Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the content of the letter, which was sent by his granddaughter Zhu Ningyun.

I thought it was writing some interesting things, but I didn't expect it to be such a thing.

The letter recorded the oppression of the people along the way.

Yangzhou thin horses in Yangzhou, dozens of villages in Hangzhou that are controlled, the people live like pigs and dogs, just to provide raw silk for the "Lan Gongzi".

"Lan Gongzi, what a Lan Gongzi, this is to be the soil overlord in the land south of the Yangtze River."

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table angrily: "No wonder the Jinyi Guard in the land south of the Yangtze River has not delivered the news, I'm afraid it has already been corroded, and even my Jinyi Guard has been touched!" It's just daring! ”

However, because Zhu Ningyun didn't know the identity of this Lan Gongzi when he sent the letter, he didn't say that this Lan Gongzi was Lan Hao'er.

"Father, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen in Jiangnan."

Zhu Biao walked over and said angrily.

At this time, Zhu Biao's body has recovered a little after this period of recuperation.

The imperial doctor asked him to continue to recuperate, but Zhu Biao thought that his father had to correct so many notes every day, so he insisted on going to the ground and continuing to help his father manage the government.

"Biao'er, you don't have to worry about this matter, then I have sent someone to investigate in Yangzhou, and you can recuperate during this time."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao and said distressedly.

"Father, I'm fine, this time has been much better."

Zhu Biao waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Hey, Biao'er, you just worry too much, and your body will be like this." ”

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly: "It's Biao'er's own body that doesn't fight, if you talk about worrying, how can your son have more things to worry about than his father." ”

Just then, a eunuch walked in.

reported: "Qi Qi Sheng, Beizhen Fusi Suzaku and White Tiger ask to see. ”

"Quickly let them in."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there should be news about Hangzhou's investigation of Lan Gongzi's case.

"See the Holy One."

"See the Prince."

The two of them, Suzaku and White Tiger, entered the temple and knelt on the ground.

"Pingshen, is there news about Lan Gongzi's case?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Holy Lord, please see."

The White Tiger handed over the book of impermanence and evidence.

Zhu Yuanzhang unfolded it, and the content was shocking.

What this Lan Gongzi committed was even more rampant than Feng Wen in Texas.

The order of the sea ban was unhindered to him, and he sold raw silk overseas.

In addition to the raw silk business, there is also a salt business, which is directly sold in various places through the local salt transportation department.

There is even a pig iron business, which is secretly sold to outsiders.

The business controlled by the imperial court has been touched by this so-called Lan Gongzi.

The most terrifying thing is that these businesses are very widely involved, and there are a large number of court officials and knighted military attaches involved.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold, and he said: "Who is this Lan Gongzi, why is there no record in the impermanence of Bozhong?" ”

Baihu arched his hand and said: "Because of this person's special identity, in the absence of conclusive evidence, the minister does not dare to scribble."

"Just say it!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

Only then did Bai Hu speak: "After Lord Ji's investigation, almost all of these people are the righteous sons of Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, so Lord Ji guesses that this Lan Gongzi should be Lan Yu's eldest son, Lan Hao'er." ”

Sapphire

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed.

Does he Lanyu want to follow our example when we accepted Yizi to fight the world?

It's so intriguing.

And every David installed the righteous sons of sapphire.

Is this blue jade going to rebel?

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was a little subtle.

Zhu Biao hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Father, the son is guilty, and he has neglected to discipline Lan Yu over the years, but Lan Yu should not have any other thoughts, please ask my father to investigate." ”

Zhu Biao has controlled the government over the years, and it is true that he has given a lot of titles to the soldiers with military merits under Lan Yu, but in fact, Lan Yu cannot be completely blamed, it is a normal process.

Because in these years, only Lan Yu can fight, make military merits, and be crowned marquis, and the person who rewards the official position can only be Lan Yu's person, which belongs to the cause and effect relationship.

And Lan Yu is Zhu Biao's brother-in-law, and Zhu Biao naturally wants to protect him.

