Zheng Zhilong had to obey the court's order to send troops north to defend the king, and he also had to find a way to rescue Shi Lang.

To do this he had to divide his troops.

After careful consideration.

Zheng Zhilong ordered Shi Fu to take five warships and twenty merchant ships to Korea.

While smuggling the goods, they also brought Shi Lang back.

He took Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhipeng, Zheng Cai, Hong Xu, Zhou Quanbin and others to the north to support the king.

Zheng Hongkui was left in Fujian to guard the rear and collect food, fodder, military supplies and other materials.

As soon as Zheng Zhilong set out, Zheng Hongkui arrived outside the Quanzhou government office with his troops.

Zheng Chenggong was involved in a murder case and was still staying in the Quanzhou government office.

Zheng Zhilong has instructed.

At the same time as the Fujian navy was dispatched, Zheng Hongkui immediately sent someone to the Quanzhou government office to bring Zheng Chenggong back.

Now the time has come for him to carry out his orders.

If it were someone else, they would never dare to send out soldiers to surround the local government office.

But Zheng Hongkui dared.

The Zheng family is extremely powerful in Fujian, comparable to local emperors.

There is nothing they dare not do, only things they dare not think of.

The Quanzhou government office had already received the news.

Under the order of the Quanzhou prefect, the yamen runners closed the gates and trembled with their weapons in their hands.

The two sides had a huge disparity in military strength and they had no chance of winning.

If the other side rushed in, they would be injured at best, or die on the spot at worst.

"Open the door," Zheng Cai, wearing armor, came to the door and knocked on it hard.

Zheng Cai was not only a member of the Zheng clan, but also of the same generation as Zheng Chenggong.

He was one of Zheng Zhilong's confidants.

The officials from the Quanzhou government hid behind the door and asked in a trembling voice: "What...what are you going to do?"

"What?" Zheng Cai sneered, "My elder brother has been locked up by you for several months. Is he guilty or not?"

"May I ask who your eldest brother is?"

Zheng Cai kicked the door hard: "My eldest brother is Zheng Chenggong, the deputy commander of the Fujian Navy!"

The bailiffs inside the gate did not dare to answer this question and turned to look at the prefect of Quanzhou.

The prefect of Quanzhou turned to look at Gu Yanwu and asked knowingly, "Sir Gu, has the case of Deputy General Zheng not been tried yet?"

Gu Yanwu calmly replied: "I have only examined half of it."

"If it's finished, it's finished. If it's not finished, it's not finished. What do you mean by half-finished?"

"I have already submitted the case file to the court, but the cabinet has not responded, and the Imperial Household Department has not approved it, so this matter can only be considered half-examined."

The prefect of Quanzhou was about to reprimand, but swallowed the words back.

Everyone knows that the situation in the capital is turbulent, and it is not Gu Yanwu's fault that the case turned out like this.

"Then...then go explain to the people outside."

"Okay," Gu Yanwu strode to the gate of the yamen and asked, "Who's outside?"

"Zheng Cai."

"What are you going to do?"

"Take my big brother away from here."

"Do you have any official documents from the court?"

"Official document?"

Gu Yanwu’s words stunned Zheng Caiwen.

He stood there in a daze for a long time before he came to his senses. He slapped himself hard and blamed himself: "Zheng Cai, Zheng Cai, you are such a waste. You actually forgot the important thing."

He raised his foot and kicked again, roaring, "Bullshit official documents, if you don't open the door, do you believe I will rush in and kill you all?"

Hearing Zheng Cai's threat, the prefect of Quanzhou shrank his neck in fear.

He advised: "Master Gu, please open the door quickly to avoid hurting the harmony."

Gu Yanwu turned around and asked, "Sir, is there any peace to be had now?"

"This..." The prefect of Quanzhou was speechless, not knowing what to say.

The other side has sent troops to surround the government office, so what’s the point of talking about peace?

"Master Gu!" The prefect of Quanzhou paused and advised again earnestly: "The other side has more people and more power. If a fight really breaks out, we will definitely not be their opponent. While the two sides have not yet torn their faces apart, let's hand over the person. That way, not only can we live in peace, but we can also do the other side a favor."

Gu Yanwu said loudly: "Zheng Chenggong is guilty of murder. You know better than me the crime of letting him go, right?"

In the Ming Dynasty.

The act of releasing prisoners privately and helping guilty people escape punishment is called letting prisoners go.

The Great Ming Code stipulates that if an official releases a prisoner, he will be guilty of the same crime as the prisoner.

This charge is easy to understand.

If a prisoner committed murder, the officials would help him escape punishment after receiving bribes.

Once the matter is exposed, the officials will be charged with murder for shielding a death row inmate.

Simply put, it means collective punishment.

The advantage of this system is that it has a strong deterrent effect, which prevents grassroots officials from easily committing corruption, abuse of power, and abuse of power.

The disadvantages are also obvious.

In order to prevent the truth from being exposed, officials will try every possible means to make the case an ironclad one.

At that time, officials protected each other, so it was not easy to overturn the verdict.

One can imagine how difficult it is to overturn a verdict after it has been proven to be ironclad.

This shows how corrupt the evil feudal dynasty was.

The prefect of Quanzhou was in a dilemma.

If they don't let Zheng Chenggong go, Zheng Cai will rush in and snatch Zheng Chenggong away, and may even kill them to silence them.

Release Zheng Chenggong if he is finally found guilty.

If the court investigates, he will be charged with murder for releasing prisoners.

"This...this..." The prefect of Quanzhou wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

I could only keep saying this word to ease the embarrassment.

But the more he said this, the more embarrassed he felt.

In the end, the prefect of Quanzhou simply gave up and said, "Master Gu, do whatever you want. It's you who won't release them anyway. Zheng Cai will hold you responsible! Don't blame me for not mentioning you if something goes wrong!"

Before Gu Yanwu could speak, Zheng Cai's voice was heard again outside the door.

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