A high-quality lake silk robe, an amber and jade belt, a square scarf on his head, black boots with soft soles, and three strands of hair under his chin, he looks like a scholar with a rich background.

He was holding his hands, admiring the calligraphy and painting on the pear inlaid with gold tortoiseshell luodian jade screen, when the tassel curtain next to him was lifted, and two people walked out one after the other.

The man in front of him has a face like a crown of jade, with handsome eyebrows, and is dressed in a simple white robe, and the rest is no decoration. The beauties in the back are dressed lightly, fresh and verdant, and their appearance is more vivid than flowers and jade.

Governor Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said happily: "This is our Governor Yang and Lord Cheng."

Governor Liu's joy was not for Yang Ling. The so-called people are in good spirits when they are happy. When Governor Liu was appointed to the same place, he knew that Wang Feiling's little sister in Wang Governor's Mansion was charming, but although she secretly coveted it, she didn't dare to be disrespectful. Now that she is bought back to the house, not only is the girl beautiful, but also thinking about her identity, she naturally loves her even more.

Wang Jiumei knew that her family had committed the felony of betraying the country, and now she was very lucky not to fall into the land of fireworks or sell as a slave, so she was very happy with him, and Wang Zhifu was satisfied with the bed, like a newlywed teenager, she was in good spirits, and she felt more energetic when she did business, not only did she not delay her business, but she came to work early in the morning, and she heard that this person was from the East China Sea, and he knew that this matter was very important to Yang Ling, so he personally brought him in.

Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun were also looking at this person, seeing that they were neither the sea dogs who had heard the description, nor the other big thief snow cat, and when they were wondering, the polite middle-aged scholar had stepped forward and knelt down, touched the ground with his forehead, and said very respectfully: "The grass people have seen Lord Yang and Master Cheng in the air."

Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun looked at each other and smiled: "It turns out that it is neither a cat nor a dog, but a horse."

Governor Liu took the opportunity to bow and said: "The lower official still has official business to do, so he has resigned."

Yang Ling gave a handful of hands and said with a faint smile: "Get up, sit down, please sit, come here, watch tea!" ”

The three of them sat down, and Ma Kongwen took a closer look, only to see that the governor of the six provinces, who was in power and opposition, was heroic and clear-eyed. The beautiful woman sitting sideways next to him is really the only beauty in the world that he has ever seen in his life.

A light dress is as pure as snow, sticking to the delicate skin, the lining is spotless, and a lustrous jasper hairpin is inserted horizontally on the bun, like ink and green silk as bright as a mirror, and the beauty is dazzling.

The two of them sit together, they are really talented and beautiful, a pair of beautiful people.

Yang Ling glanced at him and said, "You're from the East China Sea?" ”

Ma Kongwen hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "Yes, the grass people are ashamed, they were originally a fallen talent, because they had no livelihood, they mixed in the East China Sea, and they were taken in by Mengmao and Mengxue Cat, and they ate casually." ”

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Oh, it turned out to be a snow cat person." This should be Snow Cat's military advisor and staff, since it was sent by Snow Cat, it should be regarded as Cheng Qiyun's guess.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Cheng Qiyun. Cheng Qiyun pursed her lips and smiled slightly, a shallow charming dimple appeared under the corner of her mouth, and at the same time she glanced back at him, her eyebrows were like smoke, and her charming eyes were full of pride.

Yang Ling saw that her competitive spirit was always undiminished, and he secretly laughed in his heart, and looked away at Ma Kongwen and said, "I don't know what Mr. sent by the owner of Snow Cat Island to teach him?" ”

Ma Kongwen hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the owner of the cat island should have come to meet the adult in person, but now the East China Sea is troublesome, I heard that Cao Tianpet, who took refuge in the Western ghost a few years ago, was slaughtered on the island and destroyed the mountain gate, and the owner of the island was worried that the ghost would take revenge and harm himself, so he was on guard at night and couldn't pull out, so he ordered the grass people to visit the adult on his behalf."

Dulong Island was clearly destroyed by the imperial court's sailors, and the imperial court did not disclose the matter, so Ma Kongwen did not expose it, but only vaguely explained it for the snow cat. In fact, the snow cat refused to come, naturally because of a lack of confidence in the imperial court, and was afraid of being taken hostage by the imperial court.

The two sides talked about it, and after the original sea dog sent gold beads and jade treasures and wealth beauties to Yang Ling, the matter has been hidden from the snow cat. However, the snow cat had already buried a henchman beside the sea dog, and had already learned about it, and secretly waited for news from the imperial court for another decision.

