Part 4 The Maritime Silk Road 21 is suddenly opened



Zhang Biao's officers and soldiers imprisoned Ma Zhishan and Li Dan, Li Chenghuai saw through Zhang Biao's conspiracy, kidnapped Zhang Biao and several personal soldiers, and then gathered dozens of strong men in the village, escorted Zhang Biao and others to Ma Zhishan's house, coerced Zhang Biao, and asked his subordinates to release Ma Zhishan quickly.

The officers and soldiers took Ma Zhishan and Li Dan as hostages, and they refused to release them without Zhang Biao's order.

Although the other party was outnumbered, and Zhang Biao himself became a hostage, he calculated that Li Chenghuai and others would not dare to do anything to him, and his reinforcements were about to arrive, so he said to everyone: "You have misunderstood! This official has already sent those Western profiteers to Zhangzhou Mansion in accordance with the idea of Ma Laoao, and the translator is Jia Wang, who is under this official, no matter how those Western profiteers quibble, Jia Wang will not help them speak, everyone can rest assured, this official will invite credit and reward for you! ”

After listening to Zhang Biao's words, Ma Zhishan knew that he was lying, and although he was threatened by the officers and soldiers with knives and guns, he still struggled and shouted outside the house: "Brothers, fellow villagers, the little old man originally hoped to make a living for you, but he didn't expect that it would be self-defeating and used by this traitor Zhang Biao, Zhang Biao's gang of officials and thieves wanted to impose on us the crime of robbing Westerners' merchant ships and kidnapping Westerners as hostages. Everyone, they are rushing to kill us, Xiao Lao'er is a damned person, brothers, don't care about me anymore, let alone be merciful, fight with this gang of officials and thieves! ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of strong men rushed to the door of Ma Zhishan's house, trying to rescue Ma Zhishan, the group of officers and soldiers were so frightened that they pulled Ma Zhishan back a few steps, some put a steel knife on Ma Zhishan's neck, and some aimed a spear at Ma Zhishan's chest.

"Let go of the second owner, and it will be enough for me to be your hostage!" Li Dan pleaded loudly.

The officers and soldiers only knew that Li Dan was the translator of the Westerners, but they did not know the origin of Li Dan and Ma Zhishan and others, since the Westerners cooperated with Jia Wang to go to Zhangzhou Mansion to denounce Ma Zhishan and others, Li Dan was no longer the object of their attention, and the conflict in front of them was about to break out, and the officers and soldiers focused all their attention on Ma Zhishan, and no one paid attention to Li Dan.

The strong men at the door shouted loudly, asking the officers and soldiers to release Ma Zhishan, and Ma Zhishan didn't want to live anymore, so he stood up and hit the muzzle of the gun......

This action stunned the officers and soldiers guarding Ma Zhishan, Li Dan rushed forward quickly, and pushed Ma Zhishan to the ground, even if he didn't hit the muzzle.

The officers and soldiers pulled Ma Zhishan up from the ground and controlled him to death, and then, Ma Zhishan twisted his neck and rubbed it against the knife edge, so frightened that the officers and soldiers holding the steel knife hurriedly put away the steel knife, the little old man was already crazy, and continued to tear up with these officers and soldiers, and Li Dan also pounced to help.

The strong men at the door didn't dare to step forward at first, because they were afraid that the officers and soldiers would really kill Ma Zhishan, but now they can see that these officers and soldiers don't dare to hurt people easily, so everyone rushed to the house and fought with the officers and soldiers, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Dan slipped out.

Li Dan came to Li Chenghuai's approach, bowed down, and said: "The Lord of Qiao is healthy!" Little Li Dan meets the Lord of Qiao! ”

Li Chenghuai was also unwilling to deal with Li Dan, and was angry about his defection to the enemy and his translation of Westerners, seeing that he didn't care about the life and death of the second owner, and escaped alone, and wanted to kill him with a knife.

Li Chenghuai also turned a blind eye to Li Dan, none of his subordinates knew Li Dan, everyone saw the attitude of the Lord of Qiao towards him, they all understood, and immediately arrested Li Dan, tied him up with Zhang Biao and others, and it was useless to let Li Dan cry and beg.

