Part 4 Maritime Silk Road 61, Upper House Ladder
Lin Feng subdued the pirates, Chen Xuewen found his mother in the cabin and brought her to Xu Ling'er's side, feeling much more at ease; Jing Ming and Shen Mao, who had palpitations, each hid behind their relatives, and they didn't dare to look at Lin Feng anymore; Zhu Hui and the others were in trouble again, and they didn't know where he was going to transport the full ship of silver?
At this time, the Ryukyu soldiers led by Xu Ling'er were ready to slaughter those pirates, and the two sides drew their swords and confronted each other, Zhu Hui came to Xu Ling'er's approach, and persuaded in a low voice: "Sister, don't get excited, and see how he acts." [No pop-ups. 】”
Zhang Gou'er gave Lin Feng a deep salute and asked, "Uncle, where are you going now?" ”
To tell the truth, if the brothers on Luzon Island are gathered, this boat of silver, I'm afraid it's not enough for everyone to share, Lin Feng has already calculated, if you want to achieve a great cause, you must have a foothold, now his rival Wang Gonggong has passed away, his "sister-in-law" has become the lord of the palace, Lin Feng, who is good at figuring out people's hearts, has already seen that this concubine is the person he can rely on.
In order to stabilize the status of Concubine Zhengniang in the palace, the silver on Amami Island was transported back to Ryukyu, and he could gain the trust of King Shangyong, and Ryukyu would be his Lin Feng's world in the future.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng laughed loudly, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Gou'er, walked a few steps forward, and came to Zhu Hui and Xu Ling'er, and said loudly: "Xu Qianhu, Zhu Zongqi, we are all colleagues of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi, and we are all misunderstood by the imperial court. As he spoke, he bowed deeply to the two of them.
Not understanding what tricks Lin Feng was going to play, Xu Ling'er asked, "Lin Feng, what are your plans now?" ”
"Xu Qianhu, this ship will be handed over to you, you don't have to go back to Ryukyu anymore, just return to Moon Port." As he spoke, Lin Feng smiled slightly, bowed deeply to Xuande Zhenren, and said politely: "Master Zhenren, please leave me Senior Brother Jingming, there are a million taels of silver and 100,000 taels of gold, which were preserved at the risk of death, and now they are officially donated to Master Zhenren and Elder Moon Sky, so that you can sail to the New World in the future, and do your meager help." ”
In the past, seeing so much gold and silver, Xuande Zhenren had to die of joy, but now, his heart was as calm as water, and he said "Amitayus Blessing Heavenly Venerable", and replied with his eyes slightly closed: "Lin Jushi is polite, this evil obstacle of Jingming was fascinated by the demon, and he was brought back to Yuegang for healing for the teacher." ”
At this time, Lin Feng noticed that Jing Ming was like a child who made a mistake in front of his master, and he didn't dare to speak, judging from what he did, it couldn't be a big deal, let alone Shen Mao, who had been lying on his brother's shoulder and crying bitterly, so he didn't have much hope for them.
So, Lin Feng said: "Xu Qianhu, transport the silver from the island to Shuri Castle, and present it to the main concubine Niangniang Chitose, and let Yongwang Chitose help us play the imperial court and rehabilitate Zhaoxue for us, please go back with confidence." ”
When all the pirates heard this, they all stopped doing it, and immediately surrounded Lin Feng, and someone asked, "Lord Daao, what should we do?" ”
"Do you mean that we should go back to Moon Harbor to die?"
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Listening to their indignant questioning, Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, to tell you the truth, the lord of Macao will be an official in the Ryukyus, and when the conditions are ripe, he will definitely take you to find Xu Hai's treasure, but I don't know what you think?" ”
At this time, all the pirates looked at each other, and they were all afraid of shooting the first bird, so no one dared to resist......
But the Ryukyu soldiers were reluctant to go to the port of the Ryukyu, and they quarreled with Xu Ling'er and others, and Lin Feng hurriedly came out to relieve the siege and let them return to Amami Island, which calmed their anger.
