Chapter 110 Capture
Wang Chongxi is a trusted eunuch of Emperor Zhaoning. It is unusual to come to Quanzhou this time, not to mention that there is a secret decree to be promulgated. Qu Chunfeng glanced at him, "In that case, the prince should go in and proclaim the decree."
The brigade of the imperial forest army was on duty outside, together with the people from the Tianyi Gate, the mansion was immediately sealed off, and not even a fly could fly out. Qu Chunfeng and Wang Chongxi entered the inner room, and were about to kneel down to listen to the order, but they were caught The latter hurriedly helped him up, "Get up quickly, the national teacher, His Majesty has specially instructed you, you don't need to be too polite, just stand and listen to the order."
Hearing the words, Qu Chunfeng stood up straight, not a bit flattered, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has any secret decree, please read it out, Your Majesty."
When Wang Chongxi heard the words, there was a flash of worry on his face, and his brows were also furrowed. He stepped forward and said in a low voice, "The national teacher should know what His Majesty's secret decree is. A few days ago, His Majesty had been ill with the dragon body, and he relied on rare and rare treasures to continue his life every day, and he was hesitant to wait, so he sent our family to assist the national teacher."
After speaking, he gave a salute and took out a secret letter from his sleeve. Emperor Zhaoning was so sick that he couldn't even pick up a pen, so the content was naturally only written by his subordinates, with a seal on it.
The serious illness of the monarch is a major event, and no matter how young the crown prince is, the southern barbarians and the Northern Di are now staring at him. Once the national funeral is reported, the situation will definitely be reversed. Therefore, only a few people know about the illness of Emperor Zhaoning. He sent Wang Chongxi here this time. He became suspicious of Tianyimen, and he was really following them in order to help.
Qu Chunfeng glanced at the secret letter in a hurry, thinking of the brigade of imperial forest troops outside, he tightened his fingertips silently, but couldn't see anything on his face, "Since your Majesty has an order, I will obey it, but the sea is rough, Fearing that the king and father-in-law can't bear it, it's better to rest in the post house, and leave the rest to me."
Wang Chongxi actually refused, "Our family's life has long belonged to His Majesty, so what is a small storm, please hurry up and find the merman to refine the longevity medicine and return to your life, otherwise Master Hong will be killed in Beijing." I haven't seen you for a long time, isn't it missing you?"
The latter sentence is a vague threat.
Hearing this, Qu Chunfeng's eyes were cold for a moment. He stared blankly at Wang Chongxi until the smile on Wang Chongxi's face froze. Then he looked away, "When does the prince want to go?"
Wang Chongxi bowed, "Naturally, the sooner the better, today is the best, and tomorrow is also possible."
Qu Chunfeng said without emotion when he heard the words, "Then let's go tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, he turned and left the room without giving Wang Chongxi any face.
Mingxuan and the members of Tianyi Sect guarded the outside room. Seeing Qu Chunfeng coming out from the inside, they rushed up to meet him. They wanted to ask something, but they were afraid that people would be distracted, so they could only lower their voices and asked worriedly, "Senior brother, are you okay?" ?”
Qu Chunfeng shook his head and said nothing, just glanced at the Imperial Forest Army who was secretly staring at them, "How many people did Wang Chongxi bring here?"
Mingxuan, "There are too many, too many to count."
Qu Chunfeng "..."
Although everyone in the Tianyi Sect has the blessings of mystic arts, they are still mortals after all. One can be used as ten, but one can be used as a hundred, but it is difficult. If there is a conflict between the two parties, it is hard to say who will win, Qu Chun The wind can only wait and see.
In the early morning of the next day, under Wang Chongxi's instruction, Wu Xianrong assembled his men and horses, took hundreds of men who were proficient in water skills, and a group of big insiders went to the seaside in a mighty manner, and asked the admiral of the navy to transfer dozens of warships Standing by on the water, he only said to the outside world that the emperor wanted to sacrifice to heaven and pray for blessings, and the idlers and others all avoided.
Wang Chongxi walked out of the carriage with the help of the guards, and staggered when he landed because he was not used to the wet and soft sand. The crimson servant robe was rattled by the sea breeze, and his thin body was like a tree in the wind and rain. The rickety dry grass will be blown away at any time.
He hastily stabilized his gauze cap, looked at Qu Chunfeng who was riding in front of him, raised his voice and asked, "Dare to ask the national teacher, the weather is so bad, how should I find it?"
Mingxuan thought to himself that this old bastard can't catch mermaids, so why did he come here, and he thought he was so powerful, so he was also a flicker, so he whispered to Qu Chunfeng, "Senior brother, don't pay attention to him. "
Qu Chunfeng dismounted from his horse, and his robes flew off. He said to Wang Chongxi, "Since we are looking for the sharks, we should naturally look for them at sea. If my father-in-law is unwell, he can wait on the shore."
Naturally, Wang Chongxi refused. With the support of his guards, he stepped forward, as if he couldn't notice Qu Chunfeng's alienated attitude, and smiled all over his face, "Old slave is fine, I will walk with the national teacher after I get on the boat. Be sure to complete His Majesty's orders as soon as possible."
While talking, there was a loud cry in the distance. Qu Chunfeng followed the sound, but saw a large number of officers and soldiers arguing with a group of villagers. what happened?"
Wu Xianrong met his almost sharp gaze, stuttered and couldn't speak, his head was sweating in the cold weather, and while wiping with his sleeve robe, he said, "Return...return to the teacher...the next official... ...the next officer..."
