Lord Zhizhou heard what Lord Zhao said, so he pretended to be calm and said: "Since Xia Guan took office, I have never heard anyone report that there are pirates in the waters of Fuzhou, and even such rumors are very rare!" ”

Lord Zhizhou said it soundingly, if Qu Ping was not sure, he might really be fooled by him.

Qu Ping tried to ask: "This king is on Liuqiu Island, but I heard about a group of pirates, what is the leader...... Zheng Guang Zheng Qing. ”

"Liuqiu is a remote and wild island, and it is not impossible for pirates to use the Liuqiu Sea as a shelter." Zhizhou said.

When Lord Zhizhou heard the name of Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing, his expression was slightly unnatural, but he did not escape Qu Ping's eyes.

"Okay, this king's time is also very urgent, so I won't sell it." Qu Ping asked bluntly, "Lord Zhizhou, if you ...... And you, what have you done to be sorry for the court and the people, it is best to invite it immediately, there is only one chance! ”

Zhizhou hurriedly clarified himself and said: "Lord Wang, the officials are innocent, there is absolutely no half-heartedness, I'm sorry for the court and the people!" ”

Several adults behind Zhizhou lowered their heads and glanced at each other, and the performance of weakness was unmistakable.

Qu Ping asked the other adults, "Are you also saying the same thing?" ”

Several adults listened to Qu Ping's cold tone and sharp words, not like groundless, but afraid that the person who came was not good; But it is also possible that Qu Ping is bluffing.

When he was hesitating, one of them took the lead and said: "The lower officials follow Lord Zhizhou, they are diligent and discreet, and they dare not have the idea of half a corpse vegetarian meal." ”

Qu Ping was very disappointed in his heart, they didn't have any remorse at all, compared to Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing's group of pirates.

Qu Ping said coldly: "Since that's the case, that's good!" Zheng Guang! ”

When several adults heard the name of "Zheng Guang", their hearts suddenly hung in their hearts, and the sense of danger was oppressive to the top of their heads.

Zheng Guang responded and greeted Zhizhou and several other adults: "A few adults, I haven't seen you for a few days, don't come unharmed!" ”

Lord Zhizhou bit to death and didn't know the pirate, he looked at Zheng Guangdao calmly: "Who are you, this official has never seen you?" ”

Zheng Guang said: "My lords and nobles are so forgetful! Last month, Xiaomin also honored you with 1,000 taels of silver, and asked you about the movements of the Jinghai Division of the imperial court, how can you say that you don't know Xiaomin? ”

"Nonsense!" Zhizhou said angrily, then turned to Qu Ping and stated, "Lord Wang, this Diao Min is simply a bloody mouth!" ”

Qu Ping smiled and was speechless.

Zheng Guang said again: "Bloody mouth? I'm going to kill people! In March of this year, a Seljuk merchant came from afar to trade with the Great Song Dynasty, and on the way back from Fuzhou after the transaction was completed, the lord told me to rob the ship and plunder the goods, and asked me to kill people and kill people. ”

"You ......"

Zheng Guang said: "My lord, don't be busy denying it, the Seljuk merchant I still stay on Penghu Island, it is impossible for you to die without proof." ”

"You did it, what do you have to do with me?" Lord Zhizhou's chest rose and fell.

The adults behind him couldn't sit still.

Qu Ping said: "Do you have thorns on your buttocks?" ”

The hearts of several adults were like ashes, their faces were gloomy, and their hearts were finished.

Zheng Guang pointed to a string of jade on the neck of Lord Zhizhou, and said: "The jade pendant on the adult's neck was given to you by the villain when the adult celebrated his birthday last year, and there is a natural swastika on it, which means longevity without borders." Do you want to take it out for everyone to enjoy and enjoy? ”

Lord Zhizhou gritted his teeth and said: "Shameless gangster, don't want to ruin my reputation......"

"Enough!" Qu Ping roared, "Now, I'm going to die, and I'm still arguing here!" If this king does not have real evidence, will he ask you to come up and drink tea? ”

Lord Zhizhou's face was like ashes: "I ......"

