Ningbo more than 100 miles overseas Zhoushan Islands, in the Ming Dynasty Jiajing period has become a paradise for pirates and pirates, since the collapse of the imperial court's coastal defense decades ago, there is no such sailor patrol here, the defeated Oriental samurai, the cunning Chinese maritime merchants, the Francophile people from afar, and countless coastal fishermen with the dream of making a fortune, have come to this paradise, hoping to find the joy of life.

The sea breeze rolled up bursts of angry waves, with a howling wind, lapping the reef of Shuangyu Island, these waves smashed on the reef, turned into pieces of white foam, slowly retreated, and then a new wave of big waves will come again, occasionally in the interval of the big waves, a few seagulls landed on these reefs that were washed by thousands of times, leisurely geographing their feathers, patrolling this color of the sea and sky.

Shuangyu Island is a large island with a radius of more than 300 miles, it is also the first avenue located in the south of the Zhoushan Islands, there are human activities here in the spring and autumn, it belongs to the territory of the Yue Kingdom, during the Qin Dynasty, there was a Taoist priest called Huang Gong, who went to sea for the Qin Emperor to seek the elixir, passed by this island, wanted to subdue the white tiger of the island for the disaster of the islanders with a spell, but the spell failed, but was killed by the white tiger, so this island has been called Huanggong Island.

Shuangyu Island has six small peaks of two or three hundred meters high, looking from the sea from afar, just like six mountains across the island, so this Shuangyu Island is also known as Liuheng Island, there are many harbors here, the north of the island is a half-moon-shaped natural harbor, after decades of operation of the island's Japanese invaders, it has become a wharf that can dock two or three hundred large merchant ships, and the corresponding island buildings. It also came into being, and the steeple-roofed wooden church built by the Francophile lived in the low-slung wooden house area of the Oriental people. and the brothel of the Qinglou called Tianfei Palace, which is intertwined, mixed with the loud shouting and selling of merchants from all over the world in the dock market, but it has a unique style.

On the highest hill on Shuangyu Island, there is a stone fortress, completely in the style of a Japanese castle, with three walls distributed from the outside to the inside. At intervals of about 100 meters, there are three outer lines of defense for the Japanese-style fortress, and there are many arrow towers and iron turrets. In the direction of the sea on the inner ring, there are more than ten red-clothed cannons weighing thousands of pounds, and in the inner ring, a magnificent castle tower is erected high. It is the owner of this Shuangyu Island. The place where the maritime giant Wang Zhi lived.

The sea breeze blows Wang Zhi's long white beard, a pair of triangular eyes squint slightly, staring at a sea ship on the sea in the distance from the north to the port, his clothes are extremely gorgeous, the top silk clothes are not only carved with dragons and phoenixes, but also decorated with pearl agate the size of pigeon eggs, the jade axe on the head is a piece of the top blood jade jade, and the two deep nasolabial folds between the nose wings not only reveal the wind and frost of the years. It can show the old man's ruthless and resolute personality.

Yan Shifan also changed into a purple silk dress today, wearing a jeweled body. On the face wearing the agate shell blindfold, there was a faint hint of murderous aura, standing side by side with Wang Zhi, and the two of them looked at the big sea ship in the distance, each with their own thoughts, silent.

It was Wang Zhi who opened his mouth first, and said with a slight smile: "Little Pavilion Elder, the Heavenly Wolf and Feng Wu are here, this time it can be as you wish." ”

Yan Shifan looked at the platform of the big sea ship in the distance, and a messenger was waving the flag vigorously, and let out a long breath: "Both of them are here? ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "Well, Xu Hai signaled, and they were all on the boat." Xiao Ge Lao, I have something to say first, you and the wolf of the day's personal grievances, you settle it yourself, and you have to wait until I finish talking with the wolf before you do it, if you insist on ruining my peace talks for personal grievances, don't blame me for not giving Xiao Ge Lao face. ”

A cold chill flashed in Yan Shifan's single eye, and he didn't flicker it, he turned to laugh: "Ship Master Wang, since Yan has an appointment with you first, he will naturally not break the contract and abandon the promise, but I also hope that you can keep your promise to me, after the two of you go to the island, help me take down Feng Wu first, as for the heavenly wolf, I won't bother you." ”

