The fifth volume of Jinghua Jiangnan Chapter 79 Yingzhou is located in the north of the river, just surrounded by countless mountains and rivers, to the east is the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and to the northwest is the Kyoto important place in the center of Qingguo, this state is not far from the two most prosperous places in Qingguo, and it is at the intersection of the Wei River and the Great River, although the mountains and mountains on both sides of the river have brought many inconveniences in transportation, but the river is on the side, the traffic hub place, according to reason, it should be a gathering of businessmen, a busy, people's livelihood and well-being.

It's just that today's Yingzhou City looks a little dilapidated, not how bleak the scenery is, how old the houses are, but the pedestrians walking on the street are dull and lifeless, and the street vendors can't cheer up, pancakes, fruits...... It's like it's cooled and wilted.

Even on the wharf outside the city, it is not very lively, most of the ships going back and forth along the Qingguo River choose to go to the downstream wharf to berth, and abandon here, only a few boats are parked on the wharf, which makes it seem that there is a new big ship in eighty percent of it is particularly conspicuous.

The reason why Yingzhou will become what it is today, a strange day, last year the river flooded, broke the upstream embankment, the yellow waves flooded the field, I don't know how many people drowned, how many houses were washed away, fortunately the weather was cold after the disaster, and there was no major epidemic, but such a heartbreaking toss also made the entire Yingzhou seem lifeless.

The second strange official, this Yingzhou Zhizhou was the protégé of the Son of Heaven back then, but he did not get the slightest blessing of the Holy Son of Heaven, and he only knew how to be a powerful and blessed person in the state city all day long, and he was on the peak, bullying the merchants and the people, not to mention repairing the river, and even the general law and order could not be maintained, only knowing that he was collecting taxes and miscellaneous taxes. And it has always been rumored that this Lord Zhizhou has something to do with the bandits in the mountains across the river. In such a state, the natural livelihood of the people withered, the business travel sneaked, and it was too late for serious businessmen to hide. Who would dare to stay in the city?

Three strange thieves, the people of Yingzhou are fierce, and they have had a glorious tradition of carrying a hoe against the government since ancient times, and now there is such a ghost official. Naturally, more and more poor people went down the river and up the mountain.

However, since the beginning of this year, the situation seems to have changed a lot, first of all, the Yingzhou Zhizhou was invited to drink tea by the Supervision Yuan's four inspection departments in the state city, and the people of Yingzhou were slightly happy in their hearts, thinking that the Zhizhou was finally going to collapse. This Zhizhou was respectfully sent back by the Supervision Yuan. And just when people were disappointed to think that Yingzhou was still going to fall like this, this Zhizhou died!

Someone from Kyoto checked for a long time before confirming that Zhizhou's death had nothing to do with any conspiracy, but just died of illness.

On the day of Zhizhou's death, the people of Yingzhou City silently lit countless strings of firecrackers. Naturally, no one dared to say that it was to celebrate the death of the plague god, but let people who didn't know the inside story think that the people of Yingzhou chose to marry collectively on this day.

Another change is that the bandits in the mountains across the river seem to be much more honest, and the largest cottage seems to have been bloodied in one day, and the bandits are torn apart. It is rumored that a big man in the rivers and lakes has come from Jiangnan and is trying to ambush these forces.

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The people of Yingzhou were not happy for long, and they only thought that they had a small year ahead of schedule.

Because Zhizhou is dead, the imperial court will send another Zhizhou next year, and the bandit will collapse. Soon there will be a large number of more bandits. The lives of ordinary people are still so difficult, and there will be no change in texture.

In a warehouse next to the pier. More than a dozen coolies were discussing something together, even if the dock was light, but chatting in broad daylight was not the professional attitude that coolies should have after all, and the cruel look on their faces seemed to reveal their other identity.

Surrounded in the middle was a woman, about twenty years old, with good facial features, not a beauty, but there was a touch of ruthlessness between her eyebrows and eyes, as soon as she opened her mouth, the men around her obediently stopped talking, it seemed that she was a leader.

"I found out that it was a merchant who collected tea and came from Kyoto. ”

"Sister Guan, they have guards on board. A coolie reminded.

The person called Sister Guan is a well-known bandit leader near Yingzhou, she has not been in Yingzhou for a long time, but she has gathered a large number of powerful thief leaders, all of whom are legendary, and there is a big background behind her.

