At noon on September 15, Lin Feng and his entourage rushed to the Ezhou City Wharf. Knowing that it would be impossible for Fang Hongtian and their boat to come so quickly, Lin Feng still rushed to the dock along the riverside avenue first.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Chu named his son Xiong Hong as the king of Hubei and built the royal city of Hubei here, which is also the origin of the abbreviation of Hubei Province in later generations. In 221 A.D., Sun Quan, the king of Wu, took "the people of Wu Yue, the solid of the three rivers", drew his sword and cut the stone, and took the righteousness of "Wuchang and Chang" to change Exian County to Wuchang, and set the capital here. Before the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, the government of Wuchang Mansion was located in Ezhou.

"General Lin, this Ezhou is close to my Langzhou, and Ma has been here many times before. Ezhou is rich in heritage, it has been the hometown of bronze mirrors since ancient times, and the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism also originated here, which is worth seeing! Ma Bin looked at Lin Feng with a smile on his face and introduced enthusiastically, the respect in his eyes was undisguised.

This group of people set out from Jinling and went up the river to Ezhou, a distance of nearly 800 miles, Lin Feng took his group of brothers to rush day and night, and it took five days to run all of them; And at night, Lin Feng asked all the members to compete in martial arts until they were so tired that they collapsed to the ground, especially himself, the last ending song must be to fight with Lin Renzhao with weapons, from the very weak at the beginning, to being able to block five or six moves, the progress can be described as fast.

Seeing such a scene for five consecutive days, Ma Bin admired the perseverance and ruthlessness of Lin Feng and his gang in his heart, and along the way, the respect in his heart became more and more serious, and naturally he became more and more solemn to Lin Feng and others.

Lin Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked around. On the left side of the river is a mountain of goods and one after another large and small inns, on the right side of the galloping river, the masts are gathered, full of large and small ships, and in the center of the river, there are large and small ships with high sails, down, front and back shuttles, a lively scene of the river wharf.

"General Xie Lu, Xie Ma! Let's go into town! Lin Feng reluctantly glanced at the turbulent surface of the Yangtze River, turned his head and said.

The group rushed to the north gate of the towering Ezhou City.

Lin Feng took out the ultimatum issued to him by Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, and showed his jade seal of the general of Xingyunlu. A captain on duty at the city gate immediately ran over and ordered a soldier to quickly report to Liu Rengan, the envoy of the Wuchang Festival, while he personally led the way for Lin Feng and the others, and went straight to the envoy's mansion.

Lin Feng and his brothers were all in Ezhou for the first time, and while they were hurrying, they looked at the buildings on both sides curiously.

After all, this Ezhou is an old city that has been the capital of the Three Kingdoms, and the avenue is paved with bluestone of one color, although it has been a long time, but it is generally relatively smooth; Although the buildings on both sides of the road seem to be a little old and simple, the overall eaves and arches and individual decorations seem to tell its proud history that cannot be ignored.

In less than half an hour, the group rushed to the south gate of Liu Ren's envoy's mansion. At the gate, Liu Renzhen, who was dressed in neat armor, was already waiting there with four generals.

Lin Feng walked a few steps briskly and saluted the old man he respected first.

Liu Renzhen laughed strangely, stepped forward and grabbed Lin Feng's shoulder, and asked: "Lin Feng Lin Zhishan, finally wait for you to come, return me a capable craftsman first!" ”

Lin Feng was immediately stunned and looked at Liu Renzhen in confusion.

"What are you doing to recruit talents, my most famous mineral processing and smelting blacksmith Li Neng in Ezhou absconded to the capital overnight, how do you want to quibble?" Liu Renzhen's voice was very stern, but his face was full of smiles, and his subordinates were still holding Lin Feng tightly.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Li Neng has been elected to the Datang Academy of Sciences by His Majesty, but I'm afraid that Lord Liu has found the wrong debtor!" Could it be that the person His Majesty wants, Lord Liu still can't hide his secrets? ”

Liu Renzhen smiled angrily, punched Lin Feng and said: "Perfection, I see that you are not good at all, the person who snatched me and beat me up, you are ruthless enough!" ”

Lin Feng stretched out his hand to hold the old man's arm, and said with a smile: "I not only want to rob your people, but also your things!" I heard that this Ezhou iron mine has been famous for a long time, and I urgently need a large number of high-quality raw materials! ”

