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Chapter 113 Before arriving in Yangzhou 4·Before the fight [Thank you for your support! Goodbye! 】

The clippers carrying the thieves informed each other about the number of thieves, and then they all sailed towards the shore.

Xu Zaijing went to the shore with some soldiers from the two princes' mansions and his cousin.

The old steward who had delivered meals last night and had pretended to be sick had followed the Cao Bing Clipper along with Qing Yun. Both of them had counted the number of people and found that the number was correct. No one escaped.

Qingyun returned to Xu Zaijing and said, "The master and servant who had a drink with you that night are also here, hiding in the innermost part of the warship."

"Yeah. That's so brave! Let my cousin take care of me and ask clearly."

The thieves were escorted or dragged to a guardhouse some distance from the shore.

Xu Zaijing took Zhuqinghu with him, and Gu Tingye followed on horseback. Zhique and Qingyun followed behind on horseback carrying a box of silver.

After entering the guardhouse, every Yongcheng cavalry soldier who took off his clothes and went into the water received a silver ingot worth ten taels.

It was both a reward and hush money. After receiving it, he hurriedly ran into the hothouse in the guardhouse to take a bath, and at the same time drank the cold-repelling decoction to force the coldness out of the body. .

"Thank you, Brother Tai, for helping capture the gangster." Xu Zaijing cupped his hands.

Hu Yantai said: "This is the duty of the Cao soldiers, but my cousin Hu Yanzhao also invited Wu Lang."

As he said that, he glanced at Zhen Huyanzhao, who was bowing and bowing not far away.

Xu Zaijing said: "Of course, the Huyan family will take care of the details of these matters. We will definitely not reveal a word, but those soldiers are most likely to be in trouble or not, so please take care of them."

Huyantai said in a low voice: "I got the news last night. The police in Xiayi found the body early in the morning. It was in a well in an abandoned courtyard in Xiayi. They said he was drunk and wiped on his neck."

"They are really vicious. As for these bandits, please allow my cousin to participate in the interrogation."

"Natural, natural."

Soon, Xiayi and Yongcheng Yamen, who had heard the news in the middle of the night last night, sent arresting envoys, hoping to find out in Huyantai's hands any of the gangsters who had escaped over the years.

It’s not yet noon,

The smell of blood returned to the back of the boat.

Xu Zaijing was sitting in the cabin, holding a whetstone and sharpening it carefully. He asked: "Cousin, how is it?"

Zhu Qinghu warmed his hands by the fire and said, "Well, I learned a lot of torture techniques."

"Have you found out the origins of these thieves?"

"Half of them are water bandits in the eastern waterfront, and half are criminals from the Pinghai Navy. The person pretending to be Hu Yanzhao is a naval officer who was convicted in Dengzhou two years ago. He has good relations with the Huyan family. Because he couldn't bear the hard labor, he joined the bandits and became the second-in-command of the army. He also recruited many subordinates who had been convicted together before."

Qingyun glanced at his young master and said, "No wonder the military ship smells like sea."

Zhu Qinghu was slightly startled and said, "Does it smell like sea?"

Xu Zaijing put down the whetstone and said, "This is the Yin family's unique secret recipe, which can amplify people's sense of smell. Cousin, don't look at me. This comes from hard practice."

Zhu Qinghu asked with some confusion: "Brother Jing, since you have figured out that the thief came to investigate and put him back, why don't you continue to fish for big fish with a long line?"

Xu Zaijing sheathed the knife and said: "My sister is pregnant. I have been thinking about it and I dare not let her take the risk. If I can't take care of her, it will be meaningless to catch a big fish."

Zhu Qinghu nodded and said: "Brother Jing, after watching the arresting envoy break the bones of the principal's legs inch by inch, I learned something."

Xu Zaijing's eyes lit up and he said, "Oh? Is there any surprise?"

"A group of fierce men came from Yangzhou Prefecture. They didn't know that the second leader of the water bandits was a navy soldier before. He saw some clues. He said he was from the Salt Gang."

Xu Zaijing frowned: "The Salt Gang of Yangzhou Prefecture? Not Yangzhou?"

"yes."

"Then it has something to do with salt. Then their goal is Bai, will they still take action?"

"Yes. When the principal said that he was going to get the deposit, he heard the Japanese talk and wanted to take action in Chuzhou."

Xu Zaijing looked intently and asked: "The Japanese country in the east?"

"Yes, he learned Japanese in Dengzhou and said it is convenient for making money."

"You asked him how old he was when he peed his pants?"

"When he was eight years old, he was peed on by his father when he was taking a teaching test."

Xu Zaijing and Qingyun looked at each other: 70% true and 30% false. No wonder he was so sincere when he said it.

Qingyun asked: "How did you ask this?"

Zhu Qinghu retracted his hand from the fireside and said: "This ruthless man can't be seen from his appearance. The arresting envoy looked handsome and hissed. I guessed that he also knew medical science, so I pulled out the teeth of the primary school student first. to prevent him from committing suicide, and then slowly broke the bones bit by bit, and also concentrated on tying an auspicious knot with the principal's hamstring. Finally, do you know what the principal begged me for?"

"Give him a good time?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Yes. Before he died, he kept saying that he shouldn't escape."

"Dead? Then where did they start in Chuzhou?" Xu Zaijing asked.

Zhu Qinghu stumbled and said: "Gui.se.eh..meng"

The people in the cabin looked at each other in confusion, and Xu Zaijing said: "So, this small school doesn't even understand what this means? Otherwise, it would have been somewhere else."

