Part 4 Maritime Silk Road 12, witty escape

Liu Qian had been hit by the secret weapon of Xuande Zhenren, sitting on the Taishi's chair and couldn't move, Jingming heard the master's words, mistakenly thought that he had come to save him, and lay on the ground with tears in his eyes, as if he was extremely aggrieved. [No pop-ups. 】

Xuande Zhenren ignored his disciple Jingming, stared at Liu Qian for a while, stretched out his hand and patted his face, and found that his old face was flushed, and his eyes were closed and trembling.

When Liu Qian settled down a little, Xuande Zhenren smiled and said, "Liu Daguan, you are developed now, hehe......"

Liu Qian opened his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth vigorously, and was extremely frightened in his heart.

So, Xuande Zhenren held his chin and said: "You can speak, what can you say, only come out." ”

At this time, Liu Qian also thought that Xuande Zhenren was an apprentice who came to save him, and replied in a low voice: "Master, I was wrong, I shouldn't provoke Senior Brother Jingming." ”

"Hehe, you didn't do anything wrong in this matter, I have to thank you!" Saying that, Xuande Zhenren pulled a chair, sat opposite him, and said seriously: "The poor road comes from Fuzhou, ......" The words came here, and then carefully observed Liu Qian's expression, and suddenly found an indescribable sadness, written on his face, so he quickly stopped, with years of experience in walking the rivers and lakes, and the knowledge of the world's human feelings, it seems that there is an answer......

So, Xuande Zhenren stroked his snow-white beard, let out a contemptuous smile, and then said: "Poor Dao met Ling Ai in the governor's mansion, and she asked me to bring you a good one. ”

Liu Qian was ashamed when he heard this, and hurriedly lowered his head and closed his eyes......

Xuande Zhenren's judgment is really good!

Liu accountant followed Pang Shangpeng in Nanjing Xingji Qianzhuang, worked diligently for a few years, one day six years ago, Pang Shangpeng, who was cut for the people, was suddenly reinstated, Xingji Qianzhuang's business was not done, and it was sold to Tang Jing and Chen Yuanhua.

The price of rice in Jinling City is getting more and more expensive, there is an old and a small Liu account room, unwilling to go to the new money village as a partner, and there is no capital to do business, and there is no fame of the imperial court on his head, so he pestered Pang Shangpeng, and wanted to follow him into Beijing as a clerk, but the old Pang didn't seem to want to see him.

Liu Shufang suddenly panicked, his heart was full of extreme panic, on the first day of Pang Shangpeng's entry into Beijing, he sent his daughter to Pang Mansion, saying that he was a maid for Lao Pang......

Twenty-eight years old, like a flower like jade Liu family's daughter, just followed the old Pang into Beijing, Liu Jiafang waited for a short time in Nanjing, hoping for good luck to fall on his head, this is the past two years, until the Wanli Emperor ascended the throne, Pang Shangpeng was released as the governor of Fujian, became a second-grade feudal official, at this time, the daughter of the Liu family also became a celebrity around the governor.

When the opportunity came, Liu Shufang hurriedly went to Fuzhou, changed his name to Liu Qian, and wanted to get an official and a half-job, but Lao Pang didn't give him face, and he had the idea of doing business.

The Longqing Dynasty released the sea ban, allowed to sell the east and west, the wharves along the coast of Fujian were lined with thousands of sails, and the merchants were all wrapped in their waists, so Liu Qian proposed to continue to do the money business, but Pang Shangpeng knew that Fuzhou could not compare with Nanjing, the reason why the Xingji Money Village could make money was because it relied on the silk procurement of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to support, and the risk was relatively small, and the objects of the savings and loans in Fuzhou were all merchants who risked their lives to go to sea, plus since the Wanli Dynasty, although there were fewer pirates, pirates were still rampant, and the imperial court also tightened the customs, the risk of running a money bank is extremely high, so even if Liu Qian said it wildly, Pang Shangpeng did not agree to him.

After running around Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other places, Liu Qian finally fell in love with Yuegang, and first bought a manor here, wanting to be a rich man in this seemingly poor and remote but extremely prosperous place.

Once went to Fuzhou to do business, Liu Qian lived in the governor's residence, and accidentally met Zhang Tiju of Fuzhou City, the city of Fuzhou City Bo Si is the fifth grade, he had the opportunity to improve, at least in the three divisions of the yamen from the fourth grade, but has been reluctant to promote the city of the Bo Division, and has not been promoted.

