On February 15, the fourth day after Shen Xi arrived in Quanzhou, there was still no news of the envoy from the prefect's yamen, but Liu Jin quietly wrote a letter to Feng Yun, the eunuch of the city governor of Fuzhou.

When Shen Xi learned the news, Liu Jin's letter had been sent out for two days.

"Father-in-law Liu, you are purely asking for trouble, for fear that Zhang Lian will not know that you have felt the danger?" Shen Xi's tone was not good, Liu Jin was not only greedy for money, but also afraid of death, and writing a letter to the admiral eunuch of the city department was equivalent to telling the imperial court that something had happened in Quanzhou......

If this letter fell into Zhang Lian's hands, everyone could have maintained a harmonious atmosphere, but at this time, it may not be possible to tear his face and kill the killer.

Even if Feng Yun and the people from the political envoy came, things would not end well.

In the tenth year of Chenghua, the Fujian City Department moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou, so as to facilitate the City Department to accept the jurisdiction of the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, and since then the officials of the Admiral Eunuch and the Political Envoy Department in charge of the City Department have often walked between Quanzhou and Fuzhou.

After the abolition of the "Laiyuanyi", which was originally responsible for receiving foreign envoys in Quanzhou City, the prefect's yamen has replaced the task of the original city shipping department, responsible for the daily management of the port in the south of Quanzhou, as well as receiving the envoys of Fanbang to and from Quanzhou.

Liu Jin shouted: "Otherwise, how about letting our family stay here and wait for death?" Shen Zhongyun hurt people a lot, pretended not to know anything that day, received the tribute, and took the fake Fanbang season to return to Beijing, why is it like this? ”

At this time, Liu Jin was not afraid of any crime of bullying the king, he was in danger, and his future was in danger, so he could only complain that Shen Xi was wrong in breaking the fake envoy at the beginning.

Shen Xi was now thinking about how to save the current critical situation, and asked, "How was Gonggong Liu's letter written?" ”

"You don't care how our family writes, can't it be done when our family explains?" Liu Jin originally didn't like Shen Xi, but now he doesn't take Shen Xi seriously.

Shen Xi said: "Since Gonggong Liu refuses to cooperate, he has no choice but to wronged you...... Someone came, invited Father-in-law Liu back to the room, and kept an eye on three meals a day, and he was not allowed to have a word spread outside. ”

"Yes."

The people brought by Shen Xi from Fuzhou went up and pinned Liu Jin's hands behind his back and twisted him into the room.

Liu Jin was grabbed and struggled and shouted: "Okay, you Shen Xi, dare to be rude to our family...... When we go back, we will play a copy of you with Your Majesty, so wait! ”

Even Shen Xi, a messenger compiled by Hanlin, has no right to participate in others, who are you a eunuch who has lost power to scare here? You might as well say what you will do to me when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, then I may be more jealous.

Shen Xi was Liu Jin, and he also frightened Mi Lu and Song Laoyue, who had different thoughts.

This young man is not easy to mess with.

Song Xiaocheng went out to investigate for two days, and finally came back that night, judging from his sluggish appearance, the trip to sea tortured him a lot.

“…… Yesterday morning we went out to sea while the fog had lifted, and when the fog cleared, we sailed south along the coast, and when we arrived at an island called Jinyu, we happened to see two boats of the Francophile heading for the eastern sea. After the ship of the Franc Robot went away, we carefully found a coast covered with a large area of mangrove forests to land, and it took half a day to find the nearby villagers hidden in the countryside, they said that in the sea area south of Hutian Reef, there were still many foreign boats looting, and half a month ago the wreckage of the ship was found on the sea, which is said to be the Ryukyuan merchant ship that was scattered by the Franc Robot with artillery bombardment......"

Song Xiaocheng brought back the news that the Franc machine man had two boats cruising in Quanzhou Bay, and Shen Xi probably judged that the Franc machine man succeeded in plundering merchant ships about half a month ago, and he had not looted the goods in the recent period, and he was already a little impatient.

"Lord Zhuangyuan, what's going on right now, do you still send someone to investigate?"

