Zhang Yongjie and Wang Chaoyang rode fast horses to the east, crossed the mountains and came to the boundary of Changshan, which is the plain area. The fast horse galloped all the way in the plains and went straight to Xuzhou.

After arriving in Xuzhou, Wang Chaoyang went straight to the post station and inquired with the post station official, only to know that the imperial court pillar had gone south three days ago.

Zhang Yongjie listened to their conversation and knew that this pillar of the court was Lord Hu Butang. I should have thought that this person was Lord Hu Butang, Hu Butang entered Beijing in April, and now he is returning to Nanjing, and the time is right.

Zhang Yongjie thought to himself what kind of thing this 'Golden Dragon Key' is? It actually has something to do with Lord Hu Butang? It has something to do with Hu Butang, which means that things are really important.

But Zhang Yongjie is suspicious by nature, afraid that this is another trick by Shi Yunshan and Wang Chaoyang, no matter what, he has to meet Hu Butang to confirm that this 'Golden Dragon Key' has something to do with Lord Butang.

Wang Chaoyang smiled at this time, "Let's hurry up, and within a day, we will be able to catch up with the minister." Brother Zhang, after days of driving and horses, eating and sleeping in the open, why don't we eat something good in Xuzhou City, and then go to catch up with Lord Ministry, what do you think?"

Zhang Yongjie was afraid that Wang Chaoyang was playing some tricks again, so he said, "I have survived such a long way, so what's the harm if I last another day?"

Then Wang Chaoyang said, "If the Lord of the Ministry refuses to reveal the secret of the 'Golden Dragon Key' to Brother Zhang, what will Brother Zhang do?"

Zhang Yongjie arched his hand to the sky and said, "Lord Hu Butang is a person that the kid admires very much. He doesn't need to reveal the secret of the 'Golden Dragon Key' to me, he just needs to tell me that this thing is very important, then I will go to Mingyang Palace and ask Li Ling for it." ”

Wang Chaoyang smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, you are still too young and vigorous, and you should stop things on yourself." That Li Ling, who used to be the temporary head of the Li family, where is it so easy to deal with?"

Zhang Yongjie said proudly, "I know that this little girl has a strange temper, if she doesn't give it to me, I will die with her at that time." ”

Wang Chaoyang sighed: "Isn't it good to live? Everyone else is afraid of looking for trouble, but Brother Zhang is going to cause trouble everywhere. ”

Zhang Yongjie didn't want to say more to Wang Chaoyang, so he waved his hand and said, "This has nothing to do with you, you just need to lead the way." ”

Wang Chaoyang was helpless, this Yongjie still had the face to say that Li Ling had a strange temper, if you want to say that this person with a strange temper, how can there be a stranger person in the world than this kid?

Wang Chaoyang had no choice but to take Zhang Yongjie to continue the journey, and after another day, he chased directly to Baocheng in the south of the Huai'an boundary, and asked the post station that Lord Hu Butang was staying here yesterday. Presumably, Lord Hu Butang's next stop is Gaocheng Post Station in the Yangzhou area.

Zhang Yongjie pulled Wang Chaoyang, quickly whipped his horse, and went straight to Gaocheng Station. When the two arrived at the Gaocheng Station, it was already evening.

But there is no trace of Hu Butang and his party at Gaocheng Station. Zhang Yongjie pondered, from Baocheng to Gaocheng, although he also met some people on the official road, but he had seen the Lord of the Ministry, if he met on the road, it was impossible to miss it?

Zhang Yongjie wants to return along the road and look for Lord Hu Butang along the way, so as to determine the matter of the 'Golden Dragon Key' as soon as possible. But Wang Chaoyang refused to continue, insisting on staying overnight at this Gaocheng Station.

Zhang Yongjie said, "The Lord of the Ministry should have settled in Gaocheng Station, but now he has not arrived in Gaocheng, don't you think it's strange?"

Wang Chaoyang shouted, "Strange fart, I missed it on the road, it's normal." Let's just stay here and wait for the minister. ”

Zhang Yongjie thought about it carefully and confirmed that along the way, he definitely did not meet the master of the department, and if he did, it would be absolutely impossible for him not to recognize him.

After all, Wang Chaoyang is the chief strategist in Shi Yunshan's hands, not a fool. He saw that Zhang Yongjie's face was full of worry, and teased, "Lord Ministries is the pillar of the imperial court, and at this moment the Japanese are rampant, so naturally they can't return to Nanjing with great fanfare, so it is normal for plainclothes to return." ”

Zhang Yongjie naturally knew that it would be safer for plainclothes to return, but he was sure that between Baocheng and Gaocheng, there would never be anyone who was suspected of being a minister.

