At the end of the morning, above the Yedu Pier at Shiliqiao outside the east city of Hangzhou, Lin Jue was carrying a large package and looking around blankly. The sky was already bright, but there was no one around. According to the agreement, he would meet up with Gao Muqing and others here.
But at this moment, in the drizzle, there was no one around. Lin Jue stood on the bank and stared at the surging Qiantang River in a daze. Suddenly, there was a sound of a bamboo flute, and in just an instant, more than a hundred figures poured out from all directions, and Lin Jue was stunned.
Surrounded by them.
Lin Jue was not surprised but happy because he saw Gao Muqing's figure. He went up to meet him.
"Take this person and tie him up." Gao Muqing shouted in a deep voice.
A dozen big men rushed forward, grabbed their hands and shoulders, and quickly tied up Lin Jue tightly with ropes. Lin Jue was confused and was about to ask questions, but Gao Muqing stopped him with his eyes.
"Get on the boat!" Gao Muqing waved his hand and shouted softly.
A group of people quickly went down to the bottom of the pier, and three bamboo flutes were played. Soon, a large ship sailed quickly along the turbid river surface. After docking at the pier, everyone boarded the ship, and then quickly left the shore and sailed eastward.
Lin Jue was thrown into a cabin, and he seemed to understand why Gao Muqing did what he did. Gao Muqing arrived soon after, and after repelling the guards, he smiled and apologized: "I'm really sorry, I have to tie you up."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Let me guess, are you afraid that the news will leak out?"
"Smart, it's a day and a night's journey to the seaside. The closer you get to the seaside, the more spooky the pirates will be. Originally, I planned to tie you up after arriving at the seaside, pretending to capture you and present it to Haidongqing.
, but to be on the safe side, I think it’s better to tie you up now. Besides... not all the people I brought may be loyal, so I didn’t tell them the truth. Except for Qiu Ju and a dozen of them, the rest of them were all
I don’t know, I just know that I am going to see Hai Dongqing with me for protection. You won’t be unhappy, right?”
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Of course not, it's better to be careful. The more careful you are now, the less likely your identity will be revealed, and the safer you will be. But what should I do if I am tied up all the time and eat, drink and defecate?"
Gao Muqing smiled and said: "Just eat and drink and order people to feed you. I will loosen your grip on other things. Just be patient and patient. I will plead guilty here first."
Lin Jue saw her cute expression and said with a smile: "Who will feed me? Will you feed me?"
Gao Muqing blushed and spat: "You think so."
Lin Jue chuckled, lying on the floor of the cabin with his head up and said: "You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to bed first. I didn't sleep all night last night. Wake me up when you want to eat."
Gao Muqing smiled and said, "I'll order someone to bring you a mat. You can sleep peacefully and talk later."
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When the big ship of Lin Jue, Gao Muqing and others was traveling along the Qiantang River towards the estuary, above the East China Sea, eighty miles away from the mainland, in the vast sea, an island surrounded by more than a dozen small islands stood in the misty rain.
This is Peach Blossom Island, the lair of pirates. This island existed in ancient times, and fishermen did not settle on the island until the Sui Dynasty. Because there are peach trees all over the island, the peach blossoms look like smoke when they are in full bloom in March, hence the name.
Yanxia Island', the local people commonly call it Peach Blossom Island. During the Tang and Zhou dynasties, it once became a worldly resort that people yearned for. Many literati and poets did not hesitate to risk the wind and waves to come to the island to swim, and even left a lasting impression.
He wrote countless famous poems.
However, all this changed completely thirty years ago. More than thirty years ago, a group of pirates occupied the island, expelled the fishermen on the island, and turned the island into a pirate lair. Because it is located
It is located on the only way for ships going out to sea to trade. Pirates are very at home here, robbing passing ships and collecting money for navigation, causing a mess.
In the following ten years, the pirates became more and more troublesome, but they did not actually become a big problem. Because the number was not large, the harm was not too great. Although the imperial court sent troops to carry out encirclement and suppression, due to the large number of islands in this area, the sea
The bandits were running around but could not be completely wiped out, so they left things alone. It was not until Hai Dongqing became the leader of the pirates more than 20 years ago that the court suddenly realized that things were getting out of hand.
Under the leadership of Hai Dongqing, the pirates developed rapidly, and their ambitions expanded. They actually began to raid coastal and inland cities, causing chaos on the two Zhejiang roads. The imperial court finally couldn't bear it anymore, and it was at that time that Liang Wang Guo Bing came to Hangzhou.
, began to command troops and horses to quell the pirate troubles on the two Zhejiang roads. Guo Bing calmed down the chaos in the interior and drove the pirates who came ashore into the sea, but this was not the end. The pirates' lair could not be destroyed.
Destroy it, they will still have a place to stay.
It's just that after that annihilation operation, Hai Dongqing realized that he was lacking in strength and thinking of going ashore to seek hegemony was tantamount to seeking his own destruction. The only way was to rely on the barrier of the sea to vigorously develop his power and move with his camera.
After this, the imperial court and the pirates entered a period of confrontation. Although the imperial court carried out several encirclement and suppression campaigns, on the sea and in the waves, even the imperial troops and horses failed to gain any benefits. Instead, they lost soldiers and generals and encouraged the pirates.
