An eagle slid a white line in the clear blue sky, and the rainy season of the past few days had gradually receded, and the sea was now clear and undisturbed.

Before noon, it was just after noon. A white dove flapped its wings and slowly landed on a man's hand.

"It's coming." After a few short words were spoken, dozens of soldiers in soap clothes and light armor were divided into two rows after half-squatting on the ground of the ferry, lying sideways and waiting for several days.

After about a stick of incense, the sea in the distance was undulating, and something faintly was heading towards the dock on the island. A huge wave rolled up and briefly obscured the view, and the huge wave stopped between breaths, and a huge ship with a vermilion flag lay on the dock of Chongming Island. This ship is about ten zhang long, more than three zhang wide, and has three stories high. From the bottom up, it's spectacular. When I looked closer into the boat, I saw twenty soldiers of similar height, wearing silver shining armor and standing on the bow of the ship. The sound of the ship docking was heard, and the huge ship shook violently twice, but the men and horses standing on the bow of the ship stood still, a gust of sea breeze whistled by, and the vermilion flag fluttered in the wind, and the silent sea at this time except for the sound of the waves crashing on the big ship. There was not a sound coming from again. Everyone on the island couldn't help but be stunned for a while when they saw the military appearance that couldn't help but be so neat. The demeanor of the great powers of the Celestial Empire is now on display.

At the wharf of Chongming Island, Shi Lu led Mu Shan and several guards dressed as Qing Ren to stand aside with Yan Lingdao, bowing down to greet the Qin Mission.

The sound of wooden planks hitting the ground sounded, and the plank, about eight feet wide, was erected on the island and in the center of the ship, and the twenty horsemen, who had just stood on the bow of the ship with long guns on their backs, descended from the planks and stood on the left and right sides of the road. I only heard the cavalry standing at the head of the team shouting: "The Marquis of Anyuan of the Ming Dynasty is the Son of Heaven and the Son of Heaven, the local officials are guarding the generals, and the military and political dispatch stations are everywhere like me, and the garrison of Chongming Island has stepped forward to salute." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped down from the board and rode several horses, all of them wearing armor.

Hearing this, Shi Lu hurriedly led a group of subordinates on the island to kneel down, and the mountain shouted long live. This edict was actually ordered directly by the emperor. Shi Lu's heart tightened. Before he could think about it in his heart, a voice came and interrupted Shi Li's thoughts.

"Shi Guard, it seems that you are a soil emperor on this island, but I am much more comfortable than in the court." A cold mockery came from the board. Shi Lu felt a chill in his heart when he heard this irony, which was almost reprimanded, and when he got up to look up, he saw several horses standing in front of him, looking up along the horse's hooves, and a general in light armor was looking at him condescendingly.

When he saw the appearance of the person who came, Shi Lu's heart was even more cold, and he touched the ground with his forehead again: "Humble Chongming Island Garrison Shi Lu, meet An Yuanhou, and respectfully ask for St. An." ”

The person with light armor immediately was Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, who was the royal point, Liu Sheng heard the words of the reversal of the order of the teacher, and laughed secretly in his heart, but his face did not show the slightest, he snorted coldly in his nostrils, and followed the close riding and turned over and dismounted. At that moment, he turned sideways and clasped his fists to worship the north, and replied: "Shenggong'an."

Shi Lu, who was lying on the ground, slowly got up when he heard this, he lowered his head to avoid Liu Sheng's aggressive eyes, and said with a flattering smile: "The day before yesterday, I received a message from the flying pigeon in the old capital, saying that there was a Qincha Lord patrolling on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and I don't know why the first stop came to the small island of Xiaguan?" ”

"Oh? The news that the division is guarding is fast, and it has only been half a month since the imperial court issued a notice, and the news on this island is very well-informed. Liu Sheng replied with a smile on his face.

Shi Lu, who thought that he had repeatedly tolerated it, couldn't help but be angry in his heart when he saw Liu Sheng's repeated persecution in tone, and his expression did not change at the moment, but his speech was half stiff: "Where is it, Marquis An Yuan laughed, the lower officials were just in the early years when my father was a soldier under His Royal Highness the King of Han for a few years, so the old capital messenger took care of the lower officials on weekdays. ”

The King of Han was the emperor's favorite second son, Zhu Gaoxu, and the father of this teacher was indeed a general under Zhu Gaochu back then. When Marquis An Yuan heard the name of King Han, his body trembled, but he was stunned. And the complacent Shilu here saw that Liu Sheng was speechless for a while, and his waist, which had just been half-bowed, seemed to be a little straighter.

