The most unlucky crossing in history

Zhancheng is located in the tropics. In late February, the dry air became more humid and sticky. After the first rain in the new year, Zhong Qiyun entrusted the relationship between the merchants of Zhancheng and negotiated with the merchants of Sangha City. More than a dozen large orders, top-grade ebony, jalan incense, Jiangzhen incense, rare Javanese stones, Sangha jade and other items were loaded into the cabin one after another in the afternoon after the deposit was paid.

While counting the goods with Steward Sun, several servants brought by Zhang Zhenfeng who knew Zhancheng dialect rushed back before night fell.

Seeing a few people come back, Zhong Qiyun asked Sun Guan to light the goods in advance, walked up to the four of them and asked, "Can you find anything unusual?"

One of them, Wang Wu, nodded and said, "We were 'walking around' around the Sangha City as Boss Zhong said, and we did see a few suspicious people."

Zhong Qiyun frowned slightly, "What do you say?"

"I saw a person roaming the streets for a long time, but he never bought a single item. Instead, he asked merchants several times about our fleet news, when we would return, and what we bought."

"That's right. I just met two people in the south of the city who asked people from Sangha City how the land for our silk was sold, how much it cost, and where it could be sold. It doesn't look like you're going to buy it."

Zhong Qiyun breathed out, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "Keep watching. If someone asks when we leave, you should say the tenth day of March and return when the sun rises in the east."

"Yes."

At night, in the rented house of the fleet.

Liu Wangcai, who had been out for two days, and several boatmen hurried back to the house in the traditional costumes of the Sangha city.

Zhong Qiyun was nowhere to be found in the house, so Liu Wangcai rushed to Guanshi Sun's residence and asked anxiously, "Can you see the owner?"

Guanshi Sun knew that Zhong Qiyun asked Liu Wangcai and his party to go out to do errands, so he must have news when he came back now, so he hurriedly replied: "Just after dinner, I saw him go to the back garden, you should look for it quickly!"

When Liu Wangcai heard this, he rushed to the back garden with a few boatmen.Zhong Qiyun happened to be sitting alone in the courtyard.

"Brother Zhong!"

Zhong Qiyun turned his head when he heard the sound, saw that it was Liu Wangcai, and asked, "How is it?"

Liu Wangcai panted heavily, and said, "Peng Yi and I went around the coast, and as you guessed, there are really a few ships near the sea, and they look like the ones that followed us that day! And those There are thirteen ships in number."

Zhong Qiyun asked Zhancheng's

Merchants have inquired that although there are many pirates in Zhancheng, there are not many real thieves. For example, the seven pirate ships encountered by the fleet that day are already rare...

Fourteen ships... Zhong Qiyun thought, probably the pirates who summoned the Sangha to join forces.

Zhong Qiyun thought of this and asked again: "Where are they?"

"About ten miles to the northeast from Sanghahaikou."

Zhong Qiyun chuckled, "That's the only way to return from the Sangha."

"This..." Liu Wangcai also knew the seriousness of the matter. The pirates who thought they would give up are actually waiting for them here. This is because they are going to wipe out all their profits. That's why he is in such a hurry Hurrying back, I didn't even have time to take a sip of water: "We used the pretext of fishing to observe the nearby area for the past two days, let alone the thirteen boats have a hundred people! Brother Zhong, what should we do?"

The boatmen of their seven boats plus Zhang Zhenfeng's five boats and the number of porters and servants they brought in were no more than seventy or so people. How could they be the opponents of those pirates who lived on the edge of their swords!

"There are not enough people... then," Zhong Qiyun had just said this, and Zhang Zhenfeng, who was playing outside during the day, returned to the house rented by the fleet with a smile on his face and his servants.

Zhong Qiyun, who was talking to Liu Wangcai in the courtyard, saw Zhang Zhenfeng who had changed into Zhancheng's costume, and waved to him.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhenfeng walked over with a smile: "It's rare that Brother Qiyun has the intention to invite me to enjoy the bright moon, but it's really unfortunate, I have to leave later, the beauty at Harvey can't wait. "

"Master Zhang, there are some things I need to discuss with you. If you are not interested in your own life and death, and only want to be drunk and gentle, then you have no problem leaving."

Seeing that Zhong Qiyun frowned, Zhang Zhenfeng obviously wasn't joking, so he put away his teasing look, stepped forward and said seriously, "I don't know what brother Qiyun wants to say?"

Zhong Qiyun raised his eyebrows, and Liu Wangcai understood, and repeated to Zhang Zhenfeng what he had just reported to Zhong Qiyun.

"So we are being targeted by them?" Zhang Zhenfeng lost his mind for a while, and only asked: "Then what should we do?"

Zhong Qiyun replied: "Since we know that they have plans, we can make some preparations in private. If we don't have enough manpower, we can hire more, as long as they don't notice. But hiring at will is probably of no use. , I’m afraid I have to trouble Mr. Zhang, please ask the merchants who cooperate with your Zhang family to find us some reliable helpers in private.”

