Back to the story, Murong Fu let Zi Mo go, put away the cowhide bag properly, and returned with Yagyu Shenghuaqi the same way. At this point, he was no longer particularly concerned about the purpose of the Yagyu family's visit to Zhongyuan, and even the Genji mentioned in the secret letter.
, including the elusive man in black, were also thrown aside by him at this moment. The most important thing now was to find out whether the Tokugawa family really planned to invade the Central Plains.
To be honest, he is not a person who attaches great importance to family and country, but no matter what, he has never lost the bottom line of a descendant of Yan and Huang. If the Tokugawa family really wants to go to the Central Plains to stir up trouble and invade and plunder, he will definitely not sit back and watch.
Ignore it, not to mention that in his eyes, half of the world is already in his pocket, and the remaining half is only a matter of time. How could he allow others to snatch food from his bowl?
He could not turn a blind eye to the Tokugawa family, both in public and private matters, and he had to prepare for the worst and make arrangements in advance.
Thinking of this, Murong Fu couldn't help but have a headache. Among the several armies of the Murong family, Huo Qingtong's Tianxuan Army occupied Hulao Pass. However, due to the difficulty in transporting food and grass, they were quite unable to advance or retreat. They should not move lightly now, and the Tianxuan Army was a cavalry force.
, the only thing we can do to deal with the Japanese Navy is to deliver food.
In the early years, the Tianshu Army was wallowing on the banks of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, and had no fear of land or water. Unfortunately, Deng Baichuan was still cleaning up the northwest battlefield. Although there were very few battles there, it would not be enough to leave such a large territory unattended. It would take at least half a year to do so.
Stabilize it and wait until the day lilies are cold.
The Shenlong Army is very suitable. Firstly, this army is an authentic naval force. Secondly, it is very convenient to mobilize the army from Taiwan to the north. It can be arrived in a month or two. However, the Shenlong Army is idle and cannot move. Although Murong
Fu was half coerced and half induced to sign an armistice agreement with the Tiandihui, but he has never been a person with a good reputation. On the surface, the Shenlong Army had a truce with the Zheng family, but in fact, it was secretly building momentum and waiting for the opportunity.
If we transfer the Shenlong Army now, everything we have done before will be in vain. If we miss that perfect opportunity and give the Zheng family a chance to breathe, they will have to pay a price tenfold and a hundredfold if they want to take Taiwan in the future.
In addition to these three armies that can stand alone, Xiangyang City also has a Kaiyang Army, but it is completely the reserve force of other armies. It has not experienced any major battles and has uneven quality. Not to mention water battles, land battles are all
Enough to win.
"Well, for the current plan, I can only pray that the Zheng family will give Shi Lang a chance as soon as possible so that Shi Lang can escape as soon as possible. I also hope that the Tokugawa family will be more sensible and not be so quick to stir up trouble..." Murong Fu thought secretly.
It didn't take long, around noon, the Qinglongji was already in sight. Murong Fu was distracted all the way and didn't pay much attention to his surroundings. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and stopped suddenly.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Yagyu Shenghuaqi said in confusion.
Murong Fu turned around and looked around, "We are going back the way we came, right?"
Yagyu Shenghuaqi didn't know what she meant, but she still nodded, "Yes."
"Where was the old man's body last night?"
"Huh?" Yagyu Shenghuaqi was stunned and looked around, but there was no body anywhere. "Maybe I went astray, but the general direction is definitely correct. The market is ahead."
Murong Fu was not concerned about whether he was going in the right direction. Without saying a word, he wandered around the area. After a while, he found the rut left by the old man last night, and along the rut he found the stinking night-scented car.
car, but the old man’s body was missing.
"This..." Yagyu Shenghuaqi also realized that something was wrong and asked with some uncertainty, "Could it be that my father sent someone to deal with it?"
"Ha." Murong Fu sneered and said nothing. In Lanling County, the government has long existed in name only. Without the government's deterrent, the most direct result is that killing people does not require life. In other words, you can secretly kill a lot of people around here.
