Zhu Hui and Shen Qi were detained in the Manila Cathedral for more than half a month, everything was calm on Luzon, there was no Ottoman army to invade at all, and the remnants of Lin Feng disappeared without a trace. [No pop-ups. 】

In the spring of the fourth year of Wanli (1576 AD), accompanied by Felipe and Li Dan, Shen Qi's caravan returned from Manila, while Zhu Hui took a merchant ship alone to Hirado, Japan, to continue tracking down Lin Feng, who had been kidnapped by Bee Suga.

The merchant ship sailed into the Hirado Strait, and Hirado Castle, built on a hill, was close in sight, and Zhu Hui disembarked with the merchants at the dock of Nishichacho and prepared to go to Sakai Town, where he judged that Wasuka would most likely hand over Lin Feng to Konishi Ryuza.

A very strange place in Hirado, churches, temples and shrines are staggered next to each other, crosses with tiled roofs, under the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhu Hui walked on the streets of Hirado, and suddenly found a familiar figure, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like a soup scene, and he was being pushed forward by a group of people, so he hurriedly chased after him.

This group of people carried all kinds of utensils they had just purchased, as if they had just returned from shopping at the bazaar, and were hurrying to a temple, the leader was actually Jingming, and Shen Qi's younger brother Shen Mao, because they were outnumbered, Tang Jing was in their hands, and Zhu Hui did not dare to act rashly, so he secretly followed them to Ruiyun Temple.

It can be seen that they have lived in the temple for a period of time, and Zhu Hui knows that Shen Mao, Jingming and the son of Ma Liangbi, the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, have colluded, and they are carrying a so-called treasure map of Xu Hai, and they must have raised enough funds to hunt for treasures, but I don't know if Tang Jing was kidnapped by them, or did Xu Kun betray Tang Jing?

So, Zhu Hui also pretended to be a monk from Youfang and lived in Ruiyun Temple, and just as he was about to rescue Tang Jing, a hand suddenly grabbed him. He mistakenly thought that someone recognized him, grabbed this hand and pulled it forward, and threw a dirty monk to the ground, looked at it, but he was a little familiar, and then took a closer look, and was suddenly surprised, this person was none other than his sworn enemy, Huang Bingwen, the chief criminal officer of the Dongchang factory in Jinling!

Regarding Huang Bingwen's current situation, Zhu Hui has heard Guo Yi talk about it, and knows that he is now sincerely repentant, and he has done a lot of good things in Shuri Castle in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Huang Bingwen, who has changed his name to Su Ba, folded his hands and squinted his eyes and said, "Nan Wu Amitabha, junior brother, please come with me." As he spoke, he dragged one leg to his feet and led Zhu Hui into a meditation room.

Closed the door, Su Ba lay on the ground and cried bitterly, Zhu Hui remembered that the last time he saw Huang Bingwen was in the rental courtyard at the foot of the Lion Rock in Nanjing......

Recalling that Han Xiaoyu was almost murdered by them, Yue'er died under their knives, Qingyang was killed by the Dongchang Fan Servant* by drawing his sword, and his eldest brother Wu Xiang was deceived by him and went bankrupt, looking at Huang Bingwen's hideous face, Zhu Hui immediately gritted his teeth, and wanted to trample him to death under his feet.

He closed his eyes slightly and tried to calm himself down, but after all, the young man Zhu Hui was strong, and he couldn't help but step on Su Ba's face, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Su Ba cried like a tearful man, and he didn't speak, and when Zhu Hui calmed down, he suddenly felt compassion, and couldn't help squatting down, holding Su Ba with both hands, and couldn't help but shed tears......

After a moment of silence, Zhu Hui said, "Brother, I already know everything about you. ”

Su Ba still didn't answer, buried his head in the hands of the two, and tears flowed down......

Zhu Hui said emotionally: "Brother, please don't be overly sad, the past has passed, the younger brother thank you for the two sisters!" ”

Su Ba let go of Zhu Hui's hands, lay on the ground and kowtowed more than ten times in a row, and said cowardly: "I'm sorry for Lord Hai, I'm sorry for Miss Qingyang, I'm sorry for Miss Yue'er, I'm sorry for Shopkeeper Chen, Shopkeeper Pang, Gongzi Wu, and I'm sorry for the cultivation grace of the old prince of Chengguo, and I'm sorry for the virtuous brother and General Wang Chong......"

