The Golden Purple Gate, just opposite, the Zhentai Yamen.

Outside the Zijin Gate is the Zijin Chamber, a large area of stilted buildings built according to the city wall, uneven, disorganized. The people who live here are either poor people or porters who don't even have a home, and they have to make a fire to cook every day, and they often accidentally walk into the water, and when they burn it, it will be a large area.

Guan Zhutou was afraid of startling the snake, so he personally went to Fengruilou to find Yu Youfu and other arresters, and asked a group of officials and white servants to come separately, and finally joined Han Xiu Summit behind a warehouse not far from the riverside wharf.

"Four babies, what about Li Ji's people?"

"Drinking tea in the teahouse of the second mother-in-law of Wei," Han Xiufeng pointed down the slope, and then turned back and said: "At this moment, the teahouse and restaurant below are full of people, and there are many people, they should not dare to act rashly." ”

Guan Zhutou wiped his sweat and asked, "When will this be?" ”

"I won't wait too long, those people below are tired like dead dogs for a day, and they won't play much, and it is estimated that there will be no one in half an hour."

"Yes," Guan Zhutou nodded, thought about it and asked, "Is there anyone from the Tea Gang?" ”

"Here, here's a husband."

Yu Youfu smiled excitedly: "So the copper is here, on one of the boats!" ”

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

……

The three of them chatted and waited, some of the captors and white servants were gearing up to do a big job, and some of them hurried to lean against the root of the warehouse wall and closed their eyes to recuperate, and before they knew it, most of the hours passed, and the people gathered in the teahouse and restaurant by the dock dispersed one after another, and the lights by the river gradually went out.

Although the terrain is high at your feet, it is not close to the pier, and it is night, so you can't see clearly.

Han Xiufeng was pondering whether to beckon everyone to touch it, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the alley on the left, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Jiang Liu and the monkey.

Guan Zhutou asked eagerly: "Jiang Liu, what's going on over there at Chaotianmen?" ”

"That's what I'm here for," Jiang Liu leaned against the stone wall and said breathlessly, "In the afternoon, that person got on the official ship, probably after a supper on the boat, and then came here with a few turtle sons who looked like him." The monkeys and I took a shortcut, so we got ahead of them. ”

Guan Zhutou frowned slightly and asked, "The transport officer didn't come?" ”

"I didn't come, the turtle son didn't go ashore, and the eighth master said that he didn't seem to show his head."

"How do you know what he looks like and how do you know that he didn't come?"

"The few who came didn't wear official uniforms!"

"Not wearing an official uniform does not necessarily mean that you are not an official."

"Guan Bantou, do you mean that he will disguise himself and grow up?"

Guan Zhutou looked back at the dark river and muttered: "Think about it, he has spent so much trouble and naturally there will be no shortage of Yunnan copper to be stolen and sold by us." Maybe there are tens of thousands of taels of silver when you sell it, and you say that he will not come to such a big deal? ”

"Uncle Guan, if I were him, I would definitely not come." Han Xiufeng took over the conversation and analyzed it in detail: "It doesn't matter whether his county master is acting or not, and it doesn't matter how many days his county master has been working together, but after all, it is the main hall of a county, and it is impossible for his subordinates to have few trustworthy family members." Besides, it's not child's play for the guards to steal themselves, in case of the incident at the east window, he still has room for maneuver if he doesn't come. ”

Thinking of being an official more than a ghost, Guan Zhutou said coldly: "It doesn't matter if he comes or not, as long as the copper is here!" ”

"Yes, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, even if you can't catch others, it's the same if you catch his subordinates."

As he spoke, there was another sound of footsteps in the alley.

A porter of the Sichuan Gang ran over from the shadows and said excitedly: "Sixth brother, the turtle son of the Tea Gang is here, six or seven are here!" ”

Revenge is tonight, Jiang Liu's blood is boiling, he grabbed the porter and asked, "Where is it?" ”

"It's all squatting on the dock, and I can't see it clearly when I stand here." The porter wiped his sweat and said, "They began to want to get on the boat, but the people on the boat refused to let them, as if they had shown their blades." ”

"Which boat do they want to get on?" Guan Zhutou asked subconsciously.

"I want to go to the one opposite the Wei Erpo Teahouse, those people on the boat look at the face, one is more fierce than the other, and there are blades in their hands, I estimate that the goods are on it."

"How many people are on board?"

"There are five or six boatmen."

At this time, another porter ran over, and as soon as he saw Jiang Liu, he said eagerly: "Sixth brother, the people who came from Chaotianmen have entered the teahouse, and there are few others in the teahouse, so they are the only ones left at this time." ”

"Got it, go back and keep an eye on it." Jiang Liu sent his men away, turned around and stared at Han Xiufeng and asked, "Fourth brother, what should I do?" ”

Han Xiufeng said without thinking: "Wait a little longer, wait until you see the copper before you do it." ”

Jiang Liusheng was afraid that he would be busy in vain, so he said eagerly: "Fourth brother, what if the turtle sons under the Yunguan sell the boat to Li Ji in one boat, negotiate the price and take the silver ticket and leave?" ”

Han Xiufeng thought about it and said confidently: "Don't worry, they didn't leave so fast." The drudgery of transporting copper is tiring, and an official will be put on the table at most once in his life, which means that the turtle son surnamed Zhou has never dealt with Li Ji before, and the shopkeeper Li has never seen him before. For a big deal of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver, if Shopkeeper Li does not look at the goods with his own eyes and does not inspect the condition of the goods, he will never give a silver ticket. ”

"That's right, doing business is about paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other."

……

After waiting for about a stick of incense, the porter came to report that the people in the teahouse had come out, and when he came, those people were walking towards the river in the dark, and they should have already boarded the boat by this time.

I asked before, the boat was moored on the shore, and although the Golden Purple Gate Wharf was not as prosperous as Chaotianmen Wharf, the boat leaning on the side of the wharf at night was also three layers inside and three layers outside, Han Xiufeng was not worried that they would run from the river, and he was not worried that they would prop the boat away and go to other places to unload, but he didn't want to wait any longer, so he turned around and said, "Uncle Guan, the time is almost up, let's do it." ”

"Okay," Guan Zhutou took a deep breath and turned back to shout, "Brothers, get ready to work." This time is different from usual, God knows if those turtle sons will jump off the wall in a hurry. If they dare to disobey orders, we don't need to keep our hands, as long as we don't kill them, and it's okay to kill one or two. ”

"I know, these turtle sons are rampant and domineering on our territory, and labor and management have long wanted to clean them up!"

How could Jiang Liu miss this opportunity to beat the water dog, and actually grinned: "Guan Bantou, we brought guys, and there are a lot of them, let's go with you!" ”

All of them were brave and ruthless, and Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "Uncle Guan, everyone, we tossed all night to seek money, and we should be more leisurely later, and don't make trouble if you can." ”

"Four babies, don't worry, it's not like you don't know what we're doing, we know it in our hearts."