Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

The sky is blue and the river is high.

Tonight, the entire river is still the same as usual, with all kinds of merchant ships coming and going, and fishing boats fishing at night. It can be said to be very lively.

The five large ships led by Nangong Song, the Southern Wise King, formed a line and moved forward rapidly.

On the bow of the first ship, Nangong Song and his son Nangong Jin stood proudly.

Looking at the merchant ships coming and going around, Nangong Jin sneered and said, "Father, the Jiangnan area is indeed different. The river is so busy at night. No wonder the prince is determined to take over this place!"

"Hmph! That little bastard Gu Chan actually became the leader of this group. When our five ships and soldiers enter Jiangnan City, we will take him first. Anyway, the prince has given us power this time. When we arrive in Jiangnan City, we will control Gu Chan first." Nangong Song shouted angrily.

Nangong Jin couldn't help but clench his fists.

Thinking back to the time when Gu Chan dealt with them in South City, they suffered a lot and lost their face. Now that they have finally caught this opportunity, they naturally have to seek revenge on Gu Chan.

What's more, they now have two hostages, Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying, so are they still afraid that Gu Chan will not surrender?

At this moment, both the father and the son seemed to have seen Gu Chan kneeling in front of them, begging for their forgiveness humbly like a dog.

With this thought in mind, Nangong Song asked anxiously, "How long will it take to get to Jiangnan City?"

"My subordinates just reported that in two or three hours, we will be able to enter the Jiangnan River, a tributary leading to Jiangnan City. By this calculation, we should be able to arrive at Chang's Wharf on the Jiangnan River early tomorrow morning. When we get off the boat, we will go straight to the Jiangnan City Censorate and arrest Gu Chan and Jiangnan Chief Censor Yan Xishan first." Nangong Jin said proudly.

"Well! That's right. This time, I will let that brat know what pain is." Nangong Jin said viciously.

But just as he finished speaking, before Nangong Jin could reply, he suddenly saw a ray of light slowly floating in the dark night sky ahead. He quickly put his hands over his eyes, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and said with a puzzled look, "What is that thing in the air ahead? Why is it flashing?"

"It looks like a flying fire lantern, floating towards us against the wind!" Nangong Jin said after looking at it.

"Is there some kind of festival in Jiangnan tonight? Why are there so many flying lanterns in the middle of the night? What are they celebrating?" Nangong Song said with a confused look on his face.

Nangong Jin spread his hands and said, "I don't know either, it should be a festival!"

"Never mind it, let's go to bed and get enough rest. We'll go into the city to deal with Gu Chan tomorrow." Nangong Song said nonchalantly.

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the cabin.

Nangong Jin didn't think too much about it and followed him into the cabin.

After that, the father and son lay in the cabin to rest, thinking about getting a good night's sleep and getting enough rest tonight, so that they can be full of energy to deal with Gu Chan as soon as they enter the city tomorrow.

But what they didn't expect was that when the five ships moved forward and got closer and closer to the string of sky lanterns flying in the air, those sky lanterns actually slowly descended and soon landed on the ships.

At the beginning, the soldiers on the boat could still pick them up and throw them into the river, but as more and more Kongming lanterns fell, they could not pick them up at all. Soon, the Kongming lanterns began to burn, and wherever the flames touched the oil on the boat, they would quickly catch fire.

"Oh no! There's a fire! Put it out!"

Soon the shouts of the soldiers echoed throughout the ship.

King Nanxian and his son, who had just fallen asleep, were awakened instantly, quickly put on their clothes and ran out of the cabin.

But when he ran out, they were completely scared.

The five ships were on fire everywhere, and because of the strong wind, the fire burned more and more fiercely, and the soldiers could not put it out at all. The ships passing by, seeing that the five ships were on fire, all sailed away and did not dare to approach them at all.

Many people even stood on the bows of their own ships, looking at the five ships on fire in confusion.

"Why is it on fire? In such humid weather, shouldn't the ship catch fire?"

"Yes! There were also flying lanterns falling from our ship, but they didn't catch fire, did they?"

"Are these people from outside? Could it be that the ship is carrying cargo like oil?"

Everyone stood on their own boats and watched the excitement, talking a lot, and had no idea what was going on.

On the other hand, King Nanxian and his sons, as well as the soldiers on the five ships, were unable to put out the fire, so they were all burned and had no choice but to jump into the water. After a while, a group of people were floating on the river.

Prince Nanxian and his two companions were floating on the water holding a piece of wood. Not only were their faces burned black, but they were also soaked all over and looked as miserable as two drowned rats.

After the five ships were burned and sank into the water, Gu Chan and Yan Xishan led ten flower boats and slowly sailed towards this side.

Seeing the soldiers floating in the water ahead, Gu Chan stood on the bow of the leading flower boat and shouted, "Everyone, do you need help to pull you out?"

"Oh! Sir, you've come at the right time. Our boat is on fire. I hope you can rescue us and get us ashore!" Nangong Song shouted in the water while holding a wooden board.

Because they were a little far away, he didn't see clearly who was standing on the bow of the flower boat. He just thought it was a good thing that there was a team of flower boats passing by, and hoped that they could help rescue him.

Gu Chan smiled and said, "Pass the order down, have all the flower boats surround it and fish out the soldiers swimming in the water first. As for the Nanxian King and his son, let them soak in the water for me."

"Yes, Lord." Yan Xishan responded respectfully.

Then he immediately went forward to convey the order.

After receiving Gu Chan's order, ten flower boats quickly surrounded the area, and the officers on the boats quickly pulled the soldiers out of the water.

Half an hour later, when all the soldiers had been pulled onto the flower boat and had drunk hot and fragrant rice wine to ward off the cold, King Nanxian and his son were still soaking in the water, holding on to the rotten wooden board.

It was not until then that they could see clearly that the person standing on the bow of the leading flower boat was none other than Gu Chan!

Gu Chan stared at the father and son and laughed, "Prince Nanxian, Little Prince, long time no see, I hope you are well!"

"You are such a good fellow, Gu Chan! I was wondering why our ship suddenly caught fire. It turns out it was all your fault, right?"

"You little bastard, we are here on the orders of the Crown Prince. If you dare to do such a cruel thing to us, you are dead."

The father and son were both stubborn and kept cursing while soaking in the water.

Gu Chan did not say anything back. She just sat on the side of the bow, holding a wine jug and drinking the fragrant hot rice wine in it. She glanced at them as if they were two drowned dogs, with disdain on her face.