King Xi Tianzhu felt that his face was completely gone, and the face of the entire West Tianzhu court was lost, he reached out and touched his rough face, feeling a little hot, although no one had touched his face, but this hot feeling was very strong, so that he had to touch it gently with his hand to make himself a little more comfortable.

The port chief knew that when the king returned to the official office, he would definitely be angry, and he could not see the iron face and the anger that he had tried to suppress along the way, and he had no good way to deal with it.

After all, he himself deeply felt that this time the humiliation was really too big, his own face was a little hot, and his anger was not small, but in front of the king, no matter how angry he was, he could not be angry, but could only bow his head and accept the king's evil fire.

The king was already angry, and he could only stand there and listen, like a stake, and moreover, a stake with his head bowed.

He did not dare to excuse himself, nor did he have any words of comfort for the king, for in such a situation any words of comfort would cause the king's anger to grow greater, and he would be subjected to more severe revival, and silence would be the best remedy.

Just like the men of later generations, in the face of the unreasonable troubles of the female partner, always choose to deal with it with silence, and this is always the best response, if it is based on reason, it will definitely make the situation worse, so the smartest thing to do is to completely ignore the temper of the female partner, quietly wait for her to finish her temper, and then, and then slowly clean her up, a hard snap is absolutely indispensable, otherwise, the man's anger will have nowhere to release, and he will hold back liver disease.

Isn't there such a report in the news of later generations, a relatively young man, who never drinks or stays up late, but has liver disease, the reason is that he is too angry, his wife always gives him anger, and he has nowhere to release, so all the anger is accumulated in his heart, and over time, he has a very serious liver disease at a young age.

Why do officials like to find little wives, they all like three wives and four concubines, because the pressure on officials is much greater than that of ordinary people, there is oppression from superiors, there are also perfunctory subordinates, and they also have to face all kinds of challenges and pressures, which is a great test in people's hearts, and it is very important to properly vent the pressure in their hearts, and women are undoubtedly a very good way to vent, any man likes this way of catharsis, and it is the only thing that men have a common language.

The port chief also felt a little aggrieved in his heart, he served Xi Tianzhu conscientiously, never had the idea of disloyalty, and had no rebellious thoughts, however, so many port merchants tried their best to accuse the West Tianzhu court, the words were so ugly, it was really a bit excessive, and these merchants lived under his governance, and he had an unshirkable responsibility, which he had to admit, so there was no way to justify.

"Why are you dumb, don't you have anything to say?"

When King Xi Tianzhu saw that all these officials in the port lowered their heads and did not speak, the anger in his heart became even greater, and he wanted to rush over and give each of these people a big mouth.

The port chief still did not speak, and when the rest of the officials saw that the eldest official did not speak, they naturally followed silently, and besides, they did not know what to say, and looked a little confused.

"Okay, very good, you don't speak, then the king."

King Xi Tianzhu was very angry, looked at the officials in the port, and asked: "The merchants here have a deep grudge against me Xi Tianzhu, such a heavy resentment, is it formed in one day, it is impossible, it must be accumulated for a long time, so that they can say such ugly words, you are all local officials, don't you understand the complaints of the merchants, why don't you go to the court, why, you take the king's money, but don't do anything practical, are you here to eat mixed rice?" ”

This complaint spoke to the heart of the king of Western Tianzhu, who was very dissatisfied with these ministers because they had not fulfilled their duty to appease the local merchants.

And these officials are also very aggrieved, because they didn't mean to, they have long known that the businessmen have complaints in their hearts, but the businessmen are all afraid of death, even if the grievances are big, they don't dare to contradict the officials, this time, if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses to come over to support and beat them to death, these businessmen would not dare to be presumptuous, especially if they did not appease the businessmen, it is better to say that it was the arrival of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses that made the wings of these businessmen suddenly stiffen, resulting in daring to say anything.

In other words, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are the culprits who cause these merchants to speak disrespectfully, but these officials in the port can't say that, because saying this will anger the king even more, and it will make the king feel that his kingdom is too weak, so as to transfer more anger to them.

There was no place to vent their grievances, and these officials were also quite angry in their hearts, and they all wished that the king would leave as soon as possible, and then they could return to the mansion and pamper the beauties in the family to vent their anger.

The king was very angry, and he was very dissatisfied with the officials in front of him, and of course he would not let these guys go so easily, at least he had to vent his anger well, and let these officials realize their mistakes, and then let them go.

"What does this king say to you? You answer. ”

King Xi Tianzhu directly asked the port chief to answer.

Seeing that the king's anger eased slightly, the port chief stepped forward and replied: "King, it is no secret that the merchants here have been robbed by pirates, and they hate pirates in their hearts. ”

After speaking, he stood still in a nervous mood.

"You once went to the capital to react, why doesn't this king know who you reacted with."

The king continued.

In order to protect himself, the port chief can only find out a certain official, in fact, he has not reacted to anyone about this matter at all, because he knows that the imperial court does not want to take care of the pirates in the northwest, so he naturally will not touch this mold.

But now that such a big thing has happened, someone must carry the black cauldron, otherwise, this matter will not be easy to pass, and the port chief himself will definitely not be willing to carry the black cauldron, and it will be even more unrealistic to let the king carry the black cauldron.

The main culprit of the current situation was the minister who advised the king not to intervene with the pirates and let the pirates act as a buffer, and the port master guessed that the angry king would definitely not let the official go, so he simply brought it up himself first, adding a charge of deception to the official, so that the king would have more sufficient reasons to deal with the official, and finally clear himself of suspicion.

The rest of the port officials, seeing that the port chief had said this, and the king's face was a little better, so they also followed the well, and shook out the matter of the minister and a certain general receiving pirate benefits on a monthly basis.

This kind of thing, there is no official in the entire West Tianzhu who does not know, I am afraid that only the emperor in the palace does not know about this matter, so many officials are in trouble together, pointing out such a thing, the king can't believe it or not.

Now that there is a scapegoat, there is a way to give an explanation to the merchants, which is very good for regaining the prestige of the Western Tianzhu court, and the king's anger gradually dissipates.

"I really didn't expect that the two courtiers whom the king trusted very much, for their own personal interests, disregarded the interests of the court, the interests of the merchants and the people, it is really hateful, such a person must be severely punished, otherwise, how to give an explanation to the people of the whole country."

King Xi Tianzhu said loudly.

"King Shengming, King Shengming."

All the officials of the port breathed a sigh of relief and sang the king's praises.

The king's mood finally improved, and he immediately issued an order to summon the two culprits to the port city, where they were arrested and disposed of, so that the merchants of the port could see that their Western Tianzhu court did not fight pirates, but was blocked by some bad people, which finally led to such a bad result.

The capital is not very far away, and the place where the general is stationed is not far away, as long as it is executed immediately, let these two people come on horseback overnight, it is absolutely timely in time, which is also the main reason why the king of West Tianzhu first summoned people and then arrested, if he was arrested first, he must let the prisoner car escort, so, the second day will definitely not be able to catch up, so he will miss to deal with the pirates, and it is even more difficult for the pirates to confront these two people face to face.

On the vast sea, a steam gunboat of the Tang fleet is moving rapidly, this gunboat is a pirate lair from the northwest, and more than 100 pirates are tied to the deck of the ship.

That's right, the task of this steam gunboat is to escort these captured pirates to the port of West Tianzhu, where Li Ang is located, as quickly as possible.

The harsh sea breeze blew on the pirates' bodies, making them look rather lonely, and their bodies were bound by ropes, making it difficult to move and uncomfortable.

The wind was a trivial matter, but when the wind blew, the rain poured down from the sky and hit the pirates' bodies with impunity, making them shiver a little.

Usually, when they robbed merchant ships at sea, they looked quite imposing, but at this moment, they were tied to the steam gunboat, they looked quite embarrassed, and there was more or less fear in their expressions, they did not know what fate awaited them, and it would be a lie to say that they were not afraid.

Many pirates closed their eyes in pain, so as not to make them miserable, and their mouths were closed, and even their heads were tilted forward to block the rain from watering their faces.

"Damn the weather, it rained when it said it would rain, I really didn't expect it."

A Tang Army general stood in a room that could block the rain with a curse.

At the time of departure, the reason why these pirates were tied to the deck instead of in the cabin was because this was a combat ship, and the cabin was not particularly large, and it would be very troublesome and unfavorable for the guards to disperse these people.

The second is because the air quality in the cabin is not very good, these pirates are dirty, and even injured, putting it in the cabin will make the cabin full of unpleasant smells, and there will be no problems in this regard when placed on the deck.

The third is that the road is not too far, and the Tang soldiers did not expect it to rain halfway, so they don't think there is anything wrong with tying these pirates to the deck.

"General, it's raining heavily, what are they going to do?"

A lieutenant saw that the pirates were pitifully watered by the rain, and spoke.

The general sighed and asked, "How long will it take to reach the port?" ”

Their order was to escort the captured pirates to the port where Ang Lee was, and if the pirates died in the middle of the road, they would not have done a good job.

"I guess it's going to take another two hours."

The subordinate replied.

The general thought for a moment, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's only been two hours, just let them drench!" I can't die anyway. ”

For these evil pirates, the Tang soldiers will not have a good impression, although among the Tang soldiers, there are also some pirates in the Malacca sea, but these pirates have been in the Tang army for a long time, and they have long forgotten that they have been pirates, so they naturally will not sympathize with these captured pirates.

The Datang steam gunboat was still moving towards the harbor at the highest speed, and the sudden strong storm did not interfere with the movement of the Datang steam gunboat at all, as for the pirates on the deck who were soaked in rain, no one would care about them, and with the pirate's physique, they could not die after being drenched in the rain for a period of time, but they could wash away the dirt on their bodies.

The storm did not stop the Tang steam gunboats, nor did it stop the two ministers of Xi Tianzhu, after receiving the king's urgent letter, they immediately rode to the port, in order to arrive as quickly as possible, they and their retinue prepared three times as many horses, in the method of rotating riding, in order to save the horse's physical strength, to achieve a continuous rapid march.

Of course, they would never have dreamed that the king had sent them to arrest and dispose of them, and if they had known this, they would not have died so hard.

The scope of the rain was limited to the sea, and there was no rain in the port city and the nearby land, so the two ministers of Xi Tianzhu arrived before noon, and went to see their king in a puzzled mood, they really didn't know why the king was in such a hurry to let them come.

At the port city office, the two ministers met their king as they wished, and bowed.

"Dear King, you are so anxious to ask us to come, I wonder what is going on?"

The minister from the capital asked.