Chapter 105: Another Village
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Five big ships slowly approached, and a middle-aged man walked down from the big boat led by him, burly with a lion's big nose, and he laughed from afar, "Wu Jin, I didn't expect us to meet here!" ”
Heimi and more than two dozen big men knelt down on one knee together, clasped their fists and saluted, "See the island master!" ”
This middle-aged man is Chen Anbang, the leader of the Phoenix Society, who was called the first bandit of the Daning Dynasty by the imperial court, and is also the uncle of Wu Jin, Wu Jin's mother Chen Fenghuang is his eldest sister, and the Phoenix Society was founded by Chen Anbang's father Chen Zhiduo forty years ago, and he subdued the thirty-three pirates on the southeast coast and formed them into the Phoenix Society.
After 40 years of development, the Phoenix Society took Ryukyu Island as the foundation, controlled more than 100,000 coastal fishermen who came to take refuge, has developed more than 5,000 congregations, has hundreds of warships, dominates the East China Sea and the South Sea, any trading merchant ships must pay trade taxes to them, 30 years ago, the Phoenix Society robbed the Daning Dynasty's Cao transport fleet, robbed 3 million stone grain and million taxes and silver, and defeated the Daning Sailor who rushed to the rescue, the court was furious, nearly 100 court and county officials were dismissed, Daning Sailor Governor, Wang Huangfu Zhi of Dongyang County was dismissed and questioned.
In desperation, the imperial court and the Phoenix Society reached a compromise, acquiescing to the existence of the Phoenix Society, and also acquiescing to their collection of commercial taxes from trading ships, but on the surface they still called them the first bandit in Daning, and the Phoenix Society promised not to attack the official ships again, and the existence of the Phoenix Society had another benefit to the imperial court, that is, they effectively resisted the Fuso Haikou attack on the coastal area of the Daning Dynasty.
It is for these reasons that the imperial court and the Phoenix Society have been at peace for 30 years, since the second generation of the island owner Chen Anbang took over the Phoenix Society ten years ago, the Phoenix Society has gradually diluted the identity of pirates, and changed to trade as the main business, three years ago officially canceled the maritime trade tax that lasted for nearly 40 years, and now there are not only more than 100,000 coastal fishermen under the rule of the Phoenix Society, but also more than 200,000 local people, and 8,000 regular Ryukyu troops, all of whom are well-equipped, and there is already a tendency to establish a country.
Although Chen Ying issued a phoenix order, the arrival of Chen Anbang and others was not to receive a phoenix order, not so quickly, but a coincidence, they came for something and happened to meet Wujin and the soldiers who were chasing and escorting Weiming.
"Wu Jin, do you remember me?"
Chen Anbang looked at Wu Jin with a smile, he had already received a letter from his daughter, saying that Wu Jin seemed to be a different person, he had become very smart, and he didn't remember many things before, Chen Anbang was not surprised, with the ability of a wine Taoist, he should be able to make Wu Jin reborn.
Wu Jin has a rare impression that when he went to Ryukyu Island three years ago, the owner of Chen Island was very good to him, and his phoenix gold medal was given to him by the owner of Chen Island, and the owner of Chen Island was his uncle.
Wu Jin couldn't open his mouth a little, but he still knelt down on one knee and also hugged his fists and saluted, "Nephew Wu Jin sees uncle!" ”
Chen Anbang laughed, he hurriedly helped Wu Jin up, "When I first came to the island, I asked you to call me uncle, but you didn't call me dead or alive, you called me Boss Chen for a whole year and a half, it's better to be smart!" ”
Wu Jin scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, he suddenly remembered what was going on, and asked urgently: "What about my eldest brother, did you save him?" ”
The smile on Chen Anbang's face disappeared, he shook his head and sighed, "You may have been fooled." ”
"Fooled!"
Wu Jin was stunned, he clearly saw that the eldest brother was tied up and pushed onto the boat, he suddenly remembered that the eldest brother was wearing a hood at that time, and his mind changed, "Is it .....?"
Chen Anbang waved his hand, "Bring him up!" ”
I saw a few people push a man out, it was the eldest brother Weiming that Wujin had just seen, his hood had been removed, his figure was very similar to Weiming, and his appearance was somewhat similar, but he was not Weiming.
Wu Jin suddenly understood, his eldest brother Weiming was not sent away at all, he was still in Weiyang County, and the other party was deliberately creating momentum, creating the illusion that his eldest brother had been sent away, so as to put pressure on Su Hanzhen.
Wu Jin was disappointed in his heart, and felt a little lucky, fortunately they caught up in the end and understood the fraud, otherwise the eldest brother would really be in danger in Weiyang County.
He let out a long sigh of relief, and an indescribable annoyance welled up in his heart, and they had been busy all night, and finally fell for each other.
Chen Anbang patted him on the shoulder and comforted him with a smile, "It doesn't matter, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, learn a lesson after losing a battle, let's just come again." ”
He sneered, "If they dare to hurt Weiming, I, the Phoenix Society, will level Weiyang County and make the coast unpeaceful from now on." ”
Wu Jin nodded silently, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes, if Gao Heng really dared to kill his eldest brother, the first thing he would do was to behead Gao Heng, it seemed that he had to warn Gao Heng first.
"Uncle, I want to rush back to Weiyang County first!"
