Thousands of miles away on the southeastern sea, Li Dong's messenger arrived at Han Dongkai's hometown, Jingshe Island, by speedboat. This meeting was conducted in extremely secretive circumstances, because the last time Li Dong sent Chen Xin to visit, it caused a lot of confusion. Han Dongkai was extremely passive. Afterwards, he tried his best to explain to several other pirate leaders that this was a divorce plan by the imperial court. He even distributed the ordnance and supplies shipped to him by Li Dong to several other pirate leaders without reservation, but those The leader didn't buy it. Although they didn't say anything at the time, their eyes when they looked at Han Dongkai were full of indifference and wariness.
At this point, no matter how much Han Dongkai said, it was useless. A deep gap had formed between their pirate group. Unless Han Dongkai could do something that could show his true feelings, it would mean that he had never thought about joining the Ming Dynasty. , otherwise this group will only fall apart.
¡° As long as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is captured, all rumors and misunderstandings will be eliminated, and we will be together again, Han Dongkai thought in his heart.
In order to prevent a situation like the last time from happening, Han Dongkai made an agreement with Chen Xin that the next meeting must be held in secret. Chen Xin readily agreed. This time, Li Dong's messenger also followed Han Dongkai's request and arrived at a secret island first. , and then Han Dongkai¡¯s people took the messenger to Jingshen Island. On Han Dongkai¡¯s side, there were definitely no more than five people who knew that a messenger from the imperial court had come to Jingshen Island, and these five people were all Han Dongkai¡¯s absolute Confidants, they will not go out and talk nonsense.
However, Han Dongkai still ignored one thing. His men would not go out and talk nonsense, but it did not mean that others would not talk nonsense. Luo Wenwen, the nail planted by Chen Xin around Han Dongkai, 'accidentally' saw the court's messenger boarding the Jingshen. Island, he told the news to the owner of the tavern after drinking, and this owner happened to be the brother-in-law of one of the pirate leaders, so. . .
There were only two people in Han Dongkai¡¯s secret room, Han Dongkai himself and his wife Ye Xiaowan.
Ye Xiaowan was looking down at the letter from the court to the couple by the candlelight in the room. Originally, Han Dongkai did not want to trouble his wife about this matter, but Han Dongkai himself had limited literacy, and it was not possible to just find someone to read it for him. That's fine. After thinking about it, Ye Xiaowan is the most reliable. She will never lie to herself.
The content of Li Dongkai's letter is very simple. In summary, it just talks about one thing, the conditions for Han Dongkai's surrender. This is easy to understand. In modern terms, "If there are no conditions, who will surrender?"
" But Ye Xiaowan looked at it, and Liu Yemei frowned slightly, because the intention expressed in Li Dongkai's letter was not to give Han Dongkai any conditions for recruitment, but this time he wanted Han Dongkai to show his sincerity in joining the imperial court.
"Madam, what's wrong? Could it be that the imperial court regretted it?"
Ye Xiaowan shook her head gently, "That's not true. The imperial court still hopes to recruit you and let you serve the imperial court."
"Recruit me? The letter didn't mention when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will meet with me?" This is what Han Dongkai is most concerned about now.
"I mentioned it. The date given there is the first day of May, and the location is on the Diaoyu Islands."
Hearing the news, Han Dongkai breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his shoulders with relief. The emperor of Ming Dynasty finally took the bait. It was only April 20th, there were still ten days left, and besides, it was not far from his side. , it was only one or two days' sea journey, enough time for him to arrange everything. As long as he can capture the emperor of Akito, he will move towards another broad road - a road to struggle for hegemony.
Seeing Han Dongkai's happy look, Ye Xiaowan couldn't bear it. She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Han Dongkai and handed it over. Ye Xiaowan glanced at Han Dongkai and bit her red lips, looking like she was hesitant to speak.
Han Dongkai didn't pay attention to the expression on Ye Xiaowan's face. He was completely immersed in the joy of success. He took the tea cup and drank it slowly. His mind was spinning rapidly. He was thinking about what he should do to capture Mingren alive. The emperor, only the living emperor is meaningful to him.
"Husband, the court also put forward some additional conditions." After much hesitation, Ye Xiaowan finally spoke.
Han Dongkai smiled slightly at Ye Xiaowan and joked, "Why, the court wants to make me the general of the sea?"
Ye Xiaowan walked slowly to Han Dongkai's side, leaned on Han Dongkai's shoulder, hugged Han Dongkai with both hands, and said softly, "Husband, the court said they asked you to do two things for them."
You can obviously feel that Han Dongkai's body stiffened for a moment, and then slowly relaxed. He asked softly, "What's the matter?"
"The imperial court is afraid that you will still have connections with the pirates after you are recruited, soso I asked you to hand in a certificate of surrender."
"What's the deal?" Han Dongkai asked seriously.Ask.
Ye Xiaowan slowly let go of her arms and looked up at Han Dongkai.
"Husband, first of all, the court asked you to send people to attack coastal towns. They need to know the time and place."
