He yelled, "Open the door or not? If you don't open the door, I'm going to kill you!"
Gu Yanwu remained unmoved and said calmly: "You can try."
"Just give it a try," Zheng Cai ordered behind him, "Move the ladder and attack."
Gu Yanwu ordered the yamen runners behind him: "Go and bring Zheng Chenggong here, and give me your sword!"
Zheng Cai was just outside the door, and he panicked: "Gu Yanwu, I warn you not to act rashly."
Gu Yanwu snorted coldly: "Then don't act rashly."
Zheng Cai had no choice but to order the attack to stop.
The two sides began to stalemate.
As time went by, Zheng Cai's patience gradually wore off.
He wanted to order another powerful attack, but Gu Yanwu's previous actions frightened him.
"Let's talk," Zheng Cai said outside the door, "You tell me a condition. As long as you can release my elder brother, I will agree to any condition you have."
Gu Yanwu said righteously: "There are no conditions. This is a principle."
"Bullshit principles!"
"You have to follow those bullshit principles."
"You!" Zheng Cai wanted to curse, but fortunately, his remaining rationality made him shut up.
After a stalemate for a while, Zheng Cai decided to attack the opponent's heart.
He said through the door: "Gu Yanwu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has called on all the troops in the country to come to the capital to defend the king. My elder brother is the deputy commander of the Fujian Navy, how can he remain indifferent? You must release my elder brother quickly, otherwise it will delay the defense of the king."
"To serve the king?" Gu Yanwu was very surprised by this statement. "What's wrong with His Majesty?"
Although Zheng Zhilong had already sent troops, in order to keep it secret in the early stages, he sent troops in the name of suppressing pirates.
The navy would only issue a manifesto to the whole country to support the emperor after arriving in the Nanzhili area.
Therefore, Gu Yanwu did not know the news that the prince was coming to the king's defense.
He only knew that something was wrong with Zheng Zhilong, as he had dispatched tens of thousands of naval forces to deal with the pirates.
He even submitted a memorial to the imperial court to inquire about the situation.
Zheng Cai replied: "Your Majesty is surrounded by treacherous ministers who are ruining the country, and there are also eunuchs interfering in politics! When the prince learned about this, he wanted to contact Your Majesty, but he failed and was forced to come to the king's defense."
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