The big man surnamed Lei waved two benches, like a dragon fighting to clear a level, and he kept moving forward, causing a lot of noise in the whole corridor. Xu Hu was still in a hurry.
Sitting there, holding a chopstick of food and a sip of wine, he was calm and unhurried.
Suddenly, the man who reported the news shouted: "Brother, many more officers and soldiers are coming."
Xu Hu smiled slightly, drank the last glass of wine, then stood up, walked to the shopkeeper, took out a bunch of money from his pocket, threw it on the table, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, here are the food and drinks for you and compensation for you.
of bench money.”
The shopkeeper was holding the pen and was speechless. Xu Hu laughed, took the pen from his hand, dipped it in the ink, walked to the corner, raised his hand, and the pen moved like a dragon.
A five-character quatrain was completed in a moment. He threw the pen on the table, put his hands behind his back, and walked away laughing along the other side of the corridor, as if there was no one around, and looked wild and wild.
Ink was dripping on the wall. Xia Xun looked closely and saw what was written on it: "People are close to Congshi, and the road to Pingsha is wide. It will be better tomorrow when the weather is clear, and the greenery is splashing on Zheng'an."
Xia Xun was shocked. Not to mention his calligraphy, this five-character poem that he wrote in a blink of an eye would never have been possible for him. He never expected that such a rough and heroic sea pirate could be so talented.
At this time, the big man surnamed Lei also kicked off his big feet and ran over, shouting: "The officers and soldiers of the brigade are here." As he spoke, he threw the tattered stool legs at the pursuers.
A soldier who was chasing after him immediately raised his knife to block the stool. The leg of the stool was smashed by a big man named Lei. There were already cracks in it. Then it was chopped with a steel knife and broke into two halves with a crack. The other half was sharpened to a sharp point.
The stool legs flew diagonally into the store, flying towards the towering belly of the pregnant woman.
The old man screamed "Ah!", but he was old and his hands and feet were not flexible. He couldn't stop him in time. Xia Xun was about to leave the store to chase the three pirates. He was shocked when he saw this scene and picked up the wine bottle on the table.
Smash it hard.
The jug was made of tin, weighing a pound when filled with wine. Xia Xun threw it with all his strength, hitting the sharpened stool legs accurately and hitting the ground next to the hem of the pregnant woman's skirt.
Frightened by this, he almost fainted. Big beads of sweat flowed down his face, and his complexion turned sallow.
The old man quickly supported his daughter and said in panic: "Oh my god, what can we do?"
The officers and soldiers outside were chasing the pirates with a rumble. The two children were only eleven or twelve years old and could not support the housewife. The shop owner was afraid that something might happen to the pregnant woman in his shop, so he quickly bowed to Xia Xun and begged: "Guests."
Officer, guest officer, please help this sister-in-law quickly and make sure nothing happens."
When Xia Xun saw it, he was afraid that the woman would be frightened and cause a miscarriage, so he gave up the opportunity to chase the pirates, rushed to the old man's side, supported the woman, and said: "Old man, I've offended you. In urgent matters, I will help you."
Thousands of dollars are gone."
The old man said yes again and again and thanked her without any words. Xia Xun said he was going to help her, but he bent down and picked up the woman and said to the old man: "Excuse me, there is a man somewhere, please lead the way!"
The old man led Xia Xun and ran out in a panic, telling a child to find his uncle quickly. Xia Xun hugged the woman. Although he was young and strong, he was exhausted from running all the way.
At the medical clinic, the man asked about the situation, quickly took his pulse, and then asked someone to cook a dose of decoction to calm the fetus and calm the mind.
In fact, after staying in the shop for a while, the woman gradually calmed down. After taking this decoction, her anxiety improved. The old man who was wandering around calmed down, and then he realized that his benefactor was nearby and hurriedly came up to thank him.
, with tears of gratitude, he said: "Brother, this old man's daughter has gone through so much trouble in seeking medical advice and has only become pregnant in recent years. If there is any good or bad thing about this, the old man would really regret it. There is no way I can repay you for your great kindness."
, please pay homage to me old man!"
As the old man said that he was about to lift his robe and kneel down, Xia Xun quickly held him up and said: "Old man, please don't do this. Anyone who sees such a thing should lend a helping hand."
While the two were talking, a child led a young Confucian scholar to rush in. The Confucian scholar was dressed in a green shirt, with a green scarf on his head. He had a clear face, three strands of slight beard under his chin, and a face that was as white as green with anxiety.
He rushed into the hospital in panic and saw his wife sitting on the chair. He immediately asked in a trembling voice: "Madam, how are you doing now?"
Before the woman could reply, the old man came up to her and told her what had happened. When she heard that mother and son were safe, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. She quickly walked to Xia Xun's side and thanked him again. Listening to what he said.
Only then did Xia Xun learn that this person’s surname was Yu Mingren, and he lived in Taipingli, Qiantang. He and his wife came to Haining to visit his father-in-law. Today, his father-in-law and his wife were walking on the street and took a break at a small shop by the river.
I'm an old friend, and I didn't accompany him, so I didn't want something serious to happen.
Xia Xun was concerned about the whereabouts of the pirates and wanted to say goodbye. Yu Ren refused to let go. He grabbed his wrist and insisted on inviting his family to sit with him and entertain his benefactor with wine. Xia Xun refused in every possible way and could not get rid of him.
His father-in-law is a local resident, so he might be able to get some news and go home with him.
Yu Ren called a car to take his wife, and invited Xia Xun to go home. His father-in-law's family was a well-to-do family in the local area, with a front and rear courtyard, elegantly decorated, three main rooms, two side rooms on the left and two, and two other rooms.
The wing room has a single door. On the south side of the east and west wing rooms, there is a courtyard wall that divides the courtyard into an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard. There is a moon gate in the middle of the courtyard wall, and behind the moon gate, there is a screen wall.
Yu Ren and his father-in-law invited Xia Xun to sit in the living room, and immediately ordered tea to be served and a banquet prepared in the kitchen.
They sat down for a while and recounted their identity again. Xia Xun only said that he was a merchant who came to the coast to buy some marine goods. Yu Ren was not suspicious of him because of his appearance. Listening to Yu Ren's self-reported identity, his ancestral home was Kaocheng, Henan, and he belonged to a family of officials.
.His grandfather Yu Jiusi once served as the marshal of the Huguang Xuanwei Division in the Yuan Dynasty, a senior official of the third rank, and was later transferred to the post of general manager of Hangzhou Road, so he moved his family here and has lived here ever since.
His father Yu served as the head of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry in the Yuan Dynasty. Compared with his grandfather, he was much inferior and was only an official of the sixth rank. Yu Ren's generation was also well-read in poetry and literature, but Yu Ren was an upright man with an indifferent temperament.
I liked being an official, so after taking the scholar examination, I never went further to take the judicial examination.
He has been married for many years and has no children. He is now thirty-one years old. According to the age at which people get married in this era, it is already considered a young age to have a child. It is extremely rare. No wonder he and his wife are so nervous. At this point, he thanked him endlessly.
, and asked his wife to take out fifty strings of treasure notes, intending to give them to Xia Xun as a gift.
Xia Xun declined politely and changed the topic and asked: "Brother Yu, I was in the store and heard that the pirate called himself Xu Hu. There was also a big man named Lei, and there was a sister of some sort. Who are these people?
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Yu Rendao: "Ah! Is that the leader of the bandits Xu Hu? He has a pretty good reputation. Along this coast, there are hundreds of large and small pirate gangs. Many of them go to the sea to be pirates and come ashore to work for the people. Their identities are hidden.
, it is not easy to confirm, but such pirate gangs are actually very small in power. On the outer island closest to Haining, there are only two real large groups of pirates, and the Xu Hu whom Xiandi just mentioned is one of them.
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It is said that Xu Hu’s father was once an old subordinate of Zhang Shicheng. After Zhang Shicheng was defeated and committed suicide, one of his generals, General Su, led his troops to sea and became a pirate. This general Su also had two lieutenants, one named Xu and the other named Lei.
That girl is General Su's daughter, her name is Su Ying, but everyone calls her that, not Xu Hu's girl.
General Su led his army to the sea to become a pirate. He himself became the chief, and the two lieutenants became the second and third leaders. Now that the older generation has died, because General Su only had one daughter, the position of the chief was passed on.
General Xu's son Xu Hu was given, General Lei's son Lei Xiaoxi became the second leader, and Amei was the third leader. These pirates, although they are said to be pirates, are actually very well-behaved. Sometimes they have difficulty making a living, and they also
They will rob merchant ships, but they will only rob government merchant ships or smuggled cargo ships from Fuso, Luzon and other countries, and will not harass coastal people.
They robbed merchant ships and eventually sold them ashore. Their goods were sold cheaply. In fact, many local merchants secretly had dealings with them and said they were pirates. In fact, there would be no one walking around on the streets in a big way.
Go and pay attention, I don’t know who reported it today, but the officers and soldiers came to arrest him."
Xia Xun thought to himself: "Are they Zhang Shicheng's remnants? Although they have a good reputation here and seem to be quite content, but with this relationship, will they be affected by Ling Potian, who is bent on rebellion?
Are you instigating this guy with the intention of rebelling?"
Yu Ren added: "The other group of troops also lived on the outer island, but it turned out to be Fang Guozhen's old tribe. Many people in Fang Guozhen's and Zhang Shicheng's old tribes were fishermen who were familiar with waterways and skilled in naval warfare. Later, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng were defeated by our Ming Dynasty.
At the hands of the emperor, some of their remnants fled to the sea and became erratic pirates.
The leaders of this pirate group are a couple. The husband's surname is Chu and the wife's surname is Mi. They are called Xiao Chu and Xiao Mi. Compared with Xu Hu's group, their behavior is much more brutal. They are responsible for consolidating the island.
They annexed some small groups of pirates along the coast, and also recruited some Japanese Japanese pirates. They only engaged in business without capital, starting from Liaodong and Shandong in the north, and reaching Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong in the south. They burned houses and looted property. Our Ming Dynasty has a long coast and is hard to guard against.
The coastal areas are all affected by it.
What's more, they also took refuge in the biggest pirate in Southeast Asia, Chen Zuyi, known as the King of the Sea. Chen Zuyi has been entrenched in Malacca (Malacca) for many years. He has thousands of pirates and hundreds of warships under his command. Japan, Ryukyu and even the Ming Dynasty have all suffered from it, and many coastal areas
Small countries even have to pay tribute to him to ensure peace. The Ming Emperor once offered a reward of 500,000 yuan for the capture of Chen Zuyi. So far, he is still at sea. With this man as his backer, the Ming Navy has gone to sea several times to encircle and suppress Chen Zuyi, but to no avail.
return."
Xia Xun secretly said: "Come on, the whereabouts of Ling Potian will most likely fall on these two groups of pirates, but how can I contact them and find out?"