—172 A.D.——

There are a total of thirteen states in the Han Dynasty, and the Sili, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yan (Yan) prefectures in the Central Plains are different from the two prefectures of Yangzhou and Jingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jingyang two prefectures, the climate is warm, the crops are more than a year old, coupled with the Luoyang officials and eunuchs vying for power, the government decree is not passed, the authority of the government is no longer there, and the real power of the counties and counties is a "clan" that controls the armed forces and population.

Han Yongjian four years (129 years), Yangzhou Zhisu Huiji west of the Wu County, Wu County subordinate to Wu County, Yuhang, Wuxi, Fuchun and other counties, among them, Fuchun has a grandson surname family, it is rumored to be the descendants of the Warring States Sun Bin, living here for many generations.

The ancestors of the Sun family had several people as officials, but although the head of this generation of the family Sun Zhong was extraordinary, he refused to go out of office, planted melons under Yangping Mountain for his business, because of his filial piety to his parents, treated the heroes and merchants well, and led the family to exterminate several thieves who came to rob, and the name of the Sun family has spread all over Yangzhou.

In the first year of Xiping (172), due to the bumper harvest of melon fields exceeding 40% of previous years, and the shortage of domestic servants, Sun Zhong took his seventeen-year-old son Sun Jian to Qiantang by boat.

When Sun Zhong's wife was pregnant for ten months, she dreamed that there were sun, moon and stars, and all the mountains and rivers entered the abdomen, and then gave birth to a son, she was very surprised, and informed Sun Zhong of this matter, and proposed to name it Sun Qian or Sun Kun, Sun Zhong did not care, and named his son "Jian", and the elderly, and took the word "Wentai".

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"Father, I went to Wu County to see the skills of those county lieutenants, far less than even thirty percent of you, why do you want to refuse the expedition of the county Cheng?"

Seventeen-year-old Sun Jian, whose height has surpassed his father, although his physique is not too strong, but his muscles are very strong, and the water vapor on the river surface is large at this time, and he is only wearing a pair of waterproof leather pants and a red coat on his body, and the whole person is like a tiger ready to attack.

The faces of the two standing side by side are relatively similar, both have tiger eyes and thick eyebrows, and have wide mouths, but Sun Jian looks more ...... than his father Be honest.

"Conquest?" Sun Zhong didn't look back, but replied with a mocking smile in his tone: "For whom?" Fuchun County Order? Kure County Guard? Yangzhou Taishou? Or is he far away in Luoyang, calling the eunuch to be the son of heaven'? ”

"......" Sun Jian was speechless for a while.

Although the news of Yangzhou is relatively lagging behind, and there is no way to know the details of Luoyang, there is no doubt that scholars, relatives, and eunuchs have fought two large-scale battles in Luoyang in a row, although no matter which of them wins, they will continue to support the emperor in the end, but everyone knows that this is based on the extraordinary force of the "Sword Saint" Wang Yue, and others do not mention that those "unparalleled warriors" who have made a big fuss in Luoyang can never have the slightest reverence for the imperial power.

In today's world, the only one who can be compared with the "Sword Saint" Wang Yue is the "Divine Spear" Tong Yuan, they became famous almost at the same time, one entered the center with side merits, guarded the dignity of the royal family, swept away the ministers, and was also known as the "Sword of the Son of Heaven", but the other refused to enter the office, just traveled around, taught his disciples, and acted chivalrous, and was nicknamed "the first ranger of the Han Dynasty".

While many would like to know which of the two is stronger, it is clear to all that they will never be able to fight each other, not even each other, due to their position.

Obviously, compared to Wang Yue, Sun Zhong admired Tong Yuan more, so he followed his example and refused to go out.

Seeing that Sun Jian had an understanding, Sun Zhongcai said slowly: "Although Wang Yue is almost invincible, he is old, and the day when he can no longer draw his sword will be the time when the Han family collapses and the heroes rise together - after the meteorite falls from the sky and the unequaled awakens, this is the inevitable result, but Wang Yue can delay it by one person, and this great cause is enough to go down in history." ”

So father, are you going to be one of those "heroes", or are you going to follow one of them? Sun Jian struggled to stop himself from asking this sentence that seemed too childish.

"River thief! No, it's pirates! "In front of the Sun family's fleet, there was a sudden chaos.

Of course, it will not be a river thief, Sun Jian looks ahead, the waterway from Fuchun to Qiantang is one of the most important trade routes in Yangzhou, just look at the front and back of the Sun family's fleet, even if they are not familiar with the merchant ships that are not too unfamiliar, they will know that if there are water thieves who are begging for a living on the river dare to get involved, then the reward issued by the merchants is enough to catch them back three times, so only those pirates who have made a fortune on the southeast coast and don't understand anything, and who are stuffy will break into the Qiantang River estuary and rob - it is the Guanjinglou boat that is robbed.

"That seems to be the fleet of the Wu family in Qiantang, father?" Sun Jian looked at the high-rise ship surrounded by more than a dozen dilapidated sea ships from a distance, and tried to distinguish the flag it was flying before asking Sun Zhong.

Since pirates are called pirates, they naturally don't buy and build ships - they rely on robbing, so the ships in the fleet will be so dilapidated and long-lasting? Just hold on until the next robbery.

For the same reason, they would not rob cargo ships that still needed to be handed over, such as the Sun family's melon ship, and the fleet that transported rice and timber in front.

