Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Great Sage of the Sea

"Miss, you are wronged, that is a person from the court, we can't afford to provoke it."

"He told me to do it, I am not good at learning, can you blame me?"

"That's what you said first, people embroider their legs."

"Originally, I learned a three-point sample and showed it everywhere, and I didn't teach it!"

Chen Jiao muttered to herself for a while, and said to the guy outside the door: "Brother Guizi, you go to the kitchen and hand me two nests." ”

Outside the door, he lowered his voice: "How dare I, let the chef tell the master, I must not ask the master to beat him to death, you are wronged and wronged, and you are hungry twice." Come out, I'll tell you something to eat. ”

Chen Jiao was angry and hungry, turned over and put her head into the quilt, and said in a muffled voice: "If you are hungry, you will be hungry, I will starve to death." ”

"Oops, what do you say. Otherwise, there seems to be more than half a bowl of cod soup left for the brothers, or I will bring it to you. ”

Chen Jiao stuck her head out of the quilt: "I don't eat their things." ”

"Don't worry about it at this time, you wait, I'll bring it to you."

Guizi locked the door tightly, and the sound of footsteps sounded, apparently leaving.

Chen Jiao was sulking by herself, about half an hour later, she was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, she couldn't sleep over and over, and she was secretly annoyed that the nobleman's words didn't count, and she heard footsteps outside.

Chen Jiao sat up, and just as she was about to speak, she felt that something was wrong. Looking through the crack in the door, the shoes outside did not look like a noble son, but at this time there was a storm outside, and the whining wind blew in, and it sounded scary.

"Scratch Pull Pull—"

The door lock rang for a long time and didn't open it, and the person outside the door didn't speak, Chen Jiao squinted, walked over like a cat, took out a dagger from his boots on the bottom of the bed, thought for a while, and replaced it with a two-foot-long oil lamp in his hand.

Stunned -

The chains fell to the ground, and the man outside the door secretly said "Guy". Pushing the door and going inside, I only saw a bright and black thing smashed on my head.

"Mayay!"

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The red rope man rolled in mid-air and fell into the water with a thud, only to see that the rope man saw that the water was swollen, and between swings, it actually became a small red snake. As soon as he slipped through the smoke, he went to the bottom of the sea.

Li Yan put down the teacup method and moved his fingers anxiously. He couldn't say why, but he subconsciously felt uneasy, just like ordinary people facing the tip of a fruit knife on the table that was not covered by a sheath, even if they knew that it couldn't hurt themselves, they would feel uncomfortable.

The sea breeze suddenly froze, and the surging waves froze for a few breaths, and finally calmed back.

"Raise the flag! Fire! ”

Chen Yuewu shouted.

I saw that some sailors carried the black dragon flag more than two feet high that had been prepared on the deck, and called a few men wearing black cloth shoulders, big shoulders and round waists, and showing tendon muscles to hold the dragon flag high and shake it from side to side.

Several shells also exploded into the sky, blowing up dazzling flames, and red pear-like sparks burst into the sky, soaring into the sky, which was very beautiful.

These shells are made of pig iron powder mixed with nitrate ash, and they are not very powerful, but they look extremely fancy and brilliant.

Countless bubbles, a strange hornless dragon head suddenly appeared on the floating sea, with four short claws, a body length of more than three meters, and a tail covered with black scale armor. It was followed by the second, the third.

This is the pig dragon.

At a glance, there were about two dozen heads, confronting the sealed boat, their amber eyes the size of a fist, reflecting the fire of the ship's fire trees and silver flowers, and the black dragon flag waving constantly.

"Throw!"

Someone lifted the red curtain on the table, on which were pig's head, braised chicken, braised goose and other food, ten tables of eight immortals were spread full, look carefully, the pig's mouth still has silver ingots in its mouth. The inside of the marinated food is also filled with silver ingots of all sizes.

The crew picked up the wooden plate and threw the food on the table into the sea along with the silver inside, and for a time all kinds of chickens, ducks and pork flew in the sea and fell into the sea one after another.

Pig Po Long smelled the smell of meat, rushed up, scrambled with each other to bite the tribute meat, the sea was flooded with white waves, about a stick of incense time, these pig Po dragons were satisfied to sink to the bottom of the sea, never to be seen again.

After waiting for twenty breaths, Chen Yuewu, who felt that there was no mistake, nodded: "Withdraw." ”

The guys responded with a bang, and then they picked up the mess.

Chen Yuewu put away the box and put it in his arms, before slowly walking to Li Yan's side: "Lord Zhenfu can rest assured, along the way, there will be no more trouble for Zhu Polong to find us." ”

Li Yan looked at the sea under the night, and then looked at Chen Yuewu: "I'm a man who doesn't understand, don't be surprised if you don't listen to the old man." ”

"Lord Zhenfu has something to say."

Chen Yuewu laughed heartily.

