"To the sea of clouds!" After listening to Lei Ting's report, Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly and stopped, he didn't understand why Xiang Yunhai, as a high-ranking son of the royal family, wanted to collude with the Japanese Kou.

Could it be related to the dead King Shangpazhi?

Soon, Li Yuntian's face showed a thoughtful look, if he remembered correctly, after the death of King Shangpazhi, there was a "coup" in Shuri Castle, and it was not the son of King Shangba Zhi who was elected as the new King of Ryukyu by the ministers, but Jin Yuan, the side official of the Imperial Lock of the Imperial Castle who had no blood relationship with King Shangpazhi, as the new king.

After Jin Yuan was elected as the new king, because Emperor Xuande gave the surname of the Ryukyu royal family as "Shang", he changed the surname "Jin" to the surname "Shang", and his name became "Shang Yuan", which is now King Shang Yuan.

According to the information obtained by Li Yuntian, not all the courtiers elected Jin Yuan as the king at that time, and Shang Yunhai, as one of the three officials, supported the establishment of the son of King Shang Bazhi as the new king.

It's a pity that Shang Yunhai failed to change the overall situation, and Shang Yuan Wang Shun ascended the throne.

To be precise, King Shang Yuan is not the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom now, because the successive kings of the Ryukyu Kingdom have to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty when they succeed to the throne.

However, when the envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Xuande, arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the ninth year, Emperor Xuande was not only seriously ill but also trying to find a way to deal with Li Yuntian, and King Shangyuan was not among the clansmen of the Shangba Zhi King family controlled by the Ming Dynasty, so this matter naturally dragged on.

According to the envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom, all three sons of King Shoba Shi had died in a rebellion at Shurijo Castle, and King Shoen was the new King of the Ryukyus elected by the Ryukyu Kingdom.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty reported the matter to Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande asked the Ministry of Rites to send people to the Ryukyu Kingdom to find out the reason, after all, this involves the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and cannot be sloppy, and King Shangyuan cannot be pardoned until the people of the Ministry of Rites find out the facts.

Originally, the Ministry of Rites was supposed to send people to the Ryukyu Kingdom at the beginning of the tenth year of Xuande to investigate the situation, but Emperor Xuande died at the beginning of the year, and all forces in the capital were reshuffled, and the Ministry of Rites was also very busy.

By the time the Ministry of Rites finished the affairs at hand, it was already the middle of the tenth year of Xuande, and a petty official of the eighth rank was sent to the Ryukyu Kingdom to investigate, and if he wanted to get the canonization of the imperial court, he would have to be in the second half of the first year of orthodoxy at the earliest.

Therefore, the current King Shoyuan is only the nominal king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he can only become the real king of the Ryukyus after being canonized by the orthodox emperor.

Therefore, considering the complicated situation in the Ryukyus, Li Yuntian believed that if Xiang Yunhai had an affair with the Japanese people, it would most likely have something to do with the throne of the Ryukyu Kingdom, otherwise Xiang Yunhai's honor would suddenly have no reason to have anything to do with the Japanese people.

"My lord, the king of Ryukyu sent a woman, saying that she was sleeping for the prince." Just when Li Yuntian was deep in thought, a naval attache of the Navy Division walked over quickly and said in a deep voice.

"Bedchamber?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it seems that the Ryukyu King is really thoughtful, but he doesn't have the heart to spoil the beauty that the Ryukyu King sent him now, and waved his hand at the naval attache and said, "Sue the Ryukyu King, his heart has been received by the king, but the king's military affairs cannot receive his kindness." ”

"Wait." The military attache bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and was about to leave, but Lei Ting, who was not thinking about it, shouted to him, and then Lei Ting said to Li Yuntian with a smile, "Lord, I think this is a kindness from the King of the Ryukyus, if the prince does not appreciate it, it will not be conducive to our army's actions in the Ryukyus." ”

"Bring people in." Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, thinking that Lei Ting's words were reasonable, if he politely rejected the kindness of the Ryukyu King, it would definitely cause the Ryukyu King and the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ryukyu Kingdom to be uneasy, rather than doing this, it is better to follow the local customs to make the Ryukyu King and others feel at ease and bring the friendly relationship between the two sides closer, so he said in a deep voice to the military attaché.

