Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Feng Jie's shout prompted everyone to stand up and look into the distance.

Sure enough, there were three small ship silhouettes approaching, almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Emperor Jing rose and went to the bow of the ship, requesting a telescope to observe the distance.

He then casually handed the telescope to an official nearby, asking, "Are those also merchant ships from our Great Jing?"

The officials who had accompanied him from the port all raised their telescopes to examine the ships.

After careful observation, one confirmed, "Your Majesty, they are indeed merchant ships from our Great Jing. If I'm not mistaken, the flag indicates they belong to the Song family of the Maritime Merchant Guild."

"However, the hulls appear to have endured some kind of battle, with many repaired areas, suggesting they may have encountered pirates."

"In recent years, many families in the South have been buying ships to sail the seas, and the Song family has consistently been among the best. They take specialties from the South to sell in the West, and bring back Western materials and specialties to sell in the capital. They usually maintain their ships at Jiangling Port, and judging by the time, it should be their return voyage."

Emperor Jing nodded, leaning on the railing and enjoying the sea breeze.

On the opposing main ship,

Li Ping was also holding a telescope, his eyes fixed on the distant giant ship.

Since departing from Sangjak, they had detoured to the coastal waters near Fika to intercept and seize a Great Jing civilian merchant ship, a process that naturally involved some complications.

The Song family's ship from the Maritime Merchant Guild had been partially damaged by their ship, but fortunately, the damage wasn't severe, and it could be repaired.

They had been sailing at sea for several months now.

Calculating the journey, they should have reached Jiangling Port of Great Jing today, but unexpectedly, they encountered such a ship on the way.

It looked massive in size, but the key was that there was only one.

Usually, official ships or merchant ships traveled in groups, and only pirates operated alone, but this ship didn't look like something pirates would have.

As the distance closed, the hairs on Li Ping's arms suddenly stood on end.

The ship opposite was strange, with no sails and emitting smoke!

A figure seemed to appear on the bow... wearing a yellow robe.

Although it was just a small dot, he saw it clearly!

A yellow robe, definitely a yellow robe!

That bright yellow was too conspicuous to be mistaken.

Beside him, a personal guard was also observing with a telescope.

The guard lowered the telescope, looking at Li Ping seriously, and said with uncertainty, "Your Highness, that... looks like the Emperor?"

Li Ping, without lowering his hand, said, "Immediately send a message to have the other two ships move further away from us, try to spread out as much as possible, but don't make any big movements to avoid being discovered."

"The only people who can wear that color are the Emperor or the Crown Prince... A little closer, a little closer and we can see clearly."

"Yes!" The guard replied, quickly going to arrange it.

The main ship raised signal flags, and the ships on the left and right began to deviate slightly at an angle.

The distance was getting closer and closer, Li Ping's hand holding the telescope was bulging with veins, staring intently at the opposite side, wanting to see the patterns on the person's clothes.

Suddenly!

Li Ping put down the telescope, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, his teeth clenched, with soaring resentment, he said word by word: "Fang... Zheng... Yi?"

Just then, the guard returned and reported: "Your Highness, the adjustments are complete."

Li Ping was still in a daze.

The facial features he had just seen were somewhat blurred, but that face that brought him endless terror and pain had repeatedly appeared in his dreams.

It could be said that it left a deeper impression on him than his own father!

The blurred face had already appeared in his vision, and a strong murderous intent surged into his heart.

Seeing him stunned and silent, the guard quickly picked up the telescope to continue watching.

This look was terrible, he was also stunned.

Stiffly turning his neck, he stammered in shock: "Your Highness... that... that's the Emperor. There are also many officials beside him! This humble servant is not mistaken, that yellow robe, and that age, it can only be the Emperor! We've run into the Emperor, Your Highness, what do we do!"

It was Fang Zheng Yi, and the Emperor's officials... Li Ping confirmed again.

"Fang Zheng Yi, Fang Zheng Yi, Fang Zheng Yi!"

"Kill, kill them!" Li Ping said with a grimace and ecstasy, "This is a godsend opportunity, we must not miss this chance."

He never thought that he would encounter such an opportunity today.

The Emperor and his officials, and the eternal enemy were all gathered together.

As long as they could wipe them out today, wouldn't the subsequent events be both revenge and able to...?

Thinking that he could also inherit the throne, Li Ping's heart began to beat faster.

The guard swallowed: "Your Highness, isn't this a bit too risky? This ship looks extremely strange, we should still follow His Majesty's instructions..."

"Shut up! The biggest order your father gave you is to listen to me in everything, now that a great opportunity is in front of us, how can we let it slip away?" Li Ping licked his lips. "Immediately summon everyone on the ship to meet me in the cabin."

A moment later, the cabin was filled with people.

All of these people were dressed as merchants, their clothes taken from the original merchants on the merchant ship.

As for those merchants, they were unsurprisingly thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

Li Ping faced the crowd and said loudly: "Everyone! The Emperor and officials of Great Jing are right in front of us, according to the original plan, we should be going to Great Jing to gather information, but the opportunity to annihilate the Great Jing court is before us, we must not give up!"

"This is a sign from heaven, if this battle succeeds, everyone present will be remembered in history! Your merits today will surely bless future generations, you are the greatest heroes of the new Great Jing!"

Li Ping excitedly encouraged the people.

In fact, everyone who came with him on the ship today could be said to be the most elite death warriors under the command of the Prince of Wu.

Although they were death warriors, that was what outsiders called them, after all, they were not mindless robots, it was just that their loyalty was extremely high, and their weaknesses such as family members were controlled by their master.

So encouragement was still necessary, and mobilization was still necessary.

After Li Ping finished speaking, some people couldn't help but be moved, but there were still a few people who raised questions.

"Your Highness, if the opposite side is the Emperor, are we confident that we can take them down? His Majesty sent us out to sea, but as merchants, we don't have many people, and the opposite side must be heavily guarded."

Li Ping said in a deep voice: "That's right, although I don't know the specific situation on the opposite side, it is certain that there is a disparity in strength between us, so we can't attack head-on, we can only outsmart them."

"Everyone, first hide your short weapons in your boots, when the two ships are close, some people will stay in the cabin to sink this ship! The other side will definitely come to the rescue, when you see the Emperor, find a way to get close to him, as long as you can hold him hostage, the rest of our people on the other two ships will take the opportunity to board the ship and take control of the situation, then the great cause can be accomplished!"

"This matter is extremely dangerous, but this prince swears that I will take the lead! And share the risks with everyone! Who else has questions?"

"We are willing to live and die with Your Highness!!!"

In the cabin, dozens of voices shouted in unison.

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(I'm late, sorry everyone, I stayed up until now, revising and revising. I'll try to post earlier tomorrow...)