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The Rising Sun Chapter 449: Substituting the Heaven for the Sun (10)

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    Upon seeing this, Xue Liangfu immediately came up with two very practical methods. Just like a long-standing bandit who has been killing people and looting goods at sea all year round, Hu Wanli couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart. This is enough to show that Xue Liangfu was also deliberately putting himself in his shoes during this period.  thinking about this.  Wu Zishun didn't think too much. Naturally, he wouldn't let Hu Wanli reveal such a sinister method. He immediately lowered his head and said, "Mr.  It is better to sink the ship. It would not be suspicious if it caught fire or hit the rocks and caused the ship to sink. Not only were the people in Prince Yi's Mansion not familiar with navigation, but also very few were familiar with the water. Sinking the ship at night was a good idea, not only for the young master to fake it, but also to control the casualties. However,  , it¡¯s best to wait until they get seasick before taking action.¡± ¡°Control the casualties?¡± Tang Jinbao said with some confusion, ¡°Don¡¯t you have to take care of them all?¡± ¡°There¡¯s no need to commit more crimes,¡± Hu Wanli said slowly.  : "The young children of the prince's family are still staying. They have little contact with Zhu Houye and are young, so they can't cause any trouble." "The young master has a kind heart" Xue Liangfu nodded slightly and said, he knew very well,  The reason why we did not eradicate the root cause is that these princes¡¯ sons need to prove the identity of Hu Wanli, the fake King Yi, to the people of the world, or to the officials of the capital. If the whole line of King Yi is really dead, the King of Yushan County of Hanwu will be dead.  Ye's silence will inevitably arouse suspicion and spread rumors.  After pondering for a while, he said: "King Yi's belongings, especially important things such as tokens, crowns, robes, belts, and ornaments, must be assigned to a dedicated person to ensure that there is no room for failure." "This is natural." Wu Zishun nodded,  Then he looked at Tang Jinbao and said, "No one else should know about this matter. King Yi and Prince Chongren are the two of us who are responsible for it. It must be done neatly and without leaving any trouble." After dusk, when the tide ebbs, people slip by.  A clipper ship was equipped with an air-dead wind lantern that was not easily blown out by the wind, and quickly sailed to the open sea.  Because of Xiamen Port, Dongxing Port has built large and small lighthouses on the islands on the routes in and out of Xiamen over the years, making night navigation extremely safe.  However, in more than half an hour, the fleet entered the strait. The strait was very rough in June and July.  Although the clipper boat is good for breaking waves, it is still very bumpy when sailing in the strait, and the boat speed is very fast. How can the people of Prince Yi's Mansion and Chongren County Prince's Mansion, who have never been to sea, withstand such rocking and bumps and enter  The time in the strait was not long, and everyone was severely seasick.  Pale complexion, dizziness, nausea, and listlessness.  At the turn of the morning, it was the darkness before dawn. The largest ship in the fleet - the clipper ship on which Yi Wang Zhu Houye and his party were riding suddenly burst out of a thick smoke from the middle of the bottom warehouse. The smoke quickly filled the bottom warehouse.  , the sharp whistle sounded.  The fire had spread rapidly, and it was so raging that it was impossible to get close.  "The water has leaked! The water has leaked!" Panic shouts immediately rang out in the bottom warehouse. Awakening from their sleep, King Yi, Prince Chongren and their bodyguards rushed over  When they got out of the cabin and saw this situation, they couldn't help but panic. Everyone knew that the passage leading to the deck was where the fire was.  Clipper ships are slender and have far less loading space than sailing warships.  There were too many people and few boats, and all the ships were overloaded. More than 200 people were crowded into the bottom warehouse where there were more than 60 people. They were panicked and unfamiliar with the bottom warehouse environment. They immediately scurried around like headless flies.  Looking everywhere for other passages to escape to the deck, the already narrow passage in the bottom warehouse suddenly became chaotic, noisy and crowded.  The Dongxing Port soldiers who had received emergency evacuation training were helpless when encountering this situation. An officer immediately shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, follow the order" After half a sentence, he was shouted down.  The smoke choked back.  Upon seeing this situation, Yi Wang Zhu Houye immediately felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He quickly retreated into the cabin and ordered the guards in a low voice to close the cabin door. He was nervously thinking about what was going on and the location of the fire.  