Luo Aping prepared the meal for Su Ba, he didn't even move a chopstick, and found that Luo Amin's sisters, Guo Yi, Xu Ling'er and others were back, so he hurriedly bent one leg and came forward to bow and salute. [No pop-ups. 】

Zhang Gou'er put the sword on Su Ba's chest and said fiercely: "What are you doing with those Japanese? It's okay to tell the truth, some of them have half a lie, and they want your dog's life! ”

Su Ba didn't pay attention to Zhang Gou'er, turned his eyes to Luo Amin, and suddenly remembered the portrait that Wu Xiang gave him, as well as the stand-in Zhang Min'er, which was almost like carved out of a mold, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"How dare you laugh?" Zhang Gou'er was very angry and wanted to kill this evil Huang Bingwen immediately.

After the four women sat down, Su Ba asked, "Presumably you have been to the warehouse, I wonder if you have found the treasure map left by Xu Hai?" ”

"Found it." Guo Yi said, and gave Zhang Gou'er a look, so that he didn't have to threaten Su Ba anymore.

At this time, Luo Aping rearranged the meal for everyone, Zhang Gou'er, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er and others hadn't eaten yet, Su Ba had a banquet at the geisha house to invite Ma Gongzi and Konishi Yukicho and others, and before they had time to eat, they were made yellow by Zhang Gou'er, and they were also hungry at this time.

So, everyone was no longer polite, sitting around eating and chatting, Su Ba told about his experience during this time......

After returning to the Ryukyus this time, in addition to guarding the empty warehouse, I also wanted to find something to do for myself, so I took the initiative to contact the prince, but unfortunately, the prince never showed up again.

With many years of experience in officialdom, I suddenly had an ominous premonition that the prince was currently in the palace and had little luck, and when I was usually fine, I went around the palace to try to find out some news.

Suddenly, one day, the queen of Ma, who was in charge, went out on an outing, King Chitose and Concubine Niangniang traveled with them, and the honor guard of hundreds of people had just left the palace, and the minister Ma Liangbi and his son Ma Feng personally led the Praetorian Guards to escort the left and right, and came to the enclosure on the bank of the Anli River.

I guessed that the prince should have come, and after waiting for a long time, I finally climbed over the wall and entered the paddock, trying to find a handyman to knock him unconscious and change into his clothes, just as I hid in the bushes and waited for an opportunity, a strange thing happened.

The concubine pretended to chase butterflies and went straight to this bush, which scared me so much that I shuddered, and suddenly found that she stopped under a big tree, so I held my breath and looked fixedly, only to find that there was a person sitting under the tree, it was the son of Ma Liangbi, the minister of state.

I saw Ma Gongzi hugging the concubine Niangniang, the two lingered for a while, and the concubine Niangniang pushed him away, took out the note from his arms, handed it to Ma Gongzi, and then rearranged his clothes, picked a few flowers, and left in a hurry.

Ma Gongzi continued to sit under the big tree for a long time before getting up and leaving, at this time, it was almost dusk, Queen Ma led the palace honor guard to leave, and I never found the prince.

It seems that the friendship between this Ma Gongzi and the concubine is very unusual, and I later learned that the big hidden in the city, the prince secretly raised Miss Xu, in a workshop near the home of the Minister of State Ma Liangbi, this Miss Xu family has been familiar with Ma Gongzi since childhood, at that time, Shang Kangbo was still a candidate for the succession to the throne, Ma Liangbi did not have an official position in the court, therefore, the prince did not care too much about the interaction between Miss Xu and Ma Gongzi, and there was no way to care, so he could only open his eyes and close his eyes.

But the world is unpredictable, Shang Kangbo, who was supported by the prince, failed to compete for the throne, and Queen Ma's biological son Shang Yongwang inherited the throne, and the Ma family was able to flourish.

At this time, Queen Ma began to take power, and her younger brother Ma Liangbi became the minister of state, so naturally the market also rose, and she began to look down on the civilian woman her son was dating with, causing the two of them to fly together.

