Since the abduction occurred, the Manila authorities have taken it very seriously, and after a long investigation, they have not found any clues, and it was not until General Fernando returned from Cebu that Governor Lavizares learned that Felipe and others had been abducted by Father Simon Almeida.

Felipe's father had a silver mine in Portosí, was a wealthy merchant of great prorepute in the Spanish Empire, and he had very good personal relations with the Governor of La Vizares and the Archbishop of Perez.

According to information gathered by naval patrol boats, a fleet of Toyo Sekibunes was about to enter the Bass Strait, and the authorities decided to immediately dispatch the navy to intercept it. According to General Fernando, the waters north of Luzon belong to the area of large waves, which are affected by the monsoon, especially in autumn and winter, when the northeast waves are frequent, and the waves are as high as more than a zhang, and the merchant ships from TaiWan to Luzon generally do not pass through this place. Therefore, it was not difficult to catch up with them, but he did not dare to guarantee the safety of the hostages.

In order to rescue Felipe, Xuande Zhenren and Bai Haishan, Zhu Hui and others wanted to participate in the operation of the Spanish Navy, but General Fernando refused, and when Zhu Hui proposed a plan to rescue the hostages, it was recognized by the authorities.

According to the judgment of Zhu Hui and others, whether it is Simon Almeida or Jiro Jibu, it is impossible to have anything to do with Liu Qian and Zhang Biao, presumably the pirate leader of the year was involved in it, so this matter was mixed together, if you want to ensure the safety of the hostages, you must first find out the different demands of the three, find out the flaws between them, and unite the party that is beneficial to the hostages, so as to ensure the safety of the hostages.

To open this gap, we have to work Liu Qian and Zhang Biao. Although they had been interrogated many times, and they only admitted that they had come across the ocean to take revenge under the banner of Governor Pang Shangpeng out of resentment against Shen Qi, they had no other purpose.

If Liu Qian, who was imprisoned in Shaolin Temple, is a puppet, he doesn't know the inside story, but it is difficult to believe that Zhang Biao, who has been in Yuegang for half his life, does not know.

Before leaving, Song He proposed to bring Zhang Biao and Liu Qian with him, and he must pry open their mouths to find out what the mastermind behind the scenes really is.

I learned through the jailer that after the two were arrested, they immediately confessed, asked what and said something, but resolutely refused to admit that they wanted to go treasure hunting, and during their detention, they neither made noise nor made a fuss, and waited very patiently for someone to come to help.

Knowing this situation, Zhu Hui, Song He and others were inconvenient to come forward, and found a sailor to pretend to be Pang Shangpeng's envoy, and went to prison to meet Liu Qian and Zhang Biao.

The Western jailer opened the cell door, and a "messenger" wearing a red robe walked in, he glanced at the two prisoners lying on the ground in shackles and chains, and said in a reserved voice: "This official has been ordered by the governor to be a huge man, and has contacted the governor of Lavizarles, and has come to pick up you two unfortunate things home, why don't you get up quickly?" ”

I thought they would be full of joy, but when I found that they were terrified, the two stared at each other for a moment, and both lowered their heads.

"Don't you want to go?" The messenger asked, feigning annoyance.

At this time, Liu Qian, who had no place to be ashamed, held his head with his hands, wishing that there was a crack in the ground to get into; Zhang Biao opened his mouth wide in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "So, the governor already knows?" ”

"Well, I know, I already know." The messenger nodded in reply.

Zhang Biao turned around and said to Liu Qian: "Great official, since the governor has picked you up, you can leave." ”

Liu Qian was so frightened that he took a step back, and said tremblingly: "I knew this was the case, why did I bother in the first place, alas, don't you want to go?" ”

"Hehe," Zhang Biao replied with a sneer: "Brother, I'm different from you, you have the protection of the governor, and you can't die after you return, and I'm dead horizontally and vertically, forget it if you die here, you can go." ”

So, Liu Qian hurriedly knelt forward and climbed two steps, hugged the messenger's thigh, and cried bitterly......

Seeing this, Zhu Hui and others, who were secretly observing, were sure that Liu Qian really didn't know, and Zhang Biao must have known the mastermind behind the collusion with Simon Almeida, so he flew up and kicked open the prison door.

Zhu Hui and the others didn't answer, they came up and dragged Zhang Biao away, at this time, Liu Qian seemed to have realized that this messenger was not here to pick him up, so he rolled his eyes in fright and fainted to the ground.

