At dusk, the city gate of Jiaozhou had already been closed, so Fan Xian's later order was actually a bit redundant. However, since such a big thing happened in the city and such a strict conflict, Wu Gefei knew that he had to deal with it carefully, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to save his old life if the 10,000 sailors on the harbor outside the city entered the city, so he strictly ordered his cronies and subordinates to go to the city to guard and watch the movement on the other side of the port.

At the same time, the officials and state soldiers of Jiaozhou Mansion were also conducting reconnaissance and search in the city, although the imperial court came to investigate the problem of Jiaozhou sailors, but the Admiral was assassinated...... Finding that assassin might reveal some deeper secrets.

Of course, Wu Gefei hoped that he would never be able to touch those terrifying secrets, he rubbed his somewhat dry eyes, and reported to Fan Xian in a dry voice about the situation in the city and the movements outside the city.

Fan Xian nodded, satisfied with the speed of the Zhizhou Lord's reaction, without the cooperation of the Zhizhou Lord, it would be basically an impossible task for him to control the Admiral's Mansion and put the generals of the Navy Division under house arrest.

He gently exhorted a few words, and then asked the Lord Zhizhou to rest temporarily, but Wu Gefei didn't dare to say anything, thinking that even a prince like you was staying up late, how could he dare to go to sleep? Not to mention that the situation in the Admiral's Mansion was still a little warm and ambiguous, who knew what unexpected changes would take place in this long night.

Seeing that Wu Gefei insisted on being by his side, Fan Xian curled the corners of his lips and smiled, and asked softly, "Are you worried about things outside the city?"

Wu Gefei was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Admiral Chang Kun has been in charge of the Navy Division for more than ten years, and his subordinates are all close to his confidants, and his prestige among the lower-level soldiers is also extremely high...... As long as a few people have a heart to pick it out, those men are afraid that they will scream. ”

Fan Xian sighed: "I wanted to take Chang Kun and let him come forward to pacify the water master, but who knew that he was assassinated...... he sneered: "The other party is really a good means, so that there is such a big crack between the court and the water master, which makes the official embarrassed." ”

This is naturally a lie, Chang Kun was killed by him, if Chang Kun does not die, it is even more impossible to subdue the water master. It's just that since it's planting, of course, it must be planted all the time.

"What should I do next?" Wu Gefei leaned slightly, tiredly asked: "The rumors can't always be hidden, and the court always has to pass on the will to the army when handling cases." ”

Fan Xian fell into silence, not knowing if his plan could be carried out smoothly, in his original plan, first kill Chang Kun, then take down Chang Kun's cronies, use the means of the Supervision Yuan to get a first-hand confession, and then with the help of the sailor generals who are still loyal to the imperial court to regain control of the situation, and then find evidence of the East China Sea in the sailor, the case will be handled as an iron case, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division who have different ambitions will be deterred by iron-blooded means...... In fact, in many cases, the intelligence of the Supervision Yuan cannot be fully trusted, at least not as reliable as face-to-face psychological confrontations.

At this moment, Fan Xian missed Xiao Yan Gongzi who was far away in Kyoto, if Bingyun was by his side, he would definitely lay out a more perfect plan, and he would not be like himself, standing in the night sè of the Admiral's Mansion, facing the generals of the water division but not knowing how to speak.

Fan Xian sat at the stone table, frowned slightly, made up his mind, and waved his hand to make a gesture to the green baby beside him.

Qingwa was stunned for a moment, and then took the order to leave, and after a while, in the firewood room behind the Admiral's Mansion, there was a terrible howl, if there is an amazing ear, maybe you can still hear the sound of the soldering iron falling on human flesh, the sound of broken bones.

Wu Gefei's face was like dirt, knowing that the Supervision Yuan had begun to use punishment, thinking of the rumored means of the Supervision Yuan's fear of ghosts and gods, Lord Zhizhou's hands trembled, but he suppressed his nervousness and fear, and said bravely: "...... My lord, this is ...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

Fan Xian understood what he meant, at this time, there were still many sailors in the Admiral's Mansion, and he was only afraid that he would arouse public anger if he used the punishment so openly, but ...... Fan Xian originally had this idea in mind.

Under the dual effect of violence and humiliation, the sailor generals either let out a final roar in anger, or they were frightened and revealed their deepest thoughts to themselves.

Things were really as Wu Gefei was worried about, and the sailor generals who were under house arrest in the Admiral's Mansion all walked out of their rooms after hearing this miserable howl, staring at Fan Xian with an angry face.