"Lan Yu's motives need to be checked again. But if this matter is really Lan Haoer's nonsense, I will never let it go! Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Lan Yu should be suppressed or suppressed, it is too arrogant.

But thinking of the old generals in this court, only Lan Yu can use it.

Even if he is unhappy, he can only leave the blue jade, but he needs to play it and leave it to Zhu Biao in the end.

"Your Majesty, the minister has another matter to report." The white tiger said at this time.

"Say." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"At this moment, the county lord of Yong'an and Li Xiao, because they couldn't bear to see the people suffer, bought all the raw silk of the village and went north along the canal."

The white tiger arched his hand and said: "That Lan Hao'er will definitely not give up, he has already driven a boat to chase after him, and the ministers are worried about the safety of the county lord."

"What?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback and said loudly: "Such an important matter, why didn't you report it earlier!" ”

If the son of Guogong hurt the daughter of King Yan, it was no joke.

What's more, the relationship between Zhu Biao and Zhu Di is so deep that this thing will never be allowed to happen!

Now that his father is already dissatisfied with Lan Yu, he has really reached that point, even if Lan Yu's credit is high, he can only get rid of Lan Yu with tears.

"Minister"

There were beads of sweat lying on the white tiger's forehead, but he didn't expect the reaction of the prince and the saint to be so big.

"How can it be!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little annoyed, and said: "Biao'er, quickly draft the holy decree, pass on my will and directly arrest Lan Hao'er!" ”

"Forget it, you rest, Biao'er, let's do it ourselves."

Thinking that Zhu Biao's body had not fully recovered, Zhu Yuanzhang drafted the holy decree by himself, and immediately handed it to the white tiger, saying: "The white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the will of the pass on my will each lead the tiger Benwei 1,000 and Jin Wuwei 1,000, and quickly go and arrest Lan Hao'er!" Make no mistake! ”

Jinwu and Yulin were the guards of the Gongwei Emperor.

"Command!"

The white tiger and the Suzaku looked happy, and immediately went to lead the troops.

Not much.

Two teams of cavalrymen dressed in gold and silver armor quickly left the palace.

Suzaku is a master of arithmetic, and he began to calculate the distance, Li Xiao should have five hours to set off first, and how long it will take for the fleet behind to catch up.

"White Tiger, it should catch up in ten days, and it is likely to meet in Cangzhou."

"Okay, then let's go straight to Cangzhou!"

Out of the palace, the white tiger led the soldiers and went straight to Cangzhou.

As Suzaku expected.

Li Xiao's boat was one step ahead, and Rao is the boat behind was in hot pursuit, and he couldn't catch up with the chase along the river.

But because Li Xiao was a merchant ship and carried a lot of goods, he walked slowly.

Ten days passed, and even though Li Xiao ordered all the sailors to paddle day and night, they were caught up by two smaller ships.

"Brother-in-law, are those boats here to chase us?"

Zhu Gaoxu saw two medium-sized clippers in the distance, heading towards this direction.

"It's not clear how fast you can get ready and ready to fight."

Li Xiao frowned slightly, and his heart said that it was very likely that Lan Hao'er had caught up.

"The boat ahead, stop quickly and be inspected!"

As the ship approached, the occupants of one of the ships shouted loudly.

This person's identity is not ordinary, he is a thousand households in the guard, and there are hundreds of soldiers on board.

"Fart, why should I check you?"

Zhu Gaoxu shouted and asked the crew to speed up and leave.

"Damn, they want to run, force them to stop, and if necessary, just sink them!"

This ship was actually equipped with a gun emplacement.

The two boats moved forward quickly, and in half a day, they hurried with all their might, and soon rushed to the front of Li Xiao's boat.

"It's not good, if they force us to stop and get entangled in the large army behind Lan Hao'er, it will be troublesome."

Li Xiao secretly said that it was not good, there were nearly 700 people on this ship, if Lan Hao'er sank it in a frenzy, not to mention that the cargo was gone, I am afraid that most of the people would be killed or injured.

