Xu Shiyun can't help it, Chen Yingliang has been squeezing him with words, forcing him to abide by his integrity and fulfill his promises, if Xu Shiyun breaks his promise and continues to force Chen Yingliang to go to Wagang with him, then Xu Shiyun will first have to sit on a reputation for being untrustworthy and have a bad reputation in the green forest road. Such infamy may be an inconsequential matter in modern society, but in ancient societies that focused on credibility and morality, it was a very big thing. Especially for a young man like Xu Shiyun, who is arrogant, he regards fame and righteousness as more precious than life.

Secondly, even if Xu Shiyun wants to break his promise like Lu Xingxing, he is also helpless to take Chen Yingliang, because Chen Yingliang has been holding a knife on the neck of King Shaoling, if Xu Shiyun orders to take people, if Chen Yingliang really cuts down that King Shaoling with a knife, Xu Shiyun will be a chicken and a chicken and an egg to kill both fame and wealth - of course, if Xu Shiyun knew that if he really ordered a robbery, Chen Yingliang would immediately hand over the money to the people in exchange for his life, then Xu Shiyun would definitely not be so hesitant.

If it is if, it is a pity that Xu Shiyun does not know Chen Yingliang's true identity and true purpose, in a dilemma, Xu Shiyun chooses to preserve his reputation and retain hope, and fulfills his promise to let Chen Yingliang and others leave, counting on Chen Yingliang and what Liu Tianzi of Wu County will find out in conscience, and give him Sancheng treasure to himself in the future, and he also gave Lu Xingxing, who is useless to himself, to Chen Yingliang.

It is conceivable that the surprised expression of the **** team rushed to Chen Yingliang, especially Pei Xingyan, who had already been killed and covered in blood, because his baby sister Pei Cuiyun ran to Chen Yingliang's side at some point, and Chen Yingliang, who was once considered a little timid, was proud, standing unharmed in the place where he was surrounded by many enemies just now, and holding in his hand the head of what is said to be the star of Kou Lu in Jibei University, at that moment, Pei Xingyan not only couldn't believe his eyes like all the **** soldiers, He also opened his mouth and dislocated it.

When they saw that Chen Yingliang was safe and sound, the eldest grandson Wuji, Ma Sanbao and others were smiling and cheering, but unfortunately they were immediately scolded by Chen Yingliang, accusing them of poor rescue and not immediately running to help Chen Yingliang, until the eldest grandson Wuji explained aggrievedly that his boat was because he accidentally hit an official ship full of **** soldiers, so he led the ship to be damaged and could not speed up and immediately came to rescue Chen Yingliang, and also pointed to the boat that he was injured and showed Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang closed his mouth at this time, knowing that he had misunderstood his brother-in-law and Ma Sanbao.

He asked Guo Feng and Chen Ci and other old lackeys about what happened just now, and Chen Yingliang then knew the cause and effect of the whole thing, it turned out that Xu Shixian's ambush plan this time was really strict, and after using favorable conditions such as water current, wind direction and rockets to disconnect the Sui army's fleet, he also took advantage of the opportunity of Pei Xingyan's boat to pause after the collision with the broken civilian boat, and arranged for the water ghost to try to scuttle Pei Xingyan's boat, trying to create more trouble for the Sui army's troop carrier. At the same time, because of the damaged sails, the four troop carriers carrying more draft could not catch up with Chen Yingliang's ship with only porcelain in terms of speed, so they naturally could not rush to the rescue.

As Chen Yingliang's old lackey, although the delay in the rescue was caused by a variety of objective reasons, Guo Feng and Chen Ci still honestly pleaded guilty to Chen Yingliang and expressed their willingness to bear a punishment. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang is also a realistic person, after a moment of silence, Chen Yingliang shook his head and said: "It's not your fault, my responsibility is the greatest, because I don't know how to fight water warfare, soldiers and porcelain are not mixed and loaded, like a land battle, the combat forces are concentrated to a point, revealing flaws, which gives the enemy the opportunity to sneak attack, I will remember this lesson." ”

After reviewing his mistakes, Chen Yingliang also came to comfort Guo Feng, Chen Ci, Qian Xiangmin and others, and said: "Don't worry, although we lost two boats and the porcelain escorted this time, we finally got the head of the Jibei Dakou Lu star, and killed a lot of thieves, at least we can redeem the crime, I will plead with Fan Liushou for you, it should not be a big problem to get a non-reward and no punishment, at least we will not lose our heads because of the loss of the royal product." ”

