Tents on the shore.

Zheng Sen struggled to wake up, feeling the pain of his head exploding, he pinched his forehead and shouted in a dry voice: "Water, bring water." ”

At the send-off banquet last night, Zheng Sen drank a lot, who would have thought that after the Lingding set sail at noon today, Zheng Sen, who wanted to take a lunch break, accidentally saw Li Zhaoji, who should go to Nagasaki, and heard that this guy did not take risks, Zheng Sen was quite happy.

He didn't want Li Zhaoji to die in a chaos, he was very familiar with the cousin named Zheng Tai, although he was not a battle general, but he was ruthless and could do anything.

Therefore, he drank a lot of wine in the tent again, this time drinking rum with honey and lemon juice, which tasted good, but had a lot of stamina, and made Zheng Sen sleep for a long time.

"Is my son-in-law in there...... You bastards ........ Zheng Sen drank the wine handed by the servant, and when he heard the chaos outside, it seemed that someone was fighting, Zheng Sen scolded: "Where did you come from, there is no rules, what is noisy, I have a headache when it is messy." ”

The sound outside stopped abruptly, and a guard came in, saw Zheng Sen, knelt directly on the ground, and said, "Childe is here, it's really good, let's find it." ”

"If you look for me, I'm just drinking with Shopkeeper Li." Zheng Sen was uncomfortable at this time, and his temper was much worse.

The guard said: "Childe, something happened, General Shi suddenly took the two ships away for some reason. ”

"Boat?" Zheng Sen opened the window with the support of the guards, and sure enough, the two dhows flying the Zhengzi flag in the anchorage were gone, Zheng Sen scolded and said: "This Shi Lang, what the hell are you doing, why do you do such a thing." ”

"Wasn't it an order from Childe?" Beads of sweat the size of the guard's beans rolled down his forehead.

At this time, there was another commotion outside, and then it turned into a fight, Zheng Sen was even more angry, pulled out the waist knife on the guard's body and ran out, he was in a bad mood to the extreme, and he had the urge to kill, but when he rushed out of the tent, he saw that seven or eight members of the Zheng family were knocked to the ground, Tang Mu and others were tying them up with ropes, and Li Zhaoji, who was tall and tall, stood there, watching coldly.

"Brother Li, what does this mean, why are you arresting my people?" Zheng Sen shook his head and asked.

Li Zhaoji said angrily: "I want to ask what you mean!" Where did Shi Lang's ship go, he took two ships with him. ”

"How do I know, what does this have to do with me?" Zheng Sen spread out his hands, he was very wronged, he was drunk, how could he wake up and the world around him was turned upside down.

Li Zhaoji said: "The Lingding Island went to Nagasaki, and it was a secret that Chen Huaiyu went to negotiate with Nagasaki on my behalf, and Shi Lang must have thought that I was going, so he went to Nagasaki to report the news, wanting to seize the ship and arrest people." ”

"It's ........" Zheng Sen felt that his head was about to explode, and he said: "Brother Li, this has nothing to do with me, in your tent, I was already drunk and just woke up." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "I don't want to ask you to blame, but to ask, is there such a possibility, Chen Huaiyu is the son of Chen Gong, and there are goods worth 200,000 yuan from the Guangdong gentry on the Lingding Island, which is a big matter." In case there is a conflict with the Nagasaki Commission, Chen Huaiyu is in the country of the Japanese, how is it good. ”

Zheng Sen threw away his waist knife, staggered towards the temporary dock, and said, "Hurry up, let's get on the boat and intercept it quickly." Shi Lang is impulsive, I don't know his intentions, or as you said, let's chase it quickly, or maybe it can be redeemed. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded, and together with Zheng Sen, got on the fastest ship in the fleet, the single-slooped Rose.

Nagasaki, the summit of the mountain.

Baba Toshishige and Jung Tae stood in the mountains and forests together, observing the ocean to the west, enduring the scorching heat and mosquito bites. And in the inner bay behind the two, a fleet of six Japanese ships and two Zheng Jiafu ships had moved to position.

This morning, Zheng Tai received news from Shi Lang's subordinates that the Oriental Merchant Society had sent a ship to Nagasaki, and among the crew, the one who was wounded in the right foot was Li Zhaoji.

"I really don't understand why I have to use a sword." When the three masts of the Lingding Island appeared on the sea level, Baba Toshishige couldn't help but say: "They don't know that we are ready, we should still be like last time, honestly go ashore to trade, and act according to the rules, when that time comes, we will catch Li Zhaoji, will it not be long enough?" ”

Zheng Tai smiled and said, "Lord Fengxing, what you said is that everything is going well, and I want to consider it more comprehensively.

Lee is not a stupid man, in fact he is very difficult to entangle and very smart, and we can't be sure that he will be at the mercy of others like the last ship. ”

As he was talking, two more dhows appeared on the horizon, flying the Zheng family flag, Zheng Tai pointed to the two ships and said, "Your Excellency, you see, unlike the one ship mentioned in the intelligence, two more are coming, and our Zheng family order flag is also hoisted.

Now I can't tell what tricks Lee Zhaoji is playing. ”

Baba Toshige smiled coldly and said no more, it turned out that Zheng Tai's request was still enough to deal with the emergency situation in front of him, all the ships were hidden behind the reef in the inner bay, and without knowing which ship Li Zhaoji himself was, the patrol ship could come forward and trick the ships of the Oriental Trading Company into the inner bay, close the door and beat the dogs.

"Your Excellency, another ship, with only one mast, hoisting the Qinglong flag." On the higher observation deck, the lookout sounded a warning.

