At this time, it was already night, the Moyang River was sparkling, and there were many official ships parked at the port of Xicheng.

On the largest official ship, Lin Duci was wearing an official uniform, and another man wearing an official uniform stood beside him.

This person's name is Liu Fengnian, and he is the chief soldier of the eight towns from the south to the southwest, and is responsible for the transportation of official salt all the year round, and deals with water bandits.

Although Liu Fengnian is a general soldier, the whole person looks round, and his belly bulges like a pregnant woman.

"My lord, the water bandits shouldn't be here today." Liu Fengnian said to Lin Du with a smile.

Lin Duci, as a messenger, took the emperor's token, and as soon as he arrived in the south, he found Liu Fengnian and told him his plan for today.

Today, it was originally scheduled that five official salt boats were going to cross the river, and Lin Duci also got the news that some water bandits were coming to intercept the boats, so he was going to come to an urn to catch turtles.

He changed the news that the official ship was going to pass by Linjiang City at three o'clock in Hai to four o'clock in Hai, and mobilized the Linxi Navy Division around to prepare for the attack of the water bandits.

However, the official ship had already passed Linxi City at this time, and the time had reached four o'clock, but the water bandits did not appear.

Lin Duci's face did not have any expression, and his eyes were silent on the horizon in the distance of the Moyang River.

Liu Fengnian couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

After a long time, Lin Duci turned his head and glanced at his "master", and in this eye, there was the meaning of "what do you think" in it.

This "master" is Tang Zongjiu.

Lin Duci arrived in Chunfeng City one day earlier than the original time, and as soon as he entered the city, he came to the "Tang Mansion" first.

Lin Duci, Tang Zongjiu and Shen Qi discussed the matter of suppressing bandits for a night.

In Lin Duci's view, no matter what the outside world says, what the specific situation is, only if you practice it once can you deeply understand it.

So, after Lin Duci revealed his identity and contacted the officialdom in the south, there was today's play.

At the third hour of the year, an official ship carrying official salt passed by Linjiang City, which is really information that can no longer be true.

But the water bandits didn't appear.

Tang Zongjiu shook his head, indicating that this was not the place to speak.

Liu Fengnian on the side always smiled: "I don't know where did the adults know that there will be water bandits to intercept today?" ”

"As far as I know, the southern bandits have not spared a single official ship recently." Lin Duci turned around and said, "There are five official ships today, not only salt, but also other goods, what reason do the bandits have not to come?" ”

"You don't know about this adult," Liu Fengnian said, "This water bandit behaves perversely, when to grab it all depends on the mood, maybe the water bandit is in a bad mood today, so he temporarily changed his mind and didn't come." ”

"Dare to ask Lord Liu why he learned that the water bandits robbed the official salt based on his mood?" Lin Du asked.

Liu Fengnian was choked.

Do you want him to say that "the robbery of the water bandits is not the mood of reading, but the secret letter of reading"?

Seeing that Liu Fengnian was silent, Lin Dui didn't ask questions, he slowly walked to the bow of the boat and raised his eyes to look into the distance.

Liu Fengnian was behind Lin Duci, looking at Lin Duci's back, his face was not good.

"Xia Guan naturally doesn't know, it's just a guess." Liu Fengnian said.

"As the chief soldier of the Eight Towns, does Lord Liu rely on guesswork to do things?" Lin Dusk continued.

Liu Fengnian's smile that originally hooked the corners of his mouth gradually dimmed.

"In order to make Lord Qincha say, 'There are bandits today', Xia Guan gathered 4,000 officers and soldiers, activated five warships, and found the best place to hide, and even prepared all kinds of gunpowder." Liu Fengnian said, "But now I don't see a single water bandit." ”

Liu Fengnian inadvertently sneered: "I don't know how the adults judge that the water bandits will definitely come?" ”

After Liu Fengnian asked the question, he waited for Lin Duci to answer.

But if Lin Duci replied, "Naturally, I learned from the water bandits", he could take the opportunity to attack.

For example, "Lord Lin, how did you get this kind of news from the bandits?" "The first time Lord Lin came to the south, someone could send you news from the bandits." "Will Lord Lin be deceived?"

However, Lin Duci did not speak.

After a while, Lin Duci got down from the bow of the boat and walked in front of Liu Fengnian.

