Liu Yanzhi went to Shuiximen Wharf first, and according to the agreement, Lin Su and the others had to wait here for a day to hear his exact news.

The dock was still a busy scene, Liu Yan led three horses through the warehouse, found the boat he rented in a moored passenger boat, tied the horse to the shore, took the luggage, the boatman saw him coming, and hurried to move the gangplank.

"No need." Liu Yan jumped straight onto the boat, and the hull of the boat tilted instantly, which showed that he was carrying a heavy bag.

"Has the master entered Beijing?" Master Zhou greeted him out of the cabin and asked impatiently.

"Let's go inside." Liu Yan remained silent, bowed down and entered the hatch, and sent the ship's house to boil water and make tea, so as to avoid people's eyes, Miss Lin, the housekeeper and the master sat at the table, their faces full of anxiety, and they were anxious to follow.

"I asked Zhang Shuban, my lord is fine, I set off into Beijing the morning before yesterday, I am afraid that I have not walked out of two hundred miles at this time, I have three horses, if I travel under the stars and nights, I can catch up in one day."

The master took a long breath: "That's good, ...... How many people are with you? ”

"Ma Kuai plus the pacesetter of the governor's yamen, a total of forty people, and the leader of the team is the general." Liu Yan said straightly, "I can handle it." ”

"How many men do you have?" The master was very worried.

"I'm alone, three horses, and all that." In order to reassure everyone, Liu Yan opened the luggage roll and showed two Martini Henry rifles, two revolvers, and rows of bullets.

"It's not without precedent to be outnumbered, do you have a comprehensive plan?" The master frowned, as the master of Shaoxing, he has dabbled in a wide range since he was a child, and he has not read less military books and strategies, and he claims to be a person who knows soldiers, but this time he really has no confidence.

"Act on the opportunist." Liu Yanzhi replied with four words, he really didn't have any plan, he just relied on his superior force, and when the time came, whether he planned or grabbed it depends on the situation on the spot.

The master shook his head and didn't say anything more, the old housekeeper had seen Liu Yanzhi's methods, and he also liked to listen to the book review drum on weekdays, and he really thought that there were tens of thousands of enemies in the world, so he was convinced, and said with tears: "Liu Yishi, if you can keep the old man thorough, the old decay will be reciprocated." ”

Liu Yan waved his hand: "The flying disaster is caused by me, how can I leave, you take this silver, if I can't come back, it will be in Nanjing...... No, go to Shanghai, buy a house in a foreigner's concession, start a small business, and you can keep you safe for 50 years. ”

He opened another package, which contained more than a dozen Guan Ping silver ingots of fifty taels, and ten Yingyang envelopes wrapped in paper, adding up to nearly two thousand taels of silver, which was a huge amount of money.

"And this, it should be worth a lot of money." Liu Yan thought about it for a while, and handed the Hetian mutton fat white jade Ruyi stolen from the palace to Miss Lin.

Hetian white jade is a rare thing, mutton fat white jade is the leader in Hetian jade, the real good white jade in the Han Dynasty are almost dug up, during the Kangxi period, 100,000 people dug in Hotan for four years, the riverbed are dug down ten meters, it is difficult to see good jade in the world, Lin Su is the daughter of the official eunuch, his father is an elegant person, since he was a child, he has been exposed to jade antiques a lot, and the good or bad things can be seen at a glance, this jade Ruyi is something that comes out of the palace after all, although it is not a peerless treasure in front of the emperor and concubine, it is a first-class treasure in the folk!

"This slave can't be accepted." Lin Su immediately resigned.

"Just make it a souvenir." Liu Yan said straightly, Lin Su didn't know what a souvenir was, but he vaguely felt that it was a token, so he accepted it after thinking about it.

"Without further ado, I'll leave now, and I'll be able to catch the convoy tomorrow night." Liu Yan straightened up and said goodbye

"Liu Yishi, take care." Everyone went out of the cabin to see each other, he went ashore, showed a light skill, turned over on his horse, and went without looking back.

"Master, how sure are you of it?" The housekeeper looked at Liu Yanzhi's back and asked.

"The courage of the horseman, the fierceness is more auspicious." Master Zhou sighed.

"Liu Yishi's martial arts are world-renowned, and he has foreign guns to help, so he still has a few chances of winning when the escort team camps at night." Butler Road.

"One or two points at most, the pacesetters of the governor's yamen are not those old and weak people in the green battalion who are waiting for death, they are all carefully selected and strong, and they are responsible for the task of escorting the Qin prisoners, and if they lose people, they will be killed, how can they not be on the pillow Godandan, vigilant day and night, forty people, and they are all equipped with shotguns, bows and crossbows, difficult, difficult, difficult." Master Zhou shook his head and sighed a few more times.

"Then ......" The housekeeper stopped talking, and said in his heart that since he had no chance of winning, why didn't he stop him, but this question was not spoken, even if he had a chance of winning, he had to try, anyway, this monstrous disaster was caused by Liu Yanzhi's gang, even if he lost his life, he deserved it.

