When fifty strange ships sailed into the dock of Liujiagang, the soldiers and merchants on the dock were stunned, these warships were about the same size as the building ships in the Central Plains, but the appearance was very different.

The big ship is not a canvas from the Central Plains, but a spinnaker, and there is a tower on the stern, and some big ships have three rows of oars on each side.

The people on the big ship were not from the Central Plains, there were tall blond and blue-eyed samurai, there were also swarthy boatmen, and short, lean curly-haired laborers.

The soldiers in Liujiagang were like facing a great enemy, waving their flags and bows to signal the ship to stop. A red-haired and blue-eyed man on the big ship took off his helmet and waved a white flag, shouting in a stiff Central Plains dialect: "Businessmen, we, Liu Shenxian people!" ”

The soldiers were still stretched out their bows, and the commander of the patrol shouted, "We don't know the Willow Immortals!" Stay on board and don't move! ”

As soon as the words fell, a person waved a long sword and jumped onto the top of the flagpole on the dock, and when everyone looked up, they saw this person standing on the top of the flagpole with one foot in red, and threw a big sword more than five feet long towards the open space on the dock with his backhand.

The people on the boat knelt down one after another: "Liu Shenxian! Willow Immortals! ”

The soldiers on the dock pointed and pointed: "Isn't this the Taoist priest in charge of Weiyang Tower in the northern suburbs?" ”

"Are these people from Fanbang stupid, treat him as an immortal!"

Liu Mingge raised his hand: "Anchor!" Dock! ”

The patrol commander shouted: "Don't dock, let's get on the boat and see!" ”

"Go ahead!" As soon as Liu Mingge's voice was finished, the person had already fallen in front of the commander, and he lifted the commander with his right hand and threw it on the boat.

Liu Mingge jumped on the boat again, and landed right in front of the commander who fell into the sackcloth pile: "You can see it!" ”

The commander's face was already pale, and he dared to continue to look: "Since it's Liu Daochang's ship, don't look at it, don't look at it"

Liu Mingge smiled: "My fifty big ships are going to the enemy?" You don't watch it? ”

"Liu Daochang laughed and stopped looking", turned around and waved to the soldiers on the dock and shouted: "It's Liu Daochang's merchant ship, don't be nervous, put down the guys in your hands!" ”

"Lord Commander, Weiyang Building will give you three days for free, take this note!" After saying that, Liu Mingge hooked his fingers, and immediately a dark-skinned young man brought pen, ink, paper, and inkstone with both hands

"Immortal Liu, you can write" The young man's Central Plains dialect was extremely fluent, and the commander looked the young man up and down

"Don't look at them like that, Commander, it's rude! In this world, everyone, regardless of color, tall, short, fat, thin, rich or poor, is the same, take a good note" As he spoke, Liu Mingge had already written a note that Weiyang Lou would use this coupon for three days for a single person for free

The commander cautiously took the note and disembarked.

Liu Mingge himself has traveled overseas for many years, and his opinion of the people of the world is really based on all things, but he knows in his heart that if he really invites all kinds of people on these fifty boats to the shore, he will definitely cause trouble.

So Liu Mingge set a rule that everyone was not allowed to leave the dock and go elsewhere after docking at Liujiagang in Jinling for ten days.

These people were also obedient, and they really unloaded and loaded the goods at the wharf for ten days, and in these ten days, they bought a lot of medicinal materials and raw silk and loaded them on the ship. Liu Mingge originally wanted to buy some grain, but Pharmacist Zhu issued a strict order prohibiting the buying and selling of grain, so he had to give up.

There is a woman on the flagship, Liu Mingge calls her Black Pearl, and her words are different from everyone else, although this woman's name is Black Pearl, she is blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned, dressed in a red dress, tall and carrying two swords. Liu Mingge patted her on the shoulder: "Black Pearl, this is Jinling City, it's a pity that we can't enter this city today, but the Weiyang Tower in the north can open your eyes."

Taking a woman to visit the Qinglou to open her eyes, I am afraid that only Liu Mingge has done it in the world.

