Chapter 129: Opium Smuggling!
Within half a month, Liang Pengfei received a letter from Shi Xianggu, which was naturally full of sweet words, describing her lovesickness, as for the matter between the two, she didn't dare to tell her father, but she had already persuaded Mr. Shi that he would not be embarrassed by the newly encamped sailor.
Liang Pengfei read it two or three times with great intent, and then put the letter covered with Juan Xiuqingli's handwriting into his sleeve, raised his head and said to Shi Xianggu, who came to deliver the letter and pretended to be a fisherman, and said with a smile: "Sit down, by the way, does Miss Shi have anything else?" ”
"Miss only said that I hope Young Master Liang will be patient, Miss is trying to make efforts for the old man to ease the relationship between the two families......" After Shi Xianggu's personal guard said this, between the words, there seemed to be something hidden, Liang Pengfei couldn't help frowning: "Say it all, don't swallow it." ”
"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's that Zheng Lianchang brought his son to visit my master, and his eldest son Zheng Yiguan, that is, Zheng Wenxian asked my lord to marry." The guard still told him about it, Liang Pengfei couldn't help frowning, pinching the hand that was about to put the cigar in his mouth and couldn't help but pause: "Zheng Lianchang?!" But that Zheng Lianchang of the Red Flag Gang in Xing'an, Guangdong? ”
"It's him, Zheng Lianchang, the leader of the Red Flag Gang." The guard nodded and said: "Our master has some intentions, but at that time the young lady opened his mouth and refused, but Zheng Lianchang's son Zheng Yi did not give up, and after his father left, he stayed on our island for a while, and the entanglement made the young lady not very bothered, two days ago, because the young lady borrowed a hair to make him and drove him away, he just left in a huff, but before he left the island, he also asked around and asked our young lady if there was anyone he liked?" ”
"I said that his mother's Zheng Yi actually pestered Lao Tzu's mother-in-law." Liang Pengfei scolded his mother vigorously in his heart.
Seeing Liang Pengfei sitting on a chair with a blue face and being silent, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn. The Shi Xianggu's guard also said a little apprehensively: "Originally, the young lady specially instructed me not to tell Liang Shao about this. ”
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"You're doing the right thing by telling me, I'll talk to your young lady...... Uh-huh, in short, I won't hurt your young lady, just remember. Liang Pengfei took two steps forward, patted the shoulder of this Shi Xianggu's guard, and said with a smile. Monk, take this brother to the back to rest, let the room give the whole thing a good order, and by the way, take a jar of wine, and treat this brother well, you know? ”
"Young master, don't worry, the little one will definitely satisfy this brother." Monk Chen replied respectfully, grabbed the shoulders of the Shifu guard, and walked out of the gate happily.
"Young master, that Zheng Lianchang is a terrible character." At this time, Bai Shusheng stepped forward and whispered to Liang Pengfei.
Liang Pengfei rubbed his forehead: "Nonsense, you don't know about me?" Hmph, now, the Tan family has four surnames in the late Ming Dynasty, divided into red, yellow, blue, white, black, and purple gangs. Among them, the Red Flag Gang is the strongest, and Zheng Lianchang is the leader of the Red Flag Gang, the Shi family is one of the four surnames of the Tan family in the Ming Dynasty, the old man Shi is not very fond of things now, Shi Dakai is a young chick, only the shrewd and capable Shi Xianggu is faintly the head of the Purple Flag Gang, and now although the four surnames of the Tan family have declined a lot, Shi Xianggu, the leader of the Purple Flag Gang, has been operating quite well in recent years, and it has won the public's expectations. ”
Bai Shusheng nodded sympathetically, brushed the rat whiskers at the corners of his mouth, and his eyes lit up: "If the Zheng family and the Shi family really marry, then in the future, the six banners of the Tan family, I am afraid that they will have to be unified." ”
"That's it, young master, otherwise, let's find a chance to slaughter that guy?!" The muscles and the violent factor almost stuffed the brain, and the martial energy was encouraged.
Liang Pengfei glanced at this guy. "Get out, don't make trouble for Lao Tzu, slaughter if you want, you think Zheng Lianchang is a pig?"
After being reprimanded by the young master, Wu Qian laughed lightly and squatted in circles while drawing circles, anyway, it is not his forte to come up with ideas, fighting, killing, and stabbing knives with his life is his specialty, just now it was just boring and the egg hurts, so he interjected and coaxed.
"Young master, since Miss Shi confessed to the personal guard and asked her not to say anything, the little one thinks that Miss Shi feels that there is no need to mention this matter at all, because now the Purple Flag Gang is Miss Shi is in charge, although in some private matters, Old Man Shi must be respected, but her meaning, Old Man Shi can't be disrespected." Bai Shusheng was still like a dog-headed military advisor, calculating Liang Pengfei's possible surname there.