It doesn't matter at all. Some kind-hearted people dug a hole and buried them, but some cruel people exposed their corpses everywhere in the wilderness. Is Yagyu Sogan the kind of person who cares about both killing and burying?
What's more, there are two opinions as to whether Yagyu Sogan is still staying in Donglaiju. How could he send someone to dispose of the body?
"Huh?" Suddenly Yagyu Shenghuaqi let out a startled cry and pointed to a tree, "Master, please see, there are traces of earth-moving here."
"Huh? The slap in the face doesn't have to happen so quickly, right? Yagyu Zong Yanzhen sent someone to bury the body?" Murong Fu was stunned for a while. When he came to Yagyu Huaqi, he suddenly realized that the scope of the earth-moving was very small, and it was not like burying the body at all.
, he stomped his feet, and something flew out of the ground. He stretched out his hand to call it, and looked carefully, but it was a human skin mask and two pieces of coarse linen clothes.
He hadn't seen the old man's face last night, but he still recognized his clothes. He still didn't understand that the scene where the old man was killed last night was completely another scene of the golden cicada's escape from its shell.
"Damn, I was tricked by that old fox!" Murong Fu was immediately furious. Last night, he felt pity and did not carefully examine the old man's body. Unexpectedly, Yagyu Zongyan sent two groups of people, one from Zimo and the other.
Along the way is the decrepit "old man".
Yagyu Shenghuaqi looked a little embarrassed. After figuring out the connection, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and said, "It's all my fault. I believed Song Xiu's words easily."
"Song Xiu?" Murong Fu was stunned.
"Oh, it's that Zi Mo. His real name is Matsu Hideshiro, and Zi Mo is his title in the martial arts world." Yagyu Hanaki explained.
Murong Fu reluctantly suppressed the anger in his heart, thought calmly for a while, and shook his head slowly, "I don't blame you. With your father's sophistication, I'm afraid even Zi Mo himself doesn't know that the old man is actually a man sent by your father, otherwise he would have taken action last night.
It won’t be that neat.”
The scene when Zi Mo killed the old man last night was indeed extremely realistic, otherwise he would not have been so careless and not doubted the old man's identity at all.
Liu Shenghuaqi wanted to say something more, but Murong Fu waved his hand, "Forget it, let's go back and take a look first."
Then the two of them immediately rushed to Donglaiju. As Murong Fu expected, except for the ordinary people who ran the shop, Yagyu Sogan and all his subordinates had long since disappeared.
"You are paralyzed. If I see you next time, I will beat you half to death..." Murong Fu completely forgot about the existence of Yagyu Shenghuaqi and cursed incessantly. He secretly decided in his heart that he would never let Yagyu Shengzongyan complete the Golden Snake easily.
Camp list.
At this point, he could no longer trace the whereabouts of the old man, nor could he know what Yagyu Sogan had sent him to do, so he had to go back home extremely depressed.
Back at Lanling Mountain, the atmosphere in the Golden Snake Camp was still extremely tense, with a chilling atmosphere everywhere. It was obvious that Yuan Chengzhi was determined to rectify the Golden Snake Camp.
This was also a good thing for Murong Fu. He also pointed out that the Golden Snake Camp could compete with Wu Sangui more, and the rabble like before would definitely not be able to do so.
But then again, it's not enough for the Golden Snake Camp to be too good. If they really let them overthrow Wu Sangui, it would be difficult to control them.
Fortunately, this worry was unnecessary. As soon as Murong Fu returned to the courtyard, he heard Hong Lingbo report that several forces were clamoring to leave the Golden Snake Camp because they couldn't stand Yuan Chengzhi's annexation. Yuan Chengzhi had to relax his methods and only
The Japanese assassins who killed the leader the day before yesterday took over the forces, and there are no other big moves for the time being.
"Master, this is the only news in the Golden Snake Camp at the moment. After you left, Mrs. Yuan came to see you, but was sent away by the disciple." Hong Lingbo said respectfully.
