C55 (1/2)
Uncle Fu tried to persuade her again, ”Madam, you have heard from this old servant that your excellency's attack was a failure. Furthermore, the fishermen's reaction to the recent ban on the sea was an ominous sign.”
Tian Chuan said, ”Since when did the forbidden sea exist? My husband once said that if the imperial palace forbids the sea, we can return to Golden Gate Island or to Grand Officer (Taiwan).”
Uncle Fu said, ”Just last night, Money wanted to go further away to do business (pirates), but said that there was a big storm recently. He said that his ship was sealed and locked up, and they are all new officers and soldiers of other cities.
Before he could finish his sentence, an one-eyed man with a copper coin patch under his left eye ran into the courtyard and shouted, ”Madam, those henchmen in the court are not keeping their word and have surrounded us.”
Tian Chuan said, ”What's wrong? How many do they have? Did they rush in?”
One-Eyed said, ”There aren't many ideas either, just a few thousand. It's just that our brothers have all been sent out to support the lord, and the soldiers are all new soldiers, old and weak, and the brothers who came back a few days ago to recuperate. ”
Uncle Fu said, ”Money, don't stand guard here. Go to the dock and steal the boat. Then, we'll walk back to Golden Gate Island.”
The one-eyed man said, ”Alright, I just sent out a signal. The other brothers outside should be on their way back.”
Uncle Fu nodded. ”Madam, let's go now!
After saying that, they took Zheng Fusong, picked up the silver taels and headed to the dark tunnel.
The five of them walked out of the tunnel and opened a hidden wooden board. Money looked around and saw that nothing had happened. After a long time, he said: ”Madam, Uncle Fu, it's safe.”
The five of them had not even walked more than a few hundred meters when they saw a dense crowd of Ming army officers surrounding them. A military officer surrounded a few of them and said, ”This official is Yanping Prefecture's envoy, Zhang Yijie. He has specially sent Madam Zheng home.”
Tian Chuan's expression did not change as he said, ”My husband is an officer of the court. Why are you surrounding us?”
Zhang Yijie said, ”This official is under the orders of the Fujian Patrol Officer Xiong to investigate the recent invasion of pirates. I fear that the attack will disturb the family of Lord Zheng and is here to protect them.”
Uncle Fu replied, ”Nonsense, this is the territory of our master. If that bandit dares to come here, he's not afraid of a light in the latrine.”
Zhang Yijie said, ”If it was in the past, the pirates wouldn't have dared to come. But right now, Lord Zheng is very busy trying to recruit bandits for the imperial court.” We can only do our part to protect them and do our part. ” As he spoke, he made a gesture of 'please'.
Uncle Fu and Zi, seeing that the other side had so many people, as well as his wife being pregnant, had no choice but to swallow their anger and follow him.
Walking on the strange road, Zhang Yijie thought to himself: I have captured the Zheng family, that position will not be able to get out of my grasp. This Zheng family had a large background. Xiong Wencai shouldn't be so tactless as to report all of it to the Imperial Court! Or maybe one of them has swallowed all of them! ” Suddenly, he looked towards Tian Chuan's direction and saw that she was extremely beautiful. He thought to himself, 'Damn it, Old Zheng is so lucky. The women of this country are really different.
Zhang Yijie touched his hand to Tian Chuan's ear, and Tian Chuan nimbly dodged it. Seeing her dodge, Zhang Yijie became even more interested. He abruptly asked a five year old child, ”What are you trying to do?” He held a long, thin saber in both hands and gestured it forward.
Zhang Yijie saw that this saber was different from Zhonghua. He chuckled and said, ”Little rascal, you are indeed a hero. I believe your father has taught you many of his abilities.”
”Master Zhang, you have a lot of men, why make it so hard for a child?” ”Besides, you're an imperial court official. It's a taboo for you to bully and harass the family of an imperial court official …”
Zhang Yijie said, ”What a good court order officer. Last month, an earthen carpenter came out from the soil and drowned for a while, saving the nearby fishermen. Unfortunately, he can't live for long.” Then he looked at the money man and said, ”I heard from the carpenters that they helped Lord Zheng dig a ventilation hole for his house. It was almost open, so they drank a few mouthfuls of your alcohol. The only thing that came out alive was a cough, so he drank less. That's why I contributed so much to it, actually! As long as Master Zheng was able to help the court fight against pirates and pirates, he wouldn't be able to use this tunnel, even if it was discovered! ”But he just randomly deployed his private army, cutting off the enemy first before acting. He offended Lord Xiong. This … how could I find you?”
Upon hearing this, Fo Bo felt a great deal of hatred. So his hands and feet were not clean, and he should have stabbed those carpenters a few more times at that time.
”What exactly do you want?”
Zhang Yijie said, ”It's very simple. Tell all of you to follow the imperial court. Also, tell all of you to sail from here to the ports and wait for the imperial court to announce your decision.”
Uncle Fu said, ”I've never heard of the Emperor of Daming being so interested in overseas commerce.”
Zhang Yijie said, ”Cut the crap. The two of you can certainly be mobilized. Otherwise, hehe, the pirates are rampant here. What's wrong with Lady Zheng and young master Zheng? How am I supposed to report this to the court?”