At night, the camp of the sailors is brightly lit.

Li Zhi invited Duan Zhixuan and others here to gather with the soldiers of the water master.

Ruan Hongxi personally led people to send a cart of wine and fresh seafood and meat into the barracks, and was later left behind by Li Zhi.

After Zhang Lei drank a cup of drunken immortal brew beautifully, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

I only heard him speak: "Everything is okay on this trip, but it is really uncomfortable not to drink this delicious drunken immortal wine." ”

Li Zhi opened his mouth and smiled: "Then you will drink more today, even if you are drunk, the king will not care about you." ”

Zhang Lei smiled "hehe" and said: "The last general has endured it for so long, how can he eat today?"

Your Highness might as well give two more days of grace so that the last general can have a good time with alcohol. ”

Li Zhi said: "What you think is quite beautiful, the dignified water master and the governor are actually drunk all day long, how do your subordinates look at you?" ”

Zhang Lei scratched his head and said, "Isn't it too long since I drank it!" ”

Li Zhi said: "Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about what you have gained from this trip, and whether the road is peaceful?" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's question, Zhang Lei said with a smile on his face: "In addition to the escort fee collected on this trip, we also encountered two waves of pirates.

Among them, the goods seized from the hands of a wave of big food pirates were exchanged for two ships of gold and silver.

Unfortunately, another wave of Cham pirates had just been formed, and there was nothing to gain other than the capture of some ships. ”

After listening to Zhang Lei's introduction, Li Zhi said with some doubts: "It is understandable that pirates are rampant in this big food area.

But how could such a huge group of pirates suddenly appear at the door of Datang's house? ”

Zhang Lei said: "At the end of this matter, I am also puzzled, and I think it is related to the development of my Datang sea trade." ”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is by no means so simple. ”

Duan Zhixuan said, "Why does Your Highness think so? ”

Li Zhidao: "Datang Haimao has just started a year, even if it arouses the covetousness of some lawbreakers, it is impossible to develop so fast. ”

Li Zhi said this and asked Duan Zhixuan, "Has the state capital received news that a large number of merchant ships have been hijacked?" ”

Duan Zhixuan shook his head and said, "I haven't received a report, and I haven't heard any news. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "In this way, this matter is even more strange.

The average pirate gang must develop over a long period of time before it can grow.

It is important to know that pirates who dare to fight for their lives at sea are outlaws who cannot survive.

If they didn't have a gold lord behind them, how could they gather so many warships in such a short period of time? ”

Zhang Lei said: "The last general also made this inference, but he did not get useful information from the captured pirates. ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "It seems that the other party's organization is quite tight, at least not too many people know that there is a financier behind it." ”

Zhang Lei said: "The last general has captured the pirate leader, but this person's injuries are too serious, and he has not yet woken up." ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Are there other important people who have also been captured?" ”

Zhang Lei said: "There is another person who claims to be a kidnapped military advisor, and he doesn't know anything about the preliminary interrogation. ”

Li Zhi asked, "Who is this person in charge of interrogation?" What questions were asked? ”

Zhang Lei turned his head to look at Cheng Chumo.

Seeing this, Cheng Chu hurriedly spoke: "Your Highness, the last general has interrogated this person. ”

After saying this, he described the interrogation process in detail.

Li Zhi almost didn't laugh out loud after hearing this.

Not for anything else, just because the names of these two people are too funny for him.

However, Li Zhi still held back.

Because such a name does not have any special meaning at this time, Li Zhi himself does not want to be regarded as a psychopath.

So he forced the smile in his heart and pondered.

After a while, Li Zhi opened his mouth and asked Cheng Chumo: "Cheng Dudu just said that this person's surname is Fan?" ”

Cheng Chumo nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Li Zhi asked again: "He said that he was coerced, but his family was not on that island?" ”

Cheng Chu was stunned for a moment and said, "That's right." ”

Li Zhi smiled coldly and said, "This person must be lying." ”

Cheng Chumo and Zhang Lei asked almost at the same time: "Why is this?" ”

Li Zhi said: "This person said that the Huang Shi people threatened him with the lives of their families, but this person's family members were obviously able to move freely in the Champa country. ”

At this point, he glanced around and asked, "Everyone, can you be so relieved about the people who have been kidnapped?" ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, everyone shook their heads.

Since the person who was kidnapped wants to make him work for himself, he naturally has to hold on to his lifeline.

And since Huang Shiren planned to threaten Fan Tong's family, he would naturally take his family to that isolated island as well.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads, Li Zhi continued: "Do you know what the surname of the king of the Cham country is? ”

How could everyone, as a general guarding one side, not know the surnames of the leaders of the neighboring countries?

At this time, Cheng Chumo, who had long been puzzled, suddenly spoke: "The last general remembers.

The Cham king is surnamed Fan, and the Cham is a popular caste system, and the surname Fan is the highest caste. ”

Li Zhi smiled and nodded: "That's right, how could Fan Tong, who calls himself a Cham and a nobleman of the highest caste, be threatened by a mere pirate leader?" ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Xu Lang, who was sitting at the bottom, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Damn, that old boy actually dares to deceive the general."

Ben will let him taste what life is better than death today. ”

With that, he wanted to turn around and go to the prison.

I only heard Li Zhi shout: "Then Fan Tong can't run away for a while, why is General Xu so anxious?" ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Xu Lang said: "The last general really can't swallow this breath. ”

Li Zhi smiled: "It's just a little clever puppet, if General Xu wants to be angry, why don't you listen to this king and analyze it again?" ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Xu Lang hurriedly turned around.

I only heard him clench his fists and say, "I would like to listen to His Highness's teaching." ”

Li Zhi beckoned Xu Lang to sit down and then said, "This matter is now no longer necessary to interrogate.

If the king's guess is correct, this wave of pirates must have been formed at the expense of the Cham king himself. ”

Duan Zhixuan asked suspiciously, "Why is Your Highness so sure?" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "The population of the small Cham country is less than 200,000, and the army of a country is probably only more than 10,000 people.

If the king is not personally involved, who can mobilize such a huge resource? ”

Speaking of this, he sneered and continued: "If others have the strength to form an armed force of this size, I am afraid that they will dare to oust the Cham king from power." ”

After listening to Li Zhi's analysis, everyone's eyes widened.

Zhang Lei slapped himself directly at this time.

I only heard him say in annoyance: "The last general is really stupid, he can't think of such an important detail. ”