The spy said: "Because of the incident in Chang'an, several groups of pirates who had previously agreed to be recruited were somewhat interested in returning to their old careers. However, they were afraid that the imperial court would be free to hold them accountable. Now several groups are occupying the area together. The idea is not to blame the public under the guise of the law.”
"The Huan family is indeed on the island now. This is no secret. The main reason is that the people who captured them are now finding it difficult to get off the tiger: they originally thought they were arresting a family of wealthy businessmen, but even if they don't get much money, the women are always pleasantly surprised. .”
"Who knew that it was a descendant of Duke Huan and an old friend of the county king? They wanted to let it go but they didn't dare to let it go. They wanted to kill it but they didn't dare to kill it. Now they are eating and drinking it well, but they don't know what to do."
"Some people on the island think that they are inseparable from people on the island, so they have different opinions. For this reason, they have no intention of going out to rob people these days."
"So, if we go to ask for people now, we are doing them a favor?" Sheng Weiqiao said, "You won't take the opportunity to make a fortune on us, right?"
"They took the initiative to give us a reason to take action and make a fortune at the same time, why not?" Xu Lianshan laughed when he heard this, "We killed the old owners of the island earlier, so what do they mean by a bunch of rabble now? "
He ordered his confidant, "You take two boats to pick up people. It's okay if they know the rules there. If they don't, teach them the rules of our sea!"
The confidant went as promised, and half a day later, he brought the Huan family with him very smoothly.
According to Sheng Weiqiao's previous instructions, Huan Ye, the head of Jingshu County, was asked to come to the flagship to meet him.
After a while, Huan Yehe, who had freshened up a little, was sent over alone. The people who had been sent to the island by the Huan family and Xu Lianshan to inquire about the news said that
The Huan family has never suffered any grievances. Looking at it now, although Huan Yehe has obviously lost weight, his eyes are bright and he seems to be in good spirits.
She wears her hair in a pony bun, with two hairpins of silk green luan embedded with turquoise and other miscellaneous treasures, and a pearl filled with begonia flowers.
A pair of jade rabbit earrings set with ruby on her ears, and an emerald floating flower bracelet on her wrist.
Wearing a lotus color embroidered with peony branches, wide sleeves and a double-breasted jacket, a piece of lotus myrobalan embroidered on a goose yellow background is exposed on the chest. The waist is tied with purple brocade with a white deer holding zhicao, and underneath is a moon-white hidden flower skirt.
After seeing Sheng Weiqiao, without waiting for her to speak, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I've waited for you!"
Sheng Weiqiao was a little surprised when he heard this. He pushed the prepared ginseng tea in front of her, raised his eyebrows and said, "You know if I ask my servant to ask for help nearby, he will meet me? Why?"
"Among the assistants of the Prince of Gaomi when he went to sea to recruit people, there were people from Mi Zhen. As far as I know about Mi Zhen, even if the King of Gaomi promised him a benefit for this, it would be strange if he didn't take advantage of it secretly. Then you went to Northern Xinjiang, And if you want to give birth there, I guess Meng Boqin is so powerful that Mi Zhen won’t trust you to leave by land." Huan Yehe picked up the ginseng tea, took a sip, and said, "He was a pirate, and he was on the sea. Since I am familiar with it, the things I secretly got from Prince Gaomi before will also come in handy."
"So I will probably let you mother-in-law leave this land of right and wrong in Northern Xinjiang by sea."
"As for the sea route, 80% of them will choose the current secret route dedicated to smuggling and selling stolen goods."
Huan Yehe came to the conclusion, "Count the days until you give birth. Just wait and see. It will happen sooner or later."
He added, "Considering premature birth and other accidents, I asked people to wait two or three months in advance... Finally, God has paid off."
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he couldn't help but admired: "Sister, you are so amazing! You guessed exactly right."
But I'm still a little confused, "Since my sister sees things so clearly, why didn't she consider the pirates before going to sea?"
Huan Yehe twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I took this into consideration before going to sea. Don't forget that there are so many people chasing us to question my grandfather about his whereabouts! Even if we go to sea, if Guo Guo There is no point in running back to Bishui County."
"If we go to other places, there are so many people in our family, it will be difficult to hide from others."
"If you keep floating on the sea, what if you encounter a hurricane or something?"
She spread her hands and said, "So it's better to go to the pirate island to avoid the limelight. After all, the pirates who have been combed by the imperial court and are really reckless in their actions have long since died!"
"So, with my grandfather's name and the intimidation of the county king, how can these people dare to be unreasonable to us?"
"... You are really brave." Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but sigh after hearing her plan, "Even if the analysis is sound, it is the pirates who are the most lawless. To be honest, you are so beautiful and lovely, you are really not afraid of someone like that. Not afraid of death?"
Huan Yehe smiled and said: "In that situation, what else could we do without taking risks? If we fell into the hands of King Gaomi or the Meng family, who can guarantee that it would be better than falling into the hands of pirates?"
Thinking of what he heard about the experiences of Luo Pu's family two days ago, Sheng Weiqiao nodded with emotion: "That's true. You have been at sea these days, so you may not know it. In the past two days, Luo Pu, Huan Gong's favorite disciple, was attacked by Because of Qi Jianxun's suspicion, even the old lady of the Luo family committed suicide."
