Tang Jing said goodbye to Xu Ling'er and Yi Sunsin, and rushed to the direction of Pyongyang overnight to catch up with Zhu Hui.

According to the plan agreed by everyone in advance, once they were separated, they each went to Liaodong to defect to Li Chengliang, so after Zhu Hui escaped from Kaesong, he took a boat from Pyongyang to Ji'an, and the silver on his body was spent, so he trekked all the way to Liaoyang.

In this season of blooming flowers, the earth has recovered, but between the white mountains and black waters, there is still a chill, hunger for four or five days, Zhu Hui arrived near a village, wanted to find someone to ask for directions, suddenly felt the world spinning, the throat like a fire pain, eyes black, body soft, then fainted in the wilderness.

I don't know how long later, Zhu Hui opened his confused eyes and found a little boy of seven or eight years old, who was taking a gourd to feed him water.

Seeing that he was awake, the little boy smiled and asked, "Brother, how are you feeling?" ”

Zhu Hui looked at this tiger-headed child, and saw that he was wearing a melon skin hat, a thin pigtail combed behind his head, thick eyebrows, slender eyes, and a heroic spirit at a young age.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the little boy tried to pull him up, but after all, he was too young, so he pulled a few handfuls without pulling, and continued to ask: "Brother, did you escape from Fushun or Liaoyang?" ”

At this moment, Zhu Hui's voice couldn't say a word.

When the little boy found his ragged cotton robe exposed, he took off his coat and covered him, and said, "Brother, you see, it's still us Jurchens!" When you Han people caught us Jurchens, they treated us as slaves, but when you came to us, we treated you as a guest. Brother, if you don't have anywhere to go, stay at my house for a few days. ”

Zhu Hui smiled and nodded at him.

"If you lie here and can't get up, at night, you'll freeze to death, let me try again and see if I can pull you up." The little boy grabbed Zhu Hui's hands, leaned back vigorously, and suddenly felt like he had fallen into someone's arms.

At this time, Zhu Hui's eyes suddenly widened, let go of the little boy's hand, and rolled on the spot, trying to escape......

The little boy looked behind him and saw a big man in black standing behind him, screaming in fright, but he was held in his arms by Tang Jing and immediately blocked his mouth.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person." Tang Jing whispered.

The little boy broke free from Tang Jing's arms, looked at his strange black clothes, and then looked at Zhu Hui who was trying to escape, and asked, "Uncle, are you here to arrest him?" ”

Tang Jing shook his head, took two steps forward, and asked softly, "May I ask if you are the son of Zhu Hui?" Miss Ling'er sent me to find you. ”

Zhu Hui obviously didn't believe it, and was still desperately crawling forward.

"Zhu Gongzi, please believe me, it was Miss Xu Ling'er who sent me to save you, and I also took a boat from Pyongyang to Ji'an, probing your traces along the way, and finally caught up with you." Tang Jing said, stretching out his hands towards him: "If you are Zhu Gongzi, just nod to me." ”

At the moment, whether to believe it or not, Zhu Hui couldn't do anything, so he had to nod to him.

"Childe, Miss Xu Ling'er was rescued by Li Sunsin in North Korea, and they are now going to Busan to rescue the two old men, knowing that you are going to Liaoyang to defect to Li Chengliang, they specially sent me to find you."

When the little boy heard this, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that you, you are Li Chengliang's people?" As he spoke, he wanted to run away.

Tang Jing replied: "Child, don't be afraid, we are not Li Chengliang's people, but merchants who have returned from North Korea, and we have encountered some trouble on the way. ”

The little boy calmed down and said, "Yes, if you have malicious intentions, I can't escape if I want to." ”

Zhu Hui couldn't believe what Tang Jing said, he still lay on the ground and didn't say anything, but beckoned to the little boy, moved his lips slightly, and thanked him.

"My name is Tang Jing, and I was originally a merchant in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, and it was only because my family was trapped on Iki Island that I was forced to die for the pirates. When I was chasing Miss Ling'er in Kaesong, I was influenced by Miss Xu Ling'er and Yi Sunsin, and I was ready to go home to do business, and she will help me rescue my wife, children, and mother, now you can rest assured. ”

At this time, Zhu Hui's throat was still like a fire, and he couldn't spit out a word, so he nodded silently.

So, Tang Jing picked him up and said, "If you have difficulty moving, I can carry you away." ”

"Where are you going?" The little boy asked.

Tang Jing replied: "Back to Nanjing, that is my home." ”

At this time, a woman's voice came from a distance: "Little Hanzi, where have you gone?" ”

"E-niang, I'm here."

Little Hanzi's mother ran over and found that Tang Jing and Zhu Hui were both dressed very strangely, like beggars, and they were also wearing scimitars, so they stepped forward to pick up Little Hanzi and left.

"Eniang, they are all merchants who came back from North Korea, because they have some accidents and can't go home, let's help them." Xiao Hanzi pleaded with his face held high.