"And you!" Qu Ping glared at several adults behind Zhizhou, his eyes were like a sharp knife, making the other party tremble, "I don't know how to persuade and block each other, but I collude to act for the tiger and be embarrassed!" Don't kneel down for me yet! ”

Qu Ping burst into a loud shout, and he was frightened to learn that Zhou and several adults behind him involuntarily fell to their knees, trembling all over their bodies and sweating coldly.

"Are you convicted?" Qu Ping said sternly.

Several people knew that the incident at the east window had happened and everything was over, so they kowtowed and prayed: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life......"

"Shang Fang's sword is coming!" Qu Ping said loudly.

Wu Zhishen solemnly held Shang Fang's sword with both hands and presented it to Qu Ping.

Qu Ping held the sword in his hand and said: "The sword of Qin Ci Shangfang is here, such as the saint coming!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone present knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

"As a parent official in Fuzhou, the governor of Fuzhou is not loyal to the imperial court, and he does not restrain his subordinates, colludes with pirates, oppresses the people, and disrupts social order, which is a heinous crime! Special Order-Fuzhou Zhizhou, Decisive Decision! The remaining accomplices will be sent to Beijing for justice! Announce the state and county townships, in order to set an example! Qu Ping ordered.

"Lord Wang...... Lord Wang ...... "Lord Zhizhou shouted hysterically, and the soldiers listened to the order and had already detained a corrupt official.

The others were disheartened, although they were not executed, but they were sent to Beijing to be brought to justice, and this life was over.

Qu Ping didn't want to see them again, so he ordered: "Drag them out!" Execute it now! ”

He also said to Zhao Chengzhang, "Lord Zhao, immediately write a letter to the emperor about what has happened these days." The political affairs of Fuzhou are temporarily left to the rest of the people below. ”

Zhao Chengzhang said: "Okay, I'll do it." ”

The governor of Fuzhou was escorted off the boat and knelt on the shore, with rags in his mouth, so as not to run out of anger when he was killed later.

The executioner raised the quick knife, and under the scorching sun, the knife flashed, and at the same time, a head rolled to the ground, and a string of blood jumped high from the neck. Yunnan

After watching this scene, the foreign envoys from Nanyang who watched the bustle on the boat were terrified, and vowed to be honest and abide by their duties in the rest of the journey, especially to stay away from Qu Ping.

After the fleet was replenished in Fuzhou, it went to the next stop, Quanzhou.

Qu Ping estimated that he would do it again, and he beheaded and caught the corrupt people in Quanzhou, and cleaned them up.

When he arrived in Chaozhou, Qu Ping used his old moves and ran several big fish.

But it doesn't matter, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they can't jump in time, and when the time comes, they will have nothing to hide.

It's time to separate from Zheng Guang here.

Qu Ping instructed Zheng Guang: "You must integrate into the new position and new role as soon as possible, if anyone is stumbling because of your brothers' former pirate status, use me Qu Ping as a shield." As long as you sit up straight in the future, you are not afraid of others saying that your shadow is crooked. ”

Zheng Guang said solemnly: "The lower officials must live up to the trust of the prince!" ”

Wu Zhishen and Zheng Guangyi said goodbye, so that the two brothers must work hard, don't hurt themselves, and affect the reputation of the prince.

Zheng Guang said: "Got it, Brother Wu." When you go to the Nanyang area, ask around and see if you can find news of Li Jun. ”

Zheng Guang watched Qu Ping's fleet go south, his heart was agitated, his heart was bathed in the sun, and there was a bright light in front of him.

In August, the fleet arrived in Guangzhou, but unfortunately the season of tasting lychees had already passed, and there was no chance to enjoy the refreshing "300 lychees a day".

However, there were still watermelons, and Qu Ping asked someone to buy two warehouses of watermelons and store them on the boat. Now that it has entered the scorching heat, with this large amount of watermelons to cool off, the life on the ship will not be so difficult.

