There is naturally something in Lin Qingye's words.

Although he expressed his intention to serve and follow the Shen brothers, he treated Li Zhu and Li differently in his words.

What Shen Qicheng said just now clearly means that he plans to destroy the Li clan one day after he fights back.

But Lin Qingye has not yet made up his mind.

Since the beginning of Li Chenggui, the Li Dynasty east of the Yajiang River has continued for more than 240 years. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is deeply rooted.

Therefore, I am afraid that in the minds of most people in the court, even if the country's name has been changed to Hening, the Li Dynasty is still the Li Dynasty, and the Li family, which has been passed down for more than 240 years, is still the orthodox place of the Li Dynasty. .

Lin Qingye not only thought of this, but he also almost saw it this way.

At the same time, he also thought of the agreement that the eldest brother Shen Qiyuan of the Shen brothers had made with their old friends, which was to depose Li Jian and establish another sage of the Li family, instead of deposing the entire Li family. Self-reliance.

If Shen Qiyuan wanted to usurp the throne and seize the Li family, then he, Lin Qingye, would be the first to refuse. Not only was it impossible for him to participate in Shen Qiyuan's conspiracy back then, but he also had to draw a clear line with them now.

Therefore, although Lin Qingye expressed his intention to follow the Shen brothers, he also put forward his own conditions.

That is, it is okay to depose Li Jun in the future, but after deposing Li Jun, another sage of the Li family must be established instead of the Shen family.

Lin Qingye's words were not obscure, and everyone understood the meaning.

Therefore, after he finished speaking, the Shen brothers and the other court generals who had previously declared to follow him were stunned for a moment.

Facing everyone's gaze, the Shen brothers looked at each other. As the elder brother, Shen Qizhou sighed first, and then said slowly:

"Unfortunately, my dynasty suffered such a calamity. My lord actually followed the custom of barbarians and led everyone to shave their heads and change their clothes. As a result, our country in the east of the sea has become like a ghost, and the land is smelly and smelly. It's clear that Li Jizhi is unfit to be the leader of the country!"

"As for me, the Shen family, I echo the same sentiments and aspirations as you all. What I do is to fight against the Qing Dynasty and return to the dynasty. It is by no means a personal favor and self-interest of one surname. One day, our generation will restore the country, just like the Li family If there is a virtuous person who is worthy of being a king, he should stand up to everyone!"

"Okay! It is most appropriate to respond with the same voice. Don't let it go down when you first came up with it! In this case, Lin has nothing to say! From now on, I am willing to follow you and do my best!"

Lin Qingye didn't know if what Shen Qizhou said now could make him the master of Shen Qiyuan, but Shen Qicheng was here after all, and he made a public promise to him in front of the generals of the court. That's enough.

He couldn't ask for more.

Because besides this, he has no other choice.

Besides, everyone is now on Ocean Island, on the territory of Jinhai Town. Yu Liangtai and others are still watching from the side. They are crying, making trouble and fighting among themselves. What is going on? , no need to make people laugh.

In this way, Lin Qingye nodded his head, and the Shen brothers used the shocking news brought by their nephew Shen Yueren to temporarily subdue a group of fleeing generals including Lin Qingye.

This scene made Yu Liangtai speechless.

Even though he had long been accustomed to the strife and infighting among various factions in Dongjiang Town, he did not expect that Shen Qicheng and Shen Qizhou Brotherhood would act like this on this occasion.

Fortunately, he had always had a bad impression of the North Koreans and had no intention of recruiting people from them, so he didn't care.

But the appearance of the Shen brothers on the ocean island made him a little wary, and he became even more anxious to see Yang Zhen.

On December 21, two days after Qiu Bixian and Shen Yueren arrived at Haiyang Island, Yu Liangtai, Shen Qicheng, Lin Qingye and others reached a unanimous decision.

They temporarily settled a large number of civilians and court relatives who were accompanying the army on the ocean island. At the same time, they selected more than 300 naval warships, transport ships, and more than 8,000 sailors and soldiers from various ministries, and sailed away that day. Harbor, crossed the sea to the west, and headed towards Shicheng Island.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yu Liangtai and Lin Qingye's fleet arrived at their destination in a mighty manner and anchored on the coast in the southeast of Shicheng Island where there is less floating ice.

Shicheng Island was originally the base camp of the Jinhai East Road Navy fleet. When they learned that Yu Liangtai was returning with his fleet, the naval auxiliaries and several islanders who had stayed on the island came to greet him after hearing the news.

Yu Shimeng, who was ordered to stay on Shicheng Island, reported a piece of news to Yu Liangtai that made him uneasy when he saw him.

Yu Shimeng told him that Zu Keyong, the commander-in-chief of the East Route, had been sending people to risk crossing the sea for several days to inquire about the whereabouts of Yu Liangtai's fleet.

Yu Shimeng has also sent several patrol boats to inquire about the whereabouts of Yu Liangtai's fleet in the direction of Dalu Island, Yamato Island, Wumang Island, and Changshan Island.

However, the patrol ship that had been sent out had not returned yet, but unexpectedly, news of the appearance of Yu Liangtai and others' fleet arrived.

Yu Liangtai, Shen Qicheng, Lin Qingye and others received such a report after arriving on the island. They looked at each other for a while, but they all realized that this matter was extraordinary.

So they immediately sent several small boats to find a way through the gaps in the floating ice on the northwest sea surface of Shicheng Island to the west, looking for a place where they could step on the ice to land, and went to Zhuanghe Fort to send messages and report the news.

