Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Then these two people should be promoted, and maybe they will be favored by your boss Xu Hai."
Luo Longwen shook his head and said: "The second master will not let him go easily."
Bai Xiaowen wondered: "Is there such a thing? How dare the second master Xu Hong disobey the order of the first master Xu Hai."
Luo Longwen said: "This is an unwritten rule within the pirates. Every leader-level figure will have a few tough hands. As the overall leader, Mr. Xu will not easily ask for help from the leaders below.
Of course, if Mr. Xu opens his mouth, Mr. Hong should not dare to say anything, but this kind of thing is taboo and will easily cause complaints from the other heads of the family."
After a pause, Luo Longwen added: "Master Xu and Master Hong are cousins. Moreover, Master Xu was once taken care of by Master Hong's father, Mr. Xu Weixue. When he was under Wang Zhi, if it weren't for Mr. Xu, I'm afraid Master Xu would have been taken care of.
Wang Zhi is gone. With such a layer of affection and brotherly love, Master Xu treats Master Hong very differently."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "That's it, I understand."
"Mr. Bai Xian, please send a few capable men to accompany me to the island. After I give the secret letter to Madam to read, she will write a reply. After all, I am Mr. Hong's subordinate. It is easy to make excuses to go out.
It arouses suspicion, so I won’t come back again. So I’ll ask your subordinates to bring this reply back.”
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "I can't go with you personally. Once my identity is verified, I need your help to cover up."
Luo Longwen nodded: "Sure enough, Bai Xianchang is a brave man with great skills. Don't worry, as long as Bai Xianchang is careful in his words and deeds and doesn't take the initiative to expose any flaws, I guarantee that no one on the island will discover your identity." As he spoke, he took out his hand.
He handed a few bamboo signs to Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen took the bamboo sign and saw that there was a statue of a ghost head engraved on it. The carving was very rough.
[Japanese pirate identity token: This is the identity certificate of the low-level pirates under Japanese pirate Xu Hai. Holding it, you will become a neutral or friendly target in the eyes of the pirates in Japanese pirate Xu Hai camp. If the other party discovers your true camp, the identity token
Automatically invalid.]
According to Luo Longwen's explanation, this seemingly simple bamboo sign actually contains as many as seven incisions with code words. Even if someone who doesn't know the inside story imitates it, it will be difficult to get past it.
Bai Xiaowen secretly thought that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. Isn't this equivalent to the anti-counterfeiting mark of RMB? The pirates of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago knew these things.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi each changed their decorations and replaced them with the default rules of the spirit world. They wore the rags given to them when they first entered the Jiajing Plane Year world. Then they smeared dust on their faces, and the images of two low-level pirates appeared.
Later, Bai Xiaowen called a few soldiers, slightly modified their clothes, and also distributed bamboo identity cards of Japanese pirates. Then he boarded Luo Longwen's boat and rowed his oars to the main island of Wusha Island, where Japanese pirate leader Xu Hai was temporarily stationed.
The famous prostitute Wang Cuiqiao was naturally at Xu Hai's side.
Seeing that Bai Xiaowen was willing to get on the boat, the scholar Luo Longwen became less wary about Bai Xiaowen's attitude. After all, the officers and soldiers had not yet announced their recruitment, so Bai Xiaowen followed him ashore and entered the Japanese pirates' base camp. If there was a scam,
It is truly a place of death without burial.
Luo Longwen admired Bai Xiaowen's courage to attend the meeting.
However, what scholar Luo Longwen didn't know was that Bai Xiaowen was an awakened person, not a person in the spirit world. When he realized that something was wrong, he could leave the Jiajing plane world and return to the earth in ten seconds as long as he did not enter a combat state.
Therefore, the courage of awakened people is generally much greater than that of the natives of the spiritual world.
Bai Xiaowen and Luo Longwen were sitting opposite each other in the cabin of the boat, drinking from a pot of wine.
As a college student in the AD era, an Internet writer, and a student at a key university in the era of psychic energy, Bai Xiaowen still has a deep understanding of ancient literature. Chatting with Luo Longwen, a scholar, and talking about the present and the past made Luo Longwen feel like he had met him too late.
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In fact, this is normal. What kind of people does Luo Longwen, a scholar, usually face? Pirates, big and rough, and Japanese pirates who kill a lot of people. The so-called white snow in spring, high music and few people, he is full of nonsense, and no one likes to listen to the rhythm of his poems.
After three years in the army, a sow competes with Diao Chan. Luo Longwen has been a bandit for many years. When he meets an "intellectual", he will definitely be pleasing to the eye. This is the truth.
