Chapter 79: Night Mooring in Yingzhou, a thief comes

Yingzhou is located in the north of the river, just in the countless mountains and rivers surrounded by, to the east is the south of the affluent land, looking northwest, is the center of the Qing dynasty of Kyoto, this state from the most prosperous two places in the Qing dynasty are not far away, but also in the Wei River and the confluence of the great river, although the river on both sides of the mountains and steep mountains bring a lot of inconvenience to the transportation, but the river transportation on the side, the transportation hub, according to reason, it should be the merchant gathered, a Busy, people’s livelihood is happy.

Just now the Yingzhou City but looks a little run down, not how bleak the scenery, how old the house, just walking on the street pedestrians face dull, lifeless, street vendors can not beat the spirit of the pancakes, fruit …… are like a cool, shelved wilt.

Even the wharf outside the city, also not very lively, along the Qing Guo river up and down the ship, most of the choice to go downstream of the dock mooring, and abandoned here, the wharf is just a few scattered parked a few boats, which will appear to have a new eighty percent of the big ship is particularly conspicuous.

The reason why Yinzhou will become today’s appearance, a blame day, last year the river flooded, broke the upper dyke, yellow waves straight into the wilderness, I do not know how many people drowned, washed out how many houses, fortunately the weather after the disaster is cold fast, did not occur a major epidemic, but this kind of bone-breaking tossing and tossing, and let the whole of the Yinzhou appear to be dead and buried up.

The second strange official, this Yingzhou governor is the year of the son of God’s disciples, but did not dip on the holy son of God’s half of the blessing, the whole day medium only know in the state city as a blessing, flattering the peak, oppression of merchants and people, not to mention the repair of the river, and even the general law and order can not be maintained, only know that the harsh taxes to collect. Moreover, it has been rumored that this governor has some connections with the bandits in the mountains across the river. So the pastor of a state, naturally, people’s livelihoods are withered, business travelers sneak, serious businessmen to avoid it is too late, who still dare to stay in the city.

Three strange thieves, Yingzhou people’s style is tough, since ancient times there has been a hoe against the government’s glorious tradition, now spread with such a ghost official, down the river to the mountains of the poor people naturally more and more.

However, this year, the situation seems to be out of many changes, the first is that the governor of yingzhou by the supervision court around the state inspection division invited to tea. Just as the people of Yingzhou were overjoyed, thinking that the governor was finally going to fall, the governor was respectfully sent back by the Supervisory Board. And just when people were disappointed to think that Yingzhou was still going to fall like this, the governor died!

It took a long time for Kyoto to confirm that the death of the governor had nothing to do with any conspiracy, but was just a death of illness.

On the day of the governor’s death, the people of Yingzhou City silently lit countless strings of firecrackers, naturally no one dared to say it was to celebrate the death of the god of pestilence, but let those who did not know the inside story, thinking that the people of Yingzhou chose to collectively get married on this day.

Another change is that the mountain bandits in the mountains across the river seem to be much more honest, the biggest one seems to have been bloodied in one day, and the bandits are in tatters. It was rumored that a great man of the jianghu had now come from the south of the river and was trying to subdue this force.

The people of Yingzhou were not happy for long, but only thought they had an early New Year.

Because the governor died, next year the court will send another governor, the mountain bandits collapsed, immediately there will be another large group of mountain bandits. The people’s life is still so difficult to live, and will not change qualitatively.

In a storehouse next to the dock, a dozen or so laborers were gathered around discussing something, even if the dock was no longer light, gossiping in broad daylight was not the professional attitude that the laborers should have, and the fierce look on their faces seemed to reveal their other identities as well.

Being surrounded in the center, is a woman, the age of about twenty up and down, the features are decent, can not be regarded as a beautiful woman, but there is so a touch of ruthlessness between the eyebrows, once she opened her mouth, the surrounding hans all obediently stopped their mouths, it seems to be a leader.

“Checked it out, it’s a tea collecting merchant, coming from Kyoto.”

“Sister Guan, they have guards on board.” A drudge reminded.

The person who was called Sister Guan was a famous mountain bandit leader near Yingzhou, she hadn’t been in Yingzhou for a long time, yet she had already gathered a large group of powerful bandit leaders, all of whom were rumored to have a big background behind her.

Sister Guan laughed coldly, ”Just some merchants, what does it matter? Besides, you guys have also gone to step on the spot, how heavy is the box in that back room, you don’t need me to tell you, do you?”