Fan Xian didn't look at it, and said, "It turns out that all the generals haven't slept yet, do you have anything to say?"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the Admiral's Mansion, and the sound gradually came into the garden, and I didn't know what was going on. Fan Xian frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

The night is already so deep, the Admiral's Mansion has already been surrounded, and the things at the birthday banquet have also been blocked, who are the people outside?

Wu Gefei wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered a servant to go out and take a look. When the official returned, he reported with a hint of embarrassment: "It's from the generals' family." ”

It turned out that although the news was blocked, after all, the sailor had been operating in Jiaozhou all the year round, and there were still people who tried their best to let go out of the rumors, especially at this time, it was already late at night, and the generals' wives and concubines found that their men had never returned, so they were naturally a little worried, and they received the news that was spread by the wind, although they didn't know whether it was true or false, they still sent people to pick them up.

Fan Xian smiled, and then thought of the rich merchant representatives and the merchants in Jiangnan who were left in the hall by him, and thought that he really couldn't hide it for long, but he just hoped that after the city gate was closed, the reaction on the port side would be slower.

Wu Gefei looked at Fan Xian with some embarrassment, and those generals were a little complicated, they didn't expect that those women in their own family would have such courage, and they were also wondering in their hearts, who released the news?

............, "Since everyone has come to pick it up, all the generals should go back." ”

Fan Xian's words made everyone in the audience dumbfounded, didn't he want to be under house arrest?

Fan Xian said softly: "This official is ordered to investigate the case, since Dang Xiaobo has already committed his own crimes, and those evil ghosts hidden in the water division have also jumped out, and the generals are just implicated, this official will naturally not be embarrassed." ”

The generals looked at each other, unable to believe that what they had heard was true.

"Let's go back. Fan Xian smiled and said, "Although this official is anxious to talk to the generals, it is not good to offend your sisters-in-law." ”

There are no wives in Jiaozhou City, they are all the little wives and even concubines begged by the officers and soldiers of these sailors, and Fan Xian said like this, which made these generals a little embarrassed.

At this time, the miserable shouts of Dang Xiaobo and those people in the firewood room rang out again.

The women outside seemed to be listening, and the family members began to make a loud noise.

For a time, inside and outside the Admiral's Palace, it was so lively.

The generals left the Admiral's Mansion with suspicion and anxiety, but they knew that there must be countless pairs of eyes of the Supervision Institute in Jiaozhou City staring at them, and they didn't want to think about contacting the sailors outside the city, even if they did, they would not be able to explain to the imperial court at all.

As for Fan Xian's last words, it fell deeply in the hearts of the generals.

Talk...... This is also in order, Lord Tisi has given his people a chance to return to the arms of the imperial court, it depends on who understands the righteousness first and comes to reveal his heart to Lord Tisi...... Each has its own ghosts, each has its own thoughts, and these generals left.

............ Wu Gefei didn't know what Fan Xian was thinking, and he didn't want to ask too much, but he strengthened the defense of Jiaozhou City, and before leaving, he finally said cautiously: "My lord, it's best not to be too radical." ”

Fan Xian nodded, judging from Wu Gefei's appearance tonight, the household department's evaluation of him was a little low, perhaps because of Chang Kun's presence, this Lord Zhizhou has never shown a level that matches his ability.

Fan Xian will not kill Dang Xiaobo, this is the biggest evidence of the East China Sea annihilation, and he will naturally be escorted to Kyoto.

――――――――――――――――――――――, even the ladies in Jiaozhou City knew that the Supervision Yuan had charged the Admiral's Mansion, knew about the death of Admiral Chang Kun, knew that the sailor had suffered a heavy blow, and knew that their own masters could not protect themselves.

The news that Fan Xianqiang covered up not long ago naturally immediately reached the ears of many people. Although Wu Gefei's state army was guarding the city gate, the sailor had his own channels, and the man who Dang Xiaobo had released in advance finally succeeded in breaking through the blockade and quietly approached the harbor along a small road outside the city.

He looked at the lights of the port in the distance, his heart was excited, although he didn't know that Dang Xiaobo had been taken down by the Supervision Yuan, but he knew that the Navy Division was facing the biggest crisis since its birth, as long as he could enter the battalion to transfer troops and take down the entire Jiaozhou City, he could keep the safety of the Navy Generals, as for how to deal with it afterwards...... That's something adults should be thinking about.

It's a pity that when he was still hundreds of feet away from the sailor's tent, he suddenly felt the ground shake.

There was no sound, but there were people behind him.

