Chang Rong stepped into the cabin and was hit by the strong smell of blood.
The cabin was narrow, and the floor was already stained with blood. It was slippery when you stepped on it, and it was easy to fall. Chang Rong walked in steadily and saw corpses strewn all over the cabin. He couldn't help but frowned and ordered someone to kill him.
The corpses were turned over one by one, face up.
After all, the people accompanying him this time were either his subordinates' confidants or dead men raised by Qiu Xinggong. They didn't even know what Changsun Chong looked like, so he had to identify the body.
Chang Rong had a serious look on his face. He looked at each one one by one. When he reached the innermost corner, he found Changsun Chong lying dead in the corner. There were several corpses lying around him. He must have wanted to protect the young master with all his life, but Qiu Xinggong had to raise him to death.
Their fighting power was extremely high, and they caught them unawares and attacked them unprepared, so they all died miserably.
Changsun Chong's throat was cut, blood spattered everywhere, and his face was blurry, but Chang Rong could still recognize it.
I breathed a sigh of relief, the task was completed perfectly.
"Scuttle the ship and leave no trace behind!"
"Here!"
The dead soldiers took off the belts of the corpses and tied them together, and then tied them to a pillar in the middle of the cabin to ensure that no corpse would surface in the future. Then someone went down to the bottom of the bilge and started banging banging bangs.
Cut through the bottom of the ship.
Chang Rong was about to exit the cabin when he suddenly remembered something, so he turned back and walked to Chang Sun Chong's body. He used a knife to open the hem of his clothes and searched carefully, but found nothing.
"Mother! Where is the jade pendant?"
Chang Rong still remembers the two merchants he met in Banzhu. They truly said that they found a descendant of the eldest grandson family wearing a jade pendant that was a token of the eldest grandson family. They also said that the jade pendant was priceless. He thought of taking advantage of it and hiding the jade pendant.
Even if the writing is smoothed, it can be sold for a good price, or even worse, it can be used as a family heirloom.
But where is the jade pendant?
Chang Rong searched carefully again, but still found nothing. Changsun Chong was so poor that he didn't have anything valuable on him.
Although Changsun Chong is currently in exile, he is a descendant of the Changsun family and the eldest son. How can he not have a few treasures with him when he is away from home, so that he can sell them for cash in critical moments to meet unexpected needs?
It's unreasonable...
An idea suddenly flashed in Chang Rong's mind, frightening him. He quickly squatted down, picked up the hem of Changsun Chong's clothes and wiped the blood off his face. After looking at it for a while, he ordered someone to hang up the cabin.
I took off the wind lantern that was standing, brought it over and took a closer look, and I suddenly took a breath of cold air!
Where is Changsun Chong here?
It's clearly a stand-in who looks exactly like him!
Because this man had been lying dead in the corner, the light was dim, and he was covered in blood, Chang Rong was almost fooled!
"Mr. Lang, what's wrong with you?"
Several confidants and dead men noticed that Chang Rong's expression was different and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
Chang Rong took a deep breath, stood up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "This is not Chang Sun Chong, it's just a stand-in. We accidentally hit the passenger car!"
Several people stood behind Chang Rong, dumbfounded.
Is there such a thing as this?
Since it is a stand-in, it is obvious that Changsun Chong has sensed the danger in advance. Since he can set up a stand-in, he will definitely monitor from the secret to see if anyone will come to assassinate him, and who it is...
"Bang!"
A dull explosion sounded in everyone's ears, as if an invisible heavy hammer hit their hearts hard.
Chang Rong was shocked and shouted: "Not good!"
They rushed out of the cabin and saw bright lights outside. The boat they rented was already on fire. Then, there was another "bang" explosion, and the boat seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt. The hull
The structure shattered instantly and slowly sank.
On the river, it seemed that countless ships were approaching, and then they lit up lanterns and torches one after another, like a group of fierce ghosts and ferocious beasts that came from the netherworld to the earthly world, and suddenly appeared in front of Chang Rong's eyes.
Not far away, two warships were surrounding the slowly sinking merchant ship, and the artillery on the bow was clearly visible!
Chang Rong's eyes were about to burst, this was a battleship of the Qingzhou Navy!
In the middle of the night, how could the navy's warships go up the river without any trouble and run to the river to encircle and suppress their dozen or twenty dead soldiers?
There is no doubt that I was not only "accidentally hit by the passenger car", but also that someone had already targeted me. I thought everything was going smoothly, but in fact, every move I made was caught in their eyes...
Several warships lit up their lanterns and torches, and the soldiers on the ships, wearing helmets and armor and holding swords, slowly approached.
After all, Chang Rong was considered a human being. After a brief period of panic and confusion, he made a decisive decision and ordered: "Everyone jump off the boat quickly and dive into the river. Who will die and who will live, let God decide!"
After saying that, he turned around and jumped into the river from the left side of the boat.
It's not possible without jumping off the ship. The bottom of the ship has been drilled through. It won't take half a cup of tea to make the whole ship sink to the bottom of the river...
These dead men were all raised by Qiu Xinggong, and none of them were afraid of death. But who could go to die without any value, knowing that they were bound to die?
If you have your life, run away; if you don't have your life, die here.
As Chang Rong said, whoever dies and who lives, let everyone settle in their destiny...
Seeing Chang Rong jumping off the ship, all the dead soldiers jumped into the river one after another like dumplings.
The soldiers on the boat on the opposite side kept shouting and shouting. Bows and arrows came like rain, and raindrops fell on the river. However, the buoyancy of the river was very strong. The bows and arrows floated up before they were shot deep into the water. A lot of arrows were shot.
, but it has no effect...
Although the Qingzhou Navy is also equipped with a few artillery pieces, its soldiers have always been neglected in training. Their elite level is not even a little bit worse than that of the Royal Navy. The command is obviously not well-informed. Several warships are like headless flies on the river.
He ran away, but couldn't even catch a shadow of a person.
After a while, the boat, whose bottom had been pierced, gradually sank. The soldiers thought of rescuing the boat, but they were unable to save it. They could only watch the boat sinking into the river carrying a boatload of corpses.
*****
It was the seventh day of July. In the past few days, Fang Jun was on duty at the Ministry of War in the morning, went to the academy to handle business in the afternoon, and returned to the mansion to sleep in the evening. Between three o'clock and one line, his days were quite fulfilling.
The academy's first day of school is tentatively scheduled for the first day of August, which coincides with the crisp autumn season and is similar to the day when students in later generations would start school.
The various affairs of the academy have gradually become more complicated. After all, the academy is positioned as the "First Academy of the Tang Dynasty". It also has the important task of training civil and military ministers and the mainstay of the imperial court. It must not be careless at all. There is a tyrannosaurus like His Majesty Li Er at the top.
Supervision, there are countless censors and officials below watching, if anyone makes a mistake, there will be an uproar immediately, and no one can afford to take the blame or bear the responsibility.
Xu Jingzong has basically regarded the academy as his home. He lives here for food and accommodation and never leaves.
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"Erlang, I have already drawn up the system of the canteen, have you taken a look at it?"
Xu Jingzong held a thick stack of papers and walked into Fang Jun's check-in room.
Fang Jun was drinking tea. Hearing this, he put the teacup aside and said, "Bring it here and have a look."
Xu Jingzong handed the pile of papers to Fang Jun, and sat on the chair opposite Fang Jun, minding his own business. He pulled out a teacup from under the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it comfortably.
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Fang Jun flipped through the papers and kept nodding.
Xu Jingzong said: "Erlang's whimsical idea is indeed admirable. The food supply in the canteen is determined according to grades. This unprecedented move can indeed stimulate students' ambition to a certain extent. After all, the first meal in the exam
If you eat meat and eat vegetables for the first time, no one will feel ashamed, right?"
Looking up and seeing Fang Jun nodding slightly, Xu Jingzong continued: "But, we have to pay attention to the difference in status, right? Although His Majesty wants to recruit more children from poor families, the reality is that there are very few children from poor families who can do anything.
, there are even fewer outstanding ones among them! In comparison, it is the children of aristocratic families who have more outstanding talents, this is an indisputable fact. And these children of aristocratic families have been well-dressed and well-fed since they were young, and they regard themselves as superior to others. Now compare them with those children from poor families.
If they are mixed together, they may even force the poor students who are well-educated to eat meat, and they may only eat vegetables. This... might lead to big trouble."
He feels that now that the academy has just been established, stability is above all else.
If those children from aristocratic families were taken advantage of by children from poor families, wouldn't they be causing trouble?
Now his destiny has been connected with the academy. When the academy is prosperous, he will rise; when the academy is dilapidated and declining, his career will be stalled...
How can you not try your best?
Therefore, I had to politely dissuade Fang Jun from some of his radical measures...