In Ningbo Fucheng, the Japanese capital commanders and envoys were prepared to camp.
Lai Tiangong, the prefect of Ningbo, has invited Yu Dayou to the city many times to rest, but Yu Dayou politely refused.
"Tell Magistrate Lai that I am here to defend against Japanese pirates. I should live outside the city to facilitate inspections. Besides, it is not convenient for me to enter the city with my personal guards."
In the camp, in an inconspicuous tent, Zhan Yu was vigilantly testing the food for poison. After seeing that the silver needle had not changed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After handing the meal to the middle-aged couple and their young son, Zhanyu walked to the tent entrance and looked out.
The middle-aged couple were no longer as frightened as they had been two days ago. After the initial panic, anger and sadness became the strength that surged in their hearts.
As they ate, they whispered to their son, asking him to eat more.
Yu Dayou wandered around the various camps, chatting with his soldiers from time to time, and asking about the movements of the Japanese pirates he had been spying on in the past few days.
He walked to Zhan Yu's tent entrance without leaving a trace, didn't go in, and just spoke softly.
"Master's letter has arrived. It was sent by the local Jin Yiwei."
"Huh? Mr. Xiao said before I went out, long live the Imperial Guards will not be used!"
"Master didn't ask Jin Yiwei to do anything related to this case. He just asked Jin Yiwei to use his own transportation channel to send a cage of carrier pigeons.
I searched one by one and found this letter under the wing of one of the pigeons, so Jin Yiwei actually didn't know anything. "
Zhan Yu understood that homing pigeons were more commonly used in martial arts, but they were basically used between two points. It is very difficult to establish a communication network in multiple places and requires huge financial resources and energy.
Only an organization like Jinyiwei can establish a nationwide homing pigeon network. But the carrier pigeon sent this time will definitely not be from Jinyiwei, it was bought by Xiao Feng with money.
"Master said that Wudang Mountain will send people to help. Before the people from Wudang Mountain arrive, you should follow me. Although my official is not a big one, no one dares to break into my camp."
Zhan Yu didn't find this couple. No matter how anxious he was, he was only one person with two legs. And as a guard of King Yu, his goal is a bit big.
It was Zhang Tianci who was selling grain and sea fish in various places. He had portraits hidden on his body and secretly visited them while doing business on the list of fifty people Xiao Feng had circled.
Some of them have moved and need to ask their neighbors to find a new address.
Fortunately, no one knew at that time that Xiao Feng would be suspicious of the draft girl, so they didn't alert the enemy.
In the name of sending Xiao Feng a letter from home, Zhan Yu went to Yu Dayou who was patrolling Taizhou, and then stayed at Yu Dayou's house.
A few days later, news came from Ningbo Prefecture that the parents of the woman in the portrait were found in Cixi County.
Their eldest daughter got married, and after their younger daughter was snatched away, they gave birth to a son and continued to live their lives.
They are like weeds, surviving under trampling. Everyone understands the pain of ordinary people, but no one cares.
The Cixi County Magistrate at that time has now been promoted to the prefect of Ningbo, and he will not bother to pay attention to them.
In the eyes of the prefect, they didn't dare to stop them at first. They only dared to kneel on the ground and cry. After several years, could anything else happen?
The clerks at the grain store were afraid that they would not be able to control the situation, so when they excitedly touched the picture and eagerly asked if their daughter was okay in the palace, they only dared to say perfunctorily that they didn't know, and someone would soon know. come over.
When Zhan Yu arrived and told them that their daughter was dead and had been tortured and killed, the light in their eyes disappeared, like a walking zombie.
It took him a long time to ask: "Did the emperor do it?" His tone was full of resignation.
Zhan Yu shook his head. He understood the thoughts of the grassroots. No matter what the emperor did, they had no choice but to accept it.
"Your daughter has never entered the palace. She is on the list of failed draft girls."
There was no heartbreaking cry as expected, only extremely suppressed pain. The woman fainted, and the little son cried and lay on his mother's body.
The man's blood-red eyes widened and he looked at Zhan Yu: "Who is it? Who stole my daughter? I will fight with him!"
As long as the opponent is not the emperor, there is always room for reasoning!
Zhan Yu suddenly felt that in front of this couple, the ideal he had been working towards was exactly the same as theirs.
Xiao Feng's mocking eyes and mocking tone appeared before his eyes: "You only have a 10% success rate."
Those eyes seemed to see through this absurd world.
