Zhao Ming followed Ruan Mei and others and returned to the camp, and was a little absent-minded.

He still felt a pain in his heart when he heard that the Ma family had been killed and worried about himself.

After all, his soul is Zhao Ming, but his body is Ma Xi. Once his identity is exposed, others will only think that he is Ma Xi, not Zhao Ming.

The Qing Dynasty promoted the corruption of the Southern Ming Dynasty and wanted to kill the Ma family to win people's hearts. The Ming Dynasty's forces were angry that Ma Shiying took power. As the chief minister, Ma Shiying had nothing to do with the demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

This made Zhao Ming very confused. Should he go to see Ma Shiying, but escaping is not Zhao Ming's personality. Since he meets him, he will meet him. See what Ma Shiying said, let alone he has two thousand soldiers.

That night, at the fourth day, Li Zhongming and others heard snoring and teeth grinding sounds in the tent. Zhao Ming got up quietly and slipped out of the tent.

Zhang Mingzhen's camp was heavily guarded, and patrolling soldiers were everywhere. However, Huotou Camp was in a corner of the back camp, but there was no defense. Zhao Ming was agile and quickly climbed over the fence and left the camp.

A few miles away, more than two thousand Ma family troops set up a simple camp. The defense in the camp was normal, far worse than Zhang Mingzhen.

Zhao Ming was shuttled through the camp and soon saw a large tent with an oil lamp on it. No one was guarding it outside. He knew that Ma Shiying was waiting for him. He flashed and entered the tent.

In the big tent, there was a table, and on the chair behind the desk, a thin old man with a tired face sat.

"Xi'er, you're finally here!" Ma Shiying opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Ming, her eyes showing her spirit.

Zhao Ming stood there and said nothing.

Ma Shiying sighed, "A few months ago, my father received a letter from Wen Cong, and I know that you have changed your name to Zhao Ming!"

Zhao Ming was slightly stunned and then realized, who was Ma Shiying talking about?

Zhao Ming saw Ma Shiying's expression of loss. He betrayed his relatives and refused to even recognize his son. He must have suffered a great blow.

Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, but he saluted Lao Ma and found an excuse to comfort him, "Father, my son was injured in Nanjing and was hit hard on the head. He forgot many things, so he changed his name to Zhao Ming."

Ma Shiying was stunned and was confused for a moment. She was happy that Zhao Ming could call him his father, and at the same time, she was worried about Zhao Ming. He frowned and said, "Isn't that strange Wencong wrote to me, saying that you behave strangely, and when my father saw you, I felt something was wrong."

Ma Shiying stood up, walked around the table, walked to Zhao Ming, and looked at him carefully, his eyes full of concern, "Xi'er, how are you now? Have you ever remembered something?"

Zhao Ming shook his head, "I'm not seriously injured, but I'm a little stronger. But I can only remember a little bit of things. I still can't remember what happened before."

Ma Shiying nodded, "It's good that your health is fine. If you can't remember the past, you won't think about it anymore."

Zhao Ming asked: "Father, what are your plans in the future?"

Ma Shiying walked back to the table and sat down, let Zhao Ming sit down, and then said with a sad expression: "My father is in a difficult situation now. Emperor Longwu refused to enter Xianxia Pass to Fujian for his father. His Highness the King of Lu is unwilling to accept him as his father. He is now a masterless and lonely soul wandering in western Zhejiang. This time he heard that His Highness the King of Lu is going to attack Yuhang, raises money, grain and weapons to come to help with the war!"

Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Why is my Ma family here?"

Ma Shiying looked regretful: "I regret not listening to Wen Cong's words and using Ruan Jizhi incorrectly. Now, as my father, I can only fight this life to fight against Jiannu in order to atone for my sins and restore my reputation."

The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to the prime minister of a country. He was the head of the government and had political responsibility for state affairs. If the country was finished, you were the chief minister and the people naturally hated you.

This is like Chamberlain. If you make a wrong decision, you naturally need to be responsible and be nailed to the shame of history. Moreover, Ma Shiying was already in power, and he promoted Ruan Dacheng, a scumbag, which naturally attracted even more hatred.

This time when King Lu attacked Hangzhou, he did not invite Ma Shiying, but Ma Shiying came here by himself, hoping to do his best to fight against the Qing Dynasty and gain the understanding of the whole world.

Zhao Ming was a little moved, "I would like to help my father with my help!"

Ma Shiying smiled, but then waved her hand, "No, Xier, you should do your thing!"

Zhao Ming was a little puzzled. What did this mean? He came to see Ma Shiying not entirely because of sympathy, but because Ma Shiying had two thousand soldiers.

Most of these soldiers were private soldiers of the Ma family. They used to have more than 8,000 people and were well-equipped. Now only two thousand people are left to escape. Most of them were recruited by Ma Shiying from his hometown in Guizhou, Liping, and were very loyal to Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying explained: "After my father received the letter from Wencong, he sent someone to Jiangnan to find you. He learned that you were guarding Jiangyin, entering Taihu Lake, and fighting in Suzhou. He had a great reputation. If you show your true name, you will be implicated by your father and will never be able to remove your identity as an eunuch. Nanjing was destroyed, and the people in Jiangnan were affected. Everyone in the world hated me, Ma Shiying, because your father was the chief minister and could not be separated from the relationship. If you were back to Ma Xi, you would inevitably cause attacks from others and unable to enter the two courts of King Lu and Longwu. It would be better to endure humiliation and continue to use the name of Zhao Ming, and then turn the tide. The achievements are enough to offset the mistakes of being a father and restore the name to the name of!"

Zhao Ming said: "Father, the destruction of Nanjing is not your own crime, and those people are also responsible!"

After hearing this, Ma Shiying's turbid eyes were covered with tears, but she still waved her hand and said, "Being a father is the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty! The people only think that the father is destroyed, so don't blame the chief minister. Could you blame a minister of the Ministry of Rites?"

Zhao Ming was silent for a while, "But now there is no soldiers or money, how can I integrate into the court of King Lu and Longwu?"

When Ma Shiying learned that Zhao Ming would come, he had obviously made plans for him. He said in a deep voice: "Xi'er, with your current contribution, you are enough to join either King Lu or Longwu. You are under Zhang Mingzhen's command, as long as Zhang Mingzhen knows your deeds in Jiangnan, he will definitely recommend you to King Lu. There will be even more problems with the Longwu court. As long as you go to Fuzhou, the emperor will definitely use you."

Ma Shiying continued: "Nanjing was destroyed, and many of his father's confidants are still there. Your uncle Yang Wenden was in Fujian, and Yue Qijie lived in seclusion in Guiyang. Because of their father's relationship, they were not valued or excluded. But as long as you can gain a foothold in the court, they can help you. Even the two thousand soldiers of your father will be able to try to join you at that time."

Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie are both Zhao Ming's uncles. One of them is the right censor and the other is the governor of Henan.

Now that Ma Shiying fell, they all seek their own way out. In addition to them, the officials of the Nanjing Ma Party, in addition to the people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, also chose to live in seclusion or enter the court of King Lu and Longwu.

These people are now in a mess and are not popular. As long as Zhao Ming can gain a foothold, he will have the opportunity to gather them back together.

Of course, he could not gather them in the name of Ma Shiying's son, as that would arouse others' vigilance, believing that the eunuch party would be resurrected again and would definitely do his best to block it. He could only do this in the name of Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming glanced at Ma Shiying and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the lean camel is bigger than a horse, which is a huge political asset.

The two of them had been discussing for a long time. When it was almost dawn, Zhao Ming left Ma Shiying's tent and quietly returned to Huotou Camp.

As soon as he lay down, he heard Li Zhongming say, "Ala thought he had lost the phone number."

Zhao Ming was slightly stunned and then said, "Old Li, I actually..."

Li Zhongming covered Zhao Ming's mouth: "Ala has seen it long ago. Something happened at home? In this chaotic era, the people will not be allowed to survive! Don't say anything. No matter how big the matter is or how big the hatred is, I will first take the army as a good person. According to his ability, Ala will definitely be able to stand out and be a general. In this chaotic era, soldiers are the most valuable. With soldiers, there will be glory and wealth, and you can take revenge."

When Li Zhongming saw Zhao Ming entering the city and met someone, he was distracted and thought he had run into his family and got some bad news. He probably had his relatives killed by the Qing soldiers or other incidents, so he comforted him. At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Zhao Ming heard the words, he didn't say much, nodded deeply and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!