The reputation of pirate pirates has entered the largest period of development in history. So far, the number of pirates has reached nearly 40,000. They are entrenched in more than a dozen islands around Taohua Island, forming strict hierarchies and regulations, and they have become a maritime force.
an independent kingdom.
The person who can unite the unruly pirates is the second owner of Peach Blossom Island, Jiang Ruiyuan, known as Hai Dongqing.
Speaking of Haidongqing, we have to mention this person's experience. This person is a native of Hangzhou City. He was born in poverty and was originally an ordinary child. His father was a coolie on the dock, and his mother was a cook for a wealthy family. Jiang Ruiyuan
He has never attended private school for a day. He started looking after goods at the age of six and worked as a boy in a warehouse on the street since he was twelve. With his background and family background, his future is actually foreseeable. He will be like other people.
Many children of ordinary people will be just coolies on the docks in the future, and they will live a hard life as a clumsy woman from an ordinary family. The fate of his children is also similar.
However, the wonderful thing about fate is that just when you think everything is predictable, it suddenly takes a turn and everything is overturned in an instant. When I was fourteen years old, my mother, who was a cook in a wealthy family, had
One night, while the whole family was sleeping, he committed suicide by hanging from a beam. Hai Dongqing will never forget the scene that morning. In the dim light of the early morning, his mother's thin body swayed on the beam, and the beam made a creaking sound.
The father collapsed on the ground holding his head, pulling his hair and crying.
Later, Hai Dongqing learned the truth. Her mother's cook was raped by her drunken and promiscuous owner. It would have been fine if she was just raped, but someone else saw it. Instead, she was insulted, saying that she was restless and seductive.
The master fired her and threatened to publicize the matter and tarnish her reputation. After returning home, the mother, who was hesitant and ashamed, chose to hang herself from a rafter.
Hai Dongqing's father went to argue with the owner of the house, but instead of admitting his fault, he beat his father and threw him out. When his father went to make trouble again, the family reported it to the police, and his father was caught in a cell.
A few months later, my father died in his cell.
In just a few months, the originally difficult but peaceful life was completely shattered. The fourteen-year-old boy suddenly became an orphan, and his father and mother were all gone. From then on, Haidong
The cruelty and bloody nature in Qing's blood were aroused, and he suddenly realized how cruel and unfair the world is. Rich and powerful people can do whatever they want, while the lives of poor people are as cheap as pigs and dogs.
Hai Dongqing actually has a cruel gene flowing in his blood. When he was playing alone when he was very young, he would catch snakes, insects, toads, birds and the like, and he liked to torture them to death slowly. He liked to watch
Watching the wingless bird rolling around on the ground, and watching the snake with only half of its body twisting on the ground. He would wrap the toad tightly in mud, bake it on the fire, and let it suffocate to death.
Inside. He would even cut off the tentacles of ants on the ground and watch them bewildered. In short, Hai Dongqing had an almost perverted cruelty, and at this time, the cruelty in his blood was fully aroused
came out.
On a bright moonlit night, after the young man pulled off the head of a gecko, he made up his mind to kill his enemy to avenge his parents. The government is unreliable. They only protect the rich, and they have to rely on themselves for everything.
Hai Dongqing first tried to find a way to sneak into that house to find an opportunity. But what he didn't expect was that after entering that house, before he could find a chance to get close to his enemy, his identity was discovered. Then he was beaten half to death and thrown out.
, and almost lost his life.
A month later, Hai Dongqing recovered from his injuries and regained his strength. He knew that he could not be caught again, and he needed to be extra careful and patient, because the next time he was caught, he might die in a cell like his father. So he
He spent all his money to please a handyman who cleaned the courtyard in the backyard of that family. The handyman finally helped bring him into the house and stayed in the backyard as a handyman. Hai Dongqing pretended to be a servant every day.
He only talked about himself, watering flowers in the back garden, carrying soil, carrying manure, and doing heavy work. Other than that, he never said a word. Since Hai Dongqing came, the handyman has almost become a master. He does nothing and directs Hai Dongqing every day.
Dongqing did this and that, and he stood up and became a master.
Hai Dongqing endured it, he only had one goal, and that was to kill the enemy. That person also came to the back garden many times, but Hai Dongqing never had the chance to do it, because the enemy always had several martial arts masters with him.
To protect him, Hai Dongqing would never take action in this situation. Moreover, when the master came to the backyard, he, the little handyman in the backyard, had no chance of getting close. What Hai Dongqing was thinking was,
Squatting next to the latrine, he secretly dug a small tunnel next to the cesspit of the latrine and covered it with a wooden board and soil. When the owner came to play in the back garden, he hid in the small pit and endured the pain.
A strong stench awaits.
Who could imagine that situation, squatting in the smelly mud pit next to the cesspit, silently waiting for the arrival of prey. He almost got a glimpse of everyone's privacy, and even the mistress's white buttocks, but he
Still didn't take action. His target was just that man. He was like a wild beast that had always spotted its prey. No matter how many prey walked by and disturbed his mind, he would not care. He only wanted to kill the man who insulted him.
