Dong Liang and Gongsun Xi had made plans, and when they left the house, they saw the street was in chaos. He was a little surprised, so he pulled an old man who was setting up a stall nearby and asked, "What's going on?"
The old man was busy cleaning up the stall. Hearing this, he pushed him impatiently. Without thinking, he pushed him. When he looked up and saw a burly, strong-looking man with a fierce look, he felt a little scared. Answer: "Just now, a military master flew by and reported along the way. He said that Ruru and the treasonous hussar general were jointly attacking Northern Xinjiang. The city of Jizhou has fallen, and the Northern Xinjiang army was defeated thousands of miles away. I am asking the court to come up with a plan... The imperial court like Ming is playing with the real long live and fake long live, and the 400,000 forbidden troops are divided into two halves. I will beat him, and he will beat me... Where can I have the time to care about that at that time? "
"We common people don't care about life and death, so we can pack up our things and run for our lives!"
He vaguely remembered that Dong Liang came out of the house next door, so he tried to persuade him again, "Are you my descendant or a relative or friend of that house? Go in quickly and give a warning and leave quickly! The old man remembered that there seemed to be young women in that house, so he bought two of them. A maid serving? Ruru is here, and the female family members are the most unlucky! If you don’t leave now, it will be too late to regret it!"
While the town was in chaos, the sea was calm.
In the most spacious cabin on the second floor of the ship with the best view, Sheng Weiqiao was wearing a cloak, facing the sea breeze and looking into the distance. Rong Ruibin was teased by the female family members such as Xuan Yu Feng and Master Wu. The sound of giggles came from outside the wide open hatch, and behind him, Xu Lianshan deliberately lowered his voice and reported: "... We have thoroughly checked and found out whether those pirates came from the south. Are you sure? It cannot be confirmed whether they are Han Pan's old men. Moreover, there was a scuffle between the bandits before, and most of the suspected people found so far are dead. The lucky ones who are still alive are still unknown, so we have to investigate slowly. "
He pondered for a while, "In those few months, Zhudong has been attracting people's attention. Is it possible that someone has been setting off the pontoon at night? Zhudong asked people to take a sampan to chase them to see if they had reported the princess and the prince. The current situation of the fleet is very clear. Some people in Didong suggested not to alarm them for the time being and to take a long-term approach to fishing for big fish. However, Zhudong felt that Ruming’s most pressing concern was to ensure that the princess and the young prince arrived safely in the south. Fengjun. Otherwise, I have ordered them to be tied to the back of the boat after three cuts and six holes."
"That's good." Sheng Weiqiao nodded and said, "There's nothing good about that kind of long-term fishing. Everyone knows what's going on. Mi Zhenfou, the junior, suffered the loss and made a fuss. What's going on? People who stand silently and don’t feel pain in their backs will also be persuaded to settle the matter and endure it! It’s better not to ask for publicity, and we can live happily on our own!”
Xu Lianshan smiled and said: "Does Shudong think that way?"
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Wrong, has their news from the south east been conveyed to Nanfeng County? This time he and his aunt have been separated from their hometown for many years, and they miss them a lot when they want to come there. And the news from the north Xinjiang After the news spread, they didn't know that they had left, and they were probably worried. Why not tell them the good news earlier, which would not only reassure them but also make them happy?"
"Because he was afraid that the news would leak out, Zhudong asked someone to explain it to his father-in-law." Xu Lianshan said, "Looking at the confinement period, they should already know about it. As for who the father-in-law wants to tell, he must have his own discretion. .”
Sheng Weiqiao nodded and said, "His father is the safest in doing things."
At this point, the conversation came to an end and Xu Lianshan was asking to leave. At that time, a long series of whistles came from the mast outside, urgent and tactful.
He frowned upon hearing this.
Sheng Weiqiao looked at his face and asked, "What? Are you in trouble?"
I remembered the time when I returned to Nanfeng County from Chang'an, and Rong Suihe rushed there, but there was a similar signal, and the "sea bandits" came to kill me at the door.
After all, it was not a pirate that time. Xu Lianshan shook his head and said: "If someone is in trouble, according to the rules of the sea, even if he is a vicious person who kills without batting an eye, he will eventually ask for help."
