The pirates will be suspicious, but seeing that Boss Zheng Guang is rushing in front of him, and taking care of his brothers so much on weekdays, if the brothers don't sell their lives at this time, I am afraid that it will not be good to mix in the rivers and lakes in the future. So he had to follow Zheng Guang's instructions and continue to move forward.

The pirate ship was only 17 zhang and about 50 meters away from the Song ship.

Qu Ping raised the red flag again, held the horn in the other hand, and shouted: "One last warning, dare to move forward again, no matter how killed!" If the identity is found out, the nine clans will be destroyed! ”

The pirates had been blinded by two rounds of shelling, and they were terrified. When I heard that I wanted to exterminate the nine clans when I found out my identity, my heart was even more like ashes, and all my thoughts were in discouragement. Not everyone is like the Zheng Guang brothers, one person feeds the whole family and is not hungry, everyone becomes a pirate, but also because of life, and there are many pirates who have relatives at home.

As a result, voices of admonition appeared one after another:

"Boss, surrender! Can't beat it! ”

"Boss, the cannons of the imperial court are too powerful."

"Boss, please, I want to connect the nine clans. It doesn't matter if we die, but there are still so many relatives, we can't die because of us! ”

“……”

Zheng Guang has also been beaten to the point of losing his fighting spirit, which is simply one-sided abuse.

However, his brother Zheng Qing is still underwater, and he wants to scuttle through the enemy ship.

Zheng Guang looked at the corpses soaked in the sea of blood, they were still calling him brothers and sisters a moment ago. I can't bury the lives of the remaining brothers because of my own selfish desires and stupid blood.

"We surrender!" Zheng Guang dropped his weapon and said.

The pirates received Zheng Guang's order and quickly lost their weapons and stopped their ships. I was terrified in my heart, and I had a little hope, waiting for Song Jun to come and judge.

Zheng Guang looked at the water without blinking, not knowing what happened to Zheng Qing. If Zheng Qing really scuttled the Song boat, the big mistake would have been made, and he would have to jump into the water and pull his brother to find a way to escape.

However, it was said that Zheng Qing took more than a dozen brothers to swim under the Song boat, and desperately pierced the bottom of the boat with a sharp knife, leaving only a few shallow marks for a long time. I don't know what this board is made of, so hard. If you want to pierce the bottom of the boat, I am afraid that the difficulty is equal to that of a drop of water.

Zheng Qing and the others were pierced for a long time, and their breath was almost gone, so they had to risk the danger, next to the boat, and floated their heads from the bottom of the water to gasp for breath.

"Tired, aren't you? Come up and breathe. Qu Ping lay on the side of the boat and said to Zheng Qing and the others below.

Zheng Qing looked up and saw that the dense crossbow arrows on it were already aimed at him, as long as he moved himself, he was afraid that he would turn into a sea urchin.

Zheng Guang saw Zheng Qing and others surface, and he didn't know if he had succeeded. After waiting for a long time, he saw the Song army's bow and crossbow in his hand, and waited by the ship armor to aim at the sea below, so he guessed that Zheng Qing was estimated to plant it.

Sure enough, as soon as Zheng Qing came up, he was suppressed by the Song army above.

Zheng Qing turned around, found Zheng Guang, and gave him a look.

Zheng Guang knew that Zheng Qing had failed, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He said, "Zheng Qing, we surrender!" ”

"I wanted to tell you to leave, but you called surrender." Zheng Qingxin said.

Zheng Qing knew that the general situation was now gone, so he had no choice but to throw away his weapon and raise his hands in surrender.

A few ropes were dropped on the boat and Zheng Qing and the others were pulled up.

Zheng Qing and the others were escorted on the deck, and they didn't dare to come out.

Qu Ping had heard the pirates below shouting "Zheng Qing" here, presumably this Zheng Qing should be one of the pirate leaders, so he decided to go over and interrogate him personally.

"Which one is Zheng Qing?" Qu Ping asked the dozen pirates who had been tied up into rice dumplings without being angry.

