At the end of the year, Li Qing's affairs began to increase, listening to the unjust case, the examination was busy all day without touching the ground, but at this time there was an unfortunate news, the imperial court has officially appointed a new Yibin County magistrate, it is said that he is an old Jinshi who has been tested for decades, the emperor in order to reward him for serving the imperial court, ready to give him an official addiction before he retires next year, this casually pointed to Yibin County, the new county magistrate came to take up his post after the New Year, Li Qing also served as his product sesame official, and the seven-grade official uniform that was worn with thousands of holes should also be returned to the new county magistrate.

When this news came, the liquor in Yibin County was out of stock that day, and the next morning, the streets were full of drunken businessmen and old farmers, for this matter, Yibin County had launched a signature petition campaign, when hundreds of villagers sent a thick petition full of red fingerprints to the state government, Nanxi County thorn Shi patted his chest and assured that he reported this matter to the imperial court, but the petition was returned to Li Qing that night, on the grounds that the state government was too small to put such a heavy thing.

Li Qing himself was really depressed about this matter for a few days, and he persuaded him that people had read a generation of books before they got mixed into a county official, and we were still setting up a stall in Yilong County last year, so we should be content, at this time, Chengdu Zhang Qiu and Qiong also sent a letter to praise him for winning the popularity of the people, and the conversation changed again, pointing out that he was still young, so that he could rest assured that he would be a pro-people official for a few more years, and he would naturally have a chance, Li Qing was helpless, so he accepted his fate.

He served as an official for nearly a year, and led the people to open up many tea gardens, which had not yet been compiled into the book, and the taxes paid became off-the-books. In addition, when the new county government was completed, it also received a lot of gift money, and Li Qing followed the trend and used these extra income as his own small treasury, from which expenses such as usual entertainment and socialization, or subordinates becoming parents, were all spent from this small treasury.

A few days ago, Li Qing had to take an empty inventory, and this small treasury had accumulated nearly a thousand yuan. Naturally, he would not cheapen the new county magistrate in vain, so he took advantage of the end of the year to send a big red envelope to each of his subordinates, everyone was happy, and they all praised Li Qing for being sympathetic, of course all the money would not be distributed, and the rest was given to Wang Changling to run an official school. In this way, even if someone finds out in the future, he can answer in a dignified manner and donate all of it to the saints, thinking that those people know the use of the money, and they will not really pursue him for anything.

Unexpectedly, this move made Li Qing's reputation among the people rise again, and every family burned incense, and every household prayed to God, hoping that this Qing official who did not love money could stay in Yibin County forever, and even some businessmen were still unsatisfied. Competing to donate money to the Gongmingfang God of Wealth Temple, he asked for a statue of Li Qingsu for future generations to admire. The presiding officer of the God of Wealth Temple, who is also the head of the Confucian Dao, made a statue of the god according to Li Qing's appearance and offered it in the side hall. It's just that this god later became the god of sending for some reason, it is said that many women came to touch a handful and got pregnant, very effective, the news spread farther and farther, and in the end, even the women of Jiangnan Province also came all the way to touch a handful, hehe! As for whether it works or not, only God knows.

It was a cold morning. Li Qing shrank his hands in the county office, thinking in his heart that he should return to Chengdu with a curtain and Xiaoyu for the New Year. saw Zhang Yiming panting with a carrier pigeon in his hand, "My lord, it's a red letter, the news of the Wang gang leader is here!" ”

Li Qing was stunned, and then he was overjoyed, he was worried about the future in the past few months, and he almost forgot about the affairs of the Hai family, but he didn't expect to wait for it at the end of the year, he quickly opened the letter and read it in a hurry, Li Qing laughed haha, "It's the sea here, old friend!" ”

He tore the letter to shreds, and immediately changed from a hibernating bear to a spring leopard, he straightened his waist, and said to Zhang Yiming energetically: "You quickly go and inform Gao Zhandao, Skeleton, Yang Helm Master of the Min Gang, and you, come to me for a meeting immediately." ”

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Starting from Chengdu, after three days, Haijia's fleet gradually sailed into the Yangtze River, in front of Yibin County, and then before Nanxi County, this way, although Haijia encountered many official ships of the checkout, but did not suffer the slightest difficulty, there was no official ship on the river, but I saw the New Year's pass, the official ships of the states and counties along the river naturally increased, but the Haijia procedures are complete, and there is a silver road, all the way smoothly to come,

Hai stood at the bow of the ship and looked forward, it was already night, the fog was thick on the river, and some sporadic lights could be faintly seen in the air on the right bank, like stars in the sky.

