Meng Jiu stood on a small cliff in the distance.

The sea breeze blew, his robe flew, making his figure look even thinner.

But his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Many years ago, he was obedient to the King of Wu. It was he who pulled the King of Wu to grow up with one hand.

At that time, the late emperor was still there, and the world might not be very peaceful, but it was not as chaotic as it is today. In short, Meng Jiu was doing well when he was with the King of Wu.

He had studied in Neishutang and had outstanding academic performance. If he had not been a eunuch, he might have been able to get a Jinshi. But at that time he didn't have such ambitions, so he thought that he would be a vassal when he waited for the King of Wu and lived a stable life.

Later, the King of Wu grew bigger day by day, but refused to go and let the vassal. Meng Jiu knelt in front of him and cried and begged for a long time, but finally failed to convince him to change his mind.

Later, the whole family of King Wu died, and Meng Jiu was displaced for the rest of his life...

There are very few people in the world who have personal grudges against Emperor Yanguang Zhou Zhang, and Meng Jiu counts one.

Of course, if it weren't for the situation like this in the Chu Dynasty, a tramper who was wandering outside would not have shaken the slightest bit of the emperor.

But things are unpredictable and life is unpredictable.

Today, when Meng Jiu pursued Zhou Zhang, he also saw Wang Xiao.

If he met him at another time, he might have a chat with Wang Xiao, but today he would not do it. Today he would kill Zhou Zhang.

When Tang Jie led his troops to make a detour, Meng Jiu also ordered someone to go around from the other side.

Taking advantage of the Tang Dynasty that attracted the attention of the Chu army, the two thousand people had rushed to the vicinity, and they did not go to fight with Xuanda officers and soldiers. When they arrived at the side of the sea boat, they began to drill the ship with all their strength.

Meng Jiu saw that things were clear and knew that few soldiers in Chu would not win. If he wanted to escape today, he would just leave on a boat.

If the boat is chiseled, Zhou Zhang will die.

As for whether Wang Xiao surrenders or what, he will be detained.

Meng Jiu's affairs are much more straightforward than Tang Jie...

~~

"Kill!"

"Protect Your Majesty..."

"Bang bang bang..."

The sound of killing and the sound of muskets, the sea water under the ship was already blood red.

For a time, many people threw their bodies under the ship, floating around the ship with the waves.

This group of Rui army was obviously dead soldiers. Only half of them protected their comrades and fought with the Chu army, but most of them kept slashing on the boat board.

Finally, the sound of cracking wood sounded, and the sea boat sank down little by little.

"Qin Xuance! Come to that ship and break down!" Wang Xiao shouted.

"Go!"

A loud shout sounded, but Sun Baigu rushed towards him.

He was wearing heavy armor, half of his body was immersed in the sea.

The wounds all over his body were extremely painful when they encountered salt water. Others screamed, but Sun Baigu's face was not painful at all, and he just shouted: "Drive the boat!"

This is the first time Wang Xiao has seen Sun Baigu.

He remembered that he wrote a letter to the other party, advising him to give up Xuanda and return to the capital.

Sun Baigu is now here, and he has given up much more than Xuan Da, and he must have a lifetime reputation. At the same time, he has betrayed many colleagues and comrades.

For a moment, Wang Xiao was stunned and couldn't see through why he was like this, like Tang Jie couldn't see through why those Chu ministers wanted to die for their country.

Are those people famous for their personal gain? Obviously not all of them.

Wang Xiaoxin once said, "When this crisis occurs, the country and the people are all in the generals and the generals are just in the thoughts." But now, as soon as the two met, they have no time to greet and discuss countermeasures.

There was only one sentence "Drive the boat", which instantly buried the lives of all those who did not board the boat.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

Sun Baigu shouted again, led his troops to fight against Ruijun and then rushed forward.

This is his last sentence.

Qin Xuance was extremely brave over there, climbed onto another sea boat, threw the anchor hard, and hooked Wang Xiao's ship.

Wang Xiao was extremely decisive on the other side and ordered several shells to sway the ship and slowly be pulled.

