Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, in order not to be coerced by the Spanish mission and send them away as soon as possible, news came out from Yuegang that the Fujian army was going to unite with the governor of Liangguang to attack Tortoiseshell Port.

Xu Ling'er knew that Lin Feng wanted the imperial court to make him the governor of Luzon, which was a pipe dream, I am afraid that Lin Feng himself knew it, but the purpose of his sending Li Chenghuai and others to come this time was to kidnap himself to blackmail Pang Shangpeng to delay the dispatch of troops? In order to buy him time.

Do you have such weight? Xu Ling'er suddenly felt that something was wrong, Lin Feng must have come to move the rescuers, so Li Chenghuai and others may have already started recruiting troops; After thinking about it, it's still not right, as early as Nanao Island, it was already difficult to recruit pirates, how much money could Li Chenghuai and others have? And what kind of prestige does it have to do this?

In a flash of inspiration, Xu Ling'er's heart suddenly brightened, the sailors who came with the ship were very suspicious, and their next goal was to go to Japan to contact Monkey Hideyoshi or Shimazu Yoshihisa and others in the name of escorting Ma Wu and his wife back to Ryukyu, and ask them to help recruit ronins to support Tortoiseshell Harbor, not to mention, Lin Feng still has a lot of wealth hidden in Japan, and he will definitely not cut off contact with the Japanese Kou.

Guo Guoqiang once said that the wealth that Yan Shifan shipped overseas may be recovered if it is left in the hands of Lin Feng, and once it falls into the hands of the Japanese invaders, they will inevitably use it as military expenses to invade the Ming Dynasty, so now is not the time to recover; So, will Lin Feng take a gamble? Dedicate this wealth directly to the Japanese Kou in order to win reinforcements, if he and the Japanese Kou join forces again, the disaster brought to the coastal areas of the mainland will far exceed that of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai!

Although Xu Ling'er was no longer a Jinyi guard, thinking of this, he was still shocked into a cold sweat, and immediately went to Feng An to discuss, before leaving, be sure to find Li Chenghuai and the others.

Feng An told Xu Ling'er that she had already discovered that there were two big men outside the post house, and they came around here every day, and talked about the appearance and characteristics of these two people, Xu Ling'er judged that this was Li Chenghuai and Cai De.

So, Feng An didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to arrest the two Australian owners into the post house.

"The Lord of Seven Ao, the Lord of Nine O, the imperial court has decided to attack the Tortoiseshell Port, why don't you recruit troops and buy horses, what are you doing here every day?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Li Chenghuai, who was tied up by five flowers, was very unconvinced, and replied: "Xu Qianhu, don't you know that the lord of Daao has made up his mind to join the imperial court, drive away those Western red-haired ghosts, and open up the territory for my Ming Dynasty. ”

Looking at Li Chenghuai's dignified appearance, Xu Ling'er judged that he definitely didn't understand Lin Feng, and continued to ask: "Even if you want to arrest me, why don't you send your sailors, why bother with the two Australian masters?" ”

Li Chenghuai sighed and replied: "I really didn't expect that as soon as Lin Shaoqi came back, he was targeted by the creditors, and dozens of people waited around the Lin family day and night, how could the two of us have the heart to help him deal with the creditors?" So he came out and hid quietly. ”

Xu Ling'er was worried that the would-be robbers had run away, and hurriedly asked, "Where are Ma Wu and his wife now?" It is said that Lin Shaoqi and the prefect of Zhangzhou have a good relationship, doesn't the government care? ”

"Of course the government will take care of it, if there were no officials to guard it day and night, those people under my command would have killed the creditors long ago and returned to Ryukyu with the lord of Wuao and his wife."

What a hanging! If there were no officials to take care of the Lin Mansion, I'm afraid this group would have run away with Ma Wu and his wife.

"Those under you? Hehe, Lord Qiao, don't overestimate yourself too much! Lin Feng has always been secretive, and that group of sailors may have secret missions on their bodies, do you really think they will listen to the two of you? May I ask you how much do you know about these so-called subordinates? Xu Ling'er asked with disdain.

Li Chenghuai glanced at Cai De, and both of them shook their heads, not understanding what Xu Ling'er meant.

Cai De rolled his eyes and replied: "It is said that some of them were the old subordinates of the lord of Daao, and some of them were the descendants of the owner of the Wufeng ship back then, but the lord of Daao did say that he would let the sailors continue to be bodyguards for the lord of Wuao and return to Ryukyu as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that Lin Shaoqi was haunted by creditors and watched by the government's servants." ”

(The owner of the Five Peaks refers to the pirate Wang Zhi)

"I can get General Feng to let you go, but you two have to do a favor." Xu Linger preached.

"How can you help?" Zede asked.

Xu Ling'er replied: "According to my understanding of Lin Feng, I can judge that those sailors are going to Japan to move rescue soldiers, are you two willing to be with the Japanese Kou?" ”

Li Chenghuai couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" The sailors are all pirates? ”

"Yes, apart from the two of you, even if they are not real pirates, they are inextricably linked to the leader of the pirates." Xu Ling'er said, suddenly remembered the origin of these Australian owners, and then continued: "Seven Australian lords, nine Australian lords, I heard that the reason why you fell into the grass in Taiwan is because the Japanese invaders destroyed your homeland back then, and I believe that you should not do anything for the Japanese invaders." ”

Li Chenghuai replied angrily: "Of course, I am inseparable from the Japanese in this life!" ”

"Well, the two Australian lords, we must not tolerate Lin Feng's collusion with the Japanese Kou, General Feng will let you go, please help you two and arrest all those sailors."

So, Li Chenghuai and Cai Detou led the way, and General Xu Linger and General Feng An led the guards in civilian clothes and set off from Yuegang to Zhangzhou Mansion.

This day is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, commonly known as the sacrificial stove, the legend of the stove prince to ascend to heaven, to report to the Jade Emperor the merits of the family, the whole family has to get together to send the stove prince, therefore, also called the small year.

Lin Shaoqi's creditors amounted to dozens of people, and they were still blocking in front of the Lin family's door, but the servants who maintained law and order may have gone home to sacrifice to the stove, at this moment, I saw more than 20 sailors holding scimitars, preparing to kill the creditors, Ma Wu and his wife and Lin Shaoqi blocked in front of them desperately to block.

Seeing this scene, worried that this gang of would-be would-be gamblers, Xu Linger discussed with Feng An, and asked Li Chenghuai and Cai De to step forward to dissuade them, and rescue Ma Wu and his wife and Lin Shaoqi first.

At this moment, these creditors didn't know that the real danger was coming, they were still arguing loudly with Lin Shaoqi, and suddenly, Li Chenghuai and Cai De separated from everyone, carefully looked at these sailors in front of them, and intuitively judged that they had other tasks on their minds.

These days, Ma Wu lives in Lin Shaoqi's house to help him settle his debts, and the creditors and officials are blocked outside the door of Lin's house every day, so this group of sailors does not dare to be presumptuous easily, let alone cause trouble, so they can only wait patiently for the opportunity, but they also understand that if they want to go to Japan to recruit Japanese pirates, they really can't do without the support of Ma Wu, the nominal leader of the merchant group, and today they finally seized the opportunity, and they wanted to take Ma Wu and his wife away immediately.

"What do you want to do?" Li Chenghuai let out a loud shout and pulled Ma Wu and his wife behind him together, and Cai De also took the opportunity to take Lin Shaoqi away.

"Two Australian owners, we must protect the five Australian owners back to Ryukyu today, please don't stop us." One of the sailors replied.

Li Chenghuai asked angrily: "How dare you speak like this to our four Australian lords, is there any difference between respect and inferiority?" ”

"Distinction between dignity and inferiority? Seven Lords, Nine Lords, we have our own separate tasks, and we have nothing to do with you. The five Australian lords and the six Australian lords are grinding and chirping here every day, and they are really going to miss our big event! Hehe, you incompetents, let go of the prey in your hands, and now you are still preventing us from carrying out our mission? If the owner of the Great Ao knows about it, you can't peel the two of you and light the sky lantern, and those who know each other will get out of the way quickly! ”

At this time, Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi were very puzzled, they didn't understand that this sailor dared to speak like this, at this moment, Li Chenghuai and Cai De didn't have time to deal with them, let alone explain to Ma Wu and the others.

Suddenly, Feng An's guards quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed to the front of this gang of would-be robbers, they thought that this was a helper found by Li Chenghuai and Cai De, so they shouted loudly and not to meddle in their affairs, and the creditors mistakenly thought that this was to relieve Lin Shaoqi, and they did not relentlessly stop Feng An and Xu Ling'er, wanting to reason with them......

"Folks, get out of the way, this group of people is a wolf." With a shout, Xu Ling'er rushed forward with an arrow step, and exchanged hands with the Japanese Kou, at this time, Feng An's guards were all killed, and someone fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

As soon as the creditors saw that they were moved, they immediately scattered, and after this vicious battle, the guards of the guards were killed and wounded more than a dozen people, and only two of the more than 40 widows were left alive.

At this time, Li Chenghuai and Cai De had already fled, in order not to cause trouble to Xu Ling'er, Ma Wu and his wife, Lin Shaoqi and others, Feng An sent people to send them to the military camp, and then handed over the two living widows to the government.

After this battle, Feng An admired Xu Ling'er so much that he threw himself into the ground, several gardenias were concentric, and the nine Zhilan were contracted, and he swore to the gods forever, willing to be related to each other, and the two of them married Jinlan.

To tell the truth, Lin Shaoqi also counted on Lin Feng to give him silver, but now there was a tragedy at the door of his house, and he was afraid that the creditors would make a profit again, so he didn't dare to spend the New Year at home, and decided to follow Ma Wu to Ryukyu to do business.