However, Cheng Qiyun only asked He Si to change the last trip to Shuangyu, and the talks were all ordinary discussions, never close to the substance, and the sea dog was unwilling to show too urgency, so it was not easy to urge, but he was inevitably apprehensive.

He secretly sent people to Fuzhou, and heard that Yang Ling was very fond of the alien beauties he sent, and no matter where he went, he was in and out of pairs, so the sea dog was relieved, and summoned the old spirit and other henchmen, and all the stinkers agreed that Yang Ling deliberately delayed time in order to lower the price, so he also calmed down and refused to take the initiative to mention the matter of recruiting security.

Unexpectedly, he was not in a hurry, but the snow cat was in a hurry, seeing that the two sides were in close contact, he didn't know what to talk about, after Bai Xiaocao announced that he would accept the imperial court's recruitment, the sea dog had no public contact with the imperial court, which clearly indicated that the two sides had entered the stage of substantive surname negotiations, and there must be more secret exchanges, and he always stayed out of the matter, how not to hurry?

He didn't believe that the sea dog would harm him, but the sea dog wanted to accept the imperial court's recruitment and seek his own benefit as much as possible, and this incident alone made the snow cat extremely displeased. In the battle of Dulong Island, after seeing the force of the imperial court sailors, the snow cat was shocked and couldn't help but go to see the sea seals again.

When He Si changed his face to face with the sea dog, he had 'inadvertently' revealed that he had made contact with the snow cat, although the sea dog said that he was skeptical, this thorn was pierced into his heart after all, and he saw the snow cat visiting, although his face was as affectionate as before, but secretly he was already careful.

The snow cat pretended to discuss the situation in the East China Sea with him, and discussed the possible surnames of accepting the imperial court's recruitment like Wang Meiren and Bai Xiaocao, often with puns and resentment in his words, originally secretly pointing out that he had already heard about his dealings with the imperial court, and told this sworn brother not to take himself as a fool.

But no matter how the preconceived sea dog listens, it is like a snow cat hiding from himself and dealing with the imperial court, but his power is slightly inferior to his own, and his territory is not as big as his own, and now the imperial court is stationed in the Ryukyus, which can be said to pose a direct threat to his territory, and it is naturally impossible to prescribe him higher conditions, which is sour.

At this time, the sea dog suddenly felt superior, so he revealed a little information that he was negotiating with the imperial court, and said that in order to seek the greatest benefits, he wanted the snow cat to cooperate with him more, and the brothers were of the same heart, and he calmed down and forced the imperial court to offer a higher price.

For the sake of An Xuemao's heart, he couldn't help but secretly boast about how close he was with Lord Yang and how the court valued him, which was originally a deliberate show off in front of his brothers, and at the same time with some warnings:

"You are also negotiating with the imperial court, don't be old and don't know, I have more relationship with Lord Yang than you, it's better for you not to be angry, follow me honestly, and your soup is indispensable for me to eat meat."

But the two of them have their own ghosts, and they are no longer so heart-to-heart when they fight together, the two of them carry guns and sticks, and hide knives in their words, and finally break up unhappily, and their hearts are deeper.

The more the snow cat returns to its own island, the more unpleasant it becomes. Wang Meiren was the first to take refuge in the imperial court, and she must be favored by Yang Ling, Bai Xiaocao, the rich man of the land, is a mother who has milk, as long as he continues to make money, he doesn't care about the size of the power, and now the sea dog is bargaining with the court with the power of his own two families, if the court really agrees to his conditions, the credit and benefits are also the sea dog's, and he is a chip on his gambling table, how can he swallow this breath?

Snow Cat thought about it, so he brought his confidant Ma Kongwen to him and wanted him to give him an idea.

This Ma Kongwen is stupid to read, he is completely a Song Jiang-style character, even if he is allowed to sit on the throne of the boss of the entire East China Sea, he will never forget the orthodox background of having a wife and a son, and give him a six-grade official robe, he also feels more glorious than the king of the mountain who is a first-class person.

Now that I heard that I had the opportunity to accept the imperial court's recruitment and become an official of the imperial court, I was overjoyed, and I couldn't wait to dress up the snow cat and send it to Yang Ling to be a 'Bi Ma Wen'. At the moment, he had no persuasion, the snow cat was originally moved, and when he persuaded him, he suddenly felt that he was going to be a little late, and the benefits were robbed by the sea dogs.

But after all, the court hadn't gotten in touch with him yet, and he was afraid that the court would detain him, so he couldn't help but hesitate. As soon as the snow cat agreed, he took a fast boat and came to Fuzhou with a positive attitude of '10,000 years is too long, seize the day', and even couldn't wait for the rules of officials to see guests after the hour, and ran to the governor's palace as soon as the day was bright.

