It was already late and the house was brightly lit. Zhao Ming was led by his soldiers through the side door and headed straight to the back house.

Zhao Ming was led into a living room with a banquet in the middle. A man stood with his back to him. He heard Zhao Ming's footsteps entering the room, then turned around and said happily: "You are Zhao Ming and Zhao Bo'an."

This person is Zheng Zhibao who had just talked with Zheng Zhilong, the left governor of Longwu Dynasty, Hou Chengji, who turned around, stepped forward and held Zhao Ming's hand, patted Zhao Ming's shoulder, and praised, "What a powerful general!"

Zhao Ming was puzzled, "Where is the big wood?"

Zheng Zhibao let go of Zhao Ming and smiled awkwardly, "Damu is now the commander of the imperial guards, and the military affairs are busy. I am his fifth uncle, Zheng Zhibao, the Marquis of Chengji."

"So it's the marquis!" Zhao Ming hurriedly bowed. Zhao Ming knew that Zheng Sen and his fourth uncle Zheng Hongkui later insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty. As for Zheng Zhibao, he really didn't know much.

"Haha~ Bo'an doesn't have to be too polite! Damu is busy with military affairs, so he asks me to receive you!" Zheng Zhibao waved his hand and smiled, "Come on, Bo'an has worked hard all the way, let's eat the food first."

There were banquets in the room, and there were seven or eight exquisite dishes on the table, and a pot of good wine was placed.

Zheng Zhibao sat down by himself, then called Zhao Ming to sit in, and asked the soldiers to pour wine for Zhao Ming with a smile, "Take it for Bo'an, these are all famous dishes in Fujian!"

In the room, famous calligraphy and paintings were hung on the walls, antiques were furnished on the mahogany table, and incense burners were lit. The arrangement was elegant. The dishes on the table were steaming hot, the wine was fragrant, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

Zhao Ming didn't dare to move first, and waited for Zheng Zhibao to eat before he followed him to eat some.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao took a sip, put down the wine glass, and finally got to the point with a melancholy expression. "The situation is not optimistic now, the Northern Barbarians are pressing step by step, the troops are approaching Xianxia Pass, but the court is not wholehearted, which is really worrying. I heard from Damu that Bo'an was entrusted by the King of Lu this time and came here to walk. I don't know what it is for?"

Zhao Ming glanced at Zheng Zhibao and thought to himself that he was suspicious. He was really entrusted by Damu?

Zhao Ming has reached a consensus with Emperor Longwu in the palace, and the edict will be issued in the near future, and there is nothing to hide.

"I am here to represent His Highness King Lu surrendering His Majesty, hoping that eastern Zhejiang and Fujian will unite to fight against the Qing army together." Zhao Ming said.

Zheng Zhibao's eyes flashed with murderous intent. After all, the characters who have been roaming in the sea for many years are very scheming.

Zheng Zhibao looked happy, "Oh, Your Highness, Your Highness, actually figured it out, this is really a rare happy event!" As he said, Zheng Zhibao said with confusion again: "As far as I know, Your Majesty and King Lu have always been incompatible. How did Bo'an convince Your Majesty and King Lu?"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Now the Qing army is in great power, and the same surname is fighting, so we can only let Jiannu benefit. Both King Lu and Your Majesty understand this principle, but they are not willing to give in for their own interests. King Lu wants to seize the throne, and Your Majesty wants to completely defeat King Lu. Both sides do not leave a way for each other, so they can only fight, which has created a situation of the dispute between Tang and Lu. I just let King Lu and Your Majesty take a step back. King Lu admits that Your Majesty is the truth and no longer competes for the throne. Your Majesty does not force King Lu to abdicate and return to the vassal, recognize King Lu's power in eastern Zhejiang, and give King Lu a name, and the dispute between Tang and Lu will naturally reconcile. After all, Jiannu is a confidant at the moment."

Zheng Zhibao asked, "If you want the King of Lu to recognize Your Majesty as the truth, what is the title that Your Majesty gave to King of Lu?"

Zhao Ming said: "National Crown!"

Zheng Zhibao suddenly realized something, looked at Zhao Ming in surprise for a while, and couldn't help but exclaim from the bottom of his heart: "Boan is such a talent!"

Zheng Zhibao praised and nodded slowly, "If this matter is done, the dispute between Tang and Lu will be temporarily stopped, and the soldiers and horses in eastern Zhejiang will become Your Majesty's foreign aid. With such strong aid, Your Majesty can show his ambitions in the court! Gao, it's really high!"

