The Yang family's fleet lost not much property this time, although some ships were burned out, some of them fell into the water, and some of them went on fire, but on the whole, the amount of loss was not too large. After all, the target of the thieves is not to rob the cloth, and the loss of some cotton cloth is acceptable to a big businessman like the Yang family. The real losses still come from casualties.

These thieves are vicious, and in addition to showing mercy to Yang Shida's subordinates, they are killers to others. Because the Yang family drank too much wine, their force was greatly weakened, and they suffered some losses when they fought each other. Dozens of people were killed or injured by the servants and even the shopkeepers, and a large amount of compensation had to be paid for the pension alone.

After Yang Shida was rescued and woke up, he no longer looked as smug as he did a few days ago, and he was as listless as a frosted eggplant. With so many dead and wounded people, it is undoubtedly a big mistake, and no matter how much it is suppressed, it cannot be suppressed. Moreover, the shopkeepers and big guys who accompanied him this time are all shrewd and capable employees in the shop, and they are white-collar elites of this era, and their deaths and injuries are incalculable for the Yang business empire, and they also have a huge impact on the future business.

Feng Mingqi is mainly to protect things but not people, and in this era, the dart bureau has not been established, and the protection agreement between the two sides is also very rough, and more often it is judged by credibility and relationship. Even if it is compensation, it is also compensation for gold and silver for the loss of goods, and Feng Si is not responsible for the intangible assets of personnel. This part of the loss can only be eaten by the Yang family themselves.

The bodies of the deceased had to be disposed of, and the wounded had to be treated by doctors, and Fan Jin instructed the guards to provide emergency care to the wounded, including cleaning wounds, emergency anti-inflammatory, and wound hygiene. Luo Wu was busy on the side, listening and muttering silently, keeping these things in his heart.

Fan Jin found that he had a high status among the servants, and the subordinates and guards of the Yang family respected him very much, and he obeyed his words. This obviously did not come from the power that came with his status, after all, he was only a guard, not a housekeeper or a high-ranking servant in the household.

Luo Wu explained: "The little one is a slave of the Yang family, and these brothers are actually almost the same, everyone is a slave, you help me and I help you, and life will go on." In order to help each other, we all set up a meeting, called the Oolong Society. We speak in the south, call slaves noses, and I am a nose head of the Jiangning Oolong Society, so the brothers praise me. In fact, this is just a meeting of a group of poor people to help each other get through, not on the stage, and let Master Fan laugh. If there is really something, you still have to listen to the master's family, otherwise you wouldn't have drunk so much last night. It's me who is not good, I failed to protect my brothers, there are so many dead and wounded, and now I go back, the second master still doesn't know how to explain. ”

Fan Jin also estimated that dozens of people were killed and injured, which is definitely a big event for a businessman's family, and the Yang family's business will definitely be discounted. He went to visit Yang Shida and found that the other party's emotions still hadn't come out of the fright that night, and he had no energy and couldn't be interested in anything.

After Xue Sufang came back, she proposed to Fan Jin that she wanted to buy Sister Gui from the Yang family and no longer be destroyed by Yang Shida. This is a difficult thing to negotiate on weekdays, but now that there are so many things, Yang Shida has no intention of messing with Sister Gui, so he only negotiated briefly, and then Fan Jin paid the debt owed by Sister Gui, and the person was released.

Sister Gui, who was alive again, was grateful, and she followed Xue Wu and temporarily acted as his maid. After this life-and-death struggle, the people on Feng Mingqi's side have a good opinion of Fan Jin, especially when he was able to get on the boat to save Xue Wu at a critical moment. A cadre of disciples, there are also some people who have some thoughts about Xue Wu, the junior sister, most of them are afraid of the power of the emperor's father and son, if it is a private exchange, there is naturally no problem, and no one can marry back home. There are few who dare to marry, and in the environment last night, it is unlikely that they will risk their lives to save their junior sister.

After this fight and rescue, for Fan Jin, a scholar, these people have a little more sense of identity and admiration, and it is easier to deal with them. After Feng Mingqi said the idea of the dart game, several disciples were even more respectful to Fan Jin, after all, this institution was tailor-made for martial artists, and he had a good relationship with Fan Jin, so that he could get more opportunities from him in the future, and no one wanted to offend the God of Wealth.

A team of officers and soldiers drove over, greeted the Yang family, and then begged for a prisoner and continued to chase. The Yang family has a relationship with Huang Enhou, and Luo Wu sent some money over, and it is not difficult to deal with the military officers.

After a few negotiations, I probably learned that someone had sent a message to his superiors that officers and soldiers were needed to protect the safety of this fleet in this section of the waters. However, during the Chinese New Year, the officers of the military guard all went to drink and gamble, and no one was willing to blow the wind and suffer from the offense, so they only sent a few soldiers to take a look, and they were relieved to see that they were fine. When I heard that the convoy had been attacked, and then gathered the convoy to arrive, everything was delayed.

Since it was still unclear whose order was this and what the relationship was, these officers and men did not know what the consequences would be, and now they could only think of eradicating this gang of thieves and making up for their mistakes, and no one took this matter too seriously.

After returning to the cabin and telling Zhang Shunqing about these things, Fan Jin asked, "Could it be that he knew that you were here and sent to protect you?" ”

Zhang Shunqing thought for a while, "There is indeed this possibility, this kind of thing is not like the local yamen did it, it does seem to be a sentence from above, it is not easy to say too clearly, and the people below do not know the specific scale, so it is not the same thing." Otherwise, Fan Lang wouldn't have killed the thief with his own hands last night, let alone you going to save people by boat. ”

Fan Jin smiled and hugged the woman's slender waist and said, "I've said it all, I won't ......"

Zhang Shunqing stopped Fan Jin's words, "What the concubine said, the concubine understands." I've also thought about it, after all, Miss Xue has an old relationship with me, and I can't watch her being ruined by a group of foxes and dogs. Fan Lang rescued people, which can be regarded as affectionate and righteous, and I support it with both hands. Since ancient times, dogs have not been allowed to enter the fence, and as long as I tie the fence tightly here, no fox can slip in. ”

Fan Jin smiled bitterly: "What I'm thinking about now is not this, but those people protecting along the way, will they see us watching the scenery on the deck together." ”

"Just look at it, it's open, there's nothing to be afraid of. Anyway...... When I enter Beijing, I will also explain everything to my father, and I have no regrets about being a king. There are countless talents in the world, and concubines are not married. What does the love of husband and wife have to do with others? She leaned her head on Fan Jin's shoulder, and gently rubbed her face against Fan Jin's face, "Fan Lang, you must have been very tired from a busy night last night, so the concubine will serve you to rest." ”

"Well, you also waited for me in the middle of the night, and you are not better than me, so it makes sense to go to bed quickly."

During the day, the two of them couldn't do anything, and they couldn't even take off their clothes, so they hugged each other and fell asleep. Zhang Shunqing hugged him extremely hard, entangled Fan Jin to death, and said in his ear: "Fan Lang, it's all your fault." Now if you don't hold me, I won't be able to sleep well, what do you say? ”

"So what else can I do? I had to keep hugging it. ”

"Don't let go for the rest of your life! I won't let go if you let go, even if you hit me and scold me, I won't let go. ”

"Me too." As he spoke, Fan Jin kissed the woman lightly on the forehead, Zhang Shunqing closed her eyes, and fell asleep peacefully in Fan Jin's arms after a while. Looking at her beautiful sleeping posture, Fan Jin knew that this eldest lady was also clever, overcoming rigidity with softness with one hand, and taking out the water grinding kung fu of thousands of obedient birds, and melted most of the fire she sent yesterday. Now if she wants to mention Xue Wu's entry into the door, she doesn't have to say anything, she just needs to cry, and her heart will soften.

Since ancient times, it has been a long process to overcome rigidity with softness, and if you want to win with this eldest lady, it is probably a long process. Fortunately, yesterday, due to the presence of Sister Gui and Feng Mingqi, he and Xue Wu couldn't really follow the sword, but they separated after kissing for a while, so they didn't see the clues.

On the way back, the two also discussed that if they want to pass the door, they must marry Zhang Shunqing after all. When you become a husband and wife, you can slowly figure out a way, and you can get things done sooner or later.

is willing to use softness, which shows that Zhang Shunqing has a deep affection for herself, has this emotional foundation, and always does her work well. Fan Jin thought in his heart, looked at the sleeping beauty, and secretly said in his heart: Little vinegar jar, with softness to softness, I will not lose to you. Thinking so, I fell asleep too.

Some of the masked people who were captured were handed over to the government, but a few who were identified were left behind for self-interrogation. In order to exchange for Xue Wu, Feng Mingqi consciously took down several masters to prepare for the exchange, including the leader who used the Lei Gong Whip to plot against Feng Mingqi but injured himself, and he didn't hand it over than when he was locked up in the Yang fleet.

Although these people Feng Mingqi have no friendship, they all know each other, and they know that they are quite famous thieves in the Huaishang underworld green forest, and they also have bounties in the yamen. Any one of them can be regarded as a ruthless person with a little fame in the Dao, and it is quite unusual for so many people to besiege the Yang fleet together.

These people's ability to endure torture is much stronger than that of those hungry people, and the information obtained from repeated torture is also limited, and they only admit that Huo Tiebei's cottage was picked by them before, and Huo Tiebei himself died under the siege of these people.

