Thirty-two, robbing

A night of storm blows the "Lingfei Treasure Ship" from the northern end of the sea to the southern end, more than 300 miles apart. Now, the "Lingfei Treasure Ship" must return to the northern end of the sea to find the whereabouts of Xinzhou County Duke. As for the life and death of the Prince of Southern Han, General Qi does not care at all.

Four Fenghua soldiers had already gone to the island to investigate. General Qi sat on the chariot and waited for news on the bow of the ship, watching the Nanhan craftsmen renovating the forecastle destroyed by the storm.

It was dusk, and the sunset melted gold, and thousands of rays of light flashed in the western waters. At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting from the stern building: "It's on fire! It's on fire!"

General Qi looked back and saw thick smoke rolling into the sky. He was shocked and quickly ordered the soldiers to carry him to see, but the kitchen downstairs caught fire accidentally. The sailors and boatmen put out the fire together and quickly put out the fire.

General Qi severely scolded the ship supervisor, saying that natural disasters have resisted, so don’t destroy them in man-made disasters!

After a while, the sergeant who went to the island to investigate came back and said that this was a deserted island with only flocks of seabirds and no one was seen. There was a spring on the island that could be drunk.

The Lingfei Bao Ship suffered a significant loss after the storm last night, especially Danshui. Four of the ten large water tanks were broken, and a lot of Danshui wasted just now. Some Danshui must be replenished. General Qi ordered six small boats to go to the island to fetch water together.

The man in charge of the lookout shouted again: "General Qi, there is smoke rising there, northeast direction, about fifteen miles away."

General Qi's thick eyebrows shook, and suddenly thought that this would be a message from the county duke. The county duke must have seen the thick smoke from the Lingfei treasure ship just now, so when he thought of burning the smoke for help, he immediately shouted: "Go to the northeast immediately, don't hurry to get water, it's important to find the county duke."

Six small boats were hung up. In the twilight, the lonely spiritual treasure ship Zhang Fan drove northwest and drove more than ten miles away. It was already dark. General Qi ordered a high mast to hang a light to allow him to see it from afar. He ordered the small boat to search everywhere and tossed until midnight and gained nothing. When reporting to Princess Qingle, Princess Qingle lost her temper and said that if she didn't find the Duke of Xinzhou County, she would punish General Qi for his crime.

General Qi was anxious, his mouth was bubbled, and he said hoarsely: "Your Highness, Princess, I will definitely find the county duke. Lin Duhu is still waiting for the county duke to go to Jiangzhou to marry the second lady. The county duke will definitely return safely."

When Princess Qingle heard General Qi say this, she hummed and said, "I still want to marry a second lady. Hurry up and find someone. Be careful of your head if you can't find someone!"

General Qi asked the lookout whistleman again if he really saw lonely smoke rising in this direction? The whistleman swore that he really saw a stream of black smoke rising. It was not dark at that time and would not be mistaken.

General Qi ordered the boat to search again, while waiting for dawn, how to find people on the vast sea at this night!

Under the persuasion of several Ajians, Princess Qingle returned to the cabin to rest.

Seeing that the princess was unhappy, Gong'e Fangcha whispered to comfort her: "Your Highness, it's a blessing to have a husband lost his horse? It's best if the prince of the Southern Han drowns. Your Highness doesn't have to go to the Southern Han. Isn't it good for us to return to Jinling?"

Princess Qingle glared at her eyes, poked Fangcha’s forehead with her right index finger, and scolded: “You think you are smart, but have you ever thought about it? The fat pig drowned. Wouldn’t my cousin Xuan also die? They were on the same boat!”

Fangcha's forehead was so painful that he was poked by Princess Qingle's sharp fingernails. He dared not hide. He thought to himself: "The princess usually hates the prince of the Southern Han to death, but now he doesn't want the prince of the Southern Han to die. It seems that the princess really likes the prince of Zhou!" He hurriedly said: "The princess of Zhou will definitely not drown, because - because the prince of Zhou is not as fat as the prince of the Southern Han."

