Chapter Twenty-Four: The Third of the Wancheng Years: The Boat Reaches the Middle Stream
At this time, the ship was already walking in the center of the Hanshui channel, and it was already some distance away from Gucheng.
Although he thought so, Xu Yixian still had an extra heart.
He straightened his body and said in a deep voice, "As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, or a living member, how can he not stand up in the face of the danger of his family and country? I usually boast of Zhuge Kongming, if I continue to live in Gucheng at this time, how can I dare to go out to meet people?"
Although Yu Dahai was only eighteen years old, he had been a thief in the Yellow River since he was twelve years old, and he had seen a lot of strong winds and waves, so he would believe him, so he sneered: "Sir, there are only you and me in this huge cabin at the moment, what do you think, it doesn't matter if you say it."
Xu Yixian was furious and secretly thought: "You are just a small guy in a boat gang, and you have become the head of the whistle with a little water and force, and you are not a *** general existence in front of me?"
He didn't want to pay attention to him, but said, "Anyway, I take Xu Xian as my country, the sun and the moon can be revealed, and I am not afraid of broken bones!"
Seeing Yu Dahai's disbelieving appearance, he thought, "These people used to help and steal in the Han River, could it be that they also had the idea of taking refuge in the small strong brigade, if so, it would be easy to say."
"But he's just a sentinel, what can he do, my nephew is the sailor Qianzong, it's right to say that he is serious, this righteous matter, the less people know about it, the better, why bother to listen to a hairy boy?"
He deliberately threatened: "Hmph, I know the past of you and others, could it be that when I saw that the thief was powerful, I thought of taking refuge with them again? You're going to die before you do! If my nephew knows, he will have to peel off your skin!"
Yu Dahai is a teenager in the end, he stood up at once, he was quite tall, and if he was not careful, his head touched the top of the cabin, but he didn't realize it, and pulled out a bull's ear sharp knife on his waist!
Then he pointed at Xu Yixian and scolded: "You rotten Confucian, our family talks to you well, why do you want to put up a stinky shelf, this is in Jiangxin!" Don't you believe I'm going to treat you to itachi?"
The knife face is naturally the stunt of the Xunyang River giant pirate ship Huoer Zhang Heng in the "Water Margin" that is as resounding as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Xu Yixian has been obsessed with the study of soldiers in recent years, although he is not very interested in these two miscellaneous books, but after all, he has read them, and he can't help but be scared into a cold sweat when he hears it.
However, after all, he is a character who compares himself to Zhong Leyi, and he has also learned swordsmanship, since he can't explain it clearly to him, he can only come hard, and with a "bang", he also pulled out the long sword.
"You have a sword, don't I have a sword?"
"Hahaha!" , Yu Haihai couldn't help laughing when he saw it.
Just when Xu Yixian was stunned, Yu Dahai's bull-eared sharp knife suddenly flew towards him, Xu Yixian hurriedly blocked it with a long sword, but in a flash of lightning, Yu Dahai had already bullied him, and before Xu Yixian could react, he punched him at the wrist of his right hand, and the long sword fell to the deck with a "bang" under his pain.
When Xu Yixian came to his senses again, the bull's ear sharp knife returned to Yu Dahai's hand at some point and pressed against his neck!
Xu Yixian calmed down at this time. qδ.o
"Less, don't be reckless"
"Oh? Right now, it's Jiang Xin, I'll kill you with one sword, and then tie up a stone and sink to the bottom of the river, who will know?"
"All the people of the ancient city know that I am on your ship!"
"Then I'll say that you think my Mingtang boat has a shallow draft and rocks, and I got on a big yellow boat to Hanzhong halfway."
The big yellow boat, the ship that paid tribute to Beijing at this time, had a deeper draft and a whole cabin, which was more comfortable, and was also used to load goods and carry passengers.
Xu Yixian was speechless for a while, he knew that in the area from Hanzhong to Wuchang, the ships of the kings of Chu, Xiang, and Jing had a large number of big yellow boats, which did not follow the rules of the imperial court at all, and some big businessmen with the support of big officials behind them also had a small number of such ships.
But he finally reacted, "This guy reacted so much, did he really think of taking refuge in the small strong brigade? You might as well test him."
Then he said, "Wait, less, do you really want to take refuge in the thief, if so, I have a plan to offer."
Yu Dahai laughed again, "A plan? I'm a thief, vote
Relying on thieves is justified, why do you need to give advice."
"No", Xu Yixian shook his head, "According to the confession of the Xiaoqiang Brigade soldiers captured by the official army, when the department went south to the vicinity of the Yellow River, it surrendered the Zhongtiao Mountain thief Wang Dingguo and the Yellow River River thief Wang family brothers, and now the department occupies Fancheng, but if there is no sailor, it will be difficult to move an inch."
"Although you have taken refuge in the official army, you only have this flat-bottomed Mingtang ship with shallow draft in your hands, how can you use it as a warship? Why don't you go to the Left Banner Battalion and say that some official ships will be surrendered?"
This remark really hit Yu Dahai's heart, but he knew the relationship between this person in front of him and Xu Qianhe, the commander of the Zuoqi Battalion Water Division, but unlike Xu Yixian, he didn't worry that his merits were not great, and he would not be taken seriously by the Xiaoqiang Brigade there, but if he could say that Xu Qianhe surrendered, it would definitely be the icing on the cake.
Then he said: "Mr. Xu, if you can persuade Xu Qianhe to surrender, or write a letter here for me to bring to Xu Qianhe, I will immediately land on the shore and release you, and this matter will only be known to you and me."
Xu Yixian's heart moved, "Could it be that Mr. Liu also means this?"
He is talking about Yu Dahai's boss, Liu Jinfu, the former leader of the Han River Boat Gang and the current head of the Daming Water Division, nicknamed "Nine Dragons".
Yu Dahai remained silent, "You don't have to worry about this."
Xu Yixian felt funny, and secretly thought: "Liu Jinfu has ten boats under him, and you only have one, if you can make such a big move, then Liu Jinfu must be involved."
He said, "Well, I'll write."
As he spoke, he fell to the only table in the cabin and began to write.
After a while, a letter was written, put it in an envelope and handed it to Yu Dahai, he naturally knew that Yu Dahai was illiterate, but he was sure that there were other people on this boat who could understand it, so he still wrote it in a tone of persuasion, of course, according to his previous communication with Xu Qianhe, there were many hints between the lines.
Yu Dahai took the letter into his arms and carried him to the bow of the boat.
The Mingtang ship only has a cabin in the bow, but in order to grasp the direction, there is a rudder in the bow, and there is only a distance of about two meters between the rudder and the cabin, and there is only one old shipwright at the helm at the moment.
Xu Yixian had been on a ship over the sea many times, and knew this boatman and knew that he was born deaf and dumb, but he was a little surprised, "Isn't this guy going to dock, why did he bring me to the bow of the boat?" Isn't it ......?"
Sure enough, when I arrived here, I saw a cold smile on Yu Dahai's face.
"Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, you are a great talent in Gucheng, and the entire Xiangyang Mansion knows it, if you continue to stay with Qi Shangyou in the Left Banner Camp, maybe you will really be able to do great things, for the sake of the great cause of the righteous army, I can only be sorry for you."
As he spoke, he grabbed Xu Yixian's neckline, and then the bull ear sharp knife in his hand stabbed him into the heart! At this time, the river wind was howling in late winter and early spring, and the deaf and dumb boatman still held the rudder by himself as if he had not seen this scene.
In this case, if Xu Yixian doesn't show his heart again, I'm afraid he will really become a floating corpse in the river.
"Slow!"
He hurriedly shouted.
"Oh?"
Yu Dahai stopped, with a banter on his face.
"Alas", Xu Yixian sighed, "The erector is not enough and conspiracy! Rebellion, what a big deal, how can it be easily revealed? Not long ago, a man named Wang Ziyu found me."
"Oh?"
"Do you know who this Wang Ziyu is?"
"I don't know"
"Hehe, if you want to take refuge in the Xiaoqiang Brigade, how inconsiderate you are, you know that there is an organization under the Xiaoqiang Brigade, called the Investigation Division, which is doing the work of Daming Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and this Wang Ziyu is the subordinate of Long Shisan, the leader of the Xiaoqiang Brigade, and is one of the leaders of this Investigation Division."
"Oh?" At this time, Yu Dahai's tone softened.
"Alas, now, I won't hide it from you, and I am also ready to take refuge in the Xiaoqiang Brigade, but the stakes are so high that I can only think about it slowly, how can I talk about it in broad daylight?"
"Really?"
"My letters are all written, how can they be fake?"
"Is it?", I saw that Yu Dahai escaped the letter, and then read it carefully, this scene surprised Xu Yixian, "I didn't expect this guy to be literate!"
After a while, Yu Dahai said, "You are so scheming, there is nothing wrong with your letter on the surface, but from the last word in the first column on the first page to the first word in the last column, it is a sentence."
Xu Yixian couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, he knew that such a thing was not something that the former boat bandit kid in front of him could see, so he shouted, "Who are you?"
Yu Dahai said with a smile: "I'm still a sentry commander under the commander of the Left Banner Battalion Sailor, but I have known this trick for a long time."
And he cried out, "How do I know that what you have just said is not false?"
Xu Yixian also said, "How do I know that what you said is not false?"
Both of them fell silent for a moment.
"Smack, smack, smack"
At this moment, there were three clapping voices from the cabin, and then a man walked out.
Wang Ziyu!
Wang Ziyu was dressed as a Ming scholar, in winter, and he was still holding a folding fan in his hand, but his thick and blackened hands revealed his identity.
As soon as he saw this person, Xu Yixian suddenly understood.
"***, this Wang Ziyu must have seen Yu Dahai first, and then saw me, maybe he also saw Xu Qianhe and Liu Jinfu!"
"He obviously doesn't trust me much, but his trust in the sea is still above mine, so he used this trick to use the sea to deceive me!"
When I thought of this, although I was angry, I couldn't help but be a little more interested in the way Xiaoqiang traveled.
He said to Wang Ziyu, "Leader Wang, can you try it out now?"
Wang Ziyu said with a smile: "Almost, Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, the stakes are very high, and I have to make this decision in the next place, I won't hide it from you, this is a river thief on the surface of the Yellow River before the sea, and there are several sides of the relationship with the next one."
Xu Yixian nodded, "No wonder"
Wang Ziyu continued: "The meaning of the big boss, let me see Xu Qianhe and Qi Shangyou first."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Yixian hurriedly said: "Leader Wang, then Xu Qianhe is okay to say, at least you don't have to worry about your life when you go, but that Qi Shangyou is hereditary from a thousand households in Zhushan County, and he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and even I am not sure......
Wang Ziyu smiled: "Okay or not, let's talk about it after seeing it, I'm just an insignificant little person in the Xiaoqiang Brigade, even if it is folded in his hands, it doesn't matter."