Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 166 The island where vampire bats are kept
However, nearly a month ago, in order to save Ye Chen, Zhan Xiongwu, under the order of Yu Daoxiang, led more than 20 of his most powerful subordinates to intercept Shangguan Bingyun on the road, and he was lucky or unfortunate. He really met Shangguan Bingyun.After the First World War, more than 20 of his confidants were all killed in battle.And these more than 20 people are almost all the backbone confidantes who are in charge of the sub-helm for Zhan Xiongwu, the head of the bodyguard bureau, and the head of the bodyguard.

As a result, Zhan Xiongwu lost almost all of his confidants in the Jianghuai Gang, and his control over the Jianghuai Gang was greatly weakened.Although Zhan Xiongwu was heartbroken and regretful, he knew that as long as he was alive, even if the two deputy gang leaders wanted to replace him, he would become the elders of the outer sect of the temple in the Jianghuai area.But as long as there is Yu Daoxiang's support, I don't have to be afraid of anything.Unless Yu Daoxiang's father, the ancestor of the temple died.But how could the ancestor die?

It's just... the scene just now gave him a bad premonition, and he faintly felt that something might have really happened in the gang.

But this matter cannot be determined, so it is difficult for him to tell Yu Daoxiang and Li Siyan.Maybe you can ask Bai Canghai first to make sure.

In the cabin where Ye Chen was, Ye Chen, Yu Daoxiang, Li Siyan, Zhan Xiongwu, and Li Junhao were all shocked after hearing Bai Canghai's experience. Only Li Siyan bowed his head for a moment.After Zhan Xiong Wu was shocked, he became more and more confused.

Bai Canghai left the magistrate prison in Yangzhou, and found the owner of the tavern next to the tavern on the edge of the Slender West Lake. After a big battle, regardless of superiority, the helper of the tavern owner appeared and retreated calmly.

Bai Canghai was not reconciled, and followed secretly, looking for a chance to kill him with one blow.

Followed all the way to the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, and went to an island.There is a small village of three to four hundred people on the island, surrounded by a big red palace.Bai Canghai soon discovered that the villagers were all normal lunatics.Why do I say that, because these villagers have absolutely no problems in daily life, but every household of them raises bats, bloody bats.They used their own blood to raise bats. Every day at the same time, they would come to the hall and let a bloody bat crawl on them to suck blood until the bloody bat was full.

And that gloomy blood-colored hall is actually the lair of blood bats.

Bai Canghai wanted to sneak into the big hall to have a look after the villagers fell asleep in the middle of the night, but as soon as he got close, he was discovered somehow, and dozens of masters rushed out from the bloody hall, chasing and killing Bai Canghai.Bai Canghai fought desperately, broke out of the encirclement with serious injuries, jumped into the river, and escaped only by relying on his water skills far superior to ordinary people.Later, when they arrived in Sizhou, they couldn't hold on any longer. Fortunately, they were rescued by Sun Xueying and Xiaomo.

Ye Chen told Bai Canghai what he saw in the basement of the tavern beside the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, and then said to everyone: "This should be an extremely evil and cruel cult organization. The hundreds of corpses in the basement of the tavern should be sacrificed by the cult. Of course, the so-called human sacrifice is probably to let vampire bats suck their blood dry."

Before everyone could say anything, Ye Chen said: "They killed more than 300 people in Yangzhou in just over a year, and we don't know how many other places we don't know about. Since I already know about such a cult, I can't help it." Pretend not to know."

"My lord, do you want to go to that island?" Li Siyan asked.

Ye Chen nodded and said: "It's not just me going, I also want to contact Da Song's imperial army in Sizhou and let the army go to encircle and suppress that island."

Li Siyan said: "Brother Bai escaped from the island for many days, and today he was rescued by the lord. The other party naturally knew that the secrets on the island had been leaked. Even if the lord led an army there, he might have missed it."

Ye Chen knew that most of what Li Siyan said was true, so he couldn't help frowning.

Li Junhao said: "It's better to hand over this matter to the local government."

Without waiting for Ye Chen to say anything, Yu Daoxiang said: "If Ye Lang is worried that the local government will not handle it well, then Zhan Xiongwu and the Jianghuai Gang will handle this matter. There should be no problem."

Zhan Xiongwu stood up at the right time and said: "Miss and Sir, don't worry, that island is within the sphere of influence of our Jianghuai gang. Even if they want to transfer those vampire bats and people on the island, they will definitely not be able to escape from my Jianghuai gang." The eyes of the Jianghuai Gang. Therefore, the top priority is for me to return to the main rudder of the Jianghuai Gang as soon as possible."

No one in the crowd knew that Zhan Xiong Wu's words had selfish motives, because no one except him knew that the people who robbed and killed Bai Canghai just now were members of the Jianghuai Gang.

Jianghuai East Road, Huaiyin County Government.

Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao entered the hall with Luo Gongming who had just arrived with a smile, followed by Chen Dongyang, Hu Zhengyi, Huangfutong and Li You.

"Lord Luo, the dams and sluices of the canal have been completed ahead of schedule, hahaha, they were completed ahead of schedule, a whole day earlier than we expected... Half a month, this is all thanks to Master Luo!" Zhao Dezhao Said.

