But then Zhu Di should be uncomfortable, a school rider of Jinyiwei brought bad news, "Arrow God" Lan Lingxi and "Ghost Sorrow" Bin Jian disappeared together. Ming Chengzu's eyes widened in shock, and the chief eunuch in the palace hurriedly waved his hand to let the concubines retreat. lest the emperor be angry and kill the unpleasant concubine. Concubine Quan was extremely smart, signaled the concubine to leave, and she and Chen Fengjiao also disappeared. Zhu Di was left standing in a daze, his face flushed with anger.

Lan Lingxi and Bin Jian disappeared on the Min River.

The Minjiang River is an important tributary of the left bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which goes to Dujiangyan through Xinjin, Pengshan, Meishan City to Leshan and then to Yibin into the Yangtze River. Lan Lingxi and the others first came to the Minjiang River, because they heard that the military and water division was attacked by water bandits on the waterway from Jiading Prefecture to Chengdu for more than 400 miles, and the whole army was wiped out. What puzzled them was that the strength of the Ming Army's naval division was not weak, and Chen Zhanwei, the chief of the Ming Naval Division, escorted it with five Cangshan boats and a small fortune boat. Among them, the Xiaofu ship is tall, the bow is equipped with 1 tribute gun, 4 Franc machines, more than 60 crew members, including 9 sailors, more than 50 sailors, equipped with bowl guns, thunder guns, spray cans, crossbow arrows, gunpowder crossbows and countless gunpowder crossbows, and has obvious firepower, especially in the near battlefield such as collision. How did you lose to a water bandit who didn't have a big ship.

In addition to the personal escort of Liang Jinzin, the Huai'an Patrol Salt Emperor, there was also Liu Yunqin, the deputy commander of the East Factory, Liu Yunqin is Liu Jing's brother-in-law, with great power, and the big internal master of the East Factory, which is a very terrible force, and the result is also sunk in the sand and the whole army is annihilated. How did this battle be fought? Daming Shui Shi has never experienced such a defeat, this time it is good, and the loss is exhausted.

"Ghost Sees Sorrow" Bin Jian is more knowledgeable than Lan Lingxi, and after thinking carefully, he said: "General Lan, this matter is not so simple. There are too many doubts in it. In addition, Liu Yunqin is the brother-in-law of Liu Jing and Lord Liu, so we blatantly investigate and send them to death. In my opinion, the sailor failed on the Min River, so let's start with the Min River. ”

Blue Ridge agreed.

There is a fishing village called Jiangwan dozens of miles away from Yibin. It is the largest fishing village on the Min River. The Minjiang River is clear and fine, and it has been famous for its abundance of fresh fish since ancient times. Among them, the river group can be called the best of freshwater river fish. Jiangtuan has no scales, few fine spines, round body, tender and fat meat, and is most suitable for steaming. It is the best quality of the banquet held by the imperial palace. Every time you go to the Yuxun court, you have to send someone down to buy it. However, this year's fishing search is approaching, but the fishing boats are still docked on the shore, and there are no fishermen going out to fish. The officers and soldiers did not come to urge, and the once lively fishing port became cold and quiet.

On this day, two uninvited guests came, and they went straight to the fishing village. The people who came were none other than Lan Lingxi and Bin Jian. The unusualness of Jiangwan Fishing Port attracted their attention, and they went to the county government to inquire, and the county order was called Zhao Shi, who was in his fifties, and squeaked and refused to tell the truth. It was only explained that this year, there was a black tide in the Minjiang River, a large number of river fish died, and fishermen could not catch fish when they went out of the river, so young people went out to find work.

I asked the patrol below, and someone whispered, "You go to the fishermen and ask about everything." ”

"Ghost sees sorrow" Bin Jian understands everything. He Lan Lingxi changed into civilian clothes and came to Jiangwan Fishing Village.

Unable to go out of the river to fish, the fishermen's livelihood was cut off, and young people went out to earn a living, leaving only the elderly, weak, women and children in the fishing villages. It is difficult to guarantee three meals a day, and they are full of sadness. Even a few small hotels in the fishing village have closed, leaving only one larger one barely afloat. Seeing that the guests were busy coming out, Bin Jian said with a smile: "What good food and wine are there here?" It is said that the river group of the Minjiang River is very famous, and I don't know if there is such a blessing today. ”

The owner of the hotel, a thin man in his fifties, shook his head regretfully and said, "It's not the right time for the guest officer to come." In the past, there were fish here, so it was not difficult to eat Jiangtuan. But not now, don't you see that the fishing boats are not leaving the port? But there are other dishes. “

Bin Jian gave Lan Lingxi a look and said, "It's okay or not, you can eat anything when you're hungry." ”

The two walked into the hotel, there were no guests inside, it was very depressed, the owner fried a few dishes and served them on the table and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, the guest officer will just use it, please use it." ”

Bin Jian is a well-informed person, and can speak well, smiled and asked the boss to sit down and said: "Boss, look at your craftsmanship is really good, but it is a pity that I can't eat the Minjiang fish you made today." I'm curious, it's fishing news, why don't fishermen go out of the port to fish?"

