On February 15th, on the fourth day after Chen Xi arrived at Quanzhou Prefecture City, there was still no news of Folang Ji envoys in the prefectural office. Instead, Liu Jin quietly wrote a letter to Feng Yun, the eunuch of the Maritime Warehouse in Fuzhou.

When Chen Xi learned the news, Liu Jin's letter had been sent for two days.

"Eunuch Liu, you are just asking for trouble, afraid that Zhang Lian wouldn't know that you were already in danger?" Chen Xi's tone was not good. Liu Jin was not only greedy for money, but also afraid of death. Writing a letter to the admiral and eunuch of the Maritime Bureau was equivalent to telling the court that something happened in Quanzhou...

If this letter falls into Zhang Lian's hands, everyone can still maintain a harmonious relationship, but at this time, it may not necessarily be a breakup and killer.

Even if Feng Yun and the people from the General Secretary came, things would be difficult to end.

In the tenth year of Chenghua, the Fujian Maritime Warehouse Department moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou. In order to facilitate the Maritime Warehouse Department to accept the jurisdiction of the General Administration and the General Administration Department. Since then, the Admiral and Eunuchs and the Officials in charge of the Maritime Warehouse Department have often walked between Quanzhou and Fuzhou.

After the abolition of the "Laiyuanyi" who was responsible for receiving foreign envoys in Quanzhou City, the prefect's office had replaced the original mission of the Maritime Bureau, responsible for the daily management of the Chutong Port in the south of Quanzhou City, and the reception of foreign envoys from Quanzhou.

Liu Jin shouted, "Otherwise, let our family stay here and wait for death? Shen Zhongyun was very harmful to others. He pretended not to know anything that day, and took the tribute. We could return to Beijing with the fake foreign country season. How could it be so far today?"

At this time, Liu Jin was not afraid of any crime of deceiving the king. He was in a dangerous place and had many future crises. He could only complain that Chen Xi pointed out the mistake of the envoy.

Chen Xi is now thinking about how to save the current critical situation and asked: "How did Eunuch Liu's letter be written?"

"Do you care about how our family wrote it? Isn't it possible to explain the funeral?" Liu Jin had disliked Chen Xi at first, and now he doesn't take Chen Xi seriously.

Chen Xidao: "Since Eunuch Liu refuses to cooperate, I have to let you down... The person comes and invites Eunuch Liu back to his room, keep a close eye on three meals a day, so he must not have a single word spread to the outside world."

"yes."

Chen Xi brought Liu Jin from the people brought from Fuzhou and put Liu Jin in his hands behind his back and sent him into the room.

Liu Jin was taken away and struggled and shouted: "Okay, Chen Xi, you dare to be rude to our family... After our family returns, we will definitely report you to His Majesty. Please wait!"

Even Chen Xi, the Hanlin editor, has no right to participate in the interview. Who are you, a loser, here to scare? Why don't you say what you should treat me after the prince ascends the throne in the future? Then I may be more afraid of it.

Chen Xi was so tough about Liu Jin that he also scared Mi Lu and Song Laoyue, who had different ideas.

This young imperial envoy is not easy to mess with.

Song Xiaocheng went out to investigate for two days and finally came back that night. Judging from his listless appearance, the trip to sea torture him a lot.

"...... Yesterday morning we went out of the sea while the fog was blowing. Later, the fog dissipated. We sailed south along the coast. When we arrived at an island called Jinyu, we happened to see two boats of the Folang Jiren heading towards the eastern waters. After the Folang Jiren heading far away, we carefully searched for a large mangrove coast covered with land. It took us a long time to find the nearby villagers hiding in the countryside. They said that in the waters south of the Hutian Reef, there were many foreign ships plundering. Half a month ago, the wreckage of the ship was found on the sea surface. It is said that it was a merchant ship of the Ryukyu people who were bombarded by the Folang Jiren..."

Song Xiaocheng brought back the Folang Jiren and had two boats cruising in Quanzhou Bay. Chen Xi probably judged that the Folang Jiren had succeeded in robbing the merchant ship about half a month ago. He had not robbed goods recently. He was a little impatient. After gathering all the ships in the fleet, he would come to Quanzhou to grab a large number and then set sail far away.

"Zhuangsheng, what's going on now? Are you still sending someone to investigate?"

Song Xiaocheng had a look of fear on his face. It must have been because he heard from the villagers that the Ryukyu ship was destroyed and killed, which made him frightened. If the small boat they went to investigate was unlucky, they bumped into the fleet of robbers of the Folang Jimen, and there was a great possibility that they would go without returning.

Chen Xidao: "No need, now we can only wait patiently. You are back just in time, so let's take my letter to the prefect's office. We still have to urge what we should urge."

The prefect's office cannot hand over the "Folangji Envoy" to Chen Xi now, so Chen Xi sent people to urge him over and over again, actually to tell Zhang Lian that we have something to discuss, and I am very confident that you have found the Foolangji Envoy.

For Song Xiaocheng, the prefect's yamen was like a dragon's nest. When Chen Xi handed the letter to him, Song Xiaocheng's face was pale and his hands were trembling: "Master Zhuang, can we... not do this job and go back to Tingzhou?"

Chen Xi asked with encouragement on his face and smiled: "Are Brother Six afraid?"

"It's nothing. I followed the young leader out to kill and set fire... Cough cough, I wasn't afraid at that time, what are you afraid of now? At worst, it's just a cheap life..."

Song Xiaocheng is now a man with a family and a family. He has been away from home for almost a year. His wife and children are in Tingzhou now. He said he is not afraid of death, but that is a force to hold on.

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On February 16th, the magistrate of Quanzhou, Zhang Lian, came to the inn to see Chenxi and sent some condolences.

He had all the benefits of food and drink, and his meaning was very clear. Since Chen Xi refused to accept bribes, he would give some practical things to make Chen Xi and his party live better in Quanzhou... He was so rude to others and was short-spoken.

Although Chen Xi was not willing, he still asked someone to take over the things, looking like he was doing his job: "Prince Zhang, we are here to meet the envoy of Folangji, and we have to make arrangements as soon as possible."

Zhang Lian smiled and said, "Imperial Commander, please rest assured. The lower officials have sent someone to contact us. But who knows that these Folang Ji people are in trouble and say that they are preparing tributes and sending them together with the letter of state. It's a little more troublesome... But the lower officials have something to ask for, and I don't know what the accomplice is doing a few days ago..."

Chen Xi waved his hand: "Prince Zhang, please rest assured. As long as the real envoy comes, there will be no such thing as an envoy. Who would like to cause trouble for yourself without any trouble?"

Zhang Lian looked full of joy and said, "What the imperial envoy said is that if the imperial court knows this, it will inevitably be held accountable. It is convenient for others to be convenient for yourself. Please rest assured that the subordinates will definitely punish those thieves and let them confess the envoy behind the scenes."

Chen Xi looked at Zhang Lian and thought to himself: "You are deceived by gods and ghosts, I'm afraid you will believe it yourself, right?"

After Zhang Lian finished his work, he was about to leave. Chen Xi personally saw him off. When he arrived at the gate of the official office, Zhang Lian said intentionally or unintentionally: "I didn't see Eunuch Liu today. I have to ask the imperial envoy to tell Eunuch Liu that he would not have to worry about seeing the envoy. The government office will arrange everything... As for Admiral Feng, the subordinates will also go to inform him, and there will be no mistakes in keeping the custody."

Chen Xi smiled and nodded: "I will definitely tell you about Eunuch Liu in the next step."

Zhang Lian left the inn with a conceited smile.

When someone left, Chen Xi's face turned cold.

Liu Jin, Liu Jin, you really have no choice but to do anything! Do you think you can write a letter to Feng Yun for help quietly? But you don’t know that Feng Yun and Zhang Lian are already in a nest of snakes and rats, and the Folang Jiren wants to present a letter to the national letter through the Maritime Bureau. How could Feng Yun, as the governor of the Maritime Bureau, not know about it?

When Chen Xi went back to talk to Liu Jin, Liu Jin looked disdainful: "Shen Zhongyun doesn't need to scare our family. If Zhang Lian really knows what Xin is, can he let us go?"

Chen Xidao: "Eunuch Liu said that I am trying to punish you? I wonder if I have the courage to confront Zhang Lian?"

Liu Jin curled his lips: "You think our family is impatient?"

Chen Xi sneered: "Eunuch Liu, if you do small movements behind your back, you will be impatient to live... I heard that the first few days, the Folang Ji people robbed the merchant ships outside the Tutong Port. Now the goods in the port are not dared to transport them out of the mountains. I am afraid that in a few days, the Folang Ji people's fleet, who have long coveted Quanzhou's wealth, will rush outside the city. Then you and I may have to be buried with Zhang Lian."

Liu Jin was startled first, but he quickly calmed down: "How many boats are there in total? How many people are there? Give him ten thousand courage, and they dare not offend me on the Ming Dynasty border!"

"Let's wait and see."

Chen Xi threw a harsh words and walked out of the door, but saw Mi Lu look horrified: "Mr. Shen, aren't you scaring the little one? How can the Folang Jiren come here?"

Chen Xidao: "Didn't you listen to Eunuch Liu? There are fewer planes, boats, and people, so you dare not enter the port."

Mi Lu smiled bitterly and said, "We have asked someone for inquiries these two days. The Folang Jiman is looting on the sea south. The artillery is so powerful that it has powerful firearms on his hands. It can kill people from afar. People think it is a magic trick. If the Folang Jiman enters the Tsutong Port, it will be like a wolf pack entering a sheep pen, and there must be chaos. This chaos... we may really have to pack up the bedding in advance..."

Chen Xi shook his head: "It's not difficult to escape from Quanzhou, but what should we do if the imperial envoys we shoulder?"

Mi Lu looked rusty and slapped his face hard: "It's all my fault. I thought it would be a little bit hard to go to Quanzhou, but it was just a foreign envoy. I could earn at least a few dozen taels of silver and go back. Now, I'm afraid I'm going to have to pay even my life."

You guy didn't know how scared you were before, and you helped Liu Jin deliver a letter. Are you worried that you would not have a companion on your way to the west?

Chen Xi did not blame Mi Lu.

Compared to Liu Jin, Mi Lu and Song Laoyue were just ordinary villains of this era. They only wanted to make small profits. It was impossible to make them have faith and pursuits. Only by making them feel scared can they know what to do and what to do.

February 17th.

Just as it was night, a loud "boom" sound came from outside Quanzhou City. Chen Xi was in the study room, putting down the book at hand and walking out of the yard. At this time, the people from the inn followed him out to check the situation.

Mi Lu came out in a hurry, holding a bag in his hand, looking at the sky in the southeast: "Won't the Folang Jiren really call me, right?"

While we were talking, a second loud "boom" sound came. The Guanyi was originally in the southeast of the city, and this sound felt very close to them.

"Everyone goes back to the house!"

Chen Xi doesn't know how far the range of the artillery of the Folang Jiren is, but I expected that it would not exceed one mile. If you hide in the city and have house protection, nothing will happen.

Everyone obeyed the orders and went back to their rooms. Chen Xi hurried to Lin Dai's room... The little girl was most afraid of these!

Just as Shen Xi was sitting on the edge of the bed, hugging Lin Dai, Yu Niang hurriedly came in. Seeing Chen Xi and Lin Dai like this, she quickly turned her head: "Mr. Shen is really good at picking the time!"

Chen Xi comforted Lin Dai and asked the little girl to sleep with her head covered with a quilt. He would come back when it dawn.

When he arrived at the living room next door, Yu Niang sighed: "Nine ships of Franchise are gathered in Tsutong Harbor and will land at any time. What should I do now?"

"Big... Sir..." Mi Lu ran in from outside and said anxiously: "Master Zhang is here and said in the front hall."

Chen Xi knew that Zhang Lian would not come to him until he was desperate. A civil servant magistrate would definitely panic when encountering such a big incident of "foreign enemy invasion". Even if he won a great victory in the end, he, the culprit who led the Franji people to the Ming Dynasty, would have to punish himself to thank the world.

When he saw Chen Xi, Zhang Lian didn't even care about etiquette and whispered loudly: "Sir, the Francass, after paying tribute, those Francas are traitorous, and are about to enter the city!"

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ps: The second update is here!
Chapter completed!