From Luo Longwen's words, Bai Xiaowen learned a lot about major events in the Japanese pirate camp.
For example, Xu Hai's camp and Ye Mazi's camp were fighting fiercely for territory, and Xu Hai's camp obviously had the upper hand, causing Ye Mazi to complain endlessly.
Another example is that the leader of another Japanese pirate camp, Chen Dong, appeared and tried to negotiate with Xu Hai and Ye Mazi. For this reason, Xu Hong, the second leader, cursed endlessly. Japanese pirate Chen Dong must be worried that Xu Hai's camp would annex Ye Mazi's camp and do what he did.
Only when the situation is serious will they come forward to mediate.
When Bai Xiaowen heard this, he asked: "Mr. Luo, do you think this mediation can be successful? Will Xu and Ye agree to mediation after fighting for so long?"
Luo Longwen sighed: "It should be successful. Ye Mazi has lost many generals and can no longer bear it. It is said that Chen Dong came out to make peace this time and was secretly invited by him. Mr. Xu did not dare to ignore Chen Dong and continue to fight.
, if Chen Dong and Ye Mazi unite, even though Mr. Xu is powerful, he will not be able to resist them."
"So what about this recruitment? How likely is it, Mr. Luo?"
Luo Longwen pondered and then said: "It's hard to say... Madam is very willing to recruit people, and she has persuaded Master Xu many times. However, Master Xu has never revealed his intention to recruit people. His thoughts are unknown to outsiders.
It’s hard to guess.”
Bai Xiaowen frowned and said deliberately: "So, Xu Hai still doesn't know anything about the recruitment, so what hope is there?"
Luo Longwen hurriedly explained: "Outsiders can't guess what Mr. Xu is thinking, but my wife must be able to figure it out. She allowed me to contact the officers and soldiers, which actually vaguely means that Mr. Xu may also have the idea of recruiting peace. After all, there are bandits at sea.
Living in the open air, with the sea breeze like a knife, it is better to accept the offer and become a rich man."
"What about the other heads?" Bai Xiaowen tapped his fingers lightly and said, "What is their attitude? If Xu Hai is willing to recruit An, will they all agree?"
Luo Longwen said hesitantly: "I can't say for sure. I'm just a subordinate of Mr. Hong, and I don't know that much."
"Then you should know Xu Hong's thoughts, right?" Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "Listen to you, he and Xu Hai are cousins, and they should be of the same mind as Xu Hai."
Luo Longwen remained silent.
Bai Xiaowen understood a little bit in his heart.
Bai Xiaowen used an excuse to ask Luo Longwen about the inside story of joining the bandit as a Japanese pirate. However, Luo Longwen ignored him and kept secret about the reason why he joined the bandit.
Bai Xiaowen just asked, but when Luo Longwen didn't say anything, he stopped asking.
Arriving on the main island of Wusha Island, Luo Longwen arranged a remote bamboo house for Bai Xiaowen and others to rest, and he quietly left with the secret message.
It was already the fifth watch, and the bright moon was setting in the west.
Bai Xiaowen called some of the soldiers accompanying him: "You guys should rest for a while and go spread the news at dawn."
Several soldiers were a little confused: "What news are you spreading?"
"You were just chatting among the low-level pirates... You said that the boss might be recruited, and you even sent an envoy to the Ming army. The attack on Chen Duyan's fleet that day was one of the conditions of the secret agreement with the Ming army! Who?
Let Chen Duyan break Quanzhou Mansion and make the Governor of the Ming Army lose face."
The few soldiers Bai Xiaowen selected were all people with Jiangsu and Zhejiang accents. Among the fake Japanese in the Japanese pirate camp, many were bankrupt fishermen, market scoundrels, etc. along the coast of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. Such accents would not reveal their secrets.
One of the soldiers hesitated and said: "Master Bai Xiaozhen, is this... really feasible? Aren't we here to secretly deliver a message?"
Bai Xiaowen said calmly: "What did the Governor say when he agreed to let you go to sea?"
"...Everything must be obeyed by Master Bai Xiaozhen." The soldier lowered his head.
Bai Xiaowen nodded: "Yes, spreading rumors and news is also the intention of the Governor. Just do as you are told."
"Yes." Several soldiers nodded in agreement and then went to rest.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi walked outside the door, looking at the rows of dilapidated bamboo houses on the desolate island. Occasionally, they could see a few Japanese drunkards lying on the roadside, full of alcohol. The two passed through.
Team channel, secret communication.
Li Shuyi: "There are so many Japanese pirates sleeping. You think if we secretly kill two of them, no one will notice, right?"
