A Cai's work The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine ... Volume 1 1566 Pirates, everyone is in tragedy
Nanling Jinfan was really lucky. After escaping from the Ninth Prince, he ran into a rock in a panic and fell directly into the water.
But just when he was about to drown, a wave came and pushed him directly onto the shore, where he was rescued by people from Taicheng.
Not only did Taicheng lose the battle because of the Ninth Prince, but it also nearly lost all its wealth. The grudge between Taicheng and the Ninth Prince was known to everyone in the entire Kyushu Continent.
Under the suppression of the Ninth Prince, Taicheng has become a laughing stock in the Kyushu Continent. It would be strange if Taicheng did not hate the Ninth Prince.
When Nanling Jinfan woke up, he found out that he was in Taicheng's team. He was overjoyed but tried to suppress his expression. When the people of Taicheng asked him where his guards were and why he fell into the water, Nanling Jinfan just pursed his lips and said nothing.
The man from Taicheng kept asking, but Nanling Jinfan just smiled bitterly and shook his head, telling him to stop asking so as not to get into trouble.
"Master Jinfan is looking down on us. We, the people of Taicheng, are not the cowards who only care about life and death." The people of Taicheng were eager to prove that they were not scared by the Ninth Prince and Nanling Jinxing, so they were even more eager to show off.
Nanling Jinfan looked embarrassed. Finally, under the persuasion of the people from Taicheng, he said vaguely, "I was not feeling well and could not stay on the sea for long, so I told everyone to leave first. But when I left the island, I ran into the Ninth... Uh, Dongling Ninth Uncle and Feng Qingchen who had just arrived on the island. They smashed our warships, and I ordered my subordinates to stop them, but... they killed us to silence us."
What Nanling Jinfan said was absolutely the truth, but it was a processed truth. Some things in the middle were directly erased by him.
When the people of Taicheng heard that the matter was related to the Ninth Prince, they were obviously uneasy at first, but then they became ecstatic and shouted loudly: "What? Dong Lingjiu came to the island? What does he mean by coming to the island at this time? To steal our credit? No... He also smashed our boat. How can we go back?"
The Ninth Prince of Dongling has angered everyone and he is in a miserable situation.
Nanling Jinfan knew that the time was almost right, and he sighed heavily, "Uncle Nine of Dongling and Feng Qingchen really went too far this time. Their eating habits were really ugly. If I hadn't been lucky enough to escape, I'm afraid their conspiracy would have succeeded."
"Conspiracy?" Taicheng Ren hadn't reacted yet. When he realized that Nanling Jinfan was putting a hat on Uncle Nine, he slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, this is Uncle Nine's conspiracy. I must not let Uncle Nine succeed. No, I have to tell others about this. I must not let Dongling Jiu succeed."
After saying that, the people from Taicheng left Nanling Jinfan behind and hurried out. Nanling Jinfan smiled coldly behind them: Even if he is a useless person now, he can still cause trouble for the Ninth Prince.
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After several months of getting along on the island, everyone tacitly chose to cooperate temporarily and also left a way for each other to keep in touch.
After all, their current enemy is not each other, but the ugly but powerful monsters on this island.
Therefore, it was not difficult for Taicheng to find other people. In just one hour, the four countries and nine cities knew that the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen had landed on the island and destroyed the warship.
This matter was extremely serious. The Four Kingdoms and Nine Cities could not just listen to Tai Cheng's one-sided words and believe them. The Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen had a good reputation in the Four Kingdoms and Nine Cities. At least the people in Liancheng, Yuncheng, and Yucheng said frankly that they did not believe it.
But when the spies came to report that all their warships parked on the shore had disappeared, everyone had to believe it, and a feeling of uneasiness spread among the generals.
Without the warship, how could they get out? Could they become savages on this island?
This is something they can never accept.
Everyone was talking at once, and some were cursing the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen as inhuman. Those who had supported the Ninth Prince before could not get a word in at this time. As soon as they opened their mouths, they were suppressed by the voices of others.
The group of people were arguing and couldn't come up with a solution for a long time. At this time, the spies came to report that more than a dozen large ships were heading towards the island. Judging from the flags on the ships, they seemed to be pirates.
"Pirates?" Everyone was stunned when these words came out.
"It turns out that it's not the Ninth Uncle but a pirate. Master Jinfan's look is really worrying." Yucheng is a branch of the Wang family. They are not as wary of the Four Kingdoms as the other eight cities, so they speak more casually.
The people of Liancheng were reluctant to say much, but the people of Yuncheng followed suit: "More than a dozen ships, such a sum is not something a prince can afford. Master Jinfan has always been the only prince of Nanling, but he can't afford so many people."
Although Yun Cheng did not say directly that he did not believe Nanling Jinfan, the meaning of his words was almost the same.
"What pirates? I think they are just liars. It must be Dong Lingjiu." The people of Taicheng kept attacking the Ninth Prince.
"Except Dong Lingjiu, I can't think of anyone else in the four countries and nine cities who is so generous." The people of Yecheng hurriedly echoed, while Dong Ling and Bei Ling remained silent. They all had a relationship with the Ninth Uncle.
Yu Cheng sneered and said bluntly again: "Hmph... Don't blame everything on Uncle Nine. Do you really think we don't know the grudges between Master Jin Fan and Uncle Nine and Feng Qingchen? Don't treat us as fools. If you want to use us to avenge him, you're dreaming."
“It seems to make sense.”
I don't know who said that, but everyone looked at each other, all confused. Even the few people who had been biting the Ninth Prince before didn't know what to say.
We are not fools. Where can a prince, a prince who is being watched by the emperor, get so many ships and people?
The navy is not like the infantry, who can go to the battlefield after a few months of training. The navy must be familiar with the water and have experience in dealing with sea breezes. This training takes at least three to five years.
These people might really be pirates, but even if they are not pirates, they are not necessarily related to the Ninth Prince.
Everyone thought of the grudge between Nanling Jinfan and the Ninth Prince, and spontaneously imagined that Nanling Jinfan had framed the Ninth Prince.
Seeing that everyone had quieted down and no one was pinning the blame on the Ninth Prince, the general of Dongling quickly stepped forward and said, "Everyone, stop arguing. It doesn't matter who those pirates belong to. The most important thing now is, what should we do? The other side has more than a dozen large ships and at least 40,000 to 50,000 people. We only have 40,000 to 50,000 people now. If we really go against them, we will not get any good results."
Dongling is the most powerful country, and the number of people coming this time is the largest. Everyone implicitly respects Dongling. The reason why people from Dongling did not show up before was that this matter involved the Ninth Emperor's uncle, and they had no position.
"That's right. The most urgent task is to think of a solution and get through this first." Xiling, Nanling and Beiling also spoke at the same time.
Two months ago, they would not have taken 40,000 or 50,000 pirates seriously, but now...
You know what, they really weren't sure they could win.
"What's there to think about? Just fight. They are pirates, how can they talk about friendship with us?" The people of Ancheng and Chucheng finally found a sense of existence.
"We have to fight, but it depends on how we fight. The other side has as many people as us. If we want to win, we have to try our best. If we keep hiding our strength at this time, we will be the ones who will suffer." The Dongling people spoke very realistically.
The reason why the people of the four countries and nine cities suffered heavy losses on the island was not because they were not strong in military force, but because they were not united enough.
These people are too clever for their own good. Whenever they encounter danger, they always hide themselves and let the other side go first, in order to preserve their own strength.
Except for those foolish, loyal and sincere people, no matter how loudly the people in the four countries and nine cities shouted, they would retreat to the back when fighting and not put in any effort. As a result, everyone suffered a tragedy...