Qiu Yizhi listened, and then remorseful: "If it weren't for Marshal Dai's reminder, I would have forgotten." After the Lingnan palace was pacified, this thing was naturally handed over to the emperor, and I am afraid that it is now in Zheng Xin's hands. I really hated the rush to go, and I didn't think of taking this thing away. ”

Dai Luanxiang frowned and said, "This is a bit troublesome. But it doesn't matter, although this thing sounds big, it has little to do with the overall situation. After all, now that the emperor has died, the gold medal that represents the imperial power will ......"

Qiu Yizhi was already anxious, and without waiting for Dai Luanxiang to finish speaking, he made a gesture to him, and then shook Dai's mother to the end, and said goodbye: "Okay, don't disturb me anymore, Marshal Dai, please stay, and I'm going to leave for the north here." ”

After that, Qiu Yizhi led his subordinates to help the civil and military affairs and galloped towards the north.

Although Zheng Xin intended to intercept Qiuyi's line, Qiuyi's actions were extremely fast, and Zheng Xin was a thief and was unwilling to make a big noise, so Qiuyi's cadres and others were not hindered and had reached the edge of the Yangtze River.

At this time, although there was an undercurrent surging within the court, in the eyes of the people, it was a chaotic situation, and a scene of chaos waiting to be rebuilt.

Qiu Yi Zhiyuan thought that it would take a lot of trouble to run to the edge of the Yangtze River and find a ferry, but he went all the way to a canal town, but he saw that the spread of the Yangtze River was like a carp crossing the river, and it was very lively.

However, it was not easy for Qiu Yizhi to find a big ship that could transport more than 200 people across the river at a time. Fortunately, Lin Shuhan's wife Wu Ruofei was thoughtful, and when she left, she took all the silver tickets that Lin Shuhan and Qiu Yizhi had accumulated on weekdays, totaling nearly 100,000 taels of silver, with her.

Now is not the time to save money, Qiu Yi took out 10,000 taels of silver, looked for a big boat and a fast boat on the dock, and immediately set off to cross the Yangtze River north.

"Under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man", the silver ticket signed by the silver number of the 10,000-week Cijing family was slapped on the table, and immediately seven or eight shipowners surrounded him to take over the business, and two or three of them would rather not do the business at hand, but also earn this 10,000 taels of silver.

Qiu Yi didn't have time to choose carefully, found a new-looking boat, and asked the owner to quickly load the horses onto the boat, and immediately set sail north to cross the Yangtze River.

The owner of the ship is less than fifty years old, I don't know how much business he has done on the side of the Yangtze River, seeing that Qiu Yi and his party are transporting imperial court military horses, as well as a lot of weapons and blades, and the entourage is also dressed as soldiers, I can't help but open a little more eyes, and specially ran to Qiu Yizhi, and asked: "If the little one guessed correctly, you are a military general, right?" ”

Qiu Yizhi squinted and asked, "So what?" ”

The owner of the boat said: "If you really lead the troops across the river, you will generally go by official ships." In case of urgent tasks, there are also cases where civilian ships are requisitioned because they do not have time to wait for the official ships to arrive, but it is necessary to make a submission from the yamen in moderation, and only the small ones dare to cross the river...... Otherwise, if there is that passage, I will secretly report to the government and say that a small fornication thief will not make sense even if there are a hundred mouths......"

Although Qiu Yizhi has been in battle for a long time, it is the first time to lead the army to requisition civilian boats to cross the river, and he doesn't understand any of the rules in it, and now Liu Qing, the envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, is following him, and where can he find the Yamen of Jiedu to open a submission.

However, Qiu Yizhi didn't have the heart to have more trouble with the owner of the ship here, and when he saw that his goods had been loaded onto the ship, he said with a cruel smile: "Even if you are smart, we are a thief, and now you have been captured by us, so just wait with me to get on the ship." ”

As he spoke, he bowed to the two soldiers behind him, and walked towards the boat without looking back.

The two pro-soldiers were originally bandits, and they were used to making a living by robbing houses and houses, and when they saw Qiu Yizhi's eyes, one reached out to cover his mouth, the other twisted his arm, and pushed and dragged the owner of the boat onto the boat.

After boarding the ship, all the sailors were surprised when they saw the appearance of the shipowner, and they put down their work one after another, and they were about to fight with the "thieves" with the wooden sticks, mops, and scales at hand, but they heard Qiu Yizhi shouting: "Stop!" How many of you are there? There are 200 of my brothers on board, and all of them have swords in their hands, can you fight them? Listen to me, hurry up and set sail and anchor, cross the Yangtze River north, and the 10,000 taels of silver will still be yours, otherwise you will be killed and thrown into the river to feed the fish! ”

Everyone saw that Qiu Yi was short, white and pure, although he was a scholar, his words were indeed full of murderous energy, and they did not dare to despise it, and when they saw that the owner of the ship was in his hands, they had to reluctantly raise the sails and go to the north of the river. During this period, a few sailors jumped into the river and ran away because they were afraid, but Qiu Yizhi didn't care about it and let them do their own thing.

Qiu Yizhi had no intention of harming the shipowner, and as soon as the merchant ship left the dock, the shipowner was also unrestrained, and shrank in a corner of the deck in fear, and the same two cronies exchanged glances with each other, but did not dare to say a word.

Qiu Yizhi felt funny, so he walked up to the owner of the ship and said with a smile: "This owner doesn't have to worry, I'm not a thief." However, the situation was urgent, and the owner of the boat talked too much, so he made this decision in the future, just to cross the river quickly. ”

Qiu Yizhi said this sincerely, but the owner of the ship still couldn't believe it, and asked tentatively: "This king ...... My lord...... You're not kidding me again, are you? ”

"If you want it, if you don't, what's the matter? 10,000 taels of silver in a bag, more important than what? Qiu Yizhi replied.