The two waited for a while, only to find that the Rose appeared at the place where the water and the sky met, but because it was already afternoon, the ship was a little blurry in the reflection of the setting sun.

There was a bang, and the eyes of Baba Toshige and Zheng Tai looked in the direction of Chongkou, and their faces were suspicious, because the Lingding Island, two Zheng family ships and a patrol ship, a total of four ships were mixed together, and the two Zheng family ships were attacking the three-masted Lingding Island with small cannons.

A moment ago, the Lingding Island approached the entrance of Nagasaki Harbor and leaned close to the patrol ship of the Nagasaki Office. ”

"Oh, you are Mr. He, I have heard Chen Si'an talk about you." Chen Huaiyu said with a smile, and immediately beckoned someone to hand the gift to He Ren Youemon.

"Is it, what about Chen Si'an and Chen's shopkeeper?" He Ren asked.

"He didn't come this time, and if we negotiate well, he will direct the rest of the ships to come and trade."

He Ren looked at Chen Huaiyu, who was inconvenient to walk, and asked, "What is the name of this shopkeeper, and what's wrong with his feet?" ”

"Under the surname Li, I came from a long voyage and accidentally injured my foot." Chen Huaiyu said with a smile.

He Ren Youemon nodded slowly, and said in his heart that the key person was determined, but he didn't expect two more ships to appear behind, considering Zheng Tai's arrangement, it would be good to enter the port together.

"Shopkeeper Li, what's going on with the two ships in the back." Ho Hito Emon asked.

Chen Huaiyu was also puzzled, because this trip was a ship from Lingding Island, how could it be close to the port, and two Zheng family ships appeared, and it seemed that they were still Shi Lang's two ships.

"Didn't Shi Lang break away from Li Zhaoji's control and come to report secretly?" Chen Huaiyu said in his heart, and thought about it, if this is the case, this trip is not just about trade: "Alas, it seems that you can only take one step at a time." ”

In an instant, Chen Huaiyu was calm, if it was really Shi Lang who came to report the news, he simply revealed his true identity, cooperated with the Zheng family, and deceived Li Zhaoji and the fleet into Nagasaki Port.

"Where's my son-in-law?" The dhows approached, Shi Lang raised his sword and armor, and shouted loudly: "Quickly hand over my son-in-law, otherwise there will be no forgiveness." ”

The crew members on the Lingding Island were all questioned, they didn't know that Zheng Sen was on the ship, and some people looked at Chen Huaiyu and Ma Rugui, and their hearts might have been hidden by the two.

Just when everyone hesitated, Shi Lang had already seen that there was no son of his own on the deck, and immediately patted the shoulder of the gunner next to him.

There was a small Franc cannon on the left and right sides of the dhow, which was loaded with shotguns at this time, and one shot was fired out, sweeping down a few of the stunned sailors of the Lingding Island, Shi Lang threw it directly with a grappling hook and pounced on the Lingding Island, while the people on the other dnahow climbed towards the stern of the commanding height.

Chen Huaiyu was frightened by the sound of the cannon and lay on the ground, trembling, his face was close to the deck, pouting his buttocks, howling and crying, suddenly felt that his mouth and nose were warm, and a bloody breath entered his nostrils, and when he looked up, half of He Ren's head was in front of him, and the upper part of the Tianling Gai was directly gone, and his brain was mixed with blood, and Chen Huaiyu rolled to the ground in fright.

Originally, the Lingdingdao was the main armed merchant ship of the trading company, and it was roughly the same size as the Vostok, but the problem was that it was arranged to go to Nagasaki this time.

Because of the trade, all the artillery groups were withdrawn, and the guards accompanying the ship also disembarked, and there were originally more than 110 people on this ship, but now there are less than 30 left, and many of them are temporarily drawn from the Egret.

Shi Lang's sudden attack caught the sailors off guard, and when he reacted, Shi Lang's people had already boarded the ship, cut people when they saw them, and rushed straight into the cabin.

Shi Lang's boots trampled on the boat with blood-red footprints, and he lifted Chen Huaiyu up from the deck and asked, "Where is my son-in-law?" ”

"Childe?" Chen Huaiyu was so frightened that he couldn't think of it for a while, after Shi Lang slapped him a few big mouths, Chen Huaiyu was a little sober, and he hurriedly said: "Zheng Sengongzi is not on the boat at all." ”

"Nonsense, I heard Li Zhaoji say that he was on this ship." Shi Lang gave him two more big mouths.

Chen Huaiyu knelt on the ground in fright, and begged for mercy loudly: "General Shi, where do I have the courage to lie to you, you don't want to, Zheng Sen Gongzi is the one who can make the Zheng family throw a mouse, how could he send it to Nagasaki ........" ”

Chen Huaiyu's timid begging for mercy made Shi Lang's heart tense, and he recalled what Li Zhaoji said, as if Li Zhaoji really didn't say anything. At this time, Shi Lang's subordinates rushed out covered in blood and said, "General Shi, I didn't find the eldest prince." ”

Several people came out in a row, all saying so, Shi Lang's heart sank into the valley all of a sudden, and he said that he was played by Li Zhaoji.

"General, the Rose is coming." The lookout shouted.

Shi Lang ran to the stern to take a look, and found that the Rose was approaching at high speed, and was still waving the flag.

Shi Lang grabbed Ma Rugui and asked him, "What does the flag say?" ”

"Said that the chief treasurer was on the Rose, and ordered us to stop the ship immediately, and everyone gathered on the upper deck for inspection."

"Quick, get in at once." Shi Lang will not stop, he knows that if he is boarded by Li Zhaoji's people now, he will die.