Chapter 56: Yang Yao's Younger Sister

  The woman saw the look on Yue Yun's face and seemed to really not know, her heart even more unhappy, coldly said: "It seems that you, this little thief of the Yue family, have killed too many people, and can't even remember my brother's name. Never mind, let you be a smart ghost! My brother is the Great Sage Heavenly King Yang Yao who died at the hands of the old thief Yue five years ago. Your father and son, the Yue family, caused my family to break up and leave Dongting Lake, drifting out to sea... This time it's really the heavens have eyes, I met you in Chuzhou! At least I can avenge part of my hatred!"

  Yue Yun felt an icy chill in his palm at this time, he knew he was done for.

  Yang Yao was the most famous leader of the righteous army in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Song army besieged and annihilated him several times, but all failed until 1135 when his father-in-law Yue Fei personally led the army to annihilate him, and many soldiers in the Yue family's army were reorganized from Yang Yao's righteous army.

  Yue Yun pondered that in the original timeline, after Yang Yao was killed by Yue Fei, his sister drifted out to sea and eventually died a natural death, without causing any great sensation in history, so naturally there would be no record of her in the historical books.

  Unfortunately, I had bad luck and first arrived at Chu State to borrow grain, a place that Yue Yun had never been to in history. Then, I fought the Battle of Chu State, which had never occurred in history. Now, I have encountered Yang Yumo's sister, who was not known to exist in history. This history has become completely muddled, and my own fate has truly become an unknown quantity.

  The woman saw that Yue Yun lowered his head and remained silent, thinking that he had already admitted defeat. Her expression slightly relaxed as she said: "When we reach the mouth of the Huai River where it enters the sea, we will switch to a larger boat and then head to Sihai Island. You still have several days left to live. Take care of yourself during these few days and don't try any tricks, lest you suffer physical pain before your death!"

  Yue Yun's face changed suddenly, thinking that he had always been on guard against Zhao Gou and Qin Hui, but never thought of Yang Yao, let alone being defeated by the beautiful Yang Yao's sister. It was extremely frustrating. Moreover, it was laughable that when he first saw Yang Yao's sister, he had some good illusions, now it seemed to be a huge irony.

  Alas, drinking has led to trouble! If I hadn't gotten so drunk yesterday, I reckon that woman wouldn't have found it so easy to take me down. Yue Yun's heart is filled with regret.

  Just then, a clear "ah" sound was heard, and Li Yu Rong woke up. She opened her beautiful eyes to see the woman in black standing in front of her, and she was shocked and exclaimed: "Yang Yue?"

  Yue Yun only then knew that Yang Yao's younger sister was named Yang Yue.

  "Li Yurou, I didn't expect you to know me." Yang Yue was also somewhat surprised.

  "Our Li family's merchant ships are often robbed by your Four Seas Gang. We have even had portraits of the four leaders of the Four Seas Gang painted by a special artist." Li Yu Rong said with hatred.

  "Hum! Drawing our portraits is to ask the government to arrest us, right?" Yang Yue sneered: "However, unfortunately, the government still can't do anything to us. Instead, your actions have angered our other three masters, and during this time, why haven't any of the Li family's ships sailed out to sea?"

  Li Yurou bit her cherry lips and didn't say a word, she naturally knew that Li's family ships had been tightly watched by the Four Seas Gang recently, and more than ten ships had been lost in a row. That's why her father, Li Yuanshan, was preparing to shift his focus to inland water transportation. However, this inland water transportation has always been the territory of the Cao Gang, and the Li family wants to insert their foot into it, inevitably leading to conflicts with them. Occasionally transporting one or two times might not be a big problem, but long-term transportation is hard to say.

  She glanced sideways and suddenly saw Yue Yun, immediately asking in surprise: "Young Master Yue, how did you also get caught by her?"

  Yue Yun sighed and said: "Li Niang, I'm afraid I only have a few days left."

  "What? She wants to kill you?" Li Yu Rong was shocked and her face turned pale.

  "Of course! He is the son of my arch-nemesis Yue Fei, I'll bring him back to Four Seas Island and kill him as a sacrifice to my elder brother!" Yang Yue said coldly.

  Li Yu Rong's face suddenly turned pale, and she hastily asked: "Ah! What's going on?"

  Yue Yunfang led Yue Fei's army to annihilate Yang Yao's rebel forces, causing Yang Yue to flee to the sea.

  Li Yurou was shocked, this vendetta of killing brothers and destroying families is not something to be taken lightly. And Yang Yue, although she looks cold and beautiful on the surface, is a female pirate leader after all, what good can be expected from her? The number of people who have died at her hands is unknown.

  However, Li Yurou still had the idea of trying and said to Yang Yue: "Miss Yang, you became a pirate just for wealth, my Li family is willing to pay the ransom, redeem Young Master Yue back!"