After King Yong succeeded to the throne, before getting rid of Shang Kangbo, in order to keep his position in the palace, the prince-in-law took the next "risky move", first of all, he passed the disappointed Miss Xu family to Changshi Zheng Zhen, and then, personally proposed to King Shang Yong in front of Queen Ma, hoping that the child he secretly raised would inherit his mantle in the future.

Due to the fact that the day of the death of King Shangyuan and Emperor Longqing was not separated by a few days, after King Shangyong succeeded to the throne, the new monarch of the imperial court had not yet set the era name, so it was impossible to canonize King Shangyong. At that time, this meant that for Queen Ma, her son's position was not stable, and he was always facing the threat of "authentic heir", so she secretly entrusted the prince to help her get rid of the abolished prince, so that her son could marry Miss Zheng as the concubine, and at the same time, he could appease old ministers like Zheng Zhen.

In fact, the prince has figured out through his own channels that Shang Kangbo, who was supposed to follow the imperial court envoy to the mainland for refuge, hid in the Diaoyu Islands privately, and through the help of Western missionaries, found a backer in Japan, and waited for Oda Nobunaga to help him restore.

Shang Kangbo's actions completely angered the prince, but there are still a few great scholars in the Ryukyus who are quite sympathetic to the deposed prince, and once he is eliminated through the official action, it will definitely cause civil strife in the Ryukyus, which is also what Queen Ma is quite worried about.

So, Queen Ma and Wang Gonggong reached a consensus in private, and within a few days, Hu Jiuguan and others came with Huang Bingwen, just giving Wang Gonggong the opportunity to borrow a knife to kill people.

The soldiers got rid of Shang Combo without blood, and Queen Ma really didn't dare to underestimate this old eunuch anymore, so she immediately agreed to the marriage.

When "Miss Xu" turned into a daughter of an official eunuch, and within a few days, she was sent to the palace by her adoptive father to be a concubine, Ma Liangbi's father and son couldn't help but be dazzled, they were both happy and worried.

Although Ma Liangbi forced his son not to associate with the concubine Niangniang anymore, in fact, they are still disconnected, and sooner or later a big scandal will be caused. We don't know yet.

This is the "truth" that I came to after I became Ma Gongzi's confidant, through side knocks, I mastered a lot of clues, and analyzed and judged.

That night, when I came out of the paddock over the wall, I went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and at this time, Ma Liangbi and his son had not yet arrived home.

Waited until late at night, the sedan chair of the Ma family father and son came back, and the sedan chair fell outside the door of the house, Ma Liangbi stepped into the door, but found that his son was going out again, and scolded him very angrily, but he still couldn't control his son.

I secretly followed Ma Gongzi to a humble inn, he lingered outside the door of the inn for a long time, and finally walked into the door with his head down, and when I arrived at the door of the inn, I was kicked out by the guys.

Ma Gongzi went in for about half an hour, only to see him walk out with a face full of anger, scolding, standing on the street and panting for a long time, obviously he was angry, but he refused to admit defeat.

I pondered carefully, maybe this was the concubine Niangniang asked him to find someone, but that person didn't buy Ma Gongzi's account, and after careful observation for a long time, I found that this Ma Gongzi still refused to leave easily, but he didn't have the courage to continue to go in, at this time, I thought the opportunity had come.

So, I crawled to Ma Gongzi's approach, reached out to him to ask for it, but he kicked him hard, and when he was not paying attention, I stole his money bag, and at this time, he did not know it.

Ma Gongzi squatted under the big tree opposite the inn, holding his head in his hands, looking very anxious, and tore up the note in his hand, which further verified my judgment, that is, the concubine asked him to come here, I saw him muttering in his mouth, unconsciously put his hand into his pocket, and was stunned.

