Chapter 548: True and False Emperor
The sea surface is calm and shows a gentle and friendly side, but like those ferocious beasts, it is wary even when they are shaking their tails.
Mr. Huang Pu had long been accustomed to getting along with this wild beast, and he didn't care about being swallowed by it in one bite. His eyes crossed the sea and looked at the mountains that were looming in the distance.
"The enemy's territory is ahead."
Huang Pugong just talked to himself, forgot to be followed by someone.
Luan Kai looked pale and looked listless. The longer he went out to sea, the more he hated the endless bumps. Even when the wind was calm, he could not rest for a moment.
"What are you waiting for? Hit it." Luan Kai said weakly, as if he could knock him down by just blowing a breath.
Mr. Huang Pu shook his head, "We have too few people to beat."
"If you can't beat it, you will fight." Luan Kai grabbed the side of the ship and retching a few times outside, "at least you can die on the shore."
Mr. Huang Pu smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will be docking soon. Have you seen that small island? That is our resting place. After reinforcements from the countries on the sea arrive, you may be able to fight."
"Well, will they come? Our emperor is far behind the one in his family."
Huang Gong corrected seriously, "The person on the ship is King Ying, the youngest son of Emperor Wu, not the emperor, there is only one emperor, in the capital of Dachu."
Luan Kai didn't care about these differences, "It's useless to tell me, tell him."
Luan Kai raised his finger.
King Ying walked out of the cabin, stretched and yawned. He was very adaptable to sea life, able to eat and sleep. He used to be a personal soldier for Huang Pugong, but now he has a single house and doesn't have to do any work. He eats better and sleeps more soundly.
He was wearing a yellow "dragon robe". The dragons on them were not embroidered, but were from paintbrushes. The brushwork was poor, and the dragons looked like a group of clawed insects who were panicked and wanted to escape.
"Ah, it's getting dark again, what are you going to eat tonight?" King Ying walked to Huang Pugong and looked into the distance. After a while, he suddenly showed a surprise smile, "Did you see it? Land! There is land ahead! We are finally coming."
Everyone on the boat who heard these words were laughing secretly.
Huang Pugong pressed the arm of the King of England and said, "Let's rest on the island tonight and make plans after reinforcements from other countries arrive."
"It's the island again, what's there to be fun?"
"There may be some things left by the fishermen and business travelers."
"It's boring. I've seen it all. Come on reinforcements, I'm going to land. It's said that the prosperity of the Western cities is not inferior to that of the capital. I'm going to go over one by one." The King of England was extremely excited.
The King of England turned his head and glanced. There were only thirty or fifty ships following behind him, basically brought out from Da Chu. "Will reinforcements come? I am the emperor, they all have to obey my will, right?"
Huang Pugong coughed, "This... I'll talk about it when I'm resting on the dock."
The island is a temporary safe haven. Chu army ships cannot dock all of them, and most of them stay at the sea to serve as a warning. Although the enemy destroys their own ships, they cannot be careless.
Once you are down-to-earth, Luan Kai quickly returned to normal and would not feel dizzy when he looked at the sea again. He could even follow the King of Ying to fish and catch shrimps on the shore.
The fresh grilled fish was the dinner for King Ying. He was very satisfied. After eating, he said to Luan Kai: "You should be a eunuch for me, and I will be the chief magistrate of the Central Secretary, the biggest official."
Luan Kai shook his head vigorously, "Even if you are the real emperor, I won't be the one."
King Ying's face suddenly fell, "What do you mean? Am I not a real emperor? I have a handwritten book left by Emperor Wu, which is covered with the seal of the Great Chu Seal. Do you want to read it again?"
Luan Kai still shook his head and smiled, "How can I recognize that thing? I believe whatever Mr. Huang said, "I will listen to him."
Huang Pugong sat opposite the King of England and ate without saying a word.
"Hong Pugong, don't you believe me? When you were in Java, you believed it."
In Java, Huang Pugong urgently needed a person to let the king on the shore believe that this was a real Chu army, so he grandly launched the youngest son of Emperor Wu of the British King.
For many island countries, Emperor Wu was synonymous with the Emperor of Great Chu, and many kings sent people to pay tribute to recognize the seal of Great Chu, so they accepted the Chu army and provided supplies.
The King of England had great ambitions and wanted to be the emperor. He really wrote an edict in the name of the emperor, ordering the states at sea to send troops to support the Chu army and attack the gods and ghosts and great Shanyu together.
The Chu army had already arrived at the agreed location, but the reinforcements were nowhere to be seen.
Huang Pugong put down the grilled fish that had eaten halfway and said, "I believe you are the King of England."
"Don't you think I am the emperor? I am the youngest son of Emperor Wu. When I first won the throne, the Champion Marquis was dead, the Juehou, the King of Donghai violated the rules and lost his qualifications. I was the only one left. I should be the emperor." King Ying stood up, pressed his hands on the table, and stared at Huang Pugong tightly.
Luan Kai looked at it with a smile, and finally felt that this time going out to sea was interesting.
Huang Pugong remained calm, "This is not important, the enemy army in front is a big trouble. It is said that after the gods and ghosts escaped, the majority of the rebellions were put down and a large army was assembled. Alas, it's a pity that we will come one step later. If we were half a year earlier, we would be able to join the Chu army on the land..."
"Mr. Huang Pu, don't interrupt me, I'll ask you... I'll ask you one thing, do you admit that I am the emperor?" King Ying still stared at me.
Huang Pugong was silent for a while, "I am the expeditionary general personally appointed by the Emperor of Great Chu."
"I will grant you the title of general and the title of prime minister."
