King of Song

Chapter 127 The Battle of the Door
Outside Hangzhou, Su Shi asked, "Why did you find out the location so quickly?"

Although they knew that the private salt was shipped today, they didn't know the specific place of shipment, so Su Shi ordered people to carefully inspect all places along the canal.

However, in the southern region where Hangzhou is located, the rivers are dense and the water network is complicated. Private salt shipments are extremely secretive, and the other party will definitely choose a more secret place to carry out.It is not easy to find the exact location. Even if you cast a wide net, it is quite like finding a needle in a haystack.

Even if the difficulty is high, it is determined to win. This time, it is a great opportunity to put in a lot of effort. It must be stolen and won.

It's easy to say, but it's not so easy to do it. Today, Su Shi and Lin Zhao were at the West Lake Banquet in order to stabilize Zhao Zongyong and his son, and let Su An and others look for clues outside.

As a result, the progress was faster than expected, and Su Shi was a little surprised, a little surprised.

The officer who came to report the news replied: "Someone revealed the news to us..."

"Oh?" Su Shi immediately realized that something was wrong, and someone even took the initiative to reveal the news. How did they know?Why reveal it to yourself?Who could be pure in such a thing?

With these doubts in mind, Su Shi and others set out on the road and hurried to a small village by the canal with a large number of guards.While walking on the road, someone suddenly shouted: "Look, it seems to be on fire over there..."

When Su Shi turned his head, he saw that the direction of Hangzhou City was full of flames.Su Shi slapped his thigh and immediately understood that something big must have happened in Hangzhou.

Anticipated treason?Zhao Shiju made a move?Then the matter of disclosing the news... Su Shi reacted instantly when the tiger left the mountain.

It is too late to look back now, not to mention the division of labor is clear, my task is to seize illegal salt.Lin Zhao was there in Hangzhou, and Zheng Xie had already agreed to mobilize troops, so he was prepared in advance, so there must be no problem.

So continue to go to the canal, without hesitation, go straight to the place where private salt is stored...

On the pier of the village, Chen Qi was instructing his subordinates to quickly load the private salt onto the boat...

Time is very urgent, and Yuhang County King is stalling for time at the West Lake Banquet to create an opportunity, so naturally he has to hurry up.

"Hurry up, hurry up..." Chen Qi kept yelling and shouting!

There are more and more goods on the big boats on the river, and the waterline keeps sinking. Tens of thousands of dans of private salt are loaded onto the boats. As long as they are transported away, they will be innumerable copper coins and tens of thousands of money when they reach Jinghu South Road and the Hunan-E area. .

It was this temptation that made them take the risk and dare to commit crimes against the wind.

Although Chen Qi also knew that the risk was high, he still couldn't bear the temptation at this moment.If the cargo can be safely transported away today, that would be the best...

This time I made one vote at the end, and after earning a lot of money, I will stop. At worst, I will resign from office and take my son back to my hometown to become a rich man...

Thinking of this, Chen Qi was a little worried about his son's whereabouts. Where did this kid go?There has been no news for two full days, and there is always a lingering worry in Chen Qi's heart.

At this moment, there was a burst of wolf howling, which was an agreed signal, issued by the secret whistle in charge of guarding outside.Chen Qi was shocked, something happened!
Before he could react, Su Shi arrived with thousands of people and quickly surrounded the entire village.There were also guards rowing boats on the river to stop them and encircle them together.

Although it is not a net, but it is impossible to escape.

Why didn't the prince stop them?Why did the time and place leak out so quickly?Chen Qi was full of doubts, but most of them were still frightened.

How can such a major case be lightly forgiven if it is found out by the court?What will be waiting for me?Will Zhao Zongyong and his son put all the responsibility on me?Will the son be involved?

For a moment, Chen Qi suddenly had too many thoughts and worries. Now that the matter has come to an end, he has no extravagant hope of escaping...

A moment later, a large group of guards holding torches entered the village, and almost everyone could be said to have been arrested without a fight.Occasionally escaped with two intentions, or the rebels died quickly under the knife of the Hangzhou government guards, so everyone has self-knowledge, the deterrent effect of steel knife and blood is always like this, and it lasts for a long time.

Seeing Su Shi, Chen Qi squeezed out a bitter smile, he was holding something in his hand, and it fell to the ground with a bang.

"Magistrate Chen, aren't you feeling unwell? Why are you doing such a big hand-to-hand comparison here?" After being with Lin Zhao for a long time, the witty Su's sense of humor has grown a lot.

"Hmph, now that Su Tongpan has come, what else can I say?" Chen Qi was surprisingly cold. Although he had all kinds of extravagant hopes and luck, deep down in his heart, he had already expected that he would come. There is such a day.

Soon, Su An came to report: "Master Su, at least tens of thousands of tons of sea salt have been found!"

"Magistrate Chen? Did the Third Division and the Ministry of Households send a letter to deliver sea salt?" Su Shi was very surprised.