Qu Ping said to Han'er: "Now the weather will get hotter and hotter day by day, why don't you go back to the capital with your mother?" ”

Han'er nibbled on the big watermelon and said vaguely, "No, I haven't watched clownfish on the coral reef with my dad yet!" ”

"Then you can't say that you are tired, right?"

"I'm not afraid to tan it into black charcoal!"

Qu Ping stretched out his little finger and said, "Pull the hook hook." ”

"Pull the hook, hang yourself, a hundred years, don't change!" The two of them said as they pulled the hook.

Xiao Lu said angrily: "What kind of slang are they, and they hang themselves, it's very ugly." ”

The fleet continued to set off for Hainan Island, and when the watermelons were almost eaten, it was just in time to replenish the coconuts.

After Hainan Island, the next stop is to Jiaozhi.

It is said that after being humiliated by the Great Song Dynasty, the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty learned from the pain and decided to develop southward, and is now attacking the city with all its might.

was really bored, so Qu Ping was ready to teach Han'er to fish to pass the time.

Qu Ping found a long bamboo pole and tied the hook tightly with tussah silk.

With these materials in ancient times, it was impossible to catch big fish at sea, and it was a recreational pastime.

Xiao Lu said: "The fish in the sea are so big, can you afford to drop the fish with your fishing rod and line?" ”

"It's not a fish that you catch, it's loneliness."

Xiao Lu glanced at him, hugged Han'er and said, "Come, let's stand tall and watch Dad fish." ”

Qu Ping hung a string of meat on the hook, waved the fishing rod and threw the hook into the sea, and recited the words in his mouth: "There is a fish in the North Underworld, its name is Kun, the Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it ......."

"Lord, lord......" There was a messenger from Fanbang who clamored to see Qu Ping, but was stopped by the guards.

Zhao Chengzhang saw that Qu Ping was concentrating on fishing, so he went over to ask what was going on.

When the envoy saw Zhao Chengzhang, he said in a fluent Chinese dialect: "Master Hou, it's not good, my prince is gone!" ”

Zhao Chengzhang was stunned, why did he still come out of the prince, and before getting on the ship, he also consulted sixteen people in Fanbang's line many times, and they all said that there was no distinguished guest of the prince's level.

Zhao Chengzhang was unhappy in his heart, and dared to hide it from me, and now he is no longer a person, so he came to say that the prince is gone.

Zhao Chengzhang said: "What prince? Before getting on the ship, this marquis has asked you many times, there is no prince and prince. ”

The man's face was bitter, and he said hurriedly: "Master Hou, I'm sorry, there is really a reason for it." We also don't want our identities to be exposed and invite death! ”

"What identity is so dangerous, and if it is exposed, it will kill you?" Qu Ping was fishing on the side, listening to their conversation very well, he handed the fishing rod to Xiao Lu and came over to participate in the inquiry.

If it is true that the prince has an accident on the ship, although it will not affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but if someone dares to be unclean in his own territory, he is slapping himself in the face, and he will never stand idly by and let him get away with it.

When the prince's attendant saw that Prince Xiang had come to inquire in person, he was so excited that he knelt down and cried: "Prince, please help me find out the truth, otherwise...... Otherwise, when I go back, I'm afraid my whole clan won't be able to survive! ”

"You get up and talk first, what the hell is going on? If someone does on my boat, I will never let him go! Qu Ping said.

The man got up and said: "The villain's name is Wang Tailan, his ancestral home is Guangzhou, the Great Song Dynasty, since my grandfather's generation, he has settled in Srivijaya and has been doing business for generations. ”

This man is in his twenties, white and pure, not tall, and his voice is still weak, which makes people wonder if he has become a close minister by virtue of the special habits of Prince Srivijaya.

Qu Ping and Zhao Chengzhang looked at each other, Srivijaya is the two sides of the Strait of Malacca today, which is an important maritime communication artery linking the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and its geographical location is very important.

For what reason did the prince of Srivijaya go to the Great Song Dynasty and remain incognito and not be known? Why did he disappear halfway home? Did he disappear on his own initiative, or did someone else do it?

What mysteries are hidden under this mystery?