Wang Zhi sighed: "Xiao Ge Lao, I am willing to agree to you this time, completely out of the consideration of wanting to cooperate with you in depth in the future, since you condescend to my small island with the respect of Xiao Ge Lao, I naturally can't help but give you this face, but this Feng Wu really has nothing to do with Jinyi Wei and Hu Zongxian?" ”

Yan Shifan smiled "hehe": "What's the matter, Ship Master Wang can't trust me?" ”

Wang Zhi's brows furrowed: "How dare you, but if this Feng Wu has nothing to do with Jinyiwei and is not from the government, how can he follow the Heavenly Wolf to participate in this negotiation this time?" ”

Yan Shifan's expression became cold and terrifying: "Ship Master Wang doesn't know, this Feng Wu is a top killer and spy who has been trained for many years, and is very good at spying on intelligence, when Lu Bing cooperated with us, he sent this woman to my house, I was fascinated by her beauty for a while, and accidentally revealed some key information, and after this woman got these handles, she turned her face and left my Yan family, so in order to protect the lives of my father and son, I have to get this girl." ”

Wang Zhi said "oh": "So this woman is really a person from Jinyiwei?" ”

Yan Shifan hurriedly shook his head: "No, Ship Master Wang misunderstood, when Lu Bing sent Feng Wu to me, he didn't give her the task of spying on my Yan family's intelligence, but this heavenly wolf was originally born in the rivers and lakes, and he has always been unable to get along with the Sun Moon Divine Sect and the Wushan Sect, the forces of the rivers and lakes supported by our Yan family, and later he learned that the Sun Moon Sect and the Wushan Sect were secretly funded by me, so he did everything possible to trouble me, and I don't know what method he used to make this slut die for him and be willing to use it for him." ”

"If Lu Bing gets that information, it's okay to say, after all, this person is obsessed, as long as our father and son are not enemies of him, he will not turn his face against us, and this wolf is determined to put my Yan family's father and son to death, he found that information, just to report it with the matter of my cooperation with the owner of the Wang ship this time, and want to rely on me for the crime of conspiracy."

Wang Zhi smiled slightly: "Little Pavilion Elder, since the Heavenly Wolf has already had some unfavorable evidence from you, and he is the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, why didn't he report it to the Lord as soon as possible?" ”

Yan Shifan laughed: "This is the ability of my father and son, the emperor asked if he cultivated immortals all day." Regardless of the government, all the performances need to go through the cabinet, that is, through the hands of my Yan Shifan. Whoever wants to impeach my father and son, I will do him first, the wolf knows this, so he has been holding back, a while ago he wanted to take advantage of the time when Qiu Luan was favored, instigated Qiu Luan to fight us, what was the result? All I need to do is move a little finger. Qiu Luan's family was ruined, so the wolf didn't dare to make a mistake this time, and wanted to get ironclad evidence of my cooperation with the owner of the Wang. Let that Hu Zongxian make a great contribution again, and take the opportunity to sue my father and son again. ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "I see, so to speak, this time the wolf brought this phoenix dance with him." It's also a bad comer. Want her to search for evidence? ”

Yan Shifan said: "Yes, if you want to negotiate, Tianluo can do it alone, and what do you want to do with a woman, this is not a tour of the mountains and rivers." This phoenix dance is proficient in spying and the art of disguise, and after mixing on the island, he will be disguised to investigate the various garrisons on the island. That Hu Zongxian has been reorganizing his armaments for war, and for so many years, he has constantly tried to send people to infiltrate the island to investigate the truth. If they take the opportunity to find out the precautionary situation on the island this time, then they will not help Captain Wang eliminate Chen Sipan next time they send troops, but will go directly to Shuangyu Island!"