The owner of the ship was right to think about it, but he said: "I'm afraid that from now on, I will be targeted by the government, and the business will no longer be able to be done, so I can only dismiss the fleet and rely on this 10,000 taels of silver to support my retirement." ”

Qiu Yizhi looked at the shipowner's sluggish appearance and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! The shipowner still doesn't seem to be able to believe me. It's okay, I won't explain much about the reason, and it's not good for you to explain too much. I'll just ask you, there is a man named Li Shengjie on the river recently, do you know? ”

"Li Shengjie? Know, know! The owner of the ship immediately replied, "He is the son of the old shipowner Li Zhi, and it is said that he also helped the emperor quell the rebellion of the prince of Lingnan. ”

"Oh? Looks like you're quite knowledgeable. Qiu Yizhi said.

The ship's owner didn't hear the three-point teasing tone in Qiu Yizhi's mouth, and replied: "Although the small ones mainly sail in the Yangtze River, they still go to several large ports often. Who doesn't know the reputation of the old ship owner Li Zhi? His family's 'Beluga Flag' is hung up, and that person dares not to give some face? ”

"That's good." Qiu Yizhi asked, "Then have you seen this 'Moby Dick Flag' in the past few days?" ”

The owner of the ship thought for a while and replied: "I've seen it, when I was unloading the cargo yesterday, I saw the Li family's 'Beluga Flag' from a distance." It's just that their fleet was too far away, and the small ones didn't see much clearly, so they drove away. ”

In between these few words, Qiu Yizhi already knew in his heart: Li Shengjie really listened to his orders, led his subordinate fleet to cruise back and forth on the Yangtze River, and once he encountered Zheng Xin's fleet, he would launch an attack.

So Qiu Yizhi thought for a while, and then said to the owner of the ship: "I have one thing to ask you to do. If you can do it, Li Shengjie will naturally take care of it, which will be of great help to your future business; If you can't do it, then there's nothing to lose, I wonder if you're interested? ”

The owner of the ship was also a businessman, and of course he was interested in such a lucrative and risk-free matter, and he forgot for a moment that he was still a hostage taken by the "thieves", and said a little impatiently: "Your Excellency, please speak, your Excellency, please speak." ”

Qiu Yizhi looked at his happy face, secretly sneered, and said, "Actually, there is nothing difficult to do. Then Li Shengjie is my old friend, and when you meet him, you will say that his brother, that is, me, has taken your boat and has arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and I want him to find an opportunity to find me, and I have something urgent to find him. ”

While listening and remembering, the shipowner suddenly reacted and asked in surprise: "Since the lord is the brother of the young shipowner, then the lord is not the son and nephew of the old shipowner, right?" ”

Qiu Yizhi waved his hand: "I and the young shipowner Li Shengjie are sworn brothers. You can do this well, you can't do it, you can't do it, you just need to be careful. If you are fated to do it, in the future, your business, the Li family will naturally take a high look. ”

The owner of the ship had to ask again, Qiu Yizhi was already impatient, and walked away as soon as he turned around.

At this time, it was early summer, the southeast wind was fierce and strong, and Qiu Yizhi was on a newly built fast boat, and he rode the wind to the north of the river. The big ship set off at noon, and crossed the Yangtze River in the evening of the same day, and when all the soldiers and horses on board disembarked, it was just after the end of the hour.

Qiu Yi was also happy when he saw that the crossing of the Yangtze River was very smooth, but as soon as he stepped on his sweaty horse, the joyful expression on his face flashed, and his expression suddenly became solemn again.

Wen Lingjiao, who was accompanying the attendants, saw it, hurriedly approached half a step, and asked, "Childe, now that you have arrived in Jiangbei and are temporarily free from Zheng Xin's clutches, why are you sad again?" ”

Qiu Yizhi sighed: "Didn't I hear Marshal Dai say that Zheng Xin was mad, maybe send someone to assassinate His Royal Highness?" But in this world, there are thousands of thousands of miles, hundreds of millions of people, and thousands of things, how can I find these assassins? ”

Suddenly, Lin Shuhan laughed loudly: "Lin Mouqian shouldn't, never should, shouldn't be listening to Lord Qiu and Miss Wen whispering." But Lin has a few words to say, don't think I'm too talkative. ”

Qiu Yizhi knew that Uncle Lin was resourceful and would never say any useless nonsense, so he said: "Mr. Lin must have a clever plan to call me, please give me advice." ”

Lin Shuhan shook the paper fan and said, "Lord Qiu is witty and smart, why did he make a fool today?" Why bother to find any Assassins, just wait in the path of the Assassins, or inform the Third Highness before the Assassins arrive? ”

Lin Shuhan's words, here in Qiu Yizhi, really have the effect of Daigo empowerment, immediately turned over and dismounted, made a gesture to Lin Shuhan, and ordered Zhao Chengxiao to say: "Can't delay, I'll wait for this to mobilize people and horses, and immediately march to Tongguan!" ”

Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, is located in the middle of the world, with Tongguan in the east and Dasanguan in the west. And these two passes have also become the only place to enter and exit Luoyang, as long as these two places are controlled, Luoyang will be foolproof; Similarly, as long as these two passages are blocked, Luoyang can also be besieged.

In today's situation, as long as Qiu Yizhi can rush to Tongguan first, block the suspected assassins who plan to pass through Tongguan, or simply kill them, and at the same time send someone into the pass to get in touch with His Royal Highness, asking him to prepare early and strengthen the guard, he can save his life, and he will also save the capital of Zheng Xinyi.

Thinking about this clearly, Qiu Yizhi did not hesitate, nor did he let his soldiers rest and eat, and immediately waved his army along the official road and went to Tongguan.