Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 612 Attacking the Salt Storage
The sky was overcast, and the wind swept across the water, setting off patches of white waves and beating against the embankment.

Several lanterns on the pine poles in front of the pier swayed in the wind.

More than a dozen guards, armed with knives and guns, patrolled back and forth.

Suddenly, there was a sound of oars hitting the water in the darkness.

The guards on the pier yelled vigilantly, "Who is it?"

A fast boat broke through the waves like an arrow, and Zhang Huanwu, the leader of the army, stood on the bow of the boat and shouted loudly: "The officers and soldiers are here! The thieves on the shore have not disarmed and surrendered!"

There was a sudden chaos on the pier, and the guards shouted loudly: "No, it's the army, go and report to the leader!"

Before the words were finished, dozens of fast boats seemed to descend from the sky, broke through the white waves, sped out, and approached the pier like lightning.

Zhang Huan on the first boat shouted sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

In an instant, the arrows were like locusts, and the guards on the pier immediately fell down.

The Clippers approached the pier quickly.

Zhang Huan roared, jumped up and landed on the pier, and the guards in black screamed and surrounded him.

Zhang Huan swung the big stick in his palm and rushed into the crowd.

The guards on the Clippers rushed up to the dock like a tiger descending the mountain and shouting.

Each of the Qianniu Guards was an expert who had experienced many battles. In the blink of an eye, the corpses of more than a dozen guards in black lay on the ground.

Zhang Huan turned around and shouted loudly to the following Clippers: "Quick, set up the springboard!"

The few fast boats that landed first quickly set up the springboard, and teams of guards rushed to the pier.

With a loud bang, the two iron doors of the big warehouse opened "squeaky", and hundreds of men in black, led by two captains, rushed towards the guards howling, armed with steel knives.

In an instant, the guards who rushed to the pier first were surrounded.

Zhang Huan swung the iron rod in his hand and led Qianniuwei to fight fiercely.

The follow-up Clippers followed closely, and the guards on board set up the springboard.

The captain of the man in black waved the steel knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, come with me, guard the pier, and don't let the officers and soldiers go ashore!"

When the words reached people, dozens of men in black rushed to the pier, overturned the diving board, and fought fiercely with the Qianniuwei who had just landed, and the speed of the guards' landing was immediately blocked.

At this moment, a trumpet cannon sounded in the reeds in the west, followed by the sound of killing.

The guards turned their heads in surprise, and saw that Li Lang led hundreds of guards out of the reeds like a hurricane, and rushed to the pier in a blink of an eye, fighting fiercely with the men in black guarding the pier. The guards were like hungry tigers. The men in black immediately lost their support and retreated one after another.

When Zhang Huan over there saw the reinforcements coming, his spirits were lifted up, and the iron rods were slashed wildly, and several men in black screamed and flew out.

At the same time, the guards on the Clippers set up the springboard again and rushed to the pier to join the battle group. The soldiers of the first and second teams joined together and rushed and fought under the leadership of Zhang Huan and Li Lang. Luoyun scattered and retreated into Dacang while resisting. Zhang Huan and Li Lang led the team to pursue the victory.

Surrounded by Di Chun, Shen Tao and all the guards, Di Renjie and Zeng Tai walked onto the pier along the springboard.

The battle is still going on, with swords and swords everywhere, and flames soaring into the sky.

Di Renjie said to Shen Tao: "Shen Tao, you lead the team to search immediately, and there must be no fish that slip through the net!"

Shen Tao agreed loudly, and led the fourth team to disperse the search.

The guarding men in black were completely defeated, and were forced to a corner of the warehouse by Qianniuwei.

Zhang Huan and Li Lang led the guards on a rampage. The two iron rods were like autumn wind sweeping away leaves. The men in black would die if they touched them.

Zhang Huan shouted sharply: "Listen everyone, those who put down their weapons will not die!"

The captain of the man in black shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't listen to him, kill me!"

Zhang Huan yelled angrily, jumped forward, and the iron rod hit the captain's head like lightning.

The captain's horizontal knife collapsed outwards, there was a loud bang, sparks burst out, the steel knife was smashed to the ground, the iron rod did not stop, and hit the captain's top door heavily, and immediately ten thousand peach blossoms bloomed, and the captain burst into flames. He didn't even hum, and fell to the ground.

Zhang Huan swung his iron rod and shouted sharply, "Put down your weapon!"

