As a scholar, Zheng Chenggong rarely used foul language, which showed his inner anger.
Shi Lang straightened his neck with confidence and said, "It was because I saw the flag of Marshal Zheng that I ordered the artillery to fire!"
"What?" Zheng Chenggong drew his sword and put it on Shi Lang's neck. "Shi Lang, Shi Lang, you finally let the cat out of the bag. Say it again if you dare!"
Shi Lang showed no fear at all. He asked calmly, "Did the deputy commander receive orders to wipe out the bandits in Nanzhili and Zhejiang?"
"That's right!" Zheng Chenggong nodded, "But later the court ordered me to escort merchant ships!"
"I only know that the deputy general was suppressing bandits in Southern Zhili and Zhejiang. I don't know what happened afterwards!" Shi Lang began to defend himself.
"This place is only five or six hundred miles away from Nagasaki Port in Japan. Your Excellency will only be fighting bandits in Nanzhili and Zhejiang and will not appear here. There is no record of the other Zheng family troops being mobilized. So when I saw the fleet flying the Ming national flag and the Zheng character general flag, my first reaction was that someone was impersonating the Zheng family troops."
"Plus, your fleet includes both warships and merchant ships. I believe someone is impersonating the Zheng family army to engage in smuggling!"
"In order to protect the reputation of the Zheng family army, I ordered the artillery to open fire! If doing so is a crime, I have nothing to say."
After saying these words, Shi Lang straightened his neck and put on an awe-inspiring look.
Why?
Although Zheng Chenggong was very angry, he felt that what Shi Lang said was indeed reasonable and well-founded.
Shi Lang didn't know that his mission had changed from suppressing bandits to escorting, and he didn't know that he would appear here.
So when they saw his fleet, they would regard him as an enemy disguised as Zheng's army.
Is there anything wrong with firing at the enemy?
Of course no problem!
In other words...there is nothing wrong with Shi Lang!
etc!
Something is wrong!
Just as Zheng Chenggong was about to order his men to release Shi Lang, he suddenly realized another problem. He pointed at the Jiannu flag on Shi Lang's warship and asked, "As a Ming official, it's fine if you don't fly the Ming national flag, but why do you fly the Jiannu flag?"
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