Zhang Yongjie shook his head and said, "No, let's go back to look for it immediately." ”

Wang Chaoyang said angrily, "The surname is Zhang, my grandfather is no longer serving." You have a lot of internal strength, and you don't know what it means to be sleepy. Your grandfather, to put it bluntly, is still a scholar, and he has no power to tie the chicken, I am going to sleep anyway, you have to toss, I will not accompany you. ”

After Wang Chaoyang finished speaking, he was already lying on the bed first, looking like he couldn't move by thunder, and the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

Although Wang Chaoyang was foul-mouthed, he did make sense, this person doesn't know martial arts, and it is also true that he has no physical strength after a long run.

Zhang Yongjie was not unsympathetic, and immediately said, "Okay, if you don't go, I won't force you." I'll come back to you tomorrow morning, and if you dare to run, think about the consequences first. ”

Wang Chaoyang turned over and scolded, "Your grandfather, if I want to run, I don't have to wait for Gaocheng." After saying that, he fell asleep.

Zhang Yong left the post station, led the horses, and returned along the same road, looking for Lord Hu Butang.

Zhang Yongjie always felt that it was a little strange to miss the whereabouts of Lord Hu Butang on the road for no reason. What kind of situation and danger do you encounter on the road?

But from Gaocheng to Baocheng, there are more than 100 miles along the way, and there are plains along the way, so how easy is it to find someone?

On the left hand side is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, there is a huge water lake on the side of the canal, there are two big boats on the water lake, faintly revealing some lights, although they are very far away, but you can still see the firelight.

Zhang Yongjie wondered, why didn't the boats on the lake dock on this big night? This is a bit unusual.

Zhang Yongjie immediately rode a fast horse and walked along the side of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, there are boats here, and in the town, there must be a wharf.

Zhang Yongjie found the wharf and confirmed to the wharf staff that the lake was called Gaoyou Lake, and the boats on the lake were also rented by a group of officials, but it was not clear why they sailed the boats into Gaoyou Lake at night.

Zhang Yongjie thought to himself that if it was rented by officials, it must be Hu Butang and his party, and he didn't know what they were doing in the lake.

remembered that when he came to Gaocheng, he originally wanted to meet Lord Hu Butang to confirm whether the 'Golden Dragon Key' had anything to do with the imperial court.

Zhang Yongjie immediately borrowed a small boat from the dock staff and drove towards the two big boats in the center of the lake with a penny.

Gaoyou Lake is not small, the two big boats seem to be still moving in the lake, Zhang Yongjie urged the internal force, and moved forward at a high speed, wanting to meet Lord Hu Butang a moment earlier and ask about the 'Golden Dragon Key'.

But why is Hu Butang inexplicably in the middle of the lake? Zhang Yongjie felt a little strange. At the moment, use the internal force to make yourself reach the state of hearing and seeing, and see if you can hear any movement on the ship.

Sure enough, a 'Bagaya Road' came to Zhang Yongjie's ears, although there are still five miles of waterway to get together, but Zhang Yongjie's internal strength is so strong, when he is lucky, even if there is a wind and grass, Zhang Yongjie can hear it.

Zhang Yongjie was shocked, only Dongying Fusang people would say 'Bagaya Road'. But I remembered that the people on the dock said that it was a group of officials who rented a big boat.

It was absolutely impossible for the people on the dock to lease the boat to the Japanese Kou, and there must have been Han Chinese. Zhang Yongjie combined all kinds of information and immediately judged that Lord Hu Butang was kidnapped by the Japanese and was in danger.

Although Zhang Yongjie is not sure about this, he is also very sure. Even if his guess is nonsense, but there are Japanese robbers here, and when he meets him, he must be looking for death.

There must have been someone patrolling the bow of the boat, Zhang Yongjie immediately abandoned the small boat, dived into the water gently, and slowly swam towards the big boat.

Zhang Yongjie grew up in Qiandao Lake and has excellent water quality, so he slowly approached the big boat in the water, and the sound he made was almost negligible.

From a distance, there were guards at the bow of the ship. At this moment, about half a mile together, Zhang Yongjie immediately stopped sliding his limbs, and slowly approached the big boat by inertia, appearing more cautious. At the same time, the internal force was mobilized to further eavesdrop on the conversations of the people on board.

Just listen to one person, "Hussan, waist card, yours." Denial, impossible. ”

Zhang Yongjie knew this voice, this person was the Fusang master who provoked the heroes in Chang'an that day, Hattori Qianjin.

