Chapter 266: At Sea

The blue sky, the white sails are like clouds under the blue sky, and dozens of seabirds are chasing the sea boats and flying by the mast.

On the rough sea, a fleet of more than 100 sea ships is riding the wind and waves.

On the stern of the largest two-masted sailing ship, Princess Kunxing was extremely excited with the boat gang.

"Zhang Xiu, look, what a big fish, do you know what kind of fish it is?" Kun Xing excitedly pointed to the sea and shouted.

"You don't know where I know," Zhang Xiu'er said, putting a cloak on Princess Kunxing's shoulders and saying, "You've been watching it for a long time, and you haven't seen enough." ”

"How can you see enough, Chen Yue is right, riding the wind and waves in the sea is much cooler than taking a boat in the river. It was so blue, the sea was so far in sight, and there were so many fish. Princess Kunxing said with a smile.

"Alas, what's so good about the sea boat, it's unbearable to die!" Zhang Xiu'er didn't have Kun Xing's excitement, and said with a bitter face, her courage was not as big as Kun Xing, and she didn't dare to look into the sea at all.

"Alas, it would be nice if Chen Yue was also here. I don't know how he's doing now. After looking at the sea fish for a while, Kun Xing suddenly remembered Chen Yuelai, "I said that I would take a sea boat with me and leave me here alone, villain!" ”

"Alas!" Looking at Kun Xing's happiness when he mentioned Chen Yue, Zhang Xiuer couldn't help but sigh, originally her mother and Chen Jianghe had been matching Chen Yue and herself, but at that time, she didn't want to deal with him at all because Chen Yue was a fool, who would have thought that Chen Yue would be so good, and become so powerful, that he became a big official and became an earl. According to his mother, because he saved the emperor, Chen Yue may become a general in the future.

It's impossible to say that you don't regret it in your heart, but what can you do if you regret it, how can you rob Princess Kunxing! As for Lu Xiucai, who he liked before, Zhang Xiu'er has thrown him out of the clouds at this moment. After seeing so many good men, how could she like that useless scholar again.

"Xiu'er, Your Majesty is vomiting again, hurry up and help your mother make a bowl of fish soup for Your Majesty!" Aunt Zhang hurriedly climbed up the stern and shouted at Zhang Xiu'er.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Zhang Xiu'er turned around and shouted, turned her head to Kun Xing and said, "Princess, I won't accompany you." ”

"Go quickly, and I'll go down to see my father too." Kun Xing said, and followed Zhang Xiuer down the stern tower.

Many people who take a sea boat for the first time will be seasick, Chongzhen is especially dizzy, two days into the sea, others have gradually adapted, such as Kunxing after a short period of seasickness and vomiting, now can enjoy the sea view at ease. But Chongzhen couldn't, he was so dizzy that he vomited almost even bile, and he lay on the cramped bed weakly, as if he had a serious illness.

Princess Kunxing walked in and gently gave Chongzhen a slap on the back, and it took a while for Chongzhen to stop retching.

"Father, Father, Father is fine." Chongzhen reluctantly smiled and said to Kun Xing.

Zhang Xiuer walked in with the prepared fish soup.

"I'll feed my father." Kun Xing said that he was going to pick up Zhang Xiuer's soup bowl.

"Let's let Miss Xiu'er feed me, don't feed the soup to my nose if you're clumsy." Chongzhen Road.

"Hmph, father, you look down on people!" Kun Xing twisted his body and said angrily, but he didn't pick up the soup bowl again, and she splashed Chongzhen on his chest when she fed the soup yesterday.

Zhang Xiu'er pursed her lips and smiled, sat on the edge of the bed, scooped up a spoonful of fish soup with a soup spoon, carefully blew it cold, and fed it to Chongzhen's mouth.

In the command cabin, Chen Jianghe, Yang Zhengping, Wang Yin, Yuan Kewang and others sat around a low table and were deliberating.

"How are the soldiers of the former coastal defense battalion now? Is there any change in the situation? Wang Yin asked.

"I secretly ordered people to pay attention to it, but I didn't find anything abnormal." Yang Zhengping replied.

The entire fleet carried nearly 4,000 soldiers, of which more than 1,000 were soldiers of the original coastal defense battalion, and the entire fleet was operated by these people. But these people are not as good as the original soldiers of the Xishan Army, they are all local military households in Dagu, and their homes are near Dagu. Going to the south now is a displacement, and there is no telling when it will be able to return, and there will definitely be many people who are not happy, so we must be careful to prevent changes.

"There are Lu Tai's family members on the ship, these coastal defense battalions have no weapons on them, and there are more of us on each ship, so it should be fine." Yang Zhengping said.

"Be careful. Our soldiers of the Xishan Army don't know how to operate the ship, so we can't do without them. Wang Yin sighed, "By the way, Lord Chen, it seems that Miss Xiu'er has been serving Your Majesty, right?" ”

Chen Jianghe nodded: "Yes." ”

"Yes, yes!" Wang Yin had a mysterious smile on his face.

"Hengshan Gong, what do you mean by mentioning Zhang Xiu'er?" After the meeting ended, Yuan Kewang quietly asked Wang Yindao.

"Huh." Wang Yin smiled but did not speak.

"Are you saying that Your Majesty will accept Zhang Xiu'er as a concubine?" Yuan Kewang thought for a moment and asked.

"What do you say? His Majesty left Beijing in a hurry, and the queen and the harem were lost. Miss Zhang Xiu'er is young and beautiful, and she is waiting by His Majesty's side day and night, Your Majesty is a man, how can she not be moved? Wang Yin said with a smile.

"If Miss Xiu'er can really enter the palace, it will be a great thing for us adults!" Yuan Kewang said happily, "My lord, he has made such a great contribution, and he will be able to pay homage to the marquis in Nanjing one day." and the princess are in love, plus there is a Xiu'er girl in the palace, and in the future court, the status of the adult will be extremely stable. ”

A cavalry was galloping along the road beside the Wei River, and the general led by him had a cold face, and the horse whip was desperately whipping the war horse under the crotch, and the war horse was screaming and running hard.

"General, rest, the horse must be tired to death when running down!" The adjutant general urged the war horse with all his might, and shouted at Zhang Nai.

Zhang Nai looked at the longer and longer line behind him, felt the war horse trembling under his crotch, and strangled the war horse with the anger in his heart. As he stopped, the cavalry behind him also stopped, staggered off their horses, and sat on the ground staggeringly.

"General, we have lost a lot of time, and we will definitely not be able to catch up." The adjutant said with a bitter face.

"If you can't catch up, you have to catch up, Dog Emperor Chongzhen must have escaped by boat, it can't be in that group of fleeing cavalry." Zhang Nai said coldly.

"Let's send a sentinel to investigate first, let's run down, these war horses are all wasted!" The adjutant general said helplessly.

"I'll take a few people to explore, you take the team to rest for an hour, and then continue on your way!" Zhang Nai ordered, ordered a dozen or so people, got on the war horse and continued to gallop forward.

The same number of cavalry was killed by Chen Yue's rebels, if they couldn't keep the fleeing fleet, how should they explain to King Chuang and his old man? Thinking about Zhang Nai, he was extremely indignant in his heart.

The road was getting narrower and narrower, a fishy smell came to my nose, and the sound of waves was faintly heard ahead. After continuing to run for a while, the blue sea came into view, the sea was empty, there was no sea boat, and Zhang Nai's heart suddenly sank.