After Shen Xi went back, she still felt a little wrong, Hui Niang said that she knew how to deal with it, but she didn't promise not to go, what if Hui Niang was reckless?

Shen Xi arrived at the pharmacy early the next morning, but Hui Niang had already gone out to the main hall of the Chamber of Commerce. Shen Xi inquired about Xiu'er in detail, knowing that Hui Niang did not take away the baggage she had packed up yesterday, Shen Xi was a little relieved.

But when Shen Xi was studying in the morning, he was restless, and when it was almost noon, Shen Xi excused himself to go home to find a book, and took the opportunity to go to the Chema Gang to meet Song Xiaocheng.

"Little shopkeeper, what kind of wind is blowing you here? It scares me...... Come on, come on, sit ...... inside"

Song Xiaocheng was originally able to speak, but now he has become the big boss of the chariot and horse gang, and he has welcomed many guests, and now he is even more sleek and sophisticated.

Shen Xi waved his hand: "I'm not here to gossip with the sixth brother, you find a few more people to go to the big boss and protect her with your heart, I'm afraid that someone will be unfavorable to her recently." ”

Song Xiaocheng showed a look of surprise on his face: "The little shopkeeper and the big boss have the same idea...... The head of the family went out in the morning, and asked me for a few good hands here, and asked me to find more people to escort the boat. ”

"What!?" Shen Xi was shocked: "Why didn't you say it earlier, when did it happen?" ”

"An hour ago, I guess I'm already on the ship by now." Song Xiaocheng's face was inexplicable.

Shen Xi could only try to stay calm at this time, thinking that he would not set off so quickly because he had to load the ship and mobilize manpower. Shen Xi asked Song Xiaocheng to quickly find a few people to take with him and rush to the dock together.

The wharf is prosperous, after all, with the autumn grain into storage, local products from all over the country have been listed, the wharf at this time is usually the busiest time of the year, pedestrians are weaving, busy with traffic. The shadow of the ship is longing, but there is no trace of Hui Niang and the ship to which the ship belongs is found.

Shen Xi hurriedly asked the brothers of the Sewer Gang, only to know that Hui Niang had already set off with the fleet for an hour.

"Sixth brother. Hurry up and find a way to get the people back, there may be bandits on the road who want to hijack our ship. ”

Song Xiaocheng had a little pride on his face. patted his chest and said: "Don't be afraid, what kind of people are we, the Che Ma Gang has long had a good relationship in the upper and lower reaches of the Ting River, even if there are some bandits, they don't dare to attack the ships of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Since the establishment of the Che Ma Gang, there are now seven or eight hundred people in the gang, covering both water and drought, and there is abundant financial support from the Chamber of Commerce behind them. Ordinary thieves are easy to provoke.

Shen Xi hurriedly said: "Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and find a way to find someone to chase, otherwise we will only wait to collect the corpse with the master......"

Song Xiaocheng's body was agitated: "Little shopkeeper, don't make such jokes...... Okay, okay, I'm going to find someone. ”

"The more people, the better, and it's better to bring the guys with you. Send a clipper to chase after you, you wait for me on the dock, I'll go back to ......"

Shen Xi really has no choice now, Hui Niang doesn't listen to dissuasion, she has to be strong. Stubbornly embarking on a journey, unaware of the difficulties and dangers ahead.

It is impossible to chase it by land, and the high road in western Fujian is dangerous. The official road is tortuous, and even if you don't hesitate to catch up, you can't catch up. You can only send a boat to chase it, you can go down from the Ting River, all the way downstream, and it is not easy to catch up.

And, even if you catch up?

After all, it is now Tingzhou Governor An Rusheng who wants to attack the Chamber of Commerce and Hui Niang, who is both a bandit and an official, and Shen Xi can only ask for official help now. The only thing he could think of was Jiang Liwei, who came to Tingzhou Mansion for an unknown purpose.

Shen Xi didn't know where Jiang Liwei was staying, so he could only go to Su Mansion to find Su Tong at this time. Through Sutong, I visited Jiang Liwei again.

“…… Brother Shen, you are in such a hurry. Don't talk about the reason, what is the big thing? Su Tong saw that Shen Xi was anxious, and the second monk was confused for a while.

