Jiaogui Haiying

As the weather gradually turned hot, sweat seeped into the leather rope on Huang Ting's wrist, making him feel even more uncomfortable.

His hands were tied, and Huang Su had been serving him to eat and change clothes.Huang Su found a small piece of wood in the corner, which was a material dropped when repairing the ship, and he used that piece of wood to carefully cut Huang Ting's rope.Huang Ting just thought it was troublesome and shook his head to refuse, but Huang Su insisted on helping him, and even worked hard at night when he fell asleep.

The slight force from the wrist woke Huang Ting up. At this moment, the room was completely dark, but he could hear the other party's gentle breathing, and said softly: "Brother, don't move, you're getting better soon!"

Huang Ting also couldn't tell what feeling he felt in his heart, Huang Su had a childlike heart for him, presumably he really regarded him as an elder brother.That being the case, he should treat him like a brother.

In order to break the stagnant silence, Huang Ting said: "The boat is heading south. The boat has been drifting on the sea for seven or eight days, and it has been replenished along the coast every day. Have you noticed that it took a little longer to replenish yesterday?"

"...and then?" Huang Su didn't understand at all.

"It's still spring, but the weather is getting too hot, so we headed south. We were already in Quanzhou when we went out to sea, so it's not surprising that the coastal supplies are being replenished, but the boat is sailing so smoothly, and the draft was deeper than usual yesterday. Many, presumably they are planning to go on a long voyage. If my guess is correct, this ship is bound for Southeast Asia."

"Where is Nanyang?"

"There are many overseas islands there, and I have never been there. This ship is probably a cargo ship for trading." Huang Ting sighed.

If he was not at sea, he could even judge where he was anytime, anywhere. Now that the sea is vast, he can only guess where he is going.

"I don't... don't quite understand." Huang Su looked very ashamed.

"..." He was praised for being smart and intelligent since he was a child, and he only thought it was normal, but when he said it to others, it seemed a bit like showing off.Even though his original intention was not like this, as time passed, his newly recognized younger brother would inevitably feel inferior.

Huang Ting felt a little annoyed, and planned not to tell him the reason in the future. After suffering this time, Huang Su must start to listen to his own words in the future, and just tell him what to do in the future.So he said: "Master taught this before, if you hadn't been sick, you would have remembered it."

Just as he was speaking, Huang Su had worn out the rope and cheered.

"Brother, it's ready!"

Huang Ting's wrists were bound for several days, although he was not unable to move completely, deep bloodstains were also worn on his wrists.

It took five or six hours to cut this rope, which is still a lot of effort for a child.After Huang Su cheered, her eyes were itchy, so she rubbed her hands.

Huang Ting's heart ached, he couldn't help but opened his arms and hugged him.

Seeing the scar on his wrist, Huang Su hurriedly said: "Brother, your wrist is scratched, shall I wrap it up for you?"

"Go to bed first, you helped my brother a lot today, and my brother is very happy."

"Really?" Huang Su was full of joy.

"Of course it's true." Seeing the innocent expression on this familiar face, Huang Ting couldn't help smiling.

His mother and concubine passed away early, and the prince never owed him anything. However, he was taught by old men, and sometimes he felt lonely. Now that he has a younger brother, he decided to treat him well, so he couldn't help but want to pamper him.

"Get a good night's sleep, I will teach you martial arts starting tomorrow."

"Martial arts?"

"I've only learned a set of small grappling hands, which is just for self-defense. When you learn it, when it's time to disembark, we will run away when we see the opportunity."

"En!" Huang Su clenched her fists and nodded.

After that Huang Ting taught Huang Su attentively, when his master taught him this set of martial arts before, he drew diagrams of meridians and acupoints for him, now that there is no pen and paper, he can only ask Huang Su to take off his clothes and show it to him.

The hearts of both of them are as ice and snow, and they are not even ten years old, so they are naturally very calm.

