The captives were pressed ashore, and the ships were docked one by one. The prefect was finally rescued, and said a word of gratitude to Zhu Houwei, and Zhu Houwei reluctantly said a few perfunctory words.

Zhu Houwei doesn't want to offend the civil officials too much now, after all, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are too powerful. The Ming Dynasty produced many emperors with personalities, the most famous of which was alchemy and cultivation, Jiajing, who had not been in court for decades, and Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor.

But do they really not want to manage politics? Not necessarily, Jiajing launched a major ceremonial incident soon after he ascended the throne, that is, he wanted to dedicate the title of emperor to his biological father. Is it really filial piety, it is likely that he just wants to stand up and wrestle with the civil official, but as a result, he lost. In the end, if I don't go to court for decades, I can't hide if I can't be provoked, out of sight and out of mind. Zhu Youxiao was also very powerful by civil officials, so he simply didn't care about it, and let the eunuch Wei Zhongxian take the lead. Wei Zhongxian has done so many evil things, Zhu Youxiao doesn't know? With so many civil officials participating in him, Zhu Youxiao must know, but why do he still support Wei Zhongxian? It is necessary for him to fight with the civil officials and not let them be too presumptuous. Sure enough, Wei Zhongxian fell, and the civil officials danced more happily, fighting back and forth, and playing Daming badly. Later, I found out that the Ming Dynasty of "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" was not as good as the Ming Dynasty controlled by the eunuchs. It can be seen that civil officials are more likely to play, and how powerful they are, even the emperor has to avoid three points.

If you raise your eyebrows at the prefect, it will not be a prefect who will be offended. The prefect has a teacher, a fellow villager, and a classmate. It looks inconspicuous, but in fact, the prefect is a domino, and a large group of people follow after pushing one. Therefore, Zhu Houwei had to say a few perfunctory words, and then asked Guo Chengzhi to take the prefect back to Dengzhou on the Longjiang. Zhu Houwei didn't want to go out of his way to find a sedan chair for him. Guo Chengzhi also had a task to Dengzhou, which was to bring the people of the Dengzhou Navy Division to come and drive back these captive sea ships.

The battlefield was being cleaned, and the first thing to count was that a total of 153 prisoners were captured in Liujiazhai, including 49 Han Chinese, and the rest were real widows. When Zhu Houwei arrived on the shore, the soldiers came to report that the Baidong bandits had not left and were still waiting there.

Zhu Houwei couldn't help frowning, no matter what, it was impossible for these muskets to be given to them. Zhu Houwei, Wu Yiheng and others led the team to the bandits, and the matter of cleaning up the battlefield was handed over to Li Dayong. A soldier who had stayed in Liujiazhai had reported that according to the prisoners in Liujiazhai, seven or eight of them had escaped by jumping off the south wall during the battle. Later, the soldiers of the two land and water battalions chased after them and found that seven people died in the south of Liujiazhai3, all of them were stabbed in the throat and killed with one blow.

Zhu Houwei nodded and continued to walk towards the bandits. When they got closer, Zhu Houwei and Wu Yiheng walked out of the queue, and the three Ma brothers and sisters also came over there. One person is in front, two people are behind, and Ma Dali, who is in front, smiled and arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to General Zhu on his victory. ”

Zhu Houwei was 2 meters away from him, but he still had to raise his head slightly, and said flatly, "Thank you." Let's have less clichés, and I'll get straight to the point. It is impossible for these muskets in my battalion to flow outside, so the matter is not to be raised. If nothing happens, we'll go back to Dengzhou. ”

Ma Dali frowned, but he was not angry, "I can understand General Zhu's difficulties, so I will not be strong." As soon as the words fell, Ma Sanniang and Ma Yun interrupted the eldest brother's speech, "And slowly." Since General Zhu is so frank, we will go straight to the point. I'm not afraid of General Zhu's jokes, we also have some business in Baidong Mountain, and we have to dare to meet with the general this time. In the past, weapons in various guards could be obtained as long as there was money, but this is not the case for a while. As far as we know, the entire Shandong guards, prefectures and counties, and weapons are suddenly very strict, which is also the purpose of our coming out this time, to see if we can take some weapons on the pirates and use them for loud noise. As he spoke, his eyes were staring at Zhu Houwei, as if he wanted to see through him.

