On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in the banquet hall of the Ryukyu Royal Capital National Post House, Chen Ping, the supreme governor of Shuri Castle, hosted a banquet to entertain Wang Chong and Guo Yi.

The officials headed by Chen Ping took turns to toast the two, Wang Chong drank every glass of wine cleanly, after three rounds of wine, and after five flavors of food, he began to toast others again, and drank many officials down, but he still did not change his face.

Guo Yi, who was red-faced and red-eared, sat next to Wang Chong, who was already out of strength for drinking, and was so angry that he wanted to get up many times, but was stopped by his husband.

In the end, only Wang Chong and Chen Ping were left to fight the amount of wine......

Although Lin did not mention Lin in the secret report to the imperial court, it was exposed due to the fall of Yan Shifan, and I believe that the truth will be revealed in a few days. So, Guo Yi, who couldn't bear it, took advantage of the strength of the wine to point at Chen Ping and scolded: "You old thief who doesn't know death, Lin Yiguan has been on the run for almost a month, and instead of arresting this vicious pirate, you put us under house arrest here, which is really unreasonable!" ”

Chen Ping's face suddenly fell, and he was about to have a seizure when he suddenly heard Wang Chong laughing.

"She, she dared to scold the old man for being a thief, and you still laughed?"

Seeing that the old man was so angry that he trembled, Wang Chong hurriedly explained: "Hehe, please calm your anger on behalf of the Lord Si, these words come from the words of the sage: old and immortal are called saints, and old and immortal are called thieves." It means that if you have the ability to steal your life from the sky, you are wishing you a long life. ”

Chen Ping's mood slowly stabilized, and he looked at Wang Chong and Guo Yi reservedly, which seemed to mean that once the envoy sent to the capital came back and found that Lin Yiguan was not a prisoner of the imperial court, or the identities of the two of you were doubtful, he would definitely not be spared!

Guo Yi also saw his thoughts, and continued to threaten: "Do you know my true identity? To tell you the truth, I am the commander of the five armies, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the righteous daughter of the old prince of Chengguo. ”

Chen Ping did not show weakness at all, and replied loudly: "Once it is confirmed that Lin Wenjun is a prisoner of the imperial court, this official will definitely not spare him, and as for the responsibility for his slipping away from Shuri Castle, who should bear it, and this official will not be partial." ”

Guo Yi slapped the table and asked angrily, "Don't you take responsibility?" ”

The master, who was already drunk, explained: "There is no evidence to prove that Lin Yiguan ran away, maybe he will come back as soon as he goes out to play for a few days." ”

Guo Yi asked unceremoniously: "You must have accepted the benefits of the Lin family's shochu shop and deliberately let Lin Yiguan go, right?" ”

Finding that Guo Yi's more and more outrageous it became, Wang Chong hurriedly picked up the wine glass, blocked in front of her, and said: "The bright moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time." Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Lord and everyone who can't reunite with their families, but they come to set up a banquet to entertain us, Wang is grateful! Zai Xia is an orphan, bathed in the emperor's grace since he was a child, and sacrificed his life for the court and broke his bones. Come, come, come, Wang then respect the Lord and you a cup, the ancients said: the curtain is short to stay in the moon, the height of the building does not hinder the clouds, the auspicious clouds float in the purple pavilion, and the purple air overflows the Zhumen. I wish you all good luck and purple air coming from the east! ”

With that, Wang Chong drank it all, and all the officials also stood up, accompanied him to drink the last glass of wine, and then ended the feast.

On the occasion of farewell, Wang Chong said: "Lord Sosidai, in order to catch this thief as soon as possible, please don't put us under house arrest anymore." ”

Chen Ping, the representative of Shuri, laughed loudly and replied: "Wang Qianhu is serious, even if I lend me ten guts, I don't dare to put under house arrest the godparents of the old prince of Chengguo, in fact, it is to protect the personal safety of the two of them, so as not to be plotted by thieves." ”

Finally, he did not break up unhappily, and sent the officials out of the National Post House, and Wang Chong said goodbye to them one by one.

