Chapter 299: Night Exploration Flower Boat
Why is it bad? That is Xiao Ming has realized that the dying scream just now must have belonged to the Malay monk, this person must have been killed by the people behind his scenes, for fear of revealing his whereabouts, and after killing people, they left in a hurry, probably to pharmacological right and wrong.
He quickly jumped out of the wall, beckoned Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Shouxin to come down from the tree, leave here quickly, and closely track the whereabouts of the few people who left, Xiao Ming looked at Gu Guo and the others with his eyes, and both of them nodded, which means that the whereabouts of the other party have been seen by them.
Xiao Ming has been pondering in his heart, even if the gangster stole the old monk's Buddha treasure, he only needs to hide the Tuo or take it out to sea, why did he actually take the means of killing people and destroying his mouth, which shows that the other party must know who he is going to face? i, an old monk's representative of the Yuanyin Temple or the government is not enough to make them so afraid!
So who are they really afraid of? Could it be that after Tocha told the other party about his appearance, they guessed themselves and became afraid? That means that this man must know himself and know his whereabouts, but what is it that keeps a close eye on his whereabouts and steals the charts before he does?
In other words, are they specifically targeting the "bronze tin plate of the Mokomaya Heart Sutra" or the charts of the entire South China Sea? Or both! These are the most likely possibilities for things, Xiao Ming has been thinking about it in his mind for a long time.
Gu Xiaoliu said, "Master Hou! One of the people who had just come out seemed very familiar, but I wondered if I was a little dazzled! ”
Xiao Ming said: "Oh? Let's talk about getting acquainted with that person! ”
"It seems to be the second master of the Tokyo historian, Shi Wengong!" Gu Xiaoliu said.
Xiao Ming was startled, and then suddenly, he asked, "Where did they go?" ”
Guo Shouxin said: "It seems to be the direction of the dock!" ”
In this way, everything is easy to explain, among the people who have had a holiday with themselves in this world, this Shi Wengong of the Shi family can be said to be the closest to making some small moves behind his back, the last Longquan porcelain Zhang brothers incident, there is also Shi Wengong's appearance, and they want to get the entire Chinese porcelain skills overseas!
If Xiao Ming and the Shi family's festival was not so deep before, the Longquan kiln incident made Xiao Ming very quickly solve the Shi family's internal power in Richanglong, so the feud between the two families was deeper! But Xiao Ming was a member of the imperial court, and his wealth was strong, and the historians couldn't shake Xiao Ming's status at all, so they chose to silently withdraw and endure.
But the Shi family has been operating the porcelain industry for a long time, I am afraid that after the porcelain burning forces in the Central Plains are cleared, then it is reasonable for them to come to Guangzhou in Lingnan to develop, think about this clearly, Xiao Ming is still a little confused, but in this incident of stealing Buddha treasures, why did the Shi family also appear? Is it hard to say that they have any bigger conspiracy?
No matter how Xiao Ming guessed, he had to catch up quickly, he took Gu Guo and the others to chase in the direction of the dock where the people fled, and when they approached a big ship on the dock, Xiao Ming and the others finally caught up with those people, and watched those people board the big boat.
Xiao Ming considered whether to get on the boat, Gu Xiaoliu was worried that after the other party got on the boat, the boat would leave immediately, but Guo Shouxin said no, because it was the middle of the night, and the visibility on the river was poor at night, and the river boat would generally wait until after dawn to leave.
But if you don't get on the boat, it is impossible to find out the information you need to get, so Xiao Ming still decided to get on the boat, the sound of silk and bamboo singing and dancing continued to come from the big boat, and carrying dozens of big lanterns, it seems that tonight's business is good, Xiao Ming felt that if he took someone to board the ship, it would be easy to attract attention as a guest, so he decided to secretly go up to check it.
He tightened his clothes, and jumped lightly from the bow position onto the big boat, but there was no one at the bow at this time, the ship was very large, five stories high, but there was only one mast, it was a traditional treasure ship, under the bright lights, Xiao was obviously very natural, and when he passed by the passing girl, no one noticed him.
But if he searched aimlessly, he might not be able to find Shi Wengong, so he decided to find someone to investigate, the best ones were the servants and maids who brought tea and water, but he asked several people, and the Lingnan dialect spoken by them made him a little blind, but from the expression, no one knew that there was a "Shi Daguanren" on the boat.
This reminded Xiao Ming that he decided to listen to the door of the cabin, as long as the speech inside is not in the Cantonese dialect, it may mean that it is Shi Wengong inside, in fact, this is not very reliable, a large wharf like Guangzhou has a large port, and merchants from the south and north gather, so it is not necessarily the locals who will come to play on this flower boat.
But a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, Xiao Ming can't do anything, but there are hundreds of cabins on this ship, where is the room where Shi Wengong and a few people stay? Xiao Ming thought about it for a while, and first found the dozen or so largest cabins, the center of the flower boat was a two-story lobby, and there were only a few largest cabins around this lobby.
Xiao Ming listened carefully to the voices inside at the door of several cabins one by one, but except
Except for a few prostitutes who drank and listened to the songs, Xiao Ming really didn't find anything, Xiao Ming turned to the outer cabin, there were several large cabins here, but they were on the third floor, Xiao Ming was about to go up and pay attention to the investigation.
But coincidentally, a few words suddenly came out of the door of a cabin, which was a typical Tokyo Bianliang accent, and it was very familiar, which old acquaintance Shi Wengong said, Xiao Ming couldn't help but be happy, and looked at the left and right, and then he stopped at the door and stretched out his ears to listen.
"We'll gather our men to attack the Baoding tomorrow, you don't have any questions, do you?"