"I don't know what the Luo family is like right now!"
"Is there such a thing?" Huan Yehe raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you tell me what it's like on the shore now?"
"There's nothing wrong with it." Sheng Weiqiao said, "It's just that I've been in Northern Xinjiang these days, and I don't know much about Chang'an."
He told her some of the things he knew one by one, and finally said: "I plan to go straight to Nanfeng County and live at my parents' house for a while. What about you? You can go as soon as possible?"
"I've put my life on your head. If you don't chase me away now, how can I leave?" Huan Yehe pursed his lips and said with a smile, "By the way, you have given birth, but you don't know whether it is a boy or a girl. ?”
"He is a naughty boy." Sheng Weiqiao tried hard to resist the urge to leave and take Huan Yehe to see his son, and said with a smile, "As you expected, he was born prematurely. It took him a day and two nights to reach birth, but it took me It was so frustrating that I even thought about leaving a last message!"
"Perhaps it's because good things come in hard times." Huan Yehe said with a smile, "You don't look like Fu Zuo is a meager person, so you can't say those unlucky words easily."
Next, she asked some more about Rong Ruibin, but she never mentioned that she wanted to see the young prince with her own eyes.
He only said that he would make up for the congratulatory gifts in the future.
After saying these words, Huan Yehe looked a little dull, so Sheng Weiqiao sent someone to send her back to be resettled.
After Huan Yehe left, Sheng Weiqiao looked at Xu Lianshan who came up and said, "Huan Yehe said that his family fell into the hands of pirates on purpose, in order to avoid the disturbance on the shore."
Then he said, "I invited them to go to Nanfeng County together."
Xu Lianshan said: "The family is pampered and well-off, and the care of the nursing home is ordinary. With the manpower we have now, the empress can do whatever she wants."
After thinking for a while, he added, "It's just that the prince is young, so it's best not to let strangers get close to him."
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Of course. Moreover, County Master Jingshu is the most versatile person. He just asked a lot about Ruibin, but he didn't even mention to see him in person. He obviously knew that he was in trouble and refused to make presumptuous requests."
"That's good for everyone." Xu Lianshan nodded and said, "They are sensible and we can worry less but don't have to be embarrassed."
Things at sea have stopped here for the time being, let alone the news on shore that Northern Xinjiang was completely defeated, so Gongsun Xi, who originally opposed the queen's entry into Shanglin Garden as a traitor, completely shut his mouth.
He already knew at this time that Rong Suihe was also in Northern Xinjiang. Whether Rong Suihe expected this situation or not, it was obviously not good news.
Although there are many checkpoints on the way from Jizhou to the south to Chang'an, the Northern Xinjiang army was defeated so miserably, what can we expect from these states and counties? It can be said that if there is no accident, Ruru will come to Chang'an sooner or later as she goes all the way south.
If you object now, the task will really be impossible to complete.
However, Dong Liang, who had been trying to persuade him to agree, mysteriously asked him to wait a little longer, on the grounds that he would find a suitable opportunity.
… When he mentioned the right opportunity, both Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng thought it was because they were afraid that Shang Linyuan would be suspicious.
Who knows, the next morning, when the two of them woke up from their exhausted dreams, they were shocked to find that they were exposing each other!
Not to mention the queen's reaction at this time, Gongsun Xi immediately understood that it must be Dong Liang's handiwork.
After he stammered to appease the queen, he walked out in his clothes and wanted to settle accounts with Dong Liang!
When I got outside, I saw the old god Dong Liang sitting and drinking tea.
Seeing Gongsun Xi come out, he didn't feel ashamed and said hello with a smile: "Brother Ah Xi, how was it last night?"
Gongsun Xi walked over without saying a word, grabbed him by the collar of his clothes, and asked through gritted teeth, "What do you mean?!"
"Strive to be safe." Dong Liang was lifted almost off the ground by him, but he did not panic and said calmly, "The queen is the daughter of the Meng family after all. After we became husband and wife, let's not talk about love, let's just say that she also has The handle is in our hands!"
"Like before, you had nothing to work with, so you just let her go back to find the Queen Mother and Meng Guiyu. Who knows if she will return to the mountain and join a group of our people, and it will become more and more hopeless to rescue Gongsun Su?"
He sneered, "I can see that even though Brother Axi says you don't want her to go, you actually trust her. However, I'm not her best friend, so why should I trust her unconditionally?!"
"Besides, she has been complaining in front of you these days, and she probably has true feelings for you!"
"In this way, letting her get what she wanted before entering Shanglinyuan can be regarded as a thank you gift, isn't it?"
"Anyway, a queen like her who has always been unfavored, if she can sleep with you, brother Axi, it is not a loss at all!"
"..." He was so confident that Gongsun Xi couldn't even utter a single word!
After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "The queen now has no guard sand..."
"It's just a fake thing." Dong Liang disagreed, "I've said before that there are plenty of ways to do it. I'm already ready!"
He added, "The same goes for Bizi Tang."