Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 33 Wei Jizhong and Xiao Xizi's Thrilling Journey 3
The two little girls hurriedly hugged Zhu Zhanhe's injured and bleeding hand, their hearts full of distress, their eyes red, and tears almost overflowing.

"I'll go get the medicine." Jian'er ran out quickly with red eyes, and Yun'er held Zhu Zhanhe's hand tightly.

"Young Master, your hand...?" Xiao Xizi looked at the seal in his hand and the blood stains on it in horror, then looked at Zhu Zhanhe's bleeding hand, his face full of shock.

"Xiao Xizi, let me tell you, the bloodstains on the seal are the key point. The aura of the blood-stained seal will dissipate in a month at most. So within a month, no matter what, you must come back, otherwise your lives will be in danger," Zhu Zhanhe said to Xiao Xizi with a serious face.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Xiao Xizi will come back within a month and will complete the task you assigned to her." Facing Zhu Zhanhe's serious expression, Xiao Xizi answered firmly.

"Go ahead, get ready, and leave today. Today is also within a month." At this time, Jian'er ran over hurriedly with a small box, her little face full of distress. Seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand and asked Xiao Xizi to go back and get ready, and then get ready to leave.

"Xiao Xizi is leaving, please rest assured, Your Highness." Xiao Xizi knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to Zhu Zhanhe. Then he stood up suddenly and went out respectfully.

"Young Master..." Seeing Xiao Xizi leaving, the two little girls felt so distressed that they quickly opened the box in their hands, took out various medicines and fiddled with them on Zhu Zhanhe's hands, cleaning the wound, applying medicine, and finally wrapping it up.

"Don't worry, just wash it well with wine and water." Zhu Zhanhe looked at the two little girls with red eyes and comforted them softly.

Yes, the wound on Zhu Zhanhe's hand was washed with wine. He had accidentally injured himself while practicing sword before, and only had some skin abraded. The two little girls reported to the princess, and his mother even went to find an imperial physician to treat it.

At that time, after Zhu Zhanhe saw the imperial physician's treatment method, he asked the little maids to prepare wine and keep using it to clean the wound until it was healed. Although it was not alcohol, it was better than nothing. He didn't want to get tetanus! So the two little girls remembered it.

Looking at Xiao Xizi's leaving back, Zhu Zhanhe decided to be less carefree at night and then see where his big crocodile was hiding!
Yes, our Alligator King has finally arrived in the Ming Dynasty!
Two days ago, the returnees sent by Zheng He had arrived at the port where they set out to sea, so Zhu Zhanhe's big crocodile also returned to the Ming Dynasty!

On the other side, Wei Jizhong, who had already packed his luggage, was waiting for Xiao Xizi.

Around 3:00 p.m., which was a little before 2:00 p.m., Xiao Xizi was ready, and the two finally met up and prepared to set off.

"General Manager Wei"

After greeting each other, "Eunuch Xi" and his wife looked at each other.

At this time, Wei Jizhong had changed into a set of gray clothes of ordinary people, the kind that could not be distinguished if thrown into a crowd.

Xiao Xizi did the same, changing into a set of coarse cloth clothes, but the color was a little darker and looked a little black.

The two smiled at each other and set off directly, traveling day and night to Taicang.

Time flies, and ten days passed in a flash.

At night, on an unknown mudflat in Taicang, two figures were moving slowly.

As we got closer, we realized they were dressed like crab fishermen on the seashore, dressed in coarse linen clothes, carrying baskets on their backs, holding torches, and leaning on bamboo poles. They were constantly groping on the rocky mudflats, looking like they were out crabbing late at night, forced to make a living. "Uncle Wei, we came to Taicang today, why are we looking so far away from the port? I remember the prince said that the person was near Taicang?" One of the slightly thinner men spoke first. It was Xiao Xizi.

It turned out that these two people were Wei Jizhong and Xiao Xizi in disguise.

The two men traveled by land and road, day and night, and it took them ten days to finally reach Taicang from Shuntian Prefecture. After arriving in Taicang, they did not rest, but changed into local fishermen's clothes and started searching at night.

"Eunuch Xi, the person the prince was talking about was trained in secret. Even the prince didn't know about his existence. How could he be in a port where people gather? If it were me, I would probably hide in a secluded place." At this time, another person spoke. It was Wei Jizhong. After arriving in Taicang, he insisted on coming to this place far away from the port to start searching.

After hearing what Wei Jizhong said, Xiao Xizi was also stunned and nodded in agreement.

"Uncle Wei is indeed meticulous. I admire him. Let's look for him quickly. We don't have much time in Taicang." Xiao Xizi couldn't help but feel that time was running out.

"We spent ten days on the journey, and we have to take another one on the way back. Although the water route is faster, we have to avoid many sights and travel mostly at night. I estimate it will take another ten days. We only have about ten days.

The prince said that the person would only recognize the token if it was within a month. Even if we found him, if it took more than a month on the way back, the other party would not recognize the token!
They will probably deal with the two of us directly. So, Eunuch Xi, we only have ten days to complete the prince's mission." Wei Jizhong calmly analyzed what Zhu Zhanhe said to them.

When Xiao Xizi heard that he would be dealt with, he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Uncle Wei, we have found him. Will he be killed if we exceed the time limit on the way back?" Xiao Xizi said in horror. He always thought that even if the token would expire after a month, as long as he found the other party and brought him back, it would be fine. He never thought that someone would die!
"Since the prince said so, then it must be arranged this way. We can't make things difficult for the prince!" Wei Jizhong's words were filled with a leisurely emotion, which inexplicably made people feel scared in this dark night.

"Of course, we are working for our master, how can we make things difficult for him? Let's find it quickly." Xiao Xizi suddenly felt a chill for some reason, and he couldn't help but wrap his clothes around himself and said loudly.

Then, the two began to search carefully again, but things did not go as they wished. Until dawn, they did not find any clues and could only leave in disappointment.

On the other side, Zhu Zhanhe was in the big crocodile's mind, controlling the big crocodile to patrol back and forth in the waters where it was temporarily living, near the shore, trying to find any trace of the two of them, but the place where it lived was full of strong winds and waves, and there were many reefs.

In the end, Zhu Zhanhe spent the whole night without finding it, so he had to let the big crocodile hide and leave again.

If someone could look down from a high altitude, they would see a ferocious beast crawling in a rocky and turbulent corner of the Taicang waters, with a mouth full of sharp fangs, a body covered with thick scales, four thick thighs, claws as sharp as daggers, and a tail as thick as a pillar. A huge crocodile is lurking there.

Soon, seven or eight days passed, and Wei Jizhong and Xiao Xizi still did not find any traces, and they couldn't help but become anxious.

Even Zhu Zhanhe in Shuntian Prefecture was a little anxious.

　The saltwater crocodile, the largest of the living crocodiles, is often called the saltwater crocodile, man-eating crocodile, or estuarine crocodile. It is biologically classified as a reptile in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Sauropoda, order Crocodilia, family Crocodilia, and genus Crocodylus.

　　A mature male crocodile can theoretically reach a length of 7 meters, but typically does not exceed 5 meters, and can weigh 600 to 1000 kilograms. Females, on the other hand, can reach a maximum length of 2.5 to 3 meters.

　　
　
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