This is not the Datang I am familiar with

Chen Fang didn't need to care about catching these drunken strange fish anymore. He just looked at Wu Meiniang at this moment, and both Niangniang and Chen Fang had a bad face at this moment.

The strange fish was lured by a certain aura of Wu Meiniang, and this aura can travel far away, otherwise Wu Meiniang came to the bank of the Yellow River, and the strange fish would come immediately.

Then the problem is very serious. The only thing that can be thankful at this time is that this kind of strange fish cannot go ashore. If it can go ashore, then things will be even worse.

The strange fish that floated to the surface were dragged to the shore one after another by fishing boats. These strange fish were extremely heavy, and it took four or five strong men to drag them ashore. Chen Fang couldn’t figure out how they came to the surface. Did it sink into the water?Chen Fang felt that the body density of these strange fish should be higher than that of water.

As soon as the strange fish came ashore, the knife and shield hand directly pried the fish's lip open with a knife, and then saw the spearman pierce the throat of the strange fish, and the strange fish was stabbed to death while drunk .The so-called drunkenness, dreams and death, probably so.

It is very troublesome to kill this kind of strange fish, the weak point is in the throat, and the body is full of hard scales, which cannot be broken at all.Only when this kind of strange fish has no power to resist can it be easier to kill.

"Master, come quickly!"

Chen Fang and his empress were in a very bad mood at this time, Dingyu over there suddenly called Chen Fang, Chen Fang went over, saw a strange fish dragged ashore beside Dingyu, his expression changed drastically.

This strange fish looks not much different from other strange fish, but upon closer inspection, there are obvious differences.

A normal fish belly has a pair of tentacles with three toes, and this pair of tentacles are extremely soft, it seems that they can't support anything at all, and Chen Fang has tried this pair of tiny tentacles that can be chopped with a sharp blade.It is not covered by fish scales, and its defense is extremely poor.

However, apart from the original two tentacles in the stomach of this strange fish, there are two bulges in the back of the belly that look like gills. The bulges are as big as a baby's fist at this time, and it seems that something is growing.

And the two tentacles under the belly of the fish were much thicker than ordinary fish, like the hind feet of reptiles, and the hind feet were also covered with fish scales, and Yan Ran was like the fish scales covering the fish.And the tip of the rear toe actually had black and dark claws, which looked extremely sharp and terrifying.

"Give me the spear!"

Someone from the guard beside him handed over a spear, and Chen Fang stabbed viciously at the hind limb covered with fish scales. With a clang, a string of sparks shot out from the tip of the spear, and there was no trace left at the place where it was stabbed.

The defensive power of the hind limbs of this strange fish is almost the same as that of the fish.And the black claws that looked like eagle claws, Chen Fang tried it with the stones on the shore, and it was easy to leave claw marks on the stones. It was indeed sharper than a dagger.

"Dingyu, something happened!"

Chen's face became more serious, and now he looked at the pair of protrusions behind the fish's gills, which were clearly growing forelimbs.

Once the forelimbs grow out and are covered with fish scales like the hind limbs, then some strange fish will grow their forelimbs and hind limbs just like when amphibians grow up, and they can go ashore.

The consequences of this kind of thing going ashore...Chen Fang couldn't even imagine it.

At this point, the situation is extremely critical. If this thing goes ashore, as long as it feels the breath of the empress, it will come to attack the empress. What is even more frightening is, how to kill this thing?How to catch?

"My son-in-law, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, let's go back to Luoyang Palace first!"

Chen Fang's face was extremely livid, there were too many people here at this time, Chen Fang didn't dare to tell Wu Meiniang his conjecture, for fear of being spread out, then the result would be panic and even chaos in Luoyang.

The strong man consigned these caught strange fish. At this time, the strange fish had caught more than 40 fish, and dozens of them were washed downstream by the Yellow River before they could be caught in time.

When they went back, Chen Fang's expression on the carriage became more and more ugly. Wu Meiniang grabbed Chen Fang's hand and looked into his eyes.

"Chen Fang, what happened?"

"My lady, I'm afraid this thing will come ashore soon. I also saw the strange fish I caught earlier. There are a pair of tentacles on the belly of the fish that look like human arms. Now it seems to be the hind legs of this strange fish. Dingyu showed me just now. The one with the forelimb has grown quite a bit."

After Wu Meiniang heard this, she slumped against the wall of the car, her hands trembling a little, and Chen Fang squeezed them tightly so as not to show panic.

"Your Majesty, I made a good guess. This thing will transform like a tadpole. Once it lands, the consequences will be disastrous."