Song Xiaocheng had a deep fear on his face, it should have been from the villagers who heard about the tragic situation of the destruction of the Ryukyu human ship, which made him tremble and frightened, if the small boat they went to reconnoiter was unlucky and collided head-on with the fleet of the Franc machine people plundering everywhere, there was a great possibility that they would not return.

Shen Xi said: "No need, now we can only wait patiently." You came back just in time, so I'll take my letter to the prefect's yamen, and we still have to urge it. ”

The prefect's yamen is now unable to hand over the "Franc Machine Envoy" to Shen Xi, so Shen Xi sent people over and over again to urge, in fact, he told Zhang Lian, we have something to discuss, and I am very confident that you will find the Franc Envoy.

For Song Xiaocheng, this prefect's yamen is also like a tiger's den in Longtan, and when Shen Xi handed over the letter to him, Song Xiaocheng's face turned pale and his hands trembled: "Lord Zhuangyuan, let's ...... Can you stop doing this work and go back to Tingzhou? ”

With encouragement on his face, Shen Xi asked with a smile, "Sixth brother is afraid?" ”

"No, I went out with the little boss to kill people and set fires...... Ahem, I wasn't afraid then, but what are you afraid of now? It's a big deal, it's a cheap life......"

Song Xiaocheng is now a man with a family, he has been away from home for almost a year, and his wife and children are all in Tingzhou at this time, saying that he is not afraid of death, it is a hard support.

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On February 16, Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, came to the post house to see Shen Xi and sent some condolences at the same time.

Eating and drinking are all available, his meaning is very clear, since Shen Xi refuses to accept bribes, then send something practical, so that Shen Xi and his party can live a better life in Quanzhou...... Take people's soft hands and eat people's mouths short.

Although Shen Xi was reluctant, he still asked people to accept the things, with a businesslike look: "Governor Zhang, I came to meet the envoy of the Francophile, and I will arrange it as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Lian said with a smile: "Lord Qincha, please rest assured, the lower officials have sent someone to contact, but who knows that this group of Buddha Langji people is in trouble, saying that they are going to prepare tribute and send it together with the national letter, which is a little more troublesome...... But the lower officials have something to ask for, and I don't know what happened to the envoy a few days ago......"

Shen Xi waved his hand: "Governor Zhang, please rest assured, as long as the real envoy comes, there will be no such thing as a fake envoy." Who wants to make trouble for themselves when they have nothing to do? ”

Zhang Lian's face was full of joy, and he said: "What Qin Cha said is very true, if the imperial court knows about this, it will inevitably be held accountable, and being convenient with others is convenient with yourself." Please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely punish those thieves and let them confess to the masterminds behind the scenes. ”

Shen Xi looked at Zhang Lian and thought, "You deceive gods and deceive ghosts, I'm afraid that you will even believe it yourself, right?" ”

Zhang Lian was about to leave after speaking, Shen Xi personally saw him off, and when he arrived at the gate of the official post, Zhang Lian mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally: "I didn't see Gonggong Liu today, so I bothered Lord Qin to tell Gonggong Liu, so that he didn't have to worry about seeing the envoys, and the government would arrange everything...... As for Admiral Feng's side, the lower officials will also go to inform him, and there will be no mistakes in the safekeeping. ”

Shen Xi smiled and nodded: "I will definitely explain it to Gonggong Liu in the future." ”

Zhang Lian left the post house with a conceited smile.

When the people left, Shen Xi's face turned cold.

Liu Jin, Liu Jin, you are really more than successful and more than defeated! Do you think you can quietly write to Feng Yun for help? But I didn't know that Feng Yun and Zhang Lian were already in a nest of snakes and rats, and the Franco machine wanted to present the letter of state through the city shipping department, how could Feng Yun be the admiral eunuch of the city shipping department without knowing it?