Zhao Ming looked at Zheng Zhibao and saw his face slowly becoming serious. He suddenly picked up the wine glass and said, "For such a major matter, is there anyone else in Lu except for Bo'an?"

Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and said, "Before, Fujian and Zhejiang had a bad relationship. Zhejiang East killed His Majesty's envoy. King Lu only sent me to contact him."

Zheng Zhibao nodded slightly, "That's a pity! King Lu is afraid that he will not be the crown prince!"

After saying that, the wine glass fell to the ground, the wine splashed everywhere, and the slammed into the door, and the sword pointed at Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming was stunned, throwing the cup as a sign, the soldiers rushed in, and then dismembering the corpse. Zhao Ming didn't expect that he could meet him.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao stood up, looked at Zhao Ming who was sitting at the table, and ordered coldly: "After killing, hand over the body to the Fujing Prefect's Office, and said that the envoy of King Lu assassinated the Grand Master and was killed by the guards~~~~~~~~~"

Zhao Ming instantly understood what was going on. It was probably because he met Emperor Longwu. Zheng Zhilong knew that Zheng Zhilong was worried that after the Tang and Lu alliance, the Zheng family would not be able to continue to control the Longwu court, so he wanted to kill him to destroy the Tang and Lu alliance.

As long as Zhao Ming was killed, the King of Lu would think that the Longwu court would not accept the conditions for canonizing King of Lu as crown prince and would inevitably be forced to continue to maintain its attitude towards the court.

He killed Zhao Ming and then falsely accused Zhao Ming of assassinating Zheng Zhilong. With the strength of the Zheng family in the Longwu court, Emperor Longwu knew the truth and could not do what he could do, so he could only abide by the facts.

Zheng Zhilong was the Grand Tutor of Longwu Dynasty and was assassinated by the King of Lu. Longwu dared to grant King of Lu the title of the crown prince. The matter of the alliance between Tang and Lu will definitely die.

After thinking about this, Zhao Ming was angry. Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao were really cunning. He watched many soldiers surrounding him. After Zheng Zhibao gave the order, he turned around and left without looking back. He suddenly shouted, "Ma, I'd have known there would be a ghost!"

Zhao Ming kicked the round table over with one kick, and the table and the food on it were smashed at several armored soldiers. Then he snatched the sword from one armored soldiers, slashed the sword, and even killed several people, he rushed straight to Zheng Zhibao.

The servants of the Zheng family are all selected burly men. Many of them are pirates who have been roaming the sea for many years. They are extremely ferocious, but they are not Zhao Ming's opponents.

As soon as they fought, the soldiers were stunned. In the narrow room, swords and swords were flying everywhere, tables and chairs were flying around, and corpses kept hitting the wall.

Zhao Ming chased to the door, and Zheng Zhibao had already run away. The screams and dense footsteps outside came straight to the backyard.

In the residence of Duke Pingguo, a large number of soldiers were slapped with torches and shouted loudly, "Catch the assassin!"

Zheng Zhibao didn't expect that Zhao Ming was so brave and actually chased him out, running and greeting him, "Hurry up, beat him to death!"

When Zhao Ming saw the musketeer lying ambushing outside the yard, he raised his gun to point it at the door. He was furious and threw it directly. Zheng Zhibao, who was running, looked at the battle knife through his chest in disbelief. The clothes on his chest were instantly stained with blood. He ran a few steps in an inertia, his body thumped, his eyes wide open, and he threw himself to the ground without any regrets.

Almost at the same time, a "bang bang" sounded, and Zhao Ming hurriedly retreated to the house, picked up the candlestick that fell to the ground, lit the house, then broke through the window, killed several people, jumped over the high wall, and disappeared into the night.

In the mansion of Duke Pingguo, Zheng Zhilong came to the backyard surrounded by many guards. There was a mess around. The bodies of Zheng Zhibao and several soldiers were lying on the ground. The house was lit with fire, and the furniture, antiques, calligraphy and paintings inside were all destroyed.

Zheng Zhilong squatted down and looked at Zheng Zhibao's body. His face turned pale and his face turned gloomy.

"Taishou, the assassin has slipped away from the wall!" A general came over in panic. After seeing Zheng Zhilong, he slowed down his steps timidly and reported in a low voice.

"The whole city is blocked. You have to see people alive, you have to see corpses when you die, you have to find him three feet away!" Zheng Zhilong's heart was covered with blood and his eyes were closed, and a sentence burst out from his teeth.

For a moment, the streets in Fujing City suddenly became nervous. A large number of soldiers holding torches began to search for Zhao Ming from house to house~~~~
Chapter completed!