Chapter 418: The prince is here

Located a few miles north of Luoyang City, Tianjin Wharf is an extremely important loading and unloading point on the Yellow River, where salt and grain transported from the Jianghuai River into the Yellow River via the canal are unloaded at the Tianjin Wharf, and then transported by a large number of horse-drawn carriages to Chang'an by land. Because of the topography, Luoyang to the west is the Zhongnan Mountain Range, the Yellow River is turbulent, so the Tianjin wharf has become the last stop of the grain transfer from the south of the Yangtze River to the Guanzhong waterway channel, and the grain and salt transported from the south of the Yangtze River are piled up in the warehouse of the wharf, which brings vitality to this place and attracts countless coolies to make a living here.

Lao Qian's father and son are both wharf laborers, and in the past two days, they have been much more leisurely, not because there are fewer ships or fewer goods, but because the mountains of grain cannot be channeled, resulting in not enough warehouses and venues for the new grain ships to unload.

I didn't carry a few bags of goods today, and the foreman Zuo Shan Diao issued a notice to stop work. In desperation, Lao Qian and Sixi and other good workers hid in the shade of the big tree outside the dock to rest, and complained by the way.

"Where's the damn carriage? If we don't come to transport the grain away, I'm afraid we'll have to stop work in two days. "Old Qian is worried, these coolies are paid by the day, and stopping work means drinking the northwest wind.

Xiaoqian is also anxious, it is now the season of green and yellow, almost every year at this time of the year food prices have to rise, their income is already quite meager, known as the sun clan, if the sky is not beautiful, they will only have to starve, it is rare that God does not rain and make trouble, but because of the untimely transportation deprived them of the right to start work, how can he not be annoyed and anxious?

"Father, if there is still no wagon convoy today, I want to try my luck in the city tomorrow."

Sixi's 'desire' stopped talking, and finally couldn't help but 'interject' and said: "I think, I won't wait long, the grain will always be transported to Chang'an, otherwise what will the old and young masters of Chang'an eat?" Rest assured, hope will come soon! ”

"Hope?" Xiao Qian was very discouraged, so he was not so optimistic, "The Shenlong Gang is here to prevent the carriage from coming in, and no one can do anything." In short, I don't see hope, and by the time there is hope, we will starve to death. ”

"Silence! Be careful to be heard by the Dragons. Someone panicked and reminded them, causing everyone to look around, and they were relieved to see that there was no difference in their surroundings.

Lao Qian looked worriedly at the several large wooden boats moored at the dock, sighed, and said, "Alas, we can't afford it, we are hungry for a meal or two, but the little lady in the family also needs to eat." ”

"Huh? Look! Here comes hope! It's the convoy of Henan Province! Sixi suddenly pointed to the end of the road and shouted excitedly, as if he knew some secret.

There is a spacious avenue leading to the wharf in Luoyang City, and a vast 'swing' and 'swing' carriage convoy appeared in the field of vision of Lao Qian's father and son.

"Government convoy?!"

The coolies cheered, the wagon convoy gave them hope, and they would not have to worry about filling their bellies for days to come.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. It's a carriage convoy, and the scale is not small, there are more than 100 carriages, but unfortunately they are not the government's grain convoy, but the convoy of Chang'an merchants, the businessman's name is Lei Hu, he is here to find the goods to turn back, so as to earn a freight fee.

"This matter, you are in the wrong place, you should go to Henan Mansion, this dock is under the management of Henan Mansion." Lao Qian mentioned the 'spirit' and kindly gave the businessman guidance.

"Wait! Don't go! The convoy was about to turn back, when dozens of fierce men chased out of the dock area and blocked the way back of the convoy.

Lei Hu asked vigilantly, "What do you want to do?" ”

The bully who blocked the way stood up, glanced at Lei Hu arrogantly, and said, "This is an important place for the government, and all convoys that enter the dock without reason will be confiscated!" ”

Lei Hu shot back angrily: "This place hasn't entered the dock area yet, why should you confiscate it?" ”

The bully said: "I said yes, what are you talking about?" Acquaintances leave the carriage and get out quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind! ”

"You, you are bandits! Whoever dares to move my car, I will fight with him! "Lei Hu's attitude is tough, and he didn't buy a mountain carving account.

The mountain eagle sneered and waved his big hand behind him. Hula! Dozens of strong men rushed forward with knives and sticks, and beat people indiscriminately.

The driver of the convoy was obviously not an opponent, and with the attitude of a good man not to suffer the immediate loss, he jumped out of the carriage and hid far away before the stick hit.

"I, I'm fighting with you!" Thunder Tiger threw a punch at the mountain eagle, but it was easily blocked.