Shen Xi said: "In short, it's urgent, very urgent...... If you help me this time, Brother Su will have a drive in the future, and he will die in the future. ”

Seeing Shen Xi say this, Su Tong finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly took Shen Xi to the place where Jiang Liwei was temporarily staying to look for it, and when he arrived at the destination, he happened to meet Jiang Liwei to discuss things with others, and the two of them were not allowed to enter, but only waited in the courtyard.

"Jiang Gongzi, there are important matters to discuss, can you talk about it?" Shen Xi hurriedly shouted towards the position of the main hall.

After a while, Jiang Liwei opened the door and walked out, and the person who was talking to Jiang Liwei temporarily left and avoided the back hall, not letting Shen Xi see the figure.

Jiang Liwei stepped forward and greeted with a smile: "Shen Gongzi, what's the matter?" ”

Shen Xi didn't hide it: "I don't know the purpose of Jiang Zuocheng's coming to Tingzhou Mansion, but today there is an urgent matter to ask for, and now there is a group of Jiangyang bandits on the ground in Tingzhou Mansion, who are preparing to hijack the merchant ship of our Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, maybe there is a murder and overhaul of goods, I don't know if Jiang Zuocheng will pay attention to it?" ”

The smile on Jiang Liwei's face suddenly dimmed.

Su Tong was also surprised when he heard this, and asked, "The matter is so serious?" ”

Jiang Liwei said coldly: "What Shen Gongzi said is too bizarre, in broad daylight, how could such a thing happen?" Besides, how did Shen Gongzi know? Moreover, this involves local affairs, and it is not something that the official can interfere in...... If the matter is true, why didn't Shen Gongzi go to the government to report the case? ”

Shen Xi can't casually say that An Rusheng is related to this gang of thieves, because he only learned some information from Yu Niang and Yun Liu, and he doesn't know whether it's true or not, and the crime of falsely accusing officials in this era is very serious. Shen Xi thought about the wording before he said: "I'm afraid that just like the case of Songjiang Mansion at the beginning, the government will ignore it and the deceased will be wronged." ”

Jiang Liwei's face obviously showed a strange look.

Shen Xi observed his words and looks, and he was sure in his heart, and he could basically judge that Jiang Liwei would never come only to investigate the theft of the official mansion, but it was likely to track down the major hijacking of official ships in Songjiang Mansion back then.

Jiang Liwei nodded: "Shen Gongzi's news is very important, but just based on Shen Gongzi's words, do you still want to mobilize officers and soldiers?" ”

Shen Xi said: "If you are cornered, you will take the liberty to come to the door." This time, when the family of the Chamber of Commerce took a boat all the way south to Chaozhou Mansion, there must be bandits on the way, and I suspect that there are people with official backgrounds behind them. Wangjiang Zuocheng thought about local stability and sent people to rescue. ”

Shen Xi had already realized that Jiang Liwei was not a person who could call the shots, and this time Jiang Liwei came to Tingzhou Mansion, he should have been accompanied by Shangguan, or Jiang Liwei was actually just that person's follower.

Shen Xi said again: "Although he has a reputation in Xia, he is just a grass man in Jiang Zuocheng's eyes. Ruojiang Zuocheng ignored it. It may be that the case of Songjiang Mansion has not yet been revealed to the world, and now Tingzhou Mansion has to add dozens or hundreds of unjust souls, or Jiang Zuocheng and ...... Ha. Happened when I visited the Tingzhou Mansion. Can Jiang Zuocheng afford it? ”

"Bold, you dare to blackmail this official?" Jiang Liwei suddenly shouted.

Shen Xi didn't have any intention of giving in. Just when Jiang Liwei's face was cloudy, an entourage came over to Jiang Liwei and said a word.

Jiang Liwei turned slightly: "Brother Su, you take Shen Gongzi out to wait, this official has other important matters." ”

Su Tong couldn't understand the conversation between Shen Xi and Jiang Liwei at all, and wanted to ask in detail, but seeing the embarrassing scene, he didn't know the reason, so he couldn't even interject. At that moment, I had to pull Shen Xi out of the door together.

Shen Xi looked at the sky, it was past noon at this time, he could only hope that the clipper sent by Song Xiaocheng to chase could catch up as soon as possible, but he was afraid that even if he caught up, because the disaster had not happened, Hui Niang would not turn back.

Now Shen Xi depends on whether Jiang Liwei and the big man behind him are really the "love for the people like sons" that officials boast of.

Usually in the style of officials who do not seek merit but do not seek fault, they generally do not easily act without substantiated evidence, and they can wait for the case of the hijacking of the ship to occur before starting to act, so that it is easier to find evidence.