Although Shicheng Island is on the sea, it is not far from the southeast coast of Zhuanghe Fort. The closest place to each other is less than ten miles. It is the retreat of the Zhuanghe Fort horse infantry team on Jinhai East Road, so the connection between the two places has never been broken. .

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Especially after the sea surface between the two places froze, not only did it not block travel, on the contrary, it became more convenient to travel between them.

Especially after the people stationed on the island became familiar with the complex ice conditions on the sea surface, and knew where there were passable waterways and where there was ice that could be parked and stepped on, the exchanges between each other became more frequent than before the ice formed.

Therefore, that night, the messenger from Zhu Keyong's command in Zhuanghe Fort followed the team sent by Yu Liangtai to report and communicate and came to Shicheng Island.

The person coming was none other than Xu Tingxuan, the son of Xu Tianchong, the commander-in-chief of Jinhai Middle Road.

After Xu Tingxuan worked with Yang Zhen as the adjutant of the general town government for a period of time, he was assigned to serve under Zu Keyong on Jinhai East Road. He is now the guard at the south gate of the outer city of Zhuanghe Fort.

"Xu Tingxuan, a humble official, comes to see you generals!"

Arriving at the meeting place where Yu Liangtai and others were meeting at the foot of Shicheng Mountain deep in the naval camp on the island, Xu Tingxuan met with the generals. While talking, he hurriedly made gestures to pay his respects.

"No courtesy, no courtesy, Xu Guards does not need to be too polite. First tell me about your current situation in Zhuanghe Fort. Do you have any news from Governor Yang? Previously, the Ancestor Commander sent someone across the sea to inquire about our fleet. Whereabouts, but what happened?"

Others may not know Xu Tingxuan's identity, but Yu Liangtai knew it, so he stopped Xu Tingxuan before he could actually pay homage.

At the same time, he was indeed a little uneasy and anxious, eager to know the news about Zhuanghe Fort City and Zhenjiang Fort City.

When Xu Tingxuan heard this, he straightened up and took the opportunity to quickly glance at the other people waiting for him in the room.

The standing Qiu Bixian and Yu Shimeng were both familiar to Xu Tingxuan.

He had also met Lin Qingye and Shen Qicheng, who were sitting and looking at him.

Although he didn't know who Shen Qicheng was here at this moment, he also understood that these people in front of him were not outsiders.

"General Zu was very happy when he heard that Commander Lin personally led the naval fleet back to Shicheng Island in Yu Xie Town at Zhuanghe Fort. He specially sent his subordinates to visit the generals overnight, just to invite all generals to Zhuanghe Fort tomorrow. Discuss important matters."

"Discussing important matters?"

"What's the big deal?!"

"But something happened over there with the Governor?"

Yu Liangtai and others, who had been drifting on the sea for a long time, now saw the situation in front of Jinhai East Road. So when they first heard what Xu Tingxuan said, everyone turned pale with surprise and asked questions one after another.

"Generals, relax, the Governor is as safe as Mount Tai. However, the major matter that General Zu invited the generals to Zhuanghe Fort to discuss is also related to the Governor."

Facing the surprised inquiries from Yu Liangtai, Lin Qingye and others, Xu Tingxuan knew that they might have misunderstood, so he immediately added two sentences of explanation.

"It is precisely because the Governor sent a warrant from Zhenjiang Fort to Zhuanghe Fort half a month ago that General Zu has been eager to contact you in Yuxie Town."

"The Governor has a messenger from Zhenjiang Fort? Who is it?!"

"Don't worry, Yu Xiezhen. The person who came here is none other than Li Shouzhong from the Fusiliary Regiment Camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. I know him from his humble position, I know him as the ancestral commander, and you also know Yu Xiezhen."

Xu Tingxuan knew very well why Yu Liangtai was so surprised.

Because, except for Yuan Jin and General Yuan who visited Zhuanghe Fort twice when they were passing by at sea, no one else had ever visited Zhuanghe Fort since Zhenjiang Fort was besieged.

And Yang Zhen also personally ordered that once the fighting broke out at Zhenjiang Fort, soldiers and horses from Zhuanghe Fort were not allowed to go to the rescue.

In this regard, not only would Zhenjiang Castle not issue such an order, but no one else's orders would be executed.

In this way, if anyone says that he is from Zhenjiang Fort and wants to convey Yang Zhen's orders, that will indeed make people suspicious.

If he didn't know him, he might be killed on the spot as a spy.

However, when Xu Tingxuan said that the person who came was Li Shouzhong, Yu Liangtai immediately let out a sigh of relief, nodded, and did not ask further on this topic, but instead asked:

"The governor sent Li Shouzhong to Zhuanghe Fort. Why?"

"This is what Zu Zongbing did not say publicly. He was just a member of the guard, and he did not dare to inquire more. However, since Zu Zongbing asked Beizhi to come to invite Yu Xiezhen and Commander Lin, Mr. Shen went to the city to discuss matters. Presumably, after I go there tomorrow, Commander-in-Chief Zu will tell me personally."

It’s not that Xu Tingxuan didn’t report what he knew, or that he was tight-lipped and refused to tell Yu Liangtai and others the truth, but that he really didn’t know anything about it.

Although he knew Li Shouzhong and was quite familiar with him personally, Li Shouzhong and his team only stayed at Zhuanghe Fort for one night. Before dawn the next morning, they returned north to Zhenjiang Fort in the fog.

Xu Tingxuan only knew that after meeting Li Shouzhong, Zu Keyong was in a good mood these days, changing from his previous depressed appearance.
Chapter completed!