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Chapter 166: Eight Mile Bay Robbery (Part [-])

It is said that the three-year Qing magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes, is really not a lie. When the handle was taken by Hongqing and severely suppressed by her own chief official Liangzhu, it was only half a month. The big and small officials of Baiyu River Cao Yamen actually scraped together more than one million taels of silver, and as for the difference of more than three hundred thousand taels, they were signed by the relevant responsible person again, and signed a repayment plan Book.On June [-]th, Hongqing's debt settlement work was considered a success, and two chapters were sent to Beijing in a hurry. , and also gave a double-eyed flower feather, and ordered the fourth master, who was ordered to pay off the debt, to speed up the preparations, so that the fourth master was almost in chaos.

Hong Qing was very happy to be able to handle the errand so smoothly, not because she was excited by the gifted eyes, but because of the example of paying off debts this time, Si Ye would be red-eyed on the other side, as long as If the fourth master is in a mess, the settlement of debts in the capital will inevitably cause big troubles. At that time, the fourth master's ability to handle affairs will probably be seriously doubted by the old man. Besides, Hong Qing was not worried about the fourth master in the first place. Master can accomplish things. After all, the capital is no better than the Hecao Yamen. The water there is terrible. Haven’t you seen a bunch of dandy bannermen who dare to play the trick of forcing the palace? Those who pay off the debts are all rich and powerful, and the fun behind it It's definitely not too small.

How will fourth master handle his business?Hey, Hong Qing's resolute action to settle debts has become a precedent. Although the fourth master may be able to see that this is a pit, but in order to complete the job, he has to bite the bullet and jump down, nothing else. Using excuses to force people to submit is undoubtedly the quickest way to clear debts. In order not to be compared by Hong Qing, Fourth Master may have no other way except to use force. It might work at the beginning, but later on, under the accumulation of grievances, the previous drama of coercing the palace will inevitably be staged again. At that time, it will be the turn of the successful third master to return to Beijing to clean up the mess. Let's compare the two Well, the third master obviously overwhelmed the fourth master, and this is exactly the short-term goal that Hongqing wants to achieve. Of course, this is still something to say. Can we really follow this script and go on? Only by watching can we find out.

Hongqing can't care about the affairs of the capital at this time, and she doesn't bother to pay attention to them. There are two old fifteen brothers watching there. Too much thought, but Hong Qing didn't dare to be careless because of the repeated letters from the third master's side. The most important thing is that the toughness of the people is not inferior to that of Shandong. Even if the third master arrived in Luoyang, he had already started the disaster relief work. However, Henan is a poor province, and its own food storage is limited. Today, the granaries in various places have been in urgent need, and the mobilization of grain from the two lakes has been delayed due to the flood. Although it has begun to be allocated to the disaster-stricken prefectures, it seems to be quite late, and looting incidents have occurred in various places , signs of civil uprising have appeared, and the million taels of reconstruction funds promised by the old man has not yet arrived, the third master is stretched, and is eagerly looking forward to the millions of taels of silver that Hongqing has collected here.

There is no way, the third master is in a hurry. If the Yellow River breach is not blocked, the disaster relief process will be difficult to proceed smoothly. Once a large-scale civil uprising occurs, the third master may have to sit on the crater. How can we not feel anxious about it? Yes, under the urging of letters one after another, Hongqing couldn't stay longer in Jining City. On June 150th, under the "warm" farewell of all the Hecao yamen, he led more than [-] palace guards and temporary The mobilized [-] Green Battalions escorted a million taels of silver and rushed to Heze along the official road, and then entered Lanyi (now Lankao), planning to go straight to Kaifeng where the breach was. At the same time, the third master also led Henan The governor of a province marched to Kaifeng, intending to join forces in Kaifeng and set up a disaster relief command center.

Lanyi belongs to Kaifeng, and the original official road between the two is connected. However, although the flood has receded a little, the road is still flooded and impassable. On the way, we encountered countless disaster victims. Fortunately, there was a large group of people escorting them, but nothing serious happened. We arrived at Baliwan Town on June 28. After climbing a few mountains, we could reach the city of Kaifeng. The team that traveled for nearly half a month was exhausted to the extreme and had to stop for a while.

Tired, really tired, Hong Qing has never walked such a difficult road in her two lifetimes combined, walking down the mountain road for hundreds of miles, her waist is sore and her back hurts, she saw the wall of the town this far, her legs and feet are almost sore Just then collapsed on the ground, if it weren't for the image problem, I really wanted to shout long live.

"Go to someone and call the door open to Ben Beizi!"

Although Wansui can't shout, it's okay to bluff a few times. Seeing the closed gate of the town more than a hundred feet away, Hong Qing suddenly became a little impatient. Being able to take a hot bath and sleep comfortably on the bed, this kind of situation of thanking guests behind closed doors is certainly not what Hong Qing likes to see.

