Walking through the grove outside the village, Xu Linger wiped away her tears, looked up at the starry sky, was very dazed in her heart, and read silently: No wonder in the past two years, there has not even been a letter, it turns out that the negative man has married two wives!

At this moment, where are Daddy and the Zhu family? Who the hell are these thieves?

Just as she was looking up to the sky and sighing, suddenly, seven men in black armed with scimitars rushed out of the woods and surrounded her.

Xu Ling'er was ready for a fight and asked in Oriental dialect, "Who are you?" Why are you arresting me? ”

The group didn't answer, gradually narrowed the encirclement, and was about to make a move, when a few cold arrows suddenly flew in, only to hear the four men in black scream a few times, and they all fell to the ground.

At this time, the young man threw down the curved bow in his hand, rushed forward with a sword in his hand, blocked Xu Ling'er's approach, and fought with the remaining three black-clothed men.

Xu Ling'er wanted to help, but she was unarmed, picked up a scimitar from the ground, and when she looked up again, the three gangsters had fallen in a pool of blood.

So, the young man went to check on the gangsters who had fallen to the ground after being hit by an arrow, and found that one of them had not yet lost his breath, so he squatted down and asked, "Who sent you?" Say it and spare your life. ”

The man in black rolled on the spot, trying to take the opportunity to escape, but was trampled on the head by the young man, and continued to ask, "Why did you arrest this girl?" Who sent you? ”

"I am old and young, and I have to be a pirate as a last resort, please spare me."

Hearing that this gangster turned out to be a Jiangnan accent, Xu Ling'er asked, "Let me ask you, did Hu Jiuguan from Qiumupu send you?" ”

The man in black hurriedly replied, "No, no, it was sent by Xiao Silonzo." ”

Ever since she met Ronzo Konishi on the ship, Xu Ling'er was worried that something might happen, and sure enough, this Christian, known as the kindest Christian in the Oriental Islands, took great pains to follow him from Busan to Kaesong, and finally stretched out the clutches of madness.

"We have no enmity with Xiao Nishironzo in the past, and there is no injustice in the near future, why should he harm us?" Xu Ling'er asked angrily.

"It is said that, for whatever reason, you are still hunting down Hayashi Yiguan and Hashiba Hideyoshi, both of whom are friends of Ryonzo Konishi; In order to stop your actions, Ronzo Nishinishi has laid a net in North Korea to capture you and blackmail your accomplices, hoping that you will not continue to be enemies with them. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ling'er thought that there was no reason to talk about this group of people, and raised the scimitar in his hand, wanting to end this gangster with one sword.

The young man stopped Xu Ling'er and asked the gangster, "So, where is the culprit Xiao Xi Longzuo now?" ”

"I'm with three other people, where are they now?" Xu Ling'er then asked.

"Spare me, I will never be a pirate again, I have a seventy-year-old mother, a young child waiting to be fed, and a pair of daughters in Nanjing, killing me is a sin, Amitabha."

Xu Ling'er raised the long knife in his hand and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, answer our questions quickly." ”

"Ronzo Konishi is in Kaesong, and the three people traveling with you may have been sent to Busan."

"Don't hesitate, take me to Kaesong quickly, and be sure to catch Xiao Nishironzo." Xu Ling'er said, and tied up the gangster with the young man, but at this time, he found that he was not injured by an arrow.

It turned out that this guy saw someone fall to the ground with an arrow, and he also followed him and lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.

The young man said, "Look, girl, this guy has not been hit by an arrow at all, and you can't deal with them alone, so I will accompany you to Kaesong to catch the culprit." ”

"May I ask the name of the strong man? Xu Linger is grateful! ”

"Under Li Sunsin, it is a privilege to be able to serve the sister of Lord Li Rusong."

Hearing him mention Li Rusong again, Xu Ling'er felt like a knife in her heart, kicked the gangster a few times, poured her anger on him, and scolded: "Damn pirate, you still dare to grind, be careful that I will kill your dog with a knife." ”

It was more than forty miles from here to Kaesong, and on the dark official road, only the three of them hurried away, and when they arrived near Kaesong, it was already late at night.

There were more pedestrians on the road on the outskirts of Kaesong, and although Yi Sunsin was always intimidating the gangster with his sword, he was still worried that he would be subjected to a night patrol, and they all looked very nervous, and the gangsters also saw their mentality, and suddenly sat on the ground and did not leave.

