It has been three and a half years since Li Xiaofei set out to sea from Songjiangkou. During these three and a half years, Zuo Sanxiang made extraordinary achievements in regaining the Western Regions, and the prince and prince Jin got married together.

That day at the lakeside where there were strange birds and giant pythons, Li Xiaofei finally exterminated the strange birds by poisoning, and then burned the giant python to death, but there was still no trace of the three-tailed falcon. Disappointed, Li Xiaofei had to take everyone back

, he gave a hasty explanation to the people who stayed behind, and then set out to sea again to the extreme south.

About half a year after going to sea again, Li Xiaofei's men discovered that someone seemed to be following them behind them.

"Master Li, there seems to be a ship following us behind us."

"I also discovered more than one boat. At first I thought it was a fishing boat that appeared here, but later I found out that they had been following us."

"I also discovered it and took people to investigate, but as soon as they were dispatched, they retreated and left our sight!"

Li Xiaofei took a look at the sea behind him, "Have you seen anyone on the boat? Since they didn't attack us, there must be a reason. We might as well find an island to stop, wait for them, and order all the ships to be careful!"

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Who could be following them? Yinhan Empire? Impossible! Those people who regard themselves as gods would not be so wretched. Could it be that they were sent by the emperor? It is unlikely, time does not allow, and if they are people sent by the emperor

We would have met a long time ago.

Wait, Li Xiaofei suddenly thought that the current fleet only has less than half of the original people.

If it was someone sent by Yu Shengzhi, then all this would be explained.

It seems that Yu Shengzhi is still worried about Li Xiaofei, but this place is already thousands of miles away from the continent. These small boats are following them all the way, and there must be a fleet behind them.

If it was just surveillance, there would be no need at all. It seemed like they were waiting for an opportunity to attack Li Xiaofei's fleet.

But all this doesn't make sense. They sent people to secretly burn Li Xiaofei's boat, chisel it, or even poison it. After spending so much effort to follow him all the way, it's hard to predict who will win and who will lose. Yu Shengzhi is not such a fool.

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Only Yi Jing stopped, and after walking for three days, they finally arrived at an archipelago where the fleet could dock. After the routine collection of fresh water and food, Li Xiaofei asked Hongrui and the others to take the fleet out for three hundred miles before returning.

Li Xiaofei took fifty of his cronies and hid on the island, and then deliberately planted the flag of the fleet in a conspicuous position. He wanted to see who was following him and what he wanted to do.

Two days after the fleet left, five small sailboats rowed towards the small island where Li Xiaofei and the others were hiding.

After the small boat docked, some people got off and looked around, then got on the boat and rowed back. On one of the small boats, someone flew a kite.

There is no mistake this time, it must be Yu Shengzhi's fleet. This kite is originally used by Daliang Navy to convey messages on sunny days. The swallow represents safety, the square kite represents alertness, and the butterfly kite rising into the air is a sign of safety.

The attack is about to begin.

This time I was flying a swallow kite. The small sailboat paddling back was actually giving way and leading the way to avoid the larger ship behind from hitting the rocks.

The big ships that came next were the warships of Yu Shengzhi, and the flags on the ships were still the Chinese character "Liang".

However, Yu Shengzhi and the others had no intention of landing on the island, but directly set sail and continued south.

Li Xiaofei saw that the sail on the building was only half raised, and asked his men to continue waiting. "They are testing to see if there is anyone on the island! Everyone, hold on tight, don't be influenced by them."

Even so, Li Xiaofei was still full of worries. If Yu Shengzhi and Hong Rui met and the two sides fought, this would be the last thing Li Xiaofei wanted to see.

At this time, there is no perfect idea. He can only take a gamble. Betting on Yu Shengzhi is just a test. After more than two years of contact, Li Xiaofei is convinced that Yu Shengzhi is not a reckless man.

By being followed by Yu Shengzhi these days, it can also be ensured that Yu Shengzhi is thoughtful and will not act randomly.

Sure enough, after half a day, Yu Shengzhi's fleet returned here and landed on the island where Li Xiaofei and the others were staying.

The first people to get off the boat formed a wall with shields and moved forward slowly. The crossbowmen in the shields all readied their bows and arrows and looked around vigilantly.

"Find the water source first! And test the poison with a silver needle!"

This familiar voice was unmistakable. It was Yu Shengzhi's team. Li Xiaofei could see it clearly while lying in the grass.

"Every boat is filled with water, and the kettles filled with water are carefully checked. Everything edible on the island has been searched!"

"Report to the General, this island has been searched, and a pool has been built with stones at the water source!"

"General, these flags belong to Mr. Li and his friends. They must have been here!"

Yu Shengzhi waved his hand, "I know, hurry up.

Cut down the trees, load what we can make into the wood into the ship, and put the rest here so we can make a fire when we come back in the future! We can’t fall too far behind!”

There are many trees on the island, but it can't handle hundreds of people coming to cut them down. In two days, more than half of the trees have been cut down.

Li Xiaofei counted Yu Shengzhi's boats on the top of the mountain, and found that the boats had not returned. It seemed that the boats had been exploring and monitoring the way ahead.

On the morning of the third day, the timber began to be pulled onto the ship by ropes and winches, and it seemed that it was ready to set off.

Li Xiaofei asked his subordinates to continue hiding in the cave, while he went to meet Yu Shengzhi alone to find out the truth.

The soldiers were naturally worried. Li Xiaofei told them that if they were threatened, they could just shout and shoot arrows from the top of the mountain. As long as they could distract Yu Shengzhi, there would be no threat.

Li Xiaofei tied a rope from the cliff at the top of the mountain and descended directly to the rocks on the seaside, and then climbed the cliff along the coast to the boat.

When Li Xiaofei appeared in front of Yu Shengzhi, Yu Shengzhi's first reaction was not to draw his sword, but to rub his eyes.

The soldiers around also habitually called "Master Li"

"Everyone, we meet again? What's the matter? You're not used to staying on land, and you want to go to the sea to see it?"

Yu Shengzhi opened his eyes wide again, "Master Li, why are you here?"

"Isn't this what I should ask you? Why are you and these brothers here?"

"Master Li, it is hard to disobey the emperor's order. In fact, I was testing you that day. I am the captain of the Jinliang Guard who are going to sea this time, and I am responsible for monitoring Master Li's actions!"

"Hahaha, I am still so naive at the age of sixty. I didn't expect that Jin Liangwei's people would be placed in a position like yours so that people would not be suspicious! Wonderful, now that the showdown has been made, let's talk about it.

What are you going to do with me?"

Yu Shengzhi took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Li Xiaofei, "Master Li, how can I be qualified to deal with such a big shot like you? The emperor's will is in this brocade box!"

Li Xiaofei took the brocade box and broke it up and down several times but could not open it. "This box seems to be connected together and cannot be opened! Then I will have to use force!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he placed the brocade box on the deck, then drew his sword and opened it, revealing the edict cut in half.

"General Yu, it's up to you to declare the edict!"

Yu Shengzhi bowed his hands and saluted, "I cannot read the imperial edict given by the emperor to Mr. Li. If I read it, it will be against the rules!"

"If you don't read the edict, how will you deal with me? After I read it, I told you that the emperor asked me to kill you, but you didn't even read it?"

Li Xiaofei thought this was incredible, but then he thought about it, the emperor didn't have to go through so much trouble to kill him.

After reading the edict, Li Xiaofei shook his head repeatedly, "This is impossible and unreasonable! Even I was deceived!"

Watching Li Xiaofei talking to himself, Yu Shengzhi and others also remained silent, not daring to ask any more questions.

Li Xiaofei handed the edict to Yu Shengzhi, "The emperor said in the edict that this secret edict can be passed on for reading! It's incredible!"

Yu Shengzhi slowly took the two pieces of edict and read them together with some doubts, and then laughed, "Brothers, there is no need to continue going south, we can go home!"

Everyone jumped up and screamed wildly. They once suspected that they would never have to go back in this life, but now they unexpectedly have hope of going home.

Li Xiaofei was a little confused. Since it was such an edict, why did Yu Shengzhi have to monitor him? "General Yu, tell me the truth. When you were following me all the way, did you have any intention of taking action? What I meant was that

, as the captain of Jin Liangwei, has the emperor ordered me to eradicate my plan if I make any changes?"

Yu Shengzhi paused for a while, "Yes! That was when I tested you to stay and make yourself king. In fact, I doubted that you would stay and not return to the Central Plains! But your arrangement was too thoughtful, and you sent your confidant Old Conch to

I led the way, so I didn’t make a move. I think a person who does everything possible to consider others can’t do any harm, let alone abandon his wife and children in the Central Plains!”

"In other words, my kindness as a woman saved myself, haha!"

"No, Mr. Li has a kind heart. If I were to handle it, then those who are unwilling to return to the Central Plains will definitely be eradicated!"

"By the way, General Yu, your brothers are not killing each other, right?"

"Fortunately, because of Mr. Li's kindness, those who were willing to stay and not go back had already settled down in the newly built city. Those who followed me were all going home! But in order to synchronize with your route, we

, we also landed at the southern end of that continent and repaired for three months. There is one thing, I don’t know if Mr. Li has already obtained it, the three-tailed falcon!"

As soon as he heard the three-tailed falcon, Li Xiaofei almost stopped and grabbed him.

Yu Shengzhi: "You mean the three-tailed falcon? Where is it? What does it look like? I had a hard time looking for it! I thought there was no such thing!"

Yu Shengzhi was also startled. According to his judgment, an ordinary person would be able to dodge if he rushed towards him, but Yu Shengzhi was unable to dodge Li Xiaofei's unintentional tug.

"Master Li, don't get excited, be careful of getting angry! It's true, we found this kind of three-tailed falcon in a tribe in the south. They regard this bird as a god and even feed their children to the bird! I was furious.

Then I chopped down the three-tailed falcon and the leader of the tribe!"

"It turns out that this three-tailed falcon is such an evil thing. I always thought it was similar to a swallow! Is there such a three-tailed falcon on the ship?"

"I know that Mr. Li worked hard to find the three-tailed falcon in order to treat Mrs. Wang's illness. Naturally, he dried all the bodies of the three-tailed falcon and preserved them with Shanghai salt! You can bring them to Mr. Li!"

Seeing the body of the three-tailed falcon, Li Xiaofei squatted down and turned the three-tailed falcon over and over. The tail was indeed made of feathers like three daggers. It was about the same size as an eagle, but its claws were shorter.

Li Xiaofei hugged the three-tailed falcon in front of him and cried, "I finally found this thing, great! Great! Thank you so much, General Yu!"

Yu Shengzhi smiled sheepishly, "Before, I had to hide the emperor's orders from Mr. Li, but now we can finally be as close as a family! By the way, have Mrs. Wang and the others moved on?"

Li Xiaofei was immersed in the joy of finding the three-tailed falcon and did not react for a while.

An arrow shot towards Yu Shengzhi, but fortunately Li Xiaofei got up in time and blocked it with the body of the three-tailed falcon.

Li Xiaofei then remembered that there were fifty people on the top of the mountain, so he waved the body of the three-tailed falcon and said, "Don't shoot the arrow! Get on the boat quickly, we are all our own! We can go home!"

"General Yu, I'm sorry, Mr. Li was a little more cautious, and his subordinates made a mistake accidentally!"
To be continued...