However, Liu Sheng is still Qincha in the end, and he is the Marquis of An Yuan, who controls the soldiers and horses of one side, and it is just a matter of lifting out the King of Han and pressing him, after all, he still has to give some face. Shi Lu thought again and again. After Shi Lu thought about it, he laughed twice, took half a step back, gave up half of his body, and returned to the flattering appearance he had just had, and said with a smile: "Marquis Anyuan, the lower official has lost the distance, the wind and waves on this seaside are strong, the lower official has prepared a banquet, and please move to the house." ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture with his right hand and got up to lead the way. Just took two steps forward, but raised his eyes and saw that Mu Shan, who was standing behind him before but was not in a good position enough to come forward to ask for peace, couldn't help but look at himself. The clown-like teacher who was like a jumping beam clown looked back again. I saw that Liu Sheng and the others just stood coldly in place and did not move half a step.

Shi Lu was slightly embarrassed, and hurriedly dusted off the hem of his clothes with his hands, took two steps back, and said, "An Yuanhou, are you?" ”

"Hahahaha, Liu Hou Mo has to scare him again, otherwise he will use me as a shield again."

Before Liu Sheng could answer, a loud laugh came from the back. Suddenly, everyone who heard the sound turned their heads and looked back. It turned out that everyone's attention was all on Liu Sheng, who was so nervous just now, that they didn't notice that there was a person in black armor mixed in the team.

The laughing man saw that everyone's eyes were looking at him, and he strode forward and stood in front of Shi Lu, but when others looked closely, they found that although the person was not on the horse, he was already half in front of Liu Sheng.

Under the sun, I saw the man wave his horsewhip in the air in front of Shi Lu's face, and a pop sound came, and the man laughed and scolded: "You are a pawn in the army, now that you have been promoted to a petty official, you dare to use this king as your shield?" ”

This voice is so familiar, when Shi Lu squinted against the light when he heard the voice, it was actually Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han who had just been carried out by himself to suppress Liu Sheng.

An exclamation of "Ahhh

"The law of the minister, see His Royal Highness the King of Han." As he spoke, he bent his knees and fell to his knees.

"That's it, I haven't seen you like this in the army." Although he said that he was modest, he did not support him, and stood there generously and bowed down to the teacher.

"Your Highness, why are you and Hou Ye both wearing armor?" I don't know if I saw the excited or frightened Shi Lu of King Han, at this time, his forehead was already sweating, and his voice was weak, and he asked in a panic.

"I'll have to ask you, Division." Liu Sheng said.

"Huh? Lord Liu, where did you start with this, I ...... "Xu is Liu Sheng's words were too straightforward, and Shi Lu didn't know how to answer by this straightforward question.

There was a stalemate on the dock for a long time, silent. In the end, it was the King of Han who came out to make a round: "Liu Hou, the boy of the Shi family, you have been standing here for a long time, this king has heard that his throat is dry, and after taking a boat all night, it is better to go to the Shilu Mansion to drink tea and talk again?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is reasonable, and it is too unorthodox for me to stand on this dock and discuss things, so I will talk about it in this mansion according to you." Xu listened to what King Han said, and Liu Sheng couldn't refute King Han's face, but now he only has some suspicions, and he hasn't found anything yet, so he finally wants to give this face-loving King Han a step.

After hearing the two of them relax, Shi Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, quietly reached out and wiped the cold sweat on his head, and got on the horse first to lead the way.

Dozens of horses had just traveled only half a mile, and suddenly heard Liu Sheng shouting behind him: "What person? When everyone turned back, they saw that Liu Sheng had already bent his bow and arrows, and before Shi Lu could stop it, a sound of breaking wind started, and the feather arrows shot into the forest and startled a burst of birds. When Liu Sheng was shooting arrows, more than 20 iron horsemen around the three of them had drawn their knives and raised their guns to protect King Han and Liu Shengtuan.

At this time, Shi Lu, who was already a frightened bird, quietly glanced at Mushan and asked. Mu Shan shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know.

As everyone knows, all this has been seen by Liu Sheng.

After a while, there was not the slightest movement in the woods.

King Han instructed left and right: "Feng Gang, you two go into the forest and have a look." ”

The two people in the team galloped away, but after a while, they came back to report: they searched in the direction of Liu Hou's arrows, but there was no corpse all the way, only a pool of blood remained at the place where the arrow fell, but I don't know what it hit.

"Could it be that there are beasts that have not yet been tamed? Master, you still have wild beasts to hunt on this island, why don't you report it to me, and we will go hunting tomorrow. King Han smiled lightly, as if he was itching.

"Your Highness, the lower official should be damned, I don't know how to drive away the beasts in advance, disturbing His Highness and the Marquis, there are indeed some wild beasts on the island for His Highness to hunt, the villain has left His Highness for many years since he was a child, and has forgotten His Highness's hobby. Tomorrow, the next official will lead the two to hunt, oh hey, hey, hey. A few more dry laughter sounded, how could Shi Lu, who had reached this time, not understand, the king of Han had already exonerated him twice, could it be that this untamed beast did not know what it was referring to.

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In the garrison house, several gorgeous women held white fox hair silk fans and danced in the field, these five women are all beautiful women with good looks and good figures, their black hair is tied up high, the fragrant shoulders under the translucent thin shirt are exposed, half of the crisp breasts are open, the snow-white slender thighs stretch out from the side of the hem, and the movements in the dance are until the root of the thighs shake with a little looming. Although several beauties were scantily dressed, the expressions on each face showed simplicity and shyness, and they saw the blood of everyone present. The drumming has stopped for a long time, but everyone here has not been able to wake up for a long time.