It's a pity that Huang Su studied hard for a long time, but it was useless. When the boat was about to dock, someone put shackles on their feet, and their hands were also chained with wooden shackles. Then a thick woman wiped them Pink, red on the lips, although it is a shallow makeup, but it covers a lot of places where the two are not alike, and they are wearing the same clothes, at first glance, there is no difference.

Huang Su was very angry, Huang Ting looked at him and shook his head, signaling not to act rashly, Huang Su had no choice but to bear it.

When he was taken to the market, a wealthy merchant soon offered 1000 taels of silver.The owner of the ship originally planned to sell his two brothers in the end, so he was very reluctant, but the wealthy businessman seemed to have some background in the local area.Although there may not be such good goods in the future, the owner of the ship did not dare to offend the rich businessman and sold the two brothers to him.

This place is Luzon, one of the countries in Southeast Asia. The local people have darker skin and shorter people, and there are a few foreigners with high noses and deep eyes.The clothes here are quite similar to those in the Central Plains, presumably because of the trade between the two places in recent years.

Huang Ting was surprised, but his expression was very calm.

The rich businessman's surname is Zhou, and his Chinese name is Zhou Chuanying. His ancestors were former ministers of the Central Plains.

Zhou Chuanying was very happy to see that the two brothers behaved well. After taking them back to the house, he removed the shackles from them and asked the old mother to teach them how to behave.

Although Huang Ting couldn't understand the local language at first, he learned it very quickly, and he could fully understand it in three or two days. After he found out that the rich businessman was going to teach them for three to five years, he opened his body and dedicated it to the King of Luzon. .So he asked Huang Su to learn things as slowly as possible.Although Huang Su didn't understand, she agreed.

The old mother came to teach them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day, and asked them to wear women's clothes and behave like women. They never refused, but when they got along in private, Huang Ting let Huang Su play casually, don't take it to heart .

Huang Ting was worried that Huang Su would be in danger, so he told him not to be the leader's rafter, but he himself learned something as soon as he learned it, and never covered it up.

Zhou Chuanying was overjoyed and rewarded him more. Naturally, he didn't take these small favors seriously and gave them to Huang Su casually.Huang Su saw that what he did was very different from what he asked her to do, knowing that her brother was not the kind of person who wanted to step on her to climb up, and seeing that her brother gave her many things, she was naturally very happy.

Although there is no grudge between him and his elder brother, and he still acts like a baby when getting along, but he has become more and more indifferent in front of others.In this world, except for his brother, no one really treats him sincerely.Whether it's those ferocious pursuers, the doctors who care about treating him, or even the passers-by who give them rotten food as a kindness, none of them are ugly and disgusting.Even if he took the initiative to ask for directions, he would meet evil people who kidnapped and sold them. In his opinion, there are naturally few good people and many bad people in this world.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, the two brothers' bodies have elongated, and they are dressed in the same way. They have become a pair of handsome teenagers.

Although Zhou Chuanying tried his best to cultivate the two in a soft and charming direction, who knows that the two of them are not at all glamorous, one is always smiling and calm, the other is as cold as ice, and his demeanor is like an exiled fairy , but it is a hundred times better than the vulgar fans, which surprised and delighted Zhou Chuanying.

Fortunately, the seller who sold him this pair of young beauties did not know the people in Dragon Palace Island.If the disciples of Longgong Island took a look at it, would it still fall into his hands?

It is said that Longgong Island has gathered beauties from all corners of the country, and it is also in the sea, but it is thousands of miles away from the South China Sea, and it is unknown where it is.If he is lucky enough to get an invitation to Dragon Palace Island and visit the island, his life will be worthwhile.However, he already has this pair of beauties in his hands, I am afraid that the servants from Longgong Island will also bow down.

Under Zhou Chuanying's complacency, he was somewhat reluctant to send them to the harem of the king.It's a pity that rumors of the tribute had already spread, and even if he regretted it, it was too late.He wanted to try something new before sending him out of the palace, but it was a pity that he hid a knife in his smile and was as cold as ice, so he didn't dare to force him, lest he would become an enemy after being sent to the palace. He really loves and hates him.