Murong Fu nodded, not surprised at all, "Is there anything else?"
"The bodies of the two Crystal Palace disciples who died in strange circumstances have been delivered, but due to the martial law in Lanling Mountain, they cannot be transported in yet. There is no news other than that."
Murong Fu had long forgotten about the murder of the Crystal Palace disciples, but since Hong Lingbo mentioned it, he couldn't remain indifferent and immediately ordered, "Send a few people to pick them up. If there is any obstruction, you can give them some help. I'll
Look, there are a lot of people arranged around this small courtyard, just to remind Yuan Chengzhi that the Murong family is not just a bunch of fish and shrimps, if you want to monitor it, just monitor it."
"Yes, does Master have any other instructions?"
"There are a few things." Murong Fu said, taking out a cowhide bag from his sleeve, "This is a secret letter to the Tokugawa family. You should immediately find someone who is proficient in Japanese writing to translate it for me.
It’s best to contact the Crystal Palace’s cracking experts to see if there’s anything fishy in the letter.”
No matter what Yangyu Kaqi said, he always firmly believed that the content of the secret letter would not be so simple.
"As ordered." Hong Lingbo took the cowhide bag, put it away properly, and waited for Murong Fu's next words.
Murong Fu pondered for a moment and then said, "The second thing is to go to Xin Anyang and order Yuan Ziyi and Feng Boe to lead the escort army south. Go first... Go to Qingzhou Mansion first. Remember, you must closely monitor all the major cities in Shandong.
If there is any movement at the offshore port terminal, please report it to me as soon as possible."
"Yes." Hong Lingbo didn't know why Murong Fu suddenly used the escort army and monitored the port and wharf so solemnly, but he didn't dare to neglect it and wrote it down verbatim.
"The third thing is to contact Yanziwu and immediately send smart and reliable people to Japan to find out the current situation of the Tokugawa family. This matter needs to be done quickly. It is extremely urgent."
"yes."
"The fourth thing is to send a message to Shi Lang and ask him to move faster. If that doesn't work, just create your own opportunities. If it doesn't work for you if you give him so many masters, don't blame me for substituting someone else."
"yes."
"One more thing, immediately send out manpower to find Yagyu Soyan's whereabouts..."
After being ordered to do one thing, it seemed that every one of them was extremely urgent. Hong Lingbo was confused and had a feeling that her head was as big as a bucket. Now she could really cut it into pieces by herself.
Murong Fu was also helpless. He really didn't have enough manpower...
After thinking for a while, he realized that there were not many manpower available, "By the way, where is the Four Swordsman of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum now?"
"Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum..." Hong Lingbo really had no impression of these four people. After thinking for a while, he asked weakly, "Are the four beautiful maids from the Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan what Master is talking about?"
"Yes, it's them."
"If I remember correctly, disciple, they should be still in Jiaxing now." Hong Lingbo's tone was uncertain. She only paid attention to the movements of her junior sister Lu Wushuang, and vaguely remembered that Mei Lan, Zhuju and her junior sister had stayed together.
I don’t know.
"Yes, yes," she said, and Murong Fu immediately remembered, "I remember asking them to assist Lu Li Ding in gathering those small forces controlled by the Life and Death Talisman. Yes, they should still be in Jiaxing. Just so you can help Lu Li Ding immediately.
Send a message to Jiazhuang, asking Lu Liding to lead his people northward and monitor all offshore ports from Jinling to Shandong in batches."
"Yes." Hong Lingbo responded, but secretly took a breath in his heart. His master opened his mouth and came, but he didn't know how many legs he would break with this order. However, this kind of thing gave Lu Liding a headache.
Well, she just needs to convey the order...
Of course it was not that Murong Fu didn't know how far it was from Jinling to Shandong and how many ports there were, but he had no choice. Surveillance was the next step. The most important thing was that once the Japanese army really came, these people could barely resist one or two.
The calculation has been put to its best use.
"The Four Swordsmen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, let them come to my place first and let them use it..."