He went to the deck of Ditung and made a few leg movements to the leg looking towards the porthole, and said, "We have many ships, let the worst one rescue them. If they can survive, they will survive. If they don't survive, they will die." ”
The people in distress were probably quite far away, and there was a mast on the water leg responsible for the lookout. Sheng Weiqiao stretched her neck and looked at it several times. When she looked out, she could not see the sparkling calm sea. She was a little strange and said: "How can there be shipwrecks in such calm weather? We are obviously in the deep sea, but 80% of the time we can get there, it will be a big ship. Ordinarily, if we just drive with our eyes closed, nothing will happen, right?"
"If you open your eyes with your eyes closed in an unfamiliar sea, no matter how calm the sea is, something will happen." Xu Lianshan knew that although Nanfeng County where she was born is close to the sea, she had been raised in a boudoir since she was a child and had no experience at sea. Hearing this, he explained with a smile, "My dear, don't look at the calm sea. There seems to be no danger! But to the east of the sea, who knows what else? Rocks, whirlpools, undercurrents... Even if it is not a big ship, it will be unlucky. It may not be comprehensive enough. Otherwise, everyone will just pick a good day and sail casually, and what route are they looking for?"
He added, "Prince Gaomi came to that area before to recruit him. Although most of the nearby pirates agreed to stay ashore, those who did not agreed were almost wiped out. However, this did not give them a year and a half to clean up. Something like that in Chang'an in the Ming Dynasty, 80% of the time no one paid attention to them. Maybe some people thought that the court was asking for repentance and came out to resume their old business. Is it unknown whether the people who died are related to this? "
While they were chatting, one ship from the fleet had already been sent to rescue people.
After a while, the flag came up that the rescue was successful.
When Xu Lianshan saw it, he leaned out of the porthole, called a confidant, and ordered him: "I'll get a sampan over and ask if what's going on?"
The confidant agreed and went. Xu Lianshan happened to have something to do, so he and Sheng Weiqiao resigned and went east.
Sheng Weiqiao returned to the place next door where Rong Ruibin was placed, and saw that Xuan Yu Feng and Master Wu had left at some point, and the wet nurse and two maids were guarding the child.
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao come in, the three of them stood up and saluted.
Sheng Weiqiao made a "silence" leg gesture and walked to the cradle with light legs and feet. He saw Rong Ruibin lying quietly on his back inside, with his legs beside his head, as if surrendering, with long eyelashes like a feather fan. , with the even breathing blowing on the pink face, it is festive and ruthless, lined with a small peony quilt with red tapestry branches.
She stood there for a long time before leaving with a sweet heart.
When Fang returned to his room, he didn't want Xu Lianshan to send someone to invite her. He said that the people in distress who had just been rescued were unexpected, and he wanted to invite her to serve as an adviser.
Sheng Weiqiao went east full of doubts, and saw Xu Lianshan and a few of his confidants there. There were people outside who were checking on the boat he had sent there to rescue people.
"What happened to the rescued people over there?" She waved her leg to stop Xu Lianshan and others from saluting, and asked doubtfully, "You don't have anything to do with him, do you?"
Xu Lianshan said with a strange expression: "Is it true that I have something to do with your Majesty... Does your Majesty remember County Master Jingshu very well?"
"Huan Yehe?!" Sheng Weiqiao was startled, "Is she the one who was rescued?! That's right, the Yongyi family has been in Chang'an all along! How come they appeared in Haizai and we happened to meet them?"
"The person who was rescued was not the county head Jingshu, but he brought news about the county head Jingshu's family." Xu Lianshan said, "It was the Huan family who gave birth to a child, and they came out to ask for help."
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned: "Help? Run out? Run out from where?"
"Can you tell me about an island that's about a day's journey away from us?" Xu Lianshan asked someone to bring out a nautical chart and pointed it out to Sheng Weiqiao, "That island, we have someone there to accompany Prince Gaomi when he recruits Qihai. , I have also been there. There is a relatively large and beautiful place nearby, where the fixed sea market used to be. The sea owner there made a lot of money by opening the market. Because of that, when the prince came here before, he didn't He planned to accept the recruitment, so he launched an assassination attempt in an attempt to frighten the court."