In order to create momentum for the beauties, Zhou Chuanying began to take them into and out of Wang Sun Gongqing's banquet.It was only two or three times, and some people came to visit them because of their reputation, and came to see them specially.

Zhou Chuanying was overjoyed, held a special banquet, and invited guests to his home to enjoy a huge pearl.Holding the pearl in Huang Ting's palm, it made people more and more beautiful like jade. He talked eloquently at the banquet, and his witty remarks were like pearls, which made people intoxicated.

At the banquet, an envoy from the Raksha Kingdom suddenly asked Zhou Chuanying if he would replace Huang Ting with a flintlock gun, but Zhou Chuanying flatly refused.

The envoy of the Raksha Kingdom didn't know that Zhou Chuanying held the banquet because he was a drunkard, that it was fake to enjoy the pearls, and that it was real to show off the beauties.

That gun was not a common arquebus, but was triggered with a striking flint.Huang Ting had heard flintlock guns in the Central Plains before, so he was not surprised, but this firecracker was much lighter than the ones he had seen, only weighing five catties and six taels.An ordinary firecracker weighs ten catties. For a martial arts practitioner, it is better to use an iron sword.

After the banquet was over, Huang Ting talked about it to Huang Su who didn't go.When Huang Su heard it, he became very interested, and his eyes showed eager light.

"Brother, I want it!"

"..." Huang Ting was in a bit of a dilemma, that firecracker was cast by a famous Western master, it was very valuable, he had saved some money, but I'm afraid it would be just a drop in the bucket to buy this firecracker.

"Brother, I don't want his one either. Let's find a usable one elsewhere."

Other firecrackers are far inferior, how could Huang Ting be an ignorant person.The envoy was willing to exchange it for a male slave, which was a great way to Zhou Chuanying's face, so if the transaction fails, both parties can still be polite.

"Don't worry, brother will definitely get it for you."

"Brother!" Huang Su beamed with joy, and tightly grasped Huang Ting's sleeve.

Huang Ting lightly scratched Huang Su's cheek: "If you can't get it, you are not allowed to cry."

"I don't cry!"

Huang Ting knew that their good days were only a few days away, it's better to make Huang Su happy, no matter whether they enter the palace or flee, they will have to endure hardships.

Then he left the Zhou mansion at night and sneaked into the other hall where the messenger lived.

Originally, he wanted to take it with nothing, but he was so unlucky that he saw the envoy leaving, but the envoy went and returned.

When the messenger saw him, he was overjoyed, grabbed his hand and babbled a lot.Huang Ting was slightly taken aback, knowing that the other party used Raksha language in a moment of excitement.

This emissary has a high nose and deep eyes, but he is very handsome, but the hair on his chest is also very thick, which makes Huang Ting very tangled.He wanted to knock the man unconscious, but the emissary was very sincere, pointing at himself and kept saying "Ivanov".

"Don't tell me your name." Huang Ting muttered, without hesitation, took a vase and smashed it on the opponent's head.

Ivanov stared at him dumbfounded, but he hadn't fainted yet. The wound on his forehead was bleeding and ran across his thin cheeks.

Huang Ting expected that his strength should be equal to that of an adult man, but he didn't faint when he hit him, but it made him sober up a lot, and finally remembered to ask him in Luzon: "Why? Baby, is my name rude?"

I'm embarrassed to know the name.

Huang Ting was extremely distressed, but he could only nod his head. Seeing that his forehead was bleeding profusely, but he didn't hurt himself, he had to take out a handkerchief and signaled him to use the handkerchief to hold the wound first.

Ivanov took the handkerchief embroidered with lotus flowers from him, and couldn't help sniffing it at his nose. Sure enough, he smelled a refreshing fragrance, but he received it in his arms, and asked him sincerely: "I don't know. Where is the disrespect?"

"Have you ever been to the Central Plains? In our Central Plains, the name 'coward' is a bit ominous." His expression was solemn and serious, which could not be questioned.

"So you are from the Central Plains!" He was very happy. "I heard that the Central Plains is prosperous and prosperous. Is this true? Are all those people as handsome as you?"

