Chapter 148: Going to sea
For three consecutive days, Qingyan recovered from his injuries in the inn and did not encounter assassination by the Iron Palm Sect or others.
On the way to the government office, Qingyan Yu Guang suddenly swept to someone, shocked.
Green cow, old man, with crane hair and childish face!
Without any hesitation, Qingyan quickly walked to the old man.
Unexpectedly, the green bull under the seat had a very stubborn temper. He saw someone suddenly blocking him and did not stop his pace.
Qingyan did not dare to attack Qingniu, and quickly said, "Senior, senior! Please stay!"
The old man looked back and said in confusion: "Young Master, can you call me?"
"That's right, although it's a bit abrupt, I have a question below that I want to ask seniors. I wonder if you can solve the problem." Qingyan said while retreating, keeping two steps away from Qingniu.
When the old man heard this, he turned around on the back of the green cow, looked carefully, and patted the green cow's horns. The latter was very spiritual and slowly stopped moving forward.
"If I'm not mistaken, is the young master's surname Zhao?"
This replied question surprised Qingyan very much, and he didn't know how the other party knew his origin.
"Seniors are as expected as gods. The younger ones are named Zhao Qingyan, and are from Jinling." Qingyan asked respectfully: "I don't know the last one's name."
"So it turns out that he is really a descendant of the Zhao family. My husband's surname is Zhang Zhibai, and he is Xianyun Yehe."
"I wonder Mr. Zhang, many years ago, did you give a medical holy book to someone in Wuling Mountain?" Qing Yan was really nervous, afraid that the other party would not be the one he expected.
Zhang Zhibai thought about it for a while before answering: "I am a little uncertain, but I vaguely remember that there is something like this, it seems to be a few fragments."
"It's you! Can you please move and speak? It's a bit inconvenient on the street."
When the two of them came to an alley, Qingyan bowed deeply and said, "Mr. Zhang! I have a request below. I hope you must help this for the sake of the people of Yangzhou."
"Is the prince doing what he wants to Admiral Zhuge?"
Qingyan raised his head and looked at Zhang Zhibai's face in disbelief, as if he was looking at a monster.
"Zhang, Zhang Gong! How did you know?"
"Of course I was entrusted by someone, otherwise why would I come to this densely populated area?" Zhang Zhibai smiled and stroked his beard.
"I wonder if Mr. Zhang can tell me who is entrusted?"
Zhang Zhibai took out something from his arms and handed it over. Qingyan took it and suddenly realized it.
Xiao Xixi!
The sachet in her hand was Xiao Xixi's close-fitting object. During the time she was in Zhaixing Pavilion, she never left this sachet.
But how did she know that she was in Baolin? How did she know that she was running around for the detoxification method?
"Your Majesty knows who she is now?" Zhang Zhibai showed an expression you knew on his face.
"I have something to be puzzled. It's only a few days since I came to Baolin. How did she know these things? How did she find Mr. Zhang in such a short time? Please come to Baolin?"
Zhang Zhibai spread his hands and said, "I came to Yangzhou two months ago, and she can know so many things, so she is naturally in Baolin."
Two months ago? Xiao Xixi was in Baolin?
This makes sense. Xiao Xixi learned about his predicament in the dark, and because she knew that Zhang Zhibai was in Yangzhou, she asked him to come to Baolin to help him. It can be seen that the two must have a deep friendship.
But the only thing that doesn't make sense is why Xiao Xixi came to Baolin, whether he followed him or something else is unknown.
Putting these doubts behind, Qingyan bowed again and said, "Mr. Zhang, no matter what happened, you are willing to help me. Qingyan thanked me here."
"You don't have to care too much. I came to Baolin because I owe her a favor. After this, I don't owe her."
"Anyway, I still have to thank Mr. Zhang."
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Two days later, Qingyan arrived at the navy headquarters.
The water bandits had already heard from the news that they could determine the number of troops stationed in Zhensanjiang and their subordinates.
"Prince, the isolated island where Zhensanjiang is located is about 700 miles southeast of Wujun. There are about 300 water bandits on the island."
"More than 300 people are considered to be quite powerful. I wonder what General Jia plans?"
"Bizhi believes that troops should be sent to encircle and suppress the enemy immediately and completely eliminate the Zhensanjiang and his gang." Jia Cheng's tone was very firm.
Qingyan pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many people will General Jia want to send? How many boats?"
"Reporting to the prince, you only need 600 soldiers and five sea falcons."
"It seems that General Jia is very confident in the Shui Junerlang. Since that's the case, according to the general's wishes, I wonder when the general can prepare to set off?"
Jia Cheng bowed and said, "You can go out to sea within one stick of incense."
"Okay! After that stick of incense, I will go out to sea with the general to suppress the bandits." Qing Yan slapped the table, with awesome momentum.
"Receive the order!"
Walking out of the commander's tent, Qingyan stood alone at the tent and looked at the busy naval soldiers. He couldn't help but sigh that Zhuge Youlin was indeed good at governing the naval army. Every soldier was busy but not chaotic and acted in an orderly manner.
When he led ten tiger guards to the flagship, the other four sea falcons were ready.
The flag bearer issued orders on the mast, and the five warships set sail.
"Your Majesty, it will take more than ten hours to reach your destination. It is better to go into the cabin to rest first. When it is almost here, I will call you again."
"It's good that I'm really tired these days." As I breathed, Qingyan slowly walked into the cabin.
