Go, the weather slowly turned cold, early and late began to appear thin ice, gradually to the twilight of the year, late at night, Chengdu Jiang Shoujin Wharf seems to have fallen asleep, hundreds of big ships are parked on the wharf in a neat and orderly manner, in the westernmost part of the wharf moored more than 30 sand boats, hundreds of porters are struggling to carry a large box, each wooden box needs four porters to carry the transport, despite this, the heavy wooden box still makes the porters extremely difficult, they shouted in a low voice, difficult step by step to the sand boat, on both sides of these portersDozens of sturdy black-clothed men walked back and forth with knives and whips, vigilantly watching the footmen's every move, these wooden boxes are the goods that the Hai family is about to transport to Tibet, and the waybill is written on the tea, which has been verified by the government, and the procedures are readily available.

At this moment, a porter who was about to embark on the boat seemed to slip a little, and the pole fell, and one of them lost his center of gravity, and the heavy wooden box immediately slipped off the rope, turned over several times, and fell heavily on the embankment, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the box was torn apart, and bundles of strips of oiled paper were scattered, and one of the bundles of oiled paper had been punctured, piercing a black iron bar, which was extremely dazzling in the moonlight.

More than a dozen black-clothed men nearby suddenly saw that something was wrong, and they rushed towards them with leather whips, and the four porters who were in trouble saw that the situation was not good, and they turned over and jumped into the river one after another, and disappeared in an instant.

"What's going on? What are you yelling about? ”

A dark-looking young man opened the curtain and got out of the cabin, he was Heilan's henchman, responsible for the escort of the goods, and when he saw the goods scattered all over the place, he was taken aback, and shouted repeatedly: "A bunch of fools! Don't get on board yet. ”

Several men in black hurriedly picked up the goods, jumped on the boat in a few steps, and got into the cabin, the sea saw that the goods were discovered, and immediately ordered his subordinates to search for the four porters along the coast, but the four porters seemed to be like bursting blisters, and there was no trace of them in the night, and then asked the other porters, they all shook their heads and said that they did not know the four people, and the sea had no choice but to strengthen supervision to prevent another accident, he only secretly hoped that the four people did not see the goods clearly.

"Master, it seems that the eldest master is here!"

The sea was taken aback, and sure enough, he saw a group of black shadows surrounded by a carriage that was driving towards this side, he hurriedly stepped forward, the carriage stopped, and the thin Hailan slowly got out of the carriage, since Li Qing left Chengdu, he became a lonely man again, a group of old men who were mixed in the Huanhua Creek all day long, fishing for fun, half a year ago the Shi family provoked a rice war, but he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, as an old monk in the general ignorance, and finally just moved his mouth, and then beat the Shi family to lose his armor, it seems that nothing can distract him, but today is an exception, He made a special trip to the wharf to inspect the loading of the ship, and the reason was that a month ago, someone from Tibet secretly came to Tibet and asked him to transport a batch of fine pig iron and ordnance to Tibet, and he actually placed an order of 500,000 yuan, an unprecedented amount.

What Tubo needs most is the pig iron of the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty strictly forbids the export of pig iron, so Tubo can only get the pig iron needed from the underground channel, and the Hai family is one of its channels, for this reason, the Hai family opened the trial sword hall twenty years ago, nominally selling all kinds of weapons, but this is just a cover, the real purpose of the Hai family to open the trial sword hall is to purchase and store pig iron, in recent years, the pig iron of the Hai family has accumulated tens of thousands of loads, all cast into iron bars, placed in the warehouse of the trial sword hall, even if there are people who are suspicious, But he couldn't get the account books of the Hai family, and he didn't know the consumption of pig iron for casting weapons, so he was helpless.

This time, Tubo sent someone to urge him to ask for iron weapons, but Heilan did not dare to slack off, and personally visited Li Daofu, promised a kickback of 50,000 yuan, and sought a full set of legal procedures.

The number of goods is huge, at least three trips to go, today is the first day of loading, the transport is the best fine iron, Heilan can not rest assured, rushed to inspect the shipment overnight.

"Old, but is there something missing?"

Hailan's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen a group of people packing up a broken wooden box next to the boat, Hai secretly glanced back, and secretly scolded these people for being slow in their hands and feet, and they were seen by the master, he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he had to say honestly: "Master, just now a porter accidentally broke a box, but the goods inside are wrapped in oiled paper, no one knows what is inside, please rest assured!" ”

Heilan looked at him for a long time before he said slowly: "What about the porters?" ”

Beads of sweat had already flowed down Hai's forehead, and it seemed that the master did not fully believe his words, "Several porters saw that they were in trouble, and they all jumped into the river and fled, and their subordinates were incompetent, and they did not catch any of them." ”

"If you run, you have to find a way to find them!" I'll let the third master do it. ”