"It's easy to say, but really

Want to fight them all? "

"who said it."

"?" Then you asked me to hire someone?A look ready to fight?

Zhong Qiyun laughed suddenly, "Let's go around."

On the fifth day of March, five boatmen in Zhong Qiyun's fleet did not check the goods for a while, and the goods were injured. Zhong Qiyun couldn't help it, so he asked Steward Sun to post a notice to hire boatmen. In the afternoon of the same day, seven or eight boatmen from Sangha City found Manager Sun said that he could follow him to Dazhu.

Steward Sun hired all of them after passing the school examination.

On the eighth day of March, Jiang Sicheng rushed back from a nearby city. At night, the last cargo of the fleet was smuggled out of Zhong Qiyun's house one after another, and placed in the most inconspicuous cabin of a smaller ship. .

The box containing the goods was not tightly closed, and the boatmen involved in the handling saw a smear of bright yellow, Zhong Qiyun was very anxious to cover it up.

On the afternoon of the ninth day of the ninth day, Zhong Qiyun asked the new Sangha City boatmen to recommend one of the best taverns in Sangha City, and held a celebration banquet full of delicacies at his own expense.

"Tomorrow morning," Zhong Qiyun staggered and hiccupped, and said loudly, "We're going back to Daqing. Zhancheng is a good place. The wine, goods, and people are beautiful. I won't be too restrictive today. Everyone, drink as much as you can, as long as you give me strength tomorrow!" After saying this, Zhong Qiyun fell to his knees with a "boom" and passed out.

"Brother Qiyun can't do it," Zhang Zhenfeng smiled and walked towards Zhong Qiyun step by step, "You poured down just a few glasses of wine? That's not okay..." After finishing speaking, he also fell down immediately .

Afterwards, some people gradually fell down in the lobby.

until no one wakes up.

After a while, the four monks slowly got up, and one of the short men looked at the lying people in the room and said, "(Zhancheng dialect) or let's set fire and burn them all." , which is safer."

"(Zhancheng dialect) No, this is the inner city, and there are inner city guards outside the gate. If we see the fire, the nobles in the inner city will definitely kill us. The most urgent thing now is to go back and report to Qi Hupu. Get that boatload of gold."

Then the four people walked out of the house, said a few words to the person guarding the door, and then left.

After the people left, not long after, Zhong Qiyun's entire room slowly sat up, no trace of drunkenness?

An hour later, Liu Wang came to report that about 40 bandits from ten miles away sailed to the port in a boat.

"What about the rest of the ships?"

"Still in the shelter of the bay ten miles away

. "

"Is Jiang Si's bearer guarding the side of the boat carrying the 'gold'?"

"It's been guarded."

Zhong Qiyun smiled, stood up dressed in exotic clothes, looked ahead, and said loudly: "Then we should set off."

"Yes! Master!"

When the clouds blocked the moonlight and the southerly wind picked up, the fleet with unfurled sails quietly sailed along the coast in the middle of the night to the south opposite to Dazhu.

More than [-] helpers recruited by Jiang Sicheng and the merchants who cooperated with Zhang's family waited for the rabbit, blocked the pirates in the "golden" ship, and then killed them directly before the party had time to set off fireworks. , tied up all the people and sent them to the "Yamen" in Sangha City. When the work was done, he followed Zhong Qiyun's instructions and drove all the way south along the coast.

In the middle of the night, Qi Hupu, the leader of the pirates who had been waiting for a long time for his subordinates to bring the boat back, became impatient.

This fleet was originally assembled temporarily to share the large sum of gold bandits, so as to ensure that no one in the line that passed just now would see that Jin Jin secretly carves up the gold behind his back. .

The more Qi Hupu thought about it, the more wrong he became. In the dead of night, he personally led the fleet into the mouth of Sangha.

Today's moonlight is not clear, far away, he can't see the situation of the port clearly in the dark night, but he also faintly felt that something was wrong, after thinking for a long time, he stopped the fleet eight miles away, and asked his cronies to lead the people to investigate first .

It's just that when someone came back, his face turned green.

His confidant exclaimed in panic: "Boss (in Zhancheng dialect), those ships are gone! All twelve ships have disappeared!"

"(Zhancheng dialect) disappeared? How is it possible!"

They have been guarding the north. Even if those ships leave, they will definitely pass by. How can they disappear?

"(Zhancheng dialect) Did the Bodhisattva blame them? Where did they go?"

"(Zhancheng dialect) I don't know, there's nothing over there, Pusa blamed them all for disappearing too!"

"(Zhancheng dialect) Are you kidding me? There are so many people, so how could a dozen ships suddenly disappear?" Qi Hupu thought over and over again. How long have they guarded this big ship? If it was taken down, could it be that Pusa blamed them for embezzling it?Even if he steals it privately, those ships cannot disappear, someone will always drive him away...

They have been hiding in the northern bay and have never seen it, so it can only be...