He turned around, but saw no one, only a dozen horses in black armor, until these horses got closer, and found that these horses were all riding black-clad cavalry.

In the night, those black armors reflected the dim moonlight in the sky, as if with a hint of death.

His pupils shrank, and his body trembled, this is the black horseman, the black rider of the Supervision Yuan!

............ The head flew into the sky, blood spurted out of the cavity, and the sailor didn't begin to feel his stupidity until the moment before he died.

Jing Ge's face was still covered with the silver mask, and he glanced indifferently at the corpse on the ground, and nodded to the guards beside him.

The guard tugged at the reins of his horse, turned around, and stood at the foot of the hill and made a few gestures, but at this time the night was so deep and the moonlight was so dim, who could see these orders?

But when his gesture fell, on the low beam between the Jiaozhou city and the harbor sailor's station, suddenly like a woodland after the rain, a row of dense things appeared, which looked inexplicably beautiful.

They were all cavalry, and on the top of the mountain beam, a neat column of black sè cavalry, like ghosts, was quietly waiting for the battle, and the formation was lined up, facing the station of the sailors in the distance.

The formation did not move at all, and I don't know how these cavalrymen controlled the horses on their bodies, but they didn't make a neighing sound, and they didn't even dig the ground indiscriminately with the horses' hooves.

And the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the water division seem to be unaware.

Jing Ge led the ten cavalry guards behind him, looked indifferently at the direction of the sailor's station, and suddenly said, "There is still half a moment." ”

The guards behind him buckled their horses with one foot and began to wind the crossbow arrows, and then slowly drew their straight knives in unison, the left crossbow and the right knife, which was the standard preparation of the black horseman.

A hint of evil flashed between Jing Ge's eyebrows, he was ordered by Fan Xian to be responsible for preventing the connection between the generals in the city and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division outside the city, but even he did not expect that the generals of the Navy Division responded very quickly, and at the same time that Dang Xiaobo let the school officer out of the city, there were many other generals of the Navy Division who made the same choice.

Although the black horsemen had sniped seven people in front of and behind this low mountain beam, Jing Ge could not guarantee that there were no sailors who had crossed this blockade line and entered the garrison of the sailors.

Looking at the direction of the port from afar, Jing Ge's eyes narrowed, the silver mask on his face had a cold light, the sailor's station had moved, and the lights were a little brighter than before, it seemed that the soldiers there had already known the news in the city, presumably there were a few generals who were good at incitement, and they were tempting the soldiers of the sailor to attack Jiaozhou and rescue those who had already died...... Let these soldiers go to their deaths.

Jing Ge waited silently for that moment, he knew that the sailor was not made of iron, and the other party could only transfer two thousand people at most, which was something that Lord Tisi had calculated in advance.

400 black cavalry against 2,000 officers and men of the sailors who were not good at land warfare.

Jing Ge couldn't help but shake his head, they were all people of the Daqing Dynasty, and they were all soldiers of the Daqing Dynasty, and they were actually not very willing to slaughter each other.

――――――――――――――――――――――――― Fan Xian didn't know about the tense situation outside the city, but he could guess that the sailor side should have already made some moves, and the black horseman's sudden killing ability was unparalleled in the world, especially at night, no one should be able to threaten Jiaozhou City. It's just that the night is already late, and if you wait until dawn, you still can't let the generals of those sailors come forward to win people's hearts, and a larger-scale mutiny is only inevitable for fear of being inevitable.

So while worrying about the black knight, he sat in the Admiralty's Palace, waiting with a hint of mockery for the return of the generals.

Just like the order of rank, the first general to return to the Admiral's Mansion was the third person of the water division, the general who was over forty years old knelt down to Fan Xian in the study directly, expressing his incomparable loyalty to the imperial court, his incomparable hatred for Chang Kun's retrograde behavior and treason, and his courteous condolences to Lord Tisi for his hard work in investigating the case overnight.

This statement made Fan Xian very pleased, it was not in vain that he had done so many things in this night and had arranged a psychological offensive for so long.

It's just that the conversation that followed made Fan Xian a little annoyed, although this general surnamed He has a high status among the water divisions, but he also admitted that it is also very difficult for him to completely control the water division without Chang Kun and Dang Xiaobo.

What especially made Fan Xian angry was that this General He directly expressed his reluctance to be the first to stand up, because in the current situation, whoever stood up first would definitely win the most direct resentment from the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, and if he wanted to take charge of the army later, I am afraid that there would be great problems.