The sailors were all the Lin family's group training, and Lin Feng gathered them together to give a lecture, let Zhang Gou'er take charge of their safety, and sailed the ship to Yuegang.
Xuande Zhenren's master and apprentice, Shen Qi and Shen Mao's brothers, as well as Chen Xuewen and his mother, all followed the merchant ship, and Zhu Hui said goodbye to everyone one by one.
The Ryukyu soldiers and Zhu Hui crowded into one boat, and the pirates surrounded Lin Feng and boarded another speedboat, they were about to return to Amami Island, and when the two ships reached the depths of the sea, the pirates suddenly attacked.
Zhu Hui had been prepared, knowing that the other party was prepared, and at the moment when the two speedboats collided, he immediately jumped into the sea......
The Ryukyu officers and pirates were fighting desperately in the sea, and at this time, Lin Feng got a raft out of nowhere and floated towards Zhu Hui, only to see Zhu Hui disappearing in the waves, swimming desperately forward......
Under the impact of the waves, the rickety raft drifted with the waves, and Zhu Hui disappeared in a blink of an eye, and Lin Feng sat on the raft and shouted loudly......
At this time, the two warring sides were evenly matched, and they all wanted to kill each other, and seemed to have forgotten the existence of Zhu Hui and Lin Feng.
Zhu Hui suddenly emerged from the water, quickly climbed onto the raft, and grabbed Lin Feng with lightning speed......
Lin Feng was really good at improvising, pushed him away, and said with a laugh: "Virtuous nephew, follow your uncle and work hard, you will definitely be able to become a great weapon in the future!" ”
If Zhu Hui had a knife, he would definitely end his life, at this time, Lin Feng put his hand on his shoulder and asked, "Virtuous nephew, do you understand my painstaking efforts?" ”
"Uncle, I warn you, it's better not to play tricks again."
Lin Feng suddenly became serious and explained: "The virtuous nephew misunderstood, do you know that this is a plan to go up the house to draw ladders and borrow a knife to kill people?" In order to cover Xu Ling'er to transport the silver on the ship, he had to stabilize the Ryukyu officers and pirates first, and he could neither let them make trouble nor let them tell the truth, so he must not be allowed to go back alive, do you understand? ”
Young Zhu Hui, who is Lin Feng's opponent? They stopped arguing with him, and watched the floating corpses floating on the sea, and then they rowed back to Amami Island on a raft.
Guo Yi led the officers and soldiers to arrive a long time ago, and found Ma Sho and others who had landed on the island by speedboat in advance, only then did they know that Zhu Hui and Xu Ling'er's two speedboats had changed course and had not come back yet, so they couldn't help but be a little worried.
The officers and soldiers raided Lin Feng's stronghold and found that the pirates had run away all morning, so they realized that Zhu Hui, Xu Ling'er and others might have an accident, and arranged for horses to be responsible for carrying silver to the battleship.
The two jumped off the raft together, boarded the battleship, and in front of the Ryukyu officers and soldiers, Lin Feng said with tears in his eyes: "Guo Qianhu, Wang Changfa's gang of pirates ran away, Miss Xu Ling'er, Gou'er and others became prisoners, and all the officers and soldiers on the speedboat were loyal to the country, only Xia and Zhu Gongzi escaped...... Speaking of this, he was already silent.
Guo Yi's heart shook suddenly, and he was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly found that Zhu Hui didn't seem to be sad, and he had to admire Lin Feng's acting skills, and hurriedly arranged for them to go into the cabin to rest.
Zhu Hui helped Lin Feng into the cabin to rest, and after a while, Guo Yi also came, at this time, Lin Feng hurriedly got up and said: "General Guo, you can rest assured now, the million taels of silver and 100,000 taels of gold have been transported to Yuegang by Xu Ling'er, and the silver on the island is transported back to Shuli City and handed over to Concubine Niangniang for disposal, and everyone is finally happy." ”
It's hard to imagine that Lin Feng is so generous? Guo Yi and Zhu Hui glanced at each other, but neither answered his words.