Princess Qingle thought, it was reasonable, the best result was that the prince of Nanhan drowned, and her cousin Xuan was safe and sound.

At this time, an ignorant palace maid refuted Fangcha's words: "Your Highness, it is said that obese people are more likely to float in the water."

When Princess Qingle heard this, her face changed. If Cousin Xuan drowned and Prince Xuezhu was not dead, it would be extremely miserable and could not imagine it!

The next day, on August 11th, Princess Qingle was still sleeping, and she heard the palace maids come to report that General Qi asked for a meeting.

Princess Qingle knew there was new news, so she got up quickly and came out without washing up.

General Qi was still carried by two soldiers in the palace and said excitedly: "Report to the princess, black smoke appears again in the northwest direction. Bei Zhi ordered the ship to rush to the place where the smoke rose with all his might."

Princess Qingle hurriedly finished washing and went to the deck. When she heard the whistleman on the lookout platform report loudly: "Mr. Qi, there is an island in front of the left, and black smoke comes out of the island."

General Qi immediately ordered people to go and inspect, but the ship did not dare to get too close, for fear of the reefs near the shore.

General Qi watched from a distance as the four soldiers boarded the island in a small boat. The island was slightly larger than the small island yesterday and the trees were dense. He saw the four soldiers seemingly heard some sound, and suddenly accelerated their pace and rushed into the woods on the island.

After about a stick of incense, a soldier ran out of the forest and shouted something to the big ship. It was far away and could not hear it at all. He gestured and gestured, which should be because someone was injured and needed treatment.

General Qi urgently told the imperial physician Fang that he and the imperial physician Fang were going down to the boat with the imperial physician Fang, and wanted to see it in person.

Princess Qingle asked loudly: "General Qi, have you found Duke Zhou Jun?"

General Qi replied: "Maybe it was the county duke and the others. I don't know who was injured. I was afraid it was inconvenient to move, so I asked Dr. Fang to go to the island for treatment. I was worried and went and have a look."

Princess Qingle shouted, "I'll go too."

General Qi said, "Your Highness, Princess, don't go, for fear of danger, so after I went to the island, I ordered someone to come back and report to Your Highness." After that, the slalom was rowing and the boat sailed to the island.

Princess Qingle held the boat and watched the two soldiers carrying General Qi abandoned the boat. Dr. Fang followed behind with a medicine box on his back. The four of them walked towards the woods on the island. The soldiers who had made gestures to report the news ran back to the forest early, as if things were very urgent.

After a while, General Qi and the others came out. Princess Qingle said heartily: "What's going on? Is cousin Xuan very seriously injured? - I'm going to go to the island if I put the boat on the boat."

A Jinwu Guard enlisted, "Your Highness, don't leave the ship. Wait for a while, General Qi will send someone back to report the news."

"Here, come!" Xiao Xun cried out: "Princess, look, someone is here!"

Princess Qingle rushed to the side of the side and looked towards the island. Sure enough, she saw a man in a state dressed in a mansion and ran to the island, boarding the boat, and rowing hard. After a while, she came under the big boat. For some reason, her face was covered in blood and she shouted hoarsely: "Your Highness, General Qi, please go to the island quickly. The Prince of Nanhan is seriously injured!"

Princess Qingle asked: "Is Zhou Jun Gong good?"

The soldiers on the boat were stunned for a moment and replied: "Mr. Zhou was also injured. Please get off the boat quickly. If you are late, I am afraid you won't be able to see you for the last time."

"Ah!" Everyone on the boat was shocked. Xiao Qiu suddenly burst into tears, calling "Son-in-law and uncle" and asking the boatman to lift her off the boat.

Princess Qingle was so nervous that she took Fangcha off the boat. The Jinwu Guards could not stop him. She urgently put down another small boat and led four Jinwu Guards to the boat to escort the princess to the island. However, she saw that the boat carrying Princess Qingle and Fangcha and fennel had already rowed to the shore of the island and soon got on the island.

Five Jinwu Guards rowed hard and rushed to the island, but they were no longer able to see Princess Qingle. They hurried into the dense forest to search and shouted loudly: "Princess, Princess." They faintly heard someone shouting something deep in the dense forest.

The five Jinwu Guards accelerated their pace and ran towards the depths of the woods. After a while, the shouting became clear. It was the voice of General Qi's soldiers - "Where are you here, please take me out, there is a trap here."

Five Jinwu Guards pulled out their waist knives and continued to move forward in the sound. They walked around a small hill and saw a big pit that was two feet deep. General Qi, Doctor Fang, and six soldiers were all inside. There were caltrops at the bottom of the pit. They were all bleeding and were injured. Doctor Fang was bandaging them to stop bleeding, and he was stabbed in multiple places on his legs.

The leading Jinwu Guards asked in surprise: "General Qi, why are you all here? Where is the princess?"

General Qi was shocked when he heard this: "Oh no, I'm fooled. It turns out that their purpose is to kidnap the princess!"

The Jinwu Guards joined the army and said in surprise: "Your Highness the Princess is only half a cup of tea before I waited before I went to the island. Why-"

General Qi shouted anxiously: "Chasing, chasing, there must be enemy ships moored on the island, and they must not be allowed to take the princess away!"

The Jinwu Guards left one person to rescue General Qi and the others, and sent another person to the big ship to carry troops. He led the remaining two people to the east end of the island, just to catch up with the princess, fight with the enemy desperately, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The island is not big, and it is only three miles from west to east. When the Jinwu Guards and the other three walked into the eastern end of the island, they saw a fifteen-foot sea boat slowly sailing and preparing to set sail. The deck was bright red and red, and several strong servants were holding Princess Qingle and Fangcha hostage, and Xiaoqian and the other three were heading towards the cabin.

"Ha!" The Jinwu Guards yelled angrily: "Who are you, how dare you rob the Princess of Tang?"

A thin old monk wearing a big red monk robe stood on the stern and laughed loudly: "I am a monk who protects the country under the throne of the Eight Kingdoms in the Middle Heaven. His Dharma name is Jingquan. I would like to send a letter to this general and say that my king has married the princess and returned to his country. Don't worry about it. When the princess and my king give birth to a man and a woman, he will go to Jinling to see His Majesty the Emperor of Tang, hahahaha."

"Monkey Jingquan!" The Jinwu Guards on the shore were shocked. Monk Jingquan was the national teacher of the Eight Kingdoms of Zhongtian and Zhang Sheng's think tank, assisting Zhang Yuxian, Zhang Sheng and his son. In the Eight Kingdoms of Zhongtian, they can be said to be a person below one person and above ten thousand people.

Sails on three sides had risen, and the ships began to sail northward off the island shore.

The Jinwu Guards joined the army running and chased the shore and asked loudly: "Master Jingquan, our Tang Kingdom and the Eight Kingdoms of Zhongtian have never had any contact and do not interfere with each other. Why did the master design to abduct my Tang Kingdom princess? Aren't you afraid that the two countries will fight each other?"

The thin old monk Jing Quan laughed and said, "Liu Shousu is mediocre and absurd, and is as fat as a pig. How can he be worthy of Princess Qingle, who is known as the most beautiful woman in the Tang Dynasty! The king of my country is young and handsome, wise and brave, and he is a lover with the princess. I marry the princess of Tang for my king, just to avoid fighting between the two countries. I will not hurt your country alone, and it is precisely because the two countries want to make a favor between Qin and Jin—"

"Ah, where are you robbing the kiss!"

The Jinwu Guards joined the army and ran in a hurry, and they were not afraid of being tripped by the stones under their feet and falling down. When they got up, Monk Jingquan's sea boat was dozens of feet away, and they could only watch Princess Qingle being kidnapped.

Zhou Xuan took a nap on the boat. When he woke up, it was already dawn, but he saw the blue sky as clear as the sea water, and a leaf of the boat was floating unrestrainedly.

