Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 667
Fang Jianming couldn't help thinking of the "Holy Mother" who was rescued by Duan Chunfeng, glanced at him, and said, "Where are your subordinates?"

Duan Yanzong said: "Early this morning, I let them go back."

The two were talking in the carriage, the carriage started, and after a while, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the driver asked coldly: "What are you two doing?"

Fang Jianming was about to lean out to look, when he heard a man's voice: "Excuse me, is Fang Jianming Fang Shaoxia sitting in the car?" Hearing this voice, Fang Jianming was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Is it Brother Chen?"

Following the words, the person had already got off the carriage, and there were two people standing two feet away, one with a judge's pen on his back, and the other with a sword hanging from his waist. They were Huang Sheng and Chen Jinlan.

The two looked at Fang Jianming, and vaguely saw a little of his childhood appearance from his face. The two couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion, and bowed forward. Fang Jianming stretched his body, divided his hands left and right, pulled the two of them together, and said: " Brother Chen, Brother Huang, what are you doing?"

Huang Sheng looked ashamed, and said, "Fang Shaoxia, you treat us both..."

Fang Jianming straightened his face, and said: "People are not sages, and there is nothing wrong with them. Besides, this is not your fault. Don't call me young hero. In my heart, I have always regarded you as my elder brother."

Chen Jinlan said: "The two of us heard that you are going to fight Japanese pirates, and we also want to participate. I don't know if you want us."

Fang Jianming said: "Brother Chen, what are you talking about, please speak in the car."

After the three got into the car, Fang Jianming introduced Duan Yanzong to the two, and then introduced the two to Duan Yanzong. The three of them said a few words of courtesy, and Fang Jianming asked, "Brother Chen, Brother Huang, how are you two sister-in-laws?"

The two were startled, and Chen Jinlan asked in surprise, "How do you know that the two of us are married?"

Fang Jianming said: "Don't ask about this, I know anyway."

Huang Sheng said: "They are okay, and they have already given birth to two children for you and me, Brother Chen."

Fang Jianming said happily: "Little brother, congratulations to the two big brothers."

The two smiled, but their faces looked very ugly. Chen Jinlan sighed and said, "Fang... Brother Fang, you didn't ask us what we did these years, which made us feel even more ashamed. It's all my fault that I was too close to you, Big Brother Huang." Arrogant, if we don’t show our strength, we won’t have this result.”

Huang Sheng took over the conversation and said: "That year, after we said goodbye to you and Senior Dao, we went to Hainan hand in hand. Wherever we arrived, we found that the people from the Demon Sect had also arrived in Hainan. We decided that they had some kind of conspiracy and followed them all the way. Who would have known that when they came to Hainan, they wanted to form an alliance with a sect in Hainan known as the "Sea Dragon Gang". Big disciple, the martial arts are extremely high. Not only did Demon Sect fail to succeed, but they were kicked out of the territory of the 'Sea Dragon Gang'. You and I, brother Chen, were afraid of offending the 'Sea Dragon Gang', so we quickly withdrew from their sphere of influence. , I don’t want to, I met people from the Demon Sect on the way, and we were outnumbered and arrested by them.

These years, I don't know what is right and what is wrong, and I live a muddle-headed life.The helplessness of the Momen was originally a master of the evil sect in Hainan. One year, he went to Persia. Lord, these four people and the wicked Holy Mother control the entire Demon Gate. Whenever they need us to take action, they will give us a drug to lose our minds. During this period, we can only obey the orders of the helpless, It is not at all clear what was done.What's even more despicable is that when we were confused, the Holy Mother forced the two female disciples of the Demon Sect to be with us...

Alas, in this way, you, Brother Chen, and I feel that our sins have deepened. We wanted to die when we were awake, but we were unwilling to die here. We always tried to escape, but every time we failed. Last year, When we heard that our wife was pregnant, we..." At this point, his face was full of remorse, and he said in a trembling voice: "I am ashamed of my adoptive father, I am ashamed of my guild leader, and I will go to my master after defeating the pirates this time." Plead guilty in front of the gang leader. "

Chen Jinlan's face was also sad, Fang Jianming said comfortingly: "You two brothers, don't blame yourself too much. Brother Huang, I don't think Ling Shi and Brother Hua will blame you."

Huang Sheng said: "Although they won't blame them, what I did really insulted the reputation of my beggar gang."

Chen Jinlan sighed: "No matter what, both of our hands are covered with blood, and I don't know how many innocent people have been killed."

Duan Yanzong suddenly interjected: "Throughout the ages, once people stepped into the rivers and lakes, how many people have never killed someone? You two, you have to think about everything."

After driving the four people in the carriage for a long time, they heard the sound of the river. It turned out that they were going to take a boat from the Qiantang River into the sea.The coachman was a general of Lei's mansion, he was very familiar with Hangzhou, when they arrived at the field, the four of them got out of the carriage, and the coachman drove the carriage.

