In the endless darkness, under the whirring night wind, hundreds of war horses galloped wildly, and the cavalry team led by Yang Hongwen did not even light up a torch, and even in the middle of the night, everyone could not see each other's faces. And tonight's moonlight is also extremely hazy, it seems that the mist rising from the South China Sea in the evening will be hidden by the moon that should be bright hanging in the sky, and the hazy moonlight is then blocked by the trees on both sides of the official road, and it is almost invisible when it is sprinkled on the ground.

With the faint light that gradually appeared in the distance, there was no need for Yang Hongwen to give an order, a team of ten people urged the horses to jump away from the team, and at the same time of a few scolds, the war horse under the crotch suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Guangzhou City, where the fire at the head of the city could already be seen.

With the opening of the vanguard team, although there is only a short time to communicate with the defenders in the city, but at present, the bandit army is already very important in Guangzhou Mansion, and it is not uncommon to go out to suppress bandits and return to the city late at night like this, and when Yang Hongwen led a large group of men and horses to arrive in the city, the south gate of Guangzhou Mansion has been opened.

Under the bright fire outside the city, Yang Hongwen just nodded slightly at his henchmen who were talking to the defending generals, and rushed into the Guangzhou Mansion non-stop, leaving only the gray choking dust in the night, and even the defending generals were very puzzled by this, Yang Hongwen on weekdays is not like this, even if he is not enthusiastic about the one around him, but Yang Hongwen will not do anything like running wild in the city late at night.

As everyone knows, Yang Hongwen has not stopped for a minute since he left Fuxu Port, not to mention that he has now entered Guangzhou Mansion, how can Yang Hongwen, who has been anxious all the way, be half slack, at this time, he simply can't wait to give birth to a pair of wings behind his back and fly directly to his home.

The team led by Yang Hongwen is not simple, even Zhang Yurou, who has been hiding in Fuxu Port and has refused to return to Guangzhou Mansion, is also among them, but not long after entering the city, he went straight to Zhangfu accompanied by Zhang Wu and Saidgade, but he was accompanied by Liu Sheng, who had been in a coma since leaving Fuxu Port.

As for the matter of Fuxu Town, it is not that everyone is worried, the Nanhai Gang is temporarily in charge of Lu Dachi of Xiaonanhai, and as for Ding Li, who was arrested, it is taken care of by Captain Fan Yingfan of Dongying in the open.

Yang Hongwen was really anxious this time, Zhang Mingzhi was injured by an arrow and fled on a sea boat with the charge of smuggling, Ding Li was arrested for harboring Zhang Mingzhi and holding the city envoy hostage, after arriving at the Yang Mansion, Yang Hongwen did not jump off the horse as usual and threw the mount to the guards outside the door, but directly rode into the Yang Mansion, and under the watchful eyes of a group of panicked guards, he rushed directly to the backyard in front of his father Yang Ru's bedroom before he hurriedly pulled the reins and strangled the war horse.

"Daddy! Dad!! Big things are wrong! In the anxious shout, Yang Hongwen jumped off the horse without waiting for the mount to be steady, and after stumbling a few steps to grasp the balance, regardless of Yang Ru, who had already fallen asleep, he slammed open the door and rushed in, stepped in front of the bedroom screen on the side in a few steps, panting and continuing to shout: "Daddy! Big things are not good, big things are happening!! Shouyi went to sea, and Shouyi was found to be smuggling on the spot by the people of the city! There is also Ziyi, Ziyi is Ali, Ding Li! Ding Li was caught! In order to save Shouyi, Ziyi hijacked Tian Gaolang, the envoy of the city! Now I've been taken away by the city! ”

"What?!" Yang Ru, who originally got up on the bed, was still a little dizzy, and he also knew Zhang Yurou's birthday, so he accompanied his friend Zhang Kuang in Zhang's Mansion last night to celebrate Zhang Yurou's birthday, and the elderly Yang Ru drank a few more glasses, but at this time, after listening to Yang Hongwen's simple explanation, the wine in his mind suddenly dissipated, and the whole person also bounced up from the bed, quickly jumped to the hanger next to him, picked up a robe and draped it on his body, and strode towards Yang Hongwen outside the room, not only his face was extremely solemn in an instant, but even the tone of his mouth was even more gloomy. There was even a hint of hoarseness: "How could this happen?" Did you inform Uncle Zhang? Also, what about the righteousness and the righteousness? What does Tian Gaolang want to do? ”

"Shouyi has already gone to sea, it stands to reason that there will be no problems, although he is injured, but the injury is not serious, plus timely treatment, there will be no problems!" Yang Hongwen stepped forward and pulled the robe that was almost hanging on his father, his brows were tightly locked, and he responded in a low tone: "It's Ziyi, the situation may not be too optimistic, although Tian Gaolang is unlikely to kill Ziyi directly, but I'm afraid Ziyi will suffer some hardships!" ”

Speaking of these, Yang Hongwen even regretted why he didn't stop Ding Li in the first place, or let Ding Li escape to the sea together, and at the same time, Yang Hongwen remembered that Ding Li had saved himself one night a few months ago, and suddenly Yang Hongwen reached out and grabbed Yang Ru's arm, and his tone was already with a pleading cry: "Daddy!" Hurry up and think of a way to save Ziyi! Save Ziyi! Ziyi once saved me! Dad! You know, Ziyi is also my savior! Can't let Ziyi die like this! ”

"This daddy has no choice but to find your Uncle Li!" Yang Ru, who slowly paced to the door, frowned, under the moonlight at the junction, there was a trace of silver light flashing above his head, it seemed that this sudden change made the elderly Yang Ru suddenly have a few more gray hairs, and then Yang Ru's eyes also flashed with cold light, and his whole body exuded an aura that did not match his age: "Let the people below carry their horses!" Let's go to Zhang's Mansion to find your Uncle Zhang first! I will go to Jiedu Mansion with your Uncle Zhang! ”

