Chapter 232 Skynet Recovery
A few days later, late at night, on the Yangtze River in Jingzhou.
During the flood season, the water of the Yangtze River is rolling. A water mist rises on the surface of the river, and the visibility is not high. The east wind suddenly rose, and the river beat against the embankment.
Ten huge sea roe boats came from the upstream in the shape of a swallow. This kind of giant ship is usually only seen in the area of Dengzhou Harbor in the East China Sea. Generally, it is only used for ships to walk the sea, between the coast of the East China Sea and Silla, Baekje and other countries, or used as heavy equipment for the water army of the Tanghai Road, which is of great value.
Under the world, ten sea yoreed ships can be recruited to appear on the surface of the Yangtze River at the same time. In addition to the imperial court, it is estimated that there is only the Chang'an Zheng family!
Ten giant sea oar ships covered most of the wide Yangtze River in Jingzhou, like a towering city wall, covering the sky and the sun. In broad daylight, such a scene can be called shocking, and it will definitely attract pedestrians on both sides of the strait to stop and exclaim.
But now it is late at night. During the flood season of the Yangtze River, no one will ferry across the river at this time. Experienced fishermen will also drag fishing boats ashore and eat two bowls of hot rice with their wives and children at home. They will never drift to the river at this time.
On the Yangtze River, there is no other sound except the sound of rustling water and the roaring east wind.
On the deck of the first sea mullet ship, there was a strong man of about 40. His eyes showed a few strands of solemnity, closely watching the dark river.
"Big shopkeeper, the fleet has arrived at the agreed place." A young sailor with a short coat and bare feet came forward to report.
"Down the anchor and stop the ship, raise the fire!"
"Yes!"
In an instant, groups of torches were lit up on the ten sea tach ships, reflecting the river red. When the torch is lit, it goes out, goes back and forth three times, and finally goes out.
"Why didn't you respond?" The shopkeeper frowned and asked the people around him, "Isn't it so agreed that the young master's letter?"
"Exact"
"Wait a minute!"
Ten giant ships stopped on the river and waited quietly.
After about an hour, almost everyone waited impatiently. At this moment, several torches faintly lit up on the bank of the river in the distance, flashing and extinguishing, three times.
"Here we go." The big shopkeeper gently picked the corners of his mouth and said coldly, "The other party is really vigilant."
"What should I do now, big shopkeeper?"
"The order is to line up all the sea oach ships, and the belly of the ship is facing the direction of the torch, in case the other party transports the goods to the ship. All the footman is ready to load and unload the goods!"
"Yes!!"
Immediately, the order will be issued. Suddenly, ten huge ships as big as the city wall, like being twisted by a falling hand from the sky, slowly but extremely calm, lined up on the surface of the Yangtze River, and the side of the ship faces the bank of the river, forming a Great Wall across the heart of the Yangtze River.
"Woo-woo-woo!"
In the direction of the river bank, there were three horns. The big shopkeeper waved his hand, and the torch was lit on the flagship again, shining six times.
The other party responded to the three horns again, which was the end of the saga.
The big shopkeeper grinned at the corners of his mouth and sneered, "It's slippery enough, so many ghosts!"
"Big shopkeeper, there is a boat on the shore!"
"I saw it."
In the dark night, a big ship sailed through the waves. With such a strong east wind and rapid current, it drove on the river like flying arrows, which made the sailors on the sea oach ship's eyes widened in surprise.
"It's Wu Yue's military ship!" The well-informed shopkeeper was surprised and said, "Only this kind of military ship transformed from a lucky ship is equipped with thirty-eight pairs of pulp. Although it goes against the waves and the wind, it can still travel freely!"
The ship drove to the front of the "Great Wall" and shouted to it: "Where is the big shopkeeper?"
"Here!"
When the ship came, the bow turned and moved a little. On the bow deck, there stood a man in black and a mask and shouted, "Dare to ask the big shopkeeper, is everything ready?"