Qiantang River, known as Zhejiang, Zhijiang, etc. in ancient times, is the largest river in Zhejiang Province. It rushes from west to east, pours into Hangzhou Bay, and finally mixes into the East China Sea.Every year in the middle of August in the lunar calendar, the Qiantang River will form a very spectacular Qiantang tide, even in normal times, the river tide is not small.Therefore, the tourists traveling from south to north all want to witness this magnificence, and tide watching has gradually become a custom, and there are even bold tide-riders who dare to fight against the river tide regardless of their own lives.Every year, things that were swept away by the river tide and took their lives happened from time to time.However, the more this is the case, the more people want to watch the tide, because people's temperament is always full of adventurous and exciting spirits.

As soon as the four got out of the carriage, they saw a huge monster parked on the river, with a towering mast and neat equipment.It was the first time Fang Jianming had seen such a huge ship.

Long Biyun and the others were waiting by the river. They were a little surprised to see Chen Jinlan and Huang Sheng among the visitors. Apart from Long Biyun and the others, there were also a group of officers and soldiers lined up by the river. The naval battalion was sent by the prefect of Zhejiang, and the leading general was Lei Jing from the Lei family.

This Lei Jing is the third son of Lei Meng's fourth son, Lei Tianbei. Last year, when Fang Jianming first arrived in Hangzhou, he was attacked by people from Flying Eagle Castle, which alarmed the officers and soldiers in the city. The leader was Lei Jing.In terms of relationship, Lei Jing is still Fang Jianming's cousin, but this cousin is already the father of three children, and the oldest child is 13 years old this year.

"Brother Jing, why are you here?" Since Lei's family has a large business and a large population, there are no fewer than a dozen people who want Fang Jianming to call him cousin. For convenience, he simply called Lei Jing "Jing" cousin".

Lei Jing laughed and said, "I'm here to see you off, and I also want to introduce someone to you by the way."

Fang Jianming turned his head to look, and saw three strangers standing with Long Biyun and the others.Among the three strangers, one was an officer, and the other two, judging from their appearance and clothes, seemed to be the officer's personal soldiers.

The officer was about forty years old, not tall, but dark-skinned and rather muscular. Before Lei Jing could speak, he smiled "haha" and walked up and said, "Little cousin, I am Lei Jing's second brother. My name is Lei Jing. Lei Hai, now I am on duty in the naval battalion, and I know a little about your affairs, so I can feel more at ease with so many experts accompanying you."

Fang Jianming hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and called the other party "Cousin Hai".

The reason why the Lei family has a deep relationship with the imperial court is not only in firearms, but more importantly, many disciples of the Lei family are working for the imperial court.

Although Lei Hai is already in his early forties, but he has not married a wife and had children, so he seems a bit carefree in dealing with others. He has worked in the naval battalion for more than ten years and is now an officer. Although it is a deputy, it is also very dignified.

Logically speaking, based on the relationship between the Lei Mansion and the imperial court, there is absolutely no problem for him to work casually for three to five years to get a full-time job. However, firstly, he does not want to rely on his relationship to get promoted, and secondly, he likes to mingle with sailors. Therefore, he rejected the arrangement of his family, especially his father Lei Tianbei. In addition, he was used to being a loafer, and he would be scolded by his father when he returned home, so it was rare for him to return home once a year.Of course, Fang Jianming will not see him these days in Lei Mansion.

Everyone boarded the warship, and the warship began to raise anchor and sail. This is a type of warship called Fuchuan. From a distance, it looks like a building.

Fuchuan is the collective name for sharp-bottomed ships along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang.Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, once said that "the lucky boat is as tall as a city, it cannot be driven by manpower, and it is full of wind." It is obvious that this kind of boat is huge.

Although it is the time of Emperor Yingzong, the development of Fuchuan has made great progress.As early as the Yongle period, Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, led a mighty fleet to the Western Ocean, and the large treasure ship he was on was called a "sea giant".According to historical records, the large treasure ship was 44 feet four feet long and [-] feet wide. Such a huge treasure ship was unparalleled in the world at that time.According to current people's inference, this kind of treasure ship belongs to Fuchuan.

Although the warship that Fang Jianming was on was far from being as big as a large treasure ship, it was the No. 50 blessing ship with a length of eighteen feet. In addition to twelve sailors, there were [-] officers and soldiers on board. , there is also a deputy officer, surnamed Ma, called Ma He.When Lei Hai introduced him to Fang Jianming and others, this person just nodded his head, not very enthusiastic, obviously he was a person who didn't like to talk.

In the Ming Dynasty, firearms were widely used on the battlefield. Warships were also equipped with firearms. In addition to cold weapons such as bows, crossbows, and long knives, there were also rockets, muskets, firecrackers, general barrels, and even iron guns. gun.However, what surprised Fang Jianming the most was that there was a large brass-like firearm placed on the bow and stern of the boat. According to his knowledge of firearms, these two things might be the most powerful firearms on the field.

Lei Hai laughed and introduced these firearms to them. When talking about those two weird gadgets, he said proudly: "These two big guys were successfully developed in more than ten years when I was free. Other warships dare not use them, saying they are troublesome, so I put them on my own warship. I haven't named them yet, little cousin, why don't you give them a name."

(End of this chapter)