Xu Ling'er pointed the scimitar at the gangster and asked, "What do you want to do?" Get up and come with us. ”

At this time, he suddenly knelt down in front of Xu Ling'er, and said with tears in his eyes: "I know that you are the brocade guard of the imperial court, please, kind girl, save me!" My name is Tang Jing, Ying Tianfu people's clan, originally a wealthy merchant in Jinling, only because of the early years of going out to do business, was sacked by the pirate Deng Bichuan, the old mother and wife and children were exiled to Iki Island, forced to do things for them, if Jinyiwei can rescue my wife and children in the future, even if I die in Kaesong today, it is enough to be blind. ”

"Since you are Deng Bichuan's subordinate, why did you come to Kaesong?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Tang Jing replied: "Last year, Lin Yiguan took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, went to Iki Island to gather a lot of people, and sent them to the mainland coast to do business for him, Deng Bichuan took the opportunity to recommend me and Chen Yuanhua and others, just like that, I was taken to North Korea by them, in charge of Lin Yiguan's business in Jeolla Province, and now, from Busan to Pyongyang, there are Lin Yiguan's eyes everywhere, if Jinyiwei can rescue my family, I will help you eradicate the pirate stronghold in Korea." ”

No wonder Wang Chong and Guo Yi have been tracking in Nanyang for more than half a year, and it is difficult to find Lin Yiguan's traces, but they didn't expect them to run to North Korea, Xu Linger couldn't help asking: "Where is Lin Yiguan now?" ”

"After Lin Yiguan left a few strongholds in Korea, he went to Liaodong to rescue his wife and sister, and I heard that they went all the way south from Shanhaiguan and set up dozens of dens along the coastline, and finally, returned to Ryukyu from Fujian, preparing to take advantage of the geographical advantages of Ryukyu to travel between the South and the East, and transport the new Western arquebus to Sakai Town, and sell it to Yushiba Hideyoshi through Konishi Lonzo."

After listening to Tang Jing's statement, Xu Ling'er judged that he was not lying, and then asked: "Since Xiao Xi Longzuo is in Kaesong, and you are the treasurer of Jeolla Province, who sent you tonight?" ”

"Later this day, Ryonzo Konishi's concubine and the guys at the restaurant came to my shop one after the other to report that someone had robbed them near this village and asked me to send someone to help." Tang Jing said this, and then said: "Girl, I recognized who you were just now, even if I caught you, I would let you go, but I didn't expect that someone suddenly released a cold arrow, I don't pretend to be dead, are you still waiting for him to kill me?" ”

"Then do you know where my father and the Zhu family father and son are?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"I heard from the concubine of Konishi Lonzo that in broad daylight, they were worried that if they escorted the four of them to Busan together, they would definitely be interrogated by the government, so they sent people to escort them separately, and if there was no accident, the three of them should have arrived in Busan."

"If we let you go now, how can we make me believe that you can change your ways?" Xu Ling'er then asked.

"I know that you are Jinyiwei, and you sent Dongyang to rescue Ling Zun, and now, all three of them have fallen into the hands of pirates, therefore, I judge that you will not be able to return to China for the time being, so I am going to negotiate with you after I catch you, as long as you can promise me to rescue my old mother and wife Liu and son Tang Qing from Yiqi Island and help me send them back to Nanjing, of course, I will not be a pirate anymore, and I can slip away at any time."

Tang Jing said, looked at Xu Ling'er with tears in his eyes, and found that she was still a little hesitant, so he quickly kowtowed to the ground and said: "Please don't have any doubts about me, if I tell my life experience, it will scare you, if it weren't for my wife, children and mother, I would rather die than be a pirate, please, girl." ”

If Tang Jing doesn't cooperate, it's useless to tie him up; If what Tang Jing said was true, he would definitely be of great help. So, Xu Linger nodded seriously, and agreed to Tang Jing.

Yi Sunsin untied Tang Jing and said, "Let's go, take us to catch Xiao Nishilongzuo." ”

Tang Jing moved his hands and feet, sighed, and said: "It's pitiful to be pirates, the few people who were shot, they were Fujianese, and they were also plundered by pirates when they were doing business, and the family was coerced by pirates, and it was difficult to do it if they didn't want to. ”

Xu Ling'er's family also had a similar experience, and they were quite sympathetic to Tang Jing, and replied: "You can rest assured, when I return to Iki Island, I will definitely find a way to rescue them all." ”

"With your words, I confessed to dying in Kaesong today, let's go, let's catch Xiao Xi Longzuo."

Tang Jing suddenly showed a heroic spirit, Xu Ling'er and Yi Sunsin were very confident, and the three of them entered the city and soon found the home of Xiao Xi Longzuo's concubine.