But their bravery and desolateness suddenly seemed to have lost their color compared to Sun Baigu's sadness.

...

The ship slowly left, and after a while, many corpses floated on the sea.

There is no Sun Baigu.

His armor is too heavy, obviously he can't float...

On the sea, the cannon fired when Wang Xiao left seemed to be still echoing.

There has been no cannon salute in this era.

If so, it would probably be his last memorial for Sun Baigu.

If people who don’t know the inside story many years later talk about this story, they will say that the prince of the Great Chu, Shaobao, and the governor, Sun Baigu, died in the military affairs, food and salary department of the Governor Xuanda, fought hard to protect the emperor, and the Marquis of Huaiyuan fired cannons to express their respect, and then there was a roar of cannon salute.

Perhaps some people will say that Sun Baigu’s loyal minister and righteousness are not inferior to Lu Xiufu.

But in short, the rise and fall of the ages is just the "one thought" of many people...

~~

On the sea, the shaking boat was repaired and the accumulated water was scooped off.

Wang Xiao looked at the person who was rescued.

There were about a thousand nobles in the palace, civil and military ministers, and Xuan Da soldiers.

In addition to Emperor Yanguang, it is not surprising that Chen Yuanyuan is among the imperial guards, but also Madam Lu is around Chunning. I don’t know what she does in the emperor’s carriage…

As for the important officials behind, Zuo Jinglun, Bian Xiuyuan, Gao Chengyi... Hum? He accidentally rescued He Liangyuan.

Although Wang Xiao didn't like He Liangyuan very much, at this moment, perhaps because he had just returned from the Liaodong battlefield, he felt a little inexplicably kind.

Facing these people, Wang Xiao naturally had a lot to ask.

He first walked towards Zuo Jinglun.

Zuo Jinglun was extremely tired at this time. He was old and ran away for two or three days. It was extremely rare to be able to hold on until now.

Wang Xiao looked at Zuo Jinglun, and his mouth was full of problems, but he didn't know how to speak for a moment.

He opened his mouth and closed it again. After a few times, he heard Zuo Jinglun sigh, "Don't worry, yours should be fine..."

The next moment, Qin Xuance, who was wet, fell on the deck with a "bang", but jumped from another sea.

He rushed to Zuo Jinglun quickly, and asked anxiously, "Master Zuo, is Mingxin okay?"

Zuo Jinglun is worthy of being an important official in the dynasty. At this time, he can still be asserted, caressed his long beard, and said in a slight swearing: "Call grandfather."

Qin Xuance was stunned.

"grandfather……"

After Zuo Jinglun explained the details, Wang Xiao felt relieved and went to see Emperor Yanguang again.

Originally, after leaving the battlefield, he should have come to pay homage to the emperor first. But... he doesn't care about this.

~~

In the cabin, Emperor Yanguang sat there hunched over, looking out the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Madam Lu and Chen Yuanyuan on the side were looking at him, with a hint of alertness in their eyes.

At this time, if there is anything else to be wary of Emperor Yanguang, perhaps it can only be because he already has the will to die.

"Father."

Emperor Yanguang slowly turned around, looking a little pitiful and a little scary.

Wang Xiao also had a lot to say to him, and he thought he had a lot to say to Wang Xiao.

But when the words came to the mouth, the two of them still didn't know how to speak.

Thinking about it again, it’s already this point, so it’s better not to say it.

After a long quiet time, Emperor Yanguang sighed and said, "It's okay if you're back... it's okay."

After saying that, he turned his head again and looked at the north, while the capital, ministers and people, which originally belonged to him, were getting farther and farther away.

"Father, please relax and take a break first, and you will get better." Wang smiled.

"Will get better?" Emperor Yanguang smiled contemptuously, with a little sarcastic voice, "Do you know how Zhou Mei and Zhou Yan treat me? If you weren't for instigating support from behind, would they dare?"

What I didn't want to say was blurted out again, and Emperor Yanguang himself also found it a little boring.
To be continued...