The Golden Age Chapter 618: If something goes wrong, there must be a demon

Pan Weixing's face was a little ugly, and he asked: "Chen Shaojian, you said someone notified them in advance, who leaked the news?"

Chen Xi shook his head and said: "It is still unclear who leaked the news."

"Not many people knew about the action tonight." Pan Weixing said slowly: "Do you mean that someone around the old man leaked news?"

Chen Xiyi is horrified: "Anything is possible."

Pan Weixing turned to Musk Moon and said, "His Royal Highness, Tu Kuohai is the congregation of the Queen Mother. The Dong family was besieged last night, and Tu Kuohai got the news, so he managed to escape. The officials who knew about the action tonight are people whom the veteran trusts very much. The veteran believes They are all loyal to the court, and it is absolutely impossible for them to report to the Queen’s Club."

Sheyue smiled lightly: "Since Master Pan is so sure, I also believe that there will be no spies around you."

"His Royal Highness, Tu Kuohai's escape just proved that the Taihu Pirates are the chaos of the party." Pan Weixing said sternly: "If he is just a Taihu fisherman, why worry about being brought for interrogation by the government? Qiao Shenggong has already confessed, and the old official thought, next We should plan how to eliminate Taihu Pirates."

Mosk Moon looked forward to her beautiful eyes, looked at Qin Xiao, and asked: "Qin Xiao, what do you mean? Should we prepare to encircle and suppress Taihu pirates?"

Qin Xiao thought for a while, and then said: "If the Neikucu silver is really stolen by the Taihu Pirates, and they are still the Queen Mother's congregation, the court will naturally destroy them. Jiangnan is the empire's wealthy place, so important. Locally, such a rebellious force must never exist."

She Yue thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, then asked Pan Weixing: "Pan Cishi, if you encircle Taihu Lake, what are your plans?"

"The veteran thought that Taihu pirates occupied Taihu Lake, with tens of thousands of people, and these pirates were familiar with water. The Jiangnan navy had only a dozen warships, and its strength was only a few hundred men. Power really can’t eliminate Taihu pirates.” Pan Weixing has obviously thought about the countermeasures to encircle Taihu pirates, and respectfully said: “To eliminate Taihu pirates, don’t be anxious for a while. The old minister thinks that he can do two things right now.”

Pan Weixing is a local member of Suzhou, and he knows the situation in Suzhou very well. She Yue obviously takes Pan Weixing's opinion very seriously, and said "Oh".

"His Royal Highness can give an order to send someone to Taihu Lake." Pan Weixing said, "Let Linghuxuan come to Suzhou City to pay a visit. If he dares to come, he will take it down immediately. Taihu Pirates have no leader and no Linghu. Xuan, if you want to destroy it, it’s easy to turn your back on."

"What if he doesn't come?" Sheyue said: "Since he is a member of the Queen Mother's Club, how dare he land ashore if he knows that the city should be removed?"

Pan Weixing said: "His Royal Highness said that let Linghuxuan land ashore, just to let the Suzhou military and civilians know that the court did not want to kill the fishermen in Taihu Lake. Being able to land ashore, everyone in the world knows that Taihu Pirates rebelled against the court, and encirclement and suppression will be justified."

"It makes sense."

"The other thing is to prepare for war." Pan Weixing said solemnly: "When the Taihu Pirates were just a group of fishermen, they relied on geographical advantages to resist the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers in Taihu Lake. Now more than 20 years have passed. Today's Taihu Pirates are different from those of the past.” After a pause, he said: “As far as the minister knows, Linghu Xuan has trained soldiers to build weapons, then fished in the name of fishing, and purchased ships. Now the number of ships in Taihu Pirates is not enough. Eight hundred, although most of them only

It’s a simple fishing boat, but it’s brisk and flexible, but it is the most powerful weapon on Taihu Lake. Regardless of whether they are troops or ships, the Jiangnan navy is not the same as the Taihu Pirates. If they defend the island, the court may not be able to win. "

Musk Moon clicked on her head slightly and said: "Pan Cishi's words are reasonable."

"So the minister thought that he should send people to watch the Taihu Pirates and immediately build warships. In addition, sailors can be mobilized from various places, especially the East Sea Division, which is the most elite water of my Datang. The army and the navy division officers and soldiers will come here. After they all arrive, the ships here will be almost the same." Pan Weixing is very serious: "At that time, sending troops to encircle Xishan Island, and you will surely be able to wipe out the Taihu thieves. Although there are many Taihu thieves. There are thousands of people, but a large number of them are just family members. There are more than 10,000 young and strong men. There are even less than 10,000 people who can fight the battle. After the court is ready, everything will be done."

A faint smile appeared on the corners of Sheyue’s lips, and said with a smile: “Pan Cishi is indeed the pillar of the country. It’s just that...building ships, mobilizing navy forces, and supplying materials, these must be properly prepared and costly. The amount of money and food is not a small amount. Whether the Ministry of Household can allocate such a huge sum of money is not yet known. If the bank of the Jiangnan Neiku is still there, and the palace is gritted with teeth, it can be used to remove the silver from the Neiku to kill the thief, but you just listened By the way, the internal inventory is only tens of thousands of taels. If the Ministry of Households cannot allocate the money, how will this battle be fought?"

Pan Weixing finally smiled and said: "The old minister has already figured out a countermeasure."

"How to say?"

"To encircle and suppress Taihu pirates, there is no need for the court to take a silver or two to come out." Pan Weixing said softly: "His Royal Highness knows that Jiangnan family and Taihu pirates have always been incompatible with fire and water. The existence of Taihu pirates makes Jiangnan family difficult to sleep and eat, as long as there is a chance. , They all want to put Linghu Xuan to death. Now that the Taihu Pirates are the Queen Mother's congregation, His Royal Highness is ready to destroy the Taihu Pirates. The Jiangnan family can't ask for it. As long as your Highness says, the old minister believes that the Jiangnan seven surnames are willing to actively donate their military resources, as long as they do their best. Cooperation, only in the south of the Yangtze River, it is enough to raise military resources to eliminate the Taihu Pirates."

Mosk Moon and Phoenix Eyes circulated, and asked: "Are they willing to donate military resources?"

"If your Royal Highness allows, the old minister can go to negotiate with the Qian family now." Pan Weixing is confident: "The old minister is willing to persuade the Qian family to contribute with the three-inch tongue, as long as the Qian family agrees, they will come forward, and then Let the local government of Hangzhou and Yangzhou cooperate, and I believe they will be able to convince them in the end."

Musyue groaned for a moment, raised her hand and pressed her eyebrows, and said: "My palace is a little tired, let my palace think about it before making a decision, you should withdraw first."

Pan Weixing hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, the old minister is going to prepare a place to rest."

"No need." She Yue said: "My palace is too rushed, and hasn't slowed down. I will squint here for a while, and then I will talk to you again." Raising his hands to signal several people to leave.

Several people bowed and backed, thinking of something, Qin Xiao raised his head and glanced at She Yue. His eyes met with She Yue, and his lips moved slightly. After all, she was about to turn around. She Yue already said: "Qin Xiao , You stay, this palace has something to ask you."

Pan Weixing glanced at Qin Xiao, but didn't dare to say anything, and walked back with Chen Xi.

"Come here!" After the two of them retreated, Sheyue waved to Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao came forward. Sheyue stared at Qin Xiao and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Qin Xiao hesitated, and finally asked: "Is your Royal Highness sure that Taihu Pirates are the Queen Mother Association

People? "

"This is the result of your investigation, why do you want to ask this palace?" Musk asked back: "Isn't Linghuxuan a congregation of Queen Mother?"

"The princess naturally also affirms that the theft of Kuyin was done by the Taihu thief?"

She Yue smiled lightly: "Wang Tang left a secret letter, and the Qiao Shenggong you mentioned confessed to it. Are these two people lying?"

Qin Xiao said, "The minister wants to ask the princess for one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Princess Qing leaves Jiangnan as soon as possible." Qin Xiao said solemnly: "The princess will leave this morning before others know that the princess has arrived in Suzhou."

Mosk Yue said quietly: "This palace has worked hard all the way, and finally rushed to Suzhou. You let the palace leave before staying for a day. Why is this?"

Qin Xiao looked serious and said: "The minister can't tell what the reason is, but...the princess came to Suzhou, and the minister suddenly felt a little uneasy."

"Uneasy?" She Yue's beautiful eyes flowed, and she smiled charmingly: "Are you afraid of this palace, or are you worried about this palace? This palace is in Suzhou, why can it make you uneasy?"

Qin Xiao looked at Musk and said with a serious face: "Because everything went so smoothly."

Sk Yuexiu frowned and asked: "What do you mean by this?" Pointing to a chair next to him, he said: "Sit down and talk."

"We are sure that Linghuxuan is General Kuhai, for two reasons." Qin Xiao looked at She Yue's beautiful face: "One is a secret letter from Wang Hongcai, and the other is a confession from Qiao Shenggong."

"Not bad." Sheyue looked at Qin Xiao: "What's the problem?"

Qin Xiao lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Princess, don't you think that the clues obtained from these two people are too smooth." After a pause, he said: "Let's talk about Wang Hongcai, that is, Wang Hongcai. Tang, we were able to get the secret letter left by him. The reason was that we encountered Yu Xuanwu who was captured and killed on the way to Suzhou. Yu Xuanwu was the person Wang Tang arranged to go to Kyoto to send embroidered shoes."

"You are lucky." Musk smiled faintly.

Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "Actually, the young minister never believes in luck. From Suzhou to Kyoto, it takes more than ten days to travel by boat, even if it is smooth sailing day and night. If we say that we and Yu Xuan Wu’s boats crossed by on the way, it was natural, but when we met her that night, her boat happened to be ambushed, if we missed the opportunity with her boat one hour in the morning, one hour in the evening, fish Xuan Wu will inevitably fall into the hands of thieves, but in fact, on the waterway that takes more than ten days, we will not be too late, and we will meet her when she is ambushed."

Musk Yue still looked calm, and asked: "You mean the ambush that night, did you deliberately let you meet?"

"Although I'm not sure, such a coincidence is really weird." Qin Xiao sighed: "When Yu Xuanwu left Suzhou, she was discovered, so someone attacked her ship halfway. , But the location where she appeared that night was a few days away from Suzhou. Why didn't the group of people wait until she left Suzhou before attacking, and the attack happened right under my nose? If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. The minister has been thinking about it for the past two days. The coincidence that night was not accidental, but an inevitable arrangement."