Jinyi Night Walk

The big man surnamed Lei brandished two benches, like a fire-breathing dragon that had cleared a customs barrier.Xu Hu was still sitting there leisurely, with a piece of food in his hands and a sip of wine, calm and unhurried.

Suddenly, the man who reported the letter shouted: "Brother, many officers and soldiers are coming." Xu Hu smiled slightly, drank the last glass of wine, then got up, walked to the shopkeeper, and took out a bunch of wine from his arms. Throwing the money on the table, he said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, this is your food and drink and compensation for your bench."

The shopkeeper was holding the pen, speechless, Xu Hu laughed, snatched the pen from his hand, dipped it in the ink, walked to the corner, raised his hand, and the pen flew away. A five-character quatrain was written in no time, he threw the pen on the table, put his hands behind his back, and walked along the other side of the corridor laughing, as if there was no one else around, full of madness.

Ink was dripping on the wall, and Xia Bi looked intently, only to see the words on it: "People in Cong City are close, and Pingsha is a wide road. Tomorrow is better when it is sunny, and flying green splashes are the saddle." Xia Xun was surprised, not to mention His flamboyant calligraphy, such a five-character well written in a short time, would never be able to be done by himself. It is unexpected that such a rough and bold sea pirate is full of literary talents.

At this time, the big man surnamed Lei also shook off his big feet and ran over, shouting: "The officers and soldiers of the brigade are here." He said and threw the tattered stool leg in his hand at the pursuers.

A soldier who was chasing up immediately raised his sword to fight. The leg of the stool was smashed by a big man surnamed Lei, and there was already a crack. Then it was split in two by a steel knife, and the half was cut sharply. The legs of the stool flew obliquely into the store, and flew towards the pregnant woman's towering belly.

The old man exclaimed "Ah!", but he was old and his hands and feet were not flexible, so there was no time to block it. Xia Xun was about to go out of the store to chase the three pirates, but he was shocked by this scene, and picked up the jug on the table Smash it hard.

The jug was made of tin, and it weighed a pound after it was filled with wine. Xia Xun threw it with all his strength, and hit the sharpened stool leg accurately, and hit the ground close to the hem of the pregnant woman's skirt "The woman Frightened by this, he almost fainted, beads of sweat rolled down his face, and his complexion turned sallow.

The old man quickly supported his daughter and said in panic, "Oh my God, what should I do?"

The officers and soldiers outside chased after the pirates rumblingly. The two children were only eleven or twelve years old. How could they support their housewife? The shopkeeper was afraid that something might happen to the pregnant woman in his shop, so he quickly bowed to Xia Xun and begged: "Guests!" Officer, guest officer, "Hurry up and help this sister-in-law, please don't let anything happen."

When Xia Xun saw it, she was afraid that the woman would be frightened and cause a miscarriage, so she had to give up the chance of chasing the pirates, and rushed to the old man's side, supported the woman and said: "The old man" has offended, and the matter is urgent, I will help him." Qianyuan went to see the doctor."

The old man said yes again and again, and thanked him without a word. Xia Xun said he was going to help, but he bent down and hugged the woman, and said to the old man, "Excuse me, there is a doctor here, quickly lead the way!"

The old man led Xia Xun out in a panic, running all the way and told a boy to find the uncle quickly. Xia Xun hugged the woman. Although he was young and strong, he was sweating from running all the way, and finally arrived at a family. In the medical center, the doctor asked about the situation, quickly gave his pulse, and then asked someone to cook a decoction to calm the fetus and calm the mind.

In fact, after staying in the store for a while, the woman had gradually calmed down, and after taking this soup, her shortness of breath improved, and the old man who was running around regained his composure, only then did he forget that his benefactor was at the side, and hurried up to greet him Thank you, and said gratefully: "Little brother, the old man's daughter has gone through a lot of trouble seeking medical treatment and medicine, and she has only conceived in her middle age. If there is any good or bad, the old man is really regretful. The great kindness of the little brother, I can't repay you, please be respected by the old man!", saying that the old man was about to lift his robe and kneel down, Xia Xun quickly helped him up and said: "Let's not be like this old man, anyone who sees such things should help like a hand. "

While the two were talking, a boy led a middle-aged Confucian scholar rushing in. The Confucian scholar was dressed in a green shirt, with a green scarf on his head. Qing, Cangli broke into the hospital, saw his wife was sitting on a chair, immediately asked tremblingly: "Lady, how are you doing now?"

Before the woman could answer, the old man went up to meet him and told the situation. The middle-aged man heaved a long sigh of relief when he heard that the mother and child were safe, and hurried to Xia Xun's side, expressing his gratitude again.

After listening to him, Xia Xun knew that this person was named Yu Mingren and lived in Taipingli, Qiantang. This time, he brought his wife to Haining to visit his father-in-law. Because I met a few old friends and never accompanied them, I didn't want to almost have a big accident.

