Taking advantage of the fact that the Satsuma soldiers went to the sea to salvage Deng Bichuan's head, the villagers on the beach began to flee, and the last ones to run were the three members of the family who had just been imprisoned.

Xu Ling'er chased after the young woman and asked, "May I ask if sister-in-law knows Tang Jing?" ”

"Do you know my father-in-law? He, he's still alive? ”

Sure enough, it was Tang Jing's family, Xu Ling'er was about to answer, when suddenly, a Satsuma soldier grabbed Tang Liu and dragged him back.

Xu Linger couldn't bear it anymore, pulled out his sword and stabbed this Satsuma soldier to the ground, Shimazu Yoshihiro saw this, roared and rushed to her, the two couldn't help but say, and they fought together......

At this time, Wang Chong and Guo Yi also jumped into the sea, they found Deng Bichuan's head, and after going ashore, they suddenly found that Xu Linger and Shimazu Yoshihiro were fighting, and hurriedly ran over and threw the head in front of Shimazu Yoshihiro.

Guo Yi scolded loudly: "Shimazu Yoshihiro, you have committed such a big crime, and now it seems that you can only offset the merits." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro was obviously not convinced, and continued to point at Xu Ling'er with his saber, and said sharply: "Without our help, how can you attack this pirate's den with the strength of the three of you alone?" This hateful female doll is really hateful, she fought against me when she was in Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and now, she dares to kill my soldiers in front of me! ”

At this moment, there was a mess on the Xuanjie Beach, Wang Chong saw that he was very unhappy in his heart, and saw that Shimazu Yoshihiro was still aiming his scimitar at Xu Ling'er, and couldn't help but say angrily:

"Shimazu Yoshihiro, you can't restrain your own soldiers, you almost missed the major events of the imperial court, if it weren't for the help of Sister Ling'er, Deng Bichuan would have run away a long time ago; Besides, you also know that Doctor Xu is your father's life-saving benefactor, not only are you not grateful, but you also have a face roaring here, is that how Shimazu Takahisa taught you? ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro put away the scimitar in his hand at this time, seemed to be a little ashamed, and hurriedly lowered his head.

At this time, Satsuma Bing wrapped Deng Bichuan's head in cloth and handed it to Shimazu Yoshihiro.

Picking up Deng Bichuan's head, Shimazu Yoshihiro turned to laugh and said: "Lord Chincha, our mission is complete, please come back to Satsuma with me, after I go back, please ask the Governor to write a congratulatory note to the imperial court to commend our merits, and I will go to the capital to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person." ”

This sneak attack on Iki Island was Guo Guoqiang's idea, and he had already had a countermeasure to the Shimazu family's trip to Beijing to see the emperor, because Iki Island was protected by Matsuura Takanobu, and if the news reached Hirado Castle, everyone might not be able to leave.

Wang Chong also wanted to leave here quickly, and replied, "Since this is the case, then let's leave quickly." ”

At this time, Xu Linger and Guo Yi were comforting Tang Jing's mother, telling them that Tang Jing had returned to China safely, and it might not take long to send them home. So, the three members of the Tang family knelt in front of them and wept bitterly......

The hearts of the pirates on Iki Island have long been scattered, so the army of the Shimazu family did not encounter any resistance at all, except for Xu Ling'er who killed a Satsuma soldier, almost did not damage a single soldier, but harvested countless trophies, at this moment, this group of tiger and wolf soldiers under the command of Shimazu Yoshihiro, quickly left the Xuanjie Beach and boarded their Tataku ship.

After the Ataka ship set sail, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er were not seen on the ship, and Shimazu Yoshihiro hurriedly asked, "Where did the other Qincha go?" ”

"Guo Qianhu wants to go to Omi Kotani City to save Doctor Xu, so he won't go back." Wang Chong replied.

Shimazu Yoshihiro said angrily: "No, Guo Qianhu must go back with us, after the expedition, there is one less Qincha, how can I explain to the family governor?" ”

Wang Chong also knew that the Satsuma people were all tendons, so he explained: "Although we are both Qincha, my responsibilities are different from those of Guo Qianhu, her duty is to protect the Great Ming Divine Doctor Xu Yihou, and it is okay to have me go back with me, and when the time comes, I will take you into Beijing to meet His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't have much to say, and when the Ataka ship sailed into the Kanmon Strait, they began to count the loot......