The mountain carved a foot kicked the head of the silver-like wax spear in the thunder tiger, and the thunder tiger fell into the group of coolies onlookers, and was supported by the old Qian father and son.

"It's better for the merchant to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, so that he will lose his life in a foreign land." Old Qian sadly advised.

The mountain carving was very proud, and it didn't take much effort for him to snatch the 'fat' and 'meat' and more than 100 carriages that were delivered to his mouth. The resistance of the bitter lord was almost negligible, and even the protest seemed weak. The credit at his fingertips made him think about it, and the reward of the gang leader seemed to have floated in front of his eyes, and the high-ranking positions in the gang were beckoning to him.

Proud and proud, the mountain carving did not dare to have the slightest slack, and immediately transferred the stolen carriage, and the helper repeatedly told him that all the harvested carriages should be gathered in a secret place to dismantle and hide, and leave them for later use.

The mountain eagle felt very fortunate that he had just finished dealing with the newly harvested carriage, and Yang Xuanhui appeared with a group of officers and soldiers. The mountain carvings that joined the army didn't take it to heart, what worried him was that Cui Xiyi, the Henan Road transfer envoy who came with Yang Xuanhui, maybe most of the people in the dock didn't know how big an official the three grades under the Tongzhongshu 'door' on Cui Xiyi's head were, but everyone recognized the power represented by his purple robe, and even Henan Mansion Yin had to look at his face.

Cui Xiyi only rushed back to Luoyang from Jianghuai last night, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Yang Xuanhui's announcement, as a transshipment envoy of Henan Province, there was a mistake in the transshipment of grain, and he was duty-bound, and the emperor had to take him first. He always thought that the most difficult and important link in the transportation of grain from Jiangnan to Chang'an was the water transportation of the Jianghuai Canal and the Yellow River.

Everyone in the docks, including the coolies, was gathered together by officers and soldiers, and it seemed that something big was happening.

"Just now, a convoy of government carriages was robbed here, who did it?" Yang Xuanxuan's fierce gaze swept around everyone, and finally fixed on the face of the mountain carving.

Official, government convoy? The mountain carving's heart suddenly sank, and a bad feeling occupied his heart.

No one dares to speak out, for the coolies, offending the Dragon Gang is tantamount to provoking death, the government may be able to protect them for a while, but it can't protect them for a lifetime, one day, the Dragon Gang will settle accounts with them, and the result is very clear with knees.

"Mountain carving, you still haven't recruited from the truth?" Yang Xuanjian asked directly.

The mountain carving subconsciously looked at Xiao Jiong, who was standing next to Cui Xiyi, and responded in a very stiff voice: "What do you want me to recruit?" Bending into a trick? ”

Xiao Jiong sneered: "Yang joined the army but he was earnest? Planning to intimidate and arrest people casually? ”

"I'm not, I," Xiao Shaoyin's restraints everywhere, always against each other, made Yang Xuanjian hold back his anger.

Cui Xiyi, who spoke the most at the moment, was very leisurely, as if he was coming to see the play, and what was happening in front of him had nothing to do with him, and he turned a deaf ear to Yang Xuanjian's gaze for help.

Ice! The mountain carving flatly denied it, Xiao Jiong deliberately made it difficult, and the coolies shook their heads indifferently, so that Yang Xuanhui's inquiry ended in a cold field.

The only thing that worries the mountain eagle is that the bitter master is nowhere to be found, the mountain eagle feels lucky and at the same time faintly feels that something is wrong, since it is the government's convoy, why does the bitter master insist that he is a businessman, and he does not show up to identify the murderer at the critical moment?

When the mountain carving was full of doubts and 'confusion', and when the coolies thought that they were going to die, a group of strange cavalry came, all with tall horses and several fierce dogs.

There was no explanation, people only saw Cui Xiyi nodding towards the coming horse, and suddenly, several vicious dogs jumped off the horse, and quickly pounced on the mountain eagle and dozens of other people and kept sniffing.

The mountain eagle was even more suspicious, not knowing what trick the other party was playing, and a hound leaned in on him and sniffed it a few times, and then barked at him.

"Arrest them all!" Cui Xiyi suddenly broke out and viciously ordered. More than 100 soldiers drew their swords and rushed forward, and they couldn't help but tie up the mountain eagle and his men into zongzi.

The mountain eagle struggled unconvinced, and said angrily: "What are you doing? Is there no royal law? What did I do? ”

Xiao Jiong looked at the group of strangers who suddenly appeared suspiciously, and he suspected that it was the strange soldiers brought by Cui Xiyi. He knew that the mountain eagle was the key person and knew a lot, if he didn't save him, the mountain eagle would definitely reveal the hiding place of the vehicle. He had to speak out again to defend the mountain carving: "Transporter, who are they?" What's this dog saying? How can you be so rash? ”

"I have my own opinions, Xiao Shaoyin is watching from the sidelines." Cui Xiyi said coldly.