Mr. Huang Pu laughed, "Why do you want to be emperor so much?"
"Because I won." King Ying looked at Huang Pugong for no reason, not understanding why he was confused.
"Since the King of England considers himself the emperor, why would he refuse to return to the palace?"
King Ying was also silent for a while, then sat down and said angrily: "Junhou and King Donghai said they wanted to take me out to play, but they forgot me long ago. Why should I go back to the palace? I want to come out to play by myself, so there is no need for them to take me."
"Your Majesty has not forgotten King Ying, and has been sending people to find your whereabouts." Huang Pugong relaxed his tone and coaxed King Ying like a child.
King Ying was not short, but his personality was indeed like a child. He replied: "I won't let him find me."
"How did the King of England escape from Yunmengze?" Huang Pugong was always curious. After asking several times, the King of England refused to say it.
"When the guards were unprepared, they escaped." The British King said vaguely.
"The people in Yunmengze have never discovered the handwritten letters of Emperor Wu?" Huang Pugong asked again.
"I hid it well and didn't let them discover it." The King of England refused to reveal the details.
Huang Pugong never believed that King Ying could hide from Yunmengze’s bandits, but he did not ask, “The emperor did not win by betting, nor did he proclaim himself. He needed the recognition of others, not just me, but everyone.”
"No, the emperor belongs to our Han family. Taizu left the throne to his descendants, and no one needs to admit it."
"Since that's the case, why don't you admit the current emperor of Great Chu?"
"Because Jue Hou cheated, he is not the real emperor!"
"Look, that's it. You think Juehou cheated, and others think that your identity is not true. You don't recognize the Emperor of Chu, and many people don't recognize you. The throne belongs to your Han family, but the Han family has many descendants, and anyone who is an emperor is possible. Even if you become an emperor, you may not have all the power. Haven't you been a puppet for a while now?"
King Ying was silent for a longer time, and after a while, he said: "It was a person who looked up at the qi and released me. "The King Ying took out this handbook again, "It was also given to me by him. I don't know whether it is true or false."
Huang Pugong had read the handwritten book, which was written to the concubine in the tone of Emperor Wu, asking her to take good care of the emperor's youngest son and to spread the imperial family in the future.
"What is the name of the person who looks at the air?"
"Chunyu Xiao."
Duke Huang Pu roughly understood, "He asked you to go to sea with the Chu army?"
"Well, he said that Juehou is too powerful and has many minions. I have to avoid his vanguard, establish a foundation overseas, and then fight back. I am the true emperor. If you call him and respond, you will definitely be able to regain the throne."
Those who look up at the aura know that the handwritten book can only deceive overseas countries and cannot hide it from the officials of the Great Chu.
Huang Pugong had long been suspicious, but he didn't care much. As long as it could bring benefits to this Chu army, it wouldn't matter if it was a little bit out of the box.
"Where are people who look at the qi? They are also mingling on the ship?" Huang Pugong asked, "There is no such person in the army."
King Ying dodged his eyes, "Who knows, I have never seen him again since I got on the boat."
"The King of England, those who look at the qi have bad intentions. 'Chunyu Xiao' is their common pseudonym. This person must not be kept and must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise, it will cause great trouble in the future."
The King of England was relieved, "So you want to get rid of him, no need to worry, he is dead and killed by me."
Mr. Huang Pu was shocked, and Luan Kai even laughed, "Can you kill someone? You have to work hard to pick up your pen. You don't dare to clean up the fish you caught. I have to open it."
King Ying's face turned slightly red, "Killing fish and killing people are different. Killing people when necessary is completely different from killing people for no reason. I can do anything if I have no choice. You think I have difficulty picking up my pen, and those who look at the air think so, so they are not guarded against me. When I stabbed the dagger in, he slept soundly and didn't even open his eyes."
Luan Kai couldn't laugh anymore, "I don't have the strength, but I have the courage. You will die quickly in Yunmengze."
"But I survived."
Luan Kai was speechless, while Huang Pugong looked at the King of England with admiration, "You killed the Qi-seeker before you boarded the boat?"
"Well, I had nowhere to go at that time and didn't want to go back to the capital, so I signed up for the navy with the things he prepared according to the plan made by the qi-seeker."
Huang Pugong stood up and said, "Let's rest."
"What exactly should you admit that I am the emperor?"
"I will admit it if the people of the world admit it."
“There are so many people in the world…”
Before the King of England finished speaking, Huang Pu Gong had already left. The King of England looked at Luan Kai again. Luan Kai smiled and said, "Mr. Huang Pu admits it, I will admit it."
The King of England angrily pushed down the plate on the table.
Early the next morning, the King of England broke into Huang Pugong's tent and laughed and shouted, "Reinforcements are coming, there are so many ships, do you still say no one admits me?"
Huang Pugong hurriedly got up and went outside to check.
Reinforcements indeed came, with more than a hundred ships flying various flags.
Reinforcements from various countries sent envoys to the shore and expressed their willingness to fight side by side with the Chu army.
The countries on the sea were very afraid of the gods and ghosts, but the gods and ghosts closed the ports and destroyed the ships, which was equivalent to ending the east-west traffic. There was no more business trips at the sea. Over time, the island countries could no longer bear it. Without business trips, they soon became poor.
I heard that the gods and ghosts and great Shanyu returned in Da Chu and the countries had the confidence to follow the Chu army.
The joy of the King of England quickly disappeared because all the envoys, whether verbally or in writing, called him only King of England or the son of Emperor Wu, refused to call him "Emperor" and "Your Majesty".
"When I defeat the gods and ghosts, someone will admit me." The King of England was not completely discouraged. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!