When it was almost dark, the fleet came to Longtan Town, Zhu Hongsan originally wanted to grab a handful here and leave, but he didn't expect this place to be too fucking poor.

Longtan Town is a small town on the Yangtze River, with about 100 households. They are mainly fishermen and slender men on the Yangtze River. There was not a single middle peasant in the whole town, let alone a large landowner.

Zhu Hongsan asked Zhu Hongyi to go ashore to ask if there was a big landlord in that place, and Zhu Hongyi came back and said that the nearest landlord was more than fifty miles away from here.

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "Fifty miles? It's better to go back to Nanjing and grab Qian Qianyi again. ”

mentioned Qian Qianyi Zhu Hong's eyes rolled, he remembered that Qian Qianyi's hometown was in Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, anyway, he had to pass through Suzhou, so it was better to go to Lao Qian's house again to grab it, and good things came in pairs.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan ordered Zhu Hongyi to get on the ship and go to Suzhou.

The fleet stayed at Longtan for the night, replenished some fresh water and vegetables, and set off the next day.

It is more than 700 miles from Nanjing to Suzhou, but it is still very fast to take a boat. From Dantu to the canal, through Danyang, Wujin, Wuxi three counties, into the Suzhou Prefecture boundary, after leaving Nanjing ten days later, came to Suzhou Mansion.

Suzhou Mansion is worthy of "having heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", with beautiful scenery. But Zhu Hongsan had a ghost in his heart, how could he have the heart to see the scenery, and he decided to stay in Suzhou for a few days on the grounds that Zhu Yujiao was pregnant and couldn't bump.

Zhu Hongsan's decision was immediately agreed by the three ladies. Bian Yujing has found that Zhu Yujiao is quiet and Yan Wan'er is honest in the past few days. The relationship between the three daughters is getting deeper and deeper, and I am very happy to hear that Zhu Hongsan is going to stay in Suzhou for a few days.

Bian Yujing wanted to go to Suzhou City with his two sisters for a walk, and Zhu Hongsan agreed to leave fifty guards. And said that he wanted to go to Changshu to see the business of the Ma family's shop, and he would go for a few days, so that the three ladies could play slowly.

The three ladies did not suspect him, and got off the boat to play.

Seeing the three girls get off the boat, Zhu Hongsan found Yan Qingshan and borrowed fifty people, and gathered another hundred people, and rushed to Changshu County with these hundred people.

Qian Qianyi's hometown is in Xipu, Luyuan, Changshu County, a hundred miles away from Suzhou Prefecture, and the distance is not in. However, the Jiangnan River network was dense, and Zhu Hongsan and others rented a few boats and arrived in Changshu two days later along the grain river between Changshu and Suzhou.

Zhu Hongsan and the others did not enter Changshu County, and found a guide outside the city to ask where Qianjiazhuang was. Qian Qianyi is a lookout in Changshu, and the locals know where to live.

Zhu Hongsan and the others rushed to Luyuan Xipu Qianjiazhuang, twenty miles outside the city, overnight, and it was dawn at this time. Zhu Hongsan rested outside Zhuangzi for half an hour and ordered Wang Jinbao to inquire about the situation.

After a while, Wang Jinbao will come and report: "Sir, there are no outsiders in Qianjiazhuang, except for the Qian family, who are tenants, and the inside of Zhuangzi is very large, about ten courtyards." There were still fifty or sixty tenants outside the Zhuangzi. Nothing else, the nearest inspection department is ten miles away. ”

Zhu Hongsan called the little leader of the pirates, Mingjiang Long Ding Hai, and said: "Ding Hai, you take your people to take care of the tenants outside Zhuangzi, don't kill people, you know?" ”

Ding Hai asked, "Uncle, is it okay to rob money?" ”

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "What are we doing here, remember not to kill, hand over half of the money you robbed, and keep half for yourself." ”

Ding Hai was overjoyed when he heard it and said, "Thank you uncle, Lao Ding will definitely not let anyone run away." ”

Zhu Hongsan said to Wang Jinbao: "After a while, you take twenty people in through the back door, remember not to kill, all the living people are tied up and gathered in the front yard." ”

Zhu Hongsan said to Zhu Hongyi again: "Big brother, let's go in from the front." ”

Zhu Hongyi and Wang Jinbao both nodded, indicating that they understood.

Not killing people is not Zhu Hongsan's temperament, he knows that as long as he doesn't die, no matter how much trouble Hongguang makes, he will protect him. The Ming Dynasty clan is like this, and Zhu Hongsan is still an honest person.

Zhu Hongsan saw that the three of them understood, and said, "Okay, let's take someone with you." ”

Ding Hai led people to intercept tenants, Wang Jinbao took people to the back door, and Zhu Hongsan led people to the front door with a swagger.

The Qian family is worthy of being a local noble family, and this gate is more magnificent than the palace, but no one is awkward in such a small place.