"If you can avenge your daughter, are you willing to follow me to the capital?"
Yan Shifan's hindsight in this matter was related to his consistent self-confidence.
He didn't believe that Xiao Feng could imagine that this woman came from thousands of miles away, and he didn't believe that Xiao Feng could guess the identity of this woman.
Although he admitted that Xiao Feng had some skills in measuring words, he had always looked down upon this Taoist skill.
Only that guy from Jiajing who wanted to become an immortal so much could be frightened by Xiao Feng's heresy.
Therefore, when he learned that Zhan Yu was helping Xiao Feng, he didn't pay much attention.
Zhan Yu belongs to Prince Yu. Although he was kicked out of Prince Yu's palace, anyone with a discerning eye can understand what happened.
He ran for King Yu and Xiao Feng. On the one hand, he was serving his master. On the other hand, King Yu might be monitoring Xiao Feng's movements to see if Xiao Feng would be detrimental to him.
Jiajing had no reaction to this matter, and was probably watching with cold eyes to see if Xiao Feng could remain neutral and loyal to himself.
It's one thing what Xiao Feng finds out, but Jiajing will definitely ask Xiao Feng to be neutral. And once Xiao Feng's buttocks sit a little crooked, Jiajing's trust in Xiao Feng will be gone.
Therefore, Yan Shifan was happy to see the results, and even hoped that Xiao Feng could do something to favor King Yu under Zhan Yu's influence. The entire strict party is gearing up, waiting for this opportunity.
Zhan Yu's kung fu was not low, and it was difficult to track him, so Yan Shifan simply gave up tracking him and spent most of his energy monitoring Xiao Feng.
It wasn't until Yan Dang discovered Zhan Yu's traces in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas and went to see Yu Dayou that Yan Shifan was suddenly shocked.
He still didn't think Xiao Feng acted with purpose, but he still immediately sent someone to find the Ningbo magistrate and asked him to visit the woman's family, but it was normal. If there are any suspicious signs, find a name and arrest them immediately.
Although Taizhou is still some distance away from Ningbo, Yan Shifan still felt a bad smell.
After receiving the news, the prefect of Ningbo didn't take it seriously at all, and secretly laughed at Yan Shifan for being a guilty conscience thief. However, he still sent someone to take a look, while he was drinking and having fun in the mansion with Xin Na's concubine in his arms.
From Ningbo to Cixi, it only takes half a day to go back and forth on a quick horse. It was rare for his subordinate to go on a business trip, so he naturally had to go to the county government office first, have a drink, and then explain his intention to the county magistrate.
The current Cixi County Magistrate asked the "shangchai" to rest as long as he could, and sent a government official to find this family. After a while, the Yamen servant came back to report.
"Sir, all three members of that family have left. The neighbor said that a relative has become prosperous, and the whole family has gone to seek refuge with the relative."
The county magistrate thought this was a normal thing. Who wouldn't be able to achieve enlightenment by himself these days? A chicken or a dog could ascend to heaven? No family can protect their ancestral graves from smoke, and no relative will become an official or make a fortune.
So he smiled and tried to persuade him to drink, but the "superior" was a little panicked.
Like the prefect, he originally thought that this trip was just for errands. But at this time, there were "suspicious signs", but there was no way to find a name to arrest him!
On the way back, his men whipped the horse's buttocks into pieces, rushed all the way back to the house, and breathlessly reported the situation.
With a clang, the wine glass fell to the ground. The magistrate's face turned pale and he murmured: "It should be, it should be that he really went to join his relatives. Nothing will happen. It will definitely not happen! It's been three years. How can it still be done?" What's going on?"
Yan Shifan received the letter from the prefect. After a series of flattery at the beginning, he talked about business in an understatement.
"Let me tell you, sir, An Xin. Nalannu's family has already moved away to visit relatives. She has not left any clues about her whereabouts. I don't think anyone can find them."
Yan Shifan was furious: "Fart, why have you moved away a long time ago? Do you think I'm a fool? This bastard!"
But now, he still expected this bastard to help, so he pondered for a while and calmed down.
"Rouge Leopard, go to Ningbo, bring some people and use your camera.
Tell Lai Tiangong, no matter where that family has gone, search around Ningbo Mansion for me, dig three feet into the ground, and find it!
At the same time, we told the prefects and co-investigators of several nearby prefectures that most of them were our people.
Well, in the name of finding out Japanese spies, if anyone disobeys, they will be accused of being bandits! "
