After Duan Fengyun and Wuming bid farewell, they mounted their fast horses and rushed towards the garrison line again.
When the garrison army heard the sound of fast horses approaching, they immediately gathered their troops and prepared to resist the enemy.
By the time Duan Fengyun and the other three arrived at the garrison line, the garrison soldiers were already ready.
Ma Li, the commander of the garrison, stood up and asked:
"Why did your Excellency come to my garrison line?
Please turn your horse's head and go back as soon as possible."
Duan Fengyun replied:
"Go and ask your emperor who we are and why we are here to garrison the defense line?"
After Ma Ma heard this, he was a little angry at Duan Fengyun's rebellion. When he was about to get angry, he was stopped by the military advisor next to him.
"General, don't you think the faces of these three people look familiar?
Are they the people His Majesty asked us to treat with courtesy here?"
After listening to the military advisor's words, Ma Ma looked at the faces of Duan Fengyun and the others, and found that they were indeed very familiar.
Ma Li ordered the accompanying soldiers to take out the portraits from the military camp that the emperor had entrusted to him.
Ma Li took the portrait from his entourage, took a look at it, and then compared the faces of the three people in Duan Fengyun.
After repeated confirmations, he was sure that the three people opposite him were the three people the emperor had asked him to treat with courtesy.
His momentum softened instantly. He knew that the emperor and all the emperor's ministers had been kidnapped not long ago, and the emperor almost lost his throne.
It is said that at that time, three heroes rescued the emperor and fought back the Japanese who kidnapped the emperor.
It seemed that the three people in front of me were the three heroes of that day: Duan Fengyun, Nie Feng, and Bu Jingyun.
Thinking of this, he did not dare to be negligent, he looked at Duan Fengyun and the others flatteringly and said:
"Duan Daxia, Nie Daxia, Bu Daxia, this is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple.
I'm sorry that I was blind and didn't recognize the three heroes.
Please don’t blame the three heroes."
Duan Fengyun waved his hand and said:
"It goes without saying these high-sounding words. We are here to go to Japan. Is there any way you can send us to Japan?"
Ma Li couldn't help but be surprised. The three people in front of him actually wanted to go to Japan alone. I don't know if they are brave people with high skills or because they don't know the heights of the world.
But since these three people were able to rescue the emperor single-handedly, it means that these three people must have peerless martial arts, so they had the confidence to attack Japan alone.
He answered Duan Fengyun:
"Master Duan, Japan is at the end of this sea, and our garrison has no ships to go to Japan.
But there are many merchant ships going to and from Japan every day, and the three heroes can use the merchant ships to go to Japan."
Then Ma Li raised his finger and pointed at the large ship not far away from everyone, and Ma Li said:
"The merchants on this ship were traveling between Japan and our Central Plains to do cloth business.
If the three heroes are going to Japan, I can talk to their boss and see if I can take the three heroes with me."
After Duan Fengyun and the three people summed it up, Duan Fengyun said:
"Then I'll trouble you, General, but please make sure to conceal our identity from this group of merchants. I'm worried that they will leak our whereabouts."
Ma Li nodded, then took his entourage and rode on fast horses to the merchant ship not far away.
Ma Li usually takes good care of this group of businessmen who come and go.
Take people's money to eliminate disasters for them.
Ma Li also turned a blind eye to the sometimes behavior of this group of merchants, so after some discussion, the ship owner easily agreed to help Ma Li bring three people with him.
Ma Li also followed Duan Fengyun's instructions and told the ship owner that Duan Fengyun and the others were just going to Japan to visit a distant relative, but did not tell the boss the true identities of Duan Fengyun and the others.
Ma Ma returned to the army and informed Duan Fengyun that everything had been arranged.
After Duan Fengyun thanked him, he entered Ma Li's military camp and waited for the merchant ship to sail.
About an hour later, drumming sounded outside the military camp, and Ma Li explained to the confused three people:
"This is a ceremony performed by merchants before they leave the ship, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
If the drums sound at the same time, it also means that they are about to sail.
Three heroes, please pack up, I will arrange for someone to send you there immediately."
After Duan Fengyun and the others changed into simple and low-key clothes, they walked out of Ma Li's tent.
The horse soldiers outside the camp had already prepared their horses and were waiting for the three of them.
Seeing Duan Fengyun and the other three people coming out, the soldiers greeted them:
"Three heroes, General Ma has asked me to take you to the front to board the ship. Three generals, please mount your horses."
Nie Feng nodded and thanked:
"Thank you, little general."
So the three of them arrived at the ship under the leadership of the soldiers.
The soldier said to the man in brocade clothes:
"Boss Wang, these three are our general's distant relatives.
They are going to Japan to find an old friend, and they also ask Boss Wang to take care of them."
The boss named Wang smiled cheerfully and said:
"Don't worry, don't worry. General Ma's matter is my Wang's matter. I will definitely bring these three brothers to Japan safely."
The soldier said to Duan Fengyun and the others:
"Then the three of you will follow Boss Wang's ship to Japan. I wish you a safe journey."
After the soldier finished speaking, he rode away.
