Chapter Seventy-Three: The Smell of Conspiracy
After a long night, the conversation between Ying Feng and Qian Feng was hidden in each other's hearts and was no longer mentioned. www.biquge.info But after revealing their hearts, the tacit understanding they established between life and death, in addition to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, there is also more brotherhood.
The fleet continued to sail forward for several days and came to Chuzhou at the end of Surabaya, at the confluence of three rivers. Although Chuzhou is not as prosperous as Yangzhou, it is an important port. Ships from the north to the south dock here, leaving the port, and people on the docks come and go, and it is very busy.
The fleet will rest here for a full day to replenish water. When the boat docked steadily, Xu Le'an was ordered by Mrs. Xu to get off the boat to find an inn.
Qian Feng sent someone to ask if he needed to borrow a house for one night temporarily if he had a house in Chuzhou City? The Xu family had many daughters, and the guest house was only a measure of rights and interests, and it was inconvenient and not safe enough.
This proposal is naturally for the sake of the Xu family, and it is of course better to be able to borrow and live in the Qian family. Xu Wanzhen's disappearance in Yangzhou made Mrs. Xu feel uneasy, for fear that something would happen along the way.
Mrs. Xu thanked Qian Feng and gladly agreed, and Xu Le'an arranged for everyone to get off the boat. The Xu family plus the mother-in-law and servants are only more than 20 people. Only the men who guarded the merchant ships were left, and the rest could disembark.
The Qian family arranged a carriage to pick them up, and the masters of the Xu family took two cars, and the maids and servants followed the carriage. Qian Feng himself rode in front, and the entourage disguised by Shadow Wind and several other men also rode horses and followed closely behind.
There are more than 30 people in this line, which can also be called mighty, entered Chuzhou City and went to the Qian family's house.
In a liquor store in the city, two men sat by a second-floor window drinking each other, their eyes fixed on the crowd on the street.
Seeing twenty or thirty people coming over around the Xu family's carriage, a man with a scar on the left side of his face had his eyes lit up, and said in a low voice: "There are shadow guards in here?
Another man in a blue shirt said, "It can't be wrong. I received a tip-off that Lin Xunshi's son, since Yin Chengye was arrested, has gone insane and often mutters 'shadow guard'. For this reason, I specially pretended to be a doctor and went to diagnose and treat it, and I heard it with my own ears, it seems that Yin Chengye's arrest has the shadow of a shadow guard. all knew that Yin Chengye died for his guilt, and the Xu family happened to stay in Yangzhou a few days ago, and Qian Feng also appeared on the night of Yin Chengye's arrest. He took a sip of wine and said, "If it's all a coincidence, I won't believe it." ”
The man with the scar said: "Qian Feng is now in Jiangnan Province, he is a hot character, black and white." He can't do this kind of business of pinning his head to the waistband of his pants, right?"
The man in the blue shirt nodded and said, "I don't think it's him." The Shadow Guards are well versed in the way of concealment, and hiding in this conspicuous team will not arouse suspicion. If it weren't for that Lin Gongzi, we wouldn't have suspected them. ”
The scar man showed a fierce expression on his face, and the scar looked more and more hideous, and he said hatefully: "This mission, the prince has let go of cruel words." If you can't bring back the evidence, everyone will not end well. There were a few empty pounces before, and this is the last clue. If it's wrong, you'll die. ”
The man in the blue shirt nodded fiercely, drank all the wine in the cup, put down the cup with a "bang", and said, "Whether it is successful or not, it will be tonight." ”
The two paid for the drink and disappeared into the streets.
Qian Feng begs for a living on the water all year round, and this house is a four-entry courtyard, which was placed many years ago. In Chuzhou, you can go to the capital Luoyang along the Tongji Canal, and you can go to Yangzhou and Suzhou through Surabaya. In a year's time, Qian Feng has been here for half a year, in addition to the manpower to guard the house, the maids, servants, and kitchens are always available.
The Xu family entered the Qian family's house, and Qian Feng, as the master, placed the Xu family's daughters in the backyard. And Su Liangzhi and Han Yi were placed in the front yard with him.
Sang Zi called hot water and served Xu Wanzhen to wash. When I first met, I was afraid of his tightness, but I didn't expect him to be so enthusiastic, and he rescued Miss when he was in Yangzhou, and now he lets us borrow it. ”
Mama Zheng said: "What do you know? Master Qian's famous reputation can be stopped in Jiangnan Province." However, he is indeed full of kindness to the Xu family. Hearing this, Sang Zi stuck out his tongue mischievously.
Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Xu Wanzhen was also thinking about it, if it was because of her grandfather, Qian Feng didn't need to be so good to the Xu family?
Chuzhou is one of Qian Feng's intelligence points. There is a large population movement here and there are many sources. Qian Feng spread his manpower here, and every year he inquired about the news of potential wine shops, docks, and green houses, and these news would be gathered in this mansion. There is a master who is good at this way, find out the valuable part from the many news, and then present it to Qian Feng.
When Qian Feng was still the leader of the water bandits, he joined the shadow guard. With the covert support of the shadow guard forces, he can still run rampant in Jiangnan Province after being recruited by the government. And this has also become his best protective color.
The manpower he can call on is not only limited to the subordinates of the "Hefeng", but also the manpower of the Shadow Guard Wind Group in Jiangnan Province. Wind Eighteen is a position that can mobilize all the personnel numbered after him. Therefore, in Gangnam Province, Qian Feng is the one who has the latest and fastest intelligence.
He was in the study at the moment, looking at the letters piled up on the bookcase. The information of this time is interspersed in the sentences of these letters. After reading one of them, he frowned tightly and said in a low voice, "I see. With this letter, he went to the wing where Shadow Wind lived. In order to hide people's eyes, Shadow Wind lives in the same courtyard with him as his retinue.
"Your Excellency, look at this sentence, this sentence, and this sentence together. Qian Feng pointed out the method of interpreting this letter to Shadow Wind. On the surface, this letter seems to be an ordinary letter, written by the shopkeeper of Yuezhou to Qian Feng, reporting the situation of the store after the beginning of the spring.
After Qian Feng's guidance, these fragmentary sentences were put together, and Ying Feng saw these words: "After investigation, Dong Niang is the leader of the Dongying Ronin and is good at ninjutsu. Cooperate with Chengye to transport silver back to Dongying. ”
Ying Feng frowned and said, "Dongying people, they actually infiltrated the Lianghuai salt industry, it is really pervasive. "As the leader of the Wind Group, the information of the Gao Mang Dynasty is gathered in the Shadow Wind.
In recent years, Dongying has frequent domestic wars, and there are constantly ronins going to sea to find a way out of the Gaomang Dynasty. One of them, known as the "ninja", haunts Fujian, Guangdong and other places in Lingnan Province with its unique "ninjutsu". Some worked as thugs for wealthy businessmen, some joined gangs and became the leaders of a faction, and some became elusive killers.
And Yangzhou City, it is the first time to hear the news of Dongying people. And Dong Niang is different from other ronins, her goal is the silver of the white flowers of the two Huai salt industry.
Ying Feng said in a low voice: "This Dong Niang is not so simple, but it's a pity that Yin Chengye died too early." Salt Industry, Dongying, Private Salt ......" He was suddenly startled and said, "Could it be that the prince is also involved?"
Qian Feng nodded, both of them smelled the smell of conspiracy in it.