Every rumor has its initial spreader. Although the third aunt's method is crude, it is very effective.
As the questions went up one level at a time, all the fingers pointed at the inn outside Heifeng Ridge.
A few days ago, several merchants were discussing the attack on Jin Feng in the East China Sea at an inn, and they were overheard by people working in the village.
Then the rumor spread back to the village.
Jin Feng is the center of Xihewan. The topic about him has its own traffic, let alone such explosive news?
So the rumor quickly spread in the village.
Guan Xiaorou is Jin Feng's first wife, and her prestige in the village is second only to Jin Feng. With her coming to take charge of the overall situation, the rumors in the village were quickly extinguished, and the production, work and life in the village quickly returned to normal.
But many villagers noticed that the number of patrols in the village suddenly tripled.
Zheng Fang also built several new wooden buildings in the open space between the back mountain and the village, and had bodyguards on duty day and night.
A few days later, 500 Zhenyuan troops guarding Jianmen Pass were also transferred back and stationed in Changshegou outside the village to protect the lime factory and cement factory in Changshegou.
Not only in the village, but also in places such as Iron Can Mountain, Double Hump, and Maomao Mountain, the number of guards has been increased.
The number of guards increased, but the grenades and hot-air balloons were collected for centralized storage, and the usual grenade training was changed to fake grenades carved from wood.
The ninth princess is worried that there are still traitors in the village.
The combination of grenades and hot air balloons is too powerful. If a traitor gets their hands on it, the consequences will be disastrous.
Even without grenades and hot-air balloons, the escorts still had heavy crossbows and catapults, and they were still ahead of the rest of Dakang's army.
Therefore, the escorts did not have much resistance to Guan Xiaorou taking back the grenades and hot air balloons.
Jinchuan County is still that inconspicuous little courtyard.
But this time there were three old men gathered here.
"I didn't expect that a bitch like Guan Xiaorou still had a few brushes to stabilize Xihewan so quickly."
The old man on the left said: "We underestimated her."
"Mr. Du, we didn't underestimate Guan Xiaorou, but we underestimated Princess Wuyang!"
The old man in the middle said: "Your Excellency once said that Princess Wuyang has the talent to govern the country, and she is our biggest opponent."
"Mr. Bao's words are reasonable, but I believe that we cannot underestimate Guan Xiaorou."
The old man on the right said: "Her prestige in Jinchuan is second only to Jin Feng. When the bandits besieged Xihewan, she raised her arms and immediately countless villagers were willing to obey her command. Now that Princess Wuyang is making suggestions behind her, it is not easy.
A good thing to deal with.”
"Mr. Yao is right, we really cannot take it lightly."
Mr. Bao nodded in agreement, and then asked in a low voice: "By the way, I received news from the capital yesterday, saying that the corpse brought back from Donghai had a burnt face, and it was impossible to tell whether it was Jin Feng. What do you think of Jin Feng?"
Are you dead or not?"
"Who dares to tell lies about this kind of thing?" Mr. Du frowned and said, "He should be dead, otherwise he should have jumped out long ago!"
"What if he escaped and just lost his way at sea?" Mr. Bao said.
"Mr. Bao, you are so imaginative," Mr. Du said with a smile: "Even if your guess is true, his ship will be sunk, and he will die sooner or later on the vast sea."
Mr. Bao was just about to speak when he heard Mr. Yao say: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether Jin Feng dies or not."
"What does Mr. Yao mean by this?" Mr. Du asked.
"You two will know in a few days." Mr. Yao said, "The capital may be about to change!"
"The capital...is changing?" Mr. Du and Mr. Bao were both startled.
Who is the sky in the capital? It is the emperor Chen Ji.
Mr. Du and Mr. Bao both know what the changing weather means.
But they couldn't believe it!
Mr. Du looked at the door and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Yao, do you know anything?"
Although Mr. Yao is also a counselor, he is not raised by a powerful person. He is a concubine of the Yao family in the capital, and he knows more information than them.
"I know, but I can't say. Don't worry, you two. You will know in a few days."
Mr. Yao said, "I advise you both to deal with the matters at hand these days. I'm afraid we will be very busy next time."
After saying this, Mr. Yao simply closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Mr. Bao and Mr. Du were so anxious that they wanted to curse, but they also knew the rules and stopped asking questions.
At the same time, Chen Ji, who was far away in the capital, finally received news of Jin Feng's attack.
Like most escorts, Chen Ji did not believe that Jin Feng would be defeated by the pirates.
"Nonsense!" Chen Ji slapped the information on the table: "Qin Zhen, where did you get the fake news?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the news was sent back by Zheng Chiyuan of the Navy, and then Mr. Zheng forwarded it to me." Qin Zhen answered with his head lowered.
"Zheng Chiyuan?" Chen Ji frowned: "Since it's him, why didn't he send the battle report?"
The navy is also an army. According to the rules, when encountering such a major event, a formal battle report must be sent to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War for record.
"The battle report should be on the way already. I'm afraid it will take a few days to arrive. What your Majesty is seeing now is a letter delivered by a flying pigeon." Qin Zhen explained.
"So, the Imperial Master is really dead?"
Chen Ji sat back on the chair, his face turning pale.
Although Jin Feng did not have enough respect and awe for him, since Jin Feng's rise, it has been the most comfortable time for him as emperor in so many years.
The party members who had bullied Dakang for so many years, Tubo and Dongman, were beaten to a pulp by Jin Feng one after another. They gradually began to look down on the royal family, and even the dignitaries who wanted to show their teeth to him were beaten to a pulp by Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess.
turtle.
Nowadays, Dakang can be said to be safe both internally and externally. As long as he, the emperor, takes the time to go to the morning court and then throws the memorial to the Privy Council led by Zhong Wuji, his work will be completed.
After Concubine Qing left, Concubine Shu quickly hired a group of new maids. Chen Ji has been spending time in Concubine Shu's palace every day recently, and his life is happier than that of a god.
In the end, who knew something happened to Jin Feng!
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. According to Zheng Chiyuan's letter, the pirates did not find the body of the Imperial Preceptor. The bodyguard firmly believes that the Imperial Preceptor is not dead and has been searching at sea." Qin Zhen consoled him.
"The Imperial Master will definitely not die!" Chen Ji slapped the table: "Qin Zhen, immediately ask the Privy Council to draw up a decree and order Zheng Chiyuan to lead the navy to search and rescue the Imperial Master!"
"yes!"
Qin Zhen agreed and was about to go out when he suddenly heard a loud noise from outside.
Immediately afterwards, there was a tremor in the ground, and the vases on which the crime was committed fell to the ground.
"Is the earth dragon turning over?"
Qin Zhen's expression changed, he turned around, grabbed Chen Ji and ran out.
The great eunuch Yinque quickly followed.
The three of them ran out of the palace together, only to find a mushroom cloud rising in the northwest corner of the palace.
Qin Zhen frowned and shouted coldly: "You, go and see what's going on?"
A forbidden soldier guarding the door quickly ran out.
After a while, the Imperial Army came back and said, "It's bad, Commander, the aviation team's equipment warehouse has exploded!"