Early the next morning, Shen Yunfan looked a little pale.
Last night, because I soaked in hot water for a while and saw an overly fragrant scene, I couldn't stop the nosebleeds. As a result, I spent the whole night dealing with the nosebleeds.
Shen Yunfan, Shen Yunfan, you are so disappointing!
Full of regret, he muttered, "It's a pity that we wasted a good opportunity for a mandarin duck bath."
The wind chime next to him rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You have shed so much blood and still want to take a mandarin duck bath. Young Master, you are such an idiot!"
While the two were talking, Xie Min knocked on the door.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, Mr. Zhou Tong Wang is already waiting downstairs!"
Zhou Tong is the adjutant of the prefect, that is, the second-in-command of a state. Now that the prefect of Jiaozhou is dead, Zhou Tong is the acting first-in-command of Jiaozhou.
"Okay, get down right away." Shen Yunfan responded.
Xie Min heard this and went downstairs first. At this time, sitting on the first floor of the inn was a man in his forties who was dressed luxuriously. This was Zhou Tong Wang Tong.
"Where are the people?"
"Said he would be coming down soon."
"Huh, you're not that old, but the pomp is quite big." Wang Tong sneered. He had learned about Shen Yunfan's general situation from Xie Min last night.
Naturally, he didn't take it seriously when the imperial court sent such a young boy. After all, a strong dragon does not suppress a local coward, and he, a local coward, is not afraid of any court official.
"Sir, I am an imperial envoy patrolling here, so we should keep a low profile."
"You don't need to teach me how to do things." Wang Tong frowned.
Xie Min pursed his lips and could only step aside.
At this time, Shen Yunfan came downstairs.
Wang Tong saw that his face was pale and he saw the wind chimes following him. He showed a sarcastic smile and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy is so lucky. I'm afraid you can play songs every night, right?"
When he spoke, not only did he not salute, he didn't even stand up.
Obviously, he wanted to give someone a shot.
Shen Yunfan's face darkened, he picked up the tea next to him and poured it directly into Wang Tong's face.
"What are you doing!" Wang Tong was furious and stood up.
"I thought you were disabled, but you can actually stand?" Shen Yunfan said sadly.
"Whether I stand or not, what does it have to do with you?" Wang Tong was furious, and the guards behind him took a step forward. This behavior was extremely arrogant.
As a local snake in Jiaozhou, which official from the imperial court would give him some face? In his eyes, Shen Yunfan would have to give in if he threatened him like this!
However, this time Wang Tong obviously thought wrong.
"It seems that he needs discipline." Shen Yunfan said coldly and threw the tea cup to the ground.
The cup shattered, attracting everyone's attention.
In the blink of an eye, several men in black with grimaces quietly appeared around them. The dagger in one of them's hands was even placed on Wang Tong's neck.
Wang Tong's expression suddenly changed, he broke into a cold sweat, and he could only bravely ask:
"You...you want to commit murder in Jiaozhou!"
Shen Yunfan stepped forward and patted Wang Tong's face: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, acting as Prime Minister, and now I am the first-rank imperial envoy. How can you pretend to be a big-tailed wolf when you are a sixth-rank fellow?"
"If I chop off your head now, no one would dare to ask a question, and there will be people vying for your position the next day. Do you believe it?"
This tone of voice was so chilling that Wang Tong shuddered and his legs shook like a sieve.
After a long while, he whispered: "I... follow the imperial envoy's instructions in everything!"
"Okay." Shen Yunfan said loudly, "I came to Jiaozhou this time to do three things. First, eliminate the banditry. Second, capture the remnants of Zheng's soldiers. Third, find out the case of the death of the prefect. You understand. "?"
"Understood!" Everyone agreed.
But Shen Yunfan noticed one detail. Originally, he just mentioned the prefect casually, but when he mentioned the word prefect, Wang Tong actually showed a trace of panic for no reason.
Could it be that there is something fishy about the death of the governor of Jiaozhou?
He remained calm and pretended not to
Discover clues.
At this time, Di Xingchang brought people in. Seeing the scene here, he was dissatisfied and said: "What are you doing? Are you still killing people in broad daylight?"
"Everyone, go down." Shen Yunfan waved his hand.
Only then did the five ghosts retreat one after another.
Di Xingchang frowned and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Sir, the Jiaozhou garrison has come to deliver information. I think after we get the location of the bandits' den, we will go and kill them all."
"Don't be impatient." Shen Yunfan reminded.
Di Xingchang glanced at him, put on an expression of "Who cares about you?", and walked out alone.
Shen Yunfan narrowed his eyes and followed.
All this was seen by Wang Tong. He followed at the back with a gloomy expression, wondering what he was thinking.
The group quickly went to meet the spies sent by the Jiaozhou garrison and got a map showing the locations of bandit dens. There were three relatively large bandit dens in the entire Jiaozhou.
It is said that the escaped military bandits were also hiding in these three bandit dens.
The total number of people in the three bandit dens should be about 4,000, of whom more than 2,000 are remnants of Zheng's soldiers.
After Di Xingchang read it, he immediately led three thousand imperial guards to exterminate the bandits.
But Shen Yunfan stopped him and said, "We are outnumbered because we are outnumbered, so we should be fully prepared."
"We are a regular army, they are just a mob, what preparations do we need?" Di Xingchang sneered, "If you don't understand military affairs, don't point fingers."
"Regular army? Then why did you kill 12,000 people in the battle against Zheng's army?" Shen Yunfan glared at him.
Being poked in a painful spot, Di Xingchang blushed anxiously. But before he could speak, Shen Yunfan added another sentence: "You said I don't understand military affairs, but if I hadn't brought He Chengyun's body to disrupt the morale of the army, your casualties would have been I’ll add a few thousand more.”
At this moment, Di Xingchang was completely speechless and could only lower his head and obey the orders.
Shen Yunfan pondered for a moment and then gave instructions: "The intelligence says that these bandits are good at using fire attacks. Each of you carries a bag of water. At the critical moment, you can make mud to save your life."
"In addition, the Jiaozhou Tuzhai is low, but very narrow inside. You go to the Jiaozhou Military Affairs Office and replace the long halberds, long knives and other weapons with short swords and short swords, so that they can be used more easily."
"Be fully prepared today, and it won't be too late to set out to suppress the bandits tomorrow."
Di Xingchang looked reluctant and said through his teeth: "Yes."
He then took the people away and went to prepare.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, shall we go back to the inn to rest?" Xie Min asked.
"No, go to the prefect's mansion. I want to see the death scene of the prefect!"