Ding Yunyi, who was in high spirits, walked in excitedly.
"Xiang Wen, sit down." Hong Tiaoyuan's expression and tone were somewhat unexpected.
Ding Yunyi also felt that Hong Tiaoyuan was a little strange today, so he sat down and said nothing.
"That person just now is the pirate Hou Ye Dahai, right?"
Hong Tiaoyuan's words made Ding Yunyi silent for a moment, and then nodded.
"Xiang Wen, you are too close to these people." Hong Tiaoyuan said in a low voice: "In front of you came Zhang Xianxuan, who was a pirate and brought a group of pirates to join you. Now the pirate Hou Ye Dahai has also come, This man has a bad reputation at sea for a long time, and he is definitely not a good person. Although he has the name of a 'righteous thief', a thief is a thief. And you are an upright official of my Ming Dynasty!"
Ding Yunyi still didn't speak.
He knew that there were differences between himself and Hong Tiaoyuan on many issues, and they were irreparable differences.
"I'm about to be transferred away. I shouldn't have said some things originally, but I had to say them." When Hong Tiaoyuan said this, he glanced at Ding Yunyi and found that his third brother was still expressionless on his face. I couldn't help but sigh: "You are capable and capable, and the brothers all respect you. You originally had a great future. It is not impossible to reach the same level as Zheng Zhilong within ten years, but you are too courageous." , it’s really too big!”
His tone was a little serious: "You just arrived in Penghu, and you encouraged your brothers to rob pirates, eat the gangsters, and forced me to be your eldest brother. I don't blame you for this. How can I, the eldest brother, not be incompetent? The brothers didn’t have enough to eat? But later on, you were so bold as to rob Hongyi’s ship. How is this different from pirates? You recruited pirates to be your subordinates. Don’t forget, you are just a little guy. Boss, if any boss checks you, your head will fall off!"
"What about you, brother?" Ding Yunyi said calmly: "You are also my boss, you can report me now."
"Since you know that I am your eldest brother, do you think that I, the eldest brother, will betray you?" Hong Tiaoyuan smiled bitterly: "I just don't understand what you want to do. You want to be an official in the Ming Dynasty. Or do you want to be a pirate? You've only been in Penghu for a few days and you're already making a fool of yourself in Penghu. It's an ocean-going company and it's buying ships. Do you really want to be a pirate king?"
Pirate King?
Ding Yunyi's heart moved, and it seemed that this title was indeed a good one.
Liu Xiang was the Pirate King, and Zheng Zhilong was the Pirate King. Both of them grew from nothing, so why can't I?
It's just that this idea can only be kept in the heart and must not be spoken out.
"My mentor Ding Junwu is dedicated to his duties. He is a role model for court officials." Hong Tiaoyuan cupped his hands: "You are his son. You know why my mentor put you in Penghu. Your mentor asked you to come. You are not here to be a pirate, but to guard Penghu for the Ming Dynasty, Ding Xiangwen!"
"Guard? How to guard?" Ding Yunyi sneered: "With a dozen brothers and a dozen swords? The red barbarians have cannons, the pirates have cannons, but I, the Penghu officers and soldiers, don't have them. They set up cannons and bombarded them randomly, what should I use? Resist? It’s not that I, Ding Yunyi, wants to be a pirate, but those Red Barbarians and pirates force me to do so. Brother, now that the Red Barbarian pirates are coming, I can still resist for a while. If I follow the rules before, Penghu will sooner or later become my land of the Ming Dynasty. !”
Hong Tiaoyuan looked at him blankly, not knowing what to say.
He originally thought that his words would always make Ding Yunyi realize something, but the other party didn't appreciate it at all.
"You always think you are right, you always think you are right." Hong Tiaoyuan said twice in succession: "As a big brother, I don't have the ability to persuade you. I'm leaving anyway, what do you like to do?"
Just do whatever you want, I, the eldest brother, have said all that I need to say. In the future, whether you, Ding Xiangwen, have a bright future or you are dead, it will have nothing to do with me anymore."
Ding Yunyi pursed his lips: "Brother, what about you? Are you going to stay like this for the rest of your life?"
"What do you mean?" Hong Tiaoyuan frowned.
Ding Yunyi smiled: "The tigers came out of the mountains and the floods surged into the sky. Who would have thought that the former leader of the Eight Tigers of the Imperial Guard would now act as a small guard in Penghu."
Hong Tiaoyuan was not surprised, as if he had known for a long time that the secret would be leaked: "Yes, I am the Hong Sanfeng back then."
Faintly, Hong Tiaoyuan seemed to have some of the arrogant momentum he had before, but it was only a flash: "Third brother, don't ask me why I became Hong Tiaoyuan, and don't ask me what happened.
.You just need to know that Hong doesn’t have any ill intentions towards you.”
"I know." Ding Yunyi smiled slightly and said: "If you were really malicious, you would betray me in front of Zheng Zhilong. Brother, I don't know why you became like this, and I don't want to ask. I want to wait until the time is right.
You will tell me."
Hong Tiaoyuan nodded and said with a wry smile: "I have said everything that should be said. I will not say anything that should not be said. Once I leave, you will be the biggest official in Penghu. You will choose where to go.
.Whether you are willing to be an official of the Ming Dynasty or a pirate king, it is none of my business. I just want to advise you again, your father has been upright for most of his life, and you must not let him be shamed. Ding Xiangwen,
Boss Ding!"
As he said that, he turned around and took a knife: "This is the Xiuchun knife that I used when I was a Jinyiwei. Although it is not as sharp as your dragon tooth, it is still a good knife. I no longer have the sharpness of the past and cannot wield the knife.
I can’t use the gun anymore, and this knife will be wasted if I follow it. Xiang Wen, I’ll give it to you.”
Ding Yunyi was startled and took the embroidered spring knife, speechless for a moment.
Hong Tiaoyuan smiled: "I just hope that when you do something daring again in the future, you can hold this embroidered spring knife and think about my words. This is enough."
"Brother..." Ding Yunyi said with some gratitude: "Don't leave, stay."
"If you said this yesterday, I would definitely stay." Hong Tiaoyuan said bitterly: "But it is different now. I know that my path is different from yours. Sooner or later we will have a dispute, and in the end brothers will turn against each other.
, instead of doing this, it is better for me to leave quickly so that everyone can leave a thought."
Ding Yunyi knew that he could no longer keep Hong Tiaoyuan, but in fact, deep down in his heart, did he really want to keep Hong Tiaoyuan?
As Hong Tiaoyuan himself said, Ding Yunyi and him have completely different ideas and they have too many differences.
It might be the best choice to leave alone and stay alone.
Holding the embroidered spring knife in his hand, Ding Yunyi whispered: "Brother, take care along the way!"