The words were plain, but as soon as the box was mentioned, the eyes of the drudges began to blaze. Walking in the rivers and lakes, the genuine mountain bandits looked at the wheels raising dust to judge the weight of the goods in the car and thus the value. And Yingzhou near the mountain bandits should actually belong to the first-class water pirates, the best is from the depth of the ship draft, to determine what is actually loaded on the ship.

Yesterday on the pier suddenly stopped a general large ship, the body of the ship about eighty percent new, look at the ship on the transverse plate green moss thick and thin, always mixing with the people on the pier know that the ship about a long time not in the water. Now yingzhou has rarely seen this kind of big boat, for the bandits, this is a rare big fat goat, while the boat people off the boat to do food vegetables and water, has long been someone will be on board the thing to inquire clearly.

Let these bandits wonder is, since it is the collection of tea merchants, how will the back of the boat pressure so heavy goods? So much so that the draft of this ship was obviously very different from the ships one normally sees. This question, after a cook woman who was an eyeball got on board, finally got the answer – in the tightly guarded compartment at the back of the ship, there was a box, looking at the bearing situation of the ship’s boards, and the faint scratches on the iron key of the compartment, the crowd of thieves were extremely sharp-eyed and realized that the box was actually loaded with a full load of silver!

“No one would bring so much silver down to Jiangnan to collect tea.”

Sister Guan’s heart is actually still some doubts, but since the Prince is going to subdue the mountain thieves near Yingzhou, he always needs to do a few big deals, so that these sweaty and smelly thieves around him can smell some scent, and the things that the Prince is going to do after the beginning of the spring, he also really needs the silver, or else he wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to go around and start robbing the ship.

One of the mountain thieves also felt that there is something strange, said, “The draught is deep, and the ship is not carrying any goods …… Maybe the bilge is pressed with river rocks, and the third sister in law did not look clearly.”

Sister Guan shook her head and said, “It’s not a sea boat, what do you need ballast for? I just feel strange, that big ship merchants …… why to bring so much cash silver.”

“Cash silver is only good.” A mountain bandit said with a cheeky and strange smile, “Robbed the silver ticket and still don’t dare to go get it.” This was instantly echoed by his accomplices, laughing in unison, greed in their laughter.

Sister Guan frowned and said, “The problem is …… now which other merchants will bring cash silver? Aren’t they worried about security?”

Mountain thieves looked at Sister Guan, thinking that this leader is doing something spicy and ruthless, picking the target is also extremely accurate, taking advantage of the opportunity to know the state no one, with the brothers ruthlessly do a few big cases, just …… sometimes it is also unavoidable to be too careful, the security problem, this should go to ask that stupid tea merchant, ask the brothers to do what?

Sister Guan waved her hand and called over the third sister-in-law responsible for prying information. The third sister-in-law’s face is dark and thin, and she said: “Don’t worry, there are only a dozen guards up there, with a maid and a child. That master is a weak young man, looks born beautiful, but do not know how to cover up, I think it is the capital of which rich family is not talented second generation ancestor, was driven to the elders to Jiangnan to sharpen some.”

With a maid, I think it is a young businessman who is difficult to endure the loneliness of the night. Sister Guan sneered, slightly put down her heart, if that tea merchant is really a person with a heart, it is not so bad to bring a woman to drift on the river, maybe it is really a useless second generation ancestor, thinking that bright silver is more comfortable than silver bills to smash up.

As for the dozen or so guards, not in her eyes, their own hands under the dozen or so brothers, are the hands of several lives of the bandits, she believes that the night on board, those guards only death, or jumped into the river these two roads can choose.

The mountain bandits around her looked at each other, and suddenly laughed extremely lewdly and said, “Sister Guan, after the matter is accomplished at night …… reward us with that maiden.”

Sister Guan’s eyes blinked, revealing a trace of contempt: “Look at you guys this point of interest! As long as the silver to hand, other things, naturally as you.”

After a pause, she laughed and laughed, her laugh was incomparably cold and evil: “Clean hands and feet, don’t leave any survivors, and afterward, pull the boat to Erhu Beach and burn it.”

Yingzhou city outside the night, very quiet, the opposite side of the river above the majestic ridge of the moon shines coldly on the rushing river, seems to be the roar of the river also calm down a lot. Boat dock on the lonely moored a few boats, this time after midnight, it is the people sleep sweet time, the lights on the boat went out early, the merchants have also long been asleep.