But before he could think about it, the dark cloud covering the moonlight dispersed, and the cronies standing in front of him stared at the sea behind him as if they had seen a ghost.

surface.

"You, you, the ghost ship——!"

Qi Hupu's heart trembled, and he looked back suddenly. Not far away, the twelve large ships of the Dazhu caravan were lined up on the sea surface, and the Dazhu man he had been staring at for several months was standing at the bow.

The next moment, following the wave of the man's hand, there was a sound of "shooting arrows—" that resounded across the sea, and hundreds of fire arrows came overwhelmingly like this.

Zhong Qiyun played hide and seek with them.

"Yang Fan——! Go back to Daqing!"

"Brother Zhong (Boss Zhong) is mighty—!"

Zhang Zhenfeng looked at Zhong Qiyun in front of him, and said with a smile, "Didn't you say to avoid them? Why did you shoot the arrow in the end?"

"Do you know why these pirates are called outlaws at sea?"

Zhang Zhenfeng didn't expect Zhong Qiyun to ask such a question, he was taken aback, and replied: "Why?"

"Because they love money, love to hold grudges, and are not afraid of death. I asked your partners in Zhancheng, and they mentioned that the pirates in Zhancheng are like this. If you don't beat him down completely , they will chase you on the sea to death.” Having said that, Zhong Qiyun sat down, “They can use the lives of the crew in exchange for the uninterrupted sailing of the whole ship, but we can’t. Today’s matter is just an occupation. So we acted first and blinded them for a while, and went south to hide for a while, but in the end we still have to go back to Dazhu, and we have to go north. It will be a matter of time before they come to their senses. I'm afraid we will not have good results by then. have eaten."

Zhang Zhenfeng was silent for a long time, the pirates were already killing, burning and looting, if they didn't do it now, they would probably suffer disaster.

"You're really scheming."

"What kind of scheming," Zhong Qiyun shook his head, and smiled again: "It's just that we noticed their actions earlier, if we take it lightly, we will still follow their way after all. But, fortunately, these pirates are not very smart , if it were Xie Wenyuan..." Zhong Qiyun stopped suddenly when he said this.

After not saying this name for a long time, Zhong Qiyun's heart tightened suddenly when he mentioned it again, but the feeling dissipated in the next moment, so he didn't notice it.

Zhong Qiyun thought of how he tried his best to find an opportunity to escape from prison, but was used by Xie Wenyuan, and felt a bit depressed, "If the person opposite is Xie Wenyuan, I'm afraid, I can only disarm and surrender. …”

"That's right, Mr. Xie is so thoughtful, who can guess it?"

Zhang Zhenfeng looked deeply at Zhong Qiyun, and after a long time, he smiled and said, "Brother Qiyun seems to have a high opinion of Mr. Xie.

Not only did they sacrifice their lives to save each other, but they also tried their best to maintain..." At this point, seeing Zhong Qiyun frowning, Zhang Zhenfeng turned around, "Speaking of which, I don't know what's going on in Hangzhou.When we get to Hangzhou, it will be at least April, right? "

"Almost, if the road goes smoothly, we can arrive in early April."

"The goods of your seven ships are going to be taken to Hangzhou?"

"It depends on the situation. If there is a real war in Hangzhou, I should go north."

Zhang Zhenfeng smiled, "Xie Wenyuan won't let Hangzhou mess up."

Zhong Qiyun was noncommittal, took a water bag and took a sip of cold water.

Zhang Zhenfeng looked around, and waited to see Jiang Sicheng who was holding a sword not far away and pretending to be asleep.He suddenly opened his mouth and said to Zhong Qiyun: "I see that brother Qiyun and Master Xie have a good relationship, but I don't know if you know why Master Xie is at odds with General Xie?"

"I don't know."

"Oh? Brother Qiyun doesn't know?"

Zhong Qiyun squinted Zhang Zhenfeng, "Hearing what you said, it seems that you are very clear?"

Zhang Zhenfeng played with his folding fan and said with a smile: "It's not too much to explain clearly, but I have heard about it from friends in Beijing and China."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"I heard that General Xie Wenyuan had placed high hopes on Xie Wenyuan since he was a child, hoping that he could inherit the tradition of the Xie family and teach him martial arts when he could walk and dance, but Xie Wenyuan was greedy for power and did not want to be someone who had no real power. General."

The generals in the Great Qing Dynasty were not taken seriously, and Zhong Qiyun knew that Emperor Fengzheng valued literature over martial arts.

"I don't know what Xie Wenyuan said when he was 15 years old. General Xie kicked him out of the house in a rage. Since then, he has never returned to Xie's house."

Zhong Qiyun frowned, Zhang Zhenfeng's words made him feel a little uncomfortable.Just as he was about to say something else, an exclamation suddenly came from the cabin over there.

"Oh my god, when did a woman hide in the cabin! Who brought it up!"

"Boss, come here quickly, this person seems to be dying soon!"

The author has something to say: go back, meet him, go see him! (under hypnosis)