"Big brother, Tang Daguan is locked up next door, do you know?" Zhu Hui asked.

Su Ba replied in a low voice: "Of course I know that the son of the Ryukyu State Minister Ma Liangbi, Taoist priest Jingming and others raised a sum of silver, and with the so-called treasure map in their hands, they went to Japan to hunt for treasures. I originally thought that Tang Daguan and his gang did not dare to act rashly, and they kept secretly observing, until they bought all the treasure hunting equipment and were about to go to the sea, I didn't know that Tang Daguan was kidnapped by them. ”

"Do you think they will succeed?" Zhu Hui asked.

"Brother, I'll tell you the truth, that picture was forged by me in the Ryukyus, the real picture is in the hands of General Guo Yi, and the places marked on the treasure map are all drawn by me blindly, this group of people are not familiar with the people in the Hirado Domain, I think they must have found nothing."

Zhu Hui shook his head after hearing this, and said seriously: "Brother, you misunderstood, I'm not worried about that treasure map, but I'm worried that they are looking everywhere, and it is possible to find out the treasure that Lin Feng is hiding." ”

"Brother is too worried, you should know that I was kidnapped by Hu Jiuguan to Iki Island, at that time, in order to save my life, I lied that I knew the place where Lin Feng hid the treasure, and I was escorted by that group of pirates, from one isolated island to another, and searched all the islands in the waters near Hizen, Satsuma and Osumi, and I found any treasure at all. If you're here for this, you don't have to, they're left to their own devices. ”

"I came from Luzon to track down a group of ronins who were trying to get into Manila, but I accidentally found out that Jingming had kidnapped Tang Daguan, so I suspected that Xu Kun had betrayed him, and now I have to rescue him."

"Brother, you misunderstood again, I have already asked Tang Daguanren, this matter has nothing to do with Xu Kun, the bad ideas are all from Jingming, Xu Kun took him in Songjiang for the sake of Master Xuande Zhenren, at that time, Ma Liangbi's son Mafengwo was imprisoned in Xu's house, Jingming secretly took Mafengwo back to Nanjing, and colluded with Shen Daguanren's younger brother Shen Mao ......"

"Old brother, don't say it again, I know the rest of the things, is there any way for you to rescue Tang Daguan as soon as possible?"

"No problem, I can let you go with Tang Daguan tonight."

"May I ask my brother, what are your plans for the future?"

Su Ba immediately showed sad eyes and shook his head silently.

"So, do you have a good place to go?"

"To tell you the truth, during the days I stayed in Hirado, I was just waiting for the hornet's nest, and now the mission has been completed, it is said that Mr. Xu Yihou is trapped in Gifu City, and Miss Xu Linger is trying to rescue her, I am going to go there to see if I can help."

For Huang Bingwen's changes, it is indeed surprising, Zhu Hui doesn't know if he has other purposes for doing this? Then he said tentatively: "It's been more than eight years since Nanjing was goodbye, does my brother still have contact with his family?" ”

Speaking of the family in the capital, Su Ba couldn't help but shed tears again, and said emotionally: "Back then, thanks to Wang Chong, Guo Yi, the two generals and Miss Xu Ling'er did not fall into the ground, maybe the old prince of Chengguo also knew that I couldn't go back, in the name of my death in the line of duty during my overseas errand, reported to the imperial court, so many years, my family has been treated favorably by the imperial court, all in all, no one lives up to me, but I am guilty of a mortal crime, this life has no shame to face my father and fellow villagers, and I will do my little bit for everyone in the future, to live up to the grace of heaven to me. ”

Understanding Su Ba's current mentality, Zhu Hui was relieved. Under his cover, Tang Jing was rescued from Zuiyun Temple that night, and together they ran into Hirado Castle, where they found Chen Yuanhua's son, Chen Xuewen, where he stayed overnight, and the next day, Chen Xuewen put them on a merchant ship bound for Sakai Town.