Originally, this military ship was not small, and it could be called a giant ship among Jianghan. But standing side by side with the Zheng family's sea yot boat, it's really a little witch. The man in black looked up, and several feet high was the side of the other side, which was quite oppressive.
"It's already ready." The big shopkeeper replied above, "Where are your goods?"
"I'm not in a hurry. I'll go to the ship to check it first!" The man in black replied.
"Hateful, a waste of time! If it takes a little more time, the young master will suffer a little more!" The big shopkeeper scolded and shouted, "Put down the boat board and let him come up!"
The "rumbling" sounded, and a mechanism gate was opened on the side of the sea tach giant ship. A large deck was lifted from it and directly put on the head of the warship. The man in black boarded the boat with several attendants, said a few words to the big shopkeeper, and then looked around the boat. At the same time, several other warships of the same warships approached other sea tach ships, and there were also people on the ship for inspection.
"You are really very careful!" The big shopkeeper sneered and said, "No wonder such a big business can't be careless. It's just, when will you let my young master go back?
"Don't worry, when this batch of grain is successfully shipped out of Jingzhou, your young master will be free." The man in black replied.
"What? Didn't we agree in advance to put it back to my young master while trading grain? The big shopkeeper said angrily.
"I apologized to the big shopkeeper. Something has changed, and I have to do something to deal with it. Don't worry, we don't dare to abuse the young master of the Zheng family. He won't be wronged - well, after the inspection, everything is normal!" Someone said.
At the same time, other ships have also been inspected.
The big shopkeeper gritted his teeth and swallowed his anger.
"Can we start trading now?"
"Of course!"
A few horns blew, and dozens of large ships slowly came from the bank of the river. These boats are extremely deep in their water, and there are also high piles of grain bags on the deck, moving slowly.
The big shopkeeper frowned: "It's so slow. When can you finish loading hundreds of thousands of stones of grain?"
"I didn't say I would give you all the food this time. There are only 150,000 stones here. The man in black said, "When you take this batch of grain first and dispose of it properly, we will make the rest of the deal."
"What?" The big shopkeeper was obviously a little angry, "Ten ships of sea wrought giant ship, just to transport you 150,000 stone grain? I said, you are too talkative and funny! Do you know how much food and money it will cost, and how much time and manpower and material resources will it take for us to mobilize the fleet?
"There's nothing we can do, as the saying goes, be careful to make a ten-thousand-year ship. This is also for the sake of safety. The man in black sneered proudly, "If we take out all the goods at once, in case of change, won't we fight?"
The big shopkeeper shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "You are too timid! Ten sea tach ships are enough to transport nearly 300,000 stone goods! Now you only give half... Hey!"
"For the safety of the young master of the Zheng family, please take care of us more. We are also helpless, haha!" The man in black laughed.
At this time, dozens of grain ships of the size have been transported to the "Great Wall". All the sea tach ships opened the side door, built a huge and sturdy deck, and began to load the goods into the ship. The sea ot ship has a huge load. Usually, there are hundreds of sailors and footers on the ship. Today, nearly 1,000 people are equipped, so the grain packaging is unloaded very quickly.
On the surface of the Yangtze River, it suddenly became noisy and lively. The torches stood, shining a river like the day. If someone sees it from afar in the middle of the night and doesn't know what this place is doing, he must be scared.
Time flies. In a blink of an eye, it has come to the beginning of dawn. At this time, the big shopkeeper saw that on the bank of the river far away, the carriages and horses were piled up like mountains of grain, and there were a large number of army-like people on guard in the distance. On the river on the shore, the boat goes back and forth like ants, which is very spectacular.
"You are really powerful!" The big shopkeeper couldn't help sighing, "In this way, it's time to use more than ten thousand people."
"Yes! Even the footman has recruited more than 8,000 people. The man in black said proudly, "This is a big business! As soon as 500,000 stone grain is put in hand, we don't think we can't be rich enough.
"Up to now, you haven't mentioned that you asked me for money." The big shopkeeper said suspiciously, "Don't you worry, I, the Zheng family, swungrate?"
"Is it possible?" The man in black laughed proudly, "Master Zheng is priceless. With him in hand, why don't you pay? We are not in a hurry to get the money. In the future, there will be a safe way to ask you for money. You just need to be ready at all times.
"Okay!" The big shopkeeper shook his head helplessly and said secretly: These people are too strange. Who knows what they are doing?
Another hour passed, and each sea oach ship was loaded with half of the grain, which was piled up like a mountain. The mountain of grain piled up on the bank of the river has disappeared, and all the porters and sailors are so tired that they will lie down and gasp.
"It's very smooth, as expected." The man in black nodded with satisfaction.
"You are calculating too accurately." The big shopkeeper shook his head and sighed, "At this time, the sun is rising, and we can just set sail and leave!"
"Then let's go. What are you waiting for? Five days later, come back for the rest of the transaction.
"Singing, pull the anchor and start the ship--" the big shopkeeper ordered.
There was a loud horn on the giant ship, and the flag was played. Ten big sea yozees slowly and clumsily turned the bow, raised their sails, re-arranged the goose-shaped queue, and prepared to set off and return.
The man in black boarded the warship when he came and breathed: "It's okay, everything is going well!"
At this time, there was a strange scene in the giant sea bream fleet that turned around. Several ships directly turned the bow in the opposite direction and rushed down the shore with the wind very fast.
"What's going on? What are you doing?!" The man in black shouted in panic, "You are crazy. Do you want to sink us?"
"Something is wrong, run - retreat!" There was an exclamation on the warship, and the sailors panicked and anchored and prepared to turn the bow to escape.
At this time, ten giant sea yo-ships changed their arrays, forming an inverted "U" shape, like the blood basin of a giant beast, swallowing towards the river.
"It's not good!!! I'm in the middle!!!" The man in black shouted in panic, "Escape, get out of the boat!"
"It's late!" On the sea tach ship above his head, there was a thunderous shout, "Green Forest Thief, do you know the King of the Tang Dynasty!"
"King of Qi?!" The man in black looked at the 'big shopkeeper' in panic and said in horror, "You, are you the King of Qi?"
"Haha! Pifu, you have been tricked! Li You patted the port of the ship and laughed, "Qin Mubai, it's really like a god. Set up such a magnificent sky net - today, none of you can run!"
"Qin...Mubai!" The man in black was stunned for a long time and suddenly laughed sadly, "You will regret it!"
After saying that, he jumped and went under the water.
"Fight into the water, take people!"
On the tall ship, more than a dozen people jumped down and soon grabbed the man in black out of the water.
"You, are you a hundred riders?!" Someone screamed on the warship. They are so familiar with this scene! Before, they witnessed this scene during the military exercise in the West River!
"Not bad! It was Qin Mubai's personal guard sent to me, haha!" Li You laughed, "You are the so-called 'White Wave Water Army', right? Don't do it with a good military academy, follow others to be a thief! Come on, take it all!"
Suddenly, there were countless crossbows on the side of the ship. The porters and sailors, all with bows and arrows, staring at everyone on the warship.
"Don't stare. Half of the people on these giant ships are all soldiers under the command of the king, and the naval soldiers seconded by the king of Wu from Dongting Lake, haha!" Li You laughed and said, "Send the order, launch an attack, all the enemy bandits on the water, and those who dare to act recklessly will be shot!"
The giant ship is like a city wall, pushing towards the shore. Many warships and cargo ships fled in a hurry. However, these giant ships formed a huge encirclement. Although the boat was flexible, once it approached the edge of the encirclement, it was shot by countless arrows from the top of the head. Occasionally, some guys who were diving and preparing to escape were shot by a deep-water crossbow spear and were injured without hands.
On the surface of the river, the drums beat and screamed repeatedly, and dozens of miles were shocked!
The man in black who dived was taken to the deck.
Li You came forward, pulled off the solid mask tied on his face, and sneered, "Although I don't recognize you, you should be the head of the government office in Xiangzhou Assassin's Mansion, Zhou Laojiu, right?"
