Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Temple of Fire Vines, the Island Country of the East China Sea (4)
Xiuzi glanced at Nangong Yu and said, "Pang Mingyang is not dead, it's good news for you." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Nangong Yu was really surprised: "Didn't the gunpowder explode?" Xiuzi said fiercely: "I didn't expect to underestimate Tang Fan's fat man, he deals with gunpowder every day, his nose is particularly sensitive to sulfur, and he smelled the smell of sulfur in the room, and after digging up the land, he found that there was a pair of explosives buried in it, so he dug into the ground along the twist, destroying the main twist that connected the other rooms, resulting in half of the gunpowder not being lit, no wonder the fire on the mountain last night was not as big as imagined." ”
Nangong Yuqi said: "Why is it only half?" Xiuzi said: "There are two groups of gunpowder in the east and west courtyards, Tang Fan only dissolved one group, and the group in the east courtyard did not have time to lift it, and it exploded successfully." Only you people in the western courtyard are safe. Nangong He breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this was a great luck in misfortune, and at least half of them survived. Hideko sighed "pity" and deeply regretted it.
They continued their journey, and there was no conversation along the way, and ten days later they came to the boundary of Songjiang Prefecture. They crossed the city and came to a fish market pier outside the city. Song Ming got out of the carriage with Nangong Yu on his back, only to see the sea in front of him was blue, seagulls were flying, and many fishermen gathered on the beach, some were mending fishing nets, and some were carrying frames of fresh fish to the shore. Not far away is the fish market, which can be sold directly.
Hideko walked up to the dock and went straight to a fisherman wearing a hat and facing the sea with a fishing net, and said, "It's calm today, just going to sea?" The fisherman didn't reply: "Did the girl go to the sea to catch fish?" Hideko said: "Don't catch fish, look for big fish." The fisherman glanced back at them, looked at Nangong Yu, and said strangely: "Take the Han people to find the big fish?" Xiuzi said: "My own fish, the pole thrown by the old fisherman." When the fisherman heard the words "Old Fisherman", his face changed slightly, and he said, "Okay, you come with me." ”
The three men followed him into a medium-sized fishing boat, and the fisherman sat in the stern of the boat and rowed out to sea. Nangong Yu smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking that the last time she was held hostage was in the desert, this time she was swimming in the sea, if there is a next time, is it time to climb the snow mountain.
The land faded out of sight, waves crashing against the ship's side, the sea breeze was damp and salty, and seagulls swirled overhead. Nangong Yu thought to herself, did they have to row a fishing boat to Dongying, what if they reached the deep sea and were overturned by a big wave.
An hour later, I saw a small black dot on the sea, and when I got closer, I saw that it was a large three-masted fishing boat. After Hideko said a few words to the sailors on the ship, an old man who looked like the boss of the ship appeared, and after a few more words, he got on the boat. Song Ming carried Nangong Yu into the cabin and put it on the wooden bed. After a while, the big ship lifted anchor and sailed eastward.
It wasn't until the evening that Xiuzi walked in with a plate of food, put it on the table casually, and said angrily: "Let Miss Ben serve you, and you feed him." Song Ming said: "We are already far away from the land, so it is better to unravel the young master's acupoint." Hideko said: "His water is good, I can't afford to run away." Bear with me for a few more days. Song Ming said: "At this time, I promise that the young master will not run, and the boat is bumpy, so let the young master suffer less." ”
Xiuzi looked at Nangong Yu and said, "Do you promise not to play tricks?" Nangong Yu felt a lot more relieved after learning that Pang Mingyang was not dead. In addition, Zhu Ce and Song Yi are indeed in Dongying, and they always have to take a look, and said, "I'll go to Dongying with you." Hideko thought about it for a moment, then unlocked the acupoint for him and turned to leave.
Nangong Yu moved his hands and feet, silent. Song Ming said: "The villain knows that the prince has a lot of things to ask, and he will tell you when he sees the lord." Nangong Yu nodded, and with his cleverness, he could probably guess what was going on, but he didn't want to think about it deeply. The cabin was stuffy, Nangong Yu came to the deck, looking at the sea, he suddenly felt homesick, missed his wife and children, they must have been extremely worried about themselves after learning the news of Shaolin Temple, last time in the Western Regions made Qi'er and Rou'er frightened for a year, how long will it be delayed this time. He sighed, secretly determined that no matter what happened in Dongying, he had only one goal, and that was to go home. Now I honestly go with them, just to see my father's current situation.
