Borrow the day to change the day

Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of Phi Island, has the highest official position. He stepped forward and answered Lu Xiangsheng: "After the death of General Mao, the number of Liao people who fled back has decreased day by day. It's just that these days, it seems to have increased slightly."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at him, and asked again: "Where do these Liao people originally live, and what is the movement of the Jian captives near them? Have you ever asked?"

Chen Jisheng turned pale when he heard that, he knew he couldn't lie to Lu Xiangsheng, otherwise it would be even more unlucky if Master Zhong Cheng asked him about his flaws.

"Master Zhong Cheng, please punish me." Chen Jisheng bowed to Lu Xiangsheng and clasped his hands together.

These tasks were all done in the first place, and Mao Wenlong paid special attention to this, and made corresponding countermeasures based on what he knew and confirmed about the enemy's situation.

But after Mao Wenlong's death, the soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town were worried about their future, so no one followed the rules set by Mao Wenlong.

Lu Xiangsheng's face seemed to be a little ugly, but he didn't have an attack. He just said: "From today on, we must not relax any more. If there is any important enemy situation, we must report it immediately. In addition, we must not relax in the strict investigation and detailed work."

The reason why he handled it like this was because his military order had just been issued, and these generals under him hadn't had time to react, so he was considerate of this one time.

When Chen Jisheng heard that Lu Xiangsheng didn't make things difficult for him, he was overjoyed immediately, and said repeatedly: "I will obey orders, I will understand."

It was still daylight on the second day, and Lu Xiangsheng, escorted by Yan Yingyuan's fleet, left Phi Island for the next stop.

Lu Xiangsheng knew that the situation in Phi Island was like this, and the other islands were not much better. The salary and food must be distributed as soon as possible.

A few days later, in the sea area of ​​Dengzhou City, the setting sun fell above the sea level, dyeing the sea water and the distant Dengzhou City red.

Lu Xiangsheng stood at the bow of the boat, letting the sea breeze blow, looking at Dengzhou City and recalling what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

Beside him, Yan Yingyuan was still accompanying him.He saw that Lu Xiangsheng had been taciturn all the way back from the island tour, and knew that he was in a bad mood.

After standing for a while, Yan Yingyuan took the initiative to say to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiutai, I see that the soldiers in Guanglu Island are not bad, and they should be able to fight against the Tartars. Especially the guerrilla soldiers under General Mao Shen, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming Dusi and monks are gratifying. Du Si, there are many elite men under his command."

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at Yan Yingyuan, shook his head slightly and said: "This is only relatively speaking, it may be no problem with ordinary Tartars. Li Heng, don't forget, they are all descendants of Mao Wenlong, the direct descendants of Mao Wenlong, Of course it will be better."

Yan Yingyuan also knew this, he just wanted to find something to comfort Lu Xiangsheng.

In fact, he himself has a lot of things to do. There are not many ships and only a few sailors. This is far from the naval fleet that Zhongxing Hou described to him.

His water battalion is not very useful in the war against the captives. Generally, it is to support the land war and protect the islands from being invaded by the captives.

But right now there is a task that Lu Xiangsheng entrusted to him, that is, after Lu Xiangsheng has made preparations to accept the people of the islands on the front line of Denglai this time, he will start to travel to and from the islands and transport the people of the islands to Denglai for resettlement.

Yan Yingyuan was thinking about his own affairs and didn't speak any more.Lu Xiangsheng looked up at Dengzhou City again, thinking about the things to do next.

No one thought they would return to Dengzhou a few days earlier, so no one greeted them at the pier.Lu Xiangsheng didn't care too much, he didn't care about some red tape, and went straight back to the governor's mansion.

But as soon as he arrived at the governor's mansion, someone was waiting for them.

The man was from a family of Jinyiwei. After seeing the ceremony, he said: "The Marquis of Zhongxing ordered me to bring a group of thieves to join the army. There is also a letter. Please take a look at it."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard that Zhong Jinwei had a letter for him, he hurried over to read it on the spot.

Yan Yingyuan was a little curious, wondering what Zhongxinghou would tell him.But it was useless for him to be curious now, Lu Xiangsheng was still watching, so he asked the Jinyiwei Baihu, "Where is Zhongxinghou now?"

