Seeing the British fleet passing by the river in a swagger, Chen Huacheng felt relieved when he saw Jiangyin County without even taking a look. It seemed that the British army had no plan to attack Jiangyin at all. For him, this was undoubtedly a great thing that could not be better.

However, the next day he found that it was too early to be happy. There were six columns in the British army, including the vanguard fleet. Five were passed in two days, but the last column did not even see the shadow. He vaguely realized that the column that fell at the end was most likely to have done it intentionally, which was a bit troublesome.

When Chen Huacheng encountered trouble in Jiangyin, Yang Fang from Zhenjiang was also in a state of anxiety and was anxious to come for the imperial envoy Yishan.

In a large mansion near the Grand Collegiate Field outside the west gate of the city, the counselor and minister of the first class, Guo Yonghou, the Hunan Admiral Yang Fang, was walking back and forth in the lobby. There were a lot of reinforcements from Zhenjiang, but they encountered a strange man. The deputy commander of Jingkouying (second-ranking) stationed in Zhenjiang. This person was a man of the Manchu Inlaid White Banner, Guo Luoluo, and was the supreme commander of more than 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers in Jingkouying.

Although Hailing was very arrogant and domineering, he insisted on adopting a strategy of closing the city and defending the city. He only allowed the Eight Banners soldiers to enter the city. He did not allow any Green Camp soldiers who came to Zhenjiang to enter the city, and did not sell Yang Fang's face at all.

Both the imperial envoys Lin Zexu and Yishan realized that the British army must attack Zhenjiang, and the number of troops to reinforce Zhenjiang was as large as 15,000. In addition to the 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers from Jingzhou, Kaifeng and Qingzhou, there were still 13,000 Green Camps, and they were not allowed to enter the city and could only be stationed around Zhenjiang.

Yang Fang was extremely angry about Hailing's toughness, but he had no choice but to report the news to Lin Zexu and Yishan. Lin Zexu replied that he had already come to Zhenjiang to preside over military affairs. However, the British vanguard fleet had already passed Jiangyin, but he had not seen Senggelinqin arrive for a long time. He couldn't help but feel anxious.

What made him even more uneasy was that after Lin Zexu issued the "Notice of the Self-Defense of the People's Regiment of Prefectures and Counties in Jiangsu Province", "Notice of Reward to the Heads of the British Yi" and "Notice of Severe Punishment of Traitors" were passed to Zhenjiang, Hailing used the name of hunting for traitors to catch traitors and killed them in the city. The entire Zhenjiang city was in chaos and panic.

"Report to the Marquis." A personal guard bowed at the door and said, "Jiang Changfu, the shopkeeper of Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch, is looking for a meeting outside."

"No!" Yang Fang was bored, and she had no intention of seeing someone. She subconsciously refused. However, when the guard turned around and left, he immediately reacted, "Wait, bring him in."

Jiang Changfu was only in his early forties, fat and fat, but he walked quickly and quickly. He was still seven or eight steps away from the steps. He knelt down to Yang Fang and said sadly, "I laughed and asked the Marquis to save Yuan Qi's shopkeeper." As he said that, he kowtowed his head repeatedly, and his forehead was covered with black green.

Seeing this, Yang Fang immediately realized that it was not good and hurriedly said, "Don't just kowtow, tell me quickly, what's going on?"

"The soldiers in the city robbed two bank accounts in Yuanqi Bank in the city and arrested eight shopkeepers. They insisted that they were traitors, but they have been taken to the small schoolyard now and are ready to take action!"

After hearing this, Yang Fang was scared from the cold sweat on her back, and quickly shouted to the outside world: "Prepare the horse!" As he said that, he strides out and said as he walked, "Click the personal military camp and go with me to save people, hurry up!" He really didn't dare to be in a hurry. If Yuan Qi's shopkeeper was killed by Hailing, he didn't know what Yi Zhizu would react, but he dared to promise that Yi Zhizu would never swallow his anger.

Yuanqi Bank’s branch code is now spread across Liangjiang, and this kind of thing is a big taboo! It is definitely a situation that will never stop. Hailing is a killer, even Yuanqi Branch dares to rob it. This is simply a desperate situation! The problem is, if you want to die, don’t implicate them!

A team of cavalry rushed towards the west gate like a whirlwind. Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city gate hurriedly dragged the horse-rejecting stake across the city gate. Yang Fang, who was ahead of the horse, quickly pulled the reins. As soon as the war horse stopped, he waved his whip and shouted angrily: "Snatch the door!"

Seeing Yang Fang was angry, Qianhu Shulu, who was on duty at the city gate, hurried forward and bowed: "Mr. Marquis—This is."

Without saying a word, Yang Fang whipped over with a whip and cursed: "You dare to stop the things that are not open to your eyes? Go away quickly. If you miss me, I will save you. I will pay your life."