Chen Qi smiled wryly, but did not answer.At this time, no matter what you say, it is meaningless, and you are still humiliating yourself.

Seeing this, Su Shi said: "Okay, Captain Su, go back and report to Dongyang quickly, and... he should need help now."

"Yes, my subordinates will leave first..." Su An kept thinking about Lin Zhao in his heart, turned around and left, and hurried back to Hangzhou City without stopping.

Su Shi looked back at the direction of Hangzhou City, and murmured: "Dongyang, this side has already won, and we are waiting for your good news..."

Tonight, inside and outside Hangzhou, doomed to sleepless!

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By the West Lake, Zheng Xie was forced to hand over the military and political command in desperation, and Zhao Zongyong and his son were subsequently placed under house arrest by the West Lake in disguise.

Shen Kuo was instructed by Lin Zhao to do his duty. It can be said that Zhao Zongyong and his son did not steal a chicken, but became a bird in a cage. They can't go anywhere at the moment.

But at this moment, how could the Zhao family father and son be willing to be trapped?
"Father, Lin Zhao is going to put us under house arrest..." Zhao Zhongshan had the strongest reaction.

"There is no doubt about this!" Zhao Zhongye looked worried. Being so isolated from the outside world, without knowing the outside news, he would definitely be very passive, unable to respond according to the situation at all, and the situation would get worse.

Zhao Zongyong sighed: "Why did you leak the news? And why did Zhao Shiju rebel?" To this, their reaction was the same as that of Zheng Xie, they were all in disbelief.It can only be said that Zhao Shiju's pretending is so successful that it is hidden from everyone's eyes.

Zhao Zhongshan said: "Isn't it? Zhao Shiju is a frail scholar who is obsessed with painting and traveling all day. How could he rebel? What's more, he is still in Hangzhou, under the eyes of his father and elder brother. If there is such a thing, we will Wouldn't you notice it at all?"

Speaking of this matter, the three of them, father and son, were all suspicious. Of course, everything was based on their conceit.

"Could it be that Lin Zhao and the others are acting on purpose?" Zhao Zhongshan seemed to be whimsical, but also seemed to be right in his words.

Hearing what his son said, Zhao Zongyong was startled, it's not impossible...

Zhao Zhongye said in shock: "Father, what the second brother said is somewhat reasonable. They said that there was a rebellion, but we don't know anything about the outside situation... The sudden fire in the palace is obviously not an accident, and it is likely that someone did it on purpose. If Zhao Shiju rebelled, why did he burn our palace? Could it be just to vent his anger?" He has been brooding over this, which is hard to understand.

Many times, as long as a thought emerges in a person's mind, he will involuntarily look for reasons and evidence to support this idea, even if he is a little paranoid.

At this moment, Zhao Zongyong and his son are like this, the boss's voice fell, Zhao Zhongshan said: "No, there is also the private salt case, maybe they didn't find it at all, it was just defrauding us, if we act rashly, we will definitely fall into their trap In the trap, the consequences are really unimaginable..."

Zhao Zongyong was also terrified, but fortunately he didn't overreact just now.But even if you want to understand this now, do you still have to stay here at night?
Zhao Zhongye said: "No, staying here is just waiting to die. What will they do when they isolate us? Don't forget, remember, there are some things in the palace that can be used as evidence, and they can't be seen!"

"What should I do?"

"Second brother and father are staying here. I'll go back and have a look, deal with the situation and deal with things!" At this time, he, Zhao Zhongye, will take the lead.

"Zhong Ye, be careful, I have sent a letter to the Queen Mother for my father, even if something happens, it doesn't matter!" Poor parents all over the world, whether it is Chen Qi or Zhao Zongyong, caring about their children is completely natural.

"Father, don't worry!" After Zhao Zhongye finished speaking, he quietly sneaked into the water of the West Lake while the guards watching were not paying attention...

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"Husband, you are back!" Seeing Zhao Shiju, the enchanting woman stepped forward excitedly.Going to the West Lake for a banquet today is dangerous to a certain extent, so I took the risk myself to stabilize the situation.

"Hmm!" When Zhao Shiju took advantage of the chaos to escape, the digital display entered the city and hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?"

"The building in front of me has been burned down, and it can be excavated immediately. I remember the location is not bad, it should be here..."

Zhao Shiju nodded and said, "Dig it out quickly, these things are very important to us..."

"Don't worry, my lord, the relics of the ancestors will definitely amaze you!" The enchanting woman said, "But the most urgent thing is Li Feng's side. We must take Hangzhou City into our hands as soon as possible..."

"Okay!" Zhao Shiju was the planner of the whole incident, of course he knew the way, nodded immediately and said: "Okay, you stay here and I will go to the city gate..."

At this moment, news came: "Hangzhou garrison has begun to regroup and is heading towards the west gate..."

"The general knows, he will come right away, and he must guard the west gate!" Zhao Shiju took one last look at his wife, turned around and walked away.

A city gate battle is about to kick off!

(End of this chapter)