Chapter 8: I Know the Truth
Yun Qi's heart was shocked, and he was surprised by Chen Nan: "You are still an official? ”
Chen Nan smiled, pointed to the waist knife hanging on the wall and said, "I am the head catcher of the authentic Quanzhou Mansion." ”
Yun Qi suddenly remembered something, and said to Chen Nan in surprise: "You were the one who talked to the monkey on the street last night?" ”。
"Isn't it like?"
"But, but, you are Chen Dong's third brother, how can you be an official?" Yun Qi said strangely.
"Hehe" Chen Nan smiled.
It turned out that in Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, many fishermen were forced to make a living and started smuggling, which is illegal after all, and it is illegal to be caught by the government, and it may involve the family, so many fishermen will do one thing when they embark on this road, that is, cut off the relationship with the family, and some families will also open ancestral halls, and the patriarch will write the expulsion document, count the person's bad deeds, and send the document to the government for the record, indicating that this son will have nothing to do with the clan in the future. to avoid future troubles.
Of course, some small families are not so troublesome, they will generally secretly join a gang, only to say to their families that they are out to do business, and then go out for a long time, to the sea to run a boat, every year after running the boat to accumulate some money, only to return home, rest for a while, and continue to go to sea.
"My eldest brother was expelled from the family many years ago, and our father also broke off the father-son relationship with him, and now he is really a loner, and I am a real head catcher." Chen Nan explained.
Yun Qi's ears seemed to sound a thunderbolt, what Chen Nan was saying behind him, he didn't hear it, he only saw Chen Nan's mouth open and closed, the sound was like in an urn, it shook the ears and buzzed, many things became clear at once, and under the clear coat, there were stains of blood.
From Chen Nan's words, Yun Qi suddenly thought of his family, the father who rarely saw him twice a year, the father who was slaughtered in the whole village, but he was nowhere to be found, he, maybe the same as Chen Dong, was a smuggling merchant who ran a boat, he only came back every year during the New Year, and brought us back delicious and fun things, his face was black, and his hands were also black, now that I think about it, it should be the result of being exposed to the sea all year round.
My father, maybe even a pirate.
Yun Qi was stunned, his mind was overturned, many thoughts rushed in, making him unable to breathe, he didn't want to think about it, but there was a voice in his subconscious that kept shouting, it was true, it was true......
Chen Nan saw Yun Qi's distraction and wondered, "Yun Qi, what's wrong with you?" ”
Yun Qi bit his lip, but tears flowed down: "Third brother, my father may also be a boat runner, I rarely saw him since I was a child, he always came back for a month or two during the Chinese New Year, and then left in a hurry, saying that he was going to do business in a distant place, but he never told us what kind ......of business he was doing, nor did he say where, I guess, he should be the same as Brother Chen Dong."
Chen Nan asked curiously, "What's your father's name?" I'll ask my eldest brother to inquire. ”
Yun Qi said: "My father's name is Meng Guoxian. ”
"Meng Guoxian, Meng Guoxian ......" Chen Nan muttered, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "Aren't you surnamed Yun?" Why is your father's surname Meng? ”
Yun Qi laughed miserably, and told the tragedy of the whole family at the beginning, and then how he changed his name, from destroying the village to living in seclusion in the mountains with Wu Orion, he told Chen Nan all about it.
Before you know it, the sky is bright, a touch of morning glow reflects the red sky, and the candles in the house are burning to the end.
Chen Nan stood up, walked to the candlestick, and slowly blew out the candle, his face was originally ruddy under the light of the candle, but suddenly turned pale as the candlelight went out.
Yun Qi's heart froze, and his heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, he had never told anyone else this secret, but now he told it all to a person who had only met him for a few hours, could this person believe it? Could he be Xu Hai's spy?
I'm still not cautious enough!
But what if the bet is right.
Yun Qi's heart was pounding, and he didn't know what would greet him in the next second. Is it a new opportunity, or is it an unknown danger?
Chen Nan didn't sit back, but paced in the hall, and suddenly he stood up and said to Yun Qi: "I know a little bit about the incident that happened in Zhejiang, do you want to hear it?" ”
Yun Qi looked at Chen Nan, his heart was turbulent, how many years he had been searching, and the answer was now in front of him, of course he wanted to hear it very much, but for some reason, at this critical time, he was a little scared, for fear that this answer was not the same as what he thought, for fear that after everything was revealed, the truth would be too cruel for him to accept, for fear that this was another conspiracy and would make him fall into endless exploration.
Yun Qi only felt bitter in his mouth, his throat and eyes were dry, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva vigorously, and looked at Chen Nan with blank eyes, his lips trembled, and he didn't say a word.
Chen Nan smiled, poured out a cup of cold tea from the teapot, and handed it to Yun Qi.
Yun Qi took the teacup and poured it down his throat with a grunt, the cold tea went down the esophagus, stimulating Yun Quan's hair to stand up, but his heartbeat calmed down.
"Third Brother Chen, please tell me, I want to know." Yun Qi said resolutely.