After four days on the boat, I was told at night that I would arrive in Toei tomorrow. When they were all sleeping, they suddenly heard a noisy sound from the deck, Nangong Yu went out to take a look, only to see three medium-sized warships sandwiching them in the middle, and through the firelight, it could be seen that the sailors on the warship were waving weapons and shouting loudly, as if ordering them to stop the ship. The captain of the ship seemed to be explaining something loudly, but the sailors on the ship did not listen and forcibly ordered them to stop the ship. "Boom" a cannon rang out on the bow of the ship, making a final warning.
The captain of the ship had no choice but to order the sailors to lower the sails and drop anchor. Hideko frowned and asked, and the boat boss nodded. Nangong Yu asked Song Mingdao: "What's the matter?" Song Mingdao: "That's Wang Zhi's ship, I don't know why we are being checked." ”
Nangong Yu has heard the name of Wang Zhi for a long time, his life can also be described as a legend, when he was born, his mother dreamed of Tianshi into his arms, when he was a teenager, he had a vision, he was a good man, he had a strategy, gathered friends to smuggle at sea, and his power was getting bigger and bigger, and even the Japanese at sea had joined him. The Ming Dynasty encircled and suppressed several times, but was defeated by his naval army, so he had to implement the Zhao'an policy. Wang Zhi, as a native of the Ming Dynasty, did not want to go against his mother country, and pacified the navy of "Chen Sipan" according to the agreement, but the Ming Dynasty reversed himself, not only did not develop the sea market according to the agreement, but also gathered warships to encircle and suppress him. Wang Zhi escaped by chance, and since then he has plundered the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty, and has become a veritable overlord of the sea, with 10,000 under his command to make up the Japanese Kou, and can also gather a huge army of 100,000 people at any time, just like the "Tongtian Gang" on the sea. But unlike the Babel Gang, almost all of his men are Ronin samurai from Toei. These ronin samurai can't even restrain Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but they only listen to Wang Zhi alone, which shows how powerful this person is.
After a while, the three warships also approached and stopped the ship, put down the hitching board, and a group of Dongying ronins came over. They were dressed in different costumes, and their formations were scattered, and they kept looking around. A rogue samurai with bare chest hair saw Hideko and said, "Yo Xi!" and uttered a long list of words that seemed to be flirtatious, and the group of ronin samurai burst out laughing. Hideko also smiled, and walked slowly towards him with a smile, and the ronin touched his crotch and kept saying, "Yo Xi, Yo Xi." Nangong Yu found that half of Xiuzi's palm was quietly retracted into her sleeve, knowing that the ronin was going to be unlucky.
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone behind me scolding in Dongying language, and the group of Dongying ronins stopped talking, bowed their heads and stepped back, making way for them. I saw three people walking over from the pedal, led by a handsome young man in a brocade kimono, who came to the ronin samurai who was flirting with Hideko, whispered a few words, and raised his hand to slap him. The ronin stood up straight, bowed his head and saluted, "Hi!" The young man turned to Hideko, nodded and saluted, and said in Chinese: "There are no rules under him, I am sorry for bumping into Miss Hideko." Hideko said: "It's okay to be a little thing. As he spoke, he looked at the warships on both sides, and then said, "What does the young ship master mean? Do you even want to check our ship?" The young man said: "As long as the ships that enter the waters of my Wang family's waters must be inspected, it is just a routine matter." Since Miss Hideko is on the boat, let's skip it. Xiuzi smiled: "Then thank you to the young boat owner for appreciating the light." The young man said: "Ling Zun is a person who admires Xia, and Miss is also a friend of Xia, it is rare to see each other once, can you invite Miss to have tea?"
Xiuzi showed a touching smile and said, "It's really an honor, but the little girl has a task on her shoulders and doesn't dare to delay, so she has to bother the young ship owner next time." The young man smiled and said, "Well, I am waiting for you at any time and I will leave." "Let's take the men back to the warship. At this time, Nangong Yu also came to the deck and asked Song Mingdao: "Who is that young man?" Song Mingdao: "He is Wang Zhi's righteous son Mao Haifeng." Wang Zhiwu has no queen, and he is the only one righteous son. Wang Zhi is known as the owner of the Wufeng ship, and he is naturally the owner of the young ship. Nangong Yu nodded, and suddenly saw that a leader behind Mao Haifeng was very familiar, he let out a "huh" and watched carefully. At this time, the three warships pulled anchor and set sail, and the man turned around on the deck, just facing Nangong Yu. Although he was wearing a kimono and changed his hairstyle, Nangong Yu still recognized him and exclaimed, "Yan Gang, is it Brother Yan?"