The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 223 The Pirate Empire Is Not Enemy

Yan Feiyan's shrugging shoulders suddenly froze, she straightened up slowly, lifted a lock of messy hair on her cheeks, and said hopelessly: "What else can I do? Fight, I can't fight, I can't escape, I can't escape. Even if I escape, In the vast sea, how can we guarantee a safe return to Fuchun? Wa'an is not stupid, he must have snatched all our boats."

"Miss, why didn't you ask for reinforcements?" Bai Yan looked at Yan Feiyan calmly: "Yizhou is the territory of the Yue Kingdom."

"Yueguo?" Yan Feiyan pondered for a moment, her eyes suddenly turned cold, she stood up, took a step back slowly, and put her hand on the handle of the knife at her waist: "Are you from Sun Shao?"

Bai Yan smiled, she spread her hands, slowly took off the long knife at her waist and put it on the ground, then took a step back: "Yes."

Yan Feiyan was confused by her actions, and looked at Bai Yan vigilantly, not daring to take it lightly.Bai Yan came to Yizhou two years ago. She is alert, literate, and has good martial arts skills. She soon became her personal bodyguard. She trusts Bai Yan very much. She was shocked by the person Shao arranged, and her mind went blank.

Thinking of the failed assassination in Dongye five years ago, Yan Feiyan suddenly felt a little blush and very angry.Sun Shao teased her, but he still didn't let her go. He has been spying on her for the past few years. Since Bai Yan is among his cronies, there must be others.Thinking of this, she involuntarily looked around, the muscles all over her body tensed instantly, and with a sound of "cha", the long knife was pulled out halfway.

Bai Yan frowned: "Miss, you are too nervous."

"Shut up!" Yan Feiyan yelled nervously, "You spies, I trust you so much."

"Who is the spy?" Mu Zhiqiu opened the door and barged in. When he saw the posture in the room, he was taken aback. With a flash of the long knife, he put it on Bai Yan's neck.Old man Mu followed in on crutches, glanced at the calm-looking Bai Yan, and waved his hand: "Aqiu, put down the knife."

"Abba—"

"Put it down, if she wants to kill Miss, Miss's life will be gone long ago." Father Mu could not argue, pressed down Mu Zhiqiu's hand, turned around and closed the door, and motioned for Bai Yan: "Please sit down, Mr. Bai."

Bai Yan smiled, bowed and bowed: "How can there be a seat for me in front of Dad, I will stand and answer Dad's inquiries."

Father Mu raised his eyelids, and his sophisticated eyes lingered on Bai Yan's face for a moment: "Aren't you the first?"

"Of course not." Bai Yan nodded: "The day Miss left Dongye City, some of us followed."

Yan Feiyan gasped.Since that assassination failed, she hadn't left Yizhou for five years, so at that time, Sun Shao had sent someone to follow her.She thought about it carefully, and it was true. At Houguan Shipyard, a middle-aged man followed the ship because he was a medical craftsman. Old Mu's leg was broken at that time and he needed a medical craftsman. She thought it was a medical craftsman. Fortunately, I didn't expect this to be Sun Shao's arrangement.

"So, it's been five years." Dad Mu blinked his old eyes, pulled his gray beard, and nodded: "In five years, you haven't done anything against us. So, you are just monitoring us?"

"It's not you, it's the whole Yizhou." Bo Yan shook his head and said confidently: "Although I don't know anything about other colleagues, I dare say that the person who is most familiar with Yizhou now must be King Yue. And he must be on his way to Yizhou."

"How can you be so confident with your careful work?" Mu Zhiqiu sneered, "Aren't you too self-righteous?"

"No." Bai Yan smiled: "My Highness is the best at seizing the opportunity. It is impossible for him not to know about the turmoil in Yizhou due to the gold mine. But if you want to come to Yizhou, starting from Qiantang, this half month is the last wind. , there's no way he wouldn't have seized the moment, so, I'm sure, he's on his way."

Papa Mu and Yan Feiyan, who was terrified and uneasy, exchanged a look, and they both believed Bai Yan's words to varying degrees.Although they didn't know much about Sun Shao's situation, but in the assassination five years ago, Sun Shao played with them in the palm of his hand and had been spying on them secretly for five years, but they didn't know anything about it. Scheming is enough to prove that Sun Shao is not a person who acts rashly.Bai Yan's ability to become Yan Feiyan's confidant within two years is naturally extraordinary, and she has her reasons for trusting Sun Shao so much.

"The king of Yue is the king of Yue who was proclaimed by the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Dynasty. Thousands of miles of sea and territory are his territory. Last year, he patrolled the Bohai Sea and defeated the Gongsun of Liaodong. , he will also come to Yizhou." Bai Yan talked calmly: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue said that he wanted to clear up the past with Miss and resolve the hatred..."

"Resolve the hatred? The hundreds of members of my Yan family died in vain?" Yan Feiyan yelled angrily, tears welling up.

Bai Yan didn't say a word, but looked at Yan Feiyan with pity. This poor woman has been immersed in hatred since she was born.It's a pity that she doesn't have that talent, and she has been brooding about her failure in the assassination five years ago, practicing martial arts hard all the time, so that she has not considered her life's major events when she is over [-] years old.The saddest thing is that no matter how hard she worked, she was no match for Sun Shao. The gap between her and Sun Shao was not only not narrowed by her efforts, but was getting bigger and bigger.Five years ago, Sun Shao was a businessman with no future, and she was a village owner. Five years later, Sun Shao became the king of Yue, and she was still a village owner, and she was the owner of a cottage that was about to be wiped out.

During the two years of getting along, Bai Yan was full of sympathy for Yan Feiyan. At this moment, she just quietly looked at Yan Feiyan who was crying bitterly. There was sympathy and comfort in her eyes, but there was no ridicule.

Father Mu has been looking at Bai Yan's face, and Bai Yan's calmness and pity slowly calmed down his anger.After a lifetime of fighting, seeing his comrades leave him one by one, his state of mind has become very indifferent, and his hatred has also become flat. What he thinks most now is how to let Yan Feiyan live in peace.

Of the three generals back then, he is now the only one left disabled, and Lei Zi, who was able to take on the important task of successor, was seriously injured, and his life and death were uncertain. Yan Feiyan alone could not support him.Father Mu is very clear about the prospects of Baihuzhai. Although he is reluctant, he knows that Bai Yan revealed his identity at this time because they have no other choice.

"Can the King of Yue keep our Baihu Village?" Father Mu was silent for a long time, and then he said slowly.

"This is not something I can promise." Bai Yan shook his head: "If Dad is interested, why not send someone to the beach to wait and talk to His Royal Highness, wouldn't it be better?"

"Are you sure he'll be there in two days?" Old Mu's mouth twisted, and he said in disbelief.

"If it doesn't come within two days, it will be Baihuzhai's fate." Bai Yan said meaningfully with a twitch of his mouth.Papa Mu froze, speechless.He originally wanted to say that Bai Yan was blowing his breath and suppressing her aura, but he didn't expect that Bai Yan would ignore him at all, and directly pointed out the current predicament of Baihuzhai.It doesn't matter when Sun Shao comes, if he doesn't come this time, he can come next time, but Baihu Village can't wait.

"You go out first." Father Mu waved his hand, Bai Yan walked out empty-handed, and Mu Zhiqiu watched her coldly.Bai Yan didn't take it seriously, but Mu Zhiqiu was a little nervous.Bo Yan leaned against the wall, arms easily hugging his chest, silently looking at the mountains in the distance.Mu Zhiqiu was irritated by her calmness, and said bitterly: "Spies! Fortunately, miss trusts you so much."

"Did I do something that was not good for Baihu Village?" Bai Yan asked lightly.

"You..." Mu Zhiqiu was tongue-tied, she bit her lip and thought for a while: "Not now, but there will be in the future."

"Who knows what will happen in the future?" Bai Yan sneered, looking down at his toes: "Aqiu, you don't know, even if I don't tell you, Baihuzhai won't last for a few days, I just don't want to It’s just that Miss died so uselessly. She left her hometown, far away from her homeland, even your father, he doesn’t want to bury his bones in a foreign land, does he?”

"But...but you..."

"Aqiu, General Dou Ni killed the Yan family, but Miss also assassinated His Royal Highness Yue Wang. It's just that she didn't succeed. His Highness Yue Wang could have killed the grass, but he didn't. Instead, he let her go. The hatred between the two families It's already evened out, do you think Baihu Village is gone at this time, and you can take revenge if you are all dead?"

Mu Zhiqiu was speechless, and she was no match for Bai Yan when it came to reasoning.

"What a sharp mouth." Old Mu pushed open the door and limped out, followed by Yan Feiyan, whose face was full of tears: "Bai Fangqing, can I trust you?"

Bai Yan glanced at Yan Feiyan, quickly stood up straight, and clasped his fists together: "Father, Bai Yan is willing to use his life to guarantee that Miss will have no worries."

"Okay." Father Mu nodded lightly: "Aqiu, you choose ten people, and together with Bai Yan, accompany Miss to the beach and wait."

Mu Zhiqiu pouted, sulked for a while, but didn't dare to disobey his father, so he stomped his feet, turned around and left, and quickly rushed over with ten strong young men, and went in to help Yan Feiyan pack her luggage .After a while, thirteen people disappeared into the dense jungle behind the stronghold.

After a day and a night of sneaking, they got out of the forest and came to a place called Huya Reef by the sea ten miles away from Baihu Village.As the name suggests, Huya Reef is full of sharp reefs like tiger teeth, some of which are mostly exposed on the sea surface, while others are hidden under the water, with only a sharp corner exposed, and there are countless underwater.The waves beat against the rocks, stirring up snow-white waves, and the roar of the waves was breathtaking.

"Not good." Mu Zhiqiu looked at the empty sea, his face became ugly: "It looks like there will be a storm."

Yan Feiyan, who hadn't spoken for a while, looked at the rough sea with white foam, and her heart sank to the bottom.Along the way, she was thinking about how to face Sun Shao, but now she found that it was not easy to face Sun Shao. This year's storm came earlier than in previous years, and Sun Shao's fleet was still missing. At sea, one cannot escape this storm, and this helpless last hope will also be destroyed by this storm.

It's God who wants to destroy my Yan family!There was only one thought left in Yan Feiyan's mind.

Bai Yan's face was also ugly.After all the calculations, she just didn't expect that today's storm would come so early, two months earlier than last year.Could it be that His Highness King Yue's trip to Yizhou is doomed to be unsuccessful, and is it that my hard work of more than two years will be wiped out?Is my family destined to be officials and servants for a lifetime?
Bai Yan is from Nanyang, and her father, Bai Zhong and Bai Xiaochang, was once a meritorious officer in Nanyang.Bai Zhong was originally a cowardly man. In the sixth year of Jian'an, when Liu Biao attacked Xi'e, Bai Zhong was also in the city. When he heard the shouts of killing outside, he was so frightened that he hid in the house, covering his hair with a quilt and shaking. Xi'e Chang Du Xi led his troops to resist alone. After fighting for a long time, Bo Zhong dared to show his face. He dared to go out on the second day. On the fourth day and fifth day, he had the courage to take up arms and go to the city to fight. He said to Du Xi , It turns out that bravery can also be cultivated, so it has become the laughing stock of people.

Bo Zhong's ability is average, and the courage he cultivated did not last long. It was difficult to survive in the troubled times, and his official position was never promoted, so he was unemployed at home.In the 23rd year of Jian'an, Hou Yin rebelled, and Cao Ren led his troops to defeat Wancheng. Because Bo Zhong was suspected of being a traitor, his family did not serve as official slaves.The following year, Cui Qian broke through Wancheng, and then Guan Yu, the guardian of the emperor, stayed in Wancheng. Although the Bai family was not in danger of life, her family's identity as a sinner was also confirmed.As Bo Zhong's eldest daughter, Bai Yan was unwilling to live like this for the rest of her life. When she saw Guan Feng had a female guard by her side, she took the initiative to find Sun Shao, became a secret soldier under Zhou Bing's command, and was sent to Yizhou.

Sun Shao's promise to her is that if you win Baihuzhai, you will return your family's freedom, and you will be an official and businessman.

For this promise, Bai Yan endured in Yizhou for two years. Today she finally saw hope, but was blown away by a storm. The despair in her heart was no less than that of Yan Feiyan.

God seemed to be mocking Bo Yan and Yan Feiyan, the wind was blowing harder and harder, crying like complaints, heart-piercing, in the evening, the storm came as expected, the sky was as black as ink, and you couldn't see your fingers when you stretched out your hands. No human voice can be heard, only the roar of the wind, and the thunder of the waves beating on the reef.

Yan Feiyan and Bai Yan stood on the beach in the rain, hugging a boulder tightly, letting the bean-sized raindrops beat on their bodies like whips, and tears of despair flowed down with the rain, they looked at each other, and finally hugged each other Crying, hugging each other, the same desperate mood made them temporarily abandon the distinction between friend and foe, and became two miserable people who shared the same disease.

At the same time, Old Man Mu looked up to the sky in Baihu Village and sighed, and Lei Zi stared blankly at the rain curtain under the eaves, as if mourning.

The storm raged all night, and at dawn, the sea returned to its former tranquility. The waves gently lapped against the washed-out reef, as gentle as a mother comforting a sleeping child.When Yan Feiyan and Bai Yan, who had fallen asleep under the boulder, were woken up by Mu Zhiqiu, they saw a piece of ship plank and the frustrated faces of the guards.

"Where did you come from?" Before Yan Feiyan could speak, Bai Yan grabbed the planks of the boat and asked anxiously.

"You are from the country of Yue." Mu Zhiqiu said coldly, pointing to a word written in lacquer on the wooden board, only half of the word, it can be seen that it is the word "戉", Bai Yan got up and ran to the beach, where you can see it everywhere The ship planks that go up and down with the waves are dotted with various sundries.

Bo Yan's heart suddenly turned cold. The King of Yue was coming, but he encountered a storm and was destroyed by the storm. Not only could he not save Baihuzhai, he could not even occupy Yizhou, and even his life and death were hanging by a thread.

"God's will, God's will——" Yan Feiyan suddenly opened her arms and screamed on her back: "God, open your eyes, before I die, I can see my enemy being punished by heaven, die without regret, die without regret... ..."

Yan Feiyan looked crazy, crying and laughing for a while until she fell limp to the ground.

Bai Yan wanted to cry, but she climbed to the top of a tall reef, built a pergola with her hands, and searched the sea as hard as she could, hoping to see the shadow of the fleet, but she saw only pieces of wreckage. You can still see the corpse, but there is no complete warship.

Bai Yan was desperate, her body went limp, and she sat down on the reef, crumbling.Although Mu Zhiqiu hated her, seeing her like this, he couldn't bear to watch her fall and die, so he climbed up the rock, trying to hug her down.Bo Yan hugged the rock and did not let go, muttering to himself: "Look, see if there is a boat..."

"There are boat planks, why don't you let me pick up two more pieces for you?" Mu Zhiqiu said angrily.

"Warship... the warship of King Yue..." Bai Yan burst into tears: "Look quickly, the warship of King Yue..."

"Fart warship..." Mu Zhiqiu cursed, but her voice stopped abruptly. She stared at the sea in a daze, let go of Bai Yan with one hand, put it on her eyebrows for a moment, and suddenly patted Bai Yan in ecstasy. shoulder: "Fang Qing, Fang Qing, look quickly, it's a warship!"

Bai Yan sat in a daze, turned a deaf ear, and Mu Zhiqiu's vigorous slapping didn't work. Her eyes were weeping, and she stared blankly at the blue sea water.Mu Zhiqiu became anxious and pinched her hard, only then did she wake up from the pain.

"Look, it's really a warship!" Mu Zhiqiu jumped excitedly, pointing to the sea with one hand.

Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment, then came to her senses, she jumped up and looked towards the boundless sea.

On the surface of the sea, a large ship has just exposed its hull, its sails are fully pulled by the sea wind, and it is getting closer and closer to the wind and waves. On the sea behind, countless sail shadows are like bamboo shoots after rain, emerging one after another. nod.Getting closer and clearer.

"It's a warship!" Bai Yan couldn't help laughing, and then laughed again, "It's a warship, it's the warship of the King of Yue, except for the King of Yue who is blessed by God, no one can escape such a storm .”

