Chapter 79: A thief comes to Yingzhou at night

Yingzhou is located north of the river, surrounded by countless mountains and rivers. To the east is a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. To the northwest, it is the important place of Kyoto of the Central Government of Qing. This prefecture is not far away from the two most prosperous places in Qing Kingdom, and is also at the intersection of the Wei River and the Dajiang River. Although the mountains and steep rivers on both sides of the river have brought many inconveniences in transportation, the river transport is on the side, and the transportation hub is in theory, merchants should be gathered, busy, and people's livelihood is the peace.

However, Yingzhou City is a bit dilapidated today. It is not how dull the scenery or how old the houses are. The pedestrians walking on the street look dull and lifeless. The vendors drinking on the street can't cheer up. The pancakes and fruits... all seem to be cold and wilted.

Even the docks outside the city were not very lively. Most of the ships that were coming down the Qingguo River chose to moor downstream pier, but abandoned this place. There were only a few ships scattered on the docks, which made it seem that 80% of the new big ships were particularly conspicuous.

The reason why Yingzhou became like this today is a strange sky. Last year, the river flooded and destroyed the upstream embankment. Huanglang rushed straight into the fields. I don’t know how many people drowned or how many houses were damaged. Fortunately, the weather was so cold after the disaster that there was no major epidemic. However, such a trauma that caused the whole of Yingzhou to appear dead.

The second strange official, the governor of Yingzhou was the disciple of the emperor at that time, but he did not have any blessings from the saint emperor. He only knew how to be a powerful man in the prefecture city, curry favor with the top and oppress the merchants and the people. Not to mention repairing the river, even ordinary public security cannot be maintained. He only knows how to pay levies and taxes, and it has been said that this governor has some connection with the bandits in the mountains opposite the river. In this state, the herds of the state naturally withered people and the business travelers sneaked, and the serious businessmen were too late to hide, so who would dare to stay in the city?

The three monsters are fierce in Yingzhou. Since ancient times, there has been a glorious tradition of carrying hoes against the government. Now there is such a ghost official. Naturally, there are more and more poor people going down the river and up the mountain.

However, since this year, the situation seems to have changed a lot. First, the Yingzhou magistrate was invited by the Inspection Office to have tea. Just as the people of Yingzhou were slightly happy and thought that the magistrate was finally about to collapse, the magistrate was sent back respectfully by the Supervision Office. Just when people were disappointed that Yingzhou was still going to be defeated like this, the magistrate died!

People from Kyoto investigated for a long time before confirming that the death of the magistrate had nothing to do with the conspiracy. They just died of illness.

On the day the magistrate died, the people of Yingzhou City lit countless firecrackers silently. Naturally, no one dared to say that it was to celebrate the death of the plague god, which made the people of ignorant of the inside think that the people of Yingzhou chose to marry collectively on this day.

Another change is that the bandits in the mountains across the river seem to have become much more honest. The largest village seems to have been washed away in one day, and the bandits are divided into pieces. It is said that a big man from Jiangnan has come now. He is trying to subdue these forces.

The people in Yingzhou were not happy for long, just thought they had celebrated the New Year in advance.

Because the magistrate died, the court will send another magistrate next year. If the bandits collapse, a large number of bandits will soon be added. The people's lives are still so difficult, and there will be no texture changes.

In a warehouse next to the dock, more than a dozen coolies were gathering together to discuss something. Even if the dock was light, chatting in broad daylight was not the professional attitude that coolies should have. Moreover, the fierce expression on their faces seemed to reveal their other identity.

The one surrounded by a woman was about twenty years old and had a straight facial features, so she was not considered a beauty. But there was a hint of ruthlessness between her eyebrows. As soon as she opened her mouth, the men around her obediently stopped. It seemed that she was a leader.

"I found out that it was a businessman who collected tea and came from Kyoto."

"Sister Guan, they have guards on the boat." A coolie reminded.

He is known as the local native of Guan Jie, and is a famous bandit leader near Yingzhou. She has not been in Yingzhou for a long time, but she has gathered a large number of powerful bandit leaders, all of which are all in the legend that there is a large background behind her.

Sister Guan sneered, "It's just some businessmen, what's the point? Besides, you've also gone to step on some. I don't need to say how heavy the box in the back room is, right?"

The words were plain, but when the boxes were mentioned, the coolies' eyes began to become hot. Walking on the rivers and lakes, the genuine bandits looked at the wheels and dust to judge the weight of the cargo in the car and thus to judge the value. The bandits near Yingzhou should actually be the first-class water thieves. What they are best at is to judge what is installed on the ship based on the draft depth of the ship.

