"Has the Marquis of Zhongwu set out to sea?"
The sky in Fujian is very different from that in the capital. At night, the salty and fishy wind from the East China Sea reflects the stars in the sky and blows into the brightly lit houses.
Princess Bai'an changed into a plain silk robe, her hair was loose and smelled of jasmine hair oil.
Leaning beside her was a young man with a fair complexion and red lips, no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old, who was staring at Princess Bai'an timidly.
As Princess Bai'an spoke, she stood up and stretched out her arms. She put on her outer gown with the help of a man, then waved her hand to signal the man to leave, and walked around the screen into the outer hall.
Bearded man Hu Hualiang nodded hurriedly, "An hour ago, Marquis Zhongwu went out to sea; half an hour ago, Junjiro sailed out to sea from Changle Port."
Princess Bai'an asked, "Did Junjiro volunteer to go? Did the Japanese make any moves before they set out to sea?"
The bearded man replied, "How could that coward possibly want to go? When Bao Yuan sent out the challenge, that idiot immediately became cowardly. Then Ashikaga whispered to him twice, and he trembled, changed his clothes, put on his thin sword, and left."
Liangliang lowered his voice and said, "It's not much different from what you guessed - he first went to a village near Changle Port, and then five or six strong men got on the boat with him."
Princess Bai'an smoothed her long black hair, which was tied up with a hairband. "How big is the village?"
"There are about a hundred people in total."
Princess Bai'an sneered.
In recent years, Japanese pirates have been rampant, frequently harassing merchants going out to sea with extremely cruel methods. Not only did they rob the ship of all its treasures, they also killed all the men on board. The women who were brought aboard to cook were detained, wantonly raped, and then thrown onto a nearby deserted island, left to fend for themselves!
First they attacked the small smuggling cargo ships, then the large smuggling cargo ships carrying thousands of tons of cargo, and finally they became so rampant that they dared to attack the salt and silk ships!
Because of this, Ningyuan Hou, who was old and had retreated to the capital, asked to come out of seclusion, but fell into the trap set by Li Ge Lao and the former governor of Fujian, and became the catalyst for the fight between the School of Mind and the School of Principle!
Thinking about it now, many things seem strange.
For example, when does the cargo ship depart? From which port? Which route does it take?
How did the Japanese pirates know about this?
Even if they had planted spies in the Fujian officialdom, it would be impossible for them to know the routes of all cargo ships by heart and contact the Japanese pirates at any time.
Then there is only one possibility -
Along the coast, the Japanese pirates had been infiltrating slowly but effectively.
It could be Sanwa who is moving goods at the dock, it could be Aunt Li who is selling noodles on the street, or it could be a little kid walking around the streets.
These people had access to all the information about sailing out to sea at the dock and passed it on to the Japanese pirates waiting at sea in a timely manner.
The Japanese and the Wei people look the same, and the Japanese can also easily learn the Min dialect, so it would be very easy for them to invade the Wei - they just need to solve the identity issue.
Solving this problem is also very simple.
——Massacre the village.
All the indigenous people of several connected villages were massacred, and the Japanese pirates then disguised themselves as villagers, and entire villages were moved in. They also had household registration and family relationships. Even because these villages were remote and isolated and rarely had contact with the outside world, after a year or two, they became complete coastal villagers.
These people are harder to catch than the spies hiding in the officialdom.
If Baoyuan cannot be brought out at this time, it will cause big trouble later.
"Leave three alive to corroborate each other's evidence." Princess Bai'an said indifferently, "Kill the whole village, including women, children, old and young."
With his shiny beard, he quickly replied, “Yes!”
Liangliang took the order and was about to leave, but then he seemed to remember something and said worriedly, "That idiot brought five or six helpers with him to go out to sea. Our Baoyuan is alone. Will he suffer any loss?"
Princess Bai'an's calm face finally showed a crack, "What did you say? Baoyuan didn't bring a mute guard?"
Liangliang nodded. "Yes, a man took a small boat out to sea. He said that according to the pirates' rules, duels cannot be fought on soil with crops or on boats where people make a living. So they met on a small island on the sea route. As for the mute guards, they all stayed at the official post."
For whom, it is obvious.
"Mad dog!" Princess Bai'an cursed.
Liangliang quickly explained, "This is also the rule of pirates. It can only be one-on-one, just like in our northwest. The strongest man can only wrestle alone--"
Princess Bai'an slapped the table. She hadn't been so angry for decades. "Fool! He follows the rules, but who else does? Why did Junjiro only bring five or six people? It's because the Wusuo ship can only accommodate five or six people! If you give him a Guang ship, he will definitely send a legion of a hundred people to destroy Baoyuan!"
Liangliang kept silent: He felt that Baoyuan was right. Just because others don't follow the rules doesn't mean you can't follow the rules either...If you want to be a pirate, you have to be a quality pirate. You have to love what you do...Besides, Baoyuan is very good at kung fu, which he learned through bloodshed. Even if there are five or six Japanese pirates, two of them stacked together are still not as tall as Baoyuan! What's more, one of them has an inward-facing toe...
Princess Bai'an paced back and forth, "Young! Arrogant! Conceited! What a fool!" After a pause, she raised her voice, "Immediately dispatch the guards to go out to sea to search for him!"
After another pause, Princess Bai'an narrowed her eyes and tilted her face slightly, as if she was thinking about something, "You said that the mute guards were all transferred to Boss Xiao He?"
Liangliang looked at Princess Bai'an and narrowed her eyes: He is very familiar with this signal.
This is the expression of Princess Bai'an when she is calculating.
From the time I was seventeen or eighteen years old when I was struggling in Yumen Pass to now when I am over forty, I have this expression when I think about others.
Bearded man Liangliang nodded, "Yes..."
"We will also send the imperial guards, but they will be in the dark." Princess Bai'an hooked her lips after removing her red makeup, "Let the mute guards go in the open - who are the mute guards coming this time?"
They are familiar with the several mute guards that Baoyuan often uses.
The smartest one is Liu Haixing, and the one with the strongest execution ability is Liu Shanhu, who is slow and methodical, but gets noisy when anxious——
"Walrus." Liangliang thought for a moment and then said, "Hu Walrus."
Princess Bai'an smiled even more deeply.
He starts to make a lot of noise when he gets anxious, like Hu Haixiang.
"You should go to the official post station and tell him that Bao Yuan went out to sea to duel alone. The opponent is ungrateful and brought people with him. We don't know how many people there are, nor do we know which island they will meet on. Ask him to take two or three mute guards with him to go out to sea."
Princess Bai'an gathered her loose black hair and covered her yawning red lips with her scallion-white hands. "Release the heavy and sturdy windbreaker in the harbor, add lamp oil, and put a compass, phosphorescent powder, fresh water and dry food..."
Do you want to put down bedding?
After thinking for a moment, Princess Bai'an decided to be a good person.
Let’s lay out the bedding and other things when we get back.
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