The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Ji Heng stepped forward and saw a long knife wound on Xu Qilang's back. The wound was not deep and had already been treated with wound medicine, but Ji Heng was still shocked and frowned, "You didn't wear the wound?" A piece of leather armor? How did you hurt your back?"

Xu Qilang directly reached out and grabbed his hand, ignoring the presence of other people, and when Ji Heng told him, he didn't say a word, just smiled at him.

Ji Heng found that Xu Qilang was holding his hand with great strength. He thought it was in pain, so he didn't pull out his hand and let him hold it, and watched the doctor use gauze to cover his wound layer by layer. on the bag.

Although there were as many as a dozen people who followed Ji Heng, only four people followed him into the cabin, namely Baoqin, Bian Wu, Lang Shang, and another dead man Jingyuan.

When Xu Qilang held Ji Heng's hand and Ji Heng didn't resist, Bian Wu's heart sank.

He was in a complicated mood. He was sent by the emperor to protect Ji Heng's safety, not to catch Ji Heng's affair with others. What is he going to do at this time, to remind Ji Heng not to cheat?

Before Bian Wu could speak, the wound on Xu Qilang's body had been wrapped up. Xu Qilang had already told Ji Heng that he would leave as soon as the matter here was over, so Ji Heng came here to Say goodbye to him.

Ji Heng had a few private words to say to Xu Qilang, so he let the other people in the cabin go out first.

Bian Wu said conveniently, "My lord, this subordinate has to protect your safety here."

Ji Heng said unhappily, "He is my brother, I will not be in danger here."

As he spoke, he reminded again, "If you don't want to be sent away, don't report today's events to the emperor."

Bian Wu opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but Lang Shang pulled his arm, so Bian Wu had no choice but to lead someone out.

Naturally, everyone on Xu Qilang's side also left.

After going out, Bian Wu still stood at the door of the locked room, hugged Qin and said to them, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. When have you ever seen an adult really put himself in a dangerous place?"

Bian Wu said in his heart, "Your Excellency will not really put himself in a dangerous place, but this is a private meeting where the lover wants to have an affair. If he really stole it, how can he explain it to the emperor?"

Baoqin didn't know what Bian Wu, who likes to talk badly, was thinking in his heart, and said, "My lord is also a person, how can he not have a little private matter of his own, if you don't rot some things in your stomach, you will treat your lord greatly." It's disrespectful. Think about yourself, don't you have any privacy?"

Bian Wu still shouldn't, everyone knows that Baoqin is Ji Heng's natal family, she is deeply trusted, and it is not easy to offend, so Lang Shang came out to smooth things over, "Your Excellency does not need others to criticize you, well, that's it."

In the cabin, Ji Heng sat across from Xu Qilang, and said, "You sacrificed your life to do this for me this time, Qilang, I will keep it in my heart. You must tell uncle when you go back, and the court will definitely take care of you." The sea troubles in the southeast are properly managed, and if he makes a small fuss and smuggles private goods, it will be fine if the court can't catch him. But on the basis of big right and wrong, there must be no loss."

Xu Qilang said, "Father understands these things."

As he said that, he wanted to pour tea for Ji Heng himself. Ji Heng stretched out his hand to hold down his hand, and said, "Let me come. You are hurt. This injury is not a minor injury. You have to be careful not to infect it. "

But Xu Qilang said, "It's not a problem, the wound is not deep, it was just rubbed by the knife edge. It will be all healed after a while."

Ji Heng felt very uncomfortable seeing him say so carelessly, and said while pouring tea, "You have to know how to cherish your body. You were not like this before."

Xu Qilang just laughed and didn't answer.

Ji Heng thought that when the two of them were young, Xu Qilang was like a monkey, every tree in the house was climbed by him, and he always wanted to run wild everywhere as if he couldn't exhaust his energy.

Ji Heng handed the teacup to Xu Qilang, but Xu Qilang said, "I won't drink it, I'm afraid you're thirsty, so I want to pour it for you. I just took medicine for my injury, so I can't drink this tea anymore."

Ji Heng didn't think much about it, so he had to pour tea for himself, and then asked Xu Qilang, "Have you written to my mother? When you go back this time, do you want to prepare for next year's imperial examination, or go to sea again?"

Seeing Ji Heng wanting to drink the tea, Xu Qilang felt nervous, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Why didn't I write a letter to my aunt? I just sent a letter not long ago to report that she was safe, and then sent her to Beijing. The goods were sent together. I think she should have received the letter by now. I don’t want to go to the palace examination next year, and I don’t really want to be an official now. Forbearance and tactful temperament, I am afraid I can't make a difference in the officialdom."

Just as Ji Heng was about to say that he could make up his own mind, he felt dizzy for a while. Seeing Xu Qilang swaying in front of him, he immediately realized that there was something wrong with the tea, but before he could question him, he passed out.

Xu Qilang had an injury on his back, but he didn't care, he stretched out his hand and took the fainted Ji Heng into his arms.

He picked up Ji Heng, Ji Heng has been in the southeast for more than a year, he is tired from traveling, his body is thin and very light, Xu Qilang hugged him in his arms, felt a handful of bones, and felt deeply distressed.

There is a secret door between this cabin and the room next to it, he directly carried the person through the secret door, and there were his subordinates waiting there.

This is a merchant ship of the Cantonese style. Because Ji Heng gave Xu Qilang the token to pass, and this merchant ship is also the leading advance force, so it can also enter and leave Mingzhou Port at will during this war.

There is a great mystery on merchant ships. From one side, a door that can usually be sealed can be opened, allowing people to go out through this door.

This Guangzhou ship is slightly smaller than the small Fuzhou ship, but it is also very spacious. It also carries several Franco cannons, bowl-mouth guns, etc. It has four floors. Except for the earth and rocks that stabilize the center of gravity of the ship at the bottom, the second The second floor is the residence, the draft is one foot deep, and it is also parked in the deep water area in Mingzhou Port. Ji Heng came on board by a small boat.

At this time, a very fast wave boat came from the port side, and the wave boat approached this large merchant ship. Ji Heng brought only a dozen people, and no one thought that Ji Heng would come to see him in person. There are only four guards on the deck, and the rest are arranged in other places, while Bian Wu and Lang Shang are still waiting outside the cabin door, thinking that Ji Heng and him The lover wanted to talk for a long time, so he tried his best not to interrupt.

Ji Heng was packed in a box, put together with other boxes containing shells, and lifted onto the small wave boat that came over. Xu Qilang also got on the wave boat, and the wave boat flew quickly with the wind. drive and go.

It is very convenient for Xu Qilang to leave the harbor and go to Zhoushan with the pass certificate given by Ji Heng himself.

Ji Heng and Xu Qilang had stayed in the room for too long. Bian Wu wanted to rush into the room many times, but was persuaded by Baoqin. I was surprised, someone was already shouting, "The boat is leaking, the boat is going to sink..."

This kind of Guangzhou ship is very strong, and it is not easy to sink even if it is attacked by Fran cannons. There are watertight compartments on the top, which can ensure that the ship can be used in other places even if some compartments leak water. will sink.

So Bian Wu and others were very surprised when they heard that the boat was leaking, because the boat was not attacked, so how could it leak properly.

But the hull of the boat was indeed shaking more violently, and there was still water overflowing on it. Several people reacted at the same time, and quickly went to open the door, holding the piano and shouting, "My lord, my lord, come out quickly, the boat is leaking!" .”

Before the door was opened, a large gust of water had already rushed over, and the water soon reached their waists. If they didn't leave, they would be over their heads.

Bian Wu pulled out his sword and hacked at the door, but the door was made of steel bars, while the walls of the cabin were made of very strong iron wood, and several people tried their best but failed to open the door. By then the water had risen to the chest height of several people.

At this time, even if you are stupid, you should discover the weirdness in it.

A few people stayed here, but Xu Qilang's people were all gone. Aren't they worried about their master? Also, a few people knocked on the door like this, but the people inside didn't respond. It can only explain one problem, people are not inside.

Bian Wu said at this time, "Let's hurry up to the deck. I'm afraid your lord has already been transferred to another place. They're probably going to rob you."

Several people also understood, only Baoqin still couldn't react, he said in a daze, "How could Master Biao do such a thing."

Bian Wu and Lang Shang cleared the way, and Jing Yuan, the dead man with the best water skills, pulled on the unbelievable Baoqin and quickly went to the stairs. After receiving a few people at the gate, everyone ran to the upper floor quickly, Bian Wu asked the guard, "Is there a boat approaching and leaving, is it true that your lord is gone?"

The guard didn't know the situation, and said, "We are guarding in the aisle, and we didn't go up to the deck to see the situation."

Bian Wu was very angry, but there was nothing he could do for a while.

Several people ran to the upper deck quickly. At this time, they heard the sound of swords and soldiers on the upper floor. Bian Wu ran in the front and went up to another floor. Just when a burst of blood was pouring towards him, he raised his sword to block it. , there were already several men in black attacking him, Bian Wulang, Shang Jingyuan, the three of them, and the guards all fought together with the man in black, and kept running to the upper deck while fighting, because the water had already risen come up.

It seems that the men in black underestimated the force of Bian Wu and the others. At first, they probably thought that they were just servants around Ji Heng. Because they were not dressed in the clothes of the guards, they were beaten to death by Bian Wu and the others. people were killed.

And along the way, Bian Wu also found the bodies of other guards who came with them, except for the guard who foolishly ran to the penultimate floor to find them, the others might have been killed.

Bian Wu wanted to keep the man in black alive to ask Ji Heng's whereabouts, but after getting on the top deck, the other party jumped into the sea directly.

The boatmen on board had put down the lifeboats and rowed away. There were only the last five people left on the huge deck, and there were no lifeboats.

Finding that the ship was about to sink, Bian Wu had no choice but to make the same choice as the man in black, "Hurry up and swim far away, or you will be taken to the bottom of the sea by the vortex brought about by the sinking ship."

As soon as Bian Wu said this, several people had no choice but to jump into the sea. Among them, only holding the piano could not swim, so Jing Yuan thought about it and had to take him with him.

Fortunately, the port saw the Guangzhou boat sinking, and sent a boat to rescue it, and rescued Bian Wu and others on the way.

After a period of turmoil, the four dead men went ashore with Baoqin and the guard, watching from a distance that the Guangzhou boat they were on had slowly sank into the water.

By this time night had fallen, and the sea was no longer blue, but dark, like a man-eating hell.

The four dead men firmly believed that Xu Qilang had kidnapped Ji Heng, so they all asked Baoqin about Xu Qilang's identity. At this time, Baoqin had no choice but to say, "This person is my lord's cousin, from Guangzhou. The eldest son of the Xu family, a sea merchant. However, it is not certain that the young master Biao did it. The relationship between the young master Biao and the adults has always been very close, and the relationship is only good compared to brothers."

Bian Wu said angrily, "You are still speaking for him, so where do you think your lord went?"

Baoqin was speechless.