At the same time, Xu Ling'er and Guo Yi looked for fishing boats along the coast, preparing to take the three members of the Tang family to Omijiang Xiaogu City, looking at the endless sea as far as the eye can see, flocks of seagulls chasing wave after wave, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and there is not even a boat on the vast sea.

Suddenly, a melodious prayer was heard in the distance: "May the Father of Heaven, Lord Almighty, save the souls of these poor people......"

Xu Ling'er put her hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, only to see a Western missionary in a black robe, leading a group of locals in different costumes, collecting corpses.

"Sister Yi'er, look, let's go and help too."

Guo Yi nodded, settled the three members of the Tang family on the beach, and then collected the bodies along the beach with Xu Ling'er, only then did they find that most of the dead were old people, women and children.

The Christians covered the bodies with a shroud and stacked them on the wagons.

The young missionary came to Xu Ling'er and the others, put his hand on his chest, bent down slightly, bowed to them, raised his head again, drew a cross on his chest, and preached in a stiff Japanese language: "God, our dear Father, for giving us kindness, compassion, peace and love, thank you for your help, may the Lord bless you, Amen." ”

"I didn't expect that borrowing troops to quell the rebellion would be such an ending, all the dead were poor people, and most of the real pirates ran away." Guo Yi said with some regret.

After listening to Guo Yi's words, Tang Liu said indignantly with tears in his eyes: "If you finally kill the culprit Deng Bichuan, you can already be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven!" Many people were robbed by Deng Bichuan and forced to become pirates, if this den is not eradicated, I don't know how many people will be unlucky. ”

The missionaries listened to their conversation and preached: "Isaiah of the Bible makes it clear that he was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; Peace is given to us by his torture, and healing is given to us by his stripes. We are all guilty of original sin, God loves man, but not man's sin, therefore, we cannot do the right thing for heaven, but we can only be saved and forgiven if we know how to repent, trust our Lord Jesus, and forgive our sins, Amen. ”

Everyone seemed to understand what the missionary said, but in any case, he was doing a good deed.

Looking at the corpses in the carriage, Xu Ling'er gave a deep salute to the missionary: "Thank you!" Bury it as soon as possible, or Iki Island will have a plague. ”

The missionary nodded, looked at Xu Ling'er carefully, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Xu Linger and Guo Yi were both very ashamed, lowered their heads and remained silent.

At this time, Tang Liu replied: "We were plundered by pirates, and we want to get out of here quickly, can you help us find a boat, we will go to Omi Kotani City to join relatives and friends." ”

"Alright, it's getting late, please come with us to the church and help you find a fishing boat tomorrow." The missionary said, leading the group of Christians and driving the carriage away from the Xuanjie Beach.

It was almost dusk, and he could only borrow a night in the church, Xu Ling'er asked, "What is your name?" The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring. ”

"My name is Mark, a native of the Netherlands (present-day Netherlands), and a disciple of Father Simon Almeida."

The bodies were buried overnight, and Mark and the Christians celebrated a mass. The next day, with Mark's help, he found a fishing boat and escorted the five of them out of Iki Island.

With the head of the Qin prisoner Deng Bichuan, after Shimazu Yoshihiro returned to Kameyama Castle of the Satsuma Domain, he prepared to go to Beijing to meet the emperor, and at this time, the master of Tongtang began to be busy again.

In the early years, he had several elder brothers who studied at home and honored their parents, and Yang Juren was chic and elegant since childhood, loved to travel in the mountains and rivers, and had lingered and forgotten to return to the gentle dream of Qinhuai for ten miles, and also recited poems on the shore of West Lake, but his lifelong ambition was still the champion and the first, and the clothes returned to his hometown.

Wang Zhi led the Japanese into Taizhou, and Yang Juren, who was playing in the mountains and rivers, was caught by pirates and taken to Japan, and at that time, he had not yet married a wife at home.

Yang Juren was proud of his high spirits, disdained to be in the company of pirates, during his wanderings in Kyushu, he wrote a lot of famous seals through the ages, and was sought after by the Japanese literati.

At this time, Yang Juren was still concerned about his hometown, and he had no intention of doing things in the Shimazu family, and he never mentioned his real name and surname, because of his high IQ and bigger head than ordinary people, therefore, Shimazu Takahisa called him a big head. Later, after everyone knew his real name and surname, they called him "Big Head Warm Sheep" behind his back.

In order to do business with the Ming Dynasty, Shimazu Guijiu was very kind to Master Yang, and married him seven wives from all over Japan, all of whom were like flowers and jade.