Xiao Hanzi's mother found that Zhu Hui's clothes were all rotten, so she took off her robe, handed it to Tang Jing, and said, "Put it on this child, it's still quite cold at night." ”

Tang Jing wrapped the robe around Zhu Hui's body and thanked their mother and son.

Xiao Hanzi said with a smile: "My mother's name is Emuqi, and she is the kindest person in the world. ”

Emuqi was moved by his son's words, and handed over a jar of hot rice in his hand to Tang Jing, and said: "You haven't been able to eat properly for many days, he Ama is working in the farmland, this is for him, you eat first, and I will cook it when I go home later." ”

Xiao Hanzi also gave Zhu Hui his water hyacinth, and said, "Brother, you can take it, you can drink some hot water on the way." ”

Tang Jing and Zhu Hui ate the hot meal, moved to tears.

When they had finished eating, Emuqi said: "You should get out of here quickly, now, the imperial court is fighting with Wang Gao, the general of our Jurchen department, if you are caught by Li Chengliang's people, you may be regarded as Wang Gao's spies, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to argue at that time; If Wang Gao's people catch you, they will also treat you as spies of the Ming army, and they will definitely not survive. ”

Xiao Hanzi also followed and said: "Li Chengliang can also be fierce, and no one in our Jurchen Department is not afraid of him." ”

"Thank you for your life-saving grace, my name is Tang Jing, the grace of dripping water, will be reciprocated by springs!" Tang Jing thanked Xiao Hanzi and his mother Emuqi, and then carried Zhu Hui and prepared to go on the road.

The kind-hearted Emuzi pointed to a path that would avoid the battlefield and advised them to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

For Tang Jing, he didn't want to go to Liaoyang to join Li Chengliang at all, he was worried all the way, after being away from home for six years, is there still a home of his own in Nanjing now?

Zhu Hui, who had just finished eating a hot meal, felt much better now, he jumped off Tang Jing's back, although he still couldn't speak, moved his muscles and bones, said that he could walk, lay on the ground and kowtowed to Emuqi three times, pointed at Xiao Hanzi, and pointed at himself, which means that in the future, the two of us will be brothers!

Little Hanzi followed his mother as he walked home, and suddenly, he turned around and shouted, "Brother Zhu Hui, please remember, this is Hetuala, and my big name is Nurhachi......"

Tang Jing took Zhu Hui back to Nanjing for the time being, and after Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang were sent to Busan by Hu Jiuguan, they immediately contacted the merchant ship and prepared to send the two old men to Owari and hand them over to Yushiba Hideyoshi for disposal.

Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang were detained in an inn in Busan Port, and while Hu Jiuguan and others were eating, they suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.

The people in the room were all very cautious, and immediately drew their scimitars, and at this time, they heard someone outside the door say: "Jiuguan, I am Ma Wu, come and see the spy you caught." ”

Hearing Ma Wu's voice, Hu Jiuguan opened the door.

It turned out that after Lin Yiguan and Luo Amin found Ah Ping from Liaodong, they quietly returned to Ryukyu, and at Luo Amin's insistence, Ma Wu and Ah Ping were engaged, and no longer let him be in charge of the group training in the village.

After some careful interrogation, I finally figured out that this was the father of Luo Aping's friend Xu Ling'er, a world-famous miracle doctor, Luo Aping almost put his life on the line in order to send a letter to the Xu family's father and daughter, and this hateful Hu Jiuguan dared not to ventilate himself and kidnapped Xu Yi by such despicable means, Ma Wu was immediately furious.

Hu Jiuguan was scolded inexplicably, and he didn't understand why Ma Wu suddenly became angry and tried his best to defend himself, but he never dared to mention that this was Xiao Xi Longzuo's idea, he was afraid that if Xiao Xi Longzuo didn't admit it, he would make himself a person inside and out.

Ma Wu raised his hand and slapped Hu Jiuguan more than a dozen times, beating him to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he couldn't help but say, and immediately swept this group out of the house in the name of the leader of the merchant group, and never used it.

drove away Hu Jiuguan and others, Ma Wu treated the two old gentlemen with great courtesy, and immediately sent people to Busan, Wangjing, Kaesong and Pyongyang to look for Xu Linger and Zhu Hui everywhere.

Just as Ma Wu was waiting for news at his home in Busan, a messenger suddenly came from Ryukyu and brought him bad news: Lin Yiguan suddenly fell seriously ill and died in the Lin family's shochu shop.

Ma Wuyi panicked when he heard this, and did not dare to spread the news, so he decided to return to Ryukyu immediately, but he was worried that Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang would be persecuted if they stayed in Busan, so he decided to take them with him.

Konishi Ryonzo, who was about to return to Sakai Town with the Buddhist shrine, had just arrived in Busan, and heard that Ma Wu had released Xu Yi and Zhu Junwang, and he was very annoyed.