At this moment, there was a sound of trumpets outside the village, and everyone understood that reinforcements from the guard had arrived.

Zhang Biao was afraid that the people in the house would beat Ma Zhishan to death, and if Ma Zhishan died, he would definitely not be able to live, so he shouted loudly: "The people in the house listen to the truth!" Be sure not to hurt the old owner, all this is a misunderstanding! Shall everyone obey the command of the officer? ”

The people in the room also heard the sound of the horn and Zhang Biao's shouts, stopped fighting, the officers and soldiers threw away their weapons, and tightly surrounded Ma Zhishan, and Li Chenghuai's subordinates picked up the weapons of the officers and soldiers, surrounded the group of officers and soldiers, and escorted them out.

At this time, nearly 100 reinforcements from the guard station had surrounded the small courtyard of Ma Zhishan's house.

Zhang Biao knew that his boss would not ignore them, but now that there was a conflict, he would definitely die, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Soldiers, don't act rashly, this is a complete misunderstanding!" Now, the governor is in Zhangzhou City, wait a while, his old man should send someone here, I ask the second and seventh lords, do you want the envoy of the governor to see you rebel again? ”

Li Chenghuai limped in front of Zhang Biao, hehe, and asked: "Lord Zhang, the second Australian lord wants to help you, and he intends to find a way out for us people, to be honest, I don't think it's a good idea, but I don't want to stop it; It's just that I didn't expect that you would be wolf-hearted and upside down, and you would take revenge. Hehe, since this is already the case, there is no need to say more, then, let me ask you, the reason why the second Australian owner has confidence and dares to go to Pang Shangpeng to help you Zhang Biao intercede, have you thought about the truth? ”

Zhang Biao's eyes widened, to be honest, if it wasn't for Jia Wang giving him another idea, he didn't think that Ma Zhishan could help him ask for mercy in front of the governor, but the dead horse was a live horse doctor, and he was not sure at all, and even felt that Ma Zhishan had doubts about whether he could see Pang Shangpeng, and now when he heard Li Chenghuai ask, he faced Li Chenghuai blankly, and he didn't know how to answer.

Li Chenghuai also guessed Zhang Biao's thoughts, and then said: "I'm not bragging, as long as the second Australian lord and I still want to continue to be pirates, climb high and shout, from Quanzhou to Chaozhou, the mountains will inevitably respond, and the four seas will gather, your government connivance is all three heads and six arms, and when the time comes, see if you can cope with it, Tian Youcai and Pang Shangpeng will not know!" Do you understand? ”

Dealing with pirates is Zhang Biao's daily work, of course he understands, to be honest, he has a deep taboo about Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai people settling on his own territory, with the help of Jia Wang's idea, take this opportunity to get rid of all these surrendered pirates, in case these people cause trouble to him in the future, but he really doesn't know that Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai once sincerely helped Pang Shangpeng, let alone understand them, and they are full of bitter hatred for those Westerners.

Seeing that Zhang Biao was speechless, Li Chenghuai didn't want to deal with him anymore, and calculated that the officers and soldiers would not dare to kill, so they could only wait for Pang Shangpeng to send someone to solve it, so he lame and came to the front of the group of officers and soldiers who held Ma Zhishan hostage, and shouted: "Take care, old brother!" I believe that Pang Shangpeng will not ignore us, don't look for short-sightedness. Big brother, our lives are no cheaper than the lives of this gang of officials and thieves! ”

Although Ma Zhishan was controlled by the officers and soldiers, looking at his brave and loyal brothers, he burst into tears and pondered for a long time before he replied: "Seventh brother, do you remember those two girls who risked their lives to go to Tortoiseshell Harbor on Luzon Island to try to persuade us to surrender?" ”

"Of course I remember, if it weren't for these two bodhisattvas, we would have been at the bottom of Pengasma Bay!" Li Chengliang replied.

