Chapter 207: Poor is Dagger

Sun Chuanting couldn't refute Chen Cao's words, but just lamented: "Pity me for being a scholar, I have been educated to be loyal and patriotic since I was a child, but now..."

Although Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to a military general, after all, he was born as a literati, so he comforted: "Brother Boya, don't sigh, the capable person is not bad in my Ming Dynasty, but the court can't use it all." ”

When Tang Yannian saw that Sun Chuanting was so virtuous, he immediately felt a little unhappy: "Lord Sun is very worried, after learning that my grandfather is back in charge of the Dingwu Army, I am afraid that the whole army will lose some weight on Lord Sun alone..."

"Longevity..."Tang Kainian frowned angrily: "It's not like Lord Sun to compensate." ”

Tang Yannian was about to give it up, but Sun Chuanting said with a wry smile: "What Lord Tang said is not wrong, since Grandpa withdrew the general army, the military expenditure of our Dingwu Army has plummeted, and the food is naturally much worse." ”

Chen Cao laughed, solved the embarrassment in the account, and then sat on the throne of the commander: "Everyone must also know, this duke is in command again after a few years, the governor of the southern army is going north, and Jiannu is now constantly sitting big, threatening the security of the country.

This time to the north, there is only one task, to cover the safety of the flanks of the army, so that Governor Yuan's army can break through the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River and penetrate directly into Liaoyang. ”

"Grandpa, the sailor has let Zhao Tianlin take charge now, how can we go to Liaodong?"

Now Zhao Tianlin's reputation in the Dingwu Army is an enemy, after all, Zhao Tianlin's life was given by Chen Cao back then, but now that guy has become a second or five boys.

Chen Cao smiled, not angry at all: "Don't forget, I still have a flagship of the Dingwu and three ships of three thousand materials, even if I don't have these ships, now that the shipyard in Shanghai County has been built, the three-masted soft sail warship of three thousand materials can be manufactured and launched in a month, and I am still afraid that he Zhao Tianlin will make me stumble?"

Now that the official document of the imperial court has been issued, let this duke temporarily mention the transfer of the Jiang Shui Division, and he Zhao Tianlin is now in charge of me, hehe..."

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In the yamen of the governor of the five armies, Chen Cao is handling the official documents for the handover, although the matter is a little more cumbersome, but the process is still needed, after all, Chen Cao is in charge of the military governor of the southern army again, and it stands to reason that he can continue to transfer the troops of the guard.

In the public house, Chen Cao happened to meet Feng Kelie on duty, so he walked in with the official document, Feng Kelie saw Chen Cao coming in, so he got up and gave his hand: "Liangguo Gong is good Yaxing..."

Chen Cao smiled and patted Feng Kelie's shoulder, then sat opposite Feng Kelie's desk, looked at it left and right, and said, "Song Ninghou, how did you feel when you assassinated someone?" ”

Feng Kelie's body was shocked, and then he said with an unkind face: "Duke Liangguo, I don't know what you mean?" ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao smiled again and patted Feng Kelie's shoulder, and then looked indifferent: "It's not for you to do it, just tell me what it feels like when you send someone to assassinate you." ”

Feng Kelie's face was solemn, and he looked righteous and awe-inspiring: "Duke Liang Guo, we are all hereditary lords of the dynasty, how can we do such a thing?" ”

"Your face isn't red?" Chen Cao kept staring at Feng Kelie up and down, left and right like a monkey, and then said, "I thought people would blush when they lied..."

Feng Kelie stood up with a grunt, and said in a straight voice: "Liang Guogong, if it is a public matter, please make it public, if it is a private matter, we only have business dealings, and we can talk about it in other places." ”

Chen Cao became serious now, staring at Feng Kelie for a long time, and then leaned back in the chair and looked at him with a serious face: "Do you remember what you said when I drank with you the night I drank?" ”

How could Feng Kelie not know that he himself said 'there are still three catties of nails in the broken ship', how could he not remember Chen Cao's ultimate intention at that time.

"After drinking, you left first, and then in the middle of the night when I left, I was assassinated..."

Chen Cao had murderous aura in his eyes, lowered his head and leaned towards the desk, his head slightly upward, this expression and action frightened Feng Kelie to retreat.

"Seventeen Assassins lay in ambush on both sides of the road and took advantage of my drunkenness, but unfortunately they failed,"

Chen Cao put away his grim expression as he spoke, and then returned to normal and looked at Feng Kelie: "Jinyiwei carefully investigated, these are all from the army, and these people are still accustomed to firearms, their hands can prove everything;

Over the years, my Chen Cao has been attacked three times, the most serious one is on the way to Tianjin, that time I almost died in Tianjin, if it weren't for my Chen Cao's life, now the Ming Foreign Trade Group is probably already in the hands of your lords. ”

Feng Kelie stared at Chen Cao closely, he was a little scared in his heart: "Guogong, what do you want to say?" ”

"The Jinyi Guard searched the various guards and town soldiers in the territory of Nanzhili, and found no missing or dead soldiers, so I scattered the spies to the nine sides, because the assassins could only be traced down from the nine sides;

After all these years, it has not been in vain, and the family of Lord Nanzhili has raised a lot of family members, and the source of the ingredients of these family members is not all family children..."

