Chapter 38 The White Lotus Sect
No words all night.
The next day, He Xiongxiang, Zhao Zhilong and other Nanjing officials and Xunqi sent Wang Pu out of Chaoyang Gate with grand etiquette. Because the journey north to Beijing was long and the White Lotus Sect was in trouble in Shandong, in addition to the two thousand Jinyiwei led by Chang Yanling and Li Zushu, the Secretary of War of Nanjing Shi Kefa also sent the navy general Huang Degong to lead 3,000 troops to escort him.
Huang Degong is a powerful general, born in the army, and was promoted to generals through military achievements.
More than 5,000 government troops and Wang Pu robbed from Shengjing and North Korea on more than 50 warships, pushed them forward and backward along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal toward the capital. The officials along the way were curled up in accordance with the will of Emperor Chongzhen and were entertained diligently, and did not dare to neglect them at all.
Half a month later, the fleet began to enter Shandong's boundaries, and the scene on both sides of the canal began to become desolate.
Wang Pu, Chen Yuanyuan and the soldiers stood on the boat and looked at the many villages on both sides of the canal that had been burned to ruins, and fertile fields were trampled and desolate. Refugees who helped the elderly and young even blocked the docks on both sides of the canal. When they saw passing boats, they kowtowed hard and begged. The scene was really shocking.
Chen Yuanyuan saw that many children and elderly people among the refugees by the canal were hungry, and shed tears in her eyes. She buried her head in Wang Pu's arms and said sadly: "My husband, these children and elderly people are so pitiful. They must have not eaten enough for many days."
Wang Pu was in a heavy mood. When he was about to order the fleet to moor to the shore to help the refugees, an accident happened.
Because Wang Pu's fleet had more than 50 naval warships and more than 5,000 government troops, merchant ships followed him one after another from Nanjing. After passing Huaiyin, more than 100 merchant ships of all sizes were accompanied.
Witnessing the tragic situation of hungry people on both sides of the canal, a merchant ship felt compassion and took the initiative to dock to give away some food. As a result, a shocking scene occurred. Refugees nearby flocked in and rushed to squeeze onto the ship. The people on the ship wanted to control the situation, but the refugees on board picked up the guy without saying a word and drove them into the river.
The merchant ship was forcibly dragged to the shore, and the food and goods on the ship were also looted. After looting the merchant ship, refugees who became more and more out of control picked up stones on the ground and threw wooden sticks at other merchant ships. Driven by hunger, the refugees have turned into mobs!
Chang Yanling and Li Zushu lived in the south of the Jinxiu Jiangnan. When did they see such a crazy scene? The two of them were so angry that they immediately ordered the boatman to lean their warships to the shore and prepare to lead the Jinyiwei to disperse these out-of-control refugees. Huang Degong was afraid that the two would be in trouble and rushed to lead the brigade of warships to respond.
Before Chang Yanling and Li Zushu brought people ashore, refugees crowded by the canal had already flocked to the siege and rushed to loot the naval warship. The refugees were already starving and even dared to rob the naval warship. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Pu urgently ordered Scarface to transfer all the fifty servants on the ship to the deck and wait for the battle.
At this moment, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowded mob. This man was Liu Badao, the gangster who almost robbed her into Taihu Lake. Liu Badao was holding a powerful crossbow in his hand. At this time, he had aimed at Chen Yuanyuan's side. Chen Yuanyuan turned his head and saw Wang Pu directing the servants to line up with his back to the river bank.
"instigate!"
With the sound of breaking through the air, a powerful crossbow shot towards Wang Pu's vest like lightning.
"don't want!"
Chen Yuanyuan screamed, and the twisting sound blocked Wang Pu. A cold light flashed. The crossbow had already shot Chen Yuanyuan's chest, but it actually made a sound of something shattering. Chen Yuanyuan moaned and fell down softly. Wang Pu turned around and just hugged her in his arms when he heard the sound.
"There are assassins! Protect the general!"
Scarface screamed and rushed forward to protect Wang Pu and Chen Yuanyuan.
Xiaoqi and the other fifty servants moved when they heard the sound, and suddenly all rushed up, forming two strong walls of humanity in front of Wang Pu.
