Late Tang

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"Why is the second master here?" Li Jing asked him.

"I can't wait to see you, brother Li." Huang Huzi smiled and said, "But now I have to call brother General Li. It's been three days since we left, so we should meet each other with admiration. Back then you were in the prison of Chishan Town with me. I never imagined that you would become a general as soon as you turned around."

"Let's meet by chance." Li Jing had already calmed down at this time, after the panic in his heart passed, he calmed down instead.He put away the dagger in his hand, got up from behind the desk, and sat down generously in front of the yellow beard. "Actually, it's not a general, it's just a garrison soldier. Many people shrink back when they hear the word garrison soldier. We are just a farmer, so we don't have so many scruples. If we are cruel, we will accept this job." It’s about the meeting with the Third Master last time, and I’d like to thank the Third Master for letting it go for the next time.”

Yellow beard grinned: "The third one let you go, isn't it because you pointed out the way to save me." He casually lit up the lamp in the study, and said, "If you have any wine, take two. Come to the altar."

Li Jing didn't smile, and couldn't laugh either.The meaning of Huangbeard's words implied a sword, and he heard the meaning inside.Back in the Chishan Prison, although Huang Huzi only helped him analyze it, it also made Li Jing feel at ease at that time, understood the situation at that time, and was ready to escape on the road.He had said about this matter earlier that he owed Yellow Beard a favor.Later, when Lu met Red Beard, he proposed a plan to save Yellow Beard, which was regarded as repaying the original favor.But later, Huang Huzi not only let him go, but also helped him kill Wang Liang. In other words, Li Jing owed 'Zhen Donghai' another favor.The last time Li Jing killed Feng Yanqing and blamed Zhen Donghai for that matter, although the pirate is not worried about having too much debt, but after all, this is a somewhat unreasonable matter.Now that Yellow Beard suddenly appeared here, it is very likely that he came here for this matter.

"There's wine and meat, the second master will wait a moment."

"Go, go, if you don't come back, I'll stay at Li's house." Huang Huzi waved his hand casually, as if he wasn't worried that Li Jing would bring people around him after he went out.

Li Jing turned and went out without alarming others, went to the kitchen to pick out two jars of green wine, and then cut two plates of cold donkey meat.Yellow Beard didn't wait for Li Jing to make a move, and immediately grabbed a jar of green wine to pat Kaifengni, lifted the jar and drank a lot, with an intoxicated look on his face.Without putting down the wine jar, he picked up a large piece of sauced donkey meat with his other hand and began to eat it.

Seeing this, Li Jing, who was holding the wine sieve to sift the wine, put the wine sieve aside with a chuckle, followed his example and directly slapped the wine jar's seal away, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.The green distiller's lees floating and sinking in the turbid wine brewed by the farmhouse poured into the throat without being sifted.

Li Jing cleared his throat: "I haven't congratulated the Erdang family on escaping from prison and returning to Jianghai. This wine is considered a late celebration."

The yellow beard shrugged lightly, and reached out to stroke the wine stains on the yellow beard at the corner of his mouth. "I have to thank you for talking about this. If it weren't for Brother Li's plan, even if I, the yellow beard, wanted to escape from prison, it wouldn't be so easy." The wine jar in his hand touched.

Li Jing also raised the wine jar to touch it, then brought it to his mouth and took another big gulp. "The second leader is auspicious, even without my few words, the third leader will find a way to rescue the second leader."

"Oh, I also think I'm fucking lucky. Not long ago, Dengzhou Governor Shi and 24 people with him were ambushed in the dark, and they were intercepted and killed. More than 20 heads were piled up in Beijing. There is also a post about the shock and killing of my town in the East China Sea. For a while, everyone in Dengzhou knew about it. Even on the Liaohai Sea and the East China Sea, there were rumors about it. Actually, this is not my town at all. What Donghai did." Yellow Beard said while drinking, very plainly.Li Jing, on the other hand, was calm and listened to his words seriously.He knew that Yellow Beard was coming to have a showdown with him, so he didn't intend to shirk at all. "Did this matter have such a big impact?"

"Big, of course big." Yellow Beard said with a smile: "The Zhendong Sea led by my four brothers can be regarded as the number one force in the Liaohai area, but after leaving the Liaohai Sea and reaching the East China Sea, we are nothing. Especially if it is compared with the "King of the Sea" in the East China Sea, it is even less worth mentioning. We Zhendonghai usually do business in the Liaohai Sea, but when we arrive in the East China Sea and report the name of Zhendonghai, it is nothing. It’s used. This time, with the name of killing Governor Shi Deng, all the children of our town in the East China Sea have spread to the East China Sea. Now when the ship leaves the East China Sea, the merchant ships far away on the ocean don’t need to work hard. I will take the initiative to send someone to give the guard money, you say, how lucky are we?"