"Master, the front is Yibin County, should we resupply?"

Hai was a little hesitant, it is said that Li Qing was an official here before, although he reconciled with the master, but Hai felt that it was just a chapter on the surface, but it was not in the bones, isn't this the case with the master? At the mention of the name Li Qing, the lord's eyes will shoot out of bitter hatred, and he can't hide it, and he remembered the master's instructions before leaving, and he must be extremely cautious, he waved his hand and said: "Don't stop, go directly to Yibin, and talk about it after the supply reaches the Yangtze River." ”

The fleet had traveled another distance, and there were more and more lights on the shore, and even the sound of silk embroidery and women's laughter could be faintly heard, and all the crew members were itching, and their eyes were looking at the sea, hoping that he would send a kind heart and let himself go ashore and be happy, but the sea did not say a word, and his face was gloomy, and he did not sympathize with his subordinates at all.

There is also a wide wooden plank to build a bridge to facilitate the movement between boats and boats on the river, Hai just wanted to go back to the cabin to sleep, suddenly the hull shook heavily, and seemed to collide with the ship in front, and the sea was unstable, and he fell heavily on the deck.

"What's going on!"

As soon as Haihua's voice fell, one of his subordinates came running to report, "Master, there is a checkpoint in front, and you have to stop the ship for inspection." ”

Hearing that it was a sentry again, Hai couldn't help but be a little annoyed, all the way over, the state and state checks, the county checks, and even the officials of a county are divided into several groups to check, and not a penny is not less, the beautiful name is that the New Year is approaching, and the waterway must be maintained smoothly and safely, and everyone understands the implication.

"They give as much as they want, don't miss the trip!"

But after a while, the subordinate who passed the word came to him with a bitter face and said, "The boss of the boat in front can't handle it, please go."

Hai Wenyan's face changed slightly, and his hand subconsciously touched his arms, and then comforted himself again and again: "It won't be such a coincidence, maybe these people are too ruthless in asking for money, and the boat boss can't make up his mind, so he let himself go." The sea didn't dare to think about it, glanced at the cabin uneasily, and walked quickly to the front ship.

At this time, thirty paces away, a small boat has been sailing parallel to the fleet, seeing the sea off the boat, the boat by the cover of the night, quietly approaching the sea's boat, and two feet away, I saw a black shadow like a ghost, sweeping across the river, diagonally falling on the boat, he squatted close to the wall of the ship, saw that there was no one left and right, then rushed to the cabin like lightning, his feet seemed not to touch the ground, silent, he looked into the cabin through the gap in the curtain, but saw a young woman with a cloak kneeling in front of the mirror to remove makeup, this woman was a prostitute recruited by the sea in Jiazhou, It was already late at night, she was lazily pulling off the ornaments on her head in the mirror, suddenly, she found from the mirror that a black-clothed masked man appeared behind her, the woman was so frightened that she was about to scream, but she was covered by the black-clothed mouth, and slashed her palm in her ear, and the woman collapsed to the ground softly, the masked man ripped off the face towel casually, revealing a thin and fair face, and the three black beards were floating on his chest, it was Gao Zhandao, according to the plan agreed in advance, his task was to get the secret piece of the goods, which was the most critical, There must be evidence to prove that this batch of pig iron was destined for Tibet.

