The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1442 Action Begins

In the middle of the night, the merchant ship of the Xuan family was already some distance away from the beach. In order to set the trap for those pirates, the merchant ship had to take risks, but the distance from the Quanzhou navy was still the same. It's just far away, but in fact, the merchant ships do not depart from the naval port, but from the seashore of nearby villages.

The merchant ship was driving on the sea, and looking from a distance, there were indeed some shadows of ships.

Seeing those shadows, the guards on the merchant ship became alert and stood guard on the merchant ship with horizontal knives in their hands. They also knew that they were trying to lure the pirates, but the lure is the lure, and the preparations for the battle must be made in advance , Therefore, after nightfall, the guards on the ship did not sleep, their nerves were tense, and they were preparing on the ship, because no one knew how many people and ships would come when the pirates came to rob the merchant ships.

Now there are only a dozen guards on the boat, and if there is a fight, the tiger will be afraid of the wolves, let alone at sea.

The level of familiarity of these pirates with this sea area is not comparable to that of the Xuan family's guards.

Once there was a fight, when the right time and place were in harmony with the people, the Xuan Family Merchant Ship could barely beat them in terms of harmony.

The main purpose is to delay time and delay time for the Yangzhou Navy.

The Yangzhou navy will not directly drive the ship towards this side, but will go around in a circle, enclosing them directly, and then gradually close the encirclement circle, enclosing them in it.

In this way, although the pirates would not escape, the danger of the Xuan family's merchant ships would suddenly increase.

The shadows of those ships are getting closer and closer, and with the help of the firelight on the ship, the size of the ships of the pirates can be roughly seen clearly.

"Hurry up and send the signal." When the pirate ships were about to approach the merchant ship, the guard leader on the merchant ship said to his subordinates.

"Yes." The man quickly took out the whistle from his waist and pulled it away.

A ray of light flashed across the sky, accompanied by an ear-piercing sound.

It was also the first time for those pirates to see this thing. This thing is a communication signal between Xuanjia caravans. Others don't know it, but today, it is used by the navy to encircle and suppress pirates.

The signal flew very high, and it could be seen from a distance. Even if you couldn't hear the movement, you could still see the light in the sky.

After seeing the signal, the ships of the Yangzhou Navy immediately set sail.

Liu Renyuan was also on board.

Xuan Shijing was in the camp, waiting for Liu Renyuan's triumphant return, and also waiting for news from Chang Le.

Success or failure depends on tonight.

Because of the action tonight, not to mention Xuan Shijing and Liu Ren's wish, even Chen Zheng and the Quanzhou navy in the navy camp had no intention of going to sleep.

The pirates near Quanzhou have been bothering them for a year and a half, and they have never been caught. If the brothers of the Yangzhou Navy can wipe out those pirates tonight, it will be a slap in the face for them.

Some soldiers even began to think about how to torture them after they were caught alive.

Anyone who has been fooled for so long is also angry in his heart.

However, if these pirates were wiped out by the people of the Yangzhou Navy, wouldn't it appear that the Quanzhou Navy is very incompetent?

Therefore, the feelings of the soldiers of the Quanzhou Navy are still very complicated. On the one hand, they very much hope that these damned pirates can be completely wiped out in this operation, and on the other hand, they also hope that the Quanzhou Navy can hang on their faces. .

Therefore, many soldiers began to complain about their leader, that is, Chen Zheng.

Why can they catch the pirates as soon as they come, and I have been walked by the pirates as dogs for a year and a half.
Gao Jun naturally told Xuan Shijing about all the movements outside, including some complaints from the Quanzhou navy officers and soldiers.

Sitting under the dim oil lamp, Xuan Shijing sighed after hearing Gao Jun's words.

"In any case, one of Feng Zhijun's goals has been achieved, and we are powerless." Xuan Shijing said: "Whether the matter of the pirates is over or not, and whether the officials of the Quanzhou government are punished, it is difficult for Chen Zheng to say goodbye." The Quanzhou navy will stay any longer."

The officers and men of the Quanzhou Navy were already disappointed with Chen Zheng, and even dissatisfied. Under such circumstances, how could Chen Zheng stay any longer, so he had to be transferred away.

Feng Zhijun's goal from the beginning was to run Chen Zheng away. Now, the goal has been achieved, but he never expected that he would also be involved.

"Grandpa, this subordinate is back!" Chang Le's voice came from outside the tent, and the people followed, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Chang Le walked in sweating profusely.

Now this season, Quanzhou has started to heat up. Chang Le didn't eat all day. After getting the account book, he rode a fast horse back to the Quanzhou navy camp overnight. The sweat on his forehead was about to drip. .

"Take a rest quickly, you're exhausted." Xuan Shijing got up and came to Chang Le, pulled Chang Le to a chair beside him, and told him to sit down and rest first.

"I'm not tired, but I'm so hungry, brother Gao, please get me some food." Chang Le said, "I haven't eaten a drop of water all day just to keep an eye on the man from the government."

"Hurry up." Xuan Shijing said to Gao Jun.

"Yes." Gao Jun clapped his hands in response, and then left the tent to go to the back camp to greet Chang Le with good wine and food.

Xuan Shijing took the teapot on her desk to Chang Le and handed it to him.

Chang Le took the teapot, the temperature of the tea in it was just right, and he drank it with a sip of the teapot.

After drinking to his heart's content, Chang Le pulled out the thick ledger from his arms.

"Grandpa, the subordinates originally thought that there was no evidence to be found, but they didn't realize it. After the magistrate of the county government knew the name of the prince, he was afraid. He was afraid that Feng Zhijun would withdraw him as a scapegoat, so he let him go. The master of the county yamen copied the account book overnight, wanting to save himself as a backup, and it was just like this that his subordinates knew where their account book was placed. After the master left, his subordinates handed over the account book. The account book written by the master is still in the county government." Chang Le said: "If the father-in-law acts tomorrow and goes to the county government to search, maybe he can find out the account book that was copied."

Xuan Shijing nodded, took the account book in Chang Le's hand, flipped through a few pages, and sure enough, it recorded in detail the details of the goods handed over by the pirates to the county government.

From the account book Xuan Shijing can see that not all the goods looted by the pirates went into Feng Zhijun's pockets. Those pirates kept [-]% for themselves, and [-]% went into the pockets of county government officials. Qicheng is a big head, and all of them went into Feng Zhijun's warehouse.

(End of this chapter)