Wu Meiniang leaned against the wall of the car, this Empress of the Tang Dynasty had never looked solemn, and she seemed a little helpless.

Looking at Chen Fang at this time, his hands were tightly clutching Chen Fang's arm, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

When the strange fish came ashore, her safety was not mentioned. The two sides of the Yellow River were afraid that people would be devastated in a short period of time, and they would be severely damaged by this strange fish.

And this thing, how to deal with it at this time?

"Your Majesty, the only good news at this time is that this thing is greedy for alcohol, drunk, and as long as it is drunk, it can be killed."

"What does the son-in-law mean?"

"It's a blessing in disguise. At this time, we can't determine the extent to which the number of this strange fish has spread. Except for the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, the Qiantang River, and even the Liaohe River, the Haihe River, the Jingshui River and the Weishui River, there is no distribution of this thing."

"Your Majesty, now we need your Majesty to issue an order to mobilize the army. There is no hesitation in this matter. If this thing lands on the shore, it will be troublesome. Now we can only hope that this thing exists in the Yellow River and has not spread to other waters."

Wu Meiniang could also think of the scary scenes that Chen Fang could think of.

When the carriage entered Luoyang Palace, the Queen's order was issued from Luoyang Palace to mobilize troops to the surrounding Zhechong Prefectures through Zhongshu Province.

Fortunately, Wu Meiniang has been in control of the government of the Tang Dynasty all these years, and Wu Meiniang can also mobilize the army.Otherwise, if it is an ordinary queen, it is absolutely impossible to mobilize the Zhechong government army around Luoyang.

These government troops also need to mobilize the four imperial princes in the East Palace and the twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty, and they need the order of the emperor.At this time, the queen's edict is the emperor's decree, and this edict directly passed the four emperors of the East Palace and the twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty and directly issued it to Zhechong Mansions everywhere.

Chen Fang also saw Wu Meiniang's power at this time, and it really was a power that no one could restrain in Datang.

At this time, Wu Meiniang was called the Queen, but she could exercise the power of the monarch. This is the result of Wu Meiniang's seven years in charge of the court.Of course, Wu Meiniang's rights are not restricted at this time, and it is also because of Li Hong's existence. Everyone knows that even if the normal procedures are followed, Li Hong, the prince of the East Palace Supervisor, will not hesitate to carry out the mother's will.

This is Li Hong. Li Hong, who obeyed his mother's words, grew up by Wu Meiniang's side, Li Hong, who was taught by his mother. Father learned how to deal with political affairs.

Chapter 609 Hunting Monster Fish

The transfer order has been issued, and at this moment only the army is assembled, the situation is serious, the transfer order does not specify the purpose of mobilizing the army, but only states that all the assembled troops are under the command of Chen Fang, the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Wu Meiniang handed over the military power to Chen Fang without hesitation, and she could only place her hopes on Chen Fang at this time.

And after these 43 strange fish were pulled into Luoyang Palace, dozens of cauldrons were set up in the palace to stew the fish.

This kind of fish needs to be stewed for several hours before the meat will rot, and the scales can be taken out by then, otherwise, it is impossible to remove the scales.

The fish stew was handed over to the guards. In the afternoon of that day, Luoyang Palace was filled with a strange smell of meat. It was not dark yet, and all the strange fish had been boiled so that the scales and bones could be separated from the flesh.

Chen Fang ordered people to peel off the scales and bones by hand. The scales and bones of the fish remained at this time, and all the fish meat was buried. No one was allowed to eat it.

Although it is meat, it is not necessarily inedible, but who knows what will happen if you eat the meat of this wild strange fish.You must know that later generations had several serious epidemics caused by eating wild animals. At this time, it was the Tang Dynasty, and the medical level was limited. Chen Fang would never allow anyone to eat this strange fish.

There are huge piles of fish scales and fish bones. These fish scales are the best raw materials for armor, and the armor made of bright light armor is simply incomparable.

As for these fish bones, Chen Fang felt that some of them could be used to make fish bone knives, but grinding still needed to find a way, and fish teeth could be used to make fish tooth arrows, similar to wolf tooth arrows.

Chen Fang accidentally discovered that the spine and tendons of the limbs of this strange fish were extremely flexible, even after several hours of boiling, the fish tendons could not be boiled at all.

And these fish tendons can barely be cut with a sharp blade. This is a good material for bow and crossbow strings. Chen Fang asked several crossbowmen who were from old soldiers to try it, and the effect was much better than the original beef tendon.

Although this strange fish is dangerous, if caught, it can indeed obtain many rare materials.