After touching my chest, the pain had basically disappeared, and the tearing in the meridians no longer existed. It seemed that the internal injuries left by that palm had healed.
Perhaps Lu Pinglan is not only angry with the sword, but also feels more happy. After actually being hit by that palm, it would definitely not last a few days if it were an ordinary person.
"You have to take good care of your injuries. After this, I will go to find you as soon as possible."
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‘dong’’ ‘dong’’’ ‘dong’’
"Prince, Prince? It's almost here."
The sound of the tiger guard came from outside the door, and Qingyan slowly opened his eyes and slowly stopped his work.
"Here you come."
When I arrived at the deck, I found that it was not yet dawn. Jia Cheng beside me walked up to me and said, "Prince, the isolated island ahead is the base of Zhensanjiang."
Looking at the other person's fingers, I saw a dark shadow faintly on the sea level in the distance. It seemed that it was the isolated island.
"General Jia, what is your plan?"
"Report to the prince, it is time to get to the hour of Mao, and it is the time to prevent the most relaxed. Beiyi is preparing to lead two sea falcons to the shore first. After finding out where the enemy ship is destroyed, use a sound arrow as a roar. At that time, the prince will take the remaining troops to kill the island. Zhensanjiang will definitely be a turtle in a jar."
"Then I will wait for General Jia's signal."
Then Jia Cheng boarded another sea falcon and led his people to row the island.
The sky gradually turned white, and the true face of the isolated island was also revealed. It was really large in area, with a green and beautiful environment.
After waiting for more than a hundred hours, I finally heard the arrow.
Qingyan said in a deep voice: "Drive the boat."
Three sea falcons and Yang Fans walked forward and soon approached the isolated island.
When it was fifty feet away from the coast, Qingyan suddenly ordered again: "Stop the ship, no one is allowed to act without my order. Those who violate the order will be killed."
Many sailors thought they wanted to put down their boats and land on the shore, but they expected to get this order. Although they were unclear, no one dared to disobey.
Qingyan didn't say anything, and no one dared to move. The atmosphere was very strange for a moment.
Jia Cheng on the shore saw that Qingyan had not led his troops to land for a long time, so he frowned and ordered the flag bearer beside him to sing the flag.
"General Jia! I believe you and I can hear your words at such a long distance, so there is no need to do anything more."
"Prince! If the sound is too loud, it will definitely shock the Zhensanjiang and the other gang. Why not go ashore and we will catch them all as soon as possible, so that we will avoid the long nights and dreams." Jia Cheng's voice came from afar.
"Zhen Sanjiang? I'm afraid that this king will burst his throat, so Zhen Sanjiang won't appear either."
This sentence shocked everyone around him. For some reason, the prince said this. He personally ordered this action, but why did he say these inexplicable words at the critical moment?
"What does the prince mean? I don't understand it."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, why don't you answer a few questions from me?" Qing Yan calmed down and seemed to be here to visit.
"I wonder why the prince suddenly hesitated? I hope you can land quickly, don't let Zhensanjiang go, otherwise your Majesty will definitely be dissatisfied with the prince if he knows it."
Qingyan seemed to have not heard the other party's words and asked himself: "First, where are the three water bandits before?"
As this question came out, the shore in the middle of the sea was quiet, and the sailors on the three sea falcons naturally did not dare to make a sound, and the people on the shore did not answer.
After waiting for a while, Jia Cheng's voice came, "The prince doesn't know that the three water bandits have betrayed the prince, thinking of leading us ashore and then catching them all. Fortunately, Bei Yi saw through their evil plan and killed them on the spot."
"Oh? Betray me. Not to mention the poison I took before, I just said that they wanted to catch me all in one go, but where are the ambushed men on the other side? You and I talked loudly for a long time, and then Zhen Sanjiang should find out no matter how stupid he is."
"The prince is so bad. He said that it is an ambush and certainly he will not reveal his traces. Even if they find us waiting, where can we escape without the ship? So at this time, we must be ambushing in the forest waiting for us to take the bait. Prince! There are too few people in the humble position, so he may not be the opponent of Zhensanjiang. It is better to lead troops to destroy Zhensanjiang. It is okay to talk about other things."
Qing Yan shook his head and smiled, "It seems that General Jia can't answer the first question, so I will ask the second one, how did you know that Zhuge Youlin was in a strange poison?"
"Poisoned? The Admiral was poisoned? I don't know about this. I wonder if the Admiral is safe now?"
"General Jia, maybe your skills in water are not weak, but your ability to pretend to be crazy is definitely ten thousand times higher than the former."
"The prince is a little strange today. Why did he say something that he can't understand in his humble position?"
After sighing deeply, Qingyan said in a deep voice: "Jia Cheng, if you surrender now and say everything you know, maybe I will give you a way out for the sake of your failure to make a contribution for many years and have worked hard. Otherwise, don't blame me for killing you."
"I really don't understand what the prince means. Since the admiral was assassinated, I have been doing my best to maintain the stability of the navy. I don't know why the prince misunderstood the prince so deeply."
"It seems that you will never give up until you see the coffin. Since you don't leave, you won't blame me for your life." Qing Yan ordered: "All the soldiers obeyed the orders, and pointed the sharp arrows at everyone on the shore. When my king gave his order, thousands of arrows would be fired at once!"
Seeing the shocked expressions of soldiers around him, Qingyan said aloud: "What? Are you trying to disobey my order?"
Chapter completed!