Taizhou Xiangshan went out to sea and took a boat west for two days. There was an island with a large area of ​​islands in the middle, with peaks standing and lush forests. From a distance, there were flags swaying, and you could see a few cold lights.

On the cliff on the west side, a woman in a light green dress carefully approached the edge of the cliff and watched the shattered waves that were constantly hitting the cliff.

The woman looked beautiful, with a charming look when she raised her hands and feet, but her face was full of sorrow. Of course, she only showed this expression here, where no one saw it.

"Sister, sister." Wang Lushu shouted not far away.

Wang Cuiqiao rubbed his eyebrows, changed his expression and turned around and walked over, "What's wrong?"

“This month is gone…”

"Wait, go back and say a Guanyin statue to worship?" Wang Cuiqiao smiled and joked a few times before the two sisters returned to the yard side by side.

Wang Lushu is a careless and an ordinary woman who is used to relying on the strong. She only thinks about how to stabilize her position in Xu Hai's backyard, so she tries to give birth to a son for Xu Hai.

Wang Cuiqiao is a sensible person. So many people are held by others in the palm of their hands. If he gives birth to a son for Xu Hai, no matter what kind of choice he makes in the future, it will be a tragedy.

Therefore, Wang Cuiqiao used medicine in private to prevent herself from conception. Not only herself, she also brought her sister Wang Lushu.

"Two ladies."

"Mr. Fang."

Compared to two years ago, Mr. Fang described his thinness and his hair and beards gradually turned white. He was Xu Hai's military advisor, but he was quiet and almost never appeared in public places. He discussed everything with Xu Hai in private.

Wang Cuiqiao drove her sister back to the house and went straight to the study. Xu Hai was scratching his head and seemed to be flipping through books, but in fact he was playing with a jade pendant in his hand.

"What a beautiful jade pendant." Wang Cuiqiao entered the door with a smirk, "Is it for me?"

Xu Hai laughed, "Who else can you give to?"

Although Xu Hai now has four or five concubines in the backyard, Wang Cuiqiao is the most favored person. He handles all the letters and even sets up a study room for him.

"It's not just this jade pendant." Xu Hai reached out to pick up a scroll, "It's sent by my brother below."

Wang Cuiqiao slowly opened and his eyes lit up, "The old pine trees and cypresses, the creeping springs, and the clear and bleak meaning of the clear and bleak are lingering in it, it's such a good painting!"

Xu Hai likes to collect calligraphy and paintings of famous people... This matter is very ridiculed among the Japanese pirates on the sea. If you fall down, you don’t know if you are a person. What kind of cultural person is it? In fact, Wang Cuiqiao likes this thing.

With his eyes falling on the signature, Wang Cuiqiao frowned and said, "Daoist Xueju... Well, it seems to be a painter from Songjiang. I have heard someone mention it before."

"Songjiang?" Xu Hai said casually: "That place is quite evil. Yu Dayou and Dong Bangzheng are not easy to mess with. Fortunately, the Qian family has entered Beijing and I don't know if they will pass the Jinshi."

Wang Cuiqiao's eyes flashed and she looked at it for a while and put away the scroll, "General, Mr. Fang has been here just now?"

"Well, did you meet?" Xu Hai sighed: "Let him go out and have to stay in the house all day long, and you won't be afraid of being bored!"

"This is the general who wrongly accuses Mr. Fang." Wang Cuiqiao made a cup of tea and brought it over. "As a conspirator, he can only rely on the general, how dare he show up frequently and attract people's hearts? How dare Wu Yong, the Zhiduoxing in "Water Margin", dare to mobilize troops without Song Jiang's order?"

Xu Hai was stunned for a moment and cursed with a smile: "Scholars just think too much. There are fighters at sea. They can't hold their hands and shoulders, and they can't pick them up. They can't even help attracting people's hearts."

"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore, General, who sent this painting?"

"Old Tan... you should remember that I gave you a subtitle some time ago, and you like it very much."

"Oh oh, I remember, it's Mr. Qingteng's word." Wang Cuiqiao whispered: "It's also a pity that he has done it, so there are some tricks."

"Old Tan has been following me for several years and has been very lazy. But these days..."

Before he finished speaking, a maid reported at the door, "General, someone outside asked for a meeting."

"General, go and have a good time, let me take a look at that painting."

Xu Hai nodded and strode out, walked all the way to the mountainside, pointing to Tan Wei with a flattering smile, "You guy is here again!"

"The general dislikes me?" Tan Wei kicked the box beside her feet and laughed: "Didn't you go to suppress Liu Qisan a few days ago, and you can get it back."

