The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang motioned to the eunuch beside him and sent a knife presented to Zheng Hai.

Zheng Hai propped up his upper body and looked at the eunuch, who was holding an embroidered spring knife in both hands.

The embroidered spring knife was not the standard weapon of the Jinyi Guard in the early Ming Dynasty, but a special weapon given by the emperor.

Just like the flying fish suit, the embroidered spring knife belongs to the imperial gift, which is a kind of honor and grace, and a symbol of status and status.

Only Jinyi guards with special status or meritorious service can have embroidered spring knives.

There are some differences between the embroidered spring knife and the common Yanling waist knife, the biggest difference is that the embroidered spring knife has a more exquisite appearance, the spine is straight, and the arc begins to appear at one-third of the blade.

The blade of the embroidered spring knife is lighter and made of stainless steel, which is of better quality and more convenient to carry.

Zheng Hai stared at the exquisite embroidered spring knife scabbard, and his heart moved.

He had an urge to draw his sword to see if the blade was the same as the information said.

"How about it? I rewarded you with the knife, do you like it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words directly dispelled Zheng Hai's various thoughts.

Zheng Hai took the embroidered spring knife with both hands, saluted again, and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!

Although he said so, in his heart, Zheng Hai felt that this matter was not so simple.

The ancients said that there was no merit.

How could this old Zhu Zhu give me a knife for no reason? Eighty percent of them are doing hard work...

"Zheng Hai, do you know what the meaning of this embroidered spring knife I gave you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zheng Hai's face with deep eyes, but he didn't see any joy or fear on Zheng Hai's face.

He frowned slightly, more interested in Zheng Hai.

"Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang said to everyone, but his eyes still did not leave Zheng Hai.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zheng Hai is stupid and doesn't know Your Majesty's holy will, please make it clear

to Your Majesty!" Jinyiwei commanded Jiang Zhen to clasp his fists and salute, and said for Zheng Hai: "Your Majesty, Zheng Hai has just joined Jinyiwei, and many matters have not been granted to him in time. I beg your Majesty's forgiveness.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, looked at Zheng Hai, and read: "Embroidered clothes are in the spring, and colorful clothes are trending in the court."

Zheng Hai silently recited these two lines of poetry in his heart, his face expressionless.

He is not a poet, nor is he a great writer, and he still doesn't understand. He only heard the words "embroidered spring" in the poem, and he guessed that this might be the source of the name of the embroidered spring knife.

Jiang Xuan looked at Zheng Hai with a confused expression on his face and explained: "Zheng Hai, Your Majesty means that the Embroidered Spring Knife represents Your Majesty's favor, and those who have the Embroidered Spring Knife are Your Majesty's cronies.

Zheng Hai listened to Jiang Xuan's explanation and looked shocked.

He knelt down and thanked: "Thank you for Your Majesty's gift, Zheng Hai will definitely live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, touched his beard, and looked unexpected.

"Jiang Zhen and Zheng Hai stay, and everyone else should retreat!" Zhu

Yuanzhang retreated left and right, leaving only Zheng Hai and Jiang Zheng, and the eunuchs closed the door when they left.

The more this is the case, the more Zheng Hai feels that something is wrong.

He is a small brocade guard small banner, from the seventh grade, the last small officer. He had to discuss things with the emperor and the commander of the Jinyi Guard in a closed room.

The stakes must be high, and his life may be in danger.

People who hear this kind of big secret usually have only one result, and that is death.

Either they will be killed if they fail to carry out a secret mission, or they will be killed after successfully completing the mission.

Zheng Hai was uneasy in his heart: "! I fell into the pit again!"

In the hall, it was quiet, and no one spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat back in his chair, looked at Zheng Hai and Jiang Xuan, and turned over the folds on the table.

He picked up a book of excerpts and threw them lightly, and the folds fell in front of Zheng Hai: "Look at it, this is the excerpt of the blue jade."

Zheng Hai looked at Jiang Xuan, and Jiang Xuan motioned for Zheng Hai to pick up the fold.

Zheng Hai opened the fold, and there were several major crimes written on it, including embezzlement of people's property, bullying the pseudo-concubine, arson and other crimes.

Zheng Hai glanced at it a few times and handed it to Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Zhen took the fold, closed it directly, lowered his head, and put the fold back on the table in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Zheng Hai woke up.

Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose is to show him, Jiang Zhen may have seen the fold a long time ago, and maybe this fold is on Jiang Dang.

Zheng Haixin said: "This old Zhu wants to move Lan Yu, and the Lan Yu case is about to break out."

"What do you two think of this twist?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zheng Hai.

Zheng Hai pretended not to know, looked at Jiang Xuan, and found that Jiang Xuan was also looking at him.

Zheng Hai sighed in his heart, it was another pit!

Jiang Zhen replied: "The minister thinks that the Duke of Liangguo has done many evils, does not abide by the law and discipline, and has committed extremely evil crimes, and is a big moth of the country, and should be eliminated for the people.

"What do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zheng Hai, as if he wanted to hear Zheng Hai's opinion.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zheng Hai is a small soldier and doesn't understand this. Subordinates only know how to obey orders. "

Where does Zheng Hai dare to say nonsense, if this kind of thing doesn't go along with Zhu Yuanzhang, then his life may be in danger.

Expressing opinions indiscriminately can lead to disaster, and the only thing to do is to do as you are told.

"I, I heard that you are good at making knives, and your knife skills are not even weaker than Song Zhong, is it true?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zheng Hai, and saw that Zheng Hai was holding the embroidered spring knife in one hand, his face was calm, and he didn't seem to care about the embroidered spring knife.

"Chen, when he followed King Yan in Beiping, he learned swordsmanship under two generals, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng. The minister thinks that the minister's sword skills are far inferior to Song Qianhu..."

"You don't have to be too humble! I asked Song Zhong, and he said that your sword skills are not inferior to him. Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zheng Hai's words, "I also heard that you have a three-year appointment with the Duke of Yingguo. Presumably, you are sure that you will compete with Yingguo Gong in two years..."The

more Zheng Hai listened, the more he felt that there was something in Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

He felt that the embroidered spring knife in his hand was getting heavier and heavier: this secret mission that was about to be carried out was very dangerous

!" I and Jiang Zhen both felt that we should give you a chance to practice..."

When Zheng Hai heard this, he was shocked in his heart: "Mud Horse! This can't be, let me go and stab Lan Yu, right? It's broken, it's broken, this, this, this is not in line with history!"

History cannot be changed!

Even if I try to pierce the blue jade, it will definitely not succeed. I can't take on this mortal mission....

Zheng Hai hurriedly bowed and explained: "Your Majesty, the minister really lacks actual combat experience. If you meet a veteran of the battlefield who has been in a hundred battles, no matter how good the knife technique is, it will not help. The minister made a three-year covenant with the Duke of Yingguo, which was a decision made in a hurry, not the confidence to defeat the Duke of Yingguo..."

"Don't you want to be my knife?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was aggravated, and he did not hide his strong killing intent at all.

"The minister is willing, the minister is His Majesty's sword, and His Majesty will cut whoever I ask!" Zheng

Hai knelt on the ground and replied very sincerely and decisively.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, his eyes softened slightly.

"But..."

"What other concerns do you have?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a little unhappy, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent again.

"The minister thinks that no matter how good the knife technique is, it is not as good as the national law. "