"What do you ask the prince for! If you have the courage to be a pirate, why don't you have the courage to speak? Zhao Chengzhang shouted.

Zheng Qing said disdainfully: "I am!" ”

Qu Ping said: "You are, then the one who called you just now is Zheng Guang?" Someone came, bring me Zheng Guang on the other side. ”

"Yes!" The subordinates agreed, so they went to call Zheng Guang to row over honestly.

Qu Ping walked around Zheng Qing, smacked his mouth and said, "Yo, these snakes on your back are very ugly!" ”

Zheng Qing was unconvinced: "This is a moray eel!" In his heart, he secretly scolded Qu Ping for not knowing the goods.

"Sorry, I didn't see it." Qu Ping said.

After a while, Zheng Guang honestly rowed to the bottom of the Song boat and climbed to the deck along the rope dropped above.

Song Bing escorted him over and kicked him in the back of his knee, causing Zheng Guang to kneel on the ground.

Qu Ping looked at Zheng Guang, only to see that this person was forty or fifty years old, with a strong body, from the physiognomy, his eyes were clear, he was more shrewd than his younger brother Zheng Qing, his temples were towering, and his martial arts skills were definitely superior. Looking at the two sea Jiao that stretched from his back to his arms, there was a majesty in the viciousness.

Qu Ping looked at the two brothers Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing, and asked: "Zheng Guang, Zheng Qing, this king asks you, why do you want to gather a crowd to break the law and oppose the imperial court?" ”

Zheng Qing snorted and did not answer.

Zheng Guang said: "Life is forced, and the situation is forced. ”

"If there is peace today, the fortune of the country is prosperous, and the sea is free, where is the life and situation compelled?" Qu Ping asked.

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"It's you two brothers!" Wu Zhishen looked at the Zheng Guang brothers behind Qu Ping for a long time, and finally vaguely recognized their former appearance from their vicissitudes of life.

Qu Ping turned around and asked Wu Zhishen: "Do you know them?" ”

Wu Zhishen nodded, walked to Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing and squatted down and said, "Brother, it's me, Wu Zhishen!" No, Wu Song! ”

Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing looked at Wu Zhishen in surprise, and their faces slowly changed from surprise to surprise.

Zheng Guang said happily: "Brother Wu, is it really you?" ”

Wu Zhishen said excitedly: "It's me, it's me!" I didn't expect that after not seeing each other for many years, you and my brothers would be able to meet again in our lifetimes. It's just that Wu Song has become Wu Zhishen, and your brothers have also become Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing! ”

"It's hard to put into words!" Zheng Qing said.

"Zhishen, although you used to be brothers, now this king still has to do business." Qu Ping interrupted the trio.

Wu Zhishen couldn't bear it in his heart, but he still retreated strongly behind Qu Ping, and his heart was always hanging for the Zheng Guang brothers.

Qu Ping asked: "Since we are Zhishen's friends, we should speak more cheerfully." If you have not committed any serious crimes, this king may not have let you go and led you to goodness; If you are full of evil and human life, don't blame me for being unkind! ”

Wu Zhishen pinched a handful of sweat for the two, and shouted in his heart, you must say it well!

Zheng Guang saw that Wu Zhishen was by his side, presumably Qu Ping was a good talker, and he also had some confidence in his heart, so he said:

"In that case, our brothers don't do much entanglement. Yes, we are gathering people to make trouble, but we are not murderous and bloodthirsty, but we are just doing something to collect protection money. The matter on Liuqiu Island, Wang Yuanwai has already explained that they don't want to pay protection money anymore, and they plan to use the hands of the Great Song Dynasty to destroy our brothers. The two people who were killed were also done by themselves, and the thief shouted to catch the thief. ”

Qu Ping also had no illusions about the so-called noble clans on the island, and their success or failure was nothing compared to the gains and losses of the imperial court. As long as the court officials and garrisons arrived, the earth was the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the sky was also the heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, not decided by those clowns.

"In addition to those so-called wang clans, what other big forces are there on the island?" Qu Ping asked.

