Angry Banana
Chapter 352: Shadows of Intrigue
Zhou Pei was thinking about the ship of birthday presents that had left early for half a day. Search: \(¨End¨of¨book¨God¨Station¨) to read high-quality literature for free. She had previously peeked at who was coming to Li Shishi's yard in the brothel from the second floor, and later found that there was nothing too unsightly, so she left the yard and wandered around. Then she saw Su Yanping, who had come to deliver the message.
In these days, she had seen Su Wenyu and Su Yanping and knew that they were "own people" sent by the Su family to follow Ning Yi for training. Naturally, they were allowed to follow Wen Ren'er to learn experience about the birthday presents. Seeing him rushing to find Ning Yi, she knew that something had happened, so she quickly stopped him and asked. This matter was not a big secret, and Su Yanping knew the girl's identity. After telling her, Zhou Pei shouted, "Follow me." and went to Ning Yi excitedly, and then found that Su Yanping had not been able to keep up.
It turned out that although the environment in the West Garden was not complicated, there were more people these days. Zhou Pei ran around excitedly, and no one dared to stop her, but Su Yanping accidentally knocked a son of an official to the ground. Most of the men in the West Garden were accompanied by women. Losing face, the man stopped Su Yanping. Zhou Pei ran away excitedly and didn't notice. When Ning Yi and others rushed out, Zhou Pei returned along the original road, glared at the man who was making trouble, and the other party ran away in a hurry. After some questioning, Zhou Pei roughly knew what had happened.
The water bandits who attacked in Hongze Lake this time totaled nearly a thousand people, while the official ships had nearly three hundred sailors participating in the battle, accounting for about three-fifths of the soldiers who accompanied the ships north this time. Three hundred against a thousand was originally a hard fight, but the water bandits came to rob money, and they attacked the main ship at the first time, and then found that they had been fooled. The ship was full of boxes filled with stones or gunpowder, followed by explosions spreading throughout the ship.
The water bandits themselves were a rabble. This desperate attempt to rob the birthday presents was already a huge burden. If they could rob them, their reputation would be greatly enhanced, and they would have the capital to develop. But seeing the ships being blown up and the soldiers shouting "You've been fooled!" and sweeping over, the situation completely turned one-sided.
This is not a very profound trick. The main thing is to exchange more than a hundred courtyard guards and shop assistants who could be mobilized from Princess Chengguo's mansion with the sailors. After all, the five hundred soldiers Chen Jinguai escorted this time were regular sailors. In the case of not facing the Jin or Liao people, they still had combat effectiveness internally. The water bandits originally expected to face at most a hundred or so troops, but the number was miscalculated, and coupled with the discovery that they had been fooled, they quickly lost their fighting spirit and turned into a one-sided harvest situation.
It is said that before Su Yanping rushed back to report the news, many of the water bandits' ships had been destroyed. Some water bandits jumped into the lake to escape, and were pulled over by the army's small boats with fishing nets. Those who resisted were killed with a knife. In the heavy rain, blood stained Hongze Lake.
Ning Yi was not surprised that the battle would be won. What was a little strange was that someone really wanted to attack the birthday presents. Zhou Pei listened with relish, and then remembered what she had been worried about since yesterday. She told Ning Yi that the courtyard guards and shop assistants would not fight in the water at all. Although there were more people on the ship, it was meaningless. She was anxious about this all morning, but she didn't expect Ning Yi to solve the problem with a simple exchange.
Chen Jingui wanted to find the Little Marquis, and he had to have enough people at hand, but the sailors were not local to Xuyi, but the courtyard guards and shop assistants were the best to find people.
While they were discussing excitedly, more news had already come from the north. Many families' servants and followers ran to the West Garden to report the great victory over the water bandits on Hongze Lake. The atmosphere in the entire West Garden suddenly became enthusiastic. Although this matter had little to do with them, being here gave everyone the feeling that they had participated in it.
Three hundred won against a thousand. In the eyes of the Wu Dynasty people, whose situation in the north was a mess and whose campaign against Fang La in the south was still in a stalemate, it was indeed a commendable victory. Everyone talked about the tactics arranged by Deputy General Chen, talking with relish and excitement. They also said that if there were generals like Deputy General Chen in the north, they would not have fought like this, and that all the incompetent people had misled our dynasty and so on. With such an evaluation, Chen Jingui would probably be promoted after this incident.
Ning Yi and others separated from Li Shishi not long after the news came. Later, when the West Garden was in an uproar, Li Shishi inevitably heard a lot of news. She usually associated with many dignitaries. When a group of people gathered together, they loved to talk about current affairs, and at this time they also knew that the impact of this matter would not be small. But then I remembered that when the incident first happened, the Su family man and the girl just excitedly told Ning Yi about it... What does this matter have to do with him? After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out.
Ning Yi looked at the man named Wang Xian a few times from a distance.
In the crowd, this man was tall and handsome, which reminded him of a very beautiful, very beautiful man that Yuan Jin'er had said had unfortunately gone to Yangzhou. This man's appearance was really beautiful to a certain extent. His beauty was neutral, not so handsome that he was too tough, nor biased towards women. His demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant, and he responded appropriately. Several officials' children around him obviously regarded him as a confidant.