"Is that so?" Li Jing just said a few words slowly.Just now he heard Huang Huzi say the three words "Sea King". Before, he seemed to say that Zhang Yingying was related to this Sea King, but he didn't know the specific relationship.These three words made Li Jing somewhat forget that the yellow-bearded man in front of him was a vicious pirate, and instead thought of Zhang Yingying.

Huang Huzi smiled, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Jing. "Here is the list of gifts. Our four Zhendonghai brothers heard that Brother Li was going to celebrate their mother's [-]th birthday a few days ago. We are also friends, so I will come here in person and give you the gift I prepared in Zhendonghai Here we come. There are not many things, a pair of Bichen rhinoceros and Ruyi jade. In addition, there are ten bolts of fire silkworm cotton and Chengshui silk. In addition to these, there are three thousand coins, three thousand pieces of silk, Three hundred shi of flying money for grain. Don’t be surprised if the courtesy is light.”

Li Jing was a little stunned, looking at the list full of various gifts, and the purchase money with a total value of nearly [-] guan attached to the list.This Feiqian doesn't look like a fake at all. What play is this Zhendonghai singing?He had also heard of the names of Ruyi Jade and Bichen Rhinoceros. It was said that these two items were treasures collected by Princess Tongchang, who was the favorite of Emperor Yizong.Ruyi jade is as small as a peach pit, but there are seven holes in it, and the light refracts back and forth at the same time, which is infinitely bright and worth thousands of gold.The dust-proof rhinoceros is also such a precious thing.Fire silkworm cotton is used to waft cotton-padded clothes. One tael of cotton is enough for a piece of clothing. If too much is used, the wearer will be as if being steamed by fire. Even in the coldest winter, the heat will be unbearable.The Chengshui silk is about ten feet long and as thin as a cicada's wing, but if it is drenched in water and then hung up, all the people present will feel cool and comfortable, even in hot summer and crowded places, people will feel light and sweatless .These few are all rare treasures, and they can be exchanged for thousands of gold if they are taken out.

Li Jing's hands trembled a little when he received the gifts worth forty to fifty thousand guan. "Second master, these things are too expensive, I dare not accept them."

The yellow beard smiled slightly: "I have given out quite a few gifts, but this is the first time someone thinks they are expensive. In fact, these things are very expensive to you, but we got them for nothing."

Li Jing knew what he meant by saying that he didn't spend money, so he probably did business without money.To put it bluntly, it is stolen goods.Although valuable treasures like this one are valuable, they are not easy to sell in the hands of pirates, and they cannot be exchanged for any price.But now when there is a food shortage, three hundred shi of grain is 36 catties of grain, and this is not just a matter of money.

"I really dare not accept it."

"Actually, this is not a gift for nothing. These are my share of the money from Zhendonghai to the brother who helped us become famous. Although we didn't earn much in a short period of time, we should take out the money first. There are still some. Brother Li, I hope you can help pass on something to that brother. We had a good time working together last time. But we hope that we can have more room for cooperation in the future."

Li Jing and Huang Huzi looked at each other for a long time, their thoughts changed sharply, and they already understood seven or eight points in their minds.Zhendonghai is a group of pirates who plunder the sea, although it is a momentary scene.But Bao Buqi would be wiped out by the army one day, so they had long thought of having a backer.Or don't talk about backing, but find a trusted ally or internal support among the officers and soldiers?Li Jing and Zhendonghai have met several times, and now he has just been promoted to the general of Shamen Island under Daxie Village on the sea outside the state.In addition, Li Jing's two teachers are the newly appointed Ziqing Pinlu Jiedu envoy, and the other is the elder brother of Fengzhou capital defense envoy and current prime minister.If Zhen Donghai pulls Li Jing into the group, then they will have greater protection across the sea.

After saying those few words, Huang Huzi didn't talk to Li Jing again, but left Li Jing the space to choose, and ate a big piece by himself, eating delicious donkey meat in sauce and drinking green wine.He ate happily, but Li Jing was caught in a difficult decision.The first thing he considers about this matter is not the pros and cons, but whether he can refuse.

Although the yellow beard gave such a big gift with a smile on his face, but this group of people are ferocious pirates after all, and there is no guarantee that they are giving gifts first and soldiers later.If he refuses, what will happen?He is an official, and the yellow beard is a bandit, but Li Jing is at a disadvantage in this transaction.From the point of view of the leaders of Zhendonghai, on the surface, if they refuse, maybe they won't embarrass him, but who can guarantee?

If he accepts this proposal, Li Jing can't help but think that he has seen the yellow beard and the red beard among the four heads of Zhendonghai, both of whom have good bearing and demeanor.If they cooperate, it will be a family of officials and bandits.Li Jing is about to become the general of Shamen Town, and the superior of Shamen Town, Da Xie Zhai, had a bad attitude towards him before.As soon as he went out to sea, Li Jing had no help left, and everything had to be done by him.Maybe, Zhen Donghai can become his foreign aid?

But according to his understanding of Zhen Donghai, this one gangster will sink deeper and deeper, and he can still get out of it?

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