In the study, Liu Dayuan, the county commander, looked at the county lieutenant 'Gongsun Jian' in front of him and the young man in a cyan Confucian shirt. He asked lightly: "Lieutenant Gongxian, why did you come to the county so late?" ”

The county lieutenant 'Gongsun Jian' didn't speak, but just stood aside with his hands on his shoulders, but the young man in the cyan shirt bowed down and said, "In Xia Gongsun Jian, I have seen my parents and elders. ”

"What? Your name is Gongsun Jian? Liu Dayuan was taken aback when he heard this, sat up straight from his chair, and looked at the young man in front of him in a daze.

The young man nodded and said, "Below is Gongsun Jian, the lieutenant of Jiupin County, Linshui County, who was appointed by the imperial court officials. ”

After speaking, the man took out a document from his sleeve, an official seal, and the document issued by the household department and put it on the bookcase in front of Liu Dayuan.

Liu Dayuan ignored the documents in front of him, pointed to the county lieutenant 'Gongsun Jian' in front of him and asked, "Then who is he?" ”

The county lieutenant 'Gongsun Jian' smiled, clasped his fists and said to Liu Dayuan: "Back to the county, the younger one is a horse servant next to my family." I have been a county lieutenant for more than a month in the name of my family, and I hope that my lord will forgive me if I have offended many things! ”

After saying that, he bowed to Liu Dayuan again, turned around and walked out of the study, and stood still outside the door with his arms and horizontal knives.

Liu Dayuan was stunned thoughtfully for a moment, then got up to give up his seat to Gongsun Jian, and then handed over a cup of tea with his own hands. He asked faintly: "It seems that the princess has seen farther than me, and he is deeper than me!" It's just that I don't know what happened when I revealed my true identity to visit Liu today? ”

Gongsun Jian took the teacup and took a sip of it slowly. Then he slowly put the tea cup on the coffee table beside him, and then glanced at the county commander Liu Dayuan coldly and said lightly: "Someone smuggled a large amount of salt to other countries on the ground in Linshui County. I'm afraid that Liu Zhixian's head will be lost sooner or later. ”

"This ......" Liu Dayuan was speechless for a while, and sweat fell like rain in an instant.

Gongsun Jian shook his hand and looked at Liu Dayuan, who had no master of the six gods at this moment.

"Don't panic, the county commander, I'm here to save the adult in danger. It's just that whether you can save it or not depends on your own intentions. ”

……

Fenshui, a river that runs through the Zhou, Wu, and Southern Han kingdoms.

It is not only a river of life for hundreds of people along the river, but also a river of wealth for merchants who travel between the three countries.

At this moment, a young man dressed as a scholar on the wharf on the bank of the Fen River outside the West Gate of Linshui County stood by the river and said to the old servant with a lantern in his hand behind him: "Uncle Shi, why did grandfather pick this day?" There was not a shred of moonlight in the sky. I'm always a little unsure. ”

The old man behind him didn't answer, and the young man was still talking to himself.

"Although the battle in the north was won, the imperial court spent a lot of money. Now the tax has increased by 10%. The control of salt and iron materials by the imperial court has also become more and more strict. Fifty thousand stones, it took several families almost half a year to get together. But there must not be a slight deviation. ”

"Young Master." The old man said slowly in a low voice: "It is precisely because this deal is not small that the old lady will let the young master come forward in person, first, let you experience the difficulty of being the master of the house, and the purpose is to cultivate you to support our Chen family in the future." Second, I want to take this opportunity to let you get to know more people, so that you can take over the family business in the future. The third is to show a few other families, my Chen family's sons are much more powerful than their gentlemen who can only eat, drink and have fun, and in the future, this Linshui county can only be decided by our Chen family. ”

The young man looked at the river in front of him, and then at the distance of the black hole.

"Uncle Shi, what time is it? It's all arranged. There can be no mistakes. ”

"Young master, it's been a minute or two. Things have been arranged for a long time. The old slave had just checked it himself. All the salt has been loaded onto the ship. Just wait for the other party to pay for the handover. ”

"Well, the other two

What about the people of the family and the county government? ”

"Huh." The old man smiled contemptuously: "The Chu family and the Shen family are drinking in the account room on the dock, but the county government is still waiting for Wang Xiancheng and Master Li to come over, but there are already seventy or eighty people in the militia and the government servants, and they are on guard all around. Outsiders must not approach the docks here. ”

The man nodded.

"Tell our family to be careful in everything, and never relax in the slightest. After successfully completing this transaction today, I will be rewarded when I look back, young master. ”

The old man agreed, and turned to leave. The young man was left alone, still standing in the darkness by the river.

The man stood for a stick of incense for another time, and turned to go to a nearby shack to escape the cold for a while, but the moment he turned around, a red glow suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Linshui County, blown up.

In fact, it was not Linshui County that was blown up, but the light curtains that rose after the explosion in some places gave people the feeling that the entire Linshui County had been blown up into the sky.

At this time, Linshui County was almost as foggy as heaven and earth. It's not fog, it's the smell of gunsmoke.

It's a mess!

The houses of more than a dozen wealthy families in Linshui County, including the county government, were blown up by unknown objects, causing a series of fires. At the same time, some merchant ships docked near the dock also exploded.

It is about thirty miles away from the Fen River in the north of Linshui County.

Ding Feng and Xie Wu glanced at each other, nodded to each other and whispered to a few people around them, "Brothers, the matter of the county seat is done." It's up to us next, if you want to make money, you have to take your life to gamble. ”

After saying that, the two took the lead in jumping into the icy river.

Linshui County, the second-entry house at the mouth of Shiao Lane.

