Chapter 196: Li Jing is a thorn in the side
"When?" Feng Zhang was woken up by the young and beautiful concubine in a daze, his eyes were still red, and he asked with a dissatisfied face. If this woman hadn't given him a lot of comfort in his wife's absence, he would have been reprimanded. "Da Lang is not bad, but he is still so determined, I have already handed over most of the military affairs of the city to him with full authority to dispose of, but when there is a little matter, he always comes to me to ask for ideas regardless of time and place, hey, I don't know when I can take charge of it alone."
This concubine has been with Feng Zhang for many years, and after he accepted her into the house at the age of fifteen, Feng Zhang came from Qingzhou to take office, and the original family was also from a big family in Qingzhou. As soon as the lady heard that she was going to the island, she lost her interest and resolutely refused to leave Qingzhou. After the last year, Feng Zhang had to bring the concubine who had just received the house, and ten years passed, and the wife from the big clan had never come to Dengzhou once, and Feng Zhang only went back once or twice a year in ten years. For a long time, Feng Zhang's relationship with this empathetic, cold and hot concubine is even closer than the main relationship at home. Da Xie Yan even has a lot of sergeants who only know that there is Mrs. Yang in Langdao, but they don't know that there is also a genuine Mrs. Wang in Ludao.
"Da Lang, this is also what I mean by respecting you, I think this kid is good, he usually does things steadily and is filial, much better than Feng Ming and Feng Liang." The concubine Yang said good things for Feng Xun on the side.
"Send a message to the outside and ask someone to take him to the study and wait for me." Feng Zhangzhi said that Feng Xun usually did not scold the Yang family, and it was indispensable to give the Yang family a service at the beginning of the year, he saw these things in his eyes, but he didn't care about it. In the past two years, he began to slowly transfer the affairs of the army to Feng Xun. On the surface, I don't seem to be a director. But in fact, there is nothing on the island that can escape his eyes. He was just training his ability to seal the Lord. In fact, the real power on the island is still in their own hands.
Yang combed Feng Zhang's hair and washed his face, he enjoyed this gentle service peacefully, looked at the sky outside the window, it was only bright outside, and it was estimated that it was just after the hour. This kid really thinks that I really just quit and listen to songs and dances every day. He didn't know if I would have to be in the study until the third watch, especially last night, when he was in the study checking the report sent by the scout from Shamen Town. There are all kinds of account books sent by Cangcao and Bingcao on the island, as well as the battle reports of Duli Town and Qingnipu sent by the Feng branch of Duli Town in Liaohai, and even a detailed report on the capture and looting of Cat Island. After watching it all the time, his eyes were astringent, red, swollen and tearful, and he barely fell asleep after three days. Feng Zhang shook his head and sighed secretly in his heart.
After the Yang Gang cleaned up, Feng Zhang went to the thatched hut to squat in the pit as usual, holding the smooth toilet chips scraped in his hand, Feng Zhang suddenly remembered the scouts' report about Li Jing's many small actions on Salmon Island. One of them is about this latrine, and it is said that many latrines have been excavated in every village, street and even temporary camp on Salmon Island, but they have a new name for public toilets. As reported by the scouts. It's as if the land of grain reincarnation has been made of flowers, and I heard that the public toilet can suddenly have hundreds of people squatting at the same time. And it doesn't smell, it's clean and tidy. He also said that there were still people collecting money at the door when he entered the toilet, and he gave one copper plate and two pieces of toilet paper at a time.
It was the first time he had heard of the need to collect money for a thatched house, and the first time he had heard of the paper used in a thatched house. Even a character like him, the last thatched house is not the same as having to use a toilet? It's really insulting, such a precious thing as paper is actually used to go to the thatched house, this kid will be thunderclapped by the sky. What made him even more disgusting was that he also saw from the report that Li Jing actually got a team of people to pull a carriage and use a dung bucket to regularly transport away the reincarnation of grains in the public toilet every day, and then use it to water the vegetable field! When he thought about it, he felt sick.
These things made him as disgusting as Li Jing, and after the news of the attack on Cat Island came back, the first suspect he thought of was Li Jing. Li Jing didn't show up for the past two days, saying that he was sick. However, the scouts who had been monitoring Shamen Town reported that the ships on Shamen Island were all at the docks, and they only dispatched two days after the incident, but they were under the banner of the merchant group of Li Xiao, the king of Zhao, and did not dare to seriously investigate at all.
There were rumors before that the deaths of Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang were committed by Li Jing in the name of Zhendonghai, and now that Cat Island has been captured, there is a revenge note left by Zhendonghai. This made Feng Zhang more and more confused, how did things look like Li Jing did it, but Li Jing didn't have the conditions to capture Cat Island and transport those materials without knowing it.
The Feng family in Duli Town is also full of doubts about this matter, although the current unified external caliber is made by Qingnipu, but in fact, the Feng family itself does not believe in this result. The Feng family's private judgment was that it was very likely that it was really the pirates of Zhendonghai, but they judged that such a thing could not have been done by the pirates of Zhendonghai. Therefore, it is very likely that it was committed by the forces of many pirates in Zhendonghai, as it was twenty years ago.