"At the same time tomorrow, there will still be five ships of official salt passing here. The people and the ships you brought with you are still here. ”

Lin Du said.

Liu Fengnian's breathing slowed down by half a beat.

Immediately, he immediately put on a professional smile again: "The order of the adult, the subordinate will naturally obey it." ”

"So that's all for today?" Liu Fengnian asked.

"Hmm." Lin Du bowed, "Let's disperse." ”

After speaking, Lin Duci left the port with Tang Zongjiu.

Liu Fengnian let out a sneer as he watched the two leave.

A young champion Lang wants to come to the south to muddy the waters less than a year after entering the officialdom, should he be naïve or stupid?

At the bottom of the Moyang River, I don't know how many bones of the ministers are buried, obviously, one will be added soon.

Thinking of this, Liu Fengnian shook his head and left with a group of adjutants.

The next day, at the same place and at the same time.

Five more official ships sailed through the same port.

In the same configuration as yesterday, Lin Duci was still standing at the bow of the main ship.

The bandits still didn't appear.

Liu Fengnian still said: "My lord, it seems that the water bandits will not come today." ”

Lin Du was silent, and glanced at the "master" Tang Zongjiu.

The same is true on the third and fourth days.

At the same time, the patience of the bandits is becoming less and less.

In four days, twenty official ships passed in vain, which was a big loss for the bandits.

is also impatient, as well as Liu Fengnian.

In the past few days, Liu Fengnian has received more and more protests from the water bandits.

And Liu Fengnian, as Lin Duci's subordinate, can't complain.

For this reason, Liu Fengnian was very troubled.

Twenty official ships for four days in a row was something he never expected.

He can only continue to disobey the yang on the surface, and constantly appease the water bandits behind his back, which is simply unflattering to both sides.

And so it went on until the seventh day.

The bandits told Liu Fengnian that they couldn't bear it anymore.

Thirty official ships in six days, how much silver must have been lost?

Liu Fengnian couldn't be persuaded to do it, so he could only let the bandits act once.

Therefore, on the night of this day, Liu Fengnian deliberately changed into his own accessories, so that his subordinates also paid attention to safety, and they were going to meet with the water bandits in a while.

This kind of "play" will be staged several times every time the minister comes.

Lin Duci looks like a weak scholar who can't help but be windy, and it is not impossible for him to accidentally die from bandits.

Thinking of this, Liu Fengnian's expression darkened.

Not a single Chin cha dared to let him lose the cargo of thirty official ships as soon as he took office.

At the same time and in the same place, the official ship that was supposed to appear did not appear.

Liu Fengnian suddenly felt that something was not right.

"My lord, has today's official ship been postponed?" Liu Fengnian stepped forward and walked to Lin Duci's side and asked.

Lin Duci glanced at Liu Fengnian.

"Who told you that there was an official ship today?" Lin Duci said lightly, "It seems that Lord Liu has received more news than me. ”

This sarcasm is simply a slap in Liu Fengnian's face.

Liu Fengnian is not stupid, he realizes that he has been fooled.

Lin Duci said that on the first day and the second day, five official ships passed by, and he didn't say anything after that.

So since when did everyone default to the fact that official ships passed by "every day"?

As for whether the official ships on the third to sixth days were coincidental or deliberately arranged, the "habit" of six consecutive days naturally made everyone acquiesce that there were also official ships on the seventh day.

And just today, when the water bandits really couldn't bear it, the official ship was gone.

Liu Fengnian had to send the news that there was no official ship.

He took a step back, only to be stopped by Lin Duci.

"Lord Liu, where are you going?" Lin Du asked.

"Xia Guan remembered that there were still some things and needed to leave for a while." Liu Fengnian said politely.

"What else do you need Lord Liu to deal with now?" Lin Du asked.

"Or else," Lin Duci looked at Liu Fengnian.

"Lord Liu wants to report the news?"

Liu Fengnian didn't dare to move when he heard this.

The hat of "ventilation and reporting" is too big for Liu Fengnian to afford.

"It's a dereliction of duty." Liu Fengnian stood back where he was.

He looked at the lake, and it seemed that today's things were not going to be good.

When the water bandits' boat appeared in front of everyone at three o'clock, the corners of Liu Fengnian's mouth drooped, his expression was tense, and his body was stiff.