Zhang Biao was escorted to the warships of the Spanish Navy, and the two ships under the command of General Fernando arrived at the Bass Strait in only one day, although no one came to interrogate him along the way, but gave him an inexplicable fear, when he learned that the navy was chasing Father Simon Almeida, his heart was completely broken, and he took the initiative to run to Zhu Hui and Song He to confess, telling a bizarre story:

Last year, Pang Shangpeng personally came to Yuzhenzhou to rescue Felipe and Shen Qi and others, on the way back to Zhangzhou Mansion, Jia Wang, who was abusive, jumped into the Jiulong River and drowned. Of course, these words also "influenced" Zhang Biao, and he cut his hair and admitted his mistake, saying that he resigned from his official position and became a monk, so that he could be regarded as Pang Shangpeng's understanding.

After Jia Wang committed suicide by jumping into the river, the government still copied his home, as the translator of the city port department stationed in Yuegang, he really made a lot of money, although he was not very old, and he had accumulated a lot of family wealth, and now most of them are under the name of Tian Governor's Mansion, and a group of female dependents in the house are even more beautiful like fairies, Tian Governor's Mansion has the heart to accept them all, but he is afraid of people gossiping, and he feels a pity to sell them into the Qinglou, so the prefect built a manor on Xiamen Island, which has become his golden house and a comfortable nest.

Zhang Biao, who lost his official position and resigned, finished handling the housework, and learned of the changes in the old buddy Jia Wang's family, he first felt that he did not die, and he was deeply glad that over the years, Jia Wang helped Tian Governor make countless money, but ended up like this, Zhang Biao felt that the world was cold, and he went to see Tian Youcai before leaving home, and he was damaged in and out of words.

Tian Zhifu knew that he was at a loss, and was worried that Zhang Biao would sue him, and promised to reinstate him in two years; Zhang Biao himself also knew that Song He would not be able to work for too long, and he might have to follow Elder Yuekong across the ocean, so the possibility of reinstatement was great, and in order to buy it in front of Pang Shangpeng, he did his best to take care of Liu Qian during his ordination in Shaolin Temple.

The news that Elder Yuekong is about to sail to the New World is well known to everyone in Yuegang, and naturally it has also reached Zhang Biao's ears, it seems that the opportunity for Zhang Biao's official reinstatement has finally come, he wants to go to Tian Youcai first, but before he left, Tian Youcai sent someone to find him.

Zhang Biao was taken to Xiamen Island, lived in Tian Youcai's golden house Zangjiao's manor, mistakenly thought that he had come to discuss the matter of reinstatement, but he waited for two days, and did not see Tian Youcai, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, at this moment, he found that there were many mysterious guests, and he inquired about Jia Wang's wife, only to know that there was a Western missionary, and there was a well-known figure, this person was Cheng Guanzhong, the big boss under the command of King Satsuma Hui and Wufeng Ship Owner Wang Zhi, nicknamed Cheng Blind.

Zhang Biao, who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, of course knows that the current Cheng Blind is the head of the Manichaean Church in Quanzhou, and I heard that Tian Youcai has brought them here and is discussing a major matter.

It wasn't until Tian Youcai and others formulated a plan of action that he went to find Zhang Biao, and asked about Liu Qian's situation, Zhang Biao, who didn't know what was going on, told the truth that Liu Qian, who was meditating and practicing in Shaolin Temple, didn't have any outrageous behavior, but his heart was full of hatred for Shen Qi and Xuande Zhenren.

Tian Youcai nodded after hearing this, took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Biao, asking him to hurry back to Shaolin Temple, take Liu Qian out quietly, and do as described in the letter, not only can Liu Qian take revenge, but also regain his lost family property.

Zhang Biao read the letter, he was skeptical of it, and asked the reason, Tian Youcai told him the truth, the pirate leader Wang Zhi's huge fortune has whereabouts, of course, it is not easy to go overseas to hunt for treasure, he has no intention of reporting to the imperial court, he has to rely on Western missionaries, want to "borrow" Shen Qi's financial and material resources overseas, try to recover this treasure, let him take Liu Qian to Manila as soon as possible, to the Westerners to sue Shen Qi, other things, he and Liu Qian don't have to worry anymore, but, Regarding the treasure hunt, you have to hide it from Liu Qian in advance.

