Author: Feng Chuxiao

Zhou Yang didn't know that Lu Xiangge was afraid of him.

Even if he knew it, he didn't take it to heart.

From the moment he was attracted to this little girl even though he knew Lu Xiangge was Lu Yuanshan's daughter, some things were beyond his control.

However, Zhou Yang is not very interested in getting married. If possible, he would like to marry Princess Lu Xiangge of Changle. If Lu Xiangge is unwilling to marry or has his own heart, then he may not marry a wife.

There is an uncle in the Zhou family and an elder brother in the uncle's family. Even if his family is extinct, the ancestors will not blame him.

Who told the Zhou family to have an unfaithful and unjust Zhou Zongyi? To carry on the family line, Zhou Zongyi’s bloodline is not worthy of inheritance.

At this moment, Zhou Yang was suppressing bandits in Tongzhou.

To say they were bandits, it would be better to say they were remnants of the previous dynasty who were unwilling to give up and held up the banner of anti-business restoration in Tongzhou.

When Chen Quan captured the capital, most of the princes from the previous dynasty who were vassal outside were gradually captured inland in the following years.

What's left now is just a bunch of rabble.

Zhou Yang had just received the news of bandits in Tongzhou two days ago, and it was already the third day when he arrived in Tongzhou from the capital.

In the offshore area of ​​Tongzhou, merchant ships and freight are prosperous, and the folk customs are more robust than those in ordinary port cities.

When Zhou Yang arrived, it only took him two days and one night to destroy one of the pirates' water forts, kill more than 300 pirates, and seize more than ten ships of various sizes.

Things went so smoothly that Zhou Yang couldn't help but feel a little strange.

This pirate, this ship, this village, it was as if someone had packed it for him a long time ago, and just waited for him to come and presented it to him with both hands.

It's not right to say that he raised his hands to offer it. When he took it, he still put in some effort.

"General, my subordinates found a portrait and felt something was wrong."

As he spoke, Sihai opened the curtain and walked into Zhou Yang's temporary tent. He put down the roll of drawing paper in his hand, "I found this in a room. It was hung behind the tent. There were also a few stickers on the wall.

A piece of blank paper. If the person who searched the room hadn't been careful, this portrait wouldn't have been found."

Zhou Yang knew that Sihai was careful and not an important person, so he would not open the curtain and come in in such a hurry.

As soon as the portrait was placed on the table, Sihai immediately stopped and stood aside.

Zhou Yang glanced at Sihai strangely, walked over and opened the scroll. The scroll slowly unfolded. The first thing that caught his eye was a delicate embroidered shoe. The beads on the toe were bright and dazzling. Above it, there were overlapping petals.

Skirt on the lawn.

Before he could see the person clearly, Zhou Yang's brows were already furrowed.

The ink on this portrait is natural, and the painter's work is extraordinary as soon as he sees it. Not to mention how exquisitely the patterns on the embroidered shoes are painted, Dongzhu seems to be real. As for the butterfly falling next to the skirt, the lines on the wings are clearly visible.

It seems like it is trembling slightly when the wind blows.

Zhou Yang had some vague guesses in his mind, but he didn't dare to think deeply.

He took a sharp breath and unfolded the scroll.

really!

The person in the portrait is the person he guessed in his mind.

This portrait depicts none other than Princess Lu Sheige of Changle. Looking at the inscription above, it appears that in the spring of the sixth year of Dashang Dynasty, Lu Sheige had just entered Beijing.

This portrait has been preserved so well after so many years, which shows that the person who collected it cherished it very much.

"Why is there a portrait of the princess in this bandit village?" Zhou Yang looked around.

"My subordinate just asked, that room is the room of the fourth master in the village. I heard that the fourth master has great martial arts skills, but only has one arm..."

Sihai didn't say anything about what happened next, but Zhou Yang also knew that this person was undoubtedly Song Yunfei.

Song Yunfei has Lu Shege's portrait. Considering Song Yunfei's identity at the time, it's not like he didn't have this ability.