They met Xu Ling'er, Han Xiaoyu, Xu Yihou, Zhu Junwang and others at the silk shop left by Chen Shen, and it turned out that Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang had been deceived by Konishi Yukichang and imprisoned them in Gifu Castle.

Xu Ling'er and Han Xiaoyu first went to Beizhuang to find Mrs. Ashi, at this time, the coalition of Shibata Katsuie, the lord of Beizhuang, and Hashiba Hideyoshi, was fighting with Echigo's Kanetin, and under the intervention of Mrs. Ashi, Hideyoshi did not dare to make a mistake, so he let the two old gentlemen go.

Looking at his son who had grown up, Zhu Junwang was so excited that he burst into tears, and the father and son, who had been separated for many years, hugged his head and cried bitterly......

Lin Wenjing warmly entertained everyone, and after eating, they went separately to inquire about the news, and in the evening, news came from the church, and Bee Suga did not hand Lin Feng to Konishi Ryonzo, but sent him directly to Cheongju City.

So, leaving Su Ba and Tang Jing in Sakai Town, Xu Ling'er, Han Xiaoyu and Zhu Hui went to rescue Lin Feng, when they came to the Kiso River pier and were about to cross the river, they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Prince Zhu Hui, please wait for me!" ”

The three of them stood at the bow of the boat and looked up, only to see a fast horse galloping in the distance, and the person on the horse was Su Ba. At this time, the ferry had already left the dock, so Xu Linger asked the boatman to wait.

The ferry docked again, Zhu Hui came over to help lead the horse, and Su Ba, who was dragging one leg, slowly climbed to the boat, and suddenly, the boat was hit by the ferry that was about to dock, and at this moment, Su Ba, who had just climbed up, stood unsteadily at the bow and fell into the river.

Zhu Hui handed over the reins to Han Xiaoyu and immediately jumped into the river to rescue, Xu Ling'er could see that Su Ba couldn't water, so he pulled Zhu Hui to flutter in the river, and just as they were approaching the ferry, a whirlpool suddenly arose in the river, rolling the two downstream.

Han Xiaoyu was not very good at swimming, and he was so anxious to lead the horse that Xu Ling'er couldn't see it well, so he hurriedly jumped into the river.

A strong wind rose on the river, and low dark clouds overheaded, and suddenly it rained heavily......

Zhu Hui dragged Su Ba tightly, and drifted downstream in the whirlpool, sometimes being submerged by the huge waves, Xu Linger swam after the whirlpool.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed in the sky, and a thunder sounded, stirring up huge waves on the river, at this moment, Zhu Hui had to let go of his hand, Su Ba was swept into the bottom of the river by the whirlpool, Xu Ling'er and Zhu Hui plunged into the water at the same time to rescue, and suddenly found that a big turtle came out of the silt of the riverbed, at this time, another strong lightning pierced the river like a pillar of light, and a colorful light suddenly appeared on the turtle's body, like a blooming lotus, shining the black river water clear and transparent.

Zhu Hui took the opportunity to grab Su Ba and dragged him up, at this moment, Xu Ling'er found that the light on the turtle's shell turned out to be the bronze mirror that was dropped into the river by the monkey at the head of Momata City, so she stabbed down and tried to take the bronze mirror off, but the mirror seemed to stick to the turtle's body......

At this time, Su Ba had already climbed into the boat, Zhu Hui found that Xu Ling'er had not come out yet, and hurriedly jumped into the river again, only to see that the light in the water had not yet dispersed, Xu Ling'er was dragging the big turtle and was struggling to swim upstream, so he quickly swam over and pushed Xu Ling'er onto the water.

At this time, the wind on the river was light, and the pouring rain was still falling, Zhu Hui hugged the turtle, Xu Ling'er used all his strength to take off the mirror, and the two wiped the rain on their faces, and suddenly smiled.

"Sister, since this turtle is related to the Divine Mirror, why don't we take it with us?" Zhu Hui asked.

At this moment, Xu Ling'er suddenly found that the turtle was crying, so she smiled slightly and replied: "Such a big living thing, we can't take it to do things, let's release it." So, Zhu Hui put it into the river again.

