Chapter 257: Fame

"Wang Meng, tell me, this matter is not ridiculous," Zhang Fan said loudly in an angry voice, "Now that the situation is so obvious, these people are still talking nonsense with their eyes open,"

"Your Excellency doesn't need to be angry, why bother with those people," Wang Meng hurriedly persuaded on the side, "Actually, those people are not like this, but because they have been stationed in this prosperous and stable place in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, plus General Qi has been guarding here a few years ago, they don't need to have many things, so they will become so lazy and afraid of things, if it is in the northern Xinjiang, this situation is absolutely impossible,"

The reason why Zhang Fan was able to live so much was that those generals stationed on the southeast coast, after these people received Zhang Fan's letter, and Zhang Fan's subordinates who sent the letter were full of promises, and they would definitely strengthen coastal defense according to what Zhang Fan said in his letter.

But the so-called yang and yin are reflected at this moment, saying that this "peaceful and prosperous world", who wants to do that hard work in this hot summer season, all day long in the barracks and those stinky sweaty soldiers, but also from time to time to go to the beach to inspect it, where is this comfortable at home to hold a little wife to make love, although these two options will make people sweat, but, which one should be chosen, hehe......

Moreover, even though Zhang Fan had pointed out in the letter that there had been poisoned by the gatekeepers of the east city gates of several prefectures and counties, none of these generals had paid attention to this matter.

First, this matter is too ridiculous in their eyes, and ninety percent of the people think that if there are gatekeepers who are killed, it must be because of those gatekeepers' own reasons, and it will definitely not have anything to do with the large-scale invasion of the Japanese who can't be beaten, otherwise why not assassinate them, the generals responsible for coastal defense, and what is the use of killing a few gatekeepers.

Second, although those assassinated officials are logically speaking, they are all soldiers in service, but what happens to them is under the jurisdiction of the local government office, it stands to reason that almost all the door officials in this place south of the Yangtze River are selected from the coastal defense army, as their superiors, these military generals in charge of defense also have the right to intervene in this matter, but as the saying goes, more is better than less, since there is a local government office as the first person in charge, how can they take on this kind of thankless work.

The most important thing that made them feel that Zhang Fan's news was not credible was that since Zhang Fan's letter was delivered to these generals, the incident of the killing of the city gate officials had stopped, and it was calm as if this had never happened.

And this is also the reason why Zhang Fan is a little angry now, these widows are really a little too vigilant, this is just one person was caught by Zhang Fan's men, and he retreated on all fronts, so that Wang Meng can no longer catch half of the people, and the one who was finally caught has already gone to see their "Anomisu", and now, the clue is completely broken.

For the sake of this matter, Zhang Fan has scolded these gangsters for not fighting for their courage and not having a courageous heart, so that such a small setback will stagnate, and such an organization must have no future.

Hearing these words, Wang Meng, Liang Chao and other subordinates were embarrassed, and they all looked at Zhang Fan with the same eyes, but it was hard to say anything, thinking that Zhang Fan was also anxious about this matter to say this kind of thing, fortunately, there are no outsiders here, otherwise there will be a lot of impeachment chapters to be placed on Longqing's dragon book case.

It's just that a complaint is a complaint, no matter how big the complaint is, it can't change the status quo, Zhang Fan also understands this truth in his heart, so after venting, he stopped.

Liang Chao and Li Yang's trip to Suzhou and Songjiang was fruitless, of course, they found out that the dead door official in Suzhou was also stabbed to death with a poison needle, and there were also door officials in Songjiang Mansion who were killed, but Zhang Fan had already known these news, which made Liang Chao happy and unhappy in his heart, and he was naturally happy that Zhang Fan could know the news earlier, after all, the stakes were very high; The unhappiness is naturally that he has lost a chance to make meritorious contributions, and it is an opportunity to make great contributions, after all, the stakes are very high.

"My lord, what do you think we should do now," Wang Meng saw that Zhang Fan's emotions had calmed down, and stepped forward to ask.

"What should I do," Zhang Fan was also thinking about this question, "Is there any progress on Wang Xiliang's side, have you found anything?"

"There is still no progress on his side for the time being," Wang Meng said, "mainly because there is really nothing to inquire about those three words, and it is completely up to Wang Xiliang to think there alone, so the progress will be so slow,"

"Rely on him to think alone," Zhang Fan asked rhetorically, "You mean, the only breakthrough for all our hopes is on him alone, how can this kind of big thing be like this, this is too child's play," Zhang Fan showed his extreme dissatisfaction.

