In the courtyard, a round of solitary light shines high, the moonlight is like water, and the water is like the sky. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the pines and cypresses, the two cups of weak tea are opposite, sparse and sloping, and the night is sparse.

Xia Hongsheng sat across the case with the old ghost, looking at each other.

"You can get the people around you to get out of the way." The old ghost smiled and said, "Since I saved you, will I kill you here again?" ”

"I'm an official, you're a thief, if no one else is watching, what if someone says I'm a thief?" Xia Hongsheng took a sip of tea and said, "People are terrible! When the officials of the imperial court heard about the incident, they went to tell the emperor that I was eating tea and chatting with the thief leader of the pirates, and my life was in danger - by the way, you are really an old ghost? ”

"If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname!" The old ghost leaned back, crossed Erlang's legs, and smiled while gently shaking the chair back and forth.

"Then you're a lot younger than I expected." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said.

The old ghost smiled: "You are also much younger than I expected." ”

Xia Hongsheng happily raised his glass: "That's for these two young people, how can I touch a cup." ”

"It's not wine, what kind of glass do you touch?" As he spoke, the old ghost took the tea and drank it down, then poured the cup on the desk, leaned back again, and continued to shake Erlang's legs.

Xia Hongsheng shrugged his shoulders and put down the teacup: "Tell me your story." ”

"The ghost king of Zhenhai who shocked the sea outside the entire Quanzhou is me, and the old ghost who will tremble three times when they mention it is also me." The old ghost found a piece of grass out of nowhere, put it in his mouth, still dangling Erlang's legs, and said as if it had nothing to do with him, and said: "But it is not Lao Tzu who kills people and seizes ships and collects money from robbery." ”

"That's a joke. Quanzhou large and small maritime merchants, but whenever they go to sea, they must sacrifice ghosts. This anti-robbery money is given to the old ghost, is it possible that there are two old ghosts? Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said.

"That's a long story." The old ghost held the grass in his mouth and said, "I think back then, Lao Tzu was also a famous queen. The ancestor of the founding family, the ghost area, is the minister of the Yellow Emperor, once the Yellow Emperor set the five elements, on the meridians, in the difficult to study its righteousness, thought to be the scriptures. Lao Tzu's lineage, the ancestor is the nephew of Guiguzi, who has not learned the art of vertical and horizontal, and specializes in the art of war. Sun Pang's disaster was alerted to the ancestors, so he did not enter the court. To avoid the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, it is to live in the night. Han Fa Yelang, and migrated to Xiang County, passed down to the present. ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, staring at this old ghost, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that he is also like the heir of the ink man, a hidden clan, inherited to this day?

But why are you a pirate again?

But I heard him continue: "Back then, I didn't want to be confined to just Xiangjun forever, how could I live and die on that small island? I left the island many times without permission, and was eventually abandoned by my family. In a fit of rage, I went to Guangzhou. Lao Tzu is at ease, unwilling to stay in one place for a long time, first travel the world, all over the landscape. Later, he simply became a maritime merchant to see what it was like overseas. The first few times went well, and I saw a lot of places. Later, when he went to sea, he encountered a storm and wandered for several days, but was rescued by pirates when he was dying. ”

"Then you also became a pirate, relying on your handsomeness, literacy, and knowledge of the art of war, so you fell in love with the daughter of the pirate leader, and since then you have been promoted and raised, and you will become the general manager of the pirate group, serve as a small leader, kill the old thief head, and reach the peak of life?" Xia Hongsheng took a sip of tea: "It's a bit of dog blood!" ”

"Strange to hear, but it's not far off." The old ghost said: "The old man has the grace to save my life, and he promised my daughter to me, so I naturally can't live up to it." Fortunately, what the family has learned has come in handy, and I have led this group of brothers to break through the sea, and there were twenty large and small pirates in this water, all of which were swept away by me one by one, and laid the name of the sea ghost king of this town, and my foundation on the water. But I'm a pirate, and it's not about money. But this sea is boundless, I can go wherever I want, at ease! ”

"Yes, yes, the sea is wide and you can jump, and the sky is high for you to fly!" Xia Hongsheng said: "I know, the world is so big, you want to go and see it." And then? ”

"And—" Under the moonlight, the old ghost's face darkened for a moment, and a coldness flashed in his eyes.

Xia Hongsheng saw his expression like this, his heart moved, and said, "I guess, it has something to do with the Japanese people?" ”

"Not bad! You're really smart! After I became powerful, some Japanese people came to me and wanted to cooperate. He provided me with ships of the sea, and I gave him some of his goods. The old ghost said, "I was gullible enough to let the Japanese people in, and some of my subordinates could not withstand the bribes of the Japanese people, so they brought my wife and children to the Japanese country and threatened me." Now I have no original name, but I can only let those Japanese people drive my brothers to do some hurtful things! ”

"The Yiren firm opened, you found out my identity, and you want me to use the Tang Dynasty sailor to help you seize power." Xia Hongsheng looked at the old ghost, leaned back, and said.

"Seize power?" The old ghost shook his head and said, "In just a few years, I have brought the pirates who originally only had three or five boats into a team of more than a thousand people and one hundred and ten boats, which is already worthy of the old man." The ghost king of Zhenhai is just a name, how can I be tired of a false name? All I need to do is save my wife and children and kill those widows. ”

"So when you learn that the Japanese are going to kill me, bring someone to save me, so that I owe you a favor and help you achieve your goal." Xia Hongsheng said.

The old ghost laughed, shook his head, and said, "The person I saved was not you, and it was not you who fell into favors. ”

Hearing the old ghost say this, Xia Hongsheng's face suddenly changed.

He even knew Li Chengqian's identity!

This person is not simple.

"I understand everything." Xia Hongsheng said: "You actually came to me to help you, it seems that you are at the end of the road, and there is no other way." However, I am afraid that I will not be able to help you - no matter what, you have saved us tonight, and you should be repaid for saving your life. However, it's just me. Datang Sailor will never be dispatched because of your business. Don't forget, you are a water thief, and the sailor is an officer and soldier. It's you who is arrested, will you still work for you? So even if it's me, I can't order the Tang Navy Master to help a pirate. ”

After that, Xia Hongsheng stared at the old ghost, and the old ghost raised his face and stared at Xia Hongsheng as well.

After a while, the old ghost suddenly smiled and said, "Do you know how I recognized you Xia Hongsheng?" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head.

"I've read the Three Kingdoms you wrote, and there is no match in it, and you can do it easily. I'm ashamed of myself. There are not many people who can convince me, I have been to Chang'an in person, and I have seen you in the bookstore in Dongshi. The old ghost smiled and said, "Okay, borrow what you just said, and the Ming people don't say dark words." You prescribe the conditions. ”

Xia Hongsheng also laughed: "Okay, happy!" (To be continued.) )