When Shen Xi went back to tell Liu Jin, Liu Jin looked disdainful: "Shen Zhongyun doesn't need to scare our family, if Zhang Lian really knows the content of the letter, can he let our family go?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Father-in-law Liu is saying that the official has tricked you?" I don't know if you have the courage to confront Zhang Lian? ”

Liu Jin pouted: "Are you impatient with our family?" ”

Shen Xi sneered: "Father-in-law Liu, if you make small moves behind your back, then you will really be impatient...... I heard that in the first few days, the Franc machine people plundered the passing merchant ships outside the port of Thorn Tong, and now the goods in the port do not dare to be transported, piled up, I am afraid that in a few days, the fleet of the Franc machine people who have long coveted the wealth of Quanzhou will be killed outside the city, and then you and I may have to give Zhang Lian a funeral. ”

Liu Jin was startled for a moment, but quickly calmed down: "How many boats are there in total?" How many people? Give him 10,000 guts, and they won't dare to offend my Ming border! ”

"We'll see."

Shen Xi threw down a cruel word and walked out of the door, but saw Mi Lu with a frightened look on his face: "Lord Shen, aren't you scaring Xiao, are you, that Franc will really kill you?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Didn't you listen to what Gonggong Liu said, there are few people and ships in the Franc machine, and I don't dare to enter the port." ”

Mi Lu smiled bitterly: "We have inquired with someone in the past two days, the Franc machine man is looting on the southern sea, the artillery is very tight, and there are powerful firearms in his hands, he can kill people from afar, and the people think it is witchcraft." If this Francophile enters the port of Thornton, it will be like a pack of wolves entering the sheepfold, and there must be chaos, this chaos...... We might really have to pack up the bedding in advance......"

Shen Xi shook his head: "It's not difficult to escape from Quanzhou, but what about the imperial mission on our shoulders?" ”

Mi Lu's face was earthy, and he slapped his face fiercely: "It's all my fault for being greedy, I thought it was a little bitter to go to Quanzhou, but I saw the envoys of Fanbang, not to mention that I could earn a few dozen taels of silver to go back, this is good, I'm afraid I even have to take my life." ”

You guy didn't know to be scared earlier, and you helped Liu Jin's dead eunuch deliver the letter, is this because you are worried that you will not have a companion on the way to the west?

Shen Xi didn't complain about Mi Lu.

Compared with Liu Jin, Mi Lu and Song Laoyue are just ordinary villains in this era, what they want is nothing more than a small profit, it is impossible to make them have faith and pursuit, only if they feel scared, they know what to do and what to touch.

February XVII.

As soon as the night began, I heard a loud "boom" outside Quanzhou City, Shen Xi was in the study, put down the book at hand, and walked out of the courtyard, at this time the people from the post house followed out to check the situation.

Mi Lu came out in a hurry, already carrying a burden in his hand, and looked at the sky in the southeast: "The Franco machine man won't really call, right?" ”

As he was talking, a second loud "boom" sounded, and the official post was originally in the southeast of the city, and this sound felt very close to them.

"Let's all go back to the house!"

Shen Xi didn't know how far the range of the Franc man's artillery was, but he didn't expect it to be more than a mile, hiding in the city and protecting it with a house, so nothing would happen.

Everyone obeyed the instructions and went back to their rooms, and Shen Xi hurried to Lin Dai's room...... The little girl is most afraid of these!

Just when Shen Xi was sitting on the edge of the bed and hugging Lin Dai, who was trembling, Yu Niang hurriedly came in, and when she saw Shen Xi and Lin Dai like this, she hurriedly turned sideways: "Lord Shen is really good at picking the time!" ”

Shen Xi comforted Lin Dai and asked Xiao Nizi to sleep with her head covered by the quilt, and he would come back at dawn.

In the living room next door, Yu Niang sighed lightly: "The nine ships of the Francophile are now gathered in Thornton Harbor and will land at any time, how is it good now?" ”

"Big ...... My lord......" Mi Lu quickly ran in from outside, and said anxiously: "Governor Zhang is here, and he said in the front hall that he wants to see you." ”

Shen Xi knew that Zhang Lian would not come to him until he was in a desperate situation, a civilian prefect, when he encountered such a big thing as "foreign invasion", he must have panicked, even if he won a big victory in the end, he, the culprit who led the Francois to the Ming Dynasty, would have to judge himself to thank the world.

Seeing Shen Xi, Zhang Lian didn't even care about the number of courtesies, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Qincha, those Francois people have treacherously paid tribute, and now they are coming to the city!" ”

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