"Seventh brother, the old brother has lived a life in a mess, and only today can he be regarded as living and understanding, if we don't die today, the Buddha blessed us, and you don't want to suffer with me in the future, let alone harm others with your conscience and seek personal gain for yourself. Those two girls once persuaded us to follow the Elder of the Moon Sky to the overseas New World to expand the territory and promote the civilization of our China, and now, I heard that this Elder of the Moon Sky has arrived in the Moon Harbor, Seventh Brother, what do you think? Ma Zhishan asked.

More than three months ago, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er went to Tortoiseshell Harbor, hoping to use Luo Amin's friendship to persuade Lin Feng and others to bring their own team, and in the future, follow Elder Moon Sky across the ocean to the New World to promote the civilization of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in China, develop overseas trade for the Ming Dynasty, expand the territory, and compete with those Westerners overseas.

At that time, from Lin Feng to the nobody, no one was ashamed to laugh at the two of them, but everyone looked at Luo Amin's face, and no one hurt them, but Ma Zhishan, Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others still played the two of them as fools five times or three times.

People are not as good as the sky, people have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai did not expect to fall to this point today, hearing Ma Zhishan mention that the Elder Moon Sky is in Yuegang, Li Chenghuai understood what the old brother meant.

"Don't worry, big brother, if the huge people can pardon us again, we will follow Elder Moon Sky to the New World to escort Elder Moon Sky, big brother, come with us." Li Chenghuai replied.

"I'm old, the leaves have fallen back to my roots, and I'm finally back, if the little old man is a few years younger, it will definitely be the best thing to do......"

Although Zhang Biao didn't quite understand what they were talking about, he knew that Pang Shangpeng came to Yuegang and resolved a conflict between the prefect Tian Youcai and the county magistrate Zhai Yin into a commendation meeting for the Moonsky Elders.

In Zhang Biao's mind, Elder Moon Sky was the culprit who resold the ship in Fuzhou City, Zhang Biao really couldn't figure it out, so he asked loudly: "Who is this Elder Moon Sky?" ”

Most of the officers and soldiers of the guard are locals, and the heroic deeds of the Elder of the Moon Sky against the Japanese invaders have already been heard, and Pang Shangpeng has just made a great announcement in the Zhangzhou Mansion, and now the people of Zhangzhou City are worshiping the Elder of the Moon Sky.

A famous lieutenant replied, "Lord Zhang, we may be in trouble." ”

Zhang Biao was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked loudly, "What's the trouble?" ”

"My lord, you are a foreigner, you may not know that when the Japanese invaded Fujian, before the arrival of the Qi family's army, Elder Yuekong led eighty monks in the area of Quanzhou in Zhangzhou and saved countless people, and Zhai Zhixian was brought down by Elder Yuekong. After that, the elder led the monks to participate in the Qi family army, and fought against the Japanese in the people in Zhejiang and Fujian, which was very famous! To quell the scourge of the Japanese and clear the sea frontier, the elders gave up fame and fortune, and went to the Qiyan Temple in the land of Taizu Longxing to pray for the blessing of the Jiangshan Society, just because they heard that the Western missionaries were extremely arrogant, and they were still ambitious in their years, and they wanted to organize a business group to go to the New World on the other side of the ocean to expand their territory and compete with the Western missionaries. The lieutenant under Zhang Biao replied.

When Zhang Biao heard this, he completely admitted that he was unlucky, it seems that no matter whether Jia Wang teased those Westerners and said anything wildly, or whether Pang Shangpeng believed or disbelieved the words of those Westerners, it was enough to accompany Liu Qian and arrest the charge of Elder Yuekong! Now I don't know where Liu Qian was gotten by Pang Shangpeng, and the Liu Mansion in Zhangzhou City has also become the Shen Mansion, and everyone understands that Pang Shangpeng doesn't want anyone to mention Liu Qian anymore in the future.

It's really a fight between the gods, a disaster for the little ghosts, a fire at the city gate, and a disaster to the pond fish.

If it weren't for Liu Qian, the "old man" of the governor's master, why would he have fallen to this point, Zhang Biao was full of remorse, scolded Liu Qian and Pang Shangpeng in his heart, and turned back to think about it, if it wasn't for his own tendency to attach inflammation and help the abuse, where would this disaster come from!