Gao Zhandao looked around at the cabin, the cabin was not large, only allowing three people to turn around, the cabin was empty, and there were only some quilts piled up in one corner. There was a wooden box next to him, he walked quickly to the box, the box was not locked, there were only some scattered clothes inside, and he saw the bottom when he took off the clothes box, and there were a few pieces of money and a dagger, he was slightly disappointed, and got up to swim in the cabin. His gaze gradually fell on the bow of the cabin, where the texture of a cabin plate was obviously incongruous, and he gently buckled the cabin plate and let out a 'Bang! Boom! The sound of Gao Zhan Dao was overjoyed, and he shook lightly from side to side. The deck slid aside, revealing a black iron box, locked with a copper lock, and with a 'gaba', the copper lock was broken, and when the lid was lifted, he saw that it was full of jewels, jade, and all kinds of handicrafts made of gold, but there was none of the pieces he wanted, and it seemed that those pieces were carried by the sea, and he grabbed a handful of jewels with his sword. After a moment's scrutiny, he laughed.

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Let's say that the sea comes to the first ship. But I saw that there were two groups of check-up officials on the river, each in their own formation. Blocking their fleet left and right, two groups of public servants were arguing, one said that this was their territory, and the toll should belong to them, and the other said that this big river was crossing, and when encountered, there should naturally be a share.

When the boat boss saw the sea coming, he smiled bitterly and said, "Master." These two groups of people seem to be from Yibin County and Nanxi County on the other. They don't give in to each other, how can this be good? ”

Hai's heart was relieved, and then he waved his hand and scolded: "Stupid! Can't you give two? It's a little thing that requires me to come over. ”

"Master, that's not the case, the county Yibin County's admitting to death, must be swallowed alone, if one side gives thirty times, he will have ten times, if one side gives ten times, then he will have one hundred and twenty times, this is no end!"

Hai couldn't help but be a little confused, it was the first time he encountered this kind of thing, he couldn't help but step forward and arch his hand: "Two officials, it's not a way to stiffen like this, it's better to ask the two masters to be accommodating and convenient." ”

Needless to say, these two groups of people are naturally sent by Li Qing, on one side is Zhang Yiming, on the other side is the skeleton, the two pretended to be a sentry to intercept the quarrel here, the purpose is to lead out of the sea, so that Gao Zhandao can act conveniently, the skeleton knows the sea, saw him come out, secretly gave Zhang Yiming a look, Zhang Yiming understood, so he hated and scolded: "It's okay!" Check your ship, and I don't know how many ships have been missed, and I won't be embarrassed for you, take twenty yuan, pay the money and leave. ”

Seeing that he was asking for money naked, Hai was relieved, so he turned around and said a few words to the boss of the boat, and rushed back to the cabin, where there were valuables, and he was really a little worried about the woman.

As soon as the sea returned to his own ship, the fleet began to move, thinking that it was the two groups of people who collected the money and finally let go, he was completely relieved, scolded secretly, and lifted the curtain into the cabin, but froze, only to see the woman lying on the ground, the cabin has been turned into a mess, he suddenly felt that there was someone around him, and when he turned around, he saw a man in black looking at him with a smile, the sea was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and before he could react, the man in black had his palms like knives, and he slashed at his ears very quickly, and the sea only felt a sharp pain, and his eyes were dark, and he lost consciousness.

Gao Zhandao slashed the sea, and searched for it on him, and soon found what he wanted, the list of this batch of goods and the handover of Tubo, but he unexpectedly found that there was a letter in the arms of the sea, opened it and glanced at it, and couldn't help but be surprised, this letter turned out to be a release letter written by Li Daofu, the assassin of Yizhou, to the road, he didn't have time to think about it, quickly put away the book, and quietly slipped out of the cabin with the sea and the iron box. Jumping into the boat, the boat quickly left the fleet and disappeared into the river.

Besides, the fleet traveled less than half a mile, and suddenly there was a shout ahead, and dense torches immediately appeared on the river, and at least hundreds of small boats blocked the way, all of which were under the banner of the Min Gang, and the boat boss was stunned

After a while, his subordinates came to report in panic: "The master is not on the boat, his woman has been beaten unconscious!" ”

The ship's face turned pale, and large beads of sweat ran down his neck, something must have happened.

At this moment, the two official ships at the checkpoint just now caught up again, hooked the first boat, dozens of heavily armed officials jumped on the boat one after another, and a thin man like a skeleton strode forward, put the bright knife on the neck of the boat boss, and shouted: "My lord has an order, ordering you to immediately turn around and dock at the Yibin County dock for inspection." ”