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There are more and more suspicious characters, and the rumors are getting tighter and tighter.

Less than ten days before the Chinese New Year, pirates want to cause trouble at this juncture, of course, it makes the merchants and people around Fuzhou Mansion full of righteous indignation and resentment.

But there is no way for everyone, the Minjiang River is hundreds of miles long in the basin of Fuzhou, the river is wide and narrow, and the narrowest place has to take a boat for about half an hour to cross the river, and it has to be an old pulpher and a tailwind.

Where the river is wide, large and small boats float up and down in the middle of the river, like a lonely boat in the sea. Especially during the summer high water season, the surface of the Minjiang River does not look much different from the sea, boundless, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

Winter is slightly better, but there are still many places where the river is wide, and in these places, when there are some suspicious boats drifting in the middle of the river, the psychological pressure and blow are quite heavy.

In particular, a large number of small boats have suddenly emerged in the area of Houguan and Minqing, and many places where the river crossing has been stopped directly, and many businessmen and ordinary people have to make a detour of dozens of miles to Nanping to cross the river.

The most scolded must be to appease the envoy, it was Lin Douyao's duty to control the place where the forbidden army was pacified, the situation was chaotic like this, and it directly affected thousands of households, Lin Douyao's original image was very ordinary, and the system made Han Bingzhong's image worse, after the strange situation in various places appeared, the market was in chaos, and Lin Douyao and Han Bingzhong were directly scolded as pigs.

After the number of suspicious ships on the river increased, the Fuzhou Navy Division was transferred from Quanzhou and Fuzhou Port, mainly to prevent the Fuzhou direction, and there were several important ferries to Zhangzhou and the Xinghua Army, at least the impact was not too bad, with the protection of the Forbidden Army and the Water Division, and the scolding gradually became much smaller.

At this time, someone found that the suspicious boats on the river gradually moved to the area of Houguan and Nan'an, and at the same time began to threaten Minqing.

On the 22nd day of the lunar month, many ferries were robbed on the river at the same time, especially in the above-mentioned places, which were particularly serious.

In the evening, Xu Zixian received a big order to pacify the envoys, ordering the Nan'an regiment to train and send personnel to patrol the Minjiang River on the other side of the river, drive away suspicious ships, and kill the thieves who were identified.

The criminal law of the Great Wei Dynasty is prudent, and half of the death penalty cases reviewed by the three law divisions will be dismissed, but the chief officer has the right to punish the thieves who are captured on the battlefield.

During the First Battle of Hekou, Xu Zixian killed nearly 70 people in a while, and when he reported it, he would only get a lot of praise, and no one would question Xu Zixian's indiscriminate killing.

Bandit cases have always been the top priority, and the robbers who are arrested and confirmed to be identified, as long as they do not join, will generally be sentenced to beheading even if they are not killed on the spot.

Even so, there are more and more robberies, and the security situation on Fujian Road is more severe, mainly due to the threat of the five major thieves at sea, otherwise, Fujian is still good.

The mountain bandits on Jinghu South Road are particularly serious, and they have to pass through Jingnan from Liangguang to Jingshi, and few guests dare to go on the road alone.

As long as you dare to go on the road alone, even if you can pass through Jingnan, even if this person is strong in martial arts, not a top martial arts master, no one dares to do this.

The mountain people of Jingnan are brutal and cruel by nature, and nine out of ten merchants who were robbed by them will not survive.

During the day, it is a mountain people, at night it is a thief, during the day carrying a hoe to do farm work, at night all are a green forest man who is alive and well, this mountain is not open by him, but it is the source of life of the mountain people, one day you have to kill a passer-by, it is a perfect ending, you can strip off the clothes of outsiders, take away all the money and goods, and sleep in peace.

When the passing merchants began to travel only during the day, and later dozens or hundreds of people traveled together, the mountain people also threw away their camouflage and became mountain bandits in groups.

Looting of goods and killing people in these places has become a local historical heritage, and similar situations can be found in dozens of counties on Jinghu South Road.

In addition, the inland development is relatively late, industry and commerce are underdeveloped, and the trade tradition is poor, so doing business is not as good as that of Jiangnan and Fujian, and the local poverty is heavy, and the taxes are heavy, and looting has become a means of life.

The boats on the river are another form of mountain bandits for the Fujianese.

Those who rely on the mountains eat the mountains, and those who rely on the water certainly eat the water.

There are not many workers on the dock, Chen Zhengzhi and when he came from the horse, he happened to meet Xu Zixian near the dock to receive a big order to pacify the envoy, watching Xu Zixian carelessly stuff the order of the pacification envoy into the boot page, Chen Zhengzhi first wanted to laugh, and then his face was solemn.

"Big brother, how did you have time to come out this year ago?" Xu Zixian's face was full of smiles, and the relaxed expression on his face almost looked like he was going to the Changwen Marquis Mansion for a banquet.

"Recently, the wind in Fucheng has been very tight." Chen Zhengzhi looked at Xu Zixian and said slowly: "We are all worried about you, and of course we are also worried about the Nan'an group training. ”

"Oh, is there a rumor that someone is going to do something bad for me?"