Xia Xun was concerned about the whereabouts of those pirates, and wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Yu Ren would not let him go. He grabbed his wrist and decided to invite him to sit with him at home and set up a drink for his benefactor. His father-in-law is a local resident, and he might have heard some news, so he went home with him. Yu Ren called a car to pick up his wife, and invited Xia Xun home. The courtyard is elegantly furnished, with three main rooms, two side rooms on the left and right, and two side rooms.There is a moon gate in the middle of the courtyard wall, and behind the moon gate stands a shadow wall.

Yu Ren and his father-in-law invited Xia Xun into the living room to sit down, and immediately ordered tea to be served, and the kitchen prepared a banquet.

Sitting down for a while, and recounting his identity, Xia Xun only said that he was a merchant who came to the coast to buy some seafood. Seeing his clothes, Yu Ren didn't have any doubts.Listening to Yu Ren's self-reported identity, his ancestral home is Kaocheng, Henan, a family of officials and eunuchs.His grandfather, Yu Jiusi, was the marshal of the Huguang Xuanwei Division in the Yuan Dynasty, and a senior official of the third rank. Later, he was transferred to the head of Hangzhou Road, so he moved his family here and has lived here for a long time.

His father, Yu Wen, was the head of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry successively in the Yuan Dynasty. Compared with his grandfather, he was much inferior, and he was only an official of the sixth rank.In Shuren's generation, they were also full of poetry and books, but Yu Ren was upright, indifferent, and didn't like to be an official, so after passing the examination of scholar, he didn't go further to take the examination of Juren.He has been married for many years and has no children. Now he is 31 years old. Judging by the marriage age of people in this era, he is already middle-aged. It is extremely rare. No wonder his husband and wife are so nervous. At this point, he is very grateful. He also asked his wife to take out fifty guanbao notes, which he wanted to present to Xia Xun.

Xia Xun politely refused, and changed the topic and asked: "Brother Yu, I heard that pirate called himself Xu Hu in the store, there was also a big man named Lei, and a sister, who are these? ah?"

Yu Ren said: "Ah! Is the leader of the bandit Xu Hu? He has a pretty good reputation. There are hundreds of pirate gangs, large and small, along this coast, many of whom entered the sea as pirates and went ashore as civilians, with their identities hidden. It is not easy to confirm, but such pirate gangs are actually very small. On the outer island closest to Haining, there are only two real big pirates. The Xu Hu that my brother just mentioned is one of them. It is said that Xu Hu's father used to be Zhang Shicheng's old army. After Zhang Shicheng was defeated and committed suicide, a Soviet general under his command led his troops to sea to become pirates. This Soviet general also had two lieutenants, one surnamed Xu and the other surnamed Lei That sister is General Su's daughter, named Su Ying, but everyone calls her that, not Xu Hu's sister.

The Soviet general led his troops out to sea to be pirates, and he became the big leader himself, and the two lieutenants became the second and third leaders.Now the older generation are all dead, because General Su has only one daughter, so the position of Chief Chief has been passed on to General Xu's son Xu Hu, General Lei's son Lei Xiaoxi has become Second Chief, and my younger sister is the third. leader.This group of pirates, they are said to be pirates, but they are actually very well-behaved. Sometimes their livelihood is difficult, and they will also rob merchant ships, but they only rob government merchant ships or cargo ships smuggled by Fusang, Luzon and other countries, and do not harass the coastal people.They robbed merchant ships, and eventually they had to sell them ashore. Their goods were sold cheaply. In fact, many local merchants secretly dealt with them, saying that they were pirates. Go and pay attention, today I don't know who made the report, but the officers and soldiers came to arrest him. "

Xia Xun thought to himself: "Are they Zhang Shicheng's remnants? Although they have a good reputation here and seem to be quite secure, but since they have such a relationship, will they be affected by Ling Potian who is determined to rebel?" The guy instigated, intending to rebel?"

Yu Ren said again: "Another group of people also lived on the outer islands, but they turned out to be Fang Guozhen's old troops. Many people in Fang Guozhen's and Zhang Shicheng's old troops were the children of fishermen who were familiar with waterways and skilled in naval warfare. Later Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng were defeated by us successively. At the hands of the Ming emperor, some of their remnants fled to the sea and became erratic pirates.

The leader of this band of pirates is a couple. The husband's surname is Chu, and the wife's surname is Mi. Annexed some small groups of pirates along the coast, and also recruited some Japanese Japanese pirates, only doing business without money, from Liaodong and Shandong in the north, to Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong in the south, burning houses and looting property. Our Daming coast is long and hard to guard against. The coastal area is not immune to its harm.

What's more, they also took refuge in the number one pirate in Nanyang, Chen Zuyi, who is known as the king of the sea. The small country even wanted to pay tribute to him to keep it safe. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once offered a reward of 50 yuan for the capture of Chen Zuyi. So far, he is still at large. "

Xia Xun secretly said: "It seems that Ling Potian's whereabouts are likely to fall on these two bands of pirates, but how can I get in touch with them and find out?"! ~!