Zheng Chenggong, who was still staying on the southeast coast at this time, experienced another major event. A small wave of dispersed Qing troops somehow found their way to the coast and colluded with local pirates and wealthy merchants to harass local residents.
Zheng Chenggong's face hidden under the mask remained silent and serious as usual, showing no emotion or joy, as if he had an innate sense of indifference and distance.
Zeng De stood next to him and looked at him, slowly frowning. Zheng Chenggong was not like this before. Although he was not a particularly lively person in the past, he always liked to wear a mask, but at that time he often talked to his brothers
Drink and chat.
They had gotten drunk countless times, and they would fight when they were drunk. After the fight, they would talk loudly to each other about their ideals and ambitions, and it would seem that nothing happened the next day.
Nowadays, Zheng Chenggong rarely drinks. Even if he barely drinks two drinks for fun, he will never drink more. He also always warns them not to mess up because of drinking.
Zeng De hesitated for a moment, then walked over and sat down next to him: "Brother, this is probably what happened along the coast. You see, we don't care, everyone will listen to you."
Zheng Chenggong didn't look at him, his eyes were still in the distance: "Do you think we should take care of it?"
Zeng De didn't answer and looked at Zheng Chenggong rather strangely.
Zheng Chenggong waited for a long time and didn't hear an answer. He frowned and looked at him: "What's wrong?"
Zeng De was silent for a moment, looked around and saw that there was no one else around, and then slowly said: "You are not Brother Zheng, are you?"
Zheng Chenggong had a usual smile on his face, but he had murderous intentions in his heart: "Zeng De, have you drunk too much today? You are full of nonsense."
Zeng De sat next to him with his arms folded, seemingly not seeing the faint murderous intent exuded by the other party: "Brother will not speak in the tone just now. You are hesitating. He will not hesitate about this kind of thing."
Zheng Chenggong stopped smiling and stared at Zeng De coldly: "What do you want to say?"
"Are you asking this in acquiescence?" Zeng De said with a smile. He thought about it and his smile faded: "You are the young master we rescued by the river, right?"
A few years ago, when they were resting by the river, Zheng Chenggong rescued a man from the river. When the man woke up and asked about his name, he said he could not remember his name. He only vaguely remembered that he was from the capital.
Zheng Chenggong thought he was pitiful. He had neither relatives nor friends in this troubled world. He couldn't even remember who he was and why he came here. He was originally hesitant to find a village to give him some money and let him settle on his own.
Come down.
Unexpectedly, during a small battle three days later, this humble-looking boy actually made some insightful suggestions, which sounded very reasonable.
Zheng Chenggong chatted with him for a few words and found that he knew a lot and had great insights into things. However, he seemed to have too little experience and many of the things he proposed lacked feasibility.
"I think you must be a rich man. He has read a lot of books but has never been out in the world." Zheng Chenggong commented at that time.
"Brother, if you are not afraid of death, how about you follow Zheng and go on a adventure."
He actually didn't have any idea. It was already difficult to escape. It didn't seem to matter whoever went where, so he agreed without hesitation.
Until the fire burned everything...
"Brother Zheng, has something happened to him..." Zeng De asked softly.
Zheng Chenggong hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Zeng De seemed to have finally removed a big stone that had been weighing on his heart: "I knew it."
Zheng Chenggong's tone was hesitant: "Am I...not very similar to him? It must be something different."
Zeng De turned his head and glanced at him, and chuckled: "It's not true, you two have been together often before, and your temperaments are somewhat similar. The only difference is that you drink."
Zheng Chenggong didn't know that the two of them often drank in private in the past, and their understanding of this was different from ordinary people's, which was why they were able to detect the abnormality so quickly.
He didn't know what Zeng De meant. After admitting his identity, he looked at the other party with a rather complicated look, as if waiting for the other party to negotiate terms.
Zeng De saw what he meant and raised his eyebrows: "What? Do you think I want to negotiate terms with you?" He shook his head funny: "Who do you think I am?"
Zheng Chenggong was puzzled: "Then why did you choose to say it when no one was around?"
Zeng De picked up a stone and threw it into the river. The stone caused ripples: "Brother Zheng asked you to do this, right? This seems like something he would do. He was afraid that if something happened to him, everyone would
Let’s break up like this.”
Zheng Chenggong nodded: "I didn't think it was feasible at first, but Brother Zheng insisted. This is his last wish, and I really can't refuse."
Zeng De expressed his understanding: "He is like this. If he really wants to do something, few people can refuse him."
"Teach me today that I will naturally help you more, but..." He paused before continuing: "There is one person you must be careful about."
"Oh? Who is it?" Zheng Chenggong raised his eyebrows, but he didn't feel that anyone was obviously hostile to him.
"Shi Lang, this person is an old member of the Zheng family. He has always had a high level of ambition and a very arrogant temper. Brother Zheng used to give in to him in everything, but it was you who made him suffer a few times. Although he doesn't say anything now,
But if he finds out about this, he will never give up easily."
Zheng Chenggong frowned and thought for a moment: "Shi Lang, this person does have a bad temper and has some fighting skills. It's just that his popularity is too small, and he will retaliate. If you don't deal with him at all times, you should be careful about him."
Zeng De clapped his hands: "Don't tell me, I always feel that you have an unpredictable aura about you, and I can never guess what you are thinking."
Because of this habit of always hiding his inner thoughts intentionally or unintentionally, Zeng De always felt that although this person didn't say it, his identity must be not simple.
At the beginning, he said that the amnesia might be true or false, but Zeng De felt that for now, he didn't seem like a person who knew nothing about his past.
"Since you have promised Brother Zheng, then work hard and the brothers will follow you well. If you get a chance in the future, just make it clear to them." The expression on Zeng De's face was sincere, and he clenched a fist and raised it
Arrive in front of Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong smiled, clenched his fist and bumped it with him: "Okay, I will."
For such a long time, he has become accustomed to calling himself "I" instead of "I", and he has gradually learned to put himself on the same level as others to do things.
Now when I look back at the years I have lived, I have accomplished nothing while being trapped in the palace. It is really ridiculous that those ministers just said a few words and thought they were the best way to govern the country.
He took off his mask, and a deep scar on his originally handsome face made him look even more ferocious.
Zeng De sighed: "It's not a solution for you to keep wearing this mask like this. Although I don't have any skills, I have traveled a lot in the past few years and learned some skills. Come on, I will find a solution for you."