Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Dazhuang came up to report that Dong Jingye had arrived with his battalion.

More than 300 people, semi-heavily loaded (many baggage were not brought), thirty miles, and it took more than six hours. Li Congyi sneered in his heart.

When he got out of the door, Su Anping saw that the few guards he brought had already been stabbed and were sitting outside the door, estimated to have been basking in the sun for an afternoon.

Su Anping's eyelids jumped, knowing that it would be extremely difficult to avoid this level today, but there was nothing to be done for a while.

Su Anping's uneasiness had already fallen in the eyes of Li Congyi and Hou Hongye. But Li Congyi couldn't guess for a while. Anyway, you can probably know it when you go to the kiln.

Su Anping took the Xuan kiln, and only served the imperial prisoner's inner servants on weekdays, and then met the emperor's requirements for porcelain, so he didn't have to look at other people's faces. Although this Xuanyao is in Xuancheng County, it does not interfere with the river water with the well water of Xuancheng County, and it has become more old and dead recently.

But this is not to say that Su Anping made Xuanyao impermeable, it's just that Xuancheng County is too lazy to wade into this muddy water. Hou Hongye just sent a few catchers, and after a little inquiry, he got some inside information, such as Su Anping did not allow the kiln owners to sell privately, but sold them to the merchants arranged by Su Anping at a low price; made more tribute porcelain, and then quietly sold it to the mountain pirates, and even said that it was sold to the Liao State.

But the life of the kiln owner was naturally extremely miserable, and some of the kiln people secretly fled with their families, and they just fled; But the kiln owner can't escape, so he can only suffer.

Obviously, Su Anping has been fat in the past few years in Xuanyao, but he is almost gone. Historically, it is true that by the time of the Song Dynasty, Xuanyao has rarely been mentioned in literature.

When I arrived at the kiln, the sun was already setting and the sky was dark. Li Congyi did not enter the kiln, so he arranged for people to light bonfires, set up tents, and set up military camps.

More than 20 people from 2 squads of the Guogong Mansion Guards dug trenches one by one, made earthen ramparts, enclosed tents in the middle, and regenerated fire to make rice. As soon as Dong Jingye's team stopped, they were in a mess and couldn't wait to bury the pot and make rice. When he saw the guards of the Guogong Mansion acting, Dong Jingye urged everyone to build a fortress. The sergeants did not want to make too much effort, so they dug a trench shallowly, and the place was small, and finally a few tents could not be squeezed, so they set up directly outside the ditch. Dong Jingye saw that Li Congyi's face was uncertain, so he had to rush out and scold the team leaders. Those people had to toss back again, but they squeezed into it alive, and there were several tents connected together.

Li Congyi looked at such a military appearance, and he really couldn't complain.

There was a lot of excitement here, and the kiln was naturally taken aback.

But surprise is not the same from person to person.

After the Xuan kiln fell down in recent years, it was named, and there were only six kiln owners who could make tribute porcelain. The six are basically headed by Zhu Zhiye. It's not that Zhu Zhiye's kiln is bigger than others, it's just that Zhu Zhiye's family has four generations in the same house, and the same generation as Zhu Zhiye's father is long gone, and Zhu Zhiye's three sons are also good at making porcelain. In recent years, everyone has been too much attracted to Su Anping, so they gradually took Zhu Zhiye as the backbone of the big guys, and Zhu Zhiye said good things to Su Anping in everything.

On this day, Su Anping had dinner and went to see a kiln of porcelain that was being fired. He looked at the neatly stacked finished porcelain on the side of the kiln and sighed. Then he said to his second son, "Tonight Xu is a mountain pirate is coming, your father will go to sleep first, you have to be careful, everything else is Su Anping's, and your life is your own." Wait for the mountain pirates to come, don't run, don't make a sound, just wait for them to finish robbing. ”

As he was talking, he saw a noisy sound in the distance outside the kiln, and then a fire was lit up again. "Coming so early? Su Anping, this guy! Zhu Zhiye was taken aback, so he hurried home, closed the door and shouted for the family to go to bed.

Su Anshun was drinking wine and eating roast meat with a few minions, and was living happily. But one of the minions slammed straight into the door, "Oh no, it's not good!" ”

Su Anshun was taking chopsticks to pick up a large piece of mutton, but he was so frightened that he fell to the ground. Angry: "What's wrong, if it's a big fuss, I'll peel your skin carefully!" ”

When he walked out of the door, Su Anshun was also shocked. "I'll just say that this Hou Zhixian is uneasy and kind, let the eldest brother not go, the eldest brother will not listen, this will be worse."

At that moment, he shouted, "Call the brothers, the guys." Go see what's going on. ”

Su Jiashun took more than 20 minions, some with knives, some with guns, and some didn't find one for a while, so they took an axe to chop wood and ran out of the kiln angrily.

The Su family came very quickly, and the trench in the camp here had not been dug yet, and Gu Dazhuang could hear the movement from afar, so he immediately arranged for the guards to stop what they were doing.

When Su Jiashun came to the camp, his legs became weak. I just couldn't retreat if I wanted to, and more than a dozen cavalrymen went around behind them, their sabers unsheathed, almost driving them to the camp gate.

Li Congyi sat upright in the tent, looked at Su Anping on the opposite side and said, "Since Su Anshun is only concerned about Su Fengyu's safety, this incident of colliding with the military camp can not be mentioned." However, it is getting late, so let's all spend the night in this barracks. ”

Su Anshun was disgraced, but he couldn't stop looking at Su Anping. Su Anping simply closed his eyes.

It was late at night, but Li Congyi was woken up by Gu Dazhuang: "Grandpa Guo, there doesn't seem to be something quite wrong in the kiln." ”

Li Congyi came out to take a look, only to see several large bonfires lit up in the kiln, and there were still figures coming and going in the firelight, and the sound of cows and horses neighing came from afar. "Shipping something in the middle of the night?"

"I'm afraid it's the mountain pirates contacted by Su Anping who came to rob the tribute porcelain." Hou Hongye also got up and sneered on the side.

"Let Dong Jingye send a hundred people each, bypass the two passes, and intercept them." Li Congyi ordered. The result was an eye-popping surprise.

Dong Jingye spent two pillars of incense and hard work to gather the three capitals, and there were less than 100 people on each side, so they swarmed to attack.

"The collection is too slow. Need to train for night emergency gatherings. ”

"Originally, the enemy was bright and I was dark, but this ghost attacked, and the mountain pirates were defenseless, that is, they were blind and deaf. When you run in front of the enemy like this, your own people will be weak first. Li Congyi said to Gu Dazhuang and the other guards. On the side, Dong Jingye's face turned red and white.

"Let the remaining two people gather here, Gu Dazhuang, you can arrange it, and dismantle the tent first."

"Lord Guogong is worried that the mountain pirates will counterattack?" Hou Hongye was shocked.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what happens."

By the time Dong Jingye gathered the remaining two teams, the front had suddenly engaged in battle.

I couldn't see the situation clearly from a distance, but after a while, I saw two passers-by crying and shouting and retreating to the barracks.

Hou Hongye couldn't believe his eyes. There are dozens of those mountain pirates who are afraid that they will reach the sky, and the two hundred people here collapsed in one face.

Seeing the defeated soldiers coming quickly, Li Congyi ordered in a cold voice, "Those who rush to the camp will not be killed!" He pulled Hou Hongye and Dong Jingye to retreat into the formation.

The camp of the Guogong Mansion Guard is not strong, after all, who would have thought that there would really be a battle here. The gate fence was also really weak, so Gu Dazhuang simply demolished it, filled the fence on the side, and blocked the gate with shields and spears, and used a team of Guogong Mansion guards ready to ride and attack at any time, and the other team served as a reserve. The more than 50 crossbowmen were divided into three groups, one group scattered on the camp wall, one group at the camp gate, and one group reserved for maneuvering. More than a hundred people guarded the small camp, and the people emboldened each other, and the soldiers calmed down.

The defeated soldiers do not care about the direction and only care about fleeing to their own camp gate, which will naturally collapse their own camp together. Therefore, Li Congyi had no mercy, and he was a flurry of arrows against the rout soldiers who fled in front, killing a few people on the spot, and a few people lying on the ground screaming. The other defeated soldiers came back to their senses and did not dare to come to the camp gate again, so they just scattered and fled.