It is exactly the location of the passage leading to the deck. This is so strange.  However, he couldn¡¯t understand that if Dongxing Port wanted to kill him, there would be no need to go to such trouble. On the way from Jianchang Mansion to Xiamen, it would be easy for Dongxing Port to kill him!  Why go to all this trouble?  "Dong dong dong" a rapid knock on the door sounded, and the voice of Chongren County King Zhu Houxuan sounded outside: "Brother Wang! Brother Wang!" Hearing Zhu Houxuan's voice, Zhu Houye was shocked. There was no reason to kill him in Dongxing Port. Dongxing  Hong Kong worked hard to force him to rebel and took him out all the way. There was no reason to kill him. Killing him would not do any good to Dongxing Hong Kong!  It was his second brother Zhu Houxuan who had reason to kill him!  If he dies, Dongxing Port will definitely elect his second brother Zhu Houxuan, the Chongren County Prince, to take the lead in serving the King Qing!  His death is only good for his second brother Zhu Houxuan!  Thinking of this, he couldn't help butHis heart was in confusion, he pondered for a while, and then he said in a deep voice through the cabin door: "Second brother, I'm fine. It's chaotic outside. You go back to the cabin first, and the soldiers of Dongxing Port will put out the fire!" How did Zhu Houxuan know that he was in Zhu Houye's house?  He became a suspect of arson. After hearing this, he said with some confusion: "Ahem, Brother Wang are you really okay?" Zhu Houye said in as calm a tone as possible: "It's okay, the cabin is safe.  Second brother, please go back to the cabin quickly." Guard chief Qian Shangxin saw the smoke getting thicker and thicker, but Zhu Houye had no intention of opening the door. He quickly pulled Zhu Houxuan's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, hurry back to the cabin. We can't stay here any longer.  "In the chaos, someone shouted, "Smash the porthole to escape!" As soon as Zhu Houxuan left, Wu Zi, who had been waiting nearby, stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Your Highness, open the door quickly and escape by smashing the porthole!" "Listen!  It was Wu Zishun's voice. Zhu Houye couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered the door to be opened. As soon as Wu Zishun and the two soldiers came in, he said eagerly: "Close the door, the smoke is too heavy." After saying that, he stepped forward and skillfully unloaded the door.  Opening the porthole glass, he said: "Go to the sea from here." As soon as the porthole opened, the cool sea breeze rushed in. Everyone in the cabin was refreshed, looking at the dark sea outside and listening to the sound of waves.  , Zhu Houye said with a pale face: "I don't know how to swim!" Several guards and attendants in the cabin also looked at each other, they didn't know how to swim either.  There were two guards who knew how to swim, but they only swam in the river. This was the sea, and it was in the middle of the sea, and it was still nighttime when it was hard to see.  "Can you climb onto the deck through the porthole?" a guard asked in a deep voice.  "Of course." Wu Zishun nodded and said: "However, the fire is too great and the ship cannot be saved at all. There is also an ammunition depot in the stern cabin. In this case, no ship dares to come up to rescue, so we can only go to sea. It is better to save  Wait for the rescue in the sea with some strength." When they heard that there was an ammunition depot in the tail cabin, several people tensed up. Zhu Houye hesitated and said, "Will they be able to rescue you in time?" "Don't worry, your highness will be fine as long as I am here.  "Wu Zishun said in a relaxed tone: "Your Majesty, you'd better take off your crown and robe, because it won't get in the way in the sea. Put your hair in a net, and pack up all your important things. Don't panic, there's still time."  As he spoke, he took off his military jacket, then bent down and pulled out two floating rings from under the bed - round floating rings made of cork, which were the earliest lifebuoys and existed in the Song Dynasty.  "This is a floating ring. If you put it on your waist, it won't sink. Your Highness can climb out of the porthole and put it on." Seeing this situation, everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief. With this floating ring, there is really not much danger.  , after all, there were ships before and after, and they would be rescued in time, and Zhu Houye no longer hesitated.  He quickly took off his hat and clothes, and then climbed out of the porthole with the help of the guards. No one in the cabin realized that this porthole was the door to death!  In the cabin of Zhu Houxuan, the king of Chongren County, Tang Jinbao was also playing out the same scene.  On the deck.  Hu Wanli was wearing a black gauze folded scarf, a red robe with a collar, a leather belt around his waist, and a pair of leather boots on his feet. This was exactly what Yi Wang Zhu Houye wore. Xue Liangfu stood quietly in the darkness and looked at him.  , after a long while, he said: "The young master's clothes will not be in the way of trouble in the sea." "No, at most this hat is not safe." Hu Wanli said firmly, over the years, his water skills have made great progress.  He was still sure of this idea. He walked a few steps back and forth on the deck with his hands behind his back before asking, "Are you scared, sir?" "Young master, don't worry, this old bone of mine can still withstand the torment." Xue Liangfu said with a smile: "Okay.  It's summer, otherwise it would be really difficult." After a pause, he continued: "Master, it's time to go to the sea, there is an ammunition depot in the back cabin." Hu Wanli nodded, bent down and picked up a floating ring and handed it to him.  , took the floating ring and found that it was tied with a rope. Xue Liangfu immediately understood that Hu Wanli was worried about his safety and deliberately connected the two floating rings with a long rope to prevent them from being separated. He couldn't help but  He felt warm in his heart and said, "Master, this has been discovered, but something is wrong." "It's okay. I have a knife on me. If it's safe, I'll cut the rope with the knife." Hu Wanli smiled and said  : "I'll go down first. Wait until I surface, sir, before jumping in." In the dark and cold water, Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao were like the gods of death, guarding the sea under the portholes and harvesting lives one by one.  Over the past decade or so, people have become very good at water. Not to mention that everyone was not on guard, even with all their strength, they couldn't stop the two of them from hunting.  "Boom!" The fire detonated the ammunition depot in the bottom warehouse. Although there was not much ammunition stored on the clipper ship, the violent explosion soon destroyed the ship. It has only been two months since it was launched into the sea. It is also the largest ship in Dongxing Port so far.  The stern of the clipper ship was blown to pieces, and the ship soon took on water and sank.The ships lowered their sails one after another and began salvage search and rescue operations. However, because it was not yet dawn, effective search and rescue operations could not be carried out in the darkness. The location could only be determined from the cry for help, and the cry for help often led to ruthless hunting.  .  After killing more than twenty people in one go, the sky turned white. Wu Zishun was a little tired and put on a stolen floating ring to rest. A fast stream of water flowed through the soles of his feet. He couldn't help but feel vigilant.  This is not something that can happen when a person swims in the sea. His face suddenly turned pale, shark!  The smell of blood attracts sharks!  "There are sharks!" Wu Zishun shouted in surprise.  There were indeed sharks. Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao went on a killing spree in the sea and began to attract sharks to feed. A scream followed by the sea confirmed Wu Zishun's guess. Everyone who was still in the sea was immediately frightened.  As the sky gradually grew brighter, I could already roughly see the people in the sea.  Nine clipper ships cruising around quickly also discovered sharks, speeding up the search and rescue. When Hu Wanli was pulled onto the ship by the rope, the guards of the three palaces on the ship immediately burst into cheers, "Yi  The king has been rescued! King Yi has been rescued!¡± the cry resounded across the sea.  Hu Wanli didn¡¯t stay long on the deck.  Even though everyone was diligently moved to the cabin below, although it was clear that these guards and attendants were not the people in front of Zhu Houye, and they could only look at Yi Wang Zhu Houye from a distance on weekdays, Hu Wanli still had  I felt guilty as a thief, and then I noticed that everyone looked respectful.  After busying around him diligently, he gradually felt relieved. He didn't speak a word, but just stared at the sea from the porthole window.  Xue Liangfu, who boarded the ship earlier than Hu Wanli, changed his clothes and hurried over to greet him. As soon as he entered the cabin, he stepped forward and bowed in greeting: "His Royal Highness King Yi is frightened" "Cough.  Cough." Hu Wanli coughed twice.  Then he said hoarsely: "Has Prince Chongren rescued him?" "Don't worry, Your Highness." Xue Liangfu bowed and said: "Your Highness, Prince, good people have their own destiny, and they will definitely turn disaster into good fortune. I will send people to other ships right now.  Find out the news." Hu Wanli said in a deep voice: "Child, let them save the child first!" "Your Highness, rest in peace." Xue Liangfu bowed quickly and said, "I will give the order right now." He bowed and exited.  , then ordered in a deep voice.  "Inform all ships with flags to save the children first!" It was getting brighter, and the number of sharks on the sea was also increasing, ferociously attacking the people who were still heaving in the sea. Facing these overlords in the sea, let alone those individuals in Jianchang Prefecture  Guards with poor water quality, even Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao, who are good at water quality, can only resign themselves to their fate.  