"I look at this pig dragon, it's good to talk tightly, the sea trade is very profitable, they spawn in July to occupy the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Haidao, and the imperial court has lost millions of silver. If a few cannons and a few lo-mei can be calmed down, how can those people in Jiaozhou talk about Zhu Polong and change color? ”

Chen Yuewu said with a smile: "At the beginning, I threw the red rope head into the sea, called the "Dragon Gan", and most restrained these aquatic monsters, with just one, the mana of these pig dragons turning over the river and the sea will be extinguished. Without this "dragon dry", the artillery fire and tribute behind it would be useless. ”

Li Yan nodded: "Then how can the old man be sure that these pig dragons will not come again?" ”

Chen Yuewu replied: "There is an allusion here. The pig dragon is flooded in the Zhoushan area, with a body of scales and sharp teeth. At the beginning, the fishermen only regarded these monsters as ordinary animals. There are even fishermen along the coast who can hunt and eat them. Later, one night, a stonemason's shop in Zhejiang came to a deal, and there was a fierce man who wanted to beat a stone pig Polong. It is clear that the stonemason should be engraved on the back of the stone statue with the eight characters of the Pig Po Dragon King and the Great Sage of the Sea. The stonemason only thought about it as a business and didn't think much about it. As a result, within a few days, Zhejiang was flooded, drowning hundreds of people. Someone saw with their own eyes that this carved stone mound was washed ashore from the sea! It was placed in the middle of the lobby of the washed away county yamen. On the back of the stone, it is these eight big characters. These monsters became famous in a battle, and they all knew that Zhejiang had a pig Polong, and the leading monster was called the Great Sage of the Sea, which had the power to stir up floods. ”

After a pause, Chen Yuewu said again: "I have walked through the sea road that has been ravaged by the pig dragon twice, although I have not seen this pig dragon king with my own eyes, the great sage of the sea. But knowing the rules of this great sage covering the sea, having the ability to cross the road, and being willing to spend money, he will not embarrass us if he appeases the dragon sons and grandsons of these pig dragons. ”

Li Yan nodded again and again: "Fresh, really fresh." What about the Heavenly Master? They can't control this great sage who covers the sea? ”

Chen Yuewu shook his head: "Although the Heavenly Master Dao is powerful, it can't stand this sea-covering great sage is a great demon on the sea, and the mages go to the sea, and they can only be eaten alive by this sea-covering sage." ”

Li Yan frowned when he heard this: "According to what you say, the five people of Zhu Polong can be treated, and it really hurts the coastal people of Zhejiang." ”

Chen Yuewu's expression darkened: "Indeed, the life of the coastal people is difficult, in the first few decades, there was a lot of trouble, and in the next few decades, there was a lot of trouble with the pig Polong, but if you want to say that the pig Polong has no one to cure, it is not necessarily." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yuewu's face became serious: "Lord Zhenfu, there is something I have to talk to you about." You must go to your heart. ”

"The old man has something to say."

"One is that along the way, don't provoke Zhu Polong, and the other is that when you get to Zhejiang, don't offend ......"

The two were communicating, and a guy came over with a stubborn head: "Old, master." ”

Chen Yuewu was interrupted, his expression was a little displeased, and the guy still wanted to come to Chen Yuewu's ear, but Chen Yuewu opened up: "If you have something to say, Lord Zhenfu is not an outsider." ”

The guy secretly complained in his heart, but when his master spoke, he still stubbornly said: "Our young lady beat Brother Cao again......"

Chen Yuewu's eyes widened: "Didn't I confine her for two days?" Who was so bold to let her out?! ”

"No, I didn't. Yes, it was Brother Cao who went to find Miss by himself, and then asked Miss to call ......"

While checking the knife, he listened and rubbed his eyebrows.

Chen Yuewu's cheeks also twitched.

Li Yan interjected: "That is, in the middle of the night, Xiao Cao walked into a girl's house and tried to do something wrong to her? ”

"Oh no, no, no, that's not what it meant."

The guy waved his hand again and again: "Little Brother Cao seems to be sending some supper to Miss, isn't the master, don't you ask Miss to eat......"

Saying that, he also glanced at Chen Yuewu, and was glared back by Chen Yuewu before continuing: "I don't know where he learned the skill of picking the lock of this sliding door, pushed open the door and went in with the vegetable bowl, and then ......."

Cha Xiaodao, who had been silent, couldn't hold back anymore: "Old man, it's me, the uncle, who has no way to discipline me, and I will make amends to you." ”

"A misunderstanding, Cao doesn't have to take it to heart, but the little girl's personality is too hot, and she injured the little boy twice."

Li Yan opened his mouth and made a break: "He deserves it, don't bother, old man, call this kid to me to discipline." I will definitely give the old man a satisfactory explanation. ”

It wasn't until the second half of the night that Xiao Cao was put back, he originally slept in the same room with Cha Xiaodao, but as soon as he came in, the lights were on, and Li Yan Cha Xiaodao was both there, gesturing in his hands, as if he was a fist.

"Three-star photo!"

"Five Leaders!"

Cha snapped his fingers and picked up a cup of hot tea.

Li Yan slapped his thigh and scolded secretly before he spoke to Cao Yongchang: "Come, you sit." ”

Cao Yongchang didn't dare to move, Li Yan urged twice before sitting down, his butt was only next to the side of the stool, and he said weakly: "This is a misunderstanding." ”

"You know, you have the heart of a thief, and you don't have the courage to be a thief."

Li Yan's tone was very calm.

Cao Yongchang's eyes moved: "You two are not angry." ”

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, didn't I discuss it with you? No matter what you say, you break into someone's boudoir in the middle of the night, this thing is not big, but it is not small, we use other people's boats, we use other people's people, I have to explain to others. ”

Li Yan put his face in front of Cao Yongchang.

"Then, how can I explain it?"

Cao Yongchang had a bad premonition.

Li Yan stared at him: "Hitting children in the dark, isn't it idle when you're idle?" You cooperate and cooperate, and you scream badly. Let's make a good deal. ”

Cao Yongchang had a bitter face: "Then you lighten it." ”

"I'll fight for it." Li Yan rolled up his sleeves: "By the way, last time in Jiaozhou, you said that I found a woman with a sign, what kind of acrobatics, did someone tell you something?" ”

Cha knife is grunting tea leaves on the side.

Xiao Cao was still reliable at this time: "I guess, no one told me anything." ”

"Okay, then I'll have it in my heart......"

This night, the people on the ship did not sleep well, only heard the rattle of tables, chairs and benches in the cabin, and the howl of ghosts and wolves.

Chen Yuewu was carrying a book of poetry, wearing Western glass glasses, and occasionally sawdust fell onto the table. The noble son next to him rubbed his ears, wiped the sawdust off the table, and pointed his finger at his head: "Master, if you don't persuade you, don't die again." ”

"Persuade what? That's what he called me. ”

Guizi held his hands and smiled: "I don't feel sorry for that little ghost, I feel sorry for our boat, don't ask Zhenfu Ye to dismantle it." ”

Chen Yue laughed and put the book on the table: "Flim tongue." How about Jiao'er. ”

"Drank a bowl of porridge and slept."

Chen Yuewu nodded: "Zhen Fu Ye asked us to buy dividends for food relief, did you say anything about it?" ”

Guizi Zhengse: "I said it, they said they knew." ”

Chen Yuewu pondered for a while: "You say, there are so many generals in the Ming Dynasty who escorted the Dragon and Tiger Banner, why did Taiyi Pavilion target Li Zhenfu?" ”

Guizi said with a smile: "The ability to calm the master is strong, and the high skill of Taiyi Pavilion is also valued." ”

"I don't think it's that simple."

Chen Yuewu's eyes flashed: "Li Zhenfu went to Jiangxi, and it was ten days faster to take the post station than to take the waterway, why did he have to go by water to pass through Zhejiang?" ”

Guizi scratched his head: "How do I know this." ”

Chen Yuewu looked at Guizi: "You say, is Longhu Mountain going to Zhejiang...... Take action! ”

Guizi has followed Chen Yuewu for so many years, and he didn't even understand the words, he slapped him on the spot: "That's a good thing, those two families in Zhejiang, with pus on their heads and sores under their feet, even if they are in the oil pot ten thousand times, they won't solve their hatred." ”

"I'm afraid I'll implicate us."

Chen Yuewu thought of the six fresh and green willow leaves on the Wanghai Guanyin map, and settled down: "In short, Taiyi Pavilion wants us to report, let's report like this, what the hell, when I get to Zhejiang, I still have to explore Li Zhenfu's tone." ”

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The next day, Longhu Mountain Taiyi Museum.

As usual, the middle-aged man of Qing Huang replied to the Taiyi Pavilion and the high-level masters about the disasters of the world.

He took out a sticky note: "Daning Wei Zuosi calmed Li Yan, and he will arrive at Zhoushan Port in a few days." He didn't ask for our silver, he took it all to disaster relief, and Chen Yuewu had already given him the receipts. ”

"This kid is slippery."

A gray-haired high-level mage snorted coldly.

"It doesn't matter what he does with the money, as long as he gets this money, there are flaws, and he can be dealt with."

One of the mages said with pity.

Yi Yu listened and asked the mage who spoke just now: "Then, may I ask Senior Brother Shouxian, why do we want to deal with him?" If he does, who will send us a flag? ”

The mage was speechless for a moment. He only hated Li Yan for causing trouble in Liaodong and Jiaozhou, killing Guo Dujian, and losing Cao Dujian's face, but Yi Yu didn't have anything to say when he asked

Yi Yu shook his sleeves: "Zhejiang Zhoushan Port, is our Heavenly Master Dao headache for more than ten years, Zhu Polong's Zhoushan Port?" The Zhoushan Port known as "Chen Bufu, Ke Budou"? ”

The middle-aged man bowed: "Yes, it is that Zhoushan Port." ”

Yi Yu pondered for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "His surname is Li, and I don't know if it is just a disaster for our family, and it should be unlucky for others!" ”