Bidding farewell to Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi, Xu Linger wanted Feng An to spend the New Year at home, and she could go to Liaodong alone, but Feng An said nothing.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Feng An led the guards to escort Xu Ling'er from Zhangzhou, and after a two-day trip, he came to the boundary of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and continued to go north to Jiujiang, and to the west was Xu Ling'er's hometown Ji'an County.

Heshan Village, Tongping Township, Ji'an, is the place where the father and daughter of the Xu family are haunted by their dreams, and after ups and downs to the door of their homes, there is no reason not to return to their hometown to worship their ancestors, so Xu Linger discussed with Feng An that she wanted to go back to her hometown.

Li Chenghuai and Cai De did not give up the task assigned by Lin Feng, re-recruited more than a dozen old troops in Zhangzhou, and continued to follow Xu Ling'er, originally planning to go to Jiujiang and hijack the Yangtze River passenger boat they were on, but they did not expect that they went west from Fuzhou.

The two couldn't wait any longer, and decided to make a surprise attack, so they sent their pirates and guards to hand them over.

Although the number of guards is large, but all of them are female soldiers, and it is difficult to win for a while against this group of outlaws, Xu Ling'er wanted to go up to help, but was persuaded by Feng An.

"Sister, you don't need to do it, what's so scary about a few thieves."

"Sister, these people should still be coming at me, I suspect they are Li Chenghuai's people."

"So, those two pirates are around here, too?"

As soon as Feng An's words fell, he saw Ma Wu with a few strong men escorting Li Chenghuai and Cai De to their approach.

"Two sisters, I frightened you." Ma Wu hugged his fists and said.

Seeing that it was still these two damn pirates, Feng An was furious and waved his sword to kill them, but was stopped by Xu Ling'er.

At this time, the pirates who were fighting with the guards suddenly found that the two Australian owners had been captured, and one by one they slipped faster than the monkeys.

"Sister, if these two people should be killed, the five brothers Ma will not keep them, please listen to what the five brothers Ma have to say." Xu Ling'er turned around and asked, "Good brother, why are you back again?" ”

Ma Wu stepped forward and hugged his fists and replied: "After the two of them escaped from Zhangzhou City, Brother Shao Qi and I were not at ease, so we were not in a hurry to return to Ryukyu and stayed in Yuegang. ”

"Good brother, what are you going to do with these two Australian owners?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Ma Wu hesitated for a moment and asked, "I have an idea, but I don't know if General Feng will agree?" ”

"If you have anything to say, you can only come through the pipeline." Feng An replied.

As a result, Ma Wu expressed his opinion: "The lord of the seventh and ninth islands has a common enmity with the Japanese invaders, and there are still many Japanese and their descendants in Hawksbill Harbor, and I hope that after they go back, they will secretly get rid of these scourges and completely cut off the contact between Lin Feng and the Japanese invaders." ”

Xu Linger thought it was true and kept nodding.

At this time, Feng An replied: "Xu Qianhu has pleaded for the sentient beings of Tortoiseshell Harbor in front of the governor, the imperial court will not send troops to recruit again, please go back and report to the lord of Lin Daao, maybe he will be named the governor of Luzon this summer, you should hurry up and send him." ”

Li Chenghuai and Cai De were very surprised when they heard this, and after confirming with Feng An again, they were so moved that they also told the truth, the purpose of their trip, in addition to trying to kidnap Xu Linger and blackmail Pang Shangpeng, was also secretly inquiring about Hong Zhenren.

As for Hong Zhenren's origin, no one knew about it, so they didn't ask more. After Ma Wu and the others left, Feng An explained the current situation to Xu Ling'er: after Pang Shangpeng arrived in Yuegang, he found that the attitude of the members of the Spanish mission was too tough, so he had to claim that Hu Shouren, the general soldier of Fujian, and Yin Zhengmao, the governor of Liangguang, jointly sent troops to attack Tortoiseshell Port, and there was no need for Westerners to worry about it, and they could destroy this group of pirates.

In fact, Pang Shangpeng also knew that it was by no means easy to suppress bandits across the sea, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant to the cabinet, did not support overseas expeditions, so after the Spanish mission left, the governor Yamen immediately released another rumor, saying that as long as Lin Feng could open up territory for the imperial court, he could consider appointing him as the governor of Luzon, but in fact, it was to let the pirate group and the Westerners pinch each other, so as not to harass the mainland and coastal again.

Xu Ling'er prayed silently in her heart, hoping that Li Chenghuai and Cai De would return to Tortoiseshell Harbor to clean up the widows, so that Lin Feng would be completely dead......

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There will be a terrifying legend about the legend of Hong Zhenren, and all the pirates in the world will meet, for details, please see the fourth volume of this book, "Maritime Silk Road", and the fifth volume of "Pirate Legend".