Zhang Biao thought about it and decided to let Ma Zhishan go, considering that their group is not easy to mess with, and they don't need to think about cutting off these surrendered pirates, but they also know that even if the current crisis is resolved peacefully, his future future will still be completely finished!

Since childhood, he has been determined to be a loyal general who serves the country, Zhang Biao, who was born in martial arts, was also ambitious and ambitious as a young man, but he knew that he had entered the officialdom and entered the dye vat, and unconsciously became a villain with the trend of inflammation and unconsciously, thinking that he had taken the relatives of the governor's family as a backer, and Liu Qian bullied the market and killed the innocent, so he ended up at this point, if Pang Shangpeng was also a ruthless person, he didn't know that he was dead!

Thinking about it, Zhang Biao broke out in a cold sweat, the so-called people's hearts are not ancient, the world is sinister, if he dies in a daze, he has to involve these brothers under his hands, there are parents in the family, wives and children, the best way is to bow his head and confess his guilt alone, and protect everyone.

Everything was thought out of the way, and before Pang Shangpeng sent someone to arrive, Zhang Biao shouted loudly: "Brothers, hurry up and release Mr. Ma, all the soldiers will go back to the guard station to standby, everything is my fault, I, Zhang Biao, bear this responsibility alone, let Lord Tian and the huge people fall, without a word of complaint, you all hurry back." ”

Zhang Biao usually treats his brothers well, and someone asked: "Master Zhang, how can this be done, these people are all murderous demons, we can't bear to leave you here alone!" ”

Thank you, brethren, for your kindness! If you don't obey the order, you have to finish the game, hurry up, don't care about me anymore, I am willing to stay and worship Elder Yuekong as a teacher, and follow Elder Yuekong to open up territory for me in the future. Hurry up and let Mr. Ma go! Mr. Ma is so old, how can he stand it if he is hungry for a day, hurry up and release him! Zhang Biao shouted hysterically.

In fact, these officers and soldiers under Zhang Biao had already heard about the incident in Zhangzhou City, and they were all worried, afraid that they would be affected, since the commander had given such an order, they all smiled as if relieved, gave up the confrontation with Li Chenghuai's men, and released Ma Zhishan.

Before the officers and soldiers left, seeing that Li Chenghuai still did not release Zhang Biao, some of Zhang Biao's hardcore brothers were not at ease, and pestered Li Chenghuai and Ma Zhishan to let them go.

Li Chenghuai asked several of Zhang Biao's entourage to be released, because he was afraid of retaliation by the officers and soldiers, and also because he was afraid that those Westerners and translator Jia Wang would sue them in front of Pang Shangpeng, so Zhang Biao and Li Dan had to be left as witnesses.

Zhang Biao and Li Dan were untied, and Li Chenghuai explained the situation to Zhang Biao's hardcore brothers and persuaded them to leave.

Looking at the back of his officers and soldiers leaving, Zhang Biao was still a little uneasy, and shouted loudly: "Go back and tell all the brothers, remember to me that there has never been a Liu official in Zhangzhou Mansion and Haicheng County!" ”

The soldiers understood what Zhang Biao meant, turned around again, and asked Zhang Biao when he approached, "What will Jia Wang do in the future?" ”

Speaking of Jia Wang, Zhang Biao was a little annoyed, if he hadn't been bewitched by this kid, how could he hook up with Liu Qian and do so many bad things! He replied: "If I can continue to work, let my boss change us with a translator, now Jia Wang is in Zhangzhou Mansion, we don't need to worry about him, what his fate is, depends on his own creation." ”

"My lord, I understand, what should we say if our boss comes to the guard to investigate our seizure of those Westerners and merchant ships?"

"Let's just say that when we checked the merchant ships, we found that the two galleons from Manila were wrong, at that time, we didn't know who the Elder of the Moon Sky was, so we made such a big mistake, and we didn't mention anything else, as long as we sincerely admit our mistakes, it is enough for me to take care of them alone, understand?" Zhang Biao replied.

The pro-soldier understands