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, looking at the northwest, it 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 just at the confluence of the Wei River and the big river, although the mountains on both sides of the river have brought many inconveniences in the traffic, but the river is on the side, the traffic hub place, logically speaking, 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 afford to make jīng shenlai, pancakes, and 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 such a thing as today, a strange day, last year the river flooded, broke the upstream embankment, the yellow waves directly 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 heart-wrenching toss also made the entire Yingzhou seem lifeless.

Two strange officials, this Yingzhou Zhizhou was the protégé of the Son of Heaven back then, but he did not have the slightest blessing of the Holy Son of Heaven, and he only knew how to be powerful and prosperous in the state city, and he was on the peak, oppressing the businessmen 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 harsh on taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it has been passed down that this Zhizhou Lord 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 away, and the serious businessmen were too late to hide, who would dare to stay in the city.

Three strange thieves, the people of Yingzhou are fierce, and they have a glorious tradition of carrying a hoe against the government since ancient times.

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, just when the people of Yingzhou were slightly happy in their hearts, thinking that the Zhizhou was finally going to collapse, but the 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 what yīn 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, the largest cottage seems to have been bloodied in a day, and the bandits are torn apart.

............ 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 if the thieves fall, there will be a large number of more bandits soon. The common people are still living in such hardship, and there will be no qualitative changes.

In a warehouse next to the wharf, 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 which 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, the wheels of the genuine bandits are dusty 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 general big boat suddenly stopped on the wharf, the hull of the ship was about eighty percent new, looking at the shade of green moss on the horizontal board of the ship, everyone who has been mixed on the wharf all the year round knows that the ship has not been launched for a long time. Nowadays, this kind of big ship is rare in Yingzhou, for the bandits, this is a rare big fat sheep, while the people on the boat get off the boat to buy vegetables and 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 opening Chūn does need silver, otherwise he would not have robbed the ship 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." These words were immediately echoed by the accomplices, who 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, thinking that this leader was ruthless and ruthless, and he was extremely accurate in picking targets, taking advantage of the opportunity that there was no one in Zhizhou, he took his brothers to do a few big cases, but they were just ...... Sometimes it's a little too careful, safety issues, this should go to 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 dark face and was thin, and said flatteringly: "Don't worry, there are more than a dozen guards on it, with a maid ring and a child, the main family is a weak young man, who looks beautiful, but he doesn'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, and relaxed a little, if the tea merchant was really a person with a heart, he would not take a woman to drift on the river, maybe he was really a useless second ancestor, thinking that the bright silver was more comfortable than the silver ticket.

As for the dozen or so guards, they are not in her eyes, the dozen or so brothers under her hands are all bandits with several lives on their hands, she believes that when they get on the boat at night, those guards can only choose to die, or jump into the river.

The thieves around her glanced at each other, and suddenly laughed extremely evilly, and said, "Sister Guan, it's been done at 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 follow 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." ”

―――――――――――――――――――――― night outside Yingzhou City, it was very quiet, and the moon on the opposite side of the river on the Xiongling Mountain 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 the time when the people were sleeping soundly, and the lights on the boats had been extinguished, and the merchants had already fallen asleep.

Under the light of the moon, more than a dozen black shadows silently touched the shore, dived into the river, and after swimming to the largest hull, they took out things such as hooks from their bodies, 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, took advantage of the shadow of the cabin, and went directly to the rear, and everyone in the warehouse discussed clearly, and knew the layout of the ship well, 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, the person who can carry so many silver taels with her, even if it is the second ancestor, I am afraid that it is also the richest second ancestor in Kyoto, once this matter is revealed, in the face of the anger in Kyoto, I am afraid that the son behind him will also 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!

............ 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 realized that no matter how bright the moonlight was and how beautiful the silver was, it was impossible 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, instantly breaking down the defense and mental defense of this female bandit of the great river, making her watch in pain as her left hand was cut off, and blood gushed out with severe pain!

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 big mess, and all the thieves who came with her were easily disarmed and knocked unconscious, 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 broken hand, as if there was a ruthless female bandit on his 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.