The Wujia is the ship where Changde Hou Cao Yin is located, he lives in the main cabin, protected by more than a dozen wolf armor battalion warriors outside, and separated by a few small cabins, Han Xuanchang lives in a very simple and quite small cabin.

The pearl diving ship is a medium-sized Zhenfu army warship, the area is huge, and there are many cabins, there is order in the layers, outside Han Xuanchang's cabin, there are also several strong and burly Zhenfu soldiers guarding, without Han Xuanchang's order, there is no one to approach.

On the boxy small table, there is a nautical chart, the nautical chart is very clear about the geographical environment of the Pearl Island sea area, Han Xuanchang sat on the small chair, carefully looked at the starry symbols of the reef group on the chart one after another, and there were four people on both sides of him and opposite, all of whom were the most trusted descendants of the Han family, and everyone's expression was very serious, and they all looked at the marks on the chart.

"This place can be netted." Han Xuanchang said in a low voice: "There are reefs all around, and here is a sea groove, and the big net is arranged here to form a net bed. ”

"My lord, this can be done." An official whispered: "This is a reef group, and it is difficult for large sea objects to enter, so there will be no damage to the fishing nets, so it is a safe place to use." ”

"But if the mussel pickers under the sea have to get close to the past and throw the mussels into the fishing nets for storage, they have to avoid many reefs, and they are afraid that it will delay a lot of work." Another official said softly: "If the degree of mussel picking slows down, will that Chang Dehou and Xiao Tongguang be suspicious?" ”

Han Xuanchang shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this. They don't know much about picking mussels and taking pearls, and the degree of pearl collection by those pearl people today has slowed down, and tomorrow they only need to raise it to the usual level, even if they want to hide mussels in the middle, they will not see too many flaws. After all, it's all under the sea, so they can't go down to the sea to stare at it. ”

"What my lord said is that this East China Sea is our territory, and they don't see a problem. This time, I took this opportunity to collect the pearl mussels first, and then send a random boat to pick them up in the future, and it will not be known if it is silent. ”

Han Xuanchang pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Is the fishing net ready?" ”

"It's ready, it's in the bilge storage room." Someone replied: "My lord will give me the order, and I will have people go directly into the sea through the bilge to set up the fishing nets." The manpower has been selected, and you can rest assured that it is absolutely reliable. ”

Han Xuanchang showed a look of satisfaction and said with a smile: "In this case, in another hour, in the dead of night, you can lead people to go." ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Yes, there is one thing that you must remember to do after you go ashore." Han Xuanchang sighed and said, "Those victims' families are small, you personally come to comfort them and give them more silver." ”

……

While the cabin was still deliberating, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then a voice said: "My lord, there is an assassin!" ”

"Assassins?" Han Xuanchang's face changed drastically, and the officials in the cabin were also taken aback.

Han Xuanchang was the first to get out of the cabin, and sure enough, he heard the faint sound of fierce fighting, and frowned: "Is it at Noon B?" ”

The official outside said, "It's over there." ”

"Your Excellency, you're not an assassin, you're a pirate." An official behind him exclaimed: "The East China Sea pearls are stored on that ship." ”

Han Xuanchang obviously thought of it too, his movements became extremely agile in an instant, and he rushed out of Xu Yuan in a few steps, and said in a deep voice: "Lead people over to rescue, and leave some people to protect Lord Hou!" ”

He took out a big knife from the waist of a soldier and went to the deck, only to see the figure of No. 1 B on the opposite side crowded, and he was excited.

There is a moon in the sky, the moonlight is faint, and the lanterns all over the ship are very bright.

"How did they get here?" An official behind Han Xuanchang exclaimed, "There are two of our warships guarding ahead." ”

"There are boats guarding the front, but there is no one on the reef behind." Han Xuanchang's face was gloomy, and his face was covered with frost: "We were negligent, they touched it from the reef group." ”

Several officials around him knelt down at the same time: "The lower officials are negligent, please surrender your lordship!" ”

"It's useless to talk about this at this time." Han Xuanchang carried a knife and hurried to No. 1 No. 1: "Protect the pearl!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers immediately followed behind Han Xuanchang and went over to rescue.

A person rushed towards him, holding a knife in his hand, and there were a few traces of blood on his face: "My lord, the pirates wanted to take the pearl, but they were killed by us, and the pearl was unharmed, and they are also retreating." ”

"How many are there?"

"Twenty or thirty." The visitor replied: "It must be a bandit, but I don't know which one, I have already ordered them to catch a few alive." He looked a little frightened and said, "It's just ......!" ”

Han Xuanchang saw that the bandits over there had already retreated while fighting, and under the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, they were at a disadvantage, he was slightly relieved, and frowned: "Just what?" ”

"My lord, I led people to protect Xiao Shilang and the fifth young master, but I didn't see them, the house was empty, and ...... And there seem to be traces of a fight. The visitor replied cautiously.