Guo Feng and Chen Ci nodded in agreement, and Qian Xiangmin was satisfied as long as he could save his life, so he dared to say anything, of course, he nodded again and again, indicating that he was willing to obey Chen Yingliang's arrangement. At that moment, Chen Yingliang ordered the fleet to anchor on the spot, make every effort to salvage the sunken ship and recover the loss, and then negotiated with Qian Xiangmin on how to report to Fan Zigai. But at this moment, Pei Cuiyun came up and asked Chen Yingliang confidently: "Chen boy, I saved you this time, how can you thank me?" ”

"Tie the grass and tie the ring, go to the soup and go to the fire, and it will be rewarded." Chen Yingliang replied with a wry smile.

"I don't want you to tie the grass ring, and I don't want you to go to the soup and fire." Pei Cuiyun's words were amazing, "Go back and withdraw your previous engagement, and then marry me, even if you repay it." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes changed his face, Pei Xingyan hurriedly rushed up and dragged his sister away, the surrounding **** soldiers laughed, Chen Yingliang also shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said secretly: "It's troublesome, I will definitely be entangled with this girl this time." ”

In the following time, whether it was the Wagang army that relied on robbing the canal to eat or other rebel bandits, they did not dare to get close to the ten miles of the Baoguo army camp, Chen Yingliang's team was also able to salvage the sunken ship cargo with peace of mind, after a day of salvage, about forty percent of the goods were salvaged ashore, and at the same time borrowed materials from the upstream Xingze wharf, and the damaged official ship was also repaired and could continue to sail.

Chen Yingliang himself was quite satisfied with this result, but Qian Xiangmin, who was responsible for escorting this batch of goods, was worried, because Qian Xiangmin knew very well that by beheading Lu Xingxing and hundreds of thieves, the **** team could basically ensure that it was safe and sound, but he, the superintendent, was likely to be pushed out as a scapegoat and bear the responsibility for losing sixty percent of the royal goods. But no matter how worried it was, it was useless, Qian Xiangmin finally listened to Chen Yingliang's persuasion, and decided to continue to escort the remaining porcelain to Jiangdu to make a business, and at the same time reported the situation to Fan Zigai, striving to reduce the guilt, Chen Yingliang also wrote a letter to Fan Zigai to report the truth, and pleaded with Fan Zigai for Qian Xiangmin without mentioning it.

Chen Yingliang tried his best to persuade Qian Xiangmin to continue to go to Jiangdu, of course, because Chen Yingliang had already seen the power of the Wagang Army, and he had just beaten Xu Shiyun, one of the three leaders of the Wagang Army, once, of course, he did not dare to escape from the protection of the **** and take risks on the Yongji Canal alone. And after successfully persuading Qian Xiangmin to continue to go east to protect himself, Pei Xingyan came to Chen Yingliang again, and said awkwardly: "Brother Yingliang, I have to tell you something, my annoying sister has to go with us, and she must live on your ship, I hope you can be accommodating." ”

"Why? Why hasn't she returned to the Eastern Capital? Chen Yingliang, who didn't want to continue to entangle with Pei Cuiyun, changed his face slightly.

"She said it was too dangerous to go back alone, and I didn't feel at ease, so I had to agree." Pei Xingyan said with a sad face: "Also, she said that the troop transport officer ship is full of men, and she is a girl, so it is inconvenient to live on the official ship, so I have to ask you to let her live on your civilian boat." ”

"It's really going to make excuses! You came to chase me alone, why are you not afraid of danger? Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth a little, but he couldn't refuse, so he could only agree hard, but of course Chen Yingliang refused to tie his hands, Pei Cuiyun just moved to the civilian boat, Chen Yingliang used the excuse to vacate the cabin for Pei Cuiyun, and immediately moved to live on the official ship, preferring to sleep with a group of big men than to entangle with Pei Cuiyun, a little pepper. In this regard, Pei Cuiyun of course hated the root of his teeth, and the eldest grandson Wuji nodded again and again, praising his sister for marrying the right person.

After the ambush of the Wagang army, Chen Yingliang, who was already cautious, was naturally more cautious when leading the team eastward, always beware of sneak attacks from the water and the shore, and no longer kindly gave way when encountering suspicious civilian boats, and also sent small boats to board the ship for inspection, and ordered the ships to give way, until the fleet crossed the girder and re-entered the densely populated place, Chen Yingliang relieved some of his heart a little. At the same time, he sent his subordinates to rush to Qian County in a light boat, reported his itinerary to Xu Minlian, the Taishou of Qian County, and asked for instructions to order him to go to Qian County to meet Shangguan first, or go directly to Yongcheng, where he was stationed, to take office?