"I've heard about it." Chen Zhengzhi is very upright and honest, and said at the moment: "I heard that it was Chen Yutai, a thief from Qishan, and he said that he would come to fight Nan'an in the new year." ”

"That's nonsense," Xu Zixian said: "There are other people, everyone understands, but they don't say anything." ”

"It's rumored that it's the Pu family." Chen Zhengzhi said: "However, the Pu family has a good relationship with the magnates in Fuzhou, with Chen Zhengtai in the way, pacifying the envoys and the envoys, and the patrol envoys, each family is silent. The last time the yamen of the prefecture held a meeting before the year, Zheng Liqi mentioned this and was pinched by Lord Lin on the spot. ”

Xu Zixian understood that the words that Chen Zhengzhi said in person now did not elaborate on the before and after, and the Changwen Marquis Mansion must have also contributed to it, but the Pu family, the pacification envoy Lin Douyao, the control envoy Han Bingzhong, and Zhao Wang and others, all wanted to kill themselves immediately. The Changwen Marquis Mansion is not Chen Dujing's alone, and the family is behind, Chen Dujing can only use his prestige and ability to ease it slightly, but the effect is definitely quite average.

Zheng Liqi and the others will not really contribute, they just have some friendship with King Qi, and they are considered allies of King Qi, but in fact, they are also fighting against forces such as King Zhao and Lin Douyao, and it is obviously impossible for them to really fight off their official hats to protect themselves.

And from a legal point of view, the regimental training guard was originally the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, and Xu Zixian was also one of his duties.

"Father said......" Chen Zhengzhi said hesitantly: "If there is really a large number of thieves attacking, Mingda you must protect yourself, you can fight again in the future, but there is only one life." ”

"People have created the current situation, and the wind and rain are coming, just to break my courage and shake my faith. It's best if I run, and even if I don't, my heart will be messed up. This is a master's layout......" Xu Zixian didn't answer Chen Zhengzhi directly, but said with a smile: "So now I can only grit my teeth and insist, even if I die, I have to die in Nan'an, I want to die here, and the court has to find a junior for me to inherit the marquis title of Nan'an, and I have to be right to ...... father."

This kind of obsession with the inheritance of the family and the title is actually shared by every child of the family, and it is quite strong.

Even if he is a fool like Wu Gongda, he has the obsession to keep the family title in his heart.

Under such an obsession, personal life really doesn't matter......

Chen Zhengzhi was quite moved and said: "Mingda's determination, I understand. In this case, although I can't bring a large number of Changwen Houfu generals, and my martial arts are also very ordinary, I am willing to stay in Nan'an and work together with Mingda to fight the enemy. ”

"It's okay for my brother to sweep the formation with me." Xu Zixian's words caused the dissatisfaction of several guards around Chen Zhengzhi, the Marquis of Changwen Mansion is a big family, and there are many people who are worried about Chen Dujing's title. It's just that Chen Zhengzhi is old and has always performed well, which is simply a chance for people to take advantage of, if Chen Zhengzhi has any accidents, Chen Dujing will not only be emotionally hit, but also have the risk of being inherited by the title.

This Xu Zixian is inevitably too arrogant.

"Don't worry." Xu Zixian said to these generals: "Brother Zhengzhi just follow me to sweep the formation, and I won't ask him to come to the front line in person......"

At the same time, Xu Zixian said to Chen Zhengzhi: "When my brother came here, I was afraid that Uncle Chen had something to say first, telling me that I must not leave Nan'an, and if I said that I would not leave, my brother could stay and help me, indicating the attitude of the Marquis of Changwen's Mansion, isn't that so?" ”

Chen Zhengzhi is really an honest person, although he did not answer, the look of shock on his face still said everything.

The Changwen Marquis Mansion is a huge family, and Chen Dujing can't put all the chips on Xu Zixian alone at once.

You have to see Xu Zixian's true color, real gold is not afraid of fire practice, the danger this time is that the enemy's layout is pressing, trying to press Xu Zixian without fighting, and Xu Zixian's response is enough to show that everything that this Nan'an Hou Shizi did before, whether it is superficial kung fu, or really inside and outside, is absolutely powerful.

Only Xu Zixian, who is really strong inside, deserves the full support of the Marquis of Changwen's Mansion!

Chen Zhengzhi sighed: "Is Mingda really a person who was born to know? ”

Xu Zixian laughed and said: "I have insight into people's hearts and understand world affairs, I am far worse than Uncle Chen." ”

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In the afternoon, it began to rain, Xu Zi first got the order to appease the envoy, it was inconvenient to delay, summoned Wu Weisan and Jin Baoyi and others, and summoned most of the Hou Fuya generals, most of them were old adult generals, and the young generals still stayed in the regimental training camp and stayed with the soldiers.

In the drizzle and haze, more than a dozen warships from the downstream went upstream, and the leader of the troops was Han Bingde, who was ordered to evacuate a while ago.

"Is the son of the world taking these men?" Han Bingde's face was flat, and there was actually mockery in the depths of his eyes.

It seems that the Hou Shizi of Nan'an is really powerful is still the old man of these Hou Mansions, more than 100 generals are wearing short robes, holding weapons of different lengths in their hands, and it seems that they are fierce and difficult to control.

If Xu Zi first wanted to clear the river to the valley mouth and complete the military order given by the pacification envoy, of course, he would have to take the most powerful people around him with him, so as not to endanger his own safety.

Gukou Town and Shuikou Town are both within the scope of the Nan'an Regiment's training and defense, and it is natural for Xu Zi to be ordered to defend the town first.

The Jiangfang battalion used more than ten meters long sentry boats, with a single mast and hard sails, and four slurries on each side.

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