I hang up and lie flat in the world of martial arts

Chapter 145 The Sea Shark Gang

Gao Jie brought him back.

The Dongying man was hit by Qi Xuan's one-finger Qi sword on his left shoulder. Fortunately, this Qi sword is not the strongest Taiyin Qi, but a Qi sword condensed from Buddhist sitting meditation skills.

Even though half of his body was useless, he managed to save his life.

Qi Xuan scanned the patterns on the clothes of the Dongying people and recognized them.

Isn't this the old acquaintance, the family crest of the Fujiwara family?

And it is exactly the same as Fujiwara Kenichiro's. According to Zhao Lingyue, this is a sign of the division of the Fujiwara family.

"Fujiwara Yoshiyama!" The old man Zhang Youcai was still in shock from the attack just now, but he recognized the unconscious Dongying man at a glance.

Immediately his face darkened, and he murmured: "They actually chased after Ning'an Mansion, the hall master...not good!"

He Miao's complexion changed drastically at the mention of the hall master who had never appeared.

There was a commotion outside the suddenly cracked window.

The fight just now finally attracted the attention of passers-by.

After a while, a horse neighing was heard.

Gao Jie went to the window and took a look, then said to Qi Xuan, "My lord, the people from the yamen are here, and the leader is Zhang Hu."

It came quite fast.

Qi Xuan smiled slightly at He Miao, a strong and strong man: "He Zhuangshi, since you want to discuss something with my brother, why do you need to be so sneaky, why don't you go back home with me, and meet openly."

Although they don't know the purpose of these people, they must have something to do with the appointment of their eldest cousin Qi Zong as the admiral of the Donghai Navy.

People from the Fujiwara family have appeared, which shows that the situation in the East China Sea is indeed as complicated as Qi Xuan thought.

I don't know how my first cousin took over this job.

But things have come to this, I can't just watch my eldest cousin fall into danger like this.

The Qi family has a simple population, and they are very close to each other. Even between Qi Yuyao and Qin Ning, it's more of a quarrel.

Qi Zong, the eldest cousin, has the demeanor of an elder brother. When he was a child, he often carried him around to play around.

"Old Zhang...what do you say?" He Miao hesitated for a moment, and asked the old Zhang Youcai beside him.

Zhang Youcai couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face.

The three bodies on the ground were still warm.

The deceased member of the Fujiwara family, who suffered heavy losses, was instantly killed at the hands of this young man.

He didn't even see clearly how the three of them died.

Not to mention the half-dead Fujiwara Yoshiyama.

Refused... Do they have the capital?
"This...Mr. Qi." Zhang Youcai cupped his fists immediately, "Please rest assured that we do not have any malice towards the newly appointed Admiral of the Navy, but... there are some things that need to be clarified in person by our hall master and the admiral!"

"If you have not lied, then you will be able to see the admiral soon." Qi Xuan replied calmly, "As for what's going on, you can just state it to yourselves."

"Then... bother me!"

……

Qi Xuan asked Gao Jie to bring the three of Zhang Youcai back to the Qi Mansion, and found a remote courtyard to settle them down first.

By the way, he also found a doctor for the seriously injured Yu San.

As for the inn, a hidden guard was left to deal with the aftermath.

After receiving reports from the common people, Zhang Hu hurriedly brought people here, and after hearing that it was Qi Xuan's handwriting, he led people away silently.

Of course, the loss of the inn was double compensated to the boss as usual.

When Qi Xuan returned to the mansion, he first went to his father's study.

Qi Yan, who was copying the ancient site, raised his head in astonishment, obviously surprised by Qi Xuan's appearance.

"Is there any letter from Jingzhong?" Looking at his father's expression, Qi Xuan understood that he didn't know anything about his eldest cousin, but he still asked.

"Letters from Beijing..." Qi Yan put away his pen, thought for a moment, then shook his head, "No, haven't you read all the letters from Beijing?"

Qi Xuan, who had found nothing, was about to leave when his eyes suddenly fell on a book on his father's desk.

He turned around, picked up the book directly, and flipped through a few pages at random.

"Oh, take it easy, this is an isolated copy of an ancient book!" Qi Yan looked anxious, and was about to take the ancient book back, but Qi Xuan nimbly avoided it.

"Father, lend me this book to read for two days." Qi Xuan arrived at the door of the study in an instant, held up the ancient book for a while, and then left without waiting for Qi Yan to agree.

"Alas—" Qi Yan sighed helplessly, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have let him practice martial arts."

……

As night fell, a black shadow entered Qi Mansion.

Soon, Gao Ying, the head of the guards in the mansion, hurried into the living room.

Qi Xuan and his family are having dinner.