Maybe Yan Qing...
Saying that his surname is Wang is the same surname as Li Shishi. Since Yan Qing's nickname is Prodigal Son, he must be very good at brothel affairs. His handsomeness is also justifiable. He is exactly the kind that this era admires most, and he is going north on the ship...
"Is it..."
On the carriage back, Ning Yi looked at the heavy rain outside and muttered a sentence. Zhou Pei was still intoxicated with the previous plan. Seeing Ning Yi speak, she leaned over and said, "What? What? Teacher?"
"It's nothing... Maybe I'm overthinking..." Ning Yi said to himself, and then smiled, "After I go back, I want to change ships... Change to the one behind."
"Ah?"
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The news about the great battle on the lake in the north was coming in one after another from the afternoon to the evening. After the first great victory, the officers and soldiers began to chase after the water bandits' escape route to wipe them out in one fell swoop - this was Chen Jingui's order. If the people who kidnapped the Little Marquis were this gang of water bandits, only by killing them in this way could they be rescued.
As for the bandits captured after the first battle, another team of soldiers was sent to escort them back. When night came, they arrived in Xuyi. Xuyi County did not dare to take credit for this matter, but Chen Jingui would naturally share a little with them. As for the ship that was blown up, it was nothing in the face of such a great victory.
The wreckage of the ship was still floating on the lake, and the fishing lights were floating up and down on the lake, salvaging the corpses that could be used as evidence of merit. The night became darker and deeper due to the rain. In an inn not far from Hongze Lake, it was full of traveling merchants. In one of the rooms, Zhu Wu and others looked at the faintly visible fishing lights in the distance through the window. The inn was filled with messy voices. After a while, a man in a robe with a newly bandaged arm came in from outside. He turned his head and said, "Brother Zhang, are you okay?"
"It's okay, just a small injury. Qin Wei Hong went crazy when he saw it was me and resisted fiercely. In addition, the government was well prepared this time. A row of fishing nets came over, and I couldn't dodge it very well. There were also officers and soldiers on the shore, so I swam in the lake for a while and dared to come back after going around."
"Have most of the ones that should be killed been killed?"
After Zhu Wu asked this sentence, someone laughed: "Brother Zhang Shun's nickname is White Stripe in the Waves. Who can escape from the people he wants to kill in the water? Besides, even if they are not all killed, what can the government ask..."
Zhang Shun said: "Several were shot dead by officers and soldiers on the ship, and I can't say for sure."
Zhu Wu frowned: "Although we also arranged clues to let the government investigate in the wrong direction, but... it seems that there is someone who is good at planning over there, I'm afraid the trick will be seen."
A person next to him said: "Qin Wei Hong only knows so many people about us, but I don't think it is possible to cover everything up. But even if they know that there are a few remnants of Fang La causing trouble, how much energy do they have to investigate. But the good planning that Brother Zhu said, I think it's simple. Qin Wei Hong's side is just a bunch of guys who bully the weak and fear the strong. They sent three hundred sailors to accompany them, which is considered the only trick they played. If it were me, I would do this..."
Zhu Wu frowned, then shook his head with a smile: "It's not simple, because we were afraid of alarming the snake, we didn't send anyone to inquire about information. Qin Wei Hong and the others were worried, so they arranged spies in the opera troupe to perform at the dock. I heard that the deputy general and the steward quarreled there, causing a lot of noise. Later, they moved things in a very organized way, and Qin Wei Hong was deceived because of this. He arranged gunpowder on that big ship, and would rather blow up the ship at the first time to make the other party feel that they had lost everything. What should be arranged and what should be calculated have been calculated, but this is not the most important thing..."
He paused: "The most important thing is that Deputy General Chen should have been unwilling to support this matter. This is true. He can't bear the consequences of the Little Marquis's accident. Letting him let go is tantamount to taking his life. What the people in the government fear most is that everyone has their own responsibilities, and in the end, everyone can't do anything. The person who planned behind the scenes was able to persuade him in such a short period of time to twist everyone in one direction. This is his most powerful thing. Fighting, in fact, is not difficult. Find a book on military affairs and do everything in all aspects, and press on. I originally wanted to see them tied up and unable to move each other. Even if this battle can be won, it will be a pyrrhic victory. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, they were unanimously against the outside world. This person's means are not simple. A good fighter has no illustrious achievements..."
Hearing him say this, everyone was silent for a moment. Zhang Shun smiled and said, "If this person is really so powerful, why not think of a way to force him to go up the mountain and earn him a seat..."
"I don't even know who it is yet."
"We'll know when Xiao Yi finds out. Let's see then..."
"Could it be that Chen Jingui is planning in secret? He has no problem persuading himself."
Everyone said for a while, Zhu Wu shook his head: "It's probably not possible. We've also inquired about Chen Jingui's temperament before... However, this person can coordinate the relationship between the two sides and can directly make the decision to blow up the ship. In my opinion, this person must have a transcendent status, and he is either rich or noble. I'm afraid that among the rich young masters on the ship, there is a powerful person pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger. After Xiao Yi gets on the ship, let him investigate in this direction... With such a person behind them, I always feel uneasy..." (To be continued.) Vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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