At that moment, another Han said, "Lord Hu, your waist card is here, it is impossible for you not to admit that you are Lord Hu Butang." ”

Zhang Yongjie listened to the voice, the thief who spoke Chinese was smooth, and he must be a Han person. How did he help Hattori talk to him? This dog thief has become a traitor.

Another person said, "Slave, there is a kind of direct killing of your grandfather, and it is impossible to get the formula of black powder." ”

Zhang Yongjie heard this person's voice, it was Lord Hu Butang's entourage, either Zhao Kui or Feng Jin, but he didn't know who it was.

There were two slaps from the boat, and I thought that the would-be would-be would. Zhang Yongjie was furious, and was about to get on the boat to kill the Quartet, but he heard the Japanese robber babbling for a while, and he didn't know what the Hattori Qianjin said.

The traitor translated, "Master Hu, we have found out that the formula of this black powder is hidden in the 'Golden Dragon Key', you just need to hand over this 'Golden Dragon Key'." ”

Zhang Yongjie was taken aback, it turned out that this 'Golden Dragon Key' contained the recipe for black powder. I heard that the imperial court appointed the Li family to build six red-coated cannons, so it was natural to make the corresponding cannonballs.

And black powder can be said to be the most advanced firearm of my Ming Dynasty, and it is extremely powerful. It is more advanced and powerful than the Tangmen Fire Cloud Thunderbolt.

In this way, this 'Golden Dragon Key' is really important, not only the secret of the 'Golden Dragon Key' is extremely important, but even the name of the 'Golden Dragon Key' should be a highly confidential thing.

And before he was in Taiyuan, he made a big fuss to know the secret of the 'Golden Dragon Key', and if it was spread out like this, everyone in the world might soon know that there was a 'Golden Dragon Key', and his behavior was really a leak.

But then I thought that Shi Yunshan was looking for Li Ling in Mingyang Palace to ask for the 'Golden Dragon Key', and at that time, thousands of people knew that there was the name 'Golden Dragon Key', and it seemed that Shi Yunshan was really a brute.

Finally, the voice of Lord Hu Butang came, and I only heard Lord Hu Butang say angrily, "Just a slave, such a trick, how can you do it?

Hu Butang's words were extremely majestic, and Zhang Yongjie felt a burst of admiration when he heard it. This Lord Hu Butang is worthy of half of the sky of my Ming Dynasty, the big deal is just death, how can he, a pillar of the court, succumb to the Japanese Kou?

The hattori thousand catties, and there was a burst of words, and Zhang Yongjie couldn't understand it at all.

Fortunately, a traitor immediately translated and said, "Master Hu, as the commander of the Ming army, you have no way to survive if you fall into our hands this time." But as long as you hand over the 'Golden Dragon Key', we will release you for the first time, let the two armies face each other again, and check the twenty-two histories, which is a unique thing. ”

Hu Butang retorted, "Without my surname Hu, there are naturally other commanders." I am a great land and a vast resource, and my talents are like carp crossing the river, how can you compare with the three islands of the Japanese slaves?"

Hu Butang added: "Just a slave, I also know the twenty-two history of China? This made the old man impressed. But since you have also read the history of the twenty-two, you should know that in our land, there are many people who can let you go. ”

The Hattori was silent for a while, and finally said, "Mina, take a soft." ”

Zhang Yongjie thought to himself that this Hattori Qianjin still has to eat meat, he is afraid that he will think too much, and I, Zhang Yongjie, will be able to beat him in a blink of an eye and even his father will not know him, and let this widow bury the belly of the fish.

The traitor translated, "Hattori-kun has lost patience with you and is leaving." Since Master Hu is so stubborn, I'll see you in the next life. ”

Then the traitor said, "Zhang San and Li Si, you two stay and send Master Hu and his two followers on the road." The rest of the brothers, withdraw to the second ship, and let's go. ”

Hattori walked out of the cabin at the moment, but his face was shocked, and he hurriedly took a few steps back in fright, because Zhang Yongjie was waiting for him at the bow of the boat.

Seeing that Zhang Yongjie, who was soaking wet, was staring at him, Hattori Qianjin immediately recognized that this kid was the young man with very strong internal strength who thwarted him in Chang'an.

Zhang Yongjie sneered and said, "Do you know who your father and I are? ”

At this moment, several Han people walked out of the cabin, and the first one wondered, "Hattori-kun, what's wrong?"

Hattori Chijin used very broken Chinese and exclaimed, "He, it's him." Very powerful teenager. ”

The group of traitors didn't know who Zhang Yongjie was, and the traitors led by shouted, "Stinky boy, your father and my surname are Wang, and my name is Wang Zhi." Brothers, catch this little bastard who dares to insult Hattori-kun, let's skin him and cramp him. ”

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen traitors attacked Zhang Yongjie, and Zhang Yongjie immediately opened his bow left and right, slapped one by one, and knocked this group of people down in the lake.

