Two days later, they set out again, and changed to a new ship, increasing to thirty escorts, in addition to Chen Zhu and his Chen Biao and Chen Hu brothers escorting them into Beijing, Chen Dingguo led a fleet to escort them out of the Baisha Society's sphere of influence, before bidding farewell to them and returning to Ryukyu Island.

After making fresh water supply in Penglai County, they crossed the Laizhou Peninsula and headed for the mouth of the Yellow River, at this time there were still three days away from the mouth of the Yellow River, because they were rescued by the Phoenix Club at the most critical moment, Wei Ming was not good at expressing dissatisfaction with the following of Chen Zhu and others, but he was obviously not very willing, and he was depressed, and most of the time he locked himself in the cabin to read.

This morning, Wu Jin was sorting out his belongings, in addition to the shark skin bag, his belongings were the Bayeux Sutra and the Purple Gold Gourd, and there was also a small box full of precious gems, which did not take up space, these days, he had been studying this Purple Gold Gourd, in order to find out the secret of this wine gourd, he also specially bought two identical Purple Gold Gourds for comparison, and the results could not find any differences.

With the help of the sunlight shining in from the small window, he carefully studied this gourd, the gourd was polished because of its age, and the surface was glowing with a faint copper luster, he did not know how many times he had studied this gourd, but he could not find its secret.

At this time, a thought suddenly arose in his heart, could it be that the secret of this gourd was inside? As soon as he thought of this, he knew that he had found a way, it must be, and he only thought about its appearance, but ignored its inside.

He immediately squinted his eyes and looked into the gourd, it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything, and he borrowed the light to let the sunlight shine into the gourd, and squinted again to observe, this time the gourd became bright, and he finally found a little clue, it seems that there are words engraved on the inner wall of the gourd.

Wu Jin was overjoyed, he finally found out the secret of this gourd, it can be on the inner wall of the gourd, he slowly turned the gourd, carefully identified, the words on the inner wall of the gourd were densely engraved, he couldn't see clearly, only faintly saw a name: Chen Zhiduo.

He was stunned for a moment, this seemed to be his grandfather's name, he heard Chen Ying say it, he continued to check, but the handwriting was really unclear, it seemed that there were six people's names.

He squinted his eyes and stared at the sunlight outside the small window, he was thinking about where he seemed to have heard the words of six people, he didn't think about it for a long time, and his eyes fell on the purple gold gourd again.

Wu Jin now has an urge to cut the wine gourd, as long as he cuts this gourd, he will know all the secrets, but if he really cuts it, he can't go to Tianji Temple to find that old monk Huineng.

Okay, bear with it, at this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded, "Wu Jin, it's me!" The voice of the eldest brother Weiming came from outside, "I have something to say to you!" ”

Wu Jin was taken aback, and hurriedly stuffed the gourd and the leather bag on the table into the cabin, and then stepped forward to open the door, only to see Wei Ming standing outside with a gloomy face.

"Big brother, come in quickly!"

Wu Jin smiled and let Wei Ming into his cabin, Wu Jin was very clear about Wei Ming's inner feelings, Wei Ming was afraid that the phoenix would affect his career, but he didn't think so, he thought that the eldest brother was too cautious, not to mention that without the help of the Phoenix Society, their tax silver would not be able to enter Beijing at all, even if the Phoenix would not be of any help to the tax silver, but as a strong supporter, if it is used properly, it will also become a help.

It seems that he is also going to have a good talk with Wei Ming, he feels that the eldest brother has walked into a misunderstanding, and the eldest brother has come just in time.

"Wu Jin, I want to talk to you!"

Wei Ming walked into the cabin and closed the door casually, perhaps because of the hard work all the way, Wei Ming obviously lost a lot of weight, and his complexion was also very bad, he sat down and sighed and said, "I really don't know what to say about you." ”

Wu Jin sat down opposite Wei Ming and smiled faintly, "I know that the eldest brother has a lot of words in his heart, so he might as well speak up." ”

"Yes! It's time for me to talk to you about it, what you've been doing lately is really ridiculous! ”

Wu Jin's indifferent attitude finally angered Wei Ming, and his tone became stern, "Let me ask you, why did you let the Chen brothers enter Beijing with us, aren't you trying to kill me!" ”

"Is it because they're members of the Phoenix Society?"

Wu Jin was not impatient, with a peaceful smile on his face, the eldest brother's anger was expected by him, he knew that the eldest brother's dissatisfaction had been held back for a long time, and it was good to let his anger come out.

Wu Jin's calmness made Wei Ming's anger not come out, in fact, he also knew that he had wronged his brothers a little, if it weren't for the Phoenix Society, they would have died in the hands of the Baisha Society, but Wu Jin took the Chen brothers with him without consulting him, which made him extremely annoyed in his heart, although Chen Ying and Yu Hailan were also members of the Phoenix Society, but they were women after all, and they had little impact, but the Chen brothers were the core figures of the Phoenix Society, once they were recognized, then his career would be over.

Wei Ming finally restrained the outburst of anger in his heart, he said with a gloomy face: "Huyin's entry into Beijing is just a means for my career to rise, but you put the cart before the horse, and take Huyin so seriously, maybe you are still young, and you didn't think of the serious consequences of the Chen brothers' entry into Beijing, now I can tell you clearly, the Phoenix Society saved my life, I am very grateful, but the Chen brothers entered Beijing, I will never agree, these are two different things, in a word, they must not enter Beijing!" ”

Wu Jin can understand the eldest brother's worries, thirty years ago, the case of Weiyang's wealthy Yang Tingjiang who fornicated with the Ryukyu pirate Phoenix Society and was beheaded by all over the house still shocks Weiyang's people, but the situation in front of him is here, and Wei Ming accepts an extremely dangerous task, and the prince refuses to help, so he can only rely on themselves.