Under the light of the moon, a dozen black shadows silently touched the shore, dived into the river, swimming to the largest of the hull of the boat, only from the body to take out hooks and cables of things, some even just empty-handed, along the fiber optic rope on the boat climbed, like countless was drenched in water apes and monkeys in general, the body is incomparably sharp.

But a few moments of effort, these night attack bandits have touched the boat, disappeared in the darkness.

Sister Guan, with a cold knife in her mouth, went up to the second floor in silence, using the cover of the cabin shadows, and touched directly to the rear, in the warehouse, the people discussed clearly, and knew the layout of the ship like the back of the cabin, and knew that the box full of silver was in the back of the cabin.

Behind her, in the darkness, there was a faint plopping sound, followed by a soft thud as someone fell to the deck. She frowned, thinking that these little brats do not know to be more careful, in case all the guards are alarmed at the same time, although not afraid, but always trouble.

Came outside the compartment, some accidentally did not find the guards, at this time in the night on the ship came a few muffled grunts, Sister Guan knew that it was the men are gradually invading the middle cabin, the heart is slightly fixed, the fingertips hooked the door plate, the tip of the knife a force, then softly opened the door of the compartment, the next moment of hard work, has already been in the darkness, touched a box.

Borrowing the faint afterglow from the window in front, Guan sister saw the size of the box clearly, could not help but inhale a breath of cold air, three sister-in-law did not say clearly, only said to see the size and weight of the box, estimated that there must be thousands of taels……. But Guan sister was a little disbelieving to touch the box, estimating the size of the… …God, how much silver does it take to fill up such a big box?

She suddenly felt some fear, can carry so much silver two people, even if it is the second generation ancestor, I’m afraid it is also the richest second generation ancestor in Kyoto, once this matter is exposed, facing the anger in Kyoto, I’m afraid that their own back of the Prince, will be a little bit can’t afford it.

Don’t kill that second-generation ancestor! This was the first thought that welled up in Sister Guan’s heart, but she immediately thought that the ship had sailed, there was no need for her to hesitate, and with so much silver, it was enough to do too many things.

She carefully fumbled out her tools and spent half a day’s effort before opening the box.

A silver light suddenly sprinkled the entire cabin!

Sister Guan stared dumbfounded at the box in front of her, her face full of shock and incredulity!

Even though she is a person who mixes life on the knife’s edge, and is used to seeing silver with blood and water, this night is still by the box of silver ingots to the eyes of the neatly yards, to the heart, the usual cold eyes, began to flow out of the greed.

But she immediately alerted over, even if the moonlight is bright, the silver is beautiful, it is impossible to give off such a tempting light!

She looked back haughtily, only to see a sullen middle-aged man, holding a white light lamp in one hand and a surprisingly long plain sword in the other, looking at himself coldly.

Tiger Guard Gouda, who had already given Sister Guan enough time to appreciate the silver as Fan Xian had instructed, slashed down very sluggishly.

Sister Guan raised her blade.

However, that sluggish strike of the long knife was like an unstoppable flood, instantly breaking down the defense and heart defense of this female bandit of the Great River, causing her to watch in pain as her right hand was chopped off while her heart and guts were lost, and blood gushed out along with the severe pain!

The middle cabin of the ship lit up the light, was dragged into the house Guan sister hair messy, mood is also a big mess, with her touch on the ship to all the mountain bandits early was easily disarmed knocked out, was tied into dumplings in general, yards neatly thrown on the deck, a few dressed in black on duty at night of the six Division of the swordsman, like nothing happened in general, each guarded in all directions.

She raised her head, through her hair, looked at the handsome young man on the eunuch’s chair with a weary face and an annoyed look, and somehow, her heart shivered. What kind of person lived on this ship? To be able to use so many experts to act as guards, as well as the person who had used the sword earlier, who actually appeared to be a generation of sword masters – at this time, she naturally understood that the young second-generation ancestor that Third Sister-in-Law was talking about must not be an ordinary tea merchant.

“Guan Charming?” The young man on the chair glanced at the female bandit who had broken a hand and still had a fierce look on her face, yawning and asking with a face full of interest.

The young man is naturally Fan Xian, he stopped the ship in Yingzhou, this is to deal with Hongzhu that matter of some backhanded, did not expect to actually messed with some ungrateful small thieves, but a glance in front of him, he saw that this woman is the Inspectorate file in the portrait of the wanted female bandits, can not help but happy, thinking that he just did not want to think of how the matter of how to open up in the south of the Yangtze River, which will be sent to the door to one.