The man in black looked pale and opened his eyes wide in fear: "How do you know?"
"Of course I told him." Hearing a familiar voice around him, Zhou Laojiu looked around in panic. At this time, he saw that the cabin was pulled away and two people came out of it.
Qin Mubai and Li Ke!
"How can you hide in here? I just checked it!" Zhou Laojiu panicked.
"Can't we temporarily dress up as sailors and foots?" Qin Mubai and Li Ke laughed. Li Ke came forward, picked up Zhou Laojiu's skirt, and opened his bow left and right with a few big mouths.
"You scum, beast, it's so hard to cheat me! Fortunately, I still regard you as a powerful person and rely on you deeply!"
"Your Highness, this guy is just a little errand. It's meaningless to kill him like a dog." Qin Mubai stretched out his hand and pointed to the shore and said with a smile, "Good play, over there!"
At this time, there was a roar on the bank of the river, which turned into a pot of porridge. The ant's boat collided in panic, and countless people screamed and fell into the water. On the bank of the river, half of the foots and sailors were water ghosts. Many people took out the swords that had already been prepared and fled to the distance.
Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound of drums, and the sound of horseshoes came from the distance, and a piece of smoke and dust rose everywhere.
"Army! It's the army!!" The water ghosts shouted in horror.
A large group of cavalry rolled in like a divine soldier. In addition to the leading Wu Wang Shuai flag, there are two general flags, "Xue" and "Yuwen".
"Dog | sissy monkeys, do you know my murderer!" Yuwen Hongtai waved the golden phoenix wings in his hand, like a giant beast running to the front with its teeth and claws. His hands rose and fell, and a water ghost who couldn't escape was still ready to stand up. In an instant, people's knives were broken and fleshy.
"Hahaha! Have a good time - brothers, kill! Kill all these birds!"
"Kill--"
Under the leadership of the fierce general Yuwen Hongtai, the soldiers of the Wuwang Mansion rushed into the panicked water ghosts, like tigers into the flock, and began a tragic slaughter!
On the other side, Xue Rengui pressed the Fang Tianhua halberd on the saddle, took a large number of archers to guard the circle, and shouted, "Brothers, your eyes are bright, but there are people who leak, shoot them all!"
"Yes--!!!" The sergeants agreed together. Hearing a piece of bow string pulling 'bones', a circle of riders and shooters has already formed a huge blocking circle.
On the embankment of this empty mine, everyone has no place to escape!
"Third brother, I'm jealous of you!" Li You said, "Your men have such a fierce general. I'm really envious!"
"Isn't it thanks to Mu Bai?" Li Ke smiled and nodded gratefully to Qin Mubai.
Zhou Laojiu's face was as pale as paper, and suddenly let out a hysterical scream: "You, you'd better let me go quickly and stop killing. No, otherwise! ......”
"Otherwise, you will kill Princess Wu's mother and daughter, right?" Qin Mubai sneered, "You save it! At this moment, Princess Wu must have sat safely in the House of King Wu to rest. Don't bother you.
"No, it's impossible!" Zhou Laojiu widened his eyes and shouted in surprise, "How can you find them?"
"We can't find it, but there must be someone who can find it!" Qin Mubai said with a smile.
"Who, who?" Zhou Laojiu began to stam.
"Of course, it's your leader, Lord Song Cao!" Qin Mubai said with a smile.
"Mu Bai, who is Lord Song Cao? I haven't even figured it out yet?" Li Ke also asked suspiciously.
"If you are not in a hurry, just let me sell it!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "When this place is almost cleaned up, we will pull out the anchor and turn our heads to Xiangzhou. At that time, everything will come to light!"
......
In the evening, the riverside, which had been noisy for a day and a night, finally gradually returned to tranquility.
There are countless wreckage of ships floating on the surface of the river. Occasionally, blood bubbles can be seen in the water, and I don't know how many water ghosts are buried in the belly of fish. On the bank of the river, thousands of people were detained in a place, tied to each other under the strict supervision of a circle of soldiers. Yuwen Hongtai and Xue Rengui stood together, laughing cheerfully, making the flag behind him waving the flag to Jiang Xin, making the sergeants cheer.
