Chapter 79
This day Xiao Chen refused all the dinners, took Zhuge Xiaosheng, Xiao Ye, and Wei Yuntian out of the inn, and was going to meet Uncle Guo, who was Duanmu Nanqiao's younger brother Duanmu Nanfeng.
When parting, Duanmu Nanqiao asked him to bring some gifts, which he had to send over.
Not far from the post house, suddenly a middle-aged man in green clothes and a small cap came forward, bowed to Xiao Chen, and said that he paid his respects to the lord.
"Who are you?" Wei Yuntian stretched out his arm to stop him, he didn't know this person.
"Yuntian, don't stop him, this is an old acquaintance of mine." But Xiao Chen knew him, isn't this the big teapot in Cuiyun Building?
That is Qian Yunfei, the head of the Suzaku Hall of the Profound Sky Society.
"Hey, it turns out that the lord still remembers me, so it's easy to handle. Then what, my young master is now in Jiangnan County. I don't know if it's convenient to meet the lord?" Qian Yunfei laughed.
"Huh? This, this..." Xiao Chen looked around subconsciously.
"Don't worry, my lord, everything has been arranged." Qian Yunfei knew what he was worried about, and hinted that he would not be followed, and we had already taken care of it.
"I'm also about to meet your young master...lead the way!" Xiao Chen didn't hesitate any longer.
"Young master, as long as you see one of the adults, these guys will..." Qian Yunfei glanced at the three of Xiao Ye, meaning that the three of them don't have to follow.
"These are all my brothers, it doesn't matter." Xiao Chen said.
"My lord, please." Qian Yunfei said no more, there are too many people here, so it is not suitable to stay for a long time.
Following Qian Yunfei and turning left and right, he came to the gate of a small courtyard under the city wall in the west of the city. There were two men who looked like family members standing at the gate.
Seeing that everyone was silent, they whistled first, and then the door opened, and an old man poked his head out, but it was Zhu Tianfu, the head of the White Tiger Hall.
Welcoming a few people into the courtyard, there are still seven or eight people scattered in the courtyard, all of them have bright eyes and bulging temples, they look like they are experts.
Zhu Tianfu invited Xiao Chen to enter, but stopped Zhuge Xiaosheng and three.
"Brother?" Xiao Ye subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch the axe, but he didn't feel it because Xiao Chen didn't let him take it.
"It's okay, it's friends, you guys wait outside for a while." Xiao Chen walked two steps and then turned around to warn: "Xiao Ye, don't act foolish!"
"En." Xiao Ye coldly glanced at everyone in the courtyard, and said nothing.
Xiao Xinghan had been waiting in the room for a long time, when he saw Xiao Chen coming in, he smiled slightly, "I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so much thinner?"
"I took a boat all the way, and the sun was shining." Xiao Chen really wanted to go over and give his second brother a hug, but seeing that Xiao Xinghan didn't have that intention, he could only bow deeply.
Xiao Xinghan just waved his hands, signaling Xiao Chen to sit down and talk.
"I heard that you defeated the Dongpu fleet and captured their flagship Anzhai, but is it true?" Xiao Xinghan asked about this at first.
"It's true." Xiao Chen nodded.
"Dazhou navy is so powerful?" Xiao Xinghan frowned.
These words made Xiao Chen very unhappy.
After all, I am also your brother. When encountering such a thing, shouldn't you worry about my safety and be happy to save my life for me?
Why are you still frowning.
Master Zhou is more important than your brother?
Seeing that Xiao Chen was silent and unhappy, Xiao Xinghan also realized that his words might be inappropriate.
Hastily said: "Brother, I learned that you are safe and sound, and the brothers of Tianxuan Society and I are also very relieved. Everyone said that you survived a catastrophe, and you must have future blessings, hehehe..."
"Let my brother and the big guys worry that it's my brother and I'm not, so I'll borrow your good words." Xiao Chen also smiled.
"Xiao Chen, you don't know. I have been working hard on Yizhou Island for many years. I have built a military port and prepared to build a navy. I think that after the navy expands in size in the future, I will launch operations from the sea and destroy the wealthy Jiangnan County first. If the land is conquered, with money and food, we can gain a firm foothold, and we can make plans later.”
"Li Wanjiang has many brave warriors under his command, but few of them are familiar with naval warfare. The navy he just established is not large in scale and its combat power is not strong. It is still unable to control the coastal waters. This is his great weakness."
"But who would have thought that they would be so strong that they defeated the seven warships of the Dongying Fleet with only two ships! This is not good for us. Not only is my plan difficult to complete, but even the naval base on Yizhou Island may be destroyed. Killed by them!"
"This matter has made me restless day and night, tossing and turning, to the point of being in a trance, and I can't help but lose my composure in front of you. Fortunately, we are brothers, so you won't blame your brother, right?"
Xiao Chen can accept this explanation.
He was about to explain the actual situation to him, but he stopped him with a wave of his hand.
"I don't want to hide it from you. Our Yizhou Navy was established with the help of General Fujishita Yoshiichiro of the Amaterasu Fleet of the Dongying Kingdom. He is the best naval general in the Dongying Kingdom. That Sato Yokoji is his favorite student!"
"If even Sato Yokoji is not the opponent of the Great Zhou Navy, then our Yizhou Navy will not be able to."
After finishing speaking, he sighed again and again, feeling very bleak.
"Second brother, why do you still have contact with Dongying people!" This time it was Xiao Chen's turn to frown.
"As long as they are Li Wanjiang's enemies, they are our friends. If we want to achieve the great cause of national restoration, we must unite all forces that can be united. The Dongying Navy is very powerful, and it will be our right-hand man in the future." Xiao Xinghan did not expect Xiao Chen's reaction. So big, quickly and patiently explain to him.
"Second brother, the people of Dongying Kingdom are all ambitious. Back then they sent ships to harass our big Han seas many times, have you forgotten? Cooperating with them is not seeking skin from tigers!" Xiao Chen didn't think so.
"One moment, then another moment!" Xiao Xinghan said in a deep voice, "There are no permanent friends, nor are there permanent enemies. I and them are just pretending to be false. To put it bluntly, we are just taking advantage of each other. We will deal with them when we are big and free. Late!"
"I'm afraid it's too late..." Xiao Chen sighed.
"Xiao Chen, you don't know about such important events, you don't need to say more, anyway, I know it well." Xiao Xinghan treated Xiao Chen like a child.
fair enough.
I didn't want to worry about your crap!
"Second brother saw me, and that's why he told me these things?" The words were not speculative, and Xiao Chen wanted to leave.
"Of course not. Firstly, I miss my brother. Secondly, the last time we met was rushed, so we didn't have time to say a lot. Now that we meet brothers, we don't know where to start... How much do you know about that Concubine Liu Gui?"
"Knowing martial arts, ambitious, and cunning." Xiao Chen still knew Liu Ruyun well.
"Well, she's still pretty, isn't she?" Xiao Xinghan had a half-smile.
"It's so-so." Xiao Chen blushed slightly, it seemed that the second brother had heard about his affair with Liu Ruyun.
This is not surprising, there must be a lot of people from the Profound Sky Association lurking in the palace, maybe they are people around him, maybe there are among the Xichang brothers!
But presumably they were just chasing rumors, no one except the queen knew that he and Liu Ruyun were really close by skin.