But this time during the suppression of bandits, Zhou Yang did not see Song Yunfei himself, nor did he see a man with a severed arm who was highly skilled in kung fu.

Song Yunfei disappeared before the accident happened to the Song family. Zhou Yang sent people to investigate, but at that time, the emperor and Princess Changle did not want to go into details. As long as the Song family was convicted, as for Song Yunfei, what did the emperor and the princess remember when they were children?

I just turned a blind eye and let the friendship grow up.

Zhou Yang never expected that he would get news about Song Yunfei in this water village. He never expected that there would be a portrait of Princess Changle in Song Yunfei's room.

"General."

Zhou Yang was still deep in thought when the sound of Wuhu came from outside, "General, my subordinates found a lot of fish oil in the village."

On weekdays, only the Four Seas and the Five Lakes were accessible to Zhou Yang's camp. The sound from the Five Lakes arrived first, and then he opened the curtain and came in, carrying an earthenware jar in his hand, which contained exactly the fish oil he mentioned.

Tongzhou is close to the sea and has many rivers and lakes. However, there is no shortage of fish and shrimps. This fish oil is made from fat fish.

Fish oil can not only be eaten, but can also be used to make candles. It is not uncommon to find fish oil on the beach.

Zhou Yang was still thinking about the portrait. Hearing this, he didn't take it to heart. He just asked casually: "What's wrong with the fish oil?"

Wu Hu and Si Hai also looked at him with doubts and immediately puffed up their chests.

Sihai found a portrait and hurriedly gave it to the general. Although Wuhu didn't see clearly what the portrait was about, it was clear from the way Sihai attached great importance to it that this portrait was very important.

Take a look at the five lakes and see how you are willing to lose.

As soon as Sihai left, he immediately took a stick and carefully dug up the land.

Since Wuhu could find something on the wall, he looked for it on the ground.

Don't tell me, he actually found something.

"This fish oil is not unusual. What's strange is the place where my subordinate found the fish oil. It's not just this jar of fish oil. There are at least twenty or thirty jars of fish oil. This jar belongs to my subordinate..."

Before Wuhu finished speaking, he heard someone reporting back from outside: "General, another cellar containing fish oil was found outside."

If fish oil is found in only one place, even if there are twenty or thirty jars of fish oil, Zhou Yang won't think much about it.

But another place was found. How much fish oil was there? Could it be found elsewhere?

If there is a large amount of fish oil buried in this village, what is the fish oil intended to be used for?

Zhou Yang rolled up the portrait and walked out in a few steps. He didn't even see Wuhu behind him proudly raising his eyebrows in provocation.

Sure enough, soon, all the fish oil in the village was found.

Five places in total.

There are one in the southeast and northwest corners of the village, and one in the middle near the back of the house where the portrait was found.

With so much fish oil appearing at the same time and distributed so evenly, there is only one possibility. This is because someone put it there on purpose.

His purpose is simple, that is, to burn the village with fish oil.

Zhou Yang's face darkened: "Go and interrogate those alive one by one."

He didn't believe in any coincidences. It seemed like someone had done this deliberately. He deliberately revealed the news about bandits in Tongzhou and deliberately took away a group of people to make the defense of the village lax.

As for why it didn't start burning, I can only say that Zhou Yang was lucky. He came quickly enough and attacked the village quickly enough, before the gangsters had time to take action.

Zhou Yang was not a fool. When he figured out the purpose of this fish oil, he thought of the portraits found in Sihai.

With how much Song Yunfei valued portraits, it was impossible for him to leave without taking the portrait with him.

There is only one possibility for not taking away the portrait, and that is that Song Yunfei went to find Lu Sheige. With the real person, he no longer cares about this portrait.

After the Chinese New Year, things kept happening at home. My grandma had a fracture, my mother had a headache, and my brother had leg pain. He went to the hospital on and off for two months.

During this period, I will also be busy writing thesis, preparing for the defense, and preparing for the exam in four subjects in April.

The updates were interrupted several times during this period, which made me feel guilty but helpless!
Chapter completed!