"This ...... Although he was very reluctant to say this, from the current situation, it was the only way," Wang Meng said helplessly.

"You said that this Wang Xiliang is true, this is the person you have found who is most proficient in Fusang dialect," Zhang Fan asked.

"This ...... My lord, Wang Xiliang is indeed the most proficient person in the Fusang dialect of Weizhong, and the others are unsurpassed," Wang Meng replied, "Wang Xiliang spent nearly ten years on Fusang Island in his early years because of the pursuit and killing of enemies, and he hid in the countryside, so he is so proficient in Fusang dialect," It seems that this Wang Xiliang also has a history.

"Wait, what are you talking about," Zhang Fan seemed to hear something, and quickly asked, "Do you repeat what you just said,"

"I just said that Wang Xiliang was hunted down by the enemy in his early years and hid on Fusang Island to avoid trouble for nearly ten years," Wang Meng didn't know what Zhang Fan heard, but he still repeated what he just said.

"It's not this sentence, the following sentence," Zhang Fan shook his head and said.

"That's why he's so proficient in Fusang dialect," Wang Meng began to wonder.

"It's not like this," Zhang Fan continued to shake his head and said, "You said where he hid when he was in Fusang,"

"Countryman," Wang Meng didn't know why this was so important to Zhang Fan.

"That's it," Zhang Fan looked suddenly enlightened, "You should know that in that place in Fusang, the hierarchy is strict to an extreme, and things with a little identity will not reach the ears of the people at all, you think about it, it has been mentioned in the records of Weizhong, although it is not very conspicuous, but it is still written that Fusang has had several large-scale wars, and after each accident, the people are all suffering heavy casualties, the reason is not that the generals who fought the war do not care about the life and death of the people, but because, They have blocked the news so tightly that the people don't get any news at all,"

"What the lord means is that Wang Xiliang hid in the Fusang folk during that time, so he doesn't know who these three words refer to," Wang Meng asked.

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean," Zhang Fan said, "and, from this point of view, this person must be a very famous figure on Fusang Island, Wang Xiliang also said that he is very familiar with this name, and he has heard it in Fusang, and it is conceivable that in Fusang, where the official family is so blocked from folk news, this person's name can be spread to the people, which shows the great reputation of this person,"

"But my lord, even if we know this situation, there is nothing we can do now, after all, ......" Wang Meng said with some embarrassment, yes, now they can find the only person who is proficient in Fusang dialect and loyal to Zhang Fan is this Wang Xiliang.

"No, he's not the only one," Zhang Fan said, "I know some people, they are also proficient in Fusang dialect, and they have also greeted those big people in Fusang,"

"My lord, who are these people," Liang Chao asked on the side.

"Those who go to sea to trade," Zhang Fan said, "they brought with them the goods of our dynasty, although these goods are not the best in our dynasty, but for those Fusang people, they must be very precious things, especially occasionally bring some things of exquisite workmanship and priceless value, these things are naturally not sold to the common people, then only those rich people in Fusang, especially those who have status and reputation,"

"My lord understands what he means, and he will go to those people," Liang Chao said this after listening, and turned around to leave, it seems that he wants to make meritorious contributions.

"Stop," Zhang Fan stopped him and said, "It's a good thing that you're so motivated, but it's not enough to have energy and no brains, do you know where to find these people, even if you find them, as soon as they hear your identity, it is estimated that more than half of them will be 'not at home', and it's too troublesome for you to look for them one by one,"

"This ...... It's Meng Lang, and I ask for my advice," Liang Chao said embarrassedly.

"You give me a fast horse to Suzhou now, find Zhao Xiande, he is doing a good job in this business, he must know these people," Zhang Fan said.

"Yes, my lord," Liang Chao knelt down on one knee, and after making a salute to Zhang Fan in the army, he left in a hurry.

Seeing Liang Chao's anxious look, Zhang Fan couldn't help but shake his head and smile helplessly, but then, he began to worry about other things.

Even if they can figure out who is manipulating all this behind it, it seems that it is a little too late to stop the attack of the Japanese invaders, and, the most important thing is that Zhang Fan and the others have not yet figured out who the Japanese are planning to attack there, they don't know the target, and they can't take precautions in time, which is what worries Zhang Fan the most.