The streets and alleys of Shuri Castle are full of lanterns and lion dances, and Chen Ping takes a sedan chair through the streets and alleys, and returns to the official residence after a while.

The housekeeper opened the sedan curtain and whispered: "Master, tonight the shopkeeper of the wine shop Lin came, and the young grandmother accepted all the gifts, he waited for a long time, and thought that the master didn't want to see him, so he just left." ”

The rickety director got off the sedan chair on behalf of Chen Ping, and replied with a full hiccups: "Well, I know." ”

A month after Lin Yiguan fled, Chen Ping, the representative of Shuri, found that Wang Chong and Guo Yi were still calm and calm, still waiting patiently at the State Post House, although the envoy sent to the capital had not yet returned, it was certain that Lin Wenjun was the imperial court's prisoner Lin Yiguan.

At this time, Chen Ping was very embarrassed, once Lin Wenjun's guilt was confirmed, the Ryukyu royal family would inevitably ask the Lin family for the sake of the shop, he was very aware of the special background of this shochu shop, if King Shang Yuan really ordered the liquor shop to be sealed, wouldn't it offend the mysterious prince?

After Chen Ping secretly accepted the benefits of the Lin family's shochu shop, he asked the Shuri Institute to provide Wang Chong with a "tip-off": Lin Yiguan went to Nanyang to buy muskets. So, Wang Chong and Guo Yi decided to chase them, and Chen Ping personally sent them on a merchant ship bound for Manila.

Within a few days, Chen Shen purchased a boatload of porcelain and decided to return to Sakai Town.

At this time, Yajiro followed Lin Wenjing to Mikawa Province, found his wife very smoothly, and brought her back to Sakai Town, and the couple decided to stay, and they would follow Lin Wenjing in the future.

Lin Wenjing and Yajiro greeted Chen Shen at the Sakaicho pier, Chen Shen looked at Yajiro's stocky and honest appearance, nodded with satisfaction, and praised: "Wen Jing's vision is really good, and he will definitely become a generation of wealthy businessmen in the future!" ”

Hearing that Chen Shen was back, the father and daughter of the Xu family and the father and son of the Zhu family all came to greet him and asked about Wang Chong and Guo Yi.

Chen Shen, who is indescribable, told everyone about his experience in the Ryukyus in the past month or so.

Xu Ling'er was very disappointed when she heard this, and said: "This Lin Yiguan is really cunning! Shopkeeper Chen, please help arrange to contact a merchant ship bound for Manila, I will rush to help. ”

At this moment, Lin Wenjing, who was already fighting with Zhu Hui, hoped that they would help organize the supply of goods after returning to China, so she persuaded: "Sister Ling'er, don't join in the fun, now, the Buddhist shrine and the bronze mirror have been found, hurry up and send it back to Jiajing Lao'er." ”

Chen Shen shouted: "Wen Jing must not be presumptuous! ”

Xu Ling'er thinks that Lin Wenjing's words are reasonable, and it can be seen from the imperial court's official newspaper that for Emperor Jiajing, recovering these two national treasures is more important than arresting Lin Yiguan, not to mention that Lin Yiguan is not on the wanted list.

Now that these two national treasures have been recovered, if they can't be sent back to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible, wouldn't they be sorry for Lord Lu Yunlong's spirit in the sky? Thinking of this, Xu Linger decided to take her father and the Zhu family father and son and return to China immediately.

Chen Shen was also very happy when he heard that the Buddhist shrine and the bronze mirror had been recovered, so he asked Xu Ling'er to take them out and show him.

Faced with these two antiquities, Chen Shen asked, "Do you know the origin of this bronze mirror?" ”

"Listen to Lord Lu said, this bronze mirror is the national teacher Lan Daoxing dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty thanked Yan Shifan for his good writing, so he gave it to Yan Shifan, according to Lan Guoshi, this is the Eastern Jin Dynasty Ge Hong real person refining, according to "Hug Puzi", this is a demon mirror." Xu Ling'er replied.