"Perhaps." Liang Pengfei rubbed his head. "Since Aunt Shi Xianggu said so, let's put this matter first, by the way, scholar, write a letter to my father, ask him if he knows the details of the Zheng family, and give me a good check. It's okay for the time being, but who knows what will happen in the future? ”
"Young master, don't worry, the little one will do it." Bai Shusheng nodded, and also walked out of the barracks, Liang Pengfei was about to lie down and take a nap, when suddenly there was a hurried footstep outside: "Lord Garrison, the lower official has something important to report." ”
"Is it Mr. Wu Qian? Come on in. Liang Pengfei had to get up from the recliner. Isn't it your day of rest? Why didn't you stay in Xin'an County, and came to the camp again, could it be that Xiaoyue in Yaohong Mansion thought that the reward you gave was too little, so she asked me to borrow money? ”
Hearing this, Wu Liang couldn't help but blush. "Don't make fun of the lower officials, the lower officials really have something important to report, speaking of which, the lower officials inquired about it from the Yaohong Mansion with their own ears."
"What? Sit down and talk. Liang Pengfei saw the seriousness behind Wu Liang's embarrassed expression, and couldn't help but become solemn.
"The garrison still remembers, our new camp, before you came, but it was a mess, and the lower official told you at the time, it is because the new camp is often attacked and disturbed by those big Tan thieves, let alone patrolling the sea area, and even the guards can't be guarded, how can you calm the party? In the area of Xin'an County and the surrounding waters, not only piracy is rampant, but also smuggling is frequent. ”
"Well, you've said that, what? Could it be that something is wrong? Liang Pengfei couldn't help but feel a beat in his heart, he had been here for a month or two, and the soldiers under his hands had already faded away from their original youth and inaction, and now, the soldiers in the sailor camp were also well-trained, and it should not be a problem to deal with ordinary thieves and pirates, Liang Pengfei's hands were itchy. But there was no order from above, and he Liang Pengfei didn't dare to evacuate his duties, so he couldn't take one or two thousand people to wander around and run to other people's defense areas to make trouble, right?
Therefore, although he has the ambition to make a contribution, although the opposite side is the territory of the Tan family, but the closest place happens to be the territory of the Shi family, Liang Pengfei can't even go down to his wife's territory to ask for merit, right? Therefore, Young Master Liang can only stay in Xin'an County, the territory of the big pond, and stare dryly.
"It's really a big deal, don't hide it from your lordship, you also know that Xiaoyue, who is a good friend of the lower official in the Yao Red Mansion, wants to come." Wu Liang, the general manager of Yingqian, still felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned this, but Liang Pengfei didn't make fun of him at all, he also regained his composure and told him the ins and outs of the matter.
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It turned out that in the past two days, it was Xiu Mu of Wu Liang, the general manager of Yingqian, who hooked up with a Xiao Yueru in the Yaohong Building, the largest Ji Yuan in Xin'an County, every time Xiu Mu was, he would always regard it as his home, and he stayed until he returned to the camp, and yesterday this guy was there Xiao Yueru, but from Xiao Yueru and her good sister Xiao Taohong, they chatted about all kinds of things that happened in the Ji Yuan and got a news, just the day before yesterday, another group of vendors came to Xin'an County, living in Chenjia Lane in the east of the city.
And a few people led by them got into the Yaohong Mansion, where they spent all day drinking, and they didn't see them doing any business, but they were fooling around in the museum all day long, until last night, one of the drunks who drank too much unconsciously revealed that they were doing a big business here, but, what kind of big business was it, the drunkard seemed to be vigilant, and did not show the slightest tone.
Wu Liang suddenly thought about it, so he quietly spied around, but he didn't find what kind of goods this group of vendors was carrying, and those vendors who lived in Chenjia Lane occasionally took out some groceries and sold them, so they shrank back into the rented inn to gamble.
“…… Since these people are here to do business, and it is a big business, they don't have much goods on them, and I see that the shopkeepers of the merchants, one or two, seem to be skilled people. The lower official used the money to buy off the guy at the inn, and the guy said that he seemed to have heard them say something about foreigners, opium, and the like. The others couldn't ask anything more, so the lower officials hurried back and reported to the garrison. Wu Liang's words made Liang Pengfei unable to sit still any longer, and Huo Ran stood up.
"Opium...... Are you sure you heard it right? Liang Pengfei's face darkened and he walked a few steps in the barracks and then stopped, turned around, and asked Wu Liang.
"Absolutely." Wu Liang, the head of Yingqian, nodded vigorously, if he was not sure about this kind of news, how could he dare to come over and report it?
"Good, good! Said your grandmother, Lao Tzu is worried that he has no chance to be promoted and make a fortune, this time, someone finally sent the opportunity to the door. Liang Pengfei sneered, and the laughter of the gloomy lord made the dim dusk a little more bleak and solemn.
"Give me a decree that all the officials of the hundred chiefs (the chief of the hundred) and above should summon me for deliberations!" Liang Pengfei shouted to the soldiers standing guard outside. After the soldiers loudly agreed, they quickly ran into the distance, and after a while, all the Baichang and Qianzong gathered in Liang Pengfei's camp.
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(To be continued)