Zhu Hongsan came to the front door, it was just breakfast time, the door had not opened yet, and only a house slave was sweeping the floor at the door.

When the slave saw so many people coming, he put down his broom and asked, "Who are you?" Don't you know if this is the money house? ”

Zhu Hongsan arched his hand and said: "We are from Nanjing, bring a letter from Master Qian, and let me hand it over to Mrs. ”

The house slave looked at Zhu Hongsan suspiciously, he knew that Qian Qianyi had a mansion in Nanjing, and usually the letters were sent by the family members of the house, how could he change people this time?

The slave asked, "Who are you?" Looking at the noodles? ”

Zhu Hongsan really didn't like to grind with him, and waved his hand at Zhu Hongyi, Zhu Hongyi stepped forward and knocked the slave unconscious to the ground with a fist, and two people came up behind him to tie it up.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward and pushed the side door, but found that it was just a cover-up, Zhu Hongsan turned around and said, "Everyone go in, tie them up, and try not to hurt people." ”

After saying that, the thirty guards rushed into the Qian Mansion and immediately jumped up. There are ten guards in the Qian Mansion, but they are all having breakfast now, and these guards are all from the rivers and lakes, and they are the opponents of Zhu Hongsan's guard company and this gang of outlaws. After a while, the ten courtyards were beaten to the ground and tied ropes one after another.

The next thing is simple, Zhu Hongyi arrested people in the front yard, Wang Jinbao arrested people in the back yard, and for a while, the sounds of help and shouts came and went.

Zhu Hongsan came to the lobby of the front yard and sat on the Taishi chair, waiting for the guards to arrest him.

About two hours passed, and Zhu Hongyi came to report that all of them had been caught, a total of 56 people, all in the courtyard, and asked Zhu Hongsan to go out and take a look.

Zhu Hongsan came out and saw that he was kneeling in the courtyard, and there were several women standing in front of him. Qian Qianyi's sons are in Nanjing, not in Changshu's hometown, so there is no male host in the family.

Zhu Hongsan saw an elderly woman in her sixties standing in front of him, Zhu Hongsan knew that it should be Lao Qian's original partner Chen, and the two women in their forties on the side should be Lao Qian's two concubines, Wang and Zhu.

Behind the three women, there was also a timid figure standing behind Chen. Zhu Hongsan went up and grabbed it and saw that it was a little girl about sixteen years old. looks similar to Chen's, and should be Lao Qian's daughter.

Chan asked, "Who are you?" Don't you know if this is the money house? My lord is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Of course I know. ”

Chen said: "Do you know that you still dare to break in? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "The master is the king of Chu, your lord Qian Qianyi borrowed 50,000 taels of silver from me in order to marry Liu Ruyi, and I am here to ask for silver now." ”

When Chen heard this, he said angrily: "Qian Qianyi and the slut's borrowed silver, you are looking for them to go, what are you doing here with me?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Liu Ru said that the money was given to you. ”

Chen scolded: "This slut. My family doesn't have 50,000 taels of silver, so you can go to Nanjing and ask for Qian Qianyi. ”

Of course, Zhu Hongsan knew that Qian Qianyi had no silver, and the mansion was burned and there was still some silver.

Zhu Hongsan said to Wang Jinbao: "Find a few family members and ask them where the money in the Qian Mansion is hidden?" Chop off a finger without telling the truth. ”

Wang Jinbao led people down to ask questions, and after a while, there was the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling outside.

Wang Jinbao came in and said, "Sir, their housekeeper said that there is a cellar in the bamboo forest in the courtyard of the second hall, and the silver is in it. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "You take twenty people and go and get the silver out." ”

Wang Jinbao took people to pick up the silver, and Zhu Hongsan sat in the hall and waited.

This time it was very fast, in less than half an hour, Wang Jinbao came back with ten large boxes, Zhu Hongsan opened it and saw that each box was full of silver ingots, all of which were snowflakes and silver, and it seemed that there were three thousand taels in one box.

Ten boxes are 30,000 taels, and Zhu Hong is three o'clock, which is about the same, enough to return to Guangdong.

Zhu Hongsan came back and said to Chen: "It's less than 30,000 taels, it's still half there, is there none?" ”

When Chen saw that the silver had been found by Zhu Hongsan, he was so stunned, he gritted his teeth and said, "No, you can kill my wife." ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the chick behind him, she looked pretty good, with a baby face, quite cute. said: "Qian Qianyi said, the silver is not enough to pay off his daughter's debts, and he will be given to me as the eleventh concubine." ”

When Chen heard this, his face turned pale with anger, and he begged: "King, my daughter has already been married, and she will be married in half a month. ”

Hearing Chen say this, Zhu Hongsan couldn't let people go, and said, "Wang Jinbao, find a few horses, pull up the silver, and let's go back." ”

Wang Jinbao agreed to go down to find the horse.