Shu Lu, who was whipped, not only did not dare to get angry, but instead waved his hand and shouted at the soldiers under him: "Get out of the way!" He could see Yang Fang's anger. If he really dared to be ungrateful, he would be afraid that he would suffer a loss in front of him. Hailing dared not to sell Yang Fang's face, but he was a small thousand-household household but he didn't have the courage.

Yang Fang was anxious and didn't say much. He whipped his horse back and urged his horse to enter the city quickly. The small school yard was not far from the west gate, and he galloped to the side of the small school yard in a blink of an eye. He looked up and saw a team of soldiers escorting a group of tied people to the parade of the school yard. He felt relieved and urged the horse to rush straight over and ordered: "Protect!"

Seeing this situation, Xiao Shunwu, the deputy general of Jingkou Camp, quickly strode forward and bowed, "The last general has seen the Marquis, but I don't know the Marquis?"

"Where is the bastard of Hailing?" Yang Fang's anger erupted in an instant after these days, "Let him get out of here and see this marquis immediately."

Xiaosunwu was stunned and immediately realized something was wrong. He took the people to Zhuan Yuanqi branch. It was obvious that this was leaking news. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Mr. Marquis, the Haidu General has gone to patrol the city defense."

Yang Fang squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Okay, I'm taking these people away."

When Xiaosunwu heard this, he became anxious and said quickly: "Go back to the Marquis, these people are all spies who have just been arrested."

"Traitor?" Yang Fang said in a deep voice: "Is there any evidence?"

In the past few days, there is no evidence for traitors in the city. There is no evidence. Those with foreign accents, especially those with Guangdong and Fujian accents. Seeing that one was arrested, several groups had been killed before and after, hesitated, Xiaoshu Wu said: "The Marquis was joking, it's not that the British have hit the door. There is no time to collect evidence at this moment. It is better to kill by mistake than let a spy go. It is related to the lives of the people in the city. We also obey the order of the imperial envoy to severely punish the traitors."

"Random!" Yang Fang shouted angrily: "The imperial envoy ordered the severe punishment of traitors, but he did not let you kill innocent people!" As he said that, he turned around and looked at it, and ordered: "Take all these people away and I will interrogate them myself."

"Mr. Marquis, this is a bit inappropriate." Xiaoshun Wudao: "These traitors may have been searched by our banner soldiers." As he said that, he saw his hand behind him and made a gesture, and a large group of soldiers immediately surrounded him.

"What, do you still want to rebel?" Yang Fang said contemptuously: "Take it away, let me see who dares to stop it!"

Seeing that Yang Fang was so tough, Xiaoshuwu really didn't dare to act rashly. After all, Yang Fang's identity was there, the counselor, the first-class Marquis Guo Yong, and the Hunan Admiral. No matter what identity was, he was the deputy general. However, he didn't dare to let Yang Fang take the person away like this. He immediately made up his mind and said, "Kill those traitors!"

"Who dares!" Yang Fang whipped over with a whip. Xiao Shunwu was caught off guard and was immediately whipped. Yang Fang turned around and pulled out his sword, swept the flag soldiers, shouted: "Who dares to do it, this marquis has killed him himself!"

The deputy general Xiaoshuwu was whipped with blood on his face. The flag soldiers were frightened. They dared not act rashly. If they were to be killed by Yang Fang, they would not be able to find the place to seek justice. Xiaoshuwu was also blinded by a whip. He came to his senses, looked at the sword in Yang Fang's hand, and immediately howled, "Get together!"

Seeing his fierce and cowardly gathering soldiers, Yang Fang showed a sneer and simply rode on the horse without moving. Today he wanted to see how dare these bastards behaved?

Before Xiaoshunwu could gather his troops, a sound of horse hooves like thunder came faintly, and the ground was shaking. Hearing that the sound came from the south gate, Yang Fang's expression immediately became a little solemn. Needless to say, it was Hailing's bastard who came, Xiaoshunwu was also happy and looked at Yang Fang with a ferocious look.

But in a moment, a team of cavalry arrived at the schoolyard. Seeing the big monk on the flag, Yang Fang couldn't help but smile. It was Senggelinqin. As soon as the cavalry team entered the schoolyard, a personal guard shouted loudly, "Counselor, Prince Zasak, Prince Manzhou, Prince Inlaid Banner Manzhou, Prince Monk arrived, and the deputy chief of Jingkouying came quickly to see him."

Xiaoshuwu couldn't help but be stunned. Senggelinqin was no better than Yang Fang. He was the prince and the governor of the Manzhou Province. He did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered someone to go and call Hailing.

As soon as Senggelinqin entered the schoolyard, she saw Yang Fang holding a sword. She saw the two sides being tense at the scene. It was probably a big conflict. Seeing that Yang Fang was not coming to greet him, he urged his mount to slowly greet him. He led more than 10,000 troops from Zhejiang to go back to Jiangning. He received Lin Zexu's order halfway and rushed to Zhenjiang. He was also angry at Hailing, so he heard that Hailing was on the schoolyard.

Seeing Senggelinqin coming, Yang Fang put the sword into the sheath and bowed, "I have seen the prince."