"Dad Li!" Wang Pu hugged Chen Yuanyuan and rushed into the cabin, roaring shrillly, "Xiaoqi, go find Dad Li quickly!"
Soon, Xiaoqi took Dad Li to Wang Pu's cabin.
However, before Dad Li could observe the injury, Chen Yuanyuan woke up by himself. Wang Pu hurriedly pressed Chen Yuanyuan's shoulders and said softly: "Don't move, Yuanyuan, lie down, don't move."
"Mr.." Chen Yuanyuan's pink face turned slightly red and she said softly, "I'm fine."
"Yes, you're fine, you won't be fine."
Wang Pu's heart was broken when he looked at the crossbow arrow that was still stuck in Chen Yuanyuansu's chest.
If it weren't for Chen Yuanyuan, this powerful crossbow would have been inserted into Wang Pu's back now. What a great woman, she actually used her own body to block arrows for men!
"My husband, I'm really fine." Chen Yuanyuan suddenly pulled down the crossbow arrow inserted into her chest, and then blushed and said, "My husband, have you forgotten that jade pendant?"
"You..." Seeing that Chen Yuanyuan had actually pulled down the crossbow arrow, Wang Pu was shocked at first, and then overjoyed. He reached out to untied Chen Yuanyuan's clothes. Suddenly, he thought that there was someone else present, so he immediately turned around and said to Xiaoqi and Dad Li, "That, Xiaoqi, Dad Li, please avoid it first."
When Xiaoqi and Dad Li left the cabin, Wang Pu quickly reached out and untied Chen Yuanyuan's silk clothes, and gently stripped off the pink silk clothes. A pair of round and plump breasts appeared in front of Wang Pu without reservation. Wang Pu looked at him carefully and the jade pendant that was placed in the cleavage was completely broken.
Chen Yuanyuan was not injured, but there were only a small red mark on her white skin.
This is really God's will. It turns out that the crossbow arrow went from bottom to top and just passed through Chen Yuanyuan's cleavage and shot the jade pendant. As a result, the jade pendant was broken, but Chen Yuanyuan was fine. The reason why this crossbow arrow was inserted into Chen Yuanyuan's body was because it was squeezed by her pair of plump jade breasts.
If Wang Pu hadn't given Chen Yuanyuan the necklace and Chen Yuanyuan had been wearing it on her body, maybe Chen Yuanyuan would have died now.
"Yuanyuan, you're really fine!" Wang Pu was excited and held Chen Yuanyuan's plump breasts hard and shouted excitedly, "That's great, this is really great."
"Don't, my husband." Chen Yuanyuan moaned, and her beautiful eyes began to become blurred, and she said coquettishly, "Xiaoqi and Dad Li are still outside, and the refugees outside are causing trouble."
"Boom boom boom..."
As Chen Yuanyuan finished speaking, a deafening roar suddenly sounded outside the cabin. Chen Yuanyuan was so scared that she screamed and crashed into Wang Pu's arms.
"What's going on?" Wang Pu hugged Chen Yuanyuan, put on the silk clothes for her, turned his head and asked outside, "Xiao Qi, who ordered the cannon?"
"Report to the general." Huang Degong's response sounded outside the cabin. "It was the cannon that General Mo ordered to fire, but General Fu was relieved that he was firing empty cannons. General Mo just wanted to scare away these mobs."
Wang Pu helped Chen Yuanyuan lie down on the couch and said, "Yuanyuan, you lie down first, my husband will come back to see you."
"My husband, I'm fine." Chen Yuanyuan said softly, "My husband, go."
Wang Pu kissed Chen Yuanyuan's forehead, turned around and strode out of the cabin, and saw Huang Degong, Scarface, Xiaoqi and others nervously guarding outside. When Wang Pu came out, they asked with concern: "General, how is the injury of the wife?"
"It's okay." Wang Pu sighed and asked Huang Degong, "General Huang Shen, what's wrong with the mob by the canal?"
Huang Degong bowed and said, "General, don't worry, the mob has been dispersed."
Chapter completed!