Several people responded: "It's all ready!" ”
Suddenly, a strange-sounding man said, "Although Tocha was killed, he really didn't reveal our whereabouts to that person, right?" ”
Shi Wengong groaned: "It shouldn't be, but this incident is really a coincidence, how could he suddenly go to Yuanyin Temple?" ”
Another voice said, "Don't you forget that the official has come specifically to look for the chart of the South China Sea!" ”
Shi Wengong sneered: "It's a pity that he is a step late, and I have already sent the chart away!" And the copper engraving plate of the Buddhist scripture that Lord Ma Ge wants has also been sent over, if we can send the "Baoding" again this time, Lord Ma Ge will be very happy! “
The strange voice said: "On behalf of Lord Ma Ge, I would like to express my gratitude to the second son of the Shi family, and Lord Ma Ge's promise to you will definitely be fulfilled this time!" ”
Shi Wengong laughed and said: "That's good, our cooperation has just begun, come and wish tomorrow success to grab the Baoding, let's have a toast!" ”
Inside was a burst of clinking glasses of drinking and haha laughter, Xiao Ming listened to it outside in a cold sweat, and secretly said in his heart that it was lucky, it turned out that they still wanted to snatch the Baoding! The "Baoding" is the same hybrid flying shear sailboat that Xiao Ming took when he came to Guangzhou this time, and Shi Wengong and the others seem to be planning to grab this ship tomorrow.
And the Lord Ma Ge in their mouths, it seems that he is also interested in this ship, and this person will definitely not be a person from Middle-earth, Xiao Ming quietly retreated, and then got off the ship directly, since this matter has been heard by himself, then if he doesn't do it, if he wants to do it this time, he must get rid of the tumor of the Shi family!
Xiao Ming got off the boat to find Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Shouxin, he decided to start acting immediately, and ordered Gu Xiaoliu to scoop up his official letter fuse to the Zhizhou Yamen in Guangzhou, and asked them to send the soldiers who had been with him to support, and then instructed Guo Shouxin to return to the ship immediately, and all the tiger guards of the two platoons who followed Xiao Ming this time were all cunning docks to ambush.
In order to be afraid of startling the snake, Xiao Ming instructed Guo Shouxin not to tell anyone, just convey Xiao Ming's order, and the tiger guard platoon commander who led the team will naturally obey the order.
After thinking about it, he finally decided to personally take Gu Xiaoliu to Guangzhou Zhizhou Yamen, which was safer, Guo Shouxin took the order and left, and Xiao Ming stopped a carriage and went directly to Guangzhou Zhizhou Yamen, which was in the sub-city of the inner city, and now the time has reached the fourth watch, and it will be almost dawn soon.
When Xiao Ming arrived at the Yamen, the pure wind of Guangzhou Zhizhou Road had just gotten up, and he learned that when he was the imperial master, Jiannan waited for the four seas to comfort Xiao Ming's private visit, and he couldn't help but be shocked and sleepy, and quickly welcomed Xiao Ming into the mansion, and after offering morning tea, he carefully asked Xiao Ming about the purpose of his trip.
Xiao Ming didn't talk nonsense with him, saying that he needed Lu Zhizhou's assistance to strictly investigate the matter of piracy, and hoped that he would send five hundred soldiers from the city patrol soldiers and horses to his own use, Lu Chunfeng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately called his subordinates to give orders, and soon a Marquis Yu rushed to the state capital with his soldiers and horses.
Xiao Ming was very satisfied, and gave such and such an order to the Marquis Yu, the man respectfully accepted the order and left, Xiao Ming no longer bothered Lu Chunfeng, so he got up and said goodbye, Lu Chunfeng has been sending him out of the house, Xiao Ming took Gu Xiaoliu out and thought about it for a while and decided to go to Yuanyin Temple again, and find Yilu to ask who Lord Mage is.
But now it's early in the morning, and after a busy night, Xiao Ming declined Lu Chunfeng's kindness to prepare breakfast for him, but now he was a little hungry! , so he took Gu Xiaoliu and decided to have breakfast at a breakfast stall in Guangzhou City, and Gu Xiaoliu led Xiao Ming into a relatively clean shop first.
This is a breakfast shop specializing in selling rice rolls, speaking of rice rolls, it is a home-cooked snack of Lingnan people, especially the best in Guangzhou, the rice ground powder soup is sprinkled on a bamboo strip on the basket drawer and steamed, gently peeled down is a rice roll, and then the stuffing made of minced meat, shiitake mushrooms and other vegetables is rolled, and then a bowl of soy milk, it is indeed very delicious.
Xiao Ming and Gu Xiaoliu ate two plates and drank two bowls of soy milk, feeling that their stomachs were full and their spirits came, and they saw that the sky was already bright, so they found a carriage and rushed to Yuanyin Temple in Yuexiu Mountain again.
…… When he heard Lord Mag, he was a little shocked, and he said to Xiao Ming: "This Lord Mage is actually the prince of the New Keshari Kingdom, he failed to compete for the throne with his brother, and then he left the kingdom automatically, but this person has a close relationship with the royal family of Srivijaya, in recent years, this Lord Mage has rapidly risen a force in East Java and the northern Heyi, and it is rumored that the pirates of the various islands he organized robbed the merchant travelers, focusing on the merchant ships of the New Keshari Kingdom, No one knows where this person is at the moment! ”
"So, he's a pirate leader! How can such a person allow him to possess the Buddha treasure? Xiao Ming said indignantly, Yilu knew that his Buddha treasure was originally stolen by this Lord Mage, Xiao Ming asked Yilu to follow him to the sea to show him the route, and to recover the Buddha treasure for him, Yilu thought about it again and again, and finally agreed.
Xiao Ming is very happy, although he didn't get the chart, but he got a live chart, this matter is done, he has to concentrate on dealing with Shi Wengong today!