, it must be the remote branch, because the nearby branch of the King of Shu was harmed by the Western thieves. If he was really the King of Shu, why did General Wen not mention it for a long time? Wechen probably must be because his identity is difficult to verify, so General Wen felt it was difficult and needed to spend time looking for witnesses."

"It may also be because of its identity that is too amazing." Zhu Yihai said meaningfully: "I also heard that Deng Ming may be the orphan of Emperor Lie."

"Impossible!" Zhang Huangyan retorted flatly: "This rumor was spread by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi of the embattled court. Li Guoying was purely a fool of himself, and he could write it on the mansion after guessing it."

"It's not a cause for nothing?" Zhu Yihai seemed a little dissatisfied with Zhang Huangyan's rebuttal without thinking. In his opinion, if Deng Ming was really the orphan of Emperor Lie, it would be of great benefit to inspire the confidence of the whole world.

"It's true," Zhang Huangyan smiled bitterly: "I dare to use my life to guarantee this matter."

"Don't make a conclusion too early. Can I know that the whereabouts of the fifth prince of Emperor Lie (commonly known as the third prince) are unknown." Zhu Yihai still held hope: "I heard that he is about the same age."

Zhang Huangyan was stunned for a while, and finally made up his mind to apologize and said, "Great King, I am sorry for the crime. I actually know the whereabouts of the fifth prince of Emperor Lie, so I can conclude that Deng Ming is definitely not the one who is."

"What?" Zhu Yihai was surprised and happy, and his voice trembled: "You know the whereabouts of the fifth prince, haha, why should I hide such a big happy event from me? Where is the fifth prince now, but is in Zhoushan? Why not send a message to the world and inspire the faith of loyal people?"

Zhang Huangyan smiled bitterly again. When scholars in the world mentioned that Emperor Lie’s death was a sacrifice, they all lamented. Even the Qing Dynasty claimed that they had come to avenge Chongzhen. After breaking through Beijing and celebrating the funeral for Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty even promoted itself as the benefactor of the Central Plains scholars and avenged their revenge for the king and father.

When Zhang Huangyan learned of Zhu Cihuan's whereabouts, Zhang Huangyan always thought of escorting the third prince to the Ming army's controlled area. As long as Zhu Cihuan appears safely, the people in the world will regard this as a miracle and a sign, proving that God still favors the Ming Dynasty and that the destiny has not changed. Even the peddlers may rise up and contribute to the Ming Dynasty because of Zhu Cihuan's call. Just like Zhu Yihai and Zhang Huangyan, although their interests are not exactly the same as Zhu Cihuan, they will still be excited by this news.

In Deng Ming's previous life, although Zhu Cihuan just wanted to exchange his identity for some convenience in life, wherever he passed, countless people abandoned their families and were willing to follow him and fight the behemoth Qing court to a desperate battle.

Zhu Cihuan, whose pseudonym was Wang Shiyuan, has been living an incognito in the Qing army occupied areas. Zhang Huangyan has always kept this secret and did not even inform his alliance Zheng Chenggong and King Lu. After seeing Wang Shiyuan in Yuyao, Zhang Huangyan's passion was extinguished. He knew that this person was definitely not the hope of the Ming army that was still insisting on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

After listening to Zhang Huangyan's detailed narration, Zhu Yihai was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed: "You are looking for the wrong person! This is definitely not the prince of Lie Emperor. No matter how unworthy the son of Lie Emperor is, he would not be like this. Lie Emperor's fifth prince must not be alive. If the fifth prince is still there, he must be a person like Deng Ming! That's right, the fifth prince has the blood of Lie Emperor, and he will definitely be a brave royal family."

After Zhu Yihai got angry, he sat on the chair weakly. He once really hoped that Deng Ming was the legendary orphan of the Lieutenant Emperor. His prominent identity and his reputation of bravery and fearlessness, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of shock it would bring to the people of the world. But now, Zhu Yihai decided to keep this secret like Zhang Huangyan. If people knew the true character of the third prince, it would be a fatal blow to all patriots who were in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Huangyan thought of all kinds of mysteries about Deng Ming: "When Guangzhou fell, the whereabouts of Shaowu's son were unknown. Zheng Chenggong has been looking for him over the years. How old was that prince at that time? Is he four, five, seven, eight, or over ten years old? Zheng Chenggong never mentioned it. I always think he was thinking of impostors. I have to find out how to find out when he turned around."

