Ordinarily, as Yan Shifan was just the young minister of Taichang Temple at that time, he had no right to order local officials to investigate the bandits. This is not justified.
But Yan Shifan's words represent Yan Song's words, and Yan Song's words represent the words of the Ming Dynasty government. Therefore, when Rouge Leopard left, he took with him the decree of the cabinet.
Lai Tiangong, who knew that he had made a mistake, was the most active among all the prefects and county magistrates. He led soldiers from the local garrison to defend all the important roads in Ningbo Prefecture extremely tightly.
If it were Zhan Yu alone, with this time difference, he would have left Ningbo Mansion long ago. Even if he hasn't left yet, he can easily escape.
But with the couple and their family of three, he couldn't move quickly. In addition, Lai Tiangong acted very quickly. As soon as he discovered that the person was missing, he had already started to set up checkpoints before Yan Shifan could reply, so he was trapped in a town outside Ningbo.
Ningbo Prefecture has been attacked by Japanese pirates many times in recent years, so there are many dilapidated houses without owners outside the city. Zhan Yu took the three of them to hide and seek with Lai Tiangong's search team.
Finally, the government order had not yet arrived, and Lai Tian's mobilized manpower was limited, so he was unable to find Zhan Yu for a while. But Zhanyu's range of activities has become smaller and smaller, and he is in danger.
At this moment, Yu Dayou and his personal guards suddenly came to camp outside Ningbo City, claiming to be inspecting the traces of Japanese pirates. He is the commander of Beiwa Capital. The reason is that Yan Song is here, so there is no mistake.
Therefore, although Lai Tiangong extremely suspected that Yu Dayou's sudden arrival was to protect Zhan Yu, he had no evidence and could not have any head-on conflict with Yu Dayou.
If Yu Dayou is really anxious and kills him in the name of being a bandit, even if the Yan Party supports him and kills Yu Dayou afterwards to avenge him, to a dead ghost, what's the use of not taking revenge?
Lai Tiangong has always risked the lives of others, never his own. Therefore, while closely monitoring Yu Dayou, he kept delivering intelligence to Yan Shifan, hoping that Yan Shifan could show his power and take down Yu Dayou.
Yan Shifan was also very depressed after holding Lai Tiangong's information. Of course he knew that as Xiao Feng's chief disciple, it was very suspicious for Yu Dayou to appear in Ningbo at this time.
But just using the word "suspicious" to move a third-grade general and remove him from his post is obviously not enough.
Even though Yan Song has power over the world, he still needs to be reasonable in court, even if it is wrong, you have to reason and convince people. You don’t have to convince others, at least you have to be able to convince Jiajing.
But what's embarrassing is that Yan Shifan took away Yu Dayou's golden tiger bones and asked his father to let Yu Dayou go. For this reason, Yan Song spoke well of Yu Dayou in the court, and then he became the commander of Beiwadu.
Now if Yan Song wants to talk to Jiajing about taking down Yu Dayou, on the one hand he has to find a reasonable fault for Yu Dayou, and on the other hand he has to admit to Jiajing that he is dim-sighted and has seen the wrong person.
The former can be solved, but the latter is very painful. Yan Song is not afraid of being slapped in the face, the key is not to hit him too fast. If it takes another half a year or so, it would be easy for him to kill Yu Dayou.
But now, it's too fast, fast enough to make Jiajing suspicious, or at least weaken Jiajing's trust in him. You must know that although his health bar in Jiajing's heart is thick, after being tricked twice by Xiao Feng, he can no longer squander it easily.
However, Yan Shifan was very smart after all, and he knew that this matter was not unsolvable. No matter how awesome Yu Dayou is, he can't leave the coastal area. This is Xiao Feng's Achilles' heel.
As the commander of the Japanese capital, you are destined to only operate along the coast, because you have to be where the Japanese pirates are. The Japanese pirates won't fight inland, so you can't go inland.
Not to mention escorting Zhan Yu to the capital, even Hangzhou, Yu Dayou couldn't go there. Because the scope of activities of Japanese pirates cannot reach that deep! Therefore, as long as several coastal cities are keeping an eye on you, that family will be unable to leave the coast and cannot reach the capital!
Go ahead, I, Yan Shifan, have a lot of time, but you, Xiao Feng, don’t have much time. Although Jiajing has not limited you to a few days to solve the case, given his character, he will never tolerate it for too long.
After Rouge Leopard arrived, he took over Lai Tiangong's personal guard with a man with a dull look and a long sword in black clothes.
Those guard soldiers could only serve as a human wall surrounding the encirclement, without much combat effectiveness. The soldiers are different, they are all elite soldiers who are fed with money. Rouge Leopard took these people and wandered around Yu Dayou's camp every day to prevent Zhan Yu from secretly taking people away.
Yu Dayou came out of the camp alone, without any armor, wearing a green shirt, with a long sword hanging casually on his waist, which was half a foot longer and three inches wider than an ordinary sword. Go straight to the Rouge Leopard wandering nearby.
There was only one man in black following Rouge Leopard. When he saw Yu Dayou approaching, the man in black took a step back unconsciously. Although Rouge Leopard greeted him with a smile, his body was quietly tense.
Yu Dayou cupped his hands and said: "We say farewell to the capital, but the girl's style remains the same. It's just that Yu is blind and can't tell whether you are an elder sister or a younger sister. It's hard to call you by your first name. No wonder."
That day at Yan's Mansion, Yan Shifan asked Sister Rougehu to whip the maid in order to show Shen Lian's power, so Yu Dayou met. However, based on the scene at that time, it is difficult to say that it is a good or bad thing to say that the style is still the same at this time.
Rouge Leopard smiled sweetly, full of charm, but actually a little shy. Her tall and beautiful figure is only half a head shorter than Yu Dayou, and she is taller than the man in black next to her.
"General Yu is joking. The general's eyes are like lightning. Although my sisters are very similar, others can't tell them apart. The general will definitely not be able to tell them apart. Since the general asks, I should tell you that I am my sister."
Yu Dayou smiled boldly: "Girl is not enjoying the blessings in the Prime Minister's Mansion. She has traveled thousands of miles to this windy and rainy place. I guess she has something important to do. Prime Minister Yan is kind to me. If there is anything that needs my help, girl, just ask."
Rouge Leopard actually hesitated for a moment and then showed his face.
"It's good that the general has this intention. The prime minister is really worried about the rampant Japanese pirates and is worried about it. The young master is filial and wants to share the worries of the prime minister, so he asked me to come over and take a look.
But the young master asked me to bring something to General Yu. Doesn’t the promise that General Yu made that day in the mansion count? "
Yu Dayou said sternly: "Yu is a man of his word. I promised that if I became the commander of the Japanese capital, if there is an emergency military situation about the Japanese pirates, I will inform Yan Shaoqing and I will never forget it. This inspection in Ningbo is just a routine deterrent. There is no military emergency."
The implication is that you and I both know that what I am doing now has nothing to do with Japanese pirates, and I have not broken my promise.
This is truly a non-answer to the question, but it is also the clearest answer.
Yan Shifan's question was actually asking him, who would you choose between Xiao Feng and Yan Shifan.
Yu Dayou's answer is, is there any need to ask?
After receiving the answer, Rouge Leopard stopped talking and just looked at Yu Dayou with a hint of sadness. The man in black behind her suddenly spoke.
"I heard that General Yu has unparalleled martial arts skills. I have been practicing martial arts for many years. I am dedicated to competing with others. However, I am a lowly person. I wonder if Master Yu would be willing to give me some advice?"
Before Yu Dayou could speak, Rouge Leopard had already scolded: "Bold, you dare to challenge Master Yu despite your status, stand down!"
Yu Dayou looked at the man's unwillingness and smiled lightly.
"Yu is half a martial artist, so it's okay to spar with you. It's just that the sword has no eyes. If he hurts you at this time, it won't look good on Yan Shaoqing's face.
Let's wait another day. When you don't work for Yan Mansion, or when I, Yu, am no longer an official, it won't be too late to discuss things. "
Yu Dayou bowed his hands to Rouge Leopard, turned around and strode away. Rouge Leopard looked at his stalwart back infatuatedly, and suddenly shouted.
"General, have you really thought about it? Do you really have nothing to tell me? I know that the general has great ambitions to fight against Japan, but without the support of Prime Minister Yan, I am afraid that the general's ambition will not be fulfilled!"
This is a chance for Yu Dayou to make a new choice, and it directly addresses what Yu Dayou cares about most. Yu Dayou paused slightly.
He didn't care about promotion, getting rich, or even fame, but he wanted to fight the Japanese pirates. Everything he did in his life, whether he practiced martial arts or led the army, was all for this purpose.
Xiao Feng had helped him, and Yan Mansion had also helped him. Xiao Feng supports him in fighting Japanese pirates, and Yan Mansion can also support him in fighting Japanese pirates.
But the strict party will prevent him from fighting Japanese pirates for the rest of his life, and Xiao Feng will not do this anyway. What's more, looking at it now, Xiao Feng has no ability to influence this matter.
After such a comparison, the answer is obvious... Yu Dayou took a deep breath and turned his head to look at Rouge Leopard's expectant eyes.
"That's all."