After a moment of silence, Lin Feng continued: "I'm old, I can't go anywhere, I'm sorry for Amin's mother and daughter, compared to all the people who helped me, after you return to Moon Harbor, I will build a grass hermitage on the bank of the Anli River, and spend my old age as a fisherman, as for escorting Elder Moon Sky, I am really powerless, so you don't have to force me anymore." ”
If it weren't for Lin Feng's tricks, Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang would have already returned to Yuegang, and after listening to Lin Feng's words, they knew that he had started to play tricks again, Zhu Hui suddenly became angry, grabbed his collar and said: "Uncle, let you stay alone, we can't bear it, just hand you over to Brother Wen Tao." ”
Lin Feng smiled slightly, and replied: "Before I saw Concubine Zhengniang, maybe there was this possibility, now, if you want to get me away and lock me up, I'm afraid it's not so easy, you two listen to me the truth, plus Miss Xu Ling'er, the four of us are all colleagues of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi, except for Guo Qianhu, the three of us are all misunderstood by the imperial court, not to mention the dismissal of officials, and we are also more or less charged, and only Concubine Zhengniang can save us at the moment." ”
All the changes are developing in favor of Lin Feng, Zhu Hui and Guo Yi glanced at each other and couldn't help but look at each other......
The battleship docked at Nase Pier, Zhu Hui and Lin Feng did not get off the ship, Guo Yi and Ma Sho commanded the soldiers, loaded all the silver on the ship, and after more than a day of sailing, returned to Naha Port.
The royal family had received the news in advance, and accompanied by Queen Ma and Concubine Niangniang, King Shang Yong led civil and military officials to the dock to greet him, and the palace guards were ready to collect the cash.
This dock belongs to the sphere of influence of Queen Ma's family, three days ago, there was a fierce battle here, the Ma family and pirates killed five or six hundred people, Ma Liangbi is still guarded in the Lin family winery, so that the powerful Queen Ma is deeply discouraged.
Now that the crisis has been completely resolved, and more than three million taels of silver have been recaptured from the hands of the pirates, Queen Ma swept away the haze in her heart and was impressed by her daughter-in-law, whom she had always looked down on.
Naha Harbor is full of luan, the guard of honor waving the five-color flag, when Guo Yi, Ma Jiao, Zhu Hui and Lin Feng and others step out of the dock, a suona sound, in the roar of firecrackers, the young and heroic King Shang Yong got off the royal court, Yong embraced the luxurious Queen Ma, the charming and elegant concubine Niangniang accompanied him, the civil and military officials came forward, held a vigorous welcome ceremony.
Guo Yi and others returned triumphantly, and were invited into the palace by Queen Ma, King Shang Yong issued an order, and immediately released his uncle in the Lin family soju shop, and invited him into the palace. Ma Liangbi took the lives of his two sons and hundreds of family members in exchange for this result, and he had no choice but to accept his fate.
After Lin Feng entered the palace, he first asked King Shang Yong and Queen Ma to plead guilty, asked for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and he wanted to write a seal to the imperial court, according to his logic, his bad deeds over the years were whitewashed as meritorious deeds, and also tied the actions of Xu Ling'er, Zhu Hui and Guo Yi and others to him, declaring that everyone was all for the sake of serving the country with loyalty, although there were many misunderstandings, in the end they still ended up in the same way.
Concubine Zheng Niangniang thought that the silver she got now was exchanged for the "treasure map" left by her mother, and she was very worried that the court would come to ask for it if she knew about it, so she used the bamboo basket to draw water, but she couldn't say it clearly, seeing that King Shang Yong promised Lin Feng, she suddenly became overwhelmed.
King Shoyong and Queen Ma both knew very well that this matter could not be hidden from the imperial court, and besides, this was a fortune that the Ryukyu Kingdom had done for the imperial court, eliminated the pirates, and recaptured, so the imperial court would not only not ask for it, but would also give a reward.
After seeing this seal, King Shang Yong continued to climb the pole according to Lin Feng's logic, and also wrote an exaggerated congratulatory note to show his outstanding merits, and immediately sent an envoy to send two copies of the recital to the capital.