Wang Zhi's pupils contracted suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "My Shuangyu Island has also been attacked by officers and soldiers and pirates more than 20 times, and it is impregnable, no foreign enemy can go to the island half a step, not to mention that my island is also full of masters and ninjas, and no one can detect the reality of the island, even if he really knows the defense situation on my island, he will fight it, and the old man is not afraid of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers." ”

Yan Shifan laughed: "The tiger power of the Wang shipowner, Yan is naturally admired, but he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case, now Hu Zongxian's subordinates are training new soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to the avant-garde soldiers, if someone secretly destroys the forts and organs on the island, and then raids with strong troops from the outside, this Shuangyu Island is the hard work of the Wang ship owner for many years, in case of a mistake, your savings for many years can be ruined, you must not check." ”

The corners of Wang Zhi's mouth twitched: "Xiao Ge Lao, this Feng Wu has not engaged in espionage activities with me now, it seems inappropriate for me to take her down just by your words, and just now you also said that she used to be a Jinyi guard, if she is still Lu Bing's subordinate, I will offend Lu Bing for your five million taels of silver and affect the peace talks, it seems that it is a little too much." ”

Yan Shifan's face changed slightly, and his one-eyed eyelids also jumped: "Ship Master Wang, we have a word first, you have to help me win Feng Wu, this is what you nodded in front of all the leaders, if you regret it now, I am afraid that the reputation of Ship Master Wang is not good." ”

Wang Zhi sneered: "But at that time, Xiao Ge Lao only said that this Feng Wu was a spy who defected from your mansion, and did not say that she was a member of the Jinyi Guard, let alone that she would come together as the deputy envoy of the Heavenly Wolf this time." Xiao Ge Lao, I like your five million taels of silver very much, and I hope to cooperate with you for a long time, but these can only take a back seat compared to the peace agreement that Hu Zongxian is about to reach, please take back your silver, this business can't be done. ”

Yan Shifan suddenly laughed: "Ship Master Wang, you have already made up your mind not to catch Feng Wu, but now you have only told me about it, can you tell me the reason?" ”

Wang Zhi smiled and stroked his long beard: "The old man of Xiaoge is peerless, he must have guessed it, you might as well say it bluntly, maybe you can change the old man's mind." ”

Yan Shifan put away his smile and said with a straight face: "What Ship Master Wang is thinking about now is to reach a peace agreement with Hu Zongxian, be able to accept Zhao'an, and return to his hometown with honor in this life, instead of being a lonely ghost who embraces Jinshan in vain, but can't return to his hometown in fine clothes, isn't it?" ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "I don't lack anything in my life, I just don't want to be able to even enter the ancestral grave after death, and I can't even see the last sight of my hometown. Xiao Ge always said that I was on my mind. ”

Yan Shifan continued: "But it is impossible for the owner of the Wang ship to fully believe in that Hu Zongxian, let alone gamble with the lives of the tens of thousands of brothers under him. ”

Wang Zhi didn't speak, looked at the sea in the distance, and sighed, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Yan Shifan smiled slightly: "And I have been going against Hu Zongxian this time, and I have analyzed all kinds of possibilities for you to be deceived and framed by Hu Zongxian." Therefore, although you hope in your heart that the peace talks will be successful and accept Zhao'an, intellectually you need to have someone like me to analyze you from the opposite side. Because after all, you, the owner of the ship, don't know the general trend of the DPRK and China, and don't know the entanglement of interests in the middle, if I don't have Yan Shifan here to pour cold water on you and ring the alarm bell on the other hand, even with your wisdom, you will unconsciously fall into a trap. ”

Wang Zhi's eyes flashed, and a pair of squinted triangular eyes opened suddenly: "Since Xiao Ge Lao knows the old man's thoughts. But why did they stay? ”

Yan Shifan nodded: "You and I have the same purpose, Hu Zongxian is now out of my control." No longer listen to my orders, whether he is sincere in recruiting peace or delaying the army, to be honest, I can't tell now. But my purpose is very clear to you. I hope to make money in partnership with you Wang Shipowner, and by the way, I also know some Francophone and Japanese friends, if something really happens here, I break off this relationship, then I will get nothing, so in order to ensure that you Wang Shipowner does not have an accident, you and I have the same purpose. ”

Wang Zhi sighed: "Little Pavilion Elder, I really don't know what you and Ling Zun think. You have already conquered the world, but you still have to find a way out overseas. Even if you escape overseas and become a rich man, how can you be willing? ”

