The people who Qin Fei selected for Cai Wei to go to sea were all carefully selected, although all of them were skilled, but compared with the Japanese and Haikou they encountered, the number was still a little less. And the kung fu of the Japanese people they met this time was very good, not an ordinary rabble, fists and embroidered legs.

Cai Wei looked at the more than 20 corpses on the deck, although the two sides accounted for half of them, but there were only so many people on her ship, and one less one died, while on the side of the Japanese people, dozens of black-clothed warriors jumped from the bow of the four ships.

They can't fight so hard anymore, and if they continue to fight like this, their boatmen will only be wiped out. Since you can't fight hard, you can only outwit it.

She knew that most of these sailors had followed Zheng Yihu to the East and the West, and there was a person who knew a few words of Fusang language, named Jiang Xiaoliu. Hurriedly summoned him to his side and said that he shouted a word in Fuso.

After Jiang Xiaoliu shouted a few times, he finally floated a Fusang language from a Japanese boat opposite. Jiang Xiaoliu was overjoyed when he heard this: "The leader of the Japanese people made them stop!" ”

Sure enough, the black-clothed warriors no longer hurt the killers, but jumped to the side with their swords, still aiming the tips of their knives at them, and surrounded them heavily.

Qiu Wu and the others also stopped for the time being, staring intently at the Japanese people opposite, and everyone said in their hearts: "I don't know what the princess wants to talk about with these Japanese people?" If you can't talk about it, you don't want to give up this life today, and you will definitely live up to Your Highness's trust and protect the princess. ”

At this time, Cai Wei was also quickly thinking about what identity she should make up for herself in order to dispel the murderous intent of these widows to destroy them all.

She originally wanted to say that she was an envoy sent to Fusang by Yan Qin, but the □□ Qin Fei prepared for her this time was finally much more normal, neither beautiful nor ugly, with good facial features and mediocre appearance, unlike the two that she was given before, either black and ugly, or full of pockmarks, no one believed her when she said that she was a state envoy.

But when the words came to her lips, she changed them to "We are members of the Sea Eagle Gang, if you dare to rob the ships of the Sea Eagle Gang on this sea, are you not afraid that Chief Zheng will know about it and destroy you?" If it weren't for the trouble of the Helmsman Zheng in the past few months, and he didn't take this sea route again, how could you dare to appear in this sea area? ”

Although she couldn't see the look of the Japanese leader clearly, she still stared at him, anxiously waiting for his answer.

"As long as we kill you all, no one will know that we did it." Jiang Xiaoliu weakly relayed the words of the leader of the Japanese people, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

However, when Cai Wei heard this, her heart was relieved. It turned out that she just wanted to see how these Japanese people reacted, they were at sea all the year round, and they were well-informed, if Zheng Yihu really encountered something unexpected, then the Japanese people would not answer her like this.

Since he was under the command of Qin Fei and has this highness as his backer, in the past two years, Zheng Yihu has been invincible in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, beating the Fusang people who were rampant on the sea before.

With the hatred of these Japanese people for Zheng Yihu, if he was defeated by the Nilan people, they would definitely gloat and happily say this truth that made their hearts flutter.

But now the leader of the Japanese people answered her like this, which means that Zheng Yihu has not lost his deterrent power at sea, as long as his fleet is still there, then Quanzhou has the last glimmer of hope. Maybe when she was sent out of Quanzhou City by Qin Fei, Zheng Yihu's fleet was already on the way to Quanzhou?

Although this is just an assumption, it also gives Cai Wei some confidence in her heart.

"If you kill us, then you and your subordinates will have to wander the seas for the rest of your life as pirates. Don't you want your emperor to forgive your sins and return to your homeland to live a peaceful life? ”

Zheng Yihu had told her and Qin Fei about who the would-be robbers were at sea, after all, this was not a good job, and they were doing this bloody business in the wind and rain all day long. In addition to some greedy people who really want money and want crazy, there are more people who can't survive in Fusang country, such as the Fuso ronin whose land is occupied and displaced, or those retainers and servants under frustrated politicians.

The difference between the latter and the former is that the former is mostly a rabble, while the latter is often a family, and even if they are down, they do not forget to hang the family crest and flag on their ship, which symbolizes the family symbol.

And the few Japanese boats around them all hung a black flag embroidered with a red maple leaf. Therefore, Cai Wei guessed that most of these Japanese people were retainers under a certain daimyo of Fuso, because the lord he supported lost power in the Fusang Kingdom, so he had to go into exile at sea and become pirates.

So, what if you throw a bait at these people that will allow them to return to their homeland? Will they take the bait?