Duan Fengyun said to Boss Wang:
"Boss Wang, I'm going to trouble you all the way. We three brothers don't like to be noisy, and we hope that Boss Wang can arrange a quieter environment for us on the ship."
After saying that, Duan Fengyun took out a luminous pearl from his chest and handed it to Boss Wang.
Boss Wang, who is well-informed, knew immediately when he saw the night pearl in his hand that it was not an ordinary product.
Boss Wang, who was still serious at first, suddenly turned into a smile, and he said flatteringly:
"Brother, don't worry. Wang will definitely have someone make arrangements for you."
Boss Wang immediately called someone over, pointed at Duan Fengyun and the other three and whispered to the servants.
After the servants left, Boss Wang said:
"Three brothers, please don't worry, we have made arrangements for you."
After Duan Fengyun nodded his thanks, he boarded the ship with Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun.
After boarding the ship, Duan Fengyun and the other three were taken to the top of the ship, where they could have an unobstructed view of the sea scenery without being disturbed by others.
Nie Feng laughed at himself:
“As expected, he is taking people’s money to eliminate disasters for them.
This room should be the room where Boss Wang himself usually stays, because Junior Brother Duan gave us a night pearl.
By the way, junior brother, where did your luminous pearl come from? Looking at this posture, it must not be an ordinary thing."
Duan Fengyun smiled and said:
"This luminous pearl is nothing. I got it from the Search God's Palace before. There are more than ten of them in Duanqing Residence. I thought I might need them when I go out, so I brought a few out."
After hearing this, Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun raised their thumbs. They were truly convinced of their Junior Brother Duan.
Duan Fengyun has never been the one who suffers losses. How could a person who has to pluck out his hair when a wild goose passes by would suffer a loss?
While the three of them were talking, the ship had already begun to set sail. The three of them stood outside the window, looking at the endless sea.
Duan Fengyun often went to the beach in his previous life, but how could the sea that had been exploited uncontrollably by humans in his previous life compare to the clear and transparent blue ocean in front of him.
Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had never seen the sea before, so they were surprised. The three of them stared at the window for a long time.
The boat was no better than on land. After looking at it for a while, the three of them felt a little tired, so they sat cross-legged and adjusted their breath to maintain the best mental outlook.
At this time, the boss surnamed Wang was whispering to a group of subordinates in the warehouse.
One of the men said:
“Boss, seeing how generous these three guys are, you can tell they are wealthy owners.
Although the three of them each hold weapons, they are so young that they are probably just showing off when holding weapons, and their strength is definitely not that good.
Why don't we sneak into their room quietly, kill them, and see how much gold, silver, and jewelry they have in their luggage.
The luggage of the boy in the lead looks heavy, and you can tell at a glance that it is gold, silver and jewelry."
The boss named Wang said:
"I know, these three boys look like they are from rich families.
But they are very familiar with Ma Li, so I am worried about the identity behind them."
The following person replied:
"Boss, what are you afraid of?
For so many years, we have killed people and robbed people at sea in the name of selling cloth. Isn’t there still a lot of blood on our hands?
Even if these three boys are the emperor's sons.
We killed these three people, but who knew it was us who killed them.
When I asked about it, they said that after the ship arrived at the shore, everyone divided their belongings, and we didn’t know anything.”
It turns out that the boss surnamed Wang was famous for traveling between Japan and mainland China to make cloth, but in fact he organized a group of people to rob ships and passengers at sea.
Because they were never left alive, no one knew their identities.
Their hands were stained with the blood of countless people. Seeing that Duan Fengyun was generous, they were ready to extend their hands to Duan Fengyun and the others.
But they didn't know that Duan Fengyun and the three of them were not docile white sheep, but tigers who had no intention of being like mice like them.
After Boss Wang and his men gathered together, they prepared to attack Duan Fengyun and the others.
Boss Wang had someone put the Mongolian sweat medicine into the wine and food, and then had someone deliver it to Duan Fengyun and the others.
"Kuang, kuang, kuang."
Duan Fengyun and the others, who were closing their eyes and adjusting their breaths, were awakened by a knock on the door.
Nie Feng opened the door and took a look and saw that it was the servant delivering wine and food.
The servant said:
"You three gentlemen, our boss is worried that you won't be able to eat the food on the ship.
So our boss specially ordered the kitchen to prepare meals for the three gentlemen. In addition, this bottle of wine is also our boss’s treasure. Please use it slowly.”
The servant smiled, handed the food and wine to Nie Feng, and left.
After Nie Feng put the food and wine on the table, he invited Duan Fengyun and Bu Jingyun to come over for dinner.
When Nie Feng was about to use his chopsticks, Bu Jingyun knocked his chopsticks away. Nie Feng looked at Bu Jingyun in confusion.
Bu Jingyun said:
"The man's smile just now contained murderous intent. There must be something wrong with the food and wine, and there must be something wrong with the ship."
Duan Fengyun nodded in agreement.
Although the murderous intention of this servant was well hidden just now, it was still seen.
Duan Fengyun poured all the food and wine into a wooden barrel nearby, and the three of them pretended to faint to see what the boss surnamed Wang wanted to do.