On the day that Governor Konishi took Su Ba away, according to the arrangement of the hornet's nest, Zhang Gou'er immediately went to the Ma brothers and asked them to prepare for "recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestors", and set the date on the day of Ma Liangbi's birthday. [Full text reading. 】

Zhang Gou'er maintained a relationship with the hornet's nest, and secretly contacted the princess, went to the agreed place every day, and hung the banner of "Wind and Snow Moon", hoping to see his father-in-law, but there was no news for several days.

After Su Ba left, the hornet's nest, which was eager to hunt for treasures, could only accept the reality and had to rely on Zhang Gou'er, and inadvertently provided a lot of confusing clues, including his father and Oda Nobunaga's dealings, but never mentioned the princess and the concubine, which made Zhang Gou'er more and more worried about the princess.

On this night, everyone gathered together for a meeting, and according to the clues provided by Su Ba, combined with the actions of Ma Liangbi's father and son, they unanimously judged that something might have happened to the prince.

Just when everyone was discussing countermeasures, they suddenly heard a report from the family in the house that a merchant who had returned from Nanyang asked to see him.

Luo Aping had already calculated that Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi should come back anyway, so he hurriedly invited the merchant into the house.

This merchant brought shocking news: Lin Feng smashed the Western Navy in Pengjiasilan Bay, blew up more than 20 warships, and caused nearly 2,000 Western soldiers to drown alive in the sea; After the defeat, the Manila authorities retaliated frantically, wantonly slaughtering the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Luzon, and severely inspecting the merchant ships passing through Manila......

Therefore, when Ma Wu's merchant ships passed through Manila, they just in time for the authorities to invite the Dutch Sea guerrillas because they could not deal with Lin Feng, and their gang was no different from pirates, and they seized all the merchant ships that passed by, and those merchants who could prove their identities spent money to eliminate disasters and could be released, while Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi and others were extremely sensitive and were seized by the authorities and all of them were thrown into prison.

Hearing this, the Luo sisters cried and fainted at that time, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er were also very shocked, it seems that Lin Feng is really not easy to deal with.

This sudden news disrupted the deployment of Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er, who originally wanted to use Mark and Louise to return to Japan, cooperate with Su Bazhi to subdue Konishi Ryoza and his son, and transport Lu Yunlong and Wang Chong's coffins out of Kyoto first. Now, in order to save Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi, they decided to send Mark and Louise to Manila, and even considered giving the two merchant ship tickets as gifts to the Manila authorities to save those compatriots who were being persecuted.

Early the next morning, Mark got up early, sat on the bench in the back garden, held a scroll and read aloud the book of the sages, Luo Amin invited him to the living room, at this time, Zhang Gou'er, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er and others gathered together, all with serious expressions, and knew that something big was wrong at a glance.

After a while, the panicked Luo Aping also came back and asked, "Miss Louise can't be found in the house, may I ask Mr. Mark, where did she go?" ”

"She must have gone to the music room to drink." Mark replied.

In the past few days, no one in the Lin Mansion has paid attention to Louise, she has nothing to do, so she goes to the workshop to taste the wine, although the amount of wine is not small, but she often gets drunk herself, and there is a feeling of being happy......

So, Luo Aping went to the workshop again and caught Louise, who hadn't drunk yet.

"Mr. Mark, I'd like to invite you to Manila......"

Before Guo Yi finished speaking, Mark waved his hand and immediately replied: "Mr. Simon Almeida will ask me for compensation, and if I, if I don't have the money to compensate, the Manila District Court will sentence me to prison." ”

"Rest assured, that Miss Louise is with you, and that she has read the letter she wrote to the authorities in Manila, and I trust that Governor Lavizares will forgive you." Guo Yi explained.

At this time, Xu Linger patted Louise beside her and wanted her to say something too, but found that she was dazed and asleep again.

"Mr. Mark, have you ever thought about your future? Is it like her to spend her life in a mess? Guo Yi asked sternly.

