Chapter 100: The Truth (Part II)
This was indeed beyond Yang Zhen's expectations, he really didn't expect this cowardly woman to be so resolute, and would rather fall into the water than be caught. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info you must know that it is the flood season at this time, and even the water potential here at Yongjinmen Wharf is still not small. In addition, it was late at night, and even if the surrounding torches illuminated everything, it could not dispel the darkness underwater.
Only for a moment, Yin Shuirou had fallen into the water, and when Yang Zhen took a step forward and looked down, he saw a splash of water returning to the embrace of the river with a "bang". As soon as Yang Zhen gave birth to the idea that she would rather die than be caught, a certain picture more than a month ago suddenly jumped into his mind, making his heart move.
"Since Yin Shuirou is a White Lotus Sect, and she deliberately lured An Jizong into the water, then she was forced by An Jizong and almost fell into the water that day, which was also under her control." Yang Zhen's mind turned quickly, and he had his own judgment in an instant: "Not much, although she looked helpless at that time, thinking back on her posture, I was afraid that she had already planned to enter the water to protect herself!" ”
"Not good!" Yang Zhen's complexion changed, and he no longer hesitated, jumped up, and jumped into the water. It wasn't until this moment that he figured out the key, the sound of the water is bound to be water-based, and this time entering the water is just a repetition of the old trick, borrowing water to escape from his own pursuit!
It turned out that the prompt had been presented to Yang Zhen more than a month ago, but it was a pity that he only cared about observing An Jizong at that time and ignored this, resulting in losing the opportunity today.
I lost the opportunity to catch the soft sound!
Because when Yang Zhen entered the water, she didn't find the shadow of Yin Shuirou, she was like a fish entering the water and was free, and it would be difficult to find her again, after all, it was night. But Yang Zhen did not give up the search because of this, and still searched carefully around the ship, convinced that she did not take advantage of the blind spot of ordinary people's thinking to hide, so she returned to the shore in vain.
By this time, the battle on the ship was over. Even without Yang Zhen's joining, the Cao Gang and the Jinyi Wei combined forces to control the White Lotus Sect in a short period of time, after all, they had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, almost three or five people to one.
"Second brother, didn't you catch that woman?" Cai Yingyang ran over with curiosity. In the battle just now, he won with one enemy and two easily, and he even felt a little unpleasant.
Yang Zhen smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "I miscalculated, she is actually deep in water, I am one step late to enter the water, and it will be difficult to find her trace." ”
"Oh." Seeing that Yang Zhen was a little depressed, Cai Yingyang also didn't mention it again, but his mind didn't turn too fast, and he couldn't find a topic for a while.
Fortunately, Luo Chengzhang also came over at this time, and when he saw the situation, he knew that Yang Zhen let Yin Shuirou run away, so he comforted: "Brother Yang, you don't have to feel discouraged, although she is gone, we still catch a lot of people." And the treasury silver was also recaptured, this time they can be regarded as stealing chickens and rice, and we really made it. ”
Yang Zhen didn't feel unhappy because he let people run away, he felt a little stunned because of the mistakes he had made before. Now as soon as Luo Chengzhang said it, he put the matter aside for the time being, and said with a reluctant smile: "Luo Gang Leader doesn't need to persuade him, and he is not the kind of person who can only accept success and can't withstand even a little setback." As he spoke, he arched his hand at him and said, "This time, we still have to thank the Luo gang leader for his willingness to help, otherwise we won't be able to hold these thieves." ”
"Brother Yang's words are too serious, we are just doing our best." Luo Chengzhang said modestly, but his eyes had already glanced at the wooden boxes on the ship full of silver.
Yang Zhen understood and said with a smile: "Gang Master Luo, just rest assured, even if you can't catch everyone, I promise you to divide half of the treasury silver and the Cao Gang." ”
"That's a shame. Then I will thank Brother Yang on behalf of the Cao Gang brothers! Luo Chengzhang is not a duplicitous person, and after a little expression, he has accepted this gift.
The reason why Yang Zhen was able to make the Cao Gang work so hard, and even did not hesitate to break the rules in the rivers and lakes to set this trap, was not only because of the friendship between the two parties, but also because he promised that the other party would give half of the silver stolen back to the Cao Gang.
Before formulating this action, Yang Zhen had already obtained Tang Feng's consent, and they would not give this silver to the Hangzhou government, but would fall into Jinyiwei's own pocket. This was the key to Yang Zhen's ability to persuade Tang Feng to finally change his mind, of course, this matter had to be done in secret, and it could not be found out by the people in the Hangzhou government.
So Yang Zhen proposed to use the Cao Gang, the most powerful gang in Hangzhou, to deal with those silver thieves together, but in this way, it was inevitable to give benefits to the Cao Gang. In order to make friends with the most powerful gang along the canal and have better cooperation in the future, Yang Zhen put forward this idea. Tang Feng thought that if he could get the silver, it would be an unexpected gain, so he agreed.