In order to concurrently serve as the city's secretary of the city, he put a lot of effort into Pang Shangpeng, but the old Pang oil and salt did not enter, until he met Liu Qian, he was overjoyed, and with the attitude of trying it out, he secretly conspired with Liu Qian, and went home to wait.

As a result, without much effort, he was promoted to the pacification envoy of the Fujian Coastal Defense Station, and continued to serve as the director of Fuzhou City, but he was very happy, and on the day of his new appointment, he went to Yuegang to thank Liu Qian.

Zhang Zhenfu, a member of the fourth grade, came to Yuegang, went directly to Liu Qian's manor, and invited the prefect of Zhangzhou from the fifth grade, down to the ungraded officials of Yuegang, black and white, officials and businessmen, all of whom were invited, and he announced to everyone in public that in the future, Liu Qian would be able to represent him Zhang Zhenfu on the territory of Zhangzhou.

As a result, everyone in Zhangzhou Mansion knew Liu Qian, although most people couldn't figure out his background, but they knew that his background was not small, how could the businessmen who were mixed in Yuegang be inseparable from the support of the Lifting City Division? At the same time, this Lord Zhang is also in charge of the garrison of Yuegang, and the brokers and bosses who are mixed with the dock all regard Liu Qian as the business leader of Yuegang.

In this way, the prefect Tian Youcai helped him buy a mansion in the city, and without Liu Qian's gnaw, boxes of white flowers and silver were carried into his door, and he no longer had to manage the manor in Yuegang, and then he realized that the power was really so good for his uncle!

With money, he began to buy houses and land constantly, and the black and white forces in Zhangzhou all took refuge under the door of Liu Daguanren, and he only needed to say hello to his subordinates if he wanted to buy any piece of land, and he could get the title deed in a few days; Whose girl did he fall in love with, with a look, someone sent the girl to his bed, on weekdays, there was business on the wharf, and Liu Daguan was the first to talk, and he finished peeling off a layer of skin, so that it was the turn of the customs to collect taxes, and finally the port was opened for trade......

Liu Qian wants to be windy and rainy in Zhangzhou, and he has done too many bad things, and it is inevitable that he will be pointed at, if he hears that anyone dares to scold him behind his back, he will repay him, and at the same time, he also wants to save face, if there are relatives and friends in Nanjing, he will not even see him, and his psychology is twisted to the extreme......

Liu Qian himself didn't know whether these bad things he had done had reached Pang Shangpeng's ears, but he knew that Tian Youcai took good care of him, Haicheng knew that the county did not accept his complaints, and Pang Shangpeng never sent anyone to find him, so he was even more fearless.

Until a few days ago, Haicheng came to a young Zhai Zhixian, who was a little ignorant, and actually sent someone to summon him, of course, Liu Daguan didn't buy his account, so it was over.

Since Zhai Yin took charge of Haicheng, he has never been to Liu's mansion to worship the dock, of course, Liu Qian has never seen this county lord, it seems that the well water does not interfere with the river water, and in his heart, he did not put this county lord in his eyes, but he was more wary of the Jinyi Wei who came from above, and he was afraid that the bad things he did would affect Pang Shangpeng's career.

Liu Qian was very taboo about Zhu Hui's sudden arrival in Yuegang, I heard that this kid had an accident, I don't know if he is still the chief flag officer of Jinyiwei? If so, what is his mission to Moon Harbor? If he is only to make money in business, it is easy to talk and discuss, the silver in this world will never be earned, if he is here to investigate himself, then he must be cautious, therefore, the top priority tonight is to find out his identity.

Liu Qian listened to Xuande Zhenren's order, and was immediately ashamed, eager to get into a crack in the ground, Xuande Zhenren couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, mentioning the nervous heart in his throat and eyes, and slowly put it down.

It's right! It seems that Liu Daguan has not yet cultivated to perfection, and he can be subdued by just casting a few spells.

Finding that Liu Qian bowed his head and was silent, Xuande Zhenren stood up, gave him a slap in the face, and scolded: "Brute! It's really a shame to live so much for nothing, and it's a shame for Ling Ai! ”

Liu Qian hurriedly covered his face, showing a look of sincere fear, looking at Xuande Zhenren pitifully, not knowing what to say.