More than two days later, when Chen Yingliang's fleet crossed Songcheng, the county governor of Liang County, the subordinates sent to contact Xu Minlian returned to Chen Yingliang's front and reported that Xu Minlian was ecstatic about Chen Yingliang's arrival, and decided to go to Yongcheng on the edge of the canal without hesitation to meet Chen Yingliang's subordinate, and also let Chen Yingliang go straight to Yongcheng by boat, so that he didn't have to go over the mountains and rivers to meet Shangguan in Qian County.

In this regard, Chen Yingliang is not surprised, Chen Yingliang has long known that Xu Minlian has been blamed for the robbery of Cao grain in the territory of Qian County, and has been ordered to make meritorious contributions to clean up the brothers of the Shoutian Black Society and Tian Bai Society, who robbed the grain. And Qian Xiangmin, who is also an incumbent official, was very envious of this, and sighed on the spot: "In the end, it is Chen Ji's room, we nobodies go to the new yamen to take office, that is, we have to accompany everyone carefully for fear of wearing small shoes in the future, that is like Chen Ji's room, and the bosses all run to the station to greet them." ”

"Lord Qian, don't be too happy for me too early." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Believe it or not, if I can't quell the thieves in Qianjun during my tenure, or if the Tian brothers rob the grain again, my fate will definitely be worse than that of my predecessor Zanzhi Fu Jiande." ”

"Brother, and Zhang Qian." The eldest grandson Wuji reminded: "As far as we know from the information we collected in Daxing and Luoyang, there are two big thieves in the territory of Qian County, one is the brothers of Tian Heishe and Tian Baishe, and the other is Zhang Qian, the Tian family brothers are entrenched in the area of Mangdang Mountain and Yushan with complex terrain, and Zhang Qian is entrenched in Jishan Mountain south of Lianshui, all of which threaten the safety of the Yongji Canal and Canal. In addition, there are more than a dozen small thieves in the territory of Qian County. ”

"Yes, and this Zhang Qian." Chen Yingliang nodded and said with a smile: "These guys are really good at picking places, they are all hidden in the deep mountains and old forests with complex terrain, and it is really not so easy to exterminate them." ”

"Is there a way to lure them out these days?" Guo Feng on the other side opened his mouth and said whimsically: "If we can lure them out of the nest in these few days and let them die near the Yongcheng Wharf, then Chen Ci and I will take the team of the National Service Army, and it will be easy to clean them up." ”

"Is that easy?" Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Besides, the thieves in Qianjun are not fools, as soon as you soldiers in white robes show up in Qianjun, and the banner of loyalty to the country is beaten, those thieves will definitely run clean immediately, will give you a chance to slaughter fat sheep?" ”

"Brother has a point." Eldest Sun Wuji also nodded and said: "If we are familiar with the situation in Qian County, we have a certain intelligence network in Qian County, and we can even communicate with the people in the thief team, then we may be able to lure the thieves out and gather and annihilate them, but we haven't even been to Qian County now, and it is absolutely impossible to lure the enemy out of the cave." ”

Chen Yingliang sighed, and wanted to echo the opinion of the eldest grandson Wuji, but when the words came to his lips, Chen Yingliang suddenly changed his mind and blurted out: "It's not impossible!" We don't know the situation in Qian County, but Xu Minlian, the Taishou of Qian County, must know that he has been the Taishou of Qian County for two terms, and there must be enough intelligence network in Qian County, and we may not be without hope of success if we join forces with him to lure the enemy. ”

"Brother, are you really going to do this?" The eldest grandson Wuji was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded: "Xu Taishou must have these things, but it's too late?" We only have about two days left to go from Yongcheng, how can we do it in two days? ”

Chen Yingliang didn't answer, but quickly turned to Qian Xiangmin and asked, "Lord Qian, Fan Liushou sent you to supervise the transportation of imperial porcelain to Jiangdu Palace, did he set a time limit for you?" ”

"Nope." Qian Xiangmin replied truthfully: "Maybe because it is not urgent, in the order given by the Taifu to the lower officials, it is only for the lower officials to supervise the transportation of the imperial porcelain to Jiangdu and return after delivery, and there is no time limit." ”

"Great! God help me! Chen Yingliang applauded and laughed, and after thinking for a while, Chen Yingliang said to Qian Xiangmin again: "Lord Qian, do me a favor, slow down the trip, the two-day journey will be divided into three days, and in the afternoon after three days, your fleet will arrive at Yongcheng Wharf again, can you?" ”

"Absolutely." Qian Xiangmin agreed without even thinking about it.