Cheng Qiyun watched coldly, seeing his intentions, she thought about it, remembered some information about the red man in front of the snow cat, and said softly with a smile: "It turned out to be Ma Xiucai, you are a native of Jianhu Town, Shaoxing, read the book of Confucius and Mencius at a young age, and are quite famous in the local area. Alas, this is also ill-fated, otherwise, Ma Xiucai studied hard for three years and then took the exam, maybe the child would have been promoted to an official a long time ago, governing one party, and being the parents of the people.

As soon as Cheng Qiyun's words came out, Ma Kongwen burst into tears, couldn't help crying and knelt down, and cried loudly: "Ma Kongwen read the sage book in vain, and I am ashamed of the parents who raised me, my father and fellow villagers, and I am ashamed of the emperor and the court."

Yang Ling glared at Cheng Qiyun: "I'm hurting people again!" ”

Cheng Qiyun grimaced at him, then stepped forward with a smile to help Ma Kongwen up, and persuaded softly: "Ma Xiucai, don't be sad, you are displaced, have no food and clothing, and are forced to join the gang of thieves." The official has also heard that Xiucai can still clean himself and never go along with the thieves. Now that the snow cat intends to accept the court's recruitment, Ma Xiucai mediated it, and the court pardoned it, and there must be a reward, and then he can become a court official and benefit the people. ”

Ma Kong was grateful when he heard this, such a beautiful woman like a flower and jade persuaded him politely, his eyes were fascinated, and his nose was fragrant, he couldn't help but straighten his waist, and said happily: "Thank you Cheng Girl Cheng Adult, the grass people are here, just to negotiate with the two adults on the matter of recruitment, after all, although the grass people are like arrows, but the snow cat is in charge of many islands and people, and most of his subordinates are arrogant and untamed thieves, if there is no definite news, they cannot be appeased."

Cheng Qiyun blinked and said with a smile: "This is natural, it's just that the lord of Shuangyu Island has promised the imperial court, as long as the imperial court agrees to his conditions, he can guarantee that the two islands will accept Zhao'an together, isn't your island always advancing and retreating with Shuangyu?" Why didn't the lord of Shuangyu Island mention to you about negotiating with the imperial court? ”

"Well, this is naturally talked about, but it involves many subordinates on the island, and there is no further news from the imperial court, so they are inevitably worried, and after thinking about it, the owner of Snow Cat Island asked me to contact the imperial court directly." Ma Kongwen said nonsense, and secretly hated in his heart: The sea dog really took our chips and worked for his own benefit, hum!

Yang Ling said: "It's not that there is no further news from the imperial court, but the official is also waiting for the imperial court's will." However, according to the official's thoughts, the sea dog asked him to be the governor of the East China Sea, and the leaders of Shuangyu were all awarded the title of five-rank military generals and above, and the lord of Snow Cat Island was awarded the title of four-grade."

"Your Excellency!" Cheng Qiyun hurriedly interrupted his big mouth and said coquettishly: "Ma Xiucai, please drink tea, the high-grade red robe." Speaking of the news of the imperial court, it should have reached recently. The emperor is anxious to pacify the sea and open up the sea for trade, and he has already said that it is indispensable to recruit and use troops. I believe that the emperor will agree to the conditions of the lord of Shuangyu Island, you can return to the snow cat, and wait for ten days and a half months."

"Still waiting?" Ma Kong was already furious: "He asked himself to be the governor, that is a high-ranking official of the second rank, and the leaders of his subordinates are all above the fifth grade, and our lord of Turtle Island is the fourth-rank official, so what about me?" Isn't it ranked to the seventh or eighth grade? sea dogs, it's a shame for me to come here, otherwise all of us on Turtle Island will be pitted! ”

"My lord", Ma Kongwen couldn't sit still, and hurriedly got up and said sincerely: "My lord, thanks to my lord's high opinion, the grass people have a word to tell." Although Shuangyu and Turtle Island are in the same breath, after all, they have their own belongings, and if there is a big difference in each other's treatment, I am afraid that Snow Cat and his subordinates may not be willing to agree."

Yang Ling was extremely displeased, and said abruptly: "Are you threatening this official?" Hum! The sailors of the imperial court, with an indestructible cannon, the official does not want to kill more, so he promised to accept Zhao'an, tens of thousands of widows were killed by the official, if the sea dog also accepts Zhao'an, the snow cat island hangs in the ocean, what else can be done? ”

Ma Kongwen was panicked, his forehead was sweating, and he hurriedly explained: "Don't dare, don't dare, the grass people don't dare to threaten the adults, the grass people on Turtle Island really want to belong to the court, and they really want to belong to the court."

