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Chapter 1038: Attacks that Ignore the Rules

Jiang Qingzhi put down the letter and looked at King Jing calmly.

"You are mentally unstable."

"I can't keep steady." King Jing leaned against the cabin door like a puddle of mud, slid down all the way, sat down, leaned his head against the cabin wall, and said weakly: "I always think I am very generous and open-minded."

Jiang Qingzhi said, "In fact, he is arrogant and conceited."

"Why didn't my cousin tell me earlier?"

"Would you have listened if I had told you earlier?" Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "You are at an age where your mind changes rapidly. Today you say you want to join the army, tomorrow you change your mind and want to study, and the day after tomorrow you want to go fishing... You are so unstable."

"Uncle, you..." King Jing looked at Jiang Qingzhi in silence.

"You're curious how I know what you're thinking?" Jiang Qingzhi said, "I was also your age."

Jiang Qingzhi was also like this when he was studying in his previous life. Today, he thought about joining the army in the future. After a while, he changed his mind and wanted to take the civil service exam. Later, he changed his mind again...

"If you don't change your mind dozens of times a year, you're not a teenager!"

Jiang Qingzhi smiled, with memories in his eyes, "Looking back now, it was very silly and naive, but it's also worth recalling."

That was a rare period of simple time. After entering society, survival became the top priority. All ideals and ambitions became reality.

"Many times you have to learn to bow your head." Jiang Qingzhi said, "It's not shameful."

Who hasn’t bowed their head?

"Uncle." King Jing retched. Jiang Qingzhi threw something into the cup, poured a cup of warm water, stirred it evenly, and handed it to him, "Drink it."

King Jing took it, took a sip, frowned, and said with disdain: "It tastes sweet and salty, weird."

"Drink this thing that can save your life." Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette, lit it, and looked at his nephew through the smoke. "You and the third brother are getting older. Now the voices advising His Majesty to appoint a crown prince are getting louder and louder. The third brother is fine. After all, he is alone, and the outside world can't put too much pressure on him. But you are different. You have a mother who loves you the most in the harem, and a not-so-bad maternal family. In addition, His Majesty loves you..."

King Jing drank a sip of warm water and whispered, "My third brother and I don't have that intention, and my mother rarely forces me now."

"Court officials?" Jiang Qingzhi asked. As the two princes grew up, taking sides became a topic for all officials in the court.

"Yes." King Jing nodded. "Now my mother has allowed me to go out of the palace often. I am out looking for doctors and medicines, and I will meet some people from time to time."

King Jing was obviously sarcastic when he talked about the chance encounter, "Those people hinted that as long as I could stand up, I'm sure there would be countless people supporting me in my bid for the throne."

Prince Yu has always clung to his uncle's thigh and refused to let go, no matter how the outside world attacked Jiang Qingzhi or how difficult Jiang Qingzhi's situation was, he never let go.

When all the officials saw this, they decided to find someone to support.

So King Jing became a hot commodity.

It happened that the two brothers had a good relationship, and King Jing was unwilling to betray Zhu Lao San, so he agreed to let the Taoist decide everything.

"The sweetness of power will make people forget everything." Jiang Qingzhi said: "Those people are sure that you will change. What do you think?"

"Me?" King Jing hiccuped and frowned uncomfortably. He banged his head against the wall and said painfully, "I don't know. My nature makes me ignore it all."

"Everyone has two selves." Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of herbal cigarette, "One of me is hidden deep in my heart, and you can't detect it at all. The other me is you who is suffering at this moment."

"Yes!" King Jing nodded, "But there is a voice that keeps tempting me, telling me... Why don't you fight for such a good situation? Why? How sweet is power, can you just give it up? Standing high in the clouds, overlooking all living beings, with a single word, a country can be built or destroyed. How refreshing it is, isn't life supposed to be like this?"

King Jing raised his head and said with a wry smile, "I may have seemed generous in the past, but in fact I have such shameful thoughts in my heart. You can laugh at me if you want, cousin."

"Why would I laugh at you?" Jiang Qingzhi shook off the ash from his cigarette. "I am not a saint. I also have my own little thoughts and shameful ideas. But it depends on my actions."

"Cousin, do you have shameful thoughts?" King Jing was startled, then became excited. "Maybe I can listen to it?"

"For example..."

"My Lord, we've spotted the Japanese pirates!" Zheng Yuan's voice was heard from outside, sounding quite excited.

It's only been a few days, and a general who was always afraid of his enemies has become so brave and good at fighting.

Jiang Qingzhi stood up, and King Jing looked regretful, "Uncle, can we continue next time?"

Jiang Qingzhi patted his shoulder and said, "You took the initiative to offend the southern scholars. I think..."

"Very silly and naive?"

"No!"

Jiang Qingzhi walked out of the cabin door, "Very manly!"

people!
You cannot live according to the worldly definition of success.

Follow the voice of your heart and act according to your own wishes, this is life.

Jiang Qingzhi saw the fleet ahead, five or six small boats. The men on the boats were wearing loincloths, and most of them were naked, holding Japanese swords or various weapons.

Surrounded by them was a merchant ship.

At this moment, the Japanese pirates had already climbed onto the deck of the merchant ship, forcing more than ten people on the merchant ship into a corner, and it seemed that they could wipe out their opponents...