So, Xiao Xi Longzuo chased to the dock, and at this time, Ma Wu's merchant ship was about to anchor, so he stood below and shouted: "Manager Ma, wait for me, I am Xiao Xi Longzuo, a friend of His Excellency Lin Yiguan." ”

Hearing the shout, Ma Wu let Konishi Ryoza get on the boat, and asked in surprise, "Mr. Konishi, didn't you go to Kaesong to buy Korean ginseng?" Why do you want to leave all of a sudden? ”

Xiao Xi Longzuo replied breathlessly: "My family is in a bit of a hurry to go back, my family's merchant ship can't go for the time being, and I'm worried that I can't find the ship, it's really a sight of the sky, thank you Mr. Ma." ”

"It's already dark, and the boat is stormy at night, so let's go to the cabin and rest." Ma Wu didn't know that the mastermind of kidnapping Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang was none other than Konishi Ronzo.

Suddenly found that Xiao Nishilongzuo had entered the cabin, Zhu Junwang whispered to Xu Yihou: "Don't talk later, look at me." Xu Yi nodded.

Zhu Junwang shouted: "Mr. Nishironzo, I heard that you are the kindest Christian, come and save us." ”

So, Xiao Nishilongzuo came to the front of the two and replied with a smile: "We were in the same boat when we came, but I didn't expect that when we left, we were still in the same boat, but it was really fate." ”

Although both sides were acting, Zhu Junwang still asked very seriously: "Mr. Konishi Longzuo, do you know what we are doing in North Korea?" ”

"We are peers, you are really fast enough, have you all the medicinal materials you want to buy?" Ronzo Konishi asked, half-jokingly.

Zhu Junwang replied: "Let me tell you, this time I came to North Korea to make medicinal materials for Lord Asai Nagamasa, the lord of Omi Kotani Castle, who has been married to Mrs. Ashi for many years and has never been able to conceive a child. Presumably you also know, Owari Province Oda Kamisuke is the elder brother of Mrs. Aichi, and now, Oda-sama is also very anxious, our medicinal materials have not been ready, but they were kidnapped in North Korea, I heard that the culprit behind the scenes is the monkey's men, if this matter is known to Oda-sama, do you know what the consequences are? ”

Konishi Ryuzo was stunned for a moment, turned his face and smiled: "It turned out to be Langzhong of Lord Asai Nagamasa's family, disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

Because of the sudden death of Lin Yiguan, Ma Wu was very anxious, and he didn't know where to send these two old men, when he suddenly saw the three old men chatting happily, so he asked: "Xu Langzhong, are you coming to Ryukyu with me?" Or return to Sakai to find Shopkeeper Chen? ”

"Thank you, Mr. Ma! I don't know where Zhu Hui and Ling'er are yet, and when the merchant ships arrive in Tsushima, let's get off the ship. Xu Yi replied.

Because the death of Lin Yiguan still needs to be kept strictly secret, so as not to cause panic among the merchant group, Ma Wu invited the three of them into his cabin, closed the door, and said: "Because there are some changes in the family, I have hurried back to Ryukyu to deal with the aftermath, you can disembark on Tsushima Island, and then I will return to Ryukyu along the East China Sea, and I will no longer go to the waters of Japan." ”

Xiao Nishilongzo asked hypocritically: "Manager Ma, what happened at home?" ”

"My brother has passed away." Ma Wu replied.

"Seeing that your Excellency is so young, it must be that your brother is in the prime of life, and he is really jealous and wise, and it makes people sigh, may your brother be blessed by the Lord and rest in heaven, Amen." Konishi Lonzo didn't know that the brother Ma Wu was referring to was Lin Yiguan.

"Thank you, Mr. Ronzo Konishi!"

Listening to Ma Wu's words, Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang understood most of their hearts, they knew that Wang Chong and Guo Yi were chasing and killing Lin Yiguan in the Ryukyus at this time, maybe this person was Lin Yiguan's subordinate, so they all lowered their heads and were silent.

Because Lin Yiguan's death was too sudden, as far as Ma Wu was concerned, he had no interest in the business of selling muskets to monkeys, and was even very disgusted, he suddenly stood up and said loudly to Xiao Xi Longzuo: "After you go back, tell that Hideyoshi, don't expect us to deliver muskets to him anymore, if you want to continue to do business with me in the future, then abide by your duty, now, I hand over these two old men to you, I hope you can treat them well, if something goes wrong, the next time we meet, I will not be polite!" ”

Xiao Xi Longzuo was puzzled, and trembled in fright, but replied resignedly: "Only the order of the chief horse is obeyed!" ”

The merchant ships sailed the night on the vast sea, and arrived at Tsushima Island at dawn, although the two old gentlemen did not want to be with Konishironzo, so they had to disembark here.

Ma Wu's merchant ships sailed to the waters of the East China Sea and headed straight for the Ryukyu Islands......