Gongsun Jian silently calculated the time.

looked up at Wei Meng, who was already napping a little on the bench.

"Mengzi, go and see the yard, especially the backyard, don't startle the girl."

Wei Meng raised his head, reached out and took the horizontal knife at his feet, and bared his teeth.

"My lord, whoever enters the backyard will die."

In the county seat, at the corner of the street not far from the county office, Ma Teng and Qi Shi each gathered together with a few people.

"It's all done?" Ma Teng asked.

Qi Shi nodded and didn't speak.

Ma Teng didn't say much, and also nodded in response: "Go to the west pier of the city." ”

After speaking, he quickly hid in the chaotic darkness of the county.

Gongsun Jian, who was sitting in the small courtyard, was always relieved, picked up the teapot but put it down. At this time, maybe a cigarette can relieve the tension in your heart. Stood up and walked around the small courtyard a few times. Bow your head and think about possible changes and loopholes. After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "There should be no problem, it depends on the execution." There are still not enough people! ”

At this time, on the Fen River, thirty miles north of Linshui County, Ding Feng stood on the bow of the boat covered in blood, and asked Xie Wu with frowns.

"Fifth brother, it's all settled?"

Xie Wu was also covered in blood at this time, nodded and said, "Nima, the guys on duty didn't take the medicine we put in the wine." They are all good players in the army, and we have lost six brothers. There were also three seriously injured. ”

"Fifth brother, you take the injured brothers to withdraw first, and I will take care of the rest."

"Okay, then be more careful yourself."

When Xie Wu left, Ding Feng gathered the only four people left under his command, looked at them, and then said fiercely: "I know that everyone was born in poor families, so I dare to sacrifice my life to accompany my brother to do this deal." But the ugly words are said first, the silver will not be disadvantaged to everyone, including the brothers who died in the war, and the cost of settling in the family will not be less than a penny. In the same way, whenever there is any trouble in the future, my family and my brothers will take a hand

。 But if anyone wants to talk about tonight's events or think about other crooked thoughts, hehe, to put it mildly, my old Ding has some lives in his hands at the northern border, and he doesn't care about how many people in your family there are. Did you hear it all? ”

The other four looked at each other slightly, and after glancing at each other, one of the older men spoke: "Brother Ding, everyone has agreed on these things in advance. We only have one life, as long as we have money, we will all listen to Brother Ding. ”

"No, it's my family's listen." Ding Feng corrected.

"Yes, yes, listen to Lord Ding and Brother Ding." The four responded in unison.

Ding Feng nodded slightly,

"Check the box containing the silver coins, make sure that all the places agreed upon upstream are sunk after they are sealed, load the prepared explosives on the ship, light them when they sail to the West Gate Wharf, and then everyone leaves the ship, goes ashore ten miles downstream, and then goes back to their respective homes to wait for my news."

When the sky was slightly bright, the gate of the small courtyard was open.

Children walked in.

Wei Meng stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking at this group of children aged six or seven to eleven or twelve, as if he was reviewing his own team, and said secretly in his heart; No wonder Xie Lao Wu likes to do this, it feels really good.

Seeing that the children were almost there, Wei Meng coughed.

"What's that, that's ...... You Uncle Xie are not feeling well today, so I will replace him today. But I don't know why last night, our county was a little chaotic, so running is free today. The big guy moves around the yard on his own, and I'll make breakfast. Hehe! ”

As he spoke, Wei Meng scratched his head with his hand a little proudly.

For the first time, I felt really good, and I went back and said to the adults, I Wei Meng came to be this instructor.

When I heard that I didn't have to run today, the children jumped up happily, and as for the morning exercise, there was no one to supervise, so they simply went crazy.

Gongsun Jian came out of the backyard, listened to Wei Meng's words to the children, and looked at the performance of this group of children, and shook his head with a helpless smile. Chao Wei shouted fiercely: "Brother Meng, the county is too chaotic, our small store will not open today." You watch at home, especially don't let the children out, and pay attention to safety, I'll go to the yamen to have a look. ”

Wei Meng nodded knowingly and agreed.

Gongsun Jian cleaned up, had breakfast, tied a three-edged dagger specially made in the blacksmith shop in the south of the city to his leg, and then went out, and before he arrived at the county yamen, he met Qi Shi who was leading people on duty.

Pretending to salute Qi Shi, and after observing the surroundings, Gongsun Jian asked: "Lord County Lieutenant, I don't know if there was water in the county last night, in the middle of the night I saw many places on fire and thunder. I was so scared that I didn't dare to close my eyes all night. But I don't know what happened? ”

"Yo, it's the public shopkeeper." Qi Shi blinked and snorted, then said a few words to the few officials who followed him, walked to Gongsun Jian's side and said loudly: "The weather is dry and dry, it's just water, don't worry, the shopkeeper can rest assured, it has been extinguished." Nothing serious. ”

After speaking, he lowered his voice and said: "The Chu family's Fan family has suffered a lot of losses, but the Chen family seems to have been prepared for a long time, and our people have lost a few as soon as they leaned over." There were too many people on the docks, and the guards were even tighter, so I made up with Lao Ma and gave up the plan. I don't know why the county government was also burned. ”

Gongsun Jian was slightly startled, but quickly calmed down, and also asked in a low voice, "Have our people been exposed?" In addition, what is the county magistrate Liu Dayuan doing now? ”

"The few people who lost were originally ruffians in the county. The few catchers in the yamen were on duty normally at my orders. Lao Ma took the others to join Lao Xie and went to Loess Gang, leaving some traces on the way according to your orders. As for the county order, Liu Dayuan is appeasing those big households who were burned last night at the moment. ”

(End of chapter)