Chen Cao kept looking at Feng Kelie with a smile as he spoke, and then stretched out his hand and motioned for Feng Kelie to sit down: "The lord does things, and the local yamen doesn't dare to take care of it, so when it comes to recruiting the nobles who stay behind, most of them like to use the guards who have retreated from the border army, and it is best to have been on the battlefield;

Including Wei Guogong, there are a large number of border soldiers in the families of the nobles of Nanzhili, and these people are indeed good at personal force, but the people who assassinated me were these retreating border soldiers. ”

Before Feng Kelie could speak, Chen Cao laughed, and then lowered his head and looked at Feng Kelie casually: "I was assassinated after talking to you that night, I was in the eunuch party at that time, Wei Zhongxian decided not to touch me, and although the Donglin party had some small grudges with me, their strength was not enough to recruit these border troops as their main means of assassination;

Even if there were, there would not be more than ten ...

Also, do you know why I say these things? ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look outside the public house, and then looked at Feng Kelie again: "Because Wei Guogong came to see me in person early the next morning, in fact, he didn't come to see me, his real purpose was to see if I was born... Or die..."

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows after speaking, Feng Kelie was stunned in his seat at the moment, Chen Cao stared at Feng Kelie, then raised his eyebrows, and leaned on the chair and looked at the lacquer room beam without disapproval: "At that time, you all know that my Chen Cao's defense can be described as strict, and if you want to send someone to enter my mansion, you can't enter my mansion at all, and only if Wei Guogong comes in person, I won't stop it, and he can really see me;

However, in order to find out whether my Chen Cao is still alive, the Donglin Party, my eunuch party, specially sent the current Fu Shan to my house to treat me, and its intention is also obvious.

After all, I'm just a courtier who was lucky enough to get in by the eunuchs..."

Feng Kelie broke out in a cold sweat at the moment, his hand unconsciously reached under the table, where he hid a dagger, and learned from Xu Hongji that Chen Cao had been carrying a short gun on his body and wearing a gold silk armor, and his defense was not tight.

Chen Cao naturally didn't see Feng Kelie's movements, and even if he did, he wouldn't care, where was a hereditary noble who was his opponent: "Oops... After all, I am a courtier, and it is really not easy to integrate into the big circle of Nanzhili..."

Feng Kelie didn't finish speaking, and after sighing, Chen Cao looked at Feng Kelie harmlessly again: "Do you know why I told you this?"

Because those assassins were personally sent by you, Song Ninghou, but the time was in a hurry, and you did not mobilize firearms for them, but simply thought that I was drunk and there was only Zhao Xin by my side, and you seventeen people were enough to kill me Chen Cao on the spot;

It's a pity that to your surprise, I actually have a musket on my body, and the musket can still be fired under the heavy rain..."

Chen Cao smiled slightly: "If you had equipped them with firearms at that time, I would have died at that time, and you wouldn't have to be afraid..."

Chen Cao saw Feng Kelie's right hand under the table, so he smiled and said: "Take it out, even if I Chen Cao doesn't have a firearm on my body, with my skills, it is easy to kill you Song Ninghou, today I come to talk to you kindly, it proves that I will never treat you badly;

Rest assured..."

Call...

Feng Kelie let out a sigh of relief, put his hand on the table, and then trembled and took a sip of the teacup: "As a person from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Guogong really thinks that we can't mobilize muskets?" ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows, reasoning, if Feng Kelie bit and didn't do it, he really couldn't help it, because what he said before was his guess, although it was combined with some actual evidence, but these could not prove that it was Feng Kelie and Xu Hongji's means.

So all Chen Cao could do was to deceive Feng Kelie, if it weren't for him, he would have been able to go away with peace of mind this time, but now the situation is different.

"Oh, then why don't you use muskets? Those dead men were all masters of firearms. ”

Feng Kelie smiled bitterly: "Wei Guogong temporarily stopped them and asked them to go without firearms..."

"Oh..."Chen Cao stretched his tone: "So that's the case, no wonder Grandpa Guo asked me to just give up at that time, I see, it seems that I Chen Cao wronged Grandpa Guo..."

The words had already come to this, and Feng Kelie simply asked bluntly: "Chen Cao, do you really want to rebel?" ”

Chen Cao waved his hand righteously: "I said, I don't make the Ming Dynasty..."

Chen Cao, who stood up, faced out of the door, and then turned his head to look at Feng Kelie: "But the world of the Ming Dynasty has to change its master, otherwise the people of the world will live in dire straits forever, and sooner or later they will be replaced by Jiannu..."