  "What? You're actually going to ransom this little thief? Could it be that he's your lover?" Yang Yue asked with a cold smile, her eyes gleaming brightly.

  Li Yu Rong's face suddenly turned bright red, and she said in a low voice: "How could a humble girl like me be related to Young Master Yue... He is a great hero who resisted the invasion of the Jin army and protected our Great Song Dynasty. So, I hope Miss Yang will consider the dignity of all Han people and release Young Master Yue! My Li family will definitely offer you a satisfactory ransom!"

  Yang Yue smiled slightly and said, "For the past two days, I've been following you, especially yesterday. I naturally saw what happened between you, Xiao Ze from the Yue family, and Qin Gongzi. No wonder you'd be moved by this kid... Actually, we didn't plan to kill you when we caught you. As long as your Li family can meet the conditions of our Four Seas Society, we'll let you go..."

  "What about Mr. Yue?" Li Yujiao hastily asked.

  "Hum! He must not be spared! Don't mention anything about all Han people to me, isn't my brother Yang Yao a Han person? I see his old man killing without any regard for the bond of being from the same ethnic group. He is the son of that treacherous Yue, he is my arch-nemesis, an enemy who killed my brother and with whom I will not live under the same sky! Suppose someone killed your brother Li Kexin, would you let that person off?" Yang Yueliang asked back with her eyebrows raised.

  Li Yu Rong was momentarily speechless, and after a while, she said in a soft voice: "But... but the one who killed Yang's older sister's brother is his father, Yue Yuan Shuai, not him!"

  "He also has a share, when he attacked our Water Fortress that year, Yue Yun was said to have been in Zhang Xian's army, and the vanguard of Zhang Xian had come to attack our Water Fortress! How could he not have come? So I must not let him off!" Yang Yue said sternly.

  Li Yurou was about to continue speaking when Yang Yue suddenly said viciously: "If you keep talking, believe it or not, I'll kill this kid right now and make you suffer for the rest of your life!"

  Li Yurou was suddenly frightened and didn't dare speak again.

  Yang Yue couldn't help but secretly laugh at the sight. Li Yu Rong obviously had a crush on Yue Jia Xiao Zei, but she was too proud to admit it. At this moment, Yang Yue glanced at Yue Yun's face and saw his handsome features, her heart also flashed with a hint of turmoil, thinking that this little thief from the Yue family indeed had a good appearance.

  The small boat sailed on the Huai River for about three hours, and it was almost noon when Yang Yue ordered to dock at a pier, then prepare to transfer to a larger ship. Yue Yun looked around and saw that they had already reached the mouth of the sea, with endless blue waves stretching out before them.

  Yue Yun knew that if he got on the big boat and was taken to the island, he would really be done for. So he walked with one foot high and one foot low, while his brain spun rapidly, thinking of how to escape.

  Yang Yue was a shrewd person, and seeing that Yue Yun's eyes were rolling around, he knew he was thinking of escaping. He immediately took out another hemp rope and wrapped it around Yue Yun's neck again, then grasped the other end of the rope in his hand.

  Yue Yun's heart sank, and his original plan to jump into the sea and escape after boarding the ship now seemed unlikely to succeed. Moreover, even if he did manage to jump into the sea, Yang Yue and her subordinates were pirates, and he feared that he would not be able to escape disaster even in the water.

  After waiting for a while on the shore, a large sailboat with five white sails finally appeared vaguely in the distance on the sea surface, slowly sailing towards the seaside.

  "Here it comes! It's our Four Seas' Help ship!" The stout man exclaimed with great joy.

  "Missy, they're signaling us to bring the small boat over!" The lean man squinted his eyes and looked at the pirate waving a flag in front of the big ship.

  "Alright! Let's get going then! Try to make it back to the island before nightfall tonight." Yang Yue's tense and pretty face also revealed a hint of a charming smile.

  Yue Yun was seeing a ship of this era for the first time and was very curious. Although she was in a dangerous situation, she couldn't help but observe the large sailboat carefully.

  The ship was about twenty or more zhang long and five zhang wide, with six paddle wheels spinning rapidly on each side of the hull. Above the paddle wheels were six portholes, from which protruded six large oars that were rowing through the water. On the bow of the ship hung a carved statue of Guanyin. On the deck of the ship, many pirates dressed in various attire were running back and forth.

  Yue Yun was marveling at the fact that such a large ship with a bright wheel design existed during the Song Dynasty, when he suddenly discovered that the pirates on the deck of the big ship had some strange expressions. Because these pirates' faces were all very tense, and some people's eyes even flashed with a hint of ferocity. It made Yue Yun feel like there was a faint aura of killing intent emanating from the ship.