The target of this attack on the Yang fleet was not for those cloths, but for someone to pay a high bonus to buy the beautiful women in the Yang family's fleet. They only need money, regardless of anything else, so they united a group of Huaishang salt bandits and thieves to carry out this operation, and the rest are unknown.

As soon as he saw the confession, Feng Mingqi knew that these thieves were coming for Zhang Shunqing, and he knew that the situation was very serious. If you let the Yang family know that your fleet blocked the knife for a woman, I am afraid that there will be a big fuss, and the subsequent itinerary will not be convenient.

first killed several thieves, and fabricated a fake mouth for Yang Shida. He is used to going to the rivers and lakes, and he can get caught by forging these things, Yang Shida doesn't belong to him, and he can't distinguish the real from the fake. I don't know if I blocked the disaster for Fan Jin, but I thought that Fan Jin was implicated by himself, and he was a little unhappy.

The Yang family folded a lot of money this time and lost a large number of manpower, so Yang Shida had to curry favor with Feng Mingqi, lest the road behind him be difficult to walk, and he would not want some compensation.

But this kind of thing can't be hidden from the victim, and the true confession has been placed in front of Fan Jin and Zhang Shunqing at this time. Zhang Shunqing's face was cold, and she said in a low voice: "Who is so bold that he dares to hire gangsters to kidnap concubines, is it really easy for my Zhang family to bully!" Wait for the concubines to return to Beijing to give their father, and ask them to look good! ”

"It's hard to say why you came, maybe I know you, maybe I don't. After all, Qingqing is captivating, and it is normal for men to go crazy for you. If you are a local local stick tyrant who doesn't know your roots, and just thinks that you are an ordinary lady, it is reasonable to make this kind of decision. After all, in these days, it is dangerous for a woman to go out, let alone a beautiful woman, it is even more dangerous. ”

"In that case, it's the concubine who caused trouble for Fan Lang."

"How can you say that, is the appearance of the flower and the moon wrong? Is it wrong to come out and see the scenery? How can this get me in trouble? If you want to say wrong, that is, the magistrate's fault, you can't even restrain the ground, what to eat! I was thinking that this thief who paid for the murder should not be too far away from here. The most likely person with this financial strength is the salt merchant in Yangzhou. It's just that there is no evidence, and we can't stay here for too long, and besides, the power we can use is limited, and it will not be easy to find out who it is and find evidence again. ”

Zhang Shunqing raised her eyebrows, "If it's really a salt merchant...... I'm going to make them bankrupt and behead all the house!" As long as you catch those robbers, you can be tortured, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to ask the truth. ”

"It's not that easy. The officers and soldiers were forced to send troops this time, and they must make some military achievements, but whether they can catch those masked people, in fact, no one can say. It is more likely that the hungry people were swept away and the Lord fled. The few people that Feng Mingqi interrogated were all Jiangyang thieves. The biggest characteristic of these people is that they have enough noses and enough ears and eyes, and when the officers and men do it seriously, they will run away, and it will be difficult to catch them. If we can't find evidence and can't catch people, we can only guess that the real culprit can't be found, and we can't get the evidence. Those people are so rich that they can't be dealt with on trumped-up charges. Besides, it doesn't have to be them, in case they really know who you are...... That's a little more terrifying. ”

Zhang Shunqing also knew that the current situation did not allow him to investigate slowly, and he did not force it, but said: "We will take this confession with us, and we will hand it over to my father when we go to Beijing." It's just that you need to be on guard for now, although the thieves have retreated, who knows if they will come again. ”

"It shouldn't be like that, you have also seen Feng Lao's methods, they have suffered such a big loss, how can they come to send them to death. And then there's me. ”

Zhang Shunqing smiled, "With Fan Lang here, I won't be afraid." However, in order to prevent the thieves from coming again, Fan Lang will be wronged in the past few days, where the concubine is, where the retreat is, you are not allowed to go elsewhere, lest you turn around and not see me. ”

Fan Jin smiled: "How can this be called a grievance? I can't ask for it. ”

On the other side, Feng Mingqi pointed at Xue Wu, "When we get to Jining, we will separate." The road below, it is up to you to protect the eldest lady and Fan Gongzi to Beijing. Come to a golden cicada out of its shell, and those thieves can't catch up if you want to. Along the way, remember not to be hasty and patient, Miss Zhang is a high-ranking person, and she is used to it, and after a long time, the man's heart will never be happy. The more angry you are at this time, the more Fan Jin feels that you are worthy of pity, and when the time comes, he will naturally run to your side. ”

Xue Sufang smiled proudly, "Godfather, don't worry, my daughter won't lose to the Zhang family this time, whether it's the main room or the partial room, in the end, it depends on who can get the man's heart, and it can be regarded as winning." Since she is struggling, I will fight with her to see who wins and loses in the end! ”[.]