Sister Guan sneered: "It's just some businessmen, what's the matter? Besides, you have also stepped on it, so how heavy is the box in the back wing, don't you need to say?"

The words were flat, but at the mention of the box, the coolies' eyes began to burn. Walking on the rivers and lakes, genuine bandits look at the dust raised by the wheels to judge the weight of the goods in the car, so as to judge the value. And the bandits near Yingzhou should actually belong to the first-class water pirates, and what they are best at is judging what exactly is on board from the draft of the ship.

Yesterday, the dock suddenly stopped the general big boat, the hull of the ship is about eighty percent new, look at the boat on the horizontal board of the green shade, perennial mixed dock on the ground people know that the ship has not been launched for a long time. Now Yingzhou has rarely seen this kind of big ship, for the bandits, this is a rare big fat sheep, while the people on the boat get off the boat to buy food vegetables and clear water, someone has already inquired about the things on the ship.

What made these thieves wonder was how it was possible that since they were merchants who collected tea, they could weigh such a heavy load of goods at the back of the ship, so that the draft of this ship was obviously very different from that of the ships they were usually seen. This question was finally answered after a well-eyed cookwoman got on board the ship - in the heavily guarded wing room at the back of the ship, there was a box, and looking at the bearing capacity of the ship's board and the faint scratches on the key of the box, the thieves were extremely sharp to find that the box was full of silver!

"No one would bring so much silver to Jiangnan to collect tea. ”

Sister Guan actually still has some doubts in her heart, but since Gongzi wants to ambush the bandits near Yingzhou, he always has to make a few big deals, so that these sweaty thieves around him can smell some fragrance, and what Gongzi wants to do after the beginning of spring really needs silver, otherwise he would not have robbed ships in such a hurry.

A famous bandit also felt that something was wrong, and said: "The draft is deep, and there is no cargo on the ship...... Maybe it was the bilge pressing the river stone, and the third sister-in-law didn't see it clearly. ”

Sister Guan shook her head and said, "It's not a sea ship, what are you going to do with the ballast stone?" I just think it's strange, the merchant on that big ship...... Why do you want to bring so much cash? ”

"Cash is good. One of the thieves grinned and said, "I didn't dare to take the silver ticket after grabbing it." This was immediately echoed by his accomplices. They laughed in unison, and the laughter was full of greed.

Sister Guan frowned and said, "The question is...... What other merchant would bring cash? Aren't they worried about security?"

The thieves looked at Sister Guan and thought to themselves that this leader was fierce and ruthless, and he was extremely accurate in picking targets, taking advantage of the opportunity that there was no one in Zhizhou. took the brothers to do a few big cases, but it was just ...... Sometimes it's a little too careful, and when it comes to safety, you should ask the stupid tea merchant. Ask the brothers what to do?

Sister Guan waved her hand and called over to the third sister-in-law who was in charge of finding out the news. The third sister-in-law had a black and thin face, and said flatteringly: "Don't worry, there are more than a dozen guards on it, with a maid ring and a child." The master was a weak young man, who looked beautiful, but he didn't know how to hide it at all. I think it was the second ancestor of a rich family in Beijing who was driven to Jiangnan by the elders to temper it. ”

With Yahuan, I think it is a young businessman who can't bear to be lonely at night. Sister Guan sneered. Relax a little, if the tea merchant is really a person with a heart, he will not take a woman to drift on the river, maybe he is really a useless second ancestor, thinking that the bright silver is more comfortable than the silver ticket.

As for the dozen or so guards, they were not in her eyes. The dozen or so brothers under her command are all bandits who have several lives on their hands, and she believes that when they get on the boat at night, those guards can only choose between death and jumping into the river.

The bandits around her glanced at each other. Suddenly, he laughed very obscenely and said, "Sister Guan." It was done in the night...... Give us that ring. ”

Sister Guan's eyes blinked, revealing a hint of disdain: "Look at your little bit of talent! As long as the money is in hand, other things will naturally be up to you." ”

After she paused, she laughed, and her laughter was extremely cold: "Clean your hands and feet, don't leave a living mouth, and then pull the boat to Erhu Beach and burn it." ”

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At night outside the city of Yingzhou, it was very quiet, and the moon on the male ridge on the other side of the river coldly shone on the rushing river, and it seemed that the roar of the river was also calmed down a lot. There were a few lonely boats moored on the docks, and the hour had passed, and it was time for the people to sleep soundly, and the lights on the boats had been extinguished, and the merchants had already gone to sleep.