"Ahh Han Xuanchang was taken aback: "Mo'er...... Xiao Shilang is gone? ”

"Yes!"

Han Xuanchang didn't say more, and took the lead in leading a group of people to rush to the main cabin of No. 1 No. 1, only to see that more than a dozen soldiers had gathered here and were searching everywhere, and the big chair in the cabin fell to the ground, and the footbath was also upside down, Xiao Tongguang and Han Mo were gone.

"I've looked around, but there's no trace of the Fifth Young Master." The subordinates said anxiously.

In the hearts of most people, few people care about Xiao Tongguang's whereabouts, but Han Xuanchang's only son, Han Mo, is the treasure of the Han family, and he must not be lost.

Han Xuanchang had a cold face and asked in a low voice, "Did you catch it alive?" ”

"Lord Hui, those pirates advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and acted quickly, we killed four or five of them, and most of the others had already jumped into the sea and fled." The subordinate replied: "We have sent people to lower the boat and search for it at sea. ”

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"Report!" One person rushed over to report: "There is a signal from the warship Chen Bingchen Ding, there is a sea bandit ship appearing, and they have already pursued." ”

Han Xuanchang frowned, snorted coldly, and said lightly: "Diverting the tiger from the mountain, Cheng Xu is really easy to trick, and the bandit ships there naturally want to drag them down." ”

A subordinate behind him stepped forward and said, "My lord, there are pirate ships over there dragging our warship, and there are bandits sneaking on from the reef group here, and the plan is extremely thorough. They seem to know the structure of our ship very well, not only know the location of the pearl compartment, but also know the location of Xiao Shilang, and then attack more, and retreat ...... with one blow! ”

"I understand what you mean." Han Xuanchang nodded slowly: "We have spies inside. ”

All the soldiers looked at each other, and their eyes showed surprise.

In this family-oriented era, people have a sense of loyalty to their masters, especially soldiers, who regard loyalty as a very noble virtue. It can be said that in the hearts of the soldiers of Donghai County, the loyalty to the Han family is far higher than the so-called "imperial court", and it has always been extremely rare for the situation of internal traitors to appear.

"Don't forget, the pirates themselves are all from Tokai County." Han Xuanchang looked left and right, and there were all cronies around him, and there was a hint of helplessness in his voice: "Outsiders are bribed, and the people on our ship will naturally not give in, but those bandits ...... That's it, the matter of the traitor, go back and investigate, send someone to fly the pigeon to pass the book to pacify the army, and ask the governor to send reinforcements to find out the whereabouts of Xiao Shilang at sea! ”

"My lord, even if the Governor sends a warship, I am afraid that Xiao Shilang may not be able to find Xiao Shilang in this vast sea." Someone reminded: "If Mo Ruo first finds out the spies, and then forces out who they are colluding with from the mouths of the traitors, it should be faster to find out the whereabouts of the pirates." ”

Han Xuanchang shook his head and said: "The pirates arrest people, it's not hatred, it's just trying to extort money, and it won't hurt people for a while." After a pause, an extremely sharp light flashed in his eyes: "I'm afraid they don't know Han Mo's identity yet, so they dare to arrest him rashly." I asked the governor to send a ship to search the sea, just to let the pirates know that the people they captured are very important, and my Han family will rescue them at all costs, so they will not dare to attack easily. The returning pirates will definitely send someone to contact us to discuss the ransom, and at that time, we will find out their clues. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Han Xuanchang was extremely worried about Han Mo's safety, but he was also worried about Xiao Tongguang.

Xiao Tongguang is the nominal number two person of the Xiao family, and is the younger brother of Xiao Taishi, although his ability is not very good, but his identity is there, once something happens in Donghai County, the Xiao family does not care about what bandits are or not, they will definitely think that this is secretly planned by the Han family, and at that time, in the eyes of the Xiao family, this is the provocation of the Han family, which cannot be tolerated.

The Xiao family's power and strength in Yanjing were enough to deal a powerful blow to the members of the Han family's Yanjing faction, and at that time, the Han family would face an extremely dangerous predicament.

Han Mo can't have an accident, and Xiao Tongguang can't have an accident!

The pirates had all retreated in the night, leaving only a few corpses, Han Xuanchang walked to the side of the ship, looked at the sea under the bright moon, his eyes flashed with cold light, and muttered to himself: "Han Mo had better not have an accident, if you hurt a hair, friends on the Dadong Sea, you are forcing my Han family to ask for the 'Sea King Order'." Everyone's ancestors are connected by blood, please come out with the 'Sea King Order', it's not good for everyone, that's not the situation my Han family wants to see! ”

The sea breeze blows, carrying the rain, which makes people feel cold.