I hid behind him, hurriedly handed over his money bag, and asked, "Childe, are you looking for it?" ”

Ma Gongzi was furious, stretched out his hand and slapped me, scolding: "You damn thief, I will send you to the government immediately." ”

Returning the money bag to Ma Gongzi, I smiled at him and asked, "If you have any difficulties, maybe I can help." ”

Ma Gongzi immediately drew his sword and threatened me: "Get out of here, get out of here, get as far as possible." ”

I shook my head at him and threatened: "Today in the paddock on the bank of the Anli River, when Niangniang Chitose was chasing butterflies, she was hugged under a banana tree......

Before these words fell, Ma Gongzi was suddenly frightened and hurriedly asked, "Who are you?" ”

"It seems that Niang Niang Chitose is really a pearl secretly cast and entrusted to a non-human ......"

At this time, Ma Gongzi immediately put down his reserve, knelt in front of me, and begged: "Find a way to help me, that old bastard will leave tomorrow." ”

Looking at Ma Gongzi coldly, I pretended not to know what he was talking about, until he told me to go to a certain room in the inn and go to an old man to ask for a book.

I smiled reservedly and asked, "Ma Gongzi, since he is leaving tomorrow, he must get this book in his hands tonight, in that case, why don't you bring his family to tie him up, who else in our Shouli City dares to care about you?" ”

"No, no, this matter must be kept secret, even my father can't let him know." Ma Gongzi waved his hand and replied.

I continued to pretend to know, and said helplessly, "Well, since this old man is unwilling to give you that book, and has to keep it so secret, it seems that I can only come to it." ”

"Who the hell are you?" Ma Gongzi asked in surprise.

He listened to me cough twice, did not answer, was silent for a moment, and spoke very reluctantly: "I know if I don't say it, you are the prince and the prince's person, well, after the matter is done, you will be counted." ”

"So, will you continue to wait here, or will we meet somewhere tomorrow?" I asked.

Ma Gongzi suddenly fell silent again, looked around with his eyes, and replied, "I'll wait for you here." ”

So, I paid no more attention to him, and as soon as I got up to leave, he stopped me again, and only listened to him speak viciously: "I'll wait until midnight, and tonight you must get a few books and a nautical chart, and tomorrow you will find me at the geisha house, if not, hehe, let you die without a place to be buried, then the damned prince will have to divide the body of five horses, go." ”

I managed to sneak into the inn, found the room, and found that there was no one inside, and just as I was about to start, an old man with gray hair came back, and as soon as he entered, he cleaned up the mess that was all over the house, and it seemed that he had lived here for a long time.

After stepping on the point, I hid in the inn, and waited until the third watch to get it, at this time, Ma Gongzi had already gone home, found a secluded place, I took out the obtained things and took a closer look, in addition to "Qimen Dunjia", "Zhou Ji Sutra", I found that there was a book turned out to be Wang Cuiqiao's notes, and there was an inexplicable navigation chart.

I can't hand over these things to Ma Gongzi, so I found a bookstore, bought two copies of "Qimen Dunjia", "Zhou Ji Sutra" and a pair of Japanese charts, on the isolated islands off the coast of Japan, densely marked with some special symbols, and made an old note of the ancients, imitating Wang Cuiqiao's handwriting and signing it, and asked the guys in the bookstore to help make the old.

I wanted to hide the real picture and notes first, and then go to find Ma Gongzi, just out of the bookstore, suddenly found a bag of broken silver on the ground, picked up a hand and weighed, at least about ten taels, looked around, thought in my heart, the person who lost the silver must be very anxious, so he put the silver into his arms, stood in place and waited......

About a quarter of an hour later, someone suddenly covered my eyes from behind and asked, "What are you doing here, old man?" ”

I didn't know anyone in the Ryukyus, so I asked, "Did you recognize the wrong person?" ”

"Old man, who are you waiting for?"

As soon as he finished speaking, I threw him to the ground with my backhand, but I was surprised to find that it was the old man in the inn.

He got up from the ground, laughed at me three times, and said, "My old brother has a good eye, and you are a man worthy of trust. ”

I didn't dare to answer easily because I didn't know what to do, so I continued to look around to see if anyone was looking for anything along the way.

"Don't wait, that's the old decay testing you." The old man said, sighed, and sighed: "My old brother finally made a move. You go back and tell him that you must not let Niang Niang Chitose and that swinger deal with him again, otherwise, Mrs. Wang Cuiqiao will not be blind. ”

Obviously, this old man overheard my conversation with Ma Gongzi last night, and knew that I would steal his things, and knew why I was cheating.

That night, I handed over the fake books and pictures to Ma Gongzi, so he began to buy me and let me abandon Wang Gonggong and work with him in the future, and in this way, I became Ma Gongzi's most trusted person.

After Ma Gongzi got the treasure map, he secretly prepared to hunt for treasures, and since the treasure plots on the fake map were all in Japan, he began to take the initiative to contact Japanese merchants, and during this period, I didn't care too much about it.

Then it was almost August, because Guo Qianhu and Xu Qianhu had not yet returned, I began to panic all day, waiting for President Konishi at the warehouse every day, guessing that he could not wait until August 15, and suddenly realized that they might have gone to the Lin family shochu shop, so I hurriedly ran to have a look.

Sure enough, the gang disguised themselves as liquor merchants and prepared to make trouble, and I intervened to stop them, of course, they would not buy a beggar's account, so I told them a secret: in the hands of the son of the Ryukyu Prime Minister Ma Liangbi, there was a treasure map of the pirate Xu Hai, who was planning to go to Japan to hunt for treasure.

Governor Konishi was immediately interested, took me back to the inn in the city, asked me to make an appointment with Ma Gongzi, and reminded me that I should not reveal their identity from Owari Province.

At first, I wasn't too suspicious of Konishi's approach, perhaps to get Ma Gongzi to cooperate with him, he claimed to be a merchant from the Hirado Domain, and after several meetings, I found that Konishi Yukicho and others paid special attention to Ma Liangbi and often inquired about some inexplicable things.

Since Shang Kangbo, who tried to collude with Oda Nobunaga, has died, and the trade between Oda Nobunaga and Western missionaries has been interrupted, Monkey secretly ordered Konishi Yukinaga and others to come to Ryukyu and be close to Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er*, presumably because Oda Nobunaga has a new partner, therefore, I judge that Ma Liangbi and Oda Nobunaga have colluded, but there is no direct evidence, this is what I mentioned in my letter, be careful of the Ryukyu State Minister Ma Liangbi and his son.

Under my instigation, Ma Gongzi and Konishi Yukichang contacted several times, and the two sides decided to cooperate in treasure hunting, and took this opportunity to send me to Japan to see if this group of people is worth trusting? Do they have the ability to hunt for treasures?

I was also worried that Governor Konishi would continue to stay in the Ryukyus at night and have a lot of dreams, so I left a letter for you and was about to follow them, when it was at this time that Guo Qianhu and Xu Qianhu returned.

For Konishi Yukicho, he doesn't seem to be very interested in treasure hunting, and the reason why he still cooperates with Ma Gongzi is actually to find out Ma Liangbi's attitude towards Oda Nobunaga, Konishi Yukicho is more looking forward to becoming a samurai after meritorious service, so if he finds out that the two Senhu adults have returned, he will inevitably continue to entangle.

In order to send away Yukinaga Konishi and others as soon as possible, last night, I asked Ma Gongzi to meet with them again, and through Ma Gongzi's mouth, I gave them an ultimatum that if I didn't take me to Japan as soon as possible, I would terminate the cooperation.

Unexpectedly, before the matter began to be discussed, it was stirred up by Zhang Gou'er.

After listening to Su Ba's twists and turns and bizarre experience, everyone was embarrassed, and Zhang Gouer apologized on the spot and wanted to worship Su Ba as a teacher.

In order to continue the play, Su Ba proposed to send him back to the warehouse immediately, because as soon as the morning dawns, Ma Gongzi and President Konishi will go to him, and the negotiations must continue, so as to get this group of Japanese away as soon as possible.

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Off topic

What is the origin of the mysterious old man in the inn? What is his relationship with the princess, concubine Niangniang and others? Keep an eye out for the fifth volume of this book, Pirate Legends.

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