Zheng Guang listened attentively, and immediately understood the meaning of Qu Ping's words, and said: "The prince is asking about the forces that will conflict with the control of the imperial court in the future, right?" ”

Qu Ping nodded, this Zheng Guang is still flexible and smart, it's a pity to be a pirate.

"Although Liuqiu Island is barren, it is also quite large, and there are some local indigenous tribes and bandits like us in the depths of the island." Zheng Guangzhi said everything, "But don't worry, the prince can rest assured, once the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court arrive, they are not afraid!" ”

"It's naturally superior to be able to do without soldiers." Qu Ping said, "The matter of Liuqiu will be handed over to the imperial court to develop slowly, and this king has some other things to ask you." ”

"Excuse me."

"How did you manage to come and go freely at sea without being known?" After Qu Ping finished speaking, he also glanced at Zhao Chengzhang.

Zheng Guang glanced at Wu Zhishen, and Wu Zhishen urged: "Tell the prince quickly and strive for leniency." ”

Zheng Guangdao: "Actually, it's the officials who bought your internal ......"

Qu Ping's face darkened, it was really so! These silverfish, you must pull them out!

Qu Ping asked the fleet to escort the pirates to the shore, and then called Wu Zhishen into the cabin for questioning.

"Lord Wang......" Wu Zhishen lowered his head, like a child who made a mistake.

"Tell me about you." Qu Ping poured two cups of tea and asked Wu Zhishen to sit down and say.

Wu Zhishen didn't dare to sit down, stood up and said, "Here's the thing...... Back then, our brother Yi Bo Yuntian followed Song Gongming's brother to gather in Liangshan Shuibo, which was also all kinds of happiness. Although the imperial court regarded us as bandits, because the imperial court was busy fighting with the Liao State and encountered the rebellion of Shangla, it did not have time to care about our small characters in Liangshan. That's right, compared to Fang La, we are a small fight. ”

Qu Ping nodded, this should be right, otherwise one hundred and eight heroes would not have died after the expedition to Fangla.

"Tong Guan suggested that the imperial court recruit us to conquer Fang La, Brother Song Gongming has no way to serve the country, and he happened to encounter a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could he not agree. Everyone lives and dies together, although not everyone is willing, but how can they not follow Brother Song? In the final ending, the imperial court killed two birds with one stone and killed two birds in Liangshan, and our brothers also ended up with nine deaths......" Wu Zhishen said later, and he was speechless and choked.

Brother Song Gongming is really greedy and harmful!

Qu Ping accompanied Wu Zhishen with a sigh, and asked again: "What about Brother Zheng Guang and Zheng Qing?" ”

"They weren't supposed to call it that...... Since they have changed their names and surnames, I won't mention their real names! The two brothers made a living on the Xun River back then, and after defecting to Liangshan with Li Jun, they were in charge of the navy. Now it's an old business. Wu Zhishen said.

"Mixed River Dragon Li Jun?" Qu Ping asked.

"The prince also knows him?"

Qu Ping sneered: "Ah! No. Since he is mixed in the river and is the eldest brother of Zheng Guang's brothers, Zheng Guang dares to tattoo a dragon, then Li Jun must be even more powerful. That's why I called him Mingjianglong, and I said it casually. ”

"The prince is powerful, Li Jun is indeed called Chaojiang Long!"

"What about the others?"

"After the failure of the Fangla uprising, our brothers also dispersed. Li Jun took Zheng Guang and the others to the sea, and now I am afraid that I have to ask Zheng Guang to know Li Jun's whereabouts. How does the prince care about him? ”

"No, I want to know Zheng Guang in many ways." Qu Ping said, "I have an idea. If Brother Zheng Guang didn't commit any great evil, and he talked to you about righteousness, if you came forward, could I persuade them to be used by me? Exactly, for the use of the imperial court? ”

Wu Zhishen was a little surprised by Qu Ping's request, he thought for a while, and said: "Once I was bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope, so I'll give it a try." ”

"Then please leave it to the master." Qu Ping said with a smile.

In fact, what Qu Ping is admiring is only Zheng Guang, and Zheng Qing is just a partner.