Carrying this mirror on the boat, Xu Ling'er's heart was excited, at this time, the boatman blamed them for delaying everyone's trip, Han Xiaoyu had to give him some more broken silver, and took out dried fish and rice balls from his bag to share with everyone on the boat.

When the boat reached the center of the river, the rain stopped, and everyone walked out of the cabin, Su Ba asked softly: "Miss Xu, is the mirror on the turtle the one that the emperor asked you to find?" ”

Zhu Hui couldn't help but be a little nervous when he heard this, could it be that this former criminal officer in charge of Dongchang endured humiliation in Japan, Ryukyu and other places, just for this divine mirror?

But Xu Ling'er didn't care, nodded and replied, "Exactly." ”

"Do you know the origin of this mirror?" Su Ba then asked.

"I heard that it was a national treasure presented to the first emperor as a meeting gift when the national teacher Lan Daoxing entered the palace, and it was refined by Ge Hong Zhenren of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it is said to be quite spiritual." Xu Ling'er replied.

At this time, Zhu Hui found that Su Ba shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's just an ordinary mirror." ”

"Master Zhu, this thing is extraordinary." Su Ba said, stretched out his hand to borrow it to see, but was stopped by Zhu Hui, so he retracted his hand, and at this time, the ferry also docked.

The four of them led the horses off the boat, and Zhu Hui persuaded: "Brother, seeing that you are unable to move now, don't follow us, hurry up and take the ferry back." ”

Xu Ling'er asked, "Brother Su, do you have a good place to go?" ”

"Hehe, I want to travel all over the world like Master Tianhai of Nanguangfang, connecting the great names of all over the world, but I don't have that ability, but please rest assured, if you don't die of hunger, don't look for me in the future, when I should appear, I will definitely appear, Nan no Amitabha."

At this moment, Zhu Hui was also quite moved, and asked Xu Ling'er to come over the bronze mirror, handed it to Su Ba's hand, and said: "Look at it, this is the national treasure that the first emperor is looking for, and Lord Lu Yunlong lost his life because of this." ”

Carefully examining this bronze mirror, Su Ba said casually: "Childe, I can see that you are still not at ease with me, this time, I originally wanted to help in Gifu City, but I didn't expect that Ling Zun and Mr. Xu had returned safely, and now, in accordance with the instructions of Guo Guoqiang and Guo Qianhu, I am going to find a temple to settle in Owari Province and give Ishikawa Goemon a start." ”

What Ishikawa Goemon is doing, Xu Ling'er knows very well, and says with emotion: "Please Brother Su be more careful." ”

At this time, Su Ba pointed to the back of the bronze mirror, smiled and said: "This thing is not refined by Ge Hong Zhenren of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the contemptible people have walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and in all fairness, they hate the art of Taoism. You see, the bits and pieces behind this mirror, there are countless silk threads connected, after thousands of years of stainless steel, you know that this is not the so-called copper mirror, but a kind of metal that we don't know what it is, lightning shines down, although it is separated by the river, it can still stir up a kaleidoscopic light, indicating that it itself contains energy, sticking to the tortoise's body and difficult to take, can prove that these spots are quite magnetic, I can only say that this is not a human thing, it should be from God. ”

As he spoke, Su Ba handed the mirror to Xu Ling'er, only to find that they all widened their eyes in surprise. So, he went on to say: "In order to find the treasure that Yan Shifan transported overseas, I carefully read all kinds of classics and wild history, and learned that this mirror first appeared in the period of Dayu's flood control, there should be a shell on it, every three hundred years or so, it has been used by court wizards, and later, King Wu entered the Chaoge City, King Yin and Daji fled in a hurry, and broke the mirror seat and the mirror surface, the mirror was picked up by the palace maid, and the mirror seat was taken away by the palace guards, and it is said that they fled overseas and did not know what happened. ”

Zhu Hui replied with a smile: "The elder brother is well-informed and has understood. ”

When Su Ba found that Xu Ling'er was holding the mirror into his arms, he hurriedly reminded: "Don't hide it closely, this thing may hurt your body." ”

So, Xu Linger put the mirror in her bag, and the four of them got on the horse together, and Su Ba said goodbye to them.

(End of chapter)