So, Mark, who looked quite embarrassed, glanced at Louise, and then peeked at Xu Ling'er, and replied decisively: "I want to be an explorer, and in the future, like Columbus and Magellan, I want to travel all the land and sea ...... the world."

Louise, who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly sat up and shouted excitedly, "My God, let's both think of going together!" As he spoke, he stood up and was about to hug Mark, which frightened him and hurriedly hid him aside.

Guo Yi said: "Miss Louise, please don't make trouble, we are persuading Mr. Mark to accompany you back to Manila." ”

"Back to Manila?" Louise asked, surprised.

"Yes, according to what the letter said, during your investigation in Luzon, you encountered merchant ships from the mainland, and learned that Mark was taken to Tortoiseshell Harbor by the Ming army, so you went to investigate regardless of the danger of your life, but you never thought that you would encounter war, and later, with the help of the Ming Dynasty army, you and Mark escaped from the war in Hawksbill Harbor and went to Ryukyu several times, only then did you learn the truth: the Japanese merchants of the Sakai Town Federation and the pirates of Hawksbill Harbor colluded with each other, which caused Lin Feng's ambition to swell, and you originally wanted to go back to Japan, However, he found that the Cooperative Association was controlled by merchants with a Japanese background, so he had no choice but to return to Manila to deliver letters. Guo Yi replied.

Louise blinked, shook her head and asked, "With your help, this letter is very well written, but the authorities may not be gullible, how can you prove that we escaped from Tortoiseshell Port to Ryukyu with the help of the Ming Dynasty army?" ”

So, Guo Yi took out the two merchant ship tickets, shook them at Louise, and replied decisively: "This is the proof." ”

Louise's eyes suddenly lit up, and she exclaimed, "My God, I can finally go to the land of China in the land of gold to do business, thank you, Lord, Amen." As he spoke, he folded his hands, closed his eyes, and prayed.

Mark was also taken aback when he saw this, and asked, "I remember you once said that this was given to Master Moonsky by Lord Governor, how can you give it to others easily?" ”

Louise glared at Mark fiercely, got up and was about to pick up the two tickets, but was stopped by Xu Ling'er.

At this time, Guo Yi held up two citation tickets and said: "Please don't get me wrong, these two citation tickets are used to save people." ”

Mark hurriedly asked, "May I ask Lord Qianhu, what is the matter?" ”

So, Xu Linger gave him a brief account of what happened in Luzon recently, and asked him to go to Manila with Louise to try to rescue Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi.

Knowing that the situation was so serious, Mark immediately agreed, and said to Xu Ling'er seriously: "We have known each other for a long time, and when I was on Iki Island, I could see that you are all kind, although you are not Christians, you are all acting according to God's guidance, and in my mind, you are angels; I have seen too many people who, although they are nominally serving the Lord, have set aside the Lord's commandments and do not follow the Lord's guidance. Therefore, I consider me to be a fellow traveler with you. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Mark, you don't have to talk about these things all day." As she spoke, Xu Ling'er, who was crimson, lowered her head.

So, Guo Yi smiled and asked: "Mr. Mark, it is always good to have a firm faith, as a fellow traveler with us, will you give up your faith?" ”

Mark first nodded, pondered carefully, shook his head like a rattle, and replied: "A few days ago, I did have such an idea, for, for ......"

Speaking of this, Mark peeked at Xu Ling'er again, and found that she seemed to be indifferent, and suddenly felt a trace of desolation in his heart, and was silent for a moment, and then said: "However, I found out through studying the Confucian classics that the Chinese Confucian civilization is very great and very tolerant, and it does not require me to change my faith, so I like Chinese culture very much!" ”

At this moment, because Luo Aping was still crying, Xu Linger persuaded softly on the side, taking the opportunity to avoid Mark's topic.