Upon seeing this, Wang Chongxi said directly, "Our family ordered Mr. Wu to do this. Finding the sharks for His Majesty is no small matter. Don't let unimportant people get in the way. These fishermen live by the sea and refuse to leave, so they can only force them." There is no other way to drive them away, and I ask the national teacher to forgive me."
Those officers and soldiers are used to being rampant. They said they were driving them away, but they were more like bandits who robbed houses. After rushing in, they crackled and smashed. If they refused, the two parties started to quarrel.
"What is the law of heaven! What is the law of heaven! We live well here, and you rush in without any explanation, how is it different from the bandits who burned, killed and looted?!!"
The leader of the team heard the words and kicked the talking old man to the ground, sneered and said, "This world is the emperor's world. Now the court has orders. Your Majesty worships the sky. No one else is allowed to interfere. Whoever stops you will just go on the spot." Fa-rectification!"
After finishing speaking, he pulled out the saber from his waist and pointed it straight at the old man on the ground. At this moment, a girl suddenly cried and rushed over to block the blade, "Don't kill my father!"
It was Ah Ying.
Seeing how beautiful she was, the team didn't get angry, but laughed loudly, "I didn't expect there to be such a handsome woman in this small fishing village. If you want to save your father's life, it's fine. Let me go back and be my wife." How about it?"
After finishing speaking, he directly pulled her up from the ground, wanting to do something frivolous, Ah Ying cried and struggled in fright, and even lost her hair scarf and hairpin. Lin Bo anxiously wanted to step forward to stop her, but was caught by the rest of the officers and soldiers. He kicked his feet upside down.
The captain was holding Ah Ying tightly, and his eyes were lewd, "Spicy little girl, just suits my appetite. If you don't know how to taste, don't blame me for being merciless and tearing your clothes right here!"
After speaking, he was about to stretch out his hand, but unexpectedly, a white light flashed in front of his eyes, and a long sword pierced towards him with the momentum of breaking bamboo. The sword edge was cold, and cut off four of his fingers in an instant. Li Zheng couldn't dodge in time, and was directly splashed with blood all over his face. When he looked closely, he saw that his fingers had been cut off by Qi Gen, screamed in panic, and rolled on the ground in pain with his hands covered.
And the sword sank into the ground not far away with a whoosh, and the sticky blood slid down the sword body, and then soaked the sand below.
The officers and soldiers on the side were dumbfounded when they saw this, and they all drew their swords in response, wanting to see who would be so bold as to kill the imperial court officer, but they saw a frosty-faced man in white walking over surrounded by everyone, nodding and bowing behind him It was their governor.
Some sharp-eyed people had already recognized Qu Chunfeng, and they knelt down in unison to salute, "I have seen the national teacher, and I have seen the governor!"
Wu Xianrong just wanted to rush forward and kick each of them, kicking one to death counted as one, flattering all day long, falling off at critical moments, and following behind Qu Chunfeng, so scared that he didn't dare to breathe.
Qu Chunfeng stepped over, pulled out his long sword from the ground, and flicked it casually, the blood stains on it fell to the ground, and then put the sword back into its sheath with a brisk movement, his face was cold, and his voice was deep, "You are Is this how to drive away the villagers?"
The captain was clasping his hands and bowed into shrimps on the ground. He was about to pass out from the pain. How could he speak? , hurriedly crawled over to pick it up, and saw that the quality was extraordinary, in order to get rid of the crime, he said nonsense, "Mingjian, Mingjian, the subordinates found that the identity of this woman was suspicious, so they checked her more. This bead is priceless." , how could she be a poor fisher girl, she must have been stolen from a wealthy family!"
As he said, he knelt on the ground, raised his hand high, and held the light blue merman teardrop in front of Qu Chunfeng. Seeing this, Ah Ying's face turned pale, and he felt the blood flow backwards all over his body. His legs softened and he fell to the seat After falling on the ground, I realized that I was going to snatch it back even when I was rolling and crawling, "No! My father found it from the shell when he went out to sea, it wasn't stolen!"
The officers and soldiers on the side directly put their sabers on her neck, and reprimanded, "You must not make mistakes in front of the national teacher."
Qu Chunfeng frowned tightly, fearing to reveal the whereabouts of the merman, and was about to destroy the merman teardrop, but unexpectedly, he was a step too late, and suddenly an old hand stretched out beside him and took the bead over.
Wang Chongxi has served Emperor Zhaoning since he was a child, and he knows exactly what is in the treasury, but when he saw him holding the shark teardrop and carefully looked at it for a moment, he suddenly said, "Why does this old slave think that this is not an ordinary pearl?" .”
Qu Chunfeng closed his eyes lightly, "The color is better than the other beads, but it's not unusual. I've been here for a long time, and I've seen no less than ten of them."
Wang Chongxi was not so easy to fool, he shook his head while laughing, "The national teacher doesn't know, there is a difference between this shark weeping pearl and ordinary pearls, the color of the moon is white, and it is in the shape of a teardrop. If the old slave remembers correctly, this This bead is exactly the same as the merman's teardrops kept in the treasury of the Chu Palace."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the pale-faced Ah Ying with a kind face, "Girl, your bead must not have been obtained from a shell, but a tear from the weeping of a shark."
Wang Chongxi said word by word, "You must have seen a shark."
A Ying shook her head in a panic, "No, I don't know what you are talking about, what kind of shark, this bead was picked up by my father when he went out to sea." Please keep in mind:,