Tie Niu's mother was old and strong, and she quickly threw off the pursuers of the Shenji Battalion and ran through the three arches before slowing down.

At this time, Zhu Hui asked, "Auntie, why are you here?" ”

"You have to teach a hard lesson, teach Tie Niu, an unworthy descendant! They deceived Liu and Ma and robbed Wu Xianggongzi and the two Japanese merchants. Just now we came to the foot of the Lion Rock and found that they had all withdrawn, and I am going to burn down the Cuihua Building now and force this damn Tie Niu and Huang Bingwen out. ”

Only then did Zhu Hui realize that perhaps he was remorseful because he took the liberty of going to Shi Shiyong and was followed and his target was exposed.

"Auntie, nothing happened at home, right?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem for the officials of the governor's yamen to strengthen their defense. However, when we came back from the dragon boat race, Lao Shen and Min'er and Lian'er were all arrested, to be honest, if it weren't for the fear that the bandits would hurt the two girls, they would not necessarily be the opponents of the old body, but fortunately, the sky has eyes, near Cuihualou, out of nowhere, a group of people suddenly rushed out of nowhere and killed the bandits who kidnapped us. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Hui suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect Huang Bingwen to arrange everything so carefully as soon as he returned to Nanjing, and now it seems that their next target should be Xuande Zhenren.

"Auntie, don't go to the Cuihua Building first, hurry up and catch up with the two dart masters, and tell them that we will rush to Qixia Temple immediately now."

So, the old man began to whip up his horse quickly, and shouted loudly: "Liu Dart Master, Ma Dart Master, please wait for us." ”

At this moment, they were almost in the back street of the government army, and when they heard the shouting, the two hurriedly reined in the reins of their horses.

"The young hero behind me is Zhu Gongzi, the chief flag officer of Jinyiwei, he judged that Huang Bingwen's next target is Qixia Temple, and we should hurry over now."

Zhu Hui persuaded: "Auntie, with these two dart masters and uncles with you, please don't worry, you go home first." ”

"No, I must see Tie Niu and ask him if he knows how many catties and taels he has?"

So, the three horses bypassed the Xuanwu Lake, passed through the Taiping Gate, Zhu Hui showed the waist card to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and went out of the city very smoothly, and went straight to Qixia Temple along the northern foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

When they came to the mountain gate, it had been nearly four watches, and the mage on duty invited them into the guest hall.

Zhu Hui knew this mage and told him concisely about his intentions.

The Master said: "Since the pure space and the pure light left their master, Xuande Zhenren moved into the monastery to live, yesterday was the Dragon Boat Festival, although there are a lot of pilgrims, there are no accidents. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and Tie Niu's mother recited Amitabha......

At this moment, Zhu Hui suddenly worried about Tangfu, got up and said: "Master, since there is no accident, please arrange for the eldest lady and the two dart masters to rest here, I have to hurry back to the city, and go to the governor's yamen as soon as it is dawn, and ask them to help contact the garrison of the Yangtze River defense." ”

"Amitabha, Zhu Zongqi has worked hard, the three donors, please go to the lay forest with the poor monks to rest."

Although the old man felt very sorry for Zhu Hui, he didn't stop him and instructed: "Hui'er, be more careful along the way." ”

These two dart masters also wanted to go back with them, and Zhu Hui persuaded: "Two masters, I guess that Huang Bingwen will not let go of Xuande Zhenren, maybe they will come at dawn, please rest here, maybe you will have to help tomorrow." ”

On the way to Jushilin, Tie Niu's mother asked, "Master, yesterday was the Dragon Boat Festival, did Xuande Zhenren come out to set up a hexagram stall?" Don't say it, he's right. ”

The Master slapped his head and replied, "Amitabha, it's not good! Yesterday, there was an endless stream of people who came to him for fortune telling, and when the stall was closed in the evening, it seemed that he was invited to the house by a female benefactor to practice, and I also reminded him to come back early, I wonder if he will come back at this time? ”

Zhu Hui knew that it was not good, for Huang Bingwen, this "demon dao" who escaped from the Forbidden City can be regarded as a key witness in the chain of evidence that framed Hai Rui, not to mention that they still have a joint impeachment letter in hand, plus the eunuchs in the palace add oil and vinegar, it will definitely put Hai Daren into a desperate situation.

Once Hai Jui is impeached, his crime will certainly not be light, and regardless of the suffering of the Li people in Jiangnan, Tangfu, Tangji Weaving Workshop and Xingji Qianzhuang will also be unlucky......

Thinking of this, Zhu Hui didn't dare to think about it anymore, and asked, "Master, now 100,000 is in a hurry, please do me a favor and see if Master Xuande Zhenren has returned?" ”

"Please wait a moment, the poor monk will come when he goes."

After a quarter of an hour, I saw Elder Moon Sky come out.

"Amitabha, it's all because the old man is too careless."

Everyone immediately realized that Xuande Zhenren had been arrested, and Zhu Hui shouted "Master", and immediately burst into tears......

Elder Moon Sky patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's not too late to make amends. Zhu Hui, since they have already caught so many people, they will definitely not stay in Nanjing for a long time, now, let's go to Master Wu together, and ask the governor Yamen to help search and arrest along the river, maybe there is still hope. ”

"What the master said is extremely true, in addition to arresting people, they also secretly contacted the officials and gentry in Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and other places in the name of the Chaotian Palace of the Royal Dojo, and the impeachment writ jointly falsely accusing Lord Hai has been written, maybe they are at a wharf somewhere on the bank of the Yangtze River, just wait for dawn to go to Zhenjiang and take the canal into Beijing......"

"It's going to be dawn soon, so what are you waiting for? Come into the city with the old man. ”

Five fast horses passed through the Xi'an Gate at dawn and went straight to the Yamen of the Governor of Yingtian.

Because Hai Rui went out to preside over the river project, no one in the officials of the Yamen of the Third Division dared to take care of this matter, Zhu Hui could only hope for Master Wu, and he would be bitter about him and know the benefits, and in the end, this master who dared to take responsibility agreed to follow them to the Shenji Camp.

Everyone came to the foot of the Lion Rock in a hurry, and Zhang Qianhu, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, lined up to greet him, and greeted cautiously: "Master Wu is here, I don't know what you have to do to find a lowly position?" ”

Master Wu bowed down and replied, "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and there is a case where you have to ask the Lord of Qianhu for help." ”

At this time, Zhang Qianhu suddenly found that there was a respected Elder Moon Sky among the people who came, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down.

"Humble to the Elders! I don't know if the elders have arrived, and I have missed the welcome, please forgive me. ”

"Amitabha, Lord Qianhu is polite. Because Lord Hai was away on a business trip, he had to invite Master Wu to invite Master Wu to invite Lord Qianhu in the name of the governor's yamen to assist Zhu Hui, the chief flag officer of Jinyiwei, in handling the case. ”

A soldier pointed at Zhu Hui and whispered: "Lord Qianhu, it was that little bastard who injured our brother last night, even if he peels off his skin, I can recognize it!" ”

Zhu Hui took out the brocade guard waist card again, stepped forward to bow to Zhang Qianhu, and said with a smiling face: "Please don't be surprised, Lord Zhang, there was indeed a 100,000 urgent case last night, and I apologize for offending Lord Zhang." ”

"Hehe, it seems that this waist card is not fake?" Zhang Qianhu asked suspiciously: "Zhu Zongqi, what is the 100,000 urgent case?" ”

Master Wu stepped forward and explained: "There is a gang of bandits who have taken a lot of hostages, they are about to go down the river, Lord Zhang, you are in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River, please assist us in investigating the suspicious ships on the river, be sure to rescue the hostages, about this case, Lord Hai will report to the Yamen of the Five Armies Protectorate, and today's merits will all be recorded on your head." ”

Zhang Qianhu asked in surprise, "Why did they take these hostages?"

Zhu Hui replied: "Master Wu can testify that he was entrusted by the old prince of Chengguo and was ordered to secretly protect Lord Hai. Yesterday, I learned that a gang of bandits took advantage of the absence of Hai people in Nanjing to suddenly arrest these innocent people in a vain attempt to use them as perjury and conspire to frame Hai people. ”

The defense of the Yangtze River is Zhang Qianhu's own job, and it is natural for him to assist the governor Yamen in handling the case, so he agreed, and asked Zhu Hui to explain the physical characteristics of each hostage in detail.

Zhang Qianhu sent patrol ships to search and arrest along the river; At the same time, arrange a speedboat for Zhu Hui and others to chase in the direction of Yanziji.

At the same time, the pirates escorted Tang Jing to the Shimonoseki dock.

Knowing that Hu Jiuguan was ruthless, Tang Jing didn't dare to resist at all, and obediently boarded a cargo ship.

Tang Jing asked, "You're not going to get me to Japan, are you?" ”

Even shouted several times, but no one paid attention to him. From last night to now, Chen Yuanhua didn't dare to speak easily, after boarding the ship, the pirates were responsible for driving the ship, and Chen Yuanhua dared to speak.

"Tang Daguan, I want to let you go, but the key is that they don't agree."

"Why didn't they say yes? Didn't you invite Hu Jiuguan? You bastard, what's the use of kidnapping me? ”

"Hu Jiuguan still thinks that the woman he saved yesterday is Luo Amin, I explained it to them, but they don't believe it. Because they are not familiar with the place in Nanjing, they dare not stay for a long time, and now they want to take you back to Ningbo and exchange you for Luo Amin. ”

Knowing that he was not in danger, Tang Jing scolded with a smile: "You bastard, you can't even control a few little thieves under your command." ”

"Alas, men are poor and short-minded, and horses are thin and long-haired. Actually, I wanted to do business hand in hand with you Tang Daguan, and you also know that I once ran a money bank in Ningbo, and you must know very well that if it weren't for Huang Bingwen, a bastard, my money bank would have started business a long time ago, and I had no choice but to close it. Now, I especially want to have a good talk with your brother, let's join hands to set up a money bank in Nanjing, I don't know what you think? ”

"Well, your idea is good, my weaving workshop has just opened, and I am so tired that I vomit blood every day, and I can't make a few small bucks. If you do money business together, that's the best. Now, you have to quickly find a way to let me go back, if I disappear, hehe, my Tang family is a descendant of the founding meritorious service, and when the time comes, the court will track you down, and you will have to lose your head. ”

"Don't worry, when you return to Ningbo, I will quickly send someone to deliver a letter to your home, you rest for two days, our brothers will plan and plan well, and I will personally send you home."

As soon as the cargo ship arrived near Qilizhou, they were stopped by a patrol boat, and at this time, Tang Jing wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but Chen Yuanhua stuffed him into the bilge.

"Brother, if you run away, you will kill my brother. I don't know if you've thought about it, with me, no one goes to your house to make trouble, if I collapse, hehe......"

Thinking about it, it is also this Chen Yuanhua, who is bent on whitewashing, if the Ningbo stronghold is replaced by someone else, Tang Jing will not be able to live anywhere, and when he hears this, he will immediately be honest.

The patrol officers and soldiers boarded the cargo ship, and Chen Yuanhua took out the tickets for the Ningbo City Ship and gave them a lot of benefits, which can be regarded as avoiding this interrogation.

The cargo ship set sail again, Tang Jing just peeked out of the bilge, and suddenly found a patrol speedboat passing by, only to see Zhu Hui standing at the bow of the boat, shouting loudly: "Uncle, where are you going?" ”

This shout frightened Chen Yuanhua enough, and quickly pulled him into the bilge.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Hui plunged into the Yangtze River, and the two dart masters also jumped down, they climbed onto the cargo ship together, and exchanged hands with Hu Jiuguan and others, and after a while, the cargo ship was surrounded by patrol boats......

Hu Jiuguan and the others did not dare to fight, so they jumped into the Yangtze River together and swam along the Xiajiang River to Qilizhou......

