Feng Xin felt guilty on his face, "The prince's praise is really unaffordable."

Qing Yan's heart sank and he couldn't help but ask, "What does Lord Feng mean by this?..."

"Ah... After the admiral was assassinated, the magistrate of Baolin immediately placed him in the government office to guard the troops, and urgently recruited all the doctors named in the city, so that they could barely save their lives. They thought they were blessed by God, but yesterday the imperial doctor came to confirm the diagnosis, and the admiral's knife wound had extremely hidden dark poison."

"Is poison applied to the knife? Is the life of the admiral guaranteed?"

"Report to the prince, please ask the imperial physician for details. The officials are afraid that they will not say much in detail, so they are in the next yard."

After Qingyan left Feng Xin, he quickly walked to the next yard. Several imperial doctors had already been waiting in front of the house.

"Keep to the prince."

"Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about the admiral's poison?"

An old imperial doctor with white hair and beard stepped forward and said, "Report to the prince, although we do not know the name of the poison in the admiral's body, our toxicity has been touched. Because this poison is extremely hidden, it does not block the throat with blood. When it enters the blood vessels of the human body, it will slowly damage all the meridians until the toxicity attacks the heart and dies."

"The imperial physician might as well say bluntly, how long can the admiral last?"

"Your Majesty, I will try my best to slow down the spread of toxicity, but it can only last for twenty days at most." The old imperial doctor was ashamed.

Qingyan suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "Can you know the way to rescue me? If you have a slight chance, even if it is a rumor, it doesn't matter."

However, the dodging eyes of several imperial doctors have already explained everything.

After slowly walking out of the yard, Qingyan called Feng Xin, "Send a letter to Jinling immediately, begging His Majesty to publish an imperial list to recruit people who are good at poisoning. Lord Feng also wants to search in Wujun. If anyone can relieve the poison in the admiral, he will be rewarded with tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"But remember to act in seclusion and never make a statement. If you find someone who is good at poisoning, you should also cover your eyes and bring them into the government office. At the same time, the face of Admiral Zhuge should not be seen by the detoxified person. Remember to remember."

"Don't worry, the prince knows what to do."

When he returned to the main hall, Qingyan left only Shi Zhan and ordered: "Send someone back to Jinling, take this token to Qingzhu to help Li Du find Zhu Jiu, and beg him to send the poisonous person in the Dun to Baolin City as soon as possible."

"I am going to the water village now. During the period when I am away, you must take strict precautions on the admiral's yard and never let it go, otherwise you will come and see you."

"Receive the order!" Shi Zhan took over the order of Lihuo and walked quickly.

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Before that day, Qingyan led ten tiger guards to the navy headquarters.

Because Zhuge Youlin was seriously injured, all matters of the navy were temporarily handled by Deputy General Jia Cheng in the past few days. He was about forty years old, with a burly figure and dark skin. He respectfully introduced Qingyan into the commander's tent.

"Have the navy still been stable these days?" Qing Yan sat in front of him and asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the prince, he was self-righteous and did not promote the assassination of the Admiral. He only claimed that the Admiral had something to do and returned to Jinling temporarily, so everything in the navy was as usual."

"General Jia did a good job, you will make a lot of contributions just by just this."

"The prince is acclaimed, and he is just abiding by his duties." Jia Cheng said worriedly: "I wonder how the admiral is injured?"

Qingyan's face was calm, "General Jia, don't worry. Although Admiral Zhuge was hit by dozens of stabbing, fortunately Your Majesty sent the best imperial physician in Taichu Palace, and Admiral Zhuge's injuries have stabilized."

Jia Cheng then breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "It's good, it's good."

"How long has General Jia been in the navy?"

"Reporting to the prince, he has been in the navy at the age of 23, and it has been almost twenty years since then."

Qingyan nodded slowly and signaled the other party to sit down and talk.

"It seems that General Jia is a pillar of the navy. In the past, he should have been Admiral Zhuge's right-hand man, right?"

"I don't dare to take responsibility for the humble position. Over the years, I can only help the Admiral, and I can't bear the great responsibility." Jia Cheng's tone was very modest.

"General Jia's words are bad. If he doesn't have any prestige in the army, he will definitely not stabilize the 50,000 naval troops." Qing Yan asked immediately: "I wonder what General Jia's relationship with Admiral Zhuge in his daily life?"

Jia Cheng said frankly: "Report to the prince, when he joined the army with Admiral Zhuge, he said that he had always been close to the admiral as brothers as his brothers, and he was very good on weekdays."

"Oh? I didn't expect that you were so close. General Jia must know what enemies Admiral Zhuge has on weekdays?" Qing Yan asked lightly.

"The Admiral used to love soldiers like his sons and was easy-going, and he did not make enemies. If he really wanted to talk about enemies, there were only Beiyan and Donghai bandits."

Qing Yan was silent when he heard this, Jia Cheng didn't know what he was thinking and did not disturb him.

"I came here this time just to see if the navy is safe. Since General Jia has a high prestige in the army, you can continue to handle the navy's affairs temporarily." After saying that, Qingyan stood up and walked out of the account.

At this time, a soldier knelt in front of the tent, "Report to General Jia that before the rooster crowed today, Liang Village was looted by water bandits, and no one in the village was spared."

"What? Can you tell which bandit is it?"

"Report to the general, it's Zhensanjiang."

"I will know, you go down."

When Qingyan saw the soldiers walking away, he wondered: "I wonder who this Zhensanjiang is?"