Under the light of the moon, more than a dozen black shadows silently touched the shore, dived into the river, swam to the largest hull, and then took out the hook rope and other ground things from the body, and some were just empty-handed, and climbed along the rope to the boat, like countless apes that were drenched in water, and their skills were extremely neat.

In just a few moments, these night raiders had already touched the big ship and disappeared into the darkness.

Sister Guan held a cold knife in her mouth, went up to the second floor silently, and took advantage of the shadow of the cabin to cover it, and went directly to the back, and everyone in the warehouse discussed it clearly, and she knew everything about the layout of the ship, knowing that the box full of silver was behind the cabin.

In the darkness behind her, there was a faint popping sound, followed by a soft thud as someone fell on the deck. She frowned, thinking that these little bunnies didn't know how to do it carefully, in case they alarmed all the guards at the same time, although they were not afraid, they were always troublesome.

Came to the outside of the chamber, some surprises did not find the guard, at this time there were a few muffled snorts on the ship in the night, Sister Guan knew that her subordinates were gradually invading the middle cabin, her heart was slightly settled, her fingers hooked the door panel, the tip of the knife was forced, and she opened the door softly, and the next moment of effort, she was already in the dark, and touched a box.

Through the faint afterglow from the window in front of her, Sister Guan saw the size of the box clearly, and couldn't help but gasp...... But Sister Guan touched the box in disbelief and estimated the size...... Oh my God, how much silver does it take to fill such a large chest!

She suddenly felt a little afraid, being able to carry so many silver and two people with her, even if it was the second ancestor, I was afraid that it was also the richest second ancestor in Kyoto, once this matter was revealed, in the face of the anger of Kyoto, I was afraid that the son behind me would be a little unbearable.

Don't kill that Second Ancestor!" This was the first thought that sprung up in Sister Guan's heart, but she immediately thought that the wood was already in the boat, and she couldn't help but hesitate, and so much silver was enough to do too many things.

She carefully figured out the tools and took a long time to open the box.

A piece of silver light suddenly sprinkled the entire cabin!

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Sister Guan looked at the box in front of her in a daze, her face full of shock and incredulity!

Even though she was a person who lived on the edge of a knife, and was accustomed to seeing silver with blood, she was still dazzled by the neat silver ingots in the box tonight, and she was dazzled, and her usual cold eyes began to reveal greed.

But she immediately became alert, no matter how bright the moonlight was, no matter how beautiful the silver was, it would not be possible to emit such an alluring light!

She looked back and saw a middle-aged man with a calm face, holding a white light in one hand and a surprisingly long Pu knife in the other, looking at her coldly.

Tiger Guard Gundam, according to Fan Xian's instructions, had given Sister Guan enough time to appreciate the silver, and slashed down with a knife very slowly.

Sister Guan raised her knife.

However, the sluggish long knife was like an unstoppable flood, which instantly broke down the defense and mental defense of this female bandit of the great river, making her watch her left hand being cut off in pain while she was terrified, and blood gushed out with severe pain!

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The middle cabin of the ship was lit up, and Sister Guan, who was dragged into the house, had messy hair and was in a mess, and all the thieves who came to the ship with her had already been easily disarmed and knocked unconscious, and were tied up like brown children, and neatly thrown on the deck, and a few six swordsmen dressed in black who were on duty at night were guarding in all directions as if nothing had happened.

She raised her head, through her hair, and looked at the handsome young man on the Taishi's chair with a tired face and an annoyed face, and somehow her heart shuddered. Who was living on this ship? He was able to use so many masters as guards, and the person who used to wield the knife was like a generation of sword masters--At this time, she naturally understood that the young second ancestor that the third sister-in-law was talking about must not be an ordinary tea merchant.

"Guan Charming?" the young man in the chair asked with a look at the female bandit with a broken hand, as if he had a ruthless face, yawning and asking with interest on his face.

The young man is naturally Fan Xian, he stopped the boat in Yingzhou, he was going to deal with some of Hong Zhu's affairs, but he didn't expect to provoke some small thieves who didn't have long eyes, but he saw at a glance that the woman in front of him was the female thief who was being chased by the portrait in the file of the Supervision Institute, and couldn't help but be happy, thinking that he just didn't think about how to talk about the matter in Jiangnan, so he sent one to the door.