Chapter 219: Hezhou Encounters Obstacles
On March 27, the second day after the Lin family's fleet left Changzhou, King An raised the anti-flag, and the two prefectures of Hubei and Hubei defected, respecting King An as the master. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are in chaos.
"What did you say?"
People in the streets and alleys of Xuanzhou City were panicked, and a man with a round face asked with wide eyes.
The short-bearded man with a face opposite him said mysteriously, "I also heard that the one in Xingyang was jealous of King An's good name, so he put the blame for the breaking of the Wolong Embankment on King An, and wanted to ask King An for the crime."
The fat round-faced man's eyes widened, and the fat on his face only trembled, "Wolong Causeway is in Raozhou, far away from Wolong Causeway."
The man with the face of Shen sighed, "Whoever this matter falls on, everyone has to stand up and ask for an explanation."
"Phew!" The beggar who was biting the willow branch that was returning to the green and smashing it spoke, "What a question, he is a rebellion. Having said that, King An is the uncle of Long Live himself, how should the nine clans of his family be punished?"
"That's right, this is going to be punished, they are all relatives of the emperor and the country, right?"
The people on the street crooked the building, and began to count how many branches of King An's nine clans overlapped with today's nine clans, and they were so angry that Shen Zi grabbed the wall with his face, "You haven't seen King An, you should have seen King An's son, right?" How could a fairy-like character like Prince An risk the world's disapproval......
Before he could finish speaking, someone outside the alley ran and shouted, "Go to Sanshan Academy, Mr. Dongzhu has something important to talk about."
"Go, go!" As soon as they heard that there was a bustle, everyone jumped up and ran, and they didn't care about patting the dirt off their bodies.
When they ran to Sanshan Academy, the entrance of the academy was already crowded, and they couldn't squeeze in, so they could only stand on their feet and look forward desperately.
Someone rang a few bells on the high platform, and after the scene was quiet, Mr. Dongzhu, dressed in a light gray robe, walked up to the high platform, bowed his hands to everyone, and shouted.
The beggar who bit the willow branch scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, "I can't hear a word of what the gentleman is saying."
The round-faced fat man who tried to tiptoe but could only see the back of the head of the person in front of him was also in a hurry, "That's it, hey, brothers in front, what did Mr. say?"
"Don't make any noise, it's annoying!"
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In the midst of the noise, there was a sudden sound of indignant cursing in front, and the people behind were even more anxious, "What did Mr. say, why are you still scolding?"
After Mr. Dongzhu finished speaking, the news from the front finally reached the back, "Mr. Dongzhu said that the person who kidnapped him from Wusha Town last year and wanted to kill him later was sent by King An's Mansion. If you don't believe me, you can go to the front and see that Mr. Totake has posted a post on the outer wall of the college revealing the truth of the matter."
Everyone in the back was stunned for a moment, and then fried the pot with a "bang".
The man with a face frowned, "It's impossible, King An is so dignified, what are you doing with Mr. Dongzhu."
The chubby-faced man looked excited, "The text has been posted, isn't the words of my first hermit in the six states still credible?" I'm going to take a look!"
"Brothers, brothers...... The yamen also posted an official document against King An, and also listed the sixteen major crimes of King An."
Before the excitement here was finished, there was another thunderclap from behind the crowd.
"Phew!"
The beggar with the willow branch in his mouth spit out the willow branch, pulled out his legs and ran to the Xuanzhou Yamen. When I ran to the Xuanzhou Yamen in a stinky sweat, I found that there was also a sea of people outside the Yamen.
When he squeezed in, he realized that the official document posted by the yamen was the "Seeking Peace" written by Mr. Dongzhu, the first hermit in Liuzhou.
This lap is considered to be in vain......
After half a day's work, King An's crimes spread all over the streets and alleys of Xuanzhou City, and the voices of the people scolding King An were everywhere. Even the Shenzi-faced man who witnessed the demeanor of King An's son last year began to cross his waist at this time and scolded King An's father and son for their human faces and beast hearts. ap.