"Brother-in-law, what should I do?"

"I'm trying to figure it out."

Meanwhile.

Ji Gang and several people also chased after him.

In the past ten days, they have been non-stop, passing through the post house to change a few horses, and they can barely catch up.

Now seeing that Li Xiao and others are about to fall into a predicament, I can't help but feel anxious.

"Master Ji, can you let me sink these people's ships?" Xuanwu asked.

Xuanwu is not untargeted, his name is Xuanwu, because the water is excellent.

"That's all there is to it."

Ji Gang gritted his teeth and said, "Xuanwu be careful. ”

"Yes!"

Xuanwu responded with a sigh of peace.

Jumping off the horse, he took a strange tool like a drill from his horse.

Then jumped into the canal.

This basalt water nature is really good, and it jumps into the water, like a fish.

Constantly shuttling underwater.

Every 100 or so paces of travel, the head is exposed for breath.

Then a fierce man plunged down.

He is like a water duck, every time he breathes, he plunges into the water.

The next time it appears, it's more than a hundred steps away.

After a short time, he swam under the two boats that were blocking Li Xiao's boats.

Under the pass, the drill bit is held and rotated.

Five or six holes were drilled in a row, and another ship was drilled.

When you're done with that, leave immediately.

Swim back to the riverbank.

"Xuanwu, why didn't you react?"

Ji Gang saw Xuanwu go ashore, saw that the ship in the distance was not sinking, and asked curiously.

"Master Ji, don't worry, my Xuanwu has never missed."

Xuanwu laughed and said, "After half a pillar of incense, these ships will inevitably sink!" ”

It turned out that the tools used by Xuanwu only drilled a few small holes, and the effect could not be immediately apparent, and when the water entered the cabin, the sinking speed would be faster.

"Good! Well done. ”

Ji Gang nodded: "Next, it's up to Suzaku and White Tiger." ”

The other side.

The boat of Li Xiao and the others was really forced to stop.

The two ships in front blocked the way of Li Xiao's big boat.

"Looks like there's going to be a tough fight."

Zhu Gaoxu frowned, if they didn't solve these two boats, they wouldn't be able to move forward at all.

But on their ship, there were not only cannons, but also hundreds of soldiers.

It's very difficult to deal with.

"Wait, something isn't right."

Li Xiao looked at the ship in front of him, "You see, their ship seems to be bubbling and is already a little tilted. ”

The technique of drilling is so precise that it tilts the ship to one side.

When they reacted, it was useless to fill the hole, and the boat simply overturned on its side.

Sure enough, the people on the ship were already panicking and ran towards the cabin.

But it didn't take long for the ship to sink.

"Huh? God help me? Before we could make a move, they sank the ship themselves? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Hahaha, it seems that God is secretly helping us." ”

"It's not God who helps us, it's someone else."

Li Xiao pointed to the people on the shore and said, "It was Ji Gang who helped us." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked over, it was really Ji Gang, and waved his hand to express his gratitude.

"It seems that Ji Gang, this kid still has a conscience, and he didn't save his life in vain."

Li Xiao nodded: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, the cause of his day, the fruit of today!" Let's move quickly, enter Cangzhou, and we will be completely safe. ”

Li Xiao's big ship turned its bow, bypassed the two sinking ships, and moved forward again.

"Hahahaha."

Zhu Gaoxu stood at the stern of the ship and laughed at the sunken ship: "Waste, this is how dare you stop us."

Set sail again and it took some time.

Although these two ships did not stop Li Xiao, they also slowed down.

And Lan Hao'er's army finally arrived.

Ten large ships, constantly advancing.

Lan Hao'er stood in front of the boat and finally saw Li Xiaochuan's figure.

As it accelerates, the ship pushes deeper and deeper!

Lan Hao'er yelled, "Stop, stop for me!" ”

How could Li Xiao and the others stop and move forward at full speed.

Lan Hao'er had no choice but to command the ship and chase after him.

