Three days later, Wang Qifa came to see Liu Pei with a happy face. After the two met, he directly told Liu Pei that the two sides had negotiated a specific meeting place through letters. It's in a restaurant next to the Tianjin wharf.

Liu Pei is very satisfied with this result. The restaurant is next to the pier, and if an accident happens, Liu Pei firmly believes that his guards will be able to fight their way out and escort him to the ship. So after Liu Pei made some careful arrangements, he waited for the meeting in two days.

Two days later, after noon, there were no more guests in the restaurant, and Liu Pei's men dressed up as all kinds of people and waited in the restaurant. They also vacated a lot of positions according to Wang Qifa's requirements, and these positions were reserved for the opposing party's guards.

Sure enough, not long after, many people entered the restaurant in groups, and a small restaurant was packed! The shopkeeper of the restaurant has been in business for many years, and he has long seen that these customers are clearly two groups of people who are opposed to each other. But he didn't dare to show his face, so he could only hide behind the counter and pray to God and Buddha, hoping that things would not be too bad.

Liu Pei was sitting in the private room, and suddenly the voice of a hawker outside was a little higher-pitched, and Liu Pei knew that the owner had arrived. After a while, I heard the sound of a carriage and stopped at the door of the restaurant. Liu Pei looked down through the window, and a person got out of the carriage between him, looking to be in his fifties. This person is dressed as a wealthy businessman, but he does not have the round body of a rich businessman, but has the sturdy figure of a martial artist.

Liu Pei turned his head to look at Wang Qifa, Wang Qifa nodded, indicating that this was Zhang Jinmo. Liu Pei said: "Then you can go and greet him." ”

Wang Qifa turned around and left the private room, and after a while, Wang Qifa led people up to the second floor and into the private room. Only then did Liu Pei see that this person was indeed Wang Qifa's colleague, because he couldn't tell his age from a distance just now, and at this time, he was really about the same age as Wang Qifa. It's just that Wang Qifa has suffered for many years and is older, and this person is slightly better maintained and looks younger.

When Zhang Jinmo saw Liu Pei, he bowed down first and said, "The foreign minister has seen the prince Chitose!" ”

Liu Pei waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, please sit down." ”

Zhang Jinmo got up calmly and said, "Thank you for sitting down." ”

Then sat down with Liu Pei

of the side. And Wang Qifa sat across from him. Liu Pei nodded secretly in his heart, this person is really a thoughtful person. From the fact that he didn't sit across from Liu Pei, he showed a lot of things.

The two of them looked at each other and I didn't speak for a long time, both secretly wondering what each other's hearts were. But in the end, it was Liu Pei who took the lead in breaking the silence. After all, he was anxious to understand the truth of the matter, and he was inevitably in a weak position in terms of momentum, so he spoke first.

Liu Pei said: "Since Lord Zhang calls me the prince, then the king is not humble. ”

Zhang Jinmo arched his hand and said: "The prince's status is precious, so he should be like this." ”

In fact, Liu Pei doesn't value the identity of the King of the Ryukyus at all. But at this time, he fell behind in momentum, so naturally he could only think of a way from his identity, after all, he was the king of the Ryukyus canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't deny this identity Zhang Jinmo.

Liu Pei said: "This king has always been conscious of his secret identity, but I don't know how Lord Zhang peeked into these identities?" I wonder if Master Zhang can give advice? ”

Zhang Junmo smiled and said, "Don't dare to teach!" In fact, the identity of the prince is indeed secret, and it is just a coincidence that the foreign minister can peek through it! ”

Liu Pei fiddled with the fan in his hand and said, "I don't know how it was a coincidence? Can the king know? ”

Zhang Jinmo said: "It's not difficult. In fact, this matter has to start when the prince broke the thief army of the Smelling Fragrance Sect. ”

Liu Pei said thoughtfully: "But at that time, this king did not occupy Ryukyu, how did he expose his identity?" ”

Zhang Jinmo said: "Lord Wang, people like us Jinyiwei have served the royal family all their lives. The prince can break 10,000 people with 1,000 people, and such heroes will naturally enter the eyes of our Jinyi Guard, and they must always be investigated clearly. If the royal family reuses the prince in the future, we must always investigate the ins and outs of the prince clearly and report it to the emperor. ”

Liu Pei nodded slowly and said, "This is the way it should be." And what about later? ”

Zhang Jinmo said: "Later, our Jinyiwei naturally did an investigation on the prince. At the same time, according to the rules, he also painted a portrait of the prince for archiving. But later, all the credit of the prince was divided among the civil officials, and the prince only got an official position of a thousand households. So I thought that the prince's official fortune was over, too

I didn't pay attention to the prince anymore. ”

Liu Pei said with emotion: "At that time, if this king doesn't give up the credit, I'm afraid he won't even get a thousand households!" If you can't say it, you'll be sent outside the gate to fight the savages! But this is still a long way from what I did at sea, how does it relate to it? ”

Zhang Jinmo said: "Don't worry, the prince must always say things step by step." However, the prince's response at that time was quite wise! Just like the prince said, those civil officials and nobles were ready to do it, but they only stopped when they saw that the prince took the initiative to share the credit. ”

After Zhang Jinmo finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip before saying: "I originally thought that the matter would pass like this, but I didn't expect that a red-eyed dragon king appeared on the sea later. You must know that Jinyiwei has the responsibility of supervising the world, and the affairs at sea are naturally within the scope of our supervision. Moreover, this red-eyed dragon king has shown extraordinary strength as soon as it appears, so we will naturally send someone to investigate. It's just that the prince always wears a red crystal blindfold when he appears, but it took a lot of effort for the foreign minister! ”

Liu Pei smiled when he heard this and said, "It's not easy to make Master Zhang spend a lot of time!" ”

Zhang Jinmo said: "That's true, the true face of the prince has indeed not been obtained. However, not long after the appearance of the Red Eye Dragon King, someone appeared, fought a battle with the Japanese people, and won the throne of the Ryukyu king. However, the foreign minister did not link these two identities together. It was only later that one incident made the prince show his whereabouts. ”

Liu Pei leaned forward slightly and said, "Oh, what is it?" ”

Zhang Jinmo said with a smile: "It's the matter of the transaction between the prince and the East Factory!" When the East Factory was established, it was to check and balance Jinyiwei. But how can Jinyiwei not mix sand in the East Factory? This is something that both sides know. Therefore, we naturally know that these people take advantage of the opportunity to collect money for the inner treasury, and they are naturally aware of the things that have happened on their own. But then we found out that none of the Ryukyu ships had ever been patronized by the Red-Eyed Dragon King. Only then did the minister become suspicious and connected the Ryukyu King and the Chijing Dragon King. ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "It's not difficult to link these two identities together. Because this king made it clear at that time that he was born as a sea bandit. It's just that I don't know how my identity in Daming was leaked? ”