Yan Feiyan also stood up, looking at the warships getting closer and closer in the distance, dumbfounded, mixed with sadness and joy.In just one night, she experienced hope, despair, and ecstasy, and now she is back to the original point. Even the storm is helpless to Sun Shaohe, so does she still have a chance?

"Why is Zhaizhu Yan still single? Don't all the old and ugly old men want you?" When Sun Shao saw the distraught Yan Feiyan, his first words were beyond everyone's expectations.Yan Feiyan was stunned for a moment, then remembered the curse Sun Shao had given her in Dongye City, her face turned purple with anger, her lips trembled.

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed and waved to Bai Yan. Bai Yan rushed forward and bowed to salute: "Meet the king."

"Well, I thought you were a talent at the beginning, and I didn't miss it." Sun Shao motioned Bai Yan to get up: "Your family has been released from slavery, your brother is studying with Zhao Jijiu at Zhuya's Taoist Academy, and your mother is living a good life. That's okay, but unfortunately your father just passed away two months ago, so I didn't have time to inform you."

Bai Yan was inexplicably grateful, thank you again.

"You rest for half a year, and then decide whether to continue working or go home." Sun Shao waved his hand, and Guan Chao, who was behind him, came up and wanted to lure Bai Yan down to rest.When he was in Yizhou, Guan Chao was an old acquaintance who had a one-way connection with Bai Yan.Bai Yan hesitated for a moment, then saluted again:
"Your Majesty, I... request to join the battle. I am familiar with the terrain of this place and the customs of the barbarians, so I can help you."

Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Okay, I can't ask for it. You go to rest first, and I will ask you to come to discuss the matter later."

"Here." Bo Yan clasped his fists like a man, turned around and left.When passing in front of Sun Shangxiang, Sun Shangxiang stretched out his arm to stop her, looked her over, and said with a friendly smile: "Good job, you gave our women a face. How are you, are you interested in following me?"

"Who is the general?" Bo Yan saluted, and looked at Sun Shangxiang curiously, and soon recognized Sun Shangxiang's identity as a woman.

"This is His Highness's aunt, Mrs. Sun, the Fifth General." Guan Chao quickly introduced.

"Fifth General?" Bai Yan was puzzled.Not to mention her, even Sun Shangxiang himself doesn't know why Sun Shao gave her such a title.

Sun Shao didn't know that Sun Shangxiang was poaching his corner, he smiled and said to Yan Feiyan: "Master Yan, after five years of separation, have you improved your skills?"

"Although you haven't made much progress, you may not have the good luck you had last time." Yan Feiyan was so angry that she couldn't choose what to say.

"Luck?" Sun Shao spread his hands, smiled and said to the generals behind him: "Everyone, I only lost a few cargo ships in such a storm. Isn't my luck not good enough?"

Cui Qian stroked his chin, looked at Yan Feiyan and the others with tense faces, and sneered: "My lord, this village owner doesn't seem to welcome you. Do you want me to lead someone to kill her and destroy her poor village?" Clear the way for your majesty."

"Hehehe..." He Da rolled his eyes, "Didn't it be agreed? In the sea, you sailors are competing first, and I will take the lead when you go ashore. Why are you trying to steal my business before you go ashore? Why are you a pirate? Not honesty?"

Cui Qian gave a smirk: "Your Majesty said, it's a joy to learn from time to time. We have learned so many mountain tactics from you, but we have never had the opportunity to practice. How dare such a small dilapidated village work for you?" Your boss? Let us do it for you.”

Before his words fell, Chen Hai also picked up, and patted He Da's shoulder earnestly: "I said Bo Zhi, I didn't criticize you, you have a problem with your thinking. What do you mean by your navy? We are all Warriors of the Yue Kingdom, we are all swords in the hands of the king, why should we share them with each other? Whoever chops is not chopping? Do you think the old sign is right?"

"That's it." Cui Qian nodded repeatedly.

"However, a small dilapidated village can't work your famous reminder sign, so let me, an unknown person, do it for you." Chen Hai put his arms around Cui Qian's shoulders and laughed.

"Wonderful thinking!" Cui Qian rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and brushed Chen Hai's arm away: "I know you are a bitch who has nothing to do and is courteous, and you have no good intentions."

(End of this chapter)