The mountain pirates pursued, stopped at a stone's throw and did not move forward. After a while, there were more than a dozen people from both sides, and before long, Dong Jingye's camp was burned up, and there were rout soldiers hiding inside, but they were driven by more than 20 mountain pirates to run around, and they were on fire in all directions.

Li Congyi didn't care about it, and only ordered to strictly guard the camp.

The mountain pirates confronted each other for a while, and then slowly retreated.

Hou Hongye breathed a sigh of relief. Li Congyi said, "It can't be too cheap for these mountain pirates. Gu Dazhuang was also eager to try, and when he heard the words, he arranged to go down, and immediately more than ten horses dispersed.

Li Congyi took the guards of the Guogong Mansion as the four corners, and Dong Jingye's two soldiers as the sides, and hastily formed a hollow phalanx. The terrain inside and outside the kiln is still flat, and the hollow phalanx stands with sword and shield hands on the outside, and crossbowmen stand inside, and then slowly head towards the kiln. Of course, Li Congyi would not think that he could kill the Quartet with this formation, but he just emboldened each other in a dense formation. With the quality of these soldiers, if the mountain pirates really attack with all their might, Li Congyi will smear oil on the soles of his feet, and it is the best policy to go.

Hou Hongye hesitated to follow. Li Congyi said, "It's okay, my father is just urging the mountain pirates to leave quickly, and you will follow." But Dong Jingye also wanted to follow, Li Congyi glared at him, "You gather the rout here and try to grab something from the camp." ”

Seeing that the officers and soldiers took the initiative to attack, this time the mountain pirates did not counterattack again, but only escorted the trucks and horses and slowly retreated. The horseback guards of the Guogong Mansion once pressed tightly, and they were unintentionally shot by the opponent's bow and arrow, one was killed, one was seriously injured and one was slightly injured, these people Li Congyi were all trained as officers, and his heart ached at the moment, but the order should not be too far forward, and when the mountain pirates were far away from the kiln, Li Congyi returned to the camp.

"Su Anping, you colluded with mountain pirates to murder your father, you are so bold!" The tent was set up again, and Li Congyi brought Su Anping up.

Su An was as flat as ashes, knowing that Guogong no longer wanted to keep him.

Su Anshun shouted: "Grandpa Guo spares his life!" Grandpa Guo spares his life! ”

Su Anping scolded: "It's useless! Today, you and I will not survive, and begging for mercy is just a shame! ”

As soon as Li Congyi made a look, a guard had already dragged Su Anping out, so he was outside the tent, and directly wiped a knife on his neck, and then he was silent on the ground.

Su Anshun just burst into tears, and a foul smell came out, and he was so frightened that he was incontinent.

It turned out that Su Anping had made a lot of money in Xuanyao in recent years, but the eunuchs of the imperial eunuch had an increasing appetite and became more and more difficult to serve, and Su Anping also guessed that he would not be able to work in this position for long. He bought a family property in Yangzhou, Song Realm, bought a large house, and hoarded no less than 300,000 taels of silver in the underground silver vault. This house is now inhabited by a concubine bought by Su Anping in Yangzhou. But Su Anping didn't worry about the concubine, the title deeds were all brought with him, and even this underground silver vault was dug by the two brothers themselves, and others didn't know where they were.

This time, Su Anping contacted a group of pirates on the sea of Wu Yue through the previous mountain bandits, and he wanted to do a big job. And Su Anping also prepared for this for a year, the price of this batch of tribute porcelain should be about 100,000 taels, and it is possible to increase the price five times when it is sold to the Wa State or the Liao State. It's just that this matter has not been good, and the mountain pirates have given half of the deposit before, and the remaining half may not be given again.

Li Congyi's heart was 10,000 alpacas floating by. My dignified prince and prince have a family of 300,000 taels of silver, and now I have spent more than 100,000 taels lavishly. This Su Anping is really hateful.

"Ben Pingsheng hates corrupt officials the most." Li Congyi said viciously, "Pull it out and cut it." Dong Jingye and Hou Hongye on the side were panicked when they heard it, and they felt a little cold on their necks.