A long and torturous night has finally passed.

The dawn appeared, the sky was slightly bright and hazy, the canal was shrouded in heavy morning fog, and several large ships with sails raised slowly approached the ferry terminal.

The Salt Gang's ship has arrived!

Of course, in the eyes of the sleepy-eyed shopkeeper Hu, this is an official ship sent by the government to carry the silver to the river for delivery.

Because he suddenly saw Chen Juncheng standing on the bow of the boat, and the one standing next to Chen Juncheng was the general in armor, which was precisely Liu Zhenxuan, the commander of the Zhichong Governor's Mansion Guoyi, who he had a relationship with.

Behind the two of them, there were hundreds of people lined up in a phalanx, and they were the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion.

Shopkeeper Hu smiled knowingly after seeing it, and said to Guo Yele beside him: "The people in the government are still very anxious, and they actually came so early." ”

Guo Ye snorted, waved his hand at Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin behind him, and shouted: "You two quickly ask your subordinates to carry the silver onto the ship, don't miss the time to settle with the government." ”

Seeing this, the shopkeeper Hu also shouted at the dozen or so guys he had brought: "Don't be idle, hurry up and help the people of the Wu Dong family, quickly carry the silver on the boat, don't miss the good things of our Cui Dong family." ”

The two of them gave orders one after another, and their subordinates began to get busy, carrying the silver hoarded in the granary towards several large ships one after another.

It took nearly two hours for all the silver in the granary to be transferred to several river boats.

By this time, the fog had long since cleared, and it was approaching the third pole of the sun.

Guo Ye and Hu Shopkeeper boarded Chen Jitao's boat with a group of people, and then under Liu Zhenxuan's edict, the river boat went offshore and slowly drove towards the middle of the river.

As the river boat moves far from the shore, and the river boat moves, the people's hearts are also moving.

Guo Ye's side and the others naturally landed the last big stone on their chests steadily, and when the silver arrived, everything had fallen to the dust, and everyone had an indescribable smile on their faces.

And what about the shopkeeper?

Naturally, he was also silly on the side, blowing the river breeze on his face, and dreaming of spring and autumn. He was imagining how the owner would reward him as soon as the settlement was completed and the title deed of Slender West Lake was presented to Cui Yiqi.

Of course, he also imagined how prosperous the Slender West Lake area that he took over in the future would be, and how it would make money every day......

is as dreaming of spring and autumn as the shopkeeper Hu, and of course, Cui Yiqi, who is far away in Yangzhou Yinhao.

Cui Yiqi was overexcited last night and didn't sleep all night, his eyes turned into red rabbit eyes, and he was stunned to persist until now, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

A quarter of an hour before the river boat left the dock, he also met a fellow sent back by the shopkeeper Hu in the antechamber of the Silver Horn.

The man brought a message from the shopkeeper: The silver is loaded on the ship, and it is about to leave the shore, and it will go to the delivery and wait for good news.

After listening to the message brought back by the guys, Cui Yijue's mood was even more beautiful, and without saying a word, the guys in the silver number closed the door, and posted a big red good news outside the silver number, with eight big characters on it:

The proprietor is happy and closed today.

After sending away all the guys, Cui Yiqi sat on the chair happily humming a little song with Erlang's legs crossed, imagining the upcoming Slender West Lake, imagining the return in five years, and earning a lot of money in ten years, and being rich enough to rival the country.

For a while, Cui Yiqi was completely stupid......

His eyes were blurred, his cheeks were flushed, and when he exhaled and inhaled, he was stunned and involuntarily drooled.

He silently shouted in his heart, ten years, as long as I give Cui Yiqi ten years, I will be able to reshape a Yangzhou Cui family in Yangzhou with the cornucopia-like Slender West Lake.

What about Qinghe's family?

What if I, Cui Yijue, am a side child? Qinghe's direct descendants look down on me, despise me, and oppress me, what can they do?

Ten years from now, I will be able to rebuild a big family in Yangzhou and compete with the Qinghe Cui family.

At that time, who will dare to look down on me? If you can't carry Qinghe's own family, you will come over to please me and win me over, right?

This is the biggest ambition in Cui Yijun's heart!

"Hahaha......"

Cui Yiqi was full of pride in his chest, and immediately laughed out loud, frequently patting the armrests on both sides of the chair, shaking his head and praising it: "The times create heroes, God treats me well!" ”

Time passed slowly, like an hourglass, flowing quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon.