Black Pearl didn't know what to do, thinking that this Weiyang Building was a place to eat and drink, so she followed Liu Mingge on horseback.

However, it was said that after Wu Zhenchang returned to Liyang, he rushed to make a raft and a small boat, and stepped up to cross the river to the south, Zhong Zhiming and others were stunned when they saw this scene in Xinliwang.

The dense rafts and boats on the river, which was only more than 100 zhang wide, drove towards Xinli City with a crowded number of soldiers. Although Xinli had a large ship, it could not stand the numerical superiority of the opposite side, and the opposite side also completely ignored the casualties, and rushed to the shore.

Ling Yun was still loyal, leading his headquarters to attack the Wu army on the river with crossbow arrows and stone throwers, and every time he could smash a raft or boat, there were many Wu soldiers who fell into the water. But there were so many rafts and boats that the man who fell into the water quickly climbed onto the raft and continued to cross the river as long as he was not hit by an arrow.

"It's all crazy, no wonder the cavalry in Mobei were all killed by them, this is simply not treating people as people, not taking life seriously!" Zhong Zhiming sighed, but he was even more worried that once Xinli fell, he would definitely die if he fell into the hands of Wu Zhenchang.

"Everyone, they are not afraid of death, but we still want to live, in this situation, Xinli will definitely not be able to hold on, let's go quickly" Li Xiaofei looked very open

Ling Yun was just about to scold Li Xiaofei for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but several cronies around him said together: "Leader, why should we be here to be martyred for Pharmacist Zhu, and return to Juye to continue to watch what happens?" ”

"Yes, General Ling, now that you withdraw to Jinling, you will definitely be punished, and it is more auspicious to surrender to the enemy, so it is better to take everyone back to Juye" Zhong Zhiming also joined the persuasion team

Ling Yun saw that everyone had no intention of defending the city, so he had to wave his hand: "That's it, let's go!" ”

3,000 men and horses fled out of the south gate to the southeast with the already small number of people, but fortunately, the Wu army was ecstatic after occupying Xinli, and did not care about the whereabouts of the 3,000 people, so it was impossible to talk about sending troops to pursue.

Lu Huaiguang's family is still in Jinling, and now they are being coerced to Juye, and they are complaining all the way: "You can let me go back to Jinling, otherwise my family will all be killed!" ”

Ling Yun refused at first, after all, the officials of the imperial court who had them in their hands could bargain in the future

Fortunately, Zhong Zhiming stepped forward this time: "General Ling, as long as I, the nominal marshal, are still there, we will not go to Juye to escape, but to avoid the enemy." Wouldn't it be better to let Lord Lu go back and fight for reinforcements? ”

Han Ruling also persuaded: "Marshal Zhong is right, Lord Liulu is here, Jinling City doesn't know our situation, and thinks that we have surrendered to the enemy, and when the time comes, it will be a dead end for the army to press on both sides, what is the point of us going to Juye?" ”

Ling Yun expressed her worries: "We let him go back today, it's hard to guarantee that he won't put all the blame for defeat on us after he goes back!" ”

"Haha, have you forgotten that there is still me who is left and right? With me here, with my three-inch incorruptible tongue and friendship with Pharmacist Zhu, at most I will be dismissed from office, and I will take care of this defeat! Li Xiaofei didn't want to go to Juye, so he helped Lu Huaiguang intercede and go back to Jinling together

"I don't dare to believe you little slippery head, what you say is beautiful, I don't know what you will say when you go back" Ling Yun still refused to believe Li Xiaofei

"I, Zhong Zhiming and Li Xiaofei, have also known each other for many years, General Ling, under the guarantee of my life, Li Xiaofei will definitely not put the blame on you General Ling when he returns to Jinling!" Zhong Zhiming is talking categorically

Ling Yun couldn't help but look at Zhong Zhiming, this man had been chasing her since he said he wanted to chase her a few years ago, and his words were more credible

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I can't go back, let Lord Lu go, I'll go to Juye to meet some more people, and be familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers, it's okay" Li Xiaofei was not in a hurry

Ling Yun thought about it, this kid is too good to say, it is not a good thing to stay in his own team for a long time, these days his brothers have been familiar with him drinking and gambling money, and if he is familiar with these three thousand people, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"You also think I'm too stingy, I will send fifty people to escort the two of you back to Jinling, you are the worst in the end, although I Lingyun does not accumulate virtue in my mouth, I still have a sense of proportion!"

"General Xie Ling, come back to thank you one day after returning to Jinling" Lu Huaiguang was overjoyed, if it weren't for Li Xiaofei dragging him, he would have knelt down for Ling Yun

"Okay, I'll listen to you, a big beauty, by the way, treat my brother Zhong well, don't hurt him!" Li Xiaofei was still a little relieved that Zhong Zhiming was not relieved, after all, Ling Yun's team was bandits in the past

"Don't be poor, he chased me in the past, I didn't torture him for ten or eight years, I won't stop, if you kid talk more, I'll castrate you back!" Ling Yun felt that Li Xiaofei was talking too much, so he threatened to castrate him

Li Xiaofei subconsciously covered his crotch: "Hahaha, I still won't say it, let's go, let's go"

More than 50 cavalrymen escorted Lu Huaiguang and Li Xiaofei south, Lu Huaiguang looked back all the way to see if anyone was chasing him, Li Xiaofei took the trouble to drag him: "Don't look at it, you can hurry with peace of mind, people really want to chase you, it's useless for you to see, not to mention that we still have these fifty brothers next to us, right?" ”

"You scholars, you don't know what rivers and lakes are at all, how can we General Ling casually regret what he said?"

"If I don't want to let you go, it's just a matter of one sentence!"

"If I really killed you, I would have killed you a long time ago, why bother us to travel thousands of miles?"

The cavalry around him was also a little impatient, Li Xiaofei simply lay on the back of the horse and closed his eyes and hummed: "Lord Lu, I compare you to a good one, stealing incense and stealing jade under the moon, but unexpectedly startled the dog barking in a hurry, stretched out his hand to climb the high branch and hung it, and his feet were on the wall for fear of tearing his clothes, haha"

Everyone laughed happily, Lu Huaiguang blushed and lowered his head: "Master Li is making fun of me, this thing that steals incense and steals jade has nothing to do, no thing"

"Haha, do you dare Lord Lu to swear by the sky" Li Xiaofei originally had the intention of making fun of him

"This, this, the oath can't be issued indiscriminately, it's good not to send it" Lu Huai's bald head lowered to the side of the horse's neck, and he was hesitant

"Hahaha, it seems that Lord Lu was also a merry and talented man before, and he did a lot of stealing incense and stealing jade."

"Haha, this Lord Li is really a goblin, and he has read out the old things of Lord Zheng, it's enjoyable."

"Haha, don't make fun of Lord Lu, if you laugh at him again, his head will go into the horse's belly!" Li Xiaofei saw that Lu Huaiguang was extremely embarrassed, so he began to break the siege

"Everyone, are your families okay, are you waiting at home?"

With this question, everyone told each other their stories, and it was so lively along the way that they completely forgot that they were all defeated people.

When he arrived in Jinling, Li Xiaofei reported to Pharmacist Zhu about the battle situation between Liyang and Xinli, Pharmacist Zhu's face was extremely ugly, and Lu Huaiguang kept kneeling and didn't dare to come out.

Pharmacist Zhu looked at everyone, at this moment he was not angry that Wu Zhenchang had betrayed, but the expressions of all the civil and military officers were very subtle, this Wu Zhenchang was the person who had been praised by Pharmacist Zhu personally, and now he had rebelled, this face hurt too much.

Except for Li Xiaofei in the court, who was still talking about Zhong Zhiming leading the army to retreat to Juye, the rest of the people lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Zhu Yaoshi.

Pharmacist Zhu couldn't help but think of Qiu Xingzhi, if he was still in the court, he would definitely dare to come up with countermeasures, but at the moment, in the court, except for the mountain call long live the emperor Shengming, there is basically no hope for them to come up with any countermeasures. At this moment, Pharmacist Zhu truly realized what it means to be alone.

"Ministers, ministers and generals, now that Wu Zhenchang has rebelled, do you have a good plan? Today's court meeting can speak freely, and those who speak are not guilty! Yao Shi Zhu tried his best to put away his anger, smiled and asked the ministers in the palace

"The minister thought that Marshal He and Marshal Wang should be summoned to Xinli to block the rebels, and then send someone to Wu Zhenchang's army to find out the details, after all, Wu Zhenchang's army is also His Majesty's army" Jia Yuanen was bold and was the first to propose countermeasures

"Who wants to send an envoy to Wu Zhenchang's army?" Pharmacist Zhu glanced at the ministers again, but the ministers all looked at Li Xiaofei

Pharmacist Zhu shook his head: "Could it be that there is no one in my court?" ”

Li Xiaofei spoke at this moment: "The minister is willing to go to Wu Zhenchang's camp for His Majesty!" After speaking, he looked at Pharmacist Zhu

Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand: "You just fought with him, and if you go rashly, you are afraid that you will be harmed by Wu Zhenchang, you can't go!" ”

Zhang Pingnan turned around: "Your Majesty, the minister and Wu Zhenchang are both fellow villagers and classmates, and the minister is willing to go!" The minister's family will be entrusted to the court! "It's a shame that Zhang Pingnan took the initiative to make his family a hostage, otherwise those who don't know the situation would think that Zhang Pingnan is going to join the enemy.

Pharmacist Zhu finally met someone who dared to send an envoy, so he walked down and took Zhang Pingnan's right hand with both hands: "Sir, you must take care of yourself when you go, I don't expect you to negotiate peace with that traitor, as long as you can find out the truth and come back!" Don't fight with that traitor! ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Pingnan, showing regret on their faces, people who are familiar with the inside story know that this Zhang Pingnan is much better than Wu Zhenchang in all aspects of his family's study and all aspects, and now this Wu Zhenchang villain is ambitious, I am afraid that Zhang Pingnan will not look good.

Zhang Pingnan smiled: "Your Majesty, if you go, you will talk to him well, and the minister has his own measure!" ”

The matter of the envoy was agreed, Li Xiaofei was a little hesitant to stay with Pharmacist Zhu, and judging from the current situation, it was of little significance to leave Li Xiaofei. First, Li Xiaofei's martial arts skills are not high, and secondly, Qiu Xingzhi in the Wuji Hall of Alchemy has already begun to operate, and even the Taimiao Temple in the northern suburbs is almost completed. But just letting Li Xiaofei go like this doesn't feel appropriate.

"Li Xiaofei, tell me, what official you want to be now, wherever you go, I will satisfy you!" Pharmacist Zhu simply kicked the question to Li Xiaofei

"The minister wants to go to Weiyang Building in the northern suburbs to see the property he bought for His Majesty before, and then embezzle hundreds of thousands of money!" Li Xiaofei said his answer without much thought, he thought that Pharmacist Zhu would be very relieved.

"The industry in the northern suburbs is now bigger, if you want to go back and have fun, you can, but well, I suddenly remembered an errand, the mausoleum of Emperor Ming of the previous dynasty was hastily completed, and you need to repair it, so that you can clear your suspicion of being a second minister!" Pharmacist Zhu is very vigilant about Li Xiaofei's motives for wanting to stay, Li Xiaofei has been in business in the northern suburbs for a few months, and most of them have already planted eyeliner, if Li Xiaofei is allowed to go to the northern suburbs again, I am afraid that there will be problems in the future, it is better to let Li Xiaofei go to guard the tomb of Emperor Ming, which can not only monitor but also reduce the contact of many people with Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei had actually made up his mind in his heart, no matter how Pharmacist Zhu arranged it, he would take it immediately, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

"The minister has thanked His Majesty for his good intentions, and the minister will do his best for His Majesty, and then die! The minister must do his best to repair the mausoleum for the Ming Emperor of the previous dynasty! ”

Li Xiaofei readily received the order, and Pharmacist Zhu was also relieved, and with a wave of his hand, he asked Li Xiaofei to go out first, and then went to everyone to discuss the details of how to deal with Wu Zhenchang's southward movement.