Han Dongkai gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face tensed, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Where's the second one?"
Ye Xiaowan sighed, "Let you rob a merchant ship with a safety flag." Ye Xiaowan looked up at Han Dongkai with a sad face, and then added: "Husband, the court wants us to complete these things within ten days, otherwise, Otherwise, the meeting on the Diaoyu Islands will be cancelled."
The iron hook on Han Dongkai's left wrist was slapped hard on the desk, and his eyes flashed with fierceness. The Ming court clearly wanted to force him to a dead end, betray his accomplices, and then offend the biggest enemy in the sea. The power of the Sea King, when the time comes, there will be no place for him to stand on the sea.
The imperial court had previously vowed to recruit him, and now it was doing this again. The imperial court's intention was to block all his escape routes. But when things got to this point, Han Dongkai knew very well that he no longer had any bargaining chips. Even if he didn't do it, the imperial court would only lose the ordnance and ships invested in advance, but his pirate group would fall apart due to mutual suspicion.
The island group headed by Han Dongkai is strong together and weak when divided. Once they fall apart, Neptune will never let go of such a good opportunity. He will definitely defeat them one by one and destroy them in a matter of seconds.
Thinking of this, Han Dongkai felt a chill that penetrated into his bones, and his body trembled involuntarily. He finally understood that his every move was under the control of the imperial court. This terrible opponent did not launch a large-scale attack, nor did he fight with swords and swords. , just by playing some tricks, he fell into an irreversible situation. At the same time, the court used this letter to beat him, telling him the truth: you have no choice but to surrender.
Seeing Han Dongkai standing there with a horrified expression on his face, Ye Xiaowan gently took Han Dongkai's right hand and placed it on her smooth cheek, then slowly closed her eyes, rubbing her ears and temples together, Han Dongkai's trembling right hand slowly Calmed down.
Ye Xiaowan guided Han Dongkai's right hand to slowly move down, along the slender neck, and finally stopped on the lower abdomen. She opened her eyes and looked at Han Dongkai with a half-smile, two red clouds appeared on her face, shyly Say "I haven't been here for two months."
Han Dongkai didn't react for a moment, and looked at Ye Xiaowan in confusion. After a long time, he first looked at Ye Xiaowan, and then at Ye Xiaowan's belly, and swallowed hard, "Madam you you have mine. Bones and blood?¡±
Ye Xiaowan winked at Han Dongkai mischievously, pursed her lips and smiled, "It's been three months since the doctor found out it was a happy pulse last night."
"Hahaha, madam you" Han Dongkai laughed, too excited to speak. He became a father, his Han family had an heir, he was no longer alone, he had a family, At this time, he just wanted the world to share the news with him.
"Husband, it's time for us to stop" Ye Xiaowan said quietly.
Han Dongkai slowly stopped smiling. After a short period of joy, he still had to face the current predicament. He picked up the teapot and drank a gulp of water. At this time, his mind gradually became clearer and his thoughts became clearer. Bai Zhuan has already figured out the clues. His destiny has always been controlled by himself. The original Sea King couldn't do it, and the current court can't do it either. He squinted his eyes and smiled slightly.
"Madam, let's surrender then. I will do whatever the court says. I will send people to seize a ship with a safety flag tomorrow. Three days later, I will send people to attack Cixi. I will send people to Cixi after a while. Tell the messenger sent by the imperial court this news."
"Husband, have you really decided?" Ye Xiaowan looked at Han Dongkai in disbelief.
"For you and for the children, I will let go of anything!" Han Dongkai's smile was charming.
Ye Xiaowan, who was immersed in happiness, began to long for her own beautiful life. From now on, she would no longer have to hide and wander around with her husband. They would go to a quiet place, give birth to the child, and live happily together as a family. Living a peaceful life, she firmly believes that happiness is waiting for them ahead
That day, a newly joined pirate bandit was quickly promoted to leader by Han Dongkai, and he was given 300 pirate men and two boats. One day later, Han Dongkai ordered him to go to sea and patrol a certain sea area. It must be said that this leader was named Zheng Hai. He was really lucky. As soon as he came up, he encountered several transport ships. Without Han Dongkai's consent, they looted these ships, and then gave all the proceeds to Han Dongkai. In their view, robbery is the essential work, and not robbing is passive and sagging. For the hard-working pirates, Han Dongkai isI won't criticize, this is just a trivial matter, nothing to mention.
The logic is correct, but the problem is that the two hundred and fifty did not use their brains before the robbery. They did not even read the flag and robbed them indiscriminately. They did not know that although there were countless ships on the sea that could be robbed, But there are a few that cannot be moved, and that is Neptune's fleet.
Those who couldn't move moved. Han Dongkai patted Zheng Hai on the shoulder and said it didn't matter. He resisted. Then he assigned Zheng Hai a new task, to go to Cixi to rob. Zheng Hai was naturally grateful to follow such a responsible person. The boss, risk your life to serve, so he set off bravely.