Chen Nan walked to the Taishi chair and sat down, and said slowly: "Seven or eight years ago, in our Fujian area, the two biggest gangs were Xu Qianxue and Chen Sipan, they wanted to annex each other, but they have never been able to do it, at that time, my eldest brother also just started to run the boat, because of these two gangs, he could not gain a foothold in Fujian, of course, he was also afraid that if he committed something, it would affect his family, so he went to Guangdong and fought the world there. ”
In order to achieve the purpose of annexing the other party and striking at the other party, Chen Sipan came up with a trick, he chose a housekeeper, let him do business with Xu Qianxue, and slowly gain Xu Qianxue's trust, and then one day, when he learned that Xu Qianxue had a large number of goods to enter the port, the housekeeper reported the news to the government, so the next thing is very simple, the government is worried that it will not be able to catch people, can not get the stolen goods, and has not had any political achievements for several years, confiscated the goods, Chen Sipan made Xu Qianxue hurt his vitality through this trick. ”
"Is that housekeeper's name Qian Song?" Yun Qi interjected.
"Yes, that's the name, I was still an ordinary catcher at the time, and I also participated in this ambush, under the leadership of Qian Song, we easily captured those ships, but what disappointed Qian Song was that Xu Qianxue was not on the ship, he went to Nanyang because of a temporary incident, so although Xu Qianxue was seriously damaged, he was not injured at all."
"Qian Song saw that he didn't catch the big fish, and secretly, he received a report from someone, saying that Xu Qianxue's people already knew that it was his secret and wanted to seek revenge on him, and they were gathering in Dengbu Village to discuss how to get rid of him, so they didn't do anything, and told the government that they were preparing to rebel, and took the officers and soldiers and Chen Sipan's people to wash Dengbu Village in blood, and then flew away and never came back."
"Xu Qianxue went through this difficulty, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and after he came back from Nanyang, he was furious and vowed to take revenge, but at this time, Qian Song had disappeared, and Chen Sipan's strength had far surpassed his own strength, and he could not deal with it at will, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach."
"But the hard work pays off, after many inquiries, Xu Qianxue still found out the whereabouts of Qian Song, it turned out that this Qian Song since he did this, he and Chen Sipan's sworn brother together, took a large amount of money back to the countryside, became a rich man in the countryside, after getting the news, Xu Qianxue's subordinates decided to take revenge, at that time, Xu Hai was still a monk in a small temple in Hangzhou, Xu Qianxue found Xu Hai, let him return to the vulgar, and confessed this revenge to Xu Hai."
"Xu Hai is probably tired of being a monk, he was persuaded by Xu Qianxue, and he really followed him out of the mountain, and after returning to the vulgar, Xu Hai took Xu Qianxue's subordinates to wash Qiansong's village with blood by the same means, and then fled calmly, without injuring a single soldier, through this incident, although Xu Hai is still a newcomer, but he is thoughtful, thoughtful, in the process of revenge, there is no mistake, all the personnel retreated, there was no casualty, and he was well received from top to bottom, and soon became Xu Qianxue's second-in-command."
"Xu Hai......" Yun Qi gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, he finally knew who the murderer was, and finally knew the end of the matter.
Chen Nan calmed down and didn't speak, he knew that these things needed time for Yun Qi to digest, so he was not in a hurry.
Yun Qi suddenly raised his head: "No, I heard some of them say 'Eight Grids' when they spoke, it is said that this is the words of the Wako, and Xu Hai is not the Wakou." ”
Chen Nan smiled: "To the west, Sodesinai, have you heard these two words?" ”
Yun Qi shook his head, looking confused.
Chen Nandao: "These are also two Japanese words, in fact, in Fujian and Zhejiang coasts, we have traded with the Japanese for many years, and many people will speak a few words of Japanese, which is not only to facilitate business, but also to hide their identities, such as Chen Sipan, when robbing merchants, he has always been in the name of the Japanese Kou, and he himself always pretends to be a philanthropist when facing the domestic folks and the government, and we coastal fishermen, sometimes to do something that the government does not allow, but also often pretend to be Japanese, The aim is to leave no trace. ”
"So that's it, that's ......how it is," Yun Qi muttered, for many years, he had thought that it was the Japanese who killed the whole family, but he didn't expect the result to be so unexpected.
"Of course, it is not excluded that there are indeed Japanese robbers in it, in the caravan of Xu Hai, Chen Sipan, including Wang Zhi, there will always be many kinds of people, including Japanese, Nanyang, and even Westerners, but I must be the leader of the Ming Dynasty." Chen Nan added.
The mystery of how many years has lingered in his heart, and now that he has suddenly solved all the confusion on such an occasion, Yun Qi feels that the veil that has been blindfolded in front of him has finally been revealed, but why is he not a little happy and excited?
Yun Qi suddenly found that his enemy was not a person, or a group of people, but a huge group, and he, in front of such a group, was so weak and so small that he was simply vulnerable.
Just last night, I was almost run over to death by someone else.
What am I going to do?
How do I get revenge?