Chapter 69: Turning Over Clouds with a Flip of the Hand

  Thanks for Su's reward!

  After about three incense sticks' worth of time, the group finally slowly walked onto the deck of the Nanhai. Lü Hao and Song Zhong had been waiting here early on, seeing Zhōng Zǐ Yí and others come up, they busily led them into the captain's quarters with a respectful expression.

  The rooms on the boat were very small, and after Zhong Ziyi, Yue Yun and Wulin Daren entered, they could no longer stand. Zhong Ziyi's guards and Wulin Daren's entourage had to wait outside the room.

  However, what made Zhong Ziyi and Wu Lindan somewhat startled was that this "Third Master Zhou Lun" was actually covered from head to toe with a white cloth, which had fresh blood seeping out, looking quite seriously injured.

  Wu Lin Da Le saw this and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, he turned around and asked: "Has the third master woken up? Why is his whole body covered with white cloth?"

  Lü Hao bowed and replied respectfully, "Reporting to Special Envoy, the Third Master has awakened, but due to severe injuries, his face also bears multiple scars. We fear that it may startle you, so we have been covering his entire body with a white cloth."

  Wulintai heard this and felt a bit of sympathy, so he called out in a low voice: "Third Master, I'm Wulintai. I've come to see you. Lift up that white cloth, it's all right!"

  However, this "Zhou Lun" did not react at all.

  Wu Lin called out a few more times, but Zhou Lun remained unmoved.

  Zhong Ziyi was greatly enraged by the scene, with the two Golden Envoys standing in front of him, Zhou Lun had already woken up but still didn't show any courtesy, even if he couldn't get out of bed, wouldn't he at least say a word of gratitude?

  Then, Zhong Ziyi immediately squeezed to the front of "Zhou Lun"'s bed, lifted up the white cloth on "Zhou Lun"'s body, and loudly scolded: "Zhou Lun, you are too rude! I want to see what kind of injury you have! You can't even speak!"

  All he heard was a "whooshing" sound, and after the white cloth lifted, it wasn't Zhou Lun covered in bloodstains and wounds as he had imagined, but rather a stunning beauty wearing a black tight-fitting outfit.

  "Ah! Yang Yue?" Zhong Ziyi was shocked and lost his color. He hastily reached for the sword at his waist, but before he could even touch it, a cold light flashed before his eyes, and Yang Yue's dagger was already pressed against his neck.

  Wu Lin was also shocked and angry, he had not yet reacted, but only felt that there was a hard object against his waist, vaguely feeling like a dagger. He turned his head to look, the hilt of the dagger had a hand on it, and when he looked up at an angle, the hand belonged to Yue Yun.

  "Director Yao, what's going on?" Wu Lin asked in a frightened tone.

  Yue Yun had not yet responded, but Zhong Ziyi saw the situation and loudly shouted in a hoarse voice: "Wu Lin Da Ren, I told you that Yao Yuan was fake! He's actually in cahoots with Yang Yue!"

  "Zhong Ziyi! You wicked dog, you killed my second brother and locked up all my people. Can you justify yourself to your fellow brothers? You traitor, with a heart that only seeks to sell out and gain honor!" Yang Yue saw Zhong Ziyi still shouting, her heart filled with rage, she raised one of her jade hands and "slapped" him several times on the ears.

  Zhong Ziyi let out a loud "ahh" of despair, his mouth full of blood, and violently coughed up two teeth from his mouth.

  He glared at Yang Yue with a venomous expression: "You little wretch, what do you want to do? Are you still thinking of killing me? I am the leader of the Four Seas Gang, and killing me would be a grave offense against the gang!"

  Yang Yue was enraged upon hearing this and raised her dagger, ready to strike and end his life.

  "Yang, don't be impulsive! Your people are still being held captive, and Li is also being watched on the island. If you kill him, his subordinates might go crazy!"

  Yang Yue thought for a moment and then said to Lü Hao: "Tie them all up with ropes and take them away!"

  When Yue Yun and Yang Yue walked out of the captain's room, the battle in the corridor had already ended. Under intentional or unintentional circumstances, more than 20 guards under Zhong Ziyi and Wu Lindar's entourage were either killed or captured.

  Song Zhong led the men to bind several of the enemy who were not dead, along with Zhong Ziyi and Wu Lindan, onto the deck. Yang Yue also appeared for the first time in front of the pirates on the island. Her tall and slender figure, her stunning looks, and her hair fluttering in the wind, made a particularly striking impression on the dock of this island.