After Shimazu Yoshihisa succeeded him as the governor of the family, he gave him a twenty-eight-year-old Mihime named Aharu, the daughter of the Mino samurai family, who was exiled to Kameyama Castle due to defeat.

Yang Juren is nearly seventy years old, and he has this beauty, and laughs at himself: Eighteen brides and eighty langs, pale hair and red makeup, mandarin ducks are made into double nights, and a pear flower presses begonias. This is indeed a blessing that even a scholar of Su University does not have!

Ah Chun likes dogs, Master Yang collected more than a dozen big wolf dogs, which aroused the envy and jealousy of the wife of the first seven rooms, and was extremely dissatisfied with Ah Chun, so Master Yang asked the family governor Shimazu Yoshihisa, and after getting approval, he let Ah Chun and her dogs live in the Tongtang Mansion.

After returning from the rebellion on Iki Island, he brought the head of the Qin prisoner Deng Bichuan back to Kameyama Castle, so Shimazu Yoshihisa asked Master Yang to write a congratulatory sheet to send his younger brother Shimazu Yoshihiro to Beijing to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person.

In fact, as for how to deal with this matter, Guo Guoqiang has already discussed countermeasures with Master Yang.

Shimazu Yoshihisa prepared the tribute, washed Deng Bichuan's head with fragrant soup and millet wine, poured mercury, put it in a sandalwood box, and took Shimazu Yoshihiro, Wang Chong and a group of samurai to the Tongtang Yamen.

Master Yang went out to greet him, smiled and said, "Lord Guijiu, the congratulatory form is basically written, because I haven't seen Lord Qincha all the time, and there are still a few wordings, which need to be discussed with Lord Qincha. ”

Shimazu Yoshihisa nodded and led everyone into the Tongtang Yamen.

Everyone sat down, and Master Yang gave everyone a bow and said: "Please invite Lord Qinchawang, Lord Shimazu Yoshihisa, and Lord Shimazu Yoshihiro to witness together, and we will verify Deng Bichuan's identity." ”

So, Shimazu Yoshihiro opened the sandalwood box, took out Deng Bichuan's head, put it on a table, and said: "Please witness that Lord Qincha and Lord Jiadu are entrenched in Iki Island, this person is Deng Bichuan, the pirate leader entrenched on Iki Island, Master Yang, take a good look at it, there is nothing wrong, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, several big wolf dogs suddenly jumped out, pounced like crazy, grabbed Deng Bichuan's head and ran away......

Everyone was shocked, the samurai of the Shimazu family chased out with their knives, and at this time, several wolf dogs pounced on them and bit them, and Shimazu Yoshihiro saw this, and waved his knife to help, and several people went up together to kill these big wolf dogs.

Wang Chong and Master Yang ran out together, and when they got outside, they saw that Deng Bichuan's head had been gnawed clean by the wolf dog.

Master Yang knelt on the ground trembling all over, and asked in a trembling voice, "Lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and Lord Chincha, how is this good?" ”

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihisa also came, and when he saw this situation, he was so angry that he sat on the ground......

Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was furious, grabbed Master Yang and roared for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.

Wang Chong's face was pale, and he looked very angry, returned to the Tongtang Yamen, slapped the Taiwan case, pointed at Master Yang and scolded loudly: "You old immortal thing!" I'm waiting for a big deal! Although with the help of Shimazu Yoshihisa, he exterminated the pirates on Iki Island, but he failed to get the head of the criminal Deng Bichuan. ”

At this time, Ah Chun was escorted by the samurai of the Shimazu family, and she was so scared that she cried......

Master Yang knelt in front of Shimazu Yoshihisa and pleaded, and said: "Lord Yoshihisa, no one really thought of this, spare Ah Chun, she was originally given to me by the adult, let her live in the Tongtang Mansion, and also got the grace of the adult, my lord, this is all my fault, my fault ......"

Shimazu Yoshihisa was silent for a long time, his eyes suddenly widened, and he pointed at Master Yang and shouted: "You! Follow Lord Qincha to explain to His Majesty the Emperor, if you dare to play tricks with me, I will feed Ah Chun, your wife, and the children to the dogs. ”

So, Master Yang continued to wipe his tears, knelt on the ground and whispered: "God, how should this be good, how should this be good......

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to the friends of Creation! Today, let our deputy moderator go back in time and become a knowledgeable, glamorous, low-key and patriotic old overseas Chinese.

The officials followed Xu Ling'er's experience, and while gradually opening the historical picture scroll of the Ming Dynasty, they also experienced the various states of the world in an immersive way.