Zhang Yanling got on the deck, and the old man in green robe looked at him with a smile, his eyes full of cunning.
Zhang Yanling stood on the deck and said solemnly: "Why don't you lead the way?"
The old man hurriedly bowed and said: "Mr. Zhang, please follow me."
After saying that, the old man extended his hand to invite Zhang Yanling and led Zhang Yanling towards the ship's hall. On the pier, Chen Shiyi whispered to everyone: "Everyone open their ears and stare. If there is anything strange, kill them and get on the ship."
Everyone agreed in unison.
Wang Hong chuckled at the side, his smile was a little strange.
Chen Shi asked: "Master Wang, what's wrong?"
Wang Hong whispered: "General Chen, didn't you see? That little old man is a woman."
Chen Shiyi said in astonishment: "Ah? Female?"
Wang Hong said: "Although she has a beard on her face and yellow powder on her skin, she forgot to apply it on her hands as well. Didn't you see that her hands are thin and tender? And she also wears a gold bracelet on her right hand.
Hehe, which father-in-law wears a gold bracelet on his hand?"
Chen Shiyi was dumbfounded. He didn't discover such details. He was really derelict in his duty.
"Are you really pretending to be a woman? There must be a conspiracy behind this pretense. Let's get on the boat quickly to protect the father-in-law." Chen Shiyi said hurriedly.
Wang Hong laughed and said: "Well, the Duke of Guo has already noticed it, and he is just pretending to be confused. I doubt that the Duke of Guo even recognized who it is. Do you think that the Duke of Guo will get on the ship so easily? Eighty percent of the time.
Ninth, we know who it is. Even if there is a calamity, it will be a peach blossom calamity. Brothers, it’s better not to disturb it."
Chen Shi opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time, wondering in his heart. He also blamed himself. He didn't discover these details. As the person who protects Zhang Yanling, this is a huge dereliction of duty. He is a bit careless and not observant enough in many aspects.
He thinks carefully, it seems that he needs to reflect on it carefully.
There are two floors in the cabin, and the deck is the first floor. The furnishings in the cabin are quite elegant, with Ming-style tables and chairs fixed on the floor. There is a curtain in the stern direction of the ship, and the old man in green walks directly to the curtain.
He stretched out his hand and pulled it open, revealing the upward stairs.
"Please, my shopkeeper is upstairs." The old man turned around and said with a smile.
Zhang Yanling nodded and approached, suddenly reached out and grabbed the old man's kerchief hat and pulled it off. A pile of green hair fell down from the old man's head like a waterfall. Amidst the screams, Zhang Yanling pulled the old man's hat off again with a stab.
The beard on the mouth.
"I pretend to be a ghost, and my voice is not the same, my beard is not the same, my hands are not smeared with dust. The bracelet on my wrist is not taken off, it makes a jingling sound. Do you think I am a fool?"
I want to see who you are?"
As Zhang Yanling spoke, he grabbed the shoulder of the 'old man' and held a cloth handkerchief in his other hand and wiped it on the other person's face. After all the yellow powder and wrinkles were wiped clean by the handkerchief, Zhang Yanling recognized it.
Who is that.
"Caiyun?" Zhang Yanling shouted in surprise.
The woman pretending to be an old man was Caiyun. Seeing that her identity was revealed, Caiyun's face turned red, but with a smile on her face, she knelt down and kowtowed.
"My little maid Caiyun has met the Duke. I didn't expect that the Duke has already figured out my identity, hehe." Caiyun said with a sweet smile.
Zhang Yanling originally only saw through the identity of the woman pretending to be an old man, but did not know who she really was. When she saw Caiyun, she was pleasantly surprised, and a thought immediately flashed in her mind.
"Could it be that... could it be that... Qingyi is here? Is this Qingyi's ship?" Zhang Yanling stuttered with excitement and her breathing became rapid.
Caiyun hadn't answered yet, but she heard a soft voice calling from above the stairs: "Master! Is that you?"
Zhang Yanling looked up and saw a slim woman standing there at the corner of the stairs. The woman was wearing a plain floral dress, with high hair on her temples. Her eyebrows were picturesque, her red lips were moving, and her appearance was absolutely beautiful. At this moment, tears were shining in her eyes.
He looked at himself. Isn’t that Zhu Qingyi or who?
Zhang Yanling shouted, ran up the stairs, grabbed Zhu Qingyi's arms with both hands, and said in surprise: "Am I...am I dreaming?"
Zhu Qingyi burst into tears, looked up at Zhang Yanling, but said with a smile on her face: "Mr. Lang, it's me. I'm Qingyi."
The joy in Zhang Yanling's heart seemed to burst. She stretched out her hand and hugged Zhu Qingyi tightly in her arms, saying softly: "It's really you, it's really you. I miss you so much. Qingyi, I really didn't expect that. I really did."
Teach people to surprise.”
Zhu Qingyi hugged Zhang Yanling tightly with her arms, tears welling up in her eyes, and she choked out: "Qingyi also misses my husband, I finally see you."
Caiyun stood at the bottom of the stairs, tears already rolling down her face, and sobbing with emotion. Seeing the mouths of the Duke and his princess coming together for a sweet kiss, Caiyun hurriedly wiped away her tears and turned around and walked outside to the boat hall.
There was movement on the deck because Chen Shiyi and others heard Zhang Yanling's shout. Chen Shiyi, Huo Shijian and others rushed up from the gangplank. They rushed into the ship's hall while shouting.
"Master, Master, what's wrong? What happened?" Chen Shiyi shouted.
Caiyun stepped forward to stop him and shouted: "Don't come in."
Chen Shiyi looked at her and said in shock: "It's true that a woman is pretending to be a man, pretending to be a ghost. Get out of the way. Master, what do you think?"
Chen Shi pushed the colorful clouds aside one by one and rushed behind the curtain.
But Zhang Yanling's voice came from behind the curtain: "Chen Shiyi, you guys should go back to camp. By the way, tell Catherine that I won't be going back tonight."
Chen Shiyi stopped in astonishment and shouted: "Master, are you okay?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "It's okay, the shopkeeper of this merchant ship... is an acquaintance of mine. I want to have a drink with him tonight and talk about our farewells. Don't make any noise here, go ahead."
Chen Shi scratched his head and shouted: "That humble post has resigned."
There was no sound inside the curtain, only the sound of low weeping and footsteps going upstairs. Chen Shiyi turned around and walked out of the cabin speechless.
Huo Shijian whispered from the side: "General Chen, what should we do? Something is wrong."
Chen Shiyi scolded: "That's not true! It's really a disaster. Huo Shijian, take a few brothers to stay and listen to the marquis's orders. The rest of you will follow me back to the camp."
Huo Shijian was speechless and could only watch Chen Shiyi and others get off the boat and get on their horses. The horses' hooves rumbled and they walked away cleanly after a while.
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On the second floor of the ship's hall, Zhang Yanling held Zhu Qingyi in her arms and entered the house. It was Zhu Qingyi's residence on the ship, and it was very elegantly decorated.
The two sat down hand in hand. Zhang Yanling felt that she was still in a dream. She turned to stare at Zhu Qingyi for a long time, then hugged her and kissed her.
After a long time, Zhu Qingyi pushed Zhang Yanling away while panting, and said with a red face: "Sit down and I will make tea for you."
Zhang Yanling then let go of her and sat on the chair. When Zhu Qingyi took the tea cup to make tea for Zhang Yanling, Zhang Yanling suddenly remembered something and asked: "You are here, where is Zhang Chi? Where is our son?"
Zhu Qingyi looked at Zhang Yanling angrily and said: "Did you think of asking your son just now? Chi'er is so young, how could he come with me thousands of miles away? I left him in the Ningxia palace. Don't worry, nanny. He is being cared for by more than a dozen nurses, so he will be fine. The little one has been very close to Nanny Shen recently, and he sleeps with her all the time, and doesn't pay much attention to me. It's really annoying."
Zhang Yanling laughed, and then sighed: "As a father, I am even more incompetent. After he was born, I didn't have much contact with him. He was still a baby before, but now he should be able to talk and walk. I'm afraid. You don’t know me as your father anymore.”
Zhu Qingyi placed a cup of tea in front of Zhang Yanling and said softly: "Don't worry, I will teach him. I'm afraid it won't work at this time, so I can't let him talk nonsense. Otherwise, if he spills the beans, he might get into trouble."
Zhang Yanling nodded, knowing what Zhu Qingyi was referring to. If Zhang Chi knew who his father was, and if he told others about it, it would indeed cause trouble. But this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Zhu Qingyi and her son must not be left nameless. It goes on like this without any distinction.
"You drink tea. This is the new tea from Wuyi Mountain that I bought specially when I came out. After only a few months, I'm afraid it will be old tea. There is no way, the journey is too far, and it took several months to get here." Zhu Qingyi said softly. road.
Zhang Yanling pulled Zhu Qingyi to sit down, looked at her carefully and said, "Qingyi, you have lost a lot of weight. This journey must have been very hard."
Zhu Qingyi said: "Actually, it's okay, but I'm very seasick. When I encounter strong winds and waves, I feel dizzy and vomited. And... it's quite scary. When I was heading south in the South China Sea, I encountered a storm, which was very scary. I I thought I was going to be buried in the sea. In the end, thanks to the blessings of Bodhisattva, the boat was able to hold on and did not sink. Look there, the windows were all broken by the waves."
Zhang Yanling looked in the direction of her finger and saw that a wooden window in the corner of the cabin was indeed damaged, and the window frame was tied with rope. The carvings on the window lattice were also somewhat scattered and damaged.
This is the second floor of the boat hall. This height was actually hit by waves, which shows how big the wind and waves were at that time. Zhang Yanling felt terrible just thinking about it. She stretched out her hand to hold Zhu Qingyi's hand and sighed: "You are suffering. Why are you like this? Wanli Traveling such a long way, there are many dangers on the sea, what should we do if something happens?"
Zhu Qingyi smiled and said: "I miss you so much. After you left last year, I went back to Ningxia to live for a few months. It happened that the shipyard had finished building the sea-going ship. So I thought, why not come and see you. It happened that you One of his generals returned to the Ming Dynasty, and I also learned some things here. I heard that you defeated the Folangji people and occupied the Manlajia Strait. The shipping route was also opened. So I thought I would simply come to see you. By the way, I want to get familiar with the shipping routes. I have to do business anyway, so I packed two cargoes and went to sea."
Zhang Yanling suddenly realized that when Zhang Yin came back, all his wives and concubines wrote letters, but Zhu Qingyi did not. Zhang Yanling thought that he must have gone back to Ningxia, but he didn't see him. Only now did he understand that Qingyi had already prepared to come and see him. You don't need to write a letter anymore.
"Qingyi, I don't know what to say. I'm very happy that you're here. But this is too risky. I'm scared just thinking about it. How many months have you been sailing at sea? What happened?"
"Hey, don't mention it. I took the wrong road and ran somewhere else." Zhu Qingyi covered her mouth and giggled.