A guy suddenly rushed into the front hall from the backyard and greeted Cui Yiqi: "Host, it's time for dinner, it's time for lunch!" ”

Cui Yiqi was waiting for good news from Shopkeeper Hu at this time, how could he have the heart to eat?

Immediately, he waved his hand and said impatiently: "Go and eat, Master Ben is not hungry!" ”

The man snorted, and immediately turned and retreated.

Wait, wait, wait, wait......

Cui Yiqi never heard from the shopkeeper Hu, and he didn't even have a guy who came back early to deliver the good news.

Inexplicably, Cui Yiqi was a little irritable in the front hall with the front door closed, he suddenly got up from his chair, paced back and forth in the front hall anxiously, and said with words in his mouth: "Why haven't you come back?" Could it be that there was a delay along the way? Or is it that the shopkeeper Hu and Wu Maocai are ...... the two of them?"

"No, it won't!"

Cui Yiqi shook his head fiercely, waved out his brain the ominous thought that suddenly came to him, and persuaded himself: "No, even if this surnamed Wu has ghost thoughts, but Shopkeeper Hu will never betray me." He is the old man next to me, who has followed me for so many years, and I have been raised by one hand, how could he betray me? If I can't even trust the shopkeeper, who else in the world can I trust? No...... No, absolutely not. There should be some delay in the way! ”

After figuring it out, Cui Yijue's restless heart slowly calmed down, and he sat back on the chair, staring at the closed front door with his eyes, waiting for the sound of the door-knocking when the shopkeeper Hu returned.

The waiting time was very difficult, because I didn't sleep all night last night, and the sleepiness of the afternoon slowly came. Cui Yijun yawned again and again, and before he knew it, he fell asleep leaning on the chair.

After sleeping like this, it was a big noon.

Knock knock~

A sound woke Cui Yiqi up, and he suddenly stood up from the chair, and was about to open the front door to welcome the return of Shopkeeper Hu.

But who knew that the sound came from behind, and it turned out to be a guy running in from the backyard and shouting, "Boss, it's time for dinner!" ”

Obviously, it was nearly dusk, and it was time for dinner.

Cui Yiqi saw that the shopkeeper Hu had not returned for a long time, and the nameless fire suddenly rose, and shouted at the guy: "Eat, eat, eat your mother's eggs, you know how to eat, is Lao Tzu raising you just to eat?" Get out, get down, I don't eat! ”

The fellow was scolded and suffered an unwarranted disaster, so he naturally retreated in a huff.

If the dim front hall was lit up, Cui Yiqi's face would definitely be extremely ugly now, and he could only hear his voice whispering to himself with a trembling voice: "Could it be that something really happened?" Otherwise, it is impossible for the shopkeeper Hu to have not returned until now? ”

Something is wrong?

Eight million taels of silver have been lost?

Or is the one surnamed Wu a complete liar?

It won't~!

Cui Yiqi once again found a reason to convince himself, because at the dinner party at the Lion's Head Restaurant that day, it was impossible for Chen Juncheng and Guo Tingshi to fake, it was real.

Knock knock~

In the midst of his thoughts, a hurried footstep sounded from behind, apparently a guy from the backyard again.

Cui Yiqi didn't say a word, turned his head and scolded: "Is it over? How many times do I have to tell you to understand that Lao Tzu is not hungry and doesn't want to eat!! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will let you roll up and get out of the house now? ”

This guy was obviously not the same guy who had beckoned him to dinner before, but a fresh face.

This guy ignored Cui Yiqi's angry scolding, but his face was full of fear, and he shouted with a shudder: "Owner, someone on the ferry side of the pier just now spread the word that the corpses of Shopkeeper Hu and our silver number guy were found on the shore, let ...... Let's send someone over to collect the body! ”

"What?"

Cui Yiqi's body was shaky, and with a bang, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.

At this moment, the mood seems to have gone from heaven to hell in an instant, a haze and horror.

However, he didn't know the pain, and screamed loudly and asked, "You mean that they are all dead?" ”

The guy snorted, not daring to look at Cui Yiqi again.

"Quick, quick, help this old man up......"

Cui Yiqi was so frightened that his legs couldn't use any strength at all, so he reached out and asked the guy to help him up, and then trembled his lips and said, "Prepare the car, go... Go... Go to the Assassin's Mansion, go to the Assassin's Mansion now......"