Most officials are bound to choose this way!

But there's a catch. It happened while they were handling the case, and even if the case could be solved in the end, they would definitely be punished by the imperial court.

But. If you act before the case happens, you will take precautions, and you will be shocked by the unauthorized deployment of troops, and you will also be punished by the court.

However, the lesser of two evils, rather than waiting for the case to happen and being held accountable by the imperial court, it is better to prevent it from happening, so that if it is successful, not only do you not have to be responsible. They may also be rewarded for their decisiveness.

Shen Xi was afraid that the people behind Jiang Liwei did not have the courage to "go first before the enemy moved".

After waiting for a long time, Jiang Liwei finally came out. With a few sabers by his side.

Jiang Liwei had a solemn look on his face and said, "Shen Gongzi." Come with me to the Tingzhou Guard Station in the east of the city! ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the capital was guarded by 5,600 people, 1,120 people were guarded, and 12 people were 100 households.

The commander of Tingzhou Wei is the third grade, which is much higher than the rank of the local prefect, and Jiang Liwei's Zuo Cheng of Nanjing Dali Temple is only the fifth grade, but he has to order the officials of the third rank to transfer troops, which shows that the people behind him have a very big background.

Shen Xi doesn't care about this, the most important thing is to save Hui Niang.

Shen Xi followed Jiang Liwei to the outside of the Chengdong Guardhouse, and he and Su Tong were not qualified to enter the Guardhouse, so they could only wait outside the gate.

After waiting anxiously for a while, Jiang Li only came out of the guard, but there was not a single soldier behind him.

"Brother Gu Yu, how is it?" Su Tong stepped forward to ask.

Jiang Liwei's expression was indifferent: "The urgent order has been sent to Wuping Qianhu as soon as possible, and the ships of Shanghang Qianhu have been intercepted along the river, if Shen Gongzi lies about the military situation, the responsibility is not small." ”

Shen Xi also let go at this time, I'm just a whistleblower, even if you deploy troops now, it is also to exterminate local bandits, this is the responsibility of the local guard, what is the problem of lying about the military situation?

I'm afraid it's just a scare at best!

Shen Xi would not say anything, and nodded firmly: "If the matter is not true, I am willing to be punished." ”

Jiang Liwei took his entourage to the exclusive wharf of the Tingzhou Guard Station outside the city, and at this time, the official ship was already prepared on the wharf, and there were officers and soldiers from the Baihu Office waiting there.

This time, Jiang Liwei will personally lead people to accompany Shen Xi down the river by boat to verify whether there has been a ship hijacking.

"Brother Gu Yu, Brother Shen, you are very precious here, so I can only send it here." Su Tong was sent to the dock and did not dare to take a step on the board.

At this time, Song Xiaocheng also came over from the two ships transferred from the ship, in order to keep secret, Song Xiaocheng was nominally transporting goods, but in fact, he transported fifty or sixty strong men, and followed the official ship to the south to carry out rescue.

Shen Xi had already boarded the official ship, but after thinking about it, he still apologized to Jiang Liwei and said that he would accompany the merchant ships behind him.

Jiang Liwei sneered: "Shen Gongzi, since things are inevitable, I still need to remind you that even if the matter is true, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape the charge of harboring thieves...... Weigh it yourself, if you lose your fame because of this, is it worth it? ”

As soon as Shen Xi heard it, he knew that Jiang Liwei should have investigated the matter of Yu Niang and Xi'er, and he smiled bitterly and said, "The safety of relatives is above all else!" ”

"Okay, Shen Gongzi, I appreciate you more and more, it can really be said that he has been a hero since ancient times, not only talented, but also chivalrous, and brave to take responsibility, if this happens, I will have a few more drinks with you when I turn around, and don't drink tea when the time comes, otherwise I won't give it below, haha."

Jiang Liwei was still domineering before, but at this time of departure, he exuded elegance and free temperament.

This is also the initial impression that Jiang Liwei left on Shen Xi.

Shen Xi saluted: "Definitely." ”

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PS: First update!

Today is the 29th, in order to show the determination of the Son of Heaven to canvass, today will still be a big hit, although there may not be so many chapters yesterday, but as long as the code comes out, it will definitely be sent as soon as possible!

What are you waiting for? Hurry up and vote for the Son of Heaven! (To be continued.) )