"Okay, it should be the end here." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said to him, "Your Highness, I will leave this to you for the time being. I will accompany the king of Wu to Xiangzhou first. Presumably, he is already anxious to see Princess Wu's mother and daughter.
"Okay, you go!" Li You smiled and said, "When I take care of the things here, I will come to Xiangzhou to meet you. Drink it again then!"
"Okay, don't get drunk and don't come back!"
Qin Mubai and Li Ke got off the sea tach ship and boarded the warship.
Li Ke shook his head and smiled, "Mu Bai, this is the divine fish spaceship that Xiangzhou Military Mansion is proud of, right?"
"Not bad." Qin Mubai picked up the corners of his mouth and sneered, "Now you know how arrogant the officials and bandits in Xiangzhou are, right? Presumably, before that, they used warships as a cover, walked openly on the surface of the Jianghan River and traded stolen goods. In fact, most of these so-called white wave water troops are water ghosts. As for Du Chengyuan, there is no need to say!"
"What should they do? Have you also arranged it?" Li Ke asked.
"Of course." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, "I have already expected that they will not send any important people to respond to this transaction. Sure enough, he just sent an insignificant Zhou Laojiu as a ghost. However, you can rest assured that at this moment, the culprits such as Du Chengyuan and Wei Xiaochen have been secretly detained by Baiqi, which I secretly arranged in advance, so beware that they will escape after hearing the news.
"What about Song Caozhu? Who is Song Caozhu?" Li Ke asked.
"You will know right away." Qin Mubai smiled.
"You will die if you say it!" Li Ke shouted angrily, "Say it quickly, don't sell it!"
"Hahaha!" Qin Mubai looked up to the sky and laughed and walked towards the cabin.
......
At noon, Qin Mubai and others arrived at Xiangzhou Assassin's Mansion.
At the gate of the backyard, someone leaned against the door and walked around anxiously. As soon as Li Ke appeared, a man rushed out and shouted, "It's Your Highness and General Qin!" In a humble position, pay a visit to Your Highness and the General!"
"Yin Yang, you are really back!!" Li Ke rushed forward and helped Yin Yang up. "Try, how did you escape, princess and princess?"
Yin Yang stood up and said excitedly, "It was Lady Chen who saved us!"
"Chen Yan?" Li Ke's eyes widened in surprise and looked around, "Where is she?"
"She said that she was not used to staying in such a place and left first." Yin Yang said, "She left a message and asked me to bring it to General Qin. She just said that after the matter, she would go home early."
"Sing back to 'home'?!" Li Ke smiled strangely, "Qin Mubai, you still say that you have nothing to do with her?"
"Is it time to talk about this?" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "You'd better go and visit the princess's mother and daughter!"
"Yes, yes!" Li Ke rubbed his hands excitedly and was about to lift his feet. Suddenly, he was stunned and stared at Qin Mubai. "You asked Chen Yan to follow 'Master Song Cao' to save people, right? Presumably, Lord Song Cao should also fall into your hands at this moment?
"Do you need to say that?" Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously, "It's absolutely reassuring to do things. Don't you think so, Brother Yin Yang?"
"That's it!" Yin Yang laughed happily, "Your Highness, the head of the West River, Lord Song Cao, has been caught! It was Lady Chen who caught him!"
"What about him?" Li Ke asked.
"The Baiqi generals and soldiers who have been arranged by General Qin to pick them up have been taken away, and detained and held together with Zhang Tong, Wei Haochen, Du Chengyuan, Ouyang Jun, Duan Rongji and other criminals!" Yin Yang replied.
After listening to this, Li Ke took a breath and was stunned for a long time. He pointed to Qin Mubai a few times, but he was surprised and speechless.
"I won't tell you now - I'll go to see the princess and my baby daughter first!" After Li Ke said that, he ran away anxiously.
Qin Mubai and Yin Yang looked up to the sky and laughed happily, and their voices came from Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan.
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