"That's right, if you throw a stone out and hit ten, nine of them will be more handsome than me."

"Then you can speak Central Plains dialect? Can you teach me?"

"Of course it's possible. It's a pity that it's not convenient for me to go out." He didn't wait for the other party to ask, and said, "I'm here this time to see you."

"I didn't expect you to love me so much..." Ivanov was inexplicably moved, and the hand that held him lightly was trembling.

"I can't help myself, but I'm sorry for you." Li Wenrui forced himself not to turn his face.

This person treats him sincerely, and it's okay to make friends with him. Although Huang Ting knows that deceitful feelings are very bad, but under the eaves, he has no choice but to say a lot of love words like a jerk, and has one hand wiped a lot You, seeing that it was almost three o'clock, quickly broke free from the opponent's hand.

"Can I see you tomorrow?"

"There will be a fate in the future, and we will meet again." He smiled, like an epiphyllum in the dark night, which made Ivanov's hands and feet tremble slightly, and he could hardly control himself.

This sentence, it seems that they will never meet again.

Ivanov was reluctant to part with him, so Huang Ting cheekily reminded him that if he had that firecracker by his side, he would definitely be able to think of him from time to time.

What he didn't expect was that the man handed him the flintlock from under the pillow without hesitation, gave him a small box of ammunition, and told him how to use it.

"No matter how little is given to Mr. Zhou, it is too much, but your heart cannot be bought with a thousand dollars." With a hoarse voice, he kissed Huang Ting's cheek, who was already stunned, as if whispering, "I know now that you are tonight It came for it, but I believe that one day, it will come for me."

Huang Ting's heart beat wildly, but the firecracker he took was as hot as his hand, he almost wanted to throw it back to him.

This person speaks so gracefully and acts so generously, he must not be an ordinary messenger.

Huang Ting maintained his calm appearance and returned to the Zhou Mansion calmly, his cheeks were hot as if he was a thief.But today I originally planned to be a thief, but there was a little accident.

If I had known that this gun was so difficult to get, I wouldn't have boasted in front of Huang Su.Fortunately, all the intelligence and wisdom in his head was completely useless, and in the end he used beauty tricks.

Huang Ting was so depressed that he was half dead, but it was almost late at night and it was too late to see Huang Su, so he washed the isinglass off his eyelids and the powder on his face, and planned to sleep.

His pair of smoky brows and affectionate eyes are naturally caused by makeup, otherwise his single eyelid would not look like twins with Huang Su.

He is still very self-aware. If the man named Ivanov saw his original appearance, he might not be dizzy by his few words.

The next day, after he gave the flintlock to Huang Su, Huang Su was overjoyed, and even looked at those annoying servants with a smile.

They lived in Zhou's mansion. Although they had an innocent relationship with Zhou Chuanying, Mrs. Zhou didn't give them a good face, so their status in the mansion was not high, but they didn't care.

For Huang Ting, the Zhou Mansion is just a temporary residence, for Huang Su, he can go wherever his brother goes, and he doesn't need to think too much about it.

Later, the envoys from the Raksha Kingdom came to visit Zhou Chuanying several times, but Huang Ting avoided seeing him.The last time I saw him was when I was looking for a chance to go out.

Doing something bad can be hard the first time, but once you take the first step, the second will come naturally.

In the name of teaching Ivanov the Central Plains dialect, Huang Ting adhered to the etiquette of a gentleman when getting along with him in private.For his own convenience and easy to remember, he gave Ivanov a Chinese name, called Yixi, which meant back then.He also admitted that he is only 12 years old, and there are many things to think about, but no matter what, he will never forget these things in the future.

Yi Xi saw that he was young and extremely smart, and he used a lot of Rakshasa language when he talked to him a few times. He thought he was fifteen or sixteen years old, but he never thought he was so young, so he couldn't help but He opened his mouth wide.

Zhou Chuanying began to take Huang Su out to dinner together. Although Huang Su was still cold and unwilling to speak, one plus one was obviously greater than two. With Huang Su by his side, the light of the two seemed to be magnified by three or four times , wherever it appears, it will attract the attention of all.