"Shizi, are you still chasing?"

An earl worried, "These people will soon arrive at the territory of King Yan. Or sink the ship! ”

Because King Yan and Lan Yu don't deal with each other, they rashly drive a big ship here, and it is known that they will inevitably cause some trouble.

"Nonsense, chase me! There's still my raw silk on the boat, so be sure to get it back! King Yan will not come to this canal if he is fine. ”

Lan Hao'er looked ahead viciously, "I have to personally arrest that person surnamed Li and torture him well!" And he still has our account books in his hand, and he must get them back! Otherwise, there will be endless troubles! ”

The Earl nodded, "Yes." ”

That's it.

Ten boats chase one boat.

Lan Hao'er also chased for ten days and ten nights, and the people on the boat were very tired, but Lan Hao'er had people take whips to draw those sailors to paddle.

The big ship on Li Xiao's side also encountered this problem.

"Brothers, keep it up! Now is the time to fight for perseverance! ”

Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Ningyun were in the cabin at the moment, urging the sailors to paddle.

In those days, there were no engines, and the power of the ship was all human.

One of the sailors complained: "We haven't had a good rest for ten days and ten nights, and we really don't have the strength."

"Drink Red Bull!"

Zhu Gaosui immediately asked people to distribute Red Bull.

This is provided by the brother-in-law, saying that when the crew is sleepy, a bottle will come.

"It's still boring."

After drinking Red Bull, the sailors wanted to cry without tears, and they drank many bottles of this thing.

At first, it was quite effective, but after drinking too much, it didn't have any effect.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Ningyun frowned slightly, anxious.

"County Lord, I'll try it."

Ruyu walked over and said.

During this time, Ruyu waited in Hangzhou, waiting for Lin Ren's arrival.

But he didn't wait for Lin Ren, and in the end he only waited for the result of Lin Ren being executed.

She was immediately disheartened and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

It was Zhu Ningyun who stopped her and persuaded her to follow the little girls to Beiping and start a new life.

Ruyu cried for a long time, and finally decided to survive well.

Perhaps, Lin Ren is in heaven, and he also hopes that he will survive well.

But now, his life-saver is in crisis.

No matter what, she has to do her best and dedicate her modest efforts.

I saw Ruyu twisting and turning to a sailor's side, gently stroking the sailor's strong muscles, and whispering in his ear, Rulan, said:

"Work hard, let me see how good you are, when you get to Cangzhou, what do you want the slave family to do, the slave family will agree."

"Really"

The sailor said excitedly.

"Hmm."

Ruyu said charmingly, the voice was a clip sound, which was unstoppable.

In an instant, the sailor seemed to be resurrected with full blood, his strength was bursting, and his paddling speed was doubled!

Those girls who were originally thin horses in Yangzhou were slightly stunned when they saw this scene.

One of the girls said, "Eun Gong saved us, and now it's time for us to do our part." ”

Everyone nodded.

Then, more than fifty girls walked to the sailor's side, and they all sat down next to them, and said angrily: "Work hard, I will be your man."

These girls, who were originally thin horses in Lanzhou, are good-looking, graceful, and with this period of recuperation, their faces are a lot ruddy, and their complexions are better.

They learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting on weekdays, like ladies, and they have also learned how to please men.

How have these sailors ever seen such a woman? I will never see each other in my life.

This is undoubtedly a dose of stimulant!

The sailors were all young men, and where had they seen that scene, some had nosebleeds.

"Brothers, work hard, go to Cangzhou to sleep with a mother-in-law!"

The leader of the sailors at the head shouted.

"Good !!"

The crowd responded.

The leader of the sailors shouted: "Listen to my orders!" ”

"One, two, three, four!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Two, two, three, four!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Three, two, three, four!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

In an instant, the sailors lined up in unison and paddled wildly.

The speed of the whole ship has been doubled.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gaosui was stunned, this is okay.

Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu, who were on the deck, also suddenly noticed that the ship had accelerated.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned and said:

"Huh? What did Gao Sui and Ning Yun do under the cabin? ”

"This ship. It seems to have suddenly become faster. ”

"Damn, why did their ship suddenly pick up speed!"

Seeing that he was about to catch up, he turned out to distance himself again, and Lan Hao'er was angry.

"Let the sailors speed up, or they will enter Cangzhou."

Lan Hao'er yelled.

The captain explained: "The sailors have not had a good rest for ten days and ten nights, and they can't do it soon. ”

"Rubbish!" Lan Hao'er pointed to the boat in front of her: "How can that boat still run?" ”

The captain is speechless, you ask me, how do I know???

"Change the soldier to paddle!" Lan Hao'er ordered.

The captain shook his head: "No, it's only slower if you don't have training in paddling." ”

Helpless.

Lan Hao'er could only watch as the ship in front of her got farther and farther away.

An hour later.

Li Xiao finally arrived in Cangzhou.

The waterway was blocked, and it was impossible to continue the waterway, but he finally entered the territory of King Yan.

The ship finally docked.

Li Xiao immediately called someone to move the goods.

"Mr. Xiaoyao, it's you, you're back!"

Coincidentally, Yang Shiqi was also at the pier, shouting at Li Xiao: "As soon as your boat leaves like this, it's two months, I can't afford to pay so much."

Yang Shiqi wanted to cry without tears, originally said that Li Xiao would return when he went to Texas, but he didn't come back with the boat.

This fee is all paid by him personally, and I am afraid that he will be poor.

"Yang Zhixian, quickly call someone to move the goods."

Yang Shiqi didn't know why, but he immediately summoned the men on the dock to help Li Xiao move the goods.

Bundles of raw silk went ashore, and there were also hundreds of young and beautiful women who also got off the boat, which made Yang Shiqi even more wondering, what is the situation? ?

It took nearly two hours to move the goods, and all the goods were ashore.

Yang Shiqi walked towards Li Xiao and complained: "Xiaoyao Gongzi, I will feel uncomfortable when you leave, this boat is made by a friend of mine, who exhausted his family wealth, and he just wanted to make money, so he was taken away by you for two months." ”

Li Xiaogang wanted to say something.

Suddenly there was a boom, and the big ship was bombarded by the cannon, and a big hole was directly blasted.

Yang Shiqi: "???? ”

Boom Boom Boom –

Immediately afterwards, the big ship was shattered by the cannonball.

Fortunately, Li Xiao and the others went ashore, otherwise they would have been gone.

What's going on?

Lan Hao'er's ship finally caught up, and when he saw the cargo on the shore, he was furious, and regardless of the others' obstruction, he directly ordered to use cannons in broad daylight to smash the ship to pieces.

"It's over, it's over, who did you offend, someone actually bombarded the ship with a cannon in broad daylight."

Yang Shiqi shouted: "How can I explain to my friend?"

Unexpectedly, the boat he borrowed would not go back, and Yang Shiqi was dizzy.

At this time, the faces of Li Xiao and the others also changed, they didn't expect this Lan Hao'er to be so bold and actually hit the boat with a firearm in broad daylight.

At the same time, Lan Hao'er's ten ships docked at the dock, and he led all the soldiers to disembark one after another, and the soldiers were close to more than 5,000 people.

He took the lead, with several generals and men, and instantly surrounded Li Xiao and the others and the goods.

"Run! Run! Damn it! ”

Lan Hao'er said angrily: "How to run now, you can run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple!" ”

Yang Shiqi was shocked and immediately stood up: "I am the magistrate of Cangzhou, who are you waiting for, in broad daylight"

Smack-

A marquis directly slapped the magistrate and said angrily: "Little magistrate, don't get out of here!" ”

Yang Shiqi was slapped away and rolled so far away, more than a dozen officials of the county government hurriedly walked over, helped him up, looked at the scene in horror, and didn't dare to make a sound at all.

"You're too rampant! Do you know where this is? ”

Zhu Gaoxu took a step forward and shouted.