And Fan Xian's problem is that in the face of this old shameless person, he is not too vicious.

Because this General He said with a handful of snot and tears: "My lord, this general has been following His Royal Highness to conquer Hu in the west, and he has only been in Jiaozhou for half a year, and he really doesn't understand much about the things in the water division. ”

Yes, after a long time, it turned out to be the person of the eldest prince, Fan Xian sighed in his heart, although the intelligence of the Supervision Yuan has this statement, but the other party has already shown his identity with a dead face, no matter what he does, he has to give the eldest prince a face.

Next, one after another, another general returned to the Admiral's Mansion to express his loyalty to His Majesty and condolences to Fan Xian, and at the same time carefully took out relevant supporting evidence to explain his faction and the location he was standing on.

These generals are not Chang Kun's cronies, nor are they the nails of the eldest princess in Jiaozhou, but the problem is that no one is willing to stand up for Fan Xian to solve his worries, because the matter is really too big, for their own future, for the sake of the master behind them, they prefer to remain silent for the time being.

The reason why they came to talk to Fan Xian was that they were also afraid that Fan Xian would get angry, and they arrested themselves like dealing with the party, and they were also accused of colluding with bandits and treason.

Each has a faction and a backer, and those backers have a deep or shallow relationship with the Fan family in Kyoto, and Fan Xian always has to give some face.

Fan Xian doesn't have to give face to the eldest princess and the East Palace, but these people have to give face.

"My lord, I am Ren Shaoan's distant cousin. "My lord, Xia Guan is the ...... of Old Man Qin"

"Adult ......"

When a deputy general who controlled the logistics of the water division was mysterious, but extremely embarrassed, and said: "My lord, my surname is Liu ......", Fan Xian finally broke out, this is one of the three most powerful water divisions in Qingguo?

He didn't expect at all that it was just a sailor, and the internal factional relationship was so complicated, surnamed Liu? The relationship between you and my stepmother, why didn't you say it before? Fan Xian was angry and drove this guy out, but he didn't let him leave the house...... Since it's a relative who is turning a corner, this drama of being a jiān person, if you don't want to act, you have to play it for me!

For Fan Xian tonight, the biggest advantage is to know that the army is not an iron plate, and the internal affairs are so complicated, there are people in the palace, people from the former Prime Minister's Mansion, people from the old Qin family, and people from the middle school. It's not easy to play heavy-handed, but these people are very slippery, and they don't want to jump out as Fan Xian's knife.

Fan Xian finally picked out two people to use as his knife, and at the same time let the last person walk in.

He didn't look at that person, he was just thinking about his own thoughts, and he couldn't help but have a trace of anger in his heart, and in the end, one of the two generals he selected was a person from the Liuguo Mansion, and the other was the relationship between his father-in-law back then, anyway, the relationship was the closest, so they couldn't run.

Fan Xian smiled self-deprecatingly, the army has become like this, and it has become a place where those big people in the court arrange employment, and if it continues like this, even the army will become a piece of decay, and how much of the combat effectiveness that Qingguo has always been proud of can be preserved?

Chang Kun is indeed not a good person, but what are these generals, and the people behind them?

He looked at the last general with sarcasm, knowing that the other party was a veteran of the Navy Division, and he had some prestige in the army, but he didn't know which family he was, so he couldn't help but mock and said: "Dare to ask which of the generals in the court has an old relationship? Lin Xiangye? Scholar Shu? Or Old Man Qin? Don't say it's the dean and my father, I won't believe it." ”

Fan Xian sighed in his heart, watching the water division in one place, he knew that if it went on like this, Qingguo really wanted the army to be a general, the country would not be a country, and the soldiers were a major national affair, so that the protégé could reap the benefits of the army, why were these people so shameless?

The general stood in front of Fan Xian, his face condensed slightly, and then he smiled and said, "Young Master, the next general is your person." ”

Fan Xian was stunned, didn't say a word for a long time, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Who are you?"

The general's face did not change, and he repeated with a smile: "The next general is your man." ”

Fan Xian took a deep breath, and a ridiculous feeling surged out of his heart, he was still commenting on the courtiers with righteousness and awe, why did he smash his fist in the face with a fist?

It's just that he has never had a henchman in the army, and Chen Pingping and his father are also closely watched by the emperor, even if they install people, it is impossible not to tell him, so Fan Xian squinted his eyes, looked at the person in front of him, and couldn't help but ask again: "Who are you?"

The general repeated for the third time: "I am your man......" and he said very respectfully: "It has nothing to do with everyone, I am only your man." ”