Chapter 340: Exterminating the River Bandits (3)

When Fang Lei injected radioactive energy into the thief's body, his control nervous system had failed, that is, no matter what Fang Lei asked, he would answer truthfully.

Fang Lei asked: "The thief is in charge!" When will the ship carrying official salt arrive? ”

"After passing through here before the fifth watch, more than 20 people have dived and climbed onto the boat from the upper stream, and the people at the helm must be docked at Wulipo, and then the salt will be moved to a cave not far away to hide, and the king of Lingnan will send people to transport it away!" The thief boss said truthfully.

Fang Lei continued to ask: "Is the accurate news of the shipping official salt inquired about by your spies?" ”

"It's not! It was the master who asked the villain to sue him, this is a secret in the government, so do they have this ability? ”

The liaison officer argued that when he heard Fang Lei say that the emperor had lost trust in the king of Lingnan and wanted to send Jinyi guards down to investigate the evidence of his crimes, support the army and respect himself, privately make weapons, accommodate the remnants of the Yuan soldiers, and rob the official salt, which is not a capital crime? It was inevitable to punish the nine clans, so in order to save his life, he was ready to expose the king of Lingnan and confess everything he knew, and he didn't want to be the funeral object of the king of Lingnan, which was not worth it.

When Fang Lei let go of his hand, the thief also woke up, and it was only then that he knew that Fang Lei was powerful, and he didn't need to be punished at all, he could make people dig out their hearts and lungs, search their intestines and stomachs, and tell everything truthfully.

It was the beginning of the fifth watch, Fang Lei thought that the ship transporting official salt should have arrived, and hurriedly ordered everyone to hide and wait and see, he called the three girls to his side and ordered: "The helmsman on the big ship may have been charged, the gang leaders, the village owners and the team members are all landlubbers, and they can't climb on the boat at all, so the four of us jump on the boat together and destroy them!" ”

Hong Xi'er knows: she doesn't know how to fly, Brother Fang will definitely take her up, there is a warmth in her heart, although she has become the owner of the village and a generation of heroines, but she is rigid on the outside and soft on the inside, and she still hopes to be cared for by Brother Fang.

At this moment, there were five big wooden boats on the river full of sails, going down the river, and then slowly approaching the shore of Wulipo, Fang Lei's eyes were like lightning, and he found that on the first boat, the escort officer and the helmsman were all controlled by several black-clothed people, these should be the robbers who climbed onto the boat upstream.

Fang Lei said to Yi Wei: "When the boat docks and the thieves come up, quickly cut off their retreat, lest they escape from the water and leave behind trouble!" ”

As he spoke, he put his left hand around Hong Xi'er's legs, and suddenly jumped into the air, and when Xia He and the little fox came up, they took advantage of the cover of night to hide straight to the last boat.

The four men landed lightly on the stern of the boat, and saw five thieves holding big swords, surrounding the helmsman, and threatening: "Lao Tzu tells you to go to the left, and if you are told to go to the right, you will be right, and if you don't obey the order, I will chop you into meat sauce!" ”

The helmsman had to nod his head and agree, Fang Lei waved his hand to the three girls, jumped up, and smashed the heads of the two thieves in a row.

"A good man spares his life, he is just a helmsman, there are old and young, he relies on me to earn money to support the whole family, if they kill me, they will have no way to live!" The helmsman said tremblingly.

Fang Lei said, "Uncle, don't be afraid, we are here to kill the river bandits and protect the official salt, are there any thieves in the cabin?" ”

The helmsman said: "No, the six men resting in the cabin are the boatmen who are ready to row again on the return journey after unloading in Duanzhou!" ”

"Since it's official salt, why don't you use official shipping?" Fang Lei asked.

The helmsman said: "This year, the official ships in the salt fields are in short supply, so they have begun to requisition civilian ships!" ”

Fang Lei knew: Last year, five big boats were scuttled by thieves on this big river, how many official ships can there be in the salt field?

The four of them flashed and jumped onto another boat, and the more than twenty thieves who climbed onto the boat and hijacked the helmsman had already been killed, and only the five thieves of the first ship were still in the dark.

When Fang Lei appeared in front of them with three girls, a small leader asked in astonishment, "When did you get on the boat?" ”

"We fell from the sky, and the accomplices on the four boats behind us have long been thrown into the river by us to feed the fish, and now it's your turn!"

At this time, there were five people who looked like boatmen, suddenly took out daggers and stabbed straight at the five thieves, the speed of the technique was unimaginable, Fang Lei knew: These five strong people are definitely not as simple as boatmen.

Sure enough, one of them took out a token and introduced: "We are Jinyi Wei, pretending to be a boatman to accompany us, in order to investigate the murderer who robbed the official salt last year, and find out who is behind the scenes!" ”

Fang Lei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good!" Just now, we captured the big boss of the river bandit and the liaison officer sent by the King of Lingnan, and I don't know who to hand it over? ”

When the little leader of the brocade guard heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Really? Where are they? ”

"They were detained on the top of Wulipo, last year's robbery of official salt, he took more than 100 river bandits to do it, and we all destroyed it just now!" Fang Lei said.

The little leader stretched out his thumb and praised: "You chivalrous warriors, all of them are heroes and heroes, hoeing and eliminating evil, supporting justice, and supporting the common people and allowing them to live and work in peace and contentment!" ”

"Protecting the safety of people's lives and property is our purpose, after all, there are too many corrupt officials, local bullies, and underworld forces in society!"

Fang Lei said with emotion, he has read history and has a bad evaluation of Jinyiwei, once he is arrested and put in prison, whether it is the truth or the wronged, he is forced to confess by capital torture, even if he is not guilty, how many people can come out of it? Most of them were unjustly killed before they were rehabilitated, is it useful?

But this little boss only talks about the chivalrous warriors and the common people, which makes Fang Lei have some good impression of him, and the little boss said to the escort officer: "You transported the salt directly to the Duanzhou wharf with the ship, and we went ashore with this young man. ”

When he got ashore, Fang Lei said to everyone: "Seniors! Brothers! Shall you all go back first? The junior also has to do something with a few officials about the robbery of official salt last year! ”

Master Tan Zhai handed over the thief boss and liaison officer to Fang Lei, and said, "Master Fang! Don't forget to go back and drink the celebration wine as soon as possible! ”

Fang Lei nodded to everyone, and then said to the liaison officer: "These five are all Jinyi guards sent by Emperor Lao'er to investigate the evidence of King Lingnan's crimes, if you don't want to be punished, quickly tell what you know and strive for forgiveness!" ”

How many secrets does this liaison officer know about the King of Lingnan?