Wu Jin sighed and persuaded Wei Ming: "Big brother, you should also know that Master Su meant to ask Zhang Badao's dart bureau to guard, but Zhang Badao's kind of small role, it is not enough to stuff Uncle Shen's teeth, if we want to protect the silver successfully, we can only rely on the Phoenix Society, because I am on the sea route, and Uncle Shen's people can't act, but that's it, he instructed Baisha to intercept it, and almost wiped out our army, and now I have just arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River, it can be said that the dangerous journey has just begun, if there is no Phoenix Society's guard, Not only will we not be able to enter Beijing with taxes and silver, but we may not even be able to save our lives, so how can we talk about the career of our big brother. ”

Wu Jin saw Wei Ming bowed his head and was silent, and explained to him euphemistically, "I also took into account the risk of his identity exposure to the eldest brother, so the crew members were all sent to Ryukyu Island, and now the ship is full of people from the Phoenix Society, all of them are their henchmen, it is absolutely possible, and the Chen brothers also have the identity of the Quanzhou County Shengwu Dart Bureau as a cover, the government has a record, and it is completely well documented, as long as the eldest brother can control the mouth of the Qi brothers, who will know that they are the Phoenix Society, besides, the eldest brother is just a small household Cao in charge, Even if someone knows that they are the Phoenix Society, they will think that it is the prince's arrangement, and that the prince and the phoenix will have a relationship, who would have thought that the Phoenix Club has something to do with us, big brother, do you say this is the truth? ”

Wei Ming's anger has eased a lot, in fact, he also knows that the road is dangerous, and people who are not from the Phoenix Society can't protect themselves, he is just angry that his brother is arrogant and does not consult him, and completely marginalizes him in this matter.

But after all, he is a brother, but he is angry and angry, he also knows that his brother is for his own good, he fights for his own life, and the pressure and fatigue he bears are not something he can imagine, between brothers, what is not easy to discuss? He sighed and said slowly: "You have a point, and I feel a lot more comfortable, so what are you going to do next?" ”

Wu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "I'm about to enter the Yellow River, I'm thinking, what means will King Qi use to deal with us?" Judging from Zhao Jiehao's performance, King Qi's attitude towards the crown prince seems to be quite friendly, will he let us go? ”

"No!"

Wei Ming shook his head affirmatively, "You don't understand this kind of battle for the throne, King Qi did not support the crown prince in Donghai County, but he used Lord Su to suppress the king of Chu, which does not mean that he supports the crown prince, on the contrary, he will never let the prince get the silver to raise the army, so we pass by the Qi realm, and the king of Qi will inevitably make a move, which is also what I am most worried about." ”

As soon as the two brothers said this, there was a sound from outside, 'Dang! While! While! The bell rang, and the voice was very harsh and urgent, "Not good! Wu Jin Teng jumped up and rushed out like a gust of wind, Wei Ming was stunned, he didn't quite understand for a while, then he heard the sound of running in the cabin, and then he realized that something was wrong, and he also stood up and ran out.

The deck was full of people who had heard the news and ran out, and Wu Jin stood at the front, staring at the sea in front of him with a gloomy face, only to see that nearly a hundred warships surrounded them from all directions.

"Wu Jin, what's wrong?" Wei Ming squeezed forward and asked.

"It's the army!"

Wu Jin sighed slightly, "King Qi actually used a water army!" ”

Wei Ming's face turned extremely pale, the King of Qi actually used the army, and they really couldn't escape this catastrophe.

"That'..... What about tax money? He asked, in a trembling voice.

Wu Jin looked at him and said calmly: "The tax silver will definitely not be able to be saved, but after all, we are official business, and the eldest brother can deal with it on official business, first save everyone's surname, and let the prince and the king of Qi discuss." ”

Wei Ming groaned, and now it can only be like this, "Okay! I'll negotiate. ”

．．．．．．． This is a long-awaited army, it is the Qinghe water army of Qizhou, when the silver guard ship was doing fresh water supply in Penglai County, they got the news and dispatched more than 100 warships to intercept it, the captain of the Qinghe water army is called Wu Huazhen, who is the henchman of the king of Qi, he has already received the secret order of the king of Qi, in any case, to intercept the tax and silver of Donghai County into Beijing, at this time, he saw that the prey had entered the net, and he couldn't help laughing.

"My lord, we are just going out to patrol the sea, and the other party is an official ship, we intercepted it without following the order, if we let the military department know, I'm afraid we can't afford to be guilty."

Speaking on the side is Guo Yi Du Lieutenant Zhao Xun, the military government of the Daning Dynasty is a Du Wei Zheng, two Guo Yi Du Lieutenants are adjutant generals, usually Guo Yi Du Lieutenant comes out to patrol, and today, Du Wei personally went out to intercept the silver ship of Donghai County.

Wu Huazhen glanced at him and said with a sneer: "What about the official ship, isn't there also smuggling on the official ship?" I see that this ship is suspicious, search normally! ”

He gave the order, "Board the ship and check!" ”

(To be continued)