The boat traveled for three days, and finally, on the evening of the third day, it stopped and docked.

Zhu Yunxuan took the child out of the cabin, looked at the beautiful island shrouded in the sunset in front of him, narrowed his eyes, and finally calmed down completely.

Liang Zhen reminded him in a low voice behind him: "Your Majesty, the people on the boat are all my cronies. Most people here don't know your identity, so don't worry."

Zhu Yunxuan nodded lightly and glanced around. The island was much bigger than he imagined. There were mountains and lakes on the island. A town was built around the lake at the foot of the mountains. Xiao Junbo fled with those soldiers back then. Here, under the careful management of more than 20 years, from nothing to now, it seems to have become a country of its own on this island.

"Your Majesty, please." Liang Zhen hugged Xu'er with a smile and led Zhu Yunxuan off the boat.

There were many people on the pier to pick them up, and the leader was a tall and burly middle-aged man with a solemn expression. After stepping up to greet Liang Zhen, his inquiring eyes fell on Zhu Yunxuan beside him: "Major General, Who is this……?"

Liang Zhen introduced to them with a smile: "Uncle Rong, this is my wife and child. They are new here and feel a little uncomfortable. Please forgive me."

Zhu Yunxuan's pupils shrank, Liang Zhen turned his head and looked at him with a smile: "Axuan, this is Uncle Rong, father's righteous brother."

Zhu Yunxuan stared coldly at Liang Zhen in front of him, Liang Zhen winked with him, and after a brief stalemate, Zhu Yunxuan turned his head and nodded to that Rongbo, and it was a greeting. The other party still looked at him with a scrutiny in his eyes, but the other people were in an uproar when they heard what Liang Zhen said, and they chatted with Zhu Yunxuan, and rushed to hug Xu'er.

Liang Zhen blocked them and said with a smile: "All uncles, do well, don't scare the children, go back first."

After getting off the pier, they got into the car and went to the General's Mansion.

With the door closed, Liang Zhen lowered his voice and asked Zhu Yunxuan with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you angry?"

Zhu Yunxuan ignored him, pushed open the car window and looked out. The construction style of the town here is very similar to the one in Minzhou, but it still mixes some exotic features. When people saw the carriage of the General's Mansion, they would stop and greet them consciously. It seemed that they respected the deceased General Xiao, and even the Major General in the carriage.

Moreover, it is not all soldiers like Zhu Yunxuan thought before, and many women and children can be seen on the streets. Liang Zhen took the initiative to explain to him: "This island is rich in products, the kind of tea your Majesty has drunk is a specialty here, and there is quite a market in other island countries in the South China Sea. For more than 20 years, my father brought these people to rely on this. He saved a family business, supported the whole island, and successively helped these soldiers marry wives. The women you see are all married from other places in Nanyang."

Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "Why haven't any news about them returned to the Dayan court for so many years?"

Liang Zhen sighed: "It was they who took the initiative to avoid dealing with Dayan merchants and kept a low profile, so no one connected them with the Dayan soldiers who were buried at sea back then."

"...But this is not the homeland. They all have parents, relatives and friends in Dayan, and some of them should have been married long ago, right?"

Liang Zhen smiled: "It was the Dayan court that pushed them out to die, how dare they go back."

Zhu Yunxuan's expression darkened slightly, and he did not ask any further questions.

The General's Mansion is at the very center of the town, built on the lake. Although it is far from the real deep houses in Dayan, it is quite decent.

Xu'er was hungry a long time ago. Not long after entering the door, Liang Zhen ordered people to pass the meal. The family of three sat together. After so many days, they finally had a decent meal.

The dishes are all in the style of the North, and there are also one or two special dishes from the Nanyang side, but Xu'er only stared at the desserts that were shaped into rabbits, with bright eyes: "Little rabbit..."

Liang Zhen put one in his bowl: "Xuan'er can eat more if he likes it."

The child quickly shook his head: "You can't eat little rabbits."

Zhu Yunxuan put the snack back into the plate again, frowning and reminding Liang Zhen: "Don't ask him to eat it, or you won't be able to stop crying for a while to coax him."

Liang Zhen laughed: "Since the little baby likes rabbits so much, why don't you raise a few real ones for him?"

Zhu Yunxuan shook his head: "The Chief Military Mansion raised two before, but they died by careless feeding, and Xu'er was ill for a month. Since then, the elder brother did not dare to feed him, and only made some fake ones to play with him. ."

Liang Zhen snorted: "Ding Guogong and his wife are raising my son as a spoiled daughter."

Before Zhu Yunxuan could say anything, he stretched out his hand and pinched Xu'er's little nose again: "What kind of rabbit do you raise, father will raise leopards and tigers for you in the future."

The little doll blinked and smiled innocently: "Okay."

Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes to look at Liang Zhen, and some emotion flashed in his eyes, Liang Zhen smiled and served him food: "Your Majesty, I specially ordered the kitchen to prepare it, and those people outside were waiting to wash the dust for us. , was pushed by me, or else I wouldn't be able to eat this meal cleanly."

"...Are they all your father's subordinates?"

