At the time of the third watch, Huangfu Wujin got urgent information, he temporarily left Feng Wu in Weiyang County, and he got on the big ship, led three hundred warships, and sailed to Yuhang County in the south, which is also an important reason for Wujin to go south, Yuhang County Thorn Shi Yang Ting'an is Huangfu Heng's uncle.

Yuhang County is also an extremely important county in Chuzhou, where the population is dense, the land is fertile, the business is developed, and it is the third largest source of taxes and grain production in Chuzhou in addition to Donghai County and Jiangning Prefecture.

Yang Ting'an had seen Huangfu Wujin once at the birthday banquet of Qi Wannian in the capital, at that time, he was very disappointed, full of pessimism and confusion about the future, but after Huangfu Heng ascended the throne in Luojing, Yang Ting'an suddenly became excited, and his father Yang Sheng served as the secretary of the military department and the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, which made him even more excited.

Yang Ting'an has always been very wary of the expansion of Wujin, as early as last year Huangfu Xuande decreed that the county tax silver grain was transported to Jiangning Mansion, Yang Ting'an kept a hand, he used the excuse that the tax money has not been collected, and the grain has not yet been put into the warehouse, only 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone of grain were transported to Jiangning Mansion, and the tax silver and grain were basically precipitated in the warehouse.

At this time, Huang Fu Heng called on all counties in Chuzhou to transport money and grain to Luojing, and Yang Tingan began to act, and he was also the only assassin in the entire Chu Prefecture who responded to Huang Fu Heng's call.

Since the beginning of April, he has collected more than 200 civilian ships of 500 stones, and is ready to transport 2 million taels of silver and 3 million stones of grain to Luojing.

In mid-April, Yang Ting'an has received the news that Huangfu Wujin has arrived in Weiyang County, Weiyang County is only more than 100 miles away from Yuhang County, Zhiqiantang County, and can be arrived by riding a fast horse for more than half a day, Yang Ting'an felt a huge pressure, at this time he has already moved the tax silver on the ship, and he has just collected a hundred flat-bottomed tugboats, ready to transport grain, but the time is too late, Yang Ting'an had to give up continuing to transport grain, on the evening when Huangfu Wujin arrived in Weiyang County, Yang Ting'an personally escorted 200 large ships full of tax silver and grain, heading north.

．．．．．．． The sky gradually brightened, and a ray of glow reflected on the sparkling sea, as if the sea was also ignited by the morning glow, and the waves were lightly surging, and a fleet of two hundred ships chopped the waves in the sea and rushed north. At this time, they had left Qiantang Bay and sailed towards the broader East China Sea, Yang Tingan stood on the first big boat, his heart fluctuated, he remembered the various setbacks encountered in the past year, since the death of Empress Yang, the Yang family has suffered a catastrophe, his father Mingsheng was degraded, and lost his power, while his brother Yang Tingyu was dismissed from his post on trumped-up charges, his situation was slightly better, in the prince's running appeal, he finally did not repeat the mistakes of his brother, although he was demoted to the history of Yuhang County, but still has a little real power.

Now that the crown prince has finally ascended the throne, their Yang family has also completely turned over, his father is the secretary of the military department and the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, and the eldest brother has been appointed as the squire of the ministry, and it should be his turn next.

Yang Ting'an showed a smile of relief on his face, and he imagined how the emperor would praise him after he escorted two million taels of silver to the capital.

At that moment, one of his men pointed into the distance and shouted, "My lord, look, warship!" ”

Yang Ting'an looked into the distance, only to see that dense black spots appeared on the sea, there were hundreds of them, he seemed to step into the air, his body fell into the ice cave, his whole body was so cold that he trembled, Huangfu Wujin still came.

"What should I do?"

He turned back to the boat boss and shouted, "Master Ma, is there a way to bypass the warship in front?" ”

The boat boss smiled bitterly and shook his head, "My lord, in this case, if you don't escape, there may be hope for survival, if you escape, you will definitely be hit and sunk, my lord, you can't get around." ”

Yang Ting'an's legs trembled, and he was already sweating profusely for a moment, and finally his legs were weak, and he sat down on the deck weakly, resigned to his fate.

The silver fleet slowed down, and finally stopped completely, waiting for the bad luck to come, the warships passed by them one by one, and gradually slowed down, and finally three hundred warships surrounded them, and one after another small ships full of soldiers approached the fleet, and they all came on board to check, and a thousand-stone warship approached Yang Ting'anza's ship, and an officer on the side of the ship asked loudly, "Where is Lord Yang?" ”

Yang Ting'an slowly stood up, pulled his robe, and maintained the official authority of the assassin history, "I am!" ”

The officer clenched his fist at him, "Please come with me, His Royal Highness King Liang wants to meet your lordship." ”

"Where is His Royal Highness King Liang?"

The officer turned his head and pointed to a huge military ship, "That's our lord's ship, he's waiting on board." ”

Yang Ting'an saw a black spot standing on the bow of the boat, it was estimated that it was Huangfu Wujin, he should be looking at himself coldly, he was like a defeated rooster, and said dejectedly: "Okay! I'll go with you. ”

Yang Ting'an climbed onto the big boat with difficulty, he was a little afraid of heights, the big boat was too high, he felt that he was going to be blown down the sea by the wind, so frightened that he hugged the soft ladder tightly, closed his eyes, and did not dare to look down, at this time, he felt a pair of strong hands holding his arms and slowly pulling him onto the big boat.