Gao Ying bowed and reported: "Second Master, Second Madam, just now a secret guard came to report that the Eldest Young Master has entered the city and is now heading towards the mansion."

"Ah!" Qi Yan and his wife exclaimed at the same time.

"Why is Qi Zong here at this time?" Qi Yan looked puzzled.

It was Mrs. Li who calmed down first, and immediately arranged the guards and servants of the mansion to be ready to meet him.

Half an hour later, a group of people entered Qi Mansion through the back door through the darkness.

Qi Xuan also finally met this eldest cousin whom he hadn't seen for several years.

"Brother!" Qi Yuyao who was beside her rushed out first, throwing herself on the person who came.

Qi Zong was [-]% similar to his grandfather Qi Jiang, tall and powerful, perhaps because he led soldiers all the year round, his whole person exuded a murderous aura.

Qi Yuyao had already got off Qi Zong's body, looked at it carefully with the light, and then said with a look of disgust: "Brother, why do you grow a beard?"

Qi Zong was startled when he heard the words, then stroked his thick beard, and laughed loudly: "Your elder brother, I am almost in my thirties, so I should not grow a beard."

Qi Xuan also smiled and said: "Brother is a high-ranking official, and he looks more stable with a beard."

Qi Zong's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the words, and immediately began to look at Qi Xuan: "Fourth brother, I haven't seen you for a few years, you really impress big brother!"

Qi Xuan smiled: "Brother, let's go see father and mother first."

Qi Zong nodded: "It's time to see the second uncle and the second aunt first."

The three of them came to the lobby all the way, and met Qi Yan and his wife who had been looking forward to for a long time.

As the first child of the Hou family, Qi Yan and Li's relationship with Qi Zong is somewhat different.

Mrs. Li led his servants to serve the meals that had already been prepared.

After Qi Zong finished eating, Qi Yan brought the two brothers to the study.

At this time, Qi Zong took out a letter and handed it to Qi Yan.

"The prince actually appointed you as the admiral of the Donghai Navy?" Qi Yan was surprised when he saw the content of the letter, and then he was silent for a moment, then asked again: "What did your grandfather say?"

Qi Zong replied in a deep voice: "Grandpa said that now that the court and the rivers and lakes are undercurrents, it is not so easy for the Qi family to stay out of it."

Qi Yan was silent for a long time upon hearing this, and then heaved a long sigh.

He handed the letter in his hand to Qi Xuan.

After Qi Xuan took it, he glanced at it, and immediately said with a smile: "500 million taels of silver, this prince is really generous!"

The reason why Qi Zong came to Ning'an Mansion first was because of the 500 taels of silver that Shen Ke, the prefect, had prepared in advance.

Naturally, it will cost money to rectify the Donghai Navy.

But 500 million silver can be taken out at one time, which shows that the new crown prince attaches great importance to this matter.

You must know that this is 500 million taels of cash, and the imperial court may not have such a large amount of cash in a year's tax revenue.

The land of Ning'an Prefecture has 500 million taels of cash.

Shen Ke is quite good at hiding.

Qi Xuan folded the letter and handed it back to Qi Zong, and then reminded: "The matter of your upcoming appointment as the Donghai Navy has been leaked, but I don't know if the 500 million taels of silver have also been leaked. "

"What!" Qi Zong turned pale with shock.

"It's impossible. Both the appointment and my departure from Beijing were done in secret. My grandfather even asked my second brother to pretend to be me in the army..."

Then he thought of what Qi Xuan said to him when they met just now, and he immediately reacted, and asked Qi Xuan: "Fourth brother, how did you know?"

Qi Xuan directly took Qi Zong to a remote courtyard.

He Miao, Zhang Youcai and Yu San were detained here.

"I've met the eldest son." It was Gao Jie who was on duty at the door. He recognized Qi Zong beside Qi Xuan, and immediately leaned over and clasped his fists.

How could Qi Zong not recognize the leader of the hidden guards of the Qi Mansion, he nodded slightly, and then Gao Jie opened the door, and brothers Qi Zong and Qi Xuan stepped into the room.

He Miao, who was sitting at the front of the table, suddenly stood up when someone came in, and he was slightly relieved when he saw Qi Xuan among the visitors.

Yu San was still recuperating on the bed.

Zhang Youcai half-lyed on a grand teacher's chair in the room, sound asleep.

"Cough cough!"

He Miao coughed heavily twice.

Zhang Youcai was awakened from his sleep and almost fell to the ground.

He rubbed his eyes, but just as he was about to get angry, he saw Qi Xuan standing at the door, and a smile appeared on his face.

Before Zhang Youcai could speak, Qi Xuan said bluntly: "Aren't you going to meet the newly appointed Admiral of the Donghai Navy? I've already brought him!"

As soon as the words fell, two eyes immediately focused on Qi Zong.

Qi Zong couldn't help frowning.

"You, you... are the new Admiral of the East Sea Navy, Master Qi Zongqi!" Zhang Youcai trembled suddenly, then came to Qi Zong, and asked cautiously, clasping his hands.

Qi Zong didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out a token-shaped thing from his waist, and placed it in front of Zhang Youcai's eyes.

Zhang Youcai looked at it for a moment, and trembled all over.

Then he knelt down on the ground with a "thump", clasped his fists at Qi Zong and said, "I hope Governor Qi will save the lives of thousands of people on my island!"

Before he finished speaking, Qi Xuan saw He Miao, a taciturn and strong man, also fell to his knees suddenly.

……

There are thousands of islands, large and small, in the East China Sea.

Nearly four hundred of these islands are inhabited.

Some islands even have a population of over [-].

Dayong has not formed an effective governance of the sea since the founding of the country, causing the people on these islands to become islanders living outside the Central Plains.

They belong to Dayong in name, but they cannot get the protection of Dayong.

In order to fight against those vicious pirates and Japanese ronin, the islanders had to arm themselves, and with each island as the core, they gradually formed a force that should not be underestimated.

However, the relationship between these islands is also intricate. Some are close to each other like a family, and some have bloody feuds.

After years of bloody storms, the current confrontation between the Sea Shark Gang and the Giant Kun Gang has finally formed.

Unlike the gangs in the Central Plains, the Sea Shark Gang and the Jukun Gang can be regarded as separatist forces on the sea. They completely control hundreds of islands under their respective banners.

Like most other gangs, the Sea Shark Gang has two deputy gang leaders besides one gang leader, as well as the four main hall masters of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu.

He Miao and Zhang Youcai belonged to the Qinglong Hall, and the head of the hall was Zhu Yuntian, known as "Raging Sea and Stormy Waves". With the Raging Wave Knife in his hand, he beheaded countless criminals at sea.

As for Zhu Yuntian, the hall master, his identity is not limited to this, there are more than [-] islands with a total of tens of thousands of people behind him.

Including the gang leader, the top executives of the Sea Shark Gang are all the same. They all have more or less support from the islanders behind them.

Of course, this support did not come out of thin air.

The huge amount of wealth that the Sea Shark Gang gets from maritime trade every year is to be distributed to each hall according to the level of contribution, and then distributed to the islanders behind it by each hall.

As the saying goes, the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

No good, who will follow you to die at sea.

……

"That is to say, more than 4000 people from your east outlying islands have been detained by the Navy because of their private relations with Japanese pirates." Qi Zong asked.

He Miao immediately said angrily: "This is purely Gao's framing us. My grandfather, father, and cousin all died at the hands of Japanese pirates. There are many people who have blood feuds with Japanese pirates on Dongli Island. Get through the pirates!"

Qi Zong immediately said in a deep voice: "Then what's going on with your hall master, could it be that he was also wronged!"

He Miao fell silent immediately after hearing the words.

On the other hand, Zhang Youcai said slowly: "No matter how you say it, the old man, I believe that the hall master will not collude with Japanese pirates. As for why the firearms on Dongli Island appeared in the hands of Japanese pirates, we are also at a loss. "

The so-called Japanese pirates refer to a group of fallen warriors from Japan who drifted to the sea and eventually became pirates who robbed ships and harassed coastal cities.

These people are originally composed of a group of failed people, so they act cruelly and inhumanly, and they are the most vicious gangsters on the sea.

After the founding of Dayong, this group of Japanese pirates who ravaged the coast were completely driven out of the sea. For hundreds of years, they rarely dared to invade the territory of Dayong.

Having lost the rich coastal areas, the Japanese pirates could only focus on the islanders at sea.

It also sparked decades of maritime disputes.

In the end, the Japanese pirates were defeated and lingered on several islands in the far sea.

According to what Zhang Youcai said, the islanders represented by the Sea Shark Gang have a deep blood feud with the Japanese pirates.

And... the pirates are poor now!

On that island in the far sea, birds don't shit, except for stones, there is sand.

It is said that some Japanese pirates are so poor that they would rather go back to Japan to be slaves.

Due to emotion and reason, it is impossible for Zhu Yuntian to collude with Japanese pirates.

but……

Under Zhu Yuntian's banner, there is an East Outlying Island that specializes in the manufacture of firearms.

These firearms will not be sold to the outside world, they are only used by the Sea Shark Gang.

As a result, not long ago... a batch of goods jointly transported by the Sea Shark Gang and the Donghai Navy was robbed by Japanese pirates.

Both the Sea Shark Gang and the Donghai Navy suffered heavy losses.

According to the people who got it back, the Japanese pirates used the firearms of the Sea Shark Gang.

The Sea Shark Gang didn't believe it at first, so they sent someone to investigate.

Zhu Yuntian's Dongli Island did indeed have a batch of firearms missing.

Then I checked the voyage records of Zhu Yuntian's ships, and found that it was Zhu Yuntian's own warship, which had sailed secretly several times in a few months, and the course was unknown.

And it just so happened that Zhang Youcai and He Miao followed Zhu Yuntian every time he sailed.

"So...the two of you are well aware of whether Zhu Yuntian had an affair with Japanese pirates." Qi Zong said coldly. Based on the testimony of these two people, there is no doubt that Zhu Yuntian had an affair with Japanese pirates.

"Of course..." He Miao poked her neck and was about to refute.

"Hall Master, he has indeed seen people from Dongying." Zhang Youcai interrupted He Miao.

"Old Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about!" He Miao looked at Zhang Youcai in disbelief.

Zhang Youcai frowned: "Why are you panicking, what I said is that the hall master met Dongying people, not Japanese pirates."

"But people from Dongying are Japanese pirates!" He Miao said bluntly.

"Stupid pig!" Zhang Youcai gave He Miao a blank look.

At this time, Qi Xuan smiled and said: "The Dongying people you are talking about should be Fujiwara Yoshiyama, right?"

Zhang Youcai nodded: "The Fujiwara family has always had trade relations with the Central Plains, but their business has never gone through the hands of the Sea Shark Gang, and has always followed the path of the Giant Kun Gang."

The giant kun gang... the Zhao family.

Qi Xuan still remembered that Zhao Lingyue once said that the Zhao family had always been in contact with the Fujiwara family.

It seems that behind the giant kun gang, in all likelihood, there is the Zhao family's foot.

Zhang Youcai went on to say: "This Fujiwara Yoshiyama found the hall master under the banner of the Fujiwara family..."

The Fujiwara family is one of the feudal lords of Dongpu, with strong strength, Zhu Yuntian is of course happy to hear that they can cooperate with the Fujiwara family's business.

"But...how did the Fujiwara family collude with the Japanese pirates?" Zhang Youcai was puzzled.

Japanese pirates in Dongying are also wild dogs on the side of the road, causing people to shout and beat them. As a vassal, will the Fujiwara family cooperate with Japanese pirates regardless of face?
But Qi Xuan didn't think so.

This is not the first time the Fujiwara family has appeared in his vision.

The Fujiwara Qianjun who died in his own hands, fell into the hands of Zhao Lingyue, who did not know whether he was alive or dead Fujiwara Kenichiro.

And Takatora Fujiwara's head...

Plus today's Fujiwara Yoshiyama.

What kind of deal did the Fujiwara family reach with those people?

……

"One more thing." Qi Zong asked Zhang Youcai with a sullen face, "What kind of business does Donghai Sect and your Haisha Gang join forces?"

"That's a lot, and it's not the first time we've cooperated with Donghai Division."

"Donghai Division's ship is big, which is just right for loading goods. Every time there is a large amount of cargo, I have to ask Donghai Division to borrow a ship."

Zhang Youcai found that Qi Zong's expression was a little strange, and said quickly: "Don't worry, we pay enough money every time!"

……

"Oh!"

As soon as he walked out of the room, Qi Zong closed the door heavily.

"The ship that the imperial court allocates money to build every year is actually used to transport these pirates!" Qi Zong gritted his teeth, his fists were slapping, "Gao Hong really deserves to die!"

"Brother, don't be angry." Qi Xuan had no choice but to comfort him, "At least they gave me money, and besides... the Sea Shark Gang is not really a pirate."

　My brain hurts at work, so I made up the missing chapter on weekends.

　　I will tidy it up on weekends, and try to update it twice a day from next week. I want to finish writing within three months as soon as possible.

　　This is the author's first time writing a book over 30, so I don't have much experience.

　　In addition, the author writes books based on his interest, and his taste is relatively traditional, so the system will be weak.

　　I would like to thank my friends who have been chasing me until now for their support, and it is because of you that the author can continue to update, not only for financial incentives, but more spiritually.

　　To be honest, the author has been fond of writing novels since primary school, but mostly for self-indulgence, and even wrote XHS at a certain stage, of course it is only for my own appreciation.

　　I have been enjoying myself for a long time, and suddenly found that someone read the novel I wrote, and I feel quite strange.

　　I just looked at my folder, and I have already made a preliminary outline. There are four martial arts books, two fairy tale books, and one fantasy book.

　　A long way to go.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)