With Cui Xiyi's support, Yang Xuanhui raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly at the still arrogant mountain carving: "What do you say you committed by robbing the convoy of Henan Mansion to transport grain in broad daylight?" ”

"You, you bloody mouths! What evidence do you have? "For the first time, the mountain eagle tasted the taste of being wronged, and his heart was extremely angry, but he was dumb and ate coptis, and he couldn't tell the bitterness, and the vehicle he had stolen from the merchant had been sent by him to the secret assembly point in the east of the city, but he couldn't say it and couldn't say it.

"Evidence?" Yang Xuanhui sneered and turned his gaze to a *flat-headed man beside him.

* Flat-headed, he smiled at the mountain carving: "Don't worry, my hound is called a hungry wolf, and it will find it." ”

The next scene opened everyone's eyes, * Pingtou gently patted the hound called the hungry wolf, the hound seemed to understand the owner's intentions, called twice, and ran away.

Hundreds of horses followed unhurriedly behind the hungry wolf, who sometimes ran, sometimes stopped to sniff around and then ran again.

Hundreds of horsemen followed the hungry wolf from the north to the east of the city, and came to the 'gate' of a manor.

"This? Are the Admirals sure? Yang Xuanxuan looked at Li Huaitang in embarrassment. It was Li Huaitang and his party who arrived in time to help him with the hounds.

Cui Xiyi had the same expression, although he was silent, he was also a little suspicious, and his eyes looked at Li Huaitang undeniably.

"The nose of a hungry wolf is the same in front of everyone, and it will not be different because of whose status is inferior, even the prince." Li Huaitang was very calm, and said disdainfully looking at the plaque on the manor.

On the plaque, there are three big gold lacquer characters: Ning Wangfu.

King Ning, the brother of the current saint, has a deep relationship with the saint, and ordinary people dare to offend, and Cui Xiyi, who is dressed in a purple robe and enters the cabinet under the 'door' of the same book, does not dare to hesitate in front of the 'door' of King Ning's manor for a while.

Cui Xiyi saw the ability of the "hungry wolf" with his own eyes last night, Yang Xuanhui took Li Huaitang to ask to see Cui Xiyi, and even took Li Huaitang's plan to go, it was based on his confidence in Li Huaitang and his hounds that Cui Xiyi agreed to Li Huaitang's plan. Unexpectedly, it led to the big Buddha of King Ning.

Among the people who followed, except for the mountain carvings who were tied up and gagged, Xiao Jiong was the most restless. King Ning's name became his last hope.

"Nonsense! Lord Ning's manor, but you can break into? Do you want to rebel? Xiao Jiong not only raised the title of King Ning, but also took out a hat that everyone was afraid of.

He did a lot of calculations, but he didn't count the people who had the courage to give birth to 'hair'.

Unfortunately, Li Huaitang is such a person, he doesn't have so many worries, in a dumbfounded gaze, he dashingly stretched his bow and arrows, aimed at the plaque on the lintel of the 'door', "Whoosh! With a bang, Jinya left a shadow mark in everyone's eyes, and the plaque fell to the ground.

"Now, tell me, whose manor is it?" Li Huaitang collected his bow and asked his soldiers.

The soldiers understood and said, "I don't know! ”

"Crash it off!"

It is said that Li Huaitang is bold and arrogant, and just now these three words have made the best interpretation of his legend. Cui Xiyi and Yang Xuanhui looked at each other, and Xiao Jiong's face was already bloodless.

The big 'door' is open! Inside the 'gate', hundreds of people with wooden sticks bluffed in an attempt to block the general's knights who broke through the 'door'.

"Get down on my stomach!" Li Huaitang didn't pay attention to this group of rabble at all, and without waiting for Cui Xiyi to come in, he gave the order first.

As a result, there was no need to think about it, and the wolf-like generals and knights completed Li Huaitang's orders without much effort.

"Stop! This is the manor of this king, who dares to go wild? A middle-aged nobleman was angrily surrounded by a group of people, and the yellow 'colored' robe embroidered with a giant python on his body was clearly told to everyone that the prince is coming!

The person who came was obviously angry, however, the arrogant arrogance quickly dwarfed in front of Li Huaitang.

"It's you?! Li Huaitang! The prince looked at a familiar face in astonishment, and his mood was extremely bad.

"Huh? Li Huaitang? Xiao Jiong's eyes widened, and his expression was quite surprised.

Not only him, all the people present who just knew Li Huaitang's identity at this moment did not eat, they were only surprised. Who else dares to smash the prince's plaque, except for Li Huaitang? Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon