It has been three and a half years since Li Xiaofei went to sea from Songjiang Estuary, and in these three and a half years, Zuo Sanxiang recovered the Western Regions and made miraculous achievements, and the prince and King Jin got married together.

On the same day, by the lake with strange birds and giant pythons, Li Xiaofei finally exterminated the strange birds by poisoning, and then burned the giant python to death with fire, but there was still no trace of the three-tailed falcon.

About half a year after going to sea again, Li Xiaofei's subordinates found that there seemed to be someone following him.

"Master Li, it seems that there is a ship following us behind us."

"I also found out that there was more than one boat, at first I thought it was a fishing boat that haunted here, but then I found out that they were following us all along"

"I also found out, and I took people to investigate, but as soon as they were dispatched, they retreated out of our sight!"

Li Xiaofei flew to the sea behind him and looked at it, "Have you ever seen who is on the ship?" Since there must be a reason why they didn't do anything to us, we might as well find an island to stop, wait for them, and order the ships to be on guard! ”

Who will be following them? The Silver Han Empire? No way! Those who claim to be gods will not be so obscene. Could it be that the emperor sent it? It's also unlikely, time doesn't allow it, and if it was someone sent by the emperor, they would have met a long time ago.

Wait, Li Xiaofei suddenly thought that the current fleet was less than half of the original number.

If it's someone sent by Yukatsu, then all this can be explained.

It seems that Yu Shengzhi is still not at ease with Li Xiaofei, but this place is thousands of miles away from that continent, and these small ships are following all the way, and there must be a fleet behind them.

If it was a simple surveillance, it was completely unnecessary, and it seemed that it should be waiting for an opportunity to attack Li Xiaofei's fleet.

But all this doesn't make sense, at the beginning, he sent someone to secretly burn and chisel Li Xiaofei's boat, or even poisoned it, and it took so much effort to follow all the way, it is difficult to predict who will win and who will lose, Yu Shengzhi is not such a stupid person.

After a routine collection of fresh water and food, Li Xiaofei asked Hongrui and them to take the fleet out of three hundred miles before returning.

Li Xiaofei took fifty cronies to hide on the island, and then deliberately planted the flag of the fleet in a conspicuous position, he wanted to see who had been following him and what he was going to do.

Two days after the fleet left, five small sailing boats rowed towards the small island where Li Xiaofei and the others were hiding.

When the sailboat came to shore, some people came down to look around, and then they got on the boat and rowed back, and one of them had a kite in one of the boats.

This can't be wrong, it must be the fleet of Yu Shengzhi, this kite is used by the beam sailor to transmit information on a sunny day, the swallow represents peace and sound, the square kite represents vigilance, and the butterfly kite is about to start attacking.

This time it was a swallow kite, and the small sailboat rowed back to make way and guide the way, so as to avoid the big boat behind it from hitting the rocks.

The next big ships to arrive were the warships of Yu Shengzhi, and the flags on the ships were still the "Liang" flag.

However, Yushengzhi did not mean to land on the island, but directly set sail and continued south.

Li Xiaofei looked at the sails on the boat that were only half raised, so he asked his subordinates to continue waiting. "They're testing to see if there's anyone on the island! Everyone, hold steady, don't be swayed by them"

Having said that, Li Xiaofei is still full of worries, in case Yu Shengzhi and Hongrui meet, the two sides fight, this is the situation that Li Xiaofei does not want to see.

At this time, there will be no perfect idea, only a gamble, betting on Yu Shengzhi is a temptation, after more than two years of contact, Li Xiaofei is sure that Yu Shengzhi is not a reckless man.

By being tracked by Yukatsu these days, you can also ensure that Yukatsu's mind is meticulous and will not mess around.

Sure enough, after half a day, Yu Shengzhi's fleet returned here and landed on the island where Li Xiaofei and the others were staying.

The first to disembark slowly advanced with a wall formed by a shield, and the crossbowmen in the shield watched warily with their bows and arrows.

"Find the water first! And test the poison with a silver needle! ”

This familiar voice can't be wrong, it is Yu Shengzhi's team, Li Xiaofei can see it clearly in the grass.

"All the boats are filled with water, and the kettles filled with water are carefully examined, and all the food on this island has been cleaned!"

"General Bao, this island has been searched, and the water source has been built with stones!"

"General, these flags belong to Lord Li, they must have come!"

Yu Katsuyuki waved his hand, "Got it, hurry up and cut down the trees, load the ships that can make wood, and put the rest here, and we can make a fire when we come back in the future!" Can't go too far! ”

There are so many trees on the island that they can't stand these hundreds of people coming to cut them down, and in two days, more than half of the trees have been cut down.

Li Xiaofei counted Yu Shengzhi's boats on the top of the mountain, and found that those boats had not returned, and it seemed that the boats had been exploring and monitoring in front.

On the morning of the third day, the timber began to be pulled onto the boat by rope and winch, and it looked like it was ready to go.

Li Xiaofei let his subordinates continue to hide in the cave, and he wanted to go to meet Yu Shengzhi alone to learn the truth.

The soldiers were naturally not at ease, and Li Xiaofei explained that if they had a threat, they could shout and release arrows on the top of the mountain, as long as they could distract Yu Shengzhi's attention, there would be no threat.

Li Xiaofei tied a rope from the cliff at the top of the mountain and went directly down to the rocks by the sea, and then climbed the cliff along the coast to the boat.

When Li Xiaofei appeared in front of Yu Shengzhi, Yu Shengzhi's first reaction was not to draw his sword, but to rub his eyes.

The surrounding soldiers also habitually called "Master Li"

"Guys, meet again? How? Are you used to staying on land, and you want to go to the sea to see it? ”

Yu Shengzhi's eyes widened again, "Lord Li, why are you here?" ”

"Isn't that what I should have asked you? Why are you and these brothers here? ”

"Lord Li, the emperor's order is hard to disobey, in fact, I was testing you that day, I am the captain of Jin Liangwei who went to sea this time, and I am responsible for monitoring Lord Li's moves!"

"Hahaha, I, a sixty-year-old person is still so naïve, I didn't expect that Jin Liangwei's people would not be suspicious when they were arranged in a position like yours! Wonderful, now that it's a showdown, let's talk about it, what are you going to do with me? ”

Yu Shengzhi took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Li Xiaofei, "Lord Li, how can you be qualified to deal with a big man like you, the emperor's will is in this brocade box!" ”

Li Xiaofei took the brocade box, and broke it up and down several times but couldn't open it, "This box seems to have been connected together, and it can't be opened!" Then I'll have to be rough! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he placed the brocade box on the deck, and then drew his sword and broke it, revealing the edict that had been cut in half.

"General Yu, it's better for you to announce the edict!"

Yu Shengzhi bowed his hand, "The emperor's edict to Lord Li, I can't read it, if I read it, it will be a violation!" ”

"If you don't read the edict, what will you do with me? After I read it, I told you that the emperor asked me to kill you, and you didn't take a look? ”

Li Xiaofei felt that this was incredible, but after thinking about it, the emperor didn't have to go to such great lengths to kill him.

After reading the edict, Li Xiaofei shook his head again and again, "This, impossible, unreasonable!" Even I was deceived! ”

Seeing Li Xiaofei talking to himself, Yu Shengzhi and the others were silent, not daring to ask more.

Li Xiaofei handed the edict to Yu Shengzhi, "The emperor said in the edict, this secret edict can be passed on!" It's incredible! ”

Yu Shengzhi slowly took the two edicts and read them together, and then laughed, "Brothers, don't go any further, we can go home!" ”

Everyone jumped up and screamed, they once suspected that they didn't have to go back in this life, and now they have an incredible hope of going home.

Li Xiaofei didn't understand a little, since it was such an edict, what did he have to do with Yu Shengzhi to monitor him, "General Yu, tell me the truth, when you followed me all the way, did you mean to do anything?" I mean, as the captain of Jin Liangwei, did the emperor order that if I had any changes, he would eradicate my plan! ”

Yu Katsuyuki paused for a moment, "Yes! That was when I tempted you to stay and establish yourself as king, in fact, I doubt that you will stay and not return to the Central Plains! But you arranged it too thoughtfully, and sent my henchman Lao Conch to guide me, and I didn't start, I think a person who does everything possible to think about others will not be bad, let alone abandon his wife and children in the Central Plains! ”

"In other words, my woman's kindness has saved herself, haha!"

"No, Lord Li is kind-hearted, if I deal with it, then those who are unwilling to return to the Central Plains will definitely be eradicated!"

"By the way, General Fish, your brothers, there is no cannibalism, right?"

"Fortunately, because of Lord Li's kindness, those who were willing to stay and not go back had already stayed in the newly built city to settle down at that time, and those who followed me still had to go home! However, in order to keep up with your routes, we also landed at the southern tip of the continent for three months. There's one thing, I don't know if Master Li has gotten it, Three-Tailed Falcon! ”

As soon as he heard the three-tailed falcon, Li Xiaofei almost didn't stop, and grabbed Yu Shengzhi, "You mean the three-tailed falcon?" Where is it? What does it look like? I'm looking for it so hard! I thought there was no such thing! ”

Yu Shengzhi was also taken aback, according to his judgment, ordinary people rushing towards him could completely dodge, but Li Xiaofei's unintentional pull, Yu Shengzhi couldn't dodge.