Before the imperial decree was issued, Guo Yi and Zhu Hui did not dare to leave because they were worried that Lin Feng would play tricks, and they took care of him in the Lin family's soju shop.
During the days of waiting for the imperial court's decree, Lin Feng was a little panicked, because he was not sure how the imperial court would treat him, he had nothing to do now, and his physical condition was getting worse and worse, but despite this, Zhu Hui still didn't dare to leave him.
Guo Yi was often summoned into the palace by Concubine Zheng, Lin Feng judged that it must be related to the search for Xu Hai's treasure, so far, he is still a little suspicious, as Xu Hai's closed disciple, why has he never heard of it for so many years, could it be that Luo Wenlong colluded with Wang Cuiqiao and stole Xu Hai's treasure?
After waiting for two months in a row, there was no news from the imperial court, and Lin Feng's feeling became worse and worse. Concubine Niangniang was not at ease with him, and sent people to keep an eye on the Lin family's soju shop all the time, one was afraid that Lin Feng would run away, and the other was that she wanted to meet him alone, and she was afraid of being known, and finally one day, while Zhu Hui and Guo Yi were not at home, she quietly left the palace and came to meet Lin Feng privately.
Knowing that Concubine Niangniang came alone, without waiting for her to speak, Lin Feng said politely: "Niangniang Chitose, I have always wanted to send someone to send you a letter, but I didn't have a chance, and I let you run in person, it's really a sin!" ”
"Brother-in-law, the family doesn't talk to each other, you should know why I'm here."
"Sister, I want to know, where did you get that so-called treasure map? Was it left by the prince? ”
"To tell you the truth, before entering the palace, I passed to Lord Zheng of Changshi, and soon, a white-haired old man suddenly found me, told me some stories I didn't understand, and left me an address, and I entered the palace in a few days, at that time, I could only entrust the hornet's nest to find him, who knew that the old man did not trust the hornet's nest, and handed over the things left by my mother to the beggar Su Ba, just like that, the treasure map fell into the hands of Guo Qianhu."
"Do you know the whereabouts of that old man?"
Concubine Zheng shook her head and replied helplessly: "We have asked painters to paint portraits, including Guo Qianhu, Sister Amin, stirrups from Naha Port, and Saddle Brothers, no one knows who he is, and in my mother's diary, there is no mention of anyone, let alone such a treasure." ”
"In that case, that treasure map may be fake, and you don't have to count on it. Sister, brother-in-law, let me remind you, no matter how the court treats us, but we have seriously hurt Queen Ma, I am afraid that the Ma family will retaliate against us in the future, you are still shallow at present, and the only family member you can count on is my brother-in-law. ”
Hearing this, Concubine Zhengniang shed tears, got up and said a blessing to Lin Feng, and cried and asked, "In that case, what should I do with my little sister?" ”
"Good sister, you help my brother listen to some news, if the court has forgiven my sins, then please help me and let me be the general of the Ryukyu Kingdom; If the imperial court still doesn't let me go, you quickly find a way to drive away Guo Yi and Zhu Hui and others, sell this shochu shop, and help me raise a million taels of silver, I have a way to subdue Queen Ma to support you, and in the future, our brothers and sisters will control the government of the Ryukyus. ”
After hearing this, Concubine Zheng agreed without hesitation.
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For the treasure map how Guo Yi's hand was, please refer to Chapter 51 of the third volume of this book "Dark War", "Poverty is good", because the prince ignored the old man, and Wang Cuiqiao's daughter was about to enter the palace as a mother, the old man wanted to give the relics left by Wang Cuiqiao's daughter to the most trusted person, but unexpectedly she chose the hornet's nest to beg, but the old man refused, when the beggar Su Ba appeared, he mistakenly thought that this was the prince's person, and happily gave those things to Su Ba.
As for the relationship between this old man and Wang Gonggong, Wang Cuiqiao and others? Please read the fifth volume of this book, thank you.
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