Luo Amin said: "Mr. Mark, the kindness of Tortoiseshell Harbor has not been repaid, and I have to ask you for help today. At the moment, our winery can only come up with more than 50,000 taels of silver, I wonder if you can use it to compensate Mr. Simon Almeida? ”

"Madame, you misunderstood." Mark hurriedly replied: "We are going to Manila this time, it is enough to have the letter that Louise wrote to the authorities, there is no need to take this money with us, maybe Father Simon Almeida will understand my difficulties and will not pursue this matter for the time being." ”

"No, and those two merchant shipping tickets." Louise reminded loudly.

"This is for the Moon Sky Elder Father, we can't force others to make it difficult." Mark replied rather angrily.

"Only by making money can we organize a huge fleet of ships to explore everywhere like Magellan, in this world, there are still many new continents that humans have not set foot in, if we can discover it first, it will be ours, and when the time comes, Mr. Mark will be king, and I will be a queen......"

Mark hurriedly interrupted Louise and persuaded, "Alright, alright, take that letter from you, I'll go to Manila myself, and you can stay here and wait." ”

"No, I don't like it here." Louise protested.

"You have wine here every day, what's wrong with that?" Mark asked dismissively.

"No, no! I only drink when I'm bored, but drinking, where is it better than being with Mr. Lin Feng......"

Before Louise could finish speaking, Luo Amin couldn't stand it anymore, stood up, and gave her a big slap in the face with lightning speed......

So, Louise covered her face and pounced on Luo Amin, and was hugged tightly by Guo Yi, at this time, the angry Luo Amin was about to come over and beat Louise again, Xu Linger and Luo Aping hurriedly blocked in front of her.

Before Mark and Louise's trip to Manila was decided, they overheard a report from the family that there were guests visiting outside the mansion, so Xu Linger and Luo Aping took the opportunity to take Luo Amin away, leaving Guo Yi to continue to work for Mark and Louise.

The three of them came to the gate of the mansion to see that the guest was actually Chen Shen, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and warmly invited him into the mansion.

Xu Ling'er knew that due to Lin Wenjing's exclusion, Chen Shen's business in Jinai Town had lost his share, and Sakai Town's business was suppressed by the Zhonghe Association, and Chen Shen had to return to Ryukyu.

Back then, Chen Shen helped everyone a lot in Sakai Town, and Guo Yi and Wang Chong also came to Ryukyu on an errand for the first time accompanied by him, so everyone was grateful to him.

Guo Yi learned that Chen Shen was coming, and ran to meet Mark and Louise, at this time, Chen Shen took out a note from his arms and put it in front of everyone's eyes, which read:

The unprovoked disaster started the Xiao wall, the heart of the locked deep palace was also cool, the peach and plum had not been successful for ten years, but the hunting encountered the mountain wolf.

Everyone immediately understood that the prince might no longer be alive, so everyone shed tears......

"Princess...... Wang" Guo Yi shouted, unable to speak anymore.

Xu Ling'er asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, when did you receive this note?" ”

"Yesterday night." Chen Shen replied.

Looking at this note, everyone began to speculate: back then, under the leadership of the princess, the design of recruiting Xu Hai and his wife, because of the lack of confidentiality, led to the killing of Xu Hai and Wang Cuiqiao, in order to make up for the mistake, the children of the Xu family were raised for more than ten years, and she was sent to the palace as a concubine; And now, this concubine has no gratitude for his nurturing grace, and participates in the persecution of the prince in order to recover the treasures that belong to her......

It seems that their next target is to take over this brewery!

Just when everyone was full of emotion, I suddenly heard that another family member came to report that the Minister of the Ryukyus State Ma Liangbi sent someone to send an invitation, and the day after tomorrow was his birthday, and asked the Lin family shochu shop to send someone to congratulate him on his birthday.

At this moment, Chen Shen had something else to do, and hurriedly left the Lin family's soju shop.

The waves did not stop, and the Luo sisters knelt on the ground and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Daddy, what have you done?" ”

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Why did the prince die, everyone's guess is correct, please stay tuned to the fourth and fifth volumes of this book.

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