Soon, the military attache led a young woman dressed in Ryukyu national costume onto the ship.

The costumes of the Ryukyu Kingdom are very similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, and some of the local characteristics of the Ryukyus are retained, so if you don't distinguish them carefully, you will definitely think that they are people of the Ming Dynasty.

"The people's daughter Lin Xin knocked on the prince." The young woman's posture was outstanding, slim and elegant, and after seeing Li Yuntian, she was slightly stunned at first, and then knelt down to salute Li Yuntian, speaking fluent Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialect.

"Get up." Hearing this, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and lifted it upward, and then asked quietly, "Your ancestor is a Ming person?" ”

"Lord Yu, the ancestors of the people moved to the Ryukyu Kingdom with the sea ship on the order of Emperor Hongwu." Lin Xin bowed to Li Yuntian and replied in a coquettish voice.

Li Yuntian nodded, no wonder Lin Xin could speak such a pure Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect, it turned out that her ancestor was one of the thirty-six families sent to Ryukyu Island by Emperor Taizu back then.

"Tell the king about the customs and customs of the Ryukyus." In Li Yuntian's opinion, Lin Xin was a good guide, after all, he had a limited understanding of the situation in the Ryukyu Kingdom, so he walked to the side of the ship, looked at the scenery on Ryukyu Island and said.

Lin Xin bowed down and followed, standing aside and methodically introducing the local situation on Ryukyu Island to Li Yuntian, who nodded from time to time.

"Lord Wang, officials sent by the Ministry of Rites to Ryukyu Island on business came to visit." When Lin Xinxiang and Li Yuntian talked about the current situation of the thirty-six families sent to Ryukyu Island by Emperor Hongwu, the previous military attache came to report again.

Li Yuntian knew that the official of the Ministry of Rites had come to investigate the succession of King Shangyuan, so he nodded to the military attaché, wanting to know what the official of the Ministry of Rites had found.

"Xiaguan Zhang Ren pays a visit to the prince." After a while, a middle-aged official of medium stature wearing an eight-rank official robe walked over quickly, and when he saw Lin Xin standing next to Li Yuntian, he was stunned for a moment, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he saluted Li Yuntian with a respectful expression, "Xia Guan just returned to Shuri when he went to a foreign place for official business yesterday, and he failed to greet the prince's driver, and I hope that the prince will atone for his sins." ”

"The king asks you, how is your errand?" Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Ren quietly, he didn't believe Zhang Ren's rhetoric, this guy must have drunk too much last night and couldn't come to the dock to greet him in time, so he simply made up a reason to wait until he woke up to see him.

"Lord, according to the investigation of the lower officials, the heir of King Shangba Zhi did die in the civil strife in the ninth year of Xuande, and since his heir is extinct, Shang Yuan can be the new king of the Ryukyus." Zhang Ren had already prepared, and bowed down and replied methodically when he heard the words.

"This king wants to hear the truth!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and after glancing at Zhang Ren, he looked up at Ryukyu Island, "You must know that your words will make the imperial court make a judgment on the affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and it will also affect the judgment of this king on the shape of the Ryukyu Kingdom." ”

"This ......" Zhang Ren's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and the cold flowed down his cheeks, his eyes were full of panic, he knew that Li Yuntian was definitely not the kind of person who was easy to fool, so he was in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

"The king has given you three days, and I hope you will give the king a proper answer by then." Li Yuntian had already guessed that after Zhang Ren came to the Ryukyu Kingdom, he would definitely eat, drink and have fun all day long, accompanied by the officials of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he did not investigate the reason for the change of dynasty in the Ryukyu Kingdom at all, he knew that this was a common problem for Ming officials to go to the vassal states, so he did not intend to punish Zhang Ren, and looked at the front coldly and said.