When he opened his eyes, he found that it was Emperor Fu Wujin, the King of Liang, who was standing in front of him, and he nodded with palpitations, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

Wu Jin bowed his hand to him apologetically: "I don't know that adults are afraid of heights, then I should get off the boat." ”

"It's fine!" Yang Ting'an waved his hand, and gave a deep salute to Wu Jin, "Your Highness Yang Ting'an!" ”

He suddenly understood a truth just now, Huangfu Wujin did not turn his face with the court, no matter how arrogant he was, he was still the emperor's courtier, he didn't dare to blatantly take it, at most he could only take it skillfully, thinking about this, Yang Ting'an's heart was slightly let go, not as frightened as just now.

He hurriedly said again: "Your Highness, at the call of His Majesty the Emperor, the lower officials specially sent silver to Beijing. ”

"I see!"

Huangfu Wujin's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, "Then fortunately, I stopped the adult's silver boat, otherwise, there would be no shadow of this tax silver, and even the adult's surname would not be able to protect his life." ”

Yang Tingan was stunned, "What did Your Highness say about this?" ”

"Hey! Adults are scholars after all! ”

Huangfu Wujin pointed to the vast sea, sighed and said: "In this vast sea, pirates emerge in an endless stream, the Phoenix Society, the Baisha Society, and even the Japanese Kou will intercept the adult's silver ship, kill people and seize silver, this is the norm, may I ask how many guards the adult has brought?" ”

"This ....." Yang Tingan was speechless, he only brought fifty servants.

"Then what should I do, according to my lordship?"

As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was inappropriate and could not be so passive, so he hurriedly changed his words, "If it doesn't work, I will return the silver ship to Yuhang first." ”

How could Huangfu Wujin let go of the fat in his mouth, he smiled, "Then how can it be done, the imperial court wants to fight against the puppet emperor, and it is in urgent need of military salaries, does Lord Yang still want to recruit thousands of soldiers before sending them, with me, there is no need for Lord Yang to bother, Lord Yang, please go back to the county with peace of mind, and I will be responsible for sending the tax money to Beijing." ”

"This.... How? ”

Yang Ting was in a hurry, but Huangfu Wujin didn't want to say more to him, so he turned around and ordered: "Send Lord Yang back to the ship!" ”

The two sergeants with big shoulders and round waists didn't care whether Yang Ting'an wanted to or not, and got off the boat with him, "Lord Yang, be careful of stumbling!" ”

Yang Ting'an lowered his head, and when he saw that the big ship was so high, he was immediately frightened and his legs trembled, and he was dizzy for a while, he closed his eyes again, and had to let the sergeant slowly help him off the boat.

Huangfu Wujin stood on the side of the boat and looked at Yang Ting'an getting off the boat, he couldn't help but shake his head and laughed, this Yang Ting'an was so timid and high, it was the first time he had seen it.

"Your Highness, there is something to report for your humble duties!" A lieutenant bowed beside him.

"What's the matter?"

"I went to check on the ships just now, and the tax and silver are all there, but the grain is only 100,000 stones."

"Really?"

Wu Jin reacted at this time, yes, how could these two hundred or so five-hundred-stone boats be able to transport three million stone grain, and he didn't even realize that the grain must still be in the official warehouse of Qiantang County.

He pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "Pass on my order, Lord Yang is tired of government affairs, send two ships to send Lord Yang to Yongjia County for a trip, relax well, and then send him back." ”

．．．．．．．． The news that Yuhang County's money and grain were carried out by Huangfu Wujin finally reached Huangfu Heng's ears, and in the side hall of the Linde Hall of Ziwei Palace, Huangfu Hengda was furious, 'Bang! With a crisp sound, he slammed a teacup on the ground, cracking into pieces and splashing, and the eunuchs and palace maids next to him were so frightened that they all shrank their shoulders and bowed their heads, not daring to say anything.

"Huangfu Wujin, you are so bold!"

Huangfu Heng pointed to the south and scolded, "You dare to intercept my money and grain, do you want to rebel?" ”

Standing at the foot of the jade steps was Zhang Jinjie, the right minister, and Yang Sheng, the secretary of the military department, they glanced at each other, Yang Sheng took a step forward and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, this is expected by the old minister." ”

Yang Sheng is nearly seventy years old, gray-haired, at this time he is more worried about the safety of his son Yang Ting'an's life, he actually quietly wrote to his son before, asking him not to act rashly, but for some reason, his son did not listen to him, maybe he had not had time to receive his letter, his heart was full of worry.

Zhang Jinjie next to him also bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the first emperor was once angry at Huangfu Wujin's private embezzlement of tax silver, he also has hundreds of thousands of troops, it is impossible to give Chuzhou tax silver and grain to His Majesty, the minister heard that Huangfu Wujin is very polite to take the silver, indicating that he does not want to turn his face with the court, the minister means, don't make such a strong enemy for the time being." ”

"But my son's whereabouts are still unknown, Zhang Xiangguo, there is a problem with this!"

Zhang Jinjie saw that Yang Sheng was already faint and old, and he couldn't even think of this thing, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly and comforted him: "Yang Shangshu, Huangfu Wujin is because he wants to take Yuhang's grain, so he won't let Lord Yang go back for the time being, and when he takes the grain away, he will naturally put Lord Yang back, he is a smart person, and he will not turn his face with the court for this matter." ”

Huangfu Heng also gradually calmed down, and he also sighed and said: "I also know that he will not give me Chuzhou's money and grain, but I am also short of money and food now, how is this good?" ”

Zhang Jinjie pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty forgot?" It is also a major grain producing area, which has not yet been occupied. ”

"You mean, Jinju?"

Huangfu Heng understood what Zhang Jinjie meant, indeed, Jinzhou is fertile for thousands of miles, how can he give it to the puppet emperor of Yongjing?

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(To be continued)