"yes."

Xu Zaijing already understood the plan of this group of thieves. On the one hand, they sent people to pretend to be the Marquis's house and visited Hu Yanzhao to ask for cauldron guards. On the other hand, they sent people to pretend to be the Hu Yan family to visit the fleet to show their goodwill.

On the second day, someone pretending to be a member of the Marquis Mansion deceived the guarding cao soldiers into drunkenness and murdered them. The thieves became cao soldiers and followed the fleet.

Now Xiayi is not far from Chuzhou, and the cavalry soldiers will escort them all the way to Chuzhou without arousing suspicion.

Hu Yanzhao thought that his soldiers were still alive and guarding the Hou Mansion.

If we don't investigate, Chuzhou will really be in chaos later, and the cauldron will definitely be believed, and then they will insert a knife in the back and cooperate inside and outside.

Xu Zaijing pondered for a moment and said, "I'm going to Mrs. Bai's place."

Arriving at Bai's cabin, Xu Zaijing entered and whispered a few words to Grandma Chang. Soon everyone else was called to other cabins.

Only Bai and Grandma Chang were left in Bai's cabin.

Bai looked at Xu Zaijing with a kind face and said, "Brother Jing, tell me, what's wrong?"

Xu Zaijing gave a general summary of what happened and his speculations. Bai's face gradually became serious, while Grandma Chang's hands were trembling and she cursed in a low voice.

"Brother Jing, please repeat that Japanese word."

Listening to Xu Zaijing's repetition, Bai closed her eyes, seeming to be remembering something. It seems that the Bai family should understand the Japanese dialect. After all, the Bai family started out as a seafarer.

Bai shook his head and said, "There are so many homophones in Japan that it's really hard to guess."

Xu Zaijing said: "Auntie Bai, why don't you ask the boatman to tell you what Chuzhou has to offer?"

"Yes, go and get someone."

Soon, the boss of the Bai family's ship came to the cabin and listened to the questions inside through the screen.

Chuanlao Daodao: "Madam, Chuzhou has Ti'an Temple and the Water Transport Department. By the way! In the past few years, Chuzhou changed the weir to a lock, which saves one crossing of the weir."

Xu Zaijing frowned and asked, "Excuse me, what is Yueyan?"

Chuanlaodaodao: "Back to Xiao Langjun, if the canal is higher than other rivers, a weir must be built to prevent the water in the canal from escaping. If a boat wants to go to other rivers, it must pull the boat over the weir on the bank, which is called crossing the weir. This will cause damage to the bottom of the boat. Very big."

Seeing the look of understanding in Bai's eyes, Xu Zaijing nodded and continued to ask: "I wonder what's so special about this sluice?"

Chuanlaodaodao: "The Chuzhou sluice uses a lot of river water once it is opened, so the Water Transport Department stipulates that the sluice is only allowed to open for a total of three days or a total of 100 ships."

"What might it be like to go to the Chuzhou Water Gate at this time?" Bai asked.

"Back to Madam, the captain of the boat is currently waiting at the lock for three days before we can cross the lock."

"reward."

"Thank you, madam."

The boss of the ship took the reward and left the cabin.

Grandma Chang said angrily: "It must be those white-eyed wolves from the Bai family! They bribed Japanese warriors and colluded with the salt gang outside the Bai family. These gangs eat everything inside and out! The master was kind enough to take them in, but he didn't expect it!!!"

Bai also looked a little ugly and said: "If this is really the case, then father"

Bai's hands were shaking a little. She didn't dare think about what would happen to her if her father died.

"No, let's ride on horseback. Get to Yangzhou as soon as possible!"

"Auntie, it is better to go to Chuzhou than to go to Yangzhou at this time. If you find the person in charge of Chuzhou, you will naturally understand what is going on in Yangzhou!"

"Yes! I'll go with you!"

"Auntie, you stay here to take charge of the overall situation. Chuzhou is only a few dozen miles away from here. If I bring one more person, I will have more combat power. If there is news, I will send someone to come back quickly." Xu Zai Jingdao.

"But, Brother Jing, at your age, don't take risks. If anything happens, I can't explain it to your mother." Bai said calmly.

"Don't worry, aunt, I only shoot arrows, so I won't be in danger." Xu Zaijing said.

Mr. Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Jing, when you arrive in Chuzhou, you still have to listen more to your cousin and Gao Yuhou."

"Take orders!"

Because the ship was parked on the shore, a dozen horses were soon pulled out from the rear cabin.

In the worried eyes of everyone,

Xu Zaijing took Qingyun, Zhu Qinghu, Gao Yuhou, the Xu family's scarfaced soldiers, and the guide from Huyantai who was familiar with the road to Chuzhou, a total of eight people, one person with two horses, and headed towards Chuzhou whip horse.

The bulging bags on the backs of all the spare horses obviously carried weapons, leather armor and other items.

I will write about Chuzhou tomorrow.

It will lead to a character from a TV series. You can take a guess below.

I really made a pot of dumplings (four chapters were watered down) just to have a reasonable drink of vinegar (to draw out the characters).

Writing here, Baidu learned a lot about the Northern Song Dynasty Canal.

I almost couldn’t write because of the place names.

It’s an extra update.

Tomorrow evening I should write (or start) in detail about Yangzhou.

If you don't like it outside of Yangzhou, the author has clearly marked it in the newly updated chapters.

Everyone can watch selectively.

If the writing is not good, please forgive me.

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