  The pirates on the dock all shouted: "It turns out that Fourth Master is not dead! The Great Master also said that Second Master and Fourth Master were killed by the imperial army, so we can only go to surrender to the Golden Kingdom to avenge them..."

  Yang Yue shouted loudly to the pirates on the shore: "Brothers, I'm not dead! The first and third masters want to surrender to the Jin country, they killed the second master and wanted to kill me too, but they didn't succeed!"

  The pirates were in an uproar as soon as they heard the news. Most of them had been deceived by Zhong Ziyi, and when they saw Yang Yue, who was supposed to be dead, come back to life, it completely contradicted what the master of the house had said. They immediately began to curse and shout, leaving Baiyuan and his cohorts, who were Zhong Ziyi's trusted subordinates, stunned and unsure of how to react.

  Yang Yue shouted loudly at this time: "Brothers! Now Zhong Ziyi has been captured by us! The Jin Dynasty envoy who contacted him was also caught by us! Now I just ask everyone a question: Are you willing to follow me or follow him?"

  She pointed to Zhong Ziyi, who was tied up like a meat dumpling with a dejected face, and Wu Lindal standing beside him.

  Most of the pirates did not know what had happened, but seeing that the first master's words were completely overturned, while the third master's words were well-founded. Even this look and appearance knew that it was a Jurchen envoy from the Jin Dynasty who was also present at the scene. Thinking back to the dispute between the four masters over whether to accept the surrender of the Jin Dynasty some time ago, most people believed Yang Yue's words.

  "Fourth Master! Great Master, you've done something that's lost all sense of morality! He's no longer worthy of being our leader! From now on, we'll follow you!" At this time, Zhao Yao had already slipped into the crowd on the dock and shouted loudly.

  Everyone has a psychology of following the crowd, seeing someone leading the way and shouting loudly, while the mastermind commits such a heinous crime as killing his own brother. It's only natural that everyone is extremely resentful towards him. So they all chimed in: "Right! Right! Fourth Master, we'll follow you!"

  "Alright!" Yang Yue immediately made a decisive decision, ordering Lü Hao and Song Zhong to lead more than ten sailors from the ship, holding the Gang Master Token found on Zhong Ziyi's body, to take over the other two large warships, Donghai No. and Beihai No., at the dock.

  Yue Yun saw the situation and was secretly delighted. It seemed that Yang Yue's previous words were true, as long as she captured Zhong Ziyi, she would be able to control the situation on the island. This showed that Yang Yue still had a high reputation among these pirates.

  At this time, Yang Yue furrowed her eyebrows and said to Yue Yun in a low voice: "Young Master Yue, if you want to rescue me and my second brother's troops, I must take Zhong Ziyi with me personally, using his life to coerce them. Otherwise, it's likely that his loyal followers won't be pacified. You can help me keep an eye on the situation around the dock first?"

  Yue Yun heard and was stunned, could only bitterly smile and reluctantly nodded: "Okay...... I still want to go rescue Li Niang first, now she is still being watched in the side house next to the assembly hall."

  Yang Yue suddenly remembered that Li Yu Rong had not been rescued yet, and her face slightly reddened as she said: "Actually, she's in no danger, neither I nor Zhong Zi Yi would kill her. At most, it's just a matter of rescuing her later. I'll let Zhao Yao lead the rescue team instead! The situation on this dock requires someone with great courage and meticulousness to calm things down. Zhao Yao is too timid, and his prestige among everyone is also very low, so I think you're the only one who can hold down the fort here!"

  Yue Yun thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

  Things went smoothly afterwards, with the help of the master's order in hand, and seeing that the eldest son had been taken down, plus hearing about the good things that the eldest son and the third son did to kill their own brothers, the sailors on the East Sea and North Sea ships quickly stopped resisting and expressed their willingness to follow Yang Yue's orders.

  Yang Yue escorted Zhong Ziyi to the front of the large enclosure where prisoners were held on the island and quickly calmed down Zhong Ziyi's loyal followers, forcing them to release these subordinates who did not want to surrender to Jin.

  With this batch of elite soldiers who were extremely loyal to Yang Yue joining, Yang Yue quickly used both kindness and authority, removing the various sentry posts in the island's strategic areas without encountering much resistance.

  For those who were determined to be loyal to the master, Yang Yue would not show them any courtesy and naturally fulfilled their wish to die for Zhong Ziyi.

  At the same time, Yue Yun, who was on the dock, encountered the most difficult decision he had faced since his journey. Bai Yuan brought several of Zhong Zi Yi's trusted followers and took Li Yu Rong to the dock, using her as a hostage to demand that Yue Yun release Zhong Zi Yi.