The sound of drinking was majestic, and the black clothes were so angry that he put down the weapon in his hand under the leadership of another captain.

Li Lang waved his hand, and the guards rushed forward, knocking down the remaining men in black to the ground, and tied them with ropes.

The fighting is basically over.

Di Renjie and Zeng Tai stood on the pier and looked around.

Zhang Huan and Li Lang escorted the captured guard captain and walked quickly, "My lord."

Di Renjie asked, "How is it?"

Zhang Huan said: "The gangsters guarding Dacang, except those who disarmed and surrendered, have been wiped out!"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Okay. You have worked hard."

Zhang Huan pointed at the captain of the guard and said: "This man is the leader of the bandit, and the gangsters guarding the big warehouse are under his command. Kneel down!" As he spoke, he kicked the captain's knee hard, and the captain fell to his knees with a plop. He kowtowed again and again: "My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life!"

Di Renjie asked, "What's your name?"

The captain said, "Little Peng Qiu."

Di Renjie asked: "Who is the prison guard Peng Chun?"

The captain raised his head in surprise: "My lord knows about Peng Chun?"

Di Renjie said coldly: "You talk too much, answer the questions!"

The captain said: "Yes, yes. Peng Chun is the villain's elder brother."

Di Renjie asked, "Where is your leader, Lin Yang?"

Peng Qiu said: "My lord, when the officers and soldiers entered the port just now, he was still in the warehouse at the back."

Di Renjie said, "Oh? What does he look like?"

Peng Qiu said: "He is not tall, with small eyes, a very dark complexion, and a beard under his chin."

Di Renjie nodded and said to Zhang Huan and Li Lang, "Did you hear that?"

The two said in unison: "I heard it."

Di Renjie said: "Immediately order all the guards to search carefully, and we must find this person!"

Zhang and Li agreed loudly and rushed away.

Zeng Tai on the side let out a long breath, and said excitedly: "Lin Yang is indeed here. This person can be regarded as the core figure in this case. If he is caught, the culprit and mastermind can be found, and the missing official salt can be found. Teacher, it seems that solving this case is just around the corner!"

Di Renjie nodded slowly.

Behind him, a guard rushed over: "My lord, Juntou Xiao led the third team to surround the place where the water ghosts live."

Di Renjie said: "Okay, you go back right away, order Xiao Bao not to move, and wait for the order!"

The guard agreed and ran away.

Di Renjie said to Di Chun beside him: "Di Chun, take Peng Qiu into custody. Lin Yang will be caught later, and he will be required to identify him."

Di Chun agreed and ordered the guards to take Peng Qiu down.

Di Renjie said to Zeng Tai again: "Come on, let's go into the warehouse and take a look."

The warehouse is very large, there are no beams and columns in the middle, and the situation inside the warehouse can be seen at a glance.At this time, Qianniuwei had already guarded the front and rear gates.

Di Renjie, Zeng Tai, and Di Chun walked in.

Zeng Tai admired: "It's such a big warehouse, it can hold millions of stones of official salt."

Di Renjie nodded slowly and said, "It's almost exactly the same as the salt barn of the Jianghuai salt and iron transporter. Judging from this, the person who built the barn must be familiar with salt."

Zeng Tai asked, "You mean Lin Yang?"

Di Renjie nodded and said: "Yesterday we talked about that he was able to frame the imperial envoy Li Han together with the cabinet workshop, and tonight we saw with our own eyes that the warehouse he built was actually the same as the government's salt storehouse. This Lin Yang's identity is really elusive."

Zeng Tai nodded and said, "Teacher, what you said makes sense. This Lin Yang is likely to be an official."

Di Renjie said: "We will be able to confirm this right away..."

Several people were talking, and they had reached the north gable of the big warehouse, and there was a locked cabin beside the gable.

Zeng Tai pointed to the hut and said, "Teacher, what is this little room for?"

Di Renjie explained: "This is for the night guards to rest, and it is called a 'sustainment room' in Yanyan."

Zeng Tai nodded.

Di Renjie walked to the door and looked, only to see a big iron lock hanging on the door, he shook his head and said: "Strange, why is this dormitory locked?"

Zeng Tai speculated: "It may be because the official salt was transported away, and the warehouse is vacant. There is no need to manage the warehouse here, right?"

Di Renjie nodded: "Maybe."

He turned around and was about to walk back, when suddenly there was a slight noise in the dormitory.

(End of this chapter)