Lin Su heard their conversation in the cabin, and his heart was gloomy for a while.

The boatman hoisted the sails and set sail.

……

There is only one official road into Beijing, Liu Yanzhi starry night and night, change horses without changing people, according to his estimates, can walk three hundred miles a day, but the fact is not so smooth, the endurance of horses can not be compared with people, a horse will be scrapped if it does not rest for dozens of miles in a row, sure enough, one of the horses was exhausted by his riding, fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and saw that it was not good.

Liu Yanzhi left the horse, he still has two horses to spoil, continue to hurry, just slow down the speed slightly, in addition to the urine and urine must be dismounted, eating and drinking are solved on horseback, to the place where the tip is hit, feed the horse the best concentrate feed, by the way take a nap to rest for a while, recuperate.

At this time, it is the beginning of July in the Gregorian calendar, thundershowers continue, the population of the late Qing Dynasty has skyrocketed, Jiangdong is considered the hinterland of the Central Plains, the villages are dense, the government will levy conscription every year to repair the official road, the so-called official road, is a wider dirt road, pressed with a stone mill, pay attention to the point of sprinkling some gravel, but after the rain is still muddy and difficult to walk, there are obvious rut marks and horseshoe marks on the road, as well as the footprints of the brigade of people and horses, Liu Yanzhi on the one hand by inquiry, on the other hand by tracking the imprints to determine the route of the escort convoy.

He knew he hadn't lost it at the sight of the familiar ruts, and the team was not far away, and the road ahead stretched into the valley, which was a good place to set up an ambush in times of war.

Liu Yan stopped the horse, the war horse under his crotch had been almost destroyed by him, sweating, restlessly digging on the ground with his hooves, as if he had a premonition of some danger.

Suddenly, a huge roar came, and after a while, there was a sparse gunshot, not the sound of a new-style fast gun, but an old-fashioned arquebus being fired. ”。

But when he rushed to the mouth of the valley, he found that the road had been blocked by fallen trees and large piles of rocks, and the war horse could not climb over at all, so he had to dismount, carry a gun on his back, and climb up with a gun in his hand to watch the battle.

There is a battle going on in the valley, the warring sides and the officers and soldiers and the Boxers, the officers and soldiers were ambushed by mines, and many people were killed and wounded, the remnants of the horses shrank into a ball, the spearmen protected the shotspearmen and the beasts were still fighting, behind them was a prisoner car, Lin Huaiyuan sat in the prisoner car, frightened and helpless, and his face was colorless.

The officers and soldiers were the pacesetters and horses of the governor's yamen, they were all carefully selected and the guys they used were the best, the bird guns made of fine iron, the strong bows and crossbows, and the waist knives and spears, and the equipment of the Boxers was almost there, only a few people used red tassel guns, and most of them held javelins with sharpened heads, but they had superior guidance, and they did not hit stones with eggs, but kept throwing javelins to harass.

Although the number of officers and soldiers was small, they were stubborn and well-armed, and the spearmen kept firing their guns while protecting the shotgunners, but they were still not experienced enough, and they did not master the tactics of three-stage strikes.

Liu Yanzhi did not rush to join the battle group, he had to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy first, when he saw the Boxer brother standing on the mountainside, he knew it in his heart, raised his gun and shot, one shot at a time, the officers and soldiers who were loading the bird guns fell to the ground, the Boxers took the opportunity to rush over, the defense line of the officers and soldiers collapsed instantly, the leader of the officer ran away, and the rest of the people also desperately fled to the valley mouth, the Boxers obviously did not intend to let go of any live mouth, picked up the shotgun and fired at their backs.

The screams were endless, Liu Yanzhi couldn't bear it in his heart, these officers and soldiers had wives and children, why should they be killed, but he didn't stop it, at this time, the kindness of women is unacceptable.

A moment later, the battle ended, the valley was filled with gunsmoke and blood, dozens of corpses were lying on the ground, and several boxers with shotguns looked at Liu Yanzhi with fierce eyes, and the muzzles of their guns were aimed at him intentionally or unintentionally.

"Don't be reckless, that's the general under the command of this seat, who came to help." Halfway up the mountain, the slender man in an ochre yellow robe, a red scarf on his head, and a pair of short-sighted glasses shouted, and the boxers immediately collected their shotguns and saluted Liu Yan.

Liu Yanzhi kept his guard, stepped forward to check Lin Huaiyuan's situation first, except for being a little frightened, he was safe and sound, he drew a knife and cut the wooden bar of the prisoner car, but the stainless steel shackles on Lord Lin's hands and feet could not be opened, and the waist knife slashed a string of sparks, not even a mark.

The lord on the hillside hugged him down, walked to Liu Yanzhi, stretched out his hand to help him, and said: "Aiqing is in armor, don't be polite, come here, give a seat." ”

Liu Yan rolled his eyelids, and said in his heart I don't plan to kneel to you, Teacher Zhou.

"Call me Third Prince Zhu." Zhou Jiarui whispered in his ear.

Liu Yan was stunned for three seconds before he came back to his senses, and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie gave him a seat." ”

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