The dish has five flavors.

Liu Sheng, who was sitting at the top with the King of Han, coughed lightly twice, and touched him hard with his elbow from under the table, and the King of Han came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, and after raising his wine glass and taking a few sips, he looked up at Shi Lu, who sat down to accompany the prime minister: "Master boy, you are a good official on this island, and there are not many such bewitching women in my Han Palace." But you are already blessed with the blessings of all people. ”

This half-joking remark was heard in the ears of Shi Lu, who had just been drinking, and suddenly he was drunk and woke up seventy or eighty percent at once, and immediately stood up and knelt on the ground.

"Your Royal Highness, although my Ming Dynasty has recovered Chongming Island since the Hongwu period to exile heavy prisoners, but has been widely harassed by the seaside ronin and pirates, especially a small group of pirates who landed on the island. However, there are not enough troops on the island, and it is because the previous garrison has repeatedly written to the imperial court to ask for garrison guards, and his subordinates have been transferred to this island because of this. After the subordinates landed on the island, they fought with the ronin many times, and finally beat it back to the sea, those ronin wokou promised not to land on the island again, and sent a few dancing girls to their subordinates for several years. Please also ask Your Highness to be clear. ”

Listening to Shi Lu's careful explanation, a glimmer of light flashed in King Han's eyes, and he turned his head and pretended to be nervous and said to Liu Sheng: "Liu Hou, did you hear what Shi Lu said?" There are still Japanese pirates on this island, but don't land on the island at this time. ”

Liu Sheng smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, when you landed on the island, Ben Hou had ordered the ships to stay at the dock only, and anyone who dared to approach would be killed. Don't say that the Japanese dare to land on the island, it is at this time that he is on the island, and he does not dare to make a mistake easily. ”

King Han seemed to be relieved when he heard this, stretched out his hand and stroked his chest and said, "That's good, that's good, or Liu Hou is thoughtful." ”

As soon as King Han's voice fell, he only heard Liu Sheng's eyes look at the location of the second wooden mountain, and said: "This lord is very angry, just now with the teacher to toast Ben Hou has not had time to ask in detail who is the official below?" ”

Before Liu Sheng spoke, Mu Shan was still looking at Shi Lu in the middle of the banquet, and suddenly heard Liu Sheng's question, so he hurriedly got up and said: "Hui Hou Ye, Xia Guan Jia Huan, Yongle Seven Years Jinshi, the current Chongming Island Prison is the last petty official." Since Yongle arrived in the twelfth year, it has been more than seven years, because there is no edict on the island all the year round and there is no need to enter Beijing, it is normal for this marquis to have never seen the lower official. ”

"It turned out to be a nine-grade little official, what kind of person is Ben Hou, even the dignified guard has to look at the eyes of the little official, Ben Hou can't take your turn to accompany you, the nine-grade little official, get out." Liu Sheng shouted.

The smile on Mu Shan's face froze, and he had to retreat slowly, but the heavy steps under his feet showed his inner mood.

In the hall, only King Zhao was left.

"Little Lion, come forward." King Zhao looked at Shi Lu with burning eyes and said.

Shi Lu, who was called the little lion, did not move, but kept kneeling and kowtowing.

"Little Lion, we haven't seen each other for several years since you left your uncle's mansion, and now that you've been transferred here, are you as alien as me?" King Zhao sighed softly again.

The ground master still didn't answer, he still kept kowtowing, and saw that his eyebrows were slightly red with blood.

"You ......" Seeing that they didn't answer each other's questions in the old days, they just kept kowtowing, King Zhao was in a hurry, and was about to scold, but was pulled by Liu Sheng.

"Your Highness, this marquis still wants to enjoy the dance of the dancing girls in the garrison mansion, I wonder if Your Highness still wants to watch it?" Liu Sheng pulled King Zhao to sit down slowly, and said with a laugh.

"Liu Hou, when did you like this tune too? Oh, Shilu, go and ask the beauty of your house to dance for this king. King Zhao, who was about to answer, was squeezed heavily by Liu Sheng's hand, and immediately reacted and said.

But after a while, the beauty who had just retired came up again, and the sound of glamour rose again.

At this time, King Zhao and Liu Hou were no longer as focused as just now, and the teacher in the distance under the sound of dance and music seemed to see the two of them admiring and discussing which beauty was more stunning.

The dancers in the field danced two more songs, only to listen to King Zhao's instructions: "Shilu, it's not early today, Liu Hou and I will go back to rest, and the servants are still according to the usual practice in the past, you can prepare ten children with excellent posture for me among the slaves, and you can choose two of these beauties to leave Liu Hou to serve at night." ”。

As he spoke, he and Liu Sheng glanced at Shi Lu heavily, got up and walked out.