The leader of the Japanese people was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "You are now the fish on our chopping board, and you dare to say that you can let His Majesty the Emperor let us go back?" Are you waiting for your life to say anything? ”

"Of course, I want to live, because I have this self-confidence, you must know that I am the best storyteller in the Great Qin Kingdom, and this brother Ma, he is from Zealand, he can tell a lot of Western stories, as long as you send the two of us to your emperor, he will definitely give you the return you want."

So ten days later, Cai Wei neither continued on the way to Zealand, nor could she find Zheng Yihu's fleet, but was sent to Kyoto in the island country of Fuso by the group of Japanese people.

Seeing that Cai Wei was good at talking and behaving well, and that she had extraordinary eyesight and courage, the key final condition was too tempting, and finally agreed to his suggestion, and sent someone to send him and Ma Li to Kyoto to tell the emperor a story, while Qiu Wu and the others remained in their hands as hostages to prevent them from escaping halfway. Anyway, if they fail in the end, they have nothing to lose, but if they succeed, then they don't have to continue to wander the sea.

It turned out that the emperor of Fuso at this time was just a fourteen-year-old boy, because he was still young, he neither liked to spend time drinking, nor did he like cockfighting, and he had only one habit, that is, listening to stories. Moreover, because most of the power in his hands was controlled by the shogun, he had nothing to do every day, so he asked people to tell him stories all day long.

However, in two or three years, he had already heard the old and new stories of Fusang Country almost perfectly, and his appetite became more and more dizzy, and often the storyteller only said the beginning, and he had already guessed the end. In order to hear some fresh stories, the emperor even posted an imperial list to find the best storyteller in the world.

As long as someone could tell a magical story that he had never heard before, and that fascinated him, he would grant that person's request and grant one of their wishes. But if the story he told was heard by the emperor, then that person would be punished by having both ears cut off.

Half a year ago, when Zheng Yihu told her and Qin Fei about this strange incident in Fusang Guozhong, it was said that the Guangmei Emperor had cut off the ears of dozens of people, but none of them could tell a new story that the emperor had never heard.

At that time, Qin Fei also joked with her, saying that if she told a story to the emperor, she would definitely let Emperor Guangming not cut off her ears but fulfill her wishes.

Because Cai Wei had never had a good impression of the Japanese people, she gave him a blank look and said, "Are you willing to send me to tell a story to the Japanese emperor?" ”

Qin Fei hurriedly hugged her, and said with a stern expression: "How is that possible, how about we arrest the emperor and let him tell you a story?" ”

The jokes of that day were still in her ears, but she was already standing in front of the palace of Emperor Fuso, waiting for the emperor's summons.

Fusang is just a small island country, and although the monarch of its country is known as the emperor, and his name sounds loud enough, the imperial residence he lives in is really a little unsightly compared to the Forbidden Imperial City of Yan Qin.

However, when Cai Wei walked around, she had a very familiar feeling, because the palace buildings in this palace were very similar to the shape of the Western Qin Dynasty she saw in ancient paintings.

Looking closely at the costumes and costumes of the palace people in the palace, and even the utensils and furnishings in the apse of the inner hall, all of them are familiar, all of which remind her of the various styles of the Western Qin Dynasty.

There was a sound of dresses, and a door opened on the side, and a middle-aged woman came out of it, dressed in orange clothes and covered with a thick layer of □□, so that people could not tell her age.

The woman bowed her head to them and said a few words to the effect that His Majesty the Emperor was changing his clothes and would be coming soon, so that they should not be afraid of the clouds.

Cai Wei looked at the two moth wing eyebrows on her face, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this moth wing eyebrows were originally the most popular eyebrow type in the Western Qin Dynasty, when the Fusang Kingdom was envious of the strength of the Western Qin, and had sent envoys to Chang'an several times to study.

Not only did he learn all kinds of rules and regulations in the Western Qin, written classics, and medical astrology, but he also learned all the costumes and makeup, and this moth wing eyebrow was introduced to Fusang at that time, and now the women of Daqin have long been out of interest in painting this kind of eyebrow shape, and they can't imagine that the women in Fusang are still dressed up like this.

Another sound sounded, and Cai Wei and the two had to bow down and bow their heads at the signal of the middle-aged woman, and when they raised their heads again, a figure was already sitting behind the white curtain of the two of them.

A hoarse voice sounded behind the curtain, and although Cai Wei couldn't understand what the emperor said, the coldness in his tone had already made her heart feel a chill.

A green-clothed maid held out a tray and placed it in front of the two of them, and on the scarlet silk lay a sharp knife.

It turns out that the Emperor said the following words: "Do you and other people of other races also come to sacrifice your ears for me?" ”