Late Tang

"When is it?" Feng Zhang was awakened by the young and beautiful concubine in a daze, his eyes were still red, and he asked with a dull face of dissatisfaction.If this woman hadn't given him a lot of comfort during his wife's absence, he would definitely have been reprimanded by him. "Da Lang is good at everything, but he still lacks concentration. I have already given him the full power to handle most of the military affairs of the Walled City, but whenever something happens, he always does it regardless of time and place. Come to me for advice, hey, I don’t know when I’ll be able to do it alone.”

This concubine has been with Feng Zhang for many years. After he took her into his house at the age of 15, Feng Zhang came to Daxie Village from Qingzhou to take up the post. The original wife of the family was also from a wealthy family in Qingzhou.As soon as Madam heard that she was going to the island, she lost interest, and she resolutely refused to leave Qingzhou.In the end, Feng Zhang had no choice but to bring the concubine who had just taken over the house. Ten years passed, and the wife from a wealthy family had never been to Dengzhou once, and Feng Zhang had only been back once or twice a year in the ten years.Over time, Feng Zhang's affection for this empathetic concubine was even closer than that of the main wife at home.There are even quite a few sergeants in Daxie village who only know that there is Mrs. Yang, but they don't know that there is a genuine Mrs. Wang.

"Da Lang also means respecting you. I think this kid is pretty good. He is usually prudent and filial. He is much better than Feng Ming and Feng Liang." The concubine, Yang, spoke good words for Feng Xun.

"Send a message to the outside and ask someone to take him to the study to wait for me." Feng Zhang knew that Feng Xun usually flattered Mrs. Yang, and at the beginning of the new year, it was always necessary to pay respects to Mrs. Yang. He saw all these things, But I don't care.In the past two years, he began to gradually hand over the affairs of the army to Feng Xun. Although he seemed to be irrational on the surface, in fact, what matters on the island could escape his eyes.He is just training Feng Xun's ability to be the chief. In fact, the real power on the island is still in his own hands.

Yang combed Feng Zhang's hair and washed his face. He enjoyed the gentle service peacefully. Looking at the sky outside the window, it was only getting bright outside, probably just after [-] o'clock.This kid really thought that I really just stepped back and ignored it, listening to music and watching dances every day.He didn't know that one day I would have to be in the study until the third watch, especially last night, he was in the study checking the report sent back by the scouts sent out to watch the Shamen town, which was sent by Cangcao and Bingcao on the island Various account books, as well as the battle reports of Duli Town and Qingnipu sent by the Fengshi Branch of Liaohai Duli Town, and even a detailed report on the capture and looting of Cat Island.After watching him all the time, his eyes became astringent, red, swollen and teary, and he barely fell asleep after three o'clock.Feng Zhang shook his head and sighed inwardly.

After Yang's help cleaned up, Feng Zhang went to the hut to squat in the pit as usual, holding the scraped and smooth toilet chip, Feng Zhang suddenly remembered the many small actions of Li Jing on Salmon Island in the report of the scouts.One of them is about this latrine. It is said that there are many latrines excavated in every village, every street, and even temporary camps on Salmonella Island, but they have a new name called public toilets.According to the reports of the scouts, it seems that the land of reincarnation of the five grains has been turned into flowers. I heard that each of the public toilets can suddenly have hundreds of people squatting at the same time, and there is no smell, and it is clean and tidy.He also said that there was someone collecting money at the door when he entered the toilet. The last time he gave a copper coin, he gave two toilet papers.

This is the first time he has heard of charging money for going to the latrine, and it is the first time he has heard of using paper for going to the latrine.Even for a character like him, the last hut is different, so he has to use toilet chips?It's really humiliating, for such a precious thing as paper to be used in the latrine, this boy will be thundered from the sky.What made him even more disgusted was that he also read from the report that Li Jing actually got a team of people to pull the carriage and use dung buckets to regularly transport away the reincarnated grains in the public toilets, and then use them to water Vegetable field!Just thinking about it made him sick.

These things disgusted him just like Li Jing did. When news of the attack on Cat Island came back, the suspect he immediately thought of was Li Jing.Li Jing didn't show up for the past two days, saying that he was ill.However, the scouts who had been monitoring Shamen Town reported that the boats on Shamen Island were all at the pier, and only dispatched it two days after the incident, but they were under the banner of King Zhao Li Rui's business group, so they didn't dare to seriously investigate.

There were rumors before that the deaths of Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang were committed by Li Jing in the name of Zhen Donghai. Now that Cat Island has been captured, there is also evidence of revenge left by Zhen Donghai.This made Feng Zhang even more confused. It looked like Li Jing did it, but Li Jing didn't have the conditions to capture Cat Island without anyone noticing and transport away those supplies.

The Feng family in Duli Town is also full of doubts about this matter. Although Qingnipu is responsible for the unified caliber to the outside world, in fact, the Feng family themselves do not really believe in this result.The private judgment of the Feng family is that it is very likely that the pirates from Zhendonghai really did it, but they judge that such a thing cannot be done by the pirates from Zhendonghai.Therefore, it is very likely that Zhendonghai contacted many pirate forces to commit the crime, just like 20 years ago.