Heilan immediately turned around and instructed his subordinates: "You immediately go and inform the third master, and ask him to use all the power of Emeitang, no matter what, to find out the whereabouts of these four porters, and to catch them before dawn." ”

His subordinates received the order, rode their horses and galloped away, and Hailan saw the sea again

Slightly puzzled, as if he was making a fuss, heart, he shouted: "You have been talking to me for thirty years, if this matter is leaked, what will be the consequences, don't you know?" ”

Hai was frightened, and quickly lowered his head, Hailan saw it in his eyes, and scolded with a blue face: "You have been fighting with me for decades, I can only rest assured that you will do this, if you have the slightest mistake, our Hai family will all die in your hands, seeing that you are so careless, how can I rest assured that you will go, forget it!" Go back and hug the woman! This time, I personally escorted the boat. ”

As he spoke, Hailan took off his robe and threw it away, and strode towards the boat, Haijia trembled with fright, and he pounced! knelt on the ground, climbed a few steps in a row, grabbed Hailan's hand and cried: "Master, little guilt!" Little guilt! ”

Hailan was pulled by him, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and let out a long sigh, the anger in his chest was really difficult to calm, since last year, the Hai family has repeatedly suffered from disappointment, and his strength has been greatly damaged, but at this time, Tubo came to ask for goods again, and he just showed a reluctant look, and the Tubo secret envoy threatened himself, if he refused to agree, he would report to the imperial court, where was it so beautiful as he said before, everything is a blood relative of Tubo, 'Hmph! Heilan snorted heavily, and there was nothing to do, it was already difficult to ride a tiger!

He sighed, "Get up!" Always be vigilant on the road, and don't be stingy with money when you encounter obstacles, you know? We're not here to make money. ”

Hai wiped away his tears, and his voice trembled: "Little remember the master's words." ”

"Go ahead!" Hope! ”

Hai knelt down and kowtowed again, only then did he get up and leave, but he was stopped by Hailan again, he took out a letter from his arms and solemnly handed it to Haidao: "This is a handwritten letter from Lord Thorn Shi, which is asking the officials along the way to release this ticket, this matter is very important, and it is not allowed to take it out until it is absolutely necessary, do you understand!" ”

"My subordinates understand! If there is a change, I should destroy this letter first. ”

Hai knew in his heart that if something really happened, if this letter was obtained by someone with a heart, the first person to turn against the Hai family would definitely be this Li Daofu.

"If you understand, go ahead! I wish you a smooth journey. ”

As the night deepened, a fleet slowly left Jiang Shoujin and sailed south through the thick river fog.

At the same moment when the fleet left the port, the main rudder gate of the Min Gang was clear, and four watery men rushed out of the bamboo forest on the opposite side, just like four water < to blow up the nest, and before they could reach the door, dozens of black-clothed gangsters flashed out from both sides, blocking the way with a cold and light horizontal knife in one hand, and aiming at them with a military bow and crossbow on the other side.

A burly red-faced man stood proudly like a wall, pointing at them with a broad-backed broadsword, "Someone, stop me!" ”

"Brother Qin, don't let go of the arrows! It's us, Little Five. ”

"Little Five, why are you?"

The red-faced man hurriedly supported them, "But there's news?" ”

The four of them nodded again and again, "Go and report to the helper, we have the exact news." ”

Soon, the four of them were brought into the lobby, and although they had the kindness of helping the brothers, the four of them still had cold lips and trembled.

Wang Bing was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly woken up by his henchmen, and heard that there was news of the Hai family, he didn't even have time to put on his shoes and rushed to the lobby, since Yibin County came back, Wang Bing arranged a lot of eyeliner, staring at the Hai family's every move, the little five four people were in charge of the west wharf of Jiang Shoujin, and the four of them saw the helper come out, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Subordinates knock to see the helper!"

Wang Bing waved his hand, "That's it!" Tell me, what do you see? ”

The leading Xiao Wu stepped forward and said: "The batch of goods that my subordinates saw today was on the ship in the middle of the night, and the goods were extremely heavy, which was quite suspicious, so we took the opportunity to get on the ship and broke the box. ”

"What kind of iron bar?"

"Wrapped in oiled paper, each about three feet long, but with an iron bar poked out, and it was fine fine iron."

"Iron bars! Why not the iron block? Wang Bing pondered for a moment, and suddenly sneered, "I understand, this must have been transported from the Sword Trial Hall." ”

"You've worked hard!" Ten dollars, go down and change your clothes! ”

The four of them were overjoyed, and they all thanked them and left, and when Wang Bing saw them go away, he immediately ordered: "Send two letters to Yibin County quickly, one to the county commander Li, telling him that the goods have departed, and another letter to Yang Duo in Yibin County, ordering him to listen to Lord Li at any time." After a pause, Wang Bing said, "Then inform the brothers along the way to keep an eye on this fleet and not let them escape." ”