"Enemy attack!" someone screamed.

The Japanese pirates who were waiting proudly for a bountiful harvest became angry, thinking, who dares to disturb us while we are looting in this sea area?

The pirate leader turned around and saw dozens of huge warships coming towards them quickly. The flags on the ships were very bright. "What flags are they?"

The military advisor was giving orders. When he heard the words, he turned back and the smile on his face slowly froze.

"Can't read?" the leader scolded.

Military advisors were the most learned people among the pirates. They not only had to be literate, but also had to understand the art of war. They held folding fans in their hands, and the pirates would rush to whichever direction the fans pointed.

The military advisor closed the folding fan in his hand and said, "It's the flag with the word Jiang on it."

"Flag with the word Jiang? Does the Ming navy have a general with the surname Jiang?" The pirate leader said with a fierce smile, "Let's test it out."

"Chief, the Ming army is strong." The military advisor said dutifully: "We only have these few ships, otherwise, we can evacuate for the time being..." The chief looked at the Ming people who were thought to be doomed, but became ecstatic after the reinforcements came, and said: "Let's try it first."

Two ships came forward, and the Japanese pirates on board were waving their weapons and shouting threats.

Over the years, the Japanese pirates and the Ming navy have developed a lot of tacit understanding.

For example, when two parties meet at sea, they can ignore each other and pass each other harmlessly.

In other words, if you don’t hit me, I won’t hit you.

The leader sneered, "Mr. Jiang, you are new here, right? Don't you know the rules?"

Suddenly, flames spurted out from the side of a Ming army warship in front, and the two Japanese pirate ships instantly became torches.

Damn it!

The military advisor was dumbfounded, "Chief, this is not right..."

The leader was also dumbfounded, "How dare he... How could the Ming army's firearms be so sharp?"

The Ming Navy and the Japanese pirates had lived in peace for many years, and the name of the mud was known throughout the world. The Japanese pirates always looked down on the Ming Navy.

So, when one round of attack turned two Japanese pirates' ships into torches, all the Japanese pirates were dumbfounded.

"Chief, last time...someone said that a man named Jiang came to the south." A Japanese pirate stammered.

The military advisor suddenly covered his forehead with his hands, "The surname is Jiang... Could it be Jiang Qingzhi?"

The leader's eyes widened, "Jiang Qingzhi..."

The military advisor said: "Yes, he is the only one who would ignore the so-called rules. Chief..."

But it's too late!

The Ming army's warships blew up the two ships and also surrounded them.

Someone at the bow shouted, "Put down your sword and kneel down, I won't kill you!"

Everyone was looking at the leader.

"We are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat." The leader sneered.

"Yes!" someone agreed, "This is still at sea. We have never lost a hand-to-hand combat at sea."

"We've never lost since we got ashore," someone said.

"That woman has lost before." Someone fought back.

"That idiot Matsuki Ryoko, she met the cavalry."

"Cavalry versus infantry is a massacre. But this is on the sea. Even if Jiang Qingzhi brings cavalry, can he still fight on the sea?"

Everyone laughed wildly.

The arrogant Japanese pirates felt they were invincible on the sea.

They abandoned their own small boats and gathered on the deck of the merchant ship, waiting in formation.

"Master, do you want to attack?" Zheng Yuan asked.

"Help!" The dozen or so Ming soldiers huddled in a corner, holding their swords and guns in alert. Some shouted for help, while others whispered, "When did the navy become so bold as to fight?"

"Who could this Jiang be?" The boat owner was a man in his thirties. A short girl was hiding behind him. The girl poked her head out from behind him and looked outside. She said...

She actually spoke Japanese.

The man sighed, "If it weren't for picking you up, we would have returned home long ago." He then changed to Japanese, "It's the Ming army that came."

The girl turned out to be Japanese. Her face was pale. She glanced at the huge warship over there and suddenly changed to Ming dialect, "I can understand Ming dialect."

The words were not smooth, and the man was startled. "Do you understand Ming language?"

"I can still say it." The girl sighed, "Is that the Ming people's navy?"

"Yes." The man became much more respectful.

"Didn't those people in the shogunate say that our navy is like mud?" the girl asked in confusion.

"It's mud, but..." The man smiled bitterly, "I know some famous generals in the Zhejiang Navy, but this is the first time I've heard of a general named Jiang. Maybe he's a new general and doesn't know the rules."

"What rules?" the girl asked.

"The rules of living in peace."

"Ah!" The girl nervously hid behind him again, "Then...what should we do? My brother said that I cannot be captured."

"Yes!" The man smiled bitterly, "I hope that Jiang can be more capable. By the way, let's make a call later and tell him that we have a lot of goods on our ship, which are worth a lot of gold, and we are willing to give them to that general."

"I'm afraid he doesn't dare to accept it." someone said.

Everyone looked at each other.

The girl poked her head out again and whispered, "Is my life so bad? I finally got to Ming, but I encountered pirates. I finally met Ming soldiers, but they were just mud..."

"Raise the gun!"

At this time, the small boats were approaching.

The leader was actually a young man wearing a brocade robe and looking pale. He pointed a long sword at the pirates and said fiercely, "Get him!"

Bang bang bang bang!

(End of this chapter)