Thinking about it this way, things began to become clear. Feng Zhang himself estimated that Li Jing might have secret contacts with these pirates, and he might even be among the pirates when he attacked Cat Island.But this idea is too bold, and even he himself is just a bold idea, without half a ounce of evidence.

Sending a fleet to sea to sweep up pirates this time is also a request from the Duli Zhenfeng branch, in order to try to find this powerful pirate alliance and uproot it.Secondly, Duli Town and Qingnipu were fighting each other, and the Feng family asked them to send troops, which also meant to support the operation of Duli Town and cover the safety of the sea behind them.

Feng Zhang has now sent dozens of people to keep an eye on Shamen Town and Li Jing all day long, but the protection of Shamen Island is very deep, and it is difficult to find out any necessary news at ordinary times.Feng Zhang placed great expectations on the fleet going to sea this time, hoping not only to find that pirate force, but also to find evidence of Li Jing's collusion with the pirates.He is now completely treating Li Jing as a thorn in his side, but Li Jing's nail was nailed in by Song Wei and Cui Yunqing, so he can't move it easily.But if he can find evidence that Li Jing is indeed colluding with the pirates, then he will be able to take the lead, at least he can drive Li Jing out of his territory.

He squatted down unhurriedly, since Li Jing came to Daxie Village, he started to have constipation, and he couldn't feel comfortable if he didn't squat for half an hour every morning.But he did have an unexpected harvest, that is, when he squats in the morning, his mind is particularly clear, which is very conducive to thinking.Many things that are not clear at ordinary times can often be cleared up in a flash when squatting in the pit.

Today he squatted more than usual, but Feng Zhang is not in a hurry.Let Feng Xun wait a little longer, he just lacks the ability to make decisions, this time he originally intended to let Feng Xun lead the fleet out to sea, but after Feng Ming struggled with him for a long time, he actually agreed to let Feng Ming go out to sea.Fortunately, Feng Xun finally reported this matter to himself. He temporarily transferred Wu Qian, an old subordinate of Heishanbao, as the fleet commander, and changed Feng Ming to Duke Yuhou.

Taking advantage of the cool air in the morning, Feng Zhang squatted for a while longer to straighten out a lot of thoughts in his mind, and finally he washed his hands and went slowly to the study.

Just after the waking of stings, the morning weather was still very cold, a servant had already lit a charcoal stove in the study, Feng Xun was pacing slowly by the window of the study with his hands behind his back, he seemed a little impatient to wait.He was wearing a ermine fur cloak, and at his waist was a Shouyi knife inlaid with a gold ring.

"Da Lang, you are in a hurry to see me early in the morning. Is there anything urgent?"

"Li Jing from Shamen Town sent someone to deliver a letter this morning." Feng Xun took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Feng Zhang.The envelope had originally been sealed with wax, but the seal has now been opened.

"Have you read the letter?" Feng Zhang frowned inadvertently, which was a small gesture of dissatisfaction in his heart.Feng Xun has been with Feng Zhang for many years, and he is very familiar with his expressions and movements. When he saw this, he immediately explained in a low voice: "The person who came here only said that it was a letter for Daxie Village. I see that my uncle is usually very busy, so I opened it on my own initiative. Look."

Feng Zhang opened the letter in silence and read it, his brows furrowed more and more. "Li Jing said in his letter that he had received the exact news that he knew the hiding place of the remnants of the one-eyed dragon that attacked Salmon Island that day, so he proposed to send troops to exterminate the remnants of the pirates in order to comfort the soldiers and people who died that day. And He actually asked me to deploy troops to help him, and to borrow warships from us?"

"This is indeed a bit strange. A few days ago we asked to go to sea to suppress the bandits, and proposed to send troops to each fortress. The Shamen town shirked it for various reasons, saying that the heavy damage has not recovered. Why did it turn around, and actually actively asked to exterminate the pirates? ? I always feel that this matter is a bit strange, but I can't figure out where the problem is." Feng Xun said in a low voice.

Feng Zhang pondered for a moment, and said: "Li Jing was unwilling to respond to our army's dispatch of troops before, so he must have been full of scruples about our army. Now that he proposes to send troops to suppress the bandits, it is not impossible. Although the Cyclops failed to capture Salmon Island last time, But it was a big blow to Li Jing. More than 600 people were actually lost in the battle on Salmon Island. They must hate these pirates very much. If they really know the hiding place of those pirates, they want to Retaliation is not impossible. The key lies in why Li Jing told us this matter, and even asked us to send troops for help, and even asked us to borrow warships."

"This Li Jing always acts in the sky, and can't find the track." Feng Zhang frowned tightly, and the center of his brows was twisted into a "Chuan". "Where's the messenger?"

"The letter left as soon as it was delivered, just a crippled veteran with a broken arm."

Feng Zhang stretched out his hand and flicked the letter in his hand, "Send someone to investigate right away to see if they can find out where the news about the remnants of the One-Eyed Flood Dragon Pirate that Li Jing knew came from. In addition, send someone to investigate and see See where these pirates are now, and whether it matches the news that Li Jing has. Well, if the news is consistent with the news that Li Jing has, then you can send all the information you find to Dengzhou Navy King go in there."

"Send it to Wang Jin?" Feng Xun was confused for a moment.

"That's right, just send the news to Wang Jin." Feng Zhang said slowly.

(To be continued)