After thinking about it, Zhang Biao was moved, ran back to Shaolin Temple and tried his best to persuade Liu Qian, pretending to be Pang Shangpeng's messenger to retaliate against Shen Qi, Liu Qian agreed, and at the same time, Cheng Blind and others began to cause trouble in Manila with the cooperation of Father Simon Almeida......

So, what is the relationship between Cheng Blind and Simon Almeida?

It turned out that this priest, who was in charge of missionary work in East Asia at the behest of the Pope, although he never knocked on the door of China, bribed many Christian pirates and let them lurk on the southeast coast and other places, including Cheng Blind, who lived in Quanzhou.

Regarding the Christians among the pirates, we have to start with Wang Zhi, the first missionaries to East Asia, never found the legendary China, their ship ran aground on Tanegashima near the Ryukyus, it was Wang Zhi who brought them to Iki Island, so that the lord of the Hirado domain, Matsuura Takannobu, converted to Catholicism, and the missionaries established a firm foothold in Hirado, and they took advantage of the paralysis of the Muromachi shogunate to develop the Jesuits to Sakai Town, and established the Zhonghe merchant group, no longer attached to any local power.

The Jesuits were not reconciled to the failure of their missions in China, and tried their best to devour all kinds of ways to develop believers along the coast of the mainland, especially after the collapse of the two major pirate groups of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, many of them slipped through the net and were deeply influenced by Matsuura Takanshin, and they became "Christians" one after another, but they had no real faith and lurked in various places waiting for the opportunity.

Cheng Blind had known Simon Almeida for a long time, and had received a lot of funds from this priest, claiming to open a church.

However, when the priest came to Quanzhou, he couldn't find out where the church was, and finally contacted Cheng Blind, only to find that this so-called "church" had Jesus, Mazu Bodhisattva, Shakyamuni, and even Mani Light Buddha together, and he knew that his funds had been lost, which was really laughable.

As the pirate leader under Wang Zhi, he remembered very clearly that as early as more than 20 years ago, Wang Zhi, who accepted Zhao'an, could not trust his subordinates and asked the Jesuits to help transport his 40-year-old property to the Zhoushan Islands, and the captain was this Christian Bai Haishan.

Later, Bai Haishan disappeared and Wang Zhi was killed, Cheng Blind escaped by luck and hid in Quanzhou, never giving up the idea of treasure hunting, so he joined the Catholic Church, and Simon Almeida had a premeditated plan, but they never knew where the treasure was.

Until the sudden appearance of Bai Haishan, Cheng Blind saw the hope of treasure hunting, and Simon Almeida seemed to be more interested in the mysterious archipelago and the legendary southern continent in addition to treasure hunting, and before Cheng Blind could contact him, he found Quanzhou.

The two hit it off, considering that there was a large cost for the treasure hunt, and Cheng Blind hoped to get help from the Westerners, but Simon Almeida did not want to inform the Jesuits and the Manila authorities, so they were in a dilemma again.

In the end, it was Cheng Blind who came up with an idea, he took his disciples and grandchildren to Zhangzhou, found the prefect Tian Youcai to report the situation, and asked him to help raise funds in Yuegang to go treasure hunting.

Since Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the dynasty, rectified the rule of officials, implemented a whip law and the examination law, the ban on the sea has become more and more severe, and the prefect of Tian did not dare to come nonsense, at this time, the news about the discovery of pirate treasures has quietly spread in Zhangzhou, and he as the local governor, but he can not pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he gladly accepted this bad idea of Cheng Blind.

Simon Almeida took Cheng Blind and others to Manila in advance, but found that General Fernando not only knew the news of the treasure, but also got the mysterious nautical chart, knowing that this matter could not be hidden from the Manila authorities, he sued his disciple Mark, and at the same time let Cheng Blind and others secretly attack, stole the nautical chart, and kidnapped Felipe and Bai Haishan; As for the kidnapping of Xuande Zhenren, it was purely Liu Qian to vent his personal anger, and they deliberately created an incident and blamed Shen Qi and others; At the same time, he also urgently wrote a letter to King Philip, asking for the removal of General Fernando from his post and waiting for the arrival of Liu Qian and Zhang Biao.

In the following story, we already know that the arrival of Liu Qian and Zhang Biao did not bring any help to Father Simon Almeida, and made him immediately exposed, forcing him to hide from Xī Zàng and secretly ask Matsuura Takanobu for help.

After listening to Zhang Biao's story, Zhu Hui and Song He glanced at each other, and suddenly had an idea in their hearts.

(End of chapter)