He was anxious to tell Su Hanzhen the news that his eldest brother was still in Weiyang County, Chen Anbang smiled, he turned around and waved, "Lead the horse over!" ”
A subordinate took out a tall and strong red horse from the cabin of the big ship and led it to the shore, Chen Anbang patted the saddle and smiled at Wu Jin: "This is a horse born in the bitter cold land of the Northern Underworld, it was still a pony when I gave it to you three years ago, and now it has grown into a tall horse, I don't know if it recognizes you." ”
As he spoke, he handed the reins to Wu Jin, who took the reins and gently stroked the horse's neck, the horse affectionately stretched out its long mouth and arched it on his face, obviously knowing him, Wu Jin had a very familiar feeling, and he remembered the name of the horse, which was called Lieying.
"Old man, let's meet again."
The people around laughed, and Wu Jin gave Chen Anbang a fist salute, "Uncle, then I'll go first!" ”
He arched his hand to Heimi again, "Old Hei, you follow my uncle, I'll go first." ”
Heimi smiled and nodded to him, "Watch out on the road!" ”
Wu Jin would ride a horse in his previous life, and he was even better at riding in this life, he turned over and urged the horse, and the shadow took a long step and trotted forward.
"Thank you all today, I'm going first!"
Wu Jin thanked the more than 20 big men, urged the horse to run north, and gradually got farther and farther away, Chen Anbang kept looking at him and walked away, and then asked Heimi, "How do you feel about Gongzi?" ”
Heimi sincerely admired, "Very shrewd, not comparable to ordinary people." ”
He briefly said what happened after Wu Jin entered Huaiyang, and Chen Anbang sighed softly, "I knew that their two brothers would be extraordinary. ”
He asked Heimi again, "What is the relationship between Ah Ying and him?" ”
Heimi understood what the island owner meant, and he smiled bitterly, "My subordinates feel that he seems to be avoiding Auntie." ”
I thought that the island owner would be furious, but I didn't expect Chen Anbang to nod, "Then I'll rest assured!" ”
Heimi didn't know, a year and a half ago, Chen Anbang found out that Wujin and his daughter were in love, so he decided to send Wujin away, although Wujin's mother had the intention of matching them, but the Chen family was resolutely opposed from top to bottom, and this kind of family insider was not something Heimi could understand.
......... Just riding, Wu Jin is still a little uncomfortable, but the more he rides, the smoother it feels, his crotch is strong, fully able to adapt to the high-speed running of horses, this fire horse is also suffocated on the boat, and when he goes ashore, he gallops excitedly, only to see the Fierce Shadow galloping on the official road, flashing like a ghost flying in the moon, disappearing in the rolling rice waves, the Fierce Shadow jumps and gallops, the hazy morning light is like a howling wind that quickly submerges it, Wu Jin faces the morning wind and howls, this moment his heart is extremely happy.
Running out of more than 60 miles in one breath, it has entered the territory of Weiyang County, at this time the sky has gradually brightened, a round of morning sun erupted from the sea in the east, and thousands of golden rays sprinkled onto the earth.
Flame Shadow stopped his meteor stride and began to stroll, only to find that there was still a horse sack with a lot of things in it.
He turned over and dismounted, let the horse graze on the side of the road, he curiously carried the horse bag, sat on a big rock to check, the horse bag felt heavy, at least twenty or thirty pounds, he first felt a short sword, gently pulled out the sheath, only to feel the cold pressing, sharp abnormal, he casually cut to a small tree next to him, only to listen to 'click! The little tree was cut off at the waist, which made Wu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, and the Zwilling knife of later generations may not be as sharp as it, he inserted the short sword into his boot, and took it out of the bag, and the rest were gold ingots, about three hundred taels or so, and there was a pot of water and a dozen pieces of meat pies, it seemed that his uncle was still quite careful.
Wu Jin was tired for a day and a night, and he was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he was not polite...... After resting for half an hour, he turned on his horse again and continued to gallop towards Weiyang County.
An hour later, Wu Jin entered the city from the south gate, and the city gate was still strictly checked, and dozens of soldiers had to strictly check those who went out of the city, and they didn't care about those who entered the city.
The city is bustling every day, very lively, Wu Jin arrived at the pawnshop first, was about to lead the horse across the bridge, standing at the door of the pawnshop looking at the Huang Fugui suddenly saw him, hurriedly ran up and shouted by the river: "Wu Jin, you go back to the house, your second uncle is looking for you something!" ”
Wu Jin was surprised in his heart, what did Huang Fuxu do with him, could it be that something happened to his grandfather? Impossible, if something happened to his grandfather, Huangfu Gui wouldn't be standing here, he didn't think much about it, turned over and went to Huangfu's house again.
When I walked to the door of the mansion, I saw Steward Liu waiting there.
"Steward Liu, what's wrong?" Wu Jin turned over and dismounted and asked.
"I don't know, you should come quickly! Your second uncle is looking for you everywhere. ”
Steward Liu took him to the small courtyard where Huang Fu Xu lived, and the door of the guest hall facing the courtyard gate was open, only to see Huang Fu Xu walking around the guest hall with his hands behind his back, his face was full of anxiety, he looked up and saw Wu Jin, there was a surprise in his eyes, and he hurriedly greeted him, "Wu Jin, you are finally here!" ”
"Second uncle, what's wrong?"
"Go to the back room and tell me I have something to ask you for."
Huangfu Xu pulled Wu Jin into his inner room, and as soon as he entered the door, Wu Jin was stunned.
(To be continued)