"This person is the strong leader of the water bandit in the East China Sea area. His ancestors are the number one water bandit in the lower reaches of Qiantang River. He was the third generation when he was passed on to Zhensanjiang." Jia Cheng explained.

"I wonder when was the last time Zhen Sanjiang landed on the shore and caused chaos before looting Liang Village?"

"Reporting to the prince, it was a year and a half ago that the admiral lured the enemy into the sky and earth to lay down a net of heaven and earth, and then it disappeared without knowing life and death. Unexpectedly, these dog thieves made a comeback."

Qingyan was puzzled: "In theory, a year and a half is not enough to restore his vitality, but why did Zhensanjiang land again in such a short time? It's really strange."

"Maybe the food at the base at sea is bottoming out, so I have to do it."

"Even so, I really have to associate the other party's landing this time with the attack of Admiral Zhuge. The time was really clever."

Jia Cheng bowed and asked for instructions: "I would like to ask the prince to show you how to act."

"As the deputy general of the navy, General Jia naturally has tens of thousands of times more experience than this landlady, this king. Why not tell me how to act."

"Beizhi believes that if the navy forces are spread out to patrol the coastline, whenever they encounter Zhensanjiang and a gang, they must attack with all their strength."

Qingyan nodded slowly to agree, "What General Jia said is that if the water bandits are not eliminated for a day, the people along the coast will be in peace. But if you encounter a group of Zhensanjiang, don't alert the snake, just find out which isolated island the other party is hiding."

"Receive the orders of humble responsibilities."

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Because the navy's garrison was only fifty miles apart from Baolin City, Qingyan quickly returned to the Baolin Mansion.

When he arrived at Zhuge Youlin's yard, he saw dozens of tiger guards guarding the yard without any leakage. Qing Yan nodded secretly when he saw this.

Sitting beside Zhuge Youlin and looking at the other party's blood-free face, Qingyan sighed softly.

As a dragon in the sea in Southern Zhao and even the whole world, the other party became famous in the world under 30 years old. It can be said that he was a young man who became famous with Zhuge Youlin, and the defense line of the East China Sea and even the Huai River has always been as solid as a rock.

But if we really die, not to mention that the Northern Yan Navy will take advantage of this to expand the navy and plunder the south, the bandits in the East China Sea will also sprout like mushrooms after a rain. That is the proof of Zhensanjiang.

"Brother Youlin, although you and I have never met each other, Lord Pingzhang has a great relationship with me. If you really go like this, I will be so shameless to go back to Beijing to face Lord Pingzhang. You said that you would not bring more guards when you go back to Baolin. If there were 180 people around you, how could you end up like this?"

After complaining, Qingyan analyzed the things that happened today in his mind.

As the hot young talent of the navy admiral and Nan Zhao, Zhuge Youlin is the most profitable person after being assassinated, so the other party is naturally the most suspicious.

At first, Qingyan believed that the two most suspected were the ones, one was Jia Cheng, deputy general of the navy, and the other was Feng Xin, the prefect of Wu County.

The first person is very easy to say. After Zhuge Youlin died, he would most likely take the position of admiral of the navy with his prestige and qualifications in the navy.

The second possibility is also very high. If Feng Xin surrenders to Northern Yan, and after killing Zhuge Youlin, he uses the power of Northern Yan to control the navy to go north to surrender to the enemy with the power of Northern Yan, it is logical.

But after contact, no flaws were seen in both of them, but it was not ruled out that they secretly colluded.

There are two other things that are bothering Qingyan at the moment, the dark poison in Zhuge Youlin's body and the opportunity to rob Zhensanjiang.

Logically speaking, it is a one-time and for all to apply the poison that is blood-sealed on the weapon, but why did the assassin use this chronic poison in one go? Judging from Zhuge Youlin's peaceful and peaceful expression, it can be ruled out that the other party wants him to make life worse than death.

Speaking of Zhensanjiang, this person has three generations of water bandits, and it is impossible for him to know Zhuge Youlin's ability. He was severely injured a year and a half ago, so he should lick the wound well. However, the other party seemed to see that Zhuge Youlin had not healed. It happened that he chose to mess with the coast at this time.

"You said why didn't you catch Zhensanjiang all in one place? If you knew about this, you would definitely regret it."

Qingyan shook his head helplessly, and then saw that the sky was almost the same, so he walked out.

Without any comments, Qingyan rode Mo Xue out of Baolin City alone and rushed towards his destination.

When he came outside the woods, Qingyan turned over and got off the horse and led Mo Xue slowly forward.

Before I walked far, I saw a few dark red spots on the side of the road. I couldn't help but feel happy and walked forward quickly.

"It seems that this is the place where the attack was." Releasing the reins, Qingyan observed in circles around.

The path under your feet should be the shortcut between the Navy's Army's garrison and Baolin City. There are large areas of willow trees on both sides, and there is no strange place.

At this time, Qingyan saw a large willow branch breaking irregularly, and then stepped forward and looked at it.

Then I saw several deep knife marks on the tree next to me, which were obviously left behind recently.

Follow this route slowly forward, Qingyan closed his eyes.

Judging from these traces, the assassins were obviously not alone. They were likely to be ambushed on the willow tree. When Zhuge Youlin arrived here, he suddenly came out. Then Zhuge Youlin fought and retreated with four guards, but he was outnumbered and resisted about a hundred steps. The four guards died, and Zhuge Youlin was also seriously injured.
Chapter completed!