Yesterday, a large ship suddenly stopped on the dock, and the hull was about 80% new. Looking at the thick and thin green moss on the horizontal board, people who have been hiding on the dock all year round know that this ship has not been launched for a long time. Nowadays, such a large ship is rarely seen in Yingzhou. For bandits, this is a rare fat sheep. When the people on the boat got off the boat and bought vegetables and water, someone had already found out what was happening on the boat.

What made these bandits wonder was that since they were the merchants who collected tea, how could they press such heavy cargo behind the ship? So the draft of this ship was obviously very different from the ship that was peaceful and common. This question was finally answered after a woman with a culprit who was on board the boat. There was a box in the tightly guarded wing room behind the ship. Judging from the load-bearing of the boat, the thieves found that the box was filled with silver!

"No one would bring so much money to Jiangnan to collect tea."

Sister Guan was actually still a little doubtful, but since the young master wanted to subdue the bandits near Yingzhou, he always had to do a few big deals to let the sweaty thieves around him smell some fragrance. Moreover, what the young master had to do after the spring really needed money, otherwise he would not have started robbing the ship in such a hurry.

A famous bandit also thought something was strange and said, "There is a deep draft and there is no cargo on the boat... Maybe the bottom cabin is pressing against the river stone, and the third sister-in-law didn't see it clearly."

Sister Guan shook her head and said, "It's not a sea boat, what do you want to do with a ballast? I just felt strange, why did the merchant on that big ship bring so much cash?"

"It's better to have a silver." A bandit said with a strange smile: "I dare not take it away after robbing the silver bill." This immediately received a response from my accomplices and laughed in unison. The laughter was full of greed.

Sister Guan frowned and said, "The problem is...who else will bring cash bank now? Are they not worried about safety issues?"

Taking advantage of the faint afterglow from the window ahead, Sister Guan saw the size of the box clearly and couldn't help but take a breath. Sister San didn't say it clearly, only said that it would be thousands of taels in size and weight... But Sister Guan touched the box in disbelief, estimating the size... Oh my God, how much silver is needed to fill such a large box!

She suddenly felt a little scared. Even the second-generation ancestor was probably the richest second-generation ancestor in Kyoto. Once this matter was exposed, facing the anger of Kyoto, she was afraid that the young master behind her would not be able to bear it.

Don't kill that second-generation ancestor! This was the first thought that Sister Guan felt in her heart, but she immediately thought that the truth was ready and she couldn't help but hesitate. And so much money was enough to do too many things.

She carefully took out the tool and took a long time to open the box.

A piece of silver light suddenly filled the entire cabin!

Sister Guan stared at the box in front of her in a daze, her face full of shock and incredibleness!

Even though she was a person who was living on the edge of a knife, she was used to seeing silver with blood, and was still shook her eyes by the neatly ingots in the box tonight, and was fascinated by the usual cold eyes. The greed began to appear in her usual cold eyes.

But she immediately became alert. No matter how bright the moonlight is and how beautiful the silver is, it is impossible for her to emit such an attractive light!

She looked back suddenly and saw a middle-aged man with a calm face, holding a white light in one hand and a surprisingly long and simple knife in the other, looking at him coldly.

The Huwei Gaoda, as Fan Xian's instructions, gave Sister Guan enough time to appreciate the money, and slashed it slowly.

Sister Guan raised her knife.

However, the slow sword, like an irresistible flood, instantly destroyed the defense and defense of the female bandit in the river, making her look at her left hand being cut down with great pain while she was depressed. Blood gushed out with severe pain!

The lights were lit in the middle cabin of the ship. Sister Guan, who was dragged into the house, was in a messy mood.

All the bandits who came on the boat were easily disarmed and knocked out, tied up like brown pieces, and threw them neatly on the deck. Several six swordsmen in black clothes were guarding each other as if nothing had happened.

She raised her head and looked at the handsome young man on the Taishi chair with a tired face and annoyance. Somehow, she felt a chill. Who was living on the boat? She could use so many masters as guards, and the one who used the knife before, who was a master of swordsmanship. At this time, she naturally understood that the young second-generation ancestor mentioned by the third sister-in-law must not be an ordinary tea merchant.

"Guan Wumei?" The young man on the chair glanced at the female bandit who had broken his hand and was still ruthless. He yawned and asked with interest on his face.
Chapter completed!