"Hehe......" Facing his son's inquiry, Sun Zhong waved his hand and raised his voice: "Bump into it!" Get ready to kill the thief! ”

Bump...... Bump into it? Sun Jian's eyes widened, seeing that his father didn't seem to be joking, and felt the sudden acceleration of the ship under his feet, he couldn't help but feel his blood boiling, and then pulled out the saber on his waist with a bang: "The son is willing to fight side by side with his father!" ”

"Hmm!" Sun Zhong nodded, and said: "Brave without wisdom is just reckless, you have two things to know about this aid: first, the Wu family is a wealthy family in Qiantang, and it is also a big buyer of our melons, and second, the surrounding fleet has an absolute advantage in numbers, and there are already ships docked for help. ”

“……？” Sun Jian didn't know why, so he had to nod his head to indicate that he remembered.

Boom!

The Sun family's melon ship viciously crashed into a dilapidated pirate ship, and the hull of the pirate ship was completely unable to stop the collision angle and fell into it, making this naval battle directly cross the string and jump gang into a white-knuckle battle - why should the cargo ship be equipped with a ramming angle?

"Sons, kill the enemy with me!" Sun Zhong shouted, and jumped from the deck into the cabin of the pirate ship, and all the Sun family members who could fight also held melon cutting knives (?). Rushed in.

"This is probably the third test my dad gave me, right? Find the key in everything. Sun Jian didn't go to the broken pirate ship to beat the water dogs, but just looked up, on the deck of the pirate ship, there was a cable that was tethering it to the observation tower ship.

Although not clearing the remaining pirates from the pirate ship will lead to the ruin of the back road, if the delay is too long, it is difficult to say how many people will be left on the looted ship.

Sun Jian looked left and right, and a few leaps reached the deck of the pirate ship, and then climbed the cable all the way to the observation tower ship.

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"I think...... It's time to talk to Daddy about his idea of 'taking advantage of the chaos in the world', he's obviously being targeted. Sun Jian walked through the corridor of the building boat in a slightly embarrassed way, and there was no one around, but there was a thick fog that made people less than a few feet to see.

"Ga ——!"

A piercing scream sounded, and Sun Jian immediately moved quickly to dodge sideways, causing the fishy slash to blow into the air, and then quickly turned to face the "pirate".

It is humanoid in shape, with hands and feet, and a short axe in its hand, but it is surrounded by dense seaweed, and there is no skin at all—or rather, no skin at all.

In fact, in half an hour, Sun Jian had already slashed and killed several similar monsters, and once they "died", they would turn into a pile of seaweed that had rotted for many days, leaving nothing behind

"Huga!" "Pirates" shouted, pounced again.

Sun Jian was short, dropped the handle of the knife in his hand, turned it into a slash, and his body burst out, directly cutting the "pirate" whose action was too simple into two halves again, and as expected, it turned into a pile of fishy seaweed on the floor again.

"If it's okay to say that it's someone who has mastered the weird 'Wushuang' to make trouble," Sun Jian said to himself as he continued to move forward: "But if it's Seaweed who comprehends Wushuang, then it's a big deal." ”

"Hehe~" A woman's chuckle came from the thick fog: "I heard that there are many varieties of melons in the Sun family, but I didn't expect to be able to grow human-shaped melons?" ”

The Aquatic Pirates don't speak...... Could it be the daughter of the Wu family? Sun Jian kept his vigilance and walked in the direction where the voice came from, and responded in his mouth: "I'm sorry, girl, those pirates didn't grow us. ”

"Isn't that melon right in front of me?" As the voice gradually became clearer, a girl who was slightly shorter than Sun Jian and had a slender figure appeared in front of him: "A 'big fool'." ”

I saw that the girl was about twenty-eight years old, with long black hair and a shawl, wearing a light red dress, a pair of Qiankun circles around her waist, a red short bow on her back, and a gold-inlaid belt on her forehead.

"Wu girl, this place is dangerous, please follow me and leave." Sun Jian did not relax his vigilance, but only adjusted his posture and included the girl in the scope of protection: "My name is Sun Jian, not a big fool." ”

......The girl was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Hey~ When you came over, I found out from afar, did you think it was strange?" Have you ever thought that those aquatic monsters are under my command? ”

"It's a little strange, but those monsters can't be commanded by girls," Sun Jian said seriously, "They are too ugly, and the girl is very good-looking." ”

"......" The girl was completely speechless.

"Quack!" "Gah!"

As if attracted by the sound of the two talking, the two "water and grass pirates" suddenly pounced out of the fog, Sun Jian slashed the monster closest to him with a slash, and when he went to rescue the girl, he saw that she had taken off the short bow behind her back and killed the monster with three arrows in a row.

"Wu girl, this place is ...... dangerous" "Okay! You see! Seeing that Sun Jian seemed to be planning to repeat his previous words, the girl suddenly raised her hand, and the surrounding fog instantly dispersed, revealing the upward wooden ladder guarded by the girl.

"This is my 'peerless' mist, which can greatly reduce the enemy's field of vision, so I can see you from a distance, and it is also the reason why we dare to go to sea on a single ship," the girl wowed her nose: "Who knew that those pirates were not human beings, and they would not escape because of this, so I had to stay here-"

As she spoke, the girl pulled off the short bowstring in her hand again, and the corners of her mouth hooked: "Come one~kill one~"

"What a spirit!" Sun Gyazen said, "In this way, before my father came to clean up the pirate ships around me, I fought side by side with the girl. ”

"Don't be a girl, my name is Wu Rong-"

"Okay, Rong'er."

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