This is all the causes and consequences of Yang Zhen's layout today and the truth behind the scenes.
The silver was quickly counted, and although there was a lot of it, it was not as much as the 680,000 taels stolen from the treasury, and there were less than 300,000 taels of silver. Of course, for them, it is still a considerable income, whether it is Jinyiwei or the Cao Gang to earn so much silver, it is still impossible to do it for a year and a half.
However, at this moment, Yang Zhen's mind was no longer on the silver, he had already begun to interrogate these White Lotus Sect disciples on the spot, wanting to ask from them about the possible whereabouts of Yin Shuirou. But no matter how his subordinates coerced and lured, those White Lotus Sectists just kept silent, looking like they were going home.
When he learned that more than half of the silver was still missing, Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed, it seemed that Yin Shuirou was not the only one who had escaped, and some people had already left Hangzhou with other silver.
After sweeping his eyes to those White Lotus Sect disciples and carefully studying them for a while, Yang Zhen said slowly: "I advise you to hurry up and say what you know, such as where your leader will go, and where will the silver that is not here be taken." As long as you are willing to confess truthfully, I can guarantee your safety, otherwise, you should have heard of the methods of our Jinyi Guard. ”
"Phew! We will not frown even if we die for the great cause of the Holy Religion, and we are afraid that your torture will not be successful? I also advise you, I advise you to die of this heart! The big man, who was apparently the leader of these people, suddenly spoke, his words full of provocation.
"You!" A lieutenant was furious when he heard this, and he was about to step forward to teach him a lesson, but was stopped by Yang Zhen: "There is no need to be angry with them now." Bring people back, interrogate them slowly, and you can always ask them. ”
At this time, Luo Chengzhang walked over, his face was full of smiles at this moment, no matter who could suddenly get more than 100,000 taels of silver, he would be very happy. He glanced at those White Lotus Sect disciples and knew that Yang Zhen had nothing to gain, so he didn't mention this, but only said things that made people happy: "Brother Yang, I will only take 100,000 yuan of silver, and you can take the rest back." ”
"This ...... Something is wrong, right? We said before that it would be two and one to add five, so how could I go back on my word and take nearly fifty thousand taels of silver? Even if this is what you mean by Gang Leader Luo, but those brothers ...... below" Yang Zhen looked at the other party suspiciously, he really had never seen such an automatic price reduction.
Luo Chengzhang smiled a little embarrassedly: "Brother Yang, I haven't finished saying this yet." I am willing to give up 50,000 taels of silver, so naturally I have something to ask for. ”
"Oh? But why? Yang Zhen asked in surprise. He saw the strength of the Cao Gang tonight, so that only his own people could be left at Yongjinmen Wharf, and not even a single officer and soldier on the night patrol came, which alone shows how much the Cao Gang is here. But such a powerful Cao Gang actually had to give up 50,000 taels of silver to ask for help, I'm afraid this matter is not simple.
But Luo Chengzhang suddenly sold Guan Zi: "This place is not suitable to talk about this matter in detail, and it is now nearly four watches, so it is better for Brother Yang to transport the silver back first." In this way, after two days, how about I send someone to invite Brother Yang over to get together? ”
Yang Zhen could see that Luo Chengzhang was very serious about this matter, so he also nodded solemnly: "In this way, I will do what the Luo gang leader wants, and the 50,000 taels of silver will be disrespectful." With that, he said goodbye to him.
By the time of the fifth watch, Yang Zhen and the others had already escorted more than a dozen White Lotus Sect disciples back to their residences with nearly 200,000 taels of silver. When Tang Feng heard the news, he was really surprised and delighted. To be honest, although he was moved by Yang Zhen's words before, he didn't have much hope for it. But the current harvest is much beyond his expectations, those White Lotus Sect disciples are still second, 200,000 taels of silver is a real deal, which can bring a lot of benefits to Jinyiwei's future development.
"Erlang, this time I really have a lot of work for you, if it weren't for your carefulness and persistence, I'm afraid that these thieves would really want to get away with the silver." After listening to him tell everything about what happened, Tang Feng said with admiration. Others also admired and admired Yang Zhen this time.
Yang Zhen had no choice but to give in for a while, only saying that this was due to Tang Feng's trust, and he didn't dare to be greedy.
Then, he said: "Baihu, although we have captured many people and retrieved half of the silver, there are still people who escaped, and they also took away more than 300,000 taels of silver. Are we going to keep tracking? ”
"Well...... this" Tang Feng hesitated in his heart, with his heart, he didn't want to make more troubles, but when Yang Zhen said this, he must want to continue to investigate, and he couldn't veto, so he said ambiguously: "Interrogate those White Lotus Sect disciples first, and see what can be plucked out of their mouths before making a decision." ”
Seeing him speak like this, Yang Zhen couldn't insist that he must be investigated immediately, so he could only respond. Later, he told Cao Gang Luo Chengzhang about it, and Tang Feng naturally would not refuse this, so he asked Yang Zhen to act when he had the opportunity.
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