Cheng Qiyun raised her eyebrows at Yang Ling, expressed her satisfaction with his image of a martial artist who pretended to be stupid and pretended to be stunned, and then said to Ma Kongwen: "It's no wonder that the adults are angry about this matter, the adults heard that Shuangyu and Gudao have been discussed, so they carefully considered the conditions of the sea dogs, and then reported to the imperial court."

The major affairs of the imperial court cannot be child's play, and now that it has been reported to the emperor, if the conditions for modification are proposed again, Ma Xiucai, by that time, Lord Yang and I will not be able to afford it."

Her pretty face turned cold, and she said lightly: "At that time, I will have to use the sailor to kill him."

Poor Ma Kongwen arranged internal affairs for the snow cat, and made a plan to go to sea to plunder, his scheming was Cheng Qiyun's opponent, and he was sweating like rain for a while, Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun's singing and harmonizing really made him at a loss.

Cheng Qiyun frowned, frowned, frowned, and continued: "You don't have to hide it, from your words, the official also heard it, presumably in order to please Lord Yang and the imperial court, the sea dog said a big thing at the beginning, and some things were not discussed with you, right?" ”

Ma Kongwen hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Cheng Daren sees it."

Cheng Qiyun sighed faintly: "I think the sea dog wants to create the facts, and by that time, the wood has been completed, and the snow cat can't stand alone, so he has to agree." However, it is very difficult to change the affairs of the imperial court."

She put her hands behind her back, paced a few steps slowly, and said, "Since the snow cat didn't know in advance, such conditions really make it difficult for him to appease his subordinates, there are many islands in the sea, and now most of them are stationed with the bereaved families of the Japanese and some of the Japanese who have fled back to the sea.

If the snow cat can raise the army of Turtle Island, sweep the archipelago, and annihilate these remnants of the Japanese one by one, with this merit, the lord will write a book to seek military merit for you, it will be justified, what do you think? ”

"This", Ma Kongwen was a little moved, but he still hesitated: "Don't hide it, my lord, those widows have given a large number of gold, silver and beauties to the sea seals and snow cats, just to use those empty islands to live temporarily, this."

Cheng Qiyun sighed and said: "Ma Xiucai is really a scholar, he is kind-hearted, but he is a little stupid."

When Ma Kong heard that he was said by the beautiful woman, he immediately blushed and said, "Where did you start with Lord Cheng?" ”

Cheng Qiyun said: "In the past, the snow cat was a pirate, and it was right to talk to them about these rivers and lakes, but now since he accepts the court's recruitment, he is an official of the imperial court, and he is fair and honest to eradicate the Japanese for the court, who dares to say that he is treacherous?" This is a deep understanding of righteousness! Those who are loyal to the imperial court are commended for their righteous annihilation, not to mention that those widows cannot talk about a parent in any case."

Yang Ling bowed his head and said: "It is reasonable, if the snow cat is willing to do this for the imperial court, I can ask the imperial court for him to be crowned, and it is not completely difficult to set up an official on an equal footing with the sea dog." In addition, he can also keep part of the captured Japanese people, property, and women as military expenses, and the rest will go to the imperial court. If Ma Xiucai can accomplish this, as the governor of the six provinces and the minister of the Qincha, he can immediately appoint you to an official position to facilitate your work."

Ma Kong's heart was hot when he heard this, and he said: "Okay, after I go back, I will show the island owner, and I will try my best to persuade him to serve the imperial court."

The two sides talked in detail about the details of Zhao'an for a while, and Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun were very serious about the treatment of sailors, garrisons, and military salaries after the reorganization of the Turtle Island pirates in the future, without the slightest perfunctory.

After talking for more than an hour, Ma Kongwen had a quasi-spectrum in his heart, and also understood the most unfavorable situation of Gudao accepting Zhao'an among the four major Kou in the East China Sea, and if he wanted to obtain greater benefits, he could only rely on the fact that he had assisted in leveling the war and making military achievements, so he hurriedly got up and said: "Two adults, the grass people will go back, and as soon as there is news, they will return to the adults immediately."

Ma Kongwen pushed a small box and a burden forward on the side, and said, "My lord, this is a gift from the snow cat to the adult, a few small ornaments, not a tribute." I heard that adults are northerners, and they must not be used to the hot weather here, and there is also an ivory mat here, which is cool to remove the heat, dispel diseases and prevent disasters, please smile."

