Chapter 12 Who is whose person?

At dusk, the city gates of Jiaozhou were already closed, so Fan Xian's later order was actually a bit redundant. However, since such a big thing happened in the city and such a serious conflict, Wu Gefei knew that he must handle it carefully, otherwise the ten thousand naval officers and soldiers on the harbor outside the city would be extremely difficult to save his life, so he ordered his confidants to go up to the city to watch the defense and watch the movements on the port.

At the same time, the yamen runners and the prefectures of Jiaozhou Prefecture were also conducting investigations and searches in the city. Although the court came to investigate the problem of the Jiaozhou navy, the admiral was assassinated... he had to find the assassin, and perhaps he could dig out some deeper secrets.

Of course, Wu Gefei hoped that he would never be able to touch those terrifying secrets. He rubbed his dry eyes and reported to Fan Xian in a stingy voice about the situation in the city and the movements outside the city.

Fan Xian nodded and expressed satisfaction with the speed of the response of the magistrate. Without the cooperation of the magistrate, it would be basically impossible to complete the task if he wanted to control the Admiral's Office and put all the generals of the Navy under house arrest.

He gave a few words of gentle words and asked the magistrate to rest for a while, but Wu Gefei didn't even dare to say that he thought, even a prince like you was staying up late, how dare he go to sleep? What's more, the situation in the Admiral's Mansion is still a little ambiguous. Who knows what unexpected changes will happen in this long night?

Seeing Wu Gefei insisting on being by his side, Fan Xian raised his lips and smiled, and asked softly: "Are you worried about something outside the city?"

Wu Gefei was stunned and then smiled bitterly: "Admiral Chang Kun has been in charge of the navy for more than ten years. He is full of confidants and has a very high prestige among the lower-level soldiers. Today he died strangely, and the lord also put the upper-level generals of the navy under house arrest. If the matter is transmitted to the harbor... as long as there are a few people who are interested to pick them up, those men will probably scream."

Fan Xian sighed: "I originally wanted to take Chang Kun and let him come forward to calm the navy down, but who knew that he was assassinated..." He sneered: "The other party is such a good method. In this way, such a big crack was created between the court and the navy, which made me feel embarrassed."

This is naturally a lie, and Chang Kun was killed by him. If Chang Kun did not die, it would be even more impossible to subdue the navy. But since he was framed, of course he had to keep dirty.

"What should I do next?" Wu Gefei hunched slightly and asked for instructions exhaustedly: "The wind cannot be kept hidden forever, and the imperial court must always pass the decree into the army when handling cases."

Fan Xian fell into silence, not knowing whether his plan could go smoothly. In his original plan, he first killed Chang Kun, then took Chang Kun's confidant, and used the means of the Supervision Bureau to get a first-hand confession, and then used the help of the navy generals who were still loyal to the court to re-control the situation. Then he found evidence of the East China Sea incident in the navy, made the case a tough case, and used iron blood to shock those navy officers and soldiers with dissatisfaction...

But the problem now is, who should I believe in the navy general? In fact, the local information of the Supervisory Council cannot be fully trusted in many cases, at least it is not as reliable as the psychological confrontation in person.

At this moment, Fan Xian missed Young Master Xiao Yan who was far away in Kyoto. If Bing Yun was by his side, he would definitely make a more perfect plan, and would not stand in the night of the Admiral's Mansion, but he didn't know how to speak to the navy and his generals like him.

Fan Xian sat at the stone table, frowned slightly, made up his mind, and waved his hand to make a gesture to the green kid beside him.

Qingwa was stunned and immediately took the order and left. Soon, in the woodshed behind the Admiral's Mansion, bursts of shrill and extremely bitter howls sounded. If there was someone with shocking ears, maybe you could hear the sound of a soldering iron falling on human flesh and the sound of a broken bone.

Wu Gefei's face was as dark as he knew that the Supervision Bureau had started to use torture. Thinking of the rumor that the inspector's method of fearing the ghosts and gods, the magistrate's hand trembled, but he suppressed his nervousness and fear, and bravely suggested: "...Sir, this move...is not right."

Fan Xian understood his meaning. At this time, there were many navy people in the Admiral's Mansion. He was so open and honest torture that he would arouse public anger, but... Fan Xian had this idea.

Under the dual effects of violence and humiliation, the navy generals either made the last roar in anger, or were frightened and showed their deepest thoughts to themselves.

As Wu Gefei was worried, the navy generals who were under house arrest in the Admiral's Mansion walked out of their room as they heard the screams and stared at Fan Xian with anger.

Fan Xian didn't even look at it and said, "It turns out that all the generals are not asleep yet. Do you have anything to say?"

While he was talking, he suddenly heard the noise outside the Admiral's Mansion also started, and the voice gradually came into the garden. I didn't know what happened. Fan Xian frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

The night was already so deep, the Admiral's Mansion had been surrounded by heavy forces, and the matter at the birthday party was blocked. Who were outside?

Wu Gefei wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered a yamen runner to go out and take a look. After the yamen runner came back, he reported with a hint of embarrassment: "It's the generals' family."

It turns out that although the news was blocked, the navy was operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and some people still tried to make some noises, especially at this time, when it was already late at night, the generals and wives found that their men had never returned, so they were naturally worried. They received the news from the news. Although they didn't know whether it was true or false, they still sent people to pick them up.

Fan Xian smiled, and then remembered the rich business representatives and merchants in Jiangnan who were left in the hall by him. He thought that it would not be hidden for long, but he just hoped that after the city gate was closed, the reaction from the port would be slower.

Wu Gefei looked at Fan Xian with some embarrassment, while the generals had a complicated expression. They did not expect that the women in their homes would have such courage. They were also wondering, who released the news?

"Since everyone has come to pick them up, all the generals will come back."

Fan Xiandi's words made everyone in the venue dumbfounded. Didn't they want to be under house arrest? Why was it released like this?

Fan Xian said softly: "I am investigating the case under the order. Since Dang Xiaobo has already committed suicide, the evil ghosts hidden in the navy have also jumped out. The generals are just implicated, so I will naturally not be difficult for me."

These generals looked at each other, unable to believe that they heard it was true.

"Let's go back." Fan Xian said with a smile: "Although I am anxious to talk to you generals, it's not easy to offend your sister-in-law's wife."

There are no proper wives in Jiaozhou City, and they are all wives and even mistresses that the navy officers and soldiers have been challenged. Fan Xian said this, which makes these generals a little embarrassed.

At this time, the screams of Dang Xiaobo and those people in the woodshed rang again.

The women outside seemed to listen, and they started to make noise with their servants.

For a moment, inside and outside the Admiral's Mansion was very lively.

The generals left the Admiral's Mansion with suspicion and anxiety, but knew that there must be countless pairs of eyes of the Supervisory Office in Jiaozhou City staring at them. Don't think about contacting the navy outside the city. Even if they contacted each other, they would not be able to explain to the court in the future.

As for what Fan Xian said in the end, it fell deeply into the hearts of the generals.

Heart-to-heart talk... This is also a matter of order. Lord Tisi gave himself a chance to return to the court. It depends on who can understand the righteousness first and reveal his thoughts to Lord Tisi...

Each has his own ulterior motives and his own thoughts, and these generals left.

Wu Gefei didn't know what Fan Xian was thinking, so he didn't ask too much, but just strengthened the defense of Jiaozhou City. Before leaving, he finally said carefully: "Sir, it's best not to intensify too much."

Fan Xian nodded. Judging from Wu Gefei's performance tonight, the Ministry of Revenue's evaluation of him was a bit low. Perhaps because of Chang Kun, the magistrate had never shown a level that matched his abilities.

Fan Xian would not kill the Dang Xiaobodi, which is the biggest evidence of the East China Sea silence. He will naturally be taken to Kyoto in the future.

Even the godmother in Jiaozhou City knew that the Supervision Bureau controlled the Admiral's Office, knew that the Admiral Chang Kun died, knew that the navy suffered a severe blow, and knew that the men of his own could not protect themselves.

The news that Fan Xianqiang had covered up for a short time naturally reached the ears of many people. Although the state army under Wu Gefei was guarding the city gate, the navy had its own channels. The man Dang Xiaobo released it in advance finally successfully passed the blockade and quietly approached the harbor along a small road outside the city.

He was excited to see the lights in the port in the distance. Although he didn't know that Dang Xiaobo had been taken down by the Supervision Bureau, he knew that the navy was facing the biggest crisis since its birth. As long as he could enter the camp to mobilize troops and take down the entire Jiaozhou City, he could keep the safety of the navy generals. As for how to deal with it later... that was a question that adults should consider.

Unfortunately, when he was hundreds of feet away from the navy camp, he suddenly felt the ground shaking.

There was no sound, but there was someone behind him.

He turned around but saw no one. He saw only more than ten black-armored horses. Until these horses got closer, they found that these horses were riding cavalry all over black.

In the night, the black armor reflects the dark moonlight in the sky, as if it is a hint of death.

His pupils shrank slightly and his body trembled. This was the Black Cavalry, the Black Cavalry of the Supervision Bureau!

The head flew into the sky and blood spurted out of the cavity. The navy school official began to feel his stupidity until the moment before his death. Since the Supervisory Office came to clean up the navy, how could he not bring the black cavalry that everyone in the world feared?

Jing Ge's face was still covered with the silver mask. He looked at the corpse on the ground coldly and nodded to the guard beside him.

The guard pulled the reins and turned around and stood under the hillside and made several gestures. However, at this time the night was so deep and the moonlight was so dim, who could see these commands?

But when his hand gesture fell, on the short beam between Jiaozhou City and the Harbour Navy's Station, a row of dense things suddenly appeared like the woodland after the rain. It looked like an inexplicable beauty.

They were all cavalrymen, and a neatly arranged black cavalry on the ridge, standing quietly like ghosts, with the formations facing the distant naval station.

The formation did not move at all, and I didn't know how these cavalry controlled the horses on them. They didn't make a sound of neighing, and even did not dig the ground randomly.

The tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the navy seemed to be unaware of anything.

Jing Ge led the ten cavalry guards behind him. He looked indifferently at the direction of the navy's headquarters, and suddenly spoke, "It's still half a moment."

The guards behind him clasped the kicks with one foot, began to string the crossbow arrows, and then slowly pulled out the straight knife in an orderly manner, left crossbow and right knife, which is the standard configuration of the Black Knight.

A trace of evil intention flashed between Jing Ge's eyebrows. He was ordered by Fan Xian to be responsible for preventing the contact between the generals in the city and the navy soldiers, but even he did not expect that the navy generals would respond very quickly, so at the same time that Dang Xiaobo asked the school official to leave the city, many navy generals made the same choice.

Although the Black Cavalry had already killed seven people in front of and behind this short mountain ridge, Jing Ge could not guarantee that there were any navy personnel who had crossed the blockade and entered the navy's garrison.

Looking at the direction of the port from afar, Jing Ge's eyes narrowed, the silver mask on his face shone coldly, and the navy's base had already moved. The lights were a little brighter than before. Judging from the appearance, the soldiers there had already known the news in the city. I guess there were several generals who were good at inciting the navy's soldiers to attack Jiaozhou and rescue those who had already died... and let these soldiers die.

Jing Ge was waiting for that moment in silence. He knew that the navy was not a slaughter, and the other party could only call out two thousand people at most. This was something that Master Tisi had calculated in advance.

Four hundred black cavalry against two thousand naval officers and soldiers who are not good at land battles.

Jing Ge couldn't help but shake his head. They were all local people in the Daqing Dynasty and soldiers of the Daqing Dynasty. In fact, he was not very willing to massacre the other party.

Fan Xian didn't know the tension outside the city, but he could guess that the navy should have taken action. The black cavalry's sudden killing ability was unparalleled in the world, especially at night, no one could threaten Jiaozhou City. It was just late at night. If you wait until dawn, you still couldn't let the generals of the navy come forward to win people's hearts, and a larger mutiny would probably be inevitable.

So while worrying about the Black Knight, he sat in the Admiral's Mansion, waiting for the return of the generals with a few ridicule.

Just like the order of ranks, the first general to return to the Admiral's Mansion was the third person of the navy. The general, who was over 40, knelt down to Fan Xian in the study, expressing his great loyalty to the court, his great hatred for Chang Kun's rebellion, treason and rebellion, and his diligent condolences for Lord Tisi's hard work overnight investigation.

This statement made Fan Xian very pleased. It was worth it that he had done so many things this night and had arranged a psychological offensive for so long.

But the conversation afterwards made Fan Xian a little annoyed. Although this general named Hedi had a high status among the navy, he also admitted that it was very difficult for him to completely control the navy without Chang Kun and Dang Xiaobo.

What made Fan Xian angry was that General He expressed his opinion that he was unwilling to stand up first, because under the current circumstances, whoever stood up first would definitely gain the most direct resentment of the navy officers and soldiers. If he wanted to take charge of the army in the future, he would probably have great problems.

But Fan Xian’s problem is that he is not too vicious when facing this shameless person.

Because General He said with tears in his eyes, "Sir, I have been following His Highness to conquer Hu in the west and have only been to Jiaozhou for half a year. I really don't understand the matters in the Navy."

Well, after a long time, it turned out to be the eldest prince. Fan Xian sighed in his heart. Although the intelligence of the Supervision Bureau stated this, the other party had already expressed his identity in a slanderous manner. No matter what he did, he had to give the eldest prince a face.

Next, generals returned to the Admiral's Mansion one after another, expressing their loyalty to His Majesty and condolences to Fan Xian. At the same time, they carefully took out relevant evidence to explain their factions and their locations.

These generals are not Chang Kun's confidants, nor are they the eldest princess's nail in Jiaozhou. But the problem is that no one is willing to stand up and help Fan Xian, because the matter is really too big. For their own future and for the master behind them, they are more willing to remain silent for the time being.

The reason why they came to chat with Fan Xian was that they were also afraid that Fan Xian would become angry and arrested him like he was dealing with Dang Xiaobo. They were also guilty of collusion with the bandits and treason.

Each has its own faction and backers, and those backers have deep or shallow relationships with the Fan family in Kyoto, so Fan Xian always has to give some face.

Fan Xian doesn't have to give face to the eldest princess and the East Palace, but these people have to give face to them.

"Sir, I am Ren Shaoan's distant cousin."

"Sir, the official is Mr. Qin..."

"grown ups……"

When a deputy general who controlled the logistics of the navy, he said mysteriously, but also embarrassedly: "Sir, my surname is Liu...", Fan Xian finally broke out. Is this one of the three most powerful navy masters in Qing State?

He never thought that it was just a navy. The relationship between the faction and the mountain in the internal faction was so complicated. The surname was Liu? Why didn’t you say anything about your relatives with my stepmother before? Fan Xian was angry and drove this guy out, but he didn’t let him leave the man... Since he was a relative who was turning around, this scene of being a traitor, you have to act for me if you don’t want to act!

The biggest advantage for Fan Xian tonight is that he knows that the army is not a single piece of iron. The internal affairs are so complicated. There are people from the palace, people from the former prime minister's house, people from the Qin family, and people from the junior minister's subordinates. They are not easy to do anything, but these people are very slick and are unwilling to jump out to be Fan Xian's sword.

Fan Xian finally picked two people out to be his own swords, and at the same time let the last person come in.

He didn't look at that person, but was thinking about his thoughts, and couldn't help but feel anger in his heart. In the end, he chose the two generals from Duke Liu's mansion and the other was the relationship between his father-in-law back then. Anyway, the relationship was closest, so they couldn't escape.

Fan Xian smiled self-deprecatingly. The army became like this, and became the place where the big figures in the court arranged employment. If this continues, even the army will become rotten. How many of the combat power that Qingguo has always been proud of can be preserved? How can such an army protect the country's territory and the people?

Chang Kun is indeed not a good person, but what are these generals and the people behind these generals?

He looked at the last general sarcastically, knowing that the other party was a veteran of the navy and had some prestige in the army, but he didn't know which family he was from. He couldn't help but laugh at him: "I dare to ask which general has an old man in the court? Master Lin, Grand Secretary Shu, or Mr. Qin? Don't say it's the dean and my father, I won't believe it."

Fan Xian sighed in his heart, looking at the navy, he knew that if this continues, Qing State really wants military generals to be not in the army, and the generals are not in the country. The war is a major event in the country. Let his disciples get benefits from the army. Why are these people so shameless?

The general stood in front of Fan Xian, his face slightly condensed, and then he smiled and said, "Young Master, you will be yours."

Fan Xian was stunned, and didn't say a word for a long time. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Whose person are you?"

The general's face did not change and smiled and repeated, "The next person will be yours."

Fan Xian took a deep breath and a ridiculous feeling surged in his heart. He was angrily angrily commenting on court officials before, so why did he hit his face with a punch?

But he had never had a confidant in the army, and Chen Pingping and his father were also stared at by the emperor. Even if they had installed people, they could not tell him. So Fan Xian squinted his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, and couldn't help asking again: "Who are you?"
Chapter completed!