The patrol officers and soldiers wanted to tie up Chen Yuanhua, and Tang Jing hurriedly said: "Zhu Gongzi, don't thank you for your benefactor Chen Shopkeeper, if it weren't for him last night, you would never see Zhang Min'er and Wu Lian again." ”

Chen Yuanhua suddenly found that Tie Niu's mother was on another speedboat, struggling to come to Zhu Hui's approach.

"Zhu Zongqi, you must not wronged a good person, if you can't trust Tang Daguan, that old man can testify that in order to rescue Zhang Min'er and Wu Lian, Tang Daguan and I were kidnapped."

Tang Jingwen laughed loudly when he heard this, patted Chen Yuanhua on the shoulder, and asked, "Don't tell lies in front of real people, do you think Zhu Gongzi doesn't know Hu Jiuguan?" ”

At this critical juncture, Zhu Hui didn't have time to deal with them anymore, handed over the cargo ship to the officers and soldiers, and he had to continue to search and arrest along the river......

Hu Jiuguan and the others were tired of swimming along the Xiajiang River, so they quietly climbed onto a building boat.

Huang Bingwen grabbed eight hostages, rented a ship from Chaotian Palace, stuffed all the hostages into the bilge, set sail from the Xiaguan Wharf, and planned to take the Zhenjiang Canal to arrive in the capital in two days.

Since coming back from Songjiang Mansion, Huang Bingwen hasn't closed his eyes much, he has already been tired and dizzy, after the ship set sail, let Tie Niu be in charge, he took the kiln sister of Cuihualou and hid in the second-floor cabin to sleep.

The "Niu Zhenren" did not know what the officers and men were searching, but he did not pretend to be a tiger, took out the degree of Chaotian Palace, and claimed that the Qing Zhenren had sent them to Jiangbei to do business, actively cooperated with the officers and soldiers in the inspection, and gave the officers and men a lot of benefits.

Since they were the "real people" of Chaotian Palace, the patrol officers and soldiers did not embarrass them anymore.

However, when I heard that the Shenji Battalion cooperated with the Governor Yamen to handle the case, and Master Wu, Zhu Hui and Elder Yuekong were all here, Tie Niu was so frightened that he didn't dare to go any further, but he couldn't go back, so he had to stop the boat in the Xiajiang River behind Jiangxinzhou.

The pirates climbed aboard the ship, killed the two bodyguards who were on guard, and with great skill, killed all the sailors resting on the deck, and then broke into the cockpit and strangled the two helmsmen with ropes......

At this moment, Tie Niu was drinking tea and reading a book in the cabin on the second floor, not knowing the danger he was about to face......

Tie Niu, who was lying on the leisure chair, held the scroll in his hand and shouted, "Hong'er, Hong'er, make another cup of tea for the master." ”

Outside, the pirate had just killed a couple of thugs with darts; In the cabin, Hong'er came over to pour water, but Tie Niu grabbed her hands and took her into his arms......

He stroked Hong'er with one hand, held the scroll with the other, and scolded with a smile: "His grandmother's Wu Xiang, it's not that I look down on you, if you bastard can write such a book, I won't be a fucking cow!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Hu Jiuguan threw out a dart and went straight to Tie Niu's front door, and at the same time, he suddenly picked up Hong'er and kissed him, and this dart hit the back of Hong'er's head......

Before Hong'er could say a word, he died in the arms of the iron bull, and only then did he see a group of strong men covered in blood and slashers into the cabin......

Iron Bull couldn't figure out where they came from, and he didn't dare to ask more, but at the moment when the pirates arrived, he flew over the side of the ship and plunged headlong into the gorge......

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This article is coming to an end, and I will summarize this: the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, the rapid development of industry and commerce, pushed its economy to a new peak. In the rich and luxurious Jinling City, it seems to be thriving, but secretly there is a turbulent dark tide, and corruption is everywhere. Officialdom is dark and fickle, and many people calculate each other for money, fame and fortune, and do whatever it takes. But I don't know that in the end, the wealth and glory are like smoke, and it is just a dream.