Chapter 6: Greater Trouble
Xiancha's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, slamming heavily on Chu Fan's heart!
Chu Fan was shocked more than grief at the moment, although Chu An was his father in this life, but after all, he had never seen it, so he didn't have much grief, but Chu Fan's previous plans were based on Chu An and his sea ships, there are ships and experienced sailors, and it is guaranteed to go to sea to escape - it is not easy to sail at sea in this era.
Now that the ship capsized and Chu An is gone, wouldn't all his plans be in vain?
What's even more annoying is that there are only two men in the second room, Chu An is gone, and it will be time for Chu Fan to support the beams in the future-he is still ignorant of this world, how can he support this family?
These thoughts swirled in Chu Fan's head, but he didn't stop at his feet, followed Xian Cha to the flower hall in the front yard, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang's one in one hand, hugging Chu Qin's two sisters, crying.
Across from them sat a burly man, with a swarthy face covered in fine wrinkles, a beard three inches long, and a steel needle-like root, who looked to be in his forties. He was wearing a black jacket, covered in **, looking cold and hungry.
This is Uncle Ge in Xiancha's mouth, Chu Fan flipped through his memory and found his message: Ge Bi is Chu An's right-hand man, and Chu An is at the helm of the ship. The fierce aura on his body, coupled with the light in his eyes, allowed Chu Fan to see what the captain of the Ming Dynasty was like.
When Zhang saw Chu Fan coming in, he cried even more heartbreakingly, Chu Fan hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him with a few words, and asked Xian Cha to take Ge Bi to eat first, and by the way, he changed into dry clothes.
After only their family was left in the house, Chu Fan patiently comforted the Zhang family, and by the way, from their intermittent descriptions, he learned about the general situation: the fleet encountered a storm on the way back from Japan, two of the three ships sank, Chu An's whereabouts are unknown, and most of them have been buried in the sea!
It was easy to persuade the Zhang family to stop crying, and Chu Fan asked Chu Qin Niuniu to help her back to the main room, while he sat in the side room and waited for Ge Bi - he had to understand the details of the whole thing.
After a while, Ge Bi came back after eating and changing his clothes, and when he saw that Chu Fan was the only one inside, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, "What about Madam?" ”
Chu Fan knew that in his heart, he was probably a nerd image, not a person who could do anything, so he pretended not to be rude to him, waved his hand to let him sit down, and then said in a deep voice, "My father is gone, and I will be the only man in this family in the future, and I have to support this family." Uncle Ge, what is going on, you tell me in detail. ”
Ge Bi had never seen him so kind, so he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and then he told the matter again.
It turned out that only one of the three boats of his father Chu An belonged to the Chu family. The other two, one is from Wang Ting's prefect, and the other is a partnership between Sun Zhenwu and Liu Zhiyang. This time, it was these two boats that capsized, and the Chu family's ship survived.
"The lord was afraid that something would go wrong with the prefect's cargo, so he always commanded his ship...... This storm came very strangely, there was no wind and no waves on a sunny day, and somehow it set off huge waves, and we didn't have time to react...... By the time the wind and waves calmed down, the sea was full of broken wood...... We worked hard to salvage, and the Wang family's grandson planned to catch a few, but I didn't see the shadow of the master...... The lord is kind to me, I am not such a cold person, in order to find the master, I walked four or five times underwater...... Master! I really can't help it! ”
Speaking of this, Ge Bi's eyes were also red, and Chu Fan felt strange in his heart when he heard it.
Ge Bi wiped his eyes and continued to speak, and after confirming that he couldn't find Chu An, including the Wang family's grandson who was fished up, they had to crowd on the Chu family's boat and continue to move forward. The ship arrived near Chengshanwei and met Sun Zhenwu who was patrolling the sea.
"The surnamed Sun brought a sentinel boat this time, two each of the Haicang boat and the eagle boat," Speaking of Sun Zhenwu, a fierce light flashed in Ge Bi's eyes, "In the head, he personally came on the boat, and comforted us with kind words, and promised to take us back to Dengzhou together...... But when he left, he only took the youngest of our brave guys with him, and the guys in his family stayed, so I was a little suspicious...... Early yesterday morning, he sent a general manager to bring a few family members on board the ship to bring a message, saying that he had an urgent matter to go to Weihaiwei, and asked us to follow the Haicang boat and eagle boat he left behind back to Dengzhou, and I was even more suspicious...... In the afternoon, the sea boat blocked the way, and the Franc machine on the deck was pushed out...... This always took about 20 people to board the ship again, the bird gun lit the fire rope, the crossbow machine was wound, shouting that what not to go back to Dengzhou, first have to find a place to count the goods, I know, this surnamed Sun has a black heart, and wants to eat these copper ingots on our ship, which is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver! …… In a hurry, we and Master Chen, the account office of the prefect of Wang's house, decided to act in a scene of infighting to cover me for dancing poster letters...... In order to deceive the boss, we really cut down a guy from the Sun family! …… I drifted on the sea all night, and only at dawn did I go ashore at Tongjing, and I walked for half an hour to get here...... Young master, that's all there is to it. ”
After hearing what he said, Chu Fan's brows furrowed even tighter.
This is a big problem!
His father Chu An said that the good thing is that he is a partner, and the bad thing is that he is the agent and bodyguard of Sun Zhenwu of the Wang Governor's Mansion, and now that the goods of other people are gone, they can figure out how they will deal with their own family with their feet.
That's why Sun Zhenwu had the heart to hack his own copper ingots, but looking at this situation, he planned to hide it from Wang Tingqian and Liu Zhiyang.
So what he should do now is to find Wang Ting, the highest official position, as soon as possible and expose Sun Zhenwu's tricks?
As soon as this idea came out, Chu Fan denied it, the reason is very simple, all his evidence is only Ge Bi's mouth; And if Sun Zhenwu dares to do this, he must have already thought of a whole set of rhetoric, who will Wang Tingtry listen to? Needless to say, it must be Sun Zhenwu.
So if you just get up like this, it is estimated that you will be able to be taken down by the two on the spot, and then thrown into prison on any charge, watching the two divide their own property.
Why don't you make it up yourself? The result is the same!
Because now that Wang Ting has tried to lose a lot of money, he must find a scapegoat to make up for it, among all of them, only his own foundation is the shallower, who else can this scapegoat be if he is not the Chu family?
Escape, can't escape, hide, can't hide, Chu Fan can't help but be a little anxious, how to resolve this catastrophe?
Liu Zhiyang! Chu Fan's heart moved, how could he forget him, this is Chu An's small hair, a good friendship in a pair of pants, he shouldn't see death without help, right?
The problem is, even if Liu Zhiyang is willing to help, he is a small five-grade guard, and the weight of his words can't catch up with the bigger Sun Guerrilla?
So I have to find someone, someone who can speak in front of the royal court.
Thinking of this, Chu Fan asked Ge Bi, "Uncle Ge, did you just say that the Wang family's account office is also in Sun Zhenwu's hands?" ”
Ge Bi nodded.
"Who is this bookkeeper who is the royal court?" Chu Fan asked.
"I heard that it is a distant relative, Wang Ting is trying to be cunning, all his business is done in the name of this Master Chen, even if something goes wrong, there are people who top the tank." Ge Bi pouted and said.
That's him! Chu Fan clapped his hands excitedly, this Master Chen is obviously Wang Tingqian's henchman, only by rescuing him, Wang Tingqian can have a quarrel with Sun Zhenwu, and he will have a chance to flicker around!
However, in the vast sea, how can people be rescued from Sun Zhenwu's hands?