"Lord Xie, the lower officials must find out about this matter." Zhang Ren was suddenly relieved, bowed to Li Yuntian and walked away quickly, wiping the sweat on his forehead as he walked, because his legs were a little weak because he was frightened by Li Yuntian, so he staggered when he walked.

Lin Xin looked at the scene in front of her with some surprise, she knew that Zhang Ren was arrogant and domineering in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and even King Shangyuan was afraid of him, but in front of Li Yuntian, Zhang Ren was as honest as a quail, and he was so frightened that he was sweating profusely just by Li Yuntian's words, and he was almost paralyzed on the ground.

To be honest, after coming into contact with Li Yuntian, Lin Xin felt that this young prince of the Ming Dynasty was very easy to get along with, approachable and without the slightest arrogance, which made her relax for a while.

But after witnessing Zhang Ren's appearance in front of Li Yuntian, Lin Xin realized that she was a little contemptuous of the young prince in front of her, not only Zhang Ren's awe of Li Yuntian, but also Li Yuntian's rigorous attitude when dealing with things, which she never expected, if it were someone else, she would definitely believe how Zhang Ren reported, which means that Li Yuntian has a very strong ability to control and will not be lightly disturbed and affected by the outside world.

Lin Xin would never have thought that Li Yuntian was not only the loyal and martial king of the Ming Dynasty, but also the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, and had the power to supervise the hundreds of military officials in the world, which was what he really made the officials of the Ming Dynasty feel afraid and jealous.

At night, Shuriport shantytown.

"Madam, I have already found out clearly, the Zhongwu King who came this time is a red man in front of the Ming Emperor, the first military minister of the Ming Dynasty to be crowned a prince alive, and last year he led the Ming army and sailors to exterminate those Japanese on Xiaoliuqiu Island in one fell swoop."

The young woman who had appeared in the shantytown in the morning knocked on the door of the middle-aged woman's house again, and after entering the door, she lowered her voice and said to the middle-aged woman, "I heard that King Zhongwu came to Ryukyu this time to chase down a group of Japanese robbers who attacked the Songjiang Mansion in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and it is likely that those people from Jumping Horse Harbor did it." ”

"Moreover, I also heard the news that Lord Zhang, who came from the Ming Dynasty, has seen Queen Zhongwu as if she was a different person, and is now investigating how Jin Yuan ascended to the throne after the death of King Xian."

As she spoke, a look of excitement appeared on the young woman's face, "Madam, I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if Lord Zhang knows that His Royal Highness the Prince is still alive, he will definitely report to King Zhongwu and Da Ming and canonize His Royal Highness the Prince as the new king." ”

"There is such a thing!" The middle-aged woman was taken aback when she heard this, and looked a little incredulous, no matter what, she didn't expect that Zhang Ren would suddenly change her previous image of eating, drinking, and having fun and check whether King Shangyuan was qualified to succeed to the throne, which was a surprise for her.

No one could have guessed that this middle-aged woman, dressed simply and seemingly no different from the people in the shantytown, was actually the princess of King Shangba Zhi, Ma Shi, who did not die in the fire two years ago, but took the crown prince of King Shang Bazhi to escape by using the fire, and then secretly waited incognito for the opportunity to make a comeback.

"No, we can't trust Master Zhang, since he came to our Ryukyus, the traitor of Jinyuan has confessed to him, and he will serve him with good food and drink, in case he leaks our affairs to Jinyuan, then we will be in danger."

After a deep groan, Ma shook her head at the young woman, she didn't believe Zhang Ren, otherwise she would have gone to Zhang Ren to ask her to make the decision for her when Zhang Ren came to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"What then?" The young woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then she subconsciously asked.

"Let's go to see King Zhongwu tomorrow, he is a high-ranking official and dignitary of the Ming Dynasty, since Zhang Ren has begun to check the qualifications of Jinyuan to succeed to the throne, then he will definitely call the shots for us!" Ma Shi's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she replied categorically, she knew that this was her last chance to make a comeback, and once she lost it, she and the prince would never turn over when the Ming Dynasty officially canonized Jinyuan.