Click, click, click

In an instant, hundreds of firearms were aimed at Zhu Gaoxu and the others.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others swallowed their saliva.

This is not a joke, if you miss, no matter how high your martial arts are, you and others will die without a place to be buried.

"Hehehehe"

Lan Hao'er sneered and pointed at Zhu Gaoxu, "That day, it was your hand. And you! ”

He hooked his fingers, "You two come here!"

Lan Hao'er wants to repay this arrow's revenge, he wants to slap Zhu Gaoxu a hundred times in front of everyone, and beat him to death! In order to relieve the hatred in my heart!

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were unmoved, a few soldiers immediately came over to get people.

"Presumptuous!"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at each other angrily and shouted, "Do you know who I am? I am Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan! Who dares to touch me! ”

After speaking, he took out the golden Yanwangfu waist card.

"Arrogance! Arrogance! ”

Zhu Gaosui also took out his waist card: "I am Zhu Gaosui, the second son of King Yan!" Who dares to touch me! ”

As the voice fell.

The whole scene suddenly became quiet.

Thousands of people gathered here, but they couldn't hear any voices talking.

King Yan's second sons, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui!

Everyone didn't expect these two people to be like this.

Lan Hao'er finally understood who was against him.

No wonder these people are crazy to run away in the direction of Beiping, no wonder they dare to go against themselves!

These soldiers, who were planning to arrest Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, stopped.

"It turned out to be the son of King Yan."

Lan Hao'er slowly walked a few steps forward and said, "Why don't you stay in Beiping, why do you come to my Suzhou and Hangzhou to oppose me?" Have I offended you? Doesn't seem to have one, right? ”

Lan Hao'er was very puzzled, why? Doesn't make sense?

Fucking well water doesn't interfere with river water, what's the matter with you catching me?

"You didn't offend me."

Zhu Gaoxu sneered: "But you have offended the people of the world!" You are oppressing the people, Lao Tzu can't see it, just to get you, what's the matter, don't accept it? ”

"Damn, shame on your face!"

Lan Hao'er sneered: "What about King Yan's son, even if King Yan?" Even if King Yan touched my father, he bowed his head obediently!! ”

Lan Hao'er recalled the experience of being played during this time, and now the handle is likely to fall into the hands of these people, even if he is the son of King Yan today, he will take it!

He pointed at Zhu Gaoxu and the others violently, and shouted: "As the son of a vassal king, leaving the fief without permission is an unforgivable sin, take it for me!" ”

Several marquis also knew that things were not good and that the aftermath was being dealt with.

But the most important thing at the moment is to get the account books back, and the prince has no problem doing it.

Several marquis in important positions waved their hands, commanded all the soldiers, and shouted:

"The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the son of the vassal king leaves the fiefdom, a great crime! Take! Bring it back to Hangzhou for trial! ”

With the shouts of the generals, all the soldiers had no worries and rushed towards Li Xiao and the others!

The faces of Li Xiao and the others changed.

This blue boy is simply crazy, completely crazy.

When they arrived at the boundary of Beiping, the second and third children reported their identities, but they couldn't stop them.

If they are arrested and returned to Hangzhou, things will be completely out of control!

It was at this time.

The sound of horses' hooves resounded through the ground.

A shout of rage rang out.

"I want to see who is so arrogant!"

"In my land of Beiping, catch the son of this king, and move the king's people!"

"This king still has to bow his head to him!!"

At this moment, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, came in person.

He was accompanied by a group of generals Zhang Yu, Zhang Wu, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu. et al.

With 30,000 cavalry, the momentum is like a rainbow!

These cavalry, who have been killing in the Northern Yuan all the year round, everyone has a bad spirit, and the army is gathered together, which is terrifying from a distance!

"Who is it, stand up for this king!"

Zhu Di drank heavily.

The army instantly surrounded all the soldiers and horses brought by Lan Hao'er.

The faces of those marquis and generals changed suddenly.

Lan Hao'er's face was also like ashes

(End of chapter)