"Uncle Shi, now that Shen Yichen doesn't eat hard and soft, then he can only scare him a little. Let him have the illusion that he is worried about his life, so that he will be honest and dare not mention the things reported by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

In terms of background, Shen Yichen is too big, and a single Admiral Xuezheng is enough to suppress the entire Zhenjiang officialdom. If the white road can't get through, you can only take the road of the rivers and lakes and the underworld, and make Shen Yichen shut up in other ways.

"Kind of makes sense."

Zhao Tongju nodded, he had already understood Su Wen's intentions.

Indeed, no matter how powerful Shen Yichen's background is, he is just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old weak scholar, where is his mental strength?

As long as Shen Yichen is under the threat of death, he will be killed and killed if he reports to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, then this matter will be considered a success.

I thought that Su Wen, this kid, only knew how to cause trouble, but I didn't expect that he would actually attack and scheming, and it doesn't seem to be so useless.

"This Shen Yichen only brought a domestic servant, and it looked like going north by boat. If my nephew remembers correctly, the leader of the Canal Jingkou Gang seems to be familiar with Uncle Shi, so why don't you leave this matter to them? ”

The Ming Dynasty General Judgment was in charge of public security and litigation, and he was very familiar with the people in the Three Sects and Nine Streams, so it is not surprising that Zhao Tongju knew these gangsters.

Of course, he really picked it up, and he also knew a lot about Su Wen. But this kind of risky thing, it is better to let Zhao Tong judge to do it, in case Shen Yichen is an iron backbone who can't be scared, and the pot can't fall on him.

"This matter needs to be considered in the long run."

Zhao Tongju didn't agree to it, he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

"Uncle Shi, it's just a matter of coercion and lure by the gangs in the rivers and lakes, it's not a big deal. Even if it doesn't work, it's the work of people in the rivers and lakes, what evidence does Shen Yichen have to prove that it has something to do with us? ”

Su Wen's words made Zhao Tongju a little moved.

After all, the threat of the word "Metropolitan Procuratorate" is too great, and no one dares to guarantee whether Shen Yichen will say it casually or really plan to report it. In the face of his own net worth and life, he can only prevent it from happening.

"Okay, just do what the virtuous nephew says!"

Zhao Tongju gritted his teeth and agreed to it, the matter has come to this point, and he can only help Su Wen wipe his buttocks.

"Then I'll leave everything to Uncle Shi."

After finishing speaking, Su Wen smiled and left.

Although the main reason for his matchmaking was to prevent the greed for money and grain for disaster relief, he was accidentally involved in Shen Yichen's report to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But if he can scare Shen Yichen by the way, or beat him out of anger, Su Wen is even more satisfied, isn't it a beautiful thing to kill two birds with one stone?

Early the next morning, after Shen Yichen had some breakfast casually, he left the inn with Ah Niu, intending to continue to take the boat north.

"Brother Chen, I feel as if someone is following us?"

Walking on the way to the dock, Ah Niu looked back behind him from time to time, but found no traces, so he could only say a word to Shen Yichen in wonder.

"Really?"

Hearing this, Shen Yichen also glanced back, and also didn't find anything unusual.

"Actually, I felt this way last night, but I couldn't be sure that the dark lights were blind at night, and today it became more and more obvious."

"Brother Chen, did you say that the group of sons and brothers last night were looking for someone to follow us?"

"Probably not."

Shen Yichen shook his head, he had already revealed his background last night, he didn't believe in a small Zhenjiang Mansion general judgment, and dared to challenge the supervision of the imperial history.

"Okay."

Ah Niu's face was full of doubts, he felt that he had always been quite accurate, and he shouldn't make a mistake.

Just walked all the way to the dock, the boatman waited at the bow of the boat early, and when he saw Shen Yichen coming, he immediately shouted respectfully: "Shen Xianggong." ”

"You're welcome."

Shen Yichen waved his hand, and then jumped onto the boat, he didn't have so many rules to show off, how to come quickly.

After all, he had already had some contact yesterday, and the boatman was not too surprised by Shen Yichen's easy-goingness. After waiting for Ah Niu to board the boat, he immediately set off at anchor without delaying any time.

At this time, in the distance of the dock, there were several pairs of eyes staring at Shen Yichen, one of which was the two strong men who were arranged to protect Shen Yichen last night.

"Canghuotou, I seem to see the people of the Jingkou Gang following Shen, and I feel that something is wrong."

"The Jingkou Gang is a mafia gang that is attached to Su Wen and their group of sons, could it be that last night's incident has not passed?"

Zheng Xiang is also the one who discovered the Jingkou Gang, he is very familiar with the power of Zhenjiang Mansion, and understands the sphere of influence of each gang and the backers behind it.

"Su Wen's father is the prefect of Zhenjiang, and he is usually used to being domineering, and he was crushed by the head of the Shen case on his own territory, can he swallow this breath?"

"What if he can't swallow it, does he still have the courage to move Shen's case?"

"Theoretically, no, but who knows."

