whale wave

For Chen Duan's death of his wife Ling Niang 17 years ago, it is not so much an unforgettable hatred as it is a deep guilt and grief, so that he never wants to mention the events of the year.

The letter from Li Weiwu in Bagan made Chen Duanli discover that he had been unable to forgive his enemies for so many years, and that both hatred and grief still existed clearly.

On the Guantao Pavilion, the waves are surging, and the harbor is lively. From time to time, ships return to and leave the port. Chen Duanli is waiting for a ship.After receiving Li Weiwu's letter, Chen Duanli entrusted others to bring his message to the Fuli ship that had not yet left.

The Chen family has five sea-going ships, and each sea-going ship also has corresponding positions such as leader, department leader, boat master, and general officer.The leader of the fuxin ship is Chen Duanli, and Chen Duanli appoints a deputy leader to manage the personnel and affairs of the whole ship.

The vice leader of the Fuli boat is a relative of Chen Duanli, named Chen Baoyu, who is about the same age as Chen Duanli, and was born and died with Chen Duanli in his early years.

At dusk, the Fuli ship still did not arrive at Quanzhou Port. Normally, it should arrive today, but the situation at sea changes, and it may encounter dark wind and rain, a storm, or pirates.

Chen Duanli is not in a hurry, he has been waiting for 17 years, let alone a few more days.Chen Duanli stepped down the stone steps, and when he saw Chen Yu, he was standing at the bottom of the stone steps waiting for him. The child was quiet, and he knew it even if he thought about it.

"When will you come, there is no sound at all." Chen Duanli patted his son on the shoulder and took him away together.

The father and son took a boat back to the west of the city in Haoqu. Sitting on the boat, listening to the sound of oars and sculls, Chen Duanli asked Chen Yu, "Has Da Fan told you?"

Chen Yu nodded, feeling melancholy and uneasy.He guessed that his father wanted to take revenge on Xiuman, but he was a very cunning pirate leader who had been on the run for 17 years, and behind him was the shadow of the Liu family.

"Son, your mother was burdened by me back then, if she hadn't met me, she should still be alive." Chen Duanli stroked Chen Yu's head, his eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his mother's, very gentle.

Chen Yu whispered: "Father, then I won't be here." He didn't want his father to blame himself too much. His father was not at fault when he led the merchants to fight against the pirates, and his mother would not blame him too much.

Chen Yu believes that father and mother love each other very much, and those who love each other will understand each other.

Chen Duanli smiled, with sad eyes, he embraced his son, very pleased that God did not deprive him of this child.

"When is Dad going to Bagan?" Chen Yu wanted to follow, he didn't want Dad to go alone, and he also missed Yan Niang who lived in Bagan.

"Wait for your Uncle Yu's ship to return to Hong Kong." Chen Duanli couldn't hide it from the child.

"Brother said that Xiuman has been wanted by the Chenla Kingdom for many years. As long as you know where Xiuman is, you can notify the Chenla sailors to arrest him."

"Yu'er, I'm afraid it will not be that easy. He has been hiding for many years, and he must have a hiding place that is not easy to be discovered and captured."

Chen Yu nodded, thoughtful, he thought of another way, he said: "Father, if Xiuman is also a pirate colluding with the Liu family, then you can call everyone to attack him. The guild established by brother and brother Yang, There is an agreement to fight pirates together."

"To deal with the Liu family, just the Yang family and a few small sea merchants may not be able to achieve great things. Don't worry about it, your father has his own way." Chen Duanli dealt with pirates in his early years, although he no longer led the sea ships in these years , but his reputation is still there.

"Father, can I go with you to find mother's enemy?"

"What are you going to do?"

"I can predict the wind and rain, and I can also navigate in the fog, can Dad?"

Chen Yu begged, now that he has grown up, he also wants to avenge his mother.It was the enemy named Xiu Man who caused him to lose his mother only a few months after he was born, and he was left overseas for many years, separated from his father.

"When you come to Bagan, you will stay at your Uncle Li and Yanniang's house, and don't care about other things." Chen Duanli still refused, although Chen Yu seldom asked for anything from him.

A half shark that can predict wind and rain is very rare even overseas. Chen Duanli didn't want Chen Yu's ability to be known, and he never thought of using it.

It seems that father agrees to let him accompany him, but he is not allowed to follow Xiuman's traces and seek revenge on Xiuman.Chen Yu had no choice but to agree. He still didn't know how important he could be, so he didn't know what to do. He just wanted not to cause trouble for his father.

Two days later, the Fuli boat returned to Hong Kong, and after a little rectification, it went out again.Chen Duanli and Chen Yu boarded the boat, and Chen Fan came to see him off, along with Zhao Yousheng.

Chen Yu had no reservations about Zhao Yousheng, and told him everything about his mother's murder and the news about his enemies now.Zhao Yousheng didn't stop Chen Yu from accompanying the boat, but he also hoped that he would stay at Li Weiwu's house and not participate in the hunt for Xiuman.

Before boarding the boat, Chen Yu was hugged by Zhao Youcheng, and soon let go. Chen Fan, who was standing aside, kept staring at him, but didn't say anything, so he just pretended he didn't see it.

The sea boat sailed away to Bagan, which was the place Chen Yu had always wanted to go. He wanted to see Yanniang who raised him back then, and thank her for her kindness.About Chen Yu, he would always tell Zhao Yousheng that he had no secrets from him, so Zhao Yousheng understood him very well.

Bagan is very close to China. If the wind is favorable, it will take more than ten days to arrive. The boat is the Chen family's own sea boat. Zhao Yousheng can rest assured that his little Yu will arrive safely.

The sea boat traveled far and finally disappeared between the sea of ​​clouds. Zhao Youcheng turned around and found that Chen Fan was still there. The two looked at each other.Zhao Yousheng didn't intend to stare blindly at him, he took the initiative to say: "Shang Wang's boat will go to sea in five or six days, and if I can go to your Maritime Merchant Guild in Srivijaya in May, my boat can also arrive."

Chen Fan was quite surprised, he said in surprise: "Does Sheren want to go to sea?"

The eldest son is not allowed to go overseas without permission. It is no joke to be accused of collaborating with the enemy.

"Fan Touli will go there for me at that time, and we will help where there is a need. After all, I was also a member of your private construction guild." It was to round up the pirates of the Liu family, and he was willing to help.

The Liu family relied on collusion with pirates to support them, and now they are envoys of the coastal government. His family has gained great profits, but other maritime merchants have been harassed by pirates.In the last life, the Liu family also acted as the comfort envoy of Fujian by virtue of the national crisis, and was the mastermind in the killing of the eldest son.

An ambitious maritime merchant family owns dozens of sea-going ships. It can be said that the wealth is incomparable to the enemy. It must not let its power grow stronger and endanger the survival of everyone.

"Thank you very much." Chen Fan's words were a bit perfunctory, but not just perfunctory.

Chen Fan didn't think that Zhao Yousheng's small sea boat would be useless, more power would be worth it, and besides, Fan Touli from Bintonglong would also be involved, so maybe Bintonglongguo could be counted on to send some sailors.

The two left the harbor together and walked towards the ferry of Hao Canal. They both wanted to go back to the west of the city, so they sat on the same boat.Chen Fan looked at Zhao Yousheng all the way, they rarely get along, Zhao Yousheng calmed down and let him look hard with critical eyes.Chen Fan had to admit that this man surnamed Zhao was really good-looking, how many women loved him, and they came to pester his younger brother.

The boat slowly sailed towards the west of the city, and there was still a traffic jam on the road. Zhao Yousheng thought it would be difficult to leave for a while, so he might as well ask Chen Fan about a puzzling matter, and he said, "I heard that the natives of Visaya used A kind of poison, which is taken from plants and applied on arrows, can poison and kill ferocious beasts. To use poison to kill people, it needs multiple processes to make it colorless and tasteless, and it will die after three or four days when it enters the throat with wine. It is to make the poisoned person not know who was the victim, so that the poisoned person can not be discovered by others."

Chen Fan frowned when he heard that, he really knew that there was such a poison, but where did Zhao Yousheng hear it from? Not to mention that most people have never heard of such a poison, even fewer people know its special toxicity.Chen Fan looked at Zhao Youcheng suspiciously, and asked him: "Sheren is really surprising, where did I hear these weird things?"

Zhao Yousheng asked directly: "Da Fan, is there such a poison?"

"Yes, the Fans call it Badan. People who are poisoned will become limp and bedridden. At first they seem to be sick, until they vomit blood and die three days later." Chen Fan has a wide range of friends, and he knows everything overseas. .

"Is there a prescription for detoxification?" Zhao Yousheng thought it was right. In his last life, Chen Duanli suffered from this kind of poison, and the symptoms were similar.

