Traditional rivers and lakes belt crossing

On the same day, Ming's mission stayed on their own large official ship.At night, Qian Xiaocheng was lying on the bed in his cabin, bored, and his wife was not around, so he felt a little lonely.At this time, a night watch guard called softly outside the door: "My lord, are you asleep?"

Qian Xiaocheng replied casually: "Not yet, what's the matter?"

The guard said, "There is a letter that I need you to read."

Qian Xiaocheng felt strange: "What letter?" Could it be a letter from my wife who missed me.But the guard's answer immediately shattered Qian Xiaocheng's dream: "Just now someone left a letter outside the boat and ran away. We were afraid of being fooled, so we didn't chase it."

Qian Xiaocheng became interested after hearing this: "Really, take it in and have a look. Later, go and call Mr. Zhao, and let's go to the boat hall to have a look together."

After Zhao Shunming, Li Tianque and other guards arrived, the guard took out the letter. Zhao Shunming opened it and saw that there were only two lines in the letter: "Predict the whereabouts of the captives. I would like to ask Master Li Qi to meet you in person at the fishing village outside the city."

After watching it, Qian Xiaocheng couldn't help complaining: "Why is it always this routine."

Zhao Shunming didn't hear clearly for a moment and asked, "What?"

Qian Xiaocheng quickly came to his senses: "It's nothing, what do you mean by this letter? Who sent it? What should we do?" He asked three times in a row, and Zhao Shunming and others didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Shunming straightened his mind and said, "My lord, although this letter has no name and no surname, it is indeed a bit abrupt to appear like this, but our current situation is not good. It is really not easy to act when we come here without knowing anything."

"Then what do you think should be done?" Qian Xiaocheng asked.

Zhao Shunming replied truthfully: "Although we don't know whether the person who sent this letter is an enemy or a friend, since we are invited, we can always find some clues."

Qian Xiaocheng didn't wait for him to finish, and said first: "I'm going to go with you, I have to sleep so late, otherwise I may not have the energy to negotiate tomorrow." What should I do if there are traps and ambushes? Although I am not afraid of death, I don't want to lose such a noble status and such a comfortable life.

After hearing this, Zhao Shunming secretly despised Qian Xiaocheng, thinking that you don't need to talk about tomorrow's negotiation, he obviously didn't dare to go, but he said so grandly, but he couldn't say that, he could only promise: "My lord, the other party pointed out If I want you to go, I’m afraid I won’t say anything until I see you, but we can accompany you, and the letter didn’t say that no one can accompany you.”

Qian Xiaocheng felt relieved after hearing this, and said, "That's fine, let's send more people to go with us."

"Yes." All the royal guards answered in unison.

Goryeo is surrounded by the sea on three sides. At night, the temperature is low and the cold wind blows. Qian Xiaocheng brought Jin Yiwei and his party to the fishing village. When the time passed, most of the residents had already slept peacefully. It was pitch black, and Qian Xiaocheng and the others had been waiting for a while, but they didn't dare to light the torches, for fear of being discovered by the secret whistle of Korea. Qian Xiaocheng didn't expect it to be so cold, and didn't wear much. There was nothing left to wait for, and he said tremblingly, "What the hell, we'll go back if we don't show up again."

At this time, the door of a room next to them finally creaked open, and a middle-aged man walked out from inside, and said to Qian Xiaocheng and the others, "Everyone, please discuss inside." He appeared suddenly, but Jin Yiwei and the others reacted faster, surrounded Qian Xiaocheng in a well-trained manner, and a few quickly jumped to the roof or the back of the house to check, and let Qian Xiaocheng enter the house after everything was OK.

The house is not big, and there is no furniture, and even a few scattered stools can't fit the Jinyiwei people. The middle-aged man took out the candlestick and lit the candles. With the faint candlelight lit up, he said: "My lord, please sit down, don't be nervous, actually I am also Han Chinese."

After he finished speaking, two exclamations suddenly came out at the same time: "It's you! Master Xu Ben." It turned out that this person was Xu Ben who was ranked fourth among the four heroes of Wuzhong. They abandoned Shan Sinan in Haizhou After fleeing alone, they went out to sea by boat all the way, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would not be able to return for a while, and finally decided to come to Korea. With their knowledge and skills, the last three of them became officials in Korea one after another.

Qian Xiaocheng was very excited when he saw Xu Ben. He didn't expect to see another acquaintance, and he still saw him with a different identity, but he still couldn't help thinking about it. Among the people he knew, he saw two people. Now that they have come to Korea, should they be in Korea according to the original history? Maybe they changed the history by themselves? Qian Xiaocheng is a little confused.

Of course Li Tianque also knew Xu Ben. He was responsible for arresting the Four Heroes of Wuzhong before, and he also killed their boss Yang Ji at that time. After thinking about it, it shouldn't be surprising that they knew each other as officials in the same dynasty. What he has to worry about now is whether Xu Ben has hatred for himself and the court, and whether this is a trap, so he asked: "Master Xu, long time no see. Is there an ambush to lure us here, show it."

Of course Xu Ben also recognized Li Tianque, but his expression didn't fluctuate at all, and he replied flatly: "Don't be nervous, I don't hate you, in fact, I am the emperor's man."

After hearing this, Qian Xiaocheng questioned: "Oh, you are from the emperor of Gaoli. Did you get promoted very quickly? It's not easy."

However, Li Tianque didn't think so when he heard it. He suddenly thought of someone who had been secretly helping him when he was arresting the Four Heroes of Wuzhong, so he asked, "Are you my emperor's secret son? When you were arrested before It was the whereabouts you revealed."

"That's right." Xu Ben replied, "I am the An Zi personally appointed by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to lurk beside the Four Heroes of Wuzhong."

After hearing this, Li Tianque and Qian Xiaocheng finally sorted out everything, and said in unison: "So that's how it is."

After hearing this, Zhao Shunming said, "Then the reason why you came to help us today is because you want to return to my dynasty?"

"Not bad." Xu Ben replied.

"Then tell us where the captives are." Zhao Shunming said.

Xu Ben hesitated for a while, seeing Zhao Shunming's face changed slightly, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, he said firmly: "It is fine to tell you where the captives are, but please help me kill Gao Qi and Zhang Yu first." .”

After hearing this, Qian Xiaocheng said in surprise: "Why kill them, aren't you brothers?"

Zhao Shunming thought for a while and said: "Is this a task that the emperor needs you to complete, but do you think you are qualified to negotiate terms with us?"

After Xu Ben heard this, his emotions gradually collapsed, with tears in his eyes, and he said pitifully, "My lord, please, help me kill Gao Qi and the others. I dare not. Only this mission still has a chance." Complete, there is no clue for the other mission, as long as I can complete one, I can go back, otherwise I can't go back, please, my lord."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't bear it. They didn't expect him to cry. A traitor in Tangtang could be like this. He didn't even dare to kill himself. It can be seen that this person is cowardly. Zhao Shunming and the others didn't know how to reply, so they all looked at Qian Xiaocheng.

Qian Xiaocheng didn't know what to do after hearing this, so he could only change the subject and ask, "What's the other task, can't it be done at all?"

Xu Ben cried and said: "Another task is to find a copy of "Shu Mountain Picture". I haven't got any clues so far."

After hearing his answer, it was Zhao Shunming and Qian Xiaocheng's turn to exclaim at the same time: "What!"