Zhang Yongjie sneered, "I don't care if you are called Wang Zhi or Wang Qu, I will see you in the next life, and I will see you in the next life." After speaking, Zhang Yongjie pushed forward violently and slapped Wang Zhi.

That Wang Zhi saw Zhang Yongjie knock his men down in the lake one by two, and knew that he had met a master today, and he would be hostile, so Wang Zhi saw that Zhang Yongjie was just about to palm, so he jumped into the lake first.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yongjie pushed this palm to Hattori. Hattori Chijin knew that he could not resist the palm of the kid in front of him, and immediately landed on the ground, and the fish jumped into the lake.

Zhang Yongjie was bored, thinking that this Hattori Qianjin is also a master, far beyond the powerful figures of the second echelon in the world. He was so cowardly, he didn't even have the courage to fight.

But when I think that although this man is as timid as a mouse in front of him, but in front of others, he is as bold as an ox, no, I met him today, and this person must be removed.

Zhang Yongjie saw Hattori jumping into the water, and sneered, "In the water, I'm afraid you won't have a chance." After saying that, he jumped into the lake.

But Zhang Yongjie was in a trance, the night was dark and there was no moon, and there were more than a dozen black-clothed men in the lake at this time, and in the chaos, they actually lost Hattori's thousand catties.

But it doesn't matter, as soon as Qiandao Electric Power comes out, today it will be like an electric fish, and directly send all this group of people to the West Heaven.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie used his strong internal strength, and as soon as the Qiandao electric strength came out, what a stinging it was?

The calm night, the calm lake, suddenly there was a wail. How could their flesh and blood withstand such electric shocks?

Zhang Yongjie urged several times, and some people couldn't withstand the electric shock, fainted, and floated on the water.

At this time, someone said in fluent Chinese, "Hero, please spare our lives, we are all descendants of China, and we are of the same lineage." Hero, your surname, maybe we were relatives five hundred years ago. ”

Zhang Yongjie scolded: "Now it's the same lineage? I don't have relatives like you, even if I do, today is the time for me to kill my relatives in righteousness." ”

After speaking, Zhang Yongjie continued to urge a few palms, and the big men who were shocked cried and called their mothers. Zhang Yongjie wondered if the Hattori jack was dead, and it was not easy to check in the dark night.

But then I thought about it, that Wang Zhi still had Zhang San and Li Si and two minions on the boat, saying that he was going to send Lord Hu Butang on the road, why did he be negligent for a while and forget about it?

Zhang Yongjie immediately turned over and flew over the bow of the ship, and was about to enter the cabin to rescue him, but he thought of who Hu Butang was?

Zhang Yongjie suddenly remembered four words, and he became an enemy. Hu Butang is such an important person, is this time to save himself, is it a great favor?

If it is a great favor, then Lord Hu Butang will call himself Engong or something when he faces himself in the future, how do others feel when they hear it?

At the beginning, he rescued his eldest sister in Yuzhou, but the eldest sister later wanted to kill herself. Although it didn't happen, it was also in a thought. If he helps Lord Hu Butang this time, what if he also kills himself?

Zhang Yongjie felt that he was too suspicious, and thought that Master Hu Butang was definitely not such a person.

But then he thought about it, he originally planned to go to Nanjing to join the army and serve the country, and he would inevitably become a small soldier under Lord Hu Butang in the future.

What if Lord Hu Butang always remembered that he had saved him, so he couldn't command himself? After all, if you are gracious, you will be more or less polite.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie thought that he must not let Lord Hu Butang know that he had saved him. In this way, I will be able to deal with him like a normal person in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yongjie immediately tore off a piece of cloth and covered his face before rushing into the cabin.

Fortunately, the so-called Zhang San and Li Si two minions, when they heard the sound of fighting outside the cabin, they were already frightened and didn't know where to go, and they didn't hurt Lord Hu Butang and Zhao Kui, Feng Jin's two entourage.

At this moment, Lord Hu Butang, Zhao Kui and Feng Jin were being tied up by five flowers. Zhao Kui and Feng Jin both had dirty faces, and they thought they had been beaten.

Lord Hu Butang is sitting at the table at the moment, and he is not injured, thinking that Hattori Qianjin also respects the big man, knowing that Shi Ke can not be humiliated, but Lord Hu Butang's hair is messy at the moment, and he is obviously embarrassed.