"Then please." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, then turned to Guo Feng and said: "Guo Feng, you will go and say hello to Chen Ci in a while, let all the **** soldiers take off their white robes, take down all the military flags, and only hit Lord Qian's Taifu official flag." ”

"No problem." Guo Feng nodded, and then took the initiative to smile again: "When it is not necessary, I can also let the brothers not wear military uniforms and armor, so that those thieves who spy on our movements think that we are not the army." ”

"There's growth, and you can still notice these details." Chen Yingliang praised with a smile.

"It's all Chen Ji's room, you teach well." Guo Feng said with a smile: "I still remember the story of crossing the river in white clothes you said in Chen Ji's room, and I have always thought of an opportunity to learn from Lu Ziming, and now I just use it." ”

Chen Yingliang laughed loudly, very satisfied with the results of his training of the lackey accomplice, but the eldest grandson Wuji over there was in a hurry, and hurriedly reminded: "Brother, even if this is arranged, our time is still not enough." ”

"How is it not enough?" Chen Yingliang asked rhetorically: "We will take the hired civilian boat to the south now, and if we go by, we will be able to arrive in Yongcheng before tomorrow evening, and the team of the **** will arrive in Yongcheng in the afternoon of three days, and we will have almost two full days to arrange the arrangement, which is enough." ”

"Two days to set up? Is it enough? "Eldest Sun Wuji is still a little worried.

"That's enough." Chen Yingliang smiled slightly, and said casually: "Yongcheng is located in the northwest of Qian County, about sixty miles away from Mangdang Mountain in the north, about seventy miles away from Yushan, and only forty-seven or eight miles away from Jishan Mountain in the south, which means that in two days, even if it is walking, it is enough for us to go from Yongcheng to Mangdang Mountain or Jishan for two or three round-trips." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji closed his mouth, only then did he know that his future brother-in-law had already memorized the map information in the area of Qian County. Chen Yingliang did not hesitate, and immediately decided to change to a small boat, and rushed to Yongcheng to meet Xu Minlian in a light boat, and the old lackey Guo Feng did not object, but Chen Yingliang must bring ten absolutely reliable soldiers of the National Army to protect him, Chen Yingliang also knew that this was a piece of kindness from the accomplice lackey, so he did not refuse, and nodded happily in agreement. Then he called Chen Ci again, and carefully explained the time and contact methods to Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Qian Xiangmin, and then went up to the civilian boat he hired and prepared to set off.

Chen Yingliang's greedy and inadequate adventurous decision, the only resistance came from the little pepper Pei Cuiyun, who learned that Chen Yingliang was ready to rush to Yongcheng first, Pei Cuiyun, who had already occupied Chen Yingliang's bedroom, not only refused to leave, but also found an extremely sufficient reason to go with Chen Yingliang - she is a woman, but the **** ship is full of old Qiu Ba, who has never seen a woman in his life, and his reputation is damaged when he lives there! So he refused to move out, and insisted on going to Yongcheng with Chen Yingliang!

I really can't entangle this little pepper, and I know that this little pepper is skilled in martial arts and has excellent skills, and it may not be impossible to bring her with me, Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, I'll take you to Yongcheng, but I have one condition, you must be obedient on the way, listen to my arrangement, otherwise, I will drive you off the boat." ”

Pei Cuiyun smiled, showed a moving smile, and said in a gentle tone for the first time: "Of course, I am your wife who has never been through the door, I don't listen to you, who do you listen to?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji next to him suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and said viciously in his heart: "You must keep an eye on this girl!" Otherwise, my brother-in-law's heart is too good, and it will be troublesome if she accidentally picks flowers upside down! ”

Chen Yingliang didn't have the heart to pay attention to the secret competition between Pei Cuiyun and the eldest grandson Wuji, and at the same time as ordering the boatman to start the boat immediately, Chen Yingliang couldn't wait to start thinking about the strategy of luring the enemy in his heart, "It is recorded in the materials of Daxing Inner History Province that Emperor Yang of Sui has a palace in Yongcheng, and there are still palace supervisors guarding it, am I using this palace to make a fuss?" ”