Zheng Cai's words contain a lot of information.

Gu Yanwu quickly analyzed the situation and shook his head: "Impossible."

Zheng Cai asked: "What's impossible?"

"It is impossible that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot contact His Majesty."

Zheng Cai was anxious: "This is true, I didn't lie to you!"

Gu Yanwu still shook his head.

He didn't understand Chongzhen, nor did he understand the prince.

But he knew about the Zhenfusi and the Dongchang.

Those people are not here to eat for free.

If the prince really could not contact Chongzhen, then there was only one fact: Chongzhen deliberately ignored the prince.

What Gu Yanwu didn't know was that his idea of taking a different approach was simple and crude.

But it points directly to the truth of the matter.

Zheng Cai was tired, both physically and mentally exhausted.

So he didn't plan to continue the stalemate.

In order to end the situation as quickly as possible, he shouted inside: "I'll give you a moment to come out. If you don't come out after a moment, you will bear the consequences."

Fearing that people would not believe him, he ordered his soldiers to place the artillery they brought at the main entrance of Quanzhou government office.

As the artillery was put into position, the people in the government office began to waver.

The first to waver were the yamen runners.

Many of them have no salary and rely on extortion from prisoners' families to make a living.

They would never risk their lives for such a small sum of money.

After a dozen yamen runners gathered together to discuss, one of them said, "Sir, I have parents and children to take care of. I am really sorry!"

Gu Yanwu frowned: "What are you doing?"

"I am afraid of death and hope you will forgive me!" Several people knelt on the ground and kowtowed together, then stood up and were about to walk out.

"How dare you!" the prefect of Quanzhou shouted, "No one can leave without my order."

As they walked, the yamen runners said, "Please forgive me, sir. I am too afraid of death to be around you."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the government office.

One of them opened the door and ran away.

The prefect of Quanzhou turned green in the face.

He shouted from behind: "Everyone come back and escort me along."

Gu Yanwu's mouth twitched and he asked, "Sir, what are you doing..."

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh at me, Master Gu. I'm also a coward who loves life and is afraid of death. I hope Master Gu will understand."

"Haha," Gu Yanwu smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Just because he is not afraid of death doesn't mean others are not afraid of death.

Whether it was the prefect of Quanzhou or the yamen runners in the government office.

Their behavior is normal.

Seeing this, the others rushed to the door and ran out.

Soon, Gu Yanwu was the only one left in the huge scene.

He took a deep breath and walked into the government office with a knife in hand.

At this time, Zheng Cai had already rushed in from the gate.

Seeing Gu Yanwu running inside with a knife in his hand, Zheng Cai was suddenly shocked and chased after him as fast as he could.

After turning around, Gu Yanwu arrived outside a room.

When the door was opened, Zheng Chenggong was sitting upright on a stool.

Looking at the knife in Gu Yanwu's hand, Zheng Chenggong asked calmly: "Master Gu, are you going to kill me?"

"Haha!" Gu Yanwu laughed and threw the knife in front of Zheng Chenggong: "Your people are here to save you. I don't want to die at the hands of these pirates. You are a scholar after all. It is better to die at your hands than at theirs."

Before Zheng Chenggong could see the knife on the ground clearly, Zheng Cai led his men to rush over.

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong was safe, Zheng Cai breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh! Big brother, I'm here to save you."

Zheng Chenggong said nothing, but bent down and picked up the knife on the ground.

"Let's get started!" Gu Yanwu stood straight with his hands behind his back.

Zheng Chenggong did not take action, but stepped between Gu Yanwu and Zheng Cai.

He asked Zheng Cai: "Who asked you to come?"

"Yes... yes, Lord General."

"Sure?"

"Yes...No...it was indeed the order of the general (referring to Zheng Zhilong)."

Zheng Chenggong took a half step forward and asked coldly, "He asked you to lead the troops to attack the government office and kill the imperial officials?"

"This...I..." Zheng Cai hesitated, not daring to answer.

Although Zheng Zhilong had similar orders, he didn't dare to say it in front of so many people.

Zheng Chenggong knew that Zheng Cai didn't dare to speak, so he asked, "Where is the general?"

"I went to Nanzhili."

"Nanzhili?" Zheng Chenggong was very surprised: "Why go to Nanzhili?"

"Follow the prince and go north to serve the king."

"To serve the king?" Zheng Chenggong was even more surprised: "Your Majesty is fine, why is the prince serving the king?"

Zheng Cai didn't dare to hide anything and told everyone all the information he knew.

After hearing this, Zheng Chenggong took half a step back.

His brain couldn't handle so much important information in such a short period of time.

in addition.

He still had a feeling of being in another world.

Before entering the Quanzhou government office, everything was normal in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zheng Cai's information told him that the Ming Dynasty was not only in chaos, but also in an even greater mess.

It took a long time for Zheng Chenggong to digest the information.

He said to Zheng Cai, "You go out first. I have something to say to Master Gu."

Zheng Cai clasped his hands, bowed, and left the room with his men.

After the door was closed, Zheng Chenggong looked at Gu Yanwu and asked, "Master Gu, what do you think?"

"What are you looking at?"

Zheng Chenggong said: "Of course it is the prince's business to serve the king. Zheng Cai will not lie to me."

"Fake." Gu Yanwu said without hesitation.

"What if it's true?"

"It can't be true."

Zheng Chenggong thought for a moment and asked, "You mean the prince is rebelling?"

This question left Gu Yanwu silent.

yes!

If the loyalty to the king was false, then the prince's action was clearly a rebellion.

This doesn't make sense.

Zheng Chenggong handed the knife to Gu Yanwu: "Master Gu, can you let me leave?"

"No, your case is not concluded yet, you can't leave."

"Don't rush to refuse. It's not too late to decide after I finish speaking."

"Okay then," Gu Yanwu put the knife on the table and put his hands behind his back: "You speak, I listen!"

Zheng Chenggong said solemnly: "Whether the loyalty to the king is true or false, it is not up to you to decide, and it is not up to me to decide either."

"Who has the final say then?"

"No one's words count!" Zheng Chenggong pointed to the north and said, "There is an old saying in the Central Plains: you can tell whether it is true or false by just looking at it! Instead of guessing here, it is better to go to the capital in person. Once you get there, you will know by just looking at it."

"Go to the capital..." Gu Yanwu stood there thinking for a long time, then raised his head and asked, "How to get there?"

"You and I will go together on the boat!"