As he spoke, Yang Ru's slightly rickety body slowly straightened, as if he had suddenly become extremely tall, and he even raised his hand and patted Yang Hongwen on the shoulder, and his tone revealed a confidence that could not be ignored: "Don't worry!" Ziyi can't die! In Guangzhou Mansion, the people who want to kill Ziyi and can kill Ziyi are probably not born yet! Hum! Just because he Tian Gaolang is a city envoy, I think that the Jiedu Mansion really doesn't dare to do anything to him?! ”

Hearing this, Yang Hongwen was stunned, his father Yang Ru's words made Yang Hongwen feel a little confused, but there was a sentence that Yang Hongwen heard very clearly and clearly, and the father who was standing next to him revealed great confidence said that Ding Li couldn't die!

The gardens of Zhangfu are extremely extravagant, not only with a group of rockeries made of countless natural granite, but also with a pool of hot springs in it, and on the other side of the hot springs is a stream, but few people know that this stream is sustained by several natural springs, rather than the ordinary artificially created ones.

Under the gazebo next to the stream, Zhang Kuang and Uncle Xiang have been sitting here for more than an hour, and since the end of the dinner to send off the Jiedu envoy Li Yu and his old friend Yang Ru, Zhang Kuang and Uncle Xiang have been sitting in this pavilion.

A small purple and gold stove, with a clay pot on the scarlet charcoal fire, but there are four cups on the stone table, and in addition to the one in front of Uncle Xiang and Zhang Kuang, the tea in the other two cups will always be replaced with freshly boiled tea.

The hot spring kept steaming out a hazy mist, making the two people under the pavilion feel like they were in a fairyland, but the conversation between the two was not a word, as if neither of them wanted to concentrate on each other.

"Ah Xiang, you have been with me for so many years, we are also from brothers who have passed away, you tell me the truth, Yurou's child's birthday, should I go to Fuxu Town?" Throughout the night, Zhang Kuang was always entangled in this question, even if he didn't ask as bluntly as now, he would also hint at Uncle Xiang who was sitting opposite, but this kind of thing, Uncle Xiang didn't want to mix more, so naturally he could hide for a while, so after more than an hour, Zhang Kuang couldn't help but ask directly.

But as soon as the words were asked, Zhang Kuang sighed deeply, looked up at the not-so-bright moonlight in the sky, and watched the mist rising in the sky continue to appear in front of him to block the moonlight, Zhang Kuang lowered his head again in frustration and looked at the teacup on the stone table.

Four years ago, the Zhang Chamber of Commerce was in its heyday, even if Zhang Kuang's relationship with the Jiedu envoy Li Zhen at that time was extraordinary, and even no one in the entire Guangzhou Mansion dared to argue with the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, but Zhang Kuang, who had a keen insight, knew very well that since the Zhang Chamber of Commerce had reached its peak, it would inevitably gradually decline.

At that time, the observation envoy Cao Zheng was transferred to Lingnan Dongdao, and at the same time, the Cao Chamber of Commerce began to rise, and at that time, the relationship between the Jiedu envoy and the observer envoy was not bad, so Zhang Kuang also began to find another way out, marrying the observer envoy and carrying out a political marriage.

Since ancient times, there will be people who pay the price for political marriages, and the only price that Zhang Kuang could pay at that time was his daughter Zhang Yurou. And Cao Xiangming at that time was also a first-class young talent in Guangzhou Mansion, and Zhang Kuang even saw that the other party was higher than his son Zhang Mingzhi, second only to his old friend Yang Ru's tiger son Yang Hongwen.

It's just that Zhang Yurou's temperament is not at ease with what happens, and even Zhang Yurou, who has been willful since childhood, completely refused to obey Zhang Kuang's arrangement, coupled with the rebellion at the time, Zhang Yurou has never been able to treat Cao Xiangming squarely, and on the eve of the big wedding after Zhang Kuang's private marriage, Zhang Yurou went to sea by boat with the help of her younger brother Zhang Mingzhi to escape the marriage.

And this, it also officially triggered the resentment between the Zhang family and the Cao family, the marriage at that time has been spread throughout the Guangzhou Mansion, but Zhang Yurou's sudden disappearance made the Cao family lose face, and there were some political differences, this originally not big crack instantly cracked, and it was rapidly expanding, which also caused the situation that the two chambers of commerce were incompatible later.

Thinking of this, Zhang Kuang sighed deeply again, and even lowered the helpless old face deeply, as if he wanted to hide under the stone table, or even hide underground.

Seeing this, Uncle Xiang on the other side could only shake his head and sigh helplessly, but he didn't know how to comfort Zhang Kuang, everything that happened before, Uncle Xiang had personally experienced it, but even so, if Uncle Xiang was asked to comment on what was right and wrong, Uncle Xiang himself would not be able to speak. After all, from Zhang Kuang's point of view, everything he did at the beginning was not wrong at all, and he might sacrifice part of Zhang Yurou's happiness, but it could be exchanged for the Zhang Chamber of Commerce to reach a new peak again.

Just when Uncle Xiang was very embarrassed about how to answer, there was a sudden noise in the silence, and several of the shouts were even more shocking to Uncle Xiang and Zhang Kuang, who was distressed and worried.

"Miss! Miss! Slow down, slow down, it's dark, be careful, be careful! ”

It was the people in the house who spoke, but this was not the point, but the person who said it.

Eldest Miss, Zhang's eldest Miss, Zhang Yurou.