When the woman saw that it was Tang Jing, she hurriedly asked, "Tang Daguan, did you catch the woman who escaped?" ”

"If you catch it, I won't come back to you, but ask Mr. Little Silonzo to come out, and I'll ask him what to do now?" Tang Jing replied.

"Mr. Konishi was overjoyed to find a Buddhist shrine from the stolen luggage, and he didn't even have the heart to buy medicinal herbs, so he immediately went to Busan and prepared to return to Sakai Town tomorrow."

"Isn't Mr. Ronzo Jr. a believer in Christ? What does he want the shrine for? ”

"If you mess things up, you don't need to come to Mr. Konishi, he is not your person, so he won't care about your affairs. Tang Daguan, why don't you hurry up and go to Shopkeeper Wang, Hu Jiuguan and others to ask. ”

At this time, Xu Ling'er and Li Sunsin had already climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, searched inside and out, but did not find Xiao Nishilongzuo.

Tang Jing didn't believe her words and wanted to forcibly break in, but this woman didn't want to entangle, and was about to close the door, but Tang Jing ended her life with a knife.

Tang Jing, who killed someone, suddenly shuddered, and sighed: "In the past six years since I was caught on Iki Island, others have said that I am a lucky general, but in fact, I feel that it is better to die than to live, I have never killed anyone, and I don't want to be killed." Now, I have changed my ways, and I suddenly hate these people to the core, and I want to kill a few more today. Miss Ling'er, let's go, let's go to the shopkeeper Wang, ask where Ling Zun was sent, I will help you rescue Ling Zun first, you can't break your promise to me! ”

"Brother Tang, don't worry, I will never break my word." Xu Ling'er replied.

"Okay, let's settle accounts with the bastards like Shopkeeper Wang and Hu Jiuguan." With that, Tang Jing led the way in front of the head and found a hotel in the alley.

At this time, the hotel had already closed, so Tang Jing stepped forward and shouted, "Is the shopkeeper Wang here?" ”

"Coming, coming, is the guest officer going to stay?" As he spoke, he opened the door of the shop, and saw an old man sitting inside.

The old man saw that it was Tang Jing, and asked in a strange way: "It's the middle of the night, what kind of wind is this blowing the shopkeeper Tang?" ”

"Shopkeeper Wang, I have nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, and I smashed things up today, come and ask you, where did the two old men and the children go?"

"I heard Xiao Nishilongzuo's concubine say that on the way to Busan, she met a robber on the way to Busan, and then went to you for help, why, didn't you get the Xu girl back?"

"If you catch it, I won't come to you, let me ask you, has the girl of the Xu family ever come to look for you?"

"No, this afternoon, Jiuguan sent the two old men to Busan, and later, Xiao Nishilongzuo found a Buddha statue from his luggage, and also left in a hurry, I, I ...... here"

Finding that the shopkeeper of the king was about to speak and stopped, Tang Jing judged that there must be something hidden, stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "What happened here?" ”

The panicked shopkeeper Wang replied, "That kid named Zhu Hui has escaped from me......"

With a sneer, Tang Jing showed the sharp blade in his hand and threatened: "You useless thing, you can't even look at a child, where did he go?" ”

"The shopkeeper of Tang spares his life, I—I don't know where he ran to."

Tang Jing pulled the trembling shopkeeper Wang out of the hotel and threw him in front of Xu Ling'er and Li Sunsin.

The shopkeeper Wang looked up, and was immediately frightened like chaff, knelt on the ground and said: "The girl of the Xu family spares her life, I, I don't want to be a pirate, I heard that Long Qingye is going to lift the sea ban and allow the sale of things and two oceans, I want to go home, do it, and make a proper living." ”

"Zhu Hui escaped by himself, and the two old men were sent to Busan." Tang Jing said, raised the short knife in his hand, and prepared to kill this Wang shopkeeper.

"Since he also wants to change his ways, let him be spared." Xu Ling'er stopped Tang Jing and continued to ask, "In what direction did Zhu Hui flee?" ”

"He woke up early and sneaked out of the hotel room, and I sent people to chase him for a long time, but they didn't catch up with him, and it is said that he ran in the direction of Pyongyang."

According to the prior agreement, Xu Linger judged that he must go directly to Liaodong and defect to Li Chengliang, but there was no need to worry about him.

"Miss Ling'er, what should I do now?" Tang Jing asked.

"Aren't you going home? It just so happened that my brother fled to the direction of Pyongyang, I guess he should be going to Liaodong, you hurry up and chase him, it doesn't matter if you can't catch up, when you get to the military camp of Lord Li Chengliang in Liaoyang, you will definitely be able to find him, tell him not to worry, I will definitely bring the two old men back to their hometown safely, and I will never break my promise to you. ”