Sizi stood at the bow of the boat, looking north, unable to see the shadow of the land. He lowered his head and saw Zhou Xuan awakening, and said, "Master, I don't know how far this place is from the sea. Now it's the southwest wind, and the boat will float further and further away from the coast."

Lin Ji frowned and said, "It's a pity that the boat was lost, otherwise you would have rowed north and you would always reach the shore."

Zhou Xuan sat up, touched the wound on his back shoulder with his hands on his back, grinning in pain, and said, "Owl? Yes."

"Where is it?" Siqi and Lin Ji asked in unison, looking left and right on the boat. It turned out that the two oars had been lost, so where was there?

Zhou Xuan patted the side of the boat: "Isn't it enough to remove the two slabs?"

Lin Ji slapped his head and said happily: "The county magistrate is wise, why can't the last general think of it!"

Sichi glanced at Zhou Xuan and sighed: "Master is so smart."

Zhou Xuan said modestly: "I'm not very smart, I just dare to think."

Si Chi and Lin Ji worked together, and in a short while, two five-foot long and five-inch wide gangway boards were removed. Si Chi was skillful and cut them with a short knife to make them into a wooden handle shape for convenient gripping.

Zhou Xuan looked at Siqi's oars, looked at Siqi's face again, and said, "Second, your face is so white today."

Sichi was shocked and quickly touched his face, but there was a layer of fine salt powder. He soaked in the sea overnight. Now that the sea water has dried up, a layer of fine salt cream is left on his face.

The four ignorant turned around and cut the oars on their backs, saying, "The master is white, too."

Zhou Xuan looked at the thin back of Sizi and smiled and said, "Yes, we are all so white and tender. The sea water is so beautiful. Prince Liu Dashang is even more white and cute, haha."

When Prince Xuezhu saw Zhou Xuan saying he was cute, he smiled and suddenly looked sad again, saying, "Customer Zhou, I am in a hurry, what should I do?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Hold on, this boat is so small, how can you give me respect!"

Prince Snow Pig twisted his fat body, moved around the big pp and begged: "I have been holding it for a long time, and if I hold it in, I will be incontinent."

Siqi said without looking back: "Then you jump into the sea and die, so as not to defile the ship."

Prince Xuezhu looked at Zhou Xuan begging for mercy, looking flattering.

It is useful to keep the life of Prince Snow Pig. Zhou Xuan endured his disgust and said with a smile: "Mr. Isn't the Fourth Mr., please give you a try to go to the sea, climb the side of the boat, and come up after you finish."

Prince Xuezhu's eyes lit up and he quickly helped the boat into the water—

Siqi walked over, tied a knot to the rope hook, put it on Prince Snow Pig's fat neck, and then pushed him away from the boat, hooking three-claw hooks on the side of the boat.

Prince Snow Pig was so scared that he was out of his mind. He flew in the water and howled like a pig slaughter: "Save me, save me, Zhou Keguan save me--"

Sichi frowned and said, "Stay away from the boat, don't smell bad." He handed a cut oar to Lin Ji and began to cut another oar.

Zhou Xuan said to Prince Snow Pig in the water: "Shopkeeper Liu, hurry up and solve the problem. Don't you wear a collar around your neck? You will pull you back after the incident."

After the oars were cut, Sichi and Lin Ji began to row north with their oars. Both of them had martial arts skills. Although they had never rowed the boat before, they mastered the skills of paddling after a while. The boat was quite fast on the calm sea. It took about ten or twenty miles in an hour, but the mouth was dry. The boat was completely dry and the sun was shining, which was very uncomfortable.

In the evening, the boat had advanced seventy or eighty miles northwest, but there was no sign of the land. It was big and round, and even Kong Wu's powerful Lin Ji could not bear it. His arms were sore and he had difficulty raising his arms.

Only Sichi was still gritting his teeth and slashing, murmured fiercely: "I don't believe it can't reach the shore!"
To be continued...