Zhang Yongjie hurriedly untied Lord Hu Butang and Zhao Kui and Feng Jin, Zhang Yongjie thought to himself, fortunately, he is now masked and does not show his true face, otherwise Lord Hu Butang will be a little embarrassed if he knows that he has bumped into him like this.

After Hu Butang was untied, he said loudly, "The grace of the strong man to save his life is worshiped by me." ”

Zhang Yongjie was shocked, and hurriedly lifted the arm of Lord Hu Butang, and said against his tongue, "Lord Butang must not be like this." ”

Zhang Yongjie thought to himself, he was against his tongue, and his voice changed slightly, this Lord Hu Butang shouldn't be able to hear his own voice.

Zhao Kui and Feng Jin followed suit, and Zhang Yongjie hurriedly stopped the two of them from acting.

Hu Butang arched his hand and said, "Engong Gao's surname, can you remove the covering, so that he can repay him in the future." ”

Zhang Yongjie pressed his tongue and said, "I'm just an ordinary Ming man, the lord of the ministry is the pillar of the court, the pillar of the Ming dynasty, this kid has done a little bit, and it can be regarded as an action to repay the country, how dare you say that you are gracious?

Zhang Yongjie was afraid that he didn't make it clear, and explained, "This is just something I should do, it is not a kindness, don't take it to heart, and never mention anything to repay." ”

Hu Butang saw Zhang Yongjie masked, and turned into a tongue again, knowing that this person would never reveal his identity. I already understand what it means, and I don't ask at the moment.

But how can you not repay the grace of saving your life? Hu Butang arched his hand and said: "I think that Engong is afraid that Engong will become an enemy, so I will underestimate me, Hu someone." ”

Zhang Yongjie waved his hand again and again, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Hu Butang arched his hand again, "But the grace of saving lives, how can you ignore it." Please accept my worship, how about this matter be cleared?"

Zhang Yongjie saw that Lord Hu Butang insisted on bowing, and immediately agreed, but he respected Lord Hu Butang very much in his heart, so he did not want to bow down to Lord Hu Butang, who was highly respected.

So when Hu Butang bowed down, Zhang Yongjie immediately bowed and saluted, not daring to hold it up.

Zhang Yongjie smiled slightly, and continued to say against his tongue, "This matter has been turned over, and the ministers are working hard for state affairs, so don't worry about this matter anymore." ”

Hu Butang nodded slightly, indicating that it had already been cleared and that he would never mention this matter again. But Hu Butang attaches great importance to the young man in front of him in his heart, if he doesn't want to return the favor, this is a model.

I don't know anything about this person, how can I repay it? This is the highest state of giving grace without wanting to reciprocate, this person has the chivalrous style of ancient times, and is a rare talent.

Zhang Yongjie said to Zhao Kui and Feng Jin again, "Two big brothers, let's hurry up and row to the shore." This widow is so rampant that he dares to appear here blatantly. ”

Zhao Kui and Feng Jin bowed to Zhang Yongjie, and Zhao Kui said, "Since Engong refuses to show kindness, then our brothers will drag it out and call Engong an old brother." ”

Zhang Yongjie smiled, pressed his tongue and said, "The two elder brothers are older than me, and it is natural to call me the elder brother, how do you use it?"

Zhao Kui and Feng Jin saw that Zhang Yongjie was very polite, and they all smiled heartily, and they were full of good feelings for this person in their hearts.

Zhang Yongjie thought for a while, and said against his tongue, "No, why do I feel that there is only one Japanese Kou, and all the others are Han?"

Feng Jin said, "Brother doesn't know, that Wang Zhi is a pirate leader, with thousands of men and horses in his hands, entrenched on an island in the East China Sea. In addition, there are several pirates, commonly known as the Four Great Kou, also known as the Second Kou. There are not many real widows, but there are many such two gangsters. ”

The more Zhang Yongjie listened, the more angry he became, he slapped the table heavily, and shouted, "I'll just say that this is a crackdown on the widows, how can it be suppressed for several years, and it hasn't been resolved." It turned out that it had been done for a long time, but it was a group of fake pirates who were making trouble. ”

Zhao Kui followed, "The real Japanese are not terrible, after all, they have no ink on their chests, so what is the truth." What is terrible is that there are some capable people who are proficient in the art of war. ”

Zhang Yongjie hurriedly said, "No, I have to go out quickly to see if Wang Zhitian is in the west, if not, I will send him on the road." ”

When Zhang Yong got out of the cabin, where were there still people on the water, they all ran to another boat, and at this moment they were already ten miles away, and it was difficult to catch up again.

Zhang Yongjie slapped his thigh, he really wanted to give himself a few slaps, but he let these people run away.

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