Armor, crossbow strings, bone knives, these weapons and armor made of fish bones, tendons and scales are much better than those made of metal, which made Chen Fang stunned.

Naturally, there are dedicated people to do these things.The only difficulty is sharpening the knife with the fishbone. The fishbone cannot be drilled, and grinding is also extremely difficult, but it is not to the extent that it is absolutely impossible to grind.

And Luoyang and surrounding counties have also become busy these days, and have been collecting supplies such as drinks, fresh fish, live sheep, live cattle and pigs.Along the Yellow River in Luoyang, at this time, some necessary fortifications began to be built along the Yellow River, just in case.

Three days later, more than [-] soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had gathered around Chen Fang, and more than a dozen Zhechong captains were waiting for dispatch in front of Chen Fang's tent. To be honest, Chen Fang had never led soldiers before.

Not in the previous life, nor in this life, the most in his hand was the five hundred Fengwei of Tang Gongfang, but he was also led by Qin Huaidao.

He didn't know anything about leading soldiers, but at this moment, Chen Fang had no choice but to get on the horse himself.

On the fourth day, which happened to be in the middle of February, Chen Fang mobilized all the lieutenant Zhechong under his command, and asked them to deploy the soldiers along the Yellow River. The first time was a little different from the last time. A high platform was built along the Yellow River, and the high platform had a springboard extending several feet toward the Yellow River.

The height of the high platform made it impossible for the strange fish to jump onto the platform, and the platform extending to the river allowed Wu Meiniang to stand on the surface of the Yellow River, three feet away from the surface of the Yellow River.

"Your Majesty, Chen Fangwan's death will put your Majesty in danger."

At this time, Chen Fang had brought Wu Meiniang to the base of the high platform, and Ding Yu and Feng Yi followed closely behind him, so that he could take Wu Meiniang away from the high platform to a safe area at any time.

"I believe in you, and I will definitely not let me be in danger."

"Your Majesty, let's go up, the boats and government soldiers on the shore have been arranged properly, just waiting for the strange fish to come."

Wu Meiniang nodded, and went up to the high platform with Chen Fang, and walked along the two-meter-wide platform to the front edge. Railings were placed here to prevent feet from slipping and falling into the Yellow River.

Wu Meiniang, Chen Fang and the two female guards behind them were standing on the platform, holding on to the railing, looking towards the Yellow River.

At this time, the Yellow River has few ice floes, and the surface of the river is turbid and dark yellow, seemingly calm. No one knows what is dormant in the river at this time.

About a cup of tea, the originally calm Yellow River suddenly burst into a torrent, splashing waves, a strange fish broke through the water and jumped out of the water for a distance of one foot. Its target was Wu Meiniang on the high jumping platform.

Wu Meiniang was holding on to the railing, and she could clearly see the thick fangs in the huge mouth of this strange fish.

Once bitten by this strange fish, the consequences would be disastrous.

Seeing the leaping strange fish, Wu Meiniang couldn't help taking a step back, her hand was instantly pulled tightly by Chen Fang.

"Your Majesty, it's okay, this fish can't jump up!"

Holding hands by Chen Fang, Wu Meiniang's expression gradually calmed down. At this time, she walked to the railing and looked towards the river. At this time, the surface of the Yellow River was already not calm. From time to time, there were strange fish jumping up under the platform, scrambling to be the first.

The surface of the water gradually boiled, and no one knew how many strange fish gathered here at this time.

But today Chen Fang didn't let the government soldiers rush to throw live fish and wine into the Yellow River.

He and Wu Meiniang stood on the diving platform for an entire hour, and the Yellow River below was already boiling completely. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have dared to imagine that the calm Yellow River was boiling like boiling water.

Under the jumping platform, many strange fish are concentrated at this time. Even though the water of the Yellow River is extremely turbid, you can still see the exposed spines of these strange fish, which are densely packed.

An hour later, Chen Fang nodded to Dingyu, a yellow flag was erected in Dingyu's hand, and the government soldiers on the bank began to throw fresh fish and live animals into the Yellow River. Once there were fresh fish and live animals, the gathered strange fish were immediately killed. The fish are attracted by live animals, gnawing and biting wantonly, and the blood of the living creatures in the Yellow River immediately dyes the river red, and the dying howls of pigs, cattle and sheep make people's eardrums hurt. The scene in the Yellow River at this time is shocking.

After a quarter of an hour, the yellow flag in Dingyu's hand turned into a red flag, and immediately hundreds of wine jars were thrown towards the Yellow River. Pieces of red river water poured with thick liquor.

The operation was the same as last time, but this time there were sufficient manpower, and the mobilized army was enough for Chen Fang to carry out various operations.