Yan Shifan said coldly: "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, the emperor is moody, and if he wants to kill the prime minister, it is directly a matter of one sentence, thinking about Xia Yan, the first assistant of twenty years, it is not that he lost his head in a word, the more my father and son deal with him, the more fearful they are." I had to find a way out for myself. Besides, once the son of heaven and a courtier, even if he can not trouble my father and son today, King Yu is fighting with Xu Jie, Gao Gong Zhang Juzheng, these Qing school ministers, the emperor takes pills all the year round, maybe one day he will say that he will go, when King Yu ascends the throne as the emperor, my father and son will die and have no place to be buried, so I have to make some arrangements in advance now. ”

Wang Zhi smiled and said: "I, a person who is overseas, dreamed of using money to buy a hometown to die old, Xiaoge Lao has the power of the world, but he still wants to escape overseas, it is really interesting." ”

The corners of Yan Shifan's mouth hooked: "Yan doesn't think this is meaningful, just dancing on the tip of the knife wearing a mask, but there is one point that is the basis of your and my cooperation, that is, none of us want you to give Hu Zongxian black, so my retreat is broken, and your Wang shipowner is even more life-threatening, no one will seek benefits for others in vain, to put it bluntly, it is still yourself, but if you can help others bring benefits to yourself, then why not?" Ship Master, that's why I'm staying, you see. ”

Wang Zhi's face showed a satisfied smile: "Xiao Ge Lao, you have been coming to my Shuangyu Island for more than a month, and today I finally confided my heart with the old man, very good, for our sincere cooperation, you and I swear a blood oath." ”

A smile appeared in Yan Shifan's single eye: "Listen to it." ”

Wang Zhi turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Come on, serve the wine, I want to swear an oath with the elder of Xiaoge." ”

The two muscular, like Roshan-like sumo wrestlers behind him, turned around and picked up a large wine jar that had been prepared, and two stunning maids knelt to offer two golden bowls, sumo wrestlers held the wine jar and filled the two golden bowls, Wang Zhi and Yan Shifan took out their pocket knives one after another, pierced their middle fingers, and dripped them in the two bowls of wine, and then drank them with their necks up, the two empty bowls were opposite each other, and the two laughed loudly, shaking several seabirds on the attic railing to spread their wings and fly away.

Yan Shifan wiped his mouth: "Okay, Ship Master Wang, the ship is about to dock, I also have to go to see my old friend and lover, so I won't delay your time." ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "Then there is Lao Xiaoge Lao, the old man has already set up a field in the Sea God Temple, and he will invite Xiaoge Lao and Tianluo to come together in a while." ”

Yan Shifan smiled slightly, his feet moved, his body soared into the sky like a big bird, and jumped straight from the top of the castle tower more than ten zhang high, in the exclamation of the two maidservants underground, his feet stepped on each other's insteps in the air to borrow force, fluttering like a floating cloud, slowly descending, only one rose and fell, and actually floated outside the second wall, which shocked many guards on the wall dumbfounded, but Yan Shifan shook the folding fan in his hand in a chic manner, and strode out by himself.

Wang Zhi looked at Yan Shifan's expression calmly, and shook his head: "I didn't expect Yan Shifan's martial arts to be so high, I'm afraid that no one on my island is his opponent." ”

Mao Haifeng, who was standing behind Wang Zhi, like a muscular mountain, said unconvinced: "Look at his appearance as a tuberculosis ghost, his light skills and internal skills are better, and it is difficult to say whether he can really fight or not." I'll punch it down and see how he can defend it. ”

Wang Zhi sighed helplessly: "Haifeng, when can you use some brains, the surname Yan is clearly at the top of the light and internal skills, this martial arts is vicious and evil, and there is a chill when you talk to him, don't say it's you, even if Ah Hai joins forces with you, he may not be able to beat others." If you can't even do this, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive a day at sea. ”

Mao Haifeng crooked his mouth and looked at the sea, and suddenly, he said excitedly: "Father-in-law, look, Brother Hai sent a signal to come over, saying that the surname Yan has bad intentions, and asks us not to listen to his deduction of Feng Wu." ”

Wang Zhi slammed his fist on the stone guardrail of the castle tower, and the marble surface suddenly fell into a big fist mark: "Stinky boy, if you don't say it sooner, you will waste a drop of blood in vain!" (To be continued......)