"Yeah, among those people, except for my father, the one with the highest official position is Uncle Rong. After I went to the island, my father made a righteous relationship with him and supported each other until now."

"But you don't trust him."

Zhu Yunxuan said it firmly, and Liang Zhen did not deny it, and smiled softly: "Your Majesty really understands me, my father and this group of subordinates are brothers who share the same heart, but after a long time, in this small place, people's hearts are always easy to understand. What has changed, let alone me, an outsider who only came here three years ago, my father is gone now, and the only people I really dare to trust are the people I brought from Beijing and the few loyal servants my father left behind."

"They haven't returned to Dayan for decades, and they try to avoid contact with Dayan people, but you went to Minzhou with a bunch of cronies. It's no wonder they don't treat you as their own."

Liang Zhen smiled and looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty really doesn't know why I have to go to Minzhou?"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes turned to the child who was eating obediently with his head down, paused, and said, "I thought... what you said three years ago was true."

Three years ago, Liang Zhen told him that he would no longer set foot on the Great Evolution in this life. He really believed it, and he always thought so, but Liang Zhen will always be Liang Zhen, and there will always be one unexpected move after another. waiting for him.

Liang Zhen nodded: "It's true, but I also said that the premise is that Your Majesty doesn't want to see me again in this life."

Zhu Yunxuan stopped asking questions, lowered his head and dined silently, Liang Zhen lightly hooked the corner of his lips, and continued to serve dishes for the large and small in front of him.

After dinner, the sky was still bright outside, Liang Zhen proposed to take a walk outside, and led Zhu Yunxuan out with the child in his arms.

Going out from the back door of the General’s Mansion is the only lake on the island, and after a short walk, you will reach the seaside. There are still many children playing at the seaside at this time. There are only a few thousand people on this island, and every household is familiar with each other. , The house is not closed at night, and the children, the older and the younger, all play together.

The sound of the waves and the laughter of children could be heard everywhere. Xu'er stared and looked around curiously, seeing that everything was new. Zhu Yunxuan was also looking at the children, and Liang Zhen asked him, "What is your majesty thinking?"

"Are these children...for the rest of their lives?"

"Isn't this good? Carefree, you don't have to be forced to study, you can play whatever you want..." Seeing the disapproval on Zhu Yunxuan's face, Liang Zhen smiled and said solemnly, "Actually no On this island, all boys over twelve years old must join the army. The military camp is on the seaside behind the mountain. For more than 20 years, my father has not dared to slack off, and dared not let these people live too comfortably and lose their blood. I'm afraid they will lose their ability to protect themselves one day."

Zhu Yunxuan frowned and said, "It's not the long-term way."

"Then Your Majesty is willing to show them a clear path?"

Zhu Yunxuan glanced at him, did not express his position, and continued to move forward.

Looking at the soft white sand on the beach, Xu'er also wanted to step on it, twisted her body and kept trying to let Liang Zhen let herself down, but was stopped by Zhu Yunxuan: "I want to play tomorrow and come back in the daytime, but the wind will pick up after a while. Go a little further and go back."

The little doll who didn't succeed lay down on Liang Zhen's shoulder in disappointment, Liang Zhen smiled and patted his back: "Good, I'll bring you to pick up conch tomorrow, it's bigger than the one I bought for you at the sea market last time. ."

The child's eyes lit up instantly: "Really?"

"Really, my father never lied, let alone our little darling."

Liang Zhen opened his eyes and said nonsense without changing his face. Zhu Yunxuan did not expose him, and there was a fleeting smile in his eyes.

When the last ray of sunshine on the horizon was exhausted, they returned to the general's mansion. Liang Zhen sent Zhu Yunxuan and his son to the door of the room. Before entering the door, Zhu Yunxuan finally nodded with him, and was about to turn around with the child, but Liang Zhen Suddenly he reached out and pulled him back suddenly.

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to meet Liang Zhen's smiling eyes, Liang Zhen leaned close to him and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, when I left Beijing, I really made up my mind not to return to Dayan, this I did it for three years, but the news from Dayan was that I would go to Minzhou only after you refused to stand up. Originally, I just wanted to take advantage of your southern tour to take a look at you from a distance, but I unknowingly knew it. Now that there is a third child in the naval commander's mansion, you say, how can I let you go, since you have given me some thoughts, you can't push me away."

Xu'er raised her head and looked at them for unknown reasons. Zhu Yunxuan didn't move, she closed her eyes lightly, and after a while, she murmured in a low voice, "...you're always such a bastard."

"I'm not a jerk, Your Majesty will know later."

After talking with a smile, Liang Zhen backed away, raised his hand and touched Xu'er's face again: "Dear, go back to your room with your father to sleep."

The child climbed into the bed and was still playing with those bamboo bunnies that never got tired of playing. Zhu Yunxuan pressed the person into the bed, bowed his head and kissed him: "Go to sleep, and play tomorrow."

Xu'er looked at him with bright eyes: "Daddy, were the little rabbits and puppies you gave to Xu'er made by your father?"

"……Um."

"My father is very kind to Xu'er, and Xu'er likes his father very much."

Zhu Yunxuan smiled in a low voice: "Well."