Chen Shen looked at the bronze mirror carefully and shook his head, and at this time, Lin Wenjing took the opportunity to snatch the bronze mirror.

Lin Wenjing, who was happy, grimaced in the mirror and asked, "Look what kind of monster I am?" ”

Finding that there was nothing special about this bronze mirror, Lin Wenjing smiled at Zhu Hui and asked, "Come over and let me take a picture to see where you are?" ”

"Wen Jing, don't play anymore." As he spoke, Chen Shen asked for the bronze mirror back, walked up to Xu Ling'er, and asked, "Sister, how did you get this mirror back?" ”

"It was the Honganji Master Suifeng who helped me find it, and he had seen it in front of Mrs. Monkey's dresser, so he took me to Cheongju Castle, and he took the mirror out of the monkey's house and immediately handed it into my hands. May I ask Shopkeeper Chen, what's wrong with this mirror? ”

Chen Shen, who looked serious, replied: "Sister, this is a fake, judging from these traces that have just been forged, how can it be an antiquity of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?" If you bring this fake face back to the court, it will be a crime of deception! ”

Xu Ling'er was shocked when she heard this, and suddenly remembered what Xianru had said, if you really can't find it, he can help make a fake, could it be that he was used by the Wind Mage to adjust the package?

It can be seen that her mood at this time is very complicated, Chen Shen judged that judging from the attitude of Xianru taking the initiative to return the Buddhist shrine, she would not use such despicable means to leave that mirror, not to mention, if there is really any magic in that mirror, it is impossible for the monkey to put it in front of his wife's dresser.

Thinking of this, Chen Shen said helplessly: "Sister Ling'er, it seems that you can't go back for the time being. ”

Zhu Hui, who was like an arrow, asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, what should I do now?" ”

"If you go back with this fake mirror, how can you be worthy of Lord Lu and the warriors of the Flying Fish Camp who died in the line of duty? The imperial court will not forgive us, if His Majesty the Emperor blames us, even if he doesn't ask about your sister Ling'er's guilt, I'm afraid I'll have to come back at that time. Chen Shen replied.

At this time, Xu Linger suddenly remembered Li Rusong, and suddenly shed sad tears......

"So, where is the real bronze mirror?" Zhu Hui asked.

"I guess it should still be in the hands of Hideyoshi, the monkey of Kiyoshu Castle in Owari Province." Chen Shen replied.

Zhu Hui said indignantly: "I must kill this hateful monkey and take back our national treasure!" ”

Lin Wenjing suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, there is something I want to discuss with you, I wonder if you will agree?" ”

"Wen Jing, with the help of Lin Daoxun, I opened this silk shop, you don't have to be polite with me." Chen Shen replied.

"Shopkeeper, I have an idea, can I take care of the business in Jinai Town? In the future, if you make money from trading, will you count the father and daughter of the Xu family and the father and son of the Zhu family as a share? Wen Jing asked.

"And rightfully so." Chen Shen replied.

"That's good! Tomorrow, I will ask Sister Ling'er, Zhu Gongzi and Yajiro to go with me to Ishiyama Honganji Temple, bring the porcelain you just shipped, and we will run the shops in Jinai Town. ”

"I'm okay with that." Chen Shen replied, "Then let the two old men stay in Sakai Town with me, it is relatively safe here, if I can get Xianru's help to retrieve the bronze mirror, I will send the Xu family father and daughter and the Zhu family father and son back to China from Sakai Town." ”

Xu Ling'er sighed and said: "I don't know if Brother Chong and Sister Yi'er can catch Lin Yiguan, and I don't know when they will come back, in addition to Lin Yiguan, the rebels ordered by the court to get rid of are Chen Dong, Ye Ma, Deng Bichuan, Shen Nanshan and others, especially Deng Bichuan of Yiqi Island, who accepted some of Lin Yiguan's subordinates, and is still doing evil, not mentioning the heads of these traitors, it is not so easy for us to return to China." ”

At this time, Yajiro hurried in and shouted, "Shopkeeper Chen, someone from Christ Church has told you to go to the meeting. ”

Xu Ling'er asked in surprise: "Shopkeeper Chen, do you also believe in Christianity?" ”

"Nowadays, when you do business in Sakai Town, you have to deal with the 'Crowd Society' organized by Westerners, otherwise, it will be difficult to move an inch." Chen Shen replied helplessly.