Zhu Houwei listened to Ma Yun's words and frowned. It could be considered an open secret that the guards were reselling weapons, but this cold and sudden tightening of management meant that something big was about to happen. What could happen in Shandong recently? As far as Zhu Houwei knows, the eldest brother Zhu Houzhao may come, but this has nothing to do with the tightening of weapons. It's not easy.

Zhu Houwei looked at Ma Yun with a smile and said, "Miss Ma, although this musket can't be given to you, but except for some weapons I want to leave on this battlefield, the others are useless, and I can give them to you."

Ma Yun couldn't help but smile when she heard Zhu Houwei's words, three points charming, seven points heroic, like plum blossoms blooming proudly in the cold snow, which is intoxicating. Zhu Houwei's eyes were even more fixed, and he looked at Ma Yun in a daze. Ma Yun quickly restrained her smile, her impression of Zhu Houwei was actually not good, he was not very old but he was in a high position, and his family background did not mean anything. What's more, Ma Yun is a thief, and it is impossible to have a good impression of the officials of the imperial court. The most important point is that he used such a lustful look at the girl at a young age, and the object was still himself, which made Ma Yun very unappetizing.

Ma Yun showed a trace of disdain, although the time was very short, she was still discovered by Zhu Houwei, who had been staring at her. Ma Yun said solemnly, "There is more information about us than this, but this is not a place for conversation, I don't know if General Zhu can go to the cottage to talk about it, wait for me to talk about it in detail." “

As soon as the words fell, Wu Yiheng glared angrily and was about to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Zhu Houwei. Zhu Houwei saw the disdain in Ma Yun's eyes. Ma Dali and Ma Erli both said "little sister" with some complaints. Ma Yun's request is indeed a bit outrageous, as a court official, how can he go to the thief's lair, in case it is known, can you still have your good?

Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "Miss Ma's radical method is a bit rudimentary, but I can agree to your request." I'll go with you with two retinues, and I'll be fine. ”

Wu Yiheng was anxious: "No." Zhu Houwei turned back to him and said, "The words have been spoken, are you going to let me take it back?" Ma Yun was a little surprised, "General Zhu, aren't you afraid that we will be unfavorable to you?" ”

Zhu Houwei shook his hand indifferently, "You're not that stupid." The Ma brothers and sisters nodded slightly, and Ma vigorously said, "We will definitely ensure the safety of General Zhu." I wonder if General Zhu can tell me our true identities. Zhu Houwei smiled and slowly spoke: "King Fu." ”

The Ma brothers and sisters couldn't help but widen their eyes, revealing disbelief looks. Zhu Houwei looked at the three of them with some amusement and said, "You also know that my father is not only my son, and I am still the one who is not very important." But when something happens, there are more people who come to you to settle accounts. ”

Ma Yun said, "Lord Wang, it would be too modest to say that it is not too important." It is estimated that there is no prince who can go out of Beijing to walk around in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Houwei glanced at her and didn't speak.

Zhu Houwei turned back to Wu Yiheng and said, "You ask Zhu Yuan to take one person with me, and the others go back to Dengzhou directly." Wu Yiheng gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes." Before leaving, they gave the Ma brothers and sisters a threatening look, and the three of them just nodded, which was regarded as a greeting.

Soon, Zhu Yuan came over with a soldier. A spear on his back, a short gun pinned to his waist, and a goose feather knife. The soldiers of the land and water battalion also cleaned up a large bundle of swords, a few of which were various weapons used by Han pirates, and most of them were Japanese swords.

Although the sword is sharp and easy to use, the blade is too thin to compete with heavy weapons and is easily damaged. This kind of knife has no value for Zhu Houwei, of course, it can be sold at the market price, and a Japanese knife can at least have seven or eight taels of silver.

There were more than 30 people riding horses among the bandits, and the horses vigorously spread out three horses for Zhu Houwei and others to ride. Seeing the three of them get on the horse cleanly, the Ma brothers and sisters' impression of this prince and this army has changed a lot. I don't know if this prince can write or not, but this martial arts still has some foundation. As for this army, it is not only far away to fight the enemy, relying on weapons to win. Looking at the random selection of two people who know equestrianism, this army is not far there, although Daming is not short of horses, but equestrianism is not so easy to practice, without a few years of kung fu can not be practiced like that.

The group quickly rushed to the vicinity of Baidong Mountain, and it was already early.