Yang Lingqian gave a few words, then got up to see him off, and when he went out, Yang Ling twisted Cheng Qiyun's plump buttocks, and said with a smile: "Ma Kongwen mustered up enough energy to go back and hurt people." Oh, you, you are bad, and you teach others to be bad."

Cheng Qiyun snorted from her nose, glanced at him amorously, and said softly: "Is he a good person?" Why is it that people have taught me badly? ”

Turning his head to see the burden on the several, Cheng Qiyun walked over to open the bag with great interest, only to see that the inside was as clean as jade, as soft as silk, shiny, silver and shiny bundle of things, with fine patterns and exquisite workmanship, just like the silk yarn of the legendary fish man.

Cheng Qiyun caressed the smooth and cool ivory mat and said, "Yun'er has heard of this ivory mat, which is a treasure in an exotic land. Take the best ivory and draw it with strange skills, and then ask the best weavers to weave it. A mattress mat should be made for at least three years, even if it is ten thousand gold, it is as cool as jade, slippery and comfortable, soft and like elasticity, making people feel like being in the clouds. ”

When she said this, she looked back and smiled: "My family is a good person, not a bad person. Good man, how about trying this ivory jade mat tonight? She smiled and said, "Yun'er wants to see if adults will be good people all night long and not be 'bad people'."

The snow cat listened to Ma Kongwen's reply, and was really moved. In the name of the imperial court, you can not only get a large number of gold and silver treasures and beautiful women, but also invite military merits and snatch benefits from the sea seals, why not do such a thing?

As the Snow Cat's orders passed on, the chiefs of the islands, who had been hungry and thirsty due to the intensive fighting in the sea, began to sharpen their knives and attack the various Japanese robbers under their protection.

These islands are either old and weak, women and children, or fish that have escaped back to the islands after defeat, some of which are temporary places for the Japanese to live, and some are islands where the false Japanese were stationed in the past, and there are no strong fortifications, and the defensive weapons are even more limited.

They fled from the book to the coast of the Central Plains this time, the island is not only the property looted from the Ming Dynasty, but also all the belongings brought from the book, the wealth is rich, women, especially the beautiful women are many, and it is difficult for the thieves under the snow cat to rob the sea ships in the past.

Seeing the huge profits, these money-hungry pirates couldn't help but jump with their appetites. As soon as they let go of their hands and feet, they were not willing to act only on their own territory, and some pirates began to fight the idea of being protected by sea seals, seeing that other islands had enough oil and water to fish, and that their own benefits were limited.

At first, they had a slight scruple about attacking only those who were in the middle of the two forces, and gradually their greed became greater and greater, and as long as they heard that there were Japanese people living in sojourn, they happily set sail to rob them, and the Japanese people who escaped for their lives went to cry to the sea dogs.

When the fur dog heard the report, he was furious and immediately asked the old spirit to meet the snow cat and ask the snow cat to give him justice.

The snow cat remembered that the sea dog was a brother who worshiped the emperor and asked the court for the title of second-rank governor, but he let the matter of his own fourth-grade official run wild, where can he still say good things.

He said to the old cat without yin or yang: "The brothers are not happy, they all stretch their necks and stare at each other, waiting for the dog master to ask for a reward for everyone, but there is no letter to the letter, and my family is not as rich as the dog master, so let the big guy drink the northwest wind."

Besides, the imperial court is suppressing the Japanese invaders, although we haven't taken refuge in the imperial court yet, but the news of the reception of the Japanese is not a good thing for the imperial court to know, right? I'm also sharing the dog's worries and helping him eliminate future troubles, hehe.

I said Lao Jing, don't be embarrassed, what do I say, how do you reply to the dog, just say that my snow cat can't stand it, isn't it just a few widows? Can you turn against this brother? If the dog master is really unhappy, you will inform me again, my snow cat has three knives and six holes, go and ask him for the guilt of the dog master! ”

Seeing the old elf leave helplessly, the snow cat smiled coldly: "Mother's fourth-grade official, you are the governor, let me be the general?" If you are unkind to me and unjust, don't blame me for being unrighteous if you hide it from me. Hehe, when I make a contribution to Lord Yang, this governor may not know who will do it."

He clapped his hands, summoned one of his subordinates and said, "Go, tell the eldest young master, lead a thousand people, prepare four fast boats, and immediately transport the captured widows and the selected gold beads and jade treasures to Fuzhou Bay, and personally present them to Lord Yang!" ”

(To be continued)