People standing on the boat watched one after another people being bitten by sharks.  The guards of the palace all turned pale with fear, but the crew and sailors on the ship had no time to be afraid. Instead, they speeded up the rescue again, and one after another those who fell into the water were quickly pulled onto the ship.  Half an hour later, the sea calmed down, and no one could be seen anymore. Only a group of sharks that had feasted appeared and disappeared in the sea, unwilling to leave. Everyone knew in their hearts that they had not been caught at this time.  Ship's.  Most of them have entered the shark's belly.  Each ship began to count the people who came up for search and rescue. Half an hour later, Xue Liangfu walked into Hu Wanli's cabin again. As soon as he entered the door, he burst into tears.  Seeing this situation, Hu Wanli couldn't help but feel nervous. Could it be that Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao were killed?  The expression on his face suddenly became solemn.  "His Royal Highness King Yi." Xue Liangfu sobbed: "The Prince of Chongren County was not was not rescued on the boat." Upon hearing this, the people in the Chongren County Prince's Palace immediately looked sad.  , everyone knew that the county prince had probably entered the belly of a shark at this time. Thinking of the county prince ending up with no body left, many people cried out.  "Second brother" Hu Wanli covered his face with his sleeves and howled a few words before asking eagerly: "Where are the young princes?" "Your Highness, I express my condolences." Xue Liangfu said in a sympathetic voice: "More than a dozen princes?"  Only eight of the princesses were rescued. "Eight was enough. Hu Wanli pretended to be sad for a while and then said: "What are the casualties in Dongxing Port?" Xue Liangfu naturally knew that he was most concerned about Wu Zishun and Tang Jinbao.  After pondering, he said: "Twelve soldiers are missing." "Has the cause of the fire been found out?" Hu Wanli then asked.  "Go back to Your Highness." Xue Liangfu bowed and said, "I heard that someone got up at night and did not fix the candle. Many people in the room got seasick. When I waited, I realized that the fire was already strong." Although this was not stated clearly, the waiter beside him  However, a few people understood immediately upon hearing that this was referring to the people in their palace. The soldiers in Dongxing Port would not get seasick. Hu Wanli pondered for a moment and then said slowly: "It's a drag on you" "  I also hope that Your Highness will express my condolences."Hu Wanli bowed and said: "A great responsibility is given by heaven, and one's muscles and bones must be taxed and one's mind must be strained" "Go down." Hu Wanli waved his hand, and when Xue Liangfu stepped back, he scanned the area in front of him.  Several people glanced at each other and said: "I have decreed that everyone must strictly abide by all the rules on the Dongxing Port ship! I don't want any accidents to happen again! Those who serve in front of me must set an example. Do you understand?" Listen  With these words, everyone in the cabin couldn't help but feel elated. If these words promoted them to serve King Yi, for them, this would be a step to the sky!  Serving in front of King Yi, this status and power are completely different from before!  Everyone hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "I respectfully respect your Majesty's decree." Hu Wanli glanced at everyone and said slowly: "It will take some time to sail on the sea, and it is inconvenient to deploy manpower. We all do our jobs with sincerity and perform well.  Stay with me. "It also depends on performance!  Everyone was a little disappointed at first, but they quickly came to their senses. How could they serve King Yi without any skills?  At least it was a blessing in disguise that they got the opportunity to perform in front of King Yi!  Everyone knows in their hearts that this is the biggest and most important opportunity in their lives!  The crowd quickly cheered up and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." Hu Wanli knew very well that it was not appropriate to recruit a large number of people from Dongxinggang to serve in front of him at this time. It would easily make people suspicious. He must be promoted and cultivated among these old people from the palace.  His team, at that moment, he pointed to a guard standing at the door and said: "You, through the semaphore on the ship, immediately make a detailed inventory of the losses caused by this accident." "Little Changhao, respect your order." "Xin  In the face of a catastrophe, we must calm people's hearts as soon as possible. You should immediately make a detailed count of all the people in the three palaces on this ship and bring them to the king in batches. " "Little Feng Shengkui, as ordered."
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