The most unlucky crossing in history

This meal was a joy to eat.

Originally wanted to take Xie Wenyuan to look around, but now the situation is unclear, he had been concerned about the pirates, and Xie Wenyuan's analysis and estimation made Zhong Qiyun even more worried.

"The matter of the pirates is a matter of great importance, so there is no delay. It is best to find out sooner."

Zhong Qiyun thought the same way, "I'll make arrangements later and let Jiang Si Chengjia send people to investigate and see what's going on."

Xie Wenyuan nodded slightly, "That Jiang Sicheng from your fleet...seems to be very skilled?"

"Well, he is indeed very skilled. He should be a man of the world. He doesn't talk much, but he has real skills." Speaking of this, Zhong Qiyun suddenly thought of the fleet martial arts instructor he recruited, who seemed not good at talking on weekdays He never chatted with others, but when he and Zhang Zhenfeng talked about Xie's house last time, he rarely said a few words...

After thinking for a while, Zhong Qiyun said: "To be honest, I have never been very clear about Jiang Sicheng's identity. He didn't tell me and I never asked, not to mention that he really helped my fleet a lot back then. He didn't look like a treacherous person. A vicious person, that's why I hired him. But I thought he was used to life in the Jianghu and would not agree, but I didn't know it was so easy. It's a bit strange to say that he seems to know a little about Xie Xie and your family... ..." Having said that, Zhong Qiyun asked, "Brother Xie, do you recognize him?"

Xie Wenyuan smiled, neither affirming nor denying.

"I just see that he looks a little familiar, but I'm not sure it's the person I met back then..." Xie Wenyuan paused and said: "Since there are some things he doesn't want to say, there must be a reason. The person who hired him is Brother Zhong. Brother Zhong doesn’t mind his identity, he must like this person, no matter whether he is familiar with me or not, I have only been in contact with him for a few days, and I seldom talk to him. You don’t know as much as you do, so Brother Zhong doesn’t need to care about it.”

Having said that, Xie Wenyuan is actually [-]% certain that he must be the son of Jiang Zhen, the deputy under Xie Cheng's command back then, and he had several ties to him back then, and his martial arts skills were well known at that time.

only......

Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly, but in those years pirates invaded the southeast frequently, Jiang Zhen was later ordered to guard, and he died in the sea in the last battle after fighting with the bandits for two years, with no body left, which is so epic.

In other words, Jiang Zhen died for his country, and his wife and children will definitely be treated well by the court, but the bad thing is that there was a "report" by the southeast sergeant back then. Jiang Zhen took in an enemy woman during the two years in the southeast. Fleeing in fear of death in fierce battle,

If it wasn't for the left-behind non-commissioned officers desperately waiting for reinforcements to arrive, the coastal cities would have already been littered with corpses...

Back then, there were endless debates, after the war, there were different opinions, and no evidence could be found. After all, Emperor Feng Zheng did not treat the Jiang family harshly, but he did not give rewards either.

Although the official's approach is a compromise choice, but people's words are formidable, how can a general's family who may defect be treated by the people in Beijing?

Later, Xie Wenyuan only heard that Jiang Zhen's wife could not find a place to live in Jingzhao, so he left Jingzhao City with his only son, whereabouts are unknown.

These are all Xie Wenyuan learned from Xie Cheng. As for whether Jiang Zhen was a traitor, he really didn't know, because Xie Cheng believed that Jiang Zhen would not defect, and spent a lot of effort to investigate but failed to find out. Qing, on the contrary, it was found out that Jiang Zhen had indeed harbored an enemy woman...

"Since Xie Xie said so, you must be more at ease even if Jiang Sicheng is indeed the person you know?"

Xie Wenyuan shook his head with a smile, "Not really......."

It's been a long time, Xie Wenyuan just vaguely remembered the upright faces of Jiang Zhen and his son back then, and thought of Jiang Sicheng going to sea with the fleet now...

Xie Wenyuan said slowly: "I think you are sure of these matters." Xie Wenyuan glanced at the already dark sky, and said: "It's getting late, since you have made plans about the pirates, Let's stop drinking this wine, it's better to arrange things as soon as possible."

Zhong Qiyun responded with a smile: "That's right, originally I told you how to show you around the scene, but now you encounter such a situation..."

"No hurry, it's not too late to go and have a look when things are over."

"Of course, I will never renege on what I promised you."

Zhong Qiyun knew the seriousness of the matter, so after the meal was over, he stopped chatting and said goodbye to Xie Wenyuan. After thinking about it, he called Shangjiang Sicheng and a few boatmen, and brought the famous wine and famous wine that he had prepared earlier. Tea, porcelain and other rare items of the Sangha, set out to personally go to the home of Nu Guyun, a merchant in the Sangha City.

The reason why they went to his house was not only because of the friendship left by the jade pendant. The reason why the fleet was able to escape so easily last time was also because of Nu Guyun's help in hiring thugs from the rear and secretly notifying the local officials.

So when Zhong Qiyun came this time, he naturally wanted to visit the door in person.

The lights of the Sangha City are just on, and the people of the Sangha City are used to having fun at night, so this is the right time to go.At this time, Nu Guyun's house is busy.

It is true that Zhong Qiyun recounted the past, and it is also true that he asked about the pirate.