"Jin Yiwei has secretly investigated your evil deeds, fortunately, it has not affected a huge number of people, for the sake of love, the huge people asked Poor Dao to bring you a message, I hope you will do it yourself, Poor Dao has to go back to restore the huge people." Xuande Zhenren said, got up and went out.

Jingming, who didn't know what was going on, hugged Master's leg and begged, "Master, help me." ”

"Amitayus Blessed Heavenly Venerable, Evil Obstacles, you repent! Where do you come from, where do you go back, this is the way of heaven, don't blame the teacher for being ruthless, I hope you will do it yourself. At this moment, Xuande Zhenren couldn't take care of his disciples, stood at the door of the main hall, and stopped.

There were a few nursing homes outside the door who found out that something was wrong, and they obviously sent in a little Taoist priest, why did an old fairy with crane hair and a childish face come out?

Just when they were wondering, Xuande Zhenren said in a loud voice: "Amitayus Blessed Heavenly Venerable, everyone, there are gods three feet above the ground, no matter which clothes you wear or what kind of food you eat, before you do anything, you must first touch your conscience is still there?" ”

This group of minions knew that it was not good, and tried to find Liu Qian to ask clearly, so they shouted loudly: "Master Liu, Master Liu, what's going on here, this, what's going on?" ”

At this time, Jingming pleaded: "Master, wait for me, I know ...... mistake."

Liu Qian also crawled out tremblingly, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Let them go." ”

So, Jingming took the master's hand and wanted to leave here quickly.

Xuande Zhenren glared at him and said angrily: "You evil obstacle, you are a shame for the teacher, don't get out of here!" ”

Jingming guessed that the master had something to do yet, so he hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed a few times, so he didn't say anything more, got up from the ground, and ran away like a smoke.

Xuande Zhenren watched the disciple out of Liu's mansion, and listened to no movement outside, then turned around and asked, "Master Liu, please ask Zhu Gongzi to come out and speak." ”

Facing dozens of big men dancing with knives and sticks, and finding that Xuande Zhenren was still calm, Liu Qian hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up, please Zhu Gongzi......"

Look at me, look at you, I don't know where Zhu Gongzi is, so Liu Qian hurriedly beckoned the two maids over and said, "Hurry up and invite Zhu Gongzi." ”

The maid knew that Zhu Hui had been poisoned by sweat medicine, and she would definitely not wake up at this time, so she was so frightened that she cried and replied: "Zhu Gongzi, Zhu Gongzi may have to wake up tomorrow afternoon, ...... to."

Liu Qian was worried that the maid would miss her mouth, and scolded: "Shameless thing, I told you a long time ago, you can't let Zhu Gongzi drink so much wine, and you have to get him drunk, it's really damned!" ”

In fact, Xuande Zhenren had already expected this result, took out a packet of medicine from his arms, and said: "It doesn't matter, there is an antidote here in the poor road." ”

"Old fairy, it's almost the third watch, please rest for one night in the cold house, and talk about it tomorrow." Liu Qian persuaded.

Xuande Zhenren was worried that if someone in Fuzhou came to expose him at dawn, he wouldn't be able to escape, so he looked at Liu Qian reservedly and asked in a low voice: "What is the crime of secretly drugging the envoy of Jinyiwei?" ”

"Old immortals, old immortals, Zhu Gongzi really drank too much." Liu Qian replied weakly.

"With just your trick, can you hide it from the poor?" Xuande Zhenren was very angry.

"I don't have the guts to kill me......"

Hearing that he was still pleading, Xuande Zhenren handed the antidote to him and said quite sincerely: "If it weren't for Ling Ai's sake, Poor Dao wouldn't have saved you!" Think about it, if Zhu Gongzi wakes up tomorrow and finds that he has been poisoned by sweat medicine, no matter how you explain it, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape from prison. ”

Liu Qian thought about it, it was indeed this reason, and hurriedly handed the antidote to the maid, and ordered: "Hurry up and find a way to pour it into Zhu Gongzi." ”

"Old fairy, how much dose does this have to take?"

"Go, take me."

So, Xuande Zhenren followed the maid and left, and Liu Qian dismissed the family members of the nursing home and followed.

There was a maid who prepared boiling water, Xuande Zhenren began to adjust the antidote, and another maid hugged Zhu Hui in a coma, and poured him three cups in a row, and found that he was still drowsy, Liu Qian was also very anxious, and asked the maid to increase the dose, and poured him two cups.

Xuande Zhenren knew that after drinking the antidote, he would have to wait for at least more than an hour, so he sent them away, guarding Zhu Hui here alone, pinching and rubbing him, hoping that he would wake up soon, so as to get out of the tiger's mouth as soon as possible.

It wasn't until the sky turned white that Zhu Hui opened his eyes in a daze, and found himself lying in the arms of Xuande Zhenren, as if he was dreaming, and just wanted to speak, but was covered by Xuande Zhenren.

Xuande Zhenren knew that someone was eavesdropping, winked at him, shook his head gently, leaned on his ear, and asked in a low voice: "How are you feeling now, can you escape with me?" ”

Zhu Hui was still a little groggy and lightheaded, he tried to move his body bones, and felt that the problem was not big, so he nodded, full of gratitude, and smiled at Xuande Zhenren.

Sure enough, someone was watching outside the guest room, and when they found that the two of them had walked out, someone ran to inform Liu Qian.

Liu Qian didn't close his eyes all night, so he ran to give a deep salute in a panic, and said politely: "Greetings to the old fairy and Zhu Gongzi, please follow me to the living room for breakfast." ”

"Please don't be polite, you should understand that Zhu Gongzi can't eat now." Xuande Zhenren knew that Liu Qian was waiting for news from Fuzhou before deciding how to deal with it, so he hurriedly pulled Zhu Hui and walked out.

Liu Qian didn't dare to stop him, he followed in a panic and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Poor Dao and Zhu Gongzi are both from Fuzhou, where do you say we are going?"

"Wait a minute, I'll prepare horses for you."

At this time, more than a dozen family members outflanked him, and Xuande Zhenren grabbed Liu Qian and asked with a smile: "Poor Dao still needs to ride a horse?" ”

"Then how do you get back to Fuzhou?"

"Send us out, you see how the poor road soars through the clouds."

In this way, Liu Qian was kidnapped to the gate of the house, and the bodyguards of the courtyard outside the gate stopped them.

"Get out of the way, poor Dao knows how to spell."

This shout caused the two bodyguards to laugh loudly, and someone asked, "Will it still be able to ride the clouds?" ”

At this time, Xuande Zhenren found that Zhu Hui was trying to resist, so he hurriedly pulled him tightly, raised his head, and shouted loudly: "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law......

Before the words fell, two big stones suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on the heads of the two bodyguards, their eyes suddenly burst into Venus, and they fell to the ground in an instant, scaring Liu Qian and the others stupidly, and watched Xuande Zhenren float away with Zhu Hui......

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Off topic

Regarding the history of Haicheng County, I would like to give you an explanation:

During the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing is not only the capital, but also the financial center, similar to today's Shanghai, the moon port is the bridgehead to the outside world, with the status of today's Shenzhen, Yan Hailou as a landmark building of the moon port, witnessed the rise and fall of the maritime trade of the year, all along, the moon port has attracted the literati and ink nostalgic for the ancients, the existing Qianlong version of the "Haicheng County Chronicles" records, there are many celebrities on the Yan Hailou poems and songs, the more famous are, Zhang Xie's "Yan Hai Lou" seven rhythm poems, Zhan Mingzhang "Yan Hai Lou Fu" and so on.

At that time, because of the prosperity of the moon port, resulting in pirates and pirates to invade, the southeast sea frontier was unstable for a long time, the national hero Qi Jiguang purged the Japanese pirates, in the first year of Longqing (1567) in the moon port set up Haicheng County, meaning "the sea frontier is clear", on the basis of the original castle to build the sea Cheng stone city, garrison defense.

Yanhai Building, also known as Bagua Building, was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, more than 400 years ago. At that time, in order to strengthen the surveillance of pirates, Zhai Yin, the county magistrate, built a two-storey lookout tower in the northeast corner of the county seat, and the surrounding Jiudu Fort, Xiwei Gongcheng, Da Ni Gongcheng, Zhenyuan Building, etc. are each other's horns, echoing each other from afar, forming a relatively complete defense system, "to barrier the northeast of Haikou's void", the ground floor of the building is equipped with many gun holes, and open a secret road to the county government (now the party school canteen), and send the wish of "Boping Haiyan".

The existing Yanhai Building is like a pagoda, standing in Haicheng Town, Longhai City today, about 30 meters high, about 8 meters wide diagonally, standing on a high place and overlooking by the railing, the magnificent mountains and rivers are in full view. It is one of the places of interest in Longhai City.

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