In terms of the age of the two brothers, eleven and two years old are still a little younger, and thirteen and fourteen years old are the best ages for delicate bodies and slender limbs, but Zhou Chuanying regards them as a hot potato and keeps them together After a long time, it will make the king suspicious. Anyway, it won't be able to eat if you keep it by your side, so it's better to send it out earlier.

Zhou Chuanying watched them more and more closely, and Huang Ting didn't even have the chance to sneak out to learn Raksha language with Yi Xi.

Huang Ting used the name of teaching Yixi to learn the Central Plains dialect, but instead learned the Raksha language from him.When the two talked, they used Raksha, Luzon, and Central Plains Mandarin together. Because Yixi's memory was far inferior to his, he rarely spoke Mandarin, but he often explained to Yixi in Raksha.

According to Huang Ting's experience in Luzon in the past three years, there are many maritime merchants in Luzon in the Raksha Kingdom, and they will not be desperate after learning the Raksha language.

Huang Ting didn't ask Yi Xi for help when he left.After all, this person's identity is an envoy, and when he heard that he was going to enter the palace, Yi Xi couldn't do anything about it, he just hoped that Huang Ting would think of him again in the future.It can be seen that although this person is in love with him, he is not indistinguishable from the seriousness.

Huang Ting has experienced many ups and downs at a young age, so naturally he won't be sad about these things anymore, and he even clearly understands that if others can't give them, if they stretch out their hands, they will be disgusted by them.

The two were very well-behaved on the surface, so Zhou Chuanying didn't let heavy troops guard the Zhou mansion.

Huang Su followed her elder brother to avoid the guards and left the Zhou mansion in the dark, a carriage was parked outside the gate.He followed Huang Ting into the carriage. After traveling eastward for an hour, Huang Ting stopped the carriage and gave the driver a sum of money. Afterwards, the two walked for half an hour and saw another carriage. It's time to reach the beach.

The Zhou family has been a maritime merchant for generations, so the Zhou mansion is not far from the sea.Even so, it was nearly dawn when we reached the beach.

After Huang Ting dismissed the coachman, he said to his younger brother: "You don't know how to swim. When you get into the water, hug my waist tightly and don't move around. I'll take you to swim on this boat."

Huang Su nodded without making a sound, but his slightly pale complexion showed his nervousness.

"Don't worry." Huang Ting said with a light smile, "When we get here, we're halfway there. This ship is going to Grabar. Uncle Zhou must have thought we were going to the Central Plains, so go search for the ships in the Central Plains first. We've found this ship, and we're already in Grabar."

Huang Su knew that everything was well arranged by him, so she could feel extremely at ease by his side, so she just said: "Whatever brother wants me to do, just do what I tell you."

"Move quickly. Although our things are wrapped in oiled paper, they can't stay in the sea for too long." Huang Ting instructed him to take off his clothes, put them in a large piece of oiled paper, wrap them carefully, and then went into the water.

Huang Ting's fair and immature body looks immature, but it is enough for Huang Su to rely on.He hugged Huang Ting's waist tightly and took a deep breath, not daring to move a little.

The boat stopped on the shore, and the two of them just didn't get up from the shore, but the ropes hanging from the stern.A boatman pulled the two of them up and took them to the warehouse on the ground floor to settle them, so that they would be fine and not make any noise.

It was only then that Huang Su knew that the boatman had been bribed by Huang Ting at some point, and she admired her brother even more.

Huang Ting wiped off the water, put on his clothes again, seeing him staring at him blankly, with water droplets on his long eyelashes, he couldn't help laughing: "Wipe yourself quickly, so you don't catch a cold."

"Brother, why are your eyes getting smaller?"

Only then did Huang Ting realize that the glue on the eyelids had melted from soaking in water, and he laughed sarcastically: "The eyes are swollen, so they look a bit small."

Huang Su choked up and said: "Brother, I will definitely practice water skills in the future..."

"Yes, as a Jiangnan native, you can't know how to swim. It's too unreasonable. But we have been staying at Uncle Zhou's house, and we have no chance to learn. When we go to Graba, we must find a chance for you to practice well. .”