"What a coincidence, there was no movement from the water bandits in the first six days, but no official ship came today." Lin Du said with a smile.

"Yes......" Liu Fengnian looked at the boat of the bandits, and his thoughts didn't know where to go.

"Lord Liu, hurry up and prepare to meet the enemy." Lin Dusk said on the side.

Liu Fengnian's eyes were always fixed on the water bandits' boat, and he didn't respond.

"Lord Liu?" Lin Duci asked again.

"What?" Liu Fengnian came back to his senses, "Ah...... Yes, meet the enemy. ”

The question is, how to meet the enemy?

They have been "in love" with the water bandits for so many years, every time there is a "Qin Cha" to check, they are all acting, and in the end the water bandits get the money, Liu Fengnian sits firmly in the position, and the "Qin Cha" can make a difference, killing three birds with one stone.

But today, Lin Dusk's resignation is out of the picture, no matter how you look at it, it is because this group of water bandits will not come back.

Liu Fengnian can't help but make a move.

How should this scene be played?

Liu Fengnian's subordinates are used to acting, and now they don't know if they really want to suppress the water bandits, as long as the people from the two sides meet, they will be completely exposed.

It's really not good, if you don't do it, let Lin Du quit and die here.

Thinking of this, Liu Fengnian's heart was horizontal.

Soon, the bandits were getting closer and closer from the boat, and Lin Duci could even see the figures standing on the main ship of the bandits.

"I'll meet him in a moment." Tang Zongjiu quietly spoke on the side.

"Be careful." Lin Du said.

On that day in the Tang Mansion, when Lin Duci and Tang Zongjiu and Shen Qi discussed countermeasures, they decided to test the bottom line of the water bandits and the southern government first.

That's why we had the first night.

The moment the bandits didn't show up, Lin Duci knew that their news had leaked.

And it makes sense.

That night, Lin Duci did two things.

First, arrange for people to communicate with other official ships that are about to pass through the port of Linxi City, so that they can pass through the port the next day, and their safety can be guaranteed.

Lin Duci is this mission, and the official ship naturally listens to him.

Second, he sent people to secretly monitor Liu Fengnian closely, and intercepted all of Liu Fengnian's letters.

Soon, all the contents of the letters exchanged between him and the water bandits fell into Lin Duci's eyes.

Liu Fengnian has lived too well in the past few years, and he has not done anything at all about "prevention".

Therefore, knowing the information of both the enemy and the enemy, Lin Duci played a word game.

He deliberately still arranged for five official ships to completely pass through the harbor every day, and never mentioned it.

It wasn't until he intercepted the information that the bandits couldn't help but intercept the boat, and made enough arrangements for today, that is, the seventh day.

Lin Duci looked around, the officers and soldiers around him looked relaxed, and he didn't show any nervousness and preparation for war at all, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow.

"Hmm." Tang Zongjiu slightly began to use his internal strength, ready to attack at any time.

Soon, the bandits' ships arrived at the port, and the moment the two ships touched, Lin Dusk gave an order.

"Kill!"

Before Liu Fengnian could react, a group of vigorous and well-trained officers and soldiers suddenly rushed out of his surroundings, each with weapons in his hand, and ran to his own boat, and then rushed to the boat of the bandits.

And Liu Fengnian and the water bandits didn't know that there were still these officers and soldiers.

As soon as the two parties were about to start the "show", they saw the officers and soldiers of the imperial court murderously cutting down the water bandits.

The bandits were completely unguarded.

For a time, the bandits killed and injured many people.

It was not until the real "death" and bloodshed on the deck began to play out that the bandits realized that the officers and men on the opposite side were "serious".

"Liu Fengnian, you are playing tricks on me?!" The bandit leader roared in the crowd in the direction of the imperial ships.

Liu Fengnian's eyelids jumped, and he pretended not to hear it when he heard it, and did not respond to a word.

"Little ones, kill ——!" The bandit leader shouted to his men.

The bandits saw with their own eyes that the officers and soldiers did not act like in the past, but really killed themselves, and the blood in their bones had long been aroused.

At this time, under the order of the bandit leader, everyone grabbed their weapons and fought with the officers and soldiers who ran over.

"Kill——!"

For a while, the two sides fought together.

And Liu Fengnian has been roasted on the shelf by Lin Duci at this moment.

Lin Duci gave him a false "misleading", leading him to believe that there were also "five official ships" today, and then sent this wrong information to the sailors.

At the beginning of the period, in order to do his "own job" well, it is understandable that he took the initiative to press the "temperament" of the water bandits, because every time a new "minister" arrives, the officials here always have to touch the other party's temperament.

Lin Duci has all this settled.

Now, Liu Fengnian can't explain to the water bandits why there are no official ships today, the two sides have already started fighting, and the water bandits will inevitably find out that this is a "trap", and it is the result of Liu Fengnian's betrayal of them, no matter how Liu Fengnian explains afterwards, the water bandits will not listen.

He has his back to the Liu family, otherwise how can he sit in the position of the chief soldier of the eight towns?

He sat firmly in this position for five years, all thanks to his obedience.

And as soon as Lin Dusk resigned, in just seven days, he was "destroyed".

What will he do after Lin Du leaves?

He worked as a dog for the Liu family and the water bandits for five years, and the emperor never troubled him, and he would definitely die a miserable death if Lin Du left.

Over the years, there have been all kinds of "chincha", which one can beat them?

Thinking of this, Liu Fengnian was ruthless, and ordered his own officers and soldiers: "Kill!" ”

When their own officers and soldiers heard this order, they all hesitated at once.

Kill whom? Kill the water bandits or kill the Qincha?

Lin Duci saw this scene and sneered.

And at the same time as Lin Duci sneered, Tang Zongjiu's whole person rushed out like an arrow, pointing his sword at the water bandit leader who shouted at Liu Fengnian.

Soon, not far away, the sound of metal clashing was heard.

"Liu Fengnian, you dare to betray us, you wait for the whole family to die!" The bandit leader roared.

This sentence has completely exposed Liu Fengnian, Liu Fengnian's eyes are sharp, and he roared angrily at his soldiers: "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Kill! ”

The officers and soldiers glanced at each other, and at this time, someone stepped forward and asked, "My lord, do you want us to kill the water bandits or kill Lord Qincha?" ”

Liu Fengnian drew his long sword from the side of his fat body: "Is there still less Qincha who died in the Moyang River?!" ”

After speaking, the tip of his sword was aimed at Lin Duci: "He won't die today, it's you and me who will die!" You still don't do it?! ”

"Liu Fengnian, why don't you do it yourself?" Lin Duci was still smiling at this time, "Or is it because life is too good to move?" ”

"Idiot." Liu Fengnian's long sword was aimed at Lin Duci's chest, "Even if all the water bandits are buried here today, you won't survive tomorrow." ”

"Oh?" Lin Duci's expression was relaxed, "Then the official will wait and see." ”

"After today, I see if you can still laugh!" After speaking, Liu Fengnian stabbed Lin Duci's body, "Go die!" ”

"When-" A sword sounded, and the sword in Liu Fengnian's hand was bounced out in less than a breath.

Shen Yi was dressed in black and appeared behind Lin Duqi with a mask.

Liu Fengnian was shocked and wanted to pick up the sword, but was easily grabbed and tied up by Shen Yi.

"What are you doing in a daze?! Have you killed less Chincha?! Liu Fengnian yelled at the officers and soldiers on the side, "Why don't you do it quickly?!" ”

Lin Duci gave Shen Yi a look, and Shen Yi took out a piece of linen cloth and blocked Liu Fengnian's mouth.

"Hmm——! Hmm——! Liu Fengnian's fat body kept writhing.

It's just that no one cares about him anymore at this moment.

Lin Duci turned around and said to all the officers and soldiers around him: "Everyone, the number of officers and soldiers I brought today is twice as many as yours. ”

After speaking, many officers and soldiers around looked flustered.

"These officers and soldiers are the elite troops of the imperial court, and all the water bandits will die here tonight." Lin Dusk paused and said, "After killing the water bandits, I will come to settle today's affairs." ”

All the officers and soldiers immediately looked at each other.

"However, I know that many of you are involuntarily, so as long as you aim your weapons at the bandits today, I will not blame you for the past on behalf of the imperial court. In addition, I can promise that if you kill a bandit, the court will reward you with five taels of silver, and if you kill a bandit leader, the court will reward you with fifty taels of silver. ”

Lin Dusk said in a loud voice.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the officers and soldiers around them instantly lit up.