Liu Renzhen glanced at Lin Feng and said loudly, "Of course. Since ancient times, this Ezhou has also smelted stone for tools, thousands of furnaces are set up, that Wu Wang Sun Quan has mined Wuchang copper and iron, made a thousand swords, ten thousand knives. Until now, Ezhou is also the main place for the production of copper and iron and the casting of weapons in my Datang. However, when you come to my territory, you don't compensate my people, and you still want to rob our things, no way! ”

Lin Feng spread his hands and pretended to be helpless and whispered, "If Lord Liu insists on not wanting the most powerful weapon in the world, then forget it!" ”

Liu Renzhen was stunned for a moment, but he had seen how sharp the weapons of Lin Feng's special forces were, a smile immediately appeared on his face, he grabbed Lin Feng's arm again, and said in a low voice: "We have to discuss this matter carefully!" ”

At this time, Lin Feng was not in a hurry, turned around and pointed at Ma Bin and said, "Lord Liu, this is General Ma Bin Ma under Ma Xicao, the envoy of Langzhou Jie Du of Chu State!" ”

Liu Renzhen's face immediately became serious. In the palace of Jinling City before, Liu Renzhen had already secretly discussed the matter of plotting Chu with Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, and Lin Feng, and when he received the report from the soldiers on duty, he had already guessed that Lin Feng might come for this matter, but as soon as he heard Lin Feng's introduction, it was officially determined that this plan to seize the country was about to officially begin!

Liu Renzhen stretched out his big hand, leaned to the side, and invited Lin Feng and Ma Bin to enter the house to speak.

"Lord Lin!"

"Lord Liu!"

At this moment, two voices sounded behind everyone at the same time, and a large group of people suddenly turned their heads when they heard the sound.

Lin Feng was very familiar with the voice of Lord Lin when he heard it, and he was the first to turn his head, and when he saw a somewhat thin figure at the root of the east wall, his head immediately exploded: Big trouble is coming!

That person was none other than Li Congqian, the Ninth Highness.

A sturdy man named Chen Xiangrong was followed by Li Congqian, who was a lieutenant sent by Liu Rengen to study in the special forces a few days ago, and became a team leader after assessment, but because he was too silent on weekdays and his personal comprehensive ability was average, Lin Feng did not take him by name on this trip.

Liu Renzhen turned his head and asked Lin Feng: "Zhishan, why does that child look like His Royal Highness the Nine?" ”

Where is like, it is simply that! Lin Feng nodded slightly with a smile, got up and walked over to Li Congqian.

Li Congqian looked at Lin Feng with tears in his eyes and said nothing. Lin Feng looked at him dusty, the clothes on his body had become gray, and he could hardly see the original color, knowing that Li Congqian's trip was extremely hard, and he really couldn't open his mouth to comment on him.

Chen Xiangrong took a step forward, hugged his fists, and quickly explained the cause and effect of the incident to Lin Feng and Liu Renzhen:

Because Lin Feng had instructed him before leaving, from September 9, the special forces left behind in the valley had secretly arranged to guard Li Congqian in shifts, but when he got up early in the morning of the 10th to train, he found that Li Congqian only had some clothes and a pillow stuffed under the quilt, and the people and weapons had long been gone.

The people in the valley were all in a hurry, and immediately divided two people to go out to search, one pulled to the east and rushed back to Jinling City to inquire, and the other pulled people led by Chen Xiangrong and his team rushed to the west and chased over. Their actions began as soon as dawn, and people from both directions in the east and west just missed Lin Feng and his party.

Chen Xiangrong and the others chased west to the avenue east of Chizhou City, three hundred miles away, only to see a Li Congqian who was running forward. As soon as he asked him to go back, Li Congqian said that he would not do anything, and even threatened to commit suicide. Chen Xiangrong had no choice but to order the rest of the group to rush back to report the news, and he accompanied Li Congqian to the west alone.

Because Li Congqian was determined to arrive in Ezhou in front of Lin Feng and let the raw rice be cooked, so, under Li Congqian's coercion, the two of them rushed to Ezhou City last night almost day and night along the way. After entering the city early this morning, the two have been squatting outside the prime minister's mansion. Chen Xiangrong originally wanted to report to Liu Renzhen, but Li Congqian insisted on not allowing it, so he had to wait until Lin Feng arrived to show up at the same time.

After listening to Chen Xiangrong's narration, Liu Renzhen gave Li Congqian a thumbs up in admiration, and then took a step back and looked at Lin Feng with very innocent eyes, which means that you are the nominal official of His Royal Highness the Nine, I can't take care of this matter, you can do it yourself!