"Lord Li, don't get excited, be careful! It's true, we found this three-tailed falcon in a tribe in the south, and they regarded this bird as a god and even took their own children to feed it! In a fit of rage, I cut down the Three-Tailed Falcon and the leader of the tribe! ”

"It turns out that this three-tailed falcon is such an evil thing, I always thought it was similar to a swallow! Can you have these three-tailed falcons on board? ”

"I know that Master Li is looking for these three-tailed falcons in order to treat Mrs. Wang's illness, so naturally he dried and salted all the corpses of the three-tailed falcons and preserved them with sea salt! You can take it and show it to Master Lee! ”

Seeing the corpse of the three-tailed falcon, Li Xiaofei squatted down and turned the three-tailed falcon over and over again, and the tail was indeed made of feathers like three short swords, about the size of an eagle, but the claws were shorter.

Li Xiaofei hugged the three-tailed falcon in front of him and cried, "I finally found this thing, it's great!" That's great! Thank you so much General Fish! ”

Yu Shengzhi smiled embarrassedly, "The emperor was in the body before, and I had to hide it from Lord Li, but now we can finally be like a family!" By the way, Mrs. Wang, have they already moved forward? ”

Li Xiaofei was immersed in the joy of finding the three-tailed falcon, and did not react for a while.

An arrow rushed towards Yu Shengzhi, but fortunately, Li Xiaofei got up in time and blocked it with the corpse of the three-tailed falcon.

Only then did Li Xiaofei remember that there were still fifty people on the top of the mountain, so he waved the corpse of the three-tailed falcon, "Don't release arrows!" Get on board, it's all your own people! We can go home! ”

"General Yu, I'm sorry, Li was a little cautious, and his brothers accidentally made a mistake!"

"Each other, human nature, I am often ambushed in the dark! Do you want to send someone to pick up Mrs. Wang? ”

"Count the time, they're coming back soon!"

A day later, the Red Rui and the others returned to the island, and the two groups of people converged all the way to the north.

On Li Xiaofei's ship, Li Xiaofei kicked down the ribs of the three-tailed falcon with a dagger, soaked them in water, and carefully stewed the other medicinal herbs himself.

"It seems that the heavens still have a pitiful lover, and this three-tailed falcon has finally been found, but it is very different from what the people of Qi Yunguo described. At first, I thought that these three-tailed falcons were the size of sparrows, small and cute, but who would have thought that it would be such a bird of prey! ”

"It doesn't matter what kind of bird he is, it would be nice if he could cure Ruoyun's illness. In the past few years, it has not been in vain! ”

"Xiao Fei, do you want to talk about it, this good elixir emperor is willing to give up?"

"I also suspect this, maybe the emperor has other methods, or that what needs me to go back is as important as the elixir! In fact, I also doubted whether this fish victory was pretentious, but it was impossible to think about it again, he didn't have such courage! What's more, the emperor's brocade box cannot be opened secretly, it must be split with a sword! Sister Hong has always been resourceful, you might as well help me analyze it! ”

Hongrui looked at the medicine stove that was slowly steaming, "I think it's still the old disease from seventeen years ago, and now it's time to have to treat it!" So I want you to go back! Because the emperor and you don't have much time! These diseases cannot be passed on to the next generation! ”

"It's just that I don't believe in the emperor anymore, he is no longer the hot-blooded prince of the past! And he doesn't believe me anymore, maybe I'm also a disease, a disease that gives him a headache! ”

"You are less hypocritical, you have no foundation now, and you just have the reputation you had back then. There is no way for the emperor to be afraid of the heroes, and no one is at ease when he responds to the call and the military power is in his hands! The emperor can't get into everyone's stomach to see if he is loyal or traitorous! And the success of the year is also related to your being too merciful, originally most of those families have been eradicated by Zhu Yaoshi, but you let them resurgence with a thought of kindness, I am the emperor and will hate you! ”

"I just watched Wang Fu, Xiao Xian and others work hard back then, their fathers and ancestors died tragically, and they also had some connections with General Wang Xian back then, so I helped them and sent people to help them make achievements all the way. I didn't expect people to become too fast, and later, alas! ”

"Forget it, don't talk about it, you're sixty-one years old, and you still can't change your soft-hearted problem, after going back this time, I hope you won't make such a mistake again! Because this time, I think the emperor has already bet all the bets, if he loses, the world will be in chaos, and the lives of the people will be ruined! ”