After a while, drunken fish began to float 60 meters downstream of the Yellow River. The soldiers who had been waiting on the bank rowed the boat into the Yellow River and started fishing.

Chen Fang squeezed Wu Meiniang's hand, and Wu Meiniang looked at him.

"Surprised the empress!"

"If you can catch strange fish and save the people along the Yellow River from suffering, it's nothing for this palace to be frightened."

"Your Majesty, this kind of high platform has been placed in the lower and upper reaches of the Yellow River for fifty miles. Your Majesty will have to work hard."

Chapter 610

Wu Meiniang nodded, and for five days in a row, the same scene played out in the Baili River of the Yellow River in Luoyang. In fact, no strange fish appeared on the fourth day, but just in case, Chen Fang brought Wu Meiniang to the fifth day.

It has been confirmed that no strange fish appeared in the Luoyang section of the Yellow River. In fact, there were very few strange fish on the second and third days.

According to statistics at this time, the government soldiers captured a total of 44 strange fish, plus the previous 51, a total of [-]. This number is already extremely terrifying. There are so many strange fish.

Among these strange fishes, fourteen of the forelimbs obviously grew out, three of the forelimbs were already formed, and one forelimb was covered with scales, and it was almost time to go ashore.

At this time, the queen's order has been issued to the state capitals along the Yellow River, and even along the Huaihe River, so that the local governments will pay close attention to the Yellow River and the rivers and lakes connected to the Yellow River.Once there is a strange fish as described in Yizhi, report it to the court immediately.

In late February, the fishing operation in the Yellow River section of Luoyang had completely ended. At this time, these strange fish were cooked and all the fish meat was buried.

However, it will take time to make fish scales, bones and tendons into armor weapons, especially fish bones, which are extremely difficult to grind.

By February [-]th, local craftsmen in Luoyang had only made three pairs of fish scale armor, two for women, similar to the one on Wu Meiniang, except that the size was completely set according to the figures of Princess Gao'an and Zheng Jieyu, obviously for the two Of course, the rest of the set belonged to Mr. Chen Dafang, so there is absolutely no need to argue about it.

Local craftsmen are still stepping up production, but Wu Meiniang and her party obviously cannot stay in Luoyang, and they have been delayed in Luoyang for too long.

On the night of February [-]th, when the sky had just darkened, Chen Fang had already arrived at Wu Meiniang's bedroom with a dagger in his hand. According to common sense, no matter who enters the empress's bedroom, a weapon cannot be carried, but Chen Fang is special. With a dagger, even if you enter Wu Meiniang's bedroom with a hard crossbow, no one will stop you.

Seeing Chen Fang coming in, Wu Meiniang waved her hand, and the maids who were serving around her hurriedly retreated, leaving only Zheng Jieyu by her side.

At this time, Zheng Jieyu, Yan Ran became the most caring person around the empress, and she could not be called a maid, because it is absolutely impossible for a woman with five surnames to be a maid.

Moreover, Wu Meiniang and Zheng Jieyu have a special relationship, and it is by no means comparable to that of a personal maid.

It can be said that the relationship between Wu Meiniang and Zheng Jieyu at this time has already surpassed that of the previous Qing court ladies.

In the past, Luoyang craftsmen made fish scale armor, and Wu Meiniang asked Zheng Jieyu to do it first.

At this time the maid stepped back, Wu Meiniang had already held Chen Fang's hand, she was a little curious when she saw the dagger in the son-in-law's hand.

"How did you come here with a dagger?"

"It's for your mother's self-defense, my mother, please see it!"

Chen Fang pulled out the dagger from the beautifully decorated dagger scabbard. This dagger resembled the style of a Tang knife, but because it was made of fish bones, it inevitably had some curvature.

"Is this a fishbone dagger?"

"Yes, Luoyang craftsmen have been busy for a few days, and finally polished this one, ma'am, try it!"

Wu Meiniang is no different from ordinary women, she has also used weapons before, she has tamed horses before, and even tamed with whips, sticks and daggers!

Wu Meiniang took the dagger and looked around. There was nothing good to try with this fishbone dagger. When she saw the table next to her, she used the dagger to cut the corner of the table.

This dagger made of fish bones cut off a corner of a table without any effort, obviously more powerful than ordinary blades.

"Chen Fang, have you tried?"

"Yes, I tried it with other daggers. The fishbone dagger and the iron dagger were cut against each other. The iron dagger scrapped the fishbone dagger without leaving any traces."

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she was also quite surprised. Chen Fang had tried fish bones at first, and he was also surprised at the time. Now it's not surprising to see the empress's expression.