Luo Gongming said modestly: "Your Highness has won the award. It is because His Highness has commanded well and made an example in Sizhou, so that the officials of all prefectures and counties dare not slack off. That's why the barrage and sluice can be completed ahead of schedule. Sigh! Speaking of which, this time to raise food All the plans were planned by Uncle Xiangfu Yechen, and he knew that there were thieves against him, so he went south to run errands regardless of his own safety, and now... alas!"

Zhao Dezhao took it very seriously, with sincere grief and worry on his face, and said: "Lord Luo's words are very true. This time I came to Jianghuai to raise food, Lord Luo and Bo Xiang Fu should make a contribution. After this king returns to Kaifeng , I should ask my father for the truth. I only hope that Xiangfu Bo will be able to get away safely."

Luo Gongming sighed deeply, and said: "What Your Highness said is very true, Xiangfu Botian is full of talent, he is the reincarnation of the auspicious star in the sky, he should be able to turn evil into good luck!"

Speaking of this, Luo Gongming paused, and then said: "Now the barrages and dams and sluices have been repaired, but the time is still very tight. I suggest that the first batch of grain be transported back to Beijing immediately, and that the officials or the prince will personally escort the shipment. If the trial voyage is successful, then the follow-up rice and grain will be shipped immediately, and the important event of raising grain for the imperial court will be successfully completed."

Zhao Dezhao nodded solemnly, and said: "Master Luo has thought carefully, and it is indeed time to start transporting the grain quickly. The first batch of grain will be escorted by the king himself. And Lord Luo will stay at Jianghuai to raise grain and grass, and make overall arrangements. In this way, you The two of us echoed each other from a distance, and this important food raising event should be successfully completed."

Luo Gongming nodded in agreement, and at this moment, a guard of the Forbidden Army who followed Zhao Dezhao came to report that someone had found traces of Xiangfu Bo in Chuzhou.

When Zhao Dezhao and Luo Gongming heard the words, their faces were shocked and their expressions were overjoyed.The other people also had different expressions, but most of them were delighted.

On board, in another cabin.

Yu Daoxiang's eyes shone coldly, he glanced at Li Siyan and Zhan Xiongwu, and said, "Tell me! What's going on?"

Li Siyan's white and smooth forehead suddenly had fine beads of sweat flowing out.

On the contrary, Zhan Xiongwu looked normal, and took the lead to say: "The people who robbed and killed Bai Canghai just now were members of my Jianghuai Gang, but...they are all confidantes of the two deputy gang leaders."

Yu Daoxiang showed surprise on his face, and said, "Could it be that this vampire bat was raised by your Jianghuai Gang?"

Zhan Xiongwu shook his head and said, "This is the first time I've heard of the fact that there are blood bats on the island. This matter has nothing to do with my Jianghuai Gang. The two deputy gang leaders are absolutely incapable of participating in this matter behind my back."

Yu Daoxiang frowned slightly, and glanced at Li Siyan.

Li Siyan hesitated for a moment, sighed inwardly, and said, "Saint, there is something I want to report to you."

Yu Daoxiang said: "Just now you tried your best to prevent Ye Chen from going to that island. Could it be that those bats are raised by the holy church. Could it be that the cult that sacrifices living people is also a power of the holy church?"

Li Siyan's heart trembled, and he thought that this saint was really very intelligent, and there were many things she didn't want to say, maybe she just didn't bother to pay attention.

Li Siyan thought about it, and said quickly: "Saint! This subordinate is not very clear about this matter, but I heard that my uncle once mentioned something inadvertently. The uncle said that the elder is good at raising vampire bats, and will There is a strange technique that can control bats."

Li Siyan's uncle is the third elder of the holy hall, both Yu Daoxiang and Zhan Xiongwu knew about it, but Zhan Xiongwu didn't know that the elder of the holy hall was the adopted son of Yu Daoxiang's father.Li Siyan may have heard from his uncle, that's why he has been in a dilemma on this matter, and did not tell Yu Daoxiang about it at the first time.

Although Yu Daoxiang knew that his father's adoptive son also followed his father's surname Yu and Feng.Moreover, this brother in name has already received a five-point true biography from his father, and he is very much loved by his father.But she has no impression of Yufeng.Because a few years before she was born in the Taoist temple in the mountain, his father made Yufeng down the mountain after killing the previous disobedient Great Elder of the Holy Church with his last shot, and became the Great Elder of the Holy Church.Now there are only two disciples of her father in the Taoist temple.

Therefore, Yu Daoxiang didn't know that Yufeng was good at raising bats, and that he could control bats with strange magic.

When Zhan Xiongwu heard that those blood bats were probably raised by the Great Elder of the Holy Hall, he couldn't help but turn ugly, because this meant that even if the two deputy gang leaders were not directly ordered by the Great Elder to rob and kill Bai Canghai, they were doing it for their own sake. its doing things.

Yu Daoxiang frowned, glanced at Zhan Xiongwu, and said: "Ye Chen was able to escape from Shangguan Bingyun's hands. It was you who did it all and made a great contribution. I will tell my father about it. Those old men are dead, maybe you are one of them. If the two deputy gang leaders want to replace you with Yufeng's support, I will kill them. It's just that you don't need this blood bat. Let’s take care of it. This matter can be done by the Song government.”

(End of this chapter)