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Chapter 68 Rainbow Island
When going out in the morning, Zhu Yunxuan paid special attention to the surroundings. The island was much quieter. The women and children who had come to the beach to work and play at dawn were gone, and patrolling guards could be seen everywhere. Even if Liang Zhen only dealt with a few people who took the lead in causing trouble, the haze left by last night's incident was still engraved on everyone's face.
However, Liang Zhen was not worried. Compared with these petty troubles, the generals at the middle and high levels on the island already knew the promise of the Emperor Dayan. This was the most tempting carrot hanging in front of them, making them not in the mood to stop. Think about those who have and don't, otherwise, how could this rebellion be quelled so easily.
They boarded the boat on the pier. It was rare today that the weather was fine and cloudless, and there were no waves on the sea. Since boarding the boat, Liang Zhen took Xu'er to the deck to fish, and Zhu Yunxuan read a book for an hour in the cabin. , a little dizzy in the back, also got up and went outside, intending to take a breath.
As soon as he walked out, he saw Xu'er clapping his hands, screaming and laughing, and the whole person went crazy. Liang Zhen raised his hand and swung it back, and the fishing rod in his hand suddenly slid an arc in the air. It slammed heavily on the deck behind them.
"It's a tortoise!" The child was very excited, and when he saw Zhu Yunxuan appear, he immediately ran over and took his hand to ask him to see, "Daddy, daddy, look, my father caught a big tortoise!"
Zhu Yunxuan stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and looked at the turtle that had turned over and was on the deck with its back on its back, and its head and limbs were retracted into the turtle shell. How did Zhen catch it. Xu'er was eager to try to touch it, but was stopped by Zhu Yunxuan. The child told him, "The big turtle is so stupid. My father caught it as soon as he caught it. He was stupid."
"Well, um, we Xu'er are the smartest." Zhu Yunxuan echoed him with a smile.
Liang Zhen had already caught a basket of fish and shrimp, and Zhu Yunxuan took the child to take a look, and it was indeed a good harvest, and Xu Er proudly showed off to him: "I also caught fish, two!"
"Good baby is amazing." Zhu Yunxuan praised his son without hesitation.
Liang Zhen retracted the fishing line and smiled softly: "Why doesn't your majesty praise me?"
Zhu Yunxuan glanced at him, with a smile that could not be concealed in his eyes: "How do you want me to praise?"
Liang Zhen lowered his eyes and coughed: "Just say, my man is very capable."
Zhu Yunxuan was speechless, his eyes flickered for a moment, and only a vague "I don't know" came out of his lips.
At sunset, the boat finally docked, Zhu Yunxuan led Xu'er out of the cabin, and was instantly attracted by the scene on the island ahead. The island is full of flowers, decorated with colorful houses and pavilions made of stone, carved galleries and paintings, ingeniously crafted, and caught in the afterglow of the sunset, it is like a rainbow, which is dazzling.
Xu'er opened her eyes suddenly, and exclaimed in her mouth: "It's so beautiful!"
Liang Zhen took a step forward and picked him up: "Let's go."
"I want to go by myself!" The child twisted to the ground, "My turtle!"
Liang Zhen put the man down with laughter and laughter: "Are you still thinking about that stupid turtle?"
Xu'er nodded vigorously: "I want a turtle!"
A rope was tied to the turtle's belly, and the child held his hand, staggering forward, turning back and forth three steps at a time, Zhu Yunxuan looked helpless, frowned and Liang Zhen pouted: "Look at your bad idea. Looking at him now, there is only this turtle left in his eyes..."
Liang Zhen didn't take it seriously and said, "The child is very forgetful. He likes to let him play for two days. When he comes back, he asks someone to stew the turtle."
Zhu Yunxuan: "...If you are not afraid that he will cut off your father-son relationship with you, then you can just stew. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
Liang Zhen: "..."
This Rainbow Island is very large, more than three or four times the size of the island occupied by Liang Zhen's father. There are less than 5,000 permanent residents on the island, and life is very peaceful. It is no different from the Dayan people. The clothes are very different, but when you look around, you can see that men, women, and children on the road are all dressed in thin gauze skirts, and the colors are flamboyant. Very eye-catching.
Walking all the way, Liang Zhen introduced to Zhu Yunxuan: "The owner of this island, whose family name is Qin, is a wealthy family who moved from Dayan more than 100 years ago. When I first arrived in Nanyang three years ago, I met the current island owner by chance. , became the best friend, the two days the island owner held a wedding at the house, and the meeting held every three months, many more talents came to the island than usual, and it was quieter here on weekdays."
Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes and glanced at Liang Zhen in surprise: "A wedding ceremony?"
"Yeah, the eldest son of the island owner is getting married, and the invitations are widely distributed. We are here for wedding wine."
So that's it... Zhu Yunxuan asked casually, "Then how many days are we going to stay here?"
"Your Majesty is in a hurry to go back?" Liang Zhen asked him back with a smile.