"Are you sure Deng Ming is a royal family of Yuanzhi?" After losing all hope, King Lu asked again.

Zhang Huangyan hesitated for a moment and finally insisted on his original view: "Yes, it should be the royal family, otherwise Mr. Wen would not be so relieved and handed over the power to a young man who had no idea of ​​the reason. Mr. Wen must have a clear idea, but it is difficult to prove it. If it is a close branch, it will not be difficult to find a witness."

"Well, Yuanzhi is hard to appeal to people." Zhu Yihai was silent for a moment, as if he was making some decision. He asked again: "I heard you, Yanping has a good impression of Deng Ming?"

By observing Jin and Xia's government's attitude, Zhu Yihai felt that Zheng Chenggong had a good impression of Deng Ming. Gan Hui, who was known as Zheng Chenggong's right-hand man, and Yu Xin, both of them were rescued by Deng Ming, and several Zheng Chenggong's confidant generals were also saved by Deng Ming's life-saving gratitude; these people have never concealed their gratitude to Deng Ming, which also shows Zheng Chenggong's tendency - if it were not for Zheng Chenggong's tacit approval, it would be hard to imagine that his subordinates would express their respect for Deng Ming without any scruples.

Just now, when Zhang Huangyan was narrating his experience in Nanjing, Zhu Yihai felt Zheng Chenggong's kindness to Deng Ming. This situation was quite rare for the Prince of Yanping. In Zhu Yihai's impression, except for the King of Tang who was given a name to Zheng Jiansheng (Zheng Chenggong was originally named Zheng Sen. Emperor Longwu not only gave him the surname of other countries, but also gave him the name "Success".), Zheng Chenggong was rarely seen showing such a tame attitude towards the royal family.

"It's really good." Zhang Huangyan replied, and he said in his heart: "More than just good? But don't tell the king for now. It's not too late to mention it when I have a clear idea in my heart."

"Well, I don't know what his seniority is. If it happens to be a generation shorter than me..." Zhu Yihai said softly: "I have no heirs, and I want an outstanding descendant of the royal family to inherit the vassal."

King Lu originally had four sons, all of whom died in war, and now he has no descendants.

Zhang Huangyan was shocked when he heard this: "Why do you say this when you are prosperous in the spring and autumn?"

Seeing the princes of Lu died one after another, Zhang Huangyan was also very sad. He once secretly vowed that he would assist King Lu to take up the position of governor again. For the sacrifices made by King Lu, Zhang Huangyan felt that a position of governor was not an exaggeration.

"I know what my health is," said King Lu, "I'm afraid there's not much time left. Even if a concubine is pregnant, she may not be able to support her and grow up. This vassal is Taizu's relative vassal. When the country is in trouble, there is nothing to say about my son's death. If the Ming Dynasty really does not exist, I will not be born alone." When he said this, King Lu's face showed a firm look.

In Deng Ming's previous life, King Lu was born with a posthumous son after his death and inherited his throne as a vassal king.

When Shi Lang attacked Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong's descendant, twelve-year-old Zheng Kejun, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty because he was kidnapped by powerful ministers at a young age, and other Ming royal families who fled to Taiwan also surrendered. However, the last King of Lu made a generous statement that he would never die alone and died. In addition to Wang Shiyuan, who was later found by the Qing court, the last King of Lu was the last Ming royal family to die for his country - perhaps the last one, because Wang Shiyuan did not admit that he was the Ming royal family and did not want to die for his country. However, the Qing court still executed Wang Shiyuan on the charge of pretending to be a royal family.

"After all, it is Taizu's relative vassal. If there is a glimmer of hope, I don't want this vassal to be cut off in my hands." Zhu Yihai resolutely said to Zhang Huangyan: "Help me check Deng Ming's life experience. If he is indeed my Ming royal family, let him continue as the prince. This will be of great benefit to him, and he will not refuse to agree."

"Just..." Zhang Huangyan still had to argue.

"Don't say more, having such a prince from Shenwu is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty and the world. When the country is in trouble, how can I not give up the throne of my vassal? If my greed causes harm to the country, I will not be able to meet my ancestors. Tell him that even if I have a parent-child in the future, I will recognize him as my elder brother and will never compete with him for the throne of my vassal. If he is an equal to me, then I will recognize him as my younger brother before the spiritual throne of the previous king, and at the same time swear to the ancestors and ancestors to him." Zhu Yihai solemnly said to Zhang Huangyan: "I'm sorry, I'll be my dear."
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