"twitter!"

Now that Hong Qing had given the order, a guard of the royal palace hurriedly responded, and rushed to the gate of the village with great strides, and shouted towards the silent town: "Listen, people inside, the officers and soldiers are here, You wait for An dare to close the door, open it quickly!"

"Who is it? How poor you are, howling!"

As soon as the guard finished speaking, he saw a head protruding from the back of the city plate, and without looking at what happened, he opened his mouth and sprayed feces.

"Bastard, your official is here, don't dare to be rude, don't open the door again, be careful of your dog's head!"

The guards who went to shout the door have always been used to running rampant in the capital. Even if they are away from home, they will always meet smiling faces wherever they go. This time, they were scolded by a rural man. Face came, and he stared round in annoyance, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and cursed angrily.

"Yo, it's really an official. Well, you've been waiting all this time. I'll ask someone to open the door for you. Wait!"

The man in the city was scolded, and it seemed that he had just seen the appearance of the guard, and he replied with a smile, his head shrank, and he disappeared behind the city plate. After a while, there was a loud friction sound In the middle, two heavy gates were slowly pushed open from the inside, revealing the deep city gate.

"Into town!"

Hong Qing was tired and exhausted at the moment, seeing that the door had opened, she didn't think much about it, and gave the order directly.

"slow!"

With Hong Qing's order, the soldiers did not dare to neglect, and the brigade was about to go to the town, but at this moment, Li Minxing suddenly flashed out from the side, blocking Hong Qing's way.

"Ok?"

Seeing Li Minxing's behavior like this, Hong Qing couldn't help being taken aback, looked at Li Minxing suspiciously, and gave a soft sigh full of doubts.

"Little prince, something is wrong, there may be an ambush in the town!"

Li Minxing was not in a hurry to answer Hong Qing's doubts, but looked intently at the empty village gate, and then explained with a serious expression.

"ambush?"

During this journey, although I have seen many victims gathered together by Xiao, but I really haven't seen a large group of bandits. At this moment, Hong Qing couldn't help being startled when he heard that there was an ambush in the town.

"Little prince Mingjian, I have been traveling ten miles away, and I have not seen a single person. This is already a strange thing. Today, the rice in the fields here is ripe but no one is harvesting. It is obvious that the situation is different. There is a murderous look in a certain town. It's circulating, there must be a thief lurking in it!"

Li Minxing is a person who has been around the rivers and lakes for a long time. Although he is young, he has made a lot of fame after traveling all over the world. He has a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes.

"withdraw!"

For Li Minxing's ability, Hong Qing could trust her, and now she would not have any objection when she heard his analysis, and with a sudden change in her mind, she raised her hand and gave the order to retreat decisively.

"Vacuum home, lifeless mother! Vacuum home, lifeless mother!"

Hong Qing's order was untimely, but the thieves gathered at Xiaohe were obviously on guard. Before Hong Qing and his party could make a move, they heard a frenzied shouting in the town, and a large group of people rushed from the wall of the village. There were countless victims in rags and rags rushing out of the dark village gate wielding knives, guns and sticks. At the same time, slogans rang out on the back road. The thieves were cut off.

"Damn it, it's the Bailian sect bandit! Geng Sanbiao, after you bring the green battalion down, the rest of you will follow me to protect the little prince, rush up to the mountain on the left, and kill him!"

A group of officers and soldiers, whether they were the guards of the palace or the Green Battalion led by Geng Sanbiao, had never seen a real battle. They were suddenly caught in a siege, and they all panicked. It was Li Minxing who was vigilant and hurried. After carefully observing the surrounding area, he confirmed that there were fewer enemies defending on the mountain on the left, and he didn't care to ask Hong Qing for instructions, so he shouted orders one after another.

"The whole army listens to the order, retreats, and forms an formation against the mountain, three rows, and forms an formation!"

Geng Sanbiao was courageous, but he was not afraid of the crowds of thugs rushing around. He pulled out the big knife from his waist and shouted at the top of his voice. A row of swords and guns guarded the backs of the guards of the royal palace rushing up the mountain.

"Li Shun, Wang Kai, Zhang Miao, and the three of you will protect the little prince, and the rest will follow me and kill you up the mountain!"

Seeing that Geng Sanbiao was dispatching his subordinates, Li Minxing was relieved a lot, and after hastily giving an order, he led more than a hundred guards of the palace with high martial arts skills to run wildly, and launched an extremely fierce attack towards the mountain peak on the left. At the same time, the bandits who emerged from the top of the mountain screamed and threw wood and rolling stones at the foot of the mountain, causing chaos on the entire battlefield.

(End of this chapter)