A similar scene was staged in various counties of Xuanzhou, and the good reputation accumulated by King An's father and son for more than ten years was ruined by Mr. Dongzhu's "Seeking An Wang".
Contrary to Xuanzhou, the voices of grievances for King An's father and son in the state prevailed. It was also in such an atmosphere that the fleet of the Lin family and the Liangdao Dart Bureau sailed into the waters controlled by the Hezhou Yamen.
He was stopped by the yacha.
Father Lin took Shen Ge and Lu Daoliang off the boat, and politely saluted the errand officer with a smile, but before Father Lin could speak, the errand officer had already widened his eyes.
"Are you blind? Didn't see the notice posted by the yamen? King An rebelled, martial law on the Yangtze River, and you waited to stop the boat and accept inspection!"
More than a dozen officials on the shore followed and shouted to let the big ship lower its plank.
Lin Quan stepped forward and gave the leading official a piece of silver, and the official stuffed the silver into his sleeve, and his face looked a lot better, "This is an order from Lord Taishou himself, and we can't do anything about it."
"Yes, the official is tired." Father Lin smiled and handed over the Lin family's ferry ticket, "The grass people are from Xuanzhou, and they have four boats to transport grain, cloth, timber and other goods back from Changzhou, and they have hired four boats from the Liangdao Dart Bureau to escort them, please check them."
When the errand officer inspected, Father Lin stood beside him neither humbly nor arrogantly, and let the fierce and vicious officials look at and evaluate it.
Father Lin, who walks around and does business all year round, is not afraid of official greed, just feed some silver.
"Smack." The messenger closed the ticket, rolled his eyes and looked at the big ship, "The bill is fine, the officer wants to get on the ship and inspect the goods according to the ticket."
"Hurry up, didn't you hear what my family said?"
"Let's put the shipboard yet!"
The officials behind the errand shouted five and six, this scene Father Lin had encountered several times along the road, and they already had experience in dealing with it.
When Father Lin unhurriedly ordered someone to put the plank, Shen Ge stepped forward and stuffed a silver ticket to the errand officer without a trace, and asked seriously, "My lord, do you think it is to inspect the grain, cloth, or wood and other groceries?"
There are too many goods on board, just a few errands, if all of them are inspected, I am afraid that they will not be able to be inspected in five days. Therefore, according to the convention, a few random inspections will be carried out, and as long as they can be matched with the account books, they can be released.
The messenger took the money, and of course he was very talkative, and ordered a large ship of cloth. After some inspection (accepting bribes), the officer, who had stuffed his sleeves, led the people off the boat, and was about to order them to let them go, when he heard someone shouting loudly.
"Wait!"
Shen Ge stepped forward and lowered his voice and said in his father-in-law's ear, "The person who came is Zheng Yongfu, the secretary of Hezhou Sicang, the person from King An. His nephew, Zheng Changming, has some friendship with his son-in-law, and his son-in-law has sent someone to invite him."
Father Lin nodded slightly, "Act when you see the opportunity, if it doesn't work, let's show the sign, try not to do it, and make money in harmony."
"Yes." Shen Ge responded.
Zheng Yongfu grabbed the reins of the horse, swept Lin Ru and Lu Daoliang with his gaze, and stayed on Shen Ge for a moment before he said with a tense face, "This official has received a secret report that these ships are for the thieves to transport money and grain, and they will all be detained!"
"Yes!" The dozens of people brought by Zheng Yongfu are about to come forward to get people.
was detained by you, and only then did you really help the thieves deliver money and food. Shen Ge and Lu Daoliang stepped forward and blocked Father Lin.
Father Lin saluted Zheng Yongfu unhurriedly, "My lord, please take a step to speak."
Zheng Yongfu, who was bound to win, glared, "What are you doing in a daze, don't take it for the official!"