The big man surnamed Lei waved two benches, like a fire-breathing dragon that had cleared the customs, and he was indomitable, and kept moving forward, and the whole corridor was made by him to make a fuss, and he retreated.
Xu Hu still sat there for a long time, taking a spoonful of vegetables and taking a sip of wine, calm and unhurried.
Suddenly, the man who reported the news shouted, "Big brother, many more officers and soldiers are coming. ” Xu Hu smiled slightly, drank the last glass of wine, then got up, walked to the shopkeeper's side, took out a string of money from his arms and threw it on the table, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, this is for your wine and food and the bench money for you." ” The shopkeeper held the pen, stammered and couldn't speak, Xu Hu laughed, snatched the pen from his hand, dipped it in ink again, walked to the corner, raised his hand and waved, the pen walked the dragon and snake, a five-word quatrain must be completed in a moment, he threw the pen on the table, put his hands behind his back, and laughed along the other side of the corridor.
The ink on the wall was dripping, Xia Xun looked at it intently, and saw that it was written: "Congshi is close to people, and Pingsha Klook Road is wide."
The Ming Dynasty is better, and Feicui pours the saddle. ” Xia Xun was taken aback, not to mention the calligraphy of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, just this five-character poem that was made in a moment, he would never be able to do it if he changed it, and he couldn't imagine that such a rough and heroic sea thief was actually full of literary talent.
At this time, the big man surnamed Lei also threw off his big feet and ran over on his feet, shouting: "The officers and soldiers of the brigade are here."
As he spoke, he threw the tattered leg of the stool in his hand at the pursuers.
A soldier who was chasing after him immediately raised his knife to hold a frame, and the stool leg was smashed by the big man surnamed Lei, and there was already a crack, and then it was slashed by the steel knife, and it was broken in half with a thud, and the half-sharpened stool leg flew diagonally into the store, flying towards the pregnant woman's towering abdomen.
The old man exclaimed "ah", but he was old, his hands and feet were not dexterous, and he wanted to block how to get in time, Xia Xun was about to go out of the store to chase the three pirates, but he was taken aback when he saw this scene, and picked up the wine jug on the table and smashed it.
The wine jug was made of tin, and it weighed more than a pound after being filled with wine, and it was thrown hard by Xia Xun, and it hit the sharpened stool leg accurately, and smashed it to the ground close to the hem of the pregnant woman's skirt.
The old man hurriedly hugged his daughter and said in a panic: "Oh my God, how is this good?"
The officers and soldiers outside rumbled after the pirates, the two children were only eleven or twelve years old, where could they support their housewives, the shopkeeper was afraid that the pregnant woman would have an accident in his shop, and hurriedly begged Xia Xunzuo: "Guest officer, guest officer, quickly rescue this sister-in-law, but nothing has happened." ” When Xia Xun saw it, he was afraid that the woman would be frightened and cause a miscarriage, so he had to give up the opportunity to chase the pirates, and rushed to the old man's side with an arrow, and held the woman and said: "Old man, I am offended, I am in a hurry, I will help Lingyuan to see Langzhong." ” The old man said yes again and again, thanked him without a word, Xia Xun said that he was going to help, but he bent down and hugged the woman, and said to the old man: "Labor, where is Langzhong, quickly lead the way" The old man led Xia Xun to run out in a panic, all the way to tell a little boy to hurry up to find his uncle, Xia Xun hugged the woman, although he was young and powerful, he was tired and sweaty all the way, and finally arrived at a medical center.
In fact, after staying in the store for a while, the woman has gradually calmed down, and then there is this decoction to take it, and the anger will improve, and the old man who is in turmoil will settle down, so he will save the benefactor on the side, and he will be busy thanking him, and he will be grateful and said: "Little brother, the old man's daughter has spent a lot of trouble seeking medical advice and medicine, and she is nearly middle-aged before she is pregnant.
Saying that the old man was about to take off his robe and kneel down, Xia Xun hurriedly picked it up and said: "The old man is not like this, anyone who sees such things should help him like a hand." ” As the two of them were talking, a little boy led a middle-aged Confucian student to run in in a hurry, the Confucian was dressed in a green shirt, tied with a green scarf on his head, his face was clear, three locks of hair under his chin, and his face was so anxious that he was white and blue, and he rushed into the hospital in a panic, and saw that his wife was sitting on a chair, and immediately asked in a trembling voice: "Lady, how are you now?"
Before the woman could answer, the old man greeted him and told him about the situation before and after, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief when he heard that the mother and son were safe, and hurriedly walked to Xia Xun's side, and thanked him again.
Listening to him, Xia Xun learned that this person's surname was Yu Mingren, and his family lived in Qiantang Taipingli, and this time he brought his wife to Haining to visit his father-in-law.
Xia Xun was concerned about the whereabouts of those pirates, and wanted to say goodbye and leave, where was Yu Ren willing to let go, grabbed his wrist, and invited him to sit at home together, set up wine to entertain his benefactor, Xia Xun couldn't get rid of it in every possible way, thinking that his father-in-law was a local resident, or he could find out some news, so he went home with him.
Yu Ren called a sedan car to carry his wife, invited Xia Xun home, his father-in-law's house is also a solid family in the local area, the front and rear courtyards, elegantly arranged, three main rooms, two wings on the left and right, and two ear rooms, the ear room is single open, and there is a courtyard wall on the south side of the east and west wings, separating the courtyard into an inner and outer courtyard.
There is a moon gate in the middle of the courtyard wall, and behind the moon gate, there is a shadow wall.
Yu Ren and his father-in-law invited Xia Xun into the living room to sit, and immediately ordered tea to be served and a banquet to be prepared in the kitchen. sat down for two moments, and recounted his identity, Xia Xun only said that he was a merchant who came to the coast to buy some seafood, and Yu Ren was not suspicious of his dress.
Listening to Yu Ren's self-described identity, his ancestral home is Kaocheng, Henan, and he is an official eunuch.
His grandfather Yu Jiusi was the Marshal of Huguang Xuanwei Sidu in the Yuan Dynasty, a high-ranking official of Zheng Sanpin, and later transferred to the head of Hangzhou Road, so he moved his family here and lived here for a long time.
His father Yu Wen successively served as the head of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was much inferior to his grandfather, but he was only an official of the sixth grade.
When it came to Yu Ren's generation, he was also full of poetry and books, but Yu Ren was square, his surname was indifferent, and he didn't like to be an official, so he didn't go further after taking the exam.
He has been married to a wife for many years and has no heirs, and now he is thirty-one years old, according to the age of marriage of people in this era, he is already middle-aged and has a child, which is extremely rare, no wonder his husband and wife are so nervous, speaking of this, he thanked him again, and asked his wife to take out fifty treasure money, and wanted to give it to Xia Xun.
Xia Xun refused politely, and changed the topic and asked: "Brother Yu, the younger brother is in the store, I have heard that pirate call himself Xu Hu, and there is a big man surnamed Lei, and what kind of sister is there, what kind of people are these?"
Yu Ren said: "Ah, is the thief Xu Hu, this person has a good reputation."
On this coast, there are hundreds of large and small pirate gangs, many of which are pirates who enter the sea and go ashore for the people, whose identities are secret and not easy to identify, but such pirate gangs are actually very small.
It is said that Xu Hu's father was Zhang Shicheng's old department, and after Zhang Shicheng committed suicide after his defeat, a Su general under his command led his troops to sea to become a pirate.
This General Su also has two lieutenants, one surnamed Xu and the other surnamed Lei.
That sister is General Su's daughter, named Su Ying, but everyone calls her that, not Xu Hu's sister.
General Su led the army to the sea as a thief, and he became the big leader, and the two deputy generals became the second leader and the third leader.
Now that the older generation has died, General Nasu has only one daughter, and the position of the big leader was passed to General Xu's son Xu Hu, General Lei's son Lei Xiaoxi became the second leader, and Ah Mei was the third leader.
This group of pirates, saying that they are pirates, is actually very regular, sometimes they have difficulties in making a living, and they will also plunder merchant ships, but only rob the merchant ships of the government or the cargo ships smuggled by Fuso, Luzon and other countries, and do not disturb the coastal people.
They hijacked merchant ships, and eventually they had to sell them on the shore, and their goods were sold cheaply, and many local merchants actually secretly had dealings with them, saying that they were pirates, but in fact, no one would pay attention to them when they walked on the streets in a big way, and now they don't know who reported him, and the officers and soldiers actually came to arrest him. ” Xia Xun said in his heart: "They are Zhang Shicheng's relics, although they have a good reputation in this place, and they seem to be quite peaceful, but since this relationship exists, will they be instigated by Ling Potian, who wants to rebel, with the intention of exposing the rebellion?"
Yu Ren said again: "The other group also lives on the outer islands, but it turned out to be Fang Guozhen's old department, and many of Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng's old department are the children of fishermen who are familiar with waterways and are good at naval warfare.
Later, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng were defeated by our Ming Emperor successively, and some of their remnants fled to the sea and became impermanent pirates.
The leader of this pirate is a husband and wife, the husband's surname is Chu, the wife's surname is Mi, and he is not named after Xiao Chu and Xiaomi, compared to Xu Hu's army, their behavior is much more ferocious, they have consolidated the island, annexed some small pirates along the coast, and also recruited some Dongying pirates, only to do no business, from Liaodong and Shandong in the north, to Fujian and Zhejiang in the south, Guangdong, burning houses, looting property, my Ming coast is long, it is impossible to prevent it, it is a coastal area, all of them are harmed.
What's more, they also took refuge in the first thief in the South Seas, known as the king of the sea Chen Zuyi, that Chen Zuyi entrenched in Laga Malacca for many years, under his command 10,000 pirates, 100 warships, Dongying, Ryukyu and even my Ming sea area have suffered, many small coastal countries even have to pay tribute to him to ensure safety, my Ming Emperor has offered a reward of 500,000 yuan to capture Chen Zuyi, so far he is still at large at sea, with this person as a backer, my Ming sailor has gone to sea several times to encircle and suppress, but also in vain. ” Xia Xun said secretly: "It seems that the whereabouts of Ling Potian are about to fall on these two pirates, but how can I get in touch with them and find out?"
To be continued: