comeback [rebirth]

Two hours ago, on the bank of the Qingjiang River.

Just as Jiang Yuanming saw off his family's boat, before leaving the pier, he bumped into a group of people head-on.

At first, he was only puzzled, until the leader took the initiative to walk towards him and revealed his identity, claiming to be the guard of his prince's nephew, and then explained the current situation to him.

Only then did he know that the two helmsmen from his family had been coerced by someone, with the purpose of murdering the second prince and laying all the blame on the Jiang family.

He was startled when he heard it, and without thinking about other things, he quickly looked towards the sea, but there was no shadow of his own boat in the vast sea.

"grown ups!"

Before returning to his senses, Jiang Yuanming turned his head and shouted to the people beside him, even though the Lou Yuanbai in front of him seemed to be about the same age as his daughter.

"My..." He subconsciously wanted to say "my nephew", but after all, he is not in Jiang's house now, and there is no shortage of rules and etiquette that should be observed, so he quickly changed his words before leaving his mouth:

"The second prince and General Yan are still on the boat. Although they both claim to be good at swimming, this sea is nothing compared to the pond where they usually play in the water. My lord, please..."

"Please make sure they are safe and sound!"

Needless to say, the soldiers behind Lou Yuanbai had already passed the two of them non-stop, and were quickly preparing to leave the boat on the shore.

A total of ten large merchant ships lined up imposingly in a row. The shadow cast by the hull on the pier was only a small part, but it seemed to hang over everyone's head.

Lou Yuanbai looked serious, and looked at Jiang Yuanming after hearing the words: "Aren't you worried that the Jiang family will be involved?"

"It's impossible to say that you're not worried." Jiang Yuanming spoke quickly, "But at this juncture, what else is more important than their safety."

Lou Yuanbai was noncommittal, but only he knew that after seeing Jiang Yuanming's attitude, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for his highness.

And after that, the ship was ready to go, so he didn't say much, and left quickly after slightly nodding to Jiang Yuanming.

The latter had to wait quietly under the protection of the soldiers stationed at the pier until he saw the shadow of a boat coming from a distance.

Before the boat came to a complete stop, Jiang Yuanming strode forward. After seeing Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan getting off the boat in peace, he finally let out the breath hanging from his chest.

"Yun...Your Highness, my lord." He said hastily, "It's a good thing you're all right."

Cen Yuan also called him: "Uncle."

The Jiang family's ship became the main battlefield in the scuffle just now. There is no problem sailing back to the shore, but the sword has no eyes. It will definitely not work.

When Cen Yuan asked Jiang Yuanming to borrow the boat, he guessed that there might be such consequences, so he asked them about the arrangement of the boat in advance, but even so, it was a bit reluctant to completely repair the boat within the remaining month.

"Uncle, I'm sorry," Cen Yuan said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of the boat in a short time."

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Yuanming snapped immediately, "It's enough for you to come back safely."

After all, he thought of something, and said: "By the way, just now that adult surnamed Lou said to send someone to the house, in case someone took advantage of the chaos to attack the Jiang family, your grandfather might be worried. Since you are all right, I will You have to go back and have a look."

It was Cen Yuan who reminded Lou Yuanbai of sending people to Jiang's house in advance. He was also a little worried at the moment, so he nodded, turned his head and told the soldiers next to him to let someone escort Jiang Yuanming back to Jiang's house.

The soldiers responded quickly, called a few more people, and drove their horses to guard Jiang Yuanming's carriage, and walked away after a while.

On the shore, the soldiers were removing the items they had just captured on the island from the boat one by one. As for Zhao Yu, who had long since lost consciousness, the idiot leader, and others, they were also pushed off the boat and detained later. Enter Qingjiang county government office and wait to be dealt with.

Cen Yuan looked away from Xingyuan's car immediately, and asked Lou Yuanbai who happened to come back to him, "Where's the county magistrate surnamed Qu?"

"Temporarily send someone to detain him in the Qu Mansion." Lou Yuanbai reported, "In addition, we also caught a sneaky vendor near the Qu Mansion, and asked around around, but no one knew him well."

Cen Yuan said "Mm", and seeing the orderly surrounding soldiers, he turned to Yan Xuan: "Let's go to Qu Mansion first."

Yan Xuan nodded in agreement.

The good weather at the time of sailing seemed to be blown away by a series of rattling swords on the sea. At this time, the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the fog spread from the sea to the shore, or it had long remained in the sky above Qingjiang County, making the air become cloudy.

In addition, it is now winter and it is getting dark quickly. Cen Yuan thought about it and said to Lou Yuanbai: "After all the things on these ten ships have been moved, let these soldiers go to 'Ding Wu' first. Search the other two islands."

After finishing speaking, Cen Yuan immediately looked at the remaining official ships on the other side, feeling a little headache: "As for those people..."

The enemies who attacked them just now were brought back to the shore by the boat and people, because there were too many people, they could only stay on the boat for the time being.

With such a large group of people, plus those brought back from the two islands later, how should they be settled?

Cen Yuan had no idea, so he could only discuss with Yan Xuan: "The total number of people on the two islands of 'Yimao' and 'Dingwu' is [-], and I don't know if those people on the boat are included. So much room to spare."

Following his gaze, Yan Xuan glanced at several official ships calmly, and quickly said to Lou Yuanbai: "Go to Danlin first, and ask the king of Chu to borrow the schoolyard."

Lou Yuanbai didn't know what exactly they had found along the way, but since Yan Xuan ordered him so, he could only say "yes".

Cen Yuan asked: "Are you so sure that the King of Chu will borrow it?"

Having said that, what he actually wants to ask is: Are you so sure that the King of Chu has no different intentions?

He had some thoughts in his mind, but at most they were just guesses, so although he also thought of the school ground they had been to for a moment, he didn't mention it in the end.

And Yan Xuan didn't answer him directly, only asked Lou Yuanbai: "Where are the four ships that went back to shore earlier?"

Lou Yuanbai was puzzled: "What ship?"

"!" Hearing this, Cen Yuan immediately interrupted the analysis in his mind, raised his head and asked, "How many ships did you bring?"

Lou Yuanbai seemed to have guessed something from his expression, his face darkened, and he replied very quickly: "There are only ten ships in total, all of which are requisitioned private merchant ships. The official ships are worried about fraud. Moreover, today is the The days of routine maintenance of the official ship, just want to borrow it..."

What he wanted to say was "I can't borrow it even if I wanted to", but halfway through the sentence, he figured out something was wrong.

At the side, Cen Yuan picked up his words, but said: "If you want to borrow, maybe you have already been requisitioned."

Lou Yuanbai bowed his head and remained silent.

——That was what happened when Cen Yuan almost pierced Zhao Yu's head with a sword, and began to arrange the next action.

Even with Yan Xuan's reassurance, his mind was still a little confused for a while, and Lou Yuanbai happened to be on another ship to clean up the aftermath, so he had to find someone else to ask about the situation.

Coincidentally, at that time, a person who claimed to be the leader of one of the fleets boarded the ship and wanted to report the progress. Cen Yuan found him and asked about their number and status.The team leader reported to him that there were a total of fourteen ships, of which ten merchant ships and four official ships were requisitioned, and he was responsible for the integration of the four official ships.According to statistics, their personnel losses were not many, and they have successfully controlled the opponent's ship now, just waiting for orders.

Afterwards, the other party took the initiative to propose to him, saying that the enemy ship should be brought back to the shore for the next action.

The original wide sea was extremely crowded because of the dozens of ships they parked here, Cen Yuan thought it was true, so he didn't raise any objection and asked him to do so.

Another reason why he didn't ask more questions was that Yan Xuan was by his side.

Cen Yuan looked at Yan Xuan: "You already knew that there were problems with those four ships?"

"Not exactly." Yan Xuan said, "But I have an impression of that person."

"The leader?"

After Cen Yuan subconsciously finished speaking, he pondered for a moment in his mind. He remembered that the man lowered his head the whole time, and his face was stained with blood from the battle, making it difficult to distinguish his complete appearance. familiar.

Yan Xuan reminded from the side: "Prince Chu's mansion, next to the Wanwu Festival lighting."

There seems to be a light flashing through Cen Yuan's mind - yes!

They did not meet the King of Chu many times, but each time they were accompanied by guards.Every time Cen Yuan either focused on others, or just had no time to take care of them, naturally he didn't have a deep impression of the guard.

Cen Yuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled to himself, and looked back.

The sea in front of me was still boundless, and the surging sea surface had returned to calm, with only occasional waves washing against the pier on the shore.

Those four official ships were like phantoms wandering among the ships, or like mirages that suddenly appeared in the mist, playing around with everyone, and finally disappeared quietly without leaving any shadows behind.

Cen Yuan said: "It's really a good one to hide your strength and bide your time."