In the previous life, Liu Enshao and the governor of Quanzhou, who served as appeasement envoys, were determined to surrender to the enemy, but Chen Duanli still wanted to recruit troops to resist and loyal to the imperial court who had gone into exile.Chen Duanli took a boat to Lingnan to gather maritime merchants. On the way, he suddenly fell ill and died of poisoning and vomiting blood. As a result, Lingnan maritime merchants did not wait for Chen Duanli within the agreed time, and the resistance forces in Quanzhou were leaderless.At that time, Qi Shichang accompanied Chen Duanli to the sea. Qi Shichang was bought by the Liu family with a lot of money, and kept concealing the news of Chen Duanli's death. As a result, Chen Fan in Quanzhou was unable to respond in time and could only be controlled by the Liu family.

Chen Fan stood up and walked to the stern of the boat. He found that there was also a long queue behind the boat. He frowned, quite displeased.He turned his head and saw that Zhao Yousheng was still waiting for his answer. He said angrily, "Only the earth king of Vaishaya has the secret recipe of Badan's preparation, as well as the secret recipe of detoxification. The former can be bought with money, and the latter, I'm afraid you have to rescue it before." The King of Earth is so kind that he is willing to reward you with one."

"I said Sheren is fine, don't delve into these things, a man is upright, why use poison if you want to kill someone." Deeply feeling that Zhao Yousheng doesn't seem like a villain who can poison, Chen Fan used this to express his contempt for poison.

"There are upright and upright people in the world, and there are also villainous people, so you must be on guard against others." Zhao Yousheng was trying to remind him that although there was no evidence, Zhao Yousheng had always suspected that it was the Liu family who poisoned Chen Duanli in the previous life .

In the previous life, before Chen Duanli went to Lingnan, he received a farewell party from the Liu family, and it was very likely that he was poisoned at the banquet.

Poison such as Badan is difficult to obtain. The Vaisayas are insidious and cunning, and people rarely deal with them, not to mention obtaining Badan, and few people have heard of it.Other maritime merchants are not easy to obtain, but the Liu family has the ability to obtain it.

Chen Fan looked at Zhao Youcheng with weird eyes. He had an intuition that this guy definitely didn't pick a random topic to talk to him out of boredom, but meant something.Could Zhao Yousheng know something secret by chance?However, what about the seaport that he didn't know but Zhao Yousheng could learn from Fanguan, Chen Fan felt it was impossible.

After the two chatted, the boat in front of them left. It seemed that there was no more traffic jam ahead, so the boatman hurriedly propped up the oars and sent the two distinguished guests to the west of the city.Along the way, the two stopped talking. Chen Fan has no friendship with Zhao Yousheng, and he still doesn't like him so far.

Zhao Youcheng originally thought that Chen Fan would question him about Chen Yu's matter, but he didn't expect that he didn't mention a word, so it should be acquiescence, right?

The two went home separately, and Chen Fan thought that Zhao Yousheng would not hang around his house anymore since his father and younger brother were not there.Sure enough, he didn't come for many days, until one day, Wu Chu sent a letter to Chen Fan, Zhao Yousheng's own letter.Chen Fan didn't know what kind of medicine Zhao Yousheng was selling in the gourd. He opened the letter and read it, only to find out that Zhao Yousheng had actually boarded Shangwang's ship and headed for Sanfoqi.

Undoubtedly, Zhao Yousheng will participate in their maritime guild held in Sanfoqi, and naturally he will not use his real identity, but he is really courageous, or bold.

In Zhao Yousheng's letter, he also made a request to Chen Fan, which is why he wrote to him.Zhao Yousheng asked Chen Fan to get Badan's antidote no matter what, but he didn't explain the specific reason to Chen Fan. He only said that the Liu family had Badan in their hands and might poison him.

The Liu family was able to poison Chen Duanli to kill him when he "caused trouble" for them in the last life, and they can do it in this life.In this life, the Chen family, the Yang family, the Shangwang family, the Zheng family, and other large and small sea merchants gathered in Sanfo Qi to fight against the pirates of the Liu family. survival.

The author has something to say: Chen Fan (squeezing the letter): How dare you trick me, if I didn’t see you for my younger brother’s sake, I would beat you to death every minute.

Zhao Yousheng (smoke): I'm afraid you won't win.

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Qi Shichang: I didn't do anything bad in this life, and I was still being used as a coolie by my father on the Fuxin boat.