Bai Xiaowen was helpless for a while: "Bear it down, a small impatience will ruin your big plan."
"What's your big plan?" Li Shuyi smiled half-heartedly, "Why are you spreading rumors? I followed you the whole time, but I never heard Hu Zongxian make this request."
Bai Xiaowen smiled: "Of course it is to set a trap for the other two awakened people who are also in the Jiajing plane world."
"You mean, Zhao Zhixiong, and that Tai Shuisheng?" Li Shuyi mentioned these two names, and her face became cold. However, she then asked doubtfully: "How about spreading rumors about recruitment and the two of them?"
What does it matter?"
Bai Xiaowen raised a finger: "First, these two people joined the Japanese pirates because they wanted to fight. If the recruitment is successful, the reputation they have accumulated in the Japanese pirate Xu Hai camp will be in vain.
Do you think they would be happy?"
Li Shuyi shook her head.
"So, after hearing the recruitment rumors, these two people will definitely take action. This is the prerequisite for setting a trap for them."
Bai Xiaowen raised his second finger: "The leader these two people are following now is Xu Hong, the second master, Xu Hai's cousin. Based on the conversation with Luo Longwen, I can initially judge that Xu Hong should be very resistant to recruitment.
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Li Shuyi was confused: "Why? Luo Longwen didn't say that, right?"
"Although he didn't say it, under the circumstances at that time, not speaking was equivalent to acquiescence. When Luo Longwen faced me, the court's messenger, he definitely reported good news but not bad news, and expressed one point of hope into five points, and five points of hope.
He said it was ten points. And his silence means that the fact is that the possibility of Xu Hong agreeing to be recruited is not even one point."
Li Shuyi nodded convincingly.
"So, I spread the recruitment rumors in advance to give Zhao Zhixiong and the two of them a chance to take action," Bai Xiaowen said, "If we were in Zhao Zhixiong's position, and the first boss wants to recruit new bosses, but the second boss is opposed to the recruitment, we, as the second boss's subordinates,
, what should we do?”
"...Persuade the second head to start his own business?" Li Shuyi thought for a while and said tentatively.
"This is the choice of a 'good guy'," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "but Zhao Zhixiong is different from you. From my brief contact with him, this person likes to go to extremes, either not doing anything or doing absolutely nothing.
! So I can almost conclude that his choice must be... to incite Xu Hong, defeat the superior, and get rid of Xu Hai! With the prestige of his second boss, he will take over all Xu Hai's power! "
Li Shuyi's beautiful eyes widened, showing a look of shock.
"Actually, it is not difficult to make this conjecture. The main thing is to look at two words, profit. Think about it, how much benefit will Zhao Zhixiong get from killing Xu Hai and supporting Xu Hong?"
"First of all, killing a high-level leader like Xu Hai is likely to be a rare leader, and the treasure chest reward alone is generous enough!"
"In addition, after Xu Hong came to power, in order to consolidate his position, he would inevitably promote his cronies. Then Zhao Zhixiong, who had made great achievements, would quickly rise to the top of the Japanese pirates and become a big pirate like Chen Duyan who could command a fleet and plunder prefectures and counties.
!”
Li Shuyi nodded: "The benefits are indeed huge. Then how are you going to deal with him?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "I only have the prototype of the plan in my mind now, and I still need to think about some specific details."
Li Shuyi: "Don't make it self-defeating... If Zhao Zhixiong really gets such a big benefit, I will be really angry to death."
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "Don't worry, you can only catch big fish if you give up scented bait. I'm not sure whether Zhao Zhixiong still has the escape props or return props he had before, so he bothered to set the trap like this. If he doesn't move, it will be over.
We must take his life without giving him time to react!"
Bai Xiaowen has never been an open-minded person, and he was tricked by Zhao Zhixiong. If he died without sharing his life, how could he not avenge this hatred?
Revenge does not last overnight! Bai Xiaowen, who has always believed in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, plans to kill Zhao Zhixiong in this Jiajing plane world.
After dawn, several soldiers wandered around, spreading recruitment rumors on the island.
There are many pirates on the island, thousands of them. The pirates under each leader do not know each other, which also gives the soldiers room to spread rumors.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi waited in the bamboo room until noon, and finally saw Luo Longwen coming in a hurry. Behind him were two people wearing black burqas.
As soon as they met, Bai Xiaowen walked up to him, grabbed Luo Longwen's collar, and said with suppressed anger:
"What is going on? How could the secret of recruitment be leaked? Pirates have already begun to inquire about my origins! I trust you so much, but you treat me like this!"