Chen Shen came to Christ Church to attend the meeting and found that the scene today was different from the past, and the presiding officer was not a Westerner, but Ronzo Konishi, an upstart from Sakai Town.

In view of the frightening power of the Coalition, representatives of merchants from all walks of life in Sakai Town gathered, both religious and non-religious, to celebrate Mass with Konishi Lonzo.

Due to the autonomy of the merchants of Sakai Town through the Shogun, the previously influential Miyoshi Nagakei has died of illness, and the Miyoshi Sango and Matsunaga Hide teamed up to murder the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, which led to a large number of heroes in all parts of Japan, and now, the Miyoshi clan and Matsunaga Hide have become the target of public criticism, and because of the canonization of the puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei, it has led to a disagreement between the Miyoshi Sanren and Matsunaga Hide, so the distribution of power within the Shogun is also being reshuffled.

After Lin Yiguan and Luo Amin escaped from Shuri Castle, they quietly came to Sakai Town, hoping to take Konishi Lonzo's merchant ship to North Korea, and go to Liaodong to pick up Ah Ping, and it happened that Konishi Ryuza went to Cheongju Castle to visit Hideyoshi.

As the monkey expected, Konishi Ryonzo returned to Sakai Town and invited Lin Yiguan and his wife to their home.

Konishi Ryonzo told Hayashi that Hideyoshi wanted to sell him a batch of armor-piercing arquebuses from Nanyang before the winter solstice.

In fact, this is exactly what Lin Yiguan wanted, he agreed to Konishi Lonzo without Luo Amin, and after the two discussed, they formulated a detailed plan for trafficking muskets: Konishi Ryuza was responsible for controlling the Sakai Town Public Association, and Lin Yiguan went to Nanyang to contact Lin Daoqian, and purchased new muskets from Manila, with the protection of the Ryukyu Kingdom Lin family forces on the way, and would not be harassed by pirates, and the two of them joined forces to monopolize the trade between Nanyang and Japan in the future.

For this reason, Konishi Ryuzo spent nearly 100,000 taels of silver, which was used to bribe Western missionaries, hoping to become the head of the Sakai Town Congregation, the so-called money can make the ghost grind, under the manipulation of Father Simon Almeida, on this day, Konishi Ryuzo in the name of the head of the meeting, convened a meeting of merchants throughout Sakai Town, and Luo Amin also ran to the church to see the excitement.

After the mass, the rampant little Shiron began to brag, unashamedly declaring that he had great power in the Ryukyu Kingdom and his friendship with Lin Daoqian, a wealthy merchant in the South Seas, which surprised Luo Amin, and it seemed that Lin Yiguan had no intention of going to Liaodong to save Ah Ping.

Angry, Luo Amin left the church and returned to Xiao Xi Longzuo's home, and immediately turned his face with Lin Yiguan, no matter how Lin Yiguan tried to dissuade her, she still insisted on going to Liaodong alone to rescue Ah Ping.

Luo Amin walked in front, and Lin Yiguan chased behind......

At this moment, the assembly has ended, and Xiao Nishilongzuo returned home and invited Lin Yiguan and his wife to have dinner together, and asked the housekeeper to find out that the two of them quarreled and ran out.

Sending someone to retrieve them from the outside, Konishi Ryuza suddenly found that Lin Yiguan had wavered about the original plan, and immediately became angry, but he had just finished bragging in the church, and Hideyoshi was also counting on the batch of muskets that penetrated the armor, if they had to go to Liaodong to save people, they would make everyone miserable, so they had to take them to Qingzhou City to listen to Hideyoshi's suggestions.