Huang Ting unwrapped the oiled paper bag, and returned the firecracker to Huang Su. Huang Su played with it fondly, and said to his brother, "Brother, let's get a boat in the future and go fishing by ourselves. How comfortable it is."

"Uncle Zhou must look for us everywhere. If we place an order, he will find us soon. We can change our appearance and work with Westerners."

Huang Su doesn't like to be in contact with people, especially Westerners.Once when he went to Huang Ting's room to look for someone, Huang Ting was not there. He knew that Huang Ting had sneaked out, so he waited for him at the back door.From a distance, I saw Huang Ting and a Westerner coming back.The Westerner was a full two heads taller than Huang Ting, looking at Huang Ting's expression with an indescribable joy.

At that time, Huang Su felt a vague unhappiness in his heart.Maybe it's jealousy, jealousy that someone likes brother so much.But the two of them look the same. If the person likes his brother so much, he likes himself, so there is no need to worry about these small details.

But Westerners are always not reserved enough, making Huang Su feel that they don't know how to advance or retreat.In short, it's three words, if you don't like it, you just don't like it.

Huang Ting saw that he was touching the firecracker without speaking, and jokingly said: "Is it water? Take a closer look!"

"No!" Huang Su put the firecracker in his sleeve, looked up at his brother, "Brother, you still haven't said how this firecracker came from?"

"Of course I bought it with silver! Could it be that someone will give it to you for no reason?" As soon as the reason for this firecracker was mentioned, Huang Ting couldn't help but think of his smooth hand, and he vomited blood in his heart , he just wanted to throw this unfortunate incident to Grabar and never think of it again.

Oh no, he's going to Grabar soon.

Huang Ting frowned unconsciously.

Huang Sudeng was worried: "Did you spend a lot of money?"

"Yes, so you have to be obedient in the future."

Huang Su nodded: "Brother, I will! I will work hard to make money, so that my brother can live like he is in Zhou's family."

Huang Ting also asked Zhou Chuanying to be Uncle Zhou, but when he knew that Zhou Chuanying had bad intentions, he resolutely refused, and just called him "the one whose surname is Zhou".

Huang Ting rubbed his chin, looked at this stupid little brother: "Is it a good day to be locked up every day and not go out, make you think about it now?"

"But eat delicious food every day and dress nicely! We couldn't even live this kind of life when we were begging."

"That's because someone arrested us before, otherwise we wouldn't have to run around." Maybe Huang Su has already returned to Huang's house and lived the life of a young master.Although he was born in a side branch, the Huang's family has a great career, and he cannot do without a mouthful of food.

Huang Su nodded with a half understanding.

There was a lot of fresh water under the cabin, and the two of them ate some of the things they had brought with the fresh water, but they didn't touch the food in the cabin, so as not to be discovered.

Grabar is not far from Luzon, and the ship will arrive there after a few days of sailing.

The two of them had dusted their faces, making their skin look sallow, and they wore ordinary clothes, their complexions were much duller, and they didn't attract much attention.

Sure enough, Huang Ting found a job, teaching the youngest son of a Raksha merchant to read and write.Because the sea merchant longed for the Central Plains, he wanted his youngest son to go to Beijing to catch the exam in a whimsical way.It's a pity that there are very few local literate people, let alone those who can understand the Four Books and Five Classics and Rakshasa language.

The Raksha Maritime Merchant has many friends from Europa, seeing that Huang Ting is so smart and doesn't look at them strangely, they are all willing to make friends with him.

Huang Su doesn't like to socialize with people, and usually helps her brother copy some books.Huang Ting accidentally discovered that Huang Su could walk through Yang with a hundred steps, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted.

Thinking about it, Huang Su's concentration and endurance are far better than him, and the firecracker is his favorite thing, and it is not unusual to work hard on what he likes.

Huang Ting went around the island to look for ammunition for him, but it's a pity that craftsmen are not easy to find, even if someone builds according to the instructions, there is no such skillful hand on the island.