Xiaosunwu also rushed forward to see him, "Xiaosunwu, the deputy general of Jingkou Camp, paid homage to the monk prince."

Deputy General Senggelinqin frowned, looked at Yang Fang, pointed at the people tied up with a horse whip, and said, "Who are these people? The worthy Marquis Guo Yong came forward to protect?"

"Go back to the prince." Xiao Shunwu said first: "These are all traitors in the city."

"Ba." Senggelinqin whipped over with a whip and scolded, "Did you ask about something that is not ruled?"

The whip was thrust hard on his back, Xiao Shunwu shivered and did not dare to say anything anymore. Yang Fang bowed and said, "Go back to the prince, there are eight shopkeepers and friends from Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch among this group."

Senggelinqin raised her eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Is it true?"

Xiaosunwu was shocked and hurriedly said, "Go back to the prince, Yuanqi branch hides traitors."

Yang Fang glanced at him and said coldly: "Are you hiding a traitor or hiding money?"

Seeing this situation, in the bound queue, several shopkeepers and friends from Yuanqi Branch nodded and struggled quickly, but unfortunately they were stuffed with mahjong and could not say a word. Yang Fang pointed to the people and said, "Bring them here, loosen the bond."

After loosening the tie, the second shopkeeper Hu Liansheng quickly took out the macao from his mouth, knelt down and kowtowed, "The second shopkeeper of the little Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch, Hu Liansheng, bowed to the monk Prince and the Marquis Yang."

Senggelinqin said in a gentle tone: "I am making the decision for you, don't be afraid, let me tell you in detail."

"Go back to the prince." Hu Liansheng, who had just returned from the Ghost Gate, said calmly: "From the 12th, the deputy governor of Jingkou, Lord Hai, has ordered the city gate to be closed and severely prevented the people in the city from moving out of the city. Many wealthy merchants are cautious and have deposited a large amount of cash into our Yuanqi Zhenjiang Branch. From the 18th, the city will be searched for traitors, and the bad guys will close their doors. This morning, the brigade of officers and soldiers broke in and said that we are hiding traitors."

Before he could finish his words, several riders galloped over. At the moment, one of them was very tall and wearing a second-rank military officer robe. He was still more than ten steps away. He jumped off the horse and walked forward quickly. He knelt down in front of the Senggelinqin horse and said, "Sub Hailing, come to see the prince."

"Are you Hailing?" Senggelinqin glanced at him, waved his head slightly, and said, "Take it down." Several Goshha rushed forward quickly, and without saying a word, he controlled Hailing. Hailing did not struggle, looked at Senggelinqin and said, "Prince——."

Senggelinqin pointed to Xiaosunwu and looked at Hu Liansheng and said, "The one who led the team to Yuanqi Branch to arrest you, is this person?"

"Go back to the prince." Hu Liansheng said in a deep voice: "That's right."

Senggelinqin didn't say anything nonsense and asked directly: "Where is the silver?"

Xiao Shunwu looked at Hailing in horror and said, "I've sent it to the Chief Executive Office."

"Come." Senggelinqin said in a deep voice: "Immediately seal the Chief Executive Office."

When he heard this, Hailing's face turned pale and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Prince, the servant was also confused for a moment. He thought that the war was about to come, raise some money to inspire morale!"

At this time, he even regretted his intestines. He closed the city gates and strictly forbidden the rich people in the city to escape, making noises. Yuanqi branch spread across the Liangjiang River, with reputation first, and inducing and forcing the rich people in the city to deposit all the money into Yuanqi branch. Then he copied Yuanqi branch for the crime of hiding traitors. After the war, he was not allowed to say it.

He never dreamed that Jiang Changfu, the shopkeeper of Yuanqi Branch, actually missed the net, and he didn't expect that Jiang Changfu actually moved Yang Fang. In fact, even if Yang Fang came, he was not afraid. Yang Fang could still snatch people from the city? Once he was destroyed, there would be no evidence of death! It shouldn't be sure, and he shouldn't be taken to the small schoolyard to kill. What should he block? Just killing Yuanqi Branch is a complete one?

Senggelinqin glanced at him and said coldly: "For the Battle of Jiangning, Yuanqi donated three million taels of silver as military pay expenses. Yuanqi's regiment trained 5,000 elite troops and drove all to Jiangsu. You actually robbed Yuanqi's branch in Zhenjiang. Do you say you are ignorant? Or are you brave?"

Yang Fang said slowly: "The Yuanqi Group trains a group, and 1,500 people are now stationed in Changzhou Prefecture."

After hearing these words, Hailing's face suddenly turned as if he was ashamed. He really didn't know these things. If he had known these inside stories before, he would not dare to put his ideas on Yuan Qi with a thousand courage.

Xiao Shunwu was stunned when he came to his senses. He shook his hand and slapped himself loudly. What bad idea did he come up with? Who is it difficult to grab? He just provoked Yuan Qi, and this matter is unlikely to end!
Chapter completed!