Thinking about it like this, things began to become clear, and Feng Zhang estimated that Li Jing was very likely to have secret dealings with these pirates, and even when he attacked Cat Island, he might be among the pirates himself. However, this idea is too bold, and even he himself is only a bold idea, and there is no evidence for it.
This time, sending a fleet to the sea to sweep away the pirates was also a request from the Feng branch of Duli Town, in order to try to find this powerful group of pirates and uproot them. Second, Duli Town and Qingnipu are in a confrontation battle, and the Feng family asked them to send troops, which also means to respond to Duli Town's actions and cover the maritime safety behind it.
Feng Zhang has now sent dozens of people to keep an eye on Shamen Town and Li Jing all day long, but Shamen Island is very well guarded, and it is usually difficult to find out what news is needed. Feng Zhang had great expectations for the fleet to go to sea this time, hoping not only to find the power of the pirates, but also to find evidence of Li Jing's collusion with the pirates. He now completely beats Li Jing as a thorn in his side, but Li Jing's nail was nailed in by Song Wei and Cui Yunqing, and he can't move easily. But if he can find evidence of Li Jing's exact collusion with the pirates, then he can take the lead, at least drive Li Jing out of his own territory.
He squatted in the pit unhurriedly, since Li Jing came to Da Xie Yan, he began to be dense, and he didn't squat for half an hour every morning, and he couldn't be comfortable at all. However, he had an unexpected gain, that is, when he squatted in the pit in the morning, his brain was particularly clear, which was very conducive to thinking. A lot of things that are usually unclear can often be understood in a flash of mind when squatting in the pit.
Today, when he squatted, it was already more than usual, but Feng Zhang was not in a hurry. Just let Feng Xun wait a little longer, he just lacks the ability to make a decision, this time he originally intended to let Feng Xun take the fleet to sea, but Feng Ming grinded with him for a long time, and he actually agreed to let Feng Ming go to sea. Fortunately, Feng Xun still reported the matter to himself, and he temporarily transferred Wu Qian, an old subordinate of Black Mountain Fort, as the commander of the fleet, and changed Feng Ming to Du Yu Marquis.
Taking advantage of the cold air in the morning, Feng Zhang squatted for a while, straightened out many thoughts in his head, and slowly went to the study after finishing his work.
Just stunned, the weather was still very cold in the morning, and there was already a servant in the study who had a charcoal stove, Feng Xun was pacing slowly by the window of the study with his hands behind his back, looking a little impatient to wait. He wore a large coat of white mink fur and a gold-encrusted ring sword at his waist.
"Da Lang, you are in a hurry to see me early in the morning, is there anything urgent?"
"This morning, Li Jing from Shamen Town sent someone to deliver a letter." Feng Xun took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Feng Zhang. The envelope originally had a fire paint seal on it, but now the fire paint has been opened.
"Have you read the letter?" Feng Zhang's eyebrows moved inadvertently, this was a small action that he was dissatisfied with. Feng Xun has followed Feng Zhang for many years, and is very familiar with his expressions and movements, and when he saw this, he immediately explained in a whisper: "The person who came only said that it was a letter to Da Xie Yan, and I saw that my uncle was usually very busy, so I opened it on my own initiative." ”
Feng Zhang opened the letter silently and read it, and the more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed. Li Jing said in the letter that he had received definite news about the hiding place of the remnants of the one-eyed pirates who attacked Salmon Island that day, so he proposed to send troops to exterminate the remnants of the pirates, so as to comfort the soldiers and civilians who died in the battle that day. And he actually asked me to transfer troops to help him, and he also borrowed a warship from us? ”
"This is indeed a bit strange, a few days ago we asked to go to sea to suppress bandits, and proposed that various forts send troops, and this Shamen town shirked for various reasons, saying that the heavy damage has not been recovered. Why did he turn around and take the initiative to exterminate the pirates? I always felt that there was something strange about this, but I couldn't figure out what the problem was. Feng Xun whispered.
Feng Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "Li Jing was unwilling to respond to our army's dispatch before, and he must have been full of scruples about our army. Now it is proposed to send troops to suppress the bandits, but it is not impossible. Although the one-eyed Jiao failed to capture Salmon Island last time, it was a big blow to Li Jing. The battle on Salmon Island was a real loss of more than 600 people, and they must have hated these pirates very much. If they really knew where those pirates were hiding, it was not impossible to get revenge. The key lies in the fact that Li Jing wanted to tell us about this, and even asked us for help from troops, and even asked us to borrow a warship. ”
"This Li Jing always acts in the sky, and he can't find a track." Feng Zhang's brows were tightly furrowed, and the center of his eyebrows was twisted into a Sichuan character. "What about the messenger?"
"As soon as the letter arrived, he immediately left, just a crippled veteran with a broken arm."
Feng Zhang stretched out his hand and flicked the letter in his hand, "You immediately send someone to inquire and see if you can find out where the news of the remnants of the one-eyed Jiao pirates in Lu Dao that Li Jing knows about Lu Dao came from." In addition, send someone to check and see where these pirates are now, and whether it matches the information that Li Jing has. Well, if those news are consistent with the news that Li Jing has mastered, then you will send all the news you find to Dengzhou Shui Shi Wang Jin. ”
"Where to send the king?" Feng Xun was puzzled for a while.
"That's right, just send the news to Wang Jin." Feng Zhang said slowly. (To be continued.) )