Having said this, he thought about it and said, "Last year, because of the assassination, the prince of Gaomi stopped his recruitment and returned to Chang'an for medical treatment. He stayed in bed for many months. At that time, it was because of the assassination that one of the sea masters named Tonglian was killed. Girl, she sacrificed her life to save her, so she took her back to be a concubine?"
"That assassination was caused by the old owner of the island. Of course, he didn't do it right either, and he was killed by our people right away."
At that time, someone next to me added: "The ship we are taking now belongs to the Lord of the Sea. That ship is much better than our flagship on Tortoiseshell Island. When the brothers first saw it, they knew it must be done." Ours! If you give it to the prince, King Gaomi, or anyone else, it will be a waste!"
Sheng Weiqiao was not interested in those things. He pinched his forehead and continued to ask Huan Yehe: "When did their family leave Chang'an? What were they doing on that island?"
"At that time... why did they send someone out to ask for help, and they happened to be in trouble, and they happened to meet us?"
"That person said it was because the bandits from Suiji Mountain surrendered to our county king last year. The King of Gaomi was very close to the Meng family. They all suspected that Duke Huan was still alive and sent people to the Yongyi Bo Mansion to find out the news." Xu Lianshan said, "Because The prince had secretly sent Duke Huan's coffin back to Bishui County for burial. Yong Yibo's family was worried that if they knew the truth, the Huan family would have no support and the prince's arrangement might be ruined, so they decided to avoid it. "
"I took advantage of my usual opportunity to stay at Zhuangzi near Chang'an. My family disguised themselves as wealthy businessmen and secretly left Chang'an by boat. They planned to take the sea route to the south and east to find a place to stay. The ship they originally hired was surrendered and turned around. He was hijacked by pirates and originally planned to kill them, but later because he knew that they were members of Duke Huan's family and had a close relationship with the county king... In fact, the Lord asked not to do the latter, because the prince of Gaomi had previously come to recruit people, and the assistants sent by the county king, "Have you ever shown the name of Tortoiseshell Island, and also told me whether it is actually under the command of the Duke and Prince of Gaomi, and whether Bu Nao can be temporarily assisted by the Prince of Gaomi?"
"At that time, the pirates over there tried several times, but they didn't get the upper hand. Moreover, the sea master who assassinated the prince was not killed by our brothers. Those things happened not long ago, so they left some reputation. Those pirates were worried After we learned the news, we came here to ask for help, so we kept the people there to eat and drink as guests."
"If our county prince didn't know about it at all, how could he send someone here?"
"Then, after a long time, the confinement period will become difficult. So County Master Jingshu tried to let the family's son bypass the surveillance and come out for help with a wooden board."
Xu Lianshan added, "The channel we are taking now is relatively hidden. I don't know how Jingshu County Master knew about it. He said that he has been keeping people guarding there for a month or two, and he also saw other people in the area. The boat is just an ordinary merchant. If you ask for help, you won't be able to help, so you just ignore it. Tomorrow we will see that we have a large number of people, so we will explain it on the boat."
Sheng Weiqiao frowned and thought for a long time before asking: "Lianshan, could it be a trap?"
"Just send someone over to see if it's okay." Xu Lianshan said nonchalantly, "Then we have to be very careful if we are on the shore. But at that time, the sea was on the sea, and the naval battles we had fought every time before were all wrong. How can you defeat more with less, let alone the overwhelming number of people at that time?"
He asked for instructions, "If it is true that Lord Jingshu and his family are trapped at sea, what about us?"
"Then he must be asking for help." Sheng Weiqiao muttered, "If they ask to see him when the time comes, let County Master Jingshu come over first! He is not familiar with the rest of their family. What's more, if Ming Ruibin is on the ship Now, just be careful in everything."
Xu Lianshan agreed and sent people to investigate. At the same time, he asked the fleet to lower half of the sails and slow down.
In this way, by the evening of the next month, the ship responsible for the investigation chased the fleet and reported everything about the situation on the island.