"You are good at being a good person, and the other brothers are going to curse." Xu Hai cursed: "When the wind and waves stop, you will send troops. Don't cause trouble for me, boy!"

"How can it be?" Tan Wei said aggrievedly: "They have been sent, not leaving any of them. I just hope that the general will take me to get a handful of them this time."

"Okay, okay, I'll take you with you." Xu Hai had a headache. After all, there were always factions in the five or six thousand people, and the headache was very tight when it was controlled.

"General, what should I prepare?" Tan Wei asked carefully: "Two years ago, there were fewer carriages in Jiaxing Mansion, and many good things were not taken away. Should I prepare carriages or ships?"

"What do you care about so much!" Xu Hai cursed: "When the time comes, you will do what you want... Forget it, you will be by my side."

"Okay, the general eats meat, and the young ones can drink some soup."

Seeing the servant lifting the box up the mountain, Tan Wei went down the mountain with satisfaction. During this period, he frequently showed up and showed his expression, but he made changes to his nephew Qian Yuan's plan.

Qian Yuan asked Tan Wei to make many military achievements, but he hoped that he could get closer to Xu Hai's core level and contact Wang Cuiqiao by the way.

Tan Wei felt that he had been very lazy in the past few years, and suddenly he changed his old style and was not very good, so he simply appeared as a lucky minister.

I don’t know if I feel that it’s insufficient staff, Xu Hai ordered to abolish two small groups of Japanese pirates in a row. Tan Wei followed him to reap the money, and gave all the gains to Xu Hai every time, and also included the words Xu Wei, Sun Kehong’s paintings, Wen Peng’s seal engravings... Qian Yuan was so distressed!

Tan Wei thought about it in his mind that Xu Hai's invasion was undoubtedly sure, but the specific direction... he had no idea after several inquiries.

Tan Wei was a little anxious. He had been to the next island two days ago. The leader of the Japanese pirates Xin Wulang led hundreds of Japanese pirates to practice formations. The hundreds of snow-lit long swords were extremely lethal. I was afraid that no one could stop the coastal government army.

However, perhaps there were some gains today, Tan Wei turned around and looked at the yard on the top of the mountain from afar.

Wang Cuiqiao in the study looked at the box that was delivered in and said in surprise: "General, why are you here to deliver it to the warehouse? Just move it into the warehouse. I will go to the inventory and register later."

"There are several more calligraphy and paintings." Xu Hai laughed and said, "Old Tan... is quite good at flattering."

Wang Cuiqiao flipped around casually, opened it and threw it aside, "If he doesn't look at it, he will deliver it?"

"What's wrong? Old Tan doesn't understand these."

"I can't read it at all. Those who write that decorate should not be more than eight years old." Wang Cuiqiao said while flipping through it: "When it comes to collecting calligraphy and paintings... it depends on fame. Some people write well in their characters and draw well. If they are not famous, they cannot be sold for money."

"This is, Xu Wei is very famous next time he goes to Shaoxing to grab a hand."

"Mr. Qingteng, the last time Lao Tan sent it, was Xu Wei." Wang Cuiqiao said angrily: "This one looks pretty, but unfortunately there is no signature."

"Old Tan is also a fool." Xu Hai hugged the calligraphy and paintings, "I will throw them all out later to cause fire."

"There is a deputy." Wang Cuiqiao glanced casually, and her body froze involuntarily. "This word is not good either, it's messy... Forget it, it's all burned."

Xu Hai curled his lips and was about to let the maid come in to clean up, but Wang Lushu came in. Her eyes fell on the last word and couldn't move away. "If life was just like the first meeting, why did the autumn wind make a sad fan..."

Looking at Wang Lushu's tears, Xu Hai was a little surprised and asked in a low voice: "This poem is very good?"

"It's not a poem, it's a lyric, it's really good." Wang Cuiqiao said helplessly: "It should be written by a down-and-out senior. Everyone said that she had to see it after burning it, and it felt emotional."

When Xu Hai's face changed slightly when he heard the word "Senior". He knew that the sisters were the top brands on the Qinhuai River back then.

That night, Wang Cuiqiao went to bed early, but Xu Hai hadn't spent the night here for a long time.

Old Tan... From Xu Hai's tone, this person should have been a Japanese pirate for a long time, but it was actually the secret of the government... No, it should be the secret of that person.

Wang Cuiqiao stood up halfway and looked into the lights in the distance through the window. It was Xu Hai's newly acquired concubine last month. She was charming and charming. She was only fifteen years old. Xu Hai basically spent the night there this month.
Chapter completed!