There are many wives and concubines in Nu Guyun's family

It is rare for a man to be beautiful and not good at wine, Zhong Qiyun came from a long way to visit the house to reminisce about the old days, Nu Guyun naturally sent Meiji to accompany him, and found the fine wine in the cellar at home to exchange cups with Zhong Qiyun.

After chatting all night, Zhong Qiyun drank a lot of wine and became dizzy a lot.It was late at night after leaving Nu Guyun's house, and there were no people on the streets of Sangha City. When the refreshing night wind blew, Zhong Qiyun woke up from the wine for two minutes, and his complexion was a little colder than when he came.

Just as Xie Wenyuan guessed, Nu Guyun told him that the leader of those pirates last time, a man named Qi Hupu, was not dead...

Zhong Qiyun walked in front without saying a word, while Jiang Sicheng and the boatmen on the side also looked serious.

The boatman Pei Wu had a sad face, "Boss, according to Nanu Guyun, Naqihupu was still plundering around the Sangha waters in the past few months, but it seems to have disappeared suddenly in the past two months, and even his accomplices have disappeared. There is no such thing as a big storm, natural disasters and man-made disasters, how could a group of people disappear suddenly, how can such a thing happen." If he is not good at thinking, he will be aware of the problem...

How could Zhong Qiyun not know the seriousness of the problem?He looked ahead, and it took him a long time to ask Jiang Sicheng who was at the side, "What do you think, Brother Jiang?"

Jiang Sicheng, holding a sword in his arms, said slowly: "Although there are many pirates in the Sangha City, they all act on their own and have not gathered in groups. They are not in size even now. People like Qihupu are already Sangha The well-known pirates have come out this time to have a lot of thugs on the fleet, and the boatmen have also grown in skill in recent months, so it’s not scary to say the least,” Jiang Sicheng said here, breathing softly, “If it’s still like It turns out that if we were scattered like that, even if we were defenseless and confronted head-on, those pirates would not be able to do anything to us... But this time he suddenly disappeared, which is really unusual, even if they have already planned our ship In the past few months, the team will ride the wind and go southward, gathering personnel to take advantage of the opportunity in the dark to catch them all in one go."

Zhong Qiyun also thought the same way, now that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the dark, last time the pirates were fooled, this time I'm afraid they won't be so easy to be baited and let them manipulate.

Zhong Qiyun had a severe headache, and his heart was also very depressed. He didn't know if he had drunk too much alcohol, or if he was disturbed by the bad news.

He didn't speak again, and when the group returned to the inn, he said to Jiang Sicheng again: "Brother Jiang, what can you do?"

Jiang Sicheng thought for a while, but still shook his head and said, "Now I can only send more people to investigate the movements of these pirates in private in the past two months."

Zhong Qiyun rubbed

Rubbing the swollen temples, closing his eyes and bowing his head, he said, "Brother Jiang, please worry about it in the next few days."

"It should be." Jiang Sicheng shook his head, seeing that Zhong Qiyun's expression was no longer sober, it was obvious that the spirit of alcohol was on the rise, remembering that he drank at least a few catties of wine at Nu Guyun's place just now...

"Boss Zhong, you'd better take a rest earlier,"

Jiang Sicheng was about to say something else, but when he looked up, he saw Xie Wenyuan and his guards coming out of the room on the second floor of the inn, and when Xie Wenyuan whispered something, he looked downstairs slightly He just met his eyes from a distance, Jiang Sicheng paused, and then nodded to the person upstairs as a greeting.

Seeing this, Zhong Qiyun also turned around and looked upstairs. When he saw Xie Wenyuan, his frowning brows slightly relaxed along the way, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. It was late at night, and most people in the building had already fallen asleep. Zhong Qiyun Even though he was drunk, he knew in his heart that it was late at night so he couldn't ask loudly, so he could only wave his hand at the person upstairs.

Jiang Sicheng smiled. During these days, he didn't avoid suspicion when he saw the two of them. Instead, he often talked and drank like his best friends for many years. This state was very different from the way the two of them got along at the Hangzhou port last time when they returned to Hangzhou. The two were really on good terms or they were just acting, Jiang Sicheng felt strange, but he didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Zhong Qiyun seemed to be looking for Xie Wenyuan for something, he took the first step to leave and went back to his room.

When the person left, Zhong Qiyun eased the pain of drunkenness rushing into his head, and after a while, he slowly walked upstairs to Xie Wenyuan. Zhang Hong saw Zhong Qiyun coming, and called Boss Zhong with his hands together, and then stepped back.

As soon as Zhong Qiyun approached, Xie Wenyuan smelled the smell of wine and an inexplicable sweet smell on his body, frowned slightly, Xie Wenyuan asked: "Didn't you arrange someone to investigate the pirates?" ? Why did you drink like this after not seeing you for a few hours?"

Looking at Xie Wenyuan intently, Zhong Qiyun suddenly grinned and did not answer his words.

Xie Wenyuan knew that this person should be drunk, but he just didn't show it on the face. For some reason, he suddenly remembered that Zhong Qiyun went to the banquet with burns on his body, and drank the others with a smile. Toast.He sighed slightly, in business, Zhong Qiyun has never gone as easily as rumored...