Two hours later, the sun was rising on the sea level in the east, and the merchant ships had sailed far away from Cangzhou Port and traveled on the endless sea on all sides.

The cold wind on the sea in early spring is biting, especially in the quarter of an hour before and after the sun rises, the sea breeze can almost blow people stiff, but even so, Ma Zheng still stood on the bow deck of the merchant ship, facing the cold sea breeze, so that the rising sun was the first to shine on his body, because only in this way can he suppress the wordless excitement in his heart at this moment! He knew very well the purpose of his trip, he was on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, on behalf of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, to submit a letter of friendship to the Dajin Kingdom that suddenly rose in Liaodong, and if this matter can be successful, the Great Song may be able to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that have fallen into the hands of the Khitans for one hundred and eighty years!

What a great feat! What a feat!

Ma Zheng couldn't help but applaud the emperor and the court's foresight! And what makes him even more excited is that he has the honor to be the vanguard in this matter as a small soldier, and he will have the opportunity to leave a heavy mark on this event that is enough to go down in history, and even leave a name in history!

Leave a name in history...... This is a temptation that cannot be refused by everyone, whether it is a civil servant or a military general, and even if it is a great traitor, don't they all try their best to sell their reputation and reputation, and don't want to leave a stench for 10,000 years?

Thank God for giving yourself such an opportunity!

Ma Zheng stretched out his hand and patted his chest gently, his fingers that had been frozen a little stiff could still clearly feel the faint hardness of the letter that was hidden in that position, it was a handwritten letter from the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was also the biggest task of his trip, although he knew that it was still in his arms, but Ma Zheng still felt uneasy, and he always had to touch it from time to time, and he would feel at ease when he really felt its existence.

"Hehe...... I'm really a little too careful......," Ma Zheng laughed self-deprecatingly, then put away his smile and said to himself seriously, "Be careful so that the Ten Thousand Year Ship, no matter what happens, you must protect it...... Certain! ”

The merchant ship traveled for a few more hours, and when the sun hung high in the sky, it was already noon, and at this time the merchant ship had completely moved away from Cangzhou Port, and even the last time I saw the farthest fishing boat from the harbor was an hour ago.

After five or six hours, Ma Zheng's excited mood finally calmed down, and it was only then that he gradually felt a trace of tiredness, too, since receiving the holy decree, in the past ten days, he was in an extremely nervous preparation every day, and did not dare to have the slightest slack, so as not to cause even any omission to this operation, especially yesterday, which was the last day of preparation, he almost did not rest all day, and thoroughly checked all the details several times. In addition, since he set off last night, he has not closed his eyes for twenty hours.

There's still a long way to go, it's time to take a break......

Ma Zheng struggled to eat a few bites casually, and arranged for the merchant ship to pretend to be a merchant and a man, but in fact, it was a strategist and soldier from Cangzhou Mansion who was on duty before dragging his heavy steps back to his room.

The merchant ship sailing on the sea swayed gently back and forth like a baby's rocking bed, and the sea breeze was like a lullaby sung from the mouth of a mother, and after only a few moments, Ma Zheng completely fell into a deep sleep, unconscious and .......

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"Master Ma...... Master Ma...... Master Ma! ”

Ma Zheng was sleeping, only to feel a noise in his ears, and his body was shaking involuntarily, he opened his sleepy eyes and saw that it was actually his deputy Zhang Wangwang who was calling himself, and his face was full of panic,

In an instant, Ma Zheng reacted suddenly, and he immediately got up and asked urgently, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Wangwang hurriedly said, "It's not good for adults, we are surrounded by people!" ”

"What?!" Ma Zheng was shocked, grabbed Zhang Wang's arms and asked urgently, "What's the matter?!" ”

Zhang Wang hurriedly said, "Half an hour ago, we found a ship following us, at first we didn't care, we thought it happened to meet some other merchant ship, but who expected that the speed of the ship was getting faster and faster, chasing straight towards us, and when they approached, we saw that it was actually a Mongolian war ship!" Seeing that the situation was not good, we hurried to speed up. But before we had gone too far, we saw a ship coming from the right back, right left, right front, left front, and directly ahead, plus the one following us, a total of seven ships completely blocked all our escape directions, and what was even more amazing was that the ship in front of us was actually a four-car warship! ”

Ma Zheng was even more shocked when he heard this, it was either a Mengchong warship or a four-car warship?! He jumped up from the boat and continued to ask as he hurried out, "Do you see who it is?!" ”

Zhang Wang hurriedly followed, "I can't see clearly, I can only see that there is a black flag hanging on their flagpoles, and the flags are painted with a skull pattern...... Pirate? ”

Pirate?! Ma Zheng was even more puzzled in his heart, Cangzhou Port is a military port, except for a small number of fishermen, no commercial activities are carried out, so there are almost no pirates in this area, if it is really pirates, where did this group of pirates come from? What pirates could have such strength, and all of them were military ships like four-chariot ships and Mengchong ships?!

Ma Zheng came to the deck and looked around, and sure enough, he saw that there were seven ships surrounding him in front of and behind his merchant ship, sailing in the same direction as himself, and the distance between the seven ships and his merchant ship was getting closer and closer, and Zhang Wang was not mistaken, the seven ships were a four-car warship and six Mengchong warships, and one Mengchong warship was already one-third the size of his own merchant ship, not to mention the four-car warship that was a little larger than the merchant ship!

Looking at their flagpoles again, sure enough, there was a big black flag floating, and the center of the flag was painted with a skull pattern, exuding an evil and frightening feeling, although Ma Zheng had never seen this kind of flag, but he knew that normal merchant ships would not fly such strange flags, and normal merchant ships would not have so many warships!

Sure enough, it's a pirate ......! Ma Zheng's breath couldn't help but shorten, it doesn't matter where these pirates come from, what matters is how to deal with them now, and ......,

Ma Zheng reached out and patted the position of the letter on his chest again, as well as ...... How to protect this letter!