Zhu Yunxuan pursed the corners of his lips lightly, but did not answer. It was halfway through the half-month appointment. When they would go back, they had never said a certain date. They had to go back no matter how to avoid it. solve it completely.
Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan was a little absent-minded for a while, Liang Zhen hooked the corner of his lips and reminded him in a low voice: "Let's go, let's go shopping in the city and find an inn first."
"Inn?" Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyebrows, "You were invited by the island owner to have a wedding party, and he didn't even arrange a place for you. Is this how the island owner here treats guests?"
"No, we came a day earlier. The family has been busy with drinks these days, so there must be a lot of things, so I won't bother them, let's go, go ahead."
"Let's go, baby." He turned around with a smile, and greeted Xu'er, who was completely focused on the turtle.
The child followed his tortoise and followed him, smiling until his teeth were out of sight: "Xu'er is here~"
It is even more lively when you enter the city. This island is very famous in this area. The island ownerβs fleet often goes to Dayan and Nanyang to buy and sell things. People from other nearby islands also come to buy things. The island owner has a big business. But he won't provoke the eyes of those Fanbang people with contempt, and he will take the initiative to give Li some benefits when he encounters it, and these years have passed peacefully.
These two days may be because the island owner's family is going to hold a happy event. The island is full of lanterns and beams of joy. Even people who are not on this island can also feel the simple and simple happiness.
Zhu Yunxuan asked Liang Zhen casually: "How did you know the island owner here?"
"It's just a coincidence. I first came to Nanyang three years ago. I rescued the owner of the island who was almost buried in the sea when the ship wrecked in the storm. I followed him to this Rainbow Island. , I had planned to settle here, but I never expected to meet my father here, and my father and the island owner are also friends, then when my father came to visit the island owner on this island, our father and son finally wanted to meet."
There were a lot of emotions in Liang Zhen's words. Zhu Yunxuan listened silently, but the thought in his mind was that the distance from Dayan to Beijing was thousands of miles away. If he didn't come to Quanzhou, they would really be possible... Not to be seen again.
Zhu Yunxuan's expression became a little sad, and Liang Zhen asked him, "What is your majesty thinking?"
"...Nothing, let's go, find an inn to stay first, Xu'er should be hungry too."
The largest inn on the island is on the busiest street in the city. It was unfortunate that they came, and only the last room was left. Liang Zhen asked for it directly. Zhu Yunxuan stood aside without saying a word, only staring at Liang Zhen with his eyes He nodded casually when questioning him.
The inn was very lively. The lobby on the first floor was full of guests, and there were many businessmen from Dayan, who were discussing the news of the emperor's disappearance in Quanzhou, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.
They picked a table in the corner and sat down. Liang Zhen helped Xu'er tie his turtle to the foot of the table, carried the child to him, and fed him some hot water.
Zhu Yunxuan drank tea calmly and listened to the people around him talking eloquently.
"The emperor was kidnapped by the ghostly pirates. I saw it with my own eyes. On the Buddha's birthday, he was kidnapped when he was worshiping the Bodhisattva in the Xishan Temple in Quanzhou, and the city gate of Quanzhou was sealed that day."
"No, the officials in Quanzhou are all in a hurry. They are afraid that something will happen. I will take my family out to hide first, because I am afraid that the gods will fight and we ordinary people will suffer."
"The bad thing is that the emperor doesn't even have a son, and I don't know if he really has three strengths and two weaknesses, who will fall to the next emperor, I'm afraid there will be another fight. It's not a few years before the peace..."
Liang Zhen laughed lowly and asked Zhu Yunxuan: "It is said that the Emperor of Dayan has disappeared, what do you think?"
Zhu Yunxuan said calmly: "What do I think? Someone has the audacity to hijack the emperor, it's right..."
"What should it be?"
Zhu Yunxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted lightly, paused, and suddenly asked him, "You have been in Nanyang for three years, and your father has been here for nearly thirty years. Have you heard any news about those ghostly pirates?"
Liang Zhen's mouth curled slightly: "No, those people are ghosts and ghosts, how can they deal with people easily."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's eyes darkened for a moment, and he didn't ask any more questions. He put the vegetables into Xu'er's bowl and let him eat by himself.
While eating, the child picked out a piece of meat with a small spoon, and threw it to the ground for his turtle. He smiled happily when the turtle ate, raised his head and asked Zhu Yunxuan, "Dad, I can bring it with me at night. Do turtles sleep together?"
"No." Zhu Yunxuan answered him blankly.
"why?"
"Daddy and Turtle, you can only choose one."
The child pouted reluctantly, and Liang Zhen asked him with a smile, "Baby want to sleep with Turtle?"
"Yeah." The child thought there was a show, and looked at Liang Zhen eagerly.
"If you are obedient and don't pester your father to sleep with you in the future, you can let the turtle sleep at the foot of your bed."
Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "What did you say?"
Xu'er looked at Zhu Yunxuan and at his turtle, and shook his head after struggling: "Then I don't want turtles anymore, I want daddy."
Liang Zhen raised his hand and scratched his son's nose amusingly: "This time I'm more clever."