The boss's face changed, and he shook his head again and again and said, "I don't know what's going on, and the guest officer should try not to inquire as much as possible, so as not to get into trouble." ”

Sure enough, there was a famous hall inside, and everyone was shut up and didn't dare to talk nonsense. Bin Jian took out a piece of silver from his pocket, put it on the table and said to the shopkeeper, "I'm just curious and want to know." Sue me what's going on, these ten taels of silver are yours. ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, his eyes staring at the shiny silver, at that time, one tael of silver could buy 400 catties of rice, and an acre of fertile land only cost seven to eight taels of silver. Especially now that fishermen do not go out of the port to fish, their livelihood is tight, and they cannot make ends meet, and many fishermen are hungry. For a small hotel owner, ten taels of silver is a lot of wealth. But the boss quickly calmed down, and he was also very smart, and gently pushed the silver back and said, "The two guest officers must have a bit of a background, otherwise they would not have inquired about this kind of thing." We don't do dark things, we tell the truth. ”

"Ghost is worried" Bin Jian looked at the boss and smiled slightly and said: "Sure enough, it is easy to understand people." What do you call my brother?"

"The villain's surname is Jiang, Jiangshuipo. ”

"Boss Jiang, let's not hide it, we are the inner secret agents of the imperial court, to investigate some things about the Ming army's sailors in the Minjiang River, if you tell us what you know, how about I add ten taels of silver?"

Boss Jiang thought for a while and said, "You guys are here to investigate the fact that the water master was defeated by the water bandits in the Minjiang River." It was really miserable and miserable, and the corpses of the officers and soldiers on the surface of the water floated down the river, and it was unbearable to see. The reason why the fishermen do not dare to go out of the river to fish is that they are afraid that the water bandits will come again, and the second is that the river group of the Minjiang River is a carnivorous fish, and the eyes of the dead are red when they eat it, and who dares to eat it. After the imperial court found out, it didn't come to buy it. ”

The two suddenly realized that the reason why the fishermen did not go out of the river to fish was here, which shows how fierce this water battle should be, and none of the Daming sailors and the Da Nei masters of the East Factory came back, either sinking to the bottom of the river to feed the fish or being captured by thieves. Bin Jian continued to ask: "Is it that the water bandits there are so rampant that they can defeat the Daming Water Master, have you seen it with your own eyes?"

Boss Jiang shook his head and said: "Who doesn't know the fishermen here, the Daming Sailor has warships, the water bandits also have warships, and it is said that there are dragons and water monsters in the river to help the water bandits. The sinking of the official ship, the surrender of the surrender, the dozens of wooden sailing ships were all captured by the thieves, and none of them ran away. ”

Lan Lingxi was dumbfounded when he heard this, nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers were so vulnerable, could it be that the artillery and firearms in their hands were all decorations? The majesty of the Daming Naval Division went there, and the sea was devastated, and the invincible record was all in vain? "The ghost is worried" Bin Jian was very calm and asked: "Does Boss Jiang know who did it?"

"Some fishermen saw that the water bandits were flying the banner of 'turning the river dragon'. Their leader, 'Langli Baitiao' Chen Yan, killed people like hemp, and the fishermen talked about it differently. Boss Jiang said with palpitations.

Bin Jian handed twenty taels of silver to Boss Jiang, and Boss Jiang took it in surprise, his hands trembling. "Ghost is worried" Bin Jian smiled and said, "If Boss Jiang can help us find fishermen who have seen the battle, how about I give you another ten taels of silver?"

Boss Jiang immediately said: "This is not difficult to do, my second brother is a fisherman, I can take you to meet him immediately." ”

It's really rich to make ghosts grind, everyone is equal in front of silver, Boss Jiang happily led the "Arrow God" Lan Lingxi and "Ghost Sorrow" Bin Jian to Jiangwan Fishing Port, the fishing port is lined with sailboats, but it is sparsely populated. Boss Jiang pointed to a five-masted sailboat and said, "This is my second brother's fishing boat, he is a master of fishing in Minjiang, and he is famous far and wide." Now there is nothing to do, and the family has to rely on him to feed, which is really difficult. ”

Walking along the gangplank and onto the sailboat, a swarthy man greeted him, and saw Boss Jiang respectfully shouting: "Why is the eldest brother here, and he brought guests, but he didn't have a single fish, eldest brother, you know the reason." ”

Boss Jiang replied with a smile: "Second brother, they are secret agents from the imperial court, who came to investigate the defeat of the Ming army's sailors by the water bandits in the Minjiang River. And brother, didn't you see it with your own eyes? Behold, they gave me thirty taels of silver, which is a good money. You tell them about the qiē you see, and they will give them a lot of silver. ”

The second child's face changed, and he said to Boss Jiang angrily: "Big brother, you are smart and confused for a while, you dare to take this money, and then I am afraid that you will have your life to take money and not to spend money." Officers and soldiers come to inspect every day, for fear that someone will leak this matter. To catch is to cut off the head. ”

Boss Jiang reacted and became scared. "Ghost Sorrow" sneered on the side and said, "This brother is also a five-foot-tall man when he stands up, why is he so sloppy." Look at what your family eats, and the children are hungry. You're still here to die. I sue you, even if the county yamen comes, you have to look at our faces first, Lao Tzu killing him is as simple as killing a chicken. Do you believe it or not?"

Jiang Lao Er was frightened.

Boss Jiang saw that things were not good, so he played a round and said: "Second brother, since we have already said it, there is no turning back when we open the bow." Wouldn't it be okay for you to tell them what you saw, and then take the silver and let us leave here and fly away?"

Bin Jian took out a silver ingot, which was fifty taels, and shook it in front of Jiang Laoer's eyes and said, "Do you see it, tell us what you saw, this ingot of silver is yours." Fifty taels is enough for your family for a year. (To be continued......)