The members of the Jinyiwei have a sense of superiority over the generals in the army. This not only comes from their previous power, but also because of the changes in the duties of the Jinyiwei, and they focus exclusively on the army.Invisibly, they all think that they are more advanced than the lieutenant general, not to mention that the one who is talking now is just a small general.

However, seeing that Yan Yingyuan and Lu Xiangsheng were relatively close, he asked, "Who are you, and what is the purpose of inquiring about Marquis Zhongxing?"

Yan Yingyuan didn't like Jin Yiwei's condescending demeanor, but he still smiled and said, "I am Yan Yingyuan, a member of the Dongjiang Zhongxie Association, and Zhongxinghou is my future brother-in-law. There is no other meaning, just caring."

When the Jinyiwei Baihu heard that the person in front of them turned out to be the brother-in-law of Marquis Zhongxing, they immediately changed their expressions and said flatteringly: "Ah, the villain has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai. Please forgive me for offending you just now."

"Where is it, it's right for your official to ask clearly." What Yan Yingyuan could say, he could only agree with his approach.As for taking advantage of Marquis Zhongxing's power and pretending to be a tiger, he couldn't do it.

"According to the villain's estimate, the Marquis of Zhongxing is probably about to return to the capital." Seeing that Yan Yingyuan didn't care about him, the hundred households of Jinyiwei quickly answered his previous question.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had finished reading Zhong Jinwei's letter, and while handing the letter to Yan Yingyuan, he asked Jin Yiwei's hundred households, "Where is he?"

Jinyiwei's hundred households still didn't dare to put on airs to the governor of the civil service system, and quickly replied: "They are locked up in the prison of Dengzhou Prefecture."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he said to Lu Dao who was beside him, "Go and bring those prisoners to the governor's mansion, I want to see them."

"Yes, my lord." Lu Da agreed, and then invited Jin Yiwei Baihu to hand over the prisoner.

Seeing the two of them leave, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yan Yingyuan, and found that he had just finished reading the letter, so he said with a smile: "I believe in Zhongxing Hou's vision, since these thieves are talented people, let's put them all in our list." standard camp."

Yan Yingyuan also agreed with Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, he nodded and said: "Jiutai, I'm afraid your subordinates will be like clouds in the future!"

"Hahaha..." Lu Xiangsheng burst out laughing when he heard this, this Yan Yingyuan flattered himself face to face.

At this moment, I heard from Qin Weitong that an imperial envoy had arrived.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard it, it was so late in the sky, and the imperial envoy was still here, so he probably came here in a hurry.Thinking about it this way, he didn't know that the emperor had something to tell him, so he hurriedly took Yan Yingyuan out to greet him.

Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy was not looking for Lu Xiangsheng, but for Yan Yingyuan to accept the order.

What was even more unexpected was that the emperor sent an imperial decree to let Yan Yingyuan return to Beijing to attend the wedding of Marquis Zhongxing.

After the imperial envoy finished reading, he smiled and congratulated Yan Yingyuan, and went to rest by himself.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he also congratulated Yan Yingyuan.The emperor even specially sent someone to pass the decree, it seems that he attaches great importance to this marriage.

Yan Yingyuan was so happy that the smile on his face hadn't changed. In the past, he was still faintly worried about this marriage.

He was afraid that Hou Zhongxing would despise his sister one day, after all, his sister was just a court lady in terms of status.

Now that the wedding is imminent, a shoe in Yan Yingyuan's heart fell to the ground.

He was just a little strange, he was the woman's elder, why should he go back to Beijing directly, he should go back to Tongzhou.

But since the imperial decree said so, he could only follow through.Yan Yingyuan thought that he could also meet his brother-in-law, complain to him, and see if he could get some money for him to build a ship and recruit people.

Lu Xiang was promoted to be a big official in the frontier, and he could not leave the defense area without imperial edict.Therefore, while racking his brains to think of some unique congratulatory gifts, he also asked Yan Yingyuan to tell Hou Zhongxing about Denglai's plight and see what he had to say.

Yan Yingyuan agreed one by one, and hurried back to the capital early in the morning of the second day.