Chatting and chatting, the two realized that things didn't seem to be simple, so Zheng Xiang spoke: "Whether you have the courage or not, I think you still have to tell Brother Ye about this matter and see what he says." ”

"Okay, then let's get out first."

Canghuo also nodded, even if there was no passage that Master Bian said, Shen Yichen's actions last night alone had already won his respect.

Scholars and literati have seen it, and there are countless gentlemen, but I have never seen a few people who can be as gentle and righteous as Shen Yichen, and we must protect him!

In ancient times, the area of the city was not as large as in later generations, and after the boat traveled not far, the buildings on both sides of the bank became sparse, and the farmland in the distance could be faintly seen.

At this time, Shen Yichen took out a copy of "Shiwen Anthology" from his baggage, leaned on the canopy and read the book leisurely. If nothing else, this kind of picture will have to occupy most of the time for the rest of the journey.

I don't know how long it took, there were a few more boats on the water in front of them, and the boatman didn't pay much attention to it at first, and when he gradually got closer, the expression on his face became panicked.

"Shen Xianggong, there are a few clippers in front of you, I'm afraid it's not good."

The so-called clipper is a boatman who begs for a living on the water, and it is a general term for boats with a narrow shape and fast speed.

This kind of ship is not suitable for carrying goods in order to pursue speed, and was originally invented to carry people, and later became a sentry ship for sailors, which is more military than military.

If this kind of boat is found in the canal, there is a high probability that it is a local water gang, and a small probability is a water bandit. Anyway, no matter which faction it is, it's not a good sign.

After all, Ah Niu has been in the market, and when he heard the name Clipper, he immediately became alert. He even took out a self-defense dagger from his baggage in case of emergency

Before setting off, in order to travel conveniently, he specially changed into Xiucai's shirt, just to show his identity and avoid some unnecessary trouble.

But the fame of this thing is not to prevent thieves, and the other party will not eat this set.

"Brother Chen, if something really happens, I'll drag them down, and you can find a way to go first!"

Ah Niu's words are very righteous, but the occasion is not quite right, there is a vast white water around him, and he can run a fart!

In an instant, several clippers had already surrounded the boats, and Shen Yichen could clearly see more than a dozen men in strong suits standing on the other boat, staring at a few of them with unkindness.

The boatman of the bird boat used to run Caoyun, and he was relatively familiar with the forces on this canal, and he recognized the clipper boat at a glance as the local Jingkou Gang in Zhenjiang.

Seeing that it was a local gang, the boatman breathed a sigh of relief. Because rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest these days, compared with the flowing water bandits, the local gangs will leave a line.

If you are unlucky, it is okay to be robbed to save your life, and if you are lucky, you will be safe and sound if you pay for the road.

So the boatman directly shouted to the other party: "Ladies and gentlemen of the Jingkou Gang, we are ships that have entered Beijing to take the exam, and we hope to raise our noble hands and do well." ”

Under normal circumstances, it would not be too much for the gang to encounter a taxi boat that entered Beijing to catch the exam.

First of all, it is naturally a literati noble, and you don't know how much power there is behind this scholar, and whether there will be a big man in the same year as his fellow villagers.

If the matter is made bigger, and the imperial court is attracted to send troops to surround and suppress it, any gang will kill itself in front of the state apparatus.

The second point is that the money that the scholars bring to the examination is not too much, and it is probably some silver money necessary for life, unlike merchants who will carry large sums of money.

Combining these two points, the risk of robbing the scholars who are rushing to take the exam is extremely high, but the return is very low, as long as the brain is okay, they will give face.

But this time, something is wrong. The members of the Jingkou Gang on the fast boat, after hearing that Shen Yichen was a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam, were unmoved, as if they had set their goal.

"I'm afraid this noble hand can't be raised, it's only because you offended someone who shouldn't be offended."

After the leader of the clippers said this, they all showed their swords and soldiers, and they looked like they wanted to take people's lives.

So ruthless?

Seeing the other party's attitude, Shen Yichen was also a little caught off guard.

At this moment, Shen Yichen has not realized this matter, and it has something to do with Zhao Tongju and Su Wen of Zhenjiang Mansion.

After all, there was a skirmish in his eyes, and he used Sun Tixue to suppress the other party, even if he was resentful and unconvinced, it was far from the point of taking people's lives.

Seeing that Shen Yichen seemed to be frightened, the person headed by the Jingkou Gang showed an imperceptible chuckle at the corner of his mouth.

is really a weak and cowardly scholar, he hasn't said anything cruel yet, he was frightened just by showing the knife, it is really like a silver wax spear. Zhao Tong's hands-on fee is also too easy to get.

Just as the Jingkou gang was about to board the ship to continue intimidating and threatening Shen Yichen, several clippers appeared behind the bird boat and were speeding towards them. Even to speed things up, the sides of the boat were covered with rowing oars.

Brother Ye was standing at the bow of the boat at the moment, holding the steel knife tightly in his hand, and the expression on his face was extremely solemn.

was originally going to have a big battle with the officers and soldiers, but since there was someone who didn't dare to provoke Shen Yichen, then he would take the Jingkou Gang to open the knife in advance!