The setting clouds and solitary swans fly together, and the autumn water forms the same color as the sky. At dusk, the scenery of Yongjiang City is like this, so beautiful and intoxicating!
However.
Emperor Chu and his generals had no intention of admiring the alluring scenery. Four hours had passed since they searched the city for Diao Chan and Chen Yuanyuan, but still found nothing.
Everyone was anxious, and Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang were even more terrified. They thought that Yongjiang City was impregnable under their guard, but the two ladies who had just entered the city were missing, and the sea monster was causing trouble. They had no face to face Emperor Chu.
As the sun sets, the people who have worked hard all day are returning home, but at this time, the Yongjiang City Yamen is bustling with activity. Dozens of people have reported that their wives are missing and have not returned home until now.
After receiving the news, Emperor Chu led everyone to rush to the Yamen. When many people learned that the sea monster had appeared today, they knew that their wives would never come back, and they left dejectedly.
Because they have become accustomed to it. For so many years, none of the women who have disappeared after sea monsters have appeared can come back.
The governor was terrified when he learned that Emperor Chu had arrived. He had experienced the case of missing women many times. The people were pedantic and ignorant. When they learned that it was the sea monster, no one, even their wives, wanted to offend the sea god, so every time the woman disappeared in the end.
The cases all ended without any resolution and were never settled.
But this time the matter was serious. Two wealthy concubines were among the missing people. This made Fu Yin not dare to end the matter easily, and promised in front of Emperor Chu that the whereabouts of all the women would be found out within three days.
Emperor Chu checked Fu Yin's information and found out that he was just a mediocre person, and it would be extremely difficult to find out any clues from him.
"Fengxian, Ran Min, and Yuanba, you three are going to Longzhoufang to guard. I suspect that someone will take action somewhere soon."
Emperor Chu had guessed that a series of things that happened today might be the work of spies from the Fusang Empire lurking in the city.
The forging of the dragon boat was at its final moment. If it was as he suspected, the Fuso Empire would never allow the dragon boat to be launched smoothly.
As for what they wanted to do by kidnapping a large number of women, the truth can only be revealed if they are found out completely.
"Gong Jin, just order the soldiers in the city to patrol normally. Just treat everything as if it never happened. It will remain the same as before."
"In addition, send people to pay attention to various docks inside and outside, and knock down all ships that want to go out to sea at night."
Emperor Chu had already made a plan in his mind to let nature take its course and let the criminals hiding in the dark in the city reveal their true colors.
Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang took the orders and left. It was not until nightfall that Emperor Chu took Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun to the general's mansion.
During this period, he checked all the files in the Yamen and found that the disappearance of women five years ago occurred almost every year, and the number of people was around fifty.
Zhuge Liang learned from the governor that there were exactly forty-eight women missing today, and Diao Chan and Chen Yuanyuan coincided with each other. Emperor Chu concluded that they would definitely find a way to go to sea in the next two days.
The next three days passed in a blink of an eye. Emperor Chu had been studying the distribution of the East China Sea in the study of the General's Mansion. He discovered that in addition to the islands of the Fuso Empire, there were three other islands in the East China Sea. Their area was no smaller than that of the Fuso Empire. However,
There are very few records about the islands.
At noon.
As soon as Emperor Chu returned to his study after lunch, Zhuge Liang came to inform him that the test of adding wheels to the dragon boat had been successful. Zhou Yu had already started forging wheels for Black Wing and the dragon boat, and it was expected to be completed in a month.
"Kong Ming, there is no news from Gong Jin?"
"Back to the emperor, there is no news. The city is still calm, as if nothing happened."
Zhuge Liang has always found it strange that fifty living people disappeared from the world like this, which is simply unbelievable.
The people in the city all said that Poseidon took them away. After three days, the people in the city began to go fishing again. They believed that Poseidon had taken away the women and would not come out to cause trouble again.
"Kong Ming, pay close attention to the safety of Dragon Boat Fang, and wait and see what happens in other matters. I believe that sooner or later the fox will show its tail."
"Wei Chen understands!"
After Zhuge Liang withdrew, Emperor Chu once again began to study geography and oceanography. Not only did he want to memorize the East China Sea, he also wanted to know what it looked like on the other side of the sea.
In this way, Emperor Chu locked himself in the room for three full days. In the blink of an eye, a week passed. Emperor Chu walked out of the study, got up and went to the front yard of the general's mansion.
"Zilong, where are the military advisor and Zhou Yu?"
"Back to the emperor, the military advisor, General Zhou, and General Qi are training the navy in the military camp. The warships will be repaired immediately, and the two generals have intensified the training of the soldiers."
"Let's go and see together!"
Emperor Chu and Zhao Yun walked out of the general's mansion, and the two of them galloped towards the military camp. At the same time, two secret sentries on the pier noticed the clues, and one of them was running towards the military camp on foot.
In the military camp.
Zhou Yu was responsible for training the soldiers' balance and teaching them how to breathe in water. Qi Jiguang trained the soldiers in fighting, swords, guns, swords and halberds, and strong bows and crossbows. They needed to be proficient in everything.
Arriving at the military camp, Emperor Chu looked at the soldiers training under the scorching sun, with a look of approval in his eyes. Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang were both warriors who were bloody on the battlefield. They knew that training more in peacetime would result in less bloodshed on the battlefield.
Therefore, in the past six months, the two of them had devoted all their efforts to training the navy. Emperor Chu clearly felt a strong murderous aura from the soldiers.
Emperor Chu and Zhao Yun did not disturb the soldiers' training, but stood outside the school grounds to watch. Zhou Yu's training method was very unique. In order to prevent the navy soldiers from seasickness, he had them all stand on a wooden board to maintain balance.
Others were repeatedly practicing breathing techniques in the pool nearby, and waves of stern scoldings dissipated into the void.
At this moment, a figure appeared next to Zhou Yu. After whispering, Zhou Yu ordered the captain next to him to take charge of the training. He stood up and led dozens of generals to walk quickly outside the school grounds.
"Gong Jin, you left in such a hurry, but what did you find?"
Emperor Chu stopped Zhou Yu's hurried figure and asked, only to see him gently nod his head and said: "Back to the emperor, there was news from a secret whistle just now that someone is looking for a ship going out to sea at the west dock of the city. I am going to have a look."
"Well, I'll go with you!"
Now that we had a clue, of course we rushed directly to the west dock of the city without further delay. The group of people galloped down the long street with their horses and whips raised.
When they arrived at the city dock, the secret sentry had already locked onto the trace of the man looking for a boat. At this time, he was discussing with a boatman